00:00 In a state TV interview, President Putin said Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons, but
00:06 warned against the US triggering a conflict.
00:10 Kov, an ally of Alexei Navalny has been attacked in Vilnius.
00:22 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed to finish the job in Raqqa.
00:32 Trump and Biden clinch enough delegates for the 2024 presidential nominations.
00:41 The UN nuclear watchdog says treated radioactive wastewater discharged from Japan's Fukushima
00:46 nuclear plant is safe.
00:48 The Russian army attacked Sumy with a Shahed UAV overnight, hitting a residential building,
00:59 Ukrainian authorities said.
01:01 Fire broke out at the site of the attack, which is still under investigation.
01:05 At least 10 people were rescued from the rubble, eight of them with injuries of varying severity.
01:10 "It was 1.30 a.m. and I don't know what happened. I didn't understand anything. It collapsed,
01:19 it exploded and we jumped out. And that's what happened. Our apartment is on the second
01:26 floor, our house is small. How did we survive?"
01:27 Russian authorities reported another major attack by Ukrainian drones early on Wednesday,
01:32 injuring at least two people and sparking a fire.
01:36 In a state TV interview, President Putin said Russia is ready to use nuclear weapons but
01:41 warned against the US triggering a conflict.
01:44 "Our nuclear triad is more modern than any other triad. Only we, the Americans, develop
01:58 our own components. We do too. But that doesn't mean that we are not ready to start this nuclear
02:09 war tomorrow. If they want to, why not? We are ready."
02:13 Putin also said US President Biden was a veteran politician who fully understands possible dangers
02:19 of nuclear escalation.
02:25 On Monday, Ukraine's foreign ministry summoned the Vatican's nuncius to Ukraine to express
02:30 disappointment with the pontiff's recent comments.
02:32 In an interview with Swiss broadcaster RSI, the Pope suggested that Ukraine should show
02:36 the courage to raise the white flag and open talks with Russia to end the two-year conflict.
02:41 We met the papal ambassador in Kiev and asked him for his take on Pope Francis' words.
02:46 "I think one of the aspects of these words of the Pope has been clarified here quite
02:51 well, that evidently the Pope was not referring to a surrender. The same word "negotiated",
02:59 what does it mean? As Cardinal Porolin, Secretary of State, explained, it means an invitation
03:05 to all parties and, in addition, the first step of the ceasefire to create the conditions
03:11 for a negotiation is waiting for the aggressor, Russia. But we could add that the very concept
03:18 of negotiation, when we face it with an unarmed eye, could sound naive, given the negative
03:27 experiences of recent years, also in this war of aggression between Russia and Ukraine.
03:32 And so the Pope's invitation is to overcome negative experiences and look for ways, which
03:40 could also be new, to look for a negotiated that is fair, that is respectful, that does
03:47 not harm, but that respects, above all, Ukraine and human lives.
03:53 But alongside diplomatic efforts, aid provided by the Catholic Church in Ukraine plays a
03:58 crucial role, as the apostolic Nunzio explains.
04:01 If we start with the Pope, there is the Pope's hospital, Bambin Gesù in Rome, which has
04:05 welcomed more than 2,500, perhaps even more, Ukrainian children. They are not only humanitarian
04:12 aid, because there are various types of aid, but also directly from the Holy Father, through
04:18 Cardinal Kraevski, or the Church or the Caritas. The volume of aid, we are still trying to
04:25 understand the whole volume, because the data are very high.
04:29 Giorgio Arlandi for EU News in Kiev, Ukraine.
04:40 Leonid Volkov, a close ally of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, is attacked
04:45 in Lithuania's capital Vilnius. A spokesperson for Navalny said that Volkov was attacked
04:52 as a man smashed a window of his car and hit him with a hammer.
04:58 The attack was confirmed by Lithuanian's foreign minister, who called it shocking on social
05:03 media.
05:06 No suspects have currently been identified.
05:14 The attack comes nearly a month after Navalny was pronounced dead in an Arctic penal colony.
05:21 His death has been widely blamed on the Kremlin, who have denied involvement.
