'Michael Cohen has undergone a very public reversal on Donald Trump'

'Heck of a reunion': Donald Trump silent as Michael Cohen dishes dirt

Kayla Epstein for the BBC

Donald Trump's self-described fixer Michael Cohen once claimed he’d "take a bullet" for his boss, said the BBC's Kayla Epstein. Yesterday the pair were in court on "the most anticipated day yet" in Trump's fraud trial. In recent years Cohen "has undergone a very public reversal", becoming one of Trump's "harshest critics" and a star witness in two criminal investigations. Cohen, "like so many…ejected from Mr Trump's orbit", has written a book, Epstein noted, entitled, "Revenge".

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The Guardian editorial board

Israelis and Palestinians "have been locked into a spiral where each side seeks to avenge a wrong", writes The Guardian in their leader article. "Even when one side thinks they have got their revenge, the other does not think the score has been evened," the paper adds. The result is "never-ending destruction" but "both sides need to see themselves as they see each other so their violence can become part of history rather than part of the present", the paper concludes.  

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The Independent editorial board

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The Economist

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