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Mevaseret Zion, Israel - 20 July 2025

1. Various of Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Elkana Bohbot, Israeli hostage held in Gaza

2. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot:

"I am indeed worried because I didn't understand why they arrived there today, just as the negotiations are starting to progress and the deal is likely to go through. I am very optimistic, which is why I speak cautiously. It didn't sit well with me because people forget that what's happening is that the hostages are forty meters underground, which endangers them and also endangers our IDF soldiers, as well as our security forces."

3. Various of banner with picture of Elkana in town

4. Picture of Elkana, banner reading (Hebrew) "Freedom has no price"

5. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot:

"I am very worried, I am very scared, I am very anxious, I really, really hope this will progress. Because every time there are all sorts of rumors that there's some stubbornness and there are obstacles, and it's another punch and another punch to the stomach, it's very, very hard. We are in a very difficult and very bad situation as a family, very tense."

6. Various of banner with picture of Elkana, with his age 34 and 35 crossed out and 36 written instead, illustrating the length of time he has spent as a hostage

7. SOUNDBITE (Hebrew) Ruhama Bohbot, mother of Israeli hostage Elkana Bohbot:

"I hope, with God's help, to really see him soon, to return to his son, and this is the meeting I most want to see, Reem running into Elkana's arms. This is the thing I imagine the most all the time."

8. Picture of Elkana and his son on his mother's t-shirt

9. Various banners of Elkana around town

STORYLINE:

Families of hostages expressed concerns after the Israeli military published new evacuation warnings for areas of central Gaza on Sunday, in one of the few areas the army has rarely operated with ground troops.

The evacuation cuts access between the city of Deir al-Balah and the southern cities of Rafah and Khan Younis in the narrow enclave.

"I am indeed worried because I didn't understand why they arrived there today, just as the negotiations are starting to progress and the deal is likely to go through," said Ruhama Bohbot, whose 36-year-old son, Elkana, has been captive in Gaza since being abducted by Hamas-led militants on Oct. 7, 2023.

The announcement comes as Israel and Hamas have been holding ceasefire talks in Qatar, but international mediators say there have been no breakthroughs.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly stressed that expanding Israeli military operations in Gaza will pressure Hamas to negotiate, though negotiations have been stalled for months.

"People forget that what's happening is that the hostages are forty meters underground, which endangers them and also endangers our IDF soldiers, as well as our security forces... [truncated]

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SYRIA KURDS PROTEST

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Qamishli, Syria - 17 July 2025

1. Various of women marching, some holding flags of the Women's Protection Units (YPJ) with posters of Abdullah Öcalan, the imprisoned leader of The Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK)

2. Various of women holding placards, reading (Arabic) "The teas of the mothers in Sweida are in the heart of free people — Childhood is not killed... except when mercy is killed." and "The blood of children will not be forgotten, and perpetrators will be punished."

3. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Bashira Khalil, protester:

"We, the people of northeast Syria — and especially the women’s movement of Kongra Star — are out today, raising our voices in support of our Druze and Sweida people, and we condemn the massacre committed against women and children there."

4. Various of people marching, holding pictures of victims and chanting, UPSOUND (Kurdish) "Syria is one, one, one, one"

5. Wide of women holding placards

6. Various placards, one reading (Arabic) "Legitimacy lays in listening to people’s will."

7. SOUNDBITE (Kurdish) Rukan Ahmad, organizer from the Kongra Star women's organization:

"We call on the international community and women’s organizations to protect the communities and women. The massacre targeting sects is systematic, carried out by political Islam through the Jihadi Salafi mechanism. This poses a threat not only to the communities (in Syria), but to the entire Middle East and the world."

8. Wide of women holding banners during protest

9. Various of placards, some reading (Arabic) "Martyr Fawziya represents the free woman’s will against tyrants.” And “From Qamishli of resistance to Sweida of dignity — we are with you."

10. Women marching during rally

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of Kurdish women in northeastern Syria took to the streets on Friday to rally in support of the Druze minority in the country’s south, after clashes and killings in Sweida province left hundreds dead.

