00:0011 EU countries have pledged to release 20.5 million barrels of diesel from strategic reserves by the end of
00:07January 2027.
00:10Final results from Israel's pivotal legislative election showed there was no clear winner with both of the main blocs well
00:17short of a majority in parliament.
00:20Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume, has announced that a major hack affected assets worth an
00:27estimated 5.5 billion euros.
00:32Iran's Revolutionary Guard said three oil tankers had caught fire and been stopped in the Strait of Hormuz.
00:38According to local media, the IRGC claimed the tankers had tried to leave the strait through routes that had not
00:44been authorized by Iran to use.
00:46The vessels reportedly kept sailing despite several radio warnings before proceeding to sail through what Iran describes as unsafe areas.
00:55According to an IRGC statement, one of the tankers had hit a mine.
01:01No further details were released, such as under which flags the vessels were sailing, the precise cause of the incident
01:07or the condition of the crew.
01:10It comes as Qatari mediators returned to Tehran on Friday to continue efforts to try and reach an agreement between
01:17Iran and the United States.
01:19The talks are aimed at preventing further escalation in the Iran war.
01:24Washington recently warned several regional allies about the possibility of renewed U.S. attacks on Iran following the U.S.
01:31midterm elections.
01:36The final results from Israel's pivotal legislative election this week showed there was no clear winner,
01:42with both of the two main blocs well short of a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
01:48Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's bloc finished on 53 seats,
01:52while the opposition camp, led by the centrist Yashar party of rival Gadi Eisenkot, ended on 48.
01:59Arab parties emerged as potential kingmakers with historic gains,
02:03with a combined 19 seats for party groupings Ram and the Joint List.
02:08During the election campaign, Gadi Eisenkot said he would not govern with Arab parties,
02:13but some have voiced willingness to support the opposition as a minority coalition in order to bring down Netanyahu.
02:20Netanyahu has accused Arab parties of stealing the election,
02:24pushing claims that foreign funding had been used to influence voters.
02:28Ram party leader Mansour Abbas reportedly denied any wrongdoing and said he would welcome an investigation.
02:36The fragmented outcome sets the stage for difficult negotiations to form a government that could last weeks,
02:42with the prospect looming of another election if talks fail.
02:51Leader of the Palestinian National Initiative Party, Mustafa Barghouti,
02:56has said that removing Netanyahu is the most pressing issue following Israel's election this week.
03:01Final election results showed that Netanyahu's coalition fell short of a majority in the 120-seat Knesset.
03:08Speaking to Euronews, Barghouti, whose party is active in the occupied West Bank,
03:13insisted that a government led by the opposition's Gadi Eisenkot would be relatively better for Palestinians.
03:20Netanyahu has been responsible not only for slaughtering Palestinians in Gaza
03:25and for enhancing ethnic cleansing in the West Bank,
03:28but he has been responsible for creating wars with Lebanon, with Syria, threatening Jordan,
03:34and trying to impose Israel as an imperial force controlling the Middle East.
03:39Removing Netanyahu is the most important thing today.
03:43Barghouti argued that the opposition leader should rely on Arab members of the new Knesset to form a government.
03:49The Arab parties, Joint List and United Arab List, RAM,
03:53made significant gains, winning a record 19 seats between them,
03:58effectively turning them into kingmakers.
04:0511 EU countries have pledged to release 20.5 million barrels of diesel from strategic reserves
04:12by the end of January 2027,
04:15as persistent instability in the Middle East raises concerns over fuel supplies ahead of winter,
04:21according to a document seen by Euronews.
04:23While Brussels maintain that physical shortages are not foreseen,
04:28Energy Commissioner Dan Jorgensen argued that skyrocketing prices will end up depriving the most vulnerable.
04:35The EU is exposed to diesel disruptions in refined fuel markets,
04:39which affect road transport, freight, agriculture and industry.
04:44Releasing strategic stocks under pressure from the United States administration
04:48could help increase immediate supply and ease market pressures.
04:52However, analysts see it as a temporary measure
04:56and not a solution to underlying vulnerabilities in the bloc's energy system.
05:01The 11 governments urged the Commission to coordinate monitoring,
05:05to collect monthly data on the volumes released,
05:08the types of products and the timing of deliveries.
05:16Former Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk ruled out that the ceasefire in the Russian-occupied Ukrainian town of Oleszky
05:24might pave the way to a wider agreement with Russia.
05:27The localized ceasefire was brokered by Melania Trump last week and went into effect early on Tuesday.
