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00:00In the latest of mounting pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

00:05thousands took to the streets demanding a hostage release deal.

00:11A new centre-right government was announced in France as left-wing demonstrators took to the streets

00:16protesting the government they say rejects voters' will.

00:21Romania and Italy have begun clean-up after extreme weather,

00:24but in Hungary flooding is only just reaching its peak.

00:30Firefighters killed battling blazes devastating parts of Portugal

00:34were buried in a ceremony attended by around a thousand people.

00:42A new centre-right government dominated by centrists and conservatives

00:46was announced by the French presidential palace.

00:49The announcement came more than two months following elections

00:52that produced a hung parliament and deepened political divisions within the country.

00:58A left-wing coalition secured the most seats in the June-July parliamentary elections,

01:03but failed to win a majority.

01:05Earlier this month, French President Emmanuel Macron

01:08named Conservative Michel Barnier as Prime Minister

01:11despite his party's poor showing in the elections.

01:15Barnier put together the new government following difficult negotiations.

01:19Macron approved and the announcement was made.

01:23France is a leading voice in EU policy, one of the world's biggest economies

01:28and a nuclear-armed, veto-wielding member of the UN Security Council.

01:33Its government make-up and direction is therefore very important.

01:42Thousands of homes were washed away by flooding in the Romanian county of Galati,

01:47leaving thousands displaced.

01:50Romanian towns, roads and bridges have been devastated

01:53by the recent extreme weather and accompanying loss of life.

01:58While the water has receded, houses full of mud have been left behind.

02:02Homes, goods and furniture were destroyed.

02:07In Italy, the clean-up began in Emilia-Romagna.

02:10Volunteers came to help those heavily affected by the weather.

02:15The extent of the damage is still being evaluated,

02:18but on Friday, Italian Premier Giorgio Meloni's government

02:21approved an initial allocation of 20 million euros in aid.

02:26Flooding was expected to reach its pinnacle in Hungary

02:29as the Danube River reached peak level.

02:32In preparation for a new wave of flooding,

02:34key infrastructure points such as metro entrances were fortified with sandbags.

02:38Around a thousand people attended the funeral of three firefighters

02:42killed in the recent Portuguese wildfires.

02:48Both the Portuguese President and Prime Minister were present

02:51at the ceremony held in a square in the municipality of Tabua.

02:56The three firefighters were killed battling a forest fire in the district of Coimbra.

03:01Devastating wildfires have gripped Portugal,

03:03with its government calling for a day of mourning for its victims on Friday.

03:08Fires caused at least five deaths and dozens of injuries across affected regions.

03:13The total size of the burned area is still being assessed.

03:18Experts link the fires to both climate change

03:21and the abandonment of traditional homes in the region.

03:24Thousands took to the streets of Tel Aviv demanding the Israeli government

03:28reach a deal to secure the release of hostages captive in Gaza.

03:32It is the latest in a series of protests against the Israeli government

03:36and a series of protests against the Israeli government.

03:40The Israeli government's response to the protests

03:42was a series of calls for a ceasefire.

03:45The Israeli government's response to the protests

03:47was a series of calls for a ceasefire.

03:50It is the latest in a narrative of mounting pressure

03:54both domestically and internationally on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

04:00Mass demonstrations have occurred on several occasions over the last few months.

04:05While some may want to see it as a turning point,

04:08Netanyahu has been here before.

04:11Protected by a parliamentary majority in the Israeli government,

04:15government, his strategy has largely been to ignore their demands.

04:20Protestors could be seen lighting flares and holding signs during the demonstration.

04:25The war in Gaza began when Hamas launched a surprise attack into Israel, killing around

04:301,200 people and taking 250 hostage.

04:35Around 100 people are still held captive, a third of whom are believed to be dead.

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