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00:00French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday that supporting a no-confidence

00:05vote to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier is the only way to protect the public.

00:15Only hours after it had been in effect, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yool lifted the

00:20martial law he imposed the night before.

00:24Yoon said his government withdrew military personnel following a bipartisan parliamentary

00:29vote that rejected the law.

01:00Hundreds of protesters had gathered in front of the parliament, waving banners and calling

01:04for Yoon to step down.

01:06Others were seen blocking military vehicles.

01:10Meanwhile, military troops stormed the parliament building.

01:14People inside linked arms and used furniture to create barricades.

01:19Some military personnel were blocked from entering the chamber by lawmakers who sprayed

01:24fire extinguishers at them.

01:27It was reported that police and military personnel were quick to leave parliament grounds

01:31following the vote.

01:37The Israeli defence minister warns that if the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah

01:42breaks down, Israel will expand its strikes beyond areas where Hezbollah is concentrated

01:48and target the Lebanese state itself.

01:51These comments come as both sides of the conflict accuse the other of violating the

01:56ceasefire.

01:57Israel largely

02:26refrained from striking critical infrastructure of the Lebanese armed forces during the 14-month

02:32conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

02:34The war appeared to have come to an end last week after a ceasefire brokered by the United

02:40States and France, but is threatened as attacks continue.

02:48At least three civilians were killed in an airstrike on a hospital in Idlib on Monday,

02:54the Syrian White Helmets, an opposition-run rescue service.

02:58As rebel fighters in Syria continue to advance, government forces have stepped up strikes

03:04on the rebel-held city of Idlib, as well as positions in Aleppo.

03:09Insurgents have taken over large parts of Aleppo since Sunday, including its international

03:14airport.

03:17Footage captured by one of the fighters also appears to show them entering a palace believed

03:22to belong to Syrian President Assad.

03:25The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday that at least 44 civilians,

03:32including 12 children, had been killed in Syria since 26 November.

03:37It added that almost 50,000 people have been displaced, with key infrastructure like schools

03:41and hospitals damaged by airstrikes.

03:48NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said allies need to focus more on delivering military

03:54aid to Ukraine ahead of a two-day summit in Brussels.

03:57But we will all need to do more, especially now.

04:02The stronger our military support to Ukraine is now, the stronger their hands will be at

04:07the negotiating table.

04:09And the sooner we can end Russian aggression once and for all in Ukraine.

04:14Rutte argued that increased military support should take priority over discussions on a

04:19peace deal.

04:20But I would argue let's not have all these discussions step by step on what a peace process

04:25might look like.

04:26Make sure that Ukraine has what it needs to get to a position of strength when those peace

04:32talks start, when the Ukrainian government has decided they are ready to do so.

04:37Rutte also announced that NATO will boost intelligence sharing and enhance the protection

04:41of critical infrastructure in the face of Russian acts of sabotage against allies.

04:47Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also reiterated his goal for his country to

04:51become a NATO member as soon as possible.

04:55Rutte said that the process towards full membership is happening step by step.

05:04Everything will be fine, is what Russian President Vladimir Putin told injured soldiers during

05:10a visit to a centre specialised in orthopaedics in Moscow.

05:14Putin spoke with servicemen who took part in the war in Ukraine and were undergoing

05:19treatment and rehabilitation at the medical complex.

05:23I saw the serious injuries, the ambitions are still there, so everything will be fine.

05:34I saw how they are being rehabilitated, it's the same for you, the main thing is that the

05:41whole structure allows you to live a full life as you have lived before the trauma.

05:49According to a study by the Wall Street Journal, citing intelligence and undisclosed sources,

05:55about one million Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded since the beginning

05:59of the war.

06:03French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday in a tweet that supporting a no-confidence

06:09vote to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier is the only way to protect the public from

06:14a dangerous, unjust and punitive budget under the country's constitution.

06:19Barnier faces a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, likely to topple his fragile government and

06:25raise concerns in the Eurozone.

06:28On Monday, Barnier used a rare constitutional tool to push through his contentious social

06:33security budget without a parliamentary vote, after failing to come to an agreement with

06:38Le Pen's national rally.

06:40Barnier made last-minute concessions, reducing health care coverage for undocumented migrants

06:45to gain far-right's backing.

06:48Both the national rally and a left-wing coalition have tabled no-confidence votes against Barnier,

06:55which combined is enough to oust the Prime Minister.

07:04Romania is coming to terms with a new political reality.

07:08Despite their success in parliamentary elections, pro-Western parties are likely to form a coalition

07:14amid the rise in popularity of the far-right.

07:19Many observers believe the outcome was a protest vote, representing a sharp boost from

07:24mainstream parties to an anti-establishment movement.

07:50Nevertheless, parts of yesterday's vote came from Romanians who wanted to defend their

07:57country's pro-EU stance, alarmed by the results in the first round of the presidential elections.

08:05Though the new parliament's composition means Romania will continue on its pro-Western and

08:10pro-Ukraine path, all eyes are on this weekend's presidential election and its potential repercussions

08:17in the region and across the EU.

08:21Ultra-nationalist Călin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election and

08:26is set to face the pro-European Elena Lasconi in Sunday's showdown.

08:47The fragmentation of the vote has prompted pro-Western parties to start discussing possible

08:52coalition options in order to form a government.

08:55However, each of these possibilities points out to a government with reduced stability.

09:01And there is, of course, the great question mark regarding the results of the second round

09:05of presidential elections next Sunday between the ultra-nationalist candidate Călin Georgescu

09:11and the pro-Western candidate Elena Lasconi.

09:15Georges' prime minister denied on Tuesday that his government was turning away from

09:20joining the European Union.

09:23He appeared to blame European officials for the delay to Georges' integration with the bloc.

09:45The Georgian government announced on Thursday it was suspending talks on joining the EU,

09:50sparking five nights of furious protests in the capital, which saw more than 200 people

09:55arrested.

10:02Wolves are still on the loose in the capital.

10:05The Georgian government announced on Thursday it was suspending talks on joining the EU,

10:11Wolves are set to lose some of their protection status under a new proposal from the European Commission.

10:19Euronews correspondent Monica Pina reports from a livestock farm in the French Vercors

10:25Natural Park, of which the owner welcomes the decision.

10:40I am in a farm specialised in cattle breeding.

10:44The owner, Eric, has suffered four attacks from wolves in the last 20 years, losing a

10:51dozen animals.

10:53He said he was satisfied with the decision of the Bern Convention on the declassification

10:58of the wolf's protection status.

11:00For him, it is a recognition due by the European Union to the breeders who have been asking

11:07for protection against the attacks of these predators.

11:11The position is totally different from that of the environmentalist associations for which

11:16this decision is a hard blow against biodiversity and they say it is a decision taken without

11:22any scientific basis.

11:24In fact, this proposal of the European Commission, presented to the Bern Convention after the

11:31Pony of the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was killed by a wolf in

11:37September 2022.

11:39And that's all from the Vercors.

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