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00:00Bangladesh's Prime Minister has resigned after protesters stormed her official residence.
00:14Iran has vowed to respond with power and decisiveness to the assassination of Hamas top political
00:20leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran last week.
00:26Iran has blamed Haniyeh's death on Israel, raising fears of a retaliatory attack which
00:31could trigger the outbreak of a wider war in the region.
00:36The Islamic Republic of Iran, in taking advantage of its own right, based on the principles,
00:44rules and regulations of international law, in ensuring its security and warning of excesses,
00:54will definitely take a serious and resolute action with strength, power, determination
01:01and firmness.
01:04Meanwhile, a Hamas representative in Iran has provided more information about the death
01:10of Haniyeh, claiming he was killed when the building in which he was staying was hit by
01:15a rocket or missile.
01:18Iran's Revolutionary Guard has accused the United States of carrying out the attack with
01:23Israel.
01:24It comes as Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern
01:29Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two troops.
01:34The attack did not, however, appear to be part of the larger retaliation expected from
01:39Iran.
01:41Concerns have also been raised in Greece, where intelligence services have been warned
01:46that Iranian-backed terrorists may attempt to target Israeli interests there.
01:52UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said a standing army comprising specialist officers would
02:02be developed to manage far-right riots gripping the country.
02:06The justice system would also be, quote, ramped up to name roughly 400 offenders arrested
02:12as part of the violence, he said.
02:14We will not tolerate attacks on mosques or our Muslim communities.
02:19So the full force of the law will be visited on all those who are identified as having
02:26taken part in these activities.
02:28Starmer held an urgent meeting with Cabinet members and intelligence officials at No.
02:3310 Downing Street to tackle far-right protests spreading throughout Britain.
02:39The lawlessness started after three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class in
02:44the English town of Southport.
02:47Misinformation on social media about the identity of the alleged perpetrator pitted rioters
02:53against immigrants and the Muslim community, leading to attacks on asylum-seeker centers
02:58and hospitalized police officers.
03:06Seventy-three migrants were rescued at sea by non-profit organization Doctors Without
03:11Borders.
03:12The NGO performed two rescue operations off the Libyan coast.
03:17On Friday night, the organization helped 47 people after their boat got into trouble.
03:22And on Saturday morning, another 26 people were rescued from another boat, all safely
03:27boarded onto a rescue ship that is now heading to its assigned port of Ravenna in Italy.
03:32The NGO says that two people refused help on Friday but were assisted later by two unmarked
03:38boats that identified themselves as the Libyan Coast Guard.
03:41And also on Saturday, the Libyan Coast Guard was spotted taking 80 migrants from an overcrowded
03:47dinghy.
03:49Bulgaria will hold its seventh parliamentary elections in just over three years after the
03:55main parties failed to form a government.
03:58The Researcher People ITN party returned to third government forming mandates to President
04:03Remen Radev, unfulfilled on Monday.
04:06Chair of the ITN parliamentary group said the parties had been unable to find common
04:11ground.
04:12President Radev is expected to appoint a caretaker prime minister and schedule new elections
04:32within two months.
04:43The political stalemate in Bulgaria has hampered its efforts to participate in Europe's Schengen
05:00area.
05:05Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikhi Hasina has resigned and fled the country, announced
05:11the country's Army Chief General, after thousands of protesters stormed her official residence,
05:16defying a military curfew put in place after weeks of protests.
05:20The Army Chief General has said an interim government will be formed.
05:40The General also said he would investigate the deadly police crackdowns which have killed
05:45almost 300 protesters as of Sunday.
06:10Hasina's resignation brings to an end an 15-year rule in power.
06:33The main energy resource of North Macedonia is coal. Because of these several cities in
06:37the country, during the winter period, when the need for electricity is increased, are
06:41often on the list of the 10 most polluted cities in Europe.
06:45Behind me you can see the coal-fired thermal power plant that provides two-thirds of North
06:52Macedonia's electricity needs.
06:54In accordance with obligations undertaken from the Green Agenda of the European Integration
06:58Process, the thermal power plant should be transformed and adapted to renewable energy
07:03sources by 2032.
07:06We have already invested in photovoltaic power plants in Kichevo and Bitola, which are now
07:12being built around the river.
07:14Photovoltaic power plants only work at night.
07:16A hydropower plant should be built.
07:18We have a part of it, the Marijovski district, close to the river and around the river.
07:22We already have a large construction site there, 400 kilowatts away in Ostanica.
07:28We have a river construction site.
07:30Nuclear power can be easily connected here.
07:36The Green Agenda of the European Integration Process recommends the creation of an educational
07:40center for the construction and development, which will provide it with EUR 26.4 million
07:44that should support the energy transition, according to the Green Agenda.
07:48Within these funds, the creation of an educational center is planned, which will help the state
07:52to provide human resources necessary for the management of the new energy systems.
07:56There should be physicists, engineers, computer scientists, a lot of them, because the whole
08:02system will be connected via the Internet and computers.
08:08Parallel to the transformation of the energy infrastructural capacities,
08:12North Macedonia should invest in opening new green jobs that would neutralize
08:16the social shock that will cause the closure of this thermal power plant,
08:20which currently provides 2,500 jobs.
08:24French authorities are using discretionary powers under an anti-terror law
08:28to keep those they deem to be potential security threats away from the Olympics.
08:32Those subject to the measures are largely from minority backgrounds,
08:36particularly from former French colonies.
08:40Many have been forbidden from leaving their neighborhoods
08:44and ordered to report to police on a daily basis.
08:4921-year-old bank apprentice Amine, who was born in France,
08:53is among those affected. He is not allowed to leave his South Paris suburb
08:57despite having no criminal record.
09:19Amine was flagged to police after posting a TikTok video in October
09:23of him wearing a Deportivo Palestino t-shirt
09:27and making obscene gestures towards the Eiffel Tower,
09:31which was lit in Israeli colors following the October 7th attacks.
09:35However, he was also falsely linked with an account on the video sharing app Rave,
09:39which posted decapitation images and comments expressing a desire
09:43to join a terror group against the regime.
09:47French Interior Minister GΓ©rald Darmanin
09:51says the restrictions are in place to prevent very dangerous people
09:55from attacking the Games.
09:59He claims minorities aren't being singled out
10:03and that people suspected of left or right wing extremism
10:07are under surveillance too.
10:11Military parades have taken place in Croatia
10:15to mark the 29th anniversary of the last major battle
10:19of the Croatian War of Independence.
10:23The 1995 Operation Storm offensive was a decisive moment
10:27for Croatia and resulted in the recovery of territory
10:31from rebel Serb forces.
10:35The event is commemorated annually and this year
10:39saw speeches from Croatia's leaders, military displays
10:43and a flyover of fighter jets recently acquired from France.
10:49Croatian Prime Minister Andrej PlenkoviΔ
10:53hailed the anniversary as a celebration of freedom.
10:57We have gathered today to once again celebrate freedom,
11:01to remember the greatness of Neoluja,
11:05the fearlessness of Croatian defenders
11:10who enabled us to live in an independent and democratic Croatia.
11:14This is what generations of Croats have dreamed of
11:18and today is our reality and responsibility.
11:22But for Serbia, the anniversary is a sombre reminder
11:26of what it considers a war crime that led to the mass exodus
11:30of most Serbs from Croatia.
11:34Each year, thousands of Serbs, including families of victims,
11:38celebrate the anniversary with a remembrance ceremony.