Monday 2nd September 2024. World News. Today: Russia nuclear doctrine. Germany elections. Norway ...

good morning this is S7 world news in 7 minutes I'm Ben Mallet today is Monday the 2nd of September 2024 starting in Europe in Russia Ukraine has launched one of its largest drone attacks since fighting started two and a half years ago Ukrainian drones targeted power plants and an oil refinery whilst Russia has continued its missile attacks on Ukrainian cities Russia's Deputy foreign minister Sergey ROV also said on Sunday that Russia's nuclear Doctrine will soon change due to Western support for Ukraine this Doctrine outlines when Russia might use nuclear weapons a 2020 update to the doctrine said that nuclear weapons may be used in response to an enemy nuclear attack or a conventional attack which threatens Russia some Russian military analysts have called for a relaxing of these conditions which would make it easier to use nuclear weapons in Germany Regional elections were held on Sunday with polls suggesting that the right-wing party alternative for Germany could win the most seats in some states alternative for Germany also known as afd were projected 30% of votes in the state of Thia support for right-wing parties has been increasing after a Syrian man was arrested for stabbing three three people to death in the city of singan last week the afd are anti-migration and generally critical of the European Union in Norway princess Marta Lise married her long-term partner on Saturday the American spiritual Guru Durk veret Marta Louise is the daughter of King Harold V of Norway and is fourth in line to the throne she stepped down from her royal duties in 2022 in order to pursue her own business activities Asia in Gaza the bodies of six hostages were recovered by Israeli Security Forces at least one Workers Union in Israel has called for a day of strikes to protest the lack of a ceasefire many pro protesters in Israel believe that a ceasefire with Hamas may lead to the freeing of the remaining Israeli hostages around 250 hostages were taken by Hamas on October 7th prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has responded by saying that whoever murders hostages does not want a deal there have been brief pauses in fighting between Israel and Hamas so that children can be vaccinated the United Nations working with Palestinian Health authorities began the process of vaccinating 640,000 children in Gaza yesterday the deal will see a stop in fighting for 8 hours on 3 days this week last month the World Health Organization confirmed that one baby was paralyzed by polio in Gaza in Taiwan a former mayor of the capital taipe has been arrested as part of an investigation into bribery Co Wen was mayor of Taipei from 2014 to 2022 and also the leader of a small National political party co has denied any wrongdoing Africa in Gabon celebrations were held over the weekend for the military coup which took power one year ago the coup was widely accepted by gabane people the regime of former president Ali Bongo had been in power for 56 years the military junter now in charge has promised to increase the speed of its reforms as gabon's economy continued to rely heavily on oil and Forestry across central Africa the United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF has issued an emergency order for empx vaccines it is predicted that 12 million doses of a vaccine can be supplied by 2025 more than 18,000 suspected cases of empo formerly known as as monkey pox have been reported in Congo this year the Americas in Mexico a law which could see 7,000 judges being elected to their positions has been temporarily halted president Andre Manuel Lopez orador has backed the law which supporters say will improve democracy by allowing voters to have a say in who becomes a judge or magistrate organized crime and Corruption among judges have also being given as reasons for the law being discussed judges ordered on Saturday that the law cannot be discussed in the Mexican Parliament until September 4th when a ruling will be made on a possible permanent suspension of the law in Brazil the Supreme Court has blocked the social media site X from being used in the country X had been accused of allowing hateful and untrue news stories the company which is owned by billionaire Elon Musk also owes $3 million in fines to Brazilian courts musk responded by saying they're shutting down the number one source of Truth in Brazil Brazil's president Lula D Silva said of Elon Musk who does he think he is and suggested musk should follow Brazilian laws he cannot keep offending presidents offending deputies offending Senators offending the Congress offending Supreme Court who does he think he is who does he think he is the next thing is he needs to respect the decision of the Brazilian Supreme Court and in the United States dairy cows are are being replaced by artificial cows at the Michigan State Fair two life-sized cows have been made from fiberglass with rubber teets and others filled with water they will be used for a milking demonstration which usually involves real cows this decision to replace the cows was made due to bird flu being found in cattle herds across the US that's your world new in 7 minutes if you enjoy this podcast please leave a rating and review in your podcast app I'm Ben Mallet tomorrow you will be with Steven Devon chenzi have a great day