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00:00 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked everyone who has helped push through
00:04 the 89 billion euro US military aid package adopted on Saturday.
00:11 An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafa killed at least
00:15 13 people, six of them children.
00:21 Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo are casting their votes
00:26 on whether to remove their ethnic Albanian mayors from office.
00:34 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked everyone who has been fighting so
00:38 hard for the US military aid package adopted on Saturday.
00:42 57 billion euros from the 89 billion package will go to Ukraine and help the country's
00:48 military to bulk up their assets and defences in the face of Russia's continued aggression.
01:14 Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine deserves all the support it can get against Russia.
01:20 NATO Chief Jens Stoltenberg praised the continued bipartisan support for Ukraine.
01:25 Russia criticised the passing of the bill, saying the military aid would serve to exacerbate
01:29 global crises.
01:34 At least 14 Palestinians were killed in a major raid by Israel defence forces in the
01:39 West Bank near the city of Tulkan.
01:41 The IDF and border police claimed to have killed at least 10 gunmen and captured eight.
01:48 An Israeli airstrike on a house in Gaza's southernmost city of Rafa on Saturday killed
01:52 at least 13 people, six of them children.
01:57 Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu condemned US sanctions on the IDF after a report surfaced
02:03 claiming the Biden administration is set to blacklist the IDF's Netanyahu for alleged
02:08 human rights abuses in Gaza.
02:13 Netanyahu faces continued challenges by opposition forces who are demanding his resignation,
02:18 early elections and a dramatic change to Israel's war policy to bring back the hostages still
02:23 held in Gaza.
02:24 Israeli sources say that 129 people are still being held in captivity, including the bodies
02:29 of at least 34 dead.
02:34 Residents of four Serb-majority municipalities in northern Kosovo are casting their votes
02:39 on whether to remove their ethnic Albanian mayors from office.
02:44 It follows last year's mayoral elections, which were overwhelmingly boycotted by ethnic
02:48 Serbs as part of a campaign for greater autonomy.
02:52 The referendum, supported by the West, aims at defusing tensions between the neighbouring
02:57 countries who are both vying to join the EU.
03:00 Kosovo's main ethnic Serb party, which has close ties with Belgrade, has called for a
03:05 boycott of this latest ballot.
03:08 Some 46,500 residents are expected to vote in 47 polling stations.
03:14 For the mayors to step down, a majority vote is needed.
03:18 Kosovo was a former Serbian province until a 78-day NATO bombing campaign in 1999 ended
03:25 a war between Serbian government forces and ethnic Albanian separatists in Kosovo.
03:37 Nearly 3,000 people in southern Russia have been evacuated after a nearby river flooded.
03:43 The Tobol flows from neighbouring Kazakhstan and has been suffering from its worst flooding
03:47 in decades recently.
03:49 Water levels in the city of Kagan on Thursday surpassed the previous record set in 1994.
03:56 These have now started to fall slowly, but authorities warn a real peak is expected in
04:00 the coming days.
04:02 Citizens and authorities in the Kagan region are working together to build new dams and
04:06 to strengthen existing defences.
04:14 Storms have caused chaos on Bavarian motorways.
04:23 Ten centimetres of snow along with slippery roads pose danger to drivers, many of whom
04:29 had already switched to their summer tyres.
04:36 There were a few accidents on the road, though most were minor.
04:41 Police were on duty to regulate traffic.
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