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00:00Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss a U.S. author of peace deal.
00:10Responding to opposition from Belgium's Prime Minister, EU High Representative Gaia Kalas said a reparations loan for Ukraine would not derail the peace process.
00:20The President of the International Criminal Court said on Monday it won't give in to pressure from the U.S. or Russia.
00:30Recovery efforts are underway in Indonesia as the debt toll from flooding and landslides rises to 469 people.
00:42Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron in Paris to discuss the U.S. authored peace deal,
00:50a deal that has been criticized for being too weighted towards Russian demands.
00:54Zelensky warned on Monday that Russia should not profit from the invasion of Ukraine,
01:00and Macron on his end underlined that no agreement will move forward without European participation.
01:06So we take the basic positions on sanctions, on responsibility for the murder of the war, on juridical status of our territories,
01:16which now take the Russian occupation, on Russian active, on the obligation of the reconstruction.
01:24Aggressor should pay for aggression.
01:27For the rest, there is no plan that is finalized today.
01:32On the question of territories, it cannot be finalized only by the President Zelensky.
01:36On the question of the gaspings, the security guarantees, access to the European Union,
01:41the European sanctions, it cannot be finalized only with the Europeans around the table.
01:45Over the weekend, a Ukrainian delegation met with U.S. officials to discuss the peace deal.
01:52According to U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, the meeting had been productive.
01:57The latest round of talks comes at a challenging time for Kyiv,
02:01as Russian forces continue to gain ground in eastern Ukraine,
02:05and Zelensky is facing strain following a domestic corruption scandal.
02:08In a response to Belgium's Prime Minister Bart Dubevr, EU High Representative Kaya Kalas said
02:19approving a reparations loan for Ukraine gives the European Union greater leverage
02:24at the negotiating table to end Russia's war.
02:28Dubevr had previously warned that the proposal risked derailing the diplomatic process.
02:33Kalas, however, insisted that the approval of the reparations loan sends three messages
02:37to Ukraine.
02:39She argued it would show them that the EU is there to help defend themselves.
02:43Secondly, it would send a message to Moscow that they can't outlast the EU.
02:47And finally, it would prove to the U.S. that the EU is taking strong and credible steps.
02:53Under the scheme, the bloc would channel the frozen Russian assets to Ukraine.
02:58Kyiv would only be asked to repay the loan if Moscow agreed to compensate for the damages.
03:02However, Belgium's Prime Minister Bart Dubevr has repeatedly opposed the proposal.
03:09He claims it could pose a risk to Belgium, where the assets are stored.
03:13He also said it could act as an obstacle to the White House trying to reach a deal between Ukraine and Russia.
03:19In an interview with Euronews' new morning show Europe Today, General Ben Hodges, former commanding general of the U.S. Army in Europe,
03:32speaking on the war in Ukraine and Europe's safety, warned that the continent is slowly waking to the realization
03:39that it cannot count on Washington as a fair partner.
03:42I think Europe and Ukraine, including Ukraine, knows that the United States has a primary interest,
03:50which is business with Russia, after this is all concluded.
03:54In the general's view, the U.S. administration's approach to the conflict was flawed from the start.
04:00The administration's approach has always been doomed from the start because they didn't care about the origin,
04:09they didn't care about the history or the geography involved, and in fact approached it as a massive real estate deal.
04:16I mean, Secretary Rubio said in the beginning, Ukraine, you're going to have to give up some territory here, before they even started.
04:24This week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio will skip a key NATO meeting,
04:30highlighting Europe's decreasing priority for the U.S. after the Western Hemisphere, Indo-Pacific, and likely the Middle East, according to Hodges.
04:39But the general remains confident that Europe has the capabilities to defeat Russia's war on Ukraine.
04:46If you add together the industry, the wealth, the populations, the technologies,
04:52there's no reason that Europe, including Ukraine, cannot stop Russia.
04:56What they lack is the self-confidence and the political will.
04:59According to Hodges, the narrative that Ukraine is losing the war doesn't add up,
05:05as Russia's economy is in deep trouble, and in 11 years, Russia has only been able to occupy 20% of Ukrainian territory.
05:17The president of the International Criminal Court said during the institution's annual meeting on Monday
05:24that it won't bow to pressure from either the U.S. or Russia.
