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00:00The Ukrainian city of Odessa has been without power for two days following Russian strikes.

00:12Seven weeks after the national elections, coalition negotiations have begun in Austria.

00:24Speaking at the end of the first day of the G20 summit in Brazil, UK Prime Minister Keir

00:29Starmer promised the UK would double down on its support for Kiev as Ukraine marks 1,000

00:35days of Russia's full-scale invasion.

00:36That's 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice from Ukraine.

00:42We need to double down, we need to make sure Ukraine has what is necessary for as long

00:46as necessary because we cannot allow Putin to win this war.

00:50President Emmanuel Macron mirrored Starmer's sentiment and said it is France's duty to

00:55help Ukraine protect its territory.

00:59He added that the change in the conflict triggered by the involvement of North Korean troops

01:03should not be underestimated.

01:05The only force that is escalating in this conflict today is Russia, which is engaging

01:12in a nuclear program with missiles of very long range, and so it is really a rupture

01:21in this war that has led to this choice of the Americans.

01:24Leaders of the world's 20 major economies also issued a joint declaration in which they

01:29called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for Gaza and to end the hostilities

01:34in the Middle East.

01:38The southern Ukrainian city of Odessa has been without power for two days following

01:44Russian attacks which damaged critical infrastructure.

01:48Emergency power outages have been introduced across the region and some facilities have

01:52been switched to generators.

01:54We hope that the light will come back.

01:57There was no water all day in the morning and from 6 to 7 in the evening there was no

02:04water.

02:06Emergency utility points have been set up across the city, where heat, water and electricity

02:10is being provided.

02:11As soon as they have a need, literally five minutes, they start their work.

02:16Yesterday morning the need started because people started coming to us.

02:20From the DSNS, on the territory of the city of Odessa and the Odessa region, there are

02:2645 emergency points that are deployed on the basis of fire stations.

02:30To tell people that there are a lot of people, no, but they are, they are constantly.

02:34Efforts to restore the region's power supply are ongoing.

02:41EU buildings across Brussels have been lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to

02:47mark the 1,000th day since Russia invaded in 2022.

02:53As of August this year, almost 12,000 civilians were reported as killed in Ukraine, according

02:59to UN figures.

03:03UNICEF says that figure includes 2,406 children.

03:07In Kiev, a memorial to those lost continues to grow, with national flags placed to honour

03:14each soldier killed while fighting Russia.

03:22Coalition negotiations have officially begun in Austria following several rounds of exploratory

03:28talks.

03:29Seven weeks after the national elections, a preliminary decision on Austria's future

03:34government was made on Monday.

03:36The far-right Freedom Party won the national elections in September.

03:40However, Austria's federal president gave the mandate to form a government to the runner-up,

03:45Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party, as no party was willing to work together with

03:50the FPÖ and its party head, Herbert Kickl.

03:59Nehammer's coalition with the Social Democrats and Liberals excludes the FPÖ, a three-party

04:29alliance, as is being proposed, would be a first in Austria.

04:37Slovakian and Hungarian politicians strongly condemned the decision by US President Joe

04:42Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with American-supplied longer-range

04:48missiles.

04:49Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said the decision was made with the clear

04:54aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.

04:59Hungary's foreign minister also lashed out against the decision, saying the move could

05:03serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global conflict.

05:07The decision was made with the clear aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.

05:11Hungary's foreign minister also lashed out against the decision, saying the move could

05:15serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global conflict.

05:20This is an incredibly dangerous idea, which poses an extremely serious threat to the spread

05:28of the war.

05:30Then there is the Ukraine's demand and the opinion of some NATO member states in relation

05:36to the invitation of Ukraine to NATO, which would also bring the real threat of the Third

05:43World War very close.

05:46The shift in policy added an uncertain new factor to Russia's full-on invasion of Ukraine.

05:52With the Kremlin warning the decision adds fuel to the fire of the war and would escalate

05:57international tensions even further.

06:03The citizens of Georgia took to the streets on Tuesday morning demanding fresh parliamentary

06:10elections after what they call was a rigged election with Russia's assistance.

06:16The governing Georgian Dream Party was established by billionaire Bitsina Ivanovich Vili, who

06:22made his fortune in Russia and only narrowly won the vote back in October.

06:27In Tbilisi, police broke up demonstrations, several people were arrested.

06:35Ivanovich Vili's party has recently pushed through laws similar to those used by the

06:41Kremlin to crack down on freedom of speech and LGBTQ plus rights.

06:48The EU suspended Georgia's membership application process indefinitely in June after the country's

06:54parliament passed a law requiring organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding

06:59from abroad to register as, quote, pursuing the interests of a foreign power.

07:11The president of Abkhazia, Aslan Bazanya, has resigned following widespread protests

07:16against an investment deal which opponents claim would increase Russian influence in

07:20the region.

07:21Demonstrators stormed government buildings last Friday, forcing Bazanya to flee and plunging

07:27the self-declared republic into political turmoil.

07:33The president has said he will withdraw his resignation if protesters do not leave the

07:37buildings in the capital, Sukhumi, by Tuesday.

07:42Vice President Bajragumba will assume the role of acting president for now.

07:48The unrest was sparked by opposition to a property agreement between Abkhazia and Russia

07:55which would allow Russian companies to invest in the region.

08:01Opponents of the agreement argue that it would inflate property prices and increase Moscow's

08:06influence.

08:08Clean-up efforts continue following severe flooding in Spain's Valencia region, with

08:16sewer blockages now the main concern for authorities.

08:21Workers have been attempting to free up the sewers for about a week, injecting water to

08:26soften the mud and absorb it through another pipe.

08:30So far, 60% of Paiporta's 75km sewage system has been cleared, but the sewers are still

08:36not being drained.

08:38There are also garages that are still full of mud, which can cause leaks in the drinking

08:43water network.

08:45However, Spain's public health authorities say they will continue to work to clean up

08:51the sewage system.

08:53The government has also said it will continue to work to clean up the sewage system.

08:58There are also garages that are still full of mud, which can cause leaks in the drinking

09:03water network.

09:05However, Spain's public health says few infections have been detected and those that have been

09:10are only minor.

09:14The mayor of Amsterdam has backtracked on her use of the word pogrom to describe the

09:19violence which erupted following the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in the Dutch capital.

09:26Speaking to Dutch state media on Sunday, Femke Halsema expressed her dismay that the term

09:31had subsequently been manipulated to serve political agendas.

09:55It comes as Moroccan-born Dutch finance secretary Nora Aqaba announced her resignation following

10:10comments made by the government's hard-right leader Geert Wilders.

10:15Last Wednesday, Wilders blamed Moroccans for attacks on the Israeli football fans, claiming

10:21that we saw Muslims hunting Jews and adding that it was fueled by Moroccans who want to

10:26destroy Jews.

10:28He also said those convicted of involvement should be deported if they have dual nationality.

10:39Forty-five activists from Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement were sentenced to prison on Tuesday

10:44in the biggest case under the Beijing-imposed 2020 national security law, which widely criminalizes

10:50dissent.

10:52The activists were among the prominent Hong Kong 47 arrested in 2021 for their involvement

10:58in an unofficial pre-election primary vote that drew record turnout.

11:03Prosecutors accused them of planning to paralyze Hong Kong's government by using a legislative

11:08majority to block government budgets indiscriminately.

11:12Hundreds of people stood in line in rain and winds for a seat in courts to show their support

11:17for the activists.

11:35Human rights organizations have criticized the sentencing for undermining Hong Kong's

11:39civil liberties and judicial independence.

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