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00:00Planes have been grounded, banks disrupted and broadcasters taken off air due to a worldwide
00:07technological glitch.
00:09U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich has been sentenced to 16 years in prison by a Russian
00:17court.
00:20Ukrainian President Zelensky has delivered an impassioned plea to senior U.K. policymakers
00:26for more support defending against Russia.
00:31Donald Trump accepts the Republican presidential nomination on the final day of the party's
00:37national convention.
00:45Planes have been grounded, banks disrupted and broadcasters taken off air due to a worldwide
00:52technological glitch.
00:55U.S. cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike admitted that a defect in a product update for Microsoft
01:01programs was to blame.
01:03CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said that the identified issue was being fixed and the disruption
01:10was not a cyber attack.
01:12Berlin's Brandenburg Airport and London's Gatwick Airport are among a slate of European
01:18transport hubs impacted and reporting delays, with Edinburgh Airport stating passengers
01:24had missed flights.
01:26Hospitals in Britain and Germany are reporting system malfunctions, with one cancelling elective
01:31surgery.
01:32Australian and South African banks are reporting that customers are unable to use their bank
01:38cards, while major U.K. broadcasters were temporarily offline.
01:43Grocery stores and retail outlets have reported they are unable to make in-store payments.
01:53Ukrainian President Zelensky has delivered an impassioned plea to senior U.K. policy
01:58makers for more support defending against Russia.
02:03Zelensky told No. 10 Downing Street there was an urgent need for additional long-range
02:08weapons and strengthened maritime support.
02:23The U.K.'s new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has said firming up Britain's support for
02:36Ukraine and facing down aggression was high on the meeting's agenda.
02:42Starmer has previously indicated that Ukraine could only use missile support for defensive
02:47purposes against Russia.
02:51U.S. journalist Evan Gershkovich has been convicted on espionage charges by a Russian
02:59court and sentenced to 16 years in prison.
03:04Gershkovich, his employer and the U.S. government have vehemently denied the charges, with the
03:09latter describing the trial as a sham.
03:13The Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested and detained in March 2023 while on a reporting
03:19trip to Yekaterinburg.
03:22Upon his arrest, he was accused of spying for the United States and has remained in
03:27custody ever since.
03:31His trial took place behind closed doors, as espionage and treason cases often do in
03:36Russia.
03:39Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said at the U.N. earlier this week that Moscow
03:44and Washington are discussing a prisoner exchange, but any such deal could take months or even
03:50years.
03:53A tentative deal for the controversial excavation of lithium has been signed by Serbia, Germany
03:59and the European Commission.
04:02German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the Vice President of the European Commission, Maros
04:06Gershkovich, met with the Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic to conclude the deal.
04:11It was agreed upon in a strategic partnership on sustainable resources, battery production
04:16chains and electric vehicles in Belgrade, Serbia.
04:21Lithium is a critical substance in making batteries for electric vehicles, with Germany
04:35being the largest car maker in Europe.
04:38It wants to secure a reliable source of lithium for its electric vehicle industry, as Europe
04:43struggles to reduce its dependency on Chinese imports.
04:48Earlier this month, the Serbian Constitutional Court overturned a ruling to cancel a multi-billion
04:53dollar project to mine lithium, but after thousands took to the streets in protest for
04:58fear of potential hazards to the environment.
05:05Donald Trump has accepted the Republican presidential nomination on the final day of the party's
05:11national convention.
05:13Trump said he was running for all of America because there's no victory in winning for
05:18half of America.
05:21The 78-year-old former president also described how he survived an assassination attempt five
05:26days ago because he had God on his side.
05:30Trump will face Democrat Joe Biden in the presidential election on November 5.
05:40A police officer has been wounded in a knife attack in the Champs-Élysées neighborhood
05:45of Paris.
05:48Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said on X that the assailant had been immediately neutralized.
05:56An anonymous official confirmed that the attacker is still alive.
