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00:00 Violence flares up in the West Bank as the Israeli army says it`s wrapping up its offensive

00:06 in North Gaza.

00:21 Devastated effects of floods continue for months on.

00:30 The European Parliament will add more votes to its schedule in the next few months as

00:35 it attempts to push through legislation before elections.

00:41 Europe`s inflation is up by half a percent compared to last month, dampening hopes of

00:45 an interest rate decrease by the European Central Bank.

00:53 Multiple attacks in the West Bank were reported on Sunday. Earlier in the day, a Palestinian

00:58 man driving a car with Israeli license plates was fatally shot at the busy intersection.

01:04 Hours after a violent confrontation elsewhere left seven Palestinians and an Israeli border

01:10 policewoman dead.

01:15 Israeli defense spokesperson Daniel Hagari said that the IDF has completely dismantled

01:21 Hamas`s military framework in the northern part of the strip and will now focus on dismantling

01:26 in the central and southern parts.

01:32 In Mirage, southern Gaza, rescuers continue to search for survivors through the rubble

01:37 after an Israeli strike. As another child of Al Jazeera`s Gaza bureau chief, Wael Dadud,

01:44 was killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside two other journalists west of Canyonist.

01:52 "Europe needs its own sufficient army. We need a strong military system. We need a strong

01:59 military system. We need a strong military system. We need a strong military system.

02:07 We need a strong military system. We need a strong military system. We need a strong

02:15 military system. We need a strong military system. We need a strong military system.

02:22 We need a strong military system. We need a strong military system. We need a strong

02:29 military system. We need a strong military system. We need a strong military system.

02:57 In early September, a severe storm wave named Daniel hit Thessaly in central Greece, claiming

03:03 the lives of 17 people. In Vlohos, most residents left their homes due to the significant damages,

03:10 but Yannis Koukas is not one of them. Almost every day he cleans, tidies up and hopes that

03:16 in a few months he will be able to return with his wife and children.

03:23 "We are trying to clean our homes, our warehouses, to dry our things and to help people who can

03:30 return to their homes after the summer."

03:35 Unfortunately for the children of Vlohos, their primary school has suffered irreparable

03:42 damage. Yet beyond houses, the September floods caused serious problems to the region's economy,

03:50 mostly to farmers and breeders. Thousands of acres were flooded and hundreds of animals

03:56 drowned. Vasilis and Dimitra are livestock breeders who still haven't managed to recover

04:02 from September.

04:04 "We have no livestock left. We lost 80 animals. The farms we had stored, they were all destroyed.

04:11 I'm not talking about the alternatives that were at home. We have no production from the

04:18 farm. We are saying 'go' and we are managing to fight it."

04:23 The flood victims have many complaints for their government, which they believe has not

04:28 done enough, but one association says they are grateful to the thousands of citizens

04:32 from Greece and abroad who rushed to help them.

04:37 "We thank the volunteers who encouraged us. They sent us a thousand things, which we are

04:46 not able to distribute among families. And they come and take all the same things."

04:53 Some years ago, the residents of the area may not have known exactly what a climate change

05:02 or a climate crisis meant. Now, having experienced pain and loss, they ask the state for substantial

05:09 help. They are even asking for anti-pollution projects so that in the next great disaster

05:16 they won't be left with dead and lost property.

05:19 From Vlachos Karditsas for Euronews, Apostolos Staikos.

05:26 Preparing for the future and stabilizing financial aid to Ukraine. Those were among the priorities

05:32 outlined in a joint press conference on Friday by EU chief, First Levander Lion, and Belgian

05:37 Prime Minister, Alexander De Kruy, whose country took over the rotating EU Council presidency

05:42 earlier this week.

05:44 "The European population looks at the European Union. They look at the European Union with

05:51 clear expectations. With expectations to protect them, with expectations to strengthen our

05:57 well-being, our welfare, and with expectations to prepare a common future. A common future

06:05 here in Europe means also, of course, Ukraine in the heart of Europe."

