Wednesday, October 12th, 2022

Morning Announcements

Betches

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🗓️ 12 October 2022

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Today's headlines: The G-7 announced yesterday that they are committed to standing with Ukraine amidst the latest wave of military strikes, and will continue to support Ukraine. Israel and Lebanon agreed to a US-brokered deal yesterday that ends a decade-long dispute over their maritime border. President Biden is seriously reconsidering the U.S.’ with Saudi Arabia due to last week to significantly cut oil production starting in November. NASA conducted a test to see whether they could use a spacecraft to break up an asteroid in order to shift its orbit. Finally for today, TikTok is planning to build product fulfillment centers in the US, in an attempt to directly challenge Amazon. Resources/Articles mentioned this episode: Washington Post: Biden says Putin ‘totally miscalculated’ Ukraine invasion amid calls for air defense systems Washington Post: Israel says historic agreement made with Lebanon on maritime borders Axios: Biden "to re-evaluate" U.S.-Saudi relationship after OPEC oil cut AP News: Smashing success: NASA asteroid strike results in big nudge Axios: Scoop: TikTok chases Amazon with plans for U.S. fulfillment centers Host: Sami Sage Morning Announcements is produced by Sami Sage alongside Amanda Duberman and Bridget Schwartz Original Music and Editing by Brandon Lee Bjornson Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today is Wednesday, October 12th, and you're listening to The Morning Announcements presented
0:06.0	by Betches Media.
0:07.0	On your host, Sammy Sage, and The Morning Announcements is your daily five-minute breakdown of the
0:11.1	headlines that isn't afraid to take a side and roast the most consequential reality
0:15.2	show there is.
0:16.4	Our government.
0:19.4	For less than 30 days until the midterms, the headlines are still pretty heavy on the
0:25.9	international news.
0:27.4	And we are once again starting with Russia and Ukraine.
0:30.4	The G7 announced yesterday that they are committed to standing with Ukraine amidst the latest
0:34.6	wave of military strikes, and will support Ukraine however it needs to uphold its sovereignty.
0:40.1	The issue of military supplies also came up at the G7 meeting, with Ukrainian President
0:44.5	Vladimir Zelensky asking for air defense systems, as well as for stronger energy sanctions
0:49.4	against the Kremlin.
0:51.0	In light of the recent strikes, the UN warned Russia that they may have violated international
0:55.2	law by deliberately hitting civilian targets.
0:58.2	And for that, I am sure Putin feels a ton of remorse.
1:05.6	While we're doing major international conflicts, let's head to the epicenter.
1:09.5	Israel and Lebanon agree to a US-broker deal yesterday that will end a decades-long dispute
1:14.1	over their maritime border.
1:15.6	The new agreement will allow both countries to use gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean,
1:20.6	and we all know what gas means, more money.
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