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00:00The European Union's member states are divided over the issue of Gaza, EU High Representative Kayakalas told reporters.
00:10Russian attacks across Ukraine kill at least three civilians and leave dozens of others injured, Ukrainian authorities reported on Saturday.
00:19The European Union's member states are divided over the issue of Gaza, EU High Representative Kayakalas told reporters after the informal meeting of foreign ministers in Copenhagen.
00:37It's clear that member states disagree on how to get Israeli government to change course.
00:45The options are clear and remain on the table.
00:49We have presented an option paper, but the problem is that not all EU member states are on board.
00:58At the meeting, there was a debate among ministers about the EU's free trade agreement with Israel.
01:05But the member states issued a joint statement calling for the US to lift the travel ban of the Palestinian delegation for the UN General Assembly.
01:15So I will now give the door.
01:19Israel wants to slow down or halt the entry of aid into northern Gaza, an official who spoke on condition of anonymity told the Associated Press.
01:30It comes as Israel escalated its offensive in Gaza City, which was announced earlier this month, and drew international condemnation.
01:39According to several media, hospital authorities reported at least 50 Palestinians were killed in Israeli attacks on Saturday, including 26 in Gaza City.
01:48Ahead of the expanded offensive, Israel had called on Palestinians to flee down south of the Strip, a move that the Red Cross warned against.
01:58The head of the organization said in a statement that such an evacuation would trigger massive population movement that no area in the Gaza Strip can absorb,
02:06given the widespread destruction and extreme food and aid shortages.
02:10Aid groups have also warned that the large-scale evacuation would further worsen the dire humanitarian crisis.
02:16Earlier this month, famine was confirmed in part of Gaza for the first time by the world's leading authority on food crises,
02:24who warned it was likely to spread across the territory.
02:27A massive overnight Russian attack on Ukraine killed three people and injured at least 45 others across the country,
02:39among them three children, Ukrainian media reported on Saturday.
02:43According to Ukraine's Air Force, Russia launched 537 Shahid-type attack drones and decoys,
02:50as well as eight ballistic missiles and 37 cruise missiles.
02:54548 of the strikes were neutralized, the Ukrainian Air Force reported.
03:00In Zaporizhia, local authorities reported that the strikes caused power outages alongside damage to a 14-multistory building
03:08and more than 40 private houses.
03:11The renewed attack came just two days after Russia launched a large-scale aerial attack on multiple Ukrainian cities,
03:19including Kyiv, the capital, killing 25 people.
03:22Meanwhile, Ukraine on Saturday claimed to have struck Russian oil refineries in the Krasnoda region and Samara region.
03:30A statement on the strike said it was carried out as part of reducing the offensive potential of Russian forces.
03:37China's role in upholding multilateralism is fundamental,
03:45United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres told Chinese President Xi Jinping
03:50on the sidelines of a key security summit on Saturday.
03:54Guterres, who was welcomed by the Chinese leader,
03:57gave a veiled criticism of the U.S. amid the challenges facing the United Nations.
04:02The U.N. chief described the present state of multilateralism as under fire.
04:08And we see in forms of democracy that are sometimes difficult to understand.
04:15Sometimes it look more like a show than serious diplomatic efforts,
04:21and in which business and politics seem sometimes also mixed.
04:26In response, President Xi said China would always be a reliable partner to the U.N.
04:34Guterres is attending the summit in the Chinese port city of Tianjin,
04:38where Russian President Vladimir Putin and several leaders from Asia and the Middle East
04:43will gather in a powerful show of global self-solidarity.
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