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00:00 Hamas has released the first batch of hostages held captive in Gaza as part of a four-day
00:05 truce.
00:06 Thirteen Israelis, including four children and six women in their 70s and 80s, another
00:11 12 were citizens of Thailand.
00:13 The International Committee of the Red Cross transported the hostages through Gaza`s Rafah
00:18 border crossing with Egypt.
00:20 The IDF later confirmed they had safely arrived on Israeli territory.
00:24 And 39 Palestinians, including 15 teenagers, were released from Israeli prisons as part
00:30 of the exchange.
00:31 Ahead of their release, Israeli forces used tear gas to disperse crowds forming outside
00:36 the prison.
00:37 The temporary truce will allow much-need aid to flow into the Gaza Strip.
00:41 Since the war began, Israel has barred all imports into Gaza except for a trickle of
00:46 supplies from Egypt.
00:48 And hospitals, water systems, bakeries and shelters have struggled to keep generators
00:52 running.
00:53 Causing the U.N. to warn that people could starve amid food shortages.
01:00 Pedro Sanchez, the prime minister of Spain, and Alexander Dekru, the prime minister of
01:04 Belgium, have together met Egypt`s President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi for talks in Cairo.
01:10 Whilst there, both European leaders deplored Israel`s killings of thousands of civilians
01:15 in Gaza.
01:16 The indiscriminate killing of innocent civilians, including thousands of boys and girls, are
01:22 completely un-asexual.
01:26 Violence will only lead to more violence.
01:29 The destruction of Gaza is unacceptable.
01:32 We cannot accept that a society is being destroyed the way it is being destroyed.
01:38 In response, Israel reprimanded the ambassadors of both countries.
01:42 Gaza`s Hamas government estimates that Israel has killed around 15,000 people, two-thirds
01:47 of them women and children.
01:49 Israel says Hamas has killed around 1,200 people, almost all of them Israelis and most
01:54 of them civilians.
02:02 EU equality ministers have been trying to agree on definitions of consent in talks on
02:06 a future directive on violence against women.
02:09 The informal meeting in Pamplona was part of final phase negotiations on the wording
02:13 of the EU law, which would establish that any penetration without consent is rape.
02:20 Spain`s delegates said new kinds of violence against women were emerging.
02:26 The violence against women constitutes one of the most serious and usual human rights
02:32 violations that are committed in our society.
02:35 Sexual violence, the treatment of women, the violence in the context of the partner or
02:40 ex-partner, forced marriage or female genital mutilation, among others, are manifestations
02:47 of the violence that is exercised against women for the simple fact of being women.
02:55 That message was reinforced to the EU`s decision-makers by a demonstration against domestic violence
03:00 in Brussels on Friday.
03:02 Similar events are planned to take place around the world on Saturday.
03:06 Fresh from his triumph in the Netherlands` general election, far-right leader Gerrit
03:15 Wilders has begun talks with other parties on forming a coalition.
03:21 He`s in a pole position to emerge as prime minister after his party for freedom won most
03:25 seats.
03:26 But his hopes have been hit by the main center-right bloc`s leaders` announcement that it won`t
03:31 join a government led by Wilders.
03:36 The victory of the anti-Islam, anti-immigration party has been greeted with dismay by the
03:57 left and groups representing asylum seekers.
04:01 In Utrecht, more than a thousand people took part in the demonstration of support for migrants.
04:06 Ahead of the beginning of the coalition talks.
04:14 It`s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Strasbourg.
04:18 Everywhere you go, there are traditional chalets as the city`s Christmas market comes to town.
04:24 It is Europe`s largest Christmas market, with some 2.8 million visitors last year, and everyone
04:29 is in the festive mood.
04:31 City center hotels are at 90 percent occupancy, and December is often the best month of the
04:35 year for restaurants.
04:37 Christmas revelers will be able to enjoy the market until December 24th, and its stores
04:41 will be open from 11.30 a.m. to 9 p.m., as even Santa`s friends need their nights off.
04:47 (audience laughing)
04:50 (whooshing)