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00:00 Russia continues fierce drone and missile campaign overnight on key Ukrainian cities.
00:07 US ambassador seeks to reassure NATO allies ahead of the US election.
00:18 Strategic dialogue. EU opens talks on the future of agriculture.
00:29 More than 2,200 people have been victims of sexual abuse by church staff in Germany.
00:36 Russia's night campaign of drone and missile attacks on key Ukrainian cities and infrastructure goes on.
00:51 Russian drone attacks on Wednesday night injured six people in Odessa and several residential buildings and a warehouse were damaged.
00:58 Kiev announced that air defence systems in the Odessa and Nikolaev region shot down 11 of 14 drones launched by Moscow.
01:07 In a statement, the Ukrainian air force said that the Russian forces had used Iranian-designed "Shade" drones.
01:14 Kiev continues to call on its Western allies to reinforce its air defence systems.
01:20 On the Russian side, the operational headquarters of Krasnodar region confirmed that there had been a fire at an oil refinery in the Black Sea port of Tuapse in southern Russia.
01:31 The circumstances of the incident were being investigated. Some Russian media claimed that it was sparked by a Ukrainian drone attack.
01:46 The US ambassador to NATO says Hungary will ratify NATO membership for Sweden soon.
01:51 Hungary, alongside Turkey, has been blocking Sweden's NATO bid for over a year and a half,
01:56 but parliament in Ankara recently approved the Swedish bid after ongoing negotiations with the US, Sweden and the rest of the alliance,
02:04 in a surprise move earlier this week, leaving Hungary the last NATO member withholding the issue.
02:10 Budapest's delay has been a source of great frustration within the alliance.
02:15 We do have assurances from Hungary that they are going to move forward and get this done.
02:21 Hungarians understand, Prime Minister Orbán understands, we are all stronger with Sweden inside this alliance.
02:28 It's good for Sweden and it's good for the NATO alliance.
02:31 This is an important move for Putin to signal to him that he miscalculated.
02:38 He thought NATO would have a weak response to going into Ukraine, but in fact the alliance ultimately is stronger and more united than ever before.
02:46 Meanwhile, the ambassador said European allies should be assured that US support for NATO is strong, despite widely held fears.
02:56 If Donald Trump is re-elected in November, America will abandon the alliance.
03:00 Donald Trump reportedly told EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen back in 2020,
03:06 "You need to understand that if Europe is under attack, we will never come to help you and support you."
03:10 US Ambassador to NATO says there may be a difference between what a candidate says on the campaign trail.
03:16 I think the US will appreciate this in their own situation, in their own country.
03:19 There's always the difference between what candidates say on the campaign trail and what actually transpires,
03:26 should they assume a leadership role or secure a particular position that they're running for.
03:31 So I think at this point it's premature to make certain conclusions.
03:36 I mean, let's first and foremost see who wins the US election and take it from there.
03:43 The ambassador also says that US President Joe Biden is concentrating on passing the 60 billion dollars of military aid for Ukraine
03:49 through US Congress as soon as possible. Shona Murray, Euronews, NATO.
03:54 The European Commission has opened its strategic dialogue on the future of agriculture.
04:07 This dialogue, announced in September, is taking place at a time of growing anger in the farming world in many member states.
04:14 The President of the European Commission has gathered around her some 30 organizations, representing the entire food chain.
04:21 For Ursula von der Leyen, this meeting is an opportunity to send a message to the industry,
04:26 just a few months ahead of the European elections.
04:33 Europe has the healthiest and the highest quality food in the world.
04:38 Our farmers operate on a daily basis in a very competitive global market.
04:44 You are often the most vulnerable part in the value chain.
04:50 And of course you deserve a fair remuneration.
04:54 This meeting was a first contact. The talks are due to continue until the summer.
05:01 The aim is to discuss farmers' income, but also the sustainable development of the sector
05:05 and the competitiveness of breeders and producers.
05:08 Professionals are concerned about the EU's environmental standards and competition from world markets.
05:15 You know the farmers are today very squeezed.
05:23 And they need to have a change from this top-down approach that I think we have seen
05:30 to a more bottom-up approach and that one size doesn't fit all.
05:34 I think it's urgent that there is both more money and more basic support and less rules.
05:42 The Commission acknowledges that the Union has lost 4 million farms in 10 years.
05:48 The future of the sector must therefore be mapped out.
05:51 It's not going to bring any solutions tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
05:57 But I do think it has the perspective of creating a movement for more clarity
06:03 for what agriculture should look like in 2050.
06:06 But I hope that the recommendations which should be the outcome to the next Commission
06:12 help the next Commission with creating perspective for young farmers.
06:16 So that we as young farmers can choose, OK, do we want to continue in this sector or not?
