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News Wrap: Man sets self on fire near Trump trial courthouse

Season 2024 Episode 111 | 6m 10s

In our news wrap Friday, a man set himself on fire in the park near the New York courthouse where Donald Trump is on trial, police in Paris arrested a man at the Iranian consulate after he threatened to blow himself up and the Biden administration added new sanctions on groups accused of raising money for extremist Israeli settlers in the West Bank.

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