00:00Trump says a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could arrive as early as Wednesday,
00:05but warned Iran that it will get hit very hard if it fell through.
00:10German police deployed a bomb disposal robot at Leipzig-Halle airport
00:15after a drone was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane.
00:20EU chief Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia's latest attacks on Kyiv
00:24and announced the release of 1.4 billion euros in frozen Russian asset profits to Ukraine.
00:30U.S. President Donald Trump said that a deal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz could come as soon as
00:36Wednesday,
00:36but warned Iran that it would get hit very hard if the talks fell through.
00:41Transit of the waterway, a key maritime corridor for global oil and gas shipping,
00:46has been a sticking point in the talks and led to renewed fighting despite a ceasefire agreed in April.
00:53Iran has tightened its grip on Hormuz and wants to take control of the Strait and charge tolls,
00:58powers it did not exercise before the war began on 28 February.
01:03Trump, speaking to reporters in California, said that negotiators had a, quote,
01:08very good day, a change in tone from earlier threats he had directed at the Islamic Republic.
01:14The Strait's going to be open very soon, or they're going to get hit very hard and then the Strait's
01:19going to be open.
01:20We were going to a tremendous attack, the biggest since World War II,
01:24and they called me and said, very politely, please, can we talk, can we talk?
01:29They didn't want.
01:36Iran has, meanwhile, doubled down on its claims that no talks are ongoing with the U.S.,
01:41even as Trump insisted they were happening.
01:44Qatar, which has been mediating the talks between Iran and Oman,
01:48said there were no direct talks between Washington and Tehran,
01:51but acknowledged that diplomatic efforts are underway.
01:56U.S. media reporting on the potential deal said it would include a 60-day safe passage arrangement
02:01in the Strait between Iran and Oman.
02:08German police deployed a bomb disposal robot at Germany's Leipzig-Hale airport overnight
02:14after a drone was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane,
02:18sparking alarm and forcing the diversion of numerous flights.
02:21A DHL cargo aircraft that had to abort its scheduled landing at the airport
02:27then collided mid-air with a drone, sustaining minor damage,
02:31before landing safely at Hanover airport.
02:34A NATO spokesperson later confirmed that a drone equipped with explosives
02:38and a detonator had been found near an aircraft belonging to Kiev's cargo carrier Antonov Airlines.
02:44Ukrainian media outlets later reported that the item was carefully taken off the tarmac
02:49and destroyed in a controlled explosion.
02:52The airport in eastern Germany plays a key role in the transport of military goods,
02:57including by the German military and NATO allies,
02:59and also serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines.
03:08European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned what she called horrible atrocities
03:14by Moscow on Wednesday following a deadly overnight attack on the Kiev region.
03:19She said Ukraine would soon receive 1.4 billion euros from proceeds generated by immobilized Russian assets
03:25to fund its war effort.
03:28The EU froze around 200 billion euros of Russia's international reserves
03:33shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
03:37While the assets remain untouched, the profits generated from them have been used to support Ukraine.
03:44Von der Leyen announced the latest funding after at least 17 people were killed in Russian ballistic missile
03:49and drone attacks on Kiev.
03:51Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, striking several civilian targets.
03:58Four previous tranches of windfall profits from Russia's frozen assets have been transferred to Kiev,
04:03the latest in March this year, with Wednesday's announcement bringing the total to 8 billion euros.
04:12A wave of overnight Russian missile and drone strikes killed at least 15 people
04:16and wounded dozens across Kiev and the surrounding region,
04:20marking one of the heaviest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent weeks.
04:24Regional authorities confirmed 14 fatalities in the suburbs and one in Kiev urban center
04:29after residential buildings and warehouses were struck.
04:32At the same time, Ukrainian forces launched extensive strikes deep inside Russian territory.
04:38Russian officials reported destroying 107 drones over the Tula region alone,
04:42where falling debris sparked fires at facilities belonging to e-commerce firm Wildberries.
04:48As air defenses were tested on both sides of the border,
04:52UN monitors warned civilian casualties have reached their highest level
04:55since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.
04:58In response to the escalating aerial bombardment,
05:02Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky pressed U.S. counterpart Donald Trump
05:06for licenses to produce Patriot missile interceptors domestically,
05:09warning that air defense shortages directly enable further Russian strikes.
05:18A 26-year-old suspect accused of the murder of a British woman,
05:23Elizabeth Jane Ross, was brought before the prosecutor in Athens on Wednesday
05:28to answer charges in the case that has shocked Greece.
05:32It comes after the remains of a 38-year-old British woman
05:35were found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in Kipseli.
05:40Charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and violations of firearms laws,
05:45the suspect's arrest took place following an investigation by the Organized Crime Division.
05:50According to the Greek police, the 26-year-old man of Afghan origin
05:55confessed to putting the woman in a suitcase but not to killing her.
06:00Reports indicate that he claimed that the woman was already dead when he found her.
06:04But police investigation concluded that the defendant
06:08attempted to dispose of her remains.
06:11The woman from Scotland had traveled to Greece on June 26,
06:15and until July 10, she was staying at a friend's home in Piraus
06:19before leaving for an unknown destination in the greater Athens area where she disappeared.
