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This is AP News Minute. 

President Trump1 has named a new White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci. On Friday afternoon, Scaramucci came out to conduct the first on-camera briefing in several days. Sean Spicer, who was the White House’ Press Secretary and Communications Director, resigned earlier in the day. 

Clean-up is underway after a powerful earthquake shook seaside resorts in Greece and Turkey. The quake killed 2 tourists on the Greek island of Kos and injured nearly 500 people across the region.   

In Jerusalem, an escalating2 dispute over metal detectors3 at Temple Mount turned violence, setting off widespread clashes between Palestinian stone-throwers and Israeli troops. 3 Palestinians were killed and several dozens injured. 

On Friday afternoon, the President met with survivors4 from the USS Arizona that was sunk at Pearl Harbor. Only 75 sailors were assigned to the Arizona battleship, survived the sink on December 7th, 1941. 

Tom Ritchie, the Associated Press with AP News Minute.


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1 trump LU1zK     
n.王牌，法宝；v.打出王牌，吹喇叭
参考例句：
  • He was never able to trump up the courage to have a showdown.他始终鼓不起勇气摊牌。
  • The coach saved his star player for a trump card.教练保留他的明星选手，作为他的王牌。
2 escalating 1b4e810e65548c7656e9ea468e403ca1     
v.（使）逐步升级( escalate的现在分词 )；（使）逐步扩大；（使）更高；（使）更大
参考例句：
  • The cost of living is escalating. 生活费用在迅速上涨。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The cost of living is escalating in the country. 这个国家的生活费用在上涨。 来自辞典例句
3 detectors bff80b364ed19e1821aa038fae38df83     
探测器( detector的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The report advocated that all buildings be fitted with smoke detectors. 报告主张所有的建筑物都应安装烟火探测器。
  • This is heady wine for experimenters using these neutrino detectors. 对于使用中微子探测器的实验工作者，这是令人兴奋的美酒。 来自英汉非文学 - 科技
4 survivors 02ddbdca4c6dba0b46d9d823ed2b4b62     
幸存者，残存者，生还者( survivor的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • The survivors were adrift in a lifeboat for six days. 幸存者在救生艇上漂流了六天。
  • survivors clinging to a raft 紧紧抓住救生筏的幸存者

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