00:00The European Union has approved Ukraine's next defense spending of 6.1 billion euros
00:05as Kyiv marks the 35th anniversary of independence from the Soviet Union.
00:10A tornado tore through a village in the southwest of France on Monday,
00:15injuring 41 people and damaging hundreds of homes.
00:21The European Union has approved Ukraine's next spending envelope of 6.1 billion euros
00:28for defense procurement as part of the bloc's 90 billion euros loan program
00:33the EU executive announced on Monday.
00:35Their approval comes as Ukraine marks 35 years of independence
00:40amid a rise in civilian deaths from Russian attacks
00:43due to Kyiv's shortage of air defense systems.
00:46According to a statement by the European Commission,
00:49the defense funding aims to supply Kyiv with air and missile defense systems,
00:54missiles, ammunition and radars.
00:57The funding also comes as EU leaders participated in key meetings in Kyiv on Monday,
01:03including the Coalition of the Willing meeting,
01:06aimed at drumming up additional air support and energy supplies for Ukraine
01:10as it edges closer to winter.
01:15Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and First Lady Olena Zelenska
01:20honored the memory of fallen soldiers on Monday
01:23as the country marked their Independence Day.
01:27Zelenskyy and his wife laid flowers at the Wall of Remembrance,
01:31a memorial to Ukraine's fallen defenders
01:33alongside other European leaders
01:36as part of the official celebration.
01:38No delegates from the Trump administration
01:40were present at the ceremony
01:42marking the Independence Day
01:44as Russia pushes on
01:45with its more than four-year-old invasion of the country.
01:52Roofs were torn off
01:54and homes were damaged
01:55after a tornado tore through a village
01:57in the southwest of France on Monday,
01:59injuring 41 people.
02:01The tornado hit the village of Bomas
02:03where the destruction was significant.
02:05An estimated 300 homes were damaged.
02:09Over 120 emergency workers were deployed to the scene
02:13and reinforcements are expected from nearby regions.
02:16Authorities said 15 people were taken to the hospital.
02:20Videos circulating online show an impressive vortex of wind
02:24moving through several communities.
02:26The National Weather Service said winds had reached
02:28up to 117 kilometers per hour.
02:32French authorities had placed several regions
02:35of the country's southwest on orange alert for storms.
02:38Numerous areas were hit by power outages.
02:41The storms also upended the transportation network,
02:44delaying trains, forcing road closures
02:47and causing delays and cancellations
02:48at airports in Bordeaux, Marseille,
02:51Nice, Toulouse and even Paris.
02:59On Saturday, Iceland will vote
03:01on whether to resume negotiations
03:03on joining the European Union.
03:05A yes vote would restart negotiations in Brussels
03:08while a no vote would be a setback
03:10for the EU's enlargement drive.
03:13Iceland previously applied to join the bloc in 2009
03:16following a financial crisis,
03:18but these negotiations were eventually suspended
03:21after a Euroskeptic coalition came into power in 2013.
03:26By then, Iceland's economy had largely recovered
03:29and public support for joining the bloc also faded,
03:32with fisheries being a main point of contention.
03:35However, a reversal came in 2024
03:38when a pro-EU coalition government took office.
03:42Since then, major geopolitical developments
03:45reshaped the international landscape,
03:47such as US President Donald Trump
03:49threatening to seize Greenland and the Arctic
03:51becoming a hotspot for rare-earth minerals.
03:54This made a deeper cooperation with the EU
03:57a key variable in safeguarding Iceland.
04:01Opinion polls suggest the results
04:03are expected to be very close,
04:05with farming and fishing remaining
04:07among the most contentious issues.
04:14The United States launched a new campaign against Iran,
04:18seeking to block all of its potential sources of revenue
04:21and telling nations to cut economic ties with Tehran.
04:25If countries fail to do so,
04:28Washington said they will face US retaliation.
04:30The operation is dubbed Operation Economic Outcast
04:34and aims to isolate the Iranian regime.
04:37Every country, every entity should know
04:40that they should be prepared to face US sanctions.
04:44And no one is above this.
04:49We are going to hold everyone accountable
04:52and this is economic asphyxiation of this regime.
04:58Iran now faces a very clear choice
05:01with only two paths before them.
05:04Complete global isolation
05:06and a subsistence economy
05:08or a path back to normalcy
05:10with an opportunity to rejoin the global economy.
05:15Besant's warning comes around six months
05:17after US and Israeli strikes on Iran
05:19marked the beginning of the war in the region.
05:21In recent months,
05:23the conflict has largely ground to a stalemate
05:25with negotiations stalling
05:27and tensions growing over the Strait of Hormuz.
05:35The Red Cross voiced alarm
05:37after six workers taking part in a bid
05:39to contain the deadly Ebola outbreak
05:41were harmed in attacks last week
05:43in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
05:46In a statement,
05:47the organisation said that attacks
05:49against volunteers and humanitarian personnel
05:51are unacceptable.
05:52Last week,
05:53the World Health Organisation warned
05:55these assaults affect the Ebola response.
05:57Yesterday,
05:59one of our ambulance was attacked here,
06:01you know,
06:01one of the ambulance of the response operation
06:04was attacked here,
06:05you know,
06:05in Punia.
06:06And we are really quietly,
06:08extremely,
06:09very regularly challenged
06:10by this situation,
06:11by this attack on healthcare services.
06:13Since the Ebola outbreak was declared in May,
06:1612 volunteers have been injured,
06:18ambulances have been damaged,
06:19and equipment has been destroyed
06:21during 11 violent incidents.
06:23The Red Cross said
06:24tensions have emerged
06:26with local communities
06:27over the handling
06:28of Ebola victims' remains.
