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

00:09permanently resettling displaced Palestinians outside the war-torn region.

00:14The president added that he wouldn't rule out deploying U.S. troops to support Gaza's

00:19reconstruction.

00:20The U.S. will take over the Gaza Strip and we will do a job with it too, we'll own it

00:27and be responsible for dismantling all of the dangerous unexploded bombs and other weapons

00:32on the site, level the site and get rid of the destroyed buildings, level it out, create

00:39an economic development that will supply unlimited numbers of jobs and housing for the people

00:46of the area.

00:47Trump's comments came as he welcomed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for talks

00:52at the White House, the first foreign leader to visit the U.S. president in his second

00:57term.

00:58Their meeting comes amid discussions of a fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas

01:04and a temporary truce deal for Gaza's reconstruction, something that Trump and his advisers have

01:09claimed is not viable.

01:13But Egypt and Jordan, as well as other Arab nations, have rejected calls by Trump to relocate

01:18the territory's 2.3 million Palestinians.

01:23As although hardline right-wing members of Netanyahu's government have embraced Trump's

01:28comments, the Israeli Prime Minister is also facing pressure to end the temporary truce

01:33and continue with the war.

01:35Meanwhile, protesters and families of Israeli hostages in Gaza marched to the U.S. embassy

01:42in Tel Aviv on Tuesday, calling on President Trump to reach an agreement to release all

01:47the remaining hostages.

01:52Swedish Prime Minister Alf Kristersen has called Tuesday's mass shooting at a school

01:57in Örebro the worst in his country's history.

02:00Speaking at a joint news conference with Justice Minister Gunnar Strömer, Kristersen said

02:05a darkness is being cast over Sweden.

02:08We have seen a brutal, deadly violence against innocent people.

02:15This is the worst mass shooting in Swedish history.

02:20There are still many answers missing, and I can't give them the answers either.

02:30The gunman is reported to have opened fire at the campus Rysberska school in Örebro

02:35at around 12.30pm, after many students had gone home following a national exam.

02:42Swedish police say about 10 people, including the gunman, were killed, but they have not

02:47yet provided a definitive number of how many were wounded.

02:52Authorities have said there are no suspected connections to terrorism at this point, adding

02:57there were also no warning signs before the attack.

03:06Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharra, met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan

03:10to discuss Syria's economic recovery.

03:14They also spoke about the presence of Kurdish-led forces in the north of the country, which

03:18Turkey considers to be a security threat.

03:22The interim president was welcomed by the Turkish president and a small group of the

03:26honor guard at the entrance of the presidential palace.

03:30It was a low-key ceremony compared to visits of other heads of state, who are usually received

03:35with military bands and troops escorting them.

03:38Al-Sharra, who was appointed last week, was a former rebel leader who led the insurgents

03:44who toppled President Bashar al-Assad in December.

03:47Turkey, who was a strong backer of groups opposed to al-Assad during the 13-year civil

03:52war, is considered to be one of the new administration's key allies.

03:58Erdogan's office said talks would focus on steps towards Syria's economic recovery and

04:02its security and stability.

04:09A Syrian family wants to hold Frontex accountable for human rights violations and illegal pushback.

04:16Back in 2016, the family arrived in Greece, where their asylum application was registered.

04:22However, just 11 days later, Frontex and Greek authorities forcibly placed them on a flight

04:28to Turkey without processing their asylum request or issuing a return decision.

04:34On Tuesday, the case arrived at the Grand Chamber of the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

04:40This case is important because it's the first case in which the court is going to answer

04:45the question whether Frontex can be held liable for fundamental rights violations at the EU

04:52external borders.

04:54The court showed that it realizes the importance of the case by referring the case to the Grand

05:00Chamber.

05:01This means that normally the court hears a case before a formation of three or five judges,

05:08but if it refers the case to the Grand Chamber, that means that 15 judges will hear the case.

05:16It shows that the court acknowledges the importance of the question before it.

05:23The case has both legal and social significance because it has the potential to set a crucial

05:28legal precedent.

05:30The court will determine the responsibility of Frontex to uphold human rights before,

05:35during and after border operations.

05:38Euronews contacted Frontex's spokesperson for a reaction.

05:42Still he did not want to talk about the details of the case as it is still ongoing, but insisted

05:47that the responsibility lies with the Member States.

06:07The decision is expected at the end of the year.

06:18The Association for Consumer Protection, Efectiva, called on consumers in Serbia to boycott five

06:24major retail chains due to their excessive pricing.

06:28The association says it is normal for prices to increase because of inflation, but not

06:33as much as it is reflected on the price tags.

06:37Serbia is the latest to join the boycott, a trend that started in Croatia and quickly

06:41caught on in other Western Balkan countries.

07:07A professor that spoke with Euronews said the success of a boycott depends on several

07:16factors, the duration of a boycott, the level of collective consumer action and how the

07:22retail chains respond to the boycott.

07:25He also reminded that Serbia had already recognized the fact that prices need to be regulated.

07:36Experts said the path to lower prices depends on the government.

07:59Only they can introduce subsidies on basic food items, facilitate the entry of new sellers

08:04into the market and reduce dependence on imports by encouraging domestic production.

08:34Consumers in Croatia were the first in the region to participate in the boycott, which

08:45proved extremely effective.

08:48The initiative was launched by Croatian consumer rights group Halo Inspector.

08:52A report by the Croatian Tax Administration showed that the boycott resulted in sales

08:57dropping by 53 percent compared to the week before.

09:02An advisor to Halo Inspector told local media he hopes the boycott sends a clear message

09:07and leads to the creation of a mechanism that regulates and monitors the market.

09:20This Belgian photovoltaic park is an illustration of the European energy transition.

09:26In the background, the Huisten-Zolder coal mine has been the last to close its doors

09:31in the Benelux.

09:33Today, approximately 25,000 solar panels cover the former mine waste landfill.

09:41After the mine closing in 1992, this landfill wasn't used anymore and we together, the group

09:49Machiels and LRM, they developed together a solar park, a big solar park on this site

09:55that gives a new destination to not used land anymore.

09:59So, it's a 5 megawatt plant built in 2008 and it gives 5 gigawatt hour green electricity

10:08production a year.

10:09For the first time, solar has surpassed coal in the European electricity mix in 2024.

10:16Nuclear remains the largest source of electricity production, followed by wind, gas and hydro.

10:21In 2024, 11% of EU's electricity was produced from solar and 10% from coal.

10:30Solar is on the rise in all European countries with Hungary leading the way, where a quarter

10:34of electricity is produced from solar energy.

10:37Greece and Spain are next.

10:40It is a milestone, not just for the energy transition where renewables are pushing fossils

10:46to the margin more and more so, but also a milestone for European security because

10:51it's homegrown electricity and for European competitiveness because it's the most affordable

10:56energy.

10:57However, there is a cloud on the horizon.

11:00The European market is flooded with Chinese solar panels, largely subsidized by Beijing.

11:0490% of the panels today are coming from one single source and that is China.

11:10We have been engaging over the last years together with the European Commission in bringing

11:15back manufacturing to Europe.

11:16It is important that Europe is resilient and diversifies supplies, producing again in Europe

11:23but also diversifying more generally.

11:26Another challenge is to improve storage capacity and electrical flexibility to make the most

11:30of this intermittent energy.

11:32The target is set.

11:33The EU aims to have 42.5% of renewable energy sources in its final energy consumption by

11:382030.

11:39Its goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.

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