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00:00Benjamin Netanyahu says a deal with Hamas to return the hostages held in Gaza has been

00:06reached, paving the way to end 15 months of war.

00:11The EU's migration chief says migrant deportations are a key priority for the bloc during a visit

00:17to Greece.

00:25Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said a deal to return the hostages held

00:30by Hamas in Gaza has been reached.

00:33It comes after his office said there were last-minute snags in finalizing the ceasefire

00:37announced on Wednesday.

00:40Netanyahu's statement appeared to clear the way for Israeli approval of the deal, which

00:44would pause 15 months of war in Gaza.

00:47It would also see dozens of hostages held by Hamas in the Strip released in exchange

00:52for Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.

00:55The deal would also allow hundreds of thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to the

01:00remains of their homes in Gaza.

01:03Israel had delayed a vote on the ceasefire on Thursday, blaming a last-minute dispute

01:07with Hamas for holding up approval.

01:10Netanyahu's office accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement in an attempt to

01:14gain further concessions.

01:16Hamas denied the claims, with a senior official saying the militant group is committed to

01:21the ceasefire agreement which was announced by the mediators.

01:25The deal can't be implemented until it's approved by both the security cabinet and the government.

01:31Netanyahu is expected to convene the security cabinet later on Friday.

01:36A full cabinet meeting will take place on Saturday night.

01:39Hamas triggered the war with its attack on Israel in October 2023 that killed 1,200 people

01:46and saw 250 others taken hostage.

01:50Israel responded with a devastating offensive that's killed over 46,000 Palestinians.

01:56The military campaign has leveled vast swathes of Gaza and forced around 90% of the population

02:02from their homes.

02:13Humanitarian aid, funding and reconstruction.

02:16The European Union is ready to play its traditional role in the Gaza Strip.

02:22The 27 member states did not take part in the negotiations that led to a ceasefire agreement

02:28between Israel and Hamas on Wednesday.

02:30But despite this political distance, the European Commission wants to take immediate action

02:36on the ground.

02:37The European Union is ready to support the implementation of the ceasefire, including

02:42through our considerable humanitarian assistance.

02:47We're also updating our plans to possibly redeploy EU BAM Rafa.

02:53This would enable EU BAM to better advise and assist the Palestinian border authorities.

03:01We're also continuing our considerable financial and political assistance with the Palestinian

03:05Authority to support its reform efforts.

03:09On Thursday, the Commission unveiled a 120 million humanitarian aid package for the Palestinian

03:15enclave in 2025.

03:17The EU has the financial and political means to support the success of a ceasefire.

03:22And for some analysts, this involves the return of the Palestinian Authority to Gaza and the

03:28departure of Hamas.

03:30That will require pressure on President Mahmoud Abbas, who is the president of the Palestinian

03:35Authority.

03:36The Palestinian Authority, which the EU funds quite considerably.

03:40So again, the EU has leverage in that regard.

03:43President Abbas has been, I think, somewhat reluctant to fully return his Palestinian

03:49Authority to Gaza.

03:51So that needs to be addressed.

03:53And then finally, this will also have to be accepted by the Israeli government.

03:57And the Israeli government has so far refused to allow for the Palestinian Authority to

04:01come back.

04:02So here again, it's a question of pressure.

04:05For the analysts, it is up to the European Union to decide whether it wants to get more

04:09involved.

04:10And it will have to find a consensus among the 27.

04:14However, the conflict between Israel and Hamas has deeply divided the member states.

04:25Senior UN officials have met Volodymyr Zelensky and Kyiv to discuss ways to strengthen humanitarian

04:31support for Ukraine.

04:33The first comes as the UN launched the humanitarian appeal for 3.32 billion dollars to support

04:38more than 8 million people affected by the war.

04:42The UN said the funding was to support critical assistance for around 6 million people living

04:47inside Ukraine.

04:48Some of the money will also go to the governments of 11 countries hosting Ukrainian refugees.

04:54This is the first visit we've done as a joint visit.

04:58And it's a sign of our solidarity as the whole UN family.

05:02And you know, I really want to start there that we've been with you throughout this war.

05:08And we're here to demonstrate that solidarity.

05:12Earlier in the day, Zelensky met Britain's Prime Minister Kyiv Starmer, who made an unannounced

05:17visit to Kyiv.

05:18The two leaders signed a 100-year partnership treaty, with Starmer pledging to guarantee

05:23Ukraine's security for a century.

05:26Zelensky said he and Starmer had also discussed an idea floated by French President Emmanuel

05:31Macron for Western troops to monitor a future ceasefire.

05:35Zelensky has been engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity ahead of Donald Trump's inauguration

05:40next Monday.

