Hamas chooses Yahya Sinwar as its leader
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 7 August 2024
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Hamas has a new leader, Yahya Sinwar, who is said to be one of the main planners of the Oct. 7 attack on Israel. Also, US Ambassador Rahm Emmanuel will skip the ceremony in Japan this week that remembers the US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, because of a decision by Tokyo to exclude Israel. And, China agrees to crack down on some precursor chemicals used by cartels to make fentanyl. Plus, young musicians from South America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East convene at New York City's Carnegie Hall for World Orchestra Week.
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| 0:00.0 | The Palestinian militant group Hamas has a new leader, a man who's been a known quantity in Israel for many years. |
| 0:12.0 | Synoir is the toughest type of jihadist that you may think of. |
| 0:18.0 | I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 0:19.0 | And I'm Marco Wurman, Mora Naya-Ya Sinwar and the prospects for reaching a ceasefire deal in Gaza. |
| 0:24.0 | Also today in Thailand the political party that won a recent election |
| 0:28.0 | crosses a red line. |
| 0:30.0 | Now this party is no more and its top leaders are banned from politics for 10 years. |
| 0:34.7 | Plus young musicians from across the globe meet for a big performance and are reminded |
| 0:39.4 | about the importance of listening. |
| 0:41.7 | The problems of the world start when people are not listening to one another. |
| 0:45.8 | And there's a lot of miscommunication and misunderstandings. |
| 0:48.5 | A lot of wars began like that. |
| 0:50.5 | Those musicians open our ears today here on the world. |
| 0:54.0 | This is the world. |
| 0:59.0 | I'm Marco Werman. |
| 1:00.0 | And I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:01.0 | Thanks for joining us today. The Palestinian militant group |
| 1:04.7 | Hamas has a new leader. Yaya Sinwar has been a key Hamas official for many |
| 1:10.3 | years. He's also said to be one of the main planners of the October 7th attack. |
| 1:15.0 | Currently, Senwar is thought to be hiding in a tunnel somewhere in the Gaza Strip. |
| 1:20.0 | Haral Harov is an Israeli security expert who's written extensively about Hamas. |
| 1:24.6 | I ask him what Sinwar's new appointment might mean for the stalled peace talks. |
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