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Typhoon Gaemi causes flooding and landslides in the Philippines

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48:40

Streets flood from monsoon rains worsened by offshore typhoon Gaemi, July 24, 2024, in Manila, Philippines.

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Typhoon Gaemi is one of the strongest typhoons to affect the Asia-Pacific region in nearly a decade, and it’s sparked massive evacuations in the Philippines, leaving flooding and landslides in its wake. Also, National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek talks about his walk through northern India. And, the civilian casualties tracking group Airwars has been gathering incident-by-incident documentation of civilians publicly reported killed in Gaza, and found that the figures reported by the Hamas-run Gaza Ministry of Health, since the beginning of the war, have been reliable. Plus, Hong Kong’s government is spending millions on a campaign to get the city’s mojo back.

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Typhoon Gaemi pounds the Philippines and Taiwan with heavy rains
4:23
Mexico’s cricket federation seeks to grow the game in the country’s prisons
4:13
The most important political scientist you’ve never heard of
4:19
Out of Eden Walk: On foot across northern India
Special Coverage
8:17
As many as one-third of Venezuelans would consider leaving if Maduro retains power
6:09
Counting the civilian death toll in Gaza
Special Coverage
5:57
Rebeca Andrade leads Brazil’s women’s gymnastics team to the Olympics
Special Coverage
5:57
Can Hong Kong get its mojo back?
4:54
Netanyahu denounced critics with an old Cold War term
2:30