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00:00With legislative elections taking place this Sunday, Kosobans are set to head to the polls

00:05amidst an ailing economy and reignited ethnic tension.

00:12Mourners in the Swedish city of Orebro paid tribute to the victims of the deadly shooting

00:16that left 11 dead.

00:19A 28-year-old man who fled the war in Syria was amongst the victims.

00:23Before succumbing to his wounds, he managed to make a call to his fiancée to tell her

00:27he'd been shot and that he loved her.

00:57The authorities said the gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, may have attended

01:11school there before Tuesday's violence on the school campus west of Stockholm.

01:23Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of

01:28Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity grid

01:33connections to neighbouring Russia and Belarus and lean in more with their EU allies.

01:40The severing of electricity ties to oil and gas-rich Russia is steeped in geopolitical

01:45and symbolic significance.

01:49This is the last remaining element of our reliance or dependence on the Russian energy

01:56system or Belarusian energy system.

01:58We stopped to buy any kind of energy resources from Russia and it was our response to the

02:07war in Ukraine which broke out in February 2022.

02:12EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and other dignitaries are expected for a ceremony on Sunday as a

02:18specially made nine-metre-tall clock in downtown Vilnius counts down the final seconds of the

02:24Baltic states' electricity ties to Russia.

02:34Kosmins are set to head to the polls amidst an ailing economy and reignited ethnic tensions

02:39between Albanians and Serbs, with legislative elections taking place this Sunday.

02:45Forecasts predict ethnic Albanian Prime Minister Albin Kursi could win a slim majority.

02:51Whatever the result, the next government will have to tackle increasing poverty to counter

02:56the threat of rising ethnic violence in the north.

02:59There is no ethnic conflict in Kosovo.

03:05There is an economic problem in Kosovo which Kosovo should solve for all communities in

03:12Kosovo.

03:14This means for Albanians, Serbs, Bosniaks, Turks, so it raises the standard of living.

03:22That is the biggest problem.

03:27A recent World Bank report has Kosovo as the European country where the poverty rate is

03:32being reduced the slowest.

03:34Ordinary people struggle against inflation and a failed economy according to this Serbian

03:39activist.

03:44On high level, with politicians, with the government in Pristina, with the government

03:49in Belgrade, it's pretty much stuck and going nowhere.

03:54But on the low level, people are interacting, people are, you know, living their lives simply.

04:05Outgoing Prime Minister Kursi and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic have been criticized

04:10for revamped polarization between Pristina and Serbs.

04:20What he, at least till this stage, failed is to make people living in the north to basically

04:29embrace his policies.

04:32And that is a difficult, and the most difficult step, I think, because as we know, the people

04:38in the north of Kosovo, not that they are only controlled by Belgrade, by their pensions,

04:44their health care and education system is being paid by Serbia.

04:50The result of decades of unresolved conflict following Kosovo's war of independence from

04:54Serbia is structural economic problems pushing educated young people to migrate elsewhere

05:00in Europe.

05:02Kosovo currently depends on the international donations.

05:07And I mean, without those international donations, Kosovo will not be sustainable at all.

05:16It's like one of the poorest economies in Europe.

05:23U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday walked back the Trump plan to permanently

05:29relocate Palestinians from Gaza after American allies rebuffed the suggestion.

05:35Trump on Tuesday, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the

05:40U.S. could take ownership of Gaza.

05:43And the only thing President Trump has done very generously, in my view, is offer the

05:47United States willingness to step in, clear the debris, clean the place up from all the

05:53destruction that's on the ground, clean it up of all these unexploded munitions.

05:57And in the meantime, the people living there will not be able, the people who call that

06:01home will not be able to live there while you have crews coming in and removing debris,

06:05while you have munitions being removed, etc.

06:08That's the offer that he's made.

06:10This is the first good idea that I've heard.

06:13It's a remarkable idea.

06:14And I think it should be really pursued, examined, pursued and done, because I think it will

06:21create a different future for everyone.

06:23Meanwhile, U.N. agencies have also rebuked the proposal, saying any forcible transfer

06:28or deportation of Palestinians from Gaza would violate international law.

06:33On Wednesday, a Palestinian envoy to the U.N. warned that Gaza was an integral part of the

06:38state of Palestine.

06:40Around 2.1 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip, where they've been forced into

06:45displacement several times since Israel's war on Hamas began in October 2023.

06:53Donald Trump's statements on the Gaza Strip have not fallen on deaf ears.

07:03The Israeli defense minister has already given orders to the army to prepare for the so-called

07:08voluntary departure of the Gazans.

07:12American control of the Palestinian enclave, expulsion of the Gazans into neighboring countries

07:17and transformation of the Palestinian enclave into a Middle East Riviera.

07:21This is the plan of the U.S. president.

07:25Even though the White House has since nuanced Trump's statement, concerns remain.

07:32What Trump is proposing is clearly catastrophic for Gaza, but it would also be destabilizing

07:39for regional countries.

07:41It would be destabilizing for the broader region itself.

07:46And it would also have negative impacts on Europe itself.

07:51So let's, for a second, imagine one million Gazans being moved to Egypt, to a country

07:59with limited economic opportunities, a country of which they themselves, Gazans themselves,

08:06have little connection with besides being neighbors.

08:11Do people really think that one million Gazan refugees will stay in Egypt?

08:16No.

08:17Thousands of them, tens of thousands, will seek better economic prospects for the field,

08:23including in Europe.

08:25The U.S. president has repeatedly suggested that 1.8 million people from Gaza could be

08:30displaced to the neighboring countries.

08:33This proposal echoes the forced displacement that followed the creation of the State of

08:38in 1948 and 1967, an option repeatedly rejected by Egypt and Jordan.

08:44This would be hugely controversial among the Arab people, who would see this as aiding

08:53and abetting the effective ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.

09:00And in the case of Egypt, for instance, would be hugely controversial within the military

09:07and the security establishment, who have long seen this question of Gaza and the displacement

09:13of Gazans as something of a red line.

09:16The European Union has merely reiterated its support for the two-state solution and stated

09:21that Gaza is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.

09:29Nutella turns 60, and a new exhibition in Rome not only traces the history of the world-famous

09:34chocolate spread, but also takes visitors on a journey through the origins of the made-in-Italy

09:39brand, exploring the Ferrero family's success since launching the first jar in 1964.

09:45The hazelnut cream created in post-war Italy has now become a cultural icon, sold in over

09:51170 countries.

09:53As curator Chiara Bertini explains, the exhibition, reflected in its title join, aims to celebrate

09:58Nutella as a symbol of positivity and love for life.

10:02It represents a moment of joy.

10:05So all those who come to the exhibition and with whom I had the opportunity to travel together

10:13associate it with joy.

10:16And that's why it's part of the title.

10:18There's a game of words between joy and participation.

10:22Archived material, from old footage to prints, tells the story of how the family business

10:27has developed over the years.

10:30The main room is filled with limited edition jars on display.

10:33But it's Nutella fans who have shaped the history of the most famous chocolate spread in the world.

10:39Generation after generation, Nutella continues to be a significant part of their memories

10:44and their lives.

10:59On World Nutella Day, which takes place on the 25th of November, the family of the famous

11:06Nutella brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary.

11:09It's a day to remember.

11:11It's a day to remember.

11:13It's a day to remember.

11:15It's a day to remember.

11:17It's a day to remember.

11:19It's a day to remember.

11:21It's a day to remember.

11:23It's a day to remember.

11:26On World Nutella Day, which takes place every year on February the 5th, visitors enjoyed

11:32a special tasting.

11:34Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews, in Rome.

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