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00:00The leader of the far-right AFD in Thuringia calls his party's success in Sunday's state

00:06elections a historic victory.

00:10The bodies of six hostages were recovered by Israeli forces, with the military spokesperson

00:15claiming they had been killed just before they could be rescued.

00:21The Pope is heading on his longest papal tour ever as he heads to Asia to rally the region's

00:26growing Catholic community.

00:35The leader of the far-right Alternative for Germany in Thuringia, Björn Höcke, has called

00:39his party's success in Sunday's state elections a historic victory.

00:44It's the first time since World War II that a far-right party appears set to enter a state

00:49parliament with the AFD polling at over 32 percent of the vote.

01:11The conservative Christian Democratic Union has fallen to second place in Thuringia but

01:16is slightly ahead in the polls in neighboring Saxony.

01:19The CDU's minister-president for the state, Michael Kretschmer, said his party was ready

01:24to govern.

01:39The Greens, one of the three parties that makes up Germany's ruling coalition, performed

01:43poorly in both states.

01:46The party's leader in the German parliament said he was more disappointed about the strong

01:50showing of the AFD than he was about the poor polling for his own party.

02:09Many view these results as a barometer of public sentiment for the current government

02:13ahead of next year's national elections.

02:16But the inconclusive results in both federal regions means forming a government will be

02:21very difficult.

02:22It's extremely unlikely that any other party will agree to put AFD in power by joining

02:27it in a coalition.

02:29The CDU's national general secretary, Carsten Linnemann, said his party will stick to its

02:34long-standing refusal to work with the far-right group.

02:40Russia has launched a barrage of drones, crews and ballistic missiles at Kiev Monday

02:45morning.

02:46Residents were sent into bomb shelters as several explosions rocked the city.

02:51One person was injured from falling debris, according to Kiev mayor Vitaly Klitschko.

02:58The head of Kiev's city military administration said over 10 cruise missiles, about 10 ballistic

03:03missiles and a drone fired at the Ukrainian capital and its suburbs were destroyed by

03:08Ukraine's air defenses.

03:13In the Russian city of Belgorod, a Ukrainian shelling reportedly damaged a kindergarten,

03:18a commercial facility, several residential buildings and cars, said governor Vyacheslav

03:23Gladkov.

03:25Just hours earlier, a strike in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv damaged a gas pipe and wounded

03:30dozens.

03:32Local firefighters tried to quench flames from leaking gas.

03:36This comes a day after Russia's military reported 158 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple

03:42Russian regions in one of the biggest attacks of the war.

03:52The bodies of six hostages were recovered by the Israeli military during an operation

03:57in the Gaza Strip, as protests calling for a ceasefire continue.

04:03All six of the hostages were killed just before Israeli forces could rescue them, according

04:08to an Israeli military spokesperson.

04:11The bodies were recovered from a tunnel in the southern Gaza city of Rafa, around a kilometer

04:16from where another hostage was rescued alive last week.

04:21Their recovery sparked further protests against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

04:29Families of hostages, as well as much of the Israeli public, blame him for failing

04:34to strike a deal with Hamas to end the ongoing war and bring the hostages back alive.

04:40Netanyahu says the killings prove that Hamas does not want a ceasefire deal.

04:45Negotiations have dragged on for months.

04:52The Gotthard base tunnel, the main rail connection between Switzerland and Italy, reopens on

04:57Monday more than a year after an accident forced its closure.

05:01It happened on August 10 last year when a Swiss Federal Railway's freight train derailed

05:06due to a broken wheel.

05:09The derailment caused the train to crash into the gate, separating the western and eastern

05:13tunnels, causing severe damage.

05:16An investigation after the crash revealed that hairline fractures in a wagon wheel caused

05:20the accident when pieces came away, causing the carriage to jump the tracks.

05:25And the clean-up operation was also problematic.

05:28SBB estimated last year that repairing the damage would cost in the region of 135 million

05:55euros, but the company said this week that the final price tag was 159 million.

