The Friday News Roundup For October 21, 2022
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🗓️ 21 October 2022
⏱️ 87 minutes
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Summary
And coming to a quarter near you, the actress Anna Mae Wong makes history. The celebrated Hollywood icon will become the first Asian American featured on US currency.
Meanwhile, overseas, Britain's newest prime minister prepares for life as an old one. Liz Truss moves on from her role as Prime Minister of the UK after just 45 days in office.
In Ukraine, drone attacks leave millions in the dark. Russia's new military commander warns of 'difficult decisions' ahead as thousands leave a key city in the south.
And the United Nations warns that Haiti is on the verge of collapse.
We cover all this and more during this week's News Roundup.
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| 0:00.0 | You're listening to The One A Podcast. |
| 0:09.6 | I'm Jen White. |
| 0:10.6 | Let's get into the news roundup. |
| 0:12.6 | President Biden's student debt relief program |
| 0:15.1 | launches this weekend, and it's already |
| 0:17.3 | gotten millions of applicants. |
| 0:19.2 | That's despite finding multiple law scoot suits, |
| 0:21.8 | but some of those challenges got dealt a serious blow |
| 0:24.3 | on Thursday. |
| 0:25.4 | We get into it. |
| 0:26.2 | Plus, candidates across the US hit the final stretch |
| 0:28.9 | ahead of the midterms that we learn anything |
| 0:31.1 | from this week's debates. |
| 0:32.6 | Let's turn to our panel for some answers. |
| 0:35.2 | Steve Clemonds is the editor at large for semaphore. |
| 0:38.3 | That's a global news outlet. |
| 0:40.1 | And Nancy Cook is the White House correspondent |
| 0:42.1 | for Bloomberg News. |
| 0:43.2 | Steve, Nancy, it's great to have you. |
| 0:44.6 | Let's get into it. |
| 0:45.7 | So two courts dealt two blows to opponents |
| 0:48.5 | of President Biden's student loan plan on Thursday. |
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