PPN World News Headlines - 15 Aug 2024
• 40 More Palestinians killed • Ukraine gains ground in Kursk
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00:00The wounded and dead, many of them children, arrive at Nasser Hospital.
00:17It's the result of Israeli airstrikes on Khan Yunis.
00:21The steady stream of bloodied victims are brought in whatever vehicle can be found.
00:26The main targets of Wednesday's heavy Israeli bombardments include both Khan Yunis and
00:31Rafah.
00:32Israeli onslaught continues despite a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate
00:37ceasefire and on the eve of talks intended to reach a ceasefire agreement.
00:51Ukraine claims its forces have gained more ground in the Russian region of Kursk, with
00:56troops advancing a further one to two kilometres and capturing more than 100 Russian soldiers.
01:05In his nightly address, President Zelensky said Ukraine is reaching its strategic goal
01:10in the Kursk offensive, but called on Western allies to supply more weaponry.
01:16Meanwhile, Russian officials say more than 100,000 people have been evacuated from or
01:22have fled Kursk, and Russia's Belgorod region has declared a state of region-wide emergency.
01:37Who or what destroyed these pipelines two years ago?
01:41Those have been central questions for German investigators for many months.
01:46We know they've identified four divers seen near the spot at the time as being of particular
01:51interest.
01:52It's believed the authorities are working on the basis that this ship was used to transport
01:57the four to and from the site.
02:00It was raided by German police last year.
02:03In June this year, they issued an arrest warrant for one of the four divers, a Ukrainian called
02:08Volodymyr Zed, who was living in Poland, and asked the government in Warsaw to arrest him.
02:15But he managed to cross into Ukraine in early July, because Polish officials say the Germans
02:20didn't put his details on the database in time.
02:32It has been three years since the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, and in that
02:36time it's imposed its interpretation of Islamic law to create what human rights groups call
02:43the world's most serious women's rights crisis.
02:50The militant group celebrated with a military parade at the Bagram Air Base, once the largest
02:55US and NATO military complex in the country.
02:58High-ranking officials were joined by representatives from China, Russia, Pakistan and Iran.
03:13More Indian hospitals were disrupted on Tuesday as doctors continued nationwide protests against
03:19the alleged rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata.
03:25Authorities and the media say demonstrations for the deceased 31-year-old gained further
03:30momentum from the previous day.
03:33Thousands of patients were left without care across the country.
03:37Kolkata state officials said emergency services remained suspended in almost all of their
03:42government-run hospitals.
03:52The interim government in Bangladesh cancelled the public holiday on August 15, following
03:57this, a mob wielding bamboo sticks in Bangladesh's capital city of Dhaka thrashed several people
04:04who were suspected to be members of the ousted Awami League on Thursday.
04:09Let's look at how this unfolded.
04:10Initially, protesters were patrolling the Bangabandhu Memorial Museum after rumours
04:16emerged that supporters of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina were planning to hold a rally
04:22at the memorial.
04:23Later on, the mob thrashed several people suspected to be supporters of Hasina with
04:29sticks and pipes, while the rest were forcibly escorted away.