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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to name a new prime minister after days of

00:05political deadlock triggered by the ousting of Michel Barnier by the parliament.

00:15At least 25 Palestinians have been killed and dozens of others wounded in an Israeli

00:20airstrike on central Gaza.

00:23Officials at two hospitals said they'd received the bodies of those killed in the strike which

00:27hit a residential building in the Nusayrat refugee camp.

00:32Palestinian medics also reported that over 40 people, most of them children, were receiving

00:36treatment at both hospitals.

00:39Al-Aqsa Hospital said that the Israeli attack also damaged several nearby houses.

00:45That strike came just hours after U.S. President Joe Biden's national security adviser raised

00:50hopes about a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas that would end the war in the Strip.

00:55Israel is trying to eliminate Hamas, which led the attack on southern Israel in October

01:002023 that sparked the war in Gaza.

01:04At least 1,200 people were killed and around 250 others taken hostage in that incursion.

01:11Gaza's health ministry says over 44,800 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, more than half of

01:17them women and children.

01:19But the ministry doesn't differentiate between civilians and combatants in its count.

01:28A new prime minister is expected to be named in France this Friday as President Emmanuel

01:33Macron returns to Paris after a visit to Poland.

01:37The visit to Warsaw on Thursday came amid a wait back home by both Macron's political

01:43allies and rivals to appoint a new government chief.

01:47Prime Minister Michel Barnier resigned last week following a historic no-confidence vote

01:52prompted by budget disputes.

01:55Barnier's ousting by parliament after only three months in office pushed France into

01:59a fresh crisis.

02:01According to local reports, a final meeting by President Macron this Friday with party

02:06leaders at the Elysee Palace is expected to result in the announcement of a new prime

02:11minister and bring an end to days of political deadlock.

02:18Just days after the fall of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime, European Home Affairs

02:25ministers are discussing what fate awaits the thousands of Syrian refugees in Europe.

02:32European Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner, says that while

02:36voluntary returns are encouraged, it is too soon to discuss deportations.

02:41Austria's interior minister, on the other hand, wants to start preparing for such a

02:46scenario as soon as possible.

02:59On the other hand, Körner's German counterpart, Nancy Faeser, echoed Brunner in wanting to

03:04await how the situation in Syria unfolds.

03:08She also emphasized the important contribution Syrian refugees have made to her country.

03:15I would also like to emphasize the people who work in Germany, in Syria, who make an

03:21important contribution to us, for example in health institutions, as nurses or as doctors.

03:28We have a lot of doctors from Syria in Germany who are happy to stay in Germany and are welcome

03:35to us as long as they follow the laws and work for us.

03:39Germany has welcomed more Syrian refugees than any other EU country in recent years.

03:45But some conservative hardliners are now calling for their return.

03:53A delegation from the European Parliament has visited Georgia and marched with pro-EU

03:58protesters.

03:59That comes as demonstrations against the government's decision to suspend accession talks are now

04:04in a second week.

04:06Police have reportedly resorted to more heavy-handed tactics in a bid to clamp down on the unrest,

04:12with more than 400 protesters detained and at least 100 treated for injuries.

04:17The ruling Georgian Dream retained control of parliament in the disputed 26th October

04:22elections.

04:24The opposition accused the governing party of rigging the vote with the help of neighboring

04:28Russia to keep what they call the Moscow-friendly Georgian Dream in power.

04:33But the protests against the election took on a new dimension after the Georgian Dream's

04:37decision on the 28th November to put EU accession talks on hold until 2028.

04:43That decision was in response to a European Parliament resolution that criticized the

04:47elections as neither free nor fair.

04:50International observers say they saw instances of violence, bribery and double voting at

04:55the polls, prompting some EU lawmakers to demand a rerun.

05:03Hundreds of protesters have staged a rally outside Serbia's state television headquarters

05:11in Belgrade, as the wave of demonstrations against the government of Aleksandar Vucic

05:15continues to grow.

