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00:00 The U.S. launches a barrage of airstrikes on targets in Iraq and Syria in retaliation
00:05 for the death of three U.S. soldiers in a base in Jordan.
00:11 Some of the farmers protesting across Europe head home after their governments offer financial
00:15 concessions, but others stay out on the roads.
00:21 Some international media reports say Ukraine's president has told the U.S. he intends to
00:25 fire the head of the armed forces.
00:34 The U.S. military launched an air assault on dozens of sites in Iraq and Syria overnight
00:38 on Friday in retaliation for the killing of three U.S. soldiers in Jordan by an Islamist
00:44 militia group connected to Iran.
00:47 Just hours after President Biden watched the U.S. soldiers' coffins return home, the strikes
00:52 hit more than 85 targets at seven locations, including command and control centers and
00:57 drone and ammunition storage sites, according to the U.S. military.
01:02 Meanwhile in Gaza on Friday, at least 17 people were killed in two separate airstrikes overnight
01:07 in Rafa on the border with Egypt, according to hospital officials.
01:12 Hundreds of thousands of Gazans have fled towards the town as the Israeli offensive
01:16 has moved ever further south in Gaza.
01:18 At the U.N. satellite center, UNISAT has released a damage assessment of Gaza, showing that
01:24 nearly every third building in the region has been hit.
01:27 It says around 22,000 buildings have been destroyed.
01:34 The Romanian government says it's reached an agreement with the farmers and truckers
01:37 who've been protesting about high agricultural costs and low prices for their produce.
01:43 Convoys of hundreds of tractors and trucks have slowed or blocked the traffic on major
01:47 roads leading to major cities in the last three weeks.
01:50 And many of the protesting farmers in France have also stopped after the government there
01:55 offered a series of financial concessions.
01:57 Some however are continuing, including small-scale livestock farmers and other sectors such as
02:02 beekeeping.
02:03 In Belgium, farmers are also staying on the roads and they've also blocked numerous border
02:08 crossings with the Netherlands.
02:10 Some of the motorways are the busiest in Europe as they lead to Antwerp, Europe's second biggest
02:15 port.
02:16 In Portugal, farmers have partly blocked a key bridge on a main road into Lisbon.
02:21 Since Thursday, some major roads have been blocked across the country, but some have
02:25 since been lifted after the government offered financial support.
02:34 Ukrainian media reports President Zelensky has dismissed Valery Solushny, the head of
02:39 Ukraine's armed forces.
02:41 Rumors that this might happen had been circulating and referred to disagreements between the
02:46 two men.
02:47 Washington has made no comment, saying it is a matter for Ukraine and not the U.S.
02:53 Meanwhile, Ukraine has welcomed the decision of the International Court of Justice, which
02:58 announced on Friday that it does not have jurisdiction to rule on a request by Ukraine
03:03 for a declaration that Kyiv is not responsible for genocide, as Russia has alleged.
03:09 The case will now continue.
03:13 On Friday night, air sirens sounded throughout southeastern Ukraine as groups of Russian
03:18 drones were purported heading toward Krivyi Rih, Kherson, Dnipro and Odessa.
03:23 On the other hand, Russian social media report explosions in Voronezh region most likely
03:29 caused by a drone attack.
03:33 An Italian admiral will command a new EU naval mission to protect shipping in the Red Sea.
03:39 Italy's defense ministry said on Friday the EU has approached Rome with a request to supply
03:45 the force commander for the operation.
03:48 On Friday, EU foreign policy chief Joseph Borrell emphasized the mission should be purely
03:53 defensive and that there will be no strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
03:58 The operation is due to get the go-ahead at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in two weeks'
04:03 time.
04:08 A man armed with a knife and a hammer has attacked three people in the Gare de Lyon
04:13 train station in Paris on Saturday.
04:16 Authorities said a security guard tackled the attacker, who was taken into police custody.
04:21 One of the victims is in hospital.
04:28 Posting on X, Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin described the attack as an "unbearable act"
04:34 and thanked those who detained the assailants.
04:37 The attack is not currently being treated as terror-related.
04:40 (whooshing)