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00:00 Azerbaijan detains the former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh government in its first high-profile
00:12 arrest since the military operation last week.
00:17 Germany becomes the latest European country to beef up its border security in a bid to
00:22 curb illegal entries along the Balkan route.
00:27 Italy sets up its first center for migrants from so-called "safe" countries in a bid to
00:32 accelerate the process of asylum claims.
00:38 Spain's conservative Popular Party leader falls short in his long-shot first bid to
00:42 become the country's next prime minister.
00:50 Azerbaijan has detained the former leader of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government,
00:54 Ruben Vardanyan, in its first high-profile arrest since launching its military operation
00:59 in the region last week.
01:01 In a recent media interview, Vardanyan said that he knew he would be a target for Azerbaijani
01:06 forces when the war started, claiming Baku saw him as an obstacle to peace.
01:14 Vardanyan was reportedly detained as he tried to cross the border into Armenia on Wednesday
01:18 morning as one of more than 50,000 ethnic Armenians who have fled the region to avoid
01:24 incoming Azerbaijani control.
01:27 Those who are getting out say they're bringing what they can with them, but much of their
01:31 old lives is being left behind.
01:42 Families on this bus say they've been traveling for days.
01:46 "We didn't see them, but we heard that they were coming to the village after they
01:52 got out of the bus."
01:54 With the flood of refugees heading its way, Armenia says it's assessing the needs of
01:58 people leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in order to provide them with adequate support.
02:03 Everything from providing food, clothes, social care and somewhere to live.
02:09 Azerbaijan says it's sending aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, including 10 vehicles and a field hospital,
02:15 to help with the aftermath of the recent fueling station blast, which left dozens dead and
02:20 injured.
02:24 The foundations of the Schengen Treaty crumbling at the heart of Europe.
02:29 Germany has become the latest country to beef up its border controls.
02:34 Berlin says it has increased security along the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic
02:39 to contain a sharp rise in illegal entries and asylum applications.
02:43 "We have to stop the cruel business of the locks, because they are putting people's lives
02:50 at risk with maximum profit.
02:52 That's why the federal police are taking additional, flexible control of the locks, the borders
02:59 with Poland and the Czech Republic."
03:06 The announcement came a day after police raids in Germany found more than 100 Syrian citizens
03:11 inside apartments, searched in connection with a smuggling ring.
03:14 On Tuesday, Poland also tightened its borders with Slovakia and on Wednesday, Slovenia followed
03:20 suit along its southern border with Croatia.
03:23 Germany's interior ministry says about a quarter of all migrants who reach Germany are smuggled
03:28 in across the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkans route.
03:34 Italy has set up its first centre for asylum seekers deemed to have come from so-called
03:39 safe countries.
03:41 The Italian government hopes the facility in the Sicilian port of Pesaro will accelerate
03:46 the process of asylum claims.
03:49 It will house people who can't claim refugee status as they have arrived from countries
03:54 not considered to be dangerous.
03:57 It comes as Italy struggles to cope with severe overcrowding at its migrant centre on Lampedusa
04:03 Island.
04:04 Authorities have begun moving some to other locations after a recent surge in arrivals.
04:10 The extent of the problem was highlighted earlier this month when some migrants broke
04:14 out of the centre because of a lack of space and essential provisions.
04:19 In an effort to reduce numbers arriving, Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney's cabinet is implementing
04:24 measures against young adults posing as unaccompanied minors in order to claim state protection.
04:30 The leader of Spain's conservative popular party has failed in his long-shot first bid
04:40 to become the country's next prime minister.
04:43 Alberto Núñez-Fejo fell four votes short of the backing he needed in the Spanish parliament
04:49 to form a government.
04:51 "We are here, ladies and gentlemen, so that the electoral result is not erased.
05:00 We are here so that it is not cornered, or annulled, or silenced to more than 8 million
05:06 voters."
05:08 But Fejo only secured the support of 33 lawmakers from the far-right Vox party and two from
05:14 small conservative regional parties.
05:17 Fejo will try again on Friday when the bar is lowered and he needs more yes-than-no votes
05:22 from parliament's 350 lawmakers.
05:25 If he fails to win approval on his second attempt, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez
05:29 would get a shot at staying in power.
05:32 Spain's July national election left the parliament highly fragmented, with its lawmakers spread
05:37 between 11 different parties, making the path to power a rocky one.
05:44 The French government declares war on bullying.
05:47 The Prime Minister announced Wednesday a general mobilisation to carry out a relentless fight
05:53 and put an end to the scourge in educational centres.
05:57 Elizabeth Thorne said the objective is to bring all cases to justice and exclude harassing
06:02 students from classes and social networks.
