Derek is Rocky, while Danny is Mickey, that is to say, there’s news. This week: in a climate update, it was the hottest September on record (0:31); a suicide bombing (claimed by the PKK) rocks Turkey’s capital of Ankara, leading to retaliatory airstrikes (2:00); the U.S. freezes aid to Egypt amid the Bob Menendez indictment (4:05); more than 100,000 ethnic Armenians flee the Nagorno-Karabakh enclave of Azerbaijan (6:11); Pakistan orders over 4 million undocumented persons, particularly Afghans, to leave (9:22); signs point to the DPRK making moves to reclaim weapons-grade plutonium from the reactor at their Yongbyon complex (11:34); Mali’s junta government continues to struggle with the rebel group Coordination of Azawad Movements (CMA) (13:03); reports emerge that the Niger junta government might be open to talks with ECOWAS and making the transition to civilian rule (15:19); tensions flare up between Kosovo and Serbia (17:02); a Ukraine update featuring questions about the reliability of certain foreign aid while Russia reportedly tests a nuclear-powered cruise missile (19:46); a schism in Bolivia’s Movement for Socialism (MAS) party (24:43); protests in support of Guatemalan president-elect Bernardo Arévalo intensify as the country’s post-election crisis continues (26:00); the U.N. gives the go-ahead for an intervention in Haiti (27:47); and the administration of U.S. president Joe “I’m Just a Humble Servant” Biden waives 26 laws to continue building a border wall in the Rio Grande Valley (29:23).
News - Biden's Border Wall, Ukrainian Aid in Question, Renewed Kosovo-Serbia Tensions