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00:00Russia targets Ukrainian energy infrastructure, leaving millions without electricity for winter.
00:05Putin says it's a response to last week's attack that used U.K. and U.S. missiles.
00:11Portugal's prime minister said 20 million euro would be invested in the police force
00:15and National Guard, but unions say it isn't enough.
00:21Sweden urged the return of the Chinese ship to Swedish waters to facilitate the investigation
00:26opened after undersea cables were damaged last week.
00:30Two politicians filed requests for annulation of the Romanian presidential elections on
00:34grounds of unlawful campaigning and voting irregularities.
00:37The Constitutional Court will evaluate.
00:44Winter conditions get harsher for Ukrainians as Russia intensifies attacks on the country's
00:48energy infrastructure.
00:50Early Thursday morning, scores of missiles and drones launched across the entire country
00:54targeting the energy grid and leaving more than one million Ukrainians without electricity.
01:00Ukrainian air defense reported that 176 missiles and drones out of 188 have been intercepted.
01:06Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the attacks were a response to Ukraine's attacks
01:10with U.K. and U.S. weapons last week.
01:13However, Moscow has been targeting the energy grid every winter since the invasion began.
01:18Over 280,000 households in the northwestern Rivne region were without electricity because
01:23of the attack.
01:25There were also interruptions to water supplies in affected areas.
01:29One of the strikes in the Odessa region killed two and injured three, including a 16-year-old boy.
01:53Also in the Volvin region, 215,000 households lost electricity.
02:07All critical infrastructure that lost power has been switched to generators.
02:16Portugal's government announced plans to invest 20 million euros in 600 new vehicles for the
02:21country's police force and national guard.
02:25Portugal's Prime Minister said the extra investment was necessary and stated that he wanted to
02:31value the careers of public administration employees, especially security forces.
02:37However, Portugal's national police union said the investment was insufficient and below
02:43requirements.
02:46The union president said some Portuguese police equipment is in varying states of decay and
02:51without investment, the police grinds to a halt.
02:59Several media reported that Sweden urged the return of the Chinese cargo ship to Swedish
03:03waters in order to facilitate the investigation that was opened after undersea cables were
03:09damaged in the Baltic Sea.
03:13The Chinese vessel, which is currently in international waters between Sweden and Denmark,
03:18became a key suspect after it was reported in the area at the time the cables were severed.
03:25Sweden, Finland and Germany launched investigations last week into the incident and raised questions
03:31about potential sabotage.
03:48Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said that he is not making any accusations, but
03:56wants to seek clarity on what has happened.
04:02Two candidates that were eliminated in the first round of Romanian presidential elections
04:06filed requests to the country's constitutional court to annul the results on the grounds
04:10of irregularities, breach of voting rules and unlawful campaigning.
04:15The requests come after a far-right candidate Kalin Djordjevsku took a surprise lead in
04:20the election and now going to the second round to become the president.
04:24Mostly campaigning on social media platforms like TikTok, Djordjevsku became suddenly popular
04:28and a subject of concern because of his anti-EU and anti-NATO messages.
04:33Meanwhile, protests against the result of the first round continue on the third evening.
04:382,000 opponents of Djordjevsku gathered in Victoria Square while his supporters came
04:43together at the University Square.
04:45Djordjevsku also took to the streets in different locations.
04:48We don't want a legionary leader, a fascist leader, someone who will bring war to our borders.
04:53I don't want Romania to go back to the way it was 35 years ago.
04:57I don't want this to be the last protest and the last time I can go out on the streets.
05:02You, the ones from the private press, should keep your mouths shut.
05:08Never say that he is anti-EU, never say that he is anti-NATO.
05:12Only peace.
05:14The Constitutional Court will be evaluating both requests on Thursday and investigate the claims.
05:26Switzerland and the EU are coming closer to reaching an agreement on how much the neutral
05:31country should pay the bloc to access its internal market, according to top diplomats.
05:38Despite not being an EU member state,
05:41Switzerland voluntarily contributes to EU cohesion funds.
05:45This gives it partial access to the European internal market.
05:50Swiss and EU ambassadors say they are close to reaching an agreement
05:54and hope to do so before the year is over.
