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00:01Recovery efforts are underway in Indonesia as the death toll from flooding and landslides rises to 469 people.
00:12At least one person has been killed and 19 others injured after a Russian attack on Ukraine's Kiev region.
00:21Top Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday to discuss a peace deal with Russia.
00:31Authorities in Indonesia on Sunday reported the death toll from floods and landslides in the country as reason to 442 people as emergency services continued their frantic efforts to access portions of the hardest-eat Sumatra island where thousands of people were left without essential supplies.
00:50According to the National Disaster Management Agency, some 402 people were still missing after initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment.
01:01While ever-questioned efforts are underway, officials say that electricity and internet are now partially restored.
01:09The devastating floods and landslides came after monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks.
01:16The deluge tore through the mountain villages, swept away people and submerged thousands of houses and buildings in the three provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Esa.
01:30The devastating floods also affected millions in Malaysia and Thailand as well as in Sri Lanka where a state of emergency was declared.
01:39At least one person has been killed and 19 others injured in another Russian attack on Ukraine overnight.
01:52This time, the target was the country's capital region. Children are reported to be among the wounded.
01:59Firefighters worked hard on Saturday into Sunday to put out fires in residential areas in the city of Vysgorod.
02:10Hundreds of residents were forced to evacuate.
02:14The Ukrainian Air Force reported intercepting 104 of the 122 drones launched by Russia overnight.
02:24Moscow also launched two ballistic missiles from occupied Crimea.
02:29At least five people have been killed and 39 injured in Ukraine in the past 24 hours, with casualties reported in several regions.
02:40Top Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday to discuss a peace deal with Russia.
02:56The diplomats discussed the 28-point plan and focused on revisions as the plan has been criticized for being too weighted towards Russian demands.
03:04Initially, the plan imposed limits on the size of Ukraine's military, blocked the country from joining NATO and required Ukraine to hold elections in 100 days.
03:15According to local media, the diplomats discussed election timelines and the possibility to exchange territories.
03:22However, no details were provided.
03:24The head of Ukraine's security council at Umerov said he remains in constant contact with President Volodymyr Zelensky and that the negotiators are working to secure long-term security guarantees for Ukraine.
03:38Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the talks productive and said he expected to yield progress towards reaching a peace deal.
03:45The talks with the U.S. come at a critical time for Ukraine as it continues to push back Russian forces while Kyiv is simultaneously dealing with a domestic corruption scandal.
03:56Later this week, Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to meet with Russian officials, including Vladimir Putin.
04:03Polish President Karol Nawrowski is set to travel to Hungary on Wednesday, but the president will no longer meet with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, as was previously announced.
04:18The reason, as stated by the presidential palace, is Orban's visit to Moscow, where he secured guarantees for long-term energy supplies from Russia.
04:29Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, no European head of state or government has been to Moscow, apart from the Hungarian and Slovak Prime Ministers.
04:40Orban's trip to Russia was therefore heavily criticized by EU leaders.
04:44Nawrowski was set to meet Orban in private for the first time since he won the presidential election in June.
04:52The meeting could have been a sign of a slight improvement in relations between Poland and Hungary, which have been strained due to Hungary's close ties with Russia.
05:03Swiss citizens have overwhelmingly rejected initiative that plan to tax the super-rich and introduce mandatory civic service to women.
05:12In a referendum held on Sunday, neither initiative gained even a quarter of the votes needed to go ahead.
05:20Critics, including the federal government, warned that such a tax could drive wealthy families and entrepreneurs abroad, ultimately harming the Swiss economy.
05:29The initiative planned to use the tax money to fight climate change.
05:33The climate change.
05:34As I have already explained last December, due to the announcement of the announcement,
05:40the Senate Senate was the fundamental climate policy initiative.
05:46However, he created the proposed financing of climate policy in several reasons as problematic and not as goal-führend,
05:55and empfiehlt den stembürgerinnen und stembürger daher, die Initiative abzulehnen.
06:02Supporters argue that the richest individuals have a disproportionately large carbon footprint
06:07and should contribute more to climate solutions.