The fighting between Sunni Muslim Bedouin tribes and Druze militias has threatened to unravel the country’s postwar transition.

Syria's armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida following over a week of clashes, as per a U.S.-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The Bedouins' withdrawal brought a cautious calm to the area, with humanitarian convoys reportedly on their way.

The Syrian Red Crescent said Sunday they are sending 32 trucks to Sweida loaded with food, medicine, water, fuel and other aid, after the fighting left the province with power cuts and shortages. Syrian state media SANA said that the Health Ministry is also sending a convoy of trucks.

Washington's special envoy to Syria, Tom Barrack, said the clashes and atrocities “overshadowed” an initial cautious optimism about the country's post-war transition and the international community's lifting of sanctions.

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Southern Israel - 20 July 2025

1. Explosion in the Northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel ++MUTE++

STORYLINE:

An explosion was seen in the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel early Sunday.

The reason of the explosion shortly after midnight GMT was not known.

The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been rare.

This move cuts access between Deir al-Balah and southern cities.

The announcement comes amid stalled ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says military pressure aims to push Hamas into negotiations.

The evacuation zone includes areas where aid organizations operate, though they have not commented.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis, with over 58,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began.

Protests in Israel demand an end to the war and the return of hostages.

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Southern Israel - 20 July 2025

1. Explosion in the Northern Gaza Strip as seen from southern Israel ++MUTE++

STORYLINE:

An explosion was seen in the northern Gaza Strip from southern Israel early Sunday.

The reason of the explosion shortly after midnight GMT was not known.

The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been rare.

This move cuts access between Deir al-Balah and southern cities.

The announcement comes amid stalled ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says military pressure aims to push Hamas into negotiations.

The evacuation zone includes areas where aid organizations operate, though they have not commented.

Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis, with over 58,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began.

Protests in Israel demand an end to the war and the return of hostages.

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ARCHIVE: Ranville, France - 5 June 2023

1. American World War II veteran, 'Papa Jake' Larson, speaking with British World War II veteran Bill Gladden, UPSOUND (English) 'Papa Jake' Larson, American D-Day veteran who landed on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944:

“I want to give you a hug, thank you. I got tears in my eyes. We were meant to meet.”

2. Close up of the two veterans’ hands clasped

3. SOUNDBITE (English) 'Papa Jake' Larson, American D-Day veteran who landed on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944:

“I got in on the planning of D-Day. I got the Bronze Star and the French gave me the Legion of Honour. I’m just a country boy. Now I’m a star on TikTok. You can see me all over. ‘Papa Jake’...I’m a legend. I didn’t plan this, it came about. I’m 100 years old without an ache or a pain. You can’t fake that. You cannot fake not having a pain and I can’t remember when I had a pain.”

4. Attendees speaking with Larson

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ARCHIVE: Colleville-sur-Mer, France - 2 June 2025

5. Veterans Jack Myers and 'Papa Jake' Larson in wheelchairs as they make their way across lawn amidst crosses

6. Larson (left) and Myers (right) by crosses in cemetery

7. SOUNDBITE (English) 'Papa Jake' Larson, American D-Day veteran who landed on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944:

"They didn't get the honours that we, who lived and gone on and raised families... they had no families. So they look forward to us coming."

8. Various of cemetery

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ARCHIVE: Normandy, France - 6 June 1944

9. Various of troops jumping off landing crafts into sea with Normandy beach in background ++MUTE++

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ARCHIVE: Deauville, France - 3 June 2024

10. Pan of ‘Papa Jake' Larson in wheelchair

11. SOUNDBITE (English) ‘Papa Jake' Larson, American D-Day veteran who landed on Omaha Beach on 6 June 1944:

“My buddy, Madison Rich, put his M1 rifle on my litter. In the morning, when he got up, he picked up his rifle from my litter where I was going to sleep, and it fell in two. The rifle broke in two. A piece of shrapnel came down and hit the rifle and broke it in two. I am the luckiest man in the world.”

