PPN World News Headlines - 2 Sep 2024
• Russia targets Kyiv • US troops kill ISIS members in Iraq
Transcript
00:00Russia has launched a barrage of drones, crews and ballistic missiles at Kiev Monday morning.
00:20Residents were sent into bomb shelters as several explosions rocked the city. One person
00:25was injured from falling debris, according to Kiev Mayor Vitaly Klitschko.
00:31The head of Kiev's city military administration said over ten cruise missiles, about ten ballistic
00:37missiles and a drone fired at the Ukrainian capital and its suburbs were destroyed by
00:42Ukraine's air defenses.
00:52Families of thousands of protesters in Tel Aviv are demanding a ceasefire deal to secure
00:56the release of the remaining 97 captives held in Gaza. Families of captives have joined
01:02other demonstrators outside Netanyahu's office in West Jerusalem.
01:07In a statement, Hamas has said, the one who kills our people daily is the occupation with
01:12American weapons and the bodies of prisoners found in Gaza were only killed by Zionist
01:17bombing. President Joe Biden must stop supporting this enemy with money and weapons and pressure
01:22the occupation to end its aggression immediately.
01:52Air strikes struck the area before U.S. special forces swooped in. They were met by militants
01:58with suicide belts and grenades. Fifteen of them were killed. Now, U.S. troops stationed
02:04both in Syria and Iraq have become increasingly vulnerable to attacks not just from ISIS but
02:10by Iranian-backed militia in the region.
02:13Moving on, rescuers have found 17 bodies after a helicopter crashed with 22 people
02:27aboard in Russia's Kamchatka peninsula. Regional officials said that the helicopter went missing
02:34shortly after takeoff on Saturday, carrying 19 tourists and three crew. The Kamchatka
02:41region is popular for adventure tourism due to its active volcanoes and pristine nature.
02:48Rescuers spotted the remains of the helicopter on Sunday morning in a hilly area at a height
02:54of 900 meters.
03:04This was the terrifying aftermath.
03:07We think that an airplane crashed into the house.
03:10A row of townhomes just outside Portland, Oregon, goes up in flames. Look, as the plane
03:16crashes caught on camera, a huge fireball rises above the neighborhood. The fire jumping
03:22from home to home as firefighters worked frantically to douse the flames. One resident was killed,
03:27authorities say. The shocking moment heard on radio traffic with the Troutdale Airport
03:32Control Tower just two miles from the crash site.
03:35Crash, crash, crash. Big black smoke in a residential area.
03:40Troutdale Tower confirming a report in a plane crash.
03:43That's affirmative and it was a twin, twin aircraft.