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00:00 As Israeli rockets continue to rain down on Gaza, the Palestinian Health Ministry reported
00:05 165 people were killed and 280 wounded.
00:09 The authorities in the enclave say Israel's offensive has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians
00:17 so far, most of them women and children.
00:21 On Saturday, the Israeli army released footage claiming it showed their troops operating
00:25 in the city of Khan Yunis in the Gaza Strip.
00:30 Meanwhile in Caesarea, dozens of protesters rallied in front of the Prime Minister's home
00:34 to demand the return of Israeli hostages held in Gaza.
00:37 They had been gathered since Friday to demand the government secure their loved ones' release,
00:43 however the military forced them back.
00:46 This comes with Prime Minister Netanyahu took to social media saying he would not "compromise
00:51 on full Israeli control over the Strip" and that it was "contrary to a Palestinian mandate."
01:02 Iran has confirmed the death of a Revolutionary Guard commander and his deputy following an
01:06 Israeli strike on Damascus.
01:10 According to local media, the men were members of the Guard's expeditionary Quds Force.
01:16 The airstrike on the Syrian capital targeted a building that was regularly used by the
01:20 group.
01:22 The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said at least five people were killed in the missile
01:26 attack which struck while officials from groups backed by Iran were reportedly holding a meeting.
01:32 The strike comes as tensions in the region are widening as Israel continues its assault
01:37 on Gaza.
01:39 Its relentless bombing campaign has killed nearly 25,000 Palestinians, according to the
01:44 health authorities there.
01:47 Over the past few weeks, Israel has been trading rocket fire with Syria and Lebanon along their
01:51 shared borders and that's fueling fears that the conflict could spread.
02:00 Iran says this rocket launched a satellite into its highest orbit yet on Saturday.
02:05 If true, it'll raise Western concerns that the technology for Iran's ballistic missiles
02:10 have also been improved.
02:12 Almost at the same time, Israel was carrying out an airstrike on senior Iranian commanders
02:17 meeting in the Syrian capital, Damascus.
02:20 The United States has previously said that Iran's satellite launches defy a UN Security
02:25 Council resolution.
02:27 It's called on Tehran not to develop its nuclear-capable missiles any further.
02:35 Tens of thousands of people took to the streets across Germany on Saturday to protest the
02:39 far-right AfD party.
02:42 The demonstrations come after a report was published on January 10th saying that party
02:46 members met with right-wing extremists to discuss the deportation of millions of immigrants,
02:52 including some with German citizenship.
02:55 In Frankfurt alone, authorities said the protests drew 35,000 people.
02:59 "I didn't expect to be here alone, but there are so many of them.
03:05 It's incredible, and it's good to know that we are the majority."
03:13 The backlash prompted by the report, published by media outlet Correctiv, has prompted renewed
03:18 calls for Germany to consider banning the AfD.
03:22 The protests also reflect growing concerns over the party's growing popularity among
03:26 German voters after it won its very first mayoral and district council elections last
03:32 summer.
03:33 The Danish government has urged Nordic Waste to clean up after a massive landslide at its
03:40 reprocessing plant for contaminated soil.
03:44 But since the company controversially declared itself bankrupt, the taxpayer will now have
03:49 to pay 27 million euros to clean it up.
03:52 The landslide near the second biggest city, Aarhus, means six million tons of contaminated
03:57 soil are threatening to poison nearby seas, streams and fjords.
04:02 Denmark's sixth richest person, Torben Ostergaard-Nielse, owns the company.
04:09 The SpaceX Flight Axiom Mission 3 docked at the International Space Station on Saturday.
04:17 Italian, Swedish and Turkish astronauts were on board.
04:21 The Falcon rocket blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center late afternoon on Thursday.
04:26 The three men on board will spend two weeks conducting experiments and collecting data
04:31 on both human physiology and technological advances.
04:34 It's costing each of the three countries around 50 million euros or more and is the
04:39 third such journey organized by the company.
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