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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order ending many U.S. economic sanctions
00:07on Syria.
00:10The European Commission has announced an agreement in principle on a new trade deal with Ukraine
00:15which EU officials describe as more fair and realistic.
00:20The fourth edition of the International Conference on Financing for Development opens in the
00:25southern Spanish city of Seville, with the U.S. notably absent from the event.
00:31Santos Serdan, who is the former aide of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, was detained
00:36without bail in a corruption order.
00:41U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order ending many U.S. economic sanctions on
00:48Syria on Monday.
00:49This follows a promise Trump made to interim Syrian President Ahmed al-Shahra in May.
00:56White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said the move was to encourage the country
01:02towards peace.
01:03And this is in an effort to promote and support the country's path to stability and peace.
01:10The order will remove sanctions on Syria while maintaining sanctions on the former President
01:15Assad, his associates, human rights abusers, drug traffickers, persons linked to chemical
01:20weapons activities, ISIS and their affiliates, and Iranian proxies.
01:25Another U.S. government official said the move is aimed at ending Syria's financial isolation
01:32and detracting investment from the region as well as the U.S.
01:40The European Commission has announced an agreement in principle on a new trade deal with Ukraine.
01:46The new agreement replaces the existing temporary post-war framework with a long-term, more modest
01:51investment.
01:52Since 2022, trade between the EU and Ukraine was governed by the Autonomous Trade Measures,
01:57or the ATM.
02:00They eliminated all tariffs and quotas on Ukrainian agricultural exports to Brussels, offering
02:05crucial access to European markets during wartime.
02:08The new agreement, however, is less ambitious than the scheme it replaces which expired earlier
02:12this month.
02:14The EU's Agriculture Commissioner, Christoph Hansen, says that it aims to strike the right balance
02:18between supporting Kyiv's trade with the bloc while addressing the sensitivities of a number
02:23of EU agriculture sectors and related concerns.
02:27The ATM has sparked outrage in a number of European countries, particularly France and Poland,
02:32as farmers protested the spike in Ukrainian imports.
02:36Some of the new key provisions of the deal include greater protection of EU markets specifically
02:41for sensitive products like eggs, sugar and wheat.
02:45The Commission has also agreed to gradually align its production standards, including animal
02:49welfare and the use of pesticides with those of the EU by 2028.
02:53Both sides are now set to work on finalizing technical aspects of the deal.
02:58The Commission will then present it to Member States and the European Parliament in the coming
03:02days.
03:07Lithuania and the Philippines have signed an agreement on Monday to build a security alliance.
03:12The agreement comes as both countries mutually expressed alarm over growing aggression threatening
03:17their regions by countries like China.
03:19The Memorandum of Understanding was signed in the Philippines' capital, Manila, between
03:23Defense Ministers Dovila Shakaliana and Gilberto Teodoro Jr.
03:28The pact aims to foster cooperation between the two nations, particularly in the fields of cybersecurity
03:33and defense industries.
03:35It also covers other areas including the production of munitions and maritime security.
03:40Lithuania's Shakaliana described Vilnius' concern over growing, quote, authoritarian access
03:46of Russia, which includes China, North Korea and Iran.
03:49For years, multiple Asian countries including the Philippines, Vietnam, Malaysia and Brunei have
03:56been involved in prolonged territorial standoffs with China.
03:59Beijing has regularly used water cannons in dangerous maneuvers against Filipino vessels and
04:05fishermen, accusing them of encroaching in what it calls ancient Chinese territory.
04:09Shakaliana condemned the hostilities in the South China Sea, a key global trade route, calling
04:15it an attack on the democratic world.
04:18The agreement with Lithuania was part of Filipino President Ferdinand Marcos' effort to intensify
04:22security alliances between Asia and Western countries.
04:26Manila also has a treaty alliance with the United States to boost its maritime defenses.
04:31representatives of many countries descended on Seville on Monday for a high-level conference.
04:43The four-day conference, co-hosted by the United Nations and Spain, aims to tackle the growing
04:48gap between rich and poor nations and drum up funding for developing countries.
04:53The notable absentee in the fourth edition of this conference was the United States, which
04:57in previous editions of the event was a major contributor.
05:01Washington pulled its participation at the last minute as it rejected the outcome document
05:05of a preparatory meeting held on June 17.
05:09The document had been negotiated for months by the UN's 193 member countries.
05:15U.S. diplomat Jonathan Schrier noted that Washington's commitment to international cooperation
05:19remained steadfast but said the text crossed many of the U.S.'s red flags. Undeterred,
05:25UN Under-Secretary General Li Junhua expressed optimism that the conference can still deliver
05:30success. The Chinese diplomat, who oversees the UN's economic and social affairs program,
05:36said the participants of the conference, through unity, can build on the momentum of previous editions.
