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00:00 Germany`s announced a new 400 million euro military aid package for Kiev. The news coincides

00:06 with Russian drone strikes on Lviv in Western Ukraine.

00:11 World leaders are gathering for the United Nations General Assembly in New York, with

00:15 Russia`s war in Ukraine top of the agenda at a week of talks.

00:20 Amsterdam looks to address a shortage of space in the city, closing major traffic arteries

00:25 to cars and building underground parking for bicycles.

00:32 Germany`s announced a new 400 million euro military aid package to Ukraine. But there`s

00:37 no news on Kiev`s request for long-range tourist missile systems. Even as Russia brings terror

00:42 across the whole of Ukraine. This morning, at least one person was injured in drone attacks

00:47 on Lviv in Ukraine`s west.

00:50 Americans hoping for more aid and strong signals from the U.S. this week, EU ministers are

00:55 also gathering in New York with Kiev`s needs top of the agenda.

01:01 We will talk about our future security commitments to Ukraine. In Toledo, we already discussed

01:09 it. They put on the table several proposals. The ministers will continue discussing. And

01:14 in preparation of the meeting that we will have in Kiev on the weeks to come.

01:21 Ukraine`s being cautiously upbeat about its military advances in the east, taking what`s

01:26 left of two villages and several square kilometers around Bakhmut. And in the process, it says,

01:32 inflicting heavy casualties on the Russian units pinned down in the area.

01:37 It`s a war of attrition, with Ukraine`s aim to stretch Russia`s defensive lines to breaking

01:43 point.

01:50 Ukraine is suing three EU member states at the World Trade Organization.

01:57 It comes on Monday after Poland, Hungary and Slovakia all refused to end the temporary

02:01 ban on grain products from the war-torn country.

02:05 At the same time, EU agriculture ministers were in Brussels Monday, where the issue was

02:10 at the heart of the meeting.

02:13 For France`s minister, the three capitals` refusal to end the ban threatened in some

02:18 ways the foundations of the European project.

02:21 We regret the unilateral measures taken by the countries on the front. It`s not the first

02:29 time. It`s a serious issue for the single market and the common market. It`s a serious

02:34 issue. We cannot have solidarity without unity. And to have unity, we have to express solidarity.

02:44 To support the Ukrainian war effort, the European Commission decided in 2022 to lift custom

02:49 duties on the country`s grain imports, helping facilitate exports to Africa and the Middle

02:55 East.

02:58 The stocks have built up in neighboring member states. So much so, the prices on local markets

03:03 have fallen.

03:07 Last spring, five member states decided to unilaterally suspend this EU measure.

03:14 The commission eventually reached a compromise with the five rebel countries, though, but

03:17 this ended on Friday. It didn`t ease the political difficulties.

03:25 Germany says it`s struggling to understand their position.

03:28 The position of the commission is very clear. These customs duties cannot be extended.

03:35 And the necessity for this is not there. According to our information, the Ukrainian grain imports

03:41 are being absorbed by the market. And I want to say, the countries that are in dire need

03:48 are the target destination. The commission can do more by prioritizing the solidarity

03:52 lanes. So, I don`t see a reason for unilateral measures.

03:57 To calm tempers, Brussels is asking Kiev to control its exports so as not to destabilize

04:03 its European neighbors.

04:06 Bulgarian farmers demonstrated on Monday and Hungarian producers on Sunday to maintain

04:11 restrictions on products from Ukraine.

04:21 New York City will be a hive of diplomatic activity this week as it hosts dozens of world

04:26 leaders at the United Nations General Assembly.

04:29 The war in Ukraine and challenges facing the global south are on the agenda at an assembly

04:34 notable too by those who aren`t there, with the leaders of China, France, Russia and the

04:39 U.K. absent.

04:41 A ferry ride away on Staten Island and an example of international cooperation.

04:46 With Volodymyr Zelensky seeing an American hospital treating injured Ukrainian soldiers.

04:53 It`s a vital high-profile week for the Ukrainian president as he seeks to bolster military

04:59 aid commitments in New York and Washington.

05:04 Diplomacy and negotiation skills also showed results in Qatar, where in a broken deal,

05:09 five prisoners from each side were exchanged by the USA and Iran.

