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00:00The British Prime Minister condemned rioting sweeping the United Kingdom, saying rioters

00:05would be brought to justice as unrest grips the country.

00:10Firefighters have been battling wildfires in Albania and Croatia as drought and heat

00:15waves result in parts of the countries going up in flames.

00:24Israel is already in a multi-front war with Iran and its proxies, according to Israeli

00:29Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

00:33He made the comments as the United States and allies prepared to defend Israel from

00:37an expected counter-strike following the assassination of Hamas and Hezbollah leaders.

00:43Iran and its proxies are asking us to surround them with a part of the terror in seven fronts.

00:51Their exposed aggression knows no end, but not Israel alone.

00:57We are determined to stand in front of them on every front, in every area, as far as possible.

01:05Anyone who murders our citizens, anyone who harms our country will not be cleared of responsibility.

01:12As fears of an all-out regional war mount, the French government urged its nationals

01:19to leave Lebanon as soon as possible.

01:21They could be seen arriving back in Paris airport as the situation becomes more tense.

01:26We don't know what's going to happen, so we prefer to go in advance.

01:29It's a very toxic atmosphere, very threatening.

01:32The media is always talking about a war or a strike in Lebanon.

01:37I'm very worried, of course.

01:39We don't know at all what's going to happen, how things are going to evolve.

01:43We cross our fingers and pray.

01:53The UK's Prime Minister has condemned rioting gripping the nation following a stabbing that

01:59left three children dead.

02:01In a statement, Keir Starmer vowed his government would do whatever it takes to bring the rioters

02:07to justice following ongoing unrest across parts of the country.

02:14There is no justification, none, for taking this action.

02:19And all right-minded people should be condemning this sort of violence.

02:26People in this country have a right to be safe.

02:31I won't shy away from calling it what it is, far-right thuggery.

02:37Police in the town of Ratherham struggled to hold back rioters attempting to break into

02:42a hotel housing asylum seekers.

02:44Rioting has seized the UK after a stabbing at a dance class last week that left three

02:49girls dead.

02:50Wildfires are scorching Albania and Croatia as blistering heat grips the continent.

02:56Albanian firefighters could be seen battling flames in villages near the capital city of

03:02Tirana.

03:03Over 300 firefighters and military personnel were supported by a helicopter to control

03:09fires in the country's central eastern region.

03:12Hundreds of hectares of forests have already gone up in flames.

03:16Police have arrested at least five people for setting fires and called on hunters to

03:21be careful as the country battles a heatwave.

03:24High temperatures, winds and weeks of drought have accelerated the spread of wildfires in

03:29Albania and other Balkan countries like Croatia, forcing local residents to evacuate.

03:34Firefighters have been battling massive blazes in Croatia which have already consumed hundreds

03:39of hectares of pine forest and vegetation.

03:42More than 1,200 hectares have already gone up in flames as fire sites ignite across the

03:47country.

03:50Almost 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured as renewed anti-government protests

03:56swept across Bangladesh.

03:58Protesters are demanding the Prime Minister resigns following protests last month that

04:03began with students calling for an end to a quota system for government jobs.

04:08Those demonstrations escalated into violence that left more than 200 dead.

04:13As the violence raged, the Prime Minister said the protesters were engaging in sabotage

04:18and no longer students but criminals, adding that they would be dealt with with iron hands.

04:27Yemen's Houthi rebels released footage that they claim shows the wreckage of an American

04:32drone they downed.

04:34Since Yemen's civil war started in 2014 when the Houthis seized most of the country's

04:39north and its capital, the US has lost multiple drones to the rebels.

04:47MQ-9 drones, known as Reapers, are unmanned aerial vehicles which can be remotely controlled

04:54and cost around $30 million a piece.

04:57Restoring old houses to attract tourism.

05:00This is what local people of the central Romanian village of Simona are doing.

05:05As more and more people wish to experience life in a traditional home, century-old houses

05:11are being refurbished or even moved into more quiet scenic areas.

05:16One of the owners explains what's happening.

05:19As more and more people wish to experience life in a traditional home, century-old houses

05:24are being refurbished or even moved into more quiet scenic areas.

05:27One of the owners explains what's happening.

05:49Tourists say, why do you love this place?

