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00:00The Palestinian Foreign Minister expressed a shock at Europe's inaction over Israel's conduct,

00:05urging stronger accountability from EU leaders.

00:11Russian overnight strikes hit Ukraine following a 50-day peace deal ultimatum Trump gave to Putin on Monday.

00:20Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban demands EU sanctions on Ukraine

00:24over the death of a Hungarian citizen during military mobilization.

00:30The European Commission will send a letter to the executive in Tbilisi

00:35threatening to suspend the visa liberalization regime.

00:41The Palestinian Foreign Minister was appalled at Europe's inability to take action against Israel,

00:48despite a recent EU report stating Tel Aviv is in breach of human rights obligations.

00:54Shocking and disappointing, because everything is crystal clear.

01:00I mean, there's an EU report that clearly stated that Israel has been violating 38.

01:0838 violations were indicated in that report.

01:12And it's an EU report.

01:13And yet, there was a failure on agreeing to take actual measures.

01:20And these measures are very important, because to deter wrongdoing, you need to take measures.

01:27Talking to Euronews, Varsan Shaheen also denounced that the agreement between Europe and Israel

01:31for the resumption of humanitarian aid in Gaza is not working.

01:35If we look at the last week since the agreement was made, we see more killings of people.

01:42We see people killed at the queuing points.

01:48We see children brutally murdered while in tents awaiting medical care from another tent.

01:55So these are the kinds of questions that need to be asked today and asked in a very serious manner.

02:01When asked about the report saying that Hamas was profiting from humanitarian aid,

02:06the minister did not deny it, defending the previous humanitarian distribution system.

02:12Look, there are conflicting reports on this.

02:15But regardless, whatever is being offered in Gaza is not meeting the needs of the Gazans.

02:21There was a modality in the past, and that modality was working,

02:25because the international organizations were distributing the aid,

02:30and they had like 300 points of distribution.

02:34Today we have a new modality with four points of distribution.

02:37Invariably, you will have crowds, massive numbers of people queuing to get food.

02:44And under such circumstances, you are putting people in a risk of harm.

02:50You can catch the full interview on Euronews.

02:55A severe heat wave is gripping the Gaza Strip,

03:03compounding the humanitarian crisis for more than 1.7 million displaced Palestinians.

03:09Medical workers say soaring temperatures are worsening the conditions of patients

03:13sheltering in overcrowded tent camps, where access to treatment is limited.

03:19The situation is particularly dire for thousands of people requiring ongoing care

03:23for burns and other serious injuries.

03:26It's because of the pain, it's because of the pain.

03:29I said that if it's a cold, I'm going to sleep in the morning.

03:32I'm going to sleep and I'm going to sleep.

03:34Today I want to sleep, and I don't have anything in the sleep.

03:39Doctors say survival rates are falling as they struggle with limited medical supplies.

03:44Medical staff say the heat is hampering recovery for many patients,

04:06particularly those with burn injuries,

04:08which would require months of care under proper clinical conditions.

04:15After nearly three months of a blockade,

04:33Israel began allowing limited aid to enter Gaza in May.

04:40A leader of Syria's Druze religious minority has accused the government of violating a ceasefire

04:46announced after sectarian clashes killed dozens in the country's southern Sueda province.

04:52It comes after government security forces that were deployed to Sueda's provincial capital

04:57on Monday to restore order also clashed with Druze armed groups.

05:01The clashes began over the weekend with tit-for-tat kidnappings and attacks

05:05between members of local Sunni Bedouin tribes and Druze armed factions.

05:10In the early hours of Tuesday, the Druze spiritual leadership called for armed factions

05:15that have been clashing with government forces to surrender their weapons

05:18and cooperate with authorities as they enter the city.

05:22But an influential Druze leader who has been opposed to the new government in Damascus

05:27later said the statement had been imposed on them,

05:29adding that government forces continued their attacks.

05:33Meanwhile, neighboring Israel also launched new strikes in the area.

05:38Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz

05:42said in a statement the strikes were aimed at protecting the Druze minority.

05:46While many Druze in Syria have said they do not want Israel to intervene on their behalf,

05:51factions from the minority have also been suspicious of the new authorities in Damascus.

05:55Russian forces launched drone attacks across several regions in Ukraine overnight into Tuesday,

06:07bringing the death toll since Sunday to five, according to regional authorities.

