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Israel should prioritize civilian protection in Gaza, says Blinken

STORY: Israel should prioritize civilian protection in Gaza, says Blinken SHOOTING TIME: March 13, 2024 DATELINE: March 14, 2024 LENGTH: 00:01:15 LOCATION: Washington D.C. CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State 2. SOUNDBITE 2 (English): ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State 3. SOUNDBITE 3 (English): ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State STORYLINE: U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday that Israel, while conducting its military operation in Gaza, should prioritize the protection of civilians and the delivery of humanitarian aid to those in need. SOUNDBITE 1 (English): ANTONY BLINKEN, U.S. Secretary of State "We look to the government of Israel to make sure this is a priority -- protecting civilians, getting people the assistance they need. That has to be job number one, even as they do what is necessary to defend the country and to deal with the threat posed by Hamas." Blinken told reporters during a press availability at the Stat

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Child survivors of Gaza conflict in dire need of psychological support

STORY: Child survivors of Gaza conflict in dire need of psychological support SHOOTING TIME: Nov. 8, 2023 DATELINE: Nov. 10, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:05 LOCATION: GAZA, Palestine CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. STANDUP 1 (Arabic): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter 2. various of entertainment events for displaced children in Gaza 3. SOUNDBITE 1 (Arabic): MOHAMMED AL-AMASI, Volunteer in Gaza 4. various of entertainment events for displaced children in Gaza 5. SOUNDBITE 2 (Arabic): JANA AYYAD, Displaced girl in Gaza 6. various of entertainment events for displaced children in Gaza STORYLINE: STANDUP 1 (Arabic): SANAA KAMAL, Xinhua reporter "As the Israeli army's ground and air attacks continue in the Gaza Strip, tens of thousands of Palestinians have been displaced, fleeing to the hundreds of UNRWA shelter centers. We are standing in one of the UNRWA schools where thousands of Palestinians have been displaced. Most of the displaced here are children. Mothers here say that their children's health and psychological stat

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Israel stages overnight ground raid into Gaza

STORY: Israel stages overnight ground raid into Gaza DATELINE: Oct. 27, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:51 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: POLITICS/MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various footage of Israeli Defense Forces attacking Gaza released by IDF on Oct. 27 STORYLINE: The Israeli military announced Friday morning it had conducted another "targeted raid" into the Gaza Strip over the past day with the use of ground forces. According to a statement released by the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF), the troops were accompanied by fighter jets and other weapons as they entered the central Gaza Strip. "The Israeli army entered an open area near the separation fence in the town of Beit Hanoun in the northern Gaza Strip and the Bureij camp in the central east of the Gaza Strip," Palestinian and Israeli security sources told Xinhua. At the end of the operation, the ground troops returned to Israel. The raid was the third one that was reported by the IDF. Israel is now preparing for a massive ground operation in the Gaza Strip, as stat

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Israel signs record-breaking 3.5-bln-USD Arrow-3 missile deal with Germany

STORY: Israel signs record-breaking 3.5-bln-USD Arrow-3 missile deal with Germany DATELINE: Sept. 29, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:35 LOCATION: Jerusalem CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the Arrow-3 hypersonic missile defense system 2. various of Israeli defense Minister Gallant's statement 3. various of the Arrow-3 hypersonic missile defense system STORYLINE: Israel announced Thursday that it had signed a record-breaking 3.5-billion-U.S. dollar agreement with Germany to sell its Arrow-3 hypersonic missile defense system to the European country. The Israeli Defense Ministry said in a statement that Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius signed the agreement in Berlin on Thursday. The two ministers also signed a joint statement, pledging to enhance bilateral security ties. As part of the deal, Germany has agreed to make an immediate payment of 600 million U.S. dollars, which will be used by Israel to start the production of Arrow-3 batteries for Germany, the stat

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CHINA-JIANGXI-POYANG LAKE-FINLESS PORPOISE-TRANSFER (CN)

(230217) -- JIUJIANG, Feb. 17, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Staff members release a finless porpoise to its new home in Nanbeigang area of Poyang Lake in Hukou County, east China's Jiangxi Province, Feb. 15, 2023. The Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs of Jiangxi Province and the Institute of Hydrobiology under the Chinese Academy of Sciences carried out a Yangtze finless porpoise relocation mission and successfully transferred two female Yangtze finless porpoises to Nanbeigang area of Poyang Lake for better protection of the iconic species in China's longest river Yangtze. Due to drought in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River in 2022, over 30 finless porpoises in Songmenshan area of the Poyang Lake can't swim back to the deep water area of the channel. In this mission, a total of eight finless porpoises are expected to be transferred to the protection areas in central China's Hubei, and east China's Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. The Yangtze finless porpoise, which is under top-level stat

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Japan, China finance ministers meet for talks on economy, yuan

BEIJING, China - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) and his Chinese counterpart Jin Renqing shake hands prior to the stat of a two-day meeting of finance ministry officials from both countries in Beijing on March 25.

