October 18, 2022: Syrian infighting, Chinese Party Congress and GOP poll boost

Facts & Spin for October 18, 2022 top stories: Russian Drones rock Kyiv and target energy infrastructure across Ukraine, Xi Jinping opens China's Communist Party Congress, Syrian rebel infighting worsens after a truce collapses, the Biden administration launches its student debt relief website, economic jitters are boosting Republican midterm chances, Biden will campaign opposite DeSantis, Jill Biden stumps for key midterm campaigns, a mine explosion kills 41 in Turkey, Paris sees mass protests, bad medicine kills at least 10 children in Yemen, and Credit Suisse pays $495M in a mortgage-backed securities settlement.

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