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	Podcast:		The World This Week
	Episode:		Biden cautions Netanyahu, Orban blocks Ukraine aid, Cop28 conclusions, AI books flood Amazon
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:45:02
	Publish Date:		2023-12-15 19:18:01
	Description:		Is Washington's patience wearing thin? It all started Tuesday when Israel's prime minister issued a video address in Hebrew. Within hours, Biden had reacted, first at a fundraiser where called on Netanyahu to sack his far-right coalition partners, then at a White House Hannukah ceremony where the U-S president called on Israel to stop its quote "indiscriminate" bombing of civilians in the Gaza Strip. The U.S. Senate is putting off its Christmas recess for a shot on voting on military aid for Israel and for Ukraine. Ukraine's president who has been globetrotting this week, with stops that included DC, where Volodymyr Zelenskiy lobbied senators as well as the pro-Trump speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson who is holding out for domestic border control reform. To keep Kyiv's financial lifeline alive, Zelenskiy traveled all the way to Buenos Aires for last Sunday's inauguration of Argentina's new populist president, Javier Milei, but the main attraction was to lobby Viktor Orban ahead of a crucial E-U summit. In the end, Hungary's prime minister left the room to abstain when fellow leaders green-lighted the kickoff of membership negotiations for Ukraine and Moldova. but despite the European Commission unfreezing ten billion euros in funds for Budapest, held up over Hungary's rule of law issues. it was still a no to a four-year, fifty-billion euro aid package for Kyiv. No one expected a COP28 summit hosted by the world's seventh biggest oil producer to save the planet in twelve days, but COP28 in Dubai concluding with a document that for the first time recognizes the need to transition away from fossil fuels. Relatives bemoan the second death of World War Two hero Léon Gautier. The last remaining fighter on D-Day that landed on the Normandy beaches with the France's Kieffer commando died back in July at age 100. Relatives are suing over a book on Amazon and kindle written by a certain Grace Shawn that is filled with factual errors, including detention in Germany. Grace Shawn is unknown. Amazon has pulled the book over the outrage. But we did find that for 8-pounds-99, one can buy a biography of Leon Gautier - is that really a World War Two rifle on the cover? This one is written by a certain Gilbert Predmore. Produced by Alessandro Xenos, Rebecca Gnignati and Imen Mellaz.
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