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Here’s what every key witness said at Donald Trump’s hush money trial. Closing arguments are coming

NEW YORK (AP) — After 22 witnesses, including a porn actor, tabloid publisher and White House insiders, testimony is over at Donald Trump’s criminal trial in New York.

Prosecutors called 20 witnesses. The defense called just two. Trump decided not to testify on his own behalf.

The trial now shifts to closing arguments, scheduled for Tuesday.

After that, it will be up to 12 jurors to decide whether prosecutors have proved beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump falsified his company’s business records as part of a broader effort to keep stories about marital infidelity from becoming public during his 2016 presidential campaign. He has pleaded not guilty and denies any wrongdoing. ... Full Story - AP























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Potential Trump running mate Tom Cotton took hard look at 2024 run, but being a father came first

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Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas is in the Trump running mate spotlight.

The Army veteran, who served in combat in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars before becoming a rising star in Republican Party politics, has been viewed as a potential running mate since he endorsed the former president in early January, two weeks ahead of the Iowa caucuses.

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Force Russia to make peace, Zelensky urges West

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Mr Zelenksy said there needed to be "tangible coercion of Russia" into peace by Kyiv's allies.
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Egyptian soldier killed in Israel border incident

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Reports say there was an exchange of fire in a rare deadly incident between the two countries.
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US actor shot dead during attempted car theft

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General Hospital and Siberia actor Johnny Wactor was killed on Saturday in LA, his family confirms.
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FBI investigating missing ancient treasures from British Museum

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Hundreds of artefacts ended up with people in the US who bought them on eBay, the BBC has learned.
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Watch Live: Biden honors fallen U.S. troops on Memorial Day

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President Joe Biden is honoring U.S. troops who sacrificed their lives for the country Monday, visiting Arlington National Cemetery to to lay a wreath and deliver his annual Memorial Day address.

Earlier, Mr. Biden hosted a Memorial Day breakfast for veterans at the White House.

Over the weekend, the president gave a commencement speech to the graduating cadets at West Point, urging them to remember that they are the "guardians of democracy."

"On your very first day at West Point, you raised your right hands and took an oath — not to a political...
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China's threats, 'naked aggression' loom large as House lawmakers meet Taiwan's new president

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TAIPEI, TAIWAN – Standing across from Taiwan’s newly elected president on Monday, House Foreign Affairs Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, drew a stark parallel between China’s hostility toward the island and the tension that wracked the globe during World War II.

"All democracies must stand together against aggression and tyranny, whether it's [Vladimir Putin] and Russia, the ayatollah of Iran, or Chairman Xi next door to us in China – an unholy alliance is eroding peace around the world," McCaul said. "Not since World War II, my father's war, have we seen such blatant violence and naked aggression."

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Kenyan leader says private jet cheaper option

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Some Kenyans question the president's statement that using Kenya Airways would have been more expensive.
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Watch: Airport employee informs Nicki Minaj of bag search

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The American rapper was forced to cancel her gig in Manchester following her arrest at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport.
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Boos and jeers for Trump at Libertarian convention

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Trump's speech divided the crowd, but the former US ploughed on regardless.
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Watch: BBC's Jeremy Bowen at the site of Kharkiv strike

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The BBC's international editor explains how Russia is seizing the opportunity to hit Ukraine in new deadly strikes.
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‘If they see us they will bomb us’ - watch as BBC reaches a hidden war’s jungle front line

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The BBC spends a month inside Myanmar, where young medics, teachers and fighters are powering the revolution against the ruling military junta.
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Watch: Smoke and flames at deadly India arcade fire

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At least 22 people, including children, have died in a fire at a games arcade in India, local officials say.
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CCTV reveals lion taking dog from family home

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Jaci the rottweiler had been with the family for nearly two years and leaves her twin Laser behind.
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‘It's possible to regain the forest we once had’

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A project in Mozambique is trying to reverse the alarming rate of deforestation there.
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