00:00Lawmakers in Albania's parliament clashed on Thursday as opposition members of parliament
00:05attempted to disrupt the session while the assembly continued voting on legislation.
00:11The clashes broke out after parliamentary leadership rejected opposition demands to debate
00:15ten days of student demonstrations that have gripped the capital, Tirana.
00:20Opposition MPs held up photographs of students injured by police during previous protests
00:26and blocked the parliamentary podium while the assembly pressed ahead with voting on legislation amid the chaos.
00:34For nearly two weeks now, demonstrators have clashed repeatedly with police in the city centre
00:39hurling rocks, flares, firebombs and fireworks.
00:43Officers have responded with batons, water cannons and tear gas.
00:47High school and university students are demanding lower tuition fees, greater state investment
00:53in education and an end to corruption in the education system.
00:57The protest also comes as governments across Europe are facing street pressure
01:01over rising fuel costs, deteriorating public services, underfunded schools and a deepening housing crisis.
01:12An investigation into human rights violations at the controversial Italian migrant centres
01:18established in Albania has won an EU Journalism Prize.
01:23An investigation was published by Dutch outlet The Correspondent in January.
01:28It puts into question the legality of the two centres that opened in 2024
01:33and were built to accommodate asylum seekers rescued at sea while Italian authorities reviewed their applications.
01:55The report documented violations of fundamental rights and European law in the treatment of migrants in their transfer to the
02:03centres.
02:03The centres have become a model for European migration policy as several countries seek to create return hubs,
02:10and the report now issues a warning on the new EU policy on migration.
02:17But first, France is getting ready for yet another weekend of protests by high-skilled students and the Yellow Vests
02:25movement.
02:25The government says they are increasing security and personnel to try to mitigate further violence.
02:31But the tension has reached such levels in the country that the police have filed a complaint against the state.
02:37For more on this, we spoke exclusively to the top French police union, Stanislas Rodin.
02:46It's because we have too many competing orders.
02:49Lack of training for teams that were not trained in particular to restore public order,
02:54because very often it wasn't about maintaining order, it was about restoring public order.
03:00And so, what we say is that from the moment that the vagueness, from the moment that the contradictory orders,
03:06from the moment when we were deprived in particular of the use of intermediate weapons,
03:11we had a lot of colleagues injured.
03:13And I also recall that there were a lot of teachers and educational personnel who were injured,
03:19and especially high school students.
03:21So, we have in fact endangered the safety, the lives of others.
03:25That is not acceptable for us.
03:27We do it with responsibility.
03:28Why? To highlight and put on the table all the dysfunctions.
03:32I don't understand why someone would sue us with intent, while we are asking for clarification and for
03:37responsibilities to be fully defined when there are dysfunctions.
03:41Because it is all well and good to say, there are dysfunctions, we did not measure up to it.
03:46But in fact, what is the situation really?
03:48Have we learned the lessons?
03:49Do the colleagues have the right equipment to maintain law and order?
03:52So you see, in fact, this is to say, right now, we are putting a stop to mistakes,
03:57especially by successive governments, and that we want to hold the chain responsible,
04:01especially the authority, and the dysfunctions of this chain of authorities.
04:14After four weeks of protests, French high schoolers and students are set to demonstrate again on
04:19Saturday to demand better school conditions and cost of living relief. Although the police has
04:24authorized a march in Paris, authorities have banned some demonstrations and announced
04:29partial curfews in several cities.
04:31Well, we are taking on the streets again because we didn't have any answer from the government.
04:37We had the president that gave a speech in the beginning of the week.
04:43He spoke about the riots, he spoke about the police officers, and he didn't have a word for
04:49everyone that was out on the streets for four weeks now.
04:52And we haven't been received by the prime minister as promised.
04:58Other hills plaguing French students include classes not adapted to climate change,
05:03a lack of teachers and of medical staff, and an increasing rate of student poverty.
05:07Students also reject Parcoursup, the platform managing high school graduates' application to universities.
05:13When you finish high school, you have to go to Parcoursup, and in this platform we tell you
05:23you can't go to university because we don't have any space for you and you're not good enough,
05:28which is really violent.
05:30She added students will go out in the streets regardless of the result of the French presidential
05:35elections in May to ensure politicians keep their promises
05:39and protest against their programs and values otherwise.
05:46Sixteen people were killed and dozens more were wounded after a powerful magnitude 7 earthquake
05:51struck China's Tibet region, collapsing hundreds of homes.
