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00:00The U.S. State Department informs Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel
00:06as the war in Gaza continues.
00:12Austria's Chancellor Karl Neuhammer has said he'll resign in the coming days after talks
00:17on forming a new government failed for a second time.
00:20Neuhammer said destructive forces in the Social Democrats had gained the upper hand and that
00:25his People's Party wouldn't agree to policies that harm the economy.
00:30Coalition talks between the People's Party, the Social Democrats and NIOS have dragged
00:34on since September.
00:36Those parties refused to work with the right-wing Freedom Party led by Herbert Kickl, who came
00:42first in the general election.
00:44New elections are the likely next step, but whoever heads Austria's next government will
00:48face the challenge of having to save between 18 and 24 billion euros, according to the
00:53EU Commission.
00:55Austria has been in recession for two years, is experiencing rising unemployment and its
01:00budget deficit is currently at 3.7% of GDP, above the EU's limit of 3%.
01:12The U.S. State Department has informed Congress of a planned $8 billion weapons sale to Israel
01:17as the war against Hamas in Gaza continues.
01:20The weapons package would add to a record of $17 billion in military aid that Washington
01:26has provided Israel since the start of the conflict in October 2023, but the Biden administration
01:32has faced criticism over the mounting Palestinian civilian death toll.
01:37On Saturday, Gaza's health ministry said at least 59 people have been killed and more
01:42than 270 others wounded in Israeli airstrikes in the past 24 hours.
01:47The war started after a Hamas incursion into Israel on the 7th of October 2023, which saw
01:531,200 people killed and 250 others taken hostage.
01:58The health ministry says more than 45,500 Palestinians have been killed, but officials
02:03don't distinguish between combatants and civilians in the tally.
02:12A memorial service has taken place in Montenegro for the 12 victims of a mass shooting that
02:17happened on New Year's Day.
02:19The ceremony in the town of Cetinje was attended by family members of the victims, as well
02:23as political and church leaders.
02:26The shooting happened on Wednesday, when a man started a rampage after a bar brawl, killing
02:3112 and wounding at least four others.
02:34The man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died after shooting himself in the head.
02:40The shooting, the second such incident in Cetinje, has caused shock and dismay across
02:45Montenegro.
02:46Authorities have begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons, with the National Security
02:50Council announcing measures to seize unregistered firearms.
02:55Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said that registered gun holders will undergo new security and
03:00psychological checks.
03:02He also promised draconian punishment for those who hold weapons illegally.
03:10Authorities on the Canary Islands say around 183 migrants, including 24 women and seven
03:16minors, reached its coast on Saturday on two boats.
03:20Local officials said the migrant boats had been intercepted on their way to the port
03:25of Nels.
03:26Spain's Sea Search and Rescue Agency and the Red Cross said they received the migrants
03:31with clothes, blankets and food.
03:33According to the Spanish Interior Ministry, Spain received 63,970 irregular migrants last
03:40year, the vast majority in the Canaries.
03:47Former US President Jimmy Carter's six-day stage funeral has begun in the state of Georgia.
03:53Carter served in the White House from 1977 to 1981 and died on 29 December at the age
04:00of 100.
04:01A motorcade with Carter's casket began at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus
04:06and passed through his hometown of Plains.
04:09The procession then headed to Atlanta and on to the Carter Presidential Center for a
04:14private service.
04:16From Saturday evening until 6 a.m. on Tuesday morning, Carter will lie in repose for the
04:20public to pay respects around the clock.
04:23His remains will then travel to Washington, where he'll lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda
04:28until his funeral at 10 a.m. on Thursday at the Washington National Cathedral.
04:33He will then be buried in a private ceremony in his hometown of Plains.