06:26International cooperation among law enforcement agencies,
06:29including Interpol and the Scottish police,
06:32helped in identifying the suspect's fingerprint and the victim's body.
06:41Konotopie to niewielka miejscowość w gminie Kikuł w środkowej Polsce,
06:46gdzie już za kilka dni zostanie uroczyście poświęcona najwyższa w Europie
06:51ponad 55-metrowa figura Matki Bożej.
06:54Monument wyższy od słynnego Chrystusa Odkupiciela w Rio de Janeiro
06:59powstał z inicjatywy miliardera Romana Karkosika i jego żony
07:03jako prywatne wotum wdzięczności nawiązujące do niewielkiej figurki Matki Bożej
07:09czczonej w tutejszym sanktuarium.
07:11O tym, jakie znaczenie dla lokalnych mieszkańców ma ta wyjątkowa inwestycja
07:16opowiedział nam miejscowy sołtys Mieczysław Grębicki.
07:21Ogromne znaczenie ma dla mieszkańców Konotopia i okolicznych tutaj mieszkańców,
07:26ale w ogóle to jest wydarzenie w całej Polsce,
07:30bo pomnik jest jeden z największych w Polsce, nawet w Europie jest największy.
07:36To 55 metrów ma wysokości.
07:38No to jest takie wotum wdzięczności ponoć Państwa Karkosików.
07:43Oni wcześniej wybudowali sanktuarium w 2011 roku,
07:47a teraz jakieś ponoć miały natchnienie, jakieś wizje czy coś tam,
07:52że taką potężną Matkę Boskę wybudował.
07:55Pan kierownik tej budowy, no to mówił, że gwarancja jest na 300 lat,
08:00no chyba, że jakiś katakrycz będzie jakiś, no nie wiem, nie daj Boże, ale chyba nie.
08:03Chyba Matka Boska będzie się obroniła sama.
08:07O nowym symbolu Konotopia zrobiło się głośno w kraju i poza granicą.
08:11Na miejscu spotkaliśmy turystów z Czech.
08:15Jesteśmy obcokrajowcami, ale mogę powiedzieć, że jestem pod wrażeniem,
08:18bo po prostu coś niesamowitego.
08:20Moc hezki, moc hezki. Jsme niedowoleni w Polsku już 14 dni,
08:24jest to moc hezka zemę, a wczera jsme się w sprawach dozwiedzieli,
08:28gdyżśmy byli w Gdańsku, że się będzie za týden otwierać ten pomnik.
08:32Tak mamy dneska cestę do Čech, a tak jsme się tutaj museli zastawić,
08:37ponieważ to już nigdy nie widzimy. Taky wielki, hezka pomnik, hezka dzieło.
08:42Jestem podnojący, przyjechałyśmy specjalnie, żeby zobaczyć.
08:46W ogóle jest bardzo kazały, piękny teren, blisko drogi.
08:51Szacowany koszt budowy wyniósł około 100 milionów złotych.
08:55Uroczyste poświęcenie monumentu odbędzie się 15 sierpnia
08:59podczas mszy pod przewodnictwem biskupa Krzysztofa Wętkowskiego.
09:04Z Konotopia dla Euronews Mateusz Jaroński.
09:08Cześć.
09:10Iceland has ordered the expulsion of 21 anti-whaling activists held in Reykjavik
09:17since last week, after the ship was seized while pursuing a whaling vessel.
09:21The Icelandic Coast Guard said the crew of a whaling ship
09:24requested assistance on Thursday evening,
09:27because they believed their safety was under threat from the protest vessel Bandero.
09:31The Bandero is operated by a group founded by anti-whaling activist Paul Watson.
09:37Watson was not on board.
09:39Those aboard the Bandero included U.S. citizens,
09:42Brazilians, French and Spanish, according to a list provided by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation.
09:48The Icelandic Coast Guard sent a helicopter and a large vessel
09:51and three inflatable boats full of special forces to board the Bandero,
09:57which they did after a pursuit of quite a few hours. And we have not heard from the ship since
10:05them.
10:05But Watson says his team takes it as an opportunity to continue its campaign.
10:10Iceland's membership in the European Union hinges on ending whaling,
10:15as it would be prohibited under EU regulations.
10:19The European Parliament must be fully informed of these actions, and we intend to publicize this.
10:26The crew had been confined to the vessel in the Reykjavik port,
10:30but police said Wednesday they could now leave the ship.
10:32Along with Norway and Japan, Iceland is one of the only countries still practicing commercial whaling.
10:42The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accused Japan on Wednesday of transformation
10:48into a war state, as Tokyo beefs up its military stance in the Pacific.
10:54Japan has been gradually moving away from its post-World War II pacifist status,
11:00increasing military spending, ramping up defense pacts, and deploying missile launchers to its outer islands.
11:06In a statement carried by North Korean state media, Kim Yo-jong cited Tokyo's recent test firing of
11:13Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles and its main participation in US-led drills in the Philippines as
11:18evidence of Washington's support for so-called dangerous military moves in the Pacific.
11:24China, a key ally of North Korea, has also recently expressed alarm at what it sees as new militarism by
11:31Japan.
11:33Relations have worsened since Tokyo's hawkish Prime Minister Sannei Takaichi made comments in November
11:38suggesting Chinese action to seize Taiwan could merit a reaction from Japan's military.
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