Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping vows to help stabilize affairs in the Middle East with Egypt's help
Chinese Pres. Xi Jinping vows to help stabilize affairs in the Middle East with Egypt's help;
U.S. Pres. Joe Biden visits Israel, successfully brokers a deal to reopen Gaza-Egypt border
U.S. Pres. Joe Biden visits Israel, successfully brokers a deal to reopen Gaza-Egypt border
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00:00 Nightly greetings to your friends and folks. Soojin Kim here and this is PTV News Now.
00:04 After presiding and hosting a successful 10th anniversary celebration of his Belt and Road
00:10 program, President Xi Jinping cast his eyes further to a region in turmoil, the Middle East.
00:16 The Chinese strongman told Egypt's diplomat in Beijing, Mustafa Magbuli,
00:20 Thursday of China's plans for greater engagement in heightened cooperation with Cairo
00:25 in helping bring down the temperature in the region and stabilize affairs between opposing
00:30 factions and countries. Xi reiterated China's long-standing policy of a two-state solution
00:35 between Palestine and Israel, and its intent to partner with Egypt to first bring a cessation
00:40 in hostilities or ceasefire, and then take it from there. This show of concern to bring peace
00:45 in the region and intent to join hands with Egypt comes at the heels of the reopening of the
00:50 southern border of Gaza and Egypt, which Egyptian President al-Sisi helped broker, to allow badly
00:57 humanitarian aid and relief assistance of food, water, medicine to the displaced and suffering
01:02 people of Gaza. Xi vowed to play an even greater role in securing a ceasefire despite the latest
01:08 attempt by the United States in vetoing a UN Security Council resolution for a humanitarian
01:14 pause in the raging war. U.S. President Joe Biden flew to Israel to show even greater support to
01:21 Netanyahu's government and persuaded him to reopen the southern border at Gaza and Egypt to let in
01:27 humanitarian aid for the wounded and suffering people of Gaza. VOA's Linda Gradstein reports
01:32 from Jerusalem. Israel welcomed U.S. President Joe Biden, who came for a solidarity visit with
01:40 the people and leaders of the Jewish state. After meetings with Israeli officials,
01:44 he spent time with survivors of the Hamas attack and first responders.
01:49 Just hours before President Biden arrived in Israel, a missile or rocket hit the Al-Ahly
01:55 Hospital in central Gaza, killing hundreds of Palestinians. Hamas officials blamed Israel,
02:01 and thousands of Palestinians protested in the West Bank, some of them throwing rocks as
02:06 Palestinian security forces moved in to disperse them with tear gas. Israeli Defense Forces
02:12 spokesman Daniel Hagari denied any responsibility and instead blamed militants. The explosion of the
02:19 Al-Ahly Al-Mahdani Hospital in Gaza was caused by an Islamic jihad rocket that was misfired.
02:26 Along with promising unprecedented support to Israel, President Biden came here expressing
02:32 concern about a growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Israel has cut off the supply of electricity,
02:39 fuel and food to Gaza, where Hamas is holding some 200 Israeli hostages. Truckloads of international
02:46 aid for Gaza's 2.2 million residents have lined up at the Rafah border with Egypt, which had been
02:51 closed since the hostilities began. Biden succeeded in persuading Israel to allow this aid to enter
02:57 from Egypt, but the Israeli Prime Minister's office says Israel will not allow the transfer
03:02 of aid from its territory to Gaza until the Israeli hostages are freed. What is needed in
03:08 Gaza now is an immediate access. This corridor at Rafah needs to be opened as soon as possible.
03:17 There's an absolute need for fuel, water, food and of course medicines and medical supplies.
03:27 The supplies are ready. They're at the border. They're waiting to get in. Israel has ordered
03:33 more than a million Palestinians to leave northern Gaza and move to the south, saying it's for their
03:38 own safety. Close to half a million have done so, including Fida Al-Arraj, who works with the
03:44 British charity Oxfam in Gaza. Along with her husband, five children and mother-in-law, she
03:50 says she's moved three times since the war began and is now in Rafah, near the border with Egypt.
03:56 We are seeking a safer place because of the children mainly and because of my mother-in-law.
04:02 She's not capable of like walking and running and so we are seeking safety even though like
04:10 I doubt something called safety still exists in the whole of Gaza.
04:15 The Palestinian Health Authority and the World Health Organization in Gaza say more than three
04:20 thousand people have been killed since the war began, including 1500 women and children. The
04:26 number of dead and wounded has increased considerably after the hospital attack.
04:30 My cousin, his family was bombed in their house. His mother, his wife and his five kids were blown
04:38 to bits. We didn't even have bodies to bury. With the conflict escalating and an Israeli
04:45 ground assault on Gaza expected soon, Al-Arraj says she and other Palestinians worry that life
04:51 in Gaza will become even more dangerous. Linda Gradstein, VOA News, Jerusalem.
04:57 At this juncture, we turn to our colleague, Ala Sanduan of PTV Cordillera. Ala?
05:07 Good morning Philippines. This is the official campaign to end the 2023 Barangay and Sangniang
05:15 Kabataan elections. We are joined by the Department of the Interior and Local Government, and the
05:22 Barangay Officials. This is DILG, the official and effective service that we are choosing to
05:30 support in the upcoming election campaign. We are also joined by the Agency for the Inventory of
05:37 Documents and Records of the Barangay LGU. We are also joined by the LINAC, the Barangay's
05:44 Chief of Staff. This is DILG, the BSKE's representative for the current and future elections.
05:52 We are also joined by the officials who are supporting the candidates and the candidates
06:01 who are preparing for the election.
06:05 So that when the new set of barangay and SK officials enter, the transition is well-organized,
06:12 there is a turnover that will take place. If it is not well-organized in the replacement or new
06:19 sets of barangay officials, we can chase them, the COA can chase them, and the DILG can sue them.
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