Israel rejects Gaza plan, Yemen Saudi strike and Taylor Swift
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Why did Israel reject President Trump's 15‑point Gaza peace plan?
Hi, I'm Tara Oakes in Liverpool. It's Sunday, August 9th. Today, Israel rejects Trump's 15-point plan for Gaza. Yemen's Houthis launch a drone attack on a Saudi refinery. Canada's British Columbia province declares a state of emergency after the Bald Range wildfire nearly doubles in size. And Taylor Swift's songs have been removed from White House and Trump campaign posts. This is Reuters World News, bringing you everything you need to know from the front lines in 10 minutes, seven days a week.
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Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu there, saying they reject the 15-point plan for Gaza put forward by US President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, and that Israel will not withdraw until Hamas fully disarms. Trump announced last month that there had been a breakthrough in his plan to end the war. But Israel has continued to carry out strikes on Gaza since agreeing to a ceasefire. fire last October.
How did the Houthis target Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery and what does it mean for regional security?
Elsewhere in the region, Yemen's Iran aligned Houthis say they've attacked Saudi Aramco's Jazan refinery using a drone. It's just two days after the kingdom signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan in response to growing regional instability from the US Israeli war on Iran. The Houthis declared a naval blockade against Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea last month. They say it's in response for a Saudi siege on them, an allegation Riyadh denies. For their part, Iran and the United States are still arguing over the parameters for peace, with Iran saying that a deal with Oman on control of the Strait of Hormuz is close, but would not be enough to free up the waterway. Now to Canada, where the province of British Columbia has declared a state of emergency after tens of thousands of people were ordered to flee a fast moving wildfire that nearly doubled in size overnight.
The Bald Range Wildfire was burning out of control and has grown rapidly to over 9,000 hectares.
I heard the uh lead uh commander uh on the site, uh, who was up all night uh briefing me this morning, talk about uh this being like a bomb going off in the summer land region.
That's BC Premier David Eby.
Trees he described, uh, flames uh on a hundred uh foot tree, flames going two hundred feet above that, and uh the fire creating its own weather system, uh, which uh creates lightning, uh which then feeds on itself.
Fires have burnt through four million hectares in Canada this year, according to officials.
I wish he would complain more because it's not good.
What is the scope of British Columbia’s emergency after the Bald Range wildfire exploded?
Uh the the cancer has spread, is metastasized into his bones and further.
Hunter Biden there telling BBC's Newsnight that his father, former President Joe Biden's cancer has spread.
It's very painful, um and uh it's very debilitating in many respects.
A spokesman for the eighty three year old Democrat declined on Saturday to comment on the interview. Some Taylor Swift songs have been removed from social media videos posted by President Trump's campaign and the White House. The Trump campaign had used two Swift songs over the last week on its TikTok page. One post, playing on her lyrics, featured a long caption which included the words RED, Donald Trump's version, among other references to Swift's hits, reframed with pro-Trump messages. Swift has not spoken recently about Trump, though she endorsed his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, in twenty twenty four. Trump has repeatedly criticized Swift, writing on social media after she endorsed Harris, I hate Taylor Swift, all caps.
The White House and a representative for Swift did not immediately respond to requests for comment. Voters in Connecticut, Minnesota, Vermont, and Wisconsin will cast their ballots in primary races this week, as the lead up to November's midterm elections picks up pace. While the Trump administration has been attempting to access state voter roles, saying it's to identify non citizens or ineligible voters, federal courts have been pushing back.
How did Hunter Biden describe President Joe Biden’s cancer progression?
The Trump administration has now lost 21 straight fights over its effort to get access to state voter rolls. The latest loss came earlier this week when a judge ruled that Washington, D.C.
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Chapters
7 chapters
1
Why did Israel reject President Trump's 15‑point Gaza peace plan?
0:00–1:18
2
How did the Houthis target Saudi Aramco’s Jazan refinery and what does it mean for regional security?
1:18–3:08
3
What is the scope of British Columbia’s emergency after the Bald Range wildfire exploded?
3:08–4:49
4
How did Hunter Biden describe President Joe Biden’s cancer progression?
4:49–6:26
5
Why were Taylor Swift songs removed from White House and Trump campaign posts?
6:26–7:36
6
What are the latest court battles over the Trump administration’s request for state voter rolls?
7:36–9:00
7
How is the U.S. government handling AI security after recent OpenAI and Anthropic breaches?
9:00–10:18
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