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00:00 Czech police say the gunman who killed 14 people at a university in Prague yesterday
00:06 shot himself when confronted by officers.
00:11 Hamas says there will be no more hostage talks until Israel stops attacking Gaza.
00:21 Residents in Iceland have been allowed back to check on their houses four days after a
00:26 terrible tank eruption.
00:31 Italians are keeping the Christmas spirit this year despite hard times at home and abroad.
00:44 Czech police say the gunman who killed 14 people at a university in Prague yesterday
00:49 shot himself when confronted by officers.
00:55 Another 25 people were wounded in the attack when a student opened fire in the capital.
01:02 Police have released body cam footage of officers trying to intervene and described sweeping
01:07 the university floor by floor.
01:11 The gunman is thought to have killed his father at a separate location.
01:16 Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala laid flowers outside the headquarters of Charles University
01:22 on Friday to pay his respect to the victims.
01:27 Police have been able to identify all the victims but have given no details about a
01:32 possible motive for the shooting.
01:36 The Czech Interior Minister said on Thursday that investigators didn't suspect a link to
01:41 any extremist ideology or groups.
01:49 There will be no further talks about releasing Israeli hostages until Israel stops attacking
01:55 Gaza said Hamas on Thursday.
01:58 Earlier Hamas was reported to have refused an Israeli suggestion for a seven day truce
02:04 like the one in late November.
02:06 Hamas now demands a complete ceasefire.
02:09 The UN security vote on a resolution in Gaza has been postponed again but this time with
02:15 the support of the US.
02:26 As Gaza's humanitarian situation grows increasingly desperate, Israeli President Isaac Herzog
02:32 claims Israel could enable the entry of 300 or even 400 trucks a day.
02:38 The UN says logistics are impossible while under continued bombing.
02:42 IDF reported on Thursday that the last month Israeli troops killed around 2,000 Palestinian
02:48 militants.
02:49 The IDF continue to organize operations in the West Bank too.
02:53 On Thursday evening, Israeli units were seen in Ramallah.
02:59 Workers in Iceland are erecting defensive barriers to block out lava from a volcanic
03:04 eruption.
03:06 Some experts say the eruption is mostly over.
03:08 But the country's national weather agency claims it is too soon to make such statements.
03:14 Residents in Grindavik have been allowed to come back for the first time since the eruption
03:19 but only short day time visits are allowed to check their homes.
03:23 We can't pay a loan on the house and rent.
03:27 It's not possible so I mean we have to come back.
03:32 Nobody wants to buy our house.
03:34 We can't sell it.
03:36 Yeah, we have a house here that's been, it'll be demolished.
03:41 It's completely ruined.
03:43 So as you can see it's police signs here and kind of nobody is allowed to enter these buildings.
03:51 I think all these houses here, they're all tilting and all cracked and yeah, they will
03:59 all be demolished.
04:02 The eruption, which began on Monday evening, opened a fissure in the ground about 4 kilometres
04:07 long and only 3 kilometres from Grindavik.
04:10 Residents were evacuated as a precaution on the 11th of November.
04:20 It hasn't been an easy year for many Italians.
04:23 According to latest polls, half of them are seriously concerned by the war in Gaza and
04:28 like most Europeans, they face sky high inflation and a struggling economy.
04:33 But even if Italians feel uncertain about what 2024 has in store, many have found time to
04:39 do some Christmas shopping and enjoy a stroll around town.
04:42 We've all had a tough year, we've had a lot of confrontations.
04:46 These wars are a bit worrying.
04:49 We're also a bit worried about the health of our nation, to be honest.
04:54 We're all a bit worried.
04:56 We need a bit of attention, but we mustn't lose hope because it seems that the new year
05:01 brings a bit of peace.
05:03 With great hope, the two problems of the war will be solved, which are really terrible.
05:10 But I see that all this joy of being happy at Christmas, I wish everyone a Merry Christmas,
05:21 but unfortunately there are some things in our country that are not going to be solved
05:27 by the end of the month.
05:28 I also believe that there is room for hope, for living in the spirit of Christmas, which
05:34 means believing in the future, believing in things that could or could not go well if
05:41 we make them go well.
05:42 It depends on us, of course, on us human beings.
05:45 The streets of Rome are crowded as usual around this time of year, filled with both locals
05:50 and tourists.
