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Morning Announcements

Friday, May 13, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

News, Daily News, Politics, News Commentary

4.7 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

Today, we start with Russia responding to Finland’s NATO plan, Hungary’s prime minister refusing to ban imports of Russian oil, an update on the nationwide shortage of baby formula, and North Korea's nationwide lockdown. Finally, we end the week with a New York judge ordering Donald Trump to pay 110 thousand dollars in contempt fees. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: WaPo: Russia responds to Finland's NATO plan with threats of retaliation NPR: One man stands between Europe and a ban on Russian oil: Hungary's Viktor Orban AP News: Parents swap, sell baby formula as Biden focuses on shortage AP News: North Korea confirms 1st COVID outbreak, Kim orders lockdown Axios: New York judge orders Trump to pay $110,000 in civil contempt fines Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Today is Friday, May 13th, and your listening to the Morning Announcements presented by

0:07.8

Betches Media, on Sammy Sage.

0:11.0

Finland's leaders announced yesterday that they will seek to join NATO immediately, while

0:18.2

Sweden is strongly considering a similar move.

0:21.3

In response, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that they would have to take retaliatory

0:24.8

steps.

0:25.8

Yeah, obviously, which is why they're joining NATO to begin with.

0:29.5

Meanwhile, the UN Human Rights Council voted to start a probe into alleged abuses of human

0:37.0

rights and serious violation of international humanitarian law by Russian troops in Ukraine.

0:43.0

Only two countries, China and Aritria, voted against starting the probe.

0:47.2

So far, they have found over 1,000 civilian bodies that had been killed by Russia's use

0:51.3

of explosive weapons.

0:55.9

We also have an update on that, will there won't they question around the EU cutting

0:59.9

off its dependence on Russian oil?

1:02.2

The EU needs to unanimously vote to ban imports of Russian oil, but Hungary's Prime Minister

1:06.8

Viktor Orbán is the one vote who potentially stands in the way of that.

1:11.3

Orbán has shown quite an affinity for Putin and his regime, and has pursued many of the

1:15.8

same goals of suppressing journalists, artists, and the LGBTQ population.

1:20.4

It's just like they say, birds of a bigoted feather stay addicted to oil forever.

1:28.6

We reported a few weeks ago about the national shortage of baby formula, which is only getting

1:33.2

worse.

1:34.2

In response, President Biden spoke with leading manufacturers and retailers yesterday about

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