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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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Netanyahu vows to continue war amid air strike condemnation

  • News source: BBC News - World
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At least 45 people were killed in a strike on Rafah, according to the Hamas-run health ministry.
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Luxury perfumes linked to child labour, BBC finds

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The BBC witnessed children picking jasmine in Egypt, a major exporter of the flowers’ oil.
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South Africans still battling ‘economic apartheid’ 30 years on

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The levels of homelessness underscore that the country has a way to go to shake off its history.
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What happens if Trump is convicted in hush-money trial?

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The jury in Mr Trump's hush-money case will soon begin deliberations. So what could happen next?
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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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Newly verified Caravaggio goes on show in Madrid

  • News source: BBC News - World
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Caravaggio's Ecce Homo nearly escaped attention, having initially been attributed to another 17th Century artist.
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Egyptian soldier killed in Israel border incident

  • News source: BBC News - World
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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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Trump responds to special counsel's effort to limit his remarks about FBI

  • News source: Politics - CBSNews.com
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Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Monday evening pushed back against special counsel Jack Smith's request Friday that a federal judge in Florida modify Trump's conditions of release in the probe into Trump's handling of classified documents.

Federal prosecutors have asked U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, who is overseeing the documents case, to modify the condition of Trump's release in order to bar him from making public statements that "pose a significant, imminent, and foreseeable danger to law enforcement agents" who are...
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Nobody hurt after plane's engine catches fire at Chicago O'Hare airport

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The Federal Aviation Administration says a commercial airliner’s engine caught fire at Chicago O’Hare International Airport
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Popular California beach closed for the holiday after shark bumped surfer off his board

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Authorities have closed a 2-mile stretch of a popular Southern California beach for the Memorial Day holiday after a shark bumped a surfer off his board the night before
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Heat-related monkey deaths climb in Mexico, as environmentalists report deaths of birds and bats

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The number of heat-related howler monkeys deaths in Mexico has risen to 157, with a tragically small number of the primates treated or recovering
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Biden honors late son Beau in somber Memorial Day message: ‘The hurt is still real’

  • News source: FOX News
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President Biden on Monday invoked the memory of his late son, Beau Biden, while addressing an audience at Arlington National Cemetery for a Memorial Day ceremony.

Sharing the pain of those whose family members have died in service, Biden noted this week marks nine years since he lost his son Beau, who served in Iraq and later died from brain cancer that the president attributes to his time stationed near toxic burn pits.

Still, the president was careful to draw a distinction between the loss of his son and those who lost loved ones on the...
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Pope allegedly used derogatory term for gay people

  • News source: BBC News - World
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The Pope was speaking at a meeting of bishops on whether gay men should be allowed to become priests.
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Papua New Guinea fears thousands buried after landslide

  • News source: BBC News - World
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More than 2,000 people are feared to be buried alive, though the exact toll has been hard to establish.
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Trump "hush money" trial coming to close as campaigns kick into gear

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With closing arguments set for Tuesday, a verdict in the historic criminal trial of former President Trump could come as early as next week. And with the first debate just a month away, both Trump and President Biden are looking to kick their campaigns into high gear. Robert Costa reports.
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