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News Wrap: Bolivia's president says country facing military coup attempt

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

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4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Wednesday, Bolivia's president says the country is facing a military coup attempt, Israel's defense minister says there is progress in addressing the issue of U.S. weapons supplies, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is back in his home country of Australia and the Supreme Court sided with the Biden administration over its ability to communicate with social media platforms. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

We start the day's other headlines with an unfolding situation in Bolivia, where the president says the country is facing an attempted coup.

0:08.0

Armored vehicles have rammed the doors of the

0:13.0

tanks of the government palace in the city of La Pass.

0:12.6

Tanks could be seen entering the city's main square and armed military

0:16.4

police with riot shields marched the streets.

0:19.6

President Luis Arse took to social media

0:22.5

posting a video of himself flanked by his ministers

0:25.6

to call for, in his words, democracy to be respected.

0:29.2

Bolivia has seen increasing protests in recent months

0:32.4

over the nation's recent economic decline.

0:35.1

Israeli Defence Minister Jov Galant said today there's been significant progress in addressing

0:40.1

the issue of U.S. weapons supplies to Israel.

0:43.0

His comments came as he wrapped up a visit to Washington.

0:46.0

Last week, Israel's prime minister frustrated allies

0:49.0

after saying the Biden administration had been withholding arms shipments for months.

0:54.0

U.S. officials said they'd only held back one shipment.

0:57.1

Netanyahu also said he was committed to a U.S. backed ceasefire deal after giving mixed messages about his stance.

1:04.3

And today, Galant affirmed that Israel fully supports it.

1:08.8

We stand firmly behind the President's deal which Israel has accepted and now Hamas must accept

1:19.4

or bear the consequences.

1:27.0

We are committed to bringing the hostages home, with no exception.

1:29.0

On the ground in northern Gaza, ambulances arrive today

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