• Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon intensify • Zelensky in USA
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00:00Tonight, with rising tensions in the Middle East, will there be an all-out war after the
00:17dangerous escalation between Israel and Hezbollah already?
00:20The moment one of hundreds of airstrikes slamming into a neighborhood in southern Lebanon.
00:25Israel saying they struck 1,300 Hezbollah targets.
00:28Hezbollah say nearly 500 are dead tonight.
00:31Residents watching as their neighborhoods burn.
00:33Israel accusing Hezbollah of storing weapons and missiles in civilian homes.
00:37People heeding Israel's warning tonight.
00:39Hezbollah, in response, firing more than 250 rockets into northern Israel.
00:43Israeli defenses intercepting those rockets.
00:45Tonight, the Pentagon now sending additional U.S. troops to the region out of an abundance
00:49of caution.
00:59Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is in the U.S. this week to amass support for
01:03his so-called Victory Plan, aimed at charting an end to the Russian invasion of his country.
01:09The plan requires major commitment from the U.S. and Western allies, in particular, permission
01:14to use long-range missiles into Russian territory with the aim of degrading Russian military
01:20infrastructure.
01:21But so far, London and the White House have refused the request for fears of greater escalation.
01:28Ukraine says its army is at a serious disadvantage as a result.
01:42Authorities in Iran say a sudden leak of methane gas led to a blast over the weekend, which
01:47has left at least 38 dead.
01:50Another 14 are still believed to be trapped below ground at a privately owned mine in
01:54Tabriz, eastern Iran.
01:56The blast struck the coal mine on Saturday night.
01:59On Sunday, weeping miners stood alongside mine cars that brought up the bodies of their
02:04colleagues.
02:05Bodies recovered so far showed no signs of blast injuries, suggesting many of the workers
02:09died from the gas leak.
02:11In northern Argentina, it's a race to safety as wildfires rage across the region and the
02:27continent, defying borders.
02:30The infernos turning deadly in Peru, killing at least 15 people and scorching through more
02:34than 120,000 acres of rainforest.
02:39In Bolivia, families like this one, forced to evacuate, leaving everything they know
02:43behind.
02:44While in Brazil, fires burn across two massive areas, including the Amazon.
02:58Following record rainfall in Japan's Noto region over the weekend, at least seven people
03:03have reportedly died in Ishikawa prefecture as the torrential downpours caused mudslides
03:09and flooding.
03:11The city of Wajima saw a record rainfall of 121 millimeters in one hour on Saturday morning,
03:18while neighboring Suzhou city saw 84.5 millimeters in one hour.
03:24According to state media, NHK, some 400 police, fire and self-defense personnel are conducting
03:30searches for the two people still missing.
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