06:01The attack comes with the French capital already on high security alert just days before the
06:06July 26 opening of the Summer Olympics.
06:14Yemen's Houthis have claimed responsibility for launching a deadly drone attack on an
06:19apartment complex in Israel.
06:21A Houthi armed forces spokesperson said on social media that the group was behind the
06:26strike launched in support of Hamas.
06:29One person died and a dozen were injured, according to Tel Aviv police.
06:47It was not immediately clear how the strike evaded Israel's strong air defenses.
06:53For the past nine months, Houthi fighters have fired dozens of drones and missiles towards
06:58Israel.
06:59And until recently, all were intercepted.
07:02A Houthi military spokesperson said this new type of drone was built to fly undetected
07:08through the Iron Dome.
07:14UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced €99m in funding to tackle illegal migration.
07:24Starmer said, to stop illegal migration, we must also tackle it at source.
07:30The money will fund projects across Africa and the Middle East and includes humanitarian
07:34and health support and access to education.
07:38Starmer was speaking to the leaders of 45 countries at the European Political Community
07:43Summit in Oxfordshire.
07:50Officers and businesses in Dakar have been closed as student protests against how government
07:55jobs are allocated continue.
08:00Students have been demonstrating for weeks against the quota system, which sees a third
08:04of civil service jobs earmarked for the descendants of veterans of the War for Independence.
08:11Students say it's unfair and want it replaced with a merit-based system.
08:16Protests have often been violent, with six people killed on Tuesday.
08:24Southern Europe is experiencing extreme heat as a wave of hot air from Africa sweeps across
08:30the region.
08:33In Rome, temperatures have soared to above 40 degrees Celsius, causing the Italian health
08:39ministry to place it under the most severe heat warning, along with 13 other Italian
08:44cities.
08:45Four people have already died from heat in the capital.
08:54Madrid has seen temperatures rise to the high 30s and the government has introduced a heat
09:00risk awareness campaign which could result in the banning of work outdoors.
09:07Six other Spanish regions are also under alerts for high temperatures.
09:13In Greece, outdoor work such as manual labour, deliveries and construction has already been
09:18banned during the hottest time of the day.
09:22Nighttime temperatures in parts of Athens have remained above 30 degrees for the past
09:2710 days.
09:30In Portugal, around 14 municipalities are reported to be at risk of rural fires due
09:36to the hot weather.
09:38Temperatures also remain high in Lisbon, where people have headed to the beach to cope with
09:43the warmth.
09:45The heat wave is expected to last until Sunday.
09:53The Refugee Olympic team, including athletes, coaches and staff, have all arrived in France
09:59to take part in a pre-games welcome camp.
10:03The event is an opportunity for the athletes to meet for the first time and create a sense
10:08of unity amongst the team.
10:10The Refugee Olympic team is made up of 37 athletes from several countries and competing
10:16in 12 different sports.
10:18Appearing for the third consecutive Olympic Games, this year's Refugee team is the largest
10:24yet, reflective of the growing number of refugees globally.
10:29I have a mission. I want to represent the Olympics, not just only for one Refugee Intake
10:34Fund. I want to be in the Olympics as 100 million people. They are displaced. They are
10:39in a really, really difficult situation.
10:48We want to draw people's attention to the fact that we are not just 37 athletes, but
10:55hundreds of millions of refugees and homeless people who have no hope. Hopefully, we can
11:00change something.
11:03With its rich history, strong understanding of the impact of war and affinity with the
11:08plight of refugees, Bayeux was considered a perfect host to bring the team together.
11:14What is incredible for us, in welcoming the delegation of the Olympic Refugees, is all
11:18the diversity that this delegation can bring us. The sports associations of Bayeux are
11:24fully associated. The inhabitants will be able to meet the athletes and that, for us, is
11:29an additional value.
11:31The opening ceremony for the Paris Olympics takes place on July 26th and the Games run
11:36until August 11th.