05:19 French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin arrived in Rome on Monday to discuss the latest

05:24 migration crisis with his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantadosi.

05:29 A few days ago, both ministers expressed a common will to tighten EU border security,

05:36 step up the fight against human traffickers and to send a joint address to the EU leadership

05:41 on the matter.

05:42 There`s been so much politicization of this, that politicians need short fixes, they need

05:48 slogans back to say we are on top of it.

05:52 It doesn`t work like that.

05:53 We have to explain to public opinion that these are complex issues that require time,

05:58 resources and different solutions.

06:00 But that`s the only way.

06:02 By the way, it is possible.

06:04 There is no invasion.

06:05 There is no catastrophe.

06:06 It is possible to do it, but countries have to work together.

06:11 Italy in particular has tightened measures, including increasing the time for which suspects

06:16 involved in human trafficking can be detained and investigated, as well as more opportunities

06:21 to repatriate those who have no legal right to stay in the country.

06:29 The land of fires.

06:31 Once one of Europe`s largest illegal dumps just 36 kilometers north of the Italian city

06:36 of Naples.

06:38 Otherwise known as the triangle of death, this region is infamous for its high cancer

06:42 related mortality rate.

06:45 The Camorra criminal organization used to dispose and burn waste here after the regional

06:50 dumps in the area reached capacity.

06:52 Once an unsupportive wasteland, these fields now breathe new life.

06:56 And it`s all thanks to the Terra Felix initiative and the cultivation of the cardoon thistle,

07:01 which boosts soil fertility and the growth of mushrooms.

07:05 Terra Felix is now on a mission to restore 12 hectares of land.

07:29 But the work doesn`t come without its challenges.

07:31 A few weeks ago, some of the land was set alight.

07:34 And that`s where these state of the art or 4.0 greenhouses come in.

07:55 Humidity and temperature detectors calculate how much water these plants need.

08:00 The aim is to produce one ton of mushrooms here every month.

08:04 From replanting the fields to automated greenhouses, the cooperative has grown from strength to

08:08 strength.

08:09 But it still has a long way to go.

08:28 These scorched fields might serve as a setback, but the collective says it is determined to

08:32 see its work through to the end.

08:39 Two French supermarket chains have declared size matters, using special labels to draw

08:44 their shoppers` attention to the perils of shrinkflation.

08:48 That`s when big brands charge the same price for a product that may have shrunk in length

08:53 or weight.

08:54 Carrefour and Antimarche say the practice disguises indirect price rises.

08:59 But some of the brands have hit back, saying the chains themselves use similar methods

09:03 for their own name brands.

09:05 They say shrinkflation labels are a sign of hypocritical self-promotion.

09:14 An escalating row between Canada and India has seen diplomats from both countries expelled.

09:20 It follows claims by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that there was credible evidence

09:25 India was behind the assassination of Sikh leader, Hardeep Singh Nijjar, who was gunned

09:30 down in Surrey, British Columbia in June.

09:33 India has dismissed the allegations as absurd.

09:36 More than three quarters of a million Sikhs live in Canada.

09:40 Nijjar was campaigning for an independent Sikh homeland.

09:48 "I found the experiment very positive.

10:09 I think the cyclists have a priority in Amsterdam, actually.

10:25 So I think it's hard.

10:26 We also have a car and when we need to use a car, it's difficult."

10:27 "We're struggling with the space in Amsterdam.

10:44 We don't have enough space for all the people who want to come from A to B.

10:49 And that's why we need to make more space for cyclists and pedestrians.

10:53 And cars take up a lot of space in the city.

10:56 So we're also looking at how we can reduce car traffic so that there's more space for

11:00 cyclists and pedestrians."

11:02 "And a problem that many other cities may not know yet.

11:09 Where do you park all those bikes?

11:11 First you could put them everywhere.

11:13 And now we have quite a few problems with all those bikes in public spaces.

11:17 So we're also making a lot of underground parking garages for bikes, bicycle stalls."

11:43 "So we're also looking at how we can reduce car traffic so that there's more space for

11:44 cyclists and pedestrians.

11:45 And that's why we're also making a lot of underground parking garages for bikes, bicycle

11:46 stalls.

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