05:29Nine members of its staff, including six judges and the court's chief prosecutor,
05:34have been sanctioned by U.S. President Donald Trump for pursuing investigations into U.S. and Israeli officials,
05:43while Moscow has issued warrants for ICC staff in response to an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin over the war in Ukraine.
05:52The sanctions have taken their toll on the court's work, affecting a wide range of investigations,
05:59at a time when it's already struggling with growing demands on its resources.
06:03Greek farmers are escalating their protest against the government,
06:13demanding immediate payments of subsidies from Opekepe,
06:17the agency responsible for distributing EU agricultural subsidies,
06:21and protesting the increased production costs alongside low prices of their products.
06:27The blockade comes after several people were arrested last week in the spiraling farm fraud case
06:33that revealed millions of euros were paid in illegal subsidies by Opekepe,
06:39a scandal that has provoked farmers and brought extra scrutiny to subsidy payments in Greece.
06:46On Sunday, major incidents were reported in central Greece,
06:49specifically in the Thessaly region, where farmers managed to break through police blockades
06:55and block the critical Athens-Thessaloniki national highway with tractors.
07:00According to an announcement by the Greek National Police,
07:03two police officers were also injured and three arrests were made.
07:07With no assurances or statements from the government,
07:10the protests are expected to spread across Greece until the 5th of December
07:15with more road blockades, a tactic frequently used by farmers to put pressure on the authorities.
07:26Popular cryptocurrencies are continuing to struggle as Bitcoin opened the month of December
07:31with a 5% drop in value in European trading.
07:35Bitcoin currently hovers around 73,500 euros in value,
07:39a sharp decline from its estimated value only 24 hours prior,
07:44which was just short of 78,000 euros.
07:48The digital currency had been in a prolonged and steep decline
07:51since reaching its record value of about 110,000 euros in October.
07:56The decline is likely attributed to a significant rise in liquidations and sell-offs
08:01as holders of the coin look to profit off of their investments.
08:04Ethereum, the second-largest crypto by market cap,
08:09also experienced similar trajectories since its all-time high in November of this year.
08:15Other smaller yet well-known and highly traded coins,
08:18including Solana, are also continuing their downwards trend.
08:22Authorities in Indonesia on Sunday reported the death toll from floods and landslides in the country
08:31as reason to 442 people as emergency services continue their frantic efforts
08:37to access portions of the hardest-eat Sumatra island
08:41where thousands of people were left without essential supplies.
08:46According to the National Disaster Management Agency,
08:48some 402 people were still missing after initial rescue efforts were hampered by a lack of heavy equipment.
08:56While ever-questioned efforts are underway,
08:59officials say that electricity and Internet are now partially restored.
09:04The devastating floods and landslides came after monsoon rains over the past week
09:09caused rivers to burst their banks.
09:12The deluge tore through the mountain villages,
09:15swept away people and submerged thousands of houses and buildings
09:20in the three provinces of North Sumatra, West Sumatra and Esau.
09:25The devastating floods also affected millions in Malaysia and Thailand
09:30as well as in Sri Lanka where a state of emergency was declared.
09:34Conservative candidate Nasri Asfura is edging slightly ahead of his rivals in Honduras' presidential election
09:43according to early preliminary results.
09:46The National Election Council says Asfura of the National Party was leading,
09:51securing around 530,000 votes with 34% of votes counted.
09:56The race is turning out to be tightly contested, though,
10:00with liberal candidate Salvador Nasralla trailing marginally behind,
10:04also with just over half a million.
10:07Rixi Moncada, who served as defense minister for the incumbent Liberty and Re-Foundation, however,
10:13appears to have significantly dropped behind.
10:15Candidata, Partido Libertad y Re-Foundation Libre, 255,972 votos.
10:26Candidato, Partido Innovación y Unidad Social Demócrata, 10,698 votos.
10:36Candidato, Partido Liberal de Honduras, 506,316 votos.
10:43Candidato, Partido Nacional de Honduras, 530,073 votos.
10:53Asfura's success could be in part due to a surprise endorsement
10:57announced on Friday by U.S. President Donald Trump.
11:01Trump said Asfura, who had expressed a hardline stance on narco-trafficking,
11:05would be the only candidate his administration was willing to work with.
11:09The U.S. President also threatened cuts in U.S. aid to Honduras in the event of his loss.
11:16The Election Council has up to 30 days to announce the final results.
11:21In addition to a new president,
11:23Hondurans were also casting their ballots for a new parliament and hundreds of local councillors.
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