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00:00 In the latest violence, at least 64 Palestinians have been killed in Israeli air and ground

00:06 attacks across the Gaza Strip.

00:11 A court has ruled that the alleged shooter of the Slovakian Prime Minister, Robert Fico,

00:17 be detained.

00:21 Russian airstrikes kill at least one person in Odessa and at least two people in Ukraine`s

00:27 second city of Kharkiv.

00:34 Israeli forces have intensified their attacks in the Gaza Strip, killing at least 64 Palestinians

00:41 across all areas of the enclave on Saturday.

00:44 Residential buildings were hit as well as the Jabalia refugee camp where people were

00:49 killed queuing for water.

00:54 Israeli`s chief military spokesman said a fourth body of an Israeli hostage had been

00:58 recovered a day after three bodies of three other hostages were also discovered.

01:05 In Tel Aviv, thousands gathered on Saturday night demanding new elections and the resignation

01:11 of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

01:14 Many Israelis are upset over the hostage situation and accusing Netanyahu of putting political

01:20 interests first.

01:23 Israeli war cabinet minister Benny Gantz has also threatened to resign unless Netanyahu

01:29 sets out a post-war plan.

01:33 A court has ordered the unidentified male charged with attempting to assassinate the

01:39 Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico to be detained.

01:43 The suspect was transported via motorcade to Slovakia`s specialized criminal court for

01:49 his first court appearance.

01:50 Prosecutors sought the detention order for fears he could escape or commit other crimes.

01:56 Ministry officials confirm Fico is in a serious but stable condition and that parliament will

02:01 resume.

02:02 "We have agreed that the government will continue according to the program it has set up.

02:10 That means that there will be at least two arrests of the government next week, one standard

02:14 and one personal, because of the Eurofonds.

02:19 The 59-year-old prime minister was shot in the abdomen while greeting supporters in the

02:24 town of Handlova.

02:26 The alleged assassin shot five rounds before being tackled to the ground and arrested.

02:34 One person was killed and eight others were wounded on Friday following Russian airstrikes

02:40 on Odessa, according to Ukrainian officials.

02:43 Elsewhere, Ukrainian troops were fighting to halt the Russian advances in Ukraine's

02:48 northern eastern Kharkiv region that was launched last week.

02:53 The recent attacks are trying to stretch Ukrainian resources, according to military analysts.

02:59 Deaths spread out across the front line in the northeast, central east and southern east

03:05 of Ukraine.

03:06 In the northern eastern city of Kharkiv, two people were killed and 25 were injured in

03:12 Russian airstrikes.

03:14 The second largest city is targeted almost daily and in broad daylight, according to

03:19 Kharkiv's mayor.

03:21 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said during his nightly address on Friday that

03:26 Ukraine's aim is to prevent Russia's attempt to expand the war and to prevent it from breaking

03:32 through the front line.

03:34 The Russian Defense Ministry on Friday said that it had destroyed over 100 drones, including

03:40 in the Black Sea, over Crimea, the Krasnodar and the Belgorod regions.

03:45 The drone raids on Crimea marked Kiev's attempt to strike back during Moscow's offensive.

03:54 Northern Italy has been hit by severe storms and heavy rainfall, leaving several regions,

04:00 including Padua and Vicenza, submerged.

04:04 Emergency services have been mobilized, using dinghies to rescue residents from flooded

04:10 homes, while cars float in the inundated streets.

04:14 France is also experiencing severe weather, with Météo France placing 39 departments

04:20 under yellow alert for thunderstorms.

04:24 This includes parts of the Ile-de-France region, where Paris, the Yvelines, Essonne and Seine-et-Marne

04:30 departments are.

04:31 They are on alert for severe storms that were due from midday on Saturday.

04:37 Meanwhile in Slovenia, local storms formed a heavy rainfall hit to northeast on Thursday

04:43 evening.

04:44 And in Stavirska and Gorinska, the rivers swelled up, with some of them bursting their

04:49 banks.

04:50 (whooshing)

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