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00:00More than 3,000 people are evacuated from Kursk in 24 hours as the Ukrainian incursion
00:07into Russia continues.
00:11Relatives of the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza urge the government
00:16to reach a deal to secure their release.
00:21Legendary French actor and film producer Alain Delon died peacefully aged 88, his three children
00:27announced in a joint statement.
00:35More than 3,000 people have been evacuated over the last 24 hours from areas in Russia's
00:40western Kursk region affected by the ongoing incursion of the Ukrainian army.
00:47The Russian emergency ministry said on Saturday that more than 10,000 local residents were
00:52staying at temporary accommodation centers in other parts of the country.
00:58The Ukrainian military push into Kursk has seen Kiev's forces seize several villages,
01:03take hundreds of prisoners and force the evacuation of tens of thousands of civilians.
01:10It's the largest attack on Russia since World War II.
01:15Kiev hopes that the surprise incursion into Russia, which started on August 6, will change
01:20the dynamic of the more than two-year-old conflict.
01:24But Ukrainian officials have repeatedly said that the aim of the operation isn't to occupy
01:28Russia but to force Moscow to negotiate peace on Kiev's terms.
01:40Relatives of the Israeli hostages still being held by Hamas in Gaza have rallied to demand
01:45the government reach a deal to secure their release.
01:48Carrying pictures of their family members on what's now called Hostages Square in Tel
01:52Aviv, they called for the Israeli government to finally reach an agreement to bring back
01:57the more than 100 captives.
01:59You know that President Biden is investing all his weight in this mission.
02:06You know that the entire West Bank is under siege and Israel must be part of it.
02:13Negotiations from the United States, Egypt and Qatar ended two days of talks in Doha
02:18on Friday with a message of hope that a deal could be reached.
02:22U.S. President Joe Biden said he was optimistic, adding, we are closer than we've ever been.
02:28And the office of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israeli negotiators had expressed
02:33cautious optimism.
02:35But Hamas said on Saturday that no progress had been made and mediators were selling illusions.
02:44India's medical workers have begun a nationwide strike to protest the rape and killing of
02:51a trainee doctor at a state-run hospital in West Bengal state.
02:56The strike was called by the Indian Medical Association, which said all non-essential
03:00services at hospitals would be shut down across the country for 24 hours.
03:05This rape has shaken our faith in the system. You saw how at first the gruesome murder and
03:12later on every effort was made to shield the victim and that is what happens every time
03:18in India.
03:20On August 9th, police discovered the body of a 31-year-old trainee doctor at the state-run
03:25R.G. Kaur Medical College and Hospital in Kolkata.
03:29A police volunteer working at the hospital has been detained in connection with the crime
03:33but the family of the victim alleges it was a gang rape.
03:37An autopsy confirmed sexual assault had taken place.
03:46Firefighters in Turkey continue to battle multiple blazes burning for a third day across
03:51the country's west.
03:53The Disaster and Emergency Management Directorate says more than 131 forest fires have erupted
03:59in the past week.
04:02Most have been brought under control but five major fires continue in the provinces of Izmir,
04:07Aydin, Manisa, Karabuk and Bolu.
04:10Thousands of people have been evacuated from the affected areas but there have been no
04:14reports of any casualties.
04:19Alain Delon, the legendary French actor whose talent made him an icon of French and European
04:24cinema, has died at the age of 88.
04:28His three children announced his death in a joint statement, saying they were immensely
04:32saddened and that the actor passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by family.
04:37Born in France in 1935, Delon rose to international fame in the 1960s with memorable roles in
04:44films like In Full Sun and The Leopard.
04:47His loss will be deeply felt by fans and colleagues around the world.