05:29 Volkov is a close ally of Navalny and helped him run several election campaigns, including
05:34 one convincing voters to turn away from Putin in the upcoming presidential election.
05:39 He left Russia several years ago under pressure from authorities.
05:49 A Lithuanian citizen arrested at the end of December on the border between Lithuania and
05:54 Belarus has died in a Belarusian prison. Lithuanian authorities only learnt of the death after
06:00 repeated attempts to contact the detainee.
06:22 The Lithuanian government has expressed surprise and outrage at the death of one of their citizens
06:27 and are demanding explanations from their Belarusian counterparts.
06:31 We received a note from the Belarusian Ministry of Foreign Affairs today, which confirmed
06:38 the death of a Lithuanian citizen and the date.
06:44 However, we have not received any further information, so we have been asked to provide
06:51 all the information about the incident.
06:56 According to the ambassador, many Lithuanians are detained in Belarus for different reasons.
07:11 Authorities are often informed by people who have lost track of relatives who have left
07:15 the Belarus.
07:20 Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to finish the job in Rafa. Speaking
07:26 at a pro-Israeli conference in Washington, he added that Israel would take steps to secure
07:31 the safety of civilians.
07:34 Netanyahu faces increasing international pressure from world leaders, who are starting to criticise
07:39 his military campaign in Gaza.
07:44 Meanwhile, strikes across Gaza killed at least 10 people overnight, according to local Wafa
07:49 news agency.
07:54 About a quarter of Gaza's population is currently on the brink of starvation.
08:03 British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said that the United Kingdom was doing what it
08:07 could to bring aid into Gaza. He called on Israel to open the port of Ashdod to allow
08:13 a maritime corridor of aid into Gaza.
08:17 The US Air Force have also announced another airdrop of aid into Gaza, including 16 bundles
08:23 of food.
08:25 The UN have said Gaza is in desperate need of aid and have called on Israel to allow
08:30 UN workers visas in order to distribute supplies.
08:37 President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump clinched their parties' presidential
08:42 nominations on Tuesday, with decisive victories in low-profile primaries.
08:49 The outcome of contests across Georgia, Mississippi and Washington state was never in doubt, but
08:54 gave each candidate the majority they needed to claim the party's nomination.
09:01 The votes mean that Biden and Trump will definitely be facing a rematch in the upcoming fall election.
09:11 The head of the International Atomic Energy Agency has given the green light to continued
09:16 discharges of treated radioactive wastewater from Japan's Fukushima nuclear plant.
09:22 It was Rafael Grossi's first visit to the site since releases of water into the sea
09:27 resumed in July. Confirming a preliminary IAEA report, he said Fukushima's operations
09:33 met international standards.
09:35 "I'm very confident of the process here. I'm very confident that the dialogue with
09:41 China and with other countries will be constructive and we will be able to provide all the assurances
09:48 as required."
09:50 After meeting Japanese ministers, Grossi sought to reassure China and local fishing groups
09:56 that the discharges would not harm the environment.
09:58 A tsunami in 2011 caused a meltdown in three of Fukushima's reactors. It's taken more
10:04 than a decade to complete the clean-up and get the go-ahead to resume operations.
10:08 A private sector rocket, thought to be the first to launch into orbit in Japan, exploded
10:18 shortly after liftoff on Wednesday. Footage showed the rocket, called Kairos, blasting
10:23 off from the Wakayama prefecture in central Japan, exploding mid-air within seconds from
10:29 take-off. A huge plume of smoke engulfed the area and flames could also be seen in some
10:35 spots. The video then showed spurts of water shooting toward that spot in an effort to
10:40 put out the blaze.
10:42 Ahead of the Eurovision Song Contest in May, the Swedish city of Malmö has declared war
10:52 on rats. Specially trained dogs and ferrets are being used to hunt the rodents. The plan
10:58 is to send ferrets deep down underground and drive the rats out to waiting dogs.
11:04 Residents are expected to benefit from the operation.
11:24 The major rat hunt will take place over the next few weeks.
11:29 The major rat hunt will take place over the next few weeks.
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