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00:00Beirut faced a night of intense explosions as some 17 Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon's

00:06capital overnight.

00:11In the first public confirmation by the U.S., the defense secretary confirmed that North

00:16Korean troops are in Russia.

00:21Defense ministers from Germany and the U.K. signed a pact to boost European security amid

00:26rising Russian aggression.

00:31An investigation into the disappearance of more than 50,000 child migrants has won an

00:37EU award for journalism.

00:46Beirut faced a night of intense explosions as some 17 Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon's

00:52capital overnight.

00:54At least one person was killed and several injured in a strike on a residential building

00:58in the city's southern suburb of Dahiye.

01:01In southern Lebanon, three soldiers of the Lebanese army were killed in an Israeli strike

01:06on its troops.

01:07Since the end of September, a total of 13 Lebanese soldiers have been killed.

01:12The Lebanese army is not fighting the Israelis in their conflict with Hezbollah, but providing

01:16support services for the civilian population.

01:20Israel has also expanded its military campaign to the ancient city of Tyre after issuing

01:25evacuation orders.

01:27The evacuation area covered a densely populated stretch between two UNESCO World Heritage

01:32sites.

01:34Meanwhile, the World Health Organization postponed its last round of polio vaccinations in northern

01:40Gaza because of intense bombardment.

01:45Israel's ongoing siege of the area has displaced more than 60,000 Palestinians to central Gaza.

01:50In the first public confirmation by the U.S., the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said on

02:04Wednesday that there is evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia and it remains

02:09to be seen what they would be doing there.

02:12As we continue to look at this, there is evidence that there are DPRK troops in Russia.

02:22What exactly they're doing, left to be seen.

02:25These are things that we need to sort out.

02:27We'll have more for you on that later.

02:30Hours earlier, Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrill Budanov, said that the first

02:34North Korean units were expected to arrive to Russia's Kursk region on Wednesday, the

02:3923rd of October.

02:41They could supposedly help Russia resist Ukraine's incursion.

02:45Early in October, Budanov said the total number of around 11,000 North Korean troops in Russia

02:52will be ready to fight in Ukraine by the 1st of November.

02:56He said that in return, Russia is helping North Korea evade sanctions and develop its

03:01nuclear capabilities, including providing technologies for smaller tactical nuclear

03:06weapons and submarine missile launch systems.

03:10South Korea's spy chief stated that about 3,000 North Korean troops have been sent to

03:16Russia and they're now receiving training on drones and other equipment before being

03:21deployed to the battlefield in Ukraine.

03:24About 10,000 North Korean troops are expected to arrive in December.

03:37Volodymyr Zelensky said earlier that according to the military intelligence, some North Korean

03:41officers are already in the occupied territories of Ukraine.

03:51Poland's President Andrzej Duda arrived at South Korea's presidential office on Thursday

03:56for a summit with President Jens Stoltenberg.

03:59Their meeting takes place in a special context as North Korea has sent troops to Russia as

04:03it wages war in Ukraine.

04:06Polish and South Korean top security officials already met on Wednesday and agreed to expand

04:11their nation's defense cooperation in response.

04:14South Korea recently signed a deal to purchase so-called suicide drones from Poland to counter

04:19North Korea's rising threats.

04:29Defense ministers from Germany and the UK signed a pact on Wednesday to boost European

04:33security amid rising Russian aggression.

04:37Under the agreement, German submarine hunting planes will patrol the North Atlantic from

04:41a base in Scotland.

04:42UK Defense Secretary John Healey said the need for Europe to bolster its own security

04:47and for the UK to play a bigger role in NATO are what drove the deal.

04:53We share the same threats.

04:56War in Ukraine, conflict in the Middle East, growing Russian aggression.

05:00We share the same values, democracy, individual freedom, rule of law.

05:08And in a more dangerous world, allies are our strategic strength and we must do more

05:14together.

05:16German defense giant Rheinmetall is set to open a factory producing artillery gun barrels

05:21using British steel.

05:23Britain and Germany are also expected to collaborate on developing new land-based and aerial drones,

05:28as well as long-range strike weapons that can travel farther than the UK's existing

05:32Storm Shadow missiles.

05:58An

06:25investigation into the disappearance of more than 50,000 child migrants has won the European

06:31Parliament's 2024 Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism.

06:38Lost in Europe, a project led by Dutch journalist Heysha Van Haren revealed that since 2021,

06:45on average nearly 47 migrant children arriving in Europe have gone missing per day.

06:51The research uncovered significant inconsistencies in documentation and reporting across 31 countries,

06:58including Austria, Germany and Italy, raising concerns that the actual number of missing

07:03children may be higher.

07:05They say this is just a tip of the iceberg that there were 51,433 children missing.

07:16The last time that we did this investigation, there were only 18,000 children missing back

07:23in 2021.

07:24So the number did increase.

07:27We don't know what happens if we do the investigation again in three years.

07:32The investigation found that many of these children fall victim to human trafficking

07:37or get caught up in people smuggling gangs.

07:41Many children are also caught at the borders and they end up in prison for people smuggling

07:47whilst they were smuggled themselves.

07:50So the EU war against people smuggling works out the other way for minor children.

07:58A lot of minor children are in adult detention because of that.

08:04The Lost in Europe team received their award at a ceremony in Strasbourg.

08:11At least five people have been killed and around 20 injured in an apparent terrorist

08:16attack in the Turkish capital of Ankara.

08:21Assailants set off explosives and opened fire against the Turkish state-run aerospace and

08:25defence company, according to Turkish President Erdogan.

08:31Local media reported three assailants, including a woman, arriving at an entry to the complex

08:36inside a taxi.

08:38Authorities said two of the attackers had been neutralised and ambulance and firefighters

08:43were dispatched to the site.

08:45Helicopters were seen flying above the headquarters of Turkish Aerospace Industries as security

08:51forces entered the site, according to local media.

08:56Established in 1984, TAI is a leading aerospace company in Turkey that specialises in the

09:02manufacture, design and modern development of integrated aerospace systems.

09:08It was not clear who or what group may have been behind the attack.

09:17Pensions has become a hot topic in Germany, with several political parties capitalising

09:21on poverty amongst retirees.

09:24We sat down with Berlin pensioner Anqi, who told us she receives 1,500 Euros net per month

09:30after a 45-year career working as an elderly carer, to ask about the reality of pensions.

09:41And what about the other pensioners at the care home Anqi worked at?

09:54The pensioners at the care home Anqi worked at were often left behind by their relatives.

10:00Many of them had very little.

10:02They only had a little bit of basic pocket money per month.

10:06They themselves were not well off.

10:08In the past, many of them, especially the women, were at home.

10:12They were dependent on their husband or took care of their children.

10:19I think they are very left behind.

10:25We spoke to the German pension system, who highlighted that pensions are tied to wage development

10:31and said that pensions have increased by 4.5% this year.

10:35They also recommended relying on other sources of income for retiring.

10:48There is not only legal pension insurance, but many other sources of income.

10:52For example, there are three pillars.

10:55The large, supporting pillar is legal pension insurance.

10:58But there is also private and operational pension insurance.

11:03These can also be sources of income in old age.

11:06There is also capital assets.

11:09There is income from rental and mortgage.

11:12There may be a partner who finances you.

11:15So that when you look at your retirement income later,

11:19you should always look at the household context

11:23and not just look at the legal pension insurance.

11:26Despite that, the pension system is a gift that allows seniors who have contributed to society for 45 years

11:32to be given the opportunity to retire for another few decades in peace.

11:37Liv Stroud, FIURO News.

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