06:20 Or am I going to do a different job which probably pays more with less work?
06:27 Next month, the Commission is due to present its climate objectives for 2040.
06:31 This will be a first indication for farmers of the direction the Commission wishes to take
06:36 and whether it intends to listen to the sector.
06:39 More than 2,200 people have been victims of sexual abuse by church staff in Germany.
06:53 An independent report into sexual abuse in the Protestant Church in Germany says
06:57 there have been thousands of victims over the past decades
07:00 and that the known cases may be just the tip of the iceberg.
07:03 The study commissioned by the church reveals more than 1,200 offences were committed by church staff.
07:10 We have also made ourselves guilty as an institution of innumerable people.
07:18 And I can only ask you, who have been so hurt, with all my heart, for forgiveness.
07:24 Victims who have been campaigning for years for the truth to emerge
07:28 have called on others to come forward.
07:31 The Protestant Church has a problem with sexualized violence.
07:36 There are high numbers of victims here as well.
07:38 And it has a problem with how it deals with the victims when they report.
07:44 Researchers who have been investigating the scandal since 2020
07:48 say there's evidence that the real number of victims could come close to 10,000.
07:53 The revelations come several years after a probe into Germany's Catholic Church
07:58 unveiled similarly shocking numbers of sex abuse cases by clergy.
08:03 An Austrian court has ruled that Joseph Fritzl,
08:09 who raped his captive daughter over a period of 24 years,
08:13 can be moved from psychiatric detention to a regular prison.
08:16 The 88-year-old will have to attend regular psychotherapy over a 10-year probation period.
08:21 A request to release him from detention was rejected,
08:24 but it's still a win for Fritzl's legal team,
08:26 as conditions in a regular prison are considered an improvement.
08:30 He was a bit close to tears,
08:33 and he said again that what he did was terrible.
08:40 And that these people are a great pain to him,
08:43 and that he would prefer to do it without shame.
08:46 He said several times before that he would rather give his life
08:51 to make it without shame, but he can't do it without shame.
08:55 But he really deals with this issue day and night.
08:59 He really has the files in front of him.
09:01 Fritzl became known as the "Monster of Amsterdam"
09:04 after the North Austrian town where he, in 1984,
09:09 locked up his then 18-year-old daughter, Elisabeth.
09:11 His crimes were revealed in 2008,
09:13 and a year later he was sentenced to life imprisonment
09:16 for committing incest, rape, coercion, false imprisonment,
09:19 enslavement and negligent homicide of one of his seven infant sons.
09:24 A Russian court on Thursday sentenced a woman to 27 years
09:31 for a cafe blast that killed a prominent pro-war blogger.
09:36 26-year-old Daria Trepova was convicted by a court in St. Petersburg
09:40 of carrying out a terrorist attack,
09:42 illegal trafficking of explosive devices and forging documents.
09:46 The attack in April left 52 others injured.
09:50 She insisted she didn't know she was carrying a bomb.
09:53 Russian authorities have blamed Ukrainian intelligence services
09:56 for the explosion. Kiev has not directly responded to the accusation.
10:04 Former Spanish football president Luis Rubiales
10:07 is to face trial for kissing forward Jenny Hermoso
10:10 during the World Cup final awards ceremony in Sydney.
10:14 After several months of investigation,
10:16 the judge concluded that the kiss was not consensual.
10:19 State prosecutors accused Rubiales of sexual assaults
10:22 and for allegedly trying to coerce Hermoso to publicly support him
10:26 in the public backlash against him.
10:28 Despite initially claiming he was the victim of a campaign
10:32 led by false feminists, Rubiales eventually resigned from his post.
10:35 He's denied any wrongdoing.
10:37 Spanish police have dismantled one of the largest
10:43 ecstasy production laboratories in Spain,
10:46 hidden in a wooden area in Valencia.
10:48 12 people were arrested and 5 properties searched.
10:51 The substances found may have given rise to more than
10:54 2 tons of solid MDMA, according to the police.
10:59 The investigation, led by Benidorm police, began at the end of 2021.
11:03 The network's activities also pose environmental risks
11:06 due to improper disposal of chemicals in the countryside.
11:10 The six Catholic nuns kidnapped by an armed group in Haiti
11:19 have been released, announced the Archdiocese of Port-au-Prince.
11:24 On Sunday, Pope Francis urged for the release of the nuns
11:28 and called for prayers for social harmony in Haiti.
11:31 Residents of Port-au-Prince fear violence could spread
11:34 after a gang attacks a community.
11:37 This latest kidnapping underlines once again
11:40 the climate of violence and insecurity that reigns in the country,
11:44 said Bishop Pierre-André Dumas.
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