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00:03,
00:31 Live from London, this is "The World Today."
00:35 Hello, I'm Paul Barber.
00:37 Our top stories-- hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza.
00:41 Israel approves sending negotiators for talks
00:44 with mediators in Qatar.
00:46 Donald Trump scores a big win in the South Carolina primary
00:50 to put him a step closer to a second run for the White House.
00:54 And the descendants of the British prisoners of war
00:57 meet families of the Chinese villagers who saved their lives
01:01 as we revisit a Second World War tragedy.
01:04 Israel's war cabinet has agreed to send negotiators to Qatar
01:21 for talks on a possible ceasefire in Gaza
01:24 in return for the release of hostages.
01:26 It comes after both Israeli and Palestinian negotiators
01:29 held talks in Paris with mediators from the United
01:32 States, Egypt, and Qatar.
01:34 But for now, airstrikes are continuing in the north
01:38 and south of the Strip.
01:40 At least 86 Palestinians have been killed since Saturday,
01:43 while the IDF says two of its soldiers
01:45 died in fighting in the south.
01:48 David Biller is an Associated Press correspondent
01:51 in Jerusalem.
01:52 Some progress.
01:53 Let's start there.
01:54 A week ago, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
01:56 was calling Hamas's demands, including
01:58 the release of thousands of Palestinian prisoners,
02:01 to be delusional.
02:03 And he was saying there was no sense in even participating
02:07 in negotiations.
02:08 That has changed.
02:09 They did go to Paris.
02:11 And yesterday, upon their return,
02:12 they were meeting Netanyahu and officials
02:15 to discuss next steps.
02:17 What was discussed in Paris was a proposed deal
02:21 that mediators Egypt and Qatar had worked out with Hamas.
02:26 It would entail a six-week ceasefire, during which time
02:30 hundreds of trucks would be able to bring aid
02:32 to desperate citizens in Gaza, as well as the release of up
02:38 to 40 elderly and sick hostages and up to 300
02:41 Palestinian prisoners.
02:43 Now, Egyptian state media today has said
02:45 that talks have resumed in Doha.
02:47 So things are moving.
02:49 The discussion is ongoing.
02:50 This is positive.
02:51 However, at the same time, as you mentioned in the intro,
02:54 airstrikes continue.
02:55 And what's more, yesterday, Netanyahu
02:58 said that he will seek authorization
03:00 to go into the city of Rafa.
03:02 This is the city that's in the southernmost corner of Gaza.
03:06 It's pinned up against the border with Egypt.
03:08 There are more than a million Palestinians sheltering there,
03:10 many of them in tents.
03:13 The UN has warned that any ground action there
03:16 could be catastrophic.
03:18 And the US has said they need to see a credible plan to take care
03:21 of civilian lives in order for this to actually make any sense.
03:24 It is possible that Netanyahu is floating
03:27 this as a pressure tactic.
03:29 He did say yesterday that only through firm negotiation
03:32 and strong military action can Israel obtain its objectives.
03:38 But there's reason to believe that it's going to go ahead.
03:40 He told CBS' "Face the Nation" today
03:42 that four of six Hamas battalions are there
03:45 and that Israel cannot leave that stronghold until it
03:48 takes care of them.
03:49 And David, there have been anti-government protests
03:52 in Tel Aviv, haven't there, with protesters demanding
03:55 the release of hostages.
03:56 That's right.
04:02 There were protests yesterday.
04:03 There have been weekly protests.
04:06 But yesterday was a change.
04:08 What happened yesterday, it wasn't just
04:11 for release of hostages and finding a deal.
04:14 It was also anti-government protests,
04:16 calling for resignation of the government,
04:18 pinning blame on Netanyahu, both for the October 7th attack
04:23 as well as for the delay in reaching a deal
04:25 to release the hostages.
04:26 And what changed yesterday is that we
04:29 saw forceful repression by the police, the likes of which
04:32 we haven't had since before October 7th.
04:35 There were police on horseback, one of whom
04:38 was filmed whipping a man across the head
04:41 with the reins of his mount.
04:43 There was a water cannon trained on protesters,
04:45 including some of whom, reportedly,
04:47 who were relatives of hostages.
04:49 And also, there were 21 people arrested.
04:53 Remains to be seen whether this is a one-off
04:55 or if this is sort of the new face of what
04:58 these protests are going to be.
05:00 The AP's David Biller in Jerusalem.
