00:00 As the death toll in Gaza surpasses 20,000, a UN vote on a possible ceasefire has been
00:07 delayed again.
00:09 At least 20,000 Palestinians in Gaza have been killed since Israel began relentlessly
00:19 bombing the territory in retaliation to Hamas' 7th of October attack.
00:25 On average, nearly 300 people have died per day since the start of the conflict, according
00:30 to Gaza's health ministry, mostly women and children.
00:35 Despite continued international pressure, a UN Secretary-Consul vote on a Gaza ceasefire
00:40 resolution was again delayed by the US.
00:44 The vote on the resolution drafted by the United Arab Emirates was initially scheduled
00:49 for Monday.
00:50 It has been repeatedly delayed in an effort to avoid a third US veto since the conflict
00:55 began.
00:57 Latest reports on the ground indicate intense street fighting in Khan Younis, south Gaza.
01:03 Israel's troops have released more footage of what the IDF claims is a vast tunnel network
01:08 used by Hamas in Gaza.
01:11 Israel's Prime Minister has again stressed that any stoppage in the hostilities would
01:15 be temporary until Hamas is eliminated.
01:19 "All Hamas terrorists, from the first to the last, are the children of death.
01:25 They have only two options, either to die or to survive."
01:31 Meanwhile, the NGO Doctors Without Borders are concerned with Israel's continued restriction
01:35 on humanitarian assistance into Gaza.
01:39 The World Health Organization says a "toxic mix of disease, hunger and lack of hygiene
01:45 and sanitation is adding to the desperation of the people in Gaza."
01:49 Bosnia's capital Sarajevo has been intermittently engulfed in a toxic haze since the start of
02:04 December.
02:05 Its air quality is so bad it is ranked top on a list of the world's most polluted cities
02:10 for two days in a row.
02:13 The Swiss air technology company IQ Air compiles a real-time list of city air quality, rating
02:19 from good to hazardous.
02:20 On Wednesday, it put Sarajevo's air quality in the "very unhealthy" category.
02:25 It's not a new problem.
02:26 There have been protests by locals dating back to 2020.
02:30 At the time, experts said air pollution in the Balkans was due, in part, to the use of
02:35 coal-fueled power plants and old cars.
02:38 Since then, the Sarajevo authorities have pledged to make the city carbon-free by 2035.
02:44 But a cost-of-living crisis has forced people to rely on cheaper, dirtier fuels to heat
02:49 their homes, and there's just no money to buy new cars.
02:52 Many locals feel the need to wear masks when the pollution gets bad.
02:56 "I think we shouldn't wear masks, simply because the most dangerous part of air pollution,
03:03 the so-called fine dust, PM2.5 and PM1, can easily pass through any mask and enter the
03:11 air barrier.
03:12 It can pass through the air barrier and enter the bloodstream.
03:15 So we had to wear masks."
03:18 "Sarajevo has to do something, and the city has been included among a hundred others that
03:23 the European Union is helping to reach net-zero emissions.
03:27 It's currently developing action and investment plans for climate neutrality across all sectors."
03:36 Rising living costs, scarce housing, and rising prices are hitting German families hard.
03:42 When the charity The Ark was founded almost 30 years ago, 1.2 million children faced poverty
03:48 in Germany.
03:49 Despite a decrease in births, this number has tripled to more than 3 million since then.
03:54 "You didn't have to be a visionary 10 years ago to know what would happen if you didn't
03:58 fight poverty.
03:59 We've now been confirmed by PISA that the education of our children is very, very bad
04:04 in Germany.
04:05 25 percent of the fourth graders can't read properly.
04:09 That's terrifying, and we're noticing that.
04:11 And that has a lot to do with money."
04:13 "It's hard for me right now.
04:15 I got a cancer diagnosis two months ago, and I can't do my job anymore.
04:20 I'm here almost every day, having lunch."
04:25 This year, homelessness levels across Germany increased significantly.
04:30 The cold bus delivers homeless people to shelters and gives them warm food and sleeping bags.
04:35 "I think the demand is bigger than the supply.
04:41 We experience that every day on the streets, and that's the change.
04:47 You can see that very clearly over the last few years."
04:51 Official statistics say 57 percent of homeless people with German citizenship were forced
04:57 onto the streets after terminations of flag contracts.
05:00 "Most of them are not nice.
05:04 They think, 'Look at the last penalty.'
05:07 I was 30 years old when I was forced into the streets.
05:13 I'm 51.
05:14 I'm 61.
05:15 I want to be with the police for 20 years."
05:17 There are less than a handful of buses in Berlin equipped to bring people in wheelchairs
05:22 to shelters, which can be especially hard during cold winter months.
05:26 "We've had one government for 16 years, and now the other for two.
05:32 We notice that the difference isn't that big, at least not in terms of the people who
05:37 are in the streets.
05:38 The attempts are there, but the implementation is still very weak."
05:41 This week, this food bank packed over 10,000 bags for those in need over the Christmas
05:46 season.
