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00:00 Hamas reports more than 240 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli shelling in Gaza in the last 24 hours.
00:10 At least 6 civilians have died in Ukraine following fresh Russian drone attacks.
00:22 Hamas reports that 241 Palestinians have been killed in the last 24 hours in Israeli shelling.
00:30 Meanwhile, the Israeli army announced the death of 5 soldiers in Gaza, bringing to 161 the number since the 27th of October.
00:41 The Israeli army is close to completing the demolition of Hamas' buildings in the north of the Gaza Strip. It is taking place in a complex area. Therefore, the war will continue for many more months, and we will act in different ways so that the achievement will be preserved for a long time.
01:02 Israel returned bodies recovered from northern Gaza to Palestinian officials on Tuesday, with a trailer truck bringing dozens of the dead in blue body bags.
01:14 We cannot open the container in this area. We have contacted the people of the area to move the bodies to the cemetery. We will then have the Palestinian Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Justice to document the war crimes against the Israeli occupation.
01:40 Four days after the adoption of a resolution demanding the large-scale delivery of humanitarian aid to Gaza, the UN has appointed Sigrid Karr to coordinate this mission.
01:50 Six people have died in fresh Russian drone attacks on Ukraine. One person has died at a train station in Kurson, where more than 100 civilians were waiting for a train to Kiev.
02:03 The shelling has left 70% of the town's homes without electricity. Despite the devastation, one resident says Kurson will endure.
02:12 I saw how they built it. I was born in Kurson, I lived in Kurson. My heart is breaking. But now I am more convinced that Kurson will endure.
02:23 After such strong blows, after which you want to cry, and then you take yourself in your hands and you know for sure that we will survive.
02:32 We will clean everything, then they will sew windows to the train station. I think it will continue to function.
02:40 In Odessa, another drone strike killed two people and injured three others, according to regional authorities.
02:46 The air offensive comes one day after Ukrainian warplanes damaged a Russian ship on the coast of Crimea.
02:53 In a war with no end in sight, it is still possible to bring Christmas joy to the Ukrainian front line.
03:07 The Kropot public center in Kropotvinsky collected gifts for the soldiers. Essential goods, tactical equipment and more to boost morale.
03:15 We bring gifts from our children from the city of Kropotvinsky. We want to congratulate our boys a little, to raise the morale.
03:28 We stopped counting the number of trips, because each trip is made with heart. With each trip we give a piece of our soul and warmth to those who protect us on the front line.
03:47 Santa Claus here is called Ola Yeniv, a driver who has been making deliveries to Ukrainian soldiers since 2014.
03:54 This year he takes smiles to the east of the country, which he hopes will last until his next delivery.
04:00 Nine protests have taken place since Serbia's alleged irregular general election results earlier this month.
04:10 The protests are also demanding the release of at least 30 students who were detained while protesting on Sunday.
04:17 The election is highly contested. There have been claims of ballot box stuffing and vote buying.
04:22 The coalition Serbia Against Violence is demanding the elections be annulled.
04:27 The Electoral Commission announced on Wednesday that the election would be rerun in some polling stations.
04:38 Security measures have been strengthened in crowded areas over the Christmas period in the Vatican, in light of international recent events and the risk of terrorist attacks.
04:48 Italian authorities warn of a higher risk of jihadi attacks amid the Gaza war and eco-activists seizing the occasion to stage headline grabbing stunts.
04:59 Precautionary measures were also taken in Germany and Austria.
05:06 "The time when Jesus was born was not very peaceful.
05:11 That's not new. What's good is that our executives are so vigilant that you look closely.
05:21 I feel very safe, but you have to be careful."
05:25 German police said they were taking precautions over Christmas, after receiving intelligence of potential terrorist attacks on New Year's Eve.
05:36 Wolfgang Schäuble, a legendary former finance minister in Angela Merkel's government, has died.
05:44 The important figure in German politics passed away at the age of 81 on Tuesday evening.
05:51 One of the architects of the country's reunification, as the former German chancellor called him, had been paraplegic since 1990 after being shot.
06:02 He was appointed as finance minister just before Greece's ballooning budget, earning him both praise and condemnation.