05:41With inclusive engagement.
05:46Santos Cerdan, who is the former aide of Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, was detained without
05:52bail on Monday. He is being investigated along with the former transport minister, José Luis Abalos,
05:59and his aide, Goldo Garcia, for receiving money for awarding public contracts.
06:05It comes as part of a corruption inquiry that could derail Sanchez's minority government.
06:09Srdan's case is the latest and arguably the most serious in a series of scandals.
06:14The Prime Minister issued a public apology earlier this month when Srdan resigned from office.
06:21He did so in order to deflect calls from his political opponents for a snap election.
06:26Srdan has denied the allegations.
06:33Both the Hungarian government and the opposition are trying to interpret Saturday's Budapest Pride
06:39march, which was attended by an unprecedented crowd in their own interests.
06:44According to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, the event was not a spontaneous civic initiative,
06:49but instead was ordered by Brussels and carried out by quote-unquote their puppet politicians.
06:55Although more than 100,000 people took part in the march despite a ban imposed by the government,
07:01pro-government press is claiming it as a success for the Prime Minister.
07:04They believe that the opposition has aligned itself with Pride and claim polls indicate
07:09the majority in Hungary is opposed to this.
07:12An analyst at Research Institute Political Capital, however, believes the mass demonstration
07:18created an awkward political situation for Orbán's party, Fidesz.
07:22A Fidesz idézte elő azt, hogy ez a téma elnyire fontossá vált.
07:26Ők dobták be azt az ötvetet, vagy azt a törvényt, ami be akarta tűlteni a Pride-ot.
07:31Ehhez képest a Pride megvalósult, és egy soha addig nem látott méretű embertől megvett rajta részt,
07:36kifejezve a szolidaritását.
07:37Nem csak az LMBTQ közösséggel, de kifejezve az ellenérzését, vagy az ellenérzését
07:42azzal kapcsolatban, hogy a Fidesz be akar tűlteni egy rendezvényt.
07:46Úgyhogy ez a Fidesz állította ezt a csapdát, és saját maga esett bele ebbe a csapdába.
07:52By managing to mobilize such a huge crowd, Orbán rendered himself as the king of pride in Europe.
07:58That is what Peter Magyar, leader of the Tisa party said.
08:02And according to Budapest's mayor, Hungary revealed a different side this weekend,
08:07one of a country of solidarity, freedom and Europe.
08:16The battle to reach Europe's 20-40 climate targets has begun.
08:22On Wednesday, the European Commission is due to present its proposal for a 90 percent reduction in CO2 emissions,
08:29to take the block towards carbon neutrality by 2050.
08:33France led an initial offensive at last week's European Summit, setting out its framework.
08:38The word flexibility has appeared repeatedly in the context of climate targets for the European Union.
09:06The Commission hopes this will bring Europe's capitals on side.
09:10We need some clear orientation around 20-40 and the reduction of 90 percent of our emissions by 20-40 is a clear goal.
09:21Then how we can combine the different pieces, the eventual flexibilities is the thing to be discussed.
09:28But we are working hard and we will travel our proposal in the coming days.
09:33For environmental NGOs, granting flexibility is precisely what could end up jeopardizing European efforts to battle climate change.
09:40The one that everyone talks about here in Brussels is about international credits.
09:44So this is basically the fact that the EU and member states could pay other countries outside the EU to basically cut their greenhouse gas emissions.
09:54And then this will be included in the 90 percent of cuts of greenhouse gas emissions within the EU borders.
10:01That's a very big issue because this will divert investments for industry or for people, municipalities outside the EU.
10:08And this will be more expensive and will have less positive impact on the people and industry in the EU.
10:15Paris is asking for more time to negotiate and should be able to count on the support of Budapest and Warsaw.
10:22However, other member states such as Germany, Spain, Finland and Denmark fully support the 90 percent CO2 reduction target.
10:30Dozens of Israeli settlers set fires, vandalized military vehicles and attacked soldiers at a military base in the Israeli-occupied West Bank on Sunday night, the military has said.
10:45In a response to the violence, the military used stun grenades against the settlers.
10:50Israel's defense minister Israel Gatz vowed to eradicate violence, quote unquote, from the root.
10:59Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Sunday's attack.
11:02And far-right security minister Itamar Ben-Gavir has also offered a condemnation.
11:07A rare move as he has often defended Jewish settlers accused of similar crimes.
11:13Violence by extremist settlers has risen alongside growing tensions in the region.
11:19On Wednesday, three Palestinians were killed when Israeli settlers stormed a village near Ramallah.
11:25The West Bank is home to some three million Palestinians living under seemingly open-ended Israeli military rule and 500,000 Jewish settlers.
