Gaza Residents Struggle To Get Out, Biden Pushes For More Aid, Polish Elections

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🗓️ 16 October 2023

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Israel's deadline for civilians to leave northern Gaza has passed. What happens to people who remain behind? President Biden wants more aid for both Israel and Ukraine. But as long as the House is paralyzed, this might not be possible. Also, exit polls suggest Poland's opposition parties won enough votes to form a governing coalition.

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0:00.0	Israel's deadline for civilians to leave northern Gaza has passed.
0:05.6	And a woman named Nancy says she is still there in Gaza City with a baby in no way to get out.
0:11.2	What happens to people who remain behind?
0:13.2	Tell me Martinez, that's Steve Inskeep, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	President Biden wants more aid for both Israel and Ukraine.
0:24.4	We have the capacity to do this, we have an obligation through it.
0:27.2	But not the ability to do so as long as the House is paralyzed while it has no speaker.
0:31.5	So what's the way forward for the U.S. and its allies?
0:33.6	Also, exit polls suggest Poland's opposition parties won enough votes to form a governing coalition.
0:40.0	How would the winners change course after eight years of nationalist rule?
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