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00:00At least 17 Palestinians were killed according to Gaza's health ministry as overnight Israeli
00:06airstrikes target the enclave.
00:12Poland's presidential race officially begins with 11 candidates launching their bids for
00:16office in the May 18th first-round vote.
00:22Classes remain cancelled at Eindhoven University of Technology following a network breach over
00:27the weekend.
00:30TikTok users are flocking to a Chinese social media app as a potential ban of TikTok looms
00:36in the US.
00:45At least 17 Palestinians were killed as Israeli airstrikes hit central Gaza.
00:51Gaza's health ministry says an attack on a house in Deir el-Balah killed 11 people whose
00:55bodies were brought to al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital.
00:59Another strike in the densely populated Nusayrat refugee camp killed six others and wounded
01:04seven more.
01:06The Hamas-run health ministry says Israel's war on Gaza has killed more than 46,000 Palestinians
01:11in 15 months of fighting.
01:14The fresh attacks come as Israel and Hamas appear to be narrowing in on a ceasefire deal.
01:20The pair have been engaging in ceasefire talks brokered by the United States along with
01:25Qatar and Egypt.
01:27The deal, structured in three phases, would see the release of dozens of hostages held
01:32under Hamas captivity in Gaza, the release of 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israel and
01:37weeks of peace.
01:39Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in Gaza.
01:43Israeli officials say progress has been made but details of the deal have not yet been
01:47finalized.
01:49White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan says there is hope the deal will
01:53close out this week.
02:00The presidential race has officially begun in Poland with the first round taking place
02:04on May 18th.
02:05Eleven candidates have announced their run for the office.
02:08The Polish governing coalition relies heavily on the results of this election.
02:12The current president, Andrzej Duda, comes from the right-wing opposition Law and Justice
02:16Party and has the power to veto pieces of legislation proposed in parliament.
02:21The main issues of the campaign so far include abortion rights, civil partnerships, the rule
02:26of law and security.
02:28The last of which is especially relevant in the context of the ongoing war in Ukraine.
02:33According to the latest polls, Warsaw Mayor RafaΕ Trzaskowski is the current favorite
02:37to win.
02:38His greatest competitor is Karol Nowroczki, a candidate running in name as an independent
02:43but who's endorsed by the Law and Justice Party and who currently heads the Polish Institute
02:48of National Remembrance.
02:50Running in third place is SΕawomir Mensan from the right-wing Konfederacja party, but
02:55the race is expected to be a close competition between the two favorites.
03:00Trzaskowski's party, the Civic Coalition, is described as a centrist pro-European, whereas
03:04Nowroczki's Law and Justice Party is described as more skeptical of the European Union.
03:10In the last presidential elections, which took place in 2020, Trzaskowski narrowly lost
03:14to incumbent Andrzej Duda, who is no longer eligible to run due to term limits.
03:20That year, over 10 million Poles voted for each of the two candidates.
03:24Only Lech WaΕΔsa, the first president of Poland to be elected after the fall of communism,
03:29received a higher number of votes.
03:31If a majority of Poles do not vote for any of the candidates in the first round, a second
03:36round between the top two candidates will take place on the 1st of June.
03:45NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte announced the alliance is launching a new mission to
03:49protect undersea cables in the Baltic Sea region.
03:54His announcement comes following a strain of incidents in the Baltic that have heightened
03:58concerns about possible Russian activity in the region, including the suspected sabotage
04:03of undersea cables.
04:08This military activity is part of our ongoing effort to enhance maritime presence and monitoring
04:14of key areas for our alliance.
04:17It will involve a range of assets, including frigates and maritime patrol aircraft, among
04:23others, and will enhance our vigilance in the Baltic.
04:28Russia said NATO adversaries must know the alliance will not accept attacks on its critical
04:33infrastructure, with Estonia's prime minister adding that plans were in place for the Baltics
04:38to be cut free from the Russian energy sector.
04:46South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk-kyo, was detained by hundreds of police and anti-corruption
04:52officials for questioning over his imposition of martial law last month.
04:56They are now investigating whether his short-lived decision amounted to attempted rebellion.
05:02He insists the anti-corruption agency doesn't have the authority to investigate his actions
05:07but that he complied to prevent violence.
05:10He said his declaration of martial law was justified as a legitimate act of governance
05:14against an anti-state opposition.
