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A tense day in courtroom for Stormy Daniels
Lawyers for Donald Trump once more sought to make Stormy Daniels look as if she was mendacity yesterday about her account of a 2006 sexual liaison. But Daniels — who took the $130,000 hush-money fee on the coronary heart of the 34 felony fees Trump is going through — pushed again.
“You made all this up, proper?” a lawyer requested.
Daniels responded with a forceful “No.”
During a combative cross-examination — which began on Tuesday and continued yesterday — Daniels swung between vulnerability and defiance. When the protection attacked her for hawking gear to supporters, she responded by likening it to Trump’s personal merchandising.
Susan Necheles, Trump’s lawyer, searingly questioned Daniels for greater than two hours. As Necheles tried to undermine her credibility, Daniels repeatedly parried. In one alternate, Necheles steered that Daniels, due to her profession in porn, had loads of expertise with “phony tales about intercourse.”
Daniels shot again, “The intercourse within the movies could be very actual, identical to what occurred to me in that room.”
A Daniels-Trump recap: They met in July 2006, however their lives intersected over the following decade and past. Here’s a breakdown of the timeline.
Hopes for a Gaza deal shrank as talks stalled
High-level negotiations in Cairo have been placed on maintain yesterday; the Israeli and Hamas delegations left, as did the C.I.A. director, dealing a blow to hopes a deal could possibly be reached quickly.
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The pause is a setback, on condition that some had seen indicators earlier within the week {that a} deal is likely to be shut. Still, one official mentioned that negotiators have been deciphering the suspension as a pause relatively than a derailment.
Israel’s actions in Rafah may set the tone for future discussions. On Wednesday, President Biden acknowledged that Israel had used American bombs to kill civilians in Gaza. He mentioned the U.S. would additionally withhold artillery if Israel have been to go forward with a significant operation in Rafah.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel reacted defiantly to Biden’s feedback: “If we have to stand alone, we are going to stand alone.” Fears are rising {that a} rift with the U.S. may have an effect on Israel’s potential to proceed its conflict. Netanyahu is caught between allies demanding a cease-fire deal and right-wing calls for in his personal nation to go ahead with the invasion.
A view from the sky: These satellite tv for pc photographs of Rafah, taken after Israeli forces entered town, present widespread harm and clusters of Israeli armored automobiles.
Ukraine strikes deep in Russia
Ukraine struck an oil refinery far inside Russia, officers on either side mentioned yesterday, as Kyiv works to weaken Russia’s navy and its power trade.
The drone strike on the ability, which is one in every of Russia’s largest and lies greater than 700 miles (over 1,100 kilometers) from Ukraine’s border, exhibits that Kyiv is more and more in a position to attain targets additional inside its enemy’s territory.
Background: This assault, together with others on two oil depots, have been a part of an ongoing marketing campaign. Kyiv hopes to disrupt Russia’s navy logistics by focusing on the services that offer gasoline for its tanks, ships and planes. Ukraine additionally hopes to undermine Russia’s power trade, which is central to its economic system.
Impact: An power skilled in Belgium mentioned the strikes had taken greater than 10 % of Russia’s oil-refining capability off line, briefly decreasing its potential to show its crude oil into merchandise like gasoline, diesel and petrol.
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Majid Khan, a former courier for Al Qaeda, spent 20 years in Guantánamo Bay and was tortured in C.I.A. custody. In the 12 months since his launch, he has reunited together with his spouse, met his daughter and had a son. They now reside in Belize.
“Life is a check,” he mentioned. He sees the following chapter of his life as a chance to make issues proper. He was harm, he mentioned, and did issues that harm others. “May God forgive.”
For extra, take heed to the most recent season of the “Serial” podcast, which is about Guantánamo.
Lives lived: Steve Albini, a musician and audio engineer who helped outline the sound of ’90s different rock, died at 61. Listen to a few of his important recordings.
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How loneliness impacts the mind
Everyone feels lonely now and again. But for some individuals, loneliness turns into entrenched in a manner that’s unhealthy for his or her well being. Chronic loneliness may even change individuals’s brains.
Neurologically, continual loneliness is related to adjustments in areas necessary for social cognition, self-awareness and processing feelings. For years, scientists have identified a few connection between loneliness and Alzheimer’s illness and different sorts of dementia. A examine printed late final 12 months steered an affiliation with Parkinson’s illness. It can be linked to melancholy.
So what are you able to do? It sounds apparent, however a typical suggestion is to place your self in locations and conditions the place you’ll be able to meet individuals and make new mates. Cognitive conduct remedy may also assist deal with the foundation drawback for why it is likely to be exhausting so that you can work together with others.
