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00:00World leaders have welcomed the newly announced US, Qatar and Egypt co-brokered Gaza ceasefire

00:07deal between Hamas and Israel.

00:11The European Union is considering lifting sanctions on Syria in multiple fields, according

00:16to a non-paper seen by Euronews.

00:22US President Joe Biden warned of a tech industrial complex in his final address.

00:32Workers participating in an opposition-called three-hour general strike were assaulted on

00:36the streets of Tbilisi.

00:45A ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas has been announced.

00:49The deal brokered by the United States, Qatar and Egypt will offer much-needed respite

00:53for the people of Gaza, who've been enduring 15 months of war.

00:57World leaders have welcomed this development with open arms.

01:00Well, we've had many difficult days since Hamas began its terrible war.

01:05We've encountered roadblocks and setbacks.

01:08We've not given up.

01:10And now, after more than 400 days of struggle, the day of success has arrived.

01:19Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who's recently announced his resignation after weeks

01:23of domestic turmoil, also weighed in on the matter.

01:27Canada stands ready to do whatever it can to ensure the success of this agreement.

01:32But more than that, this ceasefire gives us hope, hope that we can now focus our attention

01:37on a true, lasting political solution to this conflict.

01:42The United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary David Lammy says the deal is an opportunity for

01:47both sides to begin the healing process and for this 15-month nightmare to end.

01:53I welcome, particularly for those hostage families, that this deal has finally been

02:01broken and for the agony and horrors of war and the Palestinian people in Gaza, finally

02:09this horror has come to an end.

02:13And UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, who's been an instrumental player in the war,

02:17also expressed his relief following the announcement of the agreement.

02:22He thanked the mediators for their efforts in securing the deal, but stressed that now

02:26attention must turn towards achieving a permanent peace.

02:30Ending the occupation and achieving a negotiated two-state solution with Israel and Palestine

02:38living side by side in peace and security in line with international law, relevant UN

02:44resolutions and previous agreements remain an urgent priority.

02:50Only through a viable two-state solution can the aspirations of both peoples be fulfilled.

02:58The deal is set to begin on Sunday, January 19.

03:02It will be implemented in three stages, which will feature the release of dozens of hostages

03:06held in Gaza, the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel and weeks of peace.

03:20The European Union is laying preliminary ground to a wide-range lifting of sanctions on Syria,

03:25according to a non-paper seen by Euronews.

03:28The bloc is considering lifting sanctions on transportation, exports of oil and gas

03:33and financial and banking activities.

03:36The informal EU document says that any possible change to terrorist designations of al-Qaeda-affiliated

03:41groups, like Syria's ruling Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, must be implemented at the UN Security Council

03:47level before the bloc adopts it.

03:50The paper says that delisting terror groups will have to be conditions-based as to prevent

03:54any risk of financing terrorism.

03:57The non-paper was produced by the EU Council for Negotiations and is expected to be substantively

04:03discussed during a meeting of EU foreign ministers on January 27.

04:08The document states that the country's ousted president, Bashar al-Assad, and affiliates

04:13cannot benefit from the lifting and will still be subjected to sanctions.

04:25U.S. President Joe Biden used his farewell address on Wednesday to deliver stark warnings

04:30of a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of the ultra-wealthy.

04:51Biden referenced former President Dwight Eisenhower's final address in 1961, in which he warned

04:57of a military-industrial complex.

05:27Biden used his 15-minute address to offer a model for a peaceful transfer of power and

05:36raised concerns about his successor, Donald Trump, without mentioning his name.

05:41His remarks come after some of the world's richest individuals in the technology industry

05:45have flocked to Trump's side in recent months.

05:52Defense ministers from over 20 NATO members are meeting in Brussels to discuss security

05:56and upcoming challenges to the alliance.

06:00NATO's Chief Mark Root opened the two-day session with a clear goal, shifting to a wartime

06:06mindset.

06:07To prevent war, we need to prepare for it.

06:13It's time to shift to a wartime mindset.

06:17And this means we need to make our defenses even stronger by spending more on defense,

06:22producing more and better defense capabilities.

06:26Russia is hard at work to try to weaken our democracies and chip away at our freedom.

06:31And it is not alone.

06:32It has China, North Korea and Iran by its side.

06:36Root warned the alliance members that Europe's future is at stake, and NATO must do all it

06:41can to keep the people safe amidst growing security threats to the region.

06:45The next summit, in six months' time, will take place in The Hague.

06:53The European Commission presented this Wednesday an action plan to prevent and detect cyber

06:59attacks quicker.

07:00In 2023, there were 309 cyber security incidents in health centers in the EU, a growing risk

07:08for both patients and hospitals.

07:10European Health Commissioner Oliver Varely believes that hospitals should invest in cyber

07:15security as much as in medical equipment.

07:19Do not overlook that part.

07:22We understand that the health care institutions are more focused on organizing the health

07:29care they provide for the patients, but this is part and parcel of it.

07:33Despite the economic impact, which is estimated at an average of 300,000 euros in major incidents,

07:40Brussels has so far made no provision for financial support for medical institutions.

07:46According to the European Cyber Security Agency, the greatest risks include the theft of patient

07:52data or the disruption of health care services.

08:04Poland, who has taken over the EU Council presidency, has named security as one of its

08:10key priorities.

08:11But for Warsaw, security has many faces.

08:15In an interview with Euronews, the Minister for European Affairs Adam Szłopka explained

08:20that one aspect of security is Europe being independent from Russia in terms of energy.

08:45Europe has managed to overall reduce its energy dependence from Russia.

08:57Some countries such as Hungary, Slovakia or Austria have been less enthusiastic.

09:02These nations could pose a challenge for Warsaw.

09:05When it comes to security, Warsaw has also said it's willing to participate in EU cooperation

09:12including the joint purchase of ammunition and cooperating in strengthening critical

09:17infrastructure.

09:33For EU High Representative Kaja Kalas, NATO and the EU complement each other when it comes

09:38to ensuring Europe's security.

09:41We have complementary roles.

09:43I mean, NATO is dealing with the military issues, the military planning for defence.

09:51But Europe, we deal with European defence industry, we deal with European defence as

09:58whole because we also have countries that are not in NATO.

10:01You didn't elaborate again.

10:02You didn't rule out military coercion.

10:05Kalas added that Europe's security challenges have only become more complicated and now

10:11involve hybrid threats against energy and food security as well as cyber attacks.

10:24Workers participating in a three-hour general strike called by opponents of the incumbent

10:29Georgian Dream Party were attacked in the streets of Tbilisi.

10:32Footage circulating on social media showed baton-wielding individuals assaulting strikers.

10:38Local media says the individuals were titushkis, a term used to describe hired thugs usually

10:44in service of government or political groups.

10:47Demonstrators chanted, blew whistles and waved Georgian and EU flags side by side.

10:53A report suggests that more than 350 businesses participated in the strike.

10:58Organisers say the demonstration was intended to serve as a warning of what the country

11:02would face in isolation from Europe.

11:10Blue Origin launched a massive new rocket on its first test flight on Thursday.

11:16The space technology company founded by Jeff Bezos is sending up a prototype satellite

11:21to orbit Earth.

11:23The rocket carried an experimental platform designed to host satellites or release them

11:27into their proper orbits.

11:30While this mission was expected to last six hours, the rocket is built to haul spacecraft

11:35and eventually astronauts to orbit and also the moon.

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