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Michael Flynn, Argentina, Myanmar: Your Friday Briefing - The New York Times

posted onNovember 24, 2017
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Article snippet: (Want to get this briefing by email? Here’s the sign-up.) Good morning. Here’s what you need to know: • Lawyers for Michael T. Flynn, above, President Trump’s former national security adviser, are said to have terminated an information-sharing agreement with the president’s legal team. Mr. Flynn’s lawyers had been sharing information with Mr. Trump’s lawyers about the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election. The move indicates that Mr. Flynn is cooperating with prosecutors or negotiating such a deal. Pro-Western liberals in Russia have criticized America’s fixation on the Russian meddling, saying that it reinforces the Kremlin’s portrayal of President Vladimir V. Putin as a “master geopolitical genius.” _____ • News of a catastrophic explosion dampened hopes in the search for an Argentine submarine and its crew of 44 that went missing on Nov. 15. The sailors’ relatives, above, reacted with grief and anger at the Argentine authorities, especially after they learned that an explosion had been recorded a week earlier in the submarine’s last-known vicinity. Separately, the U.S. Navy has ended its search for three sailors who have been missing since a transport plane crashed near Japan this week. _____ • Rwanda has offered to house or help repatriate some of the thousands of African migrants being held in Libya and reportedly auctioned there as slaves. “Given Rwanda’s political philosophy and our own history, we cannot remain silent when huma... Link to the full article to read more

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