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00:00Counter-protesters took to the streets of the UK following a week of far-right rioting

00:05fueled by misinformation over a stabbing attack against young girls.

00:10Danish high schools are deciding to block disruptive sites like social media to keep

00:15students focused while they're in class.

00:21The race for the medal table top spot intensifies as the US and China climb their way up with

00:28new goals.

00:32July was the second hottest month ever recorded.

00:35According to data published on Thursday by the European Climate Agency Copernicus, the

00:40air temperature averaged 16.91 degrees Celsius.

00:46The margin with July 2023, the hottest month on record, is very small, just 0.04 decimal

00:53points, but other records were set this month.

01:15These indications bring to an end a cycle of 13 consecutive monthly temperature records,

01:20which began in June last year.

01:23For Copernicus experts, the margin between the data observed between 2023 and 2024 is

01:29so slim that the overall context of global warming remains the same.

01:53In Europe, it was mainly the south and east of the continent that experienced the highest

02:11temperature anomalies in July.

02:15In contrast, the west saw average or even slightly lower temperatures compared to last

02:20year.

02:26Far-right demonstrations anticipated by UK police across the country failed to materialise

02:32as peaceful anti-racism protesters showed up instead.

02:37Police had braced themselves for more violence following a week of rioting and disorder fuelled

02:43by misinformation over a stabbing attack against young girls in Southcourt.

02:48Stand-up to racism and other groups planned counter-protests, but in most places were

02:52instead met with no opposition.

02:55Large peaceful crowds gathered outside agencies and law firms specialising in immigration,

03:01which had been listed by internet groups as possible targets of far-right activity.

03:06It was a vast change from rioting that erupted throughout parts of the UK since July 30th.

03:13Far-right extremists had clashed with police, fuelled by misinformation about the stabbing

03:17attack that killed three girls in Southport.

03:20Social media users falsely identified the suspect as an immigrant and a Muslim.

03:28Upcoming Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna were cancelled after Austrian authorities arrested

03:33a 19-year-old man for allegedly plotting an attack in connection with the events.

03:39The man was arrested in Ternitz, south of Vienna and a second man who was believed to

03:44be in contact with the first suspect was arrested in the Austrian capital itself.

04:14Local media say that the man was previously known to authorities as a terrorism suspect.

04:25Authorities were tipped off about the attack by a foreign security service and the man

04:30was reportedly arrested following a large police operation with over 100 nearby residents

04:36evacuated.

04:38All three of Swift's upcoming sold-out concerts at the Ernst Happel Stadium in Vienna were

04:43cancelled following the arrests.

04:47With the summer holidays coming to an end, several Danish high schools are deciding to

04:51block disruptive sites to keep students focused during the academic term.

04:57Social media streaming, shopping and games are included in the block sites to fight against

05:02the disruptive impact of the internet.

05:05The decision comes following new recommendations from the Danish Ministry of Children and Education.

05:11There are some sites that frustrate you more than other sites, and it can be sensible

05:15to close them down so that you don't get frustrated.

05:17But isn't it a bit presumptuous of the students to tell them what they can and can't do?

05:22No, I don't think so.

05:23We have a responsibility to ensure that they get a really good education.

05:26Despite best intentions, some students are critical of the new policy.

05:30We were all a bit disappointed that we weren't able to decide what we wanted to do.

05:36As a student, I think you feel that some of your rights and freedoms are being taken away from you.

05:40Over the next year, schools will find out whether the decision really is student-proof.

05:50The Austrian branch of the Climate Action Group Last Generation announced that they

05:54are disbanding and ending their protests.

05:57Activists say that they aren't seeing any prospect for success and that the government

06:01is not responding to their requests.

06:03The protest form was absolutely necessary at the time we decided to do it.

06:07We needed a certain daily disruption.

06:09At the end of the day, the problem of failure is that not enough people dared to stand up

06:15peacefully against the government and to oppose it.

06:19Last Generation had several tactics, but mostly relied on disruptive forms of action.

06:25One of the group's infamous acts includes blocking traffic by gluing themselves to busy roads

06:30and airport tarmacs.

06:34Communication experts say that this form of disruption does catch the public's attention,

06:38but is often short-lived and does not result in political change.

06:43I think it's better this way.

06:45Why?

06:46Because they can't achieve anything with it.

06:48Why?

06:49Because it has to be decided on a high level and not on the streets.

06:54I don't think it's good, because the attention of climate activists has already contributed

06:58to people starting to think.

07:01Activists of the group claim that this does not mean the resistance is over, but instead

07:06that it is time for new and different campaigns to form.

07:1215 Russian athletes competing at this year's Olympics have an uneasy status as individual

07:17neutral athletes.

07:19Some in the Olympic village oppose them taking part and Russian opinion is divided, with

07:24some Russian politicians describing those competing as traitors.

07:29Activists gathered information from Russian athletes' social media leading up to the games,

07:33flagging posts they considered showed support for the war.

07:37One of these was allegedly Diana Schneider, who became one of the first Russians to win

07:41a medal at the Paris Olympics after taking silver in women's doubles.

07:46You published in February 2022 two posts on, you liked two posts on Instagram.

07:52I'm not going to answer anything about politics here.

07:55Okay, my question was only do you regret it and your position has changed or not?

08:01No, no comments about it.

08:03I'm here to talk about tennis and my game today.

08:07Ukraine wanted Russian athletes excluded and opposed Olympic efforts to include them as

08:11neutral athletes.

08:15Ukraine briefly boycotted Olympic qualifying competitions that allowed Russians to attend

08:19but changed their policy facing the risk of not being represented at the Olympics at all.

08:45It is quite literally the food of champions and organizers of the Paris Olympics are determined

09:09that it will not go to waste.

09:11Food that goes on eating at the games by athletes, spectators and workers is helping those in

09:17need around the French capital and efforts to cut down on waste and contribute to sustainability.

09:23Since the beginning we've received about for this warehouse here in Gennevilliers we've

09:27received about 15 tons and overall with the other warehouse in Paris about 30 tons.

09:36Some of the bounty collected by the food bank was brought to a grocery store in Epiners-sur-Seine,

09:42a northern suburb of Paris that sells food at deeply discounted prices.

09:47We take advantage of it because it helps us.

09:50It helps us because we don't have a lot of salary.

09:56Instead of going to the grocery store we buy less here.

10:03In addition to helping those in need, organizers say they hope the food donations will set an

10:09example for other Olympics to follow.

10:13China and the U.S. keep battling for the top of the medal table of the Paris Olympics.

10:19Team America won gold in women's team pursuit and in the men's 400 meters with an incredible

10:27comeback by Quincy Ho.

10:30China responded with victories in the men's 61 kilo weightlifting and in artistic swimming.

10:43On the EU side of things, the Netherlands rack up a new gold in women's dinghy to narrow

10:50the gap with Italy.

10:53And in boxing, Taiwan's Lin Yuting advanced to the featherweight gold medal bout in the

11:01face of ongoing misconceptions about her gender.

11:12In the men's 400 meters, Lin Yuting advanced to the featherweight gold medal bout in the

11:19face of ongoing misconceptions about her gender.

11:22In the men's 400 meters, Lin Yuting advanced to the featherweight gold medal bout in the

11:29face of ongoing misconceptions about her gender.

11:32In the men's 400 meters, Lin Yuting advanced to the featherweight gold medal bout in the

11:39face of ongoing misconceptions about her gender.

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