February 8, 2023: Turkey earthquake, Biden, Romney, Santos exchange, Zelenskiy in UK, El Paso

February 8, 2023: Erdogan visits earthquake-hit southern Turkey, Biden State of the Union speech, Zelenskiy arrives in Britain, El Paso massacre suspect

1. President Tayyip Erdogan admitted to problems with his government's initial response to a devastating earthquake in southern Turkey amid anger from those left destitute and frustrated over the slow arrival of rescue teams.

2. President Joe Biden challenged Republicans to lift the U.S. debt ceiling and support tax policies that were friendlier to middle class Americans on Tuesday in a State of the Union speech that served as a blueprint for his 2024 re-election campaign.

3. U.S. Senator Mitt Romney told embattled fellow Republican Representative George Santos that he should not be in Congress and shouldn't have taken a central seat at President Joe Biden's State of the Union address.

4. Britain announced an immediate surge of military deliveries to Ukraine to help it fend off an intensifying Russian offensive and pledged to train its pilots as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy met Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on a rare visit abroad.

5. A Texas man accused of targeting Latinos during a 2019 massacre that left 23 people dead at an El Paso Walmart store is expected to plead guilty on Wednesday to federal hate crimes.

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