12. Wide of veterans posing for photo on tarmac

STORYLINE:

D-Day veteran ″Papa Jake″ Larson, who survived German gunfire on Normandy's bluffs in 1944 and garnered 1.2 million followers on TikTok late in life by sharing stories to commemorate World War II and his fallen comrades, has died at 1... [truncated]

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Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 July 2025

1. Shafiqur Rahman, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, speaking on stage, UPSOUND (Bengali) “What is the proof that Jamaat-e-Islami will build a corruption-free society? The first proof is...” and then he collapses, people get on stage to assist

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2. Mid of Rahman trying to deliver his speech and collapsing again

3. Wide of Rahman sitting on stage speaking

4. Mid of Rahman waving to supporters

5. Top shot of rally

STORYLINE:

The chief of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party fainted twice as he addressed his supporters in the capital Dhaka on Saturday.

Shafiqur Rahman, 66, the leader of Jamaat-e-Islami quickly returned to continue to speak to the crowds as hundreds of thousands of supporters rallied to show their strength before an election expected next year.

The South Asian nation stands at a crossroads after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus said that the next election would be held in April.

But his administration didn't rule out a possibility of polls in February, which has been strongly demanded by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies.

Jamaat-e-Islami, which had sided with Pakistan during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971, had said that it would mobilize 1 million people on Saturday.

While Hasina was in power from 2009 until she was toppled in student-led protests last year and fled to India, top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami were either executed or jailed on charges of crimes against humanity and other serious crimes in 1971.

In late March 1971, Pakistan’s military had launched a violent crackdown on the city of Dhaka, which was then part of East Pakistan, to quell a rising nationalist movement seeking independence for what is today known as Bangladesh.

AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon

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Damascus-Daraa highway - 20 July 2025

1. Various of Red Crescent convoys loaded with humanitarian aid driving through

STORYLINE:

A week after deadly clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, Syrian Red Crescent convoys drove on Sunday along the Damascus-Daraa highway to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens stranded in villages under attack.

Trucks carrying humanitarian and medical supplies were seen crossing the countryside of Daraa to provide aid to civilians in the Sweida province.

Syria's armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida following over a week of clashes, as per a US-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile post-war transition.

Israel also launched dozens of airstrikes in the Druze-majority Sweida province, targeting government forces who had effectively sided with the Bedouins.

A series of tit-for-tat kidnappings sparked the clashes in various towns and villages in the province, which later spread to the city.

Government forces were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted Thursday, before withdrawing again.

AP Video by Ghaith Alsayed

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Dhaka, Bangladesh - 19 July 2025

1. Top shot of rally

2. Wide of Shafiqur Rahman, leader of Jamaat-e-Islami, Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party, walking to podium

3. Rahman speaking on stage, UPSOUND (Bengali) “What is the proof that Jamaat-e-Islami will build a corruption-free society? The first proof is” and then he collapses, people get on stage to assist

4. Wide of Rahman standing up to give speech again, people gathering

5. Mid of Rahman saying in Arabic “Alhamdulillah, thank you”

6. Wide of supporters chanting

7. Mid of Rahman trying to deliver his speech and collapsing again

8. Wide of Rahman sitting on stage, giving a speech again, UPSOUND (Bengali): “We will not tolerate corruption, this is the Bangladesh we want to see,” while others surrounding him

9. Close of Rahman speaking, (UPSOUND) (Bengali): “You all stop talking and sit down”

10.Mid of Rahman waving hand to the supporters

STORYLINE:

The chief of Bangladesh’s largest Islamist party fainted twice as he addressed his supporters in the capital Dhaka on Saturday.

Shafiqur Rahman, 66, the Ameer (leader) of Jamaat-e-Islami quickly returned to continue to speak to the crowds as hundreds of thousands of supporters rallied to show their strength before an election expected next year.

The South Asian nation stands at a crossroads after the ouster of former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

An interim government headed by Nobel Peace Prize laureate Muhammad Yunus said that the next election would be held in April.

But his administration didn't rule out a possibility of polls in February, which has been strongly demanded by the Bangladesh Nationalist Party and its allies.

