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00:00At least two people have been killed in a hotel collapse in Krof, Germany.

00:11Hundreds of nationalities gather in the heart of Budapest as the 30th edition of Sziget

00:16Festival kicks off today.

00:21British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that UK protesters will fill the full force of

00:27the law following what he called widespread disorder during a high-level government meeting.

00:33400 arrests and 100 charges have already been made.

00:45That should send a very powerful message to anybody involved either directly or online

00:51that you are likely to be dealt with within a week and that nobody, but nobody should

00:57be involving themselves in this disorder.

00:59Prior to this meeting, Elon Musk had posted on his social media platform X that civil

01:05war is inevitable in the UK, highlighting complaints by other X users that the British

01:12criminal justice system treats Muslims more leniently than far-right activists, although

01:18Starmer avoided commenting directly on this.

01:22He said his focus was on ensuring that all communities are safe.

01:26In Southport, mourners gathered at St. Patrick's Church in remembrance of Alice Dalsilva Aguiar,

01:32a nine-year-old girl who was killed in last week's knife attack.

01:37Families and friends paid a tribute to the little girl with a send-off of white balloons.

01:42The riots were sparked by the spread of misinformation about the identity of the suspect.

01:50It is quite literally the food of champions, and organizers of the Paris Olympics are determined

01:56that it will not go to waste.

01:58Food that goes on eating at the Games by athletes, spectators and workers is helping those in

02:04need around the French capital, an effort to cut down on waste and contribute to sustainability.

02:10Since the beginning we've received about, for this warehouse here in Gennevilliers,

02:15we've received about 15 tons and overall with the other warehouse in Paris about 30 tons.

02:23Some of the bounty collected by the food bank was brought to a grocery store in Epinar-sur-Seine,

02:29a northern suburb of Paris that sells food at deeply discounted prices.

02:35Yes, we benefit because it helps us, it helps us normally, us people who don't have a lot

02:43of salary, we go to the store to buy more, we buy less here.

02:50In addition to helping those in need, organizers say they hope the food donations will set

02:56an example for other Olympics to follow.

03:01Two people have been killed in Kropf, Germany, after a hotel building partially collapsed.

03:19Fourteen people were in the hotel in the winemaking town on the Moselle River when one story of

03:25the building collapsed late on Tuesday night.

03:28Five people were able to get out of the building unhurt, but another nine were trapped.

03:45Emergency services said they were able to rescue four people from the rubble, including

03:51a two-year-old child and the mother.

03:54Authorities have yet to disclose the cause of the collapse.

04:03Two activists from the animal rights organization PIDA interrupted the Pope audience, a weekly

04:09assembly held by Pope Francis.

04:12The duo were wearing T-shirts reading, ''Stop Blessing Corridas'' and holding banners saying

04:16that bullfighting is a sin.

04:19PIDA has been urging the Pope to cut the Catholic Church's ties with Spanish-style bullfighting

04:24and to condemn the sport.

04:27The Pope did not comment immediately after the disruption, and the audience continued

04:31as usual after the protesters were silently escorted out of the hall.

04:38In his address to the public, Pope Francis called for peace in the Middle East and urged

04:42for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza.

04:55He also prayed for peace in other countries afflicted by a war, including Ukraine, Myanmar

05:01and Sudan.

05:07Former President of Catalonia, Carlos Cluj-Montt, has announced that he will return to the European

05:13Union next year.

05:15He said that he will continue to fight for peace in the Middle East.

05:24He will return to Spain after avoiding charges for nearly seven years.

05:54There, we will celebrate the investiture of the Socialist Salvador Illa, who has managed

05:59to recover the support of Esquerra Republicana de Cataluña, the other independentist party

06:03of the Chamber.

06:04Carlos Cluj-Montt on X vowed to be present at Thursday's vote on the region's presidency.

06:10It is unclear how Cluj-Montt will enter the country without facing immediate arrest, but

06:15it is believed the separatist leader might try to enter illegally.

06:35Cluj-Montt has been avoiding charges of rebellion, sedition and embezzlement.

06:41He fled Spain after authorities ordered his detention for organising an illegal independence

06:47referendum in 2017.

07:05The Austrian branch of the Climate Action Group Last Generation announced that they

07:11are disbanding and ending their protests.

07:14Activists say that they aren't seeing any prospect for success and that the government

07:18is not responding to their requests.

07:35Last Generation had several tactics but mostly relied on disruptive forms of action.

07:42One of the group's infamous acts includes blocking traffic by gluing themselves to busy

07:47roads and airport tarmacs.

07:50Communication experts say that this form of disruption does catch the public's attention

07:55but is often short-lived and does not result in political change.

08:05Why?

08:06Because it has to be decided on a high level and not on the streets.

08:11I don't think it's good because the attention of climate activists has contributed to people

08:16starting to think.

08:18Activists of the group claim that this does not mean the resistance is over, but instead

08:23that it is time for new and different campaigns to form.

08:28There are 4,000 Italians living in Lebanon and our priority is to protect both them and

08:34our troops deployed to the country.

08:36We are ready for any event should the situation deteriorate.

08:40That's the message given on Tuesday by Italy's Foreign Secretary Antonio Tajani in a parliamentary

08:45briefing.

08:46The Italian government said Tajani is closely monitoring the situation while urging regional

08:50leaders asking them for a de-escalation of tensions.

08:55Last Sunday, under the Italian presidency, the minister called a G7 meeting to discuss

09:00the ongoing crisis.

09:01The group of seven expressed their support for US President Joe Biden's plan and the

09:06need for a ceasefire in Gaza.

09:24Meanwhile, opposition parties have attacked Israel and the Italian government for failing

09:54to recognise the Palestinian state.

09:56Recent developments, both in Lebanon and in Iran, seem to have stalled a ceasefire

10:26talks, which are crucial to easing tensions.

10:29Neither Israel nor Iran is looking for an all-out war, although they seem unlikely to

10:34listen to calls for restraint.

10:36George Orlandi for Euronews in Rome.

10:44Hamas says it has chosen Yahya Sinwar, its top official in Gaza, as its new political

10:50leader.

10:52The move follows previous leader Ismail Haniyeh's assassination in Tehran on the 31st of July,

10:58the Palestinian group said on Tuesday.

11:0161-year-old Sinwar is seen by Israel as the mastermind behind the October 7th attack,

11:08in which more than 1,100 people were killed and over 200 taken captive.

11:14He has been in deep hiding since then.

11:18Reacting to the appointment, Israel military spokesman Daniel Hagari told Saudi television

11:23that Sinwar's place is next to Hamas commanders Israel already claims to have killed.

11:30Yahya Sinwar is an arch-terrorist responsible for one of the most horrible terror acts in

11:36history, Hagari said, referring to the 7th of October attack on Israel.

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