00:00Russian attacks across Ukraine continued from earlier in the day to overnight, killing at
00:05least seven people in total and injuring 31 others.
00:10Officials in the Ukrainian capital said the airstrikes targeted several districts of Kyiv,
00:15damaging multiple residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
00:20It comes as both Moscow and Kyiv resumed attacks after Russia ended a three-day ceasefire with
00:25Ukraine on Tuesday.
00:27The earlier daytime attacks on Wednesday, comprised of at least 800 Russian drones targeting mainly
00:34Western Ukraine, killed six people and wounded dozens of others.
00:39Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Moscow launched its drones in waves, deliberately
00:45targeting regions closest to the borders of NATO countries.
00:49Zelenskyy urged US President Donald Trump to discuss ending the conflict during his meetings
00:55this week with Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
01:01Latvijas center-right prime minister Evika Selina announced on Thursday she will resign from the top job,
01:07following controversy over her coalition and a drone incident.
01:12Selina's resignation means a de facto collapse of the governing tripartite coalition,
01:17which has been under strain for months.
01:19Redzot spēcīgu profesionālu kandidātu aizsardzības ministra amatam,
01:23politiskie tukšrunātāji izvēlējās nevis risinājumu, bet krīzi, paldības krīzi.
01:30Tāpēc es paziņoju, kā atkāpjos no ministra prezidenta samata.
01:35Tas nav vieglas lēmums, bet tas ir godīgs lēmums šajā situācijā.
01:41Šobrīd cilvēkiem vairākā jau kad ir vajadzīgi drošības sajūt – nevis partiju ķīviņi, nevis amatu dalīšana vai politiska pozicionēšanās.
01:51Her resignation came after Latvijas defense minister Andrīz Prūds from the Progressive Party
01:57was forced to resign last week over the government's handling of multiple incidents involving straight drones crossing into Latvijan territory.
02:07The new Hungarian government has officially ended the state of emergency that was put in place during the 2020 COVID
02:14-19 pandemic by former Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
02:17The new Prime Minister Piedr Macar stated that the move represents a return to normality,
02:23arguing that the decree-based emergency rule was an outdated wartime method.
02:28The previous administration under Orban had repeatedly extended the measure,
02:32citing security and humanitarian risks following the invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
02:38The European Parliament had long criticized the system as incompatible with European values.
02:43In a stark shift in foreign policy, Budapest has also summoned the Russian ambassador Evgeny Stanislavov,
02:50following a massive drone attack near the border with Ukraine.
02:53The strikes hit the Transcarpathia region, which is home to a significant Hungarian minority.
02:58On Wednesday, Russia launched at least 800 drones in a barrage that targeted roughly 20 regions across Ukraine,
03:05killing six people and wounding dozens.
03:08Prime Minister Majar strongly condemned the attack,
03:11noting that Foreign Minister Anita Orban would demand the information on when Vladimir Putin plans to end the conflict.
03:18Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the shift in Budapest,
03:21describing the summons as an important message.
03:30The European Commission announced a non-binding recommendation to end conversion practices targeting LGBTQI plus people.
03:38The bloc's Equality Chief Hajj Al-Abib called conversion therapy torture
03:43and said it is up to the EU to react and combat these practices.
03:47It's a torture and it's a physical and psychological harassment that could lead to a deep depression or suicide.
03:57And that's why we need really to react and to combat these practices.
04:03And these young citizens who gather one million signatures succeed to create awareness.
04:19The resolution, however, is non-binding and falls short of the EU-wide ban on conversion practices that advocates have
04:25demanded.
04:26When asked why the executive had not gone as far,
04:30Al-Abib admitted a lack of unanimity among member states.
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