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00:00According to initial reports, at least 40 people were killed and another 115 injured after a fire broke out in a vast New Year celebration in the Swiss ski resort of France Montana around 1.30 a.m. Thursday.
00:16Sixteen Italian nationals remained missing, according to the Italian Foreign Ministry, and at least two French citizens were among the injured, according to the French Foreign Ministry.
00:30I just saw, in fact, I was in the park with a lot of, let's say, tussiers.
00:37And then I saw people push, jump on the stairs, to see, let's say, because there was the first one who came out and they were saved, let's say.
00:46Guy Parmelin, who took over the Swiss presidency on Thursday, said the fire was one of the worst tragedies the country had ever experienced.
00:54Officials said some of the injured will be transported to hospitals in neighboring countries,
00:58after Italy, France, Germany and the EU offered their assistance.
01:03Authorities said it is too early to determine the cause of the fire.
01:07The church service was held on Thursday evening at the Church of Montana station for the victims.
01:12Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky announced a series of new important meetings and diplomatic proceedings scheduled for early January in a post on X aimed at bolstering defenses and bringing an end to the war on his country.
01:29The Ukrainian leader noted that a meeting involving national security advisors is set to take place on Saturday to discuss strategies and ongoing peace efforts led by the United States.
01:41Zelensky says security advisors, cabinet members, as well as European and U.S. officials are expected to attend the meeting both in person and online.
01:51Another meeting involving high-level defense and military officials is set to take place on Monday, with security guarantees being the chief focus of the talks.
02:01Zelensky says it's crucial to develop a robust understanding of the mechanism under which the guarantees will function in the case of a potential peace agreement.
02:10The Ukrainian president also announced that a leader-level meeting of the so-called Coalition of the Willing is set to take place on Tuesday in France, marking the group's first gathering of the year.
02:27Zoran Mamdani was inaugurated as mayor of New York City on Thursday, taking his oath at a decommissioned subway station below City Hall just after midnight.
02:36After working part of the night in his new office, Mamdani returned to City Hall for a grander public inauguration, where U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders, one of the mayor's political heroes, administered the oath for a second time.
02:50The only expectation I seek to reset is that of small expectations.
02:58Beginning today, we will govern expansively and audaciously.
03:02We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try.
03:11To those who insist that the era of big government is over, hear me when I say this.
03:17No longer will City Hall hesitate to use its power to improve New Yorkers' lives.
03:23The 34-year-old Democrat won the election with a campaign that focused on promises of free child care, free buses, a rent freeze for about one million households, and a pilot of city-run grocery stores.
03:36Mamdani insisted in his inaugural address that he will not squander his opportunity to implement those policies.
03:42Bulgarians withdrew euros for the first time on Thursday, after Bulgaria became the 21st member of the Eurozone.
03:54In a speech broadcast shortly before midnight, President Roumen Radev held it as the final step in Bulgaria's EU integration,
04:02but voiced regret that Bulgarians had not been consulted by referendum.
04:07However, some Bulgarians remain skeptical amid fears of inflation.
04:11They all opened up, absolutely, everything opened up.
04:14Now, one bread was one euro, two, three euro, now it's one and 50 euro.
04:20The price is one, but where are the prices?
04:23No, no, no.
04:24A video projection on the facade of the country's central bank marked the occasion for the New Year's Eve countdown.
04:31The historic milestone arrives amid political instability,
04:34with the conservative-led governments forced to resign earlier this month following nationwide anti-corruption protests.
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