Gaza Evacuations, Ukraine Attacks Russia, Olympics Closing Ceremonies
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🗓️ 12 August 2024
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| 0:00.0 | Residents of Gaza began receiving text messages on their phones. Israeli forces were telling them to evacuate parts of Gaza yet again. |
| 0:11.0 | Many have been ordered to flee before, so where could civilians possibly go that might be safe? |
| 0:15.4 | I'm Steve Insky with A Martinez, and this is up first from NPR News. |
| 0:19.2 | Ukrainian forces continue their incursion into Russia. |
| 0:25.0 | They've reportedly been raising Ukrainian flags on Russian buildings. |
| 0:30.0 | Now Russian forces are gathering to respond, so what is Ukraine's gold? |
| 0:34.3 | And Paris wrapped up two and a half weeks of Olympic Games with closing ceremonies. |
| 0:38.2 | There's a different sense of pride being on that podium, getting your gold medal. |
| 0:42.1 | The flag was formerly passed to the next city in line of host summer games, |
| 0:45.0 | Los Angeles in 2028. |
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