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[Music] [Music] hello and welcome to fast and factual on first post where we get you the top 50 stories from around the world I'm Allison lrange coming to you live from Durban South Africa let's begin in our top stories the Israeli military says it has completely destroyed hamas's Brigade in gaza's Rafa City the Israeli forces claim to have killed over 2,000 Hamas Fighters they also said they have destroyed 13 kilometers of underground tunnel routes a video released by the Israeli Army showed the destruction of M's tunnels in the Philadelphia Corridor area and that's the border between Gaza and Egypt Israel believes that Hamas smuggled weapons through the tunnels under the Phil Philadelphia Corridor meanwhile the Israeli Defense Forces said that the head of one of its Elite intelligence units will resign soon General aasi SEL will quit due to his failure to prevent the hamas's October 7 attack the Israeli media showed sel's resignation letter where he asks for forgiveness for not fulfilling the mission the US state department has released military aid worth $1.3 billion to Egypt this comes as Cairo and Washington are working together on a Gaza ceasefire deal last year the US just sent part of this annual Aid it had withheld a portion due to Egypt's slow progress in releasing ing political Prisoners the US has repeatedly accused Egypt's President ABD abdal Fat Al Sissi of suppressing dissent and former US president Donald Trump has ruled out the possibility of another presidential debate with vice president Kamala Harris this comes after polls showed that Harris had performed better in the September 10th debate Trump made this announcement on his social media platform truth social meanwhile a judge in the US state of Georgia dismissed two charges against Trump the two charges were related to his alleged attempt to overturn the 2020 US presidential election results despite the relief a charges still remain against the former US president the remaining charges relate to racketeering and Trump's alleged participation in a scheme to overturn his Georgia defeat and and the US Department of Justice has imposed sanctions on a Chinese Research Institute and several companies now Washington says they were involved in Pakistan's ballistic missile program in October 2023 us authorities had issued sanctions on three china-based companies for supplying missile applicable items to Pakistan a North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited a uranium enrichment facility yesterday and this comes amid his commitment to boost the country's nuclear Arsenal Kim inspected the nuclear weapons Institute and a production base for weapon grade nuclear materials Russian forces have recaptured 10 settlements seized by the Ukrainian Army in the KK region Russian units reclaimed these positions over the last two days in the area around sagos now Ukraine's President Vladimir Zin has confirmed that Russia has begun counter offensive actions and Russia's President Vladimir Putin has invited India's prime minister Narendra Modi to Russia for an official visit Putin seeks to hold a bilateral meeting with Modi in the Russian city of Kazan on the 22nd of October the meeting is expected to take place on the sidelines of the bricks Summit Putin extended the invitation after meeting India's national sec security advisor AJ doal yesterday and Putin also asked doal to convey his best wishes to the Indian Prime Minister India's Supreme Court has granted bail to the chief minister of Delhi Arvin Kell now kedwell was arrested in April over an alleged liquor scam he was accused of corruption during the formulation and implementation of a now scra excise policy mam bannerji the chief minister of the Indian state of West Bengal has offered to step down she also publicly apologized to the people of West Bengal this comes after the rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata led to widespread public anger and a doctor's strike although bannery tried to meet the doctors they refused after the government declined to live stream the discussions the doctors have continued to hold protest and accuse bannery of mishandling the case and the president of Sagal bazer has announced the dissolution of the country's Parliament new legislative elections have been scheduled for the 17th of November fa secured a presidential victory in March after promising to bring changes in the West African nation but so far his plans have been hampered by his party's lack of a majority in sagal's Parliament and Morocco has confirmed its first case of impo the virus has been detected in a Man based in the city of Marakesh Morocco's Health Ministry says that the patient is in a stable condition in climate news now floods caused by Heavy Rain have devastated parts of Northeast Nigeria the floods have killed at least 30 people so far water is Overflow flowing from a dam into the city of mad gri and it has inundated roads and residential areas Nigeria's floods have displaced around 400,000 people and have affected more than a million in Sudan floods have blocked Aid to the conflict hit regions heavy rainfall has flooded roads and damaged bridges in May the UN world food program had raised an alarm over the possibility of communities being cut off and at risk of star ation according to un estimates flooding may have affected over 300,000 people and typhoon yagi has triggered heavy flooding in Myanmar according to the Burmese fire department the floods have killed 19 people so far rescue workers and firefighters have recovered bodies from flooded villages in the Mandel region and storm Fran scine has left a trail of of Destruction in the US state of Louisiana parts of the state are flooded due to heavy rainfall Drone footage of a pison city showed roads and residential areas inundated the category 2 hurricane Francine has weakened into a