Latest news bulletin | June 9th – Midday
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00:00Latvia's Election Commission says voter turnout for the EU elections was over 33% slightly up on 2019 data.
00:15Latvia's Central Election Commission says final voter turnout for the EU elections was stable at 33.7% slightly up on 2019 data.
00:26The Commission said voting took place without incident, but there had been some technical glitches which affected the accuracy of turnout data.
00:35Candidates from 16 parties are in the running for Latvia's nine parliamentary seats and data in the run-up to voting day suggested the centre-right National Alliance Party was leading the polls.
00:47Campaign trails touched on everything from EU enlargement to the Green Agenda, but security was an across-the-board topic.
00:54Latvia shares a 200km border with Russia and last year reintroduced conscription following the invasion of Ukraine.
01:02A study at the time found that 60% of respondents thought conscription was crucial for Latvian defence.
01:14Israel said it rescued four hostages who were kidnapped in the Hamas-led attack on October 7.
01:21The operation is the largest recovery of alive hostages since the war began, bringing the total number of rescued captives to seven.
01:31The Israeli military said it saved the hostages in a complex special daytime operation from two locations in the heart of New Serat.
01:40Israel says more than 130 hostages remain, with about a quarter of those believed dead and divisions deepening over the best way to bring them home.
01:51At least 55 Palestinians, including children, were killed as heavy fighting continued in central Gaza, the health ministry said.
02:00An official at a hospital in central Gaza says at least 94 bodies arrived following fighting in the part of Gaza where Israel rescued the hostages.
02:15An engineer in Ukraine has adapted an ambulance and turned it into a mobile dental clinic.
02:21The 1992 vehicle has been transformed to include a dentist's chair, an x-ray machine and other medical devices.
02:30It's being transferred to a tactical medical centre and will be staffed by two dentists.
02:36After testing on training grounds, it will be sent into the field to perform dental procedures on Ukrainian troops fighting against Russia.
02:45The 28th annual Rainbow Parade has taken place in Vienna.
02:52It's part of June's Pride Month and saw members of the LGBTQ community march for respect and equal rights.
03:01There was tighter security this year, including entry checks to the Pride village after three people were arrested at 2023's event accused of planning a terror attack.
03:11Organisers say this year's march attracted 340,000 visitors.
03:22Parts of Romania, including the capital Bucharest, are subject to an orange heatwave warning.
03:29Temperatures in the capital spiked at 34 degrees Celsius in the shade and the extreme heat is expected to affect 12 counties.
03:37Doctors have warned that vulnerable people, such as children and the elderly, should avoid prolonged exposure to the sun.
03:45But Bucharest is also subject to a red alert for rain and hail, which is also due to affect nearby counties.
03:56Together, the collective age of the Bride and Groom was nearly 200.
04:01But World War II veteran Harold Terence and his sweetheart Jeanne Swerlin proved that love is eternal as they tied the knot Saturday inland of the D-Day beaches in Normandy, France.
04:13Their respective ages, he's 100 and she's a youngster of just 96, made their nuptials an almost double-century celebration.
04:22Terence called it the best day of my life.
04:24They've been invited to a state dinner with President Emmanuel Macron and US President Joe Biden.