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Spain's food banks in difficult situation: expert

STORY: Spain's food banks in difficult situation: expert DATELINE: Nov. 26, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:39 LOCATION: Madrid CATEGORY: ECONOMY SHOTLIST: 1. various of people at food bank in Madrid 2. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JUAN IGNACIO CACERES, Professor of Economics, CEU San Pablo University 3. various of food bank and supermarket 4. SOUNDBITE 2 (Spanish): JUAN IGNACIO CACERES, Professor of Economics, CEU San Pablo University STORYLINE: Juan Ignacio Caceres, Professor of Economics at CEU San Pablo, said that inflation in Spain is causing many families to turn to help centers to make ends meet, and that is putting food banks in an extremely difficult situation. SOUNDBITE 1 (Spanish): JUAN IGNACIO CACERES, Professor of Economics, CEU San Pablo University "What is worrying is that what has risen the most in recent times has been the prices of basic products such as fruits, vegetables, legumes, milk, clothing and footwear, products that families cannot stop buying." According to the latest data from the National Stat

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Egypt, Bulgaria vow to strengthen bilateral cooperation

STORY: Egypt, Bulgaria vow to strengthen bilateral cooperation DATELINE: Sept. 27, 2022 LENGTH: 0:00:50 LOCATION: Cairo CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1 various of views in Cairo 2 various of the Egyptian presidential headquarters STORYLINE: Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and Bulgarian President Rumen Radev on Sunday discussed ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the energy sector. In a phone conversation, the two leaders also discussed ways to enhance bilateral relations, particularly in the economic, investment, and trade sectors. Sisi confirmed Egypt's willingness to promote bilateral cooperation at all levels. The Bulgarian president stressed the importance of continued coordination and consultation between the two countries in various fields. While praising "Egypt's pivotal role in laying the foundations for stability and security in the Middle East," Radev commended Egypt's success in deterring illegal immigration through its territories to the European Union member stat

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Japan, China finance ministers meet for talks on economy, yuan

BEIJING, China - Japanese Finance Minister Sadakazu Tanigaki (R) and his Chinese counterpart Jin Renqing shake hands prior to the stat of a two-day meeting of finance ministry officials from both countries in Beijing on March 25. (Kyodo)

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GAUMONT STATE CINEMA, KILBURN, LONDON in 1974 GAUMONT STAT

GAUMONT STATE CINEMA, KILBURN, LONDON in 1974 GAUMONT STATE CINEMA, KILBURN, LONDON in 1974 Showing a double bill: 'The Man With The Golden Gun' and 'Fiddler on the Roof'

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First settlement reached in hepatitis damages suits against stat

FUKUOKA, Japan - A total of 29 hepatitis C sufferers suing the state and drugmakers for damages settled suits with the state in Osaka and Fukuoka on Feb. 4, the first such settlement among a series of similar lawsuits filed by about 240 people nationwide since 2002. Photo shows plaintiffs smiling during a news conference the same day after the settlement of their suit at the Fukuoka High Court. (Kyodo)

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Families of U.S. Marines get flu vaccine shots at drive-thru stat

GINOWAN, Japan - A woman gets a seasonal influenza shot at a drive-through vaccination station set up in the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station in Ginowan, Okinawa Prefecture, on Nov. 6, 2009. U.S. Marines and their family members receive the shots at the station in a process lasting just 20 minutes, including a simple health checkup and follow-up monitoring, an official in charge of vaccination said. (Kyodo)

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Demonstration of Extinction Rebellion in Prague

Aktiviste z hnuti Extinction Rebellion demonstrovali 11. rijna 2019 pred vstupem do budovy energeticke spolecnosti CEZ v Praze. Hnuti pozaduje, aby stat zacal neprodlene snizovat emise z fosilnich paliv a v roce 2025 dosahl uhlikove neutrality.

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Karel Gott , zpevak

Zpevak Karel Gott prevzal 28. rijna ve Vladislavskem sale Prazskeho hradu z rukou prezidenta Vaclava Klause medaili Za zasluhy I. stupne za zasluhy o stat v oblasti umeni. ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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Karel Gott, Vaclav Klaus

Zpevak Karel Gott (vlevo) prevzal 28. rijna ve Vladislavskem sale Prazskeho hradu z rukou prezidenta Vaclava Klause medaili Za zasluhy I. stupne za zasluhy o stat v oblasti umeni. ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.

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Karel Gott, zpevak

Zpevak Karel Gott (vlevo) prevzal 28. rijna ve Vladislavskem sale Prazskeho hradu z rukou prezidenta Vaclava Klause medaili Za zasluhy I. stupne za zasluhy o stat v oblasti umeni. ***FILE PHOTO*** Most popular Czech pop singer Karel Gott died at 80 on Tuesday, October 1, 2019, before midnight at home in his family circle, in Prague, Czech Republic, his spokeswoman Stolzova said on October 2, 2019.