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00:00The most recent winners of the Nobel Peace Prize have called for the abolition of nuclear weapons,

00:05warning the taboo around their use might disappear.

00:10Syria's interim leader announced he was taking charge of the country as

00:14Kertaga prime minister until March 1.

00:20Protests in Georgia are continuing despite arrests

00:23and physical attacks against activists and opposition figures.

00:30A 92-year-old Japanese man who lived through the American atomic bombing of Nagasaki

00:40called for an abolition of all nuclear weapons as he accepted this year's Nobel Peace Prize.

00:45The prize was awarded to Nihon Hirinaku, a grassroots movement of Japanese atomic

00:49bombing survivors who work to maintain a taboo around the use of nuclear weapons.

01:00We hope that the taboo around the use of nuclear weapons will be removed and that we will not

01:07allow nuclear weapons to coexist with humanity. We hope that it will be a force that will change

01:15the government's nuclear policy.

01:21The group expressed fear that the taboo around the use of nuclear weapons was weakening,

01:26expressing sadness and anger at Israeli and Russian threats of the possibility at using

01:31nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons have grown exponentially in powers and

01:36numbers since being used by the U.S. on Japan in the Second World War.

01:46Syria's new interim leader Mohamed al-Bashir announced he was taking charge of the country

01:50as Kertaga prime minister until March 1 with the beginning of the former rebels

01:56who toppled President Bashar al-Assad only days ago. The departing government met with

02:02al-Bashir for the first time on Tuesday since Assad fled Damascus over the weekend.

02:09Al-Bashir told reporters after the meeting that the ministers discussed transferring

02:13the portfolios to the interim government during the transitional period until the beginning of March.

02:19Elsewhere in Syria, people continue to celebrate for a third day and shops and banks reopened,

02:24despite Israeli airstrikes across the country.

02:29The Biden administration said it will recognize and support a new Syrian government that renounces

02:33terrorism, destroys chemical weapons stocks and protects the rights of minorities and women.

02:42The Austrian government says it has started preparations for a deportation

02:46program for Syrians living in the country. The decision followed the government's suspension

02:50of asylum applications from Syrian refugees and comes as millions of refugees are now able to

02:56return home. The interior ministry said a reassessment of about 40,000 Syrians granted

03:02status over the last five years has begun.

03:16On Monday, thousands of Syrians took to the streets of Vienna to celebrate the fall of

03:34Bashar al-Assad. Many in the Austrian capital waved the Syrian flags. Around 95,000 Syrians

03:40live in Austria, many of whom arrived during the migrant crisis of 2015 and 2016. The start

03:47of the civil war in 2011 forced some 14 million Syrians to leave the country.

03:57Israel denied that its military troops are advancing towards Damascus by going beyond

04:02the demilitarized buffer zone, which separates Israeli-occupied Golan Heights and Syrian

04:07territory. The capital city, as well as the coastal city of Latakia, have been the target

04:14of Israeli airstrikes since the fall of al-Assad's regime. Israel claimed the wave of airstrikes is

04:20an attempt to destroy key military infrastructure. On Tuesday, Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz

04:27confirmed that the military successfully destroyed Syria's military fleet.

04:38Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz also said they intend to establish a demilitarized zone

04:59in southern Syria in order to prevent attacks on Israel. Meanwhile, at a press conference,

05:05Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responded to the growing criticism over Israel's

05:10takeover of the demilitarized buffer zone and said Golan Heights will remain part of Israel

05:15for eternity. The European Union's foreign policy chief Kayakallas urged that the transition of

05:27power in Syria after the fall of Bashar al-Assad should not descend into retaliation between

05:32opposing factions. The transition will present huge challenges in Syria and in the region.

05:41First, there are legitimate concerns about the risks of sectarian violence, extremist resurgence

05:49and a governance vacuum, all of which must be averted. We must avoid a repeat of the horrific

05:57scenarios of Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan. Kayakallas called for the protection of all

06:03Syrians, including minority groups, as well as the freedom of religion.