06:12Many of the owners of the traditional houses are also collectors, keeping pieces of art

06:19like ancient irons, cast iron stoves and old kitchen items used by their grandparents.

06:26In a place that seems to be cut off from the world, time can almost feel like it has stopped.

06:36In Algeciras, in the south of Spain, Fran's life changed completely on a summer day seven

06:41years ago, a day that is impossible to forget.

06:45On August 5, 2017, a light transformer exploded in the hotel where we worked while we were having dinner

06:52and I burned 75% of my body, especially my arms and legs,

06:58but also my head, ears, back and glutes.

07:04When he arrived at the hospital, Fran was given less than 48 hours to live.

07:09But today, he has recovered thanks to more than a dozen operations and several grafts

07:14of his own, as well as artificial skin.

07:16Look, as I said before, the two hands and the right arm were directly taken from my body.

07:22It was healthy skin that I had, so they could take that skin from one part of my body and put it on another.

07:26In that case, the two hands and the right arm were like this.

07:30This skin is more elastic, that is, you take a pinch and you can take it well.

07:35However, this one, which is cultivated, is harder, it is more rigid.

07:40In this hospital in Seville, artificial human skin grafts were authorized to be used

07:45for the first time as medicine.

07:47David is one of the surgeons who will be in charge of applying it.

07:51The creatinocytosis was cultivated 30 years ago.

07:54The novelty now is that we have the permission from the Spanish Medicament Agency

07:58to use it as one more therapy.

08:00And now we know that we have a therapy that works,

08:03so they have not given us the authorization.

08:05It is no longer experimental, it is one more therapy.

08:08In the hallways of the major burn unit, they have been working with artificial skin for years

08:13and are well aware of the advantages.

08:15The main thing, and what we always have to take into account

08:18from the care of the infirmary, is the risk of infection that we have,

08:23because they are patients who, by losing almost all the integrity of the skin,

08:28are very susceptible to any infection.

08:31So far, 12 square meters of artificial skin have been manufactured

08:35and they have all been applied to patients in the major burn unit of the Virgen del Rocío Hospital.

08:40In total, 18 people have already benefited from this treatment.

08:47But it has taken years of research to develop the artificial human skin.

08:52At the head of that research has been a professor at the University of Granada.

08:58We have always dedicated ourselves to looking at the microscope,

09:01what the natural tissues of our body are like.

09:04Now we not only see them to better understand the human body,

09:09but now we manufacture them in the laboratory to cure.

09:12It is a complete change in which we are very involved.

09:16All of this work will help people like Fran feel comfortable in their skin again.

09:28From the hot landscapes of North Africa to the cooler climates of Northern Europe,

09:33migratory birds rely on ancient heathlands like these

09:36for crucial rest and resources during their journey to breeding grounds.

09:41But rising temperatures are challenging these delicate ecosystems.

09:47As one vital link in this chain weakens, the next becomes increasingly crucial.

09:52When you have got migratory species, birds in particular,

09:56they are travelling huge distances.

09:59When you overlay climate to that,

10:01at what point do those habitats actually become too hot

10:04for both the migratory and the resident species?

10:08Recent data from the Copernicus Climate Change Service

10:11has recorded even higher surface temperatures this year compared to last,

10:15accompanied by a significant surge in ozone levels this week.

10:20With heatwaves currently sweeping across Europe,

10:23heathlands in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Britain

10:26serve as essential pit stops for these birds.

10:29This year's heatwave has led to a concerning 15% decline in some bird populations.

10:36Tree pippet is just about hanging on.

10:39If that bird, you know, having made the journey from sub-Saharan Africa

10:45encounters conditions that are not optimal when it arrives,

10:49you know, will we see those again?

10:52So I think absolute key is for people to work together.

10:56The exchange of knowledge as well, but...

10:59Before Brexit, Neil Lister co-led a European partnership

11:03funded by the EU, focusing on cross-border conservation.

11:07He's found that maintaining these channels of communication

11:11is essential, even in the face of a changing political landscape.

11:16It's always nice to know that that contact is there,

11:20the channels of communication are there,

11:23and just that way of working is not completely lost.

11:29As climate change continues to impact these regions,

11:33preserving these critical resting areas and the biodiversity they support

11:37remains a key focus for conservationists across Europe.

11:42Luke Hanrahan, Euronews, Suffolk.

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