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Nov 2023

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Blinken’s Mideast meetings, Biden-Trump ...

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken reaches Turkey in his whirlwind diplomatic tour of the Middle East – after pro-Palestinian protesters tried to storm an air base holding US troops. In Israel’s near ghost town Sderot, one high tech business is carrying on. Plus, the latest Biden poll, a K-pop star questioned over drug use and other top headlines.

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