00:00 Authorities in France say they fear 11 people are dead after a fire broke out in a holiday
00:05 home for people with disabilities in eastern France.
00:10 Five officers from France's elite tactical police unit have been arrested in connection
00:14 with the death of a 27-year-old man during July's riots in Marseille.
00:20 At least 41 people have died, including three children, after a migrant ship capsized while
00:25 trying to reach the Italian island of Lampedusa.
00:30 The European Union pledges short and long-term financial support for Slovenia to cope with
00:35 the aftermath of disastrous flooding and landslides.
00:40 Nagasaki marks the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of the Japanese city that left
00:45 between 60,000 and 80,000 people dead.
00:54 French authorities have confirmed the deaths of all 11 adults reported missing after a
00:58 fire broke out on Wednesday in a holiday home for people with disabilities in eastern France.
01:05 Officials said 17 people were also evacuated from the building in the small town of Vinsenheim
01:10 in north-eastern France, close to the border with Germany.
01:14 The blaze started early this morning and soon prompted France's Interior Minister Gérald
01:18 Darmanin to tweet that despite the rapid and courageous intervention of the fire department,
01:24 several casualties were reported.
01:26 Local authorities said they deployed 76 firefighters and four fire engines, along with four ambulances,
01:33 to contain the blaze and treat the victims.
01:35 Forty police officers were also mobilized.
01:42 Five officers from France's elite tactical police unit RAID were taken into custody on
01:47 Tuesday in connection with the death of a 27-year-old man.
01:51 Mohamed Bendris, who worked for a delivery service, died in hospital in early July at
01:56 the time of violent riots in the southern city of Marseille.
02:00 He'd reportedly felt unwell while riding his scooter, but an autopsy showed traces of an
02:06 impact on his chest.
02:08 It's believed this could have been caused by a rubber bullet, possibly fired by the
02:12 police as they struggled to control violent riots in the city.
02:16 The protests were sparked by the death of a teenage boy who was shot dead by a policeman
02:20 during a traffic check outside Paris in late June.
02:23 The five officers were detained for questioning in the probe over Bendris' death, and two
02:27 of them were later released.
02:32 At least 41 people, including three children, have died in a shipwreck off the island of
02:36 Lampedusa in southern Italy.
02:39 Four survivors were rescued by a Maltese merchant ship and transferred to the Italian Coast
02:43 Guard.
02:44 On their arrival at Lampedusa, they told authorities that their boat left from Tunisia and was
02:49 capsized by a larger wave.
02:51 Thirty-four people were reported drowned last week in two other shipwrecks off the Mediterranean
02:56 island.
02:57 Some 92,000 irregular migrants have arrived in Italy this year, more than double the number
03:01 compared to the same period in 2022.
03:06 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen was welcomed by Slovenian Prime Minister
03:11 Robert Golob in Brdo pre Kranju on Wednesday, where she witnessed Slovenia's devastating
03:16 summer floods first-hand.
03:19 Floods and landslides have submerged large parts of central and northern Slovenia over
03:23 the last week.
03:24 The European Union is now pledging short- and long-term financial support to cope with
03:28 the aftermath.
03:32 We were with you in the first days, immediately with the material that was needed.
03:39 It is the mobile bridges, the excavators, the helicopters, and the technical team and
03:45 the crews.
03:47 And of course we will stay as long as it is necessary.
03:51 The extreme weather has led to the deaths of six people.
03:55 Slovenia's National Weather Service says a month's worth of rain fell in just 24 hours.
04:00 The government estimates that the damage could exceed half a billion euros.
04:06 In the Odemir region of Portugal's southwest, close to 1,000 firefighters are battling a
04:12 wildfire, local authorities say.
04:14 At least nine have been injured so far tackling the flames.
04:18 About 7,000 hectares have burned.
04:21 As a precautionary measure, more than 1,400 people had to be evacuated from villages and
04:26 a campsite on Monday.
04:28 The fire broke out on Saturday as the country was hit by soaring temperatures and high winds.
04:33 In Santarém, about 80 kilometers northeast of Lisbon, the mercury reached a record 46.4
04:40 degrees Celsius on Monday.
04:42 Neighboring Spain is experiencing its third heatwave this summer and is also battling
04:46 a number of wildfires.
04:48 One of the regions currently affected is Extremadura.
04:51 In Valencia de Alcántara, a fire has burned around 300 hectares.
04:55 "We have hosted the clients in a hotel in Valencia de Alcántara and we are worried
05:03 and anxious because we have a huge forest mass, a hundred-year-old cornucopia and we
05:09 are very sorry."
05:10 Spain's AEMET weather agency said temperatures will continue to rise until at least Friday.
05:33 At least 31 people have been injured in an explosion north of Moscow at a warehouse containing
05:38 pyrotechnics, the regional governor Andrey Vorobyov said Wednesday.
