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01:03 - Israeli military surrounds Gaza City
01:09 and expands its ground operations
01:11 as it steps up war efforts against Hamas.
01:14 - As Storm Kiran reaches the UK,
01:19 it leaves behind several dead and dozens injured
01:22 across Western Europe.
01:23 - Austria, under pressure to cut its reliance
01:28 on Russian gas as other EU countries
01:31 look elsewhere for supplies.
01:33 Less than a week after moving into Northern Gaza,
01:42 the Israeli military says it has Gaza City surrounded
01:46 and is pushing ahead with destroying Hamas bases,
01:49 headquarters and other infrastructure.
01:53 The IDF has been fighting the militant group
01:55 in the besieged territory since its attack on Israel
01:58 on October the 7th.
02:00 The United States has promised full support to Israel
02:05 while at the same time has joined calls for pauses
02:08 to get aid in and let people out.
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02:16 - The Palestinian Red Crescent Society
02:24 says there have been explosions and shelling
02:26 near the Al-Quds Hospital in Gaza City.
02:29 The medical facility is also operating as a temporary home
02:33 for around 4,000 displaced Palestinians.
02:37 The UN says Israel's military bombed four schools
02:41 used as shelters on Thursday.
02:44 Israeli strikes in the Southern Gaza Strip city
02:47 of Khan Yunis killed a Palestinian journalist
02:50 and at least 10 other people.
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02:54 At least 15 people have been killed in an Israeli airstrike
03:00 on the Berij refugee camp in Central Gaza
03:03 according to the Enclave Civil Defense spokesperson.
03:06 The strike was on Gaza's Southern zone
03:09 where Israel told people from the North to flee.
03:12 Residents say there are dozens still trapped
03:14 under the rubble while doctors at a nearby hospital
03:17 desperately tried to treat the wounded.
03:21 The director general of the World Health Organization
03:23 said he's running out of words to quote,
03:25 "Describe the horror unfolding in Gaza."
03:28 - It's too late to help the dead now.
03:32 But we can help the living.
03:36 We can help those who live every moment in fear.
03:42 We can help injured civilians.
03:47 We can help the almost 200 women
03:50 who are expected to deliver babies every day.
03:53 - On Tuesday, a barrage of Israeli airstrikes
03:57 leveled apartment buildings in another refugee camp
04:00 near Gaza City, leaving almost 200 people dead.
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04:08 Over 9,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza,
04:17 more than 3,700 of whom were children.
04:21 The US House of Representatives has passed
04:27 a controversial bill that offers $14 billion in aid to Israel
04:31 but omits additional funding for Ukraine,
04:34 Taiwan and America's southern border.
04:37 Republican Speaker Mike Johnson said the House
04:39 will consider a fresh aid package for Ukraine
04:42 but he wants to link it to more money at home
04:44 for the US border with Mexico.
04:46 The White House has warned that President Biden
04:49 will veto the Israel-only bill.
04:51 - The whole idea of an urgent supplemental
04:53 is you're submitting what you think are urgent requests
04:56 and the president wants to see all of them honored,
04:58 all of them acted on by Congress, all of them together.
05:01 We wouldn't have submitted it that way
05:02 if we didn't believe that they all weren't important
05:04 and should be acted on together.
05:06 - Meanwhile, at a fundraising event in Minnesota,
05:09 President Biden was interrupted by a protester
05:11 calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas war.
05:15 Biden has called for a pause in the fighting.
05:18 US Secretary of State Antony Blinken
05:20 left for the Middle East on Thursday
05:22 for talks about Israel's ongoing campaign against Hamas.
05:26 Blinken said he'll focus on efforts
05:28 to protect Palestinian civilians
05:30 and prevent further escalation in the region.
05:32 - Israel took just hours to retaliate
05:39 after the October 7th terror attack
05:41 which killed more than 1,400 of its citizens.
05:45 Both Israeli intelligence and the military
05:47 seem to be caught by surprise
05:49 by the worst assault on Jews since the Holocaust.
05:52 - Ever since, the Israel Defense Force
06:07 has been striking the Palestinian enclave Gaza
06:10 in preparation for its ground offensive.
06:13 Hamas health officials say at least 8,500 people
06:16 have been killed, thousands more are injured,
06:18 and about 1.4 million people have been displaced.
06:21 Israeli authorities insist their goal
06:23 is to eliminate Hamas militants, not civilians.
06:27 - It's important to distinguish
06:28 between a designated terrorist organization
06:30 whose explicit charter says that it wants to exterminate
06:35 the state of Israel and kill Jews,
06:37 and your average Palestinian that just wants
06:39 to raise their children in peace and security.
06:41 A lot of these Hamas leaders
06:42 are residing in flush hotels in Qatar
06:46 and hanging out in Turkey and having meetings in Lebanon
06:49 where they powwow with the head of Hezbollah.
