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00:00 Ukraine is pushing ahead with its peace formula to end nearly two years of war with Russia
00:05 with a meeting of national security advisers in Davos.
00:11 As Hamas marked the 100th day of the war in Gaza, it aired a video of Israeli hostages
00:16 appealing to their government to stop the offensive.
00:20 Yemen Houthi rebels fire missiles at U.S. warships in the Red Sea, responding to recent
00:25 attacks carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom.
00:31 Former U.S. President Donald Trump has urged voters to brave the winter storm and vote
00:36 in the Iowa caucus.
00:42 Ukraine is pushing ahead with its peace formula to end nearly two years of war with Russia
00:47 with a meeting of national security advisers from around the world in Davos.
00:52 President Zelensky sent his chief of staff on ahead to attend the opening morning session.
00:57 Euronews was also there.
01:00 The World Economic Forum annual gathering has started earlier this year with the fourth
01:05 round of the Ukraine peace formula talks hosted by Ukraine and Switzerland.
01:10 And although there were more countries participating here in Davos compared to the previous round
01:15 in Malta, China did not attend the gathering.
01:19 I asked Andrii Yermak, the head of the office of the president of Ukraine, whether Kyiv
01:25 is trying to get China on board.
01:28 It's important that all the countries who are coming, they really, honestly want to
01:37 participate and to help to end this war and to bring the peace.
01:43 But there is a different thought, idea, how it's possible to do.
01:50 And different countries have the different experience.
01:55 Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will lead the delegation in Davos this week.
01:59 Ukraine recognizes that Russian ally China must be brought on board for any progress
02:04 to be made.
02:06 Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky was not at the Sunday meeting, but he will be
02:11 here in Davos on Tuesday addressing the World Economic Forum the same day as Chinese Premier.
02:19 Sasha Bakulina for Euronews from Davos.
02:25 Hamas rockets launched from Gaza towards Israel.
02:30 As the 100th day of the war between Israel and Hamas was marked by both sides, the militants
02:35 aired video footage showing three Israeli hostages and ended with the warning, "Tomorrow
02:40 we will inform you of their fate."
02:43 Israeli officials generally declined to respond to Hamas' public messaging on the hostages,
02:48 casting it as psychological warfare.
02:51 Only hours before, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed nobody would stop Israel and
02:57 its war on Hamas.
02:58 "We are not giving up on anyone.
03:01 We are doing everything to bring everyone home.
03:04 I stress everyone, without exception.
03:07 These efforts are ongoing at all times, even in these moments."
03:16 Meanwhile in a televised speech, the leader of Lebanon-based Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah,
03:22 claimed Israel's war on the Gaza Strip was mired in failure and that it would be forced
03:27 to negotiate.
03:30 Israel has been trading fire almost daily with Hamas ally Hezbollah.
03:34 But tension has risen further in the aftermath of an airstrike that killed an elite commander
03:39 of the Lebanese militia one week ago.
03:46 Yemen Houthi rebels have fired missiles at US warships in the Red Sea, responding to
03:51 attacks carried out by the United States and the United Kingdom since Thursday.
03:56 The attack on Sunday marks the first US-acknowledged fire by the Houthis, following weeks of assaults
04:01 on shipping in the Red Sea.
04:04 UK defence secretary has said that he is monitoring the situation very closely.
04:08 "If the attacks don't stop, we will then have to take the necessary measures," he
04:12 said.
04:13 "Their behaviour in the Red Sea was completely unacceptable.
04:16 And we'll keep a very close eye if we have to take further action, then that's something
04:21 that we would consider.
04:22 But our intention was to have a very clear message sent to the Houthis, which I think
04:27 is what has been achieved thus far."
04:29 UK and US Navy repel largest, most complex Houthi attack in the Red Sea.
04:34 Since October 17, 2023, Iranian-backed Houthi militants have attempted to attack and harass
04:40 multiple ships in international shipping lanes.
04:50 Thousands of people held the demonstration against the extreme right in the German city
04:55 of Potsdam on Sunday.
04:57 They included local resident chancellor Olaf Scholz.
05:00 There has been nationwide outrage since a leak from a secret meeting revealed that right-wing
05:05 groups and AFD politicians had discussed plans for re-migration, forced expulsion of people
05:12 with migrant backgrounds.
05:14 Critics say the plans are reminiscent of the darkest chapter in German history.
05:22 Tribes of Russian soldiers sent off to the war in Ukraine laid flowers at the Eternal
05:27 Flame near the Kremlin in Moscow on Saturday.
05:32 According to a Russian news outlet, the gesture is a form of protest and a symbol that war
05:37 always means death.
05:40 Houthi forces tried to stop and detain some of the demonstrators.
05:58 According to members of the Way Home movement, who are protesting against the authorities,
06:03 laying flowers has become the only legal form of demonstration
06:26 public can do.
06:36 Trump still maintains a huge lead in the polls, supported by nearly half of likely caucus-goers.
06:43 Former UN ambassador and South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
06:48 remained locked in a close battle for second.
06:51 At a speech in Indianola on Sunday night, Trump called on voters to fight back against
06:56 his political enemies and vote.
06:58 He also claimed the four indictments he is currently facing are driven by false claims.
07:08 After Iowa, the Republican primary shifts to New Hampshire, Nevada and South Carolina
07:13 over the coming weeks before moving into the rest of the country this spring.
07:22 This was Ecuador's response to an unprecedented spiral of violence in the country.
07:27 Thousands of military and police officers raided several prisons in Ecuador on Sunday
07:32 in search of weapons, ammunition and explosives and to restore order after a week of unrest
07:38 and the detention of more than 100 officials.
07:41 In the coastal city of Machala, where a prison officer died in a shootout between the security
07:46 forces and inmates on Saturday, around 800 forces entered with tanks in the early hours
07:51 of the morning.
08:08 The raids started after gangs crashed a TV news program at the start of last week and
08:14 took staff hostage.
08:15 The state of emergency has so far resulted in 1,105 arrests and the dismantling of 28
08:22 criminal groups, according to the latest government report.
08:28 Israeli footballer Sajib Jahaskal has been arrested in Turkey over a goal celebration
08:33 after scoring for his team in a match this Sunday.
08:36 He showed a message on his wrist denouncing the terrorist attacks by Hamas on the 7th
08:40 of October.
08:42 The Turkish Football Federation has condemned what it said was a gesture that "disturbed
08:46 the conscience of the Turkish public".
08:49 And Taliaspor has announced that it is terminating the contract with the player, who claims he
08:53 was simply calling for an end to the war.
08:59 Bernardo Arevalo, officially taking the helm of Guatemala's government as the country's
09:04 new president.
09:05 The progressive academic turned politician was inaugurated on Monday after winning the
09:10 presidential election in August by a comfortable margin.
09:13 Arevalo has vowed to stamp out corruption but faces ongoing headwinds.
09:18 He has little support in Congress and Attorney General Consuelo Porras has thrown one legal
09:23 challenge after another at the 65-year-old and his party.
09:27 He is expected to make calls for Porras' resignation a priority.
09:32 Lawmakers in Greece have introduced new measures aimed at tackling sky-high prices, an issue
09:41 the government says is its number one priority.
09:46 The state estimates that prices will begin to fall by spring, but some residents remain
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