Latest news bulletin | November 3rd – Morning
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Israel has announced its forces have completely encircled Gaza City, a week after the start
00:06 of its ground operation.
00:10 Ukraine says it feels optimistic about the opening of EU accession talks this year, as
00:15 the bloc undergoes a broad renewal process.
00:21 As Storm Kiran reaches the UK, it leaves behind several dead and dozens injured across Western
00:27 Europe.
00:31 Fans of the popular Beatles band rejoice as the Fab Four release a final new song made
00:36 from recordings from the past.
00:43 Israel has announced that its forces have completely encircled Gaza City, just a week
00:48 after the start of its ground operation in the Palestinian enclave.
00:52 Before this announcement, Israel had said its troops were engaging in close fighting
00:57 and infiltrating deeper and deeper into Hamas-held areas.
01:02 This comes a day after Israeli airstrikes hit the Jabalea refugee camp for a second
01:07 time.
01:08 Reports say the shelling killed at least 195 people and injured 777 others.
01:15 The UN Secretary-General condemned the attacks on civilians.
01:19 "I can tell you that the Secretary-General is appalled over the escalating violence in
01:26 Gaza, including the killing of Palestinians, including women and children, in Israeli airstrikes
01:31 in residential areas of the densely populated Jabalea refugee camp.
01:36 All parties must abide by international law, international humanitarian law, including
01:42 the principles of distinction, proportionality, and precaution.
01:46 He condemns in the strongest terms any killings of civilians."
01:51 Meanwhile, foreigners and Palestinians with dual nationality were able to leave the enclave
01:58 through the Rafah border crossing on Thursday.
02:02 The wounded continue to be evacuated to Egypt, at a time when at least 16 hospitals in the
02:07 Gaza Strip are out of service due to shelling.
02:11 Palestinian authorities reported that over 9,000 people have been killed in Israeli strikes,
02:15 including more than 3,700 children.
02:26 Israeli forces pressed towards Gaza City on Thursday but met fierce resistance from Hamas
02:31 militants using mortars and hit-and-run attacks from tunnels, says Reuters.
02:37 Lebanese Hezbollah affiliated Al-Mayadeen reported that an Israeli armored unit advanced
02:42 from the northwestern Gaza Strip here along the coast and later attempted to move east
02:50 inland.
02:51 The commander of the IDF's 162nd Division stated that Israeli forces had reached "the
02:58 gates of Gaza City," possibly corroborating this reporting.
03:03 The Al-Qasem Brigades, the militant wing of Hamas, claimed that its militants engaged
03:08 Israeli forces attempting to enter this neighborhood west of Gaza City.
03:19 At least 15 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike on the Berij refugee camp
03:24 in central Gaza, according to the enclave civil defense spokesperson.
03:29 The strike was on Gaza's southern zone, where Israel told people from the north to flee.
03:34 Residents say there are dozens still trapped under the rubble, while doctors at a nearby
03:39 hospital desperately try to treat the wounded.
03:44 The director general of the World Health Organization said he's running out of words to "describe
03:49 the horror unfolding in Gaza."
03:52 It's too late to help the dead now, but we can help the living.
04:01 We can help those who live every moment in fear.
04:06 We can help injured civilians.
04:09 We can help the almost 200 women who are expected to deliver babies every day.
04:17 On Tuesday, a barrage of Israeli airstrikes leveled apartment buildings in another refugee
04:22 camp near Gaza City, leaving almost 200 people dead.
04:37 Over 9,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, more than 3,700 of whom were children.
04:50 Israel took just hours to retaliate after the October 7 terror attack, which killed
04:54 more than 1,400 of its citizens.
04:57 Both Israeli intelligence and the military seem to be caught by surprise by the worst
05:02 assault on Jews since the Holocaust.
05:18 Ever since, the Israel Defense Force has been striking the Palestinian-enclave Gaza in preparation
05:24 for its ground offensive.
05:26 Hamas health officials say at least 8,500 people have been killed, thousands more are
05:30 injured and about 1.4 million people have been displaced.
05:34 Israeli authorities insist their goal is to eliminate Hamas militants, not civilians.
05:40 It's important to distinguish between a designated terrorist organization whose explicit charter
05:46 says that it wants to exterminate the state of Israel and kill Jews, and your average
05:50 Palestinian that just wants to raise their children in peace and security.
05:53 A lot of these Hamas leaders are residing in flush hotels in Qatar and hanging out in
05:59 Turkey and having meetings in Lebanon where they powwow with the head of Hezbollah.
