The IDF Kills More Aid Workers and Hit IRGC Officers in Damascus— Moscow Suffers Terror Attack
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On this week's news episode of American Prestige, Derek and Danny return with the news. This week: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31), Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18), more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli airstrikes hit Iranian IRGC officers in Syria (20:59); a drone strike in Myanmar’s capital Naypyidaw (25:04); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile (26:51); the results of Senegal’s election (29:01); Somalia expels the Ethiopian ambassador (31:02); a terrorist attack in Moscow (32:43); NATO discusses a Ukraine fund (35:27); a UN update on displacement in Haiti (38:42); and a New Cold War update featuring a Biden-Xi phone call (41:28).
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Vigil for a Polish aid worker killed in Gaza by Israeli airstrike, held on April 4, 2024.
(Omar Marques / Anadolu via Getty Images)On this week’s news episode of American Prestige: In Gaza, the IDF kills members of the World Central Kitchen organization (0:31); Biden follows up with Netanyahu (6:18); and we have more reports on the IDF’s AI targeting systems (10:35), and more; Israeli air strikes hit Iranian IRGC officers in Syria (20:59); a drone strike targets Myanmar’s capital, Naypyidaw (25:04); the DPRK/North Korea tests a hypersonic missile (26:51); the results of Senegal’s election are in (29:01); Somalia expels the Ethiopian ambassador (31:02); Moscow suffers a terrorist attack (32:43); NATO discusses a Ukraine fund (35:27); we also have a UN update on displacement in Haiti (38:42), and a New Cold War update featuring a Biden-Xi phone call (41:28).
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On the eve of the XXXIII Olympiad, the world remains complicated.
This week on American Prestige's news roundup: Joe Biden suspends his 2024 presidential campaign (0:32); in Palestine/Israel news, Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a fawning US Congress (2:26), the ICJ rules on the legality of Israel’s occupation (6:13), the IDF shrinks the “protected zone” around Khan Younis in Gaza (9:13), China brokers a Palestinian “national unity” agreement (11:19); Houthi/Ansar Allah carry out a drone strike on Tel Aviv (13:48); in Bangladesh, a pause for the protests primarily aimed against a government job quota system (17:21); the US opens an embassy in the South Pacific nation of Vanuatu (20:01); a new round of ceasefire talks are scheduled for Sudan (21:18); in Russia, the Gershkovich and Kurmasheva trials are wrapped up quickly (23:09); in another diplomatic move, China hosts Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba in a prelude to potential peace talks (25:03); a preview of Sunday’s presidential election in Venezuela (26:54); and the EU’s Copernicus Climate Change Service reports that Sunday was the hottest recorded day ever, a record only to be broken on Monday (28:48).
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