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00:01At least one person was killed and more than a dozen others were injured as Russia continues to strike Ukrainian civilian and energy infrastructure.
00:10British police say one of the casualties in Thursday's terrorist attack on a synagogue in Manchester was accidentally shot by a police officer.
00:21Flights in Munich Airport were grounded for close to seven hours after officials sighted unknown drones violating its airspace.
00:30Widespread outrage and protests erupted across the globe after Israel intercepted the Gaza 8 flotilla.
00:41At least one person was killed and 16 others were injured in Russian attacks in Ukraine over the past 24 hours.
00:49Ukraine's Air Force says the Kremlin launched over 380 Iranian-made Shahid attack and decoy drones as well as 35 missiles of various types.
00:57They noted that they were able to successfully intercept just over 300 drones and 17 missiles aerially.
01:05The Air Force says however that 78 drones and 18 missiles did strike their targets on the ground.
01:10The attacks targeted multiple cities in the east, north and south of the country.
01:16One person was killed in Donetsk in the eastern Donbass region, the flashpoint front line since Russia waged its all-out war.
01:24In the south, five people were injured in Kherson and two others in Zaporizhia after the Kremlin targeted residential houses and apartment buildings.
01:32The northeastern Kharkiv region sustained the heaviest blow as over a dozen missiles and a flurry of drones pummeled various parts of the region.
01:41Local officials say at least two were injured and civilian homes and critical infrastructure sustained serious damage.
01:48Ukrainian energy giant Naftogas says a number of its facilities in Kharkiv and the adjacent Poltava regions were struck.
01:55Energy officials say the attacks were the most extensive on the country since Moscow launched its invasion well into its fourth year.
02:02British police say one of the casualties in Thursday's terrorist attack on the synagogue in Manchester, northwest England, was accidentally shot by a police officer as worshippers tried to stop the attacker from entering the building.
02:21Two people were killed and at least three were hurt in the attack at the Hayden Park Hebrew Congregation Synagogue on Yom Kippur, the holiest day of the Jewish year.
02:34Greater Manchester police said that one of the hospitalised had accidentally been shot by police.
02:40The attacker, a 35-year-old British citizen of Syrian descent, was wearing what appeared to be an explosive's vest before being shot dead by police.
02:49British authorities say three people suspected of being involved in the attack have been detained but have not been charged.
02:57Police say they are still working to determine the motive behind the attack but, according to the Community Security Trust, which monitors hate crimes in the UK,
03:07anti-Semitic incidents in the UK have risen following Israel's ongoing military campaign in Gaza.
03:13Munich Airport suspended flights late on Thursday night after several drones were sighted in its airspace.
03:24Flights were grounded from 10pm local time on Thursday and, according to airport officials, resumed around 5am on Friday.
03:32The closure affected more than 3,000 passengers at the airport after 17 flights were delayed and barred from taking off.
03:4115 incoming flights were also affected by the closure, but officials say they were safely diverted to nearby airports in Stuttgart, Frankfurt and Vienna.
03:50The incident marks the latest in a string of unknown drone overflates in European Union countries' airspace.
03:58Last week, Denmark was forced to close five of its airports, including the largest and busiest in Copenhagen, after unidentified drones violated its airspace.
04:07Airspace violations were also reported in Romania and Estonia.
04:13It's not yet clear who's behind most of the flyovers prior to this latest incident, but European officials suspect Russia is responsible and accuse them of testing European borders.
04:22European leaders wrapped up two days of summits in Copenhagen dominated by Hungary's Viktor Orbán, whose vetoes stalled efforts to back Ukraine.
04:37The Hungarian Prime Minister rejected a €140 billion plan for Kyiv funded by frozen Russian assets, despite Belgium's appeals for solidarity.
04:47Yes, we have problems with Hungary. We can open speak about it because Viktor Orbán has elections.
04:57And I think it's not smart because he has elections. That's why he's blocking big 40 million nations on their way to EU.
05:08Big and strong nation. Because by the way, Russia began this war because our will and our choice, choice to go directly to Europe because we feel the same and share the same values with all other European countries.
05:28Orbán also refused to lift his veto on Ukraine's EU membership bid, also blocking Moldova's progress.
05:37In response, Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, called for the EU to maintain its unanimity.