06:01The autobiography of former German Chancellor Angela Merkel,
06:05Freedom, will be published in 31 countries.
06:08In Berlin, there was a huge crowd at the Tuzman book house,
06:12with hundreds of people coming to have the book signed.
06:16Many are curious and hope to find out more about Merkel's view on things within the 736 pages.
06:23I do think she is responsible for everything that is happening today in Europe.
06:28Basically, she was the one who established this kind of connection with Russia,
06:35which made Germany dependent and the whole Europe dependent,
06:38and she is the one who basically blocked Ukraine from joining NATO in 2008,
06:44when it was still possible.
06:46Merkel wrote her book together with her long-time political advisor, Beate Baumann.
06:52It is a look at her life and her path from pastor stauda in the GDR to federal chancellor.
06:59I found her as a person very important for Europe, for the whole world,
07:08namely because she was not a populist and stood for freedom.
07:14Nowadays, people want to elect autocrats again and elect autocrats,
07:18and we will remember Angela Merkel and freedom nostalgically.
07:26Merkel will go on a reading tour.
07:29The events in Stralsund and Cologne were sold out within a very short time.
07:33The interest in Angela Merkel's memoir is not only in Germany.
07:43On December 2, the former chancellor will present her book with former US President
07:48Barack Obama in Washington.
07:50Diana Resnik from Berlin for Euronews.
07:57Albanian opposition lawmakers and hundreds of their supporters
08:01blocked the main streets of Tirana, the capital, on Tuesday,
08:05accusing the government, led by the Socialist Party of Prime Minister Edi Rama,
08:11of corruption, manipulating elections and seizing the powers of the judiciary.
08:17They demand it to be replaced by a technocratic caretaker cabinet,
08:21where experts rather than politicians make decisions until the 2025 parliamentary elections.
08:28Clashes broke out between protesters and anti-right police trying to clear the streets.
08:33The protests ended after three hours,
08:36with the opposition leaders pledging to continue with rallies all around the country.
08:41The Conservative Democratic Party and its supporters have also been protesting the
08:46arrests of their leader, Sally Berisha, claiming the corruption charges are politically motivated.
08:52Wayne Holdsworth became an advocate for banning Australian children younger than 16 from social
08:58media. That is because last year his 17-year-old son, Mac, committed suicide after falling victim
09:04to an online sextortion scam. A 47-year-old man from Sydney, posing as an 18-year-old girl,
09:11demanded money for an intimate image that the boy had shared. Since then, the grieving father
09:17image that the boy had shared. Since then, the grieving father has taken his tragic story
09:22to schools in the country and warned students of the risks of social media.
09:47But not all parents, lawmakers or experts are convinced that banning young children
09:52from social media is the answer. I understand both the limits of that
09:56particular policy and the expert evidence that is coming out from people who work in this space
10:02about the problems for young people being excluded from those spaces.
10:07I also think there's very significant privacy concerns for all Australians who may in fact
10:12be required to give up some of their privacy in pursuit of this particular policy.
10:17Platforms such as X and Instagram announced that they find the ban problematic.
10:21Australia's House of Representatives on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly in favour of the ban
10:26and the Senate is expected to make it law soon. Once it enters into force,
10:31even parental consent will not be able to override the ban.
10:34Long lines formed outside of a bakery in Deir el-Bala, people are desperate to buy a bag of
10:39bread. The World Food Programme warned that bakeries in central Gaza are shutting down
10:44as a result of severe shortages and limited aid reaching the areas.
10:49The World Food Programme says that all bakeries in central Gaza have shut down
10:54due to severe supply shortages. Bread is a lifeline for many families
10:59in Gaza. It's often the only food they can access. Now, even that is slipping out of reach.
11:05Earlier this week, Israel and Hezbollah agreed to a ceasefire deal. Many had hoped the agreement
11:11would have induced a truce in Gaza as well, where the war has stretched on for almost 14 months.
11:18But in northern Gaza, hundreds of Palestinians continue to flee as Israel's latest offensive
11:23in the region rages on. Almost no humanitarian aid is able to reach the area,
11:30and food security experts previously warned that famine is imminent.