05:34Yatsenyuk dismissed Russia's willingness to resume negotiations as an attempt to seem like progress is being made without making actual
05:42concessions.
05:43Putin is ready to end the war on his terms.
05:49He is ready to get the peace deal, which is similar to capitulation.
05:57Everything he is doing right now is a real way how to buy the time,
06:08how to make Americans more aligned with the U.S. position,
06:16how to pretend that they want to cut the peace deal,
06:22how to bypass sanctions, circumvent sanctions,
06:26how to drive the verge between Americans and Europeans,
06:31and actually how to outweigh us.
06:33Yatsenyuk's remarks come as Ukraine and Russia prepare to deliver humanitarian aid to Oleszky
06:39and evacuate its civilians.
06:41Yatsenyuk accused Moscow of treating the remaining residents as hostages
06:46and using the operation as propaganda to portray Russian forces as rescuers.
06:55North Korea fired around a dozen short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea.
07:01South Korea's military said a day after Seoul renewed its call for talks
07:06to prevent accidental clashes along their heavily fortified border.
07:11South Korea said it had stepped up surveillance for further launches
07:15and was sharing information with the United States and Japan.
07:19Seoul proposed military talks on October 23rd
07:22to jointly verify the location of the military demarcation line,
07:27which separates the two Koreas,
07:29restore military communication lines,
07:31and agree measures to prevent accidental clashes.
07:35North Korea has not responded to the talks proposal.
07:38The offer follows landmine explosions in the demilitarized zone in September
07:43that injured three South Korean soldiers.
07:47Seoul accused North Korean troops of planting the mines south of the demarcation line.
07:53North Korea denied responsibility
07:55and accused the South of fabricating the incident.
08:05The former Prime Minister of France, Edouard Philippe,
08:09has been given assisted witness status in an investigation
08:12into the alleged misuse of public funds at the La Havre Metropolitan Authority.
08:18This means, while he is involved in the judicial investigation,
08:21he has not been formally charged or placed under formal investigation.
08:26Philippe is the current mayor of La Havre,
08:29a port city on the northern coast of France,
08:32and a candidate for next year's presidential election for his Horizons party.
08:37He appeared before two financial investigating judges on Thursday.
08:42The investigation is looking into whether Philippe and others
08:45made a deal involving political, financial and networking support
08:48in return for the management of an innovation hub in the region.
08:52His lawyer told AFP this confirms there is nothing to reproach him for in this case.
08:58The status can change as a case progresses and as new evidence emerges.
09:06Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange by daily trading volume,
09:11has announced that a major hack affected assets worth an estimated 5.5 billion euros,
09:16around half of which was frozen to prevent a massive theft.
09:21The company posted contradictory announcements on social media,
09:24saying that user funds are safe, while also promising to cover all losses.
09:30Deposits and withdrawals were temporarily suspended,
09:33while Binance carries out security checks and works with law enforcement.
09:37An initial investigation suggests a compromised laptop belonging to a development engineer
09:42may have allowed an attacker to access an internal system
09:45and make unauthorized withdrawals.
09:48Binance says there is no evidence that private keys were leaked.
09:52The estimated impact would be more than four times the value involved
09:56in the previous record crypto hack 1.3 billion euros taken from Bybit in February last year.
10:02Other crypto companies have also frozen funds linked to the incident.
10:06Tether says it has frozen about 1.4 billion,
10:10while Circle says it has frozen more than 696 million euros.
10:15Bitcoin and Ethereum fell sharply after news of the attack before recovering slightly.
10:21Binance's own BNB token fell by nearly 10% after the news broke.
10:31Some of the world's biggest consumer goods companies risk breaching the European Union's deforestation law
10:37through palm oil sourced from Indonesian plantations accused of illegal activities.
10:42A probe by Indonesian environmental organizations found that palm oil linked to major global brands
10:48may come from a plantation where forests was cleared after the EU's 2020 cut-off date.
10:54The investigation identified signs of deforestation in 2024 at P.T. Karya Makmur Abadi in central Kalimantan.
11:02It named PepsiCo, Unilever, Ferrero, Mondales and Procter & Gamble as recent buyers of palm oil from this site.
11:10The findings did not establish that every company named had breached EU rules.
11:15However, they raised concerns that palm oil from land clear after December 31st, 2020, could enter the European market.
11:23The EU's anti-deforestation rules are set to take effect on December 30, 2026.
11:29They require companies to prove that products, including palm oil, are not linked to deforestation.
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