PPN World News Headlines - 2 Jul 2024
• Israel targets Khan Younis • Turbulence injures passengers
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00:00The Israeli military has carried out sustained attacks across the Gaza Strip in recent hours,
00:21local media reports.
00:22One woman has died and three other people were injured after the IDF bombed the Kizan
00:28Abu Rashwan neighborhood south of the city of Khan Yunus.
00:32The attack signals the Israeli military is likely to mount a deadly new assault on the
00:37southern Gazan city.
00:39Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel is nearing the
00:45elimination of what he described as Hamas's terrorist army.
00:59A day after its latest missile launch, North Korea has claimed that it successfully tested
01:04a new type of tactical ballistic missile carrying a 4-point-5-ton super-large warhead.
01:11This is the first time that the North has said it tested such a missile.
01:15The North's state-run media said Tuesday that the test of the new missile, named Hwasongpo
01:2011-ta 4-point-5, was conducted with a mock warhead, aimed at verifying flight stability
01:26and accuracy, to see if it can fly a maximum range of 500 kilometers and minimum range
01:32of 90 kilometers.
01:42A car drove into pedestrians near Seoul City Hall on Monday, killing nine people and injuring
01:48at least four more, according to police and fire officials.
01:52Local broadcaster YTN-TV said that the car rammed into pedestrians standing on the crosswalk
01:58after hitting two other cars.
02:00A police officer was administering CPR to a person on the ground at the site of the
02:04accident, according to a video given to Reuters by a witness.
02:08Temporary barricades were already up by Tuesday morning after the collision damaged pedestrian
02:13guardrails.
02:23Now, according to Pakistan's sentencing of a Christian man to death over allegations
02:27of sharing hateful content against Muslims on social media, the verdict follows an incident
02:32in August last year which led to one of the most severe mob attacks on the Christian community
02:38in the eastern Punjab province of Pakistan.
02:41The lawyer of the accused has said his verdict will be appealed.
02:53In Turkey, riots against Syrian immigrants living in the country have spread to several
02:58cities now, with shops and buildings set on fire.
03:01In the southern province of Atteh, protesters burned a Syrian grocery store, while cars
03:06were overturned in Qaiseri.
03:08The violence followed allegations that a Syrian man sexually harassed a seven-year-old
03:11girl.
03:12More than three and a half million Syrians live in Turkey, where anti-refugee sentiment
03:17has been on the rise.
03:27Now in the last hour, Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a Category 5 hurricane,
03:32becoming the earliest hurricane of its kind on record.
03:37Several Caribbean nations are assessing the damage after it made landfall over their territories
03:43in recent hours.
03:44At least one person has died in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with authorities warning
03:49this figure may go up.
03:52Power is down across the island of Grenada as Hurricane Beryl sweeps through.
03:57Tonight, terrifying turbulence rocking a packed international flight, injuring at least
04:1030 people.
04:11Video showing a passenger apparently stuck in the ceiling of the aircraft, his feet dangling
04:17over the aisle.
04:18It's unclear how he got there.
04:20You see the badly damaged, blood-stained cabin, a seat destroyed, and holes where passengers
04:26slammed into the ceiling.
04:27Paramedics seen carrying one person off the plane on a stretcher.
04:31The Air Europa flight from Spain to Uruguay, with at least 325 passengers on board, hitting
04:37turbulence over the Atlantic Ocean early this morning, making an emergency landing in Brazil.