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00:01Estonia has requested NATO Article 4 consultations after three Russian fighter jets entered its airspace for several minutes on Friday.
00:09The jets lingered for 12 minutes over the Gulf of Finland, Estonian officials said, with their transponders switched off.
00:17Estonia's foreign minister said the incident was a brazen attempt by Russia to test the boundaries of the NATO military alliance.
00:24The incident is the third time Russian assets have entered the airspace of a NATO member country in recent weeks.
00:30On Sunday, Romania said a drone from Moscow breached its airspace during an air raid on Ukraine,
00:35just one week after Poland shot down an unprecedented number of Russian drones over its skies.
00:43Fifteen people have been charged over an alleged Russia-backed operation that planned arson attacks across Europe,
00:49Lithuanian prosecutors said on Wednesday.
00:52According to authorities, the plot was led by suspects with ties to the GRU, Russia's military intelligence service.
00:58The network allegedly hit home-made bombs inside parcels sent via couriers like DHL and DPD.
01:06Some of these devices exploded last year in the UK, Germany and Poland.
01:10An investigation across four countries has uncovered more explosives and international arrest warrants are out for three more suspects.
01:17A British couple held in Afghanistan for more than seven months are finally on their way home.
01:27Their release on Friday comes after high-level negotiations between the UK and Taliban, mediated by Qatar.
01:34It's being hailed as a clear example of how diplomacy can ease tensions, even during times of conflict.
01:4080-year-old Peter Reynolds and his 76-year-old wife Barbie had lived in Afghanistan for nearly two decades, running educational programs.
01:48The couple, who are Afghan citizens, chose to remain in the country after the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
01:56In February, they were detained on undisclosed charges.
01:59Actually, it's a continuous effort by my government to keep our policy in helping releasing hostages and our mediation and diplomacy.
02:12So we are very grateful for Afghanistan, UK, for their cooperation to conclude this case in this way that you have just presented.
02:22And it's a very, it's a very good moment for us to show our appreciation and to make sure that this is the way that we should deal with problems and conflicts and how to resolve it with dialogue, with good manners and also with peaceful solutions.
02:44Their daughter says the family is overwhelmed with gratitude and relief, thanking both the Qatari and British governments for their role in securing her parents' release.
02:53This experience has reminded us of the power of diplomacy, empathy and international cooperation.
03:01We are forever grateful to the Qatari and British governments for standing with us during this difficult time.
03:08Thank you for giving us our family back.
03:10The release comes just days after Qatar hosted the Emergency Arab Islamic Summit.
03:16That was in direct response to the September 9th Israeli airstrike that targeted Hamas leadership who were gathered in the Qatari capital to discuss a U.S.-backed ceasefire proposal.
03:26Adil Haleem, Euronews, Doha.
03:32Search teams pulled 25 bodies from a mass grave in a Damascus suburb on Friday, one of the largest grim remnants of Syria's long civil war.
03:41The site is believed to contain at least 175 people killed in a 2014 ambush by the forces of then-president Bashar Assad as they fled eastern Ghouta.
03:52Family members with missing loved ones came to the site for answers, including Samira Alush, who was looking for her son Anas.
04:01She had hoped he was alive in prison, but on Friday she found out a different answer.
04:05The White Helmet Civil Defense Group says full excavation will wait for a formal process to be agreed by the National Commission for Missing Persons.
04:26This is just one of many mass graves being uncovered since Assad's fall, with an estimated 150,000 people still missing from the war.
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