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Philippines tells China it won't abandon shoal amid South China Sea standoff; 'Eris' Variant: WHO sounds alarm over the new strain of Covid-19 variant spreading rapidly across UK; 'Mother Ukraine' Statue: Kyiv gets rid of Russian symbols from it as part of its de-Russification campaign; Syria: Israeli strikes near Damascus leaves four soldiers near Syria dead.
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00:00 The Philippines told China on Monday that it would not abandon a disputed shoal in the
00:10 South China Sea after it accused China's Coast Guard of using water cannons and what they
00:15 called dangerous moves to prevent Manila from sending supplies to its troops occupying the
00:20 reef.
00:21 Manila has summoned Beijing's ambassador a day after Chinese Coast Guards blocked and
00:25 used water cannon on Philippine vessels in the disputed South China Sea.
00:29 Reckoning the August 5 incident to a David vs Goliath situation, Jonathan Malaya, a senior
00:34 Philippine National Security Council or NSC official, said that Beijing's increased presence
00:40 at the second Thomas Shoal will not deter Philippines' resolve to protect its position
00:45 there.
00:46 China said it had earlier told Manila not to send ships to the shoal and not to send
00:49 construction materials used for large-scale repair and reinforcement to the warship after
00:54 it learned of this recent supply plan.
00:59 The WHO has sounded alarm against a new variant of COVID-19 that is spreading rapidly.
01:05 The alert has been sounded after the health authorities in the United Kingdom are said
01:09 to be on their toes after a new variant of the COVID-19 was reported to be proliferating
01:14 at a fast pace.
01:15 This sub-variant has been named ARIS.
01:17 It is being referred to as EG.5.1 and is spreading quickly in the UK.
01:22 Although the cases were spiking in the UK, the variant ARIS was recognised only on 31
01:26 July after the infections from the virus skyrocketed.
01:29 EG.5.1 was first raised as a signal in monitoring on 3 July 2023 as part of horizon scanning
01:35 due to increasing reports internationally, particularly in Asia.
01:39 Right now, it is just a variant of interest.
01:41 More data will reveal whether it would be declared a variant of concern.
01:47 The towering Mother Ukraine statue in Kiev lost its hammer and sickle symbol on Sunday
01:51 as officials replaced the Soviet-era emblem with Ukraine's trident coat of arms.
01:56 The figure held a sword in her right hand and a shield in her left.
02:00 Originally, the shield bored the Soviet Union's coat of arms, a crossed hammer and sickle
02:04 surrounded by ears of wheat.
02:05 But now, the Soviet Union's coat of arms has been replaced with Ukrainian's.
02:09 Created in the image of a fearless female warrior, the statue holds a sword and a shield,
02:13 but now instead of the hammer and sickle emblem, the shield features the Ukrainian trident
02:18 that was adopted as the coat of arms of independence on Ukraine on February 19, 1992.
02:24 Workers had begun removing the old emblem in late July, but poor weather and ongoing
02:28 air raids delayed the work.
02:29 The completed sculpture will be officially unveiled on August 24, which is Ukraine's
02:33 Independence Day.
02:37 Citing a military source, Syrian state media reported earlier on Monday that an Israeli
02:41 missile attack targeting the vicinity of Syria's capital Damascus killed four soldiers, wounded
02:46 four more and caused some material damage.
02:49 Air defence systems in the Syrian capital were activated against the attacks, according
02:53 to Syrian media.
02:54 Explosions were also heard in the city.
02:56 Syrian air defences intercepted the Israeli missiles and shot down some of them.
03:00 The military source said, "At about 2.20 in the morning today, the Israeli enemy launched
03:05 an aerial aggression from the direction of the occupied Syrian Golan Heights, targeting
03:09 some points in the vicinity of the state of Damascus."
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