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News Wrap: Israel hits Beirut with deadly strike targeting a Hezbollah leader

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

In our news wrap Sunday, Israel carried out an airstrike in Beirut nearly a year after it agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah, 50 of the 303 children kidnapped from a Catholic school in Nigeria escaped and reunited with their families, the G20 summit in South Africa ended with little fanfare after a U.S. boycott, and the Gotham Football Club won the National Women’s Soccer League championship. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

In tonight's other headlines, Israel carried out an airstrike in Lebanon's capital city today.

0:06.0

Nearly one year to the day the country agreed to a ceasefire with Hezbollah.

0:10.0

The strike killed at least five people and wounded dozens of others.

0:13.0

Israel said the target of the strike was a key Hezbollah military leader considered the terror group's chief of staff.

0:20.0

An Israeli government spokesperson declined to say whether officials informed the U.S.

0:24.6

ahead of the strike. The U.S. helped broker that ceasefire deal last November.

0:28.6

Since that time, Israel has alleged Hezbollah is trying to rebuild and rearm.

0:33.6

In northern Nigeria, 50 of the 303 children kidnapped from a Catholic school on Friday

0:40.8

have escaped and reunited with their families. They were taken by armed gunmen from a remote community

0:46.6

in one of the worst mass abductions the country has seen. The search is ongoing for the students

0:52.4

and teachers who remain captive.

0:55.7

No group has claimed responsibility.

1:00.0

President Trump has accused Nigeria of failing to curb Christian persecution.

1:03.7

Attacks in the country have both affected Christians and Muslims.

1:10.9

This year's G20 summit ended with little fanfare after the U.S. decided to boycott the global summit.

1:15.1

We shall see each other again next year.

1:17.7

The summit is therefore closed.

1:23.6

Traditionally, there is a handoff of the gavel to next year's host nation, which is the United States.

1:28.6

However, President Trump refused to attend the summit, accusing South Africa's black majority government of persecuting its white minority citizens.

1:32.2

While the lack of U.S. participation overshadowed the event, leaders who attended formally pledged

1:37.4

to help poorer nations recover after climate-related disasters and agreed to aid in their transition

1:43.0

to green energy.

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