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00:00Israel's cabinet approves a ceasefire deal that could signal the end of 15 months of

00:06fighting in the Gaza Strip.

00:10The European People's Party has set out its priorities for 2025.

00:14These include market competitiveness and combating illegal migration.

00:20As it attempts to form a government in Austria, the far-right Freedom Party has said it does

00:25not want to exit the EU but reform it.

00:31The White House says it's passing responsibility for implementing a U.S. ban of TikTok to the

00:36incoming Trump administration.

00:42Israel's cabinet has approved a ceasefire deal for Gaza that could signal the end of

00:4715 months of fighting in the Strip.

00:49The deal comes into effect on Sunday.

00:52It will see dozens of hostages held by Hamas released in exchange for Palestinian prisoners

00:57from Israeli prisons.

01:00The deal also allows thousands of displaced Palestinians to return to the remains of their

01:04homes in Gaza.

01:07Israel delayed a vote on the deal on Thursday, blaming a last-minute dispute with Hamas.

01:12Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of reneging on parts of the agreement

01:17in an attempt to gain further concessions.

01:20Hamas triggered the war with its attack on Israel in October 2023 that killed 1,200 people

01:26and saw 250 others taken hostage.

01:31Israel responded with a devastating offensive that's killed over 46,000 Palestinians.

01:40The European People's Party met this Saturday in Berlin to outline its priorities for 2025.

01:47These include stopping the rise of the far right, market competitiveness, and the fight

01:51against illegal migration.

01:53In terms of trade policy, leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union, Friedrich Merz,

01:58said European bureaucracy must be reduced.

02:01In the last three years, Germany has lost over 300,000 jobs in the industry, also because

02:08of excessive regulation by the national and European governments.

02:15At a meeting yesterday with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Merz heaped

02:20praise on Sweden and Italy for curbing illegal migration.

02:25In a statement released by the party, the EPP said it aims to tackle smuggling networks

02:29with stronger border controls and expand Mediterranean partnerships.

02:43The Austrian Freedom Party has said it does not want to exit the European Union, but reform

02:48it.

02:49Speaking at its annual New Year's meeting in Wessendorf, the far-right group's leader

02:54Herbert Kickl said he wants the bloc to enter a phase of self-reflection, concentrating

03:00on quote economic cooperation, great freedoms, and peace.

03:05Kickl also made it clear that there is no closeness with his party to Russia, which

03:10is repeatedly attributed to the FPO.

03:13He said neutrality means being a quote mediator, voice for peace and negotiations, and for

03:19an end to senseless bloodshed.

03:22The Freedom Party won Austria's parliamentary election in September, and has now received

03:27a mandate to try form a government with the conservative Austrian People's Party.

03:32It would be Austria's first far-right-led government since the Second World War.

03:42US President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on TikTok that's set to take effect a day

03:47before he leaves office.

03:49Press Secretary Karen Jean-Pierre cited timing as the reason for passing responsibility to

03:54the incoming Trump administration.

03:56That comes after a unanimous ruling by the Supreme Court to uphold a federal law banning

04:01TikTok on Sunday unless it's sold by its China-based parent company.

04:06The court ruling, held at the risk to national security posed by Biden's ties to China, overcomes

04:11concerns about limiting speech.

04:14In an interview with CNN shortly after the court's decision, President-elect Donald Trump

04:19wouldn't say what he intended to do.

04:22Trump previously said he has a warm spot for TikTok, saying that the app helped him tap

04:26into a younger voter base to win the 2024 election.

04:31But it was Trump who initially spearheaded efforts to have it banned on national security

04:35grounds in 2020.

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