Latest news bulletin | November 11th – Evening
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00:00 Wreath-laying ceremonies and processions across Europe on the 105th anniversary of the first
00:05 Armistice Day, commemorating all those who died in World War I.
00:10 Saudi Arabia hosts an emergency Arab-Islamic summit aimed at ending the war in Gaza before
00:16 it sparks further conflict in the region.
00:23 Somber scenes in Paris as rows of French troops marked the 105th anniversary of Armistice
00:28 Day. President Emmanuel Macron visited the Arc de Triomphe on Saturday where he honoured
00:33 the eternal flame, commemorating all those who died in World War I, the war that was
00:37 supposed to end all wars. This is Ukrainian troops are facing their second winter fighting
00:43 against Russia's full-scale invasion, while in the Mideast Israel's incessant bombing
00:47 campaign in Gaza is entering its sixth week.
00:50 Across the British Channel there was similar pomp and flair in London. According to the
00:54 National Archives, more than one million British military personnel died during the First and
00:58 Second World Wars. At 11am a two-minute silence was accompanied by a wreath-laying ceremony
01:04 at the Cenotaph. These military marches are coinciding with what is expected to be the
01:10 largest pro-Palestinian rally in the capital since the Israel-Hamas war began. Demonstrators
01:16 are calling for an immediate ceasefire.
01:24 Israel has launched new attacks on targets in Lebanon and Syria. Hezbollah said seven
01:29 of its fighters were killed in Lebanon. The Israel Defence Forces, or IDF, claimed it hit
01:34 a Syria-based organisation it said was behind a drone attack on a school in Eilat on Thursday.
01:40 An IDF spokesman said it was operating in any area that threatened Israel.
01:45 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited IDF forces, including an artillery base, and
01:49 also met injured soldiers at a medical centre in Ashkelon, telling them their friends were
01:54 hitting Hamas hard.
02:00 Hamas says the death toll, mainly Palestinian civilians, has surpassed 11,000 in Gaza.
02:07 In the Saudi capital Riyadh, Syria's president arrived ahead of an emergency summit of the
02:12 Arab League. It has called for a complete ceasefire in Gaza.
02:20 Saudi Arabia is hosting an Arab-Islamic summit aimed at unifying efforts to end the war between
02:27 Israel and Hamas militants before the conflict draws in other countries.
02:34 The Arab League and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation were initially scheduled to hold
02:38 their meeting separately, but the Saudi Foreign Ministry announced early on Saturday that
02:43 the two summits would be held jointly.
02:47 The meeting comes five weeks into the conflict that has already claimed the lives of more
02:51 than 12,000 people, most of them civilians. Aid groups have joined pleas for a ceasefire,
02:58 warning of a humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. But Israel and its main backer, the United
03:04 States, continue to rebuff their demands.
03:14 Between the artillery rounds on the Russian MOD pictures, camera shutters are clearly
03:19 audible. Moscow's version, a Ukrainian stronghold in Zaporizhia being destroyed. Explosions
03:25 far away in Ukraine's capital today were, according to its air defences, drones being
03:30 downed.
03:32 Now in our time, the world is at the crossroads. Local wars can provoke a global collapse.
03:41 The suffering in which a particular nation is thrown can drag neighbouring nations into
03:48 the abyss.
03:50 As President Zelensky speaking in English reminds the rest of the world it cannot afford
03:55 to ignore Ukraine's existential fight, its own pictures show its soldiers training for
04:00 one of the many fronts. AFP's independent pictures show bitter fighting on one of those
04:05 fronts near Herson.
04:07 At least 31 people have been injured in an explosion at an asylum seeker reception centre
04:14 in the central Italian town of San Lorenzo Nuovo.
04:22 The blast came just before midnight on Friday, destroying the building where dozens of people,
04:28 most of them men, were housed in mini apartments. One person was seriously injured and was taken
04:34 to hospital in Rome by helicopter.
04:38 The fire brigade said in a statement that the explosion was probably the result of a
04:42 gas leak. An investigation is underway.
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