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Oct 2024
59m 45s

Ishiba elected Japanese PM

CHINA PLUS
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Hundreds of thousands attended a flag raising ceremony in Tiananmen Square to mark National Day(1:07). The Israeli military says it has begun a limited ground operation against Hezbollah in southern Lebanon(13:48). Japan’s parliament has formally elected Shigeru Ishiba as the country’s new prime minister(20:58).

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