Latest news bulletin | November 2nd – Morning
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00:00 It's feared hundreds of people are trapped under rubble after Israel bombed Gaza's largest
00:05 refugee camp, Jabalia, for the second day in a row.
00:10 As Russia bulks up its forces around the Bakhmut region, Ukraine says it's prepared to repel
00:16 its offense.
00:20 In Tanzania, Germany's President Franz-Walter Steinmeier made an impassioned apology for
00:25 colonial-era killings in what was then German East Africa.
00:31 Communities across northwestern France are bracing themselves for Storm Kiran, which
00:35 could bring flooding and 170-kilometer-per-hour gales.
00:48 Gaza's largest refugee camp was bombed for the second day in a row.
00:51 Israel's Strip's Hamas-run government says Israel struck residential buildings in Jabalia
00:56 camp in northern Gaza, causing many casualties.
00:59 It's feared hundreds of people are buried under the rubble.
01:02 The second telecommunications blackout in five days made it difficult for information
01:06 to be collected from Gaza.
01:08 The Hamas-run health ministry has increased the Palestinian death toll in Gaza to 8,796.
01:15 The organization denounced a heinous Israeli massacre in the camp after huge explosions
01:20 ripped through it on Tuesday, leaving dozens dead in strikes the Israeli army said killed
01:25 a Hamas commander involved in the October 7 attacks.
01:29 It also acknowledged the deaths of seven civilian hostages.
01:33 In addition, Israel lost 13 of its soldiers killed in ground operations in Gaza, several
01:38 of them when their vehicle was hit by a rocket.
01:45 The rougher border crossing between Gaza and Egypt has opened for the first time since
01:50 the Israel-Hamas war erupted.
01:53 Dozens of foreign passport holders have crowded into the border crossing ahead of what could
01:58 be the first such departure from the besieged Palestinian enclave.
02:05 On the Egyptian side, dozens of ambulances are waiting their turn to transfer people
02:09 wounded in the Israeli bombardment, which has so far killed more than 8,500 people,
02:15 according to Gaza and health authorities.
02:18 Despite the deteriorating circumstances, no one has been allowed to leave Gaza except
02:22 for four hostages released by Hamas since Israel declared a total siege in the wake
02:28 of the militants' bloody October 7 rampage into southern Israel.
02:35 Iran has warned that armed groups it supports in the Middle East could attack Israel in
02:39 light of its war on Hamas.
02:41 This comes as Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdullahian met with Turkish counterpart
02:46 Hakan Fidan one day after meeting Hamas leaders in Qatar.
02:51 Abdullahian urged the Muslim world to boycott Israeli products over the conflict.
02:56 Ankara and Tehran have also called for a regional conference aimed at preventing the spread
03:01 of the Israel-Hamas war.
03:03 "We are concerned about the spread of the conflicts in the region.
03:09 We have discussed this with our Iranian brother.
03:12 He has also said in his recent speech that if the conditions in the region do not change,
03:19 there could be strong guarantees that they could interfere in the conflict.
03:24 Now, in the face of such a reality, ceasefire and peace have become more important than
03:30 ever."
03:31 Meanwhile, EU Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell said he was horrified by the high number
03:36 of victims following Israel's attack on the Jabalaya refugee camp.
03:40 He stressed that the protection of civilians is not only a moral obligation but also a
03:45 legal one.
03:47 In an Angelus delivered to a crowd in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis prayed for those
03:51 suffering due to war and urged the crowd not to forget the conflicts in Ukraine, Israel
03:57 and the Palestinian territories.
04:06 Ukraine is fighting on the Bakhmut front, where Russia says it's regained initiative.
04:11 These Ukrainian soldiers belong to a unit that has been fighting here for months.
04:15 During the past few weeks they have made slight breakthroughs.
04:18 But now it is the Russians trying to regain ground as they launch attack after attack.
04:23 "Today in the morning.
04:25 If the assault is going on, then not.
04:28 Every morning, every day we have a shootout with them.
04:35 We wish everyone a good morning.
04:38 They are ours.
04:40 We are tired of them."
04:44 The unit is constantly moving as war rages on other fronts.
04:50 Overnight, Russian forces again attacked several critical infrastructures with 20 Shahid Kamikaz
04:56 drones and a guided missile.
04:58 Most were shot down, but a refinery in the Poltava region was hit.
05:03 Moscow claims to have shot down two drones in the border city of Kursk.
05:14 Russian forces continued airstrikes with glide bombs against targets on the west bank of
05:19 the Herson region amid the intensified fighting in that area.
05:24 Ukraine's Southern Operational Command reported that during just one day, the 31st of October,
05:30 Russian forces launched 45 glide bombs at targets in Herson and Boryslav districts.
