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00:00The Ukrainian city of Odessa has been without power for two days following Russian strikes.
00:12Seven weeks after the national elections, coalition negotiations have begun in Austria.
00:24Speaking at the end of the first day of the G20 summit in Brazil, UK Prime Minister Keir
00:29Starmer promised the UK would double down on its support for Kiev as Ukraine marks 1,000
00:35days of Russia's full-scale invasion.
00:36That's 1,000 days of aggression from Russia and 1,000 days of sacrifice from Ukraine.
00:42We need to double down, we need to make sure Ukraine has what is necessary for as long
00:46as necessary because we cannot allow Putin to win this war.
00:50President Emmanuel Macron mirrored Starmer's sentiment and said it is France's duty to
00:55help Ukraine protect its territory.
00:59He added that the change in the conflict triggered by the involvement of North Korean troops
01:03should not be underestimated.
01:05The only force that is escalating in this conflict today is Russia, which is engaging
01:12in a nuclear program with missiles of very long range, and so it is really a rupture
01:21in this war that has led to this choice of the Americans.
01:24Leaders of the world's 20 major economies also issued a joint declaration in which they
01:29called for a global pact to combat hunger, more aid for Gaza and to end the hostilities
01:34in the Middle East.
01:38The southern Ukrainian city of Odessa has been without power for two days following
01:44Russian attacks which damaged critical infrastructure.
01:48Emergency power outages have been introduced across the region and some facilities have
01:52been switched to generators.
01:54We hope that the light will come back.
01:57There was no water all day in the morning and from 6 to 7 in the evening there was no
02:04water.
02:06Emergency utility points have been set up across the city, where heat, water and electricity
02:10is being provided.
02:11As soon as they have a need, literally five minutes, they start their work.
02:16Yesterday morning the need started because people started coming to us.
02:20From the DSNS, on the territory of the city of Odessa and the Odessa region, there are
02:2645 emergency points that are deployed on the basis of fire stations.
02:30To tell people that there are a lot of people, no, but they are, they are constantly.
02:34Efforts to restore the region's power supply are ongoing.
02:41EU buildings across Brussels have been lit up in the colours of the Ukrainian flag to
02:47mark the 1,000th day since Russia invaded in 2022.
02:53As of August this year, almost 12,000 civilians were reported as killed in Ukraine, according
02:59to UN figures.
03:03UNICEF says that figure includes 2,406 children.
03:07In Kiev, a memorial to those lost continues to grow, with national flags placed to honour
03:14each soldier killed while fighting Russia.
03:22Coalition negotiations have officially begun in Austria following several rounds of exploratory
03:28talks.
03:29Seven weeks after the national elections, a preliminary decision on Austria's future
03:34government was made on Monday.
03:36The far-right Freedom Party won the national elections in September.
03:40However, Austria's federal president gave the mandate to form a government to the runner-up,
03:45Karl Nehammer of the Austrian People's Party, as no party was willing to work together with
03:50the FPÖ and its party head, Herbert Kickl.
03:59Nehammer's coalition with the Social Democrats and Liberals excludes the FPÖ, a three-party
04:29alliance, as is being proposed, would be a first in Austria.
04:37Slovakian and Hungarian politicians strongly condemned the decision by US President Joe
04:42Biden to allow Ukraine to strike targets inside Russia with American-supplied longer-range
04:48missiles.
04:49Slovakia's populist Prime Minister Robert Fico said the decision was made with the clear
04:54aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.
04:59Hungary's foreign minister also lashed out against the decision, saying the move could
05:03serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global conflict.
05:07The decision was made with the clear aim to completely thwart or delay peace talks.
05:11Hungary's foreign minister also lashed out against the decision, saying the move could
05:15serve to escalate the war and threaten the outbreak of a global conflict.
05:20This is an incredibly dangerous idea, which poses an extremely serious threat to the spread
05:28of the war.
05:30Then there is the Ukraine's demand and the opinion of some NATO member states in relation
05:36to the invitation of Ukraine to NATO, which would also bring the real threat of the Third
05:43World War very close.
