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The European Commission announces it is clearing a 50-million-euro payment to the Palestinian refugee agency UNRWA, which was under review following Israeli claims its staff participated in Hamas's October 7 attack. Commission spokesman Eric Mamer tells reporters the funds would be "implemented through international partners, such as, for example, the Red Cross and the Red Crescent." SOUNDBITE
Outside Paris, residents wake up to a thin layer of snow and frost in the residential town of Malakoff. Road maintenance workers disperse salt at various crosswalks to prevent frost while children play on their way to school. IMAGES
Fresh snow covers Prague as the annual Christmas market opens in the historic Old Town Square and a huge Christmas tree is lit. Heavy snowfall caused traffic disruptions across the country, including at Prague airport, and led to power outages on Saturday. In the south of the Czech Republic, weather services reported 75 centimetres (30 inches) of fresh snow overnight. IMAGES
Clean-up operations resume in Derna, on Libya's Mediterranean coast, where a flash flood caused massive damage, costing thousands of lives and leaving countless others missing. IMAGES
A Police vehicle is seen stranded in snow in New York as massive winter storm wallops the Unites States. Drivers were being warned not to take to the roads due to zero visibility. IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).