Its now 4 00 in new york. This Morning A Key chapter until the first ever criminal trial of an american expresident came to a close. The Testimony Phase of the people of the great state of new york vermont vs. Donald trump is over after the defense rested its case and trump in the end did not testify. Although just a few weeks ago, he said this, quote, im testifying. I tell the truth. Whatever that means. Happening right now in court, prosecutors and trumps Defense Attorneys are discussing the instructions that the judge will give to the jury. Its incredibly important. Where donald trump faces 34 Felony Charges for falsifying Business Records in order to conceal another crime. Well keep you posted on all of the updates out of those proceedings. We turn to the dramatic events this morning in court. Team trump resting its case, one was a paralegal and the other was the attorney robert cost tell la lo. Whatever credibility he had left after his outburst in court, the ones that resulted in
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Are still unaccounted for. The idf expressed condolences to the victims families. Our hearts go out to them, to the families, at this difficult time. We will leave no stone unturned. We will do everything in our power to find our hostages and bring them home. We will not rest until we do. Meanwhile, lawyers for israel have told the International Criminal court that south africa is making a mockery of genocide. It comes after south africa asked the uns top court to order israel to stop its incursion in rafah, citing the Genocide Convention. Now that both sides have presented arguments, its up to the icjs judges to decide whether it is necessary to issue a ruling. From the hague, heres the bbc s anna holligan. Israel describes south africa plasma case as an inversion of reality, divorced from facts, and accuse south africa of exploiting the Genocide Convention by presenting outlandish allegations. Such as accusing israel of creating extermination zones, using language reminiscent of the