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00:00Police in Rio de Janeiro conducted a massive raid targeting the notorious Red Command gang

00:05in the city's favelas leading to a shootout which killed at least 64 people.

00:10More than 700,000 people have been evacuated in Cuba as Melisa, one of the Atlantic's strongest

00:17hurricanes makes landfall.

00:21The Israeli army was ordered on Tuesday evening to immediately carry out powerful strikes

00:25in Gaza claiming that Hamas had fired on their forces.

00:31A massive raid on a drug trafficking gang in Rio de Janeiro on Tuesday has led to deadly

00:36shootouts between the group and police officers.

00:40Officials say at least 60 suspected gang members were killed in the exchange of fire and also

00:45confirmed that four police officers lost their lives.

00:48It's not yet clear how many people were injured.

00:52These forces deployed helicopters and armored vehicles to carry out the raid in the sprawling

00:56low-income favelas of Complexo de Alemao and Peña in Rio.

01:01They were targeting the notorious Red Command gang, who were responsible for a significant

01:06portion of the movement of illicit drugs and weapons in Brazil's second most populous city.

01:12Rio State Governor Claudio Castro said the raid was the biggest in the city's history, which

01:17seized close to 100 illegal firearms and over half a ton of narcotics.

01:23At least 81 suspects were also arrested during the raid.

01:27Police say those who were neutralized resisted police action.

01:32The UN's Human Rights Council said it was horrified by the deadly police operation and called for

01:37thorough investigations into the matter.

01:40They also urged authorities to uphold their obligations to not endanger civilians and protect

01:45human lives, as enshrined in international human rights law.

01:53Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Cuba early Wednesday with 193 km per hour winds after battering

02:01Jamaica as one of the Atlantic's strongest recorded hurricanes.

02:06Melissa made landfall near Chivirico in the province of Santiago de Cuba.

02:12The storm was expected to generate a surge of up to 3.6 meters in the region and drop up

02:18to 51 centimeters of rain in parts of eastern Cuba.

02:24Authorities said they evacuated over 700,000 people as the storm approached, threatening to

02:30batter the island nation and potentially worsen its severe economic crisis.

02:37Meanwhile, as Cuba grapples with the storm, officials in Jamaica prepared to fan out on Wednesday

02:43to assess the damage.

02:46The government said it hopes to reopen all of Jamaica's airports as early as Thursday to

02:51ensure the quick distribution of emergency relief supplies.

02:57At least seven people, including three in Jamaica, have been killed by Hurricane Melissa as it batters the Caribbean.

03:08Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered the army on Tuesday evening to immediately

03:12carry out powerful strikes in Gaza.

03:15The order tests the already fragile U.S.-brokered ceasefire, which began on October the 10th.

03:21Eyewitnesses in Gaza City said Israeli military planes had begun launching airstrikes with tank

03:26fire also reported.

03:29Israel claimed Hamas had earlier fired on Israeli forces in southern Gaza and also returned a

03:34set of remains that belonged to a hostage recovered earlier in the war.

03:38Israel called the return of those remains a clear violation of the ceasefire deal.

03:44Hamas subsequently said it would delay handing over another body it had recovered.

03:54Voters in the Netherlands are gearing up for a snap parliamentary election expected to be

03:59a knife-edge race on Wednesday.

04:02One day before the parliamentary election here in the Netherlands, a lot remains uncertain.

04:07Speaking to people here in the political capital of The Hague, it appears that many just

04:11don't know yet who they will vote for.

04:13I just want to make a good decision.

04:15I am a bit too cautious and I want to really know what the goals are and who I want to give

04:26power.

04:27And that sentiment is also reflected in the latest polls.

04:46One poll from Saturday states that 45% of voters remains uncertain.

04:52The Party for Freedom, led by far-right-haired builders, remains ahead.

04:56But the next three biggest parties, ranging from center-right to left-leaning, are not

05:01far behind in the polls.

05:03That means that the outcome could still take any direction.

05:06Emma De Reuter, from The Hague, for Euronews.

05:11Ukraine's long-range strikes on refineries inside Russia have reduced Moscow's oil

05:17refining capacity by 20%, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.

05:22In comments published on Tuesday, Zelenskyy added that over 90% of those deep strikes were

05:28carried out by long-range weapons made in Ukraine.

05:31He said Ukraine needs additional foreign financial help to produce more of them.

