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00:00Egypt's president says his country proposed a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
00:05during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.
00:10Georgia's president said she did not recognise the results of this weekend's parliamentary
00:14vote, which election officials say was won by the ruling party.
00:20The centre-right GERB party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is the likely
00:25winner of Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, according to ExitPolls.
00:30The leader of the Social Democratic Party announced that her party is leading in the
00:34polls for Lithuania's second and final round of parliamentary elections.
00:45Egypt's president says his country proposed a two-day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas
00:50during which four hostages held in Gaza would be freed.
00:54Speaking in Cairo, the president also said the proposal includes the release of some
00:59Palestinian prisoners and the delivery of humanitarian aid to the besieged Gaza Strip.
01:05Egypt has been a key mediator along with Qatar and the United States.
01:09This is the first time Egypt's president has publicly proposed such a plan.
01:14Meanwhile, an Israeli strike on a school sheltering displaced people in the Shathi refugee camp
01:20of northern Gaza killed at least 11, according to local authorities.
01:27Israel has struck a number of schools turned shelters in Gaza during the one-year conflict,
01:31saying it precisely targets militants hiding out among civilians.
01:37These strikes often kill women and children.
01:46Georgia's president said she did not recognise the results of this weekend's parliamentary
01:50vote, which election officials say was won by the ruling Georgian party.
01:55Aimed at moving it off a path towards Europe, and called for Georgians to rally in Tbilisi
02:01to protest the results.
02:05Many Georgians viewed Saturday's vote as a referendum on the opportunity to join the
02:09EU, as Brussels had suspended Georgia's EU membership process indefinitely because of
02:15a Russian-style foreign influence law passed in June.
02:21The election campaign was dominated by foreign policy and marked by a bitter fight for votes
02:26and allegations of a smear campaign.
02:32European electoral observers said the election took place in a divisive environment marked
02:36by intimidation and incidents of vote-buying, double-voting and physical violence.
02:46The centre-right GERB party of former Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov is the likely
02:52winner of Bulgaria's parliamentary elections, according to exit polls.
02:57Initial results are expected Monday, but it could take days before final official results
03:02are announced.
03:03If these results confirm the exit poll, Borisov will be handed a mandate to form his fourth
03:08cabinet.
03:09It appears, however, that it will be an uphill task for him to find allies to form a governing
03:13coalition in a fragmented parliament.
03:16Voter fatigue and disillusionment with politicians has created an environment where radical political
03:21voices, aided by widespread Russian disinformation, are successfully undermining public support
03:27for the democratic process and boosting the popularity of pro-Russian and far-right groups.
03:32There was no clear winner in the latest vote held in June, and the seven groups elected
03:36to the fragmented legislature were unable to put together a viable coalition.
03:43The leader of the Social Democratic Party announced that her party is leading in the
03:51polls for Lithuania's second and final round of parliamentary elections.
03:57Voters headed to the ballots as strict COVID-19 measures during the pandemic, political scandals
04:02and an influx of migrants from neighbouring Belarus hurt the popularity of the current
04:06Prime Minister's government.
04:10The vote in Lithuania, which borders Russia to the west and Belarus to the east, comes
04:14at a time when Russia's military campaign in Ukraine is fuelling greater concerns about
04:19Moscow's intentions, particularly in the strategically important Baltic region.
04:25It will set the political tone for the next four years, but despite a possible shift to
04:29the left, analysts say there won't be a significant change to Lithuania's foreign policy.
04:36The Social Democrats are broadly supportive of continuing aid to Ukraine and keeping the
04:40defence spending above 3% of GDP.

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