The 1st full day of a ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon
The World
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4.6 • 884 Ratings
🗓️ 27 November 2024
⏱️ 51 minutes
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Summary
In the first day of the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hezbollah, we'll hear how people in Lebanon are feeling, as well as what analysts are seeing from military and diplomatic standpoints. Also, what's at stake for the Philippines in the wake of the vice president's public threat to assassinate the country's president? And, how mariachi singer Deyra Barrera ended up on the Kendrick Lamar album that just dropped.
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| 0:00.0 | Three American prisoners in China have been released. What orders were given for negotiating the deal is unclear. |
| 0:11.8 | It's hard to say what goes on inside Xi Jinping's head. But they'll be home for Thanksgiving. I'm Marco |
| 0:17.5 | Wurman. And I'm Carolyn Beeler. Also today, a Lebanese perspective on the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah. |
| 0:24.3 | Big day in Beirut. There is a lot of questions to be asked about the future, but today was a day of |
| 0:30.0 | celebration. It was a day of relief. After 70 days of intense war. Plus, the global fight on plastic starting with recycling in Europe. |
| 0:40.7 | You don't know just how much or which pieces of the plastic that you're putting into the |
| 0:46.9 | yellow bin are actually going to get recycled. |
| 0:49.8 | And a royal homecoming story from Ghana. |
| 0:52.8 | All today, here on the world. |
| 0:57.7 | This is The World. I'm Carolyn Beeler. |
| 1:00.5 | And I'm Marco Wormann. It's good to have you with us this day before Thanksgiving. |
| 1:04.1 | Three Americans imprisoned in China for years have reportedly been released from custody. |
| 1:10.2 | Mark Sweed-Anne had been sentenced to death on drug |
| 1:12.8 | charges. The other two, Kai Li and John Leung, faced accusations of espionage. A diplomatic |
| 1:19.6 | breakthrough between the White House and Beijing earlier today led to their release. |
| 1:23.9 | Sophie Richardson has followed the Americans' cases closely. She's at the Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law at Stanford University. |
| 1:31.3 | Mark Svada is from Texas, and he was arrested in November 2012 on drug charges, which he denied and the case dragged on for years, including a trial that lasted for more than five years, |
| 1:44.2 | that was marked by numerous violations of fair trial rights. And in fact, his case was determined |
| 1:51.3 | by the UN body that deals with cases like these to be a case of arbitrary detention, |
| 1:57.9 | meaning that his case really had no legal merit. |
| 2:04.2 | And his mother reportedly has been deeply concerned about his health. |
| 2:06.8 | Tell us about Kai Li. What's his story? |
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