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00:00 Israeli airstrikes continue in the dark as hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians
00:06 spend another anxious night in Gaza.
00:11 Russia has shifted from the fence to attack on the Bakmut front in an attempt to encircle
00:16 the town of Avdivka.
00:20 With the Christmas shopping period just weeks away, inflation in the Eurozone falls more
00:24 than expected to 2.9 percent.
00:31 Spain`s heir to the throne, Princess Leonor swears an oath of allegiance to the constitution
00:36 as she celebrates her 18th birthday.
00:41 Israeli airstrikes continue in the dark as hundreds of thousands of Palestinian civilians
00:46 spend another anxious night in Gaza.
00:49 Israeli troops backed by tanks have expanded their operations inside Gaza amid reports
00:54 that IDF troops have cut off the key main north-south road near Gaza City, indicating
00:59 Israeli forces may be trying to cut off Gaza City.
01:03 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ruled out a ceasefire in Gaza, declaring this is
01:08 a time for war.
01:10 Calls for a ceasefire are calls for Israel to surrender to Hamas, to surrender to terrorism,
01:18 to surrender to barbarism.
01:20 That will not happen.
01:23 Ladies and gentlemen, the Bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war.
01:29 This is a time for war.
01:31 Aid agencies are reporting that the humanitarian crisis in Gaza continues to worsen.
01:36 There is insufficient water, food, medicine and fuel.
01:40 The International Criminal Court`s top prosecutor, Karim Khan, said impeding aid could constitute
01:46 a war crime.
01:47 I want to underline clearly to Israel that there must be discernible efforts without
01:54 further delay to make sure civilians receive basic food, medicine, anesthetics, morphine.
02:05 We hear reports of operations taking place without these basic medicines as if we`re
02:13 in the Middle Ages.
02:14 On October 7, Hamas attacks killed 1,400 Israelis and saw at least 239 people kidnapped as hostages.
02:22 Hamas says more than 8,000 people have been killed since Israel`s retaliatory bombing
02:27 began.
02:34 In a dawn raid, Israeli security forces have destroyed the West Bank home of Hamas` second
02:39 in command.
02:40 They rigged Saleh al-Aruri`s house in the village of Arora with explosives before blowing
02:45 it up.
02:48 The house was said to have been vacant for years as Saleh has been living in exile in
02:52 Lebanon.
02:53 Local people protested on the ruins of the demolished building.
02:57 One relative of the Hamas leader claims surrounding houses were damaged.
03:01 "The army broke into the village at around 2 a.m., and destroyed the house.
03:10 They could have destroyed the house with a gun, but they blew it up and damaged the surrounding
03:23 houses."
03:27 The Israeli army raided the same village on October 21 and arrested around 20 people,
03:33 including several members of Saleh`s extended family.
03:39 Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West and Ukraine for Sunday`s unrest inside
03:45 Russia after rioters in the mainly Muslim Dagestan region stormed an airport looking
03:50 for Jewish passengers on a flight from Tel Aviv.
03:55 Hundreds of angry men, some carrying banners with anti-Semitic slogans, rushed onto the
04:00 tarmac of the airport in Makashkala.
04:03 Putin has called on security services to protect what he called the inter-ethnic and inter-religious
04:09 consent in the country.
04:15 French police shot and seriously injured a woman in a full veil after she threatened
04:20 train passengers in Paris.
04:22 Witnesses described scenes of panic at the Bibliothèque François Mitterrand station
04:26 on the RERC as a woman shouted threats.
04:28 "A lady in a full veil, speaking in threatening words, using a number of words, such as 'you
04:44 all go there', 'boom' and so on. These two people reported these events in the same way.
04:52 Once again, a signal from a competent agent of the SNCF and then a call that was transmitted
05:02 to the SNCF emergency number."
05:06 French prosecutors are investigating the appearance of dozens of blue Stars of David painted on
05:12 buildings in and around Paris.
05:15 The symbol is representative of the Jewish religion and the state of Israel.
05:19 More than 2,500 reports of anti-Semitic acts have been recorded in the French capital in
05:25 recent days amid rising tension over the Israel-Hamas conflict.
05:30 The graffiti could constitute the offence of damage to property aggravated by the circumstance
05:35 of origin, race, ethnicity or religion.
05:43 Russia has shifted from defence to attack on the Bakhmut front, according to Ukrainian
05:47 army sources.
05:51 And this is what these images released by the Russian army seem to show. Here several
05:55 heavy vehicles are seen firing at Ukrainian positions.
06:00 Bakhmut fell into Russian hands last May after months of bloody fighting, in which Wagner
06:05 mercenaries played a key role. Its strategic value was said to be relative, but both Russian
06:11 and Ukrainians attach great importance to it.
