The News Roundup For October 13, 2023
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🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
House Republicans are beginning to coalesce around Majority Leader Steve Scalise as their pick to succeed Rep. Kevin McCarthy has the chamber's speaker. However, Scalise faces an uphill battle to obtain the 217 votes he'll need to be confirmed in the role.
The Gaza Strip is in the midst of a humanitarian crisis after the Israeli government ordered a complete siege of the territory. Israeli authorities are cutting off access to food, power, and water.
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohamed bin-Salman discussed the "need to end war crimes in Palestine" in one of their first calls since restoring diplomatic relations between their two countries.
Afghanistan was hit by a large earthquake in its western region mere days after two other quakes killed more than 1,000 people. So far, authorities have announced that 100 are injured and at least one person was killed.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Sarah, your host for this edition of The News Roundup. |
| 0:04.0 | Just a quick heads up before we start the show, |
| 0:06.0 | the news is rapidly changing and things may have changed by the time you hear this episode. |
| 0:11.0 | So stay up to date with news by listening to your local NPR member station |
| 0:15.0 | and visiting npr.org for all the latest. |
| 0:18.0 | Thanks for listening and enjoy the show. |
| 0:20.0 | You're listening to the 1A Podcast. I'm NPR Sarah McCammon. |
| 0:31.0 | And it's time for another edition of The News Roundup. |
| 0:34.0 | This attack is brought to the surface painful memories. |
| 0:38.0 | The scars left by a millennia vanisemitism and genocide of the Jewish people. |
| 0:44.0 | So in this moment, we must be crystal clear. |
| 0:48.0 | We stand with Israel. |
| 0:51.0 | And we will make sure as it has what it needs to take care of its citizens, defend itself and respond to this attack. |
| 0:58.0 | There's no justification for terrorism. There's no excuse. |
| 1:03.0 | President Biden forcefully denounced Tomas' attack on Israel in the strongest terms on Tuesday. |
| 1:09.0 | He called last weekend's attack an act of sheer evil. |
| 1:12.0 | At least 1,000 people were killed in Hamas's weekend attack. |
| 1:16.0 | At least 1,400 died after Israel responded with airstrikes on Gaza in the six days since, according to the Palestinian Health Ministry. |
| 1:24.0 | This week, Biden's administration has been in close contact with the Israeli government. |
| 1:29.0 | US officials said 27 Americans were killed and 14 others remain unaccounted for. |
| 1:34.0 | At least some are believed to have been taken captive by Hamas. |
| 1:38.0 | US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken arrived in Israel on Thursday in a show of support and solidarity. |
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