05:02 Meanwhile, the head of the United Nations General
05:05 Assembly has pleaded for the global community
05:08 to support Gaza's embattled aid agency, UNRWA, CGTN's Akram
05:12 al-Satry has the latest from Rafa.
05:16 The most important things and the highlight of what he said,
05:18 he was defending the UNRWA.
05:20 He was highlighting to the international community
05:23 that ever since ISIL made the claims and the allegations
05:26 about the UNRWA, the UNRWA started an investigation.
05:28 And up to this particular moment,
05:30 the UNRWA and the internal investigation and oversight
05:34 department in the UNRWA has not found any evidence
05:37 that Hamas was acting in cooperation with UNRWA
05:40 and that Hamas was within the UNRWA.
05:42 He was saying that willful UNRWA staff, which
05:44 is the issue that has been global, going virally globally
05:49 when ISIL said that willful UNRWA staff were just
05:52 part of the October 7th.
05:54 He was providing an account of the international history,
05:57 of the history of the international mandate that
06:00 was given to the UNRWA and the UN resolution 302 that
06:04 is commissioning the UNRWA to provide
06:06 the humanitarian aid for the Palestinians
06:08 in the occupied Palestinian territory.
06:10 He was talking about the facts that
06:12 were highlighting that ISIL is trying to conflate
06:16 Hamas with the UNRWA.
06:17 And he was saying that ever since there
06:20 were some key measures taken by the ISIL authorities, some
06:23 of them in Achfive in Jerusalem, some others in Qalandia,
06:27 where there were apparent attempts by the ISIL authorities
06:31 to evict the UNRWA from those areas.
06:33 And he was highlighting as well that there
06:35 is a necessity for the UNRWA to continue tackling and addressing
06:39 the increasing and life-saving humanitarian need that
06:43 is provided by the UNRWA and the dismantling of the UNRWA that
06:48 is not in the favor not only of the Palestinians,
06:51 but rather of the international community for the arrangements
06:53 that were agreed upon in 1947 and in 1967.
06:57 So in general, that was an explanation of the things that
07:00 took place and was a call and outcry also
07:04 for the international community to step in
07:06 and to try to provide as much support and aid to the UNRWA
07:10 for the sake of continuing the lifeline that
07:13 is going to the Palestinians.
07:14 And he was explaining as well that if the need is in Gaza,
07:19 is there, in any time of the past, it's more there now.
07:22 And it needs to continue, and the support should go on.
07:26 The United States and Britain have carried out
07:28 a fresh round of airstrikes against Houthi militants
07:31 in Yemen.
07:32 Officials said the latest operation targeted 18 Houthi
07:35 bases.
07:37 Dozens of strikes so far have failed
07:39 to deter the group, which has been attacking
07:41 commercial shipping vessels in the Red Sea region.
07:45 Yemen's Houthi group, also known as the Ansar Allah Movement,
07:48 says it will intensify attacks on the US, British,
07:51 and Israeli ships in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden
07:54 in response to Israel's military action in Gaza.
07:57 Our correspondent, Ihab Alfandi, has more from Sanaa.
08:01 A new wave of strikes lands midnight Saturday evening
08:05 by US-British coalition targeting
08:07 bravely the capital's Yemen, Sanaa.
08:09 Multiple airstrikes and raids targeted
08:12 at Atan and Nahdain districts.
08:15 As well as an insecticide factory
08:17 in the Nahdain neighborhood, the American strikes
08:20 also targeted the southern governorate of Taiz
08:23 and the Hajjah governorate in northern Yemen.
08:26 The leaders of the Houthi movement
08:28 say the attacks would not affect their military capabilities,
08:32 according to the US forces.
08:34 Its attacks aim to weaken the Houthis' ability
08:37 to target ships in the Red Sea.
08:39 The Houthis issued a statement after launching new attacks
08:42 on American oil ship in the Gulf of Aden,
08:45 as well as drone attacks on American battleships
08:49 in the Red Sea.
08:51 The naval forces of Yemen's armed forces
08:54 carried out a qualitative military operation
08:57 with the aid of God Almighty.
08:59 The missile targeted a number of American warships
09:02 in the Red Sea with a number of drones.
09:04 The Yemeni armed forces confirmed
09:06 they will confront the British-American escalation
09:09 by further qualitative military operations
09:12 against all hostile targets in the Red and Arabian Sea
09:15 in defense of our country, people, and nation.
