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  • Smoke seen over Gaza skyline, as Palestinians in Khan Younis scramble for supplies
    (22 May 2025)
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    Khan Younis - 22 May 2025
    1. Wide of smoke rising
    2. Various of people, including children, gathered around supplies, unrelated to humanitarian aid that entered yesterday
    3. Various of children moving a large pot, others waiting
    4. Various of people gathering carrying dishes
    STORYLINE:
    Palestinians in Khan Younis, including children, scrambled on Thursday to gather supplies that were being distributed.
    The supplies were not related to humanitarian aid that entered the territory the previous day.
    The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.
    Meanwhile, smoke dominated the Gaza skyline, as Israeli strikes pounded the territory.
    Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless the blockade ends.
    Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting.
    Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.
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    3 min
  • Trucks carrying humanitarian aid cross from Israel into Gaza
    (22 May 2025)
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    Kerem Shalom, Israel - 22 May 2025
    1. Various of trucks with aid to Gaza entering Kerem Shalom crossing
    2. Various of aid being unloaded
    3. Aid in truck being checked
    4. Trucks at crossing
    5. Aid being unloaded from truck
    6. Trucks waiting for inspection
    7. Trucks crossing into Gaza
    STORYLINE:
    Trucks with humanitarian aid for Gaza have been seen crossing into the enclave on Thursday morning.
    The U.N. says it is trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians. There are delays because of Israeli military restrictions and fears of looting.
    Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday the country is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza.
    He says Israel later plans to create a “sterile zone” in the territory, free of Hamas, where the population would be moved and receive supplies.
    Israel also said 100 trucks crossed into Gaza on Wednesday. But the U.N. says it cannot easily bring them deeper into Gaza because of insecurity.
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  • Trucks with aid for Palestinians arrive at Kerem Shalom Crossing
    (22 May 2025)
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    Kerem Shalom crossing - 22 May 2025
    1. Truck with aid for Gaza arriving at the Kerem Shalom crossing
    2. Various of trucks with aid on Palestine side
    4. Various of trucks with aid at crossing
    STORYLINE:
    Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza were seen crossing into Gaza in the early hours of Thursday.
    The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.
    Israeli strikes pounded the territory, killing at least 86 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza that has come under heavy international criticism.
    He said Israel later plans to create a “sterile zone” there, free of Hamas, where the population, which has repeatedly evacuated and relocated throughout the war, would be moved and receive supplies.
    With renewed ceasefire talks appearing to make little progress, Netanyahu said he will end the war only if Hamas releases all hostages and steps down from power — and if President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the territory’s population outside Gaza is implemented.
    The Palestinians, along with nearly all of the international community, have rejected Trump’s plan to empty Gaza of its Palestinian population and place the territory under U.S. control.
    Under international pressure, Israel has allowed dozens of aid trucks into Gaza after blocking all food, medicine, fuel and other material for nearly three months.
    But the supplies have been sitting on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel.
    U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the majority of supplies that had entered since Monday had been loaded onto U.N. trucks, but they could not take them out of the crossing area.
    He said the road the Israeli military had given them permission to use was too unsafe.
    A U.N. official later said more than a dozen trucks that left the crossing area arrived at warehouses in central Gaza on Wednesday night.
    The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.
    Israel said 100 trucks had crossed into Gaza on Wednesday.
    Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless the blockade ends.
    Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting.
    Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.
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    2 min
  • Second North Korea navy destroyer damaged in failed launch at ceremony attended by Kim | AP Explains
    (22 May 2025)
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    Hong Kong - 22 May 2025
    ++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++
    1. SOUNDBITE (English) Raf Wober, The Associated Press:
    "Surprising news from North Korea, a failure to launch a new navy ship, a giant destroyer, said to be 5,000 tons, and with the leader, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on the spot. It's rare that North Korea acknowledges failure in its state media reports. Why did it do it this time? Well, North Korea is trying to modernize its military. There have been lots of reports from North Korean state media about army, air force, special forces, as well as navy, submarines, and all these kinds of things, which are important for North Korea to project its force, or make a show of projecting its force. Why this time North Korea has come out with a report of failure, is unclear. What is the message it is trying to send to the outside world, at at time when relations with its neighbor South Korea, and also the U.S., are bad."
    ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
    STORYLINE:
    North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged in its failed launch to the water this week, state media reported Thursday.
    Raf Wober with The Associated Press explains that it was an embarrassment for leader Kim Jong Un as he pushes to modernize his naval forces.
    It's not common for North Korea to acknowledge military-related setbacks, but observers say the disclosure of the failed ship launch suggests that Kim is serious about his naval advancement program and confident of ultimately achieving its objectives.
    During a launching event at the northeastern port of Chongjin on Wednesday, the newly built 5,000-ton-class destroyer became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
    KCNA didn't provide details on what caused the problem, the severity of the damage or whether anyone was injured.
    The damaged vessel was likely in the same class as North Korea's first destroyer, unveiled April 25, which experts assessed as the North’s largest and most advanced warship to date. Kim called the first vessel, named Choe Hyon — a famed Korean guerilla fighter during the Japanese colonial period — a significant asset for advancing his goal of expanding the military’s operational range and nuclear strike capabilities.
    State media described that ship as designed to handle various weapons systems, including anti-air and anti-ship weapons as well as nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles. Kim said the ship was expected to enter active duty early next year and later supervised test-firings of missiles from the warship.
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    2 min
  • Second North Korea navy destroyer damaged in failed launch at ceremony attended by Kim | AP Explains
    (22 May 2025)
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    Hong Kong - 22 May 2025
    ++STARTS ON SOUNDBITE++
    1. SOUNDBITE (ENGLISH) Raaf Wober, The Associated Press:
    "Surprising news from North Korea: A failure to launch a new navy ship, a giant destroyer, said to be 5,000 tons, and with the leader, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on the spot. It's rare that North Korea acknowledges failure in its state media reports. Why did it do it this time? Well, North Korea is trying to modernize its military. There have been lots of reports from North Korean state media about army, air force, special forces, as well as navy, submarines and all these kinds of things, which are important for North Korea to project its force, or make a show of projecting its force. Why this time North Korea has come out with a report of failure, is unclear. What is the message it is trying to send to the outside world, at at time when relations with its neighbor, South Korea, and also the U.S., are bad."
    ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
    STORYLINE:
    North Korea's second naval destroyer was damaged in its failed launch to the water this week, state media reported Thursday.
    Raf Wober with The Associated Press explains that it was an embarrassment for leader Kim Jong Un as he pushes to modernize his naval forces.
    It's not common for North Korea to acknowledge military-related setbacks, but observers say the disclosure of the failed ship launch suggests that Kim is serious about his naval advancement program and confident of ultimately achieving its objectives.
    During a launching event at the northeastern port of Chongjin on Wednesday, the newly built 5,000-ton-class destroyer became unbalanced and was punctured in its bottom sections after a transport cradle on the stern section slid off first and became stuck, according to the Korean Central News Agency.
    KCNA didn't provide details on what caused the problem, the severity of the damage or whether anyone was injured.
    The damaged vessel was likely in the same class as North Korea's first destroyer, unveiled April 25, which experts assessed as the North’s largest and most advanced warship to date. Kim called the first vessel, named Choe Hyon — a famed Korean guerilla fighter during the Japanese colonial period — a significant asset for advancing his goal of expanding the military’s operational range and nuclear strike capabilities.
    State media described that ship as designed to handle various weapons systems, including anti-air and anti-ship weapons as well as nuclear-capable ballistic and cruise missiles. Kim said the ship was expected to enter active duty early next year and later supervised test-firings of missiles from the warship.
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  • 'The Studio' creators on bringing production to Los Angeles with the hit TV show
    (22 May 2025)
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    Los Angeles - 21 May 2025
    1. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Rogen, co-creator/director/actor and Evan Goldberg, co-creator/director:
    Goldberg: "We've been obsessed with making something in LA for a long time, we've made a lot of stuff in LA, a lot of our best stuff, we always want to work here, and it was the best silver lining ever."
    Rogen: "And we really conceived of the show to take place in LA, and we wanted, honestly, if we were going to be spending, hopefully, years and years of our lives making many seasons of this show, to do it in LA. And Hollywood is LA, you know? And to show the true experience of it, and the beauty and the glamor of it all was also very important to us. And so, to really be able to anchor it in real Hollywood was very important."
