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00:00 Twelve more hostages and 30 Palestinian prisoners are exchanged as the temporary truce between
00:07 Israel and Hamas is extended.
00:11 NATO reiterates its support for Kiev at the inaugural meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
00:20 The EU`s climate commissioner tells Euronews that the global community must be more ambitious
00:25 at COP28.
00:30 Wars, high interest rates and inflation will cause the global economy to slow down next
00:36 year according to the OECD.
00:43 Hundreds of Palestinians lined the streets of Ramallah late Tuesday to welcome 30 Palestinian
00:48 prisoners freed by Israel in the latest swap with hostages in Hamas captivity.
00:54 This was the fifth day of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas after a 48-hour extension
00:59 was agreed.
01:01 The military wing of Hamas, Al Qasem Brigades, posted a video late on Tuesday, this time
01:06 showing crowds in Rafah, greeting a convoy of vans arriving at the meeting point where
01:11 the militants handed 12 hostages to the Red Cross.
01:15 There were marked celebrations among Israelis gathered in Sderot who cheered as the vehicles
01:21 transporting the released hostages arrived.
01:24 Hamas and other militants still hold about 160 hostages out of 240 seized in their October
01:31 7 assault on southern Israel that ignited the war.
01:36 A spokesman for the Israeli government has said it would be open to an additional five
01:40 days of truce under the current hostage prisoner exchange agreement.
01:45 During the pause in fighting, the UN World Food Program is delivering desperately needed
01:50 food to more than 120,000 people in Gaza, but has reiterated that the supplies it was
01:56 able to provide were woefully inadequate to address the level of hunger.
02:01 Hundreds of thousands that are facing an immediate risk of starvation.
02:05 WFP hopes for the extension of this pause, which offered a window of relief that could
02:11 pave the way for a longer term calm.
02:13 Safe and impeded humanitarian access cannot stop now.
02:17 While there does appear to be a willingness to extend the truce, which is due to end after
02:22 one more captive exchange on Wednesday night, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
02:27 says the fighting will resume with full force.
02:34 Scrutiny and increased moderation are essential when it comes to identifying hate speech on
02:39 the internet.
02:40 That's according to a new study by the European Union's Agency for Fundamental Rights, FRA.
02:45 The report, which focused on more than 1,500 social media posts in Bulgaria, Germany, Italy
02:51 and Sweden, found that hate speech is on the rise and women are the main target.
02:56 Reddit, the social network X, YouTube and Telegram were the four platforms surveyed,
03:01 and almost half of the posts were considered to be direct harassment.
03:04 It found that people of African descent, Jews and Roma people were also heavily targeted.
03:09 This follows what researchers have flagged as a huge surge in Islamophobic and anti-Semitic
03:14 posts since the Israel-Hamas war began.
03:17 According to the Jewish advocacy group the Anti-Defamation League, hate speech against
03:21 Jews has soared more than 919% on X.
03:25 FRA says independent regulators are imperative to anticipate possible violations of fundamental
03:30 rights.
03:35 Ukraine's Foreign Minister greeted by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
03:40 This second day of the military alliance's gathering in Brussels saw an inaugural meeting
03:45 of the NATO-Ukraine Council.
03:48 Ahead of the talks, Kiev said Ukraine needs more weapons for its fight against Russia.
03:53 "It will not be an exaggeration to say that defending Europe without Ukraine is a futile
03:59 task.
04:00 You cannot do it simply for one simple reason, because we currently have the strongest and
04:05 the most battle-hardened army in Europe."
04:10 At the gathering, NATO allies vowed to remain steadfast in their commitment to further step
04:14 up political and practical support to Ukraine.
04:18 "Welcome to this first meeting of the NATO-Ukraine Council at the level of foreign ministers.
04:25 We remain unwavering in our commitment to Ukraine.
04:28 We are determined that Ukraine will one day sit at this table as a full member of our
04:34 alliance."
04:35 The meeting also saw the return of former British Prime Minister David Cameron, this
04:39 time as Foreign Secretary.
04:42 On the ongoing war, Stoltenberg said Ukraine has inflicted heavy losses on Russia.
04:50 Brussels is accusing Poland of not doing enough to put an end to a round-the-clock blockade
04:55 by truckers and farmers on the border with Ukraine.
04:58 For days, thousands of lorries have been stranded in queues, as truckers claim they are losing
05:03 out to Ukrainian companies transporting goods inside the European Union.
05:07 "There is not good faith in finding a solution.
05:12 This is my evaluation today, and it's a nearly complete lack of involvement of Polish authorities.
05:19 And I'm saying that because the Polish authorities are the ones who are supposed to enforce the
05:24 law at that border.
05:27 And while I support the right of people to protest, the entire EU, not to mention Ukraine,
05:33 a country currently at war, cannot be taken hostage by blocking our external borders.
