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00:00Madrid hosted leaders from the Middle East and Europe for high-level talks targeted to
00:06ending the 11-month Israel-Hamas war.
00:13Ukraine launched new surprise attacks into Russia's Kursk region.
00:21EU finance ministers met in Budapest to discuss climate policy, the aging population and the
00:26green transition.
00:30Spain's support for Palestinian sovereignty was full-throated on Friday, with senior officials
00:37reiterating the country's insistence on Palestinian statehood and a two-state solution.
00:42Madrid hosted leaders from the Middle East and Europe for high-level talks aimed to ending
00:47the 11-month Israel-Hamas war.
00:50The way is clear.
00:51The application of the two-state solution is the only way to guarantee a just and lasting
00:58peace in the region through the coexistence in peace and security of the State of Palestine
01:05and the State of Israel.
01:08Firm action and timeline is needed to secure the two-state solution, Al-Barez said on behalf
01:14of the Arab Islamic Contact Group for Gaza.
01:19Spain as well as Norway and Ireland formally recognised Palestinian statehood on the 28th of May.
01:33Ukrainian forces launched additional surprise attacks into Russia's Kursk region, tens of
01:38kilometres away from its salient and from Russia's counter-offensive.
01:41Let's unpack this.
01:43Russian forces continue their counter-attack throughout Ukrainian salient.
01:47Moscow says they have recaptured 10 settlements, although there is no visual confirmation of
01:51it at this stage.
01:53And while Ukrainian forces are trying to defend their gains there, they have also launched
01:57additional attacks outside of the salient, making gains in Luzhkovsky district here.
02:02Geolocated footage indicates that Ukrainian infantry have advanced across the border and
02:07into southwestern Tatkino, about 40 kilometres southwest of the current Ukrainian salient
02:12into Kursk region.
02:13Ukrainian armoured vehicles and infantry bypassed Russian's Dragon Teeth anti-tank obstacles
02:18on the border southwest of Novyi Put indicating that Russian forces were not prepared to leverage
02:24the obstacles to repel cross-border Ukrainian assaults.
02:27Earlier on Thursday, Volodymyr Zelensky announced that Russian counter-attack in Kursk was anticipated
02:32by Kyiv and moreover is going according to the Ukrainian plan.
02:38Climate policy, the ageing population and the green transition.
02:43These were the main topics of the informal meeting of EU finance ministers in Budapest.
02:48At the meeting it was said that Hungary needs to make its climate policy more coherent and
02:53transparent.
02:54The Hungarian finance minister stressed that the country wants to do this in a way that
02:58also contributes to competitiveness.
03:01I think that was the new element in today's conversation, that we could talk about how
03:07we can mobilise the existing revenues and how we can increase not only the green, but
03:14also other types of investments, because Europe also needs this in the interest of economic
03:20growth.
03:21The current meeting was an informal meeting, so decisions were not made here, but the
03:26Hungarian finance minister did a great job.
03:35Konya Rita, Euronews, Budapest.
03:39Authorities in Bulgaria say they have seized a record 125 kilograms of gold at a checkpoint
03:46on the border with Turkey.
03:48The seizure is worth a total value of 5 million euros.
03:54According to Bulgaria's customs agency, the smuggled gold was hidden in a car leaving
03:59Bulgaria on its way to Turkey.
04:02The driver, a Bulgarian national, was arrested and charged.
04:07This is the largest amount of smuggled gold seized on the Bulgarian border.
04:16UN humanitarians are rushing to assist newly displaced people in northeast Nigeria after
04:22torrential rains caused a dam to collapse and flood the area.
04:26The World Food Programme's office in Maiduguri said over 200,000 people have been displaced.
04:32The WFP has opened soup kitchens to provide hot meals, but says more assistance is needed.
04:38The UN's food agency says that it needs $147.9 million to support food insecure people over
04:45the coming six months.