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00:00The leaders of India, China and South Africa have arrived in Kazan for the BRICS summit

00:06hosted by Vladimir Putin.

00:11Short-sighted? Member states want to save money on exchange and research programs.

00:23The European Parliament approved an initiative to issue a 35 billion euro loan for Ukraine

00:29backed by frozen Russian assets.

00:31The plan received 518 votes in favour, 56 against and 61 abstentions in Strasbourg

00:38on Tuesday.

00:39It will be part of a framework that will make future revenues from Russian central bank

00:43assets frozen in the EU available to Ukraine.

00:47Some 210 billion euros in assets have been held in the European Union territory since

00:52the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

01:02Russia appears to be trying to reduce tensions with South Korea following reports of intensified

01:08North Korea cooperation, including the intelligence warnings that North Korean troops have been

01:14deployed to Russia for training.

01:17What do we know?

01:19According to Ukraine's military intelligence chief, Kyrylo Budanov, the first group of

01:232,600 soldiers will be deployed to Russia's Kursk region, where Ukraine is holding significant

01:32territories following the incursion from the beginning of August.

01:36Ukrainian forces recently advanced on the western side of the Ukrainian salient in Kursk

01:41region amid continued fighting within and west of the salient.

01:46Budanov said that close to 11,000 North Korean troops are in Russia and will be ready to

01:52fight in Ukraine by the 1st of November.

01:55According to South Korean intelligence, North Korea has sent 1,500 soldiers to Russia for

02:02training, describing the move as the first step in the secretive state's military involvement

02:07in Moscow's war against Ukraine.

02:10Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov claimed that Russia-North Korea cooperation, quote,

02:15should not cause concern to other states, and that information about the alleged presence

02:20of North Korean troops in Russia may be, quote, contradictory.

02:25The Kremlin's attempts to assure South Korea that its cooperation with North Korea is not

02:29a threat to Seoul suggest that Moscow remains very concerned about the prospect of Seoul's

02:35potential pivot towards providing Ukraine with necessary military support, given that

02:41South Korea is one of the top ten arms exporters in the world.

02:52The leaders of India, South Africa and China arrived in the Russian city of Kazan for the

02:57BRIC summit, which will be hosted by Russian President Vladimir Putin.

03:02China's Xi Jinping, India's Narendra Modi and South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa were greeted

03:07by an honor guard and platters of Russian delicacies when they touched down at Kazan's

03:12airport.

03:13After reportedly suffering a head injury at his home, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio

03:18Lula da Silva cancelled his plans to attend the summit, but will attend by video link.

03:24The original BRICS countries of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa are joined by

03:29newcomers Iran, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, which were

03:35added to the alliance in January.

03:38UN Secretary-General António Guterres is also set to attend the summit, a decision

03:43blasted by Ukraine's foreign ministry in light of Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine.

03:49The summit is expected to be a huge success for Russia, with 32 countries confirming participation

03:55and more than 20 heads of state attending.

03:58This defies predictions that the war in Ukraine and an international arrest warrant would

04:03turn Vladimir Putin into a pariah.

04:10Austria's President has tasked incumbent Chancellor Karl Nemer with forming a new government after

04:17all other parties refused to work with the leader of the far-right Freedom Party, FBO.

04:23President Alexander Van der Bellen said on Tuesday that he had asked Nemer to immediately

04:28enter into negotiations with the center-left Social Democrats.

04:59Whoever leads the next Austrian government will need to build a coalition to have a parliamentary

05:05majority.

05:06The far-right Freedom Party won last month's election with 28.8% of the vote, the first

05:12time in its history.

05:13The EU's Erasmus Plus exchange program and its Horizon research and innovation program

05:28could face budget cuts in 2025.

05:32The EU Council, representing national governments, has proposed a reduction of 295 million euros

05:38for Erasmus Plus.

05:42But now an Erasmus Plus ambassador, Maiva, studied for a semester in Colombia with a

05:46monthly scholarship of 800 euros.

