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00:00Sweden urged the return of the Chinese ship to Swedish waters to facilitate the investigation
00:06opened after undersea cables were damaged last week.
00:11Ukraine's President Zelensky said pressure on Russia must be increased and Nordic-Baltic
00:16leaders said they will expand their support.
00:23Ursula von der Leyen's new commission has received the approval of the European Parliament.
00:29The German politician's team received 370 votes, with 282 against and 36 abstentions.
00:37Among those who supported her were the European People's Party, the Social Democrats and Renew
00:42Europe.
00:43MEPs from the Greens and the European Conservatives and Reformers were split, while radical right,
00:50far-right and far-left groups voted against her.
01:11During the evaluations, all candidates were individually screened before they passed the
01:15test.
01:17However, several of them, such as Vice President Teresa Rivera, who was opposed by the Spanish
01:22People's Party, or the Hungarian Oliver Varhey, who was questioned by several parties, found
01:27themselves in the hot seat.
01:47The new EU executive will begin its term in office on the 1st of December.
01:56French Prime Minister Michel Barnier might lose his seat due to a controversial budget
01:59move.
02:00He argues that 40 billion euro in spending cuts and 20 billion euro in tax hikes are
02:04needed to reduce the country's debt spiral, which is over double the EU limit.
02:09However, lawmakers from other parties have refused to back his measures, meaning Barnier
02:14would need to use a constitutional clause to forcibly pass it until December 21st.
02:19This could lead to a no-confidence vote, which left-wing politicians have threatened and
02:23some members of the far-right National Rally also warned they would back the vote unless
02:28budget changes were made.
02:30Marine Le Pen disagrees with the tax increase but wants cuts to medical aid for migrants
02:35and bureaucracy.
02:40Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez introduced a third aid package of 2.2 billion euros for
02:47those affected by Storm Dana during his appearance in Congress on Wednesday.
02:52Sanchez announced 60 measures to speed up recovery and defended the government's handling
02:57of the weather disaster that killed over 220 people.
03:15But opposition leader from the People's Party criticised the Prime Minister over a lack
03:20of accountability.
03:42Sanchez added that his government is open to establishing a commission of inquiry.
03:48The third aid package brings the total state aid to 16.6 billion euros.
04:00The autobiography of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Freedom, will be published
04:05in 31 countries.
04:08In Berlin, there was a huge crowd at the Dussmann book house with hundreds of people coming
04:13to have the book signed.
04:16Many are curious and hope to find out more about Merkel's view on things within the 736
04:22pages.
04:23I do think she is responsible for everything that is happening today in Europe.
04:28Basically, she was the one who established this kind of connections with Russia which
04:35made Germany dependent and the whole Europe dependent and she is the one who basically
04:40blocked Ukraine from joining NATO in 2008 when it was still possible.
04:46Merkel wrote her book together with her long-time political adviser, Beate Baumann.
04:52It is a look at her life and her path from pastor's daughter in the GDR to federal chancellor.
04:58I found her as a person very important for Europe, for the whole world, namely because
05:08she was not a populist and stood for freedom and today people want to elect autocrats again
05:16and elect autocrats and we will remember Angela Merkel and freedom nostalgically.
05:26Merkel will go on a reading tour.
05:28The events in Stralsund and Cologne were sold out within a very short time.
05:35Das Interesse an Angela Merkel's Memoiren ist nicht nur in Deutschland groß.
05:43Am 2.
05:44Dezember wird die Altkanzlerin ihr Buch mit dem ehemaligen US-Präsidenten Barack Obama
05:48in Washington vorstellen.
05:50Diana Resnick aus Berlin für Eure News.
05:57Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social
06:02media.
06:03That is because last year his 17-year-old son, Mac, committed suicide after falling
06:07victim to an online sextortion scam.
06:10A 47-year-old man from Sydney, posing as an 18-year-old girl, demanded money for an intimate
06:17image that the boy had shared.
06:19Since then, the grieving father has taken his tragic story to schools in the country
06:23and warned students of the risks of social media.