05:40 It's as simple as that."
05:43 Polish truckers started the protest earlier this month, to call on Brussels to force Ukrainian
05:48 counterparts to obtain a permit to enter the block, except for those carrying humanitarian
05:52 aid or military supplies.
05:55 This would be a return to a previous system that was paused after Russia launched its
05:58 full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year.
06:02 They argue that they are losing out to Ukrainian companies that are offering cheaper rates
06:06 to transport goods.
06:07 Meanwhile, Ukrainian drivers have been waiting in their trucks to cross the border, as temperatures
06:11 are now freezing, and many are worried about the situation back home.
06:16 "We have to work together.
06:19 And as soon as possible, because in Ukraine there is war.
06:23 People die every day.
06:25 Business is also important, but normal people die there, cities and villages disappear."
06:32 The European Commission says it is talking to all parties involved to find a solution,
06:36 but also stressed that it could intervene to ensure rules are respected and laws are
06:41 followed.
06:48 The international community meets Thursday in Dubai for the UN climate conference.
06:52 The European Union intends to make its voice heard with a simple message to its partners.
06:57 We must be more ambitious.
07:04 The bar is simply very high, not because we want to, but because scientists tell us so.
07:10 So we do need to deliver as a global community on mitigation, driving down emissions, making
07:16 sure we have emissions peak in 2025.
07:19 It's coming up with a credible tripling targets of renewables.
07:24 It is energy efficiency and it is driving out methane.
07:26 For the EU, the establishment of the first global stocktake at COP28 will be an important
07:32 step in assessing the efforts made since the 2015 Paris Agreement and what still needs
07:36 to be done to limit the rising temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius.
07:43 Global stocktake is what the word really says.
07:45 It is taking stock, seeing where we stand.
07:48 But more importantly is then how to move forward.
07:52 And the reality is that we have the direction correct, but we simply need to run faster.
07:58 We need to do more going forward.
08:00 So stocktaking is here also equivalent with higher ambitions and countries pledging to
08:06 doing more.
08:08 The EU and developed countries will be eagerly awaited by their partners on the issue of
08:12 financing climate action and the loss and damage fund set up at the previous COP.
08:19 This tool is intended to respond to the damage caused by the adverse effects of climate change.
08:26 But questions remain about who will contribute to the fund.
08:31 The solidarity expected by developing countries requires funding.
08:38 We have been working tirelessly also here from within the European Union to see how
08:43 we can deliver on more funding and on loss and damage.
08:48 And I am more optimistic than a couple of weeks ago that we can deliver on this critical
08:54 element.
08:56 And making sure we get the financing right is a very important part also in building
09:00 trust.
09:01 The EU's climate commissioner says it's difficult to pinpoint the indicators that will make
09:05 it possible to determine whether COP 28 can be called a success or failure.
09:11 For observers, it will be necessary to look at the ambition of the commitments announced
09:15 in order to assess whether or not the international community is making progress on climate change.
09:25 Intense snowfall in the north of the United States, the first of the season, creating
09:29 dangerous conditions on the roads.
09:32 Ohio is the worst hit state.
09:35 The whiteout around the Great Lakes region along the Canadian border is due to a weather
09:39 phenomenon called lake effect snow, caused by a collision between cold air from the north
09:45 and the warmer water of the lakes.
09:47 The subsequent convection leads to heavy snowfall.
09:51 Winter weather warnings are in effect in several areas across the region.
09:58 An island around 600 miles south of Tokyo has grown by 50 meters since the start of
10:03 November after volcanic activity.
10:06 According to the Japanese Coast Guard, its eruption reached a height of 200 meters.
10:12 Footage of Nijima Island in Japan's Ogasawara archipelago was captured by drones.
10:18 The Coast Guard said it's monitoring the volcano and will issue navigational warnings and other
10:23 advisories regarding the eruption.
10:26 For now, it's urging caution for vessels navigating close by.
10:33 The strain of wars, inflation and high interest rates will cause the global economy to falter
10:38 next year, despite better than expected GDP growth in 2023.
10:43 That's according to the OECD, which predicted the economic growth would slow to 2.7 percent
10:48 next year, down slightly from the expected figure of 2.9 percent this year, marking the
10:53 slowest calendar year growth since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
10:58 We remain worried about inflation.
11:00 If inflation were to prove more persistent, further tightening would be necessary, pushing
11:04 growth down further.
11:06 The economies of the 20 countries that use the euro were hit by high interest rates and
11:10 energy prices after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
11:14 Growth in the eurozone is predicted to hit 0.9 percent next year, weak compared to China
11:19 and the United States, but still an improvement from a predicted 0.6 percent growth this year.
11:25 But the OECD warned that the full impact of interest rates in the eurozone is still uncertain,
11:30 due in part to the region's high level of bank financing.
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