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00:00With legislative elections taking place this Sunday, Kosobans are set to head to the polls
00:05amidst an ailing economy and reignited ethnic tension.
00:12Mourners in the Swedish city of Orebro paid tribute to the victims of the deadly shooting
00:16that left 11 dead.
00:19A 28-year-old man who fled the war in Syria was amongst the victims.
00:23Before succumbing to his wounds, he managed to make a call to his fiancée to tell her
00:27he'd been shot and that he loved her.
00:57The authorities said the gunman, who has not yet been officially identified, may have attended
01:11school there before Tuesday's violence on the school campus west of Stockholm.
01:23Nearly three and a half decades after leaving the Soviet Union, the Baltic countries of
01:28Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania this weekend will flip a switch to end electricity grid
01:33connections to neighbouring Russia and Belarus and lean in more with their EU allies.
01:40The severing of electricity ties to oil and gas-rich Russia is steeped in geopolitical
01:45and symbolic significance.
01:49This is the last remaining element of our reliance or dependence on the Russian energy
01:56system or Belarusian energy system.
01:58We stopped to buy any kind of energy resources from Russia and it was our response to the
02:07war in Ukraine which broke out in February 2022.
02:12EU chief Ursula von der Leyen and other dignitaries are expected for a ceremony on Sunday as a
02:18specially made nine-metre-tall clock in downtown Vilnius counts down the final seconds of the
02:24Baltic states' electricity ties to Russia.
02:34Kosmins are set to head to the polls amidst an ailing economy and reignited ethnic tensions
02:39between Albanians and Serbs, with legislative elections taking place this Sunday.
02:45Forecasts predict ethnic Albanian Prime Minister Albin Kursi could win a slim majority.
02:51Whatever the result, the next government will have to tackle increasing poverty to counter
02:56the threat of rising ethnic violence in the north.
02:59There is no ethnic conflict in Kosovo.
03:05There is an economic problem in Kosovo which Kosovo should solve for all communities in
03:12Kosovo.
03:14This means for Albanians, Serbs, Bosniaks, Turks, so it raises the standard of living.
03:22That is the biggest problem.
03:27A recent World Bank report has Kosovo as the European country where the poverty rate is
03:32being reduced the slowest.
03:34Ordinary people struggle against inflation and a failed economy according to this Serbian
03:39activist.
03:44On high level, with politicians, with the government in Pristina, with the government
03:49in Belgrade, it's pretty much stuck and going nowhere.
03:54But on the low level, people are interacting, people are, you know, living their lives simply.
04:05Outgoing Prime Minister Kursi and Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic have been criticized
04:10for revamped polarization between Pristina and Serbs.
04:20What he, at least till this stage, failed is to make people living in the north to basically
04:29embrace his policies.
04:32And that is a difficult, and the most difficult step, I think, because as we know, the people
04:38in the north of Kosovo, not that they are only controlled by Belgrade, by their pensions,
04:44their health care and education system is being paid by Serbia.
04:50The result of decades of unresolved conflict following Kosovo's war of independence from
04:54Serbia is structural economic problems pushing educated young people to migrate elsewhere
05:00in Europe.
05:02Kosovo currently depends on the international donations.
05:07And I mean, without those international donations, Kosovo will not be sustainable at all.
05:16It's like one of the poorest economies in Europe.
05:23U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Wednesday walked back the Trump plan to permanently
05:29relocate Palestinians from Gaza after American allies rebuffed the suggestion.
05:35Trump on Tuesday, in a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, said the
05:40U.S. could take ownership of Gaza.
05:43And the only thing President Trump has done very generously, in my view, is offer the
05:47United States willingness to step in, clear the debris, clean the place up from all the
05:53destruction that's on the ground, clean it up of all these unexploded munitions.
05:57And in the meantime, the people living there will not be able, the people who call that
06:01home will not be able to live there while you have crews coming in and removing debris,
06:05while you have munitions being removed, etc.
06:08That's the offer that he's made.
