The DSR Daily Brief for May 22, 2023: Debt Ceiling Talks Continue Today, The Fight for Bakhmut, Greece's Election

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Chris Cotnoir

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🗓️ 22 May 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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The two hundred ninety-second episode of the DSR Daily Brief Stories Cited in the Episode: Biden, McCarthy to hold pivotal meeting on debt ceiling as time to resolve standoff grows short As hold on Bakhmut slips, Ukrainian forces push to encircle city Greek election: Centre-right Mitsotakis hails big win but wants majority EU hits Meta with record €1.2B privacy fine Beijing rebukes Japan, Britain over 'anti-China' G7 summit Russia says F-16s to Ukraine would raise question of NATO involvement Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:52.8	It's May 22nd, 2023, and this is your DSR Daily Brief.
0:57.4	I'm Chris Cotnor, our top stories from international outlets this morning.
1:02.2	According to the AP, President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy are set to meet at the White House at a pivotal moment
1:10.2	as Washington works to strike a budget compromise and raise the nation's borrowing limit in time to avert a devastating federal default.
1:19.6	The meeting Monday afternoon between Biden and McCarthy will be critical as they race to prevent alluming debt crisis.
1:27.2	After a weekend of start-stop talks, both men appeared upbeat as they face a deadline as soon as June 1st when the government could run on a cash to pay its bills.
1:38.0	Biden and McCarthy spoke by phone Sunday while the President was returning home on Air Force One after the group of seven summit in Japan.
1:47.4	It went well, we'll talk tomorrow Biden said in a response to a shouted question upon his return late Sunday.
1:54.8	The call revived talks and negotiators met for two and a half hours at the capital rates on the evening, saying little as they left.
2:03.4	Financial markets turned down last week after talks stalled.
2:09.0	The Washington Post reports that Ukrainian forces have been reduced to small footholds in the devastated eastern city of Buck Moot,
2:17.8	which despite its limited strategic importance has emerged as the war's bloodiest battlefield.
2:24.6	But they have made gains on the Russian flanks and a move to encircle the city and extend the fight there according to Ukrainian officials and military personnel in the field.
2:36.0	Ukraine still holds slivers of the city, including the area around what has become a landmark of Ukraine's last readout,
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