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00:00South Korean lawmakers have voted to impeach President Yun over his failed martial law
00:06attempt earlier this month.
00:11Syrians mark the first Friday prayer since the downfall of Bashar al-Assad as interim
00:16leaders map the country's political future.
00:21Volodymyr Zelensky slams airstrikes on Ukraine's civilian energy infrastructure as cynical
00:27Russian terror.
00:40In Georgia, an electoral college largely dominated by the ruling Georgian Dream Party has elected
00:46Mikhail Avelashvili, a former football player and a right-wing populist, as the country's
00:51next president.
00:53However, this election comes amid ongoing unrest.
00:56For over two weeks, anti-government protests have rocked the country, sparked by 2024 parliamentary
01:03elections and by the government's decision to delay Georgia's EU accession negotiations.
01:11Outgoing President Salome Zurabishvili has expressed solidarity with the demonstrators,
01:16who have faced violent crackdowns from the authorities.
01:20The authorities have targeted not only protesters but also opposition activists and journalists.
01:27Regardless, protests are ongoing in the streets of Tbilisi and other major cities of Georgia.
01:34Tornike Koplatadze, Euronews, Georgia.
01:41South Korea has voted to impeach President Yun over his failed martial law attempt earlier
01:46this month.
01:48The motion passed with 204 votes in favor, 85 against, three abstentions and eight invalid
01:54ballots.
02:16It was the second impeachment vote in the space of a week.
02:20President Yun survived the first vote after the majority of the country's ruling party
02:24boycotted the motion, which means it did not reach the minimum 200 out of 300 votes.
02:31His presidential powers will now be suspended until the constitutional court decides within
02:36180 days whether to dismiss him as a president or restore his powers.
02:47Syrians have observed the first Friday prayer since the dramatic downfall of President Bashar
02:52al-Assad.
02:53The gatherings illustrate the dramatic changes that have swept over Syria less than a week
02:58after insurgents marched into Damascus.
03:01The main insurgent force, Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, has worked to establish security and start
03:06a political transition.
03:08The group has tried to reassure a public concerned about hardliners among the rebels.
03:13HTS says it's broken with its extremist past, but it's still considered a terrorist group
03:19by the United States and some European countries.
03:22Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with allies around the region and called
03:27for an inclusive and non-sectarian interim government.
03:32In Baghdad, Blinken met with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed al-Sudani, saying both countries
03:36wanted to ensure the Islamic State group doesn't exploit Syria's transition to re-emerge.
03:47Volodymyr Zelensky has said Ukraine's energy infrastructure was hit by one of the largest
03:52Russian attacks, but that the country's systems were being restored.
03:56According to Zelensky, Russia fired 94 cruise and ballistic missiles and almost 200 drones
04:02at Ukraine on Friday morning.
04:04Eighty-one missiles were shot down.
04:07Zelensky slammed the strikes as cynical Russian terror on the country's power facilities.
04:14Russia fired at critical infrastructure in the western city of Ivano-Frankivsk, prompting
04:18authorities to shut off power for central heating and hot water.
04:22People say that according to preliminary information, Friday's strike is the largest
04:26on the city since the start of the war.
04:29And in the southern city of Odessa, authorities say air defences shot down all Russian missiles.
04:35There was some damage to civilian infrastructure from falling debris, but no reported injuries
04:40or fatalities.