Biden At UNGA, US-Iran Prisoner Swap, Canada Assassination

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🗓️ 19 September 2023

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President Biden speaks at the United Nations General Assembly, five prisoners are on their way back to the US after a prisoner swap with Iran and Canada blames the Indian government for the assassination of a Sikh leader in British Columbia in June.

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0:00.0	President Biden lays out America's foreign policy agenda to world leaders today with Ukraine
0:07.3	top of mind.
0:08.3	Ukraine needs to be able to effectively defend itself, but some world leaders won't be
0:12.7	in the audience.
0:13.7	I'm Leila Faldon.
0:14.7	That's Amartina's and this is up first from NPR News.
0:17.8	The five Americans will soon be reunited with their families in the U.S. after a deal
0:24.9	with Iran.
0:25.9	But how politically risky is that deal for President Joe Biden?
0:29.5	He agreed to release nearly $6 billion in frozen Iranian oil money for their freedom.
0:34.2	And Canada's Prime Minister is publicly accusing the Indian government of murder on the
0:39.0	North American country's soil.
0:41.1	Unacceptable violation of our sovereignty.
0:44.8	So what does this leave ties between the two countries?
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