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CNN speaks with victim of Japan 'host club' scam

CNN international correspondent Hanako Montgomery reports on?Japan's?“host clubs” as complaints grow that they are preying on vulnerable women.

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Rescue personnel transport a body after a luxury yacht, which was carrying British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, sank off the coast of Porticello, near the Sicilian city of Palermo, Italy, August 21, 2024. REUTERS/Louiza Vradi
Hear challenges divers face while recovering missing people after yacht sinks
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Divers operate in the sea to search for the missing, including British entrepreneur Mike Lynch, after a luxury yacht sank off Sicily, Italy August 19, 2024. Vigili del Fuoco/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. DO NOT OBSCURE LOGO.
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Volunteers and firefighters try to extinguish a wildfire near Penteli, on August 12, 2024. Greece's civil protection authorities ordered the evacuation of several towns in the north-eastern suburbs of Athens, threatened by a violent fire that started the day before and is spreading. European Union said that four countries -- Italy, France, the Czech Republic and Romania -- would send assistance at the request of Greece which is combating a massive wildfire burning through Athens suburbs. (Photo by Angelos TZORTZINIS / AFP) (Photo by ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP via Getty Images)
'Everything is black:' Greek volunteers help community after devastating wildfires
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<p>An Israeli strike has killed at least ten people in <a >Nabatiyeh, southern Lebanon</a>, the Lebanese Ministry of Health said, prompting Hezbollah to launch a barrage of retaliatory rockets at Israel. CNN's Ben Wedeman walks through the rubble of a destroyed warehouse in Toul.</p>
CNN report shows aftermath of Israeli strike in southern Lebanon
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<p>CNN’s Nick Paton Walsh reports from Russia and Ukraine’s border as Ukraine’s forces advance farther into Russia following their surprise incursion?access to</p>
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