09:19 Daily life in the capital, Sanaa, goes on.
09:22 Traffic has not been affected by the airstrikes.
09:25 These residents of the capital say the international strikes
09:28 wouldn't affect their support for the Palestinian people.
09:31 [non-english speech]
09:33 The raids will not discourage the Yemeni people
09:35 from living their lives as naturally as you can see now.
09:39 [non-english speech]
09:42 Whatever the US and Britain bombard us with,
09:44 whatever they strike us with, we will not
09:46 leave our brothers in Gaza.
09:48 We are your brothers at any time.
09:50 Sanaa has warned of further escalation in the Red Sea,
09:53 stating that the targeting of Yemeni territories
09:56 wouldn't go unanswered, but instead would result
09:59 in a greater response and more escalation.
10:02 So far, the Ansar al-Lahouthi said
10:04 it has started 15 international ships in an embark
10:07 since the November 19th last year.
10:10 [non-english speech]
10:14 The West African grouping ECOWAS
10:16 has announced it's lifting sanctions on Niger,
10:19 imposed after last year's military coup
10:21 for humanitarian reasons.
10:23 Leaders meeting in Abuja said borders will reopen
10:26 and assets will be unfrozen with immediate effect.
10:29 It comes after Niger, along with Mali and Burkina Faso,
10:33 all military-led states, withdrew from the bloc
10:36 in January, threatening to disrupt trade and service
10:39 flows between alliance members.
10:42 Protests are continuing in Senegal ahead
10:44 of delayed presidential elections.
10:46 Last week, the Constitutional Council
10:48 overturned an order by President Macky Sall
10:51 to put back the vote, which had been
10:52 due to take place today, after the court urged
10:55 the ballots to take place as soon as possible.
10:57 The president said a new date will be announced this week.
11:01 Sall had cited security concerns for the delay,
11:04 but opponents accused him of overreaching his authority.
11:09 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
11:11 says he will run for re-election again next year.
11:14 A close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin,
11:17 he made the comments after voting
11:19 in parliamentary and local council elections.
11:22 It's the first ballot to be held since the 2020 vote,
11:25 that gave Lukashenko a sixth term
11:27 and triggered a wave of demonstrations.
11:30 Opposition figures have described the elections
11:32 as a sham and urged people to boycott them.
11:37 Former US President Donald Trump has defeated rival Nikki Haley
11:41 in the South Carolina Republican primary.
11:44 He secured a substantial 20-point margin
11:46 over Haley, the state's former governor.
11:49 In a victory speech, Trump told supporters
11:51 that the majority of Republicans were behind him
11:54 and he had never seen the party so unified.
11:57 But Haley has vowed to fight on, saying that voters want
12:00 an alternative to a Donald Trump and Joe Biden
12:03 choice in November's poll.
12:07 Correspondent Philip Crowther from the Associated Press
12:09 is in South Carolina.
12:11 I think the general consensus here
12:13 is that she postponed the inevitable here
12:15 in South Carolina.
12:17 There is increasing pressure on her to exit this race.
12:20 And in fact, despite her campaign aides telling us
12:24 again and again that she was not dropping out of the race
12:26 all the way until the moment she took the stage in Charleston
12:29 here in South Carolina, we still thought
12:31 there might be that moment in her speech
12:33 where she would say, this race has come to an end.
12:36 I'm getting out and Donald Trump is your inevitable nominee.
12:38 But she decided to stay in the race,
12:40 said she was keeping her promise to do so.
12:43 And she will keep driving home those arguments
12:46 that she's been using over the last few weeks,
12:49 especially here in South Carolina.
12:51 That has been that both Donald Trump and Joe Biden
12:55 are too old to be elected president again.
12:58 She also says that Donald Trump simply has too much baggage,
13:02 too many scandals, too many legal problems in his way.
13:05 And her main argument here, and it
13:07 is one that's backed up by a few polls,
13:10 is that she is the only one who could beat Joe Biden in November
13:14 in the presidential election and that Donald Trump cannot do so.
13:18 She got around 40% of the vote here.
13:21 That's not great for a former governor of this state,
13:24 but it is 40% of the Republican electorate and some Democrats
13:28 as well, because this was an open primary here
13:31 in South Carolina, 40% who don't want to have a Donald
13:35 Trump as their nominee.
13:36 So Nikki Haley stays in the race.