06:26I presented to now over 10,000 people, of which 3,000 are secondary school children.
06:34I asked them to put their hand up if they would support it.
06:38Yes, they support it.
06:39They are the kids that are supporting it.
06:41We can't rely on the tech giants to help.
06:43It's not in their interest.
06:45So we have to take control.
06:47But not all parents, lawmakers or experts are convinced that banning young children
06:51from social media is the answer.
06:54I understand both the limits of that particular policy and the expert evidence that is coming
06:59out from people who work in this space about the problems for young people being excluded
07:05from those spaces.
07:06I also think there's very significant privacy concerns for all Australians who may in fact
07:12be required to give up some of their privacy in pursuit of this particular policy.
07:16Platforms such as X and Instagram announced that they find the ban problematic.
07:21Australia's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favor of the ban
07:26and the Senate is expected to make it law soon.
07:28Once it enters into force, even parental consent will not be able to override the ban.
07:38Several media reported that Sweden urged the return of the Chinese cargo ship to Swedish
07:43waters in order to facilitate the investigation that was opened after undersea cables were
07:48damaged in the Baltic Sea.
07:52The Chinese vessel, which is currently in international waters between Sweden and Denmark,
07:57became a key suspect after it was reported in the area at the time the cables were severed.
08:04Sweden, Finland and Germany launched investigations last week into the incident and raised questions
08:10about potential sabotage.
08:14When you assume that it's a secret accident, you don't have two secret accidents in the
08:21same day.
08:23It suddenly starts to settle down and in this case on top of three cables.
08:27It's not a normal behavior for a cargo ship.
08:30Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that he is not making any accusations,
08:35but wants to seek clarity on what has happened.
08:39An elderly woman and her husband were rescued along with their two lambs and a chicken after
08:48they got lost in a snowstorm in southern Turkey.
08:51Naci and Mustafa Akın were trying to head back to their home in Akseki, a remote town
08:56in the Taurus Mountains, when they got lost.
08:58According to Turkish media, the 70-year-old couple were caught in a snowstorm and took
09:04refuge under a tree where they were rescued by Turkey's Disaster and Emergency Management
09:08Agency hours later.
09:10Both of them were taken to a local hospital and now reported to be in good condition.
09:20Following his meeting with NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, Ukraine's President Volodymyr
09:26Zelensky said pressure on Russia must be maintained and increased at various levels.
09:33We are in contact with our partners, with America and others.
09:36We have coordinated our work with them in order to do what we have already agreed on
09:43and for the necessary additional military and political reinforcement.
09:50At a two-day security summit in Sweden, leaders of Nordic and Baltic states, as well as Poland,
09:56agreed to increase their support for Ukraine.
09:59Among other things, they said they would work to provide more ammunition.
10:04We will enhance our efforts, including to defense industrial production in Ukraine and
10:10invest to increase Ukraine's ammunition supplies.
10:15We strengthen Ukraine's energy infrastructure to help them through the winter and we support
10:21them on their path to EU and to NATO.
10:26Leaders also discussed transatlantic relations and regional security in the Baltic Sea region.
10:37Long lines formed outside of a bakery in Deir el-Bala.
10:40People are desperate to buy a bag of bread.
10:43The World Food Program warned that bakeries in central Gaza are shutting down as a result
10:48of severe shortages and limited aid reaching the areas.
10:53The World Food Program says that all bakeries in central Gaza have shut down due to severe
10:59supply shortages.
11:01Bread is a lifeline for many families in Gaza.
11:03It's often the only food they can access.
11:05Now, even that is slipping out of reach.
11:08Earlier this week, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire deal.
11:13Many had hoped the agreement would have induced a truce in Gaza as well, where the war has
11:17stretched on for almost 14 months.
11:21But in northern Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians continue to flee as Israel's latest offensive
11:26in the region rages on.
11:30Almost no humanitarian aid is able to reach the area and food security experts previously
11:35warned that famine is imminent.