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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his government's decision to expand a military offensive in Gaza despite international condemnation.
00:10Israeli forces kill Al Jazeera correspondent Anas al-Sharif and seven other people in a targeted airstrike.
00:21Ukraine and Europe have presented Washington with a counter-proposal for a ceasefire ahead of talks between the U.S. and Russia.
00:30Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu defended his government's decision to expand a military offensive in Gaza despite international condemnation of the plans.
00:42Israel said on Friday it plans to take over Gaza's city in another escalation of the war.
00:48Netanyahu asserted that the goal was to demilitarize Gaza and to insert a non-Israeli transitional authority there after the war ends.
00:56Our goal is not to occupy Gaza. Our goal is to free Gaza, free it from Hamas terrorists.
01:03The war can end tomorrow if Hamas lays down its arms and releases all the remaining hostages.
01:12Netanyahu's government is facing increasing pressure from its allies, U.N. aid groups and protesters in Israel to end the war.
01:18They say another major ground operation would almost certainly exacerbate the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza while also putting the lives of the remaining hostages at risk.
01:29Netanyahu said Israel would put in place a three-step plan to ensure more aid enters Gaza, including increased distribution points, safe corridors and aid drops.
01:37Five journalists working for Al Jazeera in Gaza have been killed in an Israeli strike, the broadcaster said on Monday.
01:48Al Jazeera said its prominent correspondent, Anas al-Sharif, and four other colleagues were among the seven people killed in total in an Israeli strike late Sunday near Gaza City al-Shifa hospital.
02:01Al Jazeera, in a statement, described the killings as yet another blatant and premeditated attack on press freedom.
02:09Israel's military confirmed the killings, claiming the prominent Al-Sharif had posed as a journalist and alleged he was with Hamas, something Al-Sharif himself and his network Al-Jazeera had denied.
02:22Al-Sharif and other journalists killed on Sunday are the latest to die in what observers have called the deadliest conflict for journalists in modern times.
02:32Some 186 journalists have been killed so far in the war.
02:41The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Sunday to discuss Israel's widely condemned plans to take control of Gaza City.
02:50The Assistant Secretary General for Europe, Central Asia and the Americas warned the plan would further endanger the lives of the Palestinian population and the Israeli hostages.
03:00If these plans are implemented, they will likely trigger another calamity in Gaza, reverberating across the region and causing further force displacements, killings and destruction, compounding the unbearable suffering of the population.
03:21Israel's representative reiterated Prime Minister Netanyahu's earlier statement to establish security control in Gaza with an independent governing authority.
03:29The Palestinian representative said such a plan would prevent independent Palestinian statehood and that Israel should support Palestinian authority governance in Gaza.
03:39The United States defended Israel, saying it has the right to decide what's best for its security.
03:44They called allegations of genocide in Gaza false.
03:48Called by Denmark, France, Greece, the United Kingdom and Slovenia, all members of the Council supported the talks except the United States, according to media reports.
03:59Australia will recognise the Palestinian state, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Monday, joining the leaders of France, Britain and Canada who have made similar moves.
04:11Speaking to reporters after a cabinet meeting on Monday, Albanese said that Australia's decision will be formalised at the UN General Assembly in September.
04:19Today I can confirm that at the 80th session of the United Nations General Assembly in September, Australia will recognise the state of Palestine.
04:31Australia will recognise the right of the Palestinian people to a state of their own, predicated on the commitments Australia has received from the Palestinian Authority.
04:43We will work with the international community to make this right a reality.
04:48Albanese's announcement comes after weeks of pressure from his cabinet and many Australians, as well as mounting criticism over the suffering in Gaza, something he called a humanitarian catastrophe.
05:02Ahead of Albanese's announcement, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday criticised Australia and EU countries that have moved to recognise a Palestinian state.
05:13Ukraine and Europe have presented Washington with a counter-proposal for a ceasefire ahead of talks between the US and Russia, according to two European officials cited by the Wall Street Journal.
05:30Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky rejected the idea of ceding territory, following US suggestions that a deal with Russia could involve swapping territories.