05:53 Despite all, it looks like Italians are not ready to give up on their holidays, especially
05:58 during the festive period.
05:59 In fact, according to the latest available data, holiday bookings between the end of
06:04 2023 and the beginning of 2024 have increased by almost 15% compared to the previous year.
06:12 Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.
06:15 For tourists, Christmas season might be fun, but not for residents in the French city of
06:24 Strasbourg trying to get on with daily life.
06:28 Many admit they avoid the city center, especially on Saturdays when Christmas markets are absolutely
06:34 overcrowded with visitors.
06:35 It's a black world.
06:37 It's completely black.
06:38 You see people in the alleys who can't even walk anymore.
06:41 Everyone has stopped and there is a world that is impossible.
06:45 We can't even get out of the cabin.
06:47 City authorities say they have implemented measures to redirect and control the flow
06:52 of people in the center, but it's just not enough.
06:56 The new spatialization has allowed us to absorb this record attendance, but after that, it
07:02 shouldn't increase even more than it is now.
07:06 We have reached the limits of the exercise.
07:11 Public space is not extensible.
07:13 This Christmas, the city is expected to beat last year's record of 2.8 million visitors,
07:20 a huge amount considering Strasbourg's population of 850,000.
07:30 Hungarian hooligans have ended their demonstration at the Ukrainian border after 10 days.
07:36 The organizers failed to achieve their aims and have received no support from either the
07:41 union or the government.
07:43 They were protesting against unfair competition from their Ukrainian colleagues.
07:49 We heard the slogan from our party leaders that we are not leaving anyone on the roadside.
07:56 Now it is clear that this is not true.
08:00 The uproar was caused by a decision made by the European Union in favor of Ukraine.
08:06 To support Kiev after the Russian invasion, the EU has abandoned the system of entry
08:11 permits for Ukrainian trucks into Europe.
08:17 The importers can enter the European market with significant advantages from the third
08:23 country.
08:25 We cannot compete with them.
08:29 Over the past month and a half, Polish and Slovak hooligans have also been protesting for
08:35 the end of EU benefits for Ukrainians by blocking their respective borders with Ukraine.
08:45 We are currently about 11 kilometers from the Ukrainian border.
08:49 When we arrived, the truck line was still here, but in the last 5 minutes, about 10 new vehicles
08:55 have arrived.
08:57 The protest is creating long queues, disrupting the work of Ukrainian truckers in particular.
09:03 A week ago we needed three days to pass, because there were 28 kilometers of queues.
09:09 Now, as it is 6 kilometers, we have passed 15-17 hours.
09:17 Now it is not much.
09:20 Everything that is happening along the borders, here is the best.
09:24 The organizers want to start the protest again next year, but with many more trucks and a
09:30 tighter border blockade.
09:37 Lyon's Lumiere Institute welcomed a famous filmmaker, perhaps the greatest living documentary
09:43 filmmaker of them all.
09:45 Frederic Wiseman, with almost 50 films to his credit, came in person at age 93 to present
09:51 his new film "Menu plaisir" and "Les trois gros".
10:03 A four-hour film that takes its audience on a journey of what the day-to-day life is like
10:08 at the three Michelin-star restaurant "Les trois gros", a world-famous restaurant not
10:13 far from Lyon, behind which lies a family dynasty of great chefs from father to son.
10:20 I think the trois gros, César and Michel, are artists and what you see is their art
10:29 being produced, even though it is ephemeral and it is consumed quickly.
10:36 But they are artists in every sense of the word, painters or writers or artists.
10:43 As in all Frederic Wiseman films, there is no commentary, no interviews, no sound and
10:50 no additional music.
10:52 He writes films and edits them himself.
10:55 ...Marion, who works in the hotel, and of course my wife, Marie-Pierre, who does all of that.
11:01 All the filming aspects were a pleasure for me because it was a job.
11:09 I saw their work and it is also hard to shoot a film like that because we work 12 hours
11:16 a day and then when we come home we see the rocks.
11:22 And so documentaries are a form of sport.
11:27 We have to be in good physical condition.
11:31 The result is worthy of a three-star meal.
11:38 The film received a standing ovation at Venice and will be released in France and Europe
11:42 on December 20th.
11:44 Thanks.
11:45 [SWOOSH]