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Latest news bulletin | August 17th – Midday
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17/08/2024
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Ukraine's army chief tells President Volodymyr Zelensky the situation is under control as
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the military incursion into Russia continues.
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Health officials report the first case of polio in Gaza in 25 years.
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The U.N. calls for a truce to roll out vaccines.
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The Grafen Reinfeldt nuclear power plant is demolished as Germany continues to move towards
00:27
renewable energy sources.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has been briefed by Army Chief Oleksandr Sirsky
00:40
about the ongoing incursion into Russia's Kursk region.
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Sirsky said battles are ongoing and that Ukrainian forces continue to make territorial gains.
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He also said he hoped a number of Russian soldiers would be taken captive to exchange
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for Ukrainian prisoners of war.
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In his nightly address, Zelensky said the operation aimed to destroy Russia's logistics
01:03
and drain their reserves.
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He added, the occupier is suffering losses and this is very helpful for our defense.
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The Ukrainian military push into Kursk has seen Kiev's forces seize several villages,
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take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.
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It's the largest attack on Russia since World War II, but Ukrainian officials have repeatedly
01:29
said that the aim of the operation isn't to occupy Russia, but to force Moscow to negotiate
01:34
peace on Kiev's terms.
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Palestinian health officials have reported the first case of polio in Gaza in an unvaccinated
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10-month-old child in the city of Deir al-Bala.
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After discovering the child's symptoms, tests were conducted in Jordan's capital Amman and
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the case was confirmed to be polio.
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It's the first case of the disease in at least 25 years in the coastal enclave, which has
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seen health and sanitation facilities devastated by the Israel-Hamas war.
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On Friday, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for seven-day pauses in fighting to
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allow agencies to roll out a vaccination campaign across the Strip.
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Two rounds of polio vaccinations are expected to be launched at the end of August and September
02:26
across Gaza in a bid to prevent the spread of the disease.
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Over 1.6 million vaccine doses will be delivered to Gaza and vaccinations will be administered
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by 708 teams across the Strip.
02:44
Germany's decommissioned nuclear power plant at Grafen Reinfeldt has been demolished after
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a short delay.
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The demolition of the plant's two cooling towers was pushed back by almost two hours
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after a pro-atomic energy activist scaled a pylon and protested its destruction.
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Grafen Reinfeldt began commercial operations in 1982 and was Germany's oldest nuclear power
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plant.
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But as part of the government's policy to transition away from nuclear power, it was
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closed in 2015.
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Under its Energiewende strategy, Germany is aiming to have around 80 percent of its electricity
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supplied from renewable sources by 2050.
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In the time that Grafen Reinfeldt was operational, it provided over 11 percent of Bavaria's energy,
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according to the German utility company E.ON.
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The 55,000 tons of concrete rubble produced by the demolition will be used to fill the
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two collecting basins below the towers.
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A large fire has broken out in a car park in the southern city of Loris where dozens
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of vehicles are said to be parked.
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The fire started in an industrial area which has no homes but is next to several warehouses.
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The car park is believed to be used by a car rental company and the cause of the fire is
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unknown.
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The Portuguese National Emergency and Civil Protection Authority said 56 firefighters
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and 21 vehicles are on site trying to put out the blaze.
04:21
SpaceX has launched an epic rideshare mission carrying 116 payloads from nine different
04:27
companies.
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A Falcon 9 rocket took off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on Friday morning.
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SpaceX is expected to confirm the deployment of the payloads later.
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The Transporter 11 launches SpaceX's 80th this year and more than 70 percent of the
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satellites on board will be deployed to the Starlink communications network.
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