05:17The protesters say they're angry that RTS television is carrying Vucic's allegations

05:22that the students were paid by the West to overthrow his government.

05:27They brought improvised money bags to the headquarters of RTS, which has been accused

05:31of spreading the nationalist pro-government narrative for years.

05:35Classes at more than 40 university faculties throughout Serbia have been suspended for

05:40days.

05:42The protests initially erupted last month after a concrete canopy collapsed at a railway

05:47station in the northern city of Novi Sad, killing 15 people.

05:51Many in Serbia blame the canopy collapse on rampant corruption in the country that led

05:55to sloppy renovation work at the station building.

05:59The disaster has become a flashpoint for broader dissatisfaction with the president's

06:04increasingly autocratic rule, reflecting public demands for democratic changes.

06:09Almost daily protests have been held since the 1st of November in Novi Sad, Belgrade

06:14and other cities across Serbia which have sometimes turned violent.

06:22NATO's Secretary General Mark Rutte wants NATO countries to increase defence spending

06:27well beyond the 2% of GDP to which they are now committed.

06:32To this end, he has asked citizens to help put pressure on their governments and even

06:37make sacrifices.

06:39Your politicians need to listen to your voices.

06:43Tell them you accept to make sacrifices today so that we can stay safe tomorrow.

06:49Tell them they need to spend more on defence so that we can continue to live in peace.

06:54For example, Rutte believes that cuts will have to be made in pensions, healthcare and

06:59security systems in order to increase defence spending.

07:06If we don't spend more together now to prevent war, we will pay a much, much, much higher

07:13price later to fight it. Not billions, but trillions of euros.

07:19Rutte has argued that NATO faces a threat equal to or greater than the Cold War.

07:33Romania and Bulgaria finally received the green light on Thursday to become full members

07:39of the passport-free Schengen area.

07:41This breakthrough was made possible after Austria agreed to lift its long-held veto

07:46on the accession of the two Eastern European countries, which was initially due to concerns

07:51about migration.

07:52In practice, the deal means the abolition of checks at internal land borders, although

07:57some checks will still remain.

07:59Although practically they will be fully members by the start of 2025, there will be some internal

08:09border controls placed by Hungary at the Romanian border and then also in the border

08:16between Bulgaria and Romania for at least six months.

08:21The Schengen area is experiencing a delicate period, with at least eight countries reintroducing

08:28temporary internal border checks one after the other, among them Germany and more recently

08:34the Netherlands, both citing a risk of irregular migration or cross-border crime.

08:39All countries have notified the EU Commission, but an analyst suggests the issue is more

08:45political than security related.

08:48So it seems that more and more countries are actually using border controls. I don't know

08:55whether or how real the risk is and how effectively these border controls can actually respond

09:04to the reasons that are stated in the notifications. But I guess they also serve as this tool to

09:17kind of say to the domestic public that we are doing something. Internal border controls

09:23may not be that invasive, actually. They may be only like random checks at the border.

09:30The Schengen Agreement was founded on the principles of strengthening external borders,

09:35allowing member states to trust one another. However, this trust has been challenged by

09:40some member states regarding migration issues. There is hope among some that implementing

09:46the Asylum and Migration Pact could rejuvenate the Schengen visa-free area.

09:54A new business is booming in northern Nigeria, the mining for lithium. Filled by its growing

10:00demand for making batteries for electric vehicles and phones, the new frontier is however

10:06coming with a steep cost. The methods are as primitive as they are dangerous. Miners

10:12wield axes to hack through rocks, descending several feet into dark pits.

10:24The shadowy world of Nigeria's illegal artisanal mining thrives on informal networks of buyers

10:37and sellers operating with minimal government oversight.

10:58A business for the poorest and most vulnerable. Local merchants say a team of six children

11:04can sort and bag up to 10-25 kilograms a day.

11:08Lithium mining began here about a decade ago. The work here feeds the stock of China's

11:38businesses who dominate Nigeria's laxly regulated extractive industry.

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