00:01Libya's military chief of staff died in a plane crash after take-off from Ankara on Tuesday.
00:11Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky described the US-led peace deal as quite solid at this stage.
00:20Poland is beginning construction of an anti-drone system on its border with Belarus.
00:25The system will detect, track and neutralize hostile drones.
00:31Libya's military chief of staff died in a plane crash after take-off from Ankara on Tuesday.
00:37General Mohammed Ali Ahmed Al-Haddad was returning back to Libya from high-level defense talks in the Turkish capital,
00:44focused on strengthening the military cooperation between the two countries.
00:49According to Libyan officials, the plane, a Falcon 50-type business jet, experienced a technical malfunction.
00:55Four other officers and three crew members were also on board. No one survived the crash.
01:02Shortly after taking off, the plane requested an emergency landing, notifying air traffic control of an electrical fault.
01:08Turkish air traffic controllers then lost contact with the plane while it was on its emergency landing descent.
01:16The wreckage of the plane was found near village 70 kilometers south of Ankara.
01:21Four prosecutors are investigating the crash, Turkey's Justice Minister said.
01:25Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy held some progress on the US-led peace deal, while acknowledging that compromises from both sides will be necessary.
01:41On Sunday, US Special Envoy Steve Vitkoff called a meeting with Ukrainian and European representatives.
01:59As well as separate talks with Russian negotiators as productive and constructive.
02:17Vitkoff noted the US-Ukraine talks focused on the development of a 20-point plan, security guarantees to Kyiv and a focus on the rebuilding of Ukraine.
02:28While peace talks are ongoing, Russia launched a large-scale drone and missile attack on several Ukrainian cities overnight into Tuesday, local media reported.
02:37Poland is beginning construction of an anti-drone system on its border with Belarus.
02:45Talking to reporters, Polish Interior Minister Martin Kerwinski announced that this will be the first anti-drone cluster installed on an observation tower on the border.
02:54An anti-drone cluster is a group of integrated systems mounted together that can detect, track and neutralize hostile drones.
03:01This modern border barrier, equipped with cameras, night vision and a motion sensor system ensures a 98% effectiveness rate, Kerwinski pointed out.
03:12It is called a cluster because several devices and antennas are co-located on a single tower and operate as a single defensive unit.
03:20Kerwinski, together with Prime Minister Donald Tusk, visited the border guard site in Bobrawniki.
03:25More than 6,000 people will spend on the border on the border and we will think warmly about them.
03:34And we will all remember that thanks to him, all of the rest can safely spend these holidays in their homes.
03:43Minister Kerwinski stressed that the Lukashenko regime, supported by Moscow, is waging a hybrid war that includes illegal immigrants and drones against Poland and the European Union.
04:03Four men were arrested following an opposition rally in the Albanian capital Tirana on Monday.
04:09Protesters had gathered at the office of Prime Minister Edirama to protest against his government, throwing Molotov cocktails at the building.
04:19One of their demands is the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Belinda Baluku, who was charged by prosecutors for alleged corruption.
04:27Stojoj të gjitha forçat politike opositare.
04:36Stojoj qdo opositar.
04:40Stojoj qdo opositar.
04:41The opposition Democratic Party of Albania accused the governing Socialist Party of election fraud
05:05and the erosion of democracy in the country, issues they have been protesting for months.
05:11Newly released Epstein files include emails from 2001 between Ghislaine Maxwell and someone
05:18signing as A from Balmoral.
05:21The sender using an anonymous email asks Maxwell rather if new inappropriate friends were found
05:27for him.
05:28The emails reference Balmoral's summer camp for the British royal family and the sender's
05:33recent departure from the Royal Navy.
05:36This is the 8th batch of over 11,000 files totalling 30,000 pages, the largest release
05:41by the US Justice Department since Friday.
05:45The files include court records, photos, emails, flight logs, videos and grand jury materials
05:51from Epstein's cases and investigations into his death.
05:55The files also include claims that Donald Trump flew on Epstein's jet at least eight times
06:00between 1993 and 1996, more than previously reported.
06:05The Justice Department says some documents contain untrue claims against Trump submitted before
06:10the 2020 election.
06:17US President Donald Trump unveiled a new battleship, the first of the nation's newly announced golden
06:23fleet.
