PPN World News Headlines - 19 Aug 2024
• Blinken negotiates ceasefire in Israel • Lebanon powerless
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00:00ANTONY BLINKEN'S MISSION IS TO GET A CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL OVER THE LINE, BUT WASHINGTON'S CAUTIOUS
00:19OPTIMISM IS NOT SHARED BY EITHER OF THE WARRING SIDES.
00:24THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS ACCUSED HAMAS OF BEING UNCOOPERATIVE.
00:28Hamas up to this moment remains obstinate. It didn't even send a representative to the
00:33talks in Doha.
00:35The militant group, meanwhile, says the Israeli government is the one blocking the deal.
00:39Netanyahu is fully responsible for thwarting the efforts of the mediators, obstructing
00:44an agreement, and bears full responsibility for the lives of hostages.
00:51Since late Saturday, total darkness has washed over Lebanon as the country's last operational
01:02power station ran out of fuel. According to a communique by the Zarani power plant, the
01:07outage came after, quote,
01:09Exhausting all possible precautionary measures to prolong energy production.
01:14This is not something new. The frequency of power outages has increased significantly
01:19over the years as a result of the government's inability to import fuel due to financial
01:24constraints.
01:26Government facilities such as wastewater treatment, drinking water pumping stations, prisons and
01:31the port have all been affected.
01:42Ukraine says it has destroyed a second strategic bridge in Russia's Kursk region as part of
01:47its cross-border incursion. Kiev has released video it says shows the aftermath of an explosion
01:53on the structure, which it hopes will disrupt Russian supply routes.
01:58Ukraine claims it has seized more than 80 settlements over 1,150 square kilometres since
02:05launching its surprise raid almost two weeks ago. Tens of thousands of civilians have been
02:10evacuated.
02:11The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the operation aims to create a buffer zone.
02:25A major combined military exercise between Seoul and Washington officially kicked off
02:30on Monday.
02:32The 11-day Ulji Freedom Shield exercise that's set to take place in South Korea until next
02:37Thursday includes computer-based simulation and combined field training exercises, focusing
02:43on bolstering the allies' defense posture against threats from Pyongyang.
02:47It also includes civil defense drills involving government agencies with exercises that simulate
02:53a nuclear attack from North Korea for the first time this year.
03:00Internet users across Pakistan are up in arms over slow connectivity, blaming excessive
03:11monitoring by the government for being the root cause of that decrease in speed. But
03:16instead of accepting accountability or promising a fix, the Pakistan government has put the
03:20onus back on the netizens for using too much VPN. It also rejected reports suggesting that
03:26internet is being throttled by the government. The Pakistan government is facing criticism
03:31over a nationwide firewall system that will act as censorship of sorts to regulate social
03:37media platforms.
03:46With limited resources, doctors do their best to treat patients at this hospital in the
03:51eastern Sudanese state of Kusala, where several people have died from cholera.
03:57After weeks of heavy rain, the war-torn country's health ministry has declared an epidemic of
04:02the disease, saying it's the result of weather conditions and contaminated drinking water.
04:08According to the WHO, the conflict, which broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary
04:13rapid support forces in April last year, has exacerbated infections including cholera.
04:51The war-torn country's health ministry has declared an epidemic of the disease.
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