Lebanon reacts to electronic devices attack

The World

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4.6 • 884 Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Recent attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon haven't come in the form of drones or missile strikes. The weapons were already in the targets' hands: their pagers and walkie-talkies. We'll hear how people in Lebanon are feeling and perhaps changing their habits in the aftermath of the coordinated explosion of communication devices. Also, the nations around the globe are nearly evenly split between democracies and autocracies. But the autocracies are home to about 70% of the world’s population. We examine democracy under strain, as dictators consolidate power — and hold onto it. And in Japan, tourists and weather have been blamed for a shortage of rice. But farmers and analysts think something else is going on.

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0:00.0	Yesterday it was pagers today walkie talkies. So people are very afraid because we
0:10.1	don't know what else has been meddled with.
0:13.8	I'm Marker Werman.
0:15.0	And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
0:16.2	Today, how people in Lebanon are feeling after two attacks
0:19.6	detonated electronic devices across the country.
0:23.0	And in Sudan, over three quarters of a million people
0:25.8	are experiencing catastrophic hunger.
0:28.3	In other words, famine.
0:29.8	They're eating leaves off trees, eating grass. Also in India, 10 days of. eating
0:33.0	also in India, 10 days of celebration and with families sending statues of the god Ganesha into the water.
0:40.0	Just one problem with that.
0:42.0	You are changing the local ecosystem.
0:44.0	How new rules for the ritual played out this year in Mumbai.
0:48.0	Plus it turns out soil makes noise.
0:51.0	It's pretty alien sounding. All that and more today on the world.
0:59.3	This is the world. I'm Marko Werman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler.
1:02.6	Yesterday a coordinated attack in Lebanon targeted pagers carried by suspected members of Hezbollah.
1:09.0	The pagers exploded leaving 12 people dead and nearly 3,000 injured.
1:15.0	Today, another attack this time Walky Talki's detonated.
1:18.7	So far we're hearing reports of 14 people killed and hundreds wounded. Israel is presumed to have staged both
1:24.4	attacks. Defense Minister Yov Galan spoke about the excellent achievements
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