Trump's Cabinet Picks, UN Femicide Report, COP29 Deal

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🗓️ 25 November 2024

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The Republican-controlled Senate is expected to consider President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet nominees in the new year. A new report on femicide from UN Women finds a woman or girl was killed every 10 minutes last year. And, The COP29 climate conference ended with an agreement to provide financing to developing nations to help cope with the effects of climate change.

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0:09.9	Yes, it is 10.30 in the morning.
0:12.9	I'm so jealous of you.
0:18.6	President-elect Donald Trump's picks for cabinet nominees keep rolling in.
0:24.3	He's got a new choice for Attorney General, and he's made selections for everything from the Department of Treasury to Labor.
0:30.1	Will his nominees sail through a Republican-controlled Senate?
0:33.4	I'm Rob Schmitz. That's Laila Faddle, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:39.2	Last year, a woman or girl was killed every 10 minutes.
0:42.9	This is a war against women.
0:44.9	That's according to a new UN report on Femmicide around the world.
0:48.3	Why are women in girls' homes often the most dangerous places for them?
0:52.1	And negotiators struck a deal at COP 29 to triple the amount of climate financing for developing nations.
0:58.9	But for poorer countries dealing with the effects of climate change...
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