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good evening. there are 600,000 russian troops in ukraine. they are firing seven shells for every one the ukrainians can fire in return. yesterday, the russian president said they he continue to wage war until all the kremlin objectives are met. he will continue. compare that with the statement from president biden on tuesday, who said america will continue to fund ukraine as long as we can . but there is no sign the 60 billion aid budget will be passed by congress this side of christmas, if at all. and in europe, similar problems. here s the european commission president ursula von der lyon. we are working very hard, of course, to have a result where there is an agreement of 27 member states. but i think it is now also necessary to work on potential alternatives to have an operational solution in case of an agreement of 27, so unanimity is not possible. ms von der lyon handed hungary over ?10 billion in frozen funds this week, but still only got part of what she wanted. ....
unbearable tragedy . yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas have been protesting the accidental killings, while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. earlier, the bbc interviewed idf spokesman lieutenant coloneljonathan conricus, who explained what happened. they were dressed in civilian clothing and probably in a similarfashion to what clothing and probably in a similar fashion to what we have seen hamas combatants. the second thing is that before and after this tragic mistake occurred, there were clashes between israeli troops in the area and hamas combatants and that apparently was also part of the reasons for this are very sad mistake, the misidentification by israeli soldie ....
unbearable tragedy . yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka were abducted on october 7th when hamas, which is deemed a terrorist organisation by the us and uk governments, carried out its deadly attacks on israel. just hours ago in tel aviv, relatives of hostages taken by hamas protested the accidental killings, while also calling for a ceasefire and agreement for the release of those still held captive. more than 100 hostages remain in gaza. our correspondent lucy williamson has more now on the incident from jerusalem. israel s army is in gaza to kill hamas fighters and bring hostages home. clear targets obliterated in the chaos of conflict. three of those shot dead in the northern district of shejaiya, not hamas gunmen but the captives israel came to save. one of them was yotam haim, 28 years old, a drummer with a heavy metal band, kidnapped from kibbutz kfar aza. his mother spoke to the bbc last month. they are talking about to release a few here, a few there. i ....