Israel strikes media guesthouse in Lebanon, killing journalists as it continues its attacks on the country

The World

PRX

News, Lethaldissent

4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 25 October 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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An Israeli military strike on a media residence in Lebanon killed three journalists as they slept, and wounded several others. The Lebanese Information Minister called the strike “an assassination." Also, Major League Baseball draws star athletes from across the globe, with a whopping 28% of the players in the league this season born outside the country. As the Dodgers and the Yankees head to the World Series, there are a few international players — including a current superstar — who will be stepping up to bat. And, as Halloween approaches, we hear about the discovery of a previously unknown short story by the author of "Dracula." An amateur historian stumbled on the spooky tale, which had disappeared from public record for more than a century, in the archives of a Dublin library.

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0:00.0	A long time champion of the poor in Latin America has died.
0:09.3	The idea for him was give power to the people and let the poor make decisions to transform the
0:15.8	situation of poverty.
0:16.8	I'm Carolyn Beeler and I'm Carol Hills.
0:19.8	Today we'll hear about the legacy of a Peruvian priest.
0:22.7	And how people in Lebanon are feeling as fighting there intensifies.
0:27.6	It's like a frog and a hot water.
0:29.6	Also, some of the biggest names in the World Series
0:32.3	are even more popular outside the US.
0:35.1	Shohai Otani is so much bigger than baseball in Japan.
0:39.5	And the mystery of why we kiss.
0:42.8	This act of protruding our lips with a slight suction movement.
0:47.2	It's a rather random way of showing affection.
0:50.1	But don't worry, he has a theory.
0:52.1	That's all ahead today on the world.
0:58.0	This is the world.
0:59.0	I'm Carol Hills.
1:00.0	And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
1:01.0	Thank you for spending some of your Friday with us.
1:05.0	Both major candidates for president are campaigning today in Texas, not far from the southern
1:10.0	border where debates about immigration tend to land.
1:13.3	As hot a topic as illegal border crossings are, the number of migrants detained at the
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