06:10Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has asked President Isaac Herzog for a pardon amid his years-long corruption trial.
06:25The presidency called the request extraordinary and said it had significant implications,
06:30but said that it would responsibly and sincerely consider it.
06:33Netanyahu has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, but says the trial has divided the country and claims the pardon would help unify Israel.
06:43However, the opposition has criticized the request and says it would undermine the rule of law.
06:49Netanyahu is charged with fraud, breach of trust and accepting bribes in three separate cases.
06:56He has not been convicted of any crime.
06:58The request comes just weeks after U.S. President Donald Trump similarly requested Herzog to pardon Netanyahu.
07:06Mr. President, why don't you give him a pardon?
07:09The U.S. leader had called the charges unjustified and called the case against Netanyahu a witch hunt.
07:14On the second leg of his first foreign trip, Pope Leo XIV visited Beirut in a bid to bring hope to Lebanon amid years of successive crises.
07:29The pontiff urged Lebanon to begin a new chapter and told the country's leaders that peace must not simply be an aspiration, but a daily necessity.
07:37Pope Leo XIV is fulfilling a promise of his predecessor, Pope Francis, who had wanted to visit for years but was unable to as his health worsened.
07:48Upon landing in Beirut, the pontiff was greeted by President Joseph Aoun and Prime Minister Nawaf Salam.
07:55He was also given a grand ceremonial welcome.
07:57The Pope had flown over from Turkey, which marked the first leg of his trip.
08:03On his flight to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV reiterated the need for a two-state solution for Israel and Palestine.
08:10The pontiff recognized that Israel does not accept that solution at the time, but said the Vatican can act as a mediating voice in the region.
08:17Two initiatives aimed at modernizing public administration and boosting more the digital transformation of Uzbekistan were announced by President Shavkat Mirziyayev.
08:31The announcements came during two forums that brought together high-ranking representatives of the governments of Uzbekistan and the United Arab Emirates, foreign states and international organizations.
08:42President Mirziyayev stressed that the ultimate goal is to transform Uzbekistan into a zero-bureaucracy country by 2030.
08:47into a zero bureaucracy country by 2030.
08:50Uzbekistan's president announced a new program consisting of six major tasks.
09:20By 2030, 95% of 1,500 public services will be fully digital,
09:27and the government will transition to a paperless system.
09:29I was very impressed to find that there is quite a lot of development that has been done
09:34in the Uzbekistan side, especially with regards to the platform
09:38and interconnecting all of the entities, and this can help significantly in zeroing bureaucracy.
09:44The AI initiative, titled 5 Million AI Leaders in the Country,
09:49was launched in collaboration with the United Arab Emirates.
09:52In the framework of the project, it's planned to train 4.75 million school children and students,
10:00150,000 teachers and 100,000 government employees by 2030.
10:06Artificial intelligence will be integrated into school, vocational and higher education systems.
10:11This initiative will impact the development of IT ecosystem,
10:17and this is a great chance for our youth.
10:20This project is going to benefit us so much because, as we know,
10:24nowadays AI is becoming more and more popular.
10:28As an ambassador of this project in my region,
10:33I believe that every student has a right to use and utilize AI to increase their productivity
10:40and improve their lives.
10:41The United Arab Emirates has announced its full readiness to support launching this national program.
10:48From eliminating bureaucracy to launching initiatives for training AI experts,
10:52the country is set to streamline services and build a more efficient, transparent government.
10:59Sarnaz Rahman Kulova, Euronews, Tashkent.
11:03Art lovers from outside Europe hoping to admire the Mona Lisa will soon have to pay more.
11:08The lure has decided to increase admission for non-European visitors by 45 percent starting in January 2026.
11:15Visitors from countries like the US and China will now be charged 32 euro,
11:19an increase of 10 euro from the current price.
11:22The museum says the extra revenue is to tackle structural problems
11:26following the spectacular jewel heist last month that exposed inadequate security systems.
11:31However, unions have criticized the move,
11:33warning that scrapping the universal entry fee could be seen as discrimination.
11:38Other French tourist sites, including Versailles, are considering similar moves.
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