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00:00At least two people have been killed and 60 others injured after a car drove into a crowd
00:07at a busy outdoor Christmas market in the eastern German city of Magdeburg.
00:11Authorities are calling it a deliberate attack.
00:14The two people confirmed dead are an adult and a child, but officials say the death toll
00:19could rise as 15 people were seriously injured.
00:23The driver was arrested at the scene shortly after the car barreled into the market at
00:27around 7 p.m. local time when it was teeming with holiday shoppers.
00:32Local officials said the suspect is a 50-year-old Saudi doctor who moved to Germany in 2006.
00:38They also say they believe the suspect was working alone and that there is no further
00:43danger to the city.
00:45German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser will be visiting
00:50the city just 150 kilometers outside of Berlin on Saturday to pay their condolences.
00:56Germany is already at the heart of a political scandal following the collapse of the coalition
01:01government just hours after the U.S. voted in Donald Trump for a second term.
01:06Security is one of the key concerns of Germans and many are starting to wonder if the far
01:12right will capitalize on this incident with the election coming up in just under two months.
01:18Liv Stroud in Magdeburg for Euronews.
01:27A court in Sicily has found Italy's Deputy Prime Minister Matteo Salvini not guilty of
01:32kidnap for detaining 100 migrants aboard a humanitarian rescue ship in 2019.
01:38The open arms NGO vessel was carrying 147 migrants from the Libyan coast when Salvini
01:44prevented it from docking on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
01:48It remained at sea for almost three weeks with the NGO reporting the delay led to medical
01:53emergencies.
01:54Speaking outside the court, Salvini said defending the homeland is not a crime but a right.
02:24Friday's verdict holds a significant legal weight as it could impact migration policies
02:34in Italy, but most importantly the judge's decision addresses a very much debated issue
02:40in the EU, whether border protection should take precedence over human rights.
02:47Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.
02:51The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has said the decision by the Swedish government
02:59to end core support is disappointing.
03:02In a post on Exxon where Commissioner General Felipe Lazzarini said this is a sad day for
03:06the multilateral system which Sweden has spearheaded.
03:10The Swedish government said it would increase humanitarian funding for the region next year,
03:15but that those funds would be distributed through other channels.
03:19Stockholm says it's stopping direct funding to UNWR in response to a decision from the
03:23Israeli Knesset to block the agency from working in the Palestinian territories.
03:29Israel has long been at odds with UNWR, accusing the agency of turning a blind eye to militants
03:34among its staff.
03:35For decades UNWR has operated networks of schools, medical facilities and other services
03:40in Palestine as well as in neighboring Lebanon, Syria and Jordan.
03:44It provides assistance to almost six million Palestinian refugees across the region.
03:55A new solar panel roof has been inaugurated at the Vatican to provide renewable energy
04:00to the museum.
04:02It's part of Pope Francis' plans to ensure the city-state runs entirely on green energy.
04:07Italian energy supplier ACEA installed the photovoltaic roof in just six months in the
04:13courtyard of the Carrazza entrance.
04:16Pope Francis outlined his green vision for the Vatican in his Brother Sun letter in June.
04:22In it he said solar panels would be installed on a Vatican-owned property outside Rome and
04:27the power generated from that could supply all of Vatican City's energy needs.
04:32Pope Francis stated his position on the climate crisis back in 2015 when he said he would
04:37renew the dialogue on how we're building the future of the planet.
04:42In July 2022 things were formalized when the Vatican joined the United Nations Framework
04:48Convention on Climate Change.