Morning news brief: West Asia crisis; Trump hush money trial, and more
WION Morning Brief
Even as the crisis in West Asia worsens, the Israeli war cabinet has reportedly failed toreach a consensusabout how the nation should respond to Iran's unprecedented weekend attack.
Meanwhile, after talks between Iranian foreign minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian and his Indian counterpart S Jaishankar, Iran said that it would give permission to representatives of the Indian government to meet Indian crew onboard the seized cargo ship, MSC Aries.
In other news, former US President Donald Trump's hush money case in which he faces criminal charges is set to begin in New York.
Finally, as per areport, the world's coalpower capacity has increased in 2023, with China leading the growth.
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The Israeli war cabinet failed to reach a consensus on Sunday (Apr 14) about how Israel should respond to Iran's unprecedented weekend attack. According to a report by The Times of Israel, Israeli officials said that the war cabinet favoured a retaliation against Iran, but was divided over the timing and the scale of any such response. The cabinet held deliberations for over three hours, the report added.
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Former US president Donald Trump, on the eve of his contentious hush money trial, has declared that "he will be "fighting for myself but, much more importantly, I will be fighting for our Country".
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