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Arab Leaders on Israel-Hamas, Trump Won’t Testify, Argentina Inauguration

World policy leaders meeting in Qatar discuss the Gaza war and its impact on regional security. Donald Trump plans to skip testifying for a second time in the New York civil fraud trial against him and his company. And Argentine President Javier Milei is inaugurated after promises of big changes to his country struggling with an economic crisis.

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Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Michael Sullivan, Krishnadev Calamur, Mohamad ElBardicy and Olivia Hampton. It was produced by Kaity Kline, David West and Chad Campbell. We get engineering support from Stacey Abbott. And our technical director is Zac Coleman.