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00:00 Israeli troops moved deeper into southern Gaza urging civilians to leave.
00:04 Casualties are mounting, but hospital staff say they`re overwhelmed.
00:10 Cops 28 controversial president, also CEO of a national oil company reiterates his commitment
00:16 to science for climate action.
00:23 Israel`s defense forces on the move in the war-ravaged Gaza Strip, shooting at what they
00:28 claim are Hamas militant targets.
00:31 These troops say they are taking aggressive action in southern Gaza.
00:35 This after reports of dozens of tanks stationed outside the city of Can Yunis, just eight
00:40 kilometers from the rough border crossing with Egypt.
00:44 Israel is urging civilians to leave.
00:46 The Palestinian health authorities say nowhere in Gaza is safe.
00:50 After a day of intense bombing, the wounded have been pouring into the city`s main Al-Nasr
00:54 hospital.
00:55 Some 16,000 people, mostly women and children, have been killed in Israel`s ferocious campaign
01:01 after Hamas`s 7th of October attack, which killed approximately 1,200 Israelis.
01:07 Humanitarian aid organizations say hospital staff in southern Gaza cannot continue.
01:14 I have just visited the European Gaza hospital.
01:18 And the things I saw there is beyond anything that anyone should be in a position to describe.
01:28 What shocked me the most were the children with atrocious injuries and at the same time
01:34 having lost their parents with no one looking after them.
01:38 Meanwhile, two Israeli hostages, siblings Meir and Eteh Regev have been welcomed back
01:43 home by cheering crowds.
01:45 They were freed during the week-long truce between Israel and Hamas that ended on Friday.
01:50 They were captured while trying to escape the Tribe of Novo Music Festival.
01:58 Three commercial ships were attacked while crossing the Red Sea Sunday.
02:02 The USS Kearney, a U.S. warship, assisted the distressed cargoes.
02:07 The U.S. Defense Central Command Center says the attacks came from Houthi-controlled areas
02:12 in Yemen.
02:13 Houthi rebels say they had targeted two Israeli ships in Bab al-Mandab, one with a missile
02:21 and the other with an explosive-laden drone.
02:24 But Israel has denied having any links to the two commercial ships.
02:30 There have been no casualties, but both ships suffered minor damage, as well as a third
02:35 vessel, which Houthi rebels did not claim responsibility for.
02:40 The U.S. says all three have links to 14 nations.
02:45 Israel accuses Iran of being behind the actions of the Yemeni rebels.
02:49 The Houthi has declared war on Israel following its war with Hamas.
02:55 Sunday's attacks could represent a major escalation in the conflict that could expand further in
03:02 the region.
03:07 Top 28's controversial President Sultan al-Jaber, also CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company,
03:14 has reiterated his commitment to science as the guiding principle for climate action.
03:23 Science has guided my life.
03:30 This is a fact.
03:31 The science says that we must get to net zero emissions by 2050 and we must reduce emissions
03:39 by 43 percent by 2030, and that is to reduce 22 times the one I just referred to, in order
03:46 for us to be able to keep 1.5 with the reach.
03:50 But former U.S. Vice President says the appointment disrespects the trust people have in nations
03:56 solving climate issues.
03:58 The oil and gas industry made a mistake in overreaching and naming the CEO of one of
04:07 the largest and one of the dirtiest by many measures oil companies in the world as the
04:13 president of the COP.
04:14 Despite fighting Russia's invasion, even war-ravaged Ukraine understands the importance of renewable
04:19 energy, announcing a 450 million euro expansion of a wind farm.
04:24 We walk in armors and they see missiles flying above their heads.
04:28 And this is conditions under which we build the first phase.
04:32 That's why we are proud of this achievement.
04:34 Outside the conference, protesters demand the biggest historical emitters foot the bill
04:40 to help vulnerable countries cope with the increasingly costly and damaging impacts of
04:44 climate change.
04:49 Once a point of political convergence, the European Green Deal is now a source of opposition
04:54 within the EU.
04:56 The European Commission's flagship project is under increasing attack with its nature
05:00 restoration law called into question, the use of herbicide glyphosate extended for another
05:05 10 years, the pesticide regulation rejected and the EU's chemical strategy postponed.
05:12 For the Greens, the atmosphere is disrupting the bloc's objective of carbon neutrality
05:16 by 2050.
05:19 People say too many crises.
05:21 Don't bother me with too many crises.
05:24 We have war, we have inflation.
05:27 I'm afraid I might lose my job.
05:28 I don't know who will care for me when I'm old because our societies are growing older.
05:34 And all these issues together, garnered with populistic attacks using social media, spreading
05:41 fake news, make a toxic mixture of rejection against the Green Deal.
