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00:00Spanish authorities continue efforts to clear sewer systems following severe floods in the

00:07Valencia region.

00:11Gisele Pellico gave her closing statement on Tuesday in one of France's biggest rape

00:16trials in recent history.

00:19Welcome the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, joining us live.

00:26A long ovation for a visibly touched Volodymyr Zelensky.

00:32This is how the European Parliament commemorated 1,000 days of war in Ukraine.

00:37And in his speech, Zelensky targeted the enemy once again.

00:41You know very well that Putin does not value people or rules.

00:46He values only money and power.

00:48These are the things we must take away from him to restore peace.

00:53The president of the European Parliament, Roberto Mezzolla, has insisted on her support

00:57for Ukraine before elect president of the United States Donald Trump swears into office

01:01after which everything can change.

01:02Today, we send a clear, simple message.

01:08We stand with Ukraine until freedom, until real peace.

01:14EU buildings in Brussels had projections of the Ukrainian flag as a symbol of solidarity

01:17on Monday.

01:18Zelensky has called on the EU to push harder before conditions for his country worsen.

01:28Giselle Pellicot, who was subjected to mass rape by her husband and dozens of other men

01:33for over a decade, said that macho patriarchal society should change its attitude on rape.

01:40She gave her closing statement to court on Tuesday in one of France's biggest criminal

01:45trials in recent history.

01:48Pellicot called it a trial of cowardice, referring to the men who claimed they didn't realize

01:53it was rape.

01:55The abuse was discovered in 2020 after police stumbled upon videos and pictures her husband

02:01had recorded of it.

02:03The trial could have been held behind closed doors, but Pellicot requested for it to be

02:07held in public, saying she hoped it would help other women speak up.

02:12The case shocked the country and triggered nationwide protests in her support.

02:17A verdict is expected to be delivered by the end of December.

02:26Clean-up efforts continue following severe flooding in Spain's Valencia region, with

02:31sewer blockages now the main concern for authorities.

02:37Workers have been attempting to free up the sewers for about a week, injecting water to

02:41soften the mud and absorb it through another pipe.

02:46So far, 60% of Paiporta's 75-kilometre sewage system has been cleared, but the sewers are

02:53still not being drained.

02:55There are also garages that are still full of mud, which can cause leaks in the drinking

03:18water network.

03:20However, Spain's public health says few infections have been detected, and those that have been

03:25are only minor.

03:30The citizens of Georgia took to the streets on Tuesday morning, demanding fresh parliamentary

03:35elections after what they call was a rigged election with Russia's assistance.

03:41The governing Georgian Dream Party was established by billionaire Bidzina Ivanishvili, who made

03:47his fortune in Russia, and only narrowly won the vote back in October.

03:53In Tbilisi, police broke up demonstrations, several people were arrested.

03:59Ivanishvili's party has recently pushed through laws similar to those used by the Kremlin

04:04to crack down on freedom of speech and LGBTQ rights.

04:10The EU suspended Georgia's membership application process indefinitely in June after the country's

04:16parliament passed a law requiring organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding

04:21from abroad to register as quote, pursuing the interests of a foreign power.

04:33Slovakian and Hungarian politicians strongly condemned the decision by US President Joe

04:38Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with American-supplied longer-range

04:44missiles.

04:45Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said the decision was made with the clear

04:50aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.

04:55Hungary's foreign minister also lashed out against the decision, saying the move could

05:12serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global conflict.

05:42The shift in policy added an uncertain new factor to Russia's full-on invasion of Ukraine.

05:53With the Kremlin warning the decision adds fuel to the fire of the war and would escalate

05:58international tensions even further.

06:05Coalition negotiations have officially begun in Austria following several rounds of exploratory

06:11talks. Seven weeks after the national elections, a preliminary decision on Austria's future

06:16government was made on Monday. The far-right Freedom Party won the national elections in

06:22September. However, Austria's federal president gave the mandate to form a government to the

06:27runner-up, Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party, as no party was willing to work together

06:32with the FPÖ and its party head, Herbert Kickl.

06:35I would like to inform you today that we have completed the exploratory phase and formally

06:41start government negotiations with the FPÖ and NEOS. At the same time, I would like to

06:46make it clear that we have not yet reached the goal of a coalition or a joint government

06:52program. We are now going into deep government negotiations that touch on many detailed areas.

06:59The outcome of these negotiations is still open.

07:05Nehammer's coalition with the Social Democrats and liberals excludes the FPÖ. A three-party

07:11alliance, as is being proposed, would be a first in Austria.

07:16EU buildings across Brussels have been lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to

07:24mark the 1,000th day since Russia invaded in 2022.

07:30As of August this year, almost 12,000 civilians were reported as killed in Ukraine, according

07:36to UN figures.

07:40UNICEF says that figure includes 2,406 children.

07:46In Kiev, a memorial to those lost continues to grow, with national flags placed to honour

07:51each soldier killed while fighting Russia.

07:59Speaking at the end of the first day of the G20 summit in Brazil, UK Prime Minister Keir

08:04Starmer promised the UK would double down on its support for Kiev as Ukraine marks 1,000

08:10days of Russia's full-scale invasion.

08:11That's 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice from Ukraine.

08:17We need to double down. We need to make sure Ukraine has what is necessary for as long

08:21as necessary, because we cannot allow Putin to win this war.

08:26President Emmanuel Macron mirrored Starmer's sentiment and said it is France's duty to

08:31help Ukraine protect its territory.

08:34He added that the change in the conflict triggered by the involvement of North Korean troops

08:38should not be underestimated.

08:40The only force that makes a step forward in this conflict today is Russia, by engaging

08:47in a nuclear program with long-range missiles. It is a break in this war that led to this

08:58choice of the Americans.

09:00Leaders of the world's 20 major economies also issued a joint declaration in which they

09:04called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for Gaza and to end the hostilities

09:09in the Middle East.

09:15Israeli airstrikes targeted a neighborhood in the heart of Beirut late Monday evening.

09:21Lebanon's health ministry said at least five people were killed and 31 wounded.

09:27The strikes targeted government and diplomatic buildings, said Lebanon's state-run national

09:32news agency, but others aren't so sure.

09:35We fled the village to Beirut. They are hitting the emigrants. They are hitting the emigrants.

09:46They are not leaving anyone. May God protect Hezbollah.

09:50To these images, U.S. Envoy Amos Hochstein arrived to the war-torn city this Tuesday.

09:57His aim? To finally find a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

10:01I came back because we have a real opportunity to bring this conflict to an end.

10:09This is a moment of decision-making.

10:12I'm here in Beirut to facilitate that decision, but it's ultimately the decision of the parties

10:19to reach a conclusion to this conflict. It is now within our grasp.

10:27Meanwhile, the Israeli military has released a video in which it claimed to show Israeli

10:31soldiers conducting operations in southern Lebanon.

10:35The army said its troops found a weapons depot, including ammunition, firearms and explosives.

10:48The so-called president of Abkhazia, Al-Sambazania, has resigned following widespread protests

10:55against an investment deal which opponents claim would increase Russian influence in the region.

11:02Demonstrators stormed government buildings last Friday, forcing Bazania to flee and plunging

11:08the self-declared republic into political turmoil.

11:15The president has said he will withdraw his resignation if protesters do not leave the buildings

11:20in the capital, Sukhumi, by Tuesday.

11:26The unrest was sparked by opposition to a property agreement between Abkhazia and Russia,

11:31which would allow Russian companies to invest in the region.

11:37Opponents of the agreement argue that it would inflate property prices and increase Moscow's influence.

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