06:10This is the first good idea that I've heard.
06:13It's a remarkable idea.
06:14And I think it should be really pursued, examined, pursued and done, because I think it will
06:21create a different future for everyone.
06:23Meanwhile, U.N. agencies have also rebuked the proposal, saying any forcible transfer
06:28or deportation of Palestinians from Gaza would violate international law.
06:33On Wednesday, a Palestinian envoy to the U.N. warned that Gaza was an integral part of the
06:38state of Palestine.
06:40Around 2.1 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip, where they've been forced into
06:45displacement several times since Israel's war on Hamas began in October 2023.
06:53Donald Trump's statements on the Gaza Strip have not fallen on deaf ears.
07:03The Israeli defense minister has already given orders to the army to prepare for the so-called
07:08voluntary departure of the Gazans.
07:12American control of the Palestinian enclave, expulsion of the Gazans into neighboring countries
07:17and transformation of the Palestinian enclave into a Middle East Riviera.
07:21This is the plan of the U.S. president.
07:25Even though the White House has since nuanced Trump's statement, concerns remain.
07:32What Trump is proposing is clearly catastrophic for Gaza, but it would also be destabilizing
07:39for regional countries.
07:41It would be destabilizing for the broader region itself.
07:46And it would also have negative impacts on Europe itself.
07:51So let's, for a second, imagine one million Gazans being moved to Egypt, to a country
07:59with limited economic opportunities, a country of which they themselves, Gazans themselves,
08:06have little connection with besides being neighbors.
08:11Do people really think that one million Gazan refugees will stay in Egypt?
08:16No.
08:17Thousands of them, tens of thousands, will seek better economic prospects for the field,
08:23including in Europe.
08:25The U.S. president has repeatedly suggested that 1.8 million people from Gaza could be
08:30displaced to the neighboring countries.
08:33This proposal echoes the forced displacement that followed the creation of the State of
08:38in 1948 and 1967, an option repeatedly rejected by Egypt and Jordan.
08:44This would be hugely controversial among the Arab people, who would see this as aiding
08:53and abetting the effective ethnic cleansing of Palestinians from their land.
09:00And in the case of Egypt, for instance, would be hugely controversial within the military
09:07and the security establishment, who have long seen this question of Gaza and the displacement
09:13of Gazans as something of a red line.
09:16The European Union has merely reiterated its support for the two-state solution and stated
09:21that Gaza is an integral part of a future Palestinian state.
09:29Nutella turns 60, and a new exhibition in Rome not only traces the history of the world-famous
09:34chocolate spread, but also takes visitors on a journey through the origins of the made-in-Italy
09:39brand, exploring the Ferrero family's success since launching the first jar in 1964.
09:45The hazelnut cream created in post-war Italy has now become a cultural icon, sold in over
09:51170 countries.
09:53As curator Chiara Bertini explains, the exhibition, reflected in its title join, aims to celebrate
09:58Nutella as a symbol of positivity and love for life.
10:02It represents a moment of joy.
10:05So all those who come to the exhibition and with whom I had the opportunity to travel together
10:13associate it with joy.
10:16And that's why it's part of the title.
10:18There's a game of words between joy and participation.
10:22Archived material, from old footage to prints, tells the story of how the family business
10:27has developed over the years.
10:30The main room is filled with limited edition jars on display.
10:33But it's Nutella fans who have shaped the history of the most famous chocolate spread in the world.
10:39Generation after generation, Nutella continues to be a significant part of their memories
10:44and their lives.
10:59On World Nutella Day, which takes place on the 25th of November, the family of the famous
11:06Nutella brand is celebrating its 50th anniversary.
11:09It's a day to remember.
11:11It's a day to remember.
11:13It's a day to remember.
11:15It's a day to remember.
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11:21It's a day to remember.
11:23It's a day to remember.
11:26On World Nutella Day, which takes place every year on February the 5th, visitors enjoyed
11:32a special tasting.
11:34Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews, in Rome.