The DSR Daily Brief for June 21, 2023: The Latest Developments in Ukraine, A Glimmer of Hope For the Missing Submersible

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 21 June 2023

⏱️ 10 minutes

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The three-hundred-fifth episode of the DSR Daily Brief Stories Cited in the Episode: In Hosting Modi, Biden Pushes Democracy Concerns to the Background Russia-Ukraine war: List of key events, day 483 Ukraine war: Zelensky admits slow progress but says offensive is not a movie China lashes back as Biden labels Xi a 'dictator' Titan sub: What happens next after sounds detected in search Honduras: Gang violence in women's prison kills at least 41 people ‘Lobster Lady’ turns 103, has been hauling traps for 95 years Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Summer is here and we're as busy as ever at the DSR Network.
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0:59.2	support. It's June 21st, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief. I'm Chris Cotnor. Our top
1:14.9	stories from international outlets this morning. President Biden has declared the battle between
1:20.5	democracy and autocracy to be the defining struggle of his time, but as the New York Times reports,
1:27.8	when he rolls out the red carpet on the south lawn of the White House for Prime Minister Narendra
1:33.3	Modi of India on Thursday morning, Mr. Biden will effectively call a temporary truce.
1:39.6	In granting Mr. Modi a coveted state visit, complete with a star-studded gala dinner, Mr. Biden
1:46.1	will shower attention on a leader presiding over democratic backsliding in the world's most
1:52.4	populous nation. Mr. Modi's government has cracked down on dissent and hounded opponents in a way
1:59.1	that has raised fears of an authoritarian turn not seen since India's slip into dictatorship
2:05.3	in the 1970s. Yet Mr. Biden has concluded, much as his predecessors did, that he needs India despite
2:13.6	concerns over human rights, just as he believes he needs Saudi Arabia, the Philippines and other
2:20.0	countries that are either outright autocracies or do not fit into the category of ideal democracies.
2:27.5	At a time of confrontation with Russia and an uneasy standoff with China, Mr. Biden is being
2:34.1	forced to accept the flaws of America's friends. Al Jazeera has the latest as the war in Ukraine
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