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News Wrap: Russian shelling casts shadow on first day of school in Ukraine

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

41K Ratings

🗓️ 2 September 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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In our news wrap Monday, Russian shelling on Ukraine wounded three people and cast a shadow over what was to be the first day of the school year there, the U.S. government seized a private plane used by Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro, Chicago police say a shooting on a subway train killed four people and more than 10,000 hotel workers across the U.S. spent this Labor Day on strike. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders

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0:00.0

There is other news. In Ukraine, residents of Kyiv awoke to the aftermath of Russian

0:05.1

shelling that wounded three people. It also cast a shadow on what was supposed to be

0:09.7

the first day of the school year. This morning, parents took their children to one school only

0:14.2

to find buildings destroyed and classes canceled. We heard strong explosions

0:21.7

since the morning. We lived not far from here. We hid in the bathroom where it was relatively safe.

0:27.4

She was going to the school for the first time. It is a new school for her. And we came and saw this at first we did not see messages that our studies were being postponed

0:38.0

So we came with our neighbors the children were hoping for a celebration today

0:43.1

Explosions rocked Russia's Belgrade region just across the border from Ukraine.

0:47.6

The governor there blamed Ukraine for the shelling, which injured one person and damaged several

0:52.0

homes.

0:53.2

The U.S. government has seized a private plane used by Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro.

0:58.0

The Justice Department says the $13 million jet was smuggled from Florida last year in violation of sanctions and

1:04.6

export control laws. In a statement the Commerce Department which partnered with DOJ

1:09.3

said this sends a message that aircraft illegally acquired from the United States for the benefit

1:15.0

of sanctioned Venezuelan officials cannot just fly off into the sunset.

1:19.8

The seizure comes just over a month since Venezuela's contested presidential election.

1:24.5

The U.S. says Maduro lost to his opponent Edmondo Gonzalez.

1:28.6

Police in Chicago say a shooting on a subway train early Monday has left four people dead.

1:33.7

Three people died at the scene at an above ground station

1:36.5

in the western suburb of Forest Park.

1:38.8

A fourth victim died later at a hospital.

1:41.4

Officials say a suspect initially fled,

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