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• Blinken negotiates ceasefire in Israel • Lebanon powerless

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00:00ANTONY BLINKEN'S MISSION IS TO GET A CEASEFIRE PROPOSAL OVER THE LINE, BUT WASHINGTON'S CAUTIOUS

00:19OPTIMISM IS NOT SHARED BY EITHER OF THE WARRING SIDES.

00:24THE ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER HAS ACCUSED HAMAS OF BEING UNCOOPERATIVE.

00:28Hamas up to this moment remains obstinate. It didn't even send a representative to the

00:33talks in Doha.

00:35The militant group, meanwhile, says the Israeli government is the one blocking the deal.

00:39Netanyahu is fully responsible for thwarting the efforts of the mediators, obstructing

00:44an agreement, and bears full responsibility for the lives of hostages.

00:51Since late Saturday, total darkness has washed over Lebanon as the country's last operational

01:02power station ran out of fuel. According to a communique by the Zarani power plant, the

01:07outage came after, quote,

01:09Exhausting all possible precautionary measures to prolong energy production.

01:14This is not something new. The frequency of power outages has increased significantly

01:19over the years as a result of the government's inability to import fuel due to financial

01:24constraints.

01:26Government facilities such as wastewater treatment, drinking water pumping stations, prisons and

01:31the port have all been affected.

01:42Ukraine says it has destroyed a second strategic bridge in Russia's Kursk region as part of

01:47its cross-border incursion. Kiev has released video it says shows the aftermath of an explosion

01:53on the structure, which it hopes will disrupt Russian supply routes.

01:58Ukraine claims it has seized more than 80 settlements over 1,150 square kilometres since

02:05launching its surprise raid almost two weeks ago. Tens of thousands of civilians have been

02:10evacuated.

02:11The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says the operation aims to create a buffer zone.

02:25A major combined military exercise between Seoul and Washington officially kicked off

02:30on Monday.

02:32The 11-day Ulji Freedom Shield exercise that's set to take place in South Korea until next

02:37Thursday includes computer-based simulation and combined field training exercises, focusing

02:43on bolstering the allies' defense posture against threats from Pyongyang.

02:47It also includes civil defense drills involving government agencies with exercises that simulate

02:53a nuclear attack from North Korea for the first time this year.

03:00Internet users across Pakistan are up in arms over slow connectivity, blaming excessive

03:11monitoring by the government for being the root cause of that decrease in speed. But

03:16instead of accepting accountability or promising a fix, the Pakistan government has put the

03:20onus back on the netizens for using too much VPN. It also rejected reports suggesting that

03:26internet is being throttled by the government. The Pakistan government is facing criticism

03:31over a nationwide firewall system that will act as censorship of sorts to regulate social

03:37media platforms.

03:46With limited resources, doctors do their best to treat patients at this hospital in the

03:51eastern Sudanese state of Kusala, where several people have died from cholera.

03:57After weeks of heavy rain, the war-torn country's health ministry has declared an epidemic of

04:02the disease, saying it's the result of weather conditions and contaminated drinking water.

04:08According to the WHO, the conflict, which broke out between the Sudanese army and paramilitary

04:13rapid support forces in April last year, has exacerbated infections including cholera.

04:51The war-torn country's health ministry has declared an epidemic of the disease.

05:21For more UN videos visit www.un.org

PPN World News Headlines - 19 Aug 2024

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