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00:00 Spain`s socialist government has secured the presidency parliament after gaining support
00:05 of Catalan nationalist parties.
00:09 Ukraine`s foreign minister vows to liberate the whole country no matter how long it takes,
00:16 saying they are preparing for a long war.
00:20 Georgia Maloney`s right-wing government is facing its first real test as thousands of
00:25 migrants continue to arrive at Italian shores.
00:30 In its biggest military deal ever, Israel has been given permission by co-developer
00:35 the United States to sell its missile defense system to Germany.
00:40 Spain`s newly elected parliament has voted by a majority to elect a socialist candidate
00:48 as chamber speaker, breathing some life into acting socialist prime minister Pedro Sanchez`
00:53 aspirations of forming another leftist government.
01:06 The candidate got the full support of left-wing parties and nationalists, including Junts.
01:12 In exchange for Junts` support, the socialist promised to promote co-official languages
01:16 in Congress, an investigation into the Pegasus case and measures to "end the repression when
01:22 it comes to the illegal referendum in Catalonia".
01:26 At last month`s general election, no political group had an easy path to form a government.
01:31 Left and right-wing parties had almost the same number of seats and will therefore also
01:35 need support from other parties.
01:43 Intense fighting continues along the front line in Ukraine.
01:46 The country`s foreign minister has admitted that the counteroffensive is progressing more
01:50 slowly than expected and fatigue is setting in.
01:54 But, says Dmitry Kuleba, the stakes are too high to allow this to impact decisions and
01:59 Ukrainians are preparing for a long battle.
02:02 "Our goal is to win.
02:04 To win in the form of liberating our territories within the borders of 1991.
02:11 And it will take us a long time.
02:29 After years of neglect, Kiev has launched a diplomatic operation in Africa in the hope
02:33 of gaining its support in the face of Russia`s invasion of Ukraine.
02:37 It wants to reduce Moscow`s hold on the continent, which he says is based on coercion, corruption
02:43 and fear.
02:44 Kuleba says he doesn`t feel pressure from Western allies to speed up its counteroffensive.
02:48 While the West has already sent Kiev weapons worth tens of billions of euros, he stressed
02:53 the need for more.
03:01 Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations in Western Zaporizhia region and
03:06 have advanced east of Robotene, says the Institute for the Study of War in its latest update.
03:11 Now, let`s focus on this specific area today.
03:14 Now, the think tank refers to the geolocated footage, which indicates that Ukrainian forces
03:19 have advanced northeast of Robotene.
03:24 Here it is on the map and have likely made wider gains in the surrounding areas, given
03:30 weeks of consistent Ukrainian activity in the forested areas northeast of the settlement
03:37 here.
03:38 Now, Russian bloggers claim that small Ukrainian infantry groups with armored vehicle support
03:43 continued assaults north and northeast of Robotene and in the direction of Verbove here,
03:53 adding that Ukrainian vehicles can move more freely in the area due to the Ukrainian forces
03:58 clearing minefields.
04:00 Robotene lies about 10 kilometers south from Orichiv.
04:06 Here it is on the map and about 80 kilometers from Melitopol, the city that Russian troops
04:13 are using as a major logistics hub for occupied territories in the south of Ukraine.
04:19 Russian sources claim that Ukrainian forces have committed, quote, their main reserves
04:23 to the counteroffensive operations here in western Zaporozhye region based on scattered
04:28 observations of western equipped Ukrainian units.
04:33 But the Institute for the Study of Forces Russian sources appear to be incorrectly portraying
04:37 Ukrainian reserves as one large unitary contingent that Ukraine could commit to fighting as a
04:44 whole.
04:45 A few days ago, the U.S.-based think tank said Ukrainian counteroffensive operations
04:49 appear to be forcing Russian military to literally redeploy Russian forces in western Zaporozhye
04:55 region, indicating that the Ukrainian effort there may be significantly degrading Russian
05:01 defenses.
05:05 The Arrow 3 missile defense system jointly developed with the United States.
05:10 Washington on Thursday gave Israel the green light to sell the hypersonic system to Germany
05:15 in a deal worth 3.2 billion euros.
05:19 Arrow 3 is an interceptor designed to shoot down ballistic missiles outside the Earth's
05:23 atmosphere.
05:25 The defense sale, Israel's biggest ever, comes as European nations build up their arms in
05:29 response to Russia's war in Ukraine.
05:31 "The price of the missile system that the Americans have built is very significant in
05:39 the way of operating the business between Israel and Germany.
05:44 The Arrow 3 system is the most advanced system in the world, a joint development of Israel
05:51 and the United States.
05:52 And this system, with our help, will give defense to Germany.
05:57 We are very proud of this."
