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00:00 The IDF says it will investigate an Israeli airstrike on Gaza that killed at least seven
00:05 aid workers from World Central Kitchen.
00:12 A fire during renovations at an Istanbul nightclub has killed 29 people.
00:24 Israel says it will open a probe into an Israeli airstrike on Gaza that resulted in the deaths
00:29 of at least seven mostly foreign aid workers.
00:33 The food charity World Central Kitchen said it was delivering food to support Palestinians
00:38 in Gaza when the vehicle they were driving exploded.
00:42 An IDF spokesperson said that they respect international law and are committed to examining
00:47 their operations thoroughly and transparently.
00:52 The charity was founded by Spanish celebrity chef Jose Andres.
00:56 In Jordan, the Spanish prime minister expressed regret at the aid workers' deaths and demanded
01:01 that the Israeli government clarify the circumstances of the tragedy.
01:06 According to the food charity, the airstrike killed three British citizens, an Australian,
01:11 a Polish and US-Canada dual citizen and their Palestinian driver.
01:16 Following the attack, it called a halt to its work delivering food into the area.
01:22 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu acknowledged that Israeli forces carried out
01:26 the strike and said officials will do everything for this not to happen again.
01:37 Russia may focus its potential late spring or summer offensive against Ukraine in the
01:42 western part of Donetsk region, says the Institute for the Study of War in its assessment.
01:48 The think tank says the Russian military command may consider the area near Avdiivka, a key
01:53 frontline city in Donetsk region captured by Russia in February, as a priority.
01:59 Ukrainian forces appear to have repelled a Russian battalion-sized mechanized assault
02:03 near Avdiivka on 30 March, the first battalion-sized mechanized assault since Russian forces began
02:10 the campaign to seize Avdiivka in October 2023.
02:14 Referring to an unnamed Ukrainian serviceman, the Institute for the Study of War says that
02:18 Russian forces may have used 36 tanks and 12 infantry fighting vehicles near the village
02:25 of Tonenka.
02:27 The scale of this Russian mechanized assault is significant and the Russian military command's
02:32 willingness to commit a battalion's worth of tanks to an attack near Avdiivka indicates
02:37 that this assault was a priority effort in hopes of building upon Russian forces' steady
02:43 but marginal advances in this sector.
02:46 Ukrainian officials have recently warned that Russian forces are accumulating personnel
02:50 along at least four axes, but the Institute for the Study of War continues to assess that
02:56 Russian forces will likely only be able to launch a concerted, large-scale offensive
03:02 operation in one operational direction at a time due to Russia's own manpower and planning
03:08 limitations.
03:13 Working up for the people of Ukraine, government ministers and officials in The Hague are discussing
03:19 how to bring justice to the victims of Russia's invasion, which began more than two years
03:24 ago.
03:25 The Council of Europe says there could be as many as 600,000 compensation claims.
03:30 "We are creating very concrete, systematic tools to compensate the damages caused by
03:37 this war.
03:38 Together with many countries and leaders, we cooperate on confiscating Russian assets
03:45 and profits from them.
03:47 All this should work for the people whom Putin tried to destroy with this war."
03:52 "The war has left tens of thousands dead and injured.
03:57 It has left millions displaced.
04:01 And it's resulted in a long and well-documented list of international crimes.
04:08 Over 100,000 and counting.
04:11 That number not only underscores the gravity of this aggression, but also the need to support
04:18 Ukraine because if we don't, the country's justice system will eventually collapse under
04:25 the weight of these atrocities."
04:27 "As a foreign minister, I am perfectly aware that international justice always takes time.
04:35 But as a Ukrainian, I cannot help but urge you to make every effort possible to serve
04:41 that justice in small or big steps, but delivering tangible results every week, every month."
04:49 A register of damage was formally opened at the conference.
04:58 Two years after the city's liberation from Russian occupation, residents of Bucha in
05:03 Ukraine are struggling to get their lives back on track.
05:07 Local authorities say 509 civilians, including 12 children, were killed there in the early
05:14 days of the invasion of Ukraine.
05:16 Broken lives and wounds are difficult to heal for survivors.
05:22 Oleksandr lost his son, a Ukrainian volunteer soldier killed by Russian troops.
05:27 Svitoslav was 35 years old.
