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The move is likely to increase tensions during President Trump’s final weeks in office. Separately, Iran seized a South Korean oil tanker in the Persian Gulf, South Korea said Monday. (Image credit: Tasnim News Agency via AP)

ShareChat, which added Twitter as an investor in 2019, is in talks to add two more American giants to its captable. The Indian social network is in advanced stages of talks to raise money from Google and Snap, three sources

Georgia GOP lieutenant governor says Trump call with secretary of state ‘inappropriate’  CNN Here’s the full transcript and audio of the call between Trump and Raffensperger  The Washington Post Trump urges Georgia official to “find” votes to overturn 2020 election results  CBS Evening

Iran’s decision to begin enriching to 20% purity a decade ago nearly triggered an Israeli strike targeting its nuclear facilities, tensions that only abated with the 2015 atomic deal.

U.K. Judge Blocks Assange’s Extradition to U.S., Citing Mental Health Concerns  The New York Times UK judge denies US request to extradite Julian Assange  CNN U.K. judge rejects U.S. request to extradite WikiLeaks’ Julian Assange  CBS This Morning The Julian Assange extradition ruling:

Security service names suspect as Muhammad Mruh Kabha, from nearby Palestinian village of Tura al-Gharbiya, says he sought to avenge prisoner who died of cancer in Israeli jail

Security service names suspect as Muhammad Mruh Kabha, from nearby Palestinian village of Tura al-Gharbiya, says he sought to avenge prisoner who died of cancer in Israeli jail

The president vaguely warned of a “criminal offense” as he pressured Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in the call, according to an audio recording.

Amna Nawaz talks to Emory University political science professor Andra Gillespie about why the state found itself with not one, but two runoff elections Jan. 5 – and what we can learn from the state’s changing political landscape.