06:05 The operation in Gaza has left many questioning what to expect in the long term.
06:10 Experts say there are no easy answers.
06:13 No lasting peace or even compromise have been achieved in the region for decades.
06:18 Both sides will need to answer to the UN's independent commission of inquiry, which has
06:22 been collecting evidence of war crimes since October 7th.
06:26 Stakes are at an all-time high for the future of the Palestinian territories, as well as
06:30 for Israeli democracy.
06:32 "The solution is when this thing is over, when we find a business horizon, a political
06:44 horizon.
06:45 The solution is two states."
06:49 Ukraine says it feels optimistic about the opening of EU accession talks this year.
06:55 Speaking at a ministerial conference in Berlin on Thursday, Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba
07:00 highlighted the efforts Kiev has made to fulfil its obligations, even in the face of the Russian
07:06 invasion.
07:07 "Our main position that I brought from Kiev is that EU reform should not take enlargement
07:15 process as a hostage and we have to find the right balance between the process of reforming
07:24 the European Union and continuing with enlargement."
07:27 The European Union is in the midst of a broad renewal process, and there is an ongoing debate
07:32 on whether the bloc should complete its reforms before accepting new members, or whether to
07:36 expand first and then work on change together.
07:40 Representatives will meet mid-December in Brussels to discuss enlargement, as well as
07:44 membership bids from Ukraine and Moldova.
07:50 After passing in the lower house state Duma a week ago, on Thursday, Russian President
07:55 Vladimir Putin signed off on a bill that shifts Moscow's legal stance on nuclear testing.
08:01 Putin says the move to abandon the landmark agreement outlawing nuclear weapons tests
08:06 brings Moscow into line with Washington.
08:09 The 1996 treaty outlaws all nuclear explosions, including live tests of nuclear weapons, but
08:15 was never effective because several key countries failed to ratify it.
08:20 It comes after the US Air Force blew up a nuclear-capable missile over the Pacific Ocean
08:25 on Wednesday.
08:29 Several people have lost their lives across Europe due to falling trees during Storm Kiran.
08:34 The deep squall also caused major disruption, with many flights and trains cancelled.
08:40 In France, a lorry driver died in the Aisne region during the night.
08:43 Later, a 70-year-old man fell off his balcony in Le Havre.
08:47 A high wind alert is still in place for Normandy and Eau de France, where a million homes are
08:52 without electricity.
08:55 In Spain, a 23-year-old woman was killed after a tree fell on her in the centre of Madrid.
09:01 Another five people were injured in the same incident.
09:05 Parks in the capital and other cities were closed as the storm battered much of the country
09:10 with heavy rains and gale force winds.
09:15 In the Flemish city of Gent, a five-year-old child playing outside was injured by falling
09:20 branches and died in hospital a few hours later.
09:24 In a separate incident, a 64-year-old German woman was also killed in a city park and her
09:28 daughter was seriously injured.
09:31 In the Netherlands, the storm caused wind gusts of more than 100 kilometres per hour,
09:36 which are still increasing, especially in coastal areas.
09:40 Several people have been injured by falling trees and one person died in the southern
09:44 town of Venray.
09:50 A volcano in far east Russia's Kamchatka region is spewing large amounts of ash and lava,
09:56 destroying roadways and forcing surrounding schools to close.
10:00 The Kluvcheskaya volcano is one of the world's most active volcanoes and began erupting at
10:06 the end of June.
10:08 Experts at the time said it did not pose a threat, but on Wednesday, the volcano started
10:13 releasing an ash column of around 14 kilometres into the atmosphere, prompting authorities
10:18 to issue an aviation red-code alert.
10:27 A final offering from the Fab Four.
10:30 The Beatles' single "Now and Then" has been patched together from scraps of demo tapes
10:34 featuring contributions from the late John Lennon and George Harrison.
10:38 "I want you to be there"
10:43 The release has only been made possible through AI technology, which weaves in Lennon's voice
10:49 and Harrison's guitar track into the new recording, featuring Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
10:54 "I want you to be there"
11:00 "I want you to be there"
11:05 "I want you to be there"
11:07 The accompanying video also features a moving commentary from George, Paul and Ringo.
11:12 "When we lost John, we knew that it was really over."
11:18 "I was talking to Yoko and she said, 'Ah, I think I've got a tape of John'"
11:23 "Paul called me up and said he'd like to work on 'Now and Then'. He put the bass on, I put the drums on."
11:29 "How lucky was I to have those men in my life?"
11:34 "Now and Then"