05:38 Russian media bloggers claimed that Ukrainian forces maintained positions and continued
05:42 ground activity on the east bank of Herson region, specifically in Krynky.
05:48 There it is, about 30 kilometers from Herson city and also near the Antonivsky road bridge.
05:57 It is here and the Antonivsky rail bridge here.
06:01 Russian bloggers claim that fighting is ongoing near Krynky and the Antonivsky railway bridge.
06:10 And that Ukrainian forces attempted to break through Russian defenses near Peshchanivka.
06:16 Here it is. And also near Poima. Poima is about 12 kilometers southeast from Herson city.
06:26 A few days ago, Ukraine has started the first evacuations of children and minors from more
06:31 than 20 settlements in Herson region near the front line as Russia intensified the attacks.
06:42 On a visit to Tanzania, German President Franz-Walter Steinmeier made an impassioned apology for
06:47 colonial era killings committed in the African country. Berlin ruled over today's Tanzania,
06:53 Rwanda and Burundi from 1885 until the end of World War I in what was known as German East Africa.
06:59 Some 300,000 people are thought to have died in the brutal put down of a rebellion in 1907.
07:05 I am ashamed of what German colonial soldiers did to their poor master, his comrades and many others in the area of today's Tanzania.
07:18 I ask for forgiveness and I want to assure you that we Germans will look for answers with you
07:24 to the open questions that leave you no peace.
07:31 In 2021, Germany agreed to recognize as genocide the massacre of tens of thousands of people in Namibia,
07:37 another former colony. It offered to fund communities affected, but the accord fell short of a proposal
07:43 of reparations and is yet to be formally enacted.
07:52 Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic dissolved parliament on Wednesday and announced snap parliamentary elections
07:58 will be held on the 17th of December. The announcement comes after European Commission President
08:04 Ursula von der Leyen on Monday called on Serbia to de facto recognize Kosovo.
08:10 However, Vucic is refusing to sign the EU brokered agreement aimed at normalizing relations between the two countries
08:17 or for a clause on the management of northern Kosovo, home to many ethnic Serbs.
08:27 Hungary's National Museum has banned under 18s from the World Press Photo exhibition it's hosting.
08:33 It follows a ruling from the country's right wing populist government that some of the images violate a
08:39 controversial law restricting the dissemination of LGBTQ plus content. Minors will not be allowed to see the exhibition
08:46 even with parental consent. The World Press Photos management says it regrets the Hungarian government's decision.
08:53 It says it's the first time the European government has censored the exhibition.
09:01 The risks and opportunities of artificial intelligence are under the spotlight at what's being billed as the first
09:06 global summit on the new technology taking place in the UK. World leaders and industry chiefs are assessing the
09:13 potential threats posed by AI and how best to regulate the sector. Elon Musk acknowledges AI has possible downsides
09:22 but warns imposing rules could backfire. Be cautious in how regulations are applied. So you're going to go charging in
09:29 with regulations that inhibit the positive side of AI. So that's why I'm really emphasizing initially start with insight.
09:38 We start with observation from a neutral third party. Then then you have proposed rulemaking.
09:45 The U.S. sent Vice President Kamala Harris who along with more than 27 other national representatives signed up to a joint
09:53 declaration on AI safety but signaling the divisions that may lie ahead. President Biden this week issued an executive order
10:01 aiming for the U.S. to lead the way in managing AI's risks.
10:09 Communities across northwestern France have been racing to prepare for possible flooding as storm Kieran rolls across the
10:16 region. Several areas have been put on alert with heavy downpours and high winds expected between Wednesday and Thursday.
10:23 In some places gales are predicted to reach up to one hundred and seventy kilometers per hour.
10:33 This could be an issue. Yes. Sure. I mean my feet are the leisure. I guess we'll work. I guess you're a bit of a lot.
10:40 But I'm a separate. I mean I know there's no control. You know I got to go. I said I'm going to a person who can look
10:45 at their own. I thought I'd see parts of the UK and Ireland have already been lashed by the extreme weather system with the town
10:51 of Neary inundated after a swollen river and a canal burst their banks. The Netherlands Belgium and other northern European
10:58 countries a brace for similarly harsh conditions. Less than two weeks after storm Babette claimed five lives in the UK.
11:09 Mexico has kicked off its annual Day of the Dead celebrations with families gathering around the graves of their deceased loved
11:16 ones in a colorful and festive atmosphere as people eat and drink in the cemeteries. Graves and family altars are decorated with
11:24 marigolds as it is believed that the scent of the flower will guide the dead back to the land of the living for one day.
11:30 The other Los Muertos is a special celebration combining the Catholic rituals of All Saints Day with pre-Hispanic customs.
11:37 It is also one of Mexico's most colorful holidays with people painting their faces and dressing up.