13:38 She has enough money to do so, at least until Super Tuesday.
13:42 That's on the 5th of March.
13:44 That's when 16 US states and territories go to the polls.
13:47 And by the way, in all of those contests,
13:49 Donald Trump is the favorite to win.
13:51 So he's the favorite to win.
13:52 What happens next for Trump?
13:54 You mentioned those legal problems for him.
13:56 What's next is most likely more victories.
14:00 This was an easy win for him here in South Carolina.
14:02 Again, the most embarrassing part of it for Nikki Haley
14:06 is that this is a state where she was governor
14:08 for six whole years.
14:10 So Donald Trump marches on to the next contests.
14:14 The next one is in Michigan already this Tuesday.
14:16 He's the favorite to win that one.
14:18 And then I just mentioned Super Tuesday.
14:20 16 states and territories, he's the favorite to win them all.
14:24 This is four-- five now wins in a row for Donald Trump.
14:28 He's won everything--
14:29 Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, the US Virgin Islands,
14:33 now South Carolina.
14:34 There are most likely more wins to come.
14:36 But when you ask what's next for Donald Trump,
14:38 it's not just campaigning.
14:40 It's also appearances in court.
14:42 This year was always going to be about him somehow finding
14:47 a balancing act between campaigning
14:49 in all of these states across the country
14:51 and also trying to defend himself in court.
14:54 His first criminal trial starts on March the 25th in New York.
14:59 That is, in theory at least, in the middle of campaign season.
15:02 He says he's going to be in court in the daytime
15:05 and campaigning in the evenings.
15:08 And where does this leave the Democrats then,
15:10 bearing in mind those legal struggles
15:12 and his what seems to be inevitable march
15:15 to the nomination?
15:16 Are they getting increasingly nervous about the general
15:19 election in November?
15:20 No, they're not.
15:28 In fact, they're quite happy with what is happening here.
15:30 The first thing to note is that on the Democratic side,
15:32 there is no real race for the nomination.
15:35 Joe Biden, much more so than Donald Trump
15:37 on the Republican side, is very clearly the favorite
15:41 and is believed universally to be the Democratic nominee.
15:46 He was the nominee in that presidential election
15:49 in November to defend his position in the White House.
15:52 Now, what Democrats essentially are doing
15:54 is they're ignoring Nikki Haley, the former South Carolina
15:57 governor.
15:58 They've been doing that for months now.
16:00 They are concentrating on Donald Trump and Donald Trump alone.
16:03 Why?
16:04 Well, first of all, because he is inevitably
16:06 going to be the nominee.
16:07 But more than anything is that they
16:09 believe that Joe Biden has a much better
16:12 chance of beating Donald Trump in a rematch
16:15 in the last election and that they
16:18 would risk losing the White House to somebody
16:21 like Nikki Haley.
16:22 That's why Democrats are very happy with how this is going
16:25 so far on the Republican side.
16:27 You're watching CGTN Still Ahead.
16:30 Revisiting history.
16:32 The descendants of British prisoners of war
16:34 meet the families of the Chinese villagers who rescued them
16:37 during World War II.
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17:15 I think it should be more public oppression.
17:19 I would like to hear more the voice of the developing
17:24 countries.
17:25 Globalization has lifted more than a billion people out
17:29 of poverty.
17:31 The great transition has to happen.
17:32 This is a necessity.
17:35 For China and the United States, our important powers
17:40 in the world.
17:41 What unites us is much more than what divides us.
17:47 And I believe China is committed to this agenda.
17:50 Join me, Juliette Maran, to set the agenda at these times
17:54 every weekend on CGTN.
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18:03 Words create impact.
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18:30 Welcome back.
18:35 A reminder of our headlines.
18:37 Hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza.
18:39 Israel approves sending negotiators for talks
18:42 with mediators in Qatar.
18:44 Donald Trump scores a big win in the South Carolina primary
18:48 to put him a step closer to a second run for the White House.
18:51 In 1942, a Japanese ship carrying nearly 2,000
18:58 British prisoners of war was torpedoed and sank
19:01 in the East China Sea.
19:03 It prompted local villages to scramble onto fishing vessels
19:06 to save them.
19:08 Now, descendants of the prisoners
19:09 have met the families of the rescuers
19:11 for the first time in Gloucester in England,
19:14 revealing a chapter of history that
19:15 has often been overlooked in both China and Britain.
19:18 Our correspondent, Lee Jianhua, reports.
