• NATO vows to support Ukraine • Russia targeted German CEO
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00:00The rockets are reaching new targets, at times deeper inside Israel and lately causing casualties.
00:20Hezbollah is making good on its promise to widen the scope of its operations against
00:24the Israeli military in response to the killing of one of its senior commanders in mid-June.
00:30Since then, another high-ranking commander has been killed in a targeted assassination.
00:36He went by the name Abu Nami.
00:38During a ceremony to commemorate his work, the armed group's leader, Hassan Nasrallah,
00:43delivered a message amid renewed international diplomatic efforts to reach a ceasefire in
00:49Gaza and a deal to release Israeli captives.
00:54Palestinians have returned to this, their homes reduced to rubble.
01:06After nearly two weeks of intensified ground attacks, the Israeli army withdrew from the
01:11Shejaya area, leaving a trail of destruction as homes, schools and clinics are leveled
01:17to the ground.
01:19Another day, another order, forcing tens of thousands of Palestinians living in Gaza City
01:24to head south, all at a moment's notice.
01:36As the NATO summit in Washington came to an end, leaders gathered with Volodymyr Zelenskyy
01:41and launched an agreement dubbed the Ukraine Compact to support Kyiv.
01:46During the summit, NATO members announced they had started sending some F-16 fighter
01:50jets Ukraine's way, deliveries that Kyiv has long been waiting for.
01:55NATO allies have also pledged to give Ukraine at least $43 billion in military aid within
02:00the next year, as well as new air defence systems.
02:04And now I want to hand it over to the President of Ukraine, who has as much courage as he
02:09has determination.
02:10Ladies and gentlemen, President Putin.
02:11President Putin.
02:12He's going to beat President Putin.
02:13President Zelenskyy.
02:14I'm so focused on beating Putin, we've got to worry about it.
02:32Russia planned to assassinate the chief executive of German arms maker Rheinmetall, and the
02:37US and Germany had foiled their plot.
02:40That's according to reports from CNN and New York Times on Thursday.
02:44They say the plot to kill CEO Armin Papago was one of a series of Russian government
02:48plans to assassinate industry executives across Europe who were supporting Ukraine's war
02:53effort.
02:56Rheinmetall had been producing artillery shells and vehicles for Ukraine.
03:00The reports say US intelligence first discovered the plot earlier this year.
03:04They told German security services who were able to protect Papago.
03:17To Finland now, where the parliament is set to vote on a bill granting border guards the
03:22power to turn back asylum seekers coming from Russia.
03:25It is expected to pass as both the ruling right wing coalition and many opposition lawmakers
03:30are backing it.
03:32The government has said that the bill is vital to stop future arrivals, despite the law being
03:36at odds with Finland's international human rights commitments.
03:48A US coast guard ship on routine patrol in the Bering Sea came across several Chinese
03:53military ships in the international waters, but within the US exclusive economic zone.
03:58The coast guard said in a statement that the crew detected three vessels approximately
04:03200 kilometers north of Amchitka Pass in the Aleutian Islands.
04:09A short time, a little while later, a helicopter air crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak
04:14spotted a fourth ship approximately 135 kilometers north of the Amukta Pass.
04:23Tonight, frightening moments mid takeoff.
04:33Watch as tires on this American Airlines plane explode as it was speeding down the runway.
04:39Emergency, emergency, emergency.
04:41The plane headed to Phoenix from Tampa with 180 people on board, the pilot aborting the
04:46takeoff.
04:47We had a blown tire and we've got to be in control to degrade.
04:50Sparks seen flying emergency crews racing in.
04:53American Airlines saying the plane experienced a mechanical issue and they're investigating
04:58the incident.
04:59We're told that small fire was burning by design to prevent a larger explosion.
05:04No injuries were reported.
05:14Landing gear of a Saudi flight flying from Riyadh to Pakistan's Peshawar caught fire
05:20soon after landing at the Bacha Khan International Airport on Thursday afternoon.
05:25Ground controllers informed the pilot and rescue teams after which fire extinguishers
05:30were rushed to put out the flames.
05:33No casualties were reported and all passengers and crew were evacuated safely.