Gaza’s Troubled Cease-Fire Efforts, Harris and Trump Debate, Toronto International Film Fest, and More
The World Next Week
Council on Foreign Relations
4.6 • 845 Ratings
🗓️ 6 September 2024
⏱️ 28 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | In the coming week, tensions remain acute in the Mideast as efforts intensify on a Gaza war ceasefire. |
| 0:06.0 | Kamala Harris and Donald Trump square off in a much-anticipated presidential debate, |
| 0:10.0 | and the annual Toronto International Film Festival features a host of indie films. |
| 0:15.0 | It's September 5th, 2024 in time for the world next week. |
| 0:31.4 | I'm Bob McMahon. |
| 0:32.9 | And I'm Carly Ann Robbins. |
| 0:35.1 | Bob, let's start in the Middle East, |
| 0:41.0 | where Hezbollah, Israel, are again pounding each other with rocket fire, renewing fears of a wider war. |
| 0:46.7 | The Israeli Defense Forces recovery of the bodies of six hostages is incredibly tragic. |
| 0:48.7 | We're executed in Gaza. |
| 0:55.5 | Ignited mass protests across Israel with many Israelis blaming Prime Minister Netanyahu for his refusal to come to an agreement with Hamas on a ceasefire for hostage deal. Egypt and Gutter are working |
| 1:01.1 | with the U.S. to repair what they are calling a final ceasefire proposal. Of course, we've heard |
| 1:05.8 | about that before. With so much ferment and tragedy, are we any closer to getting an agreement? |
| 1:11.8 | It certainly doesn't feel like that, Carla. |
| 1:14.0 | And it's hard to overestimate the emotions that are accompanying this latest set of developments with the hostages. |
| 1:20.3 | They were by many forensic accounts, people who were alive up until closely before their bodies were discovered. |
| 1:27.2 | So they were executed by Hamas. |
| 1:29.4 | Hamas has indicated it would execute other prisoners short of a deal if there are troops |
| 1:33.7 | bearing down on them. |
| 1:35.9 | So this is part of what makes the stakes of this so high. |
| 1:38.7 | Benjamin Netanyahu is under intense pressure from the families of the hostages, |
| 1:42.5 | as well as members of his right-wing coalition, |
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