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00:00The Turkish president dismisses a UN plan for a federated Cyprus and instead backs a
00:07two-state deal.
00:11Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Hodeidah is not an innocent port as the
00:16IDF strikes Houthi targets in western Yemen.
00:21Microsoft estimates 8.5 million computers around the world were affected by the recent
00:27global IT outage.
00:35Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has dismissed a UN plan for a federated Cyprus
00:41and reaffirmed his support for a two-state peace deal.
00:45Speaking at an event to mark the 50th anniversary of the Turkish invasion, Erdogan ruled out
00:50resuming talks based on the Annan plan, which proposes a united Republic of Cyprus, a federation
00:56of two states.
00:58That plan was put to a referendum in 2004 and was approved by 65% of Turkish Cypriots
01:05in the north, but overwhelmingly rejected by Greek Cypriots in the south.
01:11On the other side of the UN patrol buffer zone, Cyprus's President Nikos Christodoulidis
01:16said he'd received positive messages from the UN about resolving the issue, but took
01:21a swipe at Ankara for what he called the violation of the human rights of the Cypriot people.
01:27Cyprus has been divided since 1974 when Turkish troops invaded in response to a coup by the
01:34Greek military junta which toppled the island's government.
01:37The northern part was self-proclaimed the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus in 1983,
01:43a territory recognized only by Turkey.
01:46Cyprus joined the European Union in 2004 and Brussels considers the whole island EU territory,
01:53with Turkish Cypriots also considered EU citizens.
02:02The Israeli military has struck Houthi targets in western Yemen in response to a drone attack
02:07claimed by the rebel group in Tel Aviv on Friday.
02:10The IDF said several military targets were hit in the western port city of Hodeidah.
02:16The Houthi-run government in the capital Sana'a said oil storage facilities had been hit as
02:20well as a power plant.
02:23A spokesperson for the Houthis slammed what he called blatant aggression by Israel and
02:28said there would be a response from the Yemeni armed forces.
02:33Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Hodeidah was not an innocent port, adding
02:37that it's the main entry point into Yemen for weapons from the Houthis' main backer,
02:42Iran.
02:43Saturday's attack comes after the Houthis claimed responsibility for a drone strike
02:47on Tel Aviv on Friday morning that killed one person and injured 10 others.
02:53The Houthis have repeatedly launched drones and missiles towards Israel throughout the
02:57nine-month war against Hamas, claiming to be doing so in solidarity with the Palestinian
03:02people.
03:09Microsoft has estimated that around 8.5 million computers around the world were affected by
03:14the recent global IT outage.
03:17The glitch was caused by a corrupted update issued by security company CrowdStrike, which
03:22caused computers running Windows to crash.
03:26That caused havoc across much of the world from Thursday into Friday, with flights unable
03:30to take off or land, some businesses unable to take card payments, and hospitals and clinics
03:36having to cancel operations.
03:39We've talked for a long time in the industry about the inherent fragility of foundational
03:44parts of the internet, these little bits of activity and infrastructure that underpin
03:49the whole thing, and if they go wrong, they can have really serious global consequences.
03:55The UK's National Cyber Security Centre warned people and businesses to be on the lookout
04:00for phishing attempts.
04:02And the German government's IT security agency warned that cybercriminals were trying to
04:07take advantage of the situation through fake websites and other online scams.
04:18Conservative activists in Bratislava have held a rally promoting what they call traditional
04:23family values.
04:25It comes on the same day that around 10,000 people attended the 2024 Rainbow Pride festival.
04:32According to organisers, the theme of this year's march was the diversity of Slovak culture.
04:38But elsewhere in the capital, one of the organisers of the counter-rally dismissed the idea of
04:42same-sex marriage, saying children were best raised by a man and a woman.