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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag on Monday,
00:06setting the stage for snap elections.
00:11Cleanup operations begin in the French overseas territory of Mayotte as officials scramble
00:16to establish a death toll from cyclone Chido.
00:25German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is facing a no-confidence vote in the Bundestag on Monday,
00:30following the collapse of the German so-called Traffic Light Coalition.
00:35Scholz is generally expected to lose the vote, setting the stage for snap elections to be
00:40held in February.
00:42If Scholz does indeed lose the vote, Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier will then
00:46decide whether or not to dissolve the Bundestag.
00:50In current polls, the conservative CDU party led by Friedrich Merz is far ahead of Scholz's
00:55SPD.
00:56The far-right AfD is also seeing gains, following trends seen earlier this year when it became
01:02the first far-right party to win a state election since 1945.
01:08Scholz's government has grown increasingly unpopular over the years amid Germany's stagnant
01:12economy that has led to mass job losses and strikes.
01:17Economic crisis management will therefore be a core issue driving the upcoming election
01:22campaigns.
01:30The Israeli Knesset has approved plans to increase the number of settlers in the Golan
01:34Heights, territory that was seized from Syria in 1967.
01:39The announcement comes a week after the dramatic downfall of longtime President Bashar al-Assad.
01:45The demographic development plan to double settler numbers only applies to the area of
01:49the Golan Heights that Israel seized during the Six-Day War and later annexed in 1981.
01:55There are currently an estimated 31,000 Israelis living in settlements considered illegal under
02:01international law across the Golan Heights.
02:04Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised the plan, which comes with 10 million
02:09euros in funding.
02:10But he also said Israel wasn't seeking a conflict with Syria.
02:40Since rebel groups marched into Damascus and brought an end to al-Assad's 24-year rule,
02:46Israel has conducted hundreds of airstrikes across Syria.
02:50Officials say those strikes are aimed at destroying weapons dumps to prevent them falling into
02:54the hands of terrorists.
02:56But they've been criticized by Syria's de facto leader, Ahmed al-Sharar, who said they
03:01crossed red lines and risked escalating tensions across the Middle East.
03:10Israel's Prime Minister Simon Harris has called Israel's decision to close its embassy in
03:14Dublin deeply regrettable.
03:17But he also said his government wouldn't change its position on how the war in Gaza is being
03:21fought.
03:23Israel announced on Sunday it would close its mission in the Irish capital because of
03:27what officials called extreme anti-Israel policies.
03:30Meanwhile, Israeli forces have continued to pound Gaza's largely isolated north as
03:57the Palestinian death toll approaches 45,000.
04:02One airstrike hit the Qalila Wada school in the town of Beit Hanoun and killed at least
04:0615 people, according to nearby Kamal Adwan Hospital, where casualties were taken.
04:12And in Gaza City, at least 17 people, including six women and five children, were killed in
04:17three airstrikes that hit houses sheltering displaced people.
04:21Israel's military said in a statement that it struck a terrorist cell in Gaza City and
04:25a terrorist meeting point in the Beit Hanoun area.
04:29The war in Gaza began after Hamas stormed southern Israel on the 7th of October last
04:34year, killing 1,200 people and taking around 250 others hostage.
04:45Earlier this month, Islamist opposition rebels toppled al-Assad's regime.
04:49Many came out to the street to celebrate but serious Kurds in the north worry for their
04:53future.
04:55Many fear the ascendance of the Turkish-backed Islamist group who overthrew al-Assad will
05:00make it hard for the Kurds to find a new place in Syria.
05:25Meanwhile, the Kurdish administration issued amnesty for prisoners to celebrate the fall
05:46of al-Assad's regime.
05:48It comes after the opening of prisons in areas of Syria that were previously controlled by
05:52the government.
06:01At least two people were injured and an infrastructure facility damaged in the Ukrainian city of
06:06Mykolaiv after a Russian overnight drone and missile attack, regional authorities said
06:11on Sunday.
06:13Local media report that Russia had launched a total of 108 drones and an anti-aircraft
06:18missile during the night as part of the ongoing aerial campaign against Ukraine.
06:24Ukraine's air force said the military had successfully shot down 56 of these drones.
06:31Across the border in the Russian city of Belgorod, regional governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said a
06:36Ukrainian drone attack had killed a 9-year-old boy.
06:44Gladkov reported that 37 drones had been fired on the area within a 24-hour period.
06:50One of these attacks reportedly struck a residential building in the village of Metski, killing
06:55the boy and injuring his mother and sister.
07:03Two Russian oil tankers were badly damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait, spilling oil
07:08and sparking an emergency rescue operation.
07:12One tanker ran aground and had its bow torn away, with Russian media saying one person
07:16on board was killed while the rest were saved by emergency services.
07:21The second tanker was also damaged in the storm and left drifting in the same area with
07:26its crew members aboard.
07:29Ukrainian officials accused Moscow of recklessness, saying the tankers were too old to go out
08:05the country.
08:06Judy Maloney said that political stability is what makes Italy more credible, both nationally
08:12and internationally, and she is confident the government will serve its full term.
08:19She announced that she is about to step down as the president of the ECR, supporting Poland's
08:24Morawiecki as the next head of the group.
08:28On Saturday, key speakers at the cross-party summit included Lebanese Prime Minister Mikati
08:35and Argentina's President Javier Mele.
08:38We understand that the free trade deal between the EU and the Mercosur states, which include
08:43Argentina, has been reported as a central topic in Malay's discussions with Maloney.
08:50In fact, like other EU countries, Italy remains hesitant to support the deal unless it includes
08:59provisions to protect Italian farmers.
09:03Giorgio Arlandi for Euronews in Rome.
09:10Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron met in Corsica, concluding the pontiff's
09:16trip to the French island.
09:18The LSA Palace said the two discussed the international issues that they share.
09:25Local media report that their conversation avoided more controversial subjects, such
09:30as the constitutionalisation of abortion or French-style secularism.
09:36Earlier, Francis became the first Pope to visit the French island of Corsica.
09:42He had deliberately shunned the grand reopening of France's Notre Dame Cathedral last weekend,
09:48instead visiting the French island where thousands of migrants have perished.
09:54The Pope's visit to Corsica seemed more suited to his priorities, which are adamant in visiting
09:59places that do not often draw international attention.
10:10Clean-up operations have begun in the French overseas territory of Mayotte a day after
10:14Cyclone Tido barrelled into the archipelago.
10:18The French Interior Ministry said it was proving difficult to get a precise tally
10:21of fatalities, but so far 11 deaths have been confirmed.
10:26Speaking to a local TV station earlier on Sunday, Mayotte's prefect said he thought
10:30the death toll could reach 1,000.
10:33A local hospital reported that nine people were in critical condition there and 246 others
10:39were injured.
10:40One local hospital said it was treating 246 people for injuries and that nine were in
10:46a critical condition.
10:47Tido brought winds in excess of 220 kilometers an hour, according to the French Weather Service,
10:53ripping roofs off houses in the territory which has a population of just over 300,000.
10:59In some areas, entire neighborhoods of metal shacks and huts were flattened, while residents
11:03reported trees had been uprooted and electricity supplies knocked out.
11:08Officials in Mayotte said it was the worst cyclone to hit the territory in almost a century.
11:13The French Interior Ministry said 1,600 police officers have been deployed to help the population
11:19and prevent potential looting.
11:21The cyclone has now made landfall on the east coast of Africa, slamming into northern Mozambique.
11:27UNICEF said Cabo Delgado province, home to around two million people, had been hard hit.
11:33The agency is now concerned about access to health care and the spread of waterborne diseases
11:38like cholera and malaria.