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00:00French President Emmanuel Macron visited Notre-Dame Cathedral as its interior was unveiled for

00:06the first time since its devastating fire.

00:10Thousands of Italian workers took to the streets this Friday to protest the government's new

00:16budget plan.

00:21At a security summit in Kazakhstan, Putin threatened to hit the Ukrainian capital with

00:25recently deployed intercontinental ballistic missiles.

00:31Kia Starmer says he'll overhaul the immigration system after new data shows arrivals to the

00:36country hit a record high.

00:44French President Emmanuel Macron visited Notre-Dame Cathedral as its interior was unveiled for

00:50the first time after being closed for more than five years following a devastating fire.

00:56Accompanied by his wife, Brigitte, they entered through the cathedral's giant front doors

01:02and gazed up at the ceilings in wonder.

01:05France's national treasure is set to reopen its doors to the public on December 8, even

01:10though the exterior of the monument remains a construction site with cranes and scaffolding.

01:15The cathedral had been left with gaping holes in the ceilings caused by the fire, which

01:20stonemasons were able to fix.

01:23The French president will return on December 7 to attend the consecration of the new altar

01:29and offer a speech during a solemn mass the following day.

01:33His administration is presenting the cathedral's reconstruction as a symbol of French can-do

01:38attitude and national unity.

01:42Nurses, teachers and thousands of other public and private sector employees in Italy took

01:48to the streets on Friday to protest the government's new budget plan.

01:53Workers say salaries are not high enough to keep up with inflation and that there has

01:58been a decline in spending power and government policies.

02:28Unionists also asked for new hires and the stabilization of employees with temporary

02:36contracts in hospitals and schools.

02:39But Premier Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly said that the core of her government's economic

02:59measures are tax cuts rather than subsidies.

03:07Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened to strike Ukrainian capital Kyiv with recently

03:12unveiled Oreshnik missiles, as he praised US President-elect Donald Trump as quite clever

03:18and experienced.

03:21He made the comments during a news conference on the sidelines of a security summit alliance

03:25of former Soviet nations in Kazakhstan.

03:55While at the summit, Russia's leader also praised incoming US President-elect Donald

04:05Trump.

04:31Moscow has launched intensifying attacks against Ukraine's energy infrastructure recently,

04:37with Trump's victory casting uncertainty over the future of Ukraine.

04:46Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belusov visited North Korea this Friday to discuss further

04:52cooperation between the two countries.

04:56In a meeting with his North Korean counterpart Noh Kwon-choh, Belusov said military support

05:01between Moscow and Pyongyang is expanding.

05:05He also added that an agreement signed by Russian President Vladimir Putin and North

05:09Korean leader Kim Jong-un in June is aimed at stabilizing Northeast Asia, including reducing

05:16the risk of nuclear war.

05:25British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has said the government will overhaul the immigration

05:29system after new data showed arrivals to the country had hit a record high.

05:34Figures released by the Office for National Statistics put net migration at more than

05:38900,000 in the year to June 2023.

05:42Starmer blamed those numbers on the previous conservative government.

06:12Starmer said his government plans to overhaul the points-based immigration system brought

06:24in by the conservatives in 2021 after Brexit.

06:29That system gives applicants points for specific skills and qualifications, and those who don't

06:34meet the threshold aren't granted a visa.

06:37Immigration is a divisive topic in the UK, with many voters concerned about the strain

06:42on public services caused by a large influx of people.

06:46But some sectors, including healthcare, argue they'd be unable to function without staff

06:50brought in from abroad.

06:57Thousands of Georgians have protested outside the parliament in Tbilisi after Prime Minister

07:01Irakli Kabakidze announced a suspension in the country's EU accession bid.

07:07There were clashes between police and protesters, with officers using water cannons and deploying

07:13right teams to quell the unrest.

07:16Kabakidze's decision to stop accession talks until 2028 came just hours after the European

07:22Parliament adopted a resolution rejecting the country's election results, citing major

07:28irregularities.

07:30But the people of Georgia are determined to continue making their voices heard until their

07:35demands are met.

07:47The European Parliament said the country should rerun its election under international supervision

07:51within a year.

07:53The bloc also announced a cut in budgetary support to Georgia, a measure lawmakers say

07:59could be detrimental to the country.

08:02Kabakidze accuses Brussels of blackmail, and says his government will work to implement

08:20the necessary reforms to resume accession talks.

08:24He said that by 2028, Georgia will be the most prepared country among all candidates

08:30to join the bloc in the year 2030.

08:37Voting began Friday morning in Ireland's parliamentary elections which will decide

08:41the country's next government, and show whether Ireland bucks the global trend of incumbents

08:46being ousted by disgruntled voters after years of pandemic, instability and economic pressure.

08:53Housing and the cost of living are two topics at the forefront of voters' minds as they

08:58head to the polls.

09:00Ireland has an acute housing shortage.

09:02Despite being one of the wealthiest countries in Europe, rents have soared.

09:07Many young people can't afford a place of their own.

09:10The proportion of young people struggling to afford housing costs is amongst the highest

09:15in Europe.

09:16Coupled with the housing crisis, rising immigration is another topic driving discontentment with

09:21establishment, centre-right political parties like Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

09:27About 20% of Ireland's population was born outside Ireland, and 120,000 foreigners moved

09:34to Ireland in the year to April, the biggest number since 2007.

09:39The country of 5.4 million has struggled to house all the asylum seekers, leading to tension

09:45and protests.

09:46The main political parties are trying to defuse the discontentment, touting plans to get a

09:51grip on immigration and build many more houses.

09:55Analysts say the most likely election outcome of this vote is another alliance between establishment

10:00parties Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.

10:07Sweden has formally asked China to cooperate with an investigation into the suspected sabotage

10:12of two data cables running under the Baltic Sea.

10:16The fibre optic cables, one running from Finland to Germany and the other from Lithuania to

10:21Sweden were damaged last week, in an area where the Chinese bulk carrier Yipeng 3 had

10:26been seen.

10:27With this request, obviously we think it's extremely important to find out exactly what

10:34has happened and of course we expect also China to comply with the request we have sent

10:40to China.

10:42The Yipeng 3 is currently anchored in international waters between Sweden and Denmark, where it's

10:47being monitored by several vessels, including those belonging to the Danish Navy.

10:52The Wall Street Journal reported that investigators suspect the Yipeng 3 of deliberately severing

10:57the fibre optic cables by dragging its anchor along the seabed.

11:02Authorities in Beijing said they had no information about the ship and denied any responsibility.

11:18Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk said this wasn't the first time suspected sabotage had

11:23happened in the Baltic Sea.

11:25The Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which carried gas from Russia to Germany, were both damaged

11:30in explosions in 2022.

11:33And in 2023, the Baltic Connector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia was seriously

11:39damaged.

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