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News Wrap: Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Japanese group for work against nuclear weapons

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PBS NewsHour

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🗓️ 11 October 2024

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In our news wrap Friday, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to a Japanese group of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki dedicated to abolishing nuclear weapons, new data shows an increase in migrants crossing the Darien Gap and an investigation is underway into what caused a gas leak at a Texas oil refinery that killed two people. 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 the 2024 Nobel Peace Prize, which was awarded to Nihon

0:06.7

Hidankio, a Japanese group of survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

0:11.7

The 1945 atomic bombings by US forces were the first and only

0:16.2

nuclear attacks in history. In Japan, survivors are known as Hibaku Shah and many have

0:21.9

dedicated their lives to abolishing nuclear weapons.

0:25.5

Their wind today was, in a way, a warning.

0:28.3

The chair of the Nobel Committee said, quote, in a world ridden with conflicts, we wanted to highlight the importance of strengthening the nuclear taboo.

0:40.0

The winners were shocked when they heard the news. The What I seek the most is peace, of course.

0:58.0

The images of the children in Gaza covered with blood held by their parents

1:02.0

remind me of Japan 80 years ago. covered with

1:05.0

the blood,

1:06.0

children lost their fathers in the war

1:08.0

and lost their mothers with the nuclear bomb.

1:10.0

They became orphans.

1:12.0

Palestinian officials say the war in Gaza has killed more than 42,000 people, the majority, women and children.

1:19.0

And Russian President Vladimir Putin recently announced a shift in his country's nuclear policy.

1:25.2

That was seen as a warning to the west against allowing Ukraine to strike Russia with long-range

1:30.8

weapons.

1:32.2

But overnight it was a Russian missile that struck deep into Ukraine, hitting the southern

1:37.0

port city of Odessa and killing at least four people.

1:40.9

Located on the Black Sea, Odessa is one of Ukraine's biggest hubs for exporting grain.

1:45.0

Russia has attacked it four times this week alone,

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