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00:00Hundreds of people gather in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages still

00:06being held by Hamas in Gaza.

00:11The Med9 group of EU countries pledged support for Lebanon's military to end the fighting

00:16between Israel and Hezbollah.

00:21Authorities in Eastern Romania introduced new measures after flooding last month left

00:25seven people dead and 7,000 homes damaged.

00:32The leaders of nine southern EU countries have pledged support for Lebanon's military

00:36to reassert control over the country's south in a bid to end the fighting between Israel

00:41and Hezbollah.

00:43In a joint declaration, the leaders of the Med9 group said they would continue advocating

00:48for the Lebanese armed forces, which are called to play a critical stabilizing role.

00:53The unfolding situation in the Middle East is gravely alarming, the declaration said.

01:00Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged almost daily cross-border fire since the war in Gaza

01:04started last October.

01:07In recent weeks, Israel has carried out increasingly heavy strikes into areas deeper inside Lebanon

01:13and at the end of September launched a ground offensive in the country.

01:17It's estimated there are 15,000 Israeli soldiers operating in Lebanon.

01:22And Hezbollah has also expanded its rocket fire to more populated areas in Israel.

01:28Those tit-for-tat strikes have displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the

01:33border.

01:39Authorities in Eastern Romania are introducing new measures after flooding in Galats county

01:44last month left seven people dead and around 7,000 homes water damaged.

01:49The county council said it's looking at relocating houses that sit on flood plains and starting

01:54to repair extensive damage across the region.

01:57The council put the total cost for repairs in the county at around 150 million euros

02:02and says the region could be faced with a similar price tag every time there's torrential

02:07rain.

02:08Many in the region are already nervous as Romanian meteorologists have already said

02:12that similar deluges are likely in the future.

02:16Some locals are demanding firm action from the regional authorities as many people have

02:20had to rebuild their homes after extensive flooding on three previous occasions.

02:25In addition to the damage to homes, roads need to be rebuilt and vast swathes of agricultural

02:30land remain waterlogged.

02:32Local authorities say at least 80 percent of residents in the eastern county have been

02:37forced to move.

02:44Hundreds of people have gathered in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages

02:49kidnapped by Hamas on the 7th of October last year.

02:52Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and calls on Jews to atone and repent

02:57for sins committed in the previous year.

03:00Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took a further 250 hostage during its 7th of October

03:07incursion into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza.

03:11Around 100 hostages remain in captivity, a third of whom are believed to be dead after

03:16most of the others were released during a week-long ceasefire in November.

03:20Many protesters accuse the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not doing enough

03:25to secure the hostages' release.

03:27Some also accuse him of putting his political survival above the lives of the captives.

03:32Since the war in Gaza started in October, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed,

03:38but the Hamas-run health ministry doesn't distinguish between combatants and civilians

03:42in its count.

03:43Hundreds of passengers have been stranded in the French Caribbean island of Martinique

03:52after its airport was forced to close because protesters overran the tarmac.

03:57The overnight shutdown delayed flights and airport officials urged stranded passengers

04:02to contact their airlines for information after the facility resumed operations by mid-morning.

04:08Three planes carrying around 1,000 passengers had to be diverted to the nearby island of

04:13Guadeloupe.

04:14France's Interior Minister Bruno Rattailleau said French authorities had regained control

04:19of the airport, which demonstrators targeted in the latest protest against the rising cost

04:23of living.

04:24Since Monday night, Martinique has been gripped by bouts of protests that have often turned

04:29violent.

04:31The latest round of violence prompted the government to announce another curfew as it

04:34stressed that demonstrations on public roads were prohibited.

04:38It's the latest in a string of protests that began in early September, prompting France

04:42to send special anti-riot police to the island, which has banned demonstrations in certain

04:47areas.

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