Jamaat-e-Islami, which had sided with Pakistan during Bangladesh's war of independence in 1971, had said that it would mobilize 1 million people on Saturday.

While Hasina was in power from 2009 until she was toppled in student-led protests last year and fled to India, top leaders of Jamaat-e-Islami were either executed or jailed on charges of crimes against humanity and other serious crimes in 1971.

In late March 1971, Pakistan’s military had launched a violent crackdown on the city of Dhaka, which was then part of East Pakistan, to quell a rising nationalist movement seeking independence for what is today known as Bangladesh.

AP video shot by Al Emrun Garjon

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Damascus-Daraa highway - 20 July 2025

1. Various of Red Crescent convoys loaded with humanitarian aid driving through

STORYLINE:

A week after deadly clashes between Bedouin and Druze fighters in the southern Syrian city of Sweida, Syrian Red Crescent convoys drove on Sunday along the Damascus-Daraa highway to provide humanitarian assistance to citizens stranded in villages under attack.

Trucks carrying humanitarian and medical supplies were seen crossing the countryside of Daraa to provide aid to civilians in the Sweida province.

Syria's armed Bedouin clans on Sunday announced that they had withdrawn from the southern city of Sweida following over a week of clashes, as per a US-brokered ceasefire agreement.

The clashes between militias of the Druze religious minority and the Sunni Muslim clans killed hundreds and threatened to unravel Syria's already fragile post-war transition.

Israel also launched dozens of airstrikes in the Druze-majority Sweida province, targeting government forces who had effectively sided with the Bedouins.

A series of tit-for-tat kidnappings sparked the clashes in various towns and villages in the province, which later spread to the city.

Government forces were redeployed to halt renewed fighting that erupted Thursday, before withdrawing again.

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Tokyo - 20 July 2025

1. Tokyo resident casting vote in polling station

2. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Daiichi Nasu, voter:

“I immediately rule out any party that uses issues centered around foreigners as a campaign platform.”

3. Voter at polling station

4. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Shogo Takeshima, voter:

“I think we should accept foreigners who follow the rules and have come to Japan properly. Since Japan is facing a declining birthrate, I think it's better to continue accepting foreigners who can help support Japanese society.”

5. Voter on buggy arriving at polling station

6. Voters inside polling station

7. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Satoko Takeshima, voter:

“I also want inflation countermeasures to be improved first. Since I'm currently in the child-rearing generation, I want child-rearing policies and policies that make it easier to think about continuing to raise children.”

8. Various of campaign posters of different party candidates outside polling station

9. SOUNDBITE (Japanese) Yuko Tsuji, voter:

“In the midst of such chaos, I’ve come to feel that I want to vote for candidates who won’t fuel division even slightly.”

10. Voters inside polling station

STORYLINE:

Japanese were voting on Sunday for seats in the smaller of Japan's two parliamentary houses in a key election with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and his ruling coalition facing a possible defeat that could worsen the country's political instability.

Voters were deciding half of the 248 seats in the upper house, the less powerful of the two chambers in Japan's Diet.

Early results were expected Sunday night.

Ishiba has set the bar low, wanting a simple majority of 125 seats, which means his Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) and its Buddhist-backed junior coalition partner Komeito need to win 50 to add to the 75 seats they already have.

That is a big retreat from the 141 seats they had pre-election, but media surveys predict big setbacks for Ishiba.

A poor performance on Sunday would not immediately trigger a change of government because the upper house lacks the power to file no-confidence against a leader.

But it would certainly deepen uncertainty over his fate and Japan’s political stability.

Ishiba would face calls from within the LDP party to step down or find another coalition partner.

Soaring prices, lagging incomes and burdensome social security payments are the top issues for frustrated, cash-strapped voters.

Stricter measures targeting foreign residents and visitors have also emerged as a key issue, with a surging right-wing populist party leading the campaign.

Voters are divided between stability and change, with some voicing concern about escalating xenophobia.

Yuko Tsuji, a 43-year-old consultant, who came to a polling station inside a downtown Tokyo gymnasium with her husband, said they both support the LDP for stability and unity and voted “for candidates who won't fuel division."

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