05:42Trump in the White House is expected to signal a departure from the outgoing U.S. administration's

05:47pledge to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes to defeat Russia.

05:51On the campaign trail, Trump has been critical of the amount of money Washington has sent

05:56to Ukraine, both in military and humanitarian aid.

06:00He also indicated he wants Europe to shoulder more of the burden for helping Ukraine.

06:08Recently appointed French Prime Minister François Beyrou and his new government live to see

06:12another day.

06:14François Beyrou passed his first big test on Thursday after his minority government

06:19survived a no confidence vote in parliament after the far right as well as the center

06:24left socialist party refused to support the motion that was backed by the rest of the

06:31left wing coalition.

06:33To appeal to the socialists, Beyrou, for example, promised to open talks to renegotiate French

06:39President Emmanuel Macron's highly unpopular pension reform.

06:44But the next few weeks will be complicated for the new prime minister as he now faces

06:49the challenge of passing the country's long overdue budget plan for this year.

06:54As a reminder, his predecessor, Michel Barnier, was toppled back in December after he tried

07:01to pass the country's 2025 social security budget plan without a vote in parliament,

07:07which led to the far right and left wing MPs to file a successful no confidence motion.

07:16Bulgaria's parliament has formally approved a coalition government led by the pro-European

07:22GERB party.

07:24Nearly three months after elections resulted in a deeply divided parliament, lawmakers

07:29voted 125 to 114 to elect Rozen Zelyazkov as prime minister.

07:35His center right party has pledged to restore financial stability and keep Bulgaria on a

07:41pro-EU and pro-NATO track.

07:43Among the main priorities of the government will be the quality of life of the people

07:52with a focus on health care, education and the development of the labor market.

07:58The GERB party finished first in October's early elections, the seventh in three years,

08:04but won only 69 seats in the 240-seat National Assembly.

08:10Zelyazkov and his party had made the necessary compromises addressing the ideological differences

08:16with its two junior partners, the pro-Russia Socialist Party, BSP, and the populist group

08:23There Is Such People.

08:25Greenland wants a stronger EU commitment to the territory's critical raw materials, according

08:39to one of its local MPs.

08:41These materials are needed for the construction of clean energy technologies such as solar

08:47panels and batteries.

08:49The EU is lagging behind compared to the Americans, the Chinese or even the British.

08:5525 out of 34 minerals found in Greenland have been identified as critical raw materials

09:02in a European Commission study.

09:04We would like to see EU much more engaged when it comes to rare earth.

09:09We know that 78% of everything that EU needs when it comes to rare earth can be found in

09:14Greenland.

09:15Right now we have more or less a Chinese monopoly when it comes to rare earth and therefore

09:20I think it makes a lot of sense and I think it's an overlap and interest between Greenland

09:25and EU to get investments to focus on rare earth, but also on tourism.

09:34The MEP says she is concerned about Russia and Trump's provocative statements, which

09:39do not exclude forced to seize Greenland, a constituent country of the Kingdom of Denmark.

09:45The majority of the 56,000 inhabitants have a long-term goal of independence and exclude

09:51being in the US fold, she says.

09:54At this time, Greenland believes that there is a need to diversify and strengthen Greenland's

09:59cooperation with other global players.

10:03I think there's no shortcut to independence, even though it's the biggest wish and the

10:10biggest dream for a lot of us in Greenland.

10:12I think we need to see it as a long-term goal and then to diversify who we're collaborating

10:18with.

10:19So it should be Denmark, should be EU and it should also be US.

10:23So we're part of the North American continent and it makes sense to cooperate, for example,

10:29on defence, but we don't want military bases in Greenland.

10:35Since 2009, Greenland has had the right to declare its independence through a referendum.

10:41The MP, who chairs the Greenland committee in the Danish parliament, has suggested that

10:46a possible referendum could take place during the new mandate.

10:50Parliamentary elections will be held next spring.

11:00A SpaceX Starship rocket was destroyed in a failed launch just eight minutes into the

11:05flight.

11:06Elon Musk's company said it lost contact with the spacecraft after its engines appeared

11:11to shut down one by one.

11:13A minute before the loss, SpaceX used the launch tower's giant mechanical arms to catch

11:18the returning booster, a feat achieved only once before.

11:22But the thrill of the catch quickly turned into disappointment for not only the company

11:26but the crowds who had gathered to watch the launch.

11:29A group of people visiting the Turks and Caicos Islands captured footage of the rocket ship's

11:34debris flying overhead as the wreckage left behind a colourful stream of smoke.

11:40It was supposed to make a near loop around the world on a test flight after launching

11:44from Texas.

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