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00:00The death toll from a mass shooting at a school for adult education in Sweden rose to 11 on

00:08Wednesday. Officials warned that this number could still rise. Citizens laid tributes to

00:13the victims at the site of the attack. Candles were lit and flowers laid as police helicopters

00:19circled above the heavily policed scene. A witness said he and his fellow students barricaded

00:25themselves in a classroom with tables and chairs before police came and knocked down

00:30the door. Authorities were working to identify the

00:56victims and said the suspected gunman was among the dead. There were no warnings beforehand

01:02and police believe the perpetrator acted alone, but did not release a possible motive.

01:10A Syrian family wants to hold Frontex accountable for human rights violations and illegal pushback.

01:17Back in 2016, the family arrived in Greece, where their asylum application was registered.

01:23However, just 11 days later, Frontex and Greek authorities forcibly placed them on

01:29a flight to Turkey without processing their asylum request or issuing a return decision.

01:35On Tuesday, the case arrived at the Grand Chamber of the EU Court of Justice in Luxembourg.

01:42This case is important because it's the first case in which the court is going to answer

01:47the question whether Frontex can be held liable for fundamental rights violations

01:52at the EU external borders. The court showed that it realizes the importance of the case by

02:00referring the case to the Grand Chamber. This means that normally the court hears a case before

02:07a formation of three or five judges, but if it refers the case to the Grand Chamber,

02:14that means that 15 judges will hear the case and it shows that the court

02:20acknowledges the importance of the question before it.

02:24The case has both legal and social significance because it has the potential to set a crucial

02:30legal precedent. The court will determine the responsibility of Frontex to uphold human rights

02:35before, during and after border operations. Euronews contacted Frontex's spokesperson for

02:42a reaction, while he did not want to talk about the details of the case as it is still ongoing,

02:48but insisted that the responsibility lies with the Member States.

03:08The decision is expected at the end of the year.

03:13UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arrived in Kyiv Wednesday morning, where he is expected

03:25to announce a new package of financial support for areas including Ukraine's energy sector,

03:31grain exports and economic growth, and meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.

03:37Two weeks earlier, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer signed a 100-year partnership agreement

03:44with Zelensky as part of a European show of support and promised to keep helping Ukraine.

03:55The Association for Consumer Protection Efektiva called on consumers in Serbia to boycott five

04:01major retail chains due to their excessive pricing. The association says it is normal

04:06for prices to increase because of inflation, but not as much as it is reflected on the price tags.

04:13Serbia is the latest to join the boycott,

04:15a trend that started in Croatia and quickly caught on in other Western Balkan countries.

04:37A professor that spoke with Euronews said the success of a boycott depends on several factors,

04:53the duration of a boycott, the level of collective consumer action,

04:58and how the retail chains respond to the boycott. He also reminded that Serbia had

05:04recognized the fact that prices need to be regulated.

05:07Experts say the path to lower prices depends on the government. Only they can introduce

05:37subsidies on basic food items, facilitate the entry of new sellers into the market,

05:42and reduce dependence on imports by encouraging domestic production.

06:07Consumers in Croatia were the first in the region to participate in the boycott,

06:22which proved extremely effective. The initiative was launched by Croatian consumer rights group

06:28Halo Inspector. A report by the Croatian Tax Administration showed that the boycott resulted

06:33in sales dropping by 53 percent compared to the week before. An advisor to Halo Inspector told

06:40local media he hopes the boycott sends a clear message and leads to the creation of a mechanism

06:46that regulates and monitors the market. The mayor of Santorini says the earthquakes that have hit

06:55Greek islands on the Aegean Sea in the last few days are part of a seismic swarm that could last

07:01weeks. Hundreds of quakes with magnitudes between 3 and 4.9 have been

07:30registered since Saturday between Santorini and the neighbouring island of Amorgos.

07:36The seismic activity has prompted mass evacuations amid fears the tremors could

07:41be a precursor to a much larger earthquake. Schools in Santorini and on neighbouring

07:47islands have been closed and people have been told to stay away from areas where rock slides

07:53could occur. And while Greek experts say the quakes are not linked to Santorini's volcano,

08:00they acknowledge that the pattern of seismic activity is cause for concern.

08:12Angry and discontent, metal workers from across Europe met in Brussels.

08:17They fear for their jobs and their livelihoods because of the European green transition.

08:23They are demanding that the bloc's new industrial policy includes more

08:26safeguards for workers and families in the sector. One of the workers' demand is for the

08:32EU to create more effective training and retraining of workers, even at the expense of working time.

08:56Almost 1 million industrial jobs have been lost in the EU since 2019.

09:06According to the trade unions, employers are cosmeticising the full extent of the crisis

09:10with short-term contracts and reduced working hours, which could mean up to 4.3 million job

09:16losses. Trade unions say more than 100,000 jobs have been put at risk in recent months.

09:21Large companies across Europe have announced factory closures and redundancies.

09:25Two German companies, ThyssenKrupp and Volkswagen, are on the top of that list.

09:30To help with the transition, the EU has set up the Just Transition Fund as part of the Green Deal,

09:35with 17.5 billion euros. The amount seems big, but so is the task.

09:55Trade union representatives also had talks with the European Commissioner for Industrial Strategy.

10:15They want the executive to draw up a directive on fair transitions,

10:19forcing companies to anticipate and manage change in full cooperation with trade unions.

10:55We are inside the Preconum School, the home of the Araldi of the Circo Massimo.

11:01The school is the school of the announcers, the bandits, the shows, the competitions of the Circo Massimo.

11:08This building is located in the southern slopes of the Palatine, right in front of the Circo Massimo.

11:14It was built in the Severian age, in the 3rd century AD, with this function.

11:25The Circo Massimo was built in the 3rd century AD, in the Severian age, with this function.

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