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00:00A Hamas official and his family were killed after an early morning Israeli airstrike on
00:05a refugee camp in Lebanon.
00:12Bosnia declares a state of emergency after widespread flooding and landslides kill at
00:16least 16 people.
00:22Bosnia's government has declared a state of emergency after at least 16 people were killed
00:27in flooding and landslides caused by a severe rainstorm.
00:31The flooding has affected several towns and villages in central and southern parts of
00:35the country.
00:38Rescue services in the south said several people were missing and called on volunteers
00:42to help as roads were closed and houses left without electricity.
00:47Defense Minister Zubkhan Helez told N1 regional television that troops have been deployed
00:51to help.
00:53Local rescue services in the towns of Jablanica and Kiselyak said the power was off overnight
00:58and mobile phones had lost their signal.
01:02Heavy rains and strong winds were also reported in neighboring Croatia, where several roads
01:07were closed and the capital Zagreb is preparing for the swollen Sava River to burst its banks.
01:13It's a similar story in Slovenia, where heavy rain has caused three rivers to overflow.
01:19Flooding and floods caused by torrential rains were also reported in Montenegro, where
01:23some villages were cut off and roads and homes flooded.
01:32An Israeli strike on a refugee camp in northern Lebanon killed a Hamas official and his family,
01:38the militant group said in a statement.
01:41The early morning attack came a day after another Israeli airstrike cut off a main highway
01:46linking Lebanon with Syria, leaving two huge craters on either side of the road.
01:54Clashes between Israel and Hezbollah have been reported near the border.
02:00Nearly 2,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since the Israel-Hamas war began.
02:06Most of them died since September 23, according to the Lebanese health ministry.
02:12Israel launched the ground invasion of Lebanon on Tuesday, saying they were carrying out
02:16targeted raids to hit Hezbollah.
02:18The news prompted European countries to urge nationals to leave the country.
02:24The Netherlands became the latest to repatriate citizens as 185 people arrived at Eindhoven
02:30airbase, including more than 100 Dutch citizens and their family members.
02:42Ukraine's military intelligence agency has claimed responsibility for killing the head
02:47of security at the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
02:50The agency posted a video on its Telegram channel showing an SUV exploding.
02:55Hours later, the Russian investigative committee confirmed that Andrei Korotki was killed.
03:00The GUR said Korotki was a war criminal and voluntarily collaborated with Moscow after
03:06it seized control of the nuclear facility in the early weeks of the war.
03:11Meanwhile, at least three people, including a six-year-old girl, have been killed when
03:15the Russian military hit a car carrying liquefied natural gas in the northern village of Hirsk.
03:21Village authorities said the strike caused the gas cylinders to explode, causing a fire
03:25which spread to a nearby house.
03:29And in eastern Ukraine, residents of Pokrovsk have begun patching up their homes after overnight
03:33Russian strikes caused extensive damage and injured four people.
03:38According to the regional police, the Russian military dropped six bombs on the city, damaging
03:42a multi-storey building, three houses and a shop.
03:51Well-known Berlin landmarks were transformed during the 20th anniversary of the Festival
03:56of Lights.
04:02Thousands came to see iconic landmarks like the Brandenburg Gate, Berlin's TV Tower and
04:07its Cathedral lit up with colours.
04:12Virtual aquariums of dancing fish and insects could be seen displayed on the buildings as
04:18crowds gathered to watch.
04:23Among the festivals in Lyon, Sydney, Moscow and Eindhoven, it is one of the best-known
04:28light art festivals in the world.
04:32It has become a major tourist attraction and economic boon to Berlin, with past renditions
04:38attracting over a million visitors.