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00:00Israel claims to have killed a top Hezbollah military official during its strike on Beirut.
00:07A big step forward, says von der Leyen. EU to loan Ukraine 35 billion euros.
00:19Israel says a top Hezbollah military official was killed in its strike on southern Beirut,
00:25along with 10 other Hezbollah commanders.
00:27The militant group hasn't confirmed the death of Ibrahim Aqil, but says he was supposed to be in the building that was hit.
00:34Aqil has served on Hezbollah's highest military body,
00:38and he's been sanctioned by the United States for being involved in two attacks in 1983.
00:43They killed more than 300 people at the U.S. Embassy in Beirut and the U.S. Marine Corps barracks.
00:50The strike was a rare one and has pushed Israel and Lebanon closer to war than ever.
00:55The health authorities reported at least 14 people died in the attack, whilst dozens more were injured.
01:01Shortly afterwards, Israel's military was seen intercepting rockets in the skies above northern Israel.
01:10The European Union will raise a 35 billion euro loan to support Ukraine.
01:16President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen confirmed the amount during her visit to Kiev on Friday,
01:22along with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
01:25The loan is part of an agreement by G7 countries to raise 50 billion dollars in total for Ukraine
01:31from the proceeds of frozen Russian assets mainly held in Europe.
01:36This is a huge step forward.
01:39We are now confident that we can deliver this loan to Ukraine very quickly.
01:46A loan that is backed by the windfall profits from immobilized Russian assets.
01:53So crucially this loan will flow straight into your national budget.
01:59This will improve Ukraine's macro financial stability
02:04and it will provide you with significant and much needed fiscal space.
02:10The EU budget will be used as a financial guarantee
02:13and the money paid back by Ukraine through the profits from the Russian assets.
02:17But it will have to be approved by the European Parliament and by EU member states.
02:21But crucially it doesn't require unanimous approval amongst all EU countries.
02:26Von der Leyen said it's up to Ukraine how to spend this money.
02:30President Zelensky said the money would be spent on kindergartens, on bomb shelters,
02:33on reconstructing the energy sector and on Ukrainian made missiles.
02:37He called for all of the money pledged to Ukraine to be released immediately.
02:41Both he and Ursula von der Leyen stressed the urgency of the situation
02:44given that the Ukrainian energy sector is near breaking point.
02:48Seana Murray, Euronews, Kyiv.
02:55The EU pledged 10 billion euros for flood recovery for Central European countries
03:01as extreme weather grips the region.
03:04The announcement was made by President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen
03:09while she was visiting a flood damaged region in southeastern Poland.
03:14While there she met with the government heads of affected countries
03:18like Poland, Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
03:24Here we say it's 100% European money, no co-financing.
03:30These are extraordinary times and extraordinary times need extraordinary measures.
03:36At first sight, 10 billion euros are possible to mobilize from the cohesion funds
03:43for the countries that are affected.
03:46This is an emergency reaction now.
03:50EU countries usually are required to co-finance projects to access cohesion funding,
03:56meaning the decision for the EU to finance 100% is an extraordinary measure.
04:03Across Europe, homes have been destroyed, hundreds evacuated and lives lost
04:08as several countries were affected by flooding and extreme weather.
04:16Venezuela's government rejected a non-binding resolution approved by the European Parliament
04:22to recognize opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as President of Venezuela.
04:27MEPs had recognized Gonzalez as, in their words,
04:31the legitimate and democratically elected President of Venezuela.
04:35Their decision follows disputed presidential elections within Venezuela in July,
04:40which opposition claims to have won.
04:42However, the country's electoral council proclaimed Nicolas Maduro the winner.