05:49According to her, a funding cut could prevent some students who would like to go on an exchange

05:53and make the selection process more competitive.

06:12The EU Council also proposes to allocate 400 million euros less than originally planned

06:24by the European Commission for the Horizon research and innovation program.

06:30Research stakeholders fear that the freeze on funding will have a negative impact on

06:34innovation in Europe and competitiveness in the EU.

06:40Europe has to have the place that it was in the real world.

06:47We have to be very demanding with competitiveness and innovation without competitiveness can

06:52be real.

06:56The Council wants to reduce these expenses to give priority to support for Ukraine or

07:01even to recoup expenses from the stimulus package set up to deal with the economic shock

07:06of the Covid-19 pandemic.

07:08The European Parliament is likely to fight to maintain the Erasmus and Horizon funds.

07:14It's something typical, the European Parliament always try to leverage the bad deals and the

07:19European Council always cuts.

07:21So for us it's a mistake.

07:25After a vote in plenary on Wednesday, MEPs will have to reach an agreement with the Council

07:30to finalise the budget before the end of the year.

07:39This statue on a quiet residential street in Berlin is at the centre of an international

07:47row.

07:48It memorialises women, mostly from Korea, who were forced to have sex with Japanese

07:54soldiers during World War II, known as comfort women.

07:59Japan has called for the statue to be brought down.

08:02Some politicians in Berlin are siding with Tokyo.

08:06The local Korean NGO behind the memorial, known as the Statue of Peace, says it will

08:11sue the local district of Mita to keep it in place.

08:16The group says it's not just about defending the rights of Korean women.

08:22In the history I think every woman can imagine what can be happened in the wartime if you

08:30are not protected and the soldiers are coming and raping you.

08:35So every woman can identify with the Statue of Peace.

08:42The memorial was put up four years ago.

08:44Japan has been raising the issue with the German government as well as local officials.

08:50The local district said that the statue needs to be taken down by the end of this month,

08:56setting time limits for temporary art in public places.

09:00The district told Euronews that Japanese and Korean officials have visited its office,

09:06threatening to worsen relations with Germany.

09:09The district says that there was a questioning of aid to Ukraine as well as a possible termination

09:15of the sister city relationship between Tokyo and Berlin.

09:20Japan says that it never suggested ending the relationship.

09:25In a press release in May, the mayor of Berlin called the statue a one-sided portrayal after

09:31a meeting in Tokyo with the Japanese foreign minister.

09:35Berlin's local government told Euronews that it is talking to the district and federal

09:39government to replace the statue with a more general memorial for women who face sexual

09:45violence during conflicts.

09:47It also stated that it will be expanding its relationship with Tokyo.

09:52An expert on German-Japanese relations said the government is prioritizing its economic

09:58and security ties with Japan over South Korea.

10:03Both partners should be treated quite equally and so far this case of the Comfort Women

10:11statue in Berlin lacks a bit of that cautious and balanced approach.

10:18A source with the foreign office told Euronews that freedom of opinion and of the arts are

10:23fundamental to Germany's constitution.

10:26However, they said that what happens with the statue is up to the district and the foreign

10:31office cannot provide instructions on the subject.

10:35Japan's embassy told Euronews that the statue serves as a symbol to denounce its country

10:41and that the memorial has caused unrest in Berlin.

10:46Like the mayor of Berlin, the embassy also called the statue one-sided.

10:51A petition arguing to keep the statue up has garnered 3,000 signatures.

10:57It's not only our wish, but many people who are living in this area, they want to keep

11:07the Statue of Peace.

11:08Authorities in Bulgaria say they have seized a large quantity of counterfeit banknotes

11:20after dismantling an operation for its production.

11:23The fake money with denominations of 50 Bulgarian leva, 50 US dollars and 500 euros had been

11:30released into circulation.

11:32According to the investigators, the superfake banknotes were also seized in some European

11:37Union countries.

11:40Investigators called it a very serious attack against the entire financial system of Bulgaria

11:45and the European Union.

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