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00:00Green light for an armistice. Israeli cabinet approves ceasefire deal with Hezbollah.

00:10Experts say far-right extremist and fringe candidate Callan Georgescu used a sophisticated

00:15social media campaign to win the first round of Romanian presidential elections.

00:24The cabinet of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has approved an Israeli-Hezbollah

00:29ceasefire deal, after he had recommended it.

00:55The deal aims to achieve a 60-day cessation of hostilities in Lebanon. It was not immediately

01:00clear when it would go into effect, and its exact terms are not released.

01:04The deal does not affect Israel's war against Hamas in Gaza, which shows no signs of ending.

01:13Russia launched almost 200 drones towards 17 regions in Ukraine in an overnight blitz,

01:18marking the record number of drones fired by Russia in a single attack.

01:24Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that while most of the drones were shot down,

01:28the shelling damaged apartment buildings and critical infrastructures such as a national

01:33power grid.

01:48In many regions, efforts are still underway to adjust the aftermath of the drone strikes.

01:54Zelensky also said a rescue operation was underway in the Sumy region after an attack

01:58on an auto repair shop killed two people.

02:00Meanwhile, in a rare official acknowledgement, Moscow said that long-range missiles launched

02:06by Ukraine damaged infrastructure and injured several servicemen in Russia's Kursk region.

02:12Speaker of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin urged the West to refrain from escalating

02:18tensions as it could ultimately harm the citizens of Europe.

02:39Volodin also said that the new Oreshnik ballistic missile was necessary to protect Russian citizens.

02:49Romania is reeling from the unexpected rise of far-right extremist Kalin Djorgescu, who

02:56won Sunday's first round of the presidential elections as an independent.

03:02His come-up went unnoticed by the political system, with his victory representing the

03:06first time a French candidate won a national election solely through a sophisticated media

03:11campaign.

03:13Djorgescu wrote a wave of public discontentment with the political establishment, combining

03:18with an intensive, years-long social media assault filled with anti-Western rhetoric.

03:23He is selling an utopic story, he is selling a dream for conservative Romanians as an opposite

03:32to the classical politicians that are very transactional.

03:35We have now a TikTok messiah or something like that, very successful, and we are not

03:41sure if he will be able to win in the second round.

03:49Djorgescu captured the protest vote against the mainstream political parties and their

03:54economic performance, using a well-oiled social media machine, propagating extreme nationalist

04:00and pro-Russian messages to devout followers.

04:30Bordering Ukraine and on NATO's eastern flank, Djorgescu's statements have all the hallmarks

04:50of a hybrid war against the West, following the same narrative which can be seen in other

04:54European countries.

05:01Germany, the Netherlands and Austria, the usual champions of austerity in the EU, are

05:07now being targeted by the European Commission for their high spending.

05:13A change that has not gone unnoticed by Economy Commissioner Paolo Gentiloni.

05:20Yes, there are some rigid rules, but honestly I'm not the one that wanted them.

05:30So if there are strict rules, in several cases these strict rules were asked by, I'm not

05:46dressing my finger to anyone, but someone asked for these strict rules.

05:54Brussels believes Germany's budget plan is not entirely in line with expenditure ceilings.

06:01An opposition MEP points to the country's current situation as one of the causes.

06:06Now we see that we have problems in innovation, that we have problems with investments, and

06:14that's the reason why Germany goes into an economic crisis.

06:21But while some are being singled out, those traditionally in the spotlight, such as southern

06:26European countries, are now on the opposite side.

06:31Although France, with a deficit double that allowed by the EU, has presented a plan that

06:37is too austere, says a Social Democrat MEP.

06:56After a pause due to the pandemic, this is the first time that the fiscal rules have

07:01been reactivated after being reformed.

07:08Former German Chancellor Angela Merkel has written her political memoirs.

07:13For many it is the book of the year.

07:16The 16 years of her chancellorship were characterised by stability.

07:20But in view of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, critics accuse her of Germany's dependence

07:26on Russian gas and a lack of innovation.

07:29Publicist Ursula Weidenfeld has written a biography of Angela Merkel in 2021.

07:36Hearing you spoke to her about the former Chancellor.

07:56Merkel was a pragmatic Chancellor, Weidenfeld explains.

08:00Her calm manner sets her apart from the serious current candidate for Chancellor, Friedrich

08:06Merz, who is considered impulsive.

08:09The workplace culture may return to its more patriarchal state if Merz wins the February

08:31elections.

08:40Demonstrates the political power of women.

08:41I think it is clear that not only in Germany but also in Europe and in the world the trend

08:50is moving against women, or women in the leading positions.

08:56And it is possible that this is what will happen in Germany.

09:01Angela Merkel was not innovative.

09:03She followed the wishes of her voters.

09:06With just under five months to go, preparations are well underway for the Osaka World Expo

09:322025.

09:34Delegates from around the world met in Paris on Tuesday to discuss the latest developments

09:39and find solutions to the different challenges encountered.

09:43The World Expo is one of the oldest and largest international events.

09:54More than 160 countries will present their latest innovations next year in Japan.

10:00But with only around 7.3 million tickets sold as of November, Japanese authorities

10:05hope to bolster their communication strategy to attract more European visitors.

10:41The governor of Osaka announced Ukraine will be participating in next year's Expo despite

10:51Russia's full-scale invasion.

10:53Moscow withdrew from the event last year.

10:57Organizers hope the World Expo will bring unity at a time of global instability and

11:02conflict.

11:03Expos are an apolitical gathering of countries, you know, and it's also a non-confrontational

11:08gathering of countries.

11:09It's a possibility for the world to come together, to try and talk together, and to have a dialogue.

11:15And I think that one of the things we notice, especially in the last few years in the different

11:20geopolitical context that we have and the problems that have been arising all over the

11:23world, is that we need a place for dialogue.

11:26We need somewhere where the world can come together and where, for once, perhaps we don't

11:31let our differences separate us, but we let our differences bring us together.

11:34The Osaka World Expo will take place from April to October next year and aims to welcome

11:40an estimated 28 million visitors.

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