Latest news bulletin | September 17th – Morning - video Dailymotion

euronews (in English)

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Transcript

00:00 Italy grapples with the influx of migrants on Lampedusa, while officials confirm European

00:05 Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will visit the island on Sunday.

00:10 Aid groups urge authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in mass graves in a

00:15 bid to stave off disease in the devastated city of Derna.

00:20 The EU wants to reform the bloc's fiscal rules and is set to strike an agreement, balancing

00:25 debt cuts against investment over the coming months.

00:30 In memory of Masha Amini, hundreds of demonstrators gather in the EU's capitals to commemorate

00:35 the 22-year-old who died in police custody in Iran last year.

00:41 The Italian island of Lampedusa still overwhelmed by an influx of migrants.

00:46 Authorities say some 2,500 migrants are still staying at its overcrowded immigration centre.

00:51 It can house a maximum of 400 people.

00:55 Earlier this week, 8,500 people landed on the Mediterranean Isle in the space of three

00:59 days.

01:00 EU officials have confirmed Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will travel to Lampedusa

01:05 on Sunday after Italian Premier Giorgia Maloney requested she visit.

01:10 Maloney says the country is under "unsustainable pressure" after Italy's Interior Ministry

01:14 announced migrant arrivals by sea this year have almost doubled compared to 2022's figures.

01:21 French President Emmanuel Macron has since pledged to support for Italy while the Interior

01:25 Ministers of France, Germany and Italy joined EU representatives for a virtual meeting on

01:30 Saturday to discuss the crisis.

01:32 Back on the ground, the Red Cross is continuing to provide essential supplies to the new arrivals.

01:41 In the devastated Libyan city of Derna, thousands of corpses continue to wash up or decay under

01:47 the rubble following a flood that caused two dams to collapse and swept people to sea.

01:54 The World Health Organisation has urged authorities in Libya to stop burying flood victims in

01:59 mass graves, highlighting the potential health risks if located near water.

02:05 More than 11,200 are confirmed dead and around 10,000 remain missing.

02:12 A team of Italian firefighters have been working along the Wadi Derna river valley.

02:19 They were among multiple rescue teams still searching for bodies in Libya's eastern city

02:23 on Saturday.

02:29 Authorities have launched a probe into the collapse of the two dams and several reports

02:33 now suggest the structures had cracks as early as 1998 which were never repaired.

02:45 A roadmap for reforming the European Stability Pact.

02:48 At an informal Ecofin Council in northwest Spain on Saturday, EU ministers sat down to

02:53 discuss a compromise on fiscal rules.

02:56 The goal, to strike a balance between the need to contain public debt and ensure further

03:00 investment to fuel economic recovery, all before October.

03:04 Volodymyr Dombrovsky, the executive vice president of the European Commission, says the plan

03:09 is an ambitious one.

03:11 This has led to reassessment on how to maintain EU's traditional openness while shoring up

03:18 our economic resilience, how to maintain our standing in a world marketplace and stay competitive.

03:26 If an agreement is reached by October, EU member states are expected to come to a technical

03:31 understanding in November and conclude the process by the end of the year.

03:35 Spain's economy minister Nadia Colvino says representatives have already agreed to 70

03:40 per cent of the new regulations.

03:46 Remembering Masha Amini, the Kurdish-Iranian woman who died in police custody in Tehran

03:51 last year after she was arrested for allegedly wearing the hijab incorrectly.

03:56 Hundreds gathered in central London on Saturday to commemorate the 22-year-old.

04:00 In the French capital, demonstrators came together in support of the Iranian people.

04:04 Mayor Anne Hidalgo announced that Amini will be declared as a posthumous honorary citizen

04:09 to honour her memory and all women fighting for their freedom in Iran and elsewhere.

04:14 Moving south to Rome, hundreds of people gathered in front of the Iranian embassy, with banners

04:18 quoting the slogan "Women, Life, Freedom".

04:21 Crowds demonstrated outside the Iranian embassy in Vienna too. Armed with Iranian flags, protesters

04:27 chanted Masha Amini's name.

04:32 Meanwhile human rights groups say Iranian authorities prevented Masha's family from

04:36 holding a ceremony to mark the first anniversary of her death and briefly detained her father

04:41 in his home.

04:41 (whooshing)

Latest news bulletin | September 17th – Morning

Category

Transcript

Recommended