Israel-Hamas Negotiations, European Migration Deal, Extreme Rain

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🗓️ 21 December 2023

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Negotiations between Israel and Hamas are underway with Egypt helping to broker a deal. European Union leaders hail a breakthrough agreement on migration. Intense rain events are getting more common, say climate scientists.

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0:00.0	Talks for some kind of resolution in Gaza are underway on multiple fronts as the death
0:06.8	told nears 20,000.
0:09.0	And a deadly shooting at a church there has Palestinian Christians worried their small community won't survive.
0:15.1	I mean Martinez, that's Leilifottal and this is up first from NPR News.
0:18.8	Leaders in the EU say they've reached a breakthrough on talks over a new migration plan.
0:25.4	The pending deal is meant to distribute migration more evenly across Europe, but some advocates
0:30.0	say it could lock out asylum seekers. And when it rains, it pours especially as the planet's climate warms up.
0:37.0	Severe storms become more common, scientists say the rain patterns of yesterday are long gone.
0:42.0	We need to understand that we need to
0:44.8	consider that instead of planning for the climate we used to have. So stay with us we've
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