Egypt demands Israel to open crossings with Gaza for aid entry

STORY: Egypt demands Israel to open crossings with Gaza for aid entry SHOOTING TIME: File DATELINE: May 19, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:42 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. various of a still photo of Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza 2. various of officials meeting at the Egyptian Foreign Ministry headquarters 3. various of Egyptian Foreign Ministry STORYLINE: Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry stressed on Friday the need for Israel to open all land crossings between Israel and the Gaza Strip for full, safe, and unhindered access to humanitarian and relief aid into the war-torn area. Shoukry made the remarks during a phone conversation with Sigrid Kaag, the United Nations Senior Humanitarian and Reconstruction Coordinator for Gaza, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The top Egyptian diplomat and the UN official touched on the dangers of Israeli military operations in Rafah, as w

US: Strong Winter Storm Brings Blizzard Conditions To Sierra Nevada 3

A strong winter storm hit the Sierra Nevada on Friday, March 1, bringing heavy snow and high winds. Blizzard Warnings were issued for the area, including Lake Tahoe and eastern Nevada. The Sierra Avalanche Center warned that the danger of avalanches was high. Yosemite National Park and many ski resorts in the region announced they were closing at least for the day.

Palestinian death toll rises to 22,600 in Gaza

STORY: Palestinian death toll rises to 22,600 in Gaza SHOOTING TIME: Jan. 4 & 5, 2024 DATELINE: Jan. 6, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:04 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP (English): NICK KOLYOHIN, Xinhua reporter in Tel Aviv 2. various of war-torn area in Gaza 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): Gaza resident in Nuseirat refugee camp 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): AHMED AL-HAMARNEH, Gaza resident in Nuseirat refugee camp STORYLINE: STANDUP (English): NICK KOLYOHIN, Xinhua reporter in Tel Aviv "On Friday, the Israeli army continued its military operation in the Gaza Strip. According to a statement, over the past day, the aerial, ground, and naval forces struck over 100 targets belonging to Palestinian militant groups, including operational command centers and militant sites. In the north, the Israeli fighter jets continued to conduct strikes, targeting the military infrastructure of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah." The Palestinian death toll from Israeli strikes on the Gaza Strip rose to 22,600

Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, dozens killed: ministry

STORY: Israel launches airstrikes on Gaza, dozens killed: ministry SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 3, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 4, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: GAZA CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of Gaza Strip areas subjected to Israel airstrikes STORYLINE: The Hamas-run Health Ministry said that Israel launched new airstrikes on various areas in the war-torn Gaza Strip on Sunday, resulting in dozens killed and wounded. Rescue workers and medics told Xinhua that Israeli airstrikes targeted a populated residential building in the Jabalia Camp in the northern Strip. Thirty-seven people were killed and were transferred to the hospital over the past few hours. Meanwhile, at least three people were killed and 20 others wounded in an Israeli bombardment targeting a house in the Abu Eskandar area, north of Gaza City, according to medics. Moreover, the Palestinian Civil Defense Service said that several people were killed and wounded in homes destroyed by Israeli warplanes on Yafa Street, east of Gaza City.

Lviv mayor, Japanese architect call for support for building hospital

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi and Japanese architect Shigeru Ban hold a press conference at the Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan in Tokyo on Sept. 5, 2023. They called for Japan's support in building a new surgical ward designed by the architect at a hospital in Ukraine's western city of Lviv, which harbors many fleeing and injured civilians from the war-torn areas within the country.

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(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

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(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(FOCUS)LIBYA-DERNA-FLOODS-AFTERMATH

(230917) -- DERNA, Sept. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This photo taken on Sept. 16, 2023 shows a flood-affected area in Derna, Libya. On Sept. 10, Mediterranean storm Daniel made landfall in Libya, bringing heavy storms and flash floods along its path in the northeast of the war-torn country and causing extensive damage to residential areas and infrastructure. At least 5,500 people were dead and another 10,000 missing in the disaster, according to the official update on Wednesday. The International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday that more than 38,640 people have been displaced in the most affected areas in northeastern Libya. (Photo by Hamza Turkia/Xinhua)

4 kidnappers killed, businessman rescued in Kabul: police

STORY: 4 kidnappers killed, businessman rescued in Kabul: police DATELINE: Jan. 3, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:16 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of street views and police on duty in Kabul, Afghanistan STORYLINE: Afghan police personnel rescued a businessman after killing four kidnappers in Kabul city late on Monday, Kabul police spokesman Khalid Zadran said Tuesday. A group of kidnappers, according to the official, was attempting to kidnap a businessman from Taimany area of Kabul city late Monday, but police gunned down four kidnappers and rescued the businessman. The Taliban-run caretaker government has vowed to crack down on criminals and illegal activities, including kidnapping, drug trafficking, armed robbery and militancy elsewhere in the war-torn country. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Kabul. (XHTV)

Kidnapper killed, hostage rescued in Afghanistan's Kabul

STORY: Kidnapper killed, hostage rescued in Afghanistan's Kabul DATELINE: March 1, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:34 LOCATION: Kabul CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1 various of clearance operations in Kabul STORYLINE: One kidnapper was killed and four others arrested after intelligence personnel of the Afghan caretaker government busted a group on the western outskirts of the capital Kabul, the government confirmed on Monday. "The Kabul department of General Directorate of Intelligence (GDI) rescued Abdul Ghafar from the kidnappers in Qargha area of Paghman district in a special operation on Monday," the government said in a statement. The statement came as security forces have arrested nine kidnappers, six Islamic State (IS) militants and 35 robbers, and seized a huge amount of weapons and ammunition in clearance operations in Kabul and surrounding provinces since Friday, according to government sources. The Taliban-run administration has vowed to crack down on outlaws to ensure law and order in war-torn Afgh