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00:00Thousands attend the funerals of the youngsters killed in a strike on Israel as diplomats

00:06scramble to avert a regional war.

00:10Novak Djokovic has defeated Rafael Nadal in the second round of the 2024 Paris Olympics

00:16men's singles at Roland-Garros.

00:20The match is likely to be the pair's final head-to-head contest after having played against

00:25each other 60 times in their careers.

00:29Djokovic and Nadal have won 46 Grand Slam singles titles between them, including 17

00:35at the French Open.

00:37But while Nadal boasts two gold medals, Djokovic has not yet clinched Olympic victory.

00:45At least two people have been killed and more than 100 injured after a train derailed in

00:51Russia's Volgograd region.

00:54The train, which was carrying 800 passengers, was travelling from Kazan to Adler when it

01:00collided with a cargo truck that had driven onto the tracks despite the approaching train

01:04signal according to Russian railways.

01:09Russian investigators have opened a criminal probe into the possible violation of traffic

01:13safety rules and the operation of railway transport.

01:24For the second day in a row, the training for the triathlon competition of the Paris

01:31Olympics has been postponed because the water quality of the Seine River just behind me

01:36is too polluted.

01:38The main events, the men's triathlon, is supposed to take place on Tuesday and the women's is

01:43supposed to take place the day after on Wednesday.

01:46So what happens in case the water quality does not improve?

01:49Well, local authorities are insisting that they'll just keep postponing until the Seine

01:54becomes less polluted.

01:56However, let's say in the extreme case that it doesn't, well, then the triathlon will

02:00become a duathlon.

02:01That means that triathletes will only compete in the cycling and running sections of the

02:06competition.

02:07So that means no swimming.

02:09And as for the marathon swimming events that are scheduled for August 8 and August 9 in

02:13the Seine River, well, the city does have a plan B in case the water is still too polluted.

02:20And that's that the events will take place in a nautical stadium east of Paris.

02:26And if necessary, the events could also be moved to where the canoeing and rowing competitions

02:31are currently being held.

02:33Sofia Katzenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.

02:41On Monday, Belgium will be welcoming four children from Gaza for medical treatment.

02:47Three of the young patients, aged between 6 and 10, need treatment for cancer.

02:53They are accompanied on their journey by their families.

02:58In total, the Belgian authorities are welcoming 12 people as part of this medical evacuation

03:03mission, which began thousands of kilometers away.

03:09These patients have been evacuated through PCRF prior to the Rafah closure to Egypt,

03:16used it as a central hub, and then pulled from there to Belgium.

03:21And obviously, as you can tell, the trip is not easy.

03:24These are patients that have lost everything at home.

03:26They have lost their homes.

03:28They have lost loved ones.

03:30And so we had to make sure that they've already been displaced once, that they feel comfortable

03:35as we're taking them to another location.

03:39While Belgium is treating these children, the transport was carried out by a Slovakian

03:43medical aircraft.

03:44This is the second mission of its kind undertaken by the European Union, the World Health Organization,

03:49Egypt and the NGO.

03:53A few days ago, Spain welcomed 16 young patients, again accompanied by family members.

04:01Each country, again, picks based off the criteria that they believe is best for the way that

04:05they can help those patients.

04:07And so Spain has had patients that had orthopedic problems, chronic conditions, cardiac problems.

04:15Belgium's focus was primarily more onto the oncology-like patients.

04:21These patients will remain in Europe for the duration of their treatment and until there

04:25is a ceasefire in Gaza.

04:28Experts remain hopeful that other European Union countries will open their doors to children in need.

04:42In a star-studded Sunday, Rafa Nadal reached the second round of the men's singles to set

04:48up a thriller match against Novak Djokovic.

04:52In basketball, LeBron James returned to the Olympics after 12 years to help beat Serbia

04:59by 34 points in the Americans' opening game.

05:03France kept racking up goals as Pauline Ferrand-Prévot finished first in mountain bike racing after

05:11more than a decade of trying.

05:14And Léon Marchand won the men's 400-meter individual medley in swimming.

05:20Japan celebrated twice thanks to gold medal wins in judo and women's skateboarding.

05:28Sunday's victories sent Japan top of the gold medal table on level terms with Australia.

05:35Meanwhile, concerns remain over the same water quality.

05:40Tuesday's triathlon competitions could be postponed, but organisers remain optimistic.

05:51Thousands of mourners have attended the funerals for 11 of the 12 youngsters killed in a rocket

05:58strike from Lebanon that struck a football field in the Israeli-controlled Golan Heights

06:02on Saturday.