06:30Burials must be supervised
06:32as corpses remain contagious.
06:34In Eastern Congo,
06:35youth caravans raise awareness
06:37for Ebola
06:38amid the attacks
06:39on health workers.
07:03More than 2,500 deaths
07:06from above 5,300 confirmed cases
07:09of Ebola
07:10have been registered
07:11in the DRC,
07:12according to the WHO.
07:19U.S. President Donald Trump says
07:21the U.S. will double tariffs
07:22on Canadian vehicles
07:24from 2027
07:25as he accused Ottawa
07:26of, quote,
07:27ripping off the United States
07:29of America for years.
07:31In a post on his Truth Social account,
07:33Trump wrote
07:34that starting from January next year,
07:37tariffs on Canadian automobiles,
07:39automotive parts,
07:40and steel
07:41will be increased to 50%.
07:43Current U.S. tariff rates
07:45on automobiles
07:46stand at 25%
07:47for non-U.S. content.
07:49The threats come
07:50amid a growing trade war
07:52between the two neighbours
07:53that hit a flashpoint on Friday,
07:55after talks over a deal
07:57to avoid 50% duties
07:59on some Canadian goods
08:01collapsed.
08:02According to Prime Minister
08:03Mark Carney,
08:04Canada had been forced
08:06to walk away
08:07from a bad deal.
08:08The levies,
08:09which came into effect
08:10on Saturday,
08:11impact some $20 billion
08:12worth of Canadian goods.
08:15Carney warned
08:16that Ottawa
08:16would match
08:17the U.S. tariffs,
08:18quote,
08:19dollar for dollar,
08:20to protect workers
08:21and businesses.
08:23Since returning to office,
08:24Trump has been putting
08:25intense economic pressure
08:27on Canada
08:28due to several grievances
08:29and strategic motives
08:31that includes
08:32his suggestion
08:33that Canada
08:34should become
08:35the U.S. 51st state.
08:42Usually peaceful,
08:43the French resort town
08:44of Les Deux Alpes
08:45was at the center
08:46of a controversy
08:47a few days ago
08:48following a video
08:48that went viral
08:49on social media
08:50in which the manager
08:51of this snack bar
08:52makes anti-Semitic remarks.
09:02An investigation
09:03has been launched
09:04following this incident,
09:06but the incident
09:06has cast a chill
09:08over the resort
09:08which Orthodox Jewish families
09:10have been visiting
09:11every summer for decades.
09:13Disons que ça a mis
09:14une mauvaise ambiance
09:15sur la station.
09:17Ils ne coopèrent pas du tout,
09:20ils ne participent
09:22à rien.
09:24ni restaurations,
09:25ni bars,
09:27ni activités.
09:28Enfin,
09:28juste les activités
09:29des enfants,
09:30les jeux,
09:30c'est tout.
09:31This incident
09:32has also sparked
09:33a lot of talk
09:34and brought to light
09:35potential sources
09:36of tension
09:36that may exist
09:37in Alpine resorts
09:38between the local population
09:40and vacationers.
09:41D'autres personnes,
09:42même quand on marche
09:43dans la rue
09:43avec les enfants,
09:44qui partent mal aux enfants
09:45parce qu'ils ont des kipotes,
09:46c'est-à-dire que les gens
09:47sont frustrés
09:48qu'il y a des enfants,
09:49qu'il y a beaucoup de Juifs,
09:50donc c'est pas la seule finalement.
09:52Bon,
09:52quand j'étais à Tignes,
09:53il y avait des problématiques
09:54sur, par exemple,
09:55la piscine,
09:56sur le fait
09:56de devoir se baigner,
09:58que les hommes,
09:58que les femmes,
09:59il fallait que les maîtres nageurs
10:00soient du même sexe
10:01que les baigneurs.
10:02C'est vrai que c'est des fonctionnements
10:03qu'on n'a pas,
10:04donc qui peuvent,
10:05je ne sais pas si conflit,
10:06c'est le bon mot,
10:07mais en tout cas,
10:07il y a une nécessité d'ajustement
10:09et parfois c'est des points bloquants,
10:10tout simplement.
10:12Le maire de l'UEZ
10:13aussi répondit
10:14à la controverse.
10:15Il dit qu'il remercie
10:16des moments de tension
10:17dans le passé,
10:18mais il assure
10:19que la situation
10:20a augmenté
10:21significantly.
10:25After several unfortunate incidents
10:27in previous years,
10:29tourists visiting Greece
10:30this summer
10:31appear to be better informed
10:33about the dangers
10:34of ultraviolet radiation
10:35and the health risks
10:37associated with
10:38excessive sun exposure.
10:40In central Athens,
10:41increasing numbers of visitors
10:43can be seen sightseeing
10:44under the protection
10:45of hats and sunglasses,
10:47while some are even
10:48carrying umbrellas.
10:50I travel with hats
10:51and this umbrella
10:52also is UV protection.
10:54So it's all UV protection.
10:56Red Cross volunteers
10:58who assist visitors
10:59during heat waves
11:00confirm that tourists
11:02are arriving
11:02better prepared.
11:04People tend to use
11:05more hats
11:06and other protective methods
11:08such as sunscreen
11:08and sunglasses
11:12compared to the past.
11:14Because I think
11:15they're more educated now
11:16about the UV radiation
11:18and how the sunlight
11:20and sun exposure
11:20can affect the skin
11:22and the aging of the skin
11:24and skin cancer.
11:25Last summer
11:26was the third hottest
11:28on record in Greece.
11:29Yet the extreme heat
11:31did little to deter tourists
11:33with the country
11:34welcoming a record
11:3538 million visitors.
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