#MBRundown Top Stories from July 27-August 2, 2024

Manila Bulletin

Here are this week's #MBRundown Top Stories from July 27-August 2, 2024:  1. Paris Olympics 2024 opening ceremony kicks off READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/26/a-starry-paris-olympics  2. Roque denies owning raided house in Benguet; admits 'interest' in property's owner READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/29/roque-denies-owning-raided-house-in-benguet-admits-interest-in-property-s-owner  3. Oil spill from sunken tanker reaches Cavite town's shorelines READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/29/oil-spill-from-sunken-tanker-reaches-cavite-town-s-shorelines-says-fisherfolk-group  4. PH, US hold 2+2 foreign, defense meeting in Manila READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/30/blinken-manila-hosting-2-2-meet-evidence-of-ph-us-steady-high-level-ties  5. Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran READ: https://mb.com.ph/2024/7/31/iran-s-state-tv-hamas-leader-ismail-haniyeh-assassinated-in-tehran

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00:01MB Rundown. Top stories of the week.

00:04Paris Olympics has officially commenced.

00:09The Olympics has kicked off on July 27th,

00:11with global athletes cruising along the Seine River.

00:1516 out of 22 Filipino athletes joined the parade

00:19with Nesquik Patesa and Carlo Pajar Lam as flag bearers.

00:24Roque denies owning raided house in Benguet,

00:27admits interest in property's owner.

00:30Former presidential spokesperson Harry Roque

00:33denied ownership of the raided property in Tulum, Benguet.

00:37He denied possession of the property,

00:39stating that as of January 2024,

00:42it was leased to a Chinese national.

00:44Oil spill from sunken tanker reaches Cavite town's shorelines.

00:48The oil spill from the sunken MT Terra Nova,

00:52which was carrying 1.4 million litres of oil,

00:55has reached Tanza-Cavite shorelines.

00:57In Tanza alone, around 5,000 fish will be affected

01:01if the spreading oil is not immediately contained.

01:04Philippines and United States hold 2 plus 2

01:07foreign defense meeting in Manila.

01:10U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

01:12said that the meeting is evidence of a steady drumbeat,

01:16a very high-level engagement between two countries.

01:20While U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III

01:23likened the US-PA's relationship to a family.

01:27Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh assassinated in Tehran.

01:31Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said

01:34Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh was assassinated in Tehran.

01:38No one immediately claimed responsibility for the assassination,

01:42but suspicion immediately fell on Israel.

01:46Iran's statement gave no details on how Haniyeh was killed.

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