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00:00 The death toll in Gaza has exceeded 10,000, including more than 4,100 children, according
00:06 to Gaza`s health ministry.
00:09 Poland`s president has tapped Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki to form the next government.
00:21 Refugee centers in the Netherlands say they are running out of space, as numbers of Ukrainian
00:25 refugees have doubled since August.
00:30 France begins debating a hugely controversial immigration bill that some argue is a threat
00:35 to the rights of asylum seekers and other migrants.
00:44 More than 10,000 people have been killed in just under a month in Gaza, including at least
00:49 4,100 children.
00:50 A grim milestone that makes Israel`s war on Hamas the deadliest in the region since 1948.
00:59 This has Israeli forces are expected to enter Gaza City, after the country divided the northern
01:04 and southern parts of the Palestinian enclave.
01:08 The growing death toll left the Palestinian prime minister in tears during an opening
01:12 session of a cabinet meeting in Ramallah.
01:37 To get aid into Gaza, Jordan and Israel coordinated an airdrop of medical supplies to a field
01:43 hospital in the northern part of the enclave.
01:47 It was the first airdrop in the war and raised the possibility of bypassing the Rafah crossing.
01:53 Some 40 percent of Gaza`s population has fled their homes since the war began.
01:57 According to the U.N., many of them are surviving on two pieces of bread a day.
02:02 Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Palestinians are fleeing south, ahead of an expected Israeli
02:08 advancement into Gaza`s dense urban neighborhoods.
02:23 Israeli ground forces advanced along the northwestern Gaza coast amid reports of clashes with Hamas
02:28 in this area.
02:30 The Al-Qasem Brigades, the militant wing of Hamas, released footage of its militants operating
02:35 in and around the al-Shati refugee camp.
02:39 It is here in this area.
02:43 They have also published footage of its militants maneuvering through tunnel systems in Beit
02:48 Hanoun and attacking the advancing IDF forces here in northeastern Gaza Strip, including
02:55 west of Erez military checkpoint, possibly as a part of an effort to harass and disrupt
03:01 Israeli ground lines of communication here.
03:04 The Institute for the Study of Wars says Hamas will likely continue to attack this and other
03:09 IDF crossing points and the roads leading from them.
03:16 Ukraine will find out on Wednesday if it`s close to meeting a major milestone in becoming
03:20 a member of the EU.
03:22 The European Commission will report on Ukraine`s progress in seven key areas.
03:27 In a surprise visit to Kiev, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said Ukraine had completed
03:32 90 percent of the conditions in order to formally start accession talks.
03:37 Of the more difficult, outstanding categories is the process of so-called de-oligarchization,
03:44 where Kiev is required to take robust measures to remove the influence of powerful oligarchs
03:49 from the political system.
03:56 We know that before the war, Ukraine was really subject to these predatory forces.
04:03 Some of them in - some of the oligarchs connected directly to the Kremlin, many of them Ukrainian
04:10 and who essentially sought political proxies so that they could pursue their business interests
04:16 in those ways.
04:17 Now, here I think there`s a lot of disentangling that has to be done, but I think this has
04:23 begun and Ukraine has made genuine progress.
04:26 I was really struck, for example, many months ago when the head of the Supreme Court in
04:32 Ukraine was arrested and found with millions of euros.
04:37 To me, that was an indication of the real seriousness of this Ukrainian government in
04:42 pursuing people.
04:44 Another issue is minority rights.
04:45 Hungary says it`s concerned about the protection for Hungarian language speakers living in
04:50 Ukraine.
04:51 But advisors to President Zelensky say they have nothing to fear.
04:54 However, there may be a problem for Russian speakers in the future.
04:58 In fact, there has been just a law passed which protects minority language and President
05:04 Zelensky signed it.
05:05 But of course, there`s discussions about, you know, language becoming a propaganda tool,
05:11 people demand certain type of culture being taught in schools.
05:15 And so, that`s going to be a polarizing issue for quite some time.
05:20 If the EU report says Kiev has fulfilled its demands, then the 27 EU member states have
05:25 to unanimously agree on whether Ukraine can move to the next level.
05:29 At an EU summit in December, Shona Murray, Euronews, Brussels.
05:35 Poland`s president has tapped Mateusz Morawiecki, the current prime minister of the Law and
05:40 Justice Party, to try and form the country`s next government.
05:44 His decision is expected to delay the establishment of a functioning government, because lawmakers
05:49 aren`t likely to give Morawiecki the necessary approval for his cabinet.
05:54 President Andrei Duda made the announcement on Monday following a national election in
05:59 which the right-wing Law and Justice lost its parliamentary majority to three allied
06:04 opposition parties, but emerged as the single biggest vote-getter.
