00:00A Russian strike hit a second major bridge in Kyiv on Saturday as Moscow ramps up attacks
00:06on critical infrastructure in the Ukrainian capital.
00:10Exit polls show Latvia's centrist United list, led by Prime Minister Andrus Kulberg, projected
00:16to win 35.6 percent of the vote.
00:20A Russian strike hit Kyiv's northern bridge on Saturday, injuring at least two people
00:25and halting traffic before deepening a transport crisis that began when the southern bridge
00:31was shot a day earlier.
00:33Mayor Vitaly Klitschko announced a strike on social media after a drone alert in the capital.
00:40Klitschko wrote, quote, the northern bridge has been hit and later reported damage to
00:45the road surface and to the overhead wires that powered trolley buses on the bridge.
00:50The strike is the latest in a series aimed at the crossings over Dnipro.
00:55The river that separates Kyiv's eastern and western districts.
00:59Eight bridges connected two sides and city officials say the campaign is tearing Kyiv apart.
01:06The southern bridge, a cable state span and one of Kyiv's main crossings was closed on
01:12Friday after waves of fast jet-powered drones struck.
01:16Both bridges had not been hit before Thursday, signaling a new stage in Moscow's strategy.
01:22Meanwhile, earlier, at least five people were killed and 49 others injured after Russian
01:28forces shelled Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.
01:37Exit polls show Latvia's centrist party United-list Prime Minister Andres Kulberg's projected to
01:45win 35.6% of the vote, according to public broadcaster LSM.
01:50Meanwhile, the populist Latvia First party has gained momentum, nearly doubling its 2022 results,
01:58as exit polls show it in second place with 11.3%.
02:02The pro-Ukrainian leader Kulberg's said on Saturday that he refused to cooperate with
02:08any pro-Russian parties precisely mentioning Latvia First.
02:13The polls, which opened on Saturday in Latvia's parliamentary election, were shaped by concerns
02:18over neighboring Russia and the cost-of-living crisis.
02:22Some 1.5 million people were eligible to cast their ballots in the elections, Latvia's 11th
02:29since gaining independence from the Soviet Union in 1991.
02:3214 parties are in the run for 100 seats in the Saima, using a proportional system, while
02:39preliminary official results are due on Sunday.
02:49Tens of thousands of people march in Paris Pride to defend the rights of LGBTQ plus people
02:55against a backdrop of a rise in popularity of the far-right.
02:59Multiple left-wing political figures were seen marching, including leader of France Unbound
03:06or LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Green MP Sandrine Rousseau.
03:10Meanwhile, marching Paris Mayor highlighted threats the LGBTQ plus community is still facing.
03:27around 50 associations take part in the march through Paris, which officially began in 1977.
03:35According to organizers, some 5,100 people had taken part in last year's Paris Pride.
03:45St. Francis died some 800 years ago.
03:48In Assisi, the celebrations to mark his remembrance culminates in the festival that will be attended
03:55by Italy's president, Sergio Mattarella, and ambassadors from around the world.
04:00And for the first time in nearly five decades, Italy is marking the remembrance with a national
04:06public holiday.
04:07Francesco non è un dono solo per l'Italia, è un dono per il mondo. E lui ispira una prassi
04:12e delle parole di pace. E' una figura che attrae. C'è chi viene qui perché cerca pace, c'è
04:18chi
04:18viene qui perché magari cerca una riconciliazione, c'è chi viene qui perché ama la natura, c'è chi
04:26viene qui per una ragione puramente devozionale, per pregare un santo, per delle grazie particolari.
04:33In celebrating St. Francis, Italy is honoring the values of peace, solidarity and respect
04:40for the environment that the medieval friar embodied for people across the world.
