PPN World News Headlines - 11 Aug 2024
• Brazil plane crash kills 62 • Kursk battle heats up
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00:00Emergency responders working in the rain and around the clock to retrieve all 62 bodies,
00:21victims of a deadly plane crash on Friday that sent shockwaves across Brazil.
00:29Emergency members are being asked by authorities to help identify their relatives at the Legal
00:34Medical Institute of São Paulo, where the bodies were taken.
00:39More than 50 bodies have been recovered, but most were so badly burned identification will
00:44take time.
00:46The aircraft was carrying 58 passengers and four crew members from the southern state
00:51of Paraná to Brazil's largest city, São Paulo, when disaster struck.
00:56Nearing its destination, the plane suddenly lost speed and altitude, spinning out of control
01:02and plunging to the ground.
01:04It exploded on impact in the backyard of a house in the midst of a residential condominium
01:10complex.
01:20Russia fought intense battles against thousands of Ukrainian troops following Ukraine's largest
01:26incursion on Moscow's territory since the start of the war in 2022.
01:32Kiev's forces have reportedly pushed as deep as 20 kilometres into the Russian territory
01:38of Kursk.
01:40Ukraine had launched an attack over the Russian border on Tuesday, sweeping across the region
01:45in a surprise attack supported by drones and artillery fire.
01:50Russia's defence ministry said their forces were continuing to repel the invasion by Ukrainian
01:55armed forces, adding that fighting was focused around settlements 10 to 20 kilometres inside
02:02Russia.
02:13A devastating strike by Israel on a school housing hundreds of displaced families in
02:18Gaza City.
02:20Tonight the White House saying it's deeply concerned, the IDF saying the building was
02:24being used by Hamas.
02:26The attack coming as people gathered for morning prayers.
02:30Strike happening just a day after President Biden announced a new push for a ceasefire
02:34in Gaza.
02:36Israel awaits a potential Iranian or Hezbollah retaliation for two assassinations in Tehran
02:41and Beirut.
02:51People in Kitezi are looking for their loved ones beneath heaps of garbage.
02:58People walked to this tragedy after a section of a rubbish disposal site in the capital
03:03Kampala collapsed.
03:07Environmentalists say this was a disaster waiting to happen.
03:12The landfill is full beyond its capacity.
03:17It's one of two garbage sites in the city and takes in an estimated 2,000 tonnes of
03:23rubbish daily.
03:47It's one of two garbage sites in the city and takes in an estimated 2,000 tonnes of
03:58rubbish daily.
04:17The Queen's Gambit may have been a Netflix hit.
04:28But this morning, a real-life drama in the chess world.
04:31A renowned player faces criminal charges for taking the battle off the board.
04:35Amina Abakarova is accused of poisoning her opponent's pieces during a tournament in Russia.
04:41Security video posted by the Russian Chess Federation allegedly captures her spraying
04:45a substance containing mercury on one of the boards before play began.
04:50The unlucky victim falling ill soon after touching the poisoned pieces, Abakarova now
04:54faces jail time, along with a lifetime ban from competition.