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Slim GOP majority traps McCarthy in US House speaker standoff

Why is the GOP, the Republican Party, having difficulty electing a House leader? Will Erdogan have success playing peacemaker with Zelensky and Putin? What countermeasures is China threatening in response to COVID travel restrictions? Ian Bremmer shares his insights on global politics this week on World In :60.

Medical workers treat injured people at Ameth Bek hospital after a drone strike on a market in the disputed Abyei region along the border between South Sudan and Sudan, October 19, 2026.
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South Sudan is accusing neighboring Sudan of launching a drone strike that killed at least 73 people at a market in Abyei, a disputed, oil-rich region of roughly 4,000 square miles claimed by both countries.