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00:00Hundreds of people gather in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages still
00:06being held by Hamas in Gaza.
00:11The Med9 group of EU countries pledged support for Lebanon's military to end the fighting
00:16between Israel and Hezbollah.
00:21Authorities in Eastern Romania introduced new measures after flooding last month left
00:25seven people dead and 7,000 homes damaged.
00:32The leaders of nine southern EU countries have pledged support for Lebanon's military
00:36to reassert control over the country's south in a bid to end the fighting between Israel
00:41and Hezbollah.
00:43In a joint declaration, the leaders of the Med9 group said they would continue advocating
00:48for the Lebanese armed forces, which are called to play a critical stabilizing role.
00:53The unfolding situation in the Middle East is gravely alarming, the declaration said.
01:00Israel and Hezbollah have exchanged almost daily cross-border fire since the war in Gaza
01:04started last October.
01:07In recent weeks, Israel has carried out increasingly heavy strikes into areas deeper inside Lebanon
01:13and at the end of September launched a ground offensive in the country.
01:17It's estimated there are 15,000 Israeli soldiers operating in Lebanon.
01:22And Hezbollah has also expanded its rocket fire to more populated areas in Israel.
01:28Those tit-for-tat strikes have displaced tens of thousands of people on both sides of the
01:33border.
01:39Authorities in Eastern Romania are introducing new measures after flooding in Galats county
01:44last month left seven people dead and around 7,000 homes water damaged.
01:49The county council said it's looking at relocating houses that sit on flood plains and starting
01:54to repair extensive damage across the region.
01:57The council put the total cost for repairs in the county at around 150 million euros
02:02and says the region could be faced with a similar price tag every time there's torrential
02:07rain.
02:08Many in the region are already nervous as Romanian meteorologists have already said
02:12that similar deluges are likely in the future.
02:16Some locals are demanding firm action from the regional authorities as many people have
02:20had to rebuild their homes after extensive flooding on three previous occasions.
02:25In addition to the damage to homes, roads need to be rebuilt and vast swathes of agricultural
02:30land remain waterlogged.
02:32Local authorities say at least 80 percent of residents in the eastern county have been
02:37forced to move.
02:44Hundreds of people have gathered in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages
02:49kidnapped by Hamas on the 7th of October last year.
02:52Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and calls on Jews to atone and repent
02:57for sins committed in the previous year.
03:00Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took a further 250 hostage during its 7th of October
03:07incursion into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza.
03:11Around 100 hostages remain in captivity, a third of whom are believed to be dead after
03:16most of the others were released during a week-long ceasefire in November.
03:20Many protesters accuse the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not doing enough
03:25to secure the hostages' release.
03:27Some also accuse him of putting his political survival above the lives of the captives.
03:32Since the war in Gaza started in October, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed,
03:38but the Hamas-run health ministry doesn't distinguish between combatants and civilians
03:42in its count.
03:43Hundreds of passengers have been stranded in the French Caribbean island of Martinique
03:52after its airport was forced to close because protesters overran the tarmac.
03:57The overnight shutdown delayed flights and airport officials urged stranded passengers
04:02to contact their airlines for information after the facility resumed operations by mid-morning.
04:08Three planes carrying around 1,000 passengers had to be diverted to the nearby island of
04:13Guadeloupe.
04:14France's Interior Minister Bruno Rattailleau said French authorities had regained control
04:19of the airport, which demonstrators targeted in the latest protest against the rising cost
04:23of living.
04:24Since Monday night, Martinique has been gripped by bouts of protests that have often turned
04:29violent.
04:31The latest round of violence prompted the government to announce another curfew as it
04:34stressed that demonstrations on public roads were prohibited.
04:38It's the latest in a string of protests that began in early September, prompting France
04:42to send special anti-riot police to the island, which has banned demonstrations in certain
04:47areas.