06:05 She also had a personal message for those being bullied.
06:08 "You are not responsible.
06:10 What you are living is unacceptable.
06:13 From your classes to your chambers, sometimes 24 hours a day on social networks, for you
06:20 bullying is everywhere and all the time.
06:24 So mobilisation must be general.
06:27 Everyone has a role to play.
06:30 With my whole government we are on your side and we will fight the bullying."
06:38 The government's plan comes against a backdrop of social indignation and criticism of the
06:44 Ministry of Education that has seen a series of dramatic cases of bullying that ended in
06:50 suicide.
06:51 According to Born, this is a massive phenomenon that must be reported in schools and on social
06:56 networks, one of the most relentless areas of bullying in current times.
07:05 Ukrainian football teams are set to boycott UEFA competitions after the European governing
07:09 body decided to lift a ban on Russia's youth sides.
07:14 Restrictions had prevented Russia from taking part in the Women's European Championship
07:18 and the World Cup qualifiers, to name a few.
07:22 UEFA said in a statement that children should not be punished for the actions of adults,
07:27 but clarified that senior teams at club and national levels would remain banned due to
07:31 Russia's actions in Ukraine.
07:34 The Ukrainian Association of Football urged UEFA to maintain the blanket ban and added
07:39 that the decision is groundless and tolerates Moscow's aggression.
07:47 Whilst England's Football Association said its youth teams would not play against Russia,
07:52 UEFA President Alexander Seferin insisted that UEFA's continuing suspension against
07:57 Russian adult teams reflected its commitment to take a stand against violence.
08:08 Despite the impact of Western sanctions, Russia's economy is now forecast to grow this year
08:13 instead of shrink, as was previously predicted.
08:16 That's the view of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in a statement to the AFP
08:21 news agency.
08:23 In May, the bank saw Russia's GDP shrinking by 1.5%.
08:28 It now says it will actually grow by the same figure.
08:32 The EBRD, which was founded to help ex-Soviet countries adapt to free markets, says Russia's
08:38 revenues have been boosted by high oil prices and new export opportunities with China, India
08:44 and Central Asia.
08:46 It had expected an oil price cap as part of sanctions to have a greater negative impact.
08:51 Russia has sought to strengthen trade links with China, India and other non-aligned nations
08:56 to shore up its sanctions-hit economy.
08:59 Nevertheless, the institution believes this won't be enough to offset a cooling of the
09:03 Russian economy in 2024.
09:09 Four girls and two boys aged between 11 and 24 from Portugal had their first day of hearings
09:15 at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Wednesday as part of a case against 32
09:20 European states.
09:23 The Agostinho and others case accuses these governments of failing to tackle the climate
09:28 crisis.
09:29 The motivation stems from the 2017 wildfires in Portugal, which claimed more than 100 lives
09:35 with the case filed in September 2020.
09:39 They say they're already feeling the effects in their daily lives and also fear for their
09:43 futures.
09:45 As I said with the fires, they are fires that are very close to where I live.
09:49 Fires that have already put my life at risk, the lives of my sisters.
09:53 School days that were lost because of the excess of smoke in the air.
09:58 My respiratory tracts have not been improving properly.
10:02 We're talking about their right to individual private life, family life, and also because
10:07 they're young, their future is at stake.
10:11 So they experience the climate harms for a much greater period of time.
10:14 Therefore, we're arguing they're discriminated against.
10:17 And the court also asked us to deal with questions of inhumane treatment and degrading treatment
10:23 by virtue of the mental anguish and traumatisation that the climate crisis will create for them.
10:30 Their legal team expects a victory that would be equivalent to what it describes as a legally
10:35 binding regional treaty compelling all 32 countries to rapidly accelerate their climate
10:40 action.
10:42 It's a view shared by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights.
10:46 I think the time is right that we move from words to deeds.
10:51 Because as we know, there are numerous resolutions, numerous conventions, wonderful, wonderful
10:58 words on paper.
10:59 But the action is missing.
11:01 The legal argument of the governments in question says that the case has no supporting evidence
11:05 to claim that the plaintiffs are in more danger than the rest of the Portuguese population.
11:10 They say that they're already undertaking their mitigation commitments within the 2015
11:19 Paris Climate Accords.
11:21 They are Claudia, Catarina, Martim.
11:26 A team of 86 lawyers represents the 32 governments.
11:32 The countries in question are 27 of the European Union and Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,
11:38 Turkey and Russia.
11:40 A spokesman for this team told Euronews that they did not want to comment on this phase
11:44 of the process.
11:46 Isabel Marques da Silva, in Strasbourg.
11:48 would go.
11:48 [SWOOSH]