05:39Several European leaders have come to Zelensky's side, demanding that Ukraine and Europe be included ahead of planned talks between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
05:52Meanwhile, Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities continue.
05:56On Saturday, several people were injured following Russian airstrikes on Kharkiv, and two people were killed in Kherson.
06:05The Kremlin's bigger army is also slowly advancing deeper into Ukraine as it grinds on with its war.
06:10Armenia and Azerbaijan's neighbouring countries react to the new US Brockwood's peace deal signed on Friday.
06:23The deal includes a corridor planned in the Caucasus, which Iran has said it will block, citing concerns over potential negative consequences of any foreign intervention near its borders.
06:36Meanwhile, Armenians are caught between hope and distrust.
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07:01Baku residents are a little more hopeful.
07:04Russia, Georgia's opposition and Georgian Prime Minister Irakli Kobachitsi have all welcomed the deal,
07:28describing it as the beginning of a new era of stability and economic development.
07:35The EU and the UN have hailed the deal as key to lasting peace.
07:43One person has died and at least 29 injured after a 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck by Likasya in Turkey on Sunday evening.
07:52More than a dozen buildings collapsed as a result of the quake, which sent shockwaves felt as far away as the capital of Istanbul.
08:03The country's interior minister said an 81-year-old citizen lost their life after being pulled from the rubble of a collapsed building.
08:11At least 29 others were injured, but not in serious condition.
08:15Authorities said search and rescue efforts had now concluded, with no signs of serious damage or casualties.
08:23Photos and video footage, however, show buildings destroyed.
08:28Turkey, which sits on top of several major fault lines, is prone to earthquakes.
08:33In 2023, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake killed more than 50,000 people, most trapped under the rubble of buildings that fell over.
08:45Extreme heat waves soar across Europe, including Spain, France and Portugal.
08:50In Spain's northwest region of Leon, six wildfires are burning, with two reportedly close to inhabited areas forcing people to evacuate.
09:02Meanwhile, Spain's Gran Canaria is hit with its hottest day on Sunday, with temperatures up to 43 degrees.
09:09On top of that, the island is anticipating being hit by a hot, dry wind from the Sahara Desert.
09:17According to France's main weather forecaster, 42 departments are on orange heat alerts.
09:24Temperatures are predicted to peak on Monday and Tuesday, reaching up to 42 degrees, placing 46 areas on heat alerts.
09:33Portugal's civil protection has put the state on maximum alert due to the heat and the increased risk of fire.
09:46Firefighters continued battling flames on Italy's Mount Vesuvius on Sunday, as a wildfire that started Friday continued to burn.
09:53Satellite images of the Gulf of Naples showed the fire was visible from space, with a long white plume rising from one side of the volcano.
10:06Since the early hours of Sunday, six planes and four helicopters have been involved, in addition to 15 teams of civil protection volunteers.
10:14Vesuvius National Park authorities said the volcano's trail network had been closed for safety reasons and to facilitate firefighting and clean-up operations in the areas affected.
10:3152 exceptionally rare lizards from the Aeolian Islands were hatched at the reptile house of Rome's Biopark Zoo as part of a conservation project aimed at preventing their extinction.
10:44Lizards from the Aeolian Islands are considered an endangered species classified among those at highest risk of extinction in the Mediterranean Basin.
10:55The tiny reptiles born at Rome's zoo are only a few centimetres long and have to be cared for in a special nursery, within a restricted access area of the reptile house.
11:07The zoo said they are not yet visible to the public, as they need an environment that preserves their tranquility in order to grow.
11:14It's said their hatching was an extraordinary event, which took place in the framework of the European-funded project LIFE EO Lizard, which aims at reducing the risk of extinction of endangered species.
11:30The programme combines conservation in a controlled environment and in nature.
11:34The lizards will be introduced to the Sicilian archipelago next spring.
11:38Aange continued to Álexis Clones
11:41The lizards will be introduced to the Sicilian archipelago next spring.
11:45The lizards will be introduced to the Sicilian archipelago next spring.
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