06:12In Dnipro, an apartment building, six houses and a school were damaged by drone debris,

06:17but no injuries were reported.

06:18Two people were injured during Russian strikes in Zaporizhia, according to the regional governor,

06:25and a fire also broke out on the roof of a multi-story residential building.

06:29The Ukrainian regions of Kharkiv and Sumy were also targeted by Russian strikes,

06:34killing at least one woman, regional authorities reported.

06:37Twelve people were injured in the attacks on Sumy,

06:42including five staff members and a student at a university that was hit.

06:46The attacks come a day after U.S. President Donald Trump issued a 50-day ultimatum

06:51to Russian President Vladimir Putin to reach a peace deal,

06:55or face what he called severe economic sanctions.

06:58While some believe strict tariffs on Moscow would be a game-changer,

07:02the postponement until September struck others as being too long.

07:05Russia is making a summer push to break through the 1,000-kilometer front line,

07:11and its drones and missiles are hammering Ukrainian cities

07:14more than at any time in the past three years.

07:19Hungary has called for European Union sanctions against Ukrainian officials

07:23following the reported death of an Hungarian citizen

07:27during military mobilization in Ukraine.

07:30Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed last week

07:33that Josef Sebastian, a 45-year-old ethnic Hungarian

07:37from Ukraine's Transcapaccia region was beaten to death,

07:41for refusing to join the Ukrainian army.

07:44The government of the government of the government of the United States

07:46is a very hurt.

07:48They hurt a Hungarian citizen.

07:49This is the situation.

07:51And this is a situation that we need to take care of.

07:54The Ukrainian authorities are firmly denied the allegations.

08:07According to the Ukrainian military,

08:09Sebastian's mobilization was lawful,

08:12and he died of a pulmonary embolism with no signs of bodily harm.

08:17The incident has heightened already strained relations between Hungary and Ukraine,

08:22with Budapest summoning the Ukrainian ambassador

08:24and escalating its criticism of Kyiv.

08:29The U.S. government on Monday said

08:32it won't publish a climate change report on the NASA website

08:36despite a promise to do so

08:38in what is the latest step from the Trump administration

08:41in removing information about climate change on federal sites.

08:45Earlier this month,

08:47the official government websites

08:48that hosted the authoritative peer-reviewed national climate assessment went dark.

08:54Such sites tell state and local government and the public

08:58what to expect in their backyards from a warming world

09:02and how best to adapt to it.

09:05At the time, the White House said NASA would house the reports

09:09to comply with a 1990 law that requires the reports,

09:13which the space agency said it planned to do.

09:16But on Monday, NASA announced that it aborted those plans.

09:20The most recent report issued in 2023

09:23found that climate change is affecting people's security,

09:27health and livelihoods in every corner of the country

09:30in different ways,

09:32with minority communities, particularly Native Americans,

09:35often disproportionately at risk.

09:38The EU is escalating its compelling approach

09:47with the Georgian government.

09:49The European Commission will send a letter

09:52to the executive in Tbilisi

09:53threatening to suspend the visa-liberalization regime

09:56by August 31st.

09:58The union is demanding that Georgia curbs

10:01what the EU institutions call

10:03the backsliding of democratic principles.

10:05This potential restriction was announced this Tuesday

10:09at the EU Foreign Affairs Council in Brussels.

10:11So far, we have kept this position

10:15that we don't want to hurt Georgian people

10:18and taking away the visa-free regime

10:21is really having an impact on them.

10:24But at the same time,

10:26it's also an issue of credibility of the European Union.

10:30According to Georgian Dream,

10:33the current ruling party,

10:35the EU seeks to influence

10:36and scare the Georgian public opinion

10:38in view of the municipal election

10:40scheduled for next October.

10:41The potential visa suspension measures

11:03divided the EU foreign ministers.

11:05Some of them are afraid

11:07that it could backfire against the EU

11:09since 80% of the Georgian public opinion

11:11is pro-European.

11:13We think that restrictions

11:15should be put on those

11:20who are responsible for repression

11:22and not on the people of Georgia.

11:24Last autumn's election sparked a wave

11:26of more than six months

11:28of anti-government protests in Georgia.

11:31The EU is highly concerned

11:33by the wave of detentions

11:34carried out by the Georgian authorities

11:36against journalists

11:37and some members of the opposition.

11:39At least seven opposition figures

11:41were arrested by the authorities

11:42in recent months.

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