    Goldberg: "And also LA has myriad different vibes. There's places that don't seem like they're the same city. It seems like it's like 40 cities in one. So it's just versatile. It gives us more visual stuff to play with."
    STORYLINE:
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  • 'The Studio' creators on why studios are more inclined to greenlight original television versus orig
    (22 May 2025)
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    Los Angeles - 21 May 2025
    1. SOUNDBITE (English) Seth Rogen, co-creator, director, actor and Evan Goldberg, co-creator/director:
    Goldberg: "I mean, there's just a lot of stuff out there, and if you don't do something kind of interesting or different, you risk getting washed away in the sea of infinite stuff."
    Rogen: "Yeah, it's true. I think there's so few movies made that people want as safe bets as humanly possible and there's many TV shows made that are more inclined to try to stand out and take big swings. Which to us is very exciting because we're allowed to do something like this. We've had real creative freedom and in film you can still do it but it's much harder, honestly."
    (Reporter: "Did you all get any kind of push back when you were first bringing this to Apple or even to other networks?")
    Goldberg: "No, this is pretty much the only thing we've ever made where there was like a bidding war and many people wanted it. It was the first time we've had every studio be like, we want to do this, which was an encouraging way to start."
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  • Dutch FM Caspar Veldkamp visits Beijing, holds talks with Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi
    (22 May 2025)
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    Beijing, China - 22 May 2025
    1. Wide of Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp arriving and shaking hands with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang YI
    2. National flags of the Netherlands and China
    3. Wide of meeting
    4. Wide of Chinese officials
    5. Mid of Wang Yi
    SOUNDBITE (Mandarin) Wang Yi, Chinese Foreign Minister :
    “Currently, unilateralism, protectionism, hegemony and bullying are severely impacting and undermining the international order. China is wiling to strengthen communication and dialogue with the Netherlands"
    6. Various of Dutch officials
    7. Mid of Veldkamp
    8. Mid of Wang
    9. Wide of meeting
    STORYLINE:
    Dutch Foreign Minister Caspar Veldkamp met with his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi in Beijing on Thursday.
    Veldkamp is on a two-day visit to China at the invitation of Wang, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
    This marks his first official visit to China since taking office.
    During the opening remarks of their meeting, Wang stated that China and the Netherlands should strengthen communication, especially at this time when the international order is challenged by “unilateralism, protectionism, hegemony, and bullying.”
    Prior to his trip, Veldkamp posted on social media X that cooperation between China and the Netherlands is critical, “especially in a shifting geopolitical reality.”
    The European Union responded to the 90-day tariff reprieve between China and the United States with cautious optimism, viewing it as a potential opportunity to pursue broader negotiations with Washington.
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  • Truck with aid for Palestinians arrive at Kerem Shalom Crossing
    (22 May 2025)
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    Kerem Shalom crossing - 22 May 2025
    1. Truck with aid for Gaza arriving at the Kerem Shalom crossing
    2. Various of trucks with aid at crossing
    3. Truck crossing to Palestinian side
    4. Various of trucks with aid at crossing
    5. Wide of crossing
    STORYLINE:
    Trucks carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza were seen crossing into Gaza in the early hours of Thursday.
    The U.N. said Wednesday it was trying to get the desperately needed aid that has entered Gaza this week into the hands of Palestinians amid delays because of fears of looting and Israeli military restrictions.
    Israeli strikes pounded the territory, killing at least 86 people, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry.
    Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced that the country is days away from implementing a new aid system in Gaza that has come under heavy international criticism.
    He said Israel later plans to create a “sterile zone” there, free of Hamas, where the population, which has repeatedly evacuated and relocated throughout the war, would be moved and receive supplies.
    With renewed ceasefire talks appearing to make little progress, Netanyahu said he will end the war only if Hamas releases all hostages and steps down from power — and if President Donald Trump’s plan to relocate the territory’s population outside Gaza is implemented.
    The Palestinians, along with nearly all of the international community, have rejected Trump’s plan to empty Gaza of its Palestinian population and place the territory under U.S. control.