05:46The shift in policy added an uncertain new factor to Russia's full-on invasion of Ukraine.
05:52With the Kremlin warning the decision adds fuel to the fire of the war and would escalate
05:57international tensions even further.
06:03The citizens of Georgia took to the streets on Tuesday morning demanding fresh parliamentary
06:10elections after what they call was a rigged election with Russia's assistance.
06:16The governing Georgian Dream Party was established by billionaire Bitsina Ivanovich Vili, who
06:22made his fortune in Russia and only narrowly won the vote back in October.
06:27In Tbilisi, police broke up demonstrations, several people were arrested.
06:35Ivanovich Vili's party has recently pushed through laws similar to those used by the
06:41Kremlin to crack down on freedom of speech and LGBTQ plus rights.
06:48The EU suspended Georgia's membership application process indefinitely in June after the country's
06:54parliament passed a law requiring organizations that receive more than 20% of their funding
06:59from abroad to register as, quote, pursuing the interests of a foreign power.
07:11The president of Abkhazia, Aslan Bazanya, has resigned following widespread protests
07:16against an investment deal which opponents claim would increase Russian influence in
07:20the region.
07:21Demonstrators stormed government buildings last Friday, forcing Bazanya to flee and plunging
07:27the self-declared republic into political turmoil.
07:33The president has said he will withdraw his resignation if protesters do not leave the
07:37buildings in the capital, Sukhumi, by Tuesday.
07:42Vice President Bajragumba will assume the role of acting president for now.
07:48The unrest was sparked by opposition to a property agreement between Abkhazia and Russia
07:55which would allow Russian companies to invest in the region.
08:01Opponents of the agreement argue that it would inflate property prices and increase Moscow's
08:06influence.
08:08Clean-up efforts continue following severe flooding in Spain's Valencia region, with
08:16sewer blockages now the main concern for authorities.
08:21Workers have been attempting to free up the sewers for about a week, injecting water to
08:26soften the mud and absorb it through another pipe.
08:30So far, 60% of Paiporta's 75km sewage system has been cleared, but the sewers are still
08:36not being drained.
08:38There are also garages that are still full of mud, which can cause leaks in the drinking
08:43water network.
08:45However, Spain's public health authorities say they will continue to work to clean up
08:51the sewage system.
08:53The government has also said it will continue to work to clean up the sewage system.
08:58There are also garages that are still full of mud, which can cause leaks in the drinking
09:03water network.
09:05However, Spain's public health says few infections have been detected and those that have been
09:10are only minor.
09:14The mayor of Amsterdam has backtracked on her use of the word pogrom to describe the
09:19violence which erupted following the Ajax-Maccabi Tel Aviv football match in the Dutch capital.
09:26Speaking to Dutch state media on Sunday, Femke Halsema expressed her dismay that the term
09:31had subsequently been manipulated to serve political agendas.
09:55It comes as Moroccan-born Dutch finance secretary Nora Aqaba announced her resignation following
10:10comments made by the government's hard-right leader Geert Wilders.
10:15Last Wednesday, Wilders blamed Moroccans for attacks on the Israeli football fans, claiming
10:21that we saw Muslims hunting Jews and adding that it was fueled by Moroccans who want to
10:26destroy Jews.
10:28He also said those convicted of involvement should be deported if they have dual nationality.
10:39Forty-five activists from Hong Kong's pro-democracy movement were sentenced to prison on Tuesday
10:44in the biggest case under the Beijing-imposed 2020 national security law, which widely criminalizes
10:50dissent.
10:52The activists were among the prominent Hong Kong 47 arrested in 2021 for their involvement
10:58in an unofficial pre-election primary vote that drew record turnout.
11:03Prosecutors accused them of planning to paralyze Hong Kong's government by using a legislative
11:08majority to block government budgets indiscriminately.
11:12Hundreds of people stood in line in rain and winds for a seat in courts to show their support
11:17for the activists.
11:35Human rights organizations have criticized the sentencing for undermining Hong Kong's
11:39civil liberties and judicial independence.