05:55The quake struck around 10.30 p.m. local time on Thursday, with an epicenter near Naku,
06:01some 300 kilometers northeast of the region's capital, Lahasa, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
06:08Naku's media office surveyed the damage and revealed that preliminary findings has the
06:12destruction at 339 homes and 20 livestock sheds. Their initial investigation also said there were
06:19several reports of civilians being buried underneath rubble and that search and rescue operations were
06:24underway. Chinese President Xi Jinping has called for all-out efforts in rescue and medical relief
06:30operations. More than 1,600 first responders have been deployed to the scene of the quake to assist
06:36in the rescues, as well as 3,000 tents, 1,000 prefabricated housing units and critical supplies.
06:43Experts say the quake is the hardest to hit the region in five years.
06:50A second wave of storms on Friday struck southeast Queensland, bringing more record rainfall and,
06:57extending what is already one of eastern Australia's most damaged October flood events in decades.
07:03At least eight weather stations recorded more than 300 millimeters of rain between Wednesday and Friday
07:09morning, with more than three times the volume originally forecast. The flooding, which began on
07:15Thursday as swamped roads, cut power supplies and forced 14 schools to close, prompting hundreds of
07:22emergency calls across the region. A television reporter dived into rising flood waters in Murrayfield to
07:29save a driver trapped in a sinking car. Water was already at chin level inside the car when the reporter
07:37and his colleague climbed onto the back and pulled the driver to safety through a door. Authorities have
07:43urged residents in two towns to prepare to evacuate. Parts of New South Wales are now also in the path
07:51of the
07:51storm system, with further rain expected into the weekend and another peak forecast for Monday.
08:03Russian forces struck Kiev overnight with three ballistic missiles carrying cluster warheads
08:09designed to inflict maximum casualties across densely populated areas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
08:17confirmed on Thursday. One of the missiles hit Ukrainian capital's historic center,
08:22damaging religious buildings, homes, shops, cafes and other civilian infrastructure. The missiles were
08:29designed to detonate in the air as they approached their targets, dispersing explosive submunitions
08:35across an area 400 meters in diameter, Zelenskyy explained. The choice of weapon was deliberate, the choice of target
08:43area was deliberate and so was the intent to inflict as much loss and damage on civilians as possible,
08:49Zelenskyy added. At least two people were killed and 34 others injured, including five children,
08:56across the affected areas, according to the Ukrainian President. The overnight bombardment came just hours
09:02after US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff met Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg,
09:08as Washington sought to revive negotiations to end the war.
09:17UNICEF estimates that 412 million children live in extreme poverty. At a summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan,
09:26representatives from more than 100 countries discussed how to better connect the services children need.
09:31We should invest not sector by sector, but we should complement each other,
09:38and this will give a better result for the change.
09:43Uzbekistan's first lady, Zraat Mrzioeva, focused on what this means for families.
09:48Ota onalar turli idoralar urtası da yordam uzlab sarsan bolmasti yucun tbbi ishtamoiva ruhi yordamna
09:58burlastraylik. Such support is particularly important for children exposed to violence at home,
10:05in conflict zones and online. I think violence against children is happening everywhere,
10:10and increasingly online. I think that we're seeing more and more children affected by violence.
10:14Turkey's first lady, Emine Ordogan, stressed that attending school does not guarantee quality
10:20education, while being free from violence does not necessarily mean feeling valued.
10:25The difference between excess and effective care is stark in childhood cancer. At a parallel congress,
10:31experts highlighted survival rates above 80% in wealthy countries, but below 30% in many poorer ones.
10:39It's usually delayed diagnosis or underdiagnosis in many countries. The only way to address
10:47childhood cancer is by a comprehensive package. The World Health Organization also honored Uzbekistan's
10:54first lady, Zraat Mrzioeva, for her work on childhood cancer. She will chair a new global network
11:00supporting seriously ill children for two years, and proposed an international mechanism to improve
11:05access to medicines. Visiting first ladies also opened a Nikon center and toured an exhibition
11:11showcasing Uzbekistan's child protection initiatives. We have to protect our children all over the world,
11:17and we have to learn from each other. The initiatives presented here offer examples of how child
11:23protection policies are being put into practice. The Samarkand declaration takes these priorities to
11:29an international level, calling for greater investment in children's well-being, stronger social services,
11:35and measurable national targets to track progress. Delbar Primva, Euronews, Samarkand.