05:21Classes are still cancelled at Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands following
05:25a cyber attack over the weekend.
05:28The attack was reported at 9 p.m. on Saturday by the university's IT department.
05:33They say they noticed unusually heavy and suspicious traffic on the university's digital
05:37platform and have since made the decision to take the servers offline.
05:42The shutdown of the university's network has caused major disruptions to faculty members
05:46who lost access to platforms needed for their jobs.
05:55The network breach came at a time when students were preparing for exams and assessments.
06:06The university has been the target of cyber attacks in the past.
06:10Scientists say more needs to be done to enhance network security.
06:14This is also like not the first time that the university gets hacked and I think it's
06:18just like a major problem and for example the way the university gets hacked is more
06:23advanced every time.
06:24I think now with the development of AI like phishing is more advanced and other techniques
06:30that hackers may employ.
06:31Maybe like the university needs funds to secure its systems of course because like research
06:35here is really important.
06:38The university's administration has announced that all exams and assessments scheduled for
06:42the 20th of January will be postponed by one week.
06:46They also added that its IT department is making progress in countering the breach and
06:51expects students to regain access by Monday.
06:58As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese
07:03social media app Xiaohongsu, making it the top downloaded app in the U.S.
07:10Users landed on the app called Little Red Book in English as an alternative to TikTok,
07:16with some saying they specifically picked the Chinese app to protest the TikTok ban.
07:23Today it has grown into a popular platform for young people to share practical tips or
07:28tutorials on various topics like beauty, fashion, fitness, adventure or even career
07:35advice.
07:36The app has over 300 million monthly active users and most of them are young females living
07:43in the big cities.
07:45The U.S. Supreme Court is due to rule on whether TikTok must divest from its Chinese parent
07:50company or be banned in the U.S. over security concerns.
07:54Masses of TikTok users joined the Chinese app using hashtags such as TikTok refugee.
08:01Since yesterday we have seen many new posts in English calling themselves the TikTok refugees
08:06and the reaction from the Chinese users have been mixed.
08:10Some believe this is a great way the Chinese culture get to a global audience while some
08:15worries this will be a cultural invasion and it might have an impact on the censorship.
08:23Little Red Book has become the top downloaded free app on the U.S. App Store, but it is
08:27not clear if the app will serve as a sustainable replacement for TikTok.
08:43The European Union and the United Kingdom are the most skeptical about Donald Trump's
08:48return to the White House as U.S. President, according to a study conducted by the European
08:54Council on Foreign Relations over 24 countries.
08:58The historical European allies' scepticism contrasts with the more positive opinion emerging
09:04elsewhere in the world, but historian Timothy Garton explains why Europe is wary.
09:11What do we have in common?
09:12We're both U.S. allies who depend on the U.S. for our security.
09:17So that's a very telling and dramatic finding.
09:21You know, we already face a world of transactional great powers, Russia, China, India, Brazil, South Africa.
09:29And you know what?
09:30With Donald Trump, we see the United States, for the first time since 1945, again becoming
09:38a kind of transactional great power.
09:42That's why countries like China or Russia or India are quite relaxed about it, and we're
09:47definitely not.
09:49For the historian, one of Europe's main challenges will be presenting a united front to the next
09:56U.S. president, but also to the entire international stage in order to influence geopolitical decisions.
10:03According to the survey, the EU is considered by many citizens to be on par with the United
10:08States and China.
10:11We asked the question whether the EU can deal as an equal with the U.S. and China.
10:17I expected most of the world to be skeptical.
10:20Actually, the world has quite a positive view.
10:22Majorities or pluralities say yes.
10:26So in a way, we Europeans don't have enough confidence in our own power.
10:33But of course, it's potential power.
10:35We have to make it actual.
10:38The authors of the report say that the differences in how the U.S. and Europe are seen show that
10:44the West is no longer a single, united geopolitical force.
10:49However, it is still the strongest international military alliance, according to the historian.
11:03SpaceX launched a pair of lunar landers on Wednesday for two separate companies.
11:08The latest in a stream of private spacecraft aiming for the moon.
11:13The Tokyo-based iSpace plans to test potential food and water sources for future explorers,
11:19while Texas-based Firefly Airspace is flying 10 experiments for NASA.
11:25The two shared the ride to save money, but parted an hour into the flight to take separate
11:29routes to their shared destination.