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00:00President Donald Trump says he wants the U.S. to take control of Gaza after permanently

00:06relocating displaced Palestinians.

00:11Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharraou, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

00:16to discuss Syria's economic recovery.

00:21Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has called Tuesday's mass shooting in Erebro

00:26the worst in his country's history.

00:31The head of the UN's atomic watchdog says he will visit Moscow amid fears of nuclear

00:36fallout from strikes on Ukraine.

00:41President Donald Trump has said he wants the United States to take control of Gaza after

00:46permanently resettling displaced Palestinians outside the war-torn region.

00:51The president added that he wouldn't rule out deploying U.S. troops to support Gaza's

00:56reconstruction.

00:57The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too.

01:03We'll own it and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and

01:08other weapons on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level

01:15it out, create an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and

01:20housing for the people of the area.

01:24Trump's comments came as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks

01:29at the White House, the first foreign leader to visit the U.S. president in his second

01:34term.

01:35Their meeting comes amid discussions of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

01:41and a temporary truce deal for Gaza's reconstruction, something that Trump and his advisers have

01:46claimed is not viable.

01:50But Egypt and Jordan, as well as other Arab nations, have rejected calls by Trump to relocate

01:55the territory's 2.3 million Palestinians.

02:00And although hardline right-wing members of Netanyahu's government have embraced Trump's

02:05comments, the Israeli Prime Minister is also facing pressure to end the temporary truce

02:10and continue with the war.

02:12Meanwhile, protesters and families of Israeli hostages in Gaza marched to the U.S. embassy

02:19in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, calling on President Trump to reach an agreement to release all

02:24the remaining hostages.

02:29At least two Israeli soldiers were killed on Tuesday after a gunman attacked an Israeli

02:34military checkpoint in the occupied West Bank.

02:37Israel's Defense Forces, IDF, said the Palestinian gunman was later killed by its troops.

02:43The shooting took place in the morning at a military post in Taissa, in the northern

02:47part of the West Bank, according to the military statement.

02:51Eight Israeli soldiers were wounded in the attack, including two who are currently in

02:56serious condition.

02:59Israeli media reported the attack came amid an ongoing counter-terrorism offensive in

03:04the northern West Bank.

03:06The region has seen a surge in violence since Hamas's October 7, 2023 attack on southern

03:11Israel from the Gaza Strip.

03:21Syria's Interim President Ahmad al-Sharaa met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

03:26to discuss Syria's economic recovery.

03:29They also spoke about the presence of Kurdish-led forces in the north of the country, which

03:33Turkey considers to be a security threat.

03:37The interim president was welcomed by the Turkish president and a small group of the

03:41honor guard at the entrance of the presidential palace.

03:45It was a low-key ceremony compared to visits of other heads of state, who are usually received

03:50with military bands and troops escorting them.

03:53Al-Sharaa, who was appointed last week, was a former rebel leader who led the insurgents

03:59who toppled President Bashar al-Assad in December.

04:02Turkey, who was a strong backer of groups opposed to al-Assad during the 13-year civil

04:07war, is considered to be one of the new administration's key allies.

04:13Erdogan's office said talks would focus on steps towards Syria's economic recovery and

04:17its security and stability.

04:24Swedish Prime Minister Alf Kristersen has called Tuesday's mass shooting at a school

04:29in Örebro the worst in his country's history.

04:32Speaking at a joint news conference with Justice Minister Gunnar Strömer, Kristersen

04:37said a darkness is being cast over Sweden.

05:02The gunman is reported to have opened fire at the Campus Rysberska school in Örebro

05:07at around 12.30pm, after many students had gone home following a national exam.

05:14Swedish police say about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed, but they have not

05:19yet provided a definitive number of how many were wounded.

05:24Authorities have said there are no suspected connections to terrorism at this point, adding

05:29there were also no warning signs before the attack.

05:36The head of the UN's atomic watchdog says he intends to visit Moscow in the coming days

05:42to discuss Russia's persistent attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure, which he

05:47says threaten nuclear safety.

05:49We are very clear, you know, we have, I have from the very beginning of this war insisted

05:57and managed to keep a very open channel of communication with, of course, with Kiev and

06:05with Moscow.

06:06I met President Putin several times, Minister Lavrov and the CEO of Rosatom, the, I mean,

06:16people from the military.

06:19It comes after Grossi visited an electrical substation in Kiev on Tuesday, during which

06:25he was shown the damage caused to the country's key power grid facilities by Russian strikes.

06:31Grossi says this damage poses a threat to nuclear safety by potentially disrupting vital

06:36cooling procedures at atomic plants.

06:40He added that there were a few occasions where we had close calls with regard to Europe's

06:45largest nuclear power plant in Zaporizhia, which is under Russian occupation.

06:51Zaporizhia has repeatedly been caught in the crossfire of fighting, and while its six reactors

06:57have been shut down for months, it still needs power and staff to operate crucial cooling

07:02systems and other safety features.

07:07Norway's Prime Minister presented his new government on Tuesday following a cabinet

07:12reshuffle.

07:13The biggest surprise was former NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg returning as Finance

07:18Minister.

07:20The veteran politician served as Norway's Prime Minister for nine years before joining

07:24NATO from 2014 to 2024.

07:28He will not be replacing Slagsvold Vettem after a fierce debate over EU energy policies

07:33forced the country's ruling coalition government to split last week.

07:37I stand here today with the first clean Labour Party government in 25 years.

07:47Here are some new faces, some familiar faces and some very familiar faces.

07:54But in sum, this is a team that is ready to take over and rule Norway in a very demanding

08:01time.

08:03Stoltenberg announced his return to politics on Tuesday after, quote, having carefully

08:08considered the current challenges we face.

08:11Norway, which is not a member of the EU, could potentially be hit by tariffs from both Brussels

08:16and Washington should US President Donald Trump follow through with his tax threats.

08:22During his time at NATO, Stoltenberg was instrumental in convincing Trump to stick with the alliance.

08:30Clean-up efforts are underway in the Italian city of Messina in Sicily after heavy rainfall

08:36caused severe flooding and landslides.

08:39Italy's National Fire Service said it was called out to more than 100 storm-related

08:44incidents, which included rescuing motorists trapped in flooded underpasses.

08:50The service said the situation was critical in the Orto Liuzzo and San Saber areas of

08:55Messina, where firefighters had to use inflatable boats to rescue residents trapped in their

09:01homes.

09:55Pollution, overconsumption, waste.

10:10These are the three biggest problems Europeans say they face with water.

10:14But it also includes devastating floods on one hand and the threat of desertification

10:19on the other.

10:21According to the European Commission's State of Water Report, the EU's water resources

10:25are under significant pressure.

10:27Less than 40% of our EU surface water bodies achieve good ecological status, with a healthy

10:36ecosystem being home to many species and with water able to regenerate itself.

10:42And only a quarter achieve good chemical status, meaning that the relevant thresholds of hazardous

10:48substances are not exceeded.

10:51Many Member States recognize that this is a big problem.

10:55Some progress has been made over the last years, but there is still a lot of work to

10:59do.

11:01The Commissioner said that the EU has directives and recommendations, but their implementation

11:06is not perfect.

11:07Therefore, the Executive will initiate a dialogue with various sectoral representatives as well

11:12as with the Member States.

11:15We need to do more to ensure the security of our water supply, because citizens need

11:20clean water, farmers and businesses need a stable water supply, and we need to protect

11:25our fresh and marine waters to reduce flood risks.

11:29Because the cost of inaction is too high, knowing the situation will become worse.

11:36Based on the current reports, the European Commission will present an EU water resilience

11:40strategy this spring.

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