05:39 Natalia lost her husband, also a volunteer soldier.
05:42 She is fighting for the government to grant him official status as military for financial
05:46 compensation.
05:47 "The world should not forget that there is a war in Ukraine.
05:57 The war took a lot of people, military people, civilians who gave their lives for nothing.
06:09 They were shot because they were walking on the streets, because they were driving cars."
06:21 Shock and grief are gripping the people of Finland after a shooting at a school north
06:26 of the capital, Helsinki.
06:28 One child was shot dead and two others were seriously injured when a student allegedly
06:33 opened fire at the Viatola school complex in Vanta.
06:38 Police say all four students are 12 years old.
06:42 Finland's Prime Minister described the incident as upsetting.
06:45 "It is clear that too many young people, every third, have experienced problems with
06:52 mental health at some point.
06:54 We must be able to address these issues as soon as possible.
06:57 We are doing work all the time, but what happens in this case, it is basically passed through
07:04 and decisions are made as needed later."
07:07 Police have arrested the suspected shooter.
07:10 They say the gun used was registered and licensed to a relative.
07:15 Finland has tightened gun laws in recent years.
07:20 A fire during renovations at an Istanbul nightclub has killed 29 people and one person is being
07:30 treated at a hospital.
07:34 Many of the victims were believed to be involved in the renovation work.
07:38 Eight people, including managers of the club and one person in charge of renovations, were
07:42 detained for questioning.
07:46 The masquerade nightclub, which was closed for renovations, was on the ground and basement
07:51 floors of a 16-floor residential building in the Bisiktes district.
07:58 Authorities say the cause of the fire is under investigation.
08:01 Europeans have mixed opinions of the EU's response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
08:14 According to an exclusive Ipsos poll carried out for Euronews, only 40% of citizens have
08:20 a positive opinion, while 32% have neither a positive nor a negative view.
08:27 Yet, the management of the health crisis has received great support from the public.
08:37 The poll also revealed differences in opinion on the EU's response to the pandemic among
08:42 countries.
08:43 In Portugal, 74% of residents have a positive opinion, followed by Finland with 55%.
08:51 On the other hand, 28% of Romanians are positive about the EU's actions on COVID-19, compared
08:57 with 24% in the Czech Republic.
09:03 I would say that there were many positives in how the pandemic was treated.
09:09 And as a consequence, the European Health Union started being formed.
09:15 The ECDC, the European Centre for Disease Control, the European Medicines Agency were
09:22 given a stronger position.
09:24 So the European Health Union started being developed or created based on the reaction
09:31 to the challenge posed by the pandemic.
09:35 To meet the health challenge, the European Union has been adapting politically through
09:39 an unprecedented health mechanism - the joint purchase of vaccines.
09:44 At the end of June 2020, it launched its Commons strategy.
09:48 And by the end of the following year, the EU had signed contracts worth 71 billion euros
09:53 for the purchase of 4.6 billion doses.
09:56 At the high-level event of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU, it was made very
10:02 clear at the ministerial panel that was it not for the joint EU action on vaccines and
10:10 vaccine procurement, there would be no way to achieve the vaccine equity that was achieved
10:15 during the pandemic.
10:17 So health is key, but EU roles in health is also key.
10:25 In response to the health crisis, the member states have adopted a multi-annual health
10:30 programme worth over 5 billion euros, covering the period 2021 to 2027.
10:39 The US Coast Guard has opened a channel to vessels involved in the Francis Scott Key Bridge
10:44 collapse clean-up effort.
10:46 The move is part of a phased approach to reopening the main shipping channel leading to the port.
10:52 It's been a week since a container ship lost power and crashed into a supporting column
10:56 of the bridge in the US city of Baltimore.
11:00 Authorities believe six people died when the bridge collapsed.
11:04 Two bodies have since been recovered.
11:06 The owner and manager of the ship are taking legal action to limit their liability.
11:14 Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday to stop the courts from seizing $454
11:21 million in assets.
11:23 The former president and real estate mogul put up the money while appealing a civil fraud
11:28 verdict.
11:29 A New York court in February found the Republican candidate lied about his wealth.
11:35 He was ordered to pay $355 million in penalties and now faces criminal charges in four other
11:42 cases.
11:43 Trump has denied any wrongdoing.
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