News - BRICS Summit, IDF Assault on Lebanon, India-China Border Agreement

American Prestige

Daniel Bessner & Derek Davison

History, Politics, News

4.8 • 705 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

It's 80 degrees in late October here at AP headquarters, but Danny and Derek remain cool as a cucumber to bring you the news. This week: the 2024 BRICS summit was held, featuring Vladimir Putin pushing for a dollar alternative and potentially alienating some member states (1:36); in Palestine-Israel, an update on Northern Gaza (9:10), Antony Blinken visits (12:31), and a leaked document on Israel's planned counterattack on Iran (16:22); in Lebanon, the IDF targets the Qard al-Hassan banking network (18:22), US special enovy Amos Hochstein visits with special demands (21:13), and the IDF targets Tyre for the first time in this assault (23:45); in Turkey, a terrorist attack interferes with the Kurdish peace process (25:19) and Fethullah Gülen of (of the eponymous movement) dies (28:02); India and China negotiate a border agreement, with Xi and Modi meeting while at the BRICS summit (31:11); in Sudan, an RSF commander defects (34:18); the M23 ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appears to have failed (36:03); in Ukraine, Russian forces are pressuring several towns (37:57) amid talk of DPRK/North Korean soldiers being deployed (40:18); and finally, a new UN climate report says countries have made no progress in cutting emissions to tackle climate change (43:42). Subscribe now at Supporting Cast. Don't forget to get your copy of Matt Christman’s Book ¡No Pasarán! here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey guys, it's Derek.
0:01.5	Our friends at Chapo Trap House are publishing a very good book for a very good cause,
0:05.6	and all this month we're going to be asking as many of you as are able to pre-order it.
0:10.3	The book is called No Passeran, Matt Christman's Spanish Civil War.
0:14.3	It's a concise history and analysis of the Spanish Civil War packed with that signature
0:18.3	Matt Crispin voice and humor, And it looks fantastic to boot.
0:22.3	I've seen pictures really looks great.
0:24.7	I'm sure many of you are aware of the health challenges Matt has been facing.
0:29.2	And the reason we're making this appeal is because all of the profits of the sale will go to
0:33.7	support him and his family.
0:35.8	This is a one-time sale and the window to order No
0:38.6	Pasaran closes on October 31st, Halloween. So please go today to Chapo Trap House.
0:44.9	Dot Store slash products slash no dash Pasaran, a link that we'll be including in our
0:51.7	notes with this month's American Prestige episodes,
0:54.7	including the one you're listening to right now.
0:57.1	Thanks for supporting Matt.
0:58.5	Thanks for listening.
0:59.7	And as always,
1:00.7	keep on rocking in the free world.
1:04.0	That's kind of conversation
1:05.2	to your soul.
1:09.1	That's conversation.
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