Trump's Busy Week, Hit Song's Extreme Themes, Wagner Group's Africa Aims

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🗓️ 25 August 2023

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From counterprogramming a GOP debate to posing for a mug shot in Georgia, Donald Trump had a busy week. A chart-topping song holds extreme themes. And Russia's Wagner mercenaries recruit for Africa.

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Today's episode of Up First was edited by Megan Pratz, Tara Neill, Michael Sullivan, Andrew Sussman, Jan Johnson and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Mansee Khurana and Claire Murashima. Our director is Lilly Quiroz. Our technical director is Zac Coleman, with engineering support from Carleigh Strange. And our executive producer is Erika Aguilar.

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0:00.0	Every time I cook, I set my smoke alarms on.
0:02.5	Oh, it's terrifying.
0:03.5	Oh, but that's a sign of good cooking.
0:05.2	That's what I'm told anyway.
0:06.4	Oh, or bad cooking.
0:08.0	That's a smoke.
0:09.0	That's a smoke working hard.
0:10.7	Maybe got one of those hood fans over them.
0:12.8	I do, so now I turn that on and open windows.
0:16.4	So I mean, you should really try that.
0:18.2	You do that preemptively.
0:19.8	I do a preemptively.
0:21.6	They're just so smart.
0:23.8	I'm like, all right, gotta air this out.
0:26.6	Laila, it's 100 degrees.
0:28.1	Why are your windows open?
0:29.3	Yeah.
0:29.8	Well, I'm cooking.
0:31.5	My meals are delicious with a tinge of charcoal.
0:36.4	I'm hitting him a great cook.
0:37.8	I believe it.
0:38.5	No, I believe it.
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