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00:00Iran has vowed to respond with power and decisiveness to the assassination of top Hamas leader Ismail
00:08Hania.
00:09A U.S. judge ruled that Google's search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance
00:15to squash competition and stifle innovation.
00:20Poland signed two deals with Boeing and General Electric for the purchase of Apache aircrafts
00:26to boost national security.
00:34Iran has vowed to respond with power and decisiveness to the assassination of top Hamas leader Ismail
00:42Hania in Tehran last week.
00:46Iran has blamed Hania's death on Israel, raising fears of a retaliatory attack which could
00:52trigger the outbreak of a wider war in the region.
01:23Meanwhile, a Hamas representative in Iran has provided more information about the death
01:30of Hania, claiming he was killed when the building in which he was staying was hit by
01:35a rocket or missile.
01:38Iran's Revolutionary Guard has accused the United States of carrying out the attack with
01:43Israel.
01:44It comes as Lebanese militant group Hezbollah says it launched a drone attack on northern
01:49Israel that the Israeli military said wounded two troops.
01:54The attack did not, however, appear to be part of the larger retaliation expected from
01:59Iran.
02:01Concerns have also been raised in Greece, where intelligence services have been warned
02:06that Iranian-backed terrorists may attempt to target Israeli interests there.
02:14Poland's defense ministry signed two key offset deals with Boeing and General Electric for
02:21the purchase of Apache aircrafts.
02:24In total, the agreements are worth about 230 million euros.
02:30The deals were signed by Polish deputy defense minister, who says it will significantly enhance
02:35Poland's national security.
02:38The Polish army is about to acquire these aircrafts, which will significantly enhance
02:47our readiness, our security against what is happening outside the borders of the Republic
02:54of Poland.
02:55I mean the war in Ukraine.
02:59The contract with Boeing is valued at roughly 93 million euros.
03:04The agreement with General Electric is worth about 123 million euros.
03:09The purchase of Apache attack helicopters was announced by the previous Polish government
03:14in 2022.
03:21More than two and a half hundred civilians have completed primary military training at
03:26the Kharkiv Regional Institution of National Resistance.
03:30Almost 400 people are currently doing the course in this institution this year.
03:49The head of the institution, Alexander Salovan, says that in four months, more than two and
03:54a half hundred civilians completed primary training at the Institution for National Resistance.
04:01All this is necessary, first of all, because sudden attacks are taking place on our infrastructure
04:07environment, on settlements.
04:10And every person can be in a situation at any moment when it is necessary to give help
04:16to a person who is nearby.
04:21Adult men and women under the age of 60, regardless of profession, can sign up for classes.
04:31A few weeks before the state elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the grannies against
04:36the right are mobilizing again in Germany.
04:40The movement is calling on people to demonstrate for the protection of democracy.
04:44Most recently, several hundred demonstrators marched through the state capital of Thuringia.
04:51The far-right Alternative for Germany party has been in the state parliament for 10 years.
04:56It could become the strongest party on September 1st.
05:00The first groups of grannies against the right were founded in Germany in 2018.
05:06Since then, the movement has grown and aims to show that right-wing ideas are not an alternative,
05:12even for the older generation.
05:15According to the organizers, the movement now has around 30,000 active members.
05:27A judge on Monday ruled that Google's search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance
05:37to squash competition and stifle innovation.
05:41The decision could shake up the Internet and Hubble, one of the world's best-known companies.
05:50The highly anticipated decision, issued by a U.S. district judge,
05:55comes nearly a year after the start of a trial putting the U.S. Justice Department against Google.
06:04The decision was made three months after the two sides presented their closing arguments in early May.
06:12These included testimonies from top executives at Google, Microsoft and Apple.
06:19French authorities are using discretionary powers under an anti-terror law
06:29to keep those they deem to be potential security threats away from the Olympics.
06:34Those subject to the measures are largely from minority backgrounds,
06:39particularly from former French colonies.
06:43Many have been forbidden from leaving their neighborhoods and ordered to report to police on a daily basis.
06:4921-year-old bank apprentice Amine, who was born in France, is among those affected.
06:55He is not allowed to leave his South Paris suburb despite having no criminal record.
07:13Amine was flagged to police after posting a TikTok video in October
07:18of him wearing a Deportivo Palestino t-shirt and making obscene gestures towards the Eiffel Tower,
07:25which was lit in Israeli colors following the October 7 attacks.
07:30However, he was also falsely linked with an account on the video sharing app Brave,
07:36which posted decapitation images and comments expressing a desire to join a terror group and kill LGBTQ plus people.
07:43French Interior Minister GΓ©rald Darmanin says the restrictions are in place
07:51to prevent very dangerous people from attacking the Games.
07:57He claims minorities aren't being singled out and that people suspected of left- or right-wing extremism
08:05are under surveillance too.
08:13Could the European Union form their own Olympic team?
08:21The question has resurfaced regularly but according to the rules of the International Olympic Committee,
08:26which only allow flags from nation-states, it is unlikely.
08:32It was the case in Tokyo in 2021, where the Slovenian representative
08:39asked to parade the Slovenian delegation with a European flag
08:45because they were at the head of the Presidency of the European Union at the time.
08:51It was rejected by the CIO.
08:54The European Union has always had a place for sports diplomacy,
09:00encouraging initiatives such as the joint organisation of competitions
09:04and the development of sports within the framework of Erasmus.
09:11However, founding a joint team is not in the best interests of the 27 nation-states, according to experts.
09:23On paper, it would be very beautiful, from a symbolic point of view, it would be extremely interesting,
09:29but it has a limit in the sense that having a European team
09:39would force selection and disqualification within all high-level European athletes.
09:50For example, instead of having a podium with a Greek, a Spanish and a Slovenian,
09:56we would actually have only one representative of the European Union.
10:02The 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be hosted in Paris and will run until August 11th.
10:09Military parades have taken place in Croatia to mark the 29th anniversary
10:22of the last major battle of the Croatian War of Independence.
10:26The 1995 Operation Storm offensive was a decisive moment for Croatia
10:33and resulted in the recovery of territory from rebel Serb forces.
10:38The event is commemorated annually and this year saw speeches from Croatia's leaders,
10:46military displays and a flyover of fighter jets recently acquired from France.
10:52Croatian Prime Minister Andrej PlenkoviΔ hailed the anniversary as a celebration of freedom.
11:01We have gathered today to once again celebrate freedom,
11:06to remember the greatness of Neoluja, the fearlessness of Croatian defenders
11:12and all those who have enabled us to live in an independent and democratic Croatia.
11:17This is what the generations of Croats have dreamed of, and today it is our reality and responsibility.
11:30The war crime that led to the mass exodus of most Serbs from Croatia.
11:36Each year thousands of Serbs, including families of victims,
11:40gather to mark the anniversary with a remembrance ceremony.