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00:01In an interview with Euronews' new morning show Europe Today, General Ben Hodges, former

00:07commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe, speaking on the war in Ukraine and Europe's

00:12safety, warned that the continent is slowly waking to the realization that it cannot count

00:18on Washington as a fair partner.

00:21I think Europe and Ukraine, including Ukraine, knows that the United States has a primary

00:27interest, which is business with Russia after this is all concluded.

00:32In the general's view, the U.S. administration's approach to the conflict was flawed from the start.

00:39The administration's approach has always been doomed from the start because they didn't care

00:46about the origin, they didn't care about the history or the geography involved, and in fact

00:51approached it as a massive real estate deal.

00:53I mean, Secretary Rubio said in the beginning, Ukraine, you're going to have to give up

00:59some territory here, before they even started.

01:02This week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a key NATO meeting, highlighting Europe's

01:09decreasing priority for the U.S. after the Western Hemisphere, Indo-Pacific and likely

01:15the Middle East, according to Hodges.

01:17But the general remains confident that Europe has the capabilities to defeat Russia's war

01:22in Ukraine.

01:23If you add together the industry, the wealth, the populations, the technologies, there's

01:30no reason that Europe, including Ukraine, cannot stop Russia.

01:34What they lack is the self-confidence and the political will.

01:38According to Hodges, the narrative that Ukraine is losing the war doesn't add up, as Russia's

01:44economy is in deep trouble.

01:45And in 11 years, Russia has only been able to occupy 20 percent of Ukrainian territory.

01:57Top Trump administration officials met with Ukrainian negotiators in Florida on Sunday to

02:03discuss a peace deal with Russia.

02:05The diplomats discussed the 28-point plan and focused on revisions, as the plan has been criticized

02:11for being too weighted towards Russian demands.

02:15Initially, the plan imposed limits on the size of Ukraine's military, blocked the country from

02:19joining NATO, and required Ukraine to hold elections in 100 days.

02:24According to local media, the diplomats discussed election timelines and the possibility to exchange

02:30territories.

02:31However, no details were provided.

02:33The head of Ukraine's Security Council, Rustem Umerov, said he remains in constant contact

02:39with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and that the negotiators are working to secure long-term

02:44security guarantees for Ukraine.

02:47Meanwhile, Secretary of State Marco Rubio called the talks productive and said he expected to

02:52yield progress towards reaching a peace deal.

02:55The talks with the U.S. come at a critical time for Ukraine, as it continues to push back

03:00Russian forces while Kyiv is simultaneously dealing with a domestic corruption scandal.

03:05Later this week, Rubio and Special Envoy Steve Witkoff are expected to meet with Russian officials,

03:11including Vladimir Putin.

03:15The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution's annual meeting

03:22on Monday that it won't bow to pressure from either the U.S. or Russia.

03:27Nine members of its staff, including six judges and the court's chief prosecutor, have been

03:33sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli

03:40officials, while Moscow has issued warrants for ICC staff in response to an arrest warrant

03:46for President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.

03:51The sanctions have taken their toll on the court's work, affecting a wide range of investigations,

03:56at a time when it's already struggling with growing demands on its resources.

04:08Swiss citizens have overwhelmingly rejected initiative that planned to tax the super-rich

04:14and introduce mandatory civic service to women.

04:18In a referendum held on Sunday, neither initiative gained even a quarter of the votes needed to

04:23go ahead.

04:24Critics, including the federal government, warned that such a tax could drive wealthy families

04:30and entrepreneurs abroad, ultimately harming the Swiss economy.

04:35The initiative planned to use the tax money to fight climate change.

04:38As I have already explained the bill to the board, the administration of the government, it

04:46was the fundamental concern of climate policy, in order to prevent climate change, however, it

04:48was a political compromise.

04:49The administration was both a constitutional commission.

04:51The administration took to make many reasons for civilizing this election, and now that

04:53the administrationazi Council lost their invitation.

04:54Prime Minister from the government and in 2015, the administration has taken the opportunity to

04:55leave an action for the expense of climate change.

04:55The party has agreed that they're really busy and is starting to do so.

04:59It's a part that it is not enough for the government, and it is not enough for all of the

05:00Republicans to pay attention to on its own policy.

05:01The party has agreed that they really should beanganronized the policy and theflip of the

05:02government authorities.