06:04The Israeli military said the attack was the deadliest on civilians in Israel since the

06:08war with Hamas started last October.

06:12Israel said its intelligence showed that the Lebanese group Hezbollah was responsible for

06:16the strike and promised a retaliation.

06:19Hezbollah is a messenger of Iran in the region.

06:23Hezbollah will not make up for this event, even in its most violent attacks.

06:28He fired the shot, he paid the price, and he will pay a heavy price for his actions.

06:34Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cut short a trip to the United States to return

06:39to Israel to chair an emergency security cabinet meeting.

06:44It authorized Netanyahu's government to decide on the manner and timing of the response.

06:51Hezbollah rushed to deny any involvement in Saturday's strike, which has raised fears

06:56of starting a broader regional war in the Middle East.

06:59Speaking in Tokyo, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said there was no justification

07:05for terrorism, but cautioned against escalation.

07:09We also don't want to see the conflict escalate.

07:10We don't want to see it spread.

07:11That has been one of our goals from day one, from October 7th on, and we'll continue to

07:20do that.

07:21And Lebanon's Foreign Minister Abdallah Bouhabib said on Sunday that the government had asked

07:25Washington to urge restraint from Israel in a bid to calm the situation.

07:31Hezbollah began firing rockets at Israel the day after the Hamas incursion into Israel

07:35on October 7th, it says, in solidarity with the Palestinians in Gaza.

07:41Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon have killed more than 500 people, mostly Hezbollah members,

07:46but also around 90 civilians.

07:49On the Israeli side, 22 soldiers and 24 civilians have been killed.

07:57Thousands of Ukrainian soldiers and civilians gathered in Kyiv to commemorate the second

08:02anniversary of an explosion that killed more than 50 Ukrainians detained by Russia in the

08:07Olenivka prison barracks.

08:10Soldiers at the ceremony urged the Ukrainian government to work harder to get soldiers

08:15freed in prisoner exchanges.

08:17The Olenivka explosion was one of the most painful pages in the history of Russia's ongoing

08:23invasion of Ukraine, according to many soldiers.

08:27Russia claimed the explosion was caused by Kyiv's forces firing a missile, but increasing

08:32evidence instead suggests that Russia was responsible for setting off the blast.

08:37Two years after, many Ukrainians still want to know exactly how it happened.

08:43The event in the centre of Kyiv drew together many families, including the mothers, wives

08:48and children of soldiers who were killed in the blast, or of those who are currently imprisoned

08:54by Russia.

08:59Hundreds of dancers from nine countries attended the International Folklore Festival in Romania.

09:07Mexican guitars, Greek flutes, Czech violins and Romanian shouts could be heard at the

09:12opening of the 12th edition of the country's International Folklore Festival.

09:20Nine countries sent performers to represent them at the festival.

09:26Most of the 300 dancers who were sent to show their talent and passion for folklore at the

09:31festival were in Romania for the first time.

09:36Residents of the town where the festival is held look forward to it every year, especially

09:42because the talent changes each time the festival happens.

09:47After a weekend full of music and dances from performers gathered from around the world,

09:52the festival ended with a laureates' gala.

09:58Bomb shelters on the beach is what a holiday in Odessa, Ukraine looks like.

10:03Authorities intend to grant permits for around 20 Ukrainian beaches to open this year, subject

10:09to the fulfilment of strict security conditions.

10:12While people shouldn't use the beaches for recreation according to the authorities, it

10:17still doesn't prevent people from relaxing on the beach.

10:20The Ukrainian tourism sector was devastated by Russia's invasion, and many hotels still

10:25can't legally open due to bans which can be financially crippling.

10:34At least 12 people have been killed after a mudslide hit a house in southeastern China

10:40as heavy rains continue in the aftermath of Typhoon Gemi.

10:45The deaths are the first reported in China after the typhoon made landfall on Thursday

10:49and was downgraded to a tropical storm.

10:53Before reaching China, the typhoon intensified monsoon rains in the Philippines, leaving

10:57at least 34 dead.

10:59It then barreled across Taiwan, where authorities said on Saturday that the death toll had risen

11:04to 10.

11:10Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has arrived in the country's new capital, Nusantara, to

11:16start work in his new office.

11:19Construction of the city began in 2022 after Widodo announced that Jakarta would no longer

11:24have capital status.

11:26The metropolis suffers from pollution and congestion, is prone to earthquakes and is

11:31rapidly sinking.

11:33But the Nusantara project has been criticized by environmentalists, who say it degrades

11:38the environment.

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