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00:00Thousands of protesters rallied outside as Georgia's new parliament opened its inaugural
00:05session, with opposition saying the ruling party rigged the recent vote.
00:11Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known far-right populist secured
00:15the first round in the presidential election.
00:20Ahead of snap elections in February, Olaf Scholz was confirmed as his party's candidate
00:25for the position of German Chancellor.
00:30France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen is threatening the government with a confidence
00:35motion over next year's budget bill.
00:45Thousands of protesters rallied outside the newly elected Georgian parliament as it opened
00:50its inaugural session, accusing the ruling Georgian Dream Party of rigging the vote.
00:56Opposition lawmakers and the country's ceremonial president refused to participate in the parliamentary
01:02activities.
01:03Observers said the country's recent election took place in an atmosphere marked by bribery,
01:31double-voting and physical violence.
01:49Georgia's president filed a constitutional lawsuit saying principles of voting secrecy
01:54and universality were violated.
02:22Romania's political landscape is reeling after a little-known far-right populist secured
02:51the first round in the presidential election, going from an obscure candidate to beating
02:55the incumbent prime minister.
02:59Kalin Djordjescu, who ran independently, will face off against reformist Elena Laskony in
03:04a run-off in two weeks.
03:07With just under 23% of the vote after nearly all ballots were counted, Djordjescu was ahead.
03:15Most local surveys predicted he would win less than 10% of the vote.
03:21Laskony, of the Progressive Save Romania Union Party, followed with just over 19%.
03:28She beat the incumbent prime minister, who resigned as leaders of the Establishment PSD
03:33Party following the first round results.
03:38The second round of the vote will be held on December 8th.
03:47At least 23 people have been injured in a Russian daytime attack on Kharkiv, according
03:52to its regional governor.
03:54The 8.30am attack targeted a central, densely populated residential area, said Kharkiv's
04:01mayor.
04:03Local authorities reported damaged residential houses as a result of the strike.
04:12The centre of Odessa was also targeted by a Russian daytime attack, injuring at least
04:1711 people.
04:19Ukraine's air defences reported to have downed 50 of 73 Russian drones launched during overnight
04:26attacks, dozens of them targeting Zaporozhye.
04:39In Russia, Kursk's governor reported on his Telegram channel that air defences destroyed
04:44seven Ukrainian missiles overnight over the region.
04:48Russian forces captured a British mercenary named James Scott Rees, who was fighting with
04:53the Ukrainian army in Russia's Kursk region, a security source told Russian state news
04:58agency.
05:04Olaf Scholz has been officially nominated by his Social Democratic Party as its candidate
05:09for German Chancellor, ahead of snap elections in February.
05:13Scholz is the current German Chancellor, but there were weeks of tense discussions within
05:17his party over whether he was the right person for the job.
05:22His ruling traffic light coalition, compromised of the Social Democratic Party, the Greens
05:26and the Liberal Free Democratic Party, collapsed earlier this month after he fired his finance
05:32minister.
05:33Lacking a parliamentary majority, Scholz agreed to hold a no-confidence vote in December,
05:38with general elections set for the 23rd of February 2025.
05:44Some Social Democrats had rallied around German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius, who enjoys
05:49higher approval ratings as a replacement for Scholz.
05:53Pistorius said he wasn't available to run for Chancellor last week, paving the way for
05:57Scholz at the top of the party's ballot.
06:04France's far-right leader Marine Le Pen warned she might topple France's minority government
06:09by the end of the year if the budget bill isn't changed, threatening a confidence motion.
06:15Le Pen said she expressed red lines, including a refusal to raise electricity taxes and the
06:21need to increase state pensions from January.
06:25Conservative Prime Minister Michel Barnier's cabinet is forced to rely on the far-right's
06:31goodwill to be able to stay in power.
06:33Barnier's cabinet is mostly composed of members of his Republican party and centrists from
06:38President Emmanuel Macron's alliance.
06:42The budget bill for next year must be passed by December 21.
06:48Last month, the government survived a confidence vote brought by the left-wing coalition because
06:54the far-right group abstained from voting.
06:57Homes and businesses have been flooded as storm Burt continues to batter communities
07:08across the UK after passing over Ireland.
07:11Among the hardest hit areas were parts of Wales, where authorities issued over 40 flood
07:16warnings after floods were reported in several towns over the weekend.
07:22In a part of south Wales, people bailed out of their homes and made reports of landslides.
07:28Some residents expressed their frustration with the authorities.
07:31It's a flood defence instead of a parry pot offence.
07:35Do your job with what we pay the money for.
07:37As you can see, National Resources Wales have just put, replaced the railings back again.
07:43It doesn't do anything.
07:44As soon as it goes, it comes in through there again.
07:47The Met Office described storm Burt as a multi-hazard event with strong winds and heavy
07:53rain forecast for different parts of the country.
07:56Scientists believe that the rise in extreme weather events is linked to climate change.
08:03The Portuguese Navy says it has been recording an increasingly intense traffic of Russian
08:08ships off its coast.
08:10It says about three warships, two refuelling vessels, three scientific research vessels
08:15and one spy vessel have passed through Portuguese waters in recent times.
08:46According to the Portuguese Military History Commission, these moves stem from the current
08:52context of the war in Ukraine and are not only a demonstration of Russia's power.
08:58The Commission warns the presence of spy ships indicates the obtaining of communications.
09:04Authorities say they are ensuring that the Navy follows the flow of Russian ships with
09:08close vigilance, given Portugal's geopolitical position as a gateway to Europe.
09:15There is vigilance, as Mr. Almirante said in several interviews.
09:19We are there, we follow, we watch, we scrutinise, which serves as a deterrent to any type of
09:29movement.
09:30And Portugal, obviously, having an extension, having a sea with the dimension it has,
09:36both the Exclusive Economic Zone and the Continental Platform, obviously has to be more vigilant.
09:43It is part of its missions, either to protect sovereignty and territorial integrity, or
09:49in terms of its commitment to international organisations, notably NATO.
09:53The Navy says it has conducted about 126 monitoring missions in the past three years.
09:59In 2022, the year the Russian Federation invaded Ukraine, there were 14 such operations.
10:06The following year, this number tripled to 46.
10:10This year, 66 missions have been completed so far.
10:40and security systems, so that about 250,000 of our compatriots are transported every day
10:50quickly, safely and environmentally in Thessaloniki.
11:04It was a project that delayed a lot.
11:07It is a project that also had many difficulties and obstacles.
11:11Among other things, mainly, many archaeological findings, which exceed 300,000.
11:19Many of which are already being excavated at various stations of the main line.