tropical depression as it moved into the Northeast direction towards Central Mississippi after days of battling raging wildfires the Bolivian government has invested in cloud seeding Bolivian Air Force planes have dispersed silver iodide into the air the process helps in cloud formation and precipitation now according to reports wildfires in Bolivia have ravaged over 3 million hectares of land so far and South America has surpassed the record number of fires recorded in a year Brazil's space research agency the Impe has registered over 30 146,000 fire hotspots this year across 13 South American countries this surpasses the early 2007 record of over 345,000 fire hotspots according to scientists the recent hot and dry conditions driven by climate change have helped the fires to spread more quickly the continent of South America has been struggling with a series of heat waves since last year and according to climate scientists the risk of strong tropical storms like typhoon yagi is increasing due to climate change the scientists believe that climate change is making storms wetter with their surges On The Rise and this could be a result of rising sea surface temperatures the rising sea temperatures can Fuel and possibly intensify a storm now the world has warmed 13° C above the pre-industrial average onto business and Tech news the European Central Bank lowered its Benchmark interest rates yesterday the ECB decides monetary policy for 20 European Union Nations the bank lowered its key interest rate from 3.75% to 3.5% the ECB says it believes Euro Zone inflation is moving toward their target level this is the second time the European Central Bank has reduced its interest rates in 2024 meanwhile bets are ramping up around the US federal reserves interest rate decision next week the US dollar has weakened by as much as 0.41% against the Japanese yen in early trade today meanwhile gold climbed 1.9% to reach a record high of $2,568 per ounce yesterday both Yen and gold are considered good investment options when the Federal Reserve reduces interest rates and Boeing's American Factory workers will go on strike starting this evening this comes after about 30,000 Boeing workers overwhelmingly rejected a new wage contract offered by The Firm the plan maker had promised to raise workers pay by 25% over the next 4 years over 94% of the workers rejected the deal and voted to strike workers are demanding a 40% pay hike this would be the First Strike by Boeing workers since 2008 a US banking regulator has found that American bank Wells Fargo measures uh to combat money laundering and other illegal transactions are too weak the regulator has barred the California based Bank from expanding into some risky businesses Wells Fargo says it is working to address the problems and American food manufacturer General Mills has announced plans to sell its North American yogurt business now General Mills yogurt brands include yop plate and liberte the Cheerios maker will sell its US yaret unit to French Dairy firm group El lactalis meanwhile its Canadian unit will be sold to another French firm zodial and the combined deal is valued at over $2 billion now the trial over the succession of medor Mogul rer to Murdoch's business will start next week in the US the court has decided to Bar the public and media from the hearing the trial relates to Rupert Murdoch's plans to aain voting rights in his family trusts Murdoch wants to ensure his son llin Murdoch takes over the trust after him the plan is opposed by his three other children James Elizabeth and Prudence Murdoch now ruper Murdoch's Family Trust controls media Outlets like the Wall Street Journal and Fox News and two SpaceX astronauts carried out the world's first private space walk yesterday American billionaire Jared isman and SpaceX engineer sists had bentur into space for about 30 minutes while being Tethered to spacex's crew Dragon spacecraft this was the first Space Walk not sponsored by any government meanwhile billionaire Elon Musk has called the Australian government fascists this is over a new law proposal aimed at tackling misinformation on social media the law proposes massive fins on social media platforms if they fail to regulate content El musk's micro blogging site X has been frequently accused of allowing misinformation and fake news and chat gbt maker open AI has launched a new series of artificial intelligence models called strawberry The Firm says the new models are designed to solve more complex tasks through reasoning the models are dubbed 01 and 01 mini now they will be available on chat GPT and its other AI platforms from today e-commerce giant Amazon and Walmart backed flip cart have reportedly violated competition laws in India now this is according to a probe by by the Indian antitrust regulator the competition Commission of India the commission ordered the probe back in 2020 it had alleged that Amazon and Flipkart were giving preference to selective sellers on their platforms Reports say the competition commission has found the allegation to be true and moving on to sports news and we start with Cricket the one-off test between Afghanistan and New Zealand in the Indian city of Greater NOA has been called off mat was abandoned without a single ball being bowled the venue has experienced Relentless rain over the past few days which made play impossible it was the first time in over 90 years that a test match was cancelled on Indian soil Indian allrounder HCK pia has dropped a hint about making a return to taste Cricket he posted a video of himself which showed him training with the red ball the red wall was also known as the Cherry in cricket is used in test matches and the clip of him training triggered speculation that he might return to the format and this comes just a week before India Bangladesh test series and in football news Cristiano Ronaldo has achieved another historic Milestone