05:42No, I think we have to stick to strategy and enlargement of the European Union is a part of our strategy.
05:50And it's a question for the entire European Union and actually the entire European continent.
05:55And we have to build as strong Europe as possible, which in my world means enlarge the European Union.
06:04There is European unity because we are 26 countries agreeing that Ukraine, Moldova and other countries should join us.
06:13By the way, they're doing quite an amazing job, even though they are at war.
06:19So, no, I think we have to stick to strategy.
06:22And I will not allow one country and I will certainly not allow Britain to take decisions upon the entire European future.
06:31The deadlock leaves Kyiv's accession frozen and complicates Europe's financial support with fresh sanction talks also facing potential vetoes.
06:41For now, EU leaders pledged to keep talks moving with Ukraine, despite Orbán's defiance threatening to fracture unity.
06:54It's been days of non-stop rallies here in Italy, including on Wednesday and Thursday, when thousands took to the streets in response to the flottilla blockade
07:02and the arrest of several Italian activists, Italy's main union, GGL, which had announced a strike saying that they would take to the streets if the flottilla were blocked.
07:15They said that they've called this general strike to, quote, defend the rights of those Italian citizens who have been unlawfully detained and whose constitutional rights have been violated.
07:29I'm currently standing here in Piazza dei Cinquecento nearby, Rome's main railway station, which has been redubbed Piazza Gaza, Gaza Square, by the protest organizers who have turned this place into the permanent camp.
07:47And in fact, this place has become, if you will, the hotspot of these demonstrations.
07:53Now, this is the second general strike in less than two weeks that is going to disrupt both the private and public sectors in the next 24 hours.
08:03For the next 24 hours, education, logistics, transport will also be heavily affected, although some essential services will still be running.
08:16Now, next to union representatives, students and representatives of pro-Palestinian groups have also joined the rally today here in Rome.
08:25It's been estimated that thousands of people have joined the event today.
08:33They're mainly demanding that the government protect the flottilla and its members and that the government take a firm stance against Israel's military operations in Gaza.
08:44Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni says that these protests have been organized mainly to protest against the government rather than in support of Gaza.
08:55Another big rally is planned here in the Italian capital on Saturday.
09:00Giorgio Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.
09:03Global outrage erupted after Israel intercepted the Gaza aid flotilla aimed at breaking the long-standing Israeli blockade and bringing humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged enclave.
09:20Israel's foreign ministry dismissed the mission as provocation, saying that various countries had offered to deliver the aid the boats were carrying.
09:28Israel has continuously faced widespread criticism on how much aid it lets into Gaza and how it distributes it.
09:35In Paris, a protest against the French government and budget cuts transitioned into a demonstration for Gaza,
09:42with more than a thousand protesters gathering in Place de la République.
09:47These militants and militants have been stopped in international waters.
09:50It's totally illegal from the point of view of international rights.
09:53Demonstrations were also held in several cities in Italy.
09:58In Milan, 20.000 people marched through the city center and in Rome at least 10.000 people gathered at the Colosseum.
10:05The protesters demanded the release of the Italian activists who were part of the flotilla
10:10and urged the government to place more pressure onto Israel.
10:14It's a people who manifest for a right to the lives of children and women who are massacred under the macelle.
10:22Because the war is done with two armies.
10:25There is a army alone and there is people who escape from the bombs.
10:29To call war this thing is embarrassing.
10:32Protests also took place in other major cities in Europe, including in Barcelona,
10:37Geneva, Brussels, Istanbul and London, as well as worldwide in Sydney,
10:42Buenos Aires, Mexico City, New York and Kuala Lumpur.
10:50Europe's steel industry has said its survival is at stake, warning of mass layoffs
10:55unless Brussels introduces urgent protection against U.S. tariffs and Chinese imports.
11:02German union IG Metal says companies such as ThyssenKrupp face thousands of job cuts.
11:10The sector supports around 2.5 million workers across the European Union.
11:15The European Commission's vice president convened an emergency summit with unions and industry leaders
11:21after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed up to 50% tariffs on steel.
11:27Surplus from China is also flooding the market and driving down prices.
11:35The Commission says it will propose fresh protective measures at next week's European Parliament session in Strasbourg.
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