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Hello everyone. Today is Tuesday,
September 23rd. I'm Omar Himenez. Koi is
a bit under the weather today, but I'm
so happy to be back. I actually loved
this show when I was in high school, so
it's a little bit of a full circle
moment for it to be my turn to bring you
the best 10 minutes in news. So, let's
do it. We're going to begin in Southeast
Asia where the strongest storm on the
planet so far this year is wreaking
havoc. Super Typhoon Rega made landfall
in the Philippines Monday after
generating sustained winds of more than
165 mph. To give you an idea, that is
equivalent to a category 5 hurricane.
More than 10,000 people were evacuated
ahead of the storm, which lashed parts
of the island nation with destructive
winds and torrential rain, prompting
fears of landslides and flooding. But
tens of millions of people in Hong Kong,
Taiwan, and the Chinese mainland could
be impacted by the storm as it makes its
way through the region. Chinese
officials say they're in the process of
relocating as many as 400,000 people in
low-lying coastal areas. And as of this
taping, Raasa is expected to reach the
Chinese coast by Wednesday with winds
equivalent to a category 3 hurricane. No
thank you. Meanwhile, in New York,
nations from around the world are
gathering this week for the 80th annual
United Nations General Assembly. Leaders
of the nearly 200 UN member states will
take part in speeches, meetings, and
summits focused on high-profile issues,
which includes Israel's war in Gaza,
which has seen a new wave of
recognitions in recent days. And by
that, I mean some of Israel's biggest
allies formally declaring Palestine as
its own sovereign state. France, for
example, formerly recognized the state
of Palestine during a UN summit on
Monday, a move French President Emanuel
Macron announced back in July as he
urged others to do the same. The
historic move follows similar
announcements by the UK, Canada,
Portugal, and Australia just a day
earlier, which drew this response from
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin
Netanyahu.
I have a clear message for those leaders
who recognize a Palestinian state after
the horrific massacre on October 7th.
You are giving a huge reward to
terrorism. And I have another message
for you. It will not happen. And the
wave of support is now adding to the
pressure on Israel. It's also leaving
one of its biggest allies, the United
States, in an interesting position.
President Donald Trump is scheduled to
deliver his first UN address of his
second term today. As the US finds
itself increasingly isolated in its
support for Israel's war in Gaza, the
Enclaves Health Ministry says the war
has killed more than 65,000 people so
far. It's also led to increasing
accusations of genocide which Israel has
denied. Meanwhile, from a small town in
Georgia to the front lines of a global
crisis, an American nonprofit is
tackling one of the world's most urgent
challenges, childhood malnutrition. Mark
Moore was actually inspired by a CNN
report on famine in Nijair and his
company Mana Nutrition has now helped
millions of children in dozens of
countries. Here's Anderson Cooper with
the story.
Mark Moore's company Manutrition helps
save the lives of malnourished and
starving children around the world.
Manutrition makes what's called
readytouse therapeutic food, RUTF for
short. It's made with peanut butter,
powdered milk, sugar, and vitamins. A
simple recipe that's revolutionary in
the fight against hunger. It can bring
severely malnourished kids back from the
brink of death. Mark's factory is in
rural Georgia, but he began working in
Africa decades ago. When was the first
time you went to Africa?
Uh, I went in the late 80s and I was a
college kid.
What was it about Africa that changed
you? Uh, I grew up in Flint thinking I
was a poor kid, but then you go to
Nairobi and you realize, you know, I was
born on third base and that powerful
experience just gets in your blood.
Nearly 20 years ago, Mark was an Africa
specialist in the US Senate when he saw
a report I did on this miraculous
treatment that was saving kids lives.
Back then, it was made by just one
French company. Their product was called
Plumpy Nut. From that, Man Nutrition was
born. The nonprofit built next to a
peanut field in Fitzgerald, Georgia, has
been producing its own RUTF since 2010.
So, this map logs the 57 countries that
Mana has gone to since it started.
How many kids have you saved, do you
think?
Uh, at least 10 million. If you look at
the production numbers,
there are a number of RUTF suppliers
around the world that we're able to tap
into. MANA is one of the most crucial uh
especially as it comes to uh us being
able to utilize US government funding
and so they're essential to the whole
system and we just uh couldn't do much
of our work without him.
Good to see you, brother. How are you?
What's the change you've seen?
Any child deserves
um to meet their potential. I see
children meeting their potential when
before we were losing them to this
useless death. These aren't our kids,
but in the great human family, um, they
are our kids.
All right, everyone. Time for 10-second
trivia. Which of these European cities
has zero stop signs? London, Paris,
Madrid, or Berlin?
If you said Paris,
there's no stopping you. The French
capital uses roundabouts, traffic
lights, and right-of-way laws to
regulate traffic, but no stop signs.
Speaking of Paris, the next story takes
fast food to a whole new level. Each
year in Paris, waiters and waitresses
from across the city take to the street
for an iconic tradition, the course de
cafes. Servers literally raced through
the heart of the city of lights, Paris,
with loaded trays in hand, competing for
a chance to take the podium. Our Saskuke
Van Dorne got an uplose look at the
storied race alongside one of this
year's competitors.
This is a really a challenge for me.
This is Eva Fonten, and she's not
training for a marathon or the Olympics,
but for one of Paris's most iconic
traditions, the 100-year-old waiters
race.
Born in the 1920s, it was created to
celebrate the heritage of French cafes
and to showcase the skill and dexterity
of those who keep them running.
Don't run. Stay calm. Stay focused. and
try to yeah balance well your your tray.
It's race day. The waiters are picking
up their bibs and the goal is to cross
the finish line as quickly as possible
without spilling, running, or carrying
the tray in both hands.
Let's go
off to a great start.
The tray is steady.
Now we're into the final stretch. You
can feel the tension. The crowd is
cheering. Competitors closing in. Eva
Fonten pushes forward. Every step counts
and across the finish line. What a
performance. Eva Fonten takes fourth
place just shy of the podium, but a
fantastic effort.
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Today's story getting a 10 out of 10. I
know we usually save that for the end,
but 10 it just I couldn't help it. a
creative team of veterinarians who
fought tooth and nail to help their
zoo's beloved polar bear. Meet Kova, a
polar bear at the Alaska Zoo who wasn't
acting like herself lately.
Kova is a very interactive and and uh
busy bear and she just seemed kind of
off. She was pawing at her mouth a
little bit. We could see that she had
broken one of her canines and there's
any number of ways she could have done
that.
Ouch. After a few massive x-rays and
conversations with experts, the zoo's
veterinarians decided to team up with a
local Alaska endodontist.
I know it's a mouthful, but that's
actually a dentist who specializes in
root canals or cleaning out infections
deep inside teeth. This was the first
time though they had performed a root
canal on a fully sedated 450 lb bear.
Everybody knew ahead of time what their
role was and what to do and where to be
and it was it was so well planned out
and everybody worked so well together.
The tooth was treated and the whole
operation was a success. And that is as
cool as a polar bear likes the
temperature and cool like all of you.
All right, superstars. Time for some
shoutouts. This first one is going to
Whitman Middle School in Seattle. Let's
get the Pacific Northwest in here. And
from our YouTube channel, Mr. Alm at
Harvest Preparatory School in Canal,
Winchester, Ohio. Go Warriors. Also,
tomorrow is your word Wednesday. Follow
us at CNN 10 on Instagram and put your
unique vocabulary, word, and definition
in the comment section. And we'll choose
a winner to work into tomorrow's show.
Put your school, city, and state in
there, too, please. So, go crush it
today. Go be awesome. I'm Omar Himenez,
and we are CNN 10.