the Portuguese star hit 1 billion followers across all social media platforms that makes him the first individual on the planet to breach the 1 billion follower mark Ronaldo is most heavily followed on Instagram with over 638 million followers and a trial related to the death of Argentine football legend Diego maradon has been deferred the case pertains to eight medical professionals who are accused of negligence leading to his death maradon died of a heart failure in 2020 the Medics have been charged with quote unquote homicide by negligence and could face up to 20 5 years in prison their trial was supposed to start next month it has now been delayed to March of 2025 and English Premier League club Arsenal have extended their contract with manager Mel arteta the former player turned coach now remains committed to the Gunners until at least 2027 artetta joined Arsenal as their manager in 2019 he led them to the FA Cup title in 2020 and and the community Shield twice since taking over but he has failed to win a premier league or championship league title and French Captain Kilim is taking his former Club Paris s to court the dispute arises from unpaid Jews at PSG owes Toba the total amount is over $60 million and a French legal commission asked the two sides to settle the dispute and urged the club to pay the Jews however PSG has refused to do so saying it was a part of an agreement that mbapp agreed to in tennis news 22 time Grand Slam Champion rapael Nadal has pulled out of the Laver cup now the former world number one announced this online expressing his disappointment Nadal last played in the Paris Olympics after that he pulled out of the US Open due to Fitness concerns the L cup which puts team Europe against team world starts from the 20th of [Music] September and in athletics India's Javelin AA shaa is set to feature in the diamond League final in Brussels along with him Runner ainash Su will also be leading India's charge at the event Su will compete on day one in the 3,000 M Steeple Chase event while n shaa will be in action on day two the diamond League final will be held over this coming weekend in Formula 1 Lando narz took a lifesize Lego built McLaren car for a spin at Silverstone now the car required over 340,000 Lego pieces to be built and weighs 1,220 kg it's the first Lego car that can actually be driven on a circuit the Beast took 23 professionals and over 8,300 hours to be designed an independent prosecutor appointed by the world anti-doping agency cleared it of any wrongdoing in its handling of a case involving Chinese swimmers the controversy dates back to the Tokyo Olympics at least 23 Chinese swimmers tested positive for a banned drug before the games however they were still allowed to compete the agency was later accused of wrongdoing the investigator found that the W had handled the case professionally and didn't violate any rules and moving on to some entertainment news now MTV Video Music Awards saw a jump in its viewership compared to last year the event got a little over 4 million viewers on its original telecast and uh two Encore earrings now the viewership went up by 8% from last year's 3.78 million views and the this year's show represents the award's largest audience in 4 [Music] years American rapper Kendrick Lamar has released a new song called watch the party die the 5 minutes song appears to be making a reference to his beef with the Canadian rapper Drake the track is LaMar's first new song since his single not like us and Netflix will explore Silicon Valley in its next drama series the show called thumb night is currently under work the show features rosun Pike as both actor and executive producer according to Netflix thight is a corporate Thriller highlighting the schemes rivalries visions and obsessions of power Brokers and the trailer for Salem's Lot is out the film is an adaptation of a horror novel by stepen King its Stars leis Pullman McKenzie Lee and William Sadler among others Salem's Lot is about a writer who returns to his hometown and realizes that he needs to defend it from a Vampire the film is set to Premiere at Beyond Fest on the 25th of September and the Sundance Institute has narrowed down three locations for a new Film Festival Cincinnati Boulder and Salt Lake City in the US are the shortlisted locations after a review one of these three cities will become the long-term location for the festival starting from 2027 the final decision will be announced after next year's Sundance Film Festival and Netflix has released the full trailer of the Animated Series Twilight of the Gods The Show by American filmmaker Zack Snider is based on Norse mythology Netflix had earlier revealed glimpses from the series that promised bloody Vengeance the animated film inside out 2 is set to premiere on the Disney plus streaming platform on the 25th of September the film is the sequel of the 2015 comedy film inside out inside out to has grossed $1 billion at the global box office and London is getting ready to celebrate 40 Years of its Fashion Week the London event officially began yesterday it has evening shows and runs until the 17th of September the program Fe features 72 designers and 48 catwalk shows and karti kids star Chad McQueen has died at the age of 63 he reportedly died of organ failure in Palm Springs he was the son of legendary actor Steve McQueen the news of Chad McQueen's demise was confirmed by his family he is survived by his wife and three children and hor terrifying details have emerged from the murder case of former Miss Switzerland finalist Christina joot and she was murdered by her husband in February he then dismembered the 38-year-old model's body according to Swiss officials the victim's parts were PED in a blender the husband has confessed to The Killing and with that it's a wrap on this edition of fast and factual thank you for watching stay tuned to First [Music] post hello