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00:00 "Russia has thwarted an attack by 20 Ukrainian drones targeting Moscow and ex-Crimea overnight,"
00:07 the Russian Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
00:10 No casualties or damage were reported but traffic was diverted.
00:15 Crimean authorities reported at least two missile attacks against a bridge on the annexed
00:20 peninsula throughout the day.
00:22 The Russian Ministry of Defense said they strongly condemn these attacks on civilian
00:26 infrastructure.
00:29 A spokesperson for the ministry stated in a video released on Saturday that the Russian
00:33 military on Friday carried out a group strike on a military airfield in Ukraine.
00:41 Kiev officials neither confirmed nor denied Ukraine's involvement in the attacks on Crimea.
00:46 Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces managed to repulse heavy Russian artillery attacks on several
00:51 fronts, according to a report from the Ukrainian general staff.
00:55 "Six people have died and more than 50 rescued after a migrant boat capsized in the English
01:05 Channel on Saturday.
01:07 Two more remain missing.
01:09 Seven passengers were slightly injured and taken to hospital, while the others were interviewed
01:14 by the police.
01:15 The survivors were rescued by both the French and British Coast Guard."
01:39 The deaths come as Britain's ruling Conservative Party has sought to stop crossings of small,
01:43 often unseaworthy boats with a variety of policies that have come under fire for failing
01:48 to stem the flow of migrants.
01:51 But small boat arrivals are down 15% from the number at this point last year.
02:00 Reverend Koval leads one of his first services in Turkey after the Russian Orthodox Church
02:05 decided to defrock him last September following his prayer for peace in Ukraine.
02:11 President Vladimir Putin ordered Russia's clergymen to pray for victory in the war,
02:16 but Reverend Koval replaced the word "victory" with "peace."
02:28 In February, Reverend Kordoshkin was suspended for three months in Madrid for his stance
02:46 against the fighting.
02:47 "I think that we have a duty to speak out whatever the cost, but of course I cannot
02:53 call my brethren who are in Russia to put themselves under threat."
02:59 The Russian Orthodox Church explains the repressions as punishment for their so-called engagement
03:04 in politics.
03:12 Block after block of flattened homes and businesses.
03:15 Blackened hulks of burnt out cars, the pavement streaked with melted chrome.
03:20 The death toll from wildfires on Hawaii's Maui has risen to 67 as officials seek to
03:26 determine how the inferno spread so rapidly with little warning.
03:30 "People are found in houses in a huddle holding each other because the fire surrounded their
03:35 homes before they could even get out.
03:37 There was nowhere to go.
03:38 And these are people that are very old and they're made of wood.
03:41 Those went up like a matchstick.
03:42 Nobody had warning."
03:45 Fueled by dry conditions, hot temperatures and strong winds from a passing hurricane,
03:49 at least three wildfires erupted on Maui this week, racing through parched bush covering
03:54 the island.
03:57 Thousands have been displaced.
03:59 Since Tuesday, aid organizations and community-led groups have mobilized to provide assistance.
04:11 Co-hosts Australia have reached the Women's World Cup semifinals for the first time, beating
04:16 France in an agonizing penalty shootout in Brisbane.
04:20 The Matildas will now play England after the Lionesses defeated Colombia 2-1.
04:25 England advanced to the last four for the third consecutive Women's World Cup, despite
04:30 going into the tournament with a host of key players out injured.
04:35 In next week's semifinals, Spain and Sweden are up first on Tuesday, and the Matildas
04:39 will face the Lionesses in Sydney next Wednesday.
04:42 (whooshing)