06:01Taking almost 17 years to complete after decades of planning, the Gotthard base tunnel is the

06:06longest railway tunnel in the world, stretching 57 kilometers under the Swiss Alps.

06:13It's an essential link between Switzerland's German and Italian-speaking cantons and costs

06:1810 billion euros to construct.

06:23The Pope is beginning his longest, furthest and most challenging trip ever to Asia.

06:29Pope Francis will be visiting Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, East Timor and Singapore during

06:34his 11-day trip.

06:36Traveling tens of thousands of kilometers, the journey will far surpass any of his previous

06:40trips being one of the longest papal tours ever.

06:56During his trip, the Pope will deliver 16 speeches and hold several giant masses as

07:00he seeks to rally the region's growing Catholic community.

07:05While attempting to bolster ties with local Catholics, the Pope also aims to bridge religious

07:10divides in a majority Muslim country like Indonesia, during a visit to an iconic mosque.

07:16Francis also faces challenges like addressing growing discrimination amongst religious minorities

07:21in Indonesia and a sexual abuse scandal in East Timor.

07:25The Pope is expected to address some of the key issues that have marked his tenure as

07:29head of the Catholic Church, including the environment.

07:34A commemoration marking the 85th anniversary of the outbreak of World War II took place

07:40in the northern Polish city of Gdansk.

07:42Veterans, troops and delegations from across Poland participated in the event alongside

07:48Polish politicians at the location where the war was triggered decades ago.

07:53Nearly 6 million Poles died in the conflict, which killed more than 50 million people overall.

07:59Poland's current pro-EU government, led by Prime Minister Donald Tusk, has urged Germany

08:05to provide financial compensation over losses the country sustained at the hands of Nazi

08:10troops.

08:11According to Polish media, discussions between the two countries on financial compensation

08:17to living victims are underway, with Poland estimating up to 70,000 people would be eligible.

08:24Speaking at the ceremony, Tusk said the lessons of the world war were not an abstraction and

08:29drew parallels with the ongoing war in neighboring Ukraine.

08:37Greek authorities have announced a series of measures to support local businesses after

08:41more than 100 tons of dead fish were carried by flood water into the central port of Volos.

08:48Subsidies will be provided for businesses who have lost money and tax and insurance

08:52payments will be suspended.

08:54The local government will also look into ways to promote tourism in the region.

08:59The dead freshwater fish filled both Volos Bay and nearby rivers on Tuesday after they

09:04were displaced from their normal habitats by flooding last year.

09:08Experts say a net wasn't placed at the mouth of the river leading into Volos and the fish

09:12died when they came into contact with seawater.

09:16The mayor of Volos accused the regional authority of acting too slowly and warned the rotting

09:20fish could cause an environmental disaster.

09:24The city's chamber of commerce said it was taking legal action to seek damages after

09:28commercial activity in the popular tourist destination dropped by an estimated 80 percent.

09:40The Polish government has announced new guidelines aimed at facilitating safe access to abortion.

09:46The rules, published by the health ministry, say that a recommendation by one specialist

09:50doctor is enough for a woman to obtain a legal abortion in hospital.

09:55The doctor performing the procedure will not be liable for prosecution.

09:59Previously, abortion was only possible in the case of a pregnancy that was the result

10:03of sexual abuse or in a situation of extreme danger to the pregnant woman's health.

10:09Those regulations led to a number of deaths across the country after doctors refused to

10:13perform an abortion for fear of being punished.

10:17Doctors or persons who helped to procure an abortion faced up to three years in prison.

10:23The new guidelines say hospitals that refuse to perform an abortion on a woman with a medical

10:27referral could be fined up to 115,000 euros or lose their National Health Fund contract.

10:40Students in Greece will be required to keep their mobile phones in their school bags at

10:44all times during lessons when the new academic year starts in September.

10:49The new regulations were announced on Saturday by Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

11:14Under the new rules, pupils who don't comply will be excluded from school for one day.

11:25In the case of a repeat offence, teachers have the power to remove pupils from lessons

11:29for several days.

11:31And anyone filming their classmates or their teachers without permission could face expulsion

11:35from school.

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