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Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows to defeat Islamic State as his troops advance against the militants in two crucial provinces. Mana Rabiee reports.
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad vows to defeat Islamic State as his troops advance against the militants in two crucial provinces. Mana Rabiee reports.
French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal said he is committed to see "everything we started" while he was Education Minister be carried out by his successor newly appointed Education Minister Amelie Oudea-Castera. "I will always be by your side" added Attal at handover ceremony. SOUNDBITE
France's new Prime Minister, former Education Minister Gabriel Attal pledges to "give schools all the resources they need to succeed". "It will be one of my absolute priorities as head of government" says Attal at the handover ceremony with his predecessor Elisabeth Borne. SOUNDBITE
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pledges to find a way around Hungary's block on a 50 billion euro aid package for Ukraine at a summit early next year. "We will have an operational solution" she says, speaking after a crunch EU summit in Brussels where member states agreed to begin membership talks with Kyiv, despite opposition from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. SOUNDBITE
In a speech to a cheering crowd in Vilnius, US President Joe Biden vows that the West will not abandon Ukraine in its fight against the Russian invasion. "We will not waver," he tells the crowd assembled in the courtyard of Vilnius University, adding that "we will stand for liberty and freedom today, tomorrow and for as long as it takes." IMAGES