06:24The US leader who said the country is in desperate need of new ships called the fleet after himself,
06:29the Trump class of battleships.
06:41The battleship called the USS Defiant has been compared to the USS Iowa.
06:46The vessel will weigh between 30,000 to 40,000 tons, significantly less than the weight of
06:52the Iowa.
06:53However, Trump said it would be larger and faster.
06:56Each one of these will be the largest battleship in the history of our country, the largest
07:02battleship in the history of the world ever built.
07:05And again, it's 100 times more powerful than the previous Iowa class.
07:10The battleship will be equipped with hypersonic missiles, nuclear cruise missiles, rail guns
07:15and high powered lasers, technologies that are all still at various stages of development
07:20by the Navy.
07:23For the past two years, as the war in Gaza dragged on, Christmas in Bethlehem has been
07:29a somber affair.
07:30This year, Christmas celebrations and visitors are slowly returning to the city, signalling
07:36hope about the fragile ceasefire in Gaza.
07:40Christmas and religious pilgrims have always been a prime economic engine for Bethlehem.
07:45Bethlehem has been facing hardships since March of 2020 when COVID started.
07:52And ever since, it's been up and down, up and down until October the 7th, the war in Gaza
07:59and the war on all of the West Bank.
08:01For the families who struggled to keep business afloat during the war, the sight of tourists
08:08feels like a relief after years of uncertainty.
08:10In the meantime, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem paid a visit to the Holy Family Parish in Gaza.
08:19A patriarchate statement said the visit marked the beginning of Christmas celebrations in a
08:28community that has lived and continues to live through dark and challenging times.
08:42Many shoppers were still out on the shopping streets doing last-minute Christmas shopping.
08:50Since online orders no longer arrive in time, brick-and-mortar stores benefit particularly
08:55in the days leading up to Christmas.
08:58As pressure mounts on late shoppers, retailers are now racing against the clock.
09:02Gift vouchers, toys, books and fashion are once again in high demand.
09:07Retailers in Austria are pleased and expect a modest but slight increase in sales this year.
09:12We're going to buy the last.
09:14Last-minute also?
09:15Yeah.
09:16Leider.
09:17Haben Sie es früher nicht geschafft?
09:18Nein, eigentlich nicht.
09:20Beton, ich habe ein bisschen Stress gehabt, deswegen ist sich jetzt anders leider nicht ausgegangen.
09:24Aber wir hoffen jetzt mal, dass wir die letzten noch finden und dann soll sich alles gut ausgehen.
09:28Ich glaube, es war ein solides Weihnachtsgeschäft angesichts der Rahmenbedingungen.
09:32Wir dürfen nicht vergessen, woher wir kommen.
09:34Schwierige Phase der letzten zwei Jahre.
09:36Ein kleines Plus, so hoffen wir uns, ja.
09:39Aber das ist trotzdem einfach in dem setting
09:42ein gutes, solides Ergebnis, aber kein euphorischer Jubel.
09:46In Lille, France's third largest wholesale market,
09:49the excitement is at its peak and everything is negotiable.
09:52Surrounded by pallet trucks and crates of fruit and vegetables,
09:56at this market more than a thousand tons of produce were sold in a single day.
10:00In central Athens, streets filled with people carrying shopping bags.
10:04Girls dressed as Santa Claus welcomed residents and tourists alike,
10:07singing and dancing to the sound of festive Christmas music.
10:10Shop windows and streets were filled with glittering decorations,
10:13festive music and colorful lights the day before Christmas Eve.
10:16However, shop owners say they are experiencing a slower pace this year,
10:19noting increased financial concerns among consumers.
10:21The world has an advantage and is very utilize.
10:41In general, the world has an advantage, but it is very protective.
10:46He first looks at the portfolio and then finds out the needs that he has.
10:53I see it as a shopkeeper, because people who were more comfortable in the past
11:00are more destructive and keep their prices up until the end.
11:07While some Orthodox churches celebrate Christmas on January 7,
11:10Greece celebrates Christmas on December 25.
11:13This is because the Greek Orthodox Church follows the Revised Julian calendar,
11:17which currently aligns with the Gregorian calendar for fixed holidays such as Christmas.
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