06:09 Lee Sun-kyun, best known for his role in the Oscar-winning film "Parasite", was found dead this Wednesday.
06:21 The 48-year-old South Korean actor was found inside a car in a park in the center of Seoul.
06:29 According to South Korean news agency Yonhap, he left a suicide note to his family.
06:34 Lee was being investigated by the police for allegedly using marijuana and other psychoactive drugs.
06:42 Nearly 60 French actors and other prominent figures have denounced what they say is the lynching of distressed cinema legend Gérard Depardieu,
06:57 who has a series of sexual assault allegations.
06:59 More than 50 actors, directors, singers and writers have signed an article in French newspaper Le Figaro defending Depardieu.
07:07 The signatories call for the presumption of innocence to be respected, and for the actor not to be boycotted.
07:14 "Gérard Depardieu is probably the greatest of all actors," the letter said.
07:23 In Germany, the inhabitants of several regions, especially Thuringen and Lower Saxony,
07:28 were forced to leave their homes on Christmas Day due to heavy rains that caused water levels to rise and consequent flooding.
07:36 The governor of Thuringen warned that it could take several days before people can return home.
07:42 "People will probably have to settle for three days not being able to return to their homes.
07:47 They can only return when the basements are pumped out, when the electricity is back on and the connection to the water systems is working again."
07:54 In Czechia, some regions continue to be hit by flooding.
07:58 Some areas are still on high alerts and most of the country is expecting water levels to rise.
08:04 Rainfall but also melting ice, according to local authorities, are responsible for this phenomenon.
08:10 In Prague, some ferries are not operating and people are not allowed on the embankments.
08:16 In the Netherlands, water levels are also particularly high.
08:20 Authorities and volunteers are monitoring the unusual situation.
08:25 In some places, water is several meters above normal.
08:32 Imprisoned Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny said on Tuesday that he was "doing well" after a transfer to a remote prison colony in the Russian Arctic.
08:41 His fate concerns the West and his family, who believe he was sent there to be further isolated before upcoming presidential elections.
08:50 "There is no letter from the prison, no telecom zone, so it is almost impossible to contact the prisoner directly.
08:54 But this all indicates that they deliberately sent him to this particular colony in order to isolate Alexei as much as possible,
09:02 so as not to give him any opportunity to communicate with the outside world."
09:06 Karp, a small town of about 5,000 inhabitants, is located in Yamal-Nenetsia, a remote region in the north of Russia, beyond the Arctic Circle.
09:15 France have denounced the transfer as a violation of human rights.
09:20 Navalny, a former lawyer, is serving a 19-year prison sentence for charges of extremism.
09:26 He was arrested in January 2021 on his return from convalescing in Germany for poisoning, which he blames on the Kremlin.
09:35 Leon's Lumiere Institute welcomed a famous filmmaker, perhaps the greatest living documentary filmmaker of them all.
09:45 Frederic Wiseman, with almost 50 films to his credit, came in person at age 93 to present his new film "Menu plaisir" to the three big guys.
09:55 A four-hour film that takes its audience on a journey of what the day-to-day life is like at the three Michelin-star restaurant "Les Trois Gros,"
10:01 a world-famous restaurant not far from Lyon, behind which lies a family dynasty of great chefs from father to son.
10:09 "I think the tour guide is a great person, and I think he's a great director.
10:17 I think he's a great director, and I think he's a great director.
10:24 I think the tour guide is a great person, and I think he's a great director.
10:32 I think he's a great director, and I think he's a great director.
10:41 I think he's a great director, and I think he's a great director.
10:47 As in all Frederic Wiseman films, there's no commentary, no interviews, no sound, and no additional music.
10:55 He writes films and edits them himself.
11:03 I was very pleased with the filming aspect, because it was a job...
11:11 I saw the work, and it's hard to film a film like that, because you work 12 hours a day.
11:19 And then when you come home, you see the rocks.
11:25 Documentaries are a form of sport, and you have to be in good physical condition.
11:33 It's prestige.
11:36 The result is worthy of a three-star meal.
11:39 The film received a standing ovation at Venice and will be released in France and Europe on December 20th.
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