19:22 They have never met before today.
19:24 But for many, these are old friends
19:27 after their grandfathers forged bonds around 80 years ago
19:31 during a dramatic wartime event.
19:34 [explosion]
19:37 The Lisbon Maru, a Japanese ship carrying over 1,800
19:40 British prisoners of war, was en route from Hong Kong to Japan,
19:45 where it was torpedoed by an American submarine
19:48 in the East China Sea in 1942.
19:51 The Japanese troops were evacuated,
19:54 but the POWs were left with the exits closed.
19:57 Some prisoners that managed to break out of the ship
20:00 were fired upon by nearby Japanese vessels.
20:04 The British government said over 800 men
20:07 were killed in the incident, but some were rescued.
20:11 As the ship sank, local Chinese fishermen
20:14 risked their lives to pull about 300 men from the sea.
20:19 Anthony Jones' grandfather was one of those on the ship.
20:22 I have no animosity whatsoever.
20:26 It was an accident, and I'm not going to lie.
20:29 It was an accident, and mistakes happen
20:31 in such high-intense environments.
20:34 I also believe that the ship that was transporting them
20:37 should have carried some sort of signage
20:39 to say that it was a ship transporting prisoners of war.
20:42 And if it had that sign on it, then it
20:44 wouldn't have been torpedoed at all.
20:45 But Japan didn't comply to the Geneva Convention,
20:48 so therefore that didn't happen in this instance.
20:51 Wu Buwei's grandfather was one of the fishermen who
20:55 saved the British soldiers, including Anthony's grandfather.
20:59 [speaking chinese]
21:02 After the Lisbon Maru sank near Dongji Island
21:05 during World War II, our entire island
21:08 went out with all the fishing boats we had.
21:12 Men, women, the old, and the young
21:14 all went out to help rescue the British soldiers.
21:18 As for the next generation, we should
21:21 pass on this sincere friendship.
21:23 When I talked to the descendants of those soldiers
21:26 and the local government just now,
21:29 I said this is what Chinese people should do,
21:32 and we must let the next generation
21:35 continue to tell the story.
21:38 The face-to-face meeting of the descendants
21:40 was organized by the Chinese embassy here in the UK.
21:44 This incident is an important testimony to China and the UK
21:49 fighting shoulder to shoulder as allies
21:53 against fascist aggression during the Second World War.
21:57 History may be in the distant past,
22:01 but history shall never be forgotten.
22:06 Though it has been 82 years since that incident,
22:09 we must always keep in mind how valuable friendship is
22:14 and how valuable peace is.
22:17 [singing]
22:20 The meeting ends with "Ou Long San," a song familiar
22:24 to both the British and Chinese.
22:27 Should old acquaintance be forgot
22:29 in the days of Ou Long San, a tribute
22:32 to long-held friendships.
22:34 There may be ideological and political differences
22:37 between the UK and China.
22:40 The historic event, though hardly known to both peoples,
22:43 serves as a reminder of the shared history and experiences
22:47 that have woven the tapestry of UK-China relations.
22:51 Li Jianhua, CGTN, Gloucester.
22:55 Paris' famous Eiffel Tower has reopened
22:58 following a six-day closure.
23:00 Workers went on strike on Monday over concerns
23:02 about the operator's business model
23:05 and delays in repairing the iconic landmark.
23:07 The operator says it struck a deal with the workers'
23:10 union on Saturday.
23:11 The company apologized and said it would reimburse
23:14 100,000 ticket holders.
23:16 Qatar has announced a new plan to expand gas production,
23:20 despite a steep fall in global prices.
23:22 The Gulf state says it hopes to extract a further 16 million
23:25 tons of LNG a year by the end of the decade
23:29 to meet continuing demand from Asia and from Europe.
23:32 This will boost overall annual capacity by 85%.
23:36 Construction work on infrastructure
23:37 is due to start immediately.
23:40 Zhong Qinghou, the founder and chairman of China's leading
23:43 domestic beverage producer, Wahaha,
23:45 has died at the age of 79.
23:48 Zhong established the Hangzhou Wahaha Group in 1987,
23:52 turning the small drinks distributor
23:54 into a conglomerate able to buy out its French partner, Danone.
23:58 The billionaire, who in 2010 was listed by Forbes
24:00 as the richest person in China, was regarded as a landmark
24:05 figure in the country.
