Latest news bulletin | October 13th – Evening
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00:00Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says peacekeepers in Lebanon should be moved out of harm's way immediately.
00:12Thousands of people protest in the streets of Rome and Lisbon to demand an end to the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon.
00:21Millions of voters are eligible to cast their ballots in the first round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania.
00:31Thousands take to the streets in Madrid demanding affordable housing.
00:42Hundreds of demonstrators have marched through central Rome to call for a ceasefire in Gaza.
00:47Chanting free, free Palestine they also demanded an end to the fighting in Lebanon.
00:52Israel and Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah have traded almost daily fire since the war in Gaza broke out in October,
00:59displacing thousands on both sides of the border.
01:02On the 30th of September Israel launched what it called a targeted ground operation in Lebanon, it says, to find and eliminate Hezbollah positions.
01:12There were similar scenes in the Portuguese capital Lisbon where thousands marched calling for an end to the hostilities in Gaza
01:19and criticising what they say is the complicity of Western governments who sell arms to Israel.
01:25The war in Gaza broke out on the 7th of October last year after Hamas militants launched an incursion into Israel,
01:31killing around 1,200 people and taking 250 hostages.
01:36Voting is well underway for the first round of parliamentary elections in Lithuania with polling stations opening at 6am on Sunday.
01:50Roughly 2.4 million voters are eligible to head to the ballot box over the course of the day and elect 141 parliamentarians for four-year terms.
02:00And nowadays, especially in Lithuania, we have to be very conscious about who we are voting and to show just your support.
02:11Experts say the election could result in the opposition's Social Democrats and smaller centre-left parties replacing the centre-right governing coalition.
02:21Strict COVID-19 measures and an influx of migrants have cast doubt over the government of Conservative Prime Minister Ingrid Simonitie and the country's economic successes.
02:32Voting centres will close at 5pm on Sunday with the results announced on Monday.
02:38France has paid tribute to 57-year-old teacher Dominic Bernard one year on from his murder with events around the country.
02:48A large crowd gathered in Arras, the town where the secondary school teacher, husband and father was murdered by a radicalised former student on 13 October 2023.
03:01Several ministers, friends and family attended the city's local ceremony, which included live painting, a string and flute ensemble and dance performances.
03:13Thousands marched through the streets of Madrid on Sunday demanding affordable housing.
03:19Some brandished placards saying lower prices while others chanted slogans like if prices do not fall, rent strike.
03:28Many are homeowners who say renting and buying in the Spanish capital is unaffordable.
03:46A spokesperson for the tenant union warned landlords and real estate firms that their impunity is over while hinting at a possible rent strike.
03:58The protest was organised by 40 tenant union organisations and neighbourhoods, which claim the local housing market is feeling an impossibly tight squeeze.
04:17Alex Salmond, the former First Minister of Scotland who for decades championed independence, has died at the age of 69.
04:25He led the Scottish National Party twice, stepping down in 2014 after the independence referendum which saw Scots vote to stay in the United Kingdom.
04:34Under his leadership, the Scottish government introduced popular policies such as free NHS prescriptions and free university tuition for Scottish students.
04:44He was Scotland's first pro-independence First Minister.