06:00 The final contract for the deal is expected to be signed by the end of this year, following
06:04 approval by both the German and Israeli parliaments.
06:09 Berlin expects the Arrow 3 system to be delivered in the final quarter of 2025.
06:19 Azerbaijan claims a mass grave has been discovered in the compound of a prison that was controlled
06:24 by Armenians from 1992 to 2020.
06:28 Officials from Azerbaijan say the remains of 17 people have been found with evidence
06:33 of torture on their bodies.
06:35 The jail is called Shusha by Azeris and Shushi by Armenians and was originally built in Soviet
06:41 times.
06:43 Armenian authorities have not commented on the claim.
06:47 Euronews was given permission to film inside the abandoned prison.
06:54 Sky-high numbers of migrants are arriving on Italy's shores, and the country's far-right
07:00 Prime Minister, Georgia Maloney, is facing increasing pressure at home.
07:04 Promises she made during her election campaign about curbing the number of arrivals appear
07:09 increasingly empty, as our correspondent Georgia Orlandi explains.
07:14 "It looks like Georgia Maloney's government is facing its first real crisis.
07:19 Over 100,000 migrants in fact have arrived in Italy since the beginning of the year.
07:23 That's according to Italy's interior ministry and that's the highest figure ever recorded
07:28 since 2017.
07:30 And this year could begin to approach the all-time record of 180,000 migrants who arrived
07:35 in Italy back in 2016.
07:38 Georgia Maloney's right-wing government came to power in part on pledges of a crackdown
07:46 on people's mugglers but also to stem the flow of migrants arriving from North Africa.
07:51 We know that the majority of these migrants are now arriving from Tunisia where it cracked
07:57 down on sub-Saharan migrants but also good weather conditions are some of the reasons
08:01 why so many migrants now decide to embark on the difficult journey.
08:07 Now opposition MPs have accused the Georgia Maloney's government of a manifest failure
08:12 in its management of immigration, even more so after Italy and the EU recently signed
08:18 a memorandum of understanding with Tunisia which provides over 100 million euros worth
08:24 of direct EU aid to prevent migrants from reaching Europe.
08:30 Georgia Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.
08:36 The opening in India of the first ever World Health Organization summit focusing on traditional
08:40 medicine.
08:41 The agency says these treatments are the first port of call for millions of people worldwide
08:47 and that the two-day gathering aims to collect evidence and data to allow for their safe
08:52 use.
08:53 WHO chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says this should be used to inform policies, standards
08:59 and regulations for their safe, cost-effective and equitable use.
09:04 The gathering takes place alongside a meeting of G20 health ministers.
09:11 The British Museum in London has fired a member of staff after items dating back as far as
09:16 the 15th century BC were found to be missing, stolen or damaged.
09:22 The artefacts included gold, jewellery and gems of semi-precious stones.
09:27 The museum has launched an independent review of security and said efforts were underway
09:31 to recover the missing items.
09:35 It added that legal action would be taken against the dismissed staff member and that
09:39 the matter was being investigated by London's Metropolitan Police Service.
09:48 Excavators in central France have started digging for the remains of dozens of German
09:52 soldiers said to have been executed by resistance fighters during World War II.
09:59 Local authorities said in July that a potential mass grave had been found near Maymac in the
10:03 department of Corrèze.
10:06 It came to light after a 98-year-old former resistance fighter went public with claims
10:11 of the killings.
10:12 "The time witnesses showed us this spot.
10:19 The geographer has travelled this area and says there are anomalies in the ground.
10:25 It could be that this says there is a grave here and we are checking it now."
10:30 "We have launched research which is now in the form of excavations.
10:36 We are looking for 36 bodies, if we refer to the testimonies, including those of my
10:43 wake, which speak of 47 bodies but 11 have already been exhumed at the end of the 60s.
10:48 36 bodies, including 35 German soldiers and one person who is a woman from the collaboration."
10:54 If successful, the excavation would allow the bodies of these German soldiers to be
10:59 exhumed, says the mayor of Maymac.
11:02 France's National Office for Former Fighters and War Victims is leading the dig in cooperation
11:07 with Germany's war graves authority.
11:09 The excavations are set to last until the 27th of August.
11:15 An Iranian filmmaker and his producer are reportedly facing prison after showcasing
11:22 their film "Leyla's Brothers" at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival without their government's
11:28 approval.
11:29 Director Saeed Roustai and producer Javed Nourrez Beghi entered the film for the Palme
11:34 d'Or competition.
11:35 Etihad newspaper reported that Tehran's revolutionary court sentenced the two men to six months
11:41 in prison over creating propaganda against the system.
11:44 They have also been banned from making films.
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