05:47 "In Germany, for those living in poverty, it's not only about a lack of money, but it's
05:52 also about the social exclusion.
05:54 Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews."
06:00 Public television stations in Poland, such as TVP Info, stopped working on Wednesday.
06:06 Donald Tusk's new government has sacked the governing bodies of public communication
06:11 as a way of putting an end to the political control of the media.
06:14 Many employees now face uncertainty.
06:17 "There are definitely people who are under a lot of stress, who just want to do their
06:22 job, who don't see a reason to give up.
06:26 The law should be the deciding force, not the forceful solutions that would be able
06:32 to bypass the law.
06:33 The fact is that the situation is difficult, people are trying to support the public communication
06:38 in the streets, but we also have no reason to agree to allow the situation in which there
06:44 are no legal grounds for TVP Info to be broadcast.
06:48 We simply won't allow it."
06:50 Protesters in support of TVP Express are discontent by taking to the streets.
06:56 "The best Polish television broadcaster.
06:59 The best it is.
07:03 How does this government act?
07:05 It's a hooliganism.
07:06 It takes over the media.
07:07 So what?
07:08 A free speech.
07:09 It's a coup d'etat."
07:10 But many agree with the government and emphasize that TVP, under the previous law and Justice
07:16 Party, was not telling the truth.
07:18 "TVP Info and Wiadomości were manipulated for many years.
07:23 Manipulations were proven and described by many media experts and scientists.
07:29 And what TVP showed became the subject of many master's or doctoral theses in Poland.
07:35 For years, the spokesman for civil rights pointed to specific examples."
07:40 Politicians from the government coalition strongly emphasize that the changes are positive
07:45 and necessary.
07:46 "Today, there is extremely good news.
07:48 TVP stopped broadcasting, stopped propagating propaganda and hatred.
07:52 We can say clearly that we don't take over TVP, but we bring back to Poles what we promised
07:59 in the elections on October 15."
08:02 The change in the management and the profile of the public media was no surprise.
08:06 The ruling coalition has been announcing it for long.
08:09 But the dispute between the two sides will certainly not end today.
08:14 Magdalena Chodowny for Euronews from Warsaw.
08:20 Former Dr Sosthen Munyamana has been jailed for 24 years by a French court for his involvement
08:27 in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
08:30 Munyamana was found guilty of charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and conspiracy to
08:35 prepare the crimes.
08:36 The ex-doctor was a friend of Jean Kambanda, who oversaw the catastrophic genocide whilst
08:42 he was Rwandan prime minister.
08:44 More than 800,000 minority Tutsis were killed by Hutu militia as well as more moderate leaning
08:50 Hutus during the 1994 genocide.
08:53 The European Commission is labeling three big porn sites as very large online platforms.
09:02 And it demands that they take more action towards deleting illegal content and respecting
09:07 human rights.
09:08 The Commission says Pornhub, StripChat and Xvideos have more than 45 million European
09:13 users, so they must apply the highest levels of standards.
09:17 The consequences are that we look even more carefully and more closely and that they have
09:22 specific obligations that not all other platforms have.
09:25 And the very important one is they have to analyze and mitigate their systemic risks.
09:29 And here we speak about protection of minors, but also illegal materials like child sexual
09:34 abuse material or other content as revenge porn or deepfake porn that need to be mitigated
09:40 or taken down from the platform.
09:42 The decision comes after the adoption of the Digital Services Act, a milestone EU law regulating
09:48 online content.
09:50 The legislation comes into force on the 17th of February next year and those porn sites
09:55 concerned have by April to adopt the highest standards of rules in terms of removal of
10:00 illegal content.
10:01 Euronews reached out to the platforms concerned by the decision.
10:06 One of them, Pornhub, replied questioning the methodology of the European Commission.
10:11 They indicated that Pornhub only has 33 million average monthly visitors in the EU, so it
10:16 doesn`t reach the block`s threshold.
10:18 The commission has already declared 19 sites as very large online platforms, including
10:24 Facebook, Google, YouTube and Twitter.
10:26 All of them have to adopt enhanced standards to protect users.
10:31 Ekaterina Dunsova formalized on Wednesday her candidacy for March 2024`s Russian presidential
10:51 elections.
10:52 The candidate was chosen by a group of 521 people.
10:56 Russian law requires at least 500 supporters if she is not backed by a party.
11:02 Dunsova now needs to wait for validation by the Central Electoral Committee before moving
11:08 on to the signature collection of 300,000 from across the country.
11:12 If she manages to stand as independent in the Russian presidential race, the former
11:18 journalist hopes to be a strong contender against Vladimir Putin.
11:22 Despite accusations of being a puppet ruler to legitimize this election, the Russian head
11:28 of state has already complied with the required procedures and can begin collecting signatures
11:34 on the way to his fifth term in office, which no one believes he`ll lose.
11:38 lose.
11:38 (audience applauding)
11:42 (whooshing)
