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The United States, Saudi Arabia and the ignored war in Yemen
A US ship fired cruise missiles into Yemen today — a nation torn by civil war and further devastated by Saudi Arabian air attacks carried out with US assistance. We hear about a humanitarian disaster and possible violations of international law.
By Warren Olney • • 52m ListenPhoto: Forensic experts invistigate the scene at the community hall where Saudi-led warplanes struck a funeral in Sanaa, the capital of Yemen, October 9, 2016. (Khaled Abdullah/Reuters)
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3 storiesWomen accuse Trump of sexual aggression
The New York Times and other news outlets have interviewed several women describing sexual aggression by Donald Trump. The Republican presidential candidate has called the claims "fabricated" and "outright lies," and is promising to go "buck wild" on allegations of womanizing by former President Bill Clinton.
Read the story7 minThe United States in another Middle-East civil war
For months, State Department officials and a few members of Congress have warned that America's at risk of violating international law. Until today, it was all about US military aid to Saudi Arabia's bombing of civilian targets in Yemen, its tiny neighbor already devastated by civil war.
Read the story33 minBob Dylan awarded Nobel Prize for Literature
Today, the Secretary of the Swedish Academy announced this year's Nobel Prize for Literature . It goes to a poet favored by President Obama and Salman Rushdie, but the winner is still a surprise: singer and song writer Bob Dylan .
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