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00:00Yerostar and local trains were disrupted at Paris-Gare du Nord station after the discovery
00:16of an unexploded World War II bomb.
00:21Pope Francis continued to rest in hospital three weeks after he was admitted with pneumonia
00:26in both lungs.
00:32Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for an air and sea truce after Ukraine came
00:37under fire by a massive Russian drone and missile attack.
00:41Russia fired 67 missiles from air, land and sea and launched 194 strike and decoy drones
00:49that is according to Ukraine's air force.
00:52At least 10 people, including a child, were wounded.
00:56Zelensky wrote that the Odessa, Potava, Chernihiv, Kharkiv and Ternopil regions were struck.
01:02Russia mainly targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure, including the Black Sea port of Odessa, which
01:08was struck in the early hours of Friday.
01:12The attack came hours after Zelensky confirmed talks with the U.S. on ending Russia's full-scale
01:17invasion, which will take place next week in Saudi Arabia.
01:26A series of boycott movements emerged in response to the United States' recent policy changes,
01:32including Washington's decision to halt aid to Ukraine and the announcement of tariffs
01:36on Europe.
01:38The aim of the group?
01:39To urge members to stop buying and using U.S. products and services.
01:44For me, it actually started with me having to act.
01:47When I can't vote in the U.S. election, when I can't demonstrate on the streets of the
01:51U.S., I feel like I have to do something.
01:54On the page, members share recommendations on alternative options to U.S. goods and services,
01:59but for some, making the switch is not as evident as it might seem.
02:04I think it's a bit hard to say, because you go and do your daily shopping and you don't
02:10always think where it comes from.
02:12On Facebook, ironically, an American social media platform has been popular for the creation
02:17of the groups.
02:22Traffic at the Gare du Nord train station in Paris came to a halt on Friday after an
02:27unexploded bomb dating back from World War II was discovered in the middle of the train
02:33tracks.
02:34Gare du Nord is the busiest railway station in all of Europe with around 220 million passengers
02:42transiting through each year.
02:44Trains such as the TALIS as well as the Eurostar going to major cities in France, but as well
02:49as major European capitals, were all cancelled.
03:12The last time a World War II shell was discovered on train tracks was back in 2019 in the western
03:30suburbs of Paris.
03:32Back then, the local traffic was heavily disrupted, but a disruption of this magnitude on a Friday
03:39and especially at Europe's busiest train station is quite unprecedented.
03:49Pope Francis continued to rest in hospital on Friday, three weeks after he was admitted
03:55with pneumonia in both lungs.
03:59On Thursday, he thanked people for their prayers in an audio message broadcast.
04:06The Vatican has given twice daily updates on Pope Francis' medical condition, but
04:11has distributed no photos or videos of him since the morning of the 14th of February.
04:17Doctors on Thursday reported that the Pope was in stable condition, with no new respiratory
04:22crises or fever, and that he continued his respiratory and other physical therapy.
04:30His prognosis remains guarded, meaning he is not out of danger.
04:36The 88-year-old pontiff has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young
04:42man.