World News Roundup: BRICS Summit, IDF Assault on Lebanon, and an India-China Border Agreement
On this episode of American Prestige, headlines from around the globe.
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BRICS Summit, IDF Assault on Lebanon, India-China Border Agreement | American Prestige
On this week's American Prestige world news roundup: the 2024 BRICS summit was held, featuring Vladimir Putin pushing for a dollar alternative and potentially alienating some member states (1:36); in Palestine-Israel, an update on Northern Gaza (9:10), Antony Blinken visits (12:31), and a leaked document on Israel's planned counterattack on Iran (16:22); in Lebanon, the IDF targets the Qard al-Hassan banking network (18:22), US special enovy Amos Hochstein visits with special demands (21:13), and the IDF targets Tyre for the first time in this assault (23:45); in Turkey, a terrorist attack interferes with the Kurdish peace process (25:19) and Fethullah Gülen of (of the eponymous movement) dies (28:02); India and China negotiate a border agreement, with Xi and Modi meeting while at the BRICS summit (31:11); in Sudan, an RSF commander defects (34:18); the M23 ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo appears to have failed (36:03); in Ukraine, Russian forces are pressuring several towns (37:57) amid talk of DPRK/North Korean soldiers being deployed (40:18); and finally, a new UN climate report says countries have made no progress in cutting emissions to tackle climate change (43:42).
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Officials attend a plenary session at the BRICS summit in Kazan on October 24, 2024.
(Maxim Shemetov / AFP)On this week’s American Prestige world news roundup: the 2024 BRICS summit, featuring Vladimir Putin pushing for a dollar alternative and potentially alienating some member states (1:36); in Palestine-Israel, an update on Northern Gaza (9:10), Antony Blinken’s visit (12:31), and a leaked document on Israel’s planned counterattack on Iran (16:22); in Lebanon, the IDF targeting the Qard al-Hassan banking network (18:22), US special enovy Amos Hochstein’s special demands (21:13), and the IDF’s first assault on Tyre (23:45); in Turkey, a terrorist attack interfering with the Kurdish peace process (25:19) and the death of Fethullah Gülen of (of the eponymous movement) (28:02); negotiations between India and China over a border agreement, with Xi and Modi meeting while at the BRICS summit (31:11); in Sudan, the defection of an RSF commander (34:18); the apparent failure of the M23 ceasefire in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (36:03); in Ukraine, Russian forces pressuring several towns (37:57) amid talk of DPRK/North Korean soldiers being deployed (40:18); and finally, a new UN climate report saying countries have made no progress in cutting emissions to tackle climate change (43:42).
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