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00:00The United States informs its allies that Iran has transferred ballistic missiles to
00:06Russia to use in the war in Ukraine.
00:11Three Israelis were killed after a man approached from the Jordanian side of a West Bank crossing,
00:16opening fire at security forces before being shot.
00:21Authorities in Kosovo closed two border crossings with Serbia after protesters form a blockade
00:26and stopped some motorists from passing through.
00:32Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis promises pension boosts and wage hikes in his economic
00:37plan for next year.
00:42The United States has reportedly informed its allies that Iran has transferred short-range
00:47ballistic missiles to Russia to use in the war in Ukraine.
00:51Two anonymous officials confirmed the U.S. intelligence findings but didn't say how many
00:56weapons had been delivered or when the transfers took place.
00:59The White House has warned Tehran for months against transferring ballistic missiles to
01:04Moscow.
01:05Iran has been providing Russia with its Shahed attack drone since autumn 2022.
01:11Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry has said its forces have liberated the village
01:16of Kalinova, 25 kilometers southeast of Pokrovsk.
01:20Russian troops have been advancing on the key logistics hub for months, prompting Ukraine
01:25to order the mandatory evacuation of children from the city last month.
01:30And on Saturday, residents in Kursk went to the polls to vote in local elections.
01:35The western Russian region is where Ukraine launched a lightning incursion on August 6,
01:40seizing several settlements with the aim of creating a buffer zone inside Russia.
01:51Three Israelis were shot and killed at the border crossing between the West Bank and
01:55Jordan in what appeared to be an attack linked to the 11-month-old war in Gaza.
02:02The Israeli military said the gunmen approached from the Jordanian side in a truck before
02:07opening fire at Israeli security forces who killed him in a subsequent shootout.
02:13Local authorities closed the crossing until further notice and Jordan is reportedly investigating
02:19the shooting.
02:20Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the attack and linked it to Israel's
02:25larger conflict with Iran and allied militant groups, including Hamas in Gaza and Hezbollah
02:31in Lebanon.
02:33Jordan, which has a large Palestinian population, made peace with Israel in 1994, but has been
02:40deeply and publicly critical of its policies towards Palestinians.
02:51Authorities in Kosovo have closed two border crossings with Serbia after protesters on
02:55the Serbian side blocked the road and prevented motorists with Kosovo documents from passing
03:01through.
03:02Protesters started blockading the border crossing late on Friday.
03:06They said that was in protest against the closure of parallel administrations that ethnic
03:10Serbs in northern Kosovo had set up.
03:13Some demonstrators also demanded that the NATO-led peacekeeping force in Kosovo assume
03:18control over the north.
03:22Northern Kosovo, with its predominantly ethnic Serb population, has long been a flashpoint
03:27for tensions between Belgrade and Pristina.
03:30Earlier this year, Kosovo made the euro the only legal currency in the country, effectively
03:35outlawing use of the Serbian dinar.
03:37And the border blockade began just days after police in northern Kosovo closed five administration
03:43offices linked to the Belgrade government.
03:46Serbia doesn't recognize Kosovo's independence, proclaimed in 2008.
03:55Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has presented his economic agenda for the next
04:00year in a speech at the Thessaloniki International Fair.
04:04He outlined nine challenges for the government, including the convergence of public and private
04:09sector wages, employment growth and green transition.
04:39Among the 45 measures announced are higher pensions for 2 million pensioners and an increase
04:50in the minimum wage from April.