Saturday, February 11, 2023

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🗓️ 11 February 2023

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Summary

Foreign aid has reached affected areas in Turkey following a deadly earthquake this week. But it has been much harder to get help across the boarder into Syria. Also, in Iran, tensions following months of deadly protest remain as the country observes the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution. And in the U.S., FBI agents found one classified document in the Indiana home of former Vice President Mike Pence.

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0:00.0	The death toll in Syria and Turkey continues to rise following a massive earthquake in
0:08.0	the region this week.
0:09.3	4 and 8 is reached Turkey, but getting help into Syria has been more challenging.
0:13.6	I'm Aisha Roscoe.
0:14.9	And I'm Scott Simon, and this is up first from NPR News.
0:21.0	Rescue worker Amaro Solmo told NPR this week that Syria needs help with multiple disasters.
0:26.8	Every year we face the storms, we face the disasters, we face the bombardment.
0:33.3	In Iran, today marks the 44th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution.
0:38.0	The tensions remain after hundreds of deaths and mass arrests following months of protest.
0:43.4	An FBI agent found a classified document and former Vice President Mike Pence's Indiana
0:49.4	home.
0:50.4	Stay with us.
0:51.4	The news you need to start your weekend.
1:00.5	It's cold in northern Syria, and that region, which is already dotted with a few G camps
1:05.2	and destruction from a decade of war, is now devastated by this week's earthquake.
1:11.0	The quake is left nearly 25,000 people dead.
1:14.6	Tens of thousands wound it in Turkey and Syria.
1:17.4	Aid is flowing to Turkey, but in northern Syria, residents say they've received almost
1:23.6	nothing.
1:31.3	This pocket of Syria is held by opponents to the Syrian regime.
1:35.9	For years, the United Nations has said it can't open up more aid routes to there from
1:40.8	Turkey because of opposition by the Syrian regime and its allies, Russia, and China.
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