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The DSR Daily Brief - February 13, 2023: The US shoots down mystery objects, continued fallout of the earthquake in Turkey and Syria, and Israel authorises settlements in the West Bank

The DSR Network

Chris Cotnoir

Government

4.51.9K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The two hundred thirty-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief.   Stories Cited in the Episode: Mystery surrounds objects shot down by US military Turkey-Syria earthquakes: UN expects death toll above 50,000 Israel to authorise nine ‘wild’ West Bank settlements Cambodia’s Hun Sen shuts down independent media outlet Ethiopia restricts social media, messaging apps amid protests Portugal church sex abuse study finds 512 alleged victims Mexico arrests cartel member suspected of leading fentanyl trade Chilean woman becomes first to swim 1.55 miles in Antarctica Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's February 13th, 2023 and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Grant Haver and I'm Chris

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Cotnor, our top stories from international outlets this morning. The BBC is reporting

1:06.6

that the U.S. military is unsure what three flying objects it shot out of the skies over

1:13.9

North America were and how they were able to stay aloft. President Joe Biden ordered

1:21.0

another object the fourth in total this month to be downed yesterday as it was traveling

1:28.5

at 20,000 feet. It could have interfered with commercial air traffic the U.S. said.

1:35.6

One senior official told ABC News that the three most recent objects to be shot down

1:42.0

were likely weather devices and not surveillance balloons. But this was seemingly contradicted

1:49.0

by Chuck Schumer who earlier told the broadcaster that intelligence officials believed the

1:55.4

objects were in fact surveillance balloons.

2:00.4

Rescuers in Turkey have pulled more people from the rubble of Monday's earthquakes but hopes

2:06.2

were fading in Turkey in Syria that many more survivors would be found according to Deutsche

2:12.1

Vela. U.N. relief chief Martin Griffiths has said he expects the death toll to at least

2:19.3

reach 50,000 after he arrived in southern Turkey on Saturday to assess the quakes damage.

2:26.8

With a death toll of at least 29,605 in Turkey the disaster is already in the list of the

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