Gaza, Mexico, and Haiti: This Week in World News
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
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US Complicity in Gaza Crimes, President Sheinbaum of Mexico, Pont Sonde Massacre in Haiti | American Prestige
On this week's world news roundup from American Prestige: In Palestine-Israel, the one year anniversary of October 7 (1:45), damning ProPublica and Drop Site reports on US complicity in aid worker deaths (5:10), a new IDF siege in northern Gaza (10:55), and Biden and Netanyahu discuss a retaliation for Iran (13:47); Netanyahu threatens to turn Lebanon into Gaza (17:27) while the IDF invades and orders evacuations of southern Lebanon (19:40), Beirut's airport seems to be the next target (21:50), and more Hezbollah leadership is killed (23:15); the DPRK/North Korea is cutting road and rail ties to South Korea (25:32); Japan has a new PM and snap election (27:51); in Sudan, new fighting in North Darfur state (30:28); escalation in Ethiopia's Amhara region (31:42); several Russian advances in Ukraine (33:43); the UK and Mauritius reach an agreement on the Chagos Islands (39:57); Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as president of Mexico (43:28); and Haitian armed groups kill dozens in Pont Sonde (45:17).
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On this week’s world news roundup from American Prestige: In Palestine-Israel, on the first anniversary of October 7 (1:45), damning ProPublica and DropSite reports drop on US complicity in aid-worker deaths (5:10), the IDF mounts a new siege in northern Gaza (10:55), and Biden and Netanyahu discuss a retaliation for Iran (13:47); Netanyahu threatens to turn Lebanon into Gaza (17:27), while the IDF invades and orders evacuations of southern Lebanon (19:40), Beirut’s airport seems to be the next target (21:50), and more Hezbollah leadership is killed (23:15); North Korea is cutting road and rail ties to South Korea (25:32); Japan has a new PM and a snap election (27:51); in Sudan, there’s new fighting in North Darfur state (30:28); the conflict escalates in Ethiopia’s Amhara region (31:42); Russia makes several advances in Ukraine (33:43); the UK and Mauritius reach an agreement on the Chagos Islands (39:57); Claudia Sheinbaum takes office as president of Mexico (43:28); and Haitian armed groups kill dozens in Pont Sonde (45:17).
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Hottest Year on Record, Syria's Transition, Yoon Weathers Impeachment | American Prestige
On this week's American Prestige news roundup: 2024 is officially the hottest year on record (0:57), particularly because the Arctic is no longer a carbon sink, but rather a net carbon emitter (2:40); regarding the situation in Syria, an update on the political transition (5:16), renewed fighting between the SDF and Turkish proxies (10:56), and Israel makes a land grab for an extended "buffer zone" (15:01); in Israel-Palestine, Hamas makes a major ceasefire concession (18:22); rebels in Myanmar seize the Bangladesh border (21:29) while other factions call for a ceasefire (22:51); President Yoon of South Korea survives his first impeachment vote and chaos ensues (24:30); Ethiopia and Somalia strike a deal to settle their recent tensions (30:14); in Russia-Ukraine, Trump's demand for a ceasefire panics Zelenskyy (33:22); Romania's constitutional court annuls the first round of its presidential election (37:14); an armed group commits a massacre in Haiti (40:25); and the Biden administration is building migrant detention facilities (42:00).
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