06:52 - The operation in Gaza has left many questioning
06:55 what to expect in the long term.
06:57 Experts say there are no easy answers.
07:00 No lasting peace or even compromise
07:02 have been achieved in the region for decades.
07:05 Both sides will need to answer
07:06 to the UN's independent commission of inquiry,
07:09 which has been collecting evidence of war crimes
07:12 since October 7th.
07:13 Stakes are at an all-time high
07:15 for the future of the Palestinian territories,
07:17 as well as for Israeli democracy.
07:19 - The whole world, including Americans and Europeans,
07:24 say the solution is when this thing is over,
07:27 that we find a business horizon, a political horizon.
07:31 So the solution is the two states.
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07:37 - Ukraine says it feels optimistic
07:39 about the opening of EU accession talks this year.
07:42 Speaking at a ministerial conference in Berlin on Thursday,
07:46 Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba highlighted the efforts
07:49 Kiev has made to fulfill its obligations,
07:51 even in the face of the Russian invasion.
07:54 - Our main position that I brought from Kiev
07:57 is that EU reform should not take enlargement process
08:04 as a hostage, and we have to find the right balance
08:09 between the process of reforming the European Union
08:12 and continuing with enlargement.
08:14 - The European Union is in the midst
08:16 of a broad renewal process,
08:18 and there is an ongoing debate
08:19 on whether the bloc should complete its reforms
08:21 before accepting new members,
08:23 or whether to expand first and then work on change together.
08:27 Representatives will meet mid-December in Brussels
08:29 to discuss enlargement, as well as membership bids
08:32 from Ukraine and Moldova.
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08:37 - With concerns about future energy supplies
08:39 and its economy, Austria is said to be defying moves
08:42 by other EU countries to cut its reliance
08:45 on gas from Russia.
08:47 Moscow is still piping gas through Ukraine to Europe,
08:50 despite the war.
08:51 The flow could be affected when a contract
08:54 between Ukraine and Russia expires next year.
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09:05 - Ukrainian oil and gas company, Naftogaz,
09:22 issued a statement saying it has no intention
09:26 or initiative to extend the existing supply contract
09:29 from 2025.
09:31 It's not clear whether Austria would be able
09:33 to use the Ukrainian pipeline on its own.
09:36 Vienna insists it's doing all it can to cut ties
09:40 with the Kremlin, but describes its situation as unique.
09:45 Euronews correspondent, Johannes Plöschberger, has more.
09:48 (speaking in foreign language)
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09:57 - Several people have lost their lives across Europe
10:21 due to falling trees during Storm Kieran.
10:23 The deep squall also caused major disruption
10:26 with many flights and trains canceled.
10:29 In France, a lorry driver died in the Aisne region
10:32 during the night.
10:33 Later, a 70-year-old man fell off his balcony in Le Havre.
10:36 A high wind alert is still in place for Normandy
10:39 and Eau de France, where a million homes
10:41 are without electricity.
10:42 In Spain, a 23-year-old woman was killed
10:47 after a tree fell on her in the center of Madrid.
10:50 Another five people were injured in the same incident.
10:53 Parks in the capital and other cities were closed
10:57 as the storm battered much of the country
10:59 with heavy rains and gale force winds.
11:02 In the Flemish city of Ghent, a five-year-old child
11:07 playing outside was injured by falling branches
11:10 and died in hospital a few hours later.
11:13 In a separate incident, a 64-year-old German woman
11:15 was also killed in a city park
11:17 and her daughter was seriously injured.
11:20 In the Netherlands, the storm caused wind gusts
11:22 of more than 100 kilometers per hour,
11:24 which are still increasing, especially in coastal areas.
11:28 Several people have been injured by falling trees
11:31 and one person died in the southern town of Venray.
11:34 The founder of the FTX cryptocurrency exchange,
11:42 Sam Bankman-Fried, has been convicted
11:44 on seven charges of fraud and conspiracy.
11:48 Bankman-Fried founded FTX in 2019
11:50 and quickly rose to unprecedented success
11:53 with more than a million users
11:55 and a fortune of $26 billion.
11:57 But last year, allegations of impropriety
12:01 saw customers rush to withdraw their money
12:03 and the exchange collapsed.
12:05 Bankman-Fried is facing up to 110 years in prison
12:09 when he's sentenced in March.
12:11 Tech giant Apple has posted
12:15 its fourth consecutive revenue loss in September.
12:18 Sales dropped 1% from the previous quarter
12:21 to $89.5 billion.
12:24 The company posted nearly $44 billion in revenue
12:27 for the iPhone and more than $22 billion
12:30 in services revenue.
12:32 Sales of iPhones are up in India.
12:35 Mac computer sales have dipped below expectations
12:38 since the COVID-19 pandemic.
12:41 Apple's stock has risen more than 2%
12:43 ahead of the scheduled earnings call.
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