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00:00The Israeli Prime Minister said those who harm Israel will pay a heavy price,
00:04describing how the nation was already in a multi-front war with Iran and its proxies.
00:10UK Prime Minister Kirstjian Sturmer says the government will develop a standing
00:15army to tackle the growing far-right riots.
00:21Croatia has celebrated 29 years since its decisive Bosnian war storm offensive.
00:30Israel is already in a multi-front war with Iran and its proxies, according to
00:39Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He made the comments as the United States
00:44and allies prepared to defend Israel from an expected counter-strike,
00:48following the assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.
01:00As fears of an all-out regional war mount, the French government urged its nationals
01:29to leave Lebanon as soon as possible. They could be seen arriving back in
01:33Paris airport as the situation becomes more tense.
01:59UK Prime Minister Kirstjian Sturmer said a standing army comprising specialist officers
02:10would be developed to manage far-right riots gripping the country. The justice system would
02:16also be quote, ramped up to name roughly 400 offenders arrested as part of the violence, he
02:22said. Sturmer held an urgent meeting with cabinet members and intelligence officials at Number 10
02:42Downing Street to tackle far-right protests spreading throughout Britain. The lawlessness
02:48started after three girls were stabbed to death in a dance class in the English town of Southport.
02:55Misinformation on social media about the identity of the alleged perpetrator pitted rioters against
03:02immigrants and the Muslim community, leading to attacks on asylum seeker centres and hospitalised
03:08police officers.
03:15Seventy-three migrants were rescued at sea by non-profit organisation Doctors Without Borders.
03:21The NGO performed two rescue operations off the Libyan coast.
03:25On Friday night, the organisation helped 47 people after their boat got into trouble.
03:30And on Saturday morning, another 26 people were rescued from another boat.
03:35All safely boarded onto a rescue ship that is now heading to its assigned port of Ravenna in
03:40Italy. The NGO says that two people refused help on Friday but were assisted later by two
03:46unmarked boats that identified themselves as the Libyan Coast Guard. And also on Saturday,
03:51the Libyan Coast Guard was spotted taking 80 migrants from an overcrowded dinghy.
03:58Bulgaria will hold its seventh parliamentary elections in just over three years after the
04:04main parties failed to form a government. The Researcher People ITN party returned the
04:10third government forming mandates to President Rumen Radev unfulfilled on Monday. Chair of the
04:15ITN parliamentary group said the parties had been unable to find common ground.
04:35President Radev is expected to appoint a caretaker prime minister
04:39and schedule new elections within two months.
05:04Political stalemate in Bulgaria has hampered its efforts to participate in Europe's Schengen area.
05:11Wildfires are scorching Albania and Croatia as blistering heat grips the continent.
05:18Albanian firefighters could be seen battling flames in villages near the capital city of Tirana.
05:24Over 300 firefighters and military personnel were supported by a helicopter
05:30to control fires in the country's central-eastern region.
05:33Hundreds of hectares of forests have already gone up in flames.
05:38Police have arrested at least five people for setting fires
05:41and called on hunters to be careful as the country battles a heat wave.
05:46High temperatures, winds and weeks of drought have accelerated the spread of wildfires in
05:51Albania and other Balkan countries like Croatia, forcing local residents to evacuate.
05:56Firefighters have been battling massive blazes in Croatia,
05:59which have already consumed hundreds of hectares of pine forest and vegetation.
06:03More than 1,200 hectares have already gone up in flames as fire sites ignite across the country.
06:12French authorities are using discretionary powers under an anti-terror law to keep those
06:18they deem to be potential security threats away from the Olympics.
06:22Those subject to the measures are largely from minority backgrounds,
06:26particularly from former French colonies.
06:30Many have been forbidden from leaving their neighbourhoods
06:32and ordered to report to police on a daily basis.
06:3621-year-old bank apprentice Amine, who was born in France, is among those affected.
06:42He is not allowed to leave his South Paris suburb despite having no criminal record.
06:51Amine was flagged to police after posting a TikTok video in October of him wearing a
07:13Deportivo Palestino T-shirt and making obscene gestures towards the Eiffel Tower,
07:19which was lit in Israeli colours following the October 7th attacks.
07:23However, he was also falsely linked with an account on the video-sharing app Rave,
07:28which posted decapitation images and comments
07:31expressing a desire to join a terror group and kill LGBTQ plus people.
07:37French Interior Minister GΓ©rald Darmanin says the restrictions are
07:41in place to prevent very dangerous people from attacking the Games.
07:46He claims minorities aren't being singled out and that people suspected
07:50of left or right wing extremism are under surveillance too.
07:57From the hot landscapes of North Africa to the cooler climates of Northern Europe,
08:01migratory birds rely on ancient heathlands like these for crucial rest and resources
08:07during their journey to breeding grounds.
08:11But rising temperatures are challenging these delicate ecosystems.
08:16As one vital link in this chain weakens, the next becomes increasingly crucial.
08:22When you've got migratory species, birds in particular, they are travelling huge distances.
08:29When you overlay climate to that, at what point do those habitats actually become
08:34too hot for both the migratory and the resident species?
08:37Recent data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service has recorded even higher
08:42surface temperatures this year compared to last,
08:45accompanied by a significant surge in ozone levels this week.
08:50With heatwaves currently sweeping across Europe, heathlands in Denmark,
08:54the Netherlands, Germany and Britain serve as essential pit stops for these birds.
09:00This year's heatwave has led to a concerning 15% decline in some bird populations.
09:07Tree pipette is just about hanging on. If that bird, you know, having made the journey
09:13from sub-Saharan Africa, encounters conditions that are not optimal when it arrives,
09:20you know, will we see those again? So I think absolute key is for people to work together.
09:27The exchange of knowledge as well, but...
09:29Before Brexit, Neil Lister co-led a European partnership funded by the EU,
09:35focusing on cross-border conservation. He's found that maintaining these channels of
09:40communication is essential, even in the face of a changing political landscape.
09:46It's always nice to know that that contact is there, the channels of communication are there,
09:53and that just that way of working is not completely lost.
09:59As climate change continues to impact these regions,
10:02preserving these critical resting areas and the biodiversity they support
10:07remains a key focus for conservationists across Europe.
10:12Luke Hanrahan, Euronews, Suffolk.
10:18Military parades have taken place in Croatia to mark the 29th anniversary
10:23of the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence.
10:29The 1995 Operation Storm offensive was a decisive moment in Croatia's war with Bosnia
10:36and resulted in the recovery of territory from rebel Serb forces.
10:42The event is commemorated annually and this year saw speeches from Croatia's leaders,
10:47military displays and a flyover of fighter jets recently acquired from France.
10:53Croatian Prime Minister Andrej PlenkoviΔ hailed the anniversary as a celebration of freedom.
11:23But for Serbia, the anniversary is a sombre reminder of what it considers
11:31a war crime that led to the mass exodus of most Serbs from Croatia.
11:37Each year, thousands of Serbs, including families of victims,
11:41gather to mark the anniversary with a remembrance ceremony.