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00:00Volodymyr Zelensky says the military incursion into Kursk aims to create a buffer zone to

00:06prevent further attacks by Russia.

00:11Antony Blinken is in Tel Aviv to try to seal a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas

00:16to end more than 10 months of war.

00:21Venezuelans held protests across the world to defend the opposition's claim to victory

00:26in last month's disputed presidential election.

00:31Polish space science mark a historic milestone as they successfully launch Eagle Eye satellite.

00:42Heavy rains lash alpine regions of Austria, leaving parts of the capital Vienna underwater.

00:52A magnitude 7 earthquake strikes off Russia's eastern coast after two volcanic eruptions

00:57in the Kuril Islands.

01:02At least 23 people are injured after two Ferris wheel gondolas catch fire at a music festival

01:07in Leipzig.

01:15Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has said the military incursion into Russia's

01:19Kursk region aims to create a buffer zone to prevent further attacks by Moscow across

01:24the border.

01:25It's the first time Zelensky has stated the aim of the military operation, which was launched

01:30on August 6.

01:33He

01:57also used his nightly video address to appeal to international allies to speed up deliveries

02:03of military hardware for the battlefield.

02:07Zelensky's comments come on the same day the Ukrainian military released footage showing

02:11what it said was the destruction of a key bridge in Kursk, the second such bridge struck

02:16in less than two weeks.

02:18Destroying the bridges could disrupt Russia's supply routes and might signal that Ukraine

02:23has intentions for its troops to dig in.

02:27The Ukrainian military operation has seen Kiev's forces seize several villages, take

02:32hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians in what's

02:37become the largest attack on Russia since World War II.

02:41In more than a week of fighting, Russian troops are still struggling to drive out Ukraine's

02:46forces.

02:47Kiev also hopes the operation will change the dynamic of the more than two-year-old

02:52conflict.

03:00U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Tel Aviv to try to seal a ceasefire

03:05deal between Israel and Hamas to end more than 10 months of war.

03:10The evolving proposal calls for a three-phase process in which Hamas would release all hostages

03:15abducted during its October 7 incursion into Israel.

03:20In exchange, Israel would withdraw its forces from Gaza and release Palestinian prisoners.

03:26And Hamas, which didn't participate directly in the talks, has signaled resistance to what

03:30it calls new demands by Israel.

03:33But Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu accused Hamas of sabotaging efforts to reach

03:38a ceasefire.

03:53As Blinken touched down in Tel Aviv, Israeli authorities showed journalists their preparations

03:58for any attack in the northern port city of Haifa.

04:02Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group has launched drones and rockets into Israel on a near daily

04:07basis since the start of the war, and Israel has responded with air strikes and artillery.

04:13We have been preparing for an attack and we are ready for anything.

04:16There are diplomatic attempts to de-escalate the situation, but we are ready for everything

04:23and anything on any front.

04:25Meanwhile, at least one person was killed and another injured after a bomb exploded

04:30in Tel Aviv on Sunday evening, according to Israeli police.

04:34That explosion happened as health officials in Gaza said 29 people had been killed in

04:39the strip overnight and into Sunday.

04:46Factions across the world responded to a call from their country's political opposition,

04:52the Democratic Unity Platform, and took to the streets to defend the faction's claim

04:57to victory over President Nicolas Maduro in last month's disputed presidential election.

05:05In Lisbon, protesters showed copies of the election results presented by the opposition,

05:11which gave 67% of the votes to Edmundo Gonzalez, more than 7.3 million votes, and only 30%

05:21to Maduro, who will have won 3.3 million votes.

05:26Demonstrators also called on worldwide governments to show their support behind Gonzalez and

05:32express support to Venezuelans who are fearful in their home country of speaking against

05:37Maduro and his allies.

05:46India's medical workers have begun a nationwide strike to protest the rape and killing of

05:51a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in West Bengal state.

05:56The strike was called by the Indian Medical Association, which said all non-essential

06:01services at hospitals would be shut down across the country for 24 hours.

06:20On August 9, police discovered the body of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run

06:25RG Khar Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.

06:29A police volunteer working at the hospital has been detained in connection with the crime,

06:33but the family of the victim alleges it was a gang rape.

06:37An autopsy confirmed sexual assault had taken place.

06:46Ukraine offers a rare look inside a detention center housing Russian troops captured in

06:52battle.

06:53As dozens of prisoners of war were seen at the center, Vadim, the deputy head of education

06:58work at the prison, describes the conditions the inmates live in.

07:28According to the facility's officials, more than 300 captives have passed through the

07:42center since the start of Ukraine's Kursk incursion, 80% of them being conscripts, whilst

07:48many soldiers showed little resistance when taken captive, according to the center.

07:54It remains unclear how many Russian soldiers were captured by Ukrainian troops during their

08:00raid in Kursk.

08:06Heavy rains have lashed alpine regions of Austria, leaving parts of the capital Vienna

08:11underwater.

08:13Local media say downpours have caused severe damage in parts of the country and disrupted

08:18road and rail transport.

08:21National broadcaster ORF said that a woman was dragged under a bus by the force of flooding

08:26in the Dörbling area in the north of Vienna and was taken to hospital in a critical condition.

08:32The amount of rain to fall on Vienna is the highest since records began more than 150

08:37years ago.

08:39Meanwhile, clean-up operations in St. Anton continue, with trucks and excavators working

08:46to remove the mud and gravel from the road and the village.

08:50The A-road to Arlberg remains closed and a decision on when to reopen it will be taken

08:55on Monday.

08:56St. Anton's mayor says the clean-up operation will take weeks to complete and volunteers

09:20will help clean houses in the village.

09:29An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 has struck off the far eastern coast

09:35of Russia near a major naval base.

09:39The quake happened after two volcanoes erupted in the Kuril Islands on Sunday.

09:44The U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center initially warned that hazardous tsunami waves were possible

09:50for coasts within 480 kilometers of the epicenter.

09:55There have been no reports of any casualties.

10:03At least 23 people have been injured after two gondolas on a ferris wheel caught fire

10:08at a music festival in Leipzig.

10:11The fire started in one gondola and spread to another, with eyewitnesses reporting them

10:16spinning wildly.

10:18Local police said first responders and four police officers are being examined in hospital

10:23for possible smoke inhalation.

10:26A police spokesperson said an investigation into the cause of the fires is ongoing and

10:31that criminal investigators are on the scene.

10:37Two new forest fires have broken out in the popular tourist towns of Yataan and Ula in

10:42southwestern Turkey.

10:44Dozens of aircraft and ground vehicles have been dispatched to both sites, with nearly

10:49300 personnel currently fighting the blazes.

10:52The disaster and emergency management directorate said at the weekend that more than 130 wildfires

10:58have erupted across the country in the past week.

11:00Most have been brought under control, but five major blazes continue in the provinces

11:05of Izmir, Aydin, Manisa, Karabakh and Bolu.

11:11Alain Delon, the legendary French actor whose talent made him an icon of French and European

11:16cinema, has died at the age of 88.

11:20His three children announced his death in a joint statement, saying they were immensely

11:24saddened and that the actor passed away peacefully at his home, surrounded by family.

11:29Born in France in 1935, Delon rose to international fame in the 1960s with memorable roles in

11:36films like In Full Sun and The Leopard.

11:39His loss will be deeply felt by fans and colleagues around the world.

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