Saturday, December 17, 2022

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🗓️ 17 December 2022

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Kevin McCarthy struggles to drum up votes, as Republicans are divided over who to choose as House Speaker. There are now worries over crypto currency trading platform Binance after the dramatic collapse of FTX. Tens of thousands of nurses, rail and mail workers are on strike in the UK, demanding better work conditions and higher pay.

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0:00.0	With a single-digit majority, Republicans control the House and are still looking for a new
0:06.8	speaker.
0:07.8	They're thinking about tapping the minority leader, Kevin McCarthy for the post, but
0:12.3	does he have his party's full support?
0:14.7	I'm Scott Simon.
0:15.9	I'm Aisha Roscoe and this is Up First from NPR News.
0:22.4	The crash of cryptocurrency exchange FTX has people wondering what's next in that industry.
0:27.9	And it prompts worries over another trading platform called Binance.
0:31.9	What do we want?
0:32.9	Hey, right!
0:33.9	How do we get it?
0:34.9	Strike!
0:35.9	What do we want?
0:36.9	Hey, right!
0:37.9	How do we get it?
0:38.9	Tens of thousands of nurses, rail and postal workers in the UK on strike for better
0:42.9	work conditions and higher pay.
0:44.9	We'll tell you about the impact of their strike.
0:47.4	So please stay with us.
0:48.4	We've got the news.
0:49.4	We need to start your weekend.
1:04.4	And the party's current leader, Kevin McCarthy still can't sew up the votes.
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