Growing pressure: How long can Israel resist Gaza ceasefire calls?
We ask about the mounting pressure from allies and the mounting domestic pressure after last week's accidental killing of three escaped hostages by Israeli forces.
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Man City handed tie with Copenhagen, PSG to face Real Sociedad in Champions League last 16
Pep Guardiola's City, who are looking to retain the title they won in Istanbul last June, will be expected to comfortably get the better of the Danish side, who qualified from their group at the expense of Manchester United after beating the Red Devils 4-3 at home.
Biden cautions Netanyahu, Orban blocks Ukraine aid, COP28 conclusions, AI books flood Amazon
The US Senate is putting off its Christmas recess for a shot on voting on military aid for Israel and for Ukraine. Ukraine's president has been globetrotting this week, with stops that included Washington, where Volodymyr Zelensky lobbied senators as well as the pro-Trump speaker of the House of Representatives. Mike Johnson is holding out for domestic border control reform. To keep Kyiv's financial lifeline alive, Zelensky travelled all the way to Buenos Aires for last Sunday's inauguration of Argentina's new populist president, Javier Milei, but the main reason was to lobby Viktor Orban ahead of a crucial EU summit.
How UK-based watchdog Airwars is counting the Gaza death toll
Gaza’s health ministry collects data from the enclave’s hospitals and the Palestinian Red Crescent.
West African court orders release of deposed Niger president
We also take a look at DR Congo's general election campaign and at incumbent president Felix Tshisekedi's key measure: free education.
'We cannot recycle our way out of the plastics crisis': EU Commissioner Sinkevičius
We first take stock of the pollution of European seas – with the European Environment Agency highlighting problems in successive reports. "Pollution comes from the shore," Sinkevičius says. "It's industrial pollution. It's urban wastewater that's not being treated properly. It's partly agricultural too. All that pollution gets exacerbated by additional pressures, such as climate change. We see the temperature rise in the sea." So what is being done about that? "On chemical and fertiliser pollution, we have taken concrete steps under our Farm to Fork strategy. But it’s also extremely important that we deal with our waste; for example plastic packaging," Sinkevičius responds.
We've made 'huge progress' on Schengen membership: Bulgarian PM Denkov
Produced by Sophie Samaille, Juliette Laurain, Isabelle Romero and Perrine Desplats
What's in a bottle? The challenges facing France's champagne industry
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