Let's Do The News! (October 17, 2022)

                  

                                                 

Your daily round-up of today's news:

- Brazil's presidential contenders, President Jair Bolsonaro and former president Luis Inacio Lula Da Silva, are trading tirades in a middle of a debate ahead of the second round of elections to be held in two weeks' time.

- Three Conservative MPs have become the first to publicly call Prime Minister Liz Truss to resign. Truss faced criticism since rolling back the tax policy caused market turmoil and caused her finance minister to resign.

- British police launched a probe into a clash outside the Chinese consulate in Manchester. A group of pro-democracy protesters has denounced the recent Chinese Communist Party Congress in Beijing.

- The UNICEF said that the war in Ukraine and rising inflation have thrown four million children into poverty across Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in his latest televised address, said that heavy fighting occurred in the Donbas region.

- GMC will unveil the first-ever Sierra EV Denali this October 20th at 1700 hours US Eastern Time.

- Mercedes-Benz unveiled the EQE SUV as well as its AMG equivalent with 677HP of power.

- The Porsche 911 (992) GT3 RS lapped the Nurburgring in 6:49.328, the fastest NA vehicle to lap the Nordschleife.

- Konami will announce what's next in the Silent Hill franchise in a special live stream this October 19th at 1400hours US Pacific Time (October 20th at 0600 hours Japan Time).

- The Love Live franchise will launch their first virtual school idol smartphone app this April 2023.

TTFN.