05:43 According to the governor, 19 people were taken to hospital and three moved to intensive
05:47 care.
05:48 Russian social media channels shared footage showing huge plumes of smoke billowing into
05:52 the air.
05:53 Glass windows were blown out in nearby residential flats and the surrounding area evacuated.
05:59 The warehouse is privately rented from a factory that makes medical equipment and optical equipment
06:03 for Russia's security forces.
06:08 A Russian official claims former Austrian Foreign Minister Karin Knyazl has rented a
06:15 house in the village of Petrashovo, some 300 kilometers east of Moscow.
06:20 Known for her close ties with Russia, she came in for criticism in 2018 when she curtsied
06:25 to President Vladimir Putin and danced with him at her wedding.
06:29 Knyazl was also a member of the board of directors of Russia's oil giant Rosneft, resigning shortly
06:35 before the start of the Ukraine invasion.
06:37 She is reportedly learning Russian and writing a book.
06:45 Life is returning to normal in Niger's capital, Niamey, two days after the end of an ultimatum
06:50 from West African regional group ECOWAS to restore the democratically elected government.
06:56 But politically, things remain uncertain.
06:58 The coup leaders have named a new prime minister, but the international community isn't ready
07:03 to move on.
07:04 On Tuesday, Brussels stressed that it won't work with what it calls the illegitimate authorities
07:09 in Niger and is still pushing for diplomacy.
07:12 One thing is certain, there will be no positive consequences if this military coup is allowed
07:18 to proceed and be established as a fact on the ground.
07:20 We still believe that there is a space, there is a room for mediation efforts.
07:24 ECOWAS is the main actor, the main regional actor in this.
07:28 Whatever ECOWAS decides will then be implemented.
07:32 But leaders of the junta in Niger have refused to receive a negotiating mission from the United
07:36 Nations, ECOWAS and the African Union.
07:39 Citing security concerns, ECOWAS is due to meet on Thursday to discuss next steps.
07:49 The political leaders of eight Amazon countries are holding a two-day summit in an effort
07:53 to reach agreements aimed at helping preserve the South American rainforest.
07:59 On the agenda at the event in Belém in northern Brazil are issues that include deforestation,
08:04 illegal gold mining and environmental violations.
08:08 It's the first time we've met here in Pará and it's the first time in a context of severe
08:20 aggravation of the climate crisis.
08:24 It was never so urgent to resume and expand this cooperation.
08:29 The challenge of our era and the opportunities that arise demand joint action.
08:37 Outside the venue there was a protest by people indigenous to the Amazon region.
08:42 Some carried signs protesting against capitalism, greenwashing, the oil industry and gold mining,
08:48 all issues of importance to the people who call the region home.
08:53 For nine years he was the leader of Colombia's largest and most brutal narco-trafficking
08:58 syndicate, the Gulf Clan.
09:00 Now the notorious drug kingpin Dario Antonio Utsuga, known as Otoniel, has been sentenced
09:06 to 45 years in prison in the United States.
09:09 Extradited to the US last year, he pleaded guilty to running a criminal enterprise and
09:15 drug smuggling in January.
09:17 He was accused of shipping almost 100,000 kilograms of cocaine into the country.
09:22 During his sentencing on Tuesday, he apologized for his actions.
09:29 Former US President Donald Trump on the campaign trail in New Hampshire.
09:33 A week after being indicted on felony charges for his efforts to overturn the results of
09:38 the 2020 elections, he said he would continue to talk about the case even as prosecutors
09:43 sought a protective order to limit the evidence he and his team could share.
09:47 So this is all about election interference, but that isn't quite good enough.
09:52 Crooked Joe now wants the third prosecutor, this deranged guy, to file a court order taking
09:57 away my First Amendment rights so that I can't speak.
10:00 So listen to this.
10:02 We don't want you to speak about the case.
10:05 The case.
10:06 The case is a ridiculous case.
10:10 Federal prosecutors say Trump is seeking to try the case in the media rather than in the
10:14 courtroom.
10:16 The former president, who is also facing charges in Florida and New York, is gearing up for
10:22 a possible fourth indictment in Georgia.
10:30 People in Nagasaki on Wednesday marked the 78th anniversary of the atomic bombing of
10:34 the Japanese city on August 9, 1945 that killed between 60,000 and 80,000 people.
10:42 Speaking at the Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Peace Ceremony, Shiro Suzuki, mayor of Nagasaki,
10:48 said that while Russia is not the only country representing the risk of nuclear deterrence,
10:53 as long as states are dependent on nuclear deterrence, the world will never be rid of
10:57 the weapons.
10:58 There were similar thoughts from the Japanese Prime Minister, who couldn't attend in person.
11:25 The Nagasaki bomb came three days after the US dropped an atomic device on Hiroshima,
11:30 killing an even greater number of people.
11:32 The incidents hasten the end of World War II, but there have been arguments ever since
11:36 over whether the attacks were justified or necessary.
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