00:00U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech from the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
00:05as Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.
00:11Three people were killed in Russian overnight strikes on Ukraine
00:15as Ukraine hit oil infrastructure sites near St. Petersburg.
00:21Morocco and France both go through to the next round of the World Cup,
00:25facing each other in the quarterfinals on Thursday.
00:30U.S. President Donald Trump delivered a speech from the National Mall in Washington, D.C. on Saturday
00:37as Americans celebrated the 250th anniversary of the country's independence.
00:43While Trump had initially said he would deliver a huge political rally,
00:47the U.S. President largely stuck to a shorter and more traditionally patriotic script.
00:51The speech, however, did lean into partisan territory at times,
00:55with Trump praising what he has so far accomplished for the country.
01:00The U.S. President also made use of the opportunity to renew his criticism of communism,
01:05a term he often uses to describe his domestic opponents.
01:09The communist system is the opposite of the American system,
01:13and the communist system has never worked.
01:16Our warriors did not fight communism on battlefields across the world,
01:20only to have that menace rear its ugly head right back here in America.
01:26The celebrations came amid a brutal heat wave that has been gripping large parts of the eastern United States this
01:33week.
01:33Storms have briefly forced the temporary evacuation of crowds,
01:37but that did not stop the celebrations.
01:40Following Trump's speech, a huge fireworks display lit up the sky over Washington, D.C.
01:51Three people, including a child, were killed in an overnight Russian attack on the Ukrainian city of Sumy,
01:58Ukraine's State Emergency Service said.
02:00In the Odessa region, another Russian strike injured two people
02:04and set ablaze a warehouse used to store food products, according to authorities.
02:08In the Kherson region, Russian attacks struck the grounds of a poultry farm,
02:12sparking a large fire in one of the facility's production buildings.
02:16Meanwhile, Ukrainian drones hit oil infrastructure sites near the Russian city of St. Petersburg,
02:22Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced.
02:26Moscow later vowed to respond, saying it had downed more than 500 air targets.
02:31Kyiv has been repeatedly targeting Russia's energy industry in recent months
02:36as it looks to ramp up pressure on President Vladimir Putin and the Russian economy.
02:40The attacks have sparked a fuel crisis across the country as well as in Russian-occupied areas.
02:51Thousands of people gathered across France on Saturday to demand government action against sexual violence.
02:57following the rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl that served as a catalyst for mass mobilization.
03:04The girl, named as Liana, went missing on the 29th of May in the southwestern town of Florence
03:10and her body was found in an abandoned silo almost a week later.
03:14Anger grew after it emerged that the main suspect, the 41-year-old father of a school friend,
03:20had twice before been formally accused of raping a child,
03:23but the investigations had been dropped or had stalled.
03:26The tragedy is seen as a failure of France's judicial system to protect victims of sexual violence.
03:33Organizers of Saturday's protests hope to capitalize on the emotion aroused by the Liana case
03:38to obtain the adoption of a new comprehensive law ranging from prevention to support for victims,
03:44which they have been demanding since the end of 2024.
03:51Morocco is advancing to the World Cup quarter-finals after beating Canada 3-0 in Saturday's first round of 16
03:59match.
04:00While neither team was able to break through in the first half,
04:03Asdin Unahi eventually broke the deadlock, scoring a goal assisted by Ashraf Hakimi.
04:09Unahi then made it 2-0 in the 82nd minute,
04:12and Sufjan Rahimi added a third goal in the final minute of stoppage time.
04:18The loss ends a historic run for World Cup co-host Canada,
04:23which won its first ever knockout round match with a 1-0 victory over South Africa.
04:32Meanwhile, France overcame the stubborn defence from Paraguay.
04:37Kylian Mbappé found the net on a penalty kick,
04:39which made it his 19th goal in 19 World Cup appearances.
04:44France and Morocco will face off in the quarter-finals on Thursday.
04:49Have a great day.
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