    Under international pressure, Israel has allowed dozens of aid trucks into Gaza after blocking all food, medicine, fuel and other material for nearly three months.
    But the supplies have been sitting on the Gaza side of the Kerem Shalom crossing with Israel.
    U.N. spokesman Stephane Dujarric said the majority of supplies that had entered since Monday had been loaded onto U.N. trucks, but they could not take them out of the crossing area.
    He said the road the Israeli military had given them permission to use was too unsafe.
    A U.N. official later said more than a dozen trucks that left the crossing area arrived at warehouses in central Gaza on Wednesday night.
    The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the press.
    Israel said 100 trucks had crossed into Gaza on Wednesday.
    Food security experts have warned that Gaza risks falling into famine unless the blockade ends.
    Malnutrition and hunger have been mounting.
    Aid groups ran out of food to distribute weeks ago, and most of the population of around 2.3 million relies on communal kitchens whose supplies are nearly depleted.
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  • Kashmir tourism bears the brunt after tourist massacre and India-Pakistan military strikes
    (22 May 2025)
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    Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir – 15 May 2025
    1. Empty shikaras (boats) on Dal lake
    2. SOUNDBITE (Kashmiri) Gulzar Ahmed, boatman:
    ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND IS PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 3-4++
    “Where we are standing, there used to be a line of tourists waiting to take the boat ride. We row these boats because our livelihood depends on tourism. As you can see, no one is here now, and we are left without any business. We pray to the Almighty that tourism resumes as it used to, because we are left with no work."
    3. Various of shikaras on lake, empty houseboats
    4. Boatman using his phone on his boat
    5. Various of empty chairs and tables outside a restaurant
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir – 16 May 2025
    6. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Vice President of the Kashmir Hotel Owners and Restaurant Association:
    ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT++
    "After 7 May, it was nearly full. They started the war, then the cancellations started booming. Then everybody (tourists) said, 'no, now there's no way. We have to stop at this time'.”
    7. Various of security on street
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir – 15 May 2025
    8. Wide of locked gate of a restaurant
    9. Close of locked gate
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Srinagar, Indian-Controlled Kashmir – 16 May 2025
    10. SOUNDBITE (English) Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, Vice President, Kashmir Hotel Owners and Restaurant Association:
    ++SOUNDBITE STARTS ON SHOT 7 AND IS OVERLAID BY SHOTS 8-9++
    "Tourism needs peace. Once peace is there, then only the tourism will start. And the peace is not going to be there, if nothing will happen, the problem is still there.”
    STORYLINE:
    There are hardly any tourists in the scenic Himalayan region of Kashmir.
    Most of the hotels and ornate pinewood houseboats are empty. Resorts in the snowclad mountains have fallen silent. Hundreds of cabs are parked and idle.
    It’s the fallout of last month’s gun massacre that left 26 people, mostly Hindu tourists, dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir, followed by tit-for-tat military strikes by India and Pakistan, bringing the nuclear-armed rivals to the brink of their third war over the region.
    Lines of colorful hand-carved boats, known as shikaras, lie deserted, mostly anchored still on Srinagar’s normally bustling Dal Lake.
    “Where we are standing, there used to be a line of tourists waiting to take the boat ride. We row these boats because our livelihood depends on tourism,” said boatman Gulzar Ahmed.
    Tens of thousands of panicked tourists left Kashmir within days after the rare killings of tourists on April 22 at a picture-perfect meadow in southern resort town of Pahalgam.
    After the attack, authorities temporarily closed dozens of tourist resorts in the region, adding to fear and causing occupancy rates to plummet.
    Graphic images, repeatedly circulated through TV channels and social media, deepened panic and anger. India blamed Pakistan for supporting the attackers, a charge Islamabad denied.
    Those who stayed put fled soon after tensions between India and Pakistan spiked.
    As the two countries fired missiles and drones at each other, the region witnessed mass cancellations of tourist bookings.
    New Delhi and Islamabad reached a U.S.-mediated ceasefire on May 10 but hardly any new bookings have come in, tour operators said.
    Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, vice president of the Kashmir Hotel and Restaurant Association, said at least 12,000 rooms in the region’s hundreds of hotels and guesthouses were previously booked until June.
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