PPN World News Headlines - 4 Oct 2024
• Israel continues strikes in Lebanon • Ukraine hits Russia
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00:00A series of huge explosions rock southern Beirut.
00:21According to an Israeli source, strikes in the area on Thursday were targeting Hashem
00:26the cousin of late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah.
00:30Safedine has been viewed as a likely successor to Nasrallah, following his death last week
00:34in an Israeli air raid in the outskirts of southern Beirut.
00:40It comes after another day of Israeli airstrikes in the Lebanese capital.
00:44In the heart of the city, a strike on a medical centre belonging to the Hezbollah-linked Islamic
00:49Health Organisation left several dead.
00:55The Ukrainian military said on Thursday that it used U.S. Army Tactical Missile System,
01:05or ATACOM's, ballistic missiles to strike a Russian Nebo-M radar station.
01:10The Nebo-M radar is a system that can detect fifth-generation aircraft, like the F-22 and
01:14F-35, as well as long-range ballistic missile launches.
01:19Ukraine's military says it believes Russia had 10 such operational systems left.
01:24The military did not state any details of the strike, including when it had taken place,
01:28but said that the destruction of the Nebo-M radar creates a favourable air corridor for
01:33the effective use of missile weapons.
01:46A disaster captured on camera.
01:49This video footage shows the ill-fated passenger boat listing sideways before overturning and
01:54sinking in Lake Kivu.
02:01On shore, shocked onlookers struggled to make sense of the tragedy which struck Thursday
02:06near Goma in Congo's North Kivu province.
02:12On Thursday evening, authorities announced a death toll of over 70, with the number of
02:18victims expected to rise when rescue and recovery work resumes on Friday.
02:31The driver of a school bus that burst into flames on the outskirts of Thailand's capital
02:35has been slapped with four charges after turning himself in to police.
02:40He initially fled the scene of the accident, which left at least 20 people dead, mostly
02:45students who were on a field trip.
02:48The 48-year-old man at the wheel of the ill-fated bus told police that his vehicle, the second
02:54in a three-bus convoy, was travelling at 70 to 80 kilometres per hour when it suddenly
03:00lost balance.
03:01He says he lost control of the vehicle, crashing into another car before hitting a concrete
03:07barrier along Thailand's Vibhavadi-Rangsit Road, causing sparks that ignited the blaze.
03:18On Thursday evening, authorities announced a death toll of over 70, with the number of
03:22victims expected to rise when rescue and recovery work resumes on Friday.
03:48A dash for safety.
04:10Residents of the town of Ponsonde in central Haiti use whatever means they could to flee
04:15a gang attack.
04:16According to human rights groups, the Grand Grief gang went on rampage Thursday, killing
04:21more than 20 people, including children.
04:24Dozens escaped with injuries.
04:27While most of the gang violence is seen in the capital Port-au-Prince, the Adbonide region
04:32in north-central Haiti has increasingly seen episodes of gang crime in recent years.
04:47Britain will give up sovereignty of the Chagos Islands to Mauritius, it said on Thursday.
04:53However, it retains the use of the strategic airbase on Diego Garcia, jointly operated
04:58with the United States.
05:00Its operation is protected by the agreement.
05:03The deal would allow people displaced decades ago to return home and resettle the rest of
05:08the islands.
05:09It marks a change of approach to the issue from new British Prime Minister Kirstarmer.
05:15U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed the deal and said it would secure the effective operation
05:19of the airbase into the next century.
05:30Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf PTI has given a fresh call for countrywide protest on October 4th
05:37in Islamabad.
05:38Its leader Imran Khan has urged citizens to come out in large numbers to protest for independence
05:45of the judiciary and their freedom.
05:48In a statement attributed on social media platform X, the former prime minister urged
05:54people to make sacrifices for freedom.
05:57Imran Khan said Pakistani must not hesitate to offer sacrifices for liberty.
06:04He gave the example of slain Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah and Hamas chief Ismail Haniyeh
06:10who were killed in Israeli attacks.