06:09 An ally of the current government, Duda had said the two candidates for prime minister
06:13 were Mateusz Morawiecki and main opposition leader Donald Tusk, a former Polish prime
06:18 minister and top European Union official.
06:22 If Tusk were to be appointed, it could signal a change in Poland`s relationship with Brussels
06:26 after eight years of fighting over issues ranging from migration to LGBTQ+ rights.
06:35 Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, over 100,000 Ukrainians have fled to the Netherlands
06:40 seeking refuge.
06:41 The majority registering at this center have come directly from Ukraine, but around 30
06:46 percent have arrived from other European countries, including Poland.
06:51 "I came to the Netherlands yesterday.
06:55 I really liked the description.
06:59 My friends who were here said that the country is not bad for living.
07:04 I came from Poland, I was there for more than a year, but I didn`t like it there."
07:10 Some centers are finding it difficult to cope with the intake of Ukrainian refugees and
07:14 are running out of space as numbers have doubled since August.
07:18 Over 80,000 are still living in municipal shelters.
07:22 "In the beginning, there were mostly women, then women with children.
07:25 In the last period, we saw more men coming for reunification.
07:30 Our heart goes out to the most vulnerable.
07:33 We are worried if there is still room for the vulnerable.
07:37 The situation is so bad that we can`t cope with it."
07:42 Ukrainian refugees are under the temporary protection directive, which grants them automatic
07:47 rights to work and benefit from social housing and medical care.
07:54 Dozens of protesters rallied outside the Senate in Paris as lawmakers began debating a hugely
08:00 controversial immigration bill.
08:02 The new legislation aims to toughen the country`s immigration laws and accelerate the process
08:06 for deporting foreigners.
08:08 But advocacy groups argue it`s a threat to the rights of asylum seekers and other migrants.
08:13 "This bill aims to deprive people of the state`s aid.
08:17 It`s a whole population that is in danger.
08:20 So, our health, we, the immigrants, our health is the health of the French and the French
08:25 women."
08:26 The bill also aims to give legal status to undocumented individuals working in sectors
08:32 that need workers.
08:33 "The government is hypocritical.
08:37 On one hand, the interior minister says we are going to expel the undocumented.
08:42 On the other hand, the Bersi administration says we are happy to take taxes, VAT, social
08:47 security and social contributions from these undocumented workers who, if they are not
08:51 entitled to stay, have work contracts and paychecks."
08:56 The government believes public opinion is on its side.
08:59 As a recent survey suggests that 87 percent of people are in favor of changing immigration
09:04 rules in the country.
09:10 Workers from some 400 companies across Austria`s metal industry took part in a three-hour strike
09:16 on Monday.
09:18 The action will be repeated daily until Wednesday.
09:22 They are demanding a wage increase of around 11 percent to match inflation.
09:27 "We have to pay the entire taxes from our own pockets for the last 12 months.
09:32 Now we want to get some support for that, but unfortunately nothing is happening.
09:37 Now we are going to show what we can do, that we can stick together.
09:41 Now we have to move something.
09:43 Otherwise, it won`t work."
09:46 Before the action, employers proposed an increase of 2.5 percent or a maximum of 100 euros.
09:53 But unions say it`s not enough.
09:54 And they have since ruled out accepting wage and salary increases of less than 9.6 percent.
10:01 After the strike, union representatives and employers are set to return to the negotiating
10:05 table.
10:09 Donald Trump is back in court this Monday.
10:12 The former U.S. president stands accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions
10:16 of dollars in order to obtain bank loans and insurance on more favorable terms.
10:21 It`s a case that threatens to bring down his property empire.
10:25 Since he first appeared in court in October, Trump has been fined twice, totaling nearly
10:29 14,000 euros for contempt of court.
10:33 Trump and his sons will not be imprisoned, but face up to 250 million in penalties and
10:38 potential removal from the management of the family company.
10:44 Nepal was once again hit by an earthquake on Monday.
10:48 There were reports of injuries, but no deaths so far.
10:51 The latest tremor comes just three days after an earthquake left over 150 people dead and
10:56 more than 300 people wounded.
10:58 The epicenter of the latest quake was in the same area as the one on Friday, in the Jatargut
11:04 region, which is in the west of the country.
11:06 Friday`s 6.4 magnitude quake was the deadliest to hit the country since 2015.
11:12 Meanwhile, rescues continue to search the rubble in the hope of finding more survivors.
11:21 Star gazers across Central Europe retreated to a rare sighting of the northern lights
11:25 on Sunday.
11:27 The stunning display is known as the Aurora Borealis and it was observed in Ireland, England,
11:33 Scotland, Denmark and Norway, and as far east as Ukraine and even in Bulgaria for the first
11:38 time.
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