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00:00Joe Biden dismisses a threat from Vladimir Putin about a war with the West if Ukraine
00:06is allowed to strike targets inside Russia.
00:12At least one person is killed in Russian shelling on an apartment building in Ukraine's eastern
00:16Donetsk region.
00:21Firefighters in Prague erect anti-flood barriers as a belt of Central Europe braces for severe
00:27flooding this weekend.
00:32Two men are charged with burglary over the theft of a Banksy artwork in a smash-and-grab
00:36raid on a London gallery.
00:42US President Joe Biden has brushed off a threat from Russia's leader Vladimir Putin about
00:47a war with the West if Ukraine's allies allow it to use weapons to strike targets deeper
00:52inside Russia.
00:53Asked what he thought about Putin's comments and talks with UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer,
00:58Biden said, I don't think much about Vladimir Putin.
01:02Starmer also made no mention of granting Ukraine permission to use Western-donated long-range
01:07missiles to hit Russian military targets.
01:11Meanwhile at the United Nations, Moscow's ambassador told the Security Council that
01:16NATO would be conducting direct war with Russia if approval were given to use Western-donated
01:21weapons to strike Russia.
01:23We're not talking about a game here," Vasily Nebensia said.
01:29But despite warnings of a severe escalation from the Kremlin, Ukraine's President Volodymyr
01:33Zelensky remained resolute that that permission was crucial to turning the tables in the war.
01:44At least one person has been killed in Russian shelling on an apartment building in the eastern
01:48city of Kostiantynivka.
01:51Local authorities say the city came under fire from cannon artillery and a 43-year-old
01:55woman was killed.
01:57Hundreds of residents have fled the eastern Donetsk region via evacuation trains amid
02:01the escalating conflict as Russian forces advance in the area.
02:06The majority of the evacuees are from the Pokrovsk region where fighting has intensified.
02:11Local authorities have issued mandatory evacuation orders, particularly urging families with
02:16children to leave.
02:18Meanwhile, the southern region of Odessa was subject to overnight strikes by Russian forces
02:23reportedly using Shahed-type attack drones.
02:27At least 20 houses and several cars were damaged by falling debris.
02:32A 74-year-old man was lightly injured but there were no reports of any fatalities.
02:44Authorities in the Czech Republic have begun erecting metal barriers and sandbag walls
02:49as a belt of Central Europe braces for severe flooding this weekend.
02:54Residents in Prague have been warned to get ready for possible evacuations.
02:58Meteorologists say a low pressure system from northern Italy is predicted to dump heavy
03:03rain in most parts of the country.
03:06That includes the border regions with Austria and Germany in the south and Poland in the
03:10north.
03:11Heavy rain and the risk of flooding have also been forecast in Slovakia and Hungary.
03:17The military in Poland has been mobilized and authorities have appealed to residents
03:22to stock up on food and to prepare for power outages by charging power banks.
03:28Prime Minister Donald Tusk said there was no reason to panic but there is a reason to
03:32be fully mobilized.
03:37And severe weather warnings are in place in Lower Austria which has seen almost continuous
03:41rain for days.
03:49Two men have been charged with burglary over the theft of an artwork by street artist Banksy
03:54that was taken in a smash and grab raid on a London gallery.
03:59The Metropolitan Police said Larry Fraser and James Love are alleged to have taken Girl
04:03with Balloon from the Grove gallery on Sunday night.
04:08The suspects appeared at Wimbledon Magistrates Court on Thursday and were ordered detained
04:12until their next hearing on 9 October.
04:16Surveillance camera footage showed a masked man smashing a glass door before dashing in
04:21and taking the picture from the wall.
04:24Police said they have recovered the work which is valued in court documents at 319,000 euros.
04:30Originally stenciled on a wall in East London, Girl with Balloon has been endlessly reproduced
04:36becoming one of Banksy's best known images.
04:39Banksy, who has never confirmed his full identity, began his career spray painting buildings
04:44in Bristol and has become one of the world's best known artists.