06:08The top diplomat said the first signals coming from the rebel forces were good,

06:12but that it is too early to issue a verdict. She said the coming weeks are therefore crucial

06:18to see if Syria's political situation continues in the right direction.

06:23At least three people were killed and 20 injured, many of whom are in critical condition after a

06:28Russian strike hit a private clinic in the city of Zaporizhzhia. Among the victims were two doctors

06:35and a five-year-old girl. The strike also damaged buildings nearby. In a post on social media

06:42platform X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the strikes proved that Ukraine needs to

06:48Ukraine needs to enhance its air defense systems. He added that Kyiv submitted all the necessary

06:57requests to its partners to do so. The attack came after the Ukrainian

07:02president said he's open to the potential deployment of Western troops in Ukraine.

07:07Zelensky has said that this would bring Ukraine a step closer to joining NATO.

07:12Meanwhile, at least 11 were injured as a result of a double ballistic missile attack on the town

07:18of Zlatopil in the Kharkiv region. An administrative and 16 residential

07:24buildings were damaged, that is according to local authorities.

07:31Days after Romania's presidential election result was declared invalid due to alleged

07:37foreign interference, the European Commission has avoided commentating on the decision.

07:43However, it is still investigating the social network TikTok and its role in the electoral

07:48process, in which independent candidate Kalin Georgescu won the first round.

07:55We're now consolidating and assessing all these pieces of evidence that we have received,

08:00and based on that we'll decide on next steps with regard to TikTok.

08:04The feeling among several MEPs is that the Chinese social media network has turned a blind

08:10eye to the possible use of its algorithm by a state actor, suspected to be Russia.

08:16They have permitted electoral publicity which was not marked properly,

08:19they have permitted electoral publicity on election day which was illegally,

08:24and they have permitted the campaign of a candidate being funded with many millions of euros,

08:29although that candidate has publicly indicated a budget of zero euros for his whole campaign.

08:35But some MEPs think the Constitutional Court's decision to annul the elections went too far.

08:59Others applaud the court as they believe that citizens will now be able to count on a fair trial.

09:07I don't think a manipulated election means that the rights of the citizens are respected.

09:13Brussels has not said whether it will take

09:15action on the possible violation of the Digital Services Act by TikTok.

09:23Protests in Georgia against the suspension of EU

09:27talks have continued despite arrests and attacks against activists and opposition figures.

09:33Demonstrators gathered outside the Georgian Parliament building in Tbilisi

09:37on Tuesday, chanting and blocking the streets.

09:40Local reports say more than 300 protesters have been detained so far.

09:44Large-scale pro-European protests have been ongoing in Georgia for the 13th consecutive day.

09:50Demonstrators in the capital city of Georgia, Tbilisi and other cities of the country are

09:54protesting Georgian Dream's decision to delay the negotiations with the European Union until 2028.

10:00These protests are driven by citizens rather than being led by the opposition parties.

10:06On Monday, three main demands of the protesters were outlined, printed on flyers and delivered

10:14among them. The new parliamentary elections, the release of individuals detained during the

10:19protests and the imposition of sanctions on those responsible, these are the main demands of

10:26the protests. Hundreds of people have been arrested over the past 12 days in Georgia,

10:32both during and after demonstrations. According to the information of

10:37the Georgian public defender, many of them were tortured.

10:42Fishermen in Spain continued their strike protesting proposed European cuts that would

10:48largely restrict the number of days they can fish in the Mediterranean.

10:52The European Union wants to decrease the number of fishing days for Mediterranean trawlers

10:58by 79% in an effort to improve fish stocks and protect biodiversity.

11:04Protesters argue that these cuts would badly harm Spain's economy and the future of fish.

11:10They also believe the EU's plan is based on flawed data and does not take local fishermen's

11:16concerns into account. Representatives within the fishing industry

11:21agree that the proposal could lead to the disappearance of trawling.

11:25The field reportedly employs around 3,000 people on board and generates a further 17,000

11:30jobs indirectly. EU fishery ministers are continuing to discuss

11:36the proposal in Brussels.

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