24:06 In China's Sichuan province in the southwest of the country,
24:10 an isolated cliff top village is being steered out of poverty
24:14 by new infrastructure.
24:16 Liangshan autonomous prefecture was once one of the country's
24:19 poorest areas.
24:21 But new developments are offering new opportunities
24:24 in this mountainous area.
24:25 Our correspondent Gong Ming has more.
24:28 72 kilometers of mountainous terrain
24:31 is now covered by a mountainous area.
24:34 The mountainous area is called the mountainous area
24:36 of the mountainous region.
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24:41 of the mountainous region.
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24:45 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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24:50 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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24:56 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
24:59 The mountainous area of the mountainous region
25:01 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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25:06 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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25:12 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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25:17 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
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25:22 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
25:25 The mountainous area of the mountainous region
25:27 is called the mountainous area of the mountainous region.
25:31 With the addition of 5G signals,
25:32 the Cliff Village has gained wider recognition
25:36 through online live broadcasts,
25:38 attracting an increasing number of tourists.
25:40 This has also created business opportunities
25:43 for local villagers.
25:46 [speaking chinese]
25:48 When we were kids, we used to climb up
25:49 and down mountain-type roads.
25:51 It took at least two hours round trip.
25:53 Later, they installed steel ladders here,
25:55 making it much more convenient and safe.
25:58 Now, with more tourists coming in,
26:00 I can open a small shop at the foot of the mountain.
26:02 I can earn around 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month.
26:06 In 2020, 84 poor households from the Cliff Village
26:10 relocated to new apartments in Zhaojue County,
26:14 helped by poverty elevation policies.
26:17 These apartments come with essential public services
26:21 like kindergartens, schools, and hospitals.
26:25 Additionally, residents have access to vocational training,
26:28 heritage, and broader skills,
26:30 providing employment opportunities.
26:33 Since we moved here, life has improved a lot.
26:36 It's much easier for the kids to go to school,
26:39 and they have access to better education and health care.
26:43 As parents, we just want our kids to study well
26:46 so they can go to college in the future,
26:48 learn more about knowledge and culture,
26:50 and make a positive contribution to society.
26:55 The remote village of Luohe in Butuo County
26:58 was once isolated by mountains and in poverty.
27:02 It was the last administrative village in China
27:05 accessible by road,
27:06 with support from poverty elevation policies.
27:10 A challenging nearly four-kilometer-long road
27:12 spanning cliffs and ravines was opened in 2020.
27:16 It transformed everything for this ethnic village.
27:20 (speaking in foreign language)
27:24 Since the road opened up, our village has changed a lot.
27:27 We've expanded into growing crops and raising livestock,
27:30 and everyone's living in new houses now.
27:32 I also came back to the village to work as an accountant.
27:36 With my monthly salary and the dividends
27:38 from the agricultural and livestock businesses
27:40 we've developed in the village,
27:42 I'm making close to 10,000 yuan annually.
27:45 (speaking in foreign language)
27:49 - People in the Dalian Mountains area in southwestern China
27:52 used to live in extreme poverty,
27:55 but now embrace new lives with houses and jobs.
27:59 Through infrastructure enhancement,
28:01 economic diversification, and community empowerment,
28:06 remote villagers have emerged from isolation
28:09 to embrace a future filled with hope and opportunity.
28:13 (speaking in foreign language)
28:17 - And finally, the Berlin International Film Festival
28:22 wrapped up its 74th edition in the German capital.
28:25 A total of 20 films were in the running
28:27 for the top Golden Bear Best Film Award.
28:30 This year, the coveted prize went to "Dome"
28:33 by French Senegalese director, Mati Diop,
28:35 about the return of treasures to Benin,
28:37 looted by European powers in the 19th century.
28:41 On receiving the prize, she said,
28:42 "To restitute is to do justice."
28:46 And our top stories again.
28:49 Hopes for a ceasefire in Gaza.
28:51 Israel approves sending negotiators
28:53 for talks with mediators in Qatar.
28:56 Donald Trump scores a big win in the South Carolina primary
28:59 to put him a step closer to a second run for the White House.
29:04 And the descendants of British prisoners of war
29:06 meet families of the Chinese villagers
29:09 who saved their lives as they remember
29:11 a second World War tragedy.
29:14 That's the World Today, thank you for watching.
29:16 Coming up next, it's "Razor."
29:17 For now, from all the team in London, goodbye.
29:21 (upbeat music)
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