05:46 Over the past four years, the EU has rapidly adopted multiple laws, including those in
05:51 favor of renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, a carbon board attacks and the
05:55 eventual end of the combustion engine.
05:58 12 out of 13 pieces of legislation have been adopted to meet the 2030 target of reducing
06:05 CO2 emissions by 55%.
06:08 But it's not over yet.
06:09 The political terrain now seems favorable to a more right-wing approach.
06:14 Sometimes we over, we have overdone it or the majority in the parliament have overdone
06:19 it, not giving people the choice, but making very prescriptive decisions from the European
06:25 level, which is never a good idea.
06:28 When we do everything that the green wants, we will either not achieve our climate targets
06:34 or we will lose a lot of jobs and competitiveness.
06:37 And both is not good.
06:39 We should prioritize.
06:41 We should not overdo it.
06:42 And we should take people along.
06:44 Some industrial sectors and businesses, as well as the farming community, feel that complying
06:48 with environmental regulations entails an additional burden.
06:53 Despite these headwinds, the commission intends to stay the course.
06:59 We truly need to do two things.
07:01 One is continue with our ambition because it is the reality and climate change is at
07:07 everyone's doorstep.
07:09 Having said that, we need to bridge that with making sure there is a perspective for our
07:13 citizens.
07:14 A perspective for our companies and do more to make sure that companies can continue to
07:19 strive, that people do see a bright future, even if circumstances might change.
07:27 Climate protection is more than just an environmental issue.
07:29 It's also in the EU's interest if it doesn't want to be relegated in the industrial race
07:33 for green technologies in the face of China and the United States, who both want to win
07:38 this battle.
07:40 The forthcoming European negotiations to set environmental targets for 2040 will therefore
07:44 be an indicator of the bloc's ambition.
07:50 The European Union and the White House say they are running out of money for Ukraine.
07:54 The EU is currently disputing a 50 billion euro allocation to the war-battered nation,
08:00 endangering crucial promises Tkiv made months ago.
08:03 Even Russian press secretary describes Ukraine's military funding requirements similar to filling
08:08 bottomless barrels.
08:09 "It's probably more a question of the Europeans themselves.
08:14 It's clear that it's becoming more and more difficult for them to pour money into Ukrainian
08:20 bottomless barrels.
08:21 As for us, our economy has adapted to the conditions of the special military operation
08:29 and provides the necessary regime for continuation."
08:33 At the same time, the Biden administration has sent Congress an urgent warning about
08:38 the needs to approve tens of billions of dollars in military and economic assistance to Ukraine.
08:43 "In one corner, what is needed to take the deal that is laid before them by the United
08:49 States Senate."
08:50 But the budget director says they are running out of money, leaving a divided Congress.
09:01 A reliable partner.
09:03 That's how Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko has described his country's relationship
09:08 with China on his second trip to Beijing this year.
09:12 The latest talks with Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to focus on economy and
09:17 international cooperation.
09:19 "The development of all-round and all-weather strategic cooperation between Belarus and
09:26 China is determined by the unity of our ideologies and the very logic of world events and processes
09:33 that we are in."
09:35 Chinese state media reports that both leaders discussed the ongoing war in Ukraine.
09:41 Beijing has not publicly condemned Russia's full-scale offensive, despite pressure from
09:46 Western nations.
09:48 Belarus relies heavily on Russia for political and financial support and was used as a launchpad
09:54 for Moscow's assaults in 2022.
10:00 German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva expressed
10:05 hope on Monday that negotiations about a wide-ranging free trade agreement between Europe and the
10:11 South American trade group Mercosur can be finalized in the near future.
10:16 "I reiterated to the Chancellor the expectation that the European Union decides whether or
10:21 not it is interested in the conclusion of a balanced agreement.
10:25 In a context of geopolitical fragmentation, the rapprochement between our regions is central
10:32 to the construction of a multipolar world and the strengthening of multilateralism."
10:37 "I am convinced that a majority in both bodies, both in the European Council and in Parliament,
10:45 will find themselves for such an agreement, if it is successfully negotiated.
10:49 I ask all participants to be as pragmatic and as willing to compromise as possible,
10:57 so that we can finalize it."
11:00 A 2019 EU-Mercosur deal was never implemented over concerns about the protection of South
11:06 America's rainforest and fears European farmers would be undercut by cheaper imports.
11:15 Stop the boats may be the UK government's mantra, but since the beginning of the year,
11:20 34,000 migrants have crossed the English Channel from France, with an estimated 5,500 needing
11:26 to be rescued after different incidents at the open sea.
11:31 The figures are the second highest on record.
11:33 The Channel is one of the world's busiest shipping lanes and currents are strong.
11:38 Human traffickers typically overload the dinghies, leaving them barely afloat and at the mercy
11:43 of waves as they try to reach the British shores.
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