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00:00Hundreds of people have gathered in Tel Aviv on Yom Kippur to pray for the Israeli hostages
00:07kidnapped by Hamas on 7 October last year.
00:10Yom Kippur is the holiest day in the Jewish calendar and calls on Jews to atone and repent
00:15for sins committed in the previous year.
00:18Hamas killed around 1,200 people and took a further 250 hostage during its 7 October
00:25incursion into Israel last year that sparked the war in Gaza.
00:29Around 100 hostages remain in captivity, a third of whom are believed to be dead after
00:34most of the others were released during a week-long ceasefire in November.
00:38Many protesters accuse the government of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of not doing enough
00:43to secure the hostages' release.
00:45Some also accuse him of putting his political survival above the lives of the captives.
00:50Since the war in Gaza started in October, more than 42,000 Palestinians have been killed,
00:56but the Hamas-run health ministry doesn't distinguish between combatants and civilians
01:00in its count.
01:06Hundreds of passengers have been stranded in the French Caribbean island of Martinique
01:10after its airport was forced to close because protesters overran the tarmac.
01:15The overnight shutdown delayed flights and airport officials urged stranded passengers
01:20to contact their airlines for information after the facility resumed operations by mid-morning.
01:26Three planes carrying around 1,000 passengers had to be diverted to the nearby island of
01:31Guadeloupe.
01:32France's Interior Minister Bruno Rattailleau said French authorities had regained control
01:37of the airport, which demonstrators targeted in the latest protest against the rising cost
01:42of living.
01:43Since Monday night, Martinique has been gripped by bouts of protests that have often turned
01:47violent.
01:49The latest round of violence prompted the government to announce another curfew as it
01:52stressed that demonstrations on public roads were prohibited.
01:56It's the latest in a string of protests that began in early September, prompting France
02:00to send special anti-riot police to the island, which has banned demonstrations in certain
02:05areas.
02:11Authorities in Eastern Romania are introducing new measures after flooding in Galats County
02:16last month left seven people dead and around 7,000 homes water damaged.
02:21The county council said it's looking at relocating houses that sit on floodplains and starting
02:26to repair extensive damage across the region.
02:29The council put the total cost for repairs in the county at around 150 million euros
02:34and says the region could be faced with a similar price tag every time there's torrential
02:39rain.
02:40Many in the region are already nervous as Romanian meteorologists have already said
02:44that similar deluges are likely in the future.
02:48Some locals are demanding firm action from the regional authorities as many people have
02:52had to rebuild their homes after extensive flooding on three previous occasions.
02:57In addition to the damage to homes, roads need to be rebuilt and vast swathes of agricultural
03:02land remain waterlogged.
03:04Local authorities say at least 80 percent of residents in the eastern county have been
03:09forced to move.
03:16An international arrest warrant has been issued for Rocky Elsem, the former captain
03:21of the Australian rugby team, after a French court found him guilty of misusing corporate
03:27assets.
03:28The alleged offending occurred while Elsem was president of the French rugby club Narbonne
03:33from 2015 to 2016.
03:35According to French media reports, the former Wallabies flanker was sentenced in absentia
03:40to five years in prison and was ordered to pay back 700,000 euros in squandered assets.