06:12 Belgium assumed the presidency of the European Council from Spain on the 1st of January.

06:18 Their position will rotate again on the 30th of June this year.

06:22 The European Parliament will add more votes to its schedule in the next few months as

06:31 it attempts to push through legislation before elections. There will be more voting sessions

06:36 added to each of its monthly meetings. Europeans go to the polls in June, meaning lawmakers'

06:42 last chance to vote on more than 100 pieces of proposed legislation will be in late April.

06:56 "There will be plenary sessions here in Strasbourg with many issues to vote on. Normally, what

07:02 can be done is to add a voting session, for example, in the afternoon, so that there are

07:07 no more than two or three hours in a row, so that the deputies can keep their concentration.

07:12 You can't be voting for hours and hours."

07:16 The Parliament will have to vote on key laws such as the Migration Pact, artificial intelligence

07:24 and the new fiscal rules of the bloc. In Brussels, many think the accelerated process is down

07:31 to a predicted surge of right-wing MEPs in the next elections. Those MEPs could block

07:37 many of the proposed laws, meaning current lawmakers want to get them through now. But

07:41 many see the latest EU proposals on migration and the Green Deal as dangerous attempts to

07:46 please the far right.

07:48 "There are still many other files on the Green Deal side. There's this infamous asylum

07:55 and migration pact too, on which there's an agreement that won't solve anything, and that

08:02 basically follows the footsteps of the radical right, which I think is also a big mistake.

08:09 I would say, if I look at what my group is going to do between now and the end of the

08:16 term, will be to play defence. Because what I believe is that the vast majority is sleepwalking

08:28 the European Union into disaster, and we must prevent that."

08:33 According to the latest opinion polls, far right and radical forces in the European Parliament

08:41 could make gains in the June elections, with the mainstream parties and Greens losing their seats.

08:47 Europe's inflation is up, after some months of decline. In December, the inflation of

08:58 the euro was at 2.9%, five-tenths up from November's figures of 2.4%. According to Eurostat's

09:05 statistics office, the rebound in price increase was mainly due to the smaller fall in energy

09:10 costs, which has been the main driver of inflation over the last few years. But according to

09:15 analysts, geopolitical tensions could complicate the situation.

09:19 "The security situation in the Middle East is a risk for global prices, in particular

09:30 global oil prices and energy prices in more general. So far the impact has been limited,

09:38 but a possible escalation of the situation could result in rising oil prices, rising

09:45 energy prices, and that could have an impact all around the world, including in Europe

09:52 and the Eurozone, and that could keep inflation pressure higher for longer."

09:58 Other key sectors, including food, alcohol and tobacco, also contributed to the inflation

10:04 rise. The news is likely to dampen hopes of an early interest rate decrease by the European

10:09 Central Bank in 2024. The bank's rate stands unchanged from last October at 4%.

10:16 "In the past few years, high inflation reduced the real wage, but now wage growth accelerated

10:25 and inflation slowed down, so now real wage is the purchasing power of consumers is increasing.

10:33 So this might mean demand pressure and it might make it more difficult for a lasting

10:41 reduction of inflation. That's why I would expect that the ECB will not start cutting

10:47 interest rate any time soon."

10:49 Over the last few days, other inflation figures have showed the same trend. In both Germany

10:55 and France, Europe's leading economies, inflation also rose in December.

11:02 [Beep]

11:06 Rafael Nadal has withdrawn from the Australian Open due to start on the 14th January after

11:15 he suffered an injury during a comeback tournament, having spent the past 12 months on the sidelines.

11:22 Concerns over his repaired hip were raised after he needed a medical timeout during the

11:28 Brisbane International quarterfinals on Friday. The star player later posted on social media

11:34 that scans revealed a small tear in the muscle and he was flying back to Spain for treatment.

11:40 [SWOOSH]

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