PPN World News Headlines - 16 Sep 2024
• Second assassination attempt on Trump • Houthis hits Israel
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00:00Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old white man from Hawaii, has been arrested for his attempt
00:19to assassinate Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
00:22Mr. Routh, reportedly to have been operating a company building sheds, has frequently been
00:27on social media to express his various political opinions, including his disappointment with
00:32the former president's stance after the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war.
00:36Once a supporter of Trump, Routh previously wrote that he's withdrawn his support, saying
00:40Trump is getting worse and devolving, and that he'll be glad if Trump is gone.
00:45On Sunday, Routh was caught aiming an AK-47-style rifle at Trump in his golf club in Florida
00:51from bushes a few hundred yards away.
00:54After the suspect was spotted by a U.S. Secret Service agent, he fled the site without shooting,
00:58but was eventually caught and is now in custody.
01:11The Houthis keeping their promises.
01:14Iran's Yemeni proxy launched a long-range ballistic missile at central Israel on Sunday
01:19morning.
01:20Sirens sounded in numerous cities, the IDF said.
01:23The missile landed in an open area after multiple interceptors managed to hit the missile, causing
01:28it to fall apart midair, only partially intercepting it.
01:32Fallen shrapnel caused damage in multiple areas, including a train station near Moudin.
01:37There were no injuries as a result of the strike or the interception attempts, but nine
01:41people were injured running to shelters.
01:53Iran said it launched a satellite into space using a rocket built by the country's paramilitary
01:58Revolutionary Guard.
02:00It's the latest update in a program that the West fears is helping Tehran advance its ballistic
02:05missile program.
02:07In the past, the United States said Iran's satellite launches defy a UN resolution and
02:13urged Tehran not to undertake activity involving ballistic missiles capable of delivering nuclear
02:18weapons.
02:19Iran has always denied seeking nuclear weapons and says its space program is for purely civilian
02:25purposes.
02:35North Korea displayed images of the centrifuges that produce fuel for its nuclear bombs for
02:40the first time on Friday.
02:42In a state TV report, leader Kim Jong-un visited the uranium enrichment facility and called
02:47for a greater production of weapons-grade material to enhance the nation's nuclear arsenal.
02:53It's a rare look at a critical piece of the country's nuclear program, which is banned
02:58under multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions.
03:01The state media report did not make clear when the visit occurred, nor the facility's
03:06location.
03:17Moroccan police have stopped hundreds of migrants from crossing into the Spanish enclave of
03:21Ceuta.
03:23That comes after dozens had managed earlier on Sunday to cross the first border fence
03:28between Morocco and the EU territory.
03:31Sunday has been a day of high tension after hundreds of people gathered at the border
03:35following reported calls on social media for a collective breach attempt.
03:40The Spanish news agency EFE said that the young migrants were mostly Moroccan nationals
03:45but that some came from elsewhere in Africa.
03:51A whole town in Poland taken over by the worst floods in decades.
04:01Cars are submerged, property lost or destroyed.
04:04There's little movement apart from the water that's burst riverbanks and overcome all defenses.
04:10This is Glukolasi in the Kladzko region of Poland.
04:15It's one of many places across Central and Eastern Europe where, day and night, the surge
04:21of floodwaters caused by Storm Boris has proved devastating.
04:26Across the border in the Czech Republic, assistance for those unable to get high ground and centres
04:32to shelter those who've left their homes.