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00:00As Russian forces continue to gain momentum in Ukraine's Donetsk region, Moscow could
00:09also be planning an imminent push further south, according to Kyiv.
00:13Earlier this week, Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv is tracking Russian
00:18troops in the region of Zaporizhzhia right here, where Kyiv sees, quote, the existing
00:23threats.
00:24Zaporizhzhia is about 30 kilometres from the current front line, while the timing of a
00:28potential Russian assault is unclear, the operation could reportedly involve as many
00:33as 130,000 troops.
00:37To prepare for a possible Russian offensive, Ukrainian military is reportedly building
00:40new fortifications around Zaporizhzhia, including minefields and anti-tank obstacles.
00:44Sources within Ukraine's military command previously stated that the Ukrainian incursion
00:48into Kursk region prevented Russian forces from launching a major offensive operation
00:53in Zaporizhzhia region in recent months.
00:56A delayed Russian effort in Kursk may delay an offensive on Zaporizhzhia city, but Russian
01:01forces may also conduct an attack with a smaller force grouping than originally intended.
01:07Nurses, teachers and thousands of other public and private sector employees in Italy took
01:15to the streets on Friday to protest the government's new budget plan.
01:20Workers say salaries are not high enough to keep up with inflation and that there has
01:25been a decline in spending power and government policies.
01:56Unionists also asked for new hires and the stabilization of employees with temporary
02:03contracts in hospitals and schools.
02:07There is a lot of staff that goes abroad because salaries are too low.
02:14We ask for salaries to be raised, contracts for public and private health to be signed.
02:21But Premier Giorgia Meloni has repeatedly said that the core of her government's economic
02:26measures are tax cuts rather than subsidies.
02:30Hundreds of Valencian residents gathered at Plaza de la Virgen to honor the flood victims
02:39of Storm Dana one month after the disaster, making their phones ring at 7.10 to mark the
02:46moment an emergency alarm was sent to residents, whilst the people of the Valencian municipality
02:52of Algemesi stood together in a minute of silence in memory and in solidarity with the
02:57people affected by the floods.
02:59The town's mayor denounced a feeling of abandonment.
03:04We need to continue to claim the human resources needed to return to a real normality.
03:13The roads are still rough, we continue to fight to 100% recover the Clavereram network.
03:20The work is not easy because there are not enough resources to do it.
03:27Whilst the worst-hit towns of Paiporta and Chiva continue their relentless cleanup efforts
03:33alongside volunteers and army personnel.
03:36Storm Dana claimed over 224 lives.
03:43French President Emmanuel Macron visited Notre-Dame Cathedral as its interior was
03:48unveiled for the first time after being closed for more than five years following a devastating fire.
03:55Accompanied by his wife, Brigitte, they entered through the cathedral's
03:59giant front doors and gazed up at the ceilings in wonder.
04:04France's national treasure is set to reopen its doors to the public on December 8,
04:09even though the exterior of the monument remains a construction site with cranes and scaffolding.
04:14The cathedral had been left with gaping holes in the ceilings caused by the fire,
04:19which stonemasons were able to fix.
04:22The French president will return on December 7 to attend the consecration of the new altar
04:28and offer a speech during a solemn mass the following day.
04:31His administration is presenting the cathedral's
04:34reconstruction as a symbol of French can-do attitude and national unity.