00:00Georgia Maloney announced plans to send 20 million euros to parts of Italy devastated
00:05by flooding and extreme weather.
00:10Russian strikes in the Ukrainian city of Odessa injured four as independent media claim more
00:15than 70,000 people fighting for Russia have died during the war.
00:20Ahead of regional elections on Sunday, polls show the far-right AFD overtaking the German
00:26Chancellor's party in Brandenburg.
00:30Against the backdrop of massive flooding that took the lives of at least five people in
00:34their country, people in the Czech Republic took to the polls to vote.
00:42The Italian government announced plans to allocate 20 million euros to the region of
00:47Emilia-Romagna after flooding devastated the region.
00:51Italian Premier Giorgia Maloney said the money would be sent as soon as the region's
00:56declaration of a state of emergency reached the government.
01:01Heavy rain and flooding caused more than 1,000 people to be evacuated.
01:09Flooding has also affected other European countries like Poland and the Czech Republic.
01:16In the Kladsko region of Poland, army and locals are clearing debris from the streets
01:21following the extreme weather.
01:25Work began in previously flooded cities in the Czech Republic to clean up streets and
01:30houses.
01:32Flooding in Europe reportedly caused 24 deaths and the EU has promised billions in emergency
01:37repair funding.
01:41Russian missile strikes on the Ukrainian city of Odessa injured four people, damaging port
01:46and civilian infrastructure as well as a ship flying the Antiguan flag.
01:51Odessa and other southern parts of Ukraine are regular targets of Russian missile and
01:55drone attacks.
01:57More than 70,000 people fighting in Russia's military have now died in Ukraine, according
02:02to an independent tally by the MediaZona news website.
02:05However, the Ukrainian General Staff instead report that Russia has lost more than 600,000
02:12troops since the start of its full-scale invasion.
02:15Ukrainian President Zelensky will travel to Washington next Thursday for talks with US
02:19President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris.
02:23He is expected to press for the US to allow Ukraine to use Western-provided weapons to
02:28strike deeper into Russia.
02:30US officials said they have asked Ukraine to spell out more clearly its combat objectives
02:35should the administration greenlight loosening restrictions on long-range weaponry.
02:42The election campaign for a vote that could determine the fate of Germany's national government
02:47wrapped up on Friday.
02:49After strong showings in two other state elections in eastern Germany, the far-right alternative
02:54for Germany might overtake Chancellor Olaf Scholz's centre-left Social Democrats in
03:00Brandenburg.
03:01Ahead of voting on Sunday, the AFD is leading on polls followed by the SPD and the Christian
03:06Democratic Union.
03:07SPD regional head Dietmar Wojtke has said he will resign from politics if the AFD win.
03:12The left-wing Sarah Wagner's alliance is expected to make a leap into the state parliament
03:17only months after its inception, and also following success in recent eastern German
03:22voting.
03:23In light of double-digit poll ratings, the BSW could play a decisive role in preventing
03:28the AFD from becoming a part of a new state government, even if they come out on top.
03:33The Greens and the German Die Linke party have scored below 5% in polls and might not
03:38make it back into the state parliament.
03:44Ex-citizens went to the polls in a two-day vote to elect a third of the seat in the Parliament's
03:49upper house, the Senate, as well as their regional elections.
03:55Voting took place against the backdrop of massive flooding that hit the country and
03:59other parts of Central Europe in recent days.
04:04In some places, voting took place in shipping containers, tents or out in the open.
04:11The flooding in Europe claimed the lives of at least 24 people, five of them in the
04:16Czech Republic.
04:19State officials helped the hardest-hit towns organise their ballot in the north-east of
04:23the country, where schools and other buildings that serve as polling stations were submerged
04:28and damaged.
04:30The current ruling five-party coalition led by the Czech Prime Minister has a clear majority
04:34in the 81-seat Senate.
04:38Roll-off elections will take place next week.
