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00:00French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday that supporting a no-confidence
00:05vote to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier is the only way to protect the public.
00:15Only hours after it had been in effect, South Korea's President Yoon Suk-yool lifted the
00:20martial law he imposed the night before.
00:24Yoon said his government withdrew military personnel following a bipartisan parliamentary
00:29vote that rejected the law.
01:00Hundreds of protesters had gathered in front of the parliament, waving banners and calling
01:04for Yoon to step down.
01:06Others were seen blocking military vehicles.
01:10Meanwhile, military troops stormed the parliament building.
01:14People inside linked arms and used furniture to create barricades.
01:19Some military personnel were blocked from entering the chamber by lawmakers who sprayed
01:24fire extinguishers at them.
01:27It was reported that police and military personnel were quick to leave parliament grounds
01:31following the vote.
01:37The Israeli defence minister warns that if the ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah
01:42breaks down, Israel will expand its strikes beyond areas where Hezbollah is concentrated
01:48and target the Lebanese state itself.
01:51These comments come as both sides of the conflict accuse the other of violating the
01:56ceasefire.
01:57Israel largely
02:26refrained from striking critical infrastructure of the Lebanese armed forces during the 14-month
02:32conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.
02:34The war appeared to have come to an end last week after a ceasefire brokered by the United
02:40States and France, but is threatened as attacks continue.
02:48At least three civilians were killed in an airstrike on a hospital in Idlib on Monday,
02:54the Syrian White Helmets, an opposition-run rescue service.
02:58As rebel fighters in Syria continue to advance, government forces have stepped up strikes
03:04on the rebel-held city of Idlib, as well as positions in Aleppo.
03:09Insurgents have taken over large parts of Aleppo since Sunday, including its international
03:14airport.
03:17Footage captured by one of the fighters also appears to show them entering a palace believed
03:22to belong to Syrian President Assad.
03:25The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs said on Monday that at least 44 civilians,
03:32including 12 children, had been killed in Syria since 26 November.
03:37It added that almost 50,000 people have been displaced, with key infrastructure like schools
03:41and hospitals damaged by airstrikes.
03:48NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said allies need to focus more on delivering military
03:54aid to Ukraine ahead of a two-day summit in Brussels.
03:57But we will all need to do more, especially now.
04:02The stronger our military support to Ukraine is now, the stronger their hands will be at
04:07the negotiating table.
04:09And the sooner we can end Russian aggression once and for all in Ukraine.
04:14Rutte argued that increased military support should take priority over discussions on a
04:19peace deal.
04:20But I would argue let's not have all these discussions step by step on what a peace process
04:25might look like.
04:26Make sure that Ukraine has what it needs to get to a position of strength when those peace
04:32talks start, when the Ukrainian government has decided they are ready to do so.
04:37Rutte also announced that NATO will boost intelligence sharing and enhance the protection
04:41of critical infrastructure in the face of Russian acts of sabotage against allies.
04:47Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has also reiterated his goal for his country to
04:51become a NATO member as soon as possible.
04:55Rutte said that the process towards full membership is happening step by step.
05:04Everything will be fine, is what Russian President Vladimir Putin told injured soldiers during
05:10a visit to a centre specialised in orthopaedics in Moscow.
05:14Putin spoke with servicemen who took part in the war in Ukraine and were undergoing
05:19treatment and rehabilitation at the medical complex.
05:23I saw the serious injuries, the ambitions are still there, so everything will be fine.
05:34I saw how they are being rehabilitated, it's the same for you, the main thing is that the
05:41whole structure allows you to live a full life as you have lived before the trauma.
05:49According to a study by the Wall Street Journal, citing intelligence and undisclosed sources,
05:55about one million Ukrainians and Russians have been killed or wounded since the beginning
05:59of the war.
06:03French far-right leader Marine Le Pen said on Tuesday in a tweet that supporting a no-confidence
06:09vote to remove Prime Minister Michel Barnier is the only way to protect the public from
06:14a dangerous, unjust and punitive budget under the country's constitution.
06:19Barnier faces a no-confidence vote on Wednesday, likely to topple his fragile government and
06:25raise concerns in the Eurozone.
06:28On Monday, Barnier used a rare constitutional tool to push through his contentious social
06:33security budget without a parliamentary vote, after failing to come to an agreement with
06:38Le Pen's national rally.
06:40Barnier made last-minute concessions, reducing health care coverage for undocumented migrants
06:45to gain far-right's backing.
06:48Both the national rally and a left-wing coalition have tabled no-confidence votes against Barnier,
06:55which combined is enough to oust the Prime Minister.
07:04Romania is coming to terms with a new political reality.
07:08Despite their success in parliamentary elections, pro-Western parties are likely to form a coalition
07:14amid the rise in popularity of the far-right.
07:19Many observers believe the outcome was a protest vote, representing a sharp boost from
07:24mainstream parties to an anti-establishment movement.
07:50Nevertheless, parts of yesterday's vote came from Romanians who wanted to defend their
07:57country's pro-EU stance, alarmed by the results in the first round of the presidential elections.
08:05Though the new parliament's composition means Romania will continue on its pro-Western and
08:10pro-Ukraine path, all eyes are on this weekend's presidential election and its potential repercussions
08:17in the region and across the EU.
08:21Ultra-nationalist CΔlin Georgescu won the first round of the presidential election and
08:26is set to face the pro-European Elena Lasconi in Sunday's showdown.
08:47The fragmentation of the vote has prompted pro-Western parties to start discussing possible
08:52coalition options in order to form a government.
08:55However, each of these possibilities points out to a government with reduced stability.
09:01And there is, of course, the great question mark regarding the results of the second round
09:05of presidential elections next Sunday between the ultra-nationalist candidate CΔlin Georgescu
09:11and the pro-Western candidate Elena Lasconi.
09:15Georges' prime minister denied on Tuesday that his government was turning away from
09:20joining the European Union.
09:23He appeared to blame European officials for the delay to Georges' integration with the bloc.
09:45The Georgian government announced on Thursday it was suspending talks on joining the EU,
09:50sparking five nights of furious protests in the capital, which saw more than 200 people
09:55arrested.
10:02Wolves are still on the loose in the capital.
10:05The Georgian government announced on Thursday it was suspending talks on joining the EU,
10:11Wolves are set to lose some of their protection status under a new proposal from the European Commission.
10:19Euronews correspondent Monica Pina reports from a livestock farm in the French Vercors
10:25Natural Park, of which the owner welcomes the decision.
10:40I am in a farm specialised in cattle breeding.
10:44The owner, Eric, has suffered four attacks from wolves in the last 20 years, losing a
10:51dozen animals.
10:53He said he was satisfied with the decision of the Bern Convention on the declassification
10:58of the wolf's protection status.
11:00For him, it is a recognition due by the European Union to the breeders who have been asking
11:07for protection against the attacks of these predators.
11:11The position is totally different from that of the environmentalist associations for which
11:16this decision is a hard blow against biodiversity and they say it is a decision taken without
11:22any scientific basis.
11:24In fact, this proposal of the European Commission, presented to the Bern Convention after the
11:31Pony of the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, was killed by a wolf in
11:37September 2022.
11:39And that's all from the Vercors.