05:04supporters argue that the richest individuals have a disproportionately

05:10large carbon footprint and should contribute more to climate solutions

05:14popular cryptocurrencies are continuing to struggle as bitcoin opened the month of

05:24december with a five percent drop in value in european trading the coin currently hovers around

05:3073 500 euros in value a sharp decline from its estimated value only 24 hours prior which was

05:39just short of 78 000 euros the digital currency had been in a prolonged and steep decline since

05:45reaching its record value of about 110 000 euros in october the decline is likely attributed to a

05:52significant rise in liquidations and sell-offs as holders of the coin look to profit off of their

05:58investments ethereum the second largest crypto by market cap also experienced similar trajectories

06:05since its all-time high in november of this year other smaller yet well-known and highly traded coins

06:12including solana are also continuing their downwards trend

06:16greek farmers are escalating their protest against the government demanding immediate payments of

06:25subsidies from opikipi the agency responsible for distributing eu agricultural subsidies and

06:31protesting the increased production costs alongside low prices of their products the blockade comes

06:38after several people were arrested last week in the spiraling farm fraud case that revealed millions

06:44of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by opikipi a scandal that has provoked farmers and brought

06:51extra scrutiny to subsidy payments in greece on sunday major incidents were reported in central greece

06:59specifically in the thesale region where farmers managed to break through police blockades and block

07:05the critical athens thessaloniki national highway with tractors according to an announcement by the

07:11greek national police two police officers were also injured and three arrests were made with no

07:17assurances or statements from the government the protests are expected to spread across greece until

07:23the fifth of december with more road blockades a tactic frequently used by farmers to put pressure on

07:31the authorities on the second leg of his first foreign trip pope leo the 14th visited beirut in a bid to bring hope to

07:43lebanon amid years of successive crises the pontiff urged lebanon to begin a new chapter and told the

07:49country's leaders that peace must not simply be an aspiration but a daily necessity pope leo the 14th

07:57is fulfilling a promise of his predecessor pope francis who had wanted to visit for years but was

08:02unable to as his health worsened upon landing in beirut the pontiff was greeted by president joseph

08:09aun and prime minister nawaf salam he was also given a grand ceremonial welcome the pope had flown over

08:17from turkey which marked the first leg of his trip on his flight to lebanon pope leo the 14th reiterated

08:23the need for a two-state solution for israel and palestine the pontiff recognized that israel does not

08:29accept that solution at the time but said the vatican can act as a mediating voice in the region

08:34authorities in indonesia on sunday reported the death toll from floods and landslides in the

08:42country as reason to 442 people as emergency services continue their frantic efforts to access

08:49portions of the hardest-eat sumatra island where thousands of people were left without essential

08:56supplies according to the national disaster management agency some 402 people were still

09:02missing after initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment while ever questioned

09:09efforts are underway officials say that electricity and internet are now partially restored the devastating

09:16floods and landslides came after monsoon rains over the past week caused rivers to burst their banks

09:23the deluge tore through the mountain villages swept away people and submerged thousands of houses and

09:31buildings in the three provinces of north sumatra west sumatra and isa the devastating floods also

09:39affected millions in malaysia and thailand as well as in sri lanka where a state of emergency was declared

09:48conservative candidate nasri asfura is edging slightly ahead of his rivals in honduras's

09:53presidential election according to early preliminary results

09:57the national election council says asfura of the national party was leading securing around 530

10:04000 votes with 34 percent of votes counted the race is turning out to be tightly contested though

10:11with liberal candidate salvador nazrallah trailing marginally behind also with just over half a million

10:18rixi moncada who served as defense minister for the incumbent liberty and refoundation however appears to

10:25have significantly dropped behind candidata partido libertad y refundation libre

10:33255 972 votos candidato partido innovación y unidad social demócrata 10 698 votos

10:46asfura's success could be in part due to a surprise endorsement announced on friday by u.s president

11:11donald trump trump trump said asfura who had expressed a hardline stance on narco trafficking

11:17would be the only candidate his administration was willing to work with the u.s president also

11:23threatened cuts in usa to honduras in the event of his loss the election council has up to 30 days to

11:30announce the final results in addition to a new president hondurans were also casting their ballots

11:37ballots for a new parliament and hundreds of local councilors

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