06:15 This change in strategy by Russian troops comes against the backdrop of attempts to
06:19 encircle the town of Avdivka, southwest of Bakhmut.
06:24 So far they have been unsuccessful and have cost the Russian army a high number of lives.
06:30 According to Kiev, enemy casualties now exceed 300,000 since the conflict began, a number
06:37 that is impossible to verify.
06:42 With the Christmas shopping period just weeks away, consumer prices in the Eurozone fell
06:47 sharply, reaching their lowest level in more than two years.
06:52 Inflation came in at 2.9% in October, down from 4.3% the month before, according to the
06:57 EU statistics office, who made the announcement on Tuesday.
07:02 The main cause was the double-digit drop in fuel prices, which eased by 11.1%.
07:08 The better-than-expected inflation data is getting closer to the 2% target set by the
07:13 European Central Bank, whose policy of higher interest rates has contributed to the calm
07:17 on the price front.
07:20 But at the same time, growth disappeared, as output shrank after months of stagnation.
07:26 Only the largest of the 20 countries using the Euro saw its economic output fall by 0.1%,
07:32 while France, the second largest economy, recorded growth of just 0.1%.
07:43 Montenegro`s Prime Minister Miloš Kosbajic arriving at Parliament buildings in Pagorica
07:48 on Tuesday, after he was elected the head of the new five-party coalition government.
07:54 After hours of debate that lasted through the night, the legislature approved the new
07:57 cabinet with 46 votes in favor and 19 against.
08:02 Thirty-six-year-old Spajic, an economist, leads the centrist Europe Now party, but has
08:06 received backing from pro-European and anti-Western groups.
08:10 He has promised to unblock the Balkan nation's stalled European Union integration process.
08:23 Appointed by her parents, King Felipe and Queen Letizia, Spain's heir to the throne,
08:28 Princess Leonor, has marked her 18th birthday by swearing an oath of allegiance to the Constitution.
08:34 "I swear to faithfully perform my duties, to safeguard and make safeguard the Constitution
08:40 and the laws, to respect the rights of citizens and autonomous communities, and to be faithful
08:46 to the king."
08:47 "I just received the oath that Your Highness has given me.
08:52 Viva la Constitución, viva España, viva el rey."
09:00 Spain's acting Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, was among the official guests attending the
09:05 ceremony in the Parliament in Madrid.
09:08 It was boycotted by Republican government ministers and Catalan and Basque nationalist
09:13 MPs.
09:15 Leonor's grandfather, the self-exiled former King Juan Carlos, was also absent.
09:22 In swearing an oath, the princess can now officially act as regent when the king is
09:27 unavailable.
09:29 Leonor will be Spain's first Queen Regent since 1868, when she ascends the throne.
09:38 The Italian city of Milan woke up Tuesday morning to this.
09:42 Torrential rain and a violent storm in the early hours caused the river Seveso, which
09:46 flows under the city, to overflow.
09:48 Local authorities say they are building huge vats underground to catch the floodwaters,
09:53 but other cities in the Lombardia region are not so prepared.
09:56 "We see that we haven't seen such floods since 2014.
10:02 This tells us that it is necessary to work on the vats.
10:05 The ones in Milan are ready, they are doing the last tests of the pumps, which will be
10:12 in service at the end of November.
10:13 All the ones in the Lombardia region are missing."
10:15 According to the Italian Met Office, 45 millimetres of rain fell on Milan between midnight and
10:20 7.30am.
10:22 Five regions in the north of the country have orange weather warnings in place, while Veneto
10:26 is on red alert.
10:28 But meteorologists say the stormy weather will soon ease before moving south, which is still
10:32 experiencing an unusually hot autumn.
10:39 An eternal resting place, not in a cemetery, but in a forest, at the foot of a tree.
10:46 Sanctuary forests have been around for a while in Germany, and now they're gaining popularity
10:51 in France, particularly in border areas like here in Alsace.
10:56 In Muttersholz, the local government set aside part of the forest to bury the ashes of people
11:00 wanting an alternative to a cemetery.
11:03 "Today's approach has comforted us in our idea.
11:07 I will take a task with the town hall for a reservation.
11:13 I hope as late as possible, but we will get there, we know it."
11:18 "It brings us a little closer to our way of life.
11:24 We prefer the environment, nature, rather than the large crowds."
11:32 Muttersholz is using an existing forest.
11:36 In Norcin, in eastern France, trees are being planted in a cemetery, where people will soon
11:43 have the option of being laid to rest among nature, free of charge.