05:36This comes as US President Donald Trump raised the stakes by announcing sanctions against

05:41Russian oil giants Rosneft and Lukoil last week.

05:46Those sanctions are due to come into force on November 21st and carry the threat of secondary

05:51sanctions on foreign banks that handle their transactions.

05:55In response, Lukoil says it is selling its international assets.

05:59The company has stakes in oil and gas projects in 11 countries and has refineries in Bulgaria

06:06and Romania, as well as a 45% stake in a refinery in the Netherlands.

06:11Zelenskyy said he is hopeful that Trump's planned meeting with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping

06:17in South Korea this week will lead to further reductions in Russian crude purchasing.

06:22Lithuania's foreign minister, Kestutis Budris, has called on the European Union to deepen its

06:32sanctions against Belarus in response to recent balloon incursions that his government has

06:38described as hybrid attacks.

06:41He spoke to Euronews hours after the Baltic country closed its border and instructed its military

06:47to shoot down cigarette-smuggling balloons entering from neighboring Belarus.

06:52If we cannot deter by denial, we cannot just deny our airspace and the entering,

06:58then we have to deter by punishment.

07:01And these leverages of punishment, these tools are sanctions, first of all.

07:06And the very exact and strong message, it is not allowed.

07:09And you will suffer damage for what you are doing, because you are causing damage on our side.

07:15Belarus already faces EU sanctions in response to its autocratic drift and complicity in Russia's war in Ukraine.

07:24But the foreign minister called for further restrictions on the country's aviation and banking sectors.

07:29The balloon incursions are the latest in a series of provocations which the West attributes to the Kremlin and its proxies.

07:37Drones and military aircrafts have also been spotted across the eastern flank and further inwards in Denmark, Belgium and Germany.

07:45Minister Budris backed European initiatives to spend more on monitoring and shielding its borders from such incursions

07:52and warned Western European countries against complacency.

07:56And if someone has doubts why to invest here, then that person or that country will see the consequences in their land.

08:05Because it will go deeper into the Europe.

08:07All these provocations, as we've seen already, airports being shut down in Denmark, Netherlands, elsewhere, because of the drones.

08:14If we cannot counter it on the front line, it will go into the side.

08:18So let's try to invest it here and to build the resilience that can be then copied elsewhere in the continental Europe.

08:25Hungary has begun implementing a new system for entering the Schengen area from Serbia at the Tompa-Kelabia border crossing

08:36as it rolls out the use of the European entry-exit system, better known as the EES.

08:42The new system now requires non-EU travelers to provide biometric data, including fingerprints and facial images,

08:50upon entry and exit from the Schengen zone.

08:53Hungarian officials say registration points have been set up at the crossing

08:57to allow people to register their details on the new system for future use.

09:02The new protocol will also gradually be implemented at the Rojke-Hargos crossing from November 4th

09:07and across all other border points with Serbia from the 11th.

09:11As the EU strategic enlargement towards the East is gathering more momentum,

09:25a new survey shows that more than half of European Union citizens support the introduction of new member states to the bloc.

09:33More specifically, 56% of citizens approve of European Union enlargement.

09:39According to a EU-wide Eurobarometer study, the member states most in favour of enlargement are Sweden, Denmark and Lithuania.

09:50Young Europeans aged 15 to 24 were particularly in favour.

09:55The support comes to a large extent from young people and educated people.

10:02And that is not very surprising. You know, it's the usual suspects who would be understanding and supportive of such endeavors.

10:11So now the question is, how do we get to convince and get on board also the young, non-educated electorates?

10:2337% of those surveyed believe that enlargement will strengthen the EU's influence in the world.

10:3037% also think that it will strengthen the European economy, while 30% believe that enlargement will lead to greater solidarity in the Union.

10:40But aside from overall support for enlargement, political commitment is needed to move the process forward.

10:47This will be the central theme of Euronews EU enlargement summit on November the 4th in Brussels,

10:53where the heads of state and government of candidate countries will debate accession issues with EU leaders.

10:59It would be nice if politicians now would ride on that wave of public support in order to be more ambitious

11:06and to actually act with regards to welcoming new members in the European Union

11:14and doing the necessary preparatory work to be able to accommodate more countries around the decision-making table.

11:23While a majority of people support EU enlargement, many also voice concerns.

11:2840% of citizens say it could present the risk of uncontrolled immigration,

11:3439% point to a potential increase in corruption and crime,

11:38and 37% worry about the cost to taxpayers.

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