00:01The European Commission has confirmed that discussions between Brussels and Spain were ongoing regarding extra financial support for Ceuta after
00:1072,000 individuals entered the Spanish Autonomous City in Morocco last week.
00:14We can actually confirm that yesterday the Commission actually received a first needs assessment from Spain, so we're now really
00:24very quickly looking into this document really to identify the best way we can provide support.
00:31The Commission said the application has not yet been finalized nor has the amount of funding requested.
00:37The amount would be in addition to the €114 million of emergency assistance already made available following an extraordinary meeting
00:46convened to discuss the migration crisis on Tuesday.
00:49It could cover a range of elements going first from actually equipment and services for border management.
01:02In view of the current situation, we see the need and also it could also provide humanitarian assistance and medical
01:12assistance.
01:14Spanish officials said on Monday that 70,000 individuals had already returned to Morocco after last week's episode, which resulted
01:21in at least 88 deaths.
01:24Despite this, up to 5,000 individuals, including 860 unaccompanied minors, have remained, according to the president of Ceuta.
01:32NGOs operating in Ceuta say they are not prepared to deal with this type of crisis, adding that many children
01:39who arrived are suffering from heat stroke and hunger.
01:46One week after tens of thousands of migrants attempted to cross the border from Morocco into the Spanish territory of
01:53Ceuta,
01:54the city is still struggling to return to normal.
01:59Meanwhile, Spain's Civil Guard has produced a six-page report examining the possibility of another mass migrant crossing into Ceuta
02:07on the 15th of August,
02:08based on an analysis of unverified information circulating online.
02:15The tragedy left at least 88 dead and dozens missing.
02:19As a result, the Civil Guard has opened a support office for family members at the Tarahal crossing to help
02:25locate those whose whereabouts remain unknown.
02:29While most of the 72,000 who crossed the border have left, several thousands still roam the streets, hundreds of
02:36them unaccompanied minors.
02:38Ceuta's president has called the situation unsustainable and is calling for more government aid.
02:44The Ceuta government says it has more than 1,100 unaccompanied minors in its care,
02:50even though its centers have a theoretical capacity for just 90.
02:54The children are enduring dire conditions with limited access to food, water, shelter and sanitation.
03:01The charity Save the Children has called for urgent efforts to locate and register all minors,
03:08warning that girls in particular face heightened risks of violence, trafficking and exploitation.
03:17For the first time in its history, the Bundeswehr is permanently deploying a combat brigade abroad.
03:23By the end of 2027, around 5,000 German troops will be stationed in Lithuania.
03:28For the Baltic state, which borders Belarus and Russia's Kaliningrad exclave,
03:33the brigade represents a vital security guarantee.
03:37For Vilnius, the brigade is a clear sign of Germany's long-term commitment.
03:42In Lithuania, it has a very positive effect.
03:45In Lithuania, more than 80% of the population trusts Germany and the Germans' decision.
03:52So this is also something to bear in mind.
03:56This is the fact that I always share with my colleagues in Germany,
04:00saying that you are not only welcome, we believe in what you are doing,
04:03we have no doubts, and we believe in our joint future.
04:08So from our side, it's also additional, but from our side,
04:12what concerns host nation support, we are doing maximum.
04:15But the brigade isn't just there to reassure Lithuania.
04:17It's also meant to send a clear message to any potential aggressor.
04:21For the adversaries that would think that this part of the front line of NATO is somehow weak,
04:29so it proves that they are wrong, and the message is very clear.
04:34So troops are here already, and they will be increased,
04:38and this is the clear sign that the defense will be, if it is needed,
04:44turned on from the very first second.
04:46So I see it as the factor for effective deterrence.
04:51For Lithuania, the brigade marks a new chapter in its defense partnership with Germany,
04:56one built on a permanent presence rather than temporary deployments.
05:02Sweden will hand over to Kyiv a seized Russian Shadow Fleet cargo ship,
05:07which Ukraine suspects of transporting grain stolen from its occupied territory.
05:12It comes after the Supreme Court on the 4th of August
05:16dismissed an appeal by Kaffer Shipping Limited,
05:19which owns the 96-meter Kaffer,
05:21in a bid to block the transfer requested by Ukraine
05:25and approved by two lower courts in Sweden.
05:28On Thursday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiya thanked Sweden, saying,
05:34This landmark decision sets an important precedent.
05:38The Kaffer, which was sailing under a false Guinean flag,
05:42was headed for St. Petersburg when armed Swedish police
05:45boarded it early March off Tkaliber on its southern coast.
05:50Ten of the eleven crew on board were Russian nationals.
05:53According to the Eestat District Court in Stockholm,
05:56authorities had acted on a request for legal assistance from Ukraine,
06:01with Kaffer being the subject of investigation.
06:04Analysts believe Moscow's Shadow Fleet
06:07consists of agentships in poor condition,
06:10without proper insurance,
06:11and with opaque ownership,
06:13which are often used to skirt Western sanctions.
06:20Meta must pay $567 million into a state fund
06:24designed to address the negative effects of social media on minors,
06:28according to a ruling by a New Mexico court.
06:31At the end of the first phase of the trial in May,
06:34the court ruled that the social media giant
06:36was aware of the harmful mental effects of its platforms on young people,
06:40but failed to address them adequately,
06:42just as it failed to take appropriate action
06:45against child trafficking on its platforms.
06:48At that time, Meta was also fined $375 million.
06:52The current amount is in addition to that,
06:55bringing the total payment obligation to nearly $1 billion,
06:58which still pales in comparison
07:00to the company's projected $60 billion in profits for 2025.
07:05The court also ordered Meta to implement a long list of measures
07:09to make its platforms less addictive
07:10and better at screening out minors.
07:13The company is appealing the decision.
07:22Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary
07:24of the U.S. atomic bombing
07:26of the Western Japanese city on Thursday.
07:28The city's mayor criticized major powers
07:31for waging wars and resorting to nuclear threats.
07:34He urged them to stop justifying
07:36the possession of nuclear weapons
07:38as a method of deterrence.
08:02The city's mayor of the U.S.
08:11I will not be able to create a return to the third of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
08:18Prime Minister Sanayi Takaichi, who attended the memorial for the first time as Prime Minister,
08:24said she will take a realistic approach toward achieving a world where nuclear weapons are never used.
08:29The ceremony, however, comes at a time of speculation that Takaichi's government may ease its non-nuclear principles.
08:51The bombing of Hiroshima on the 6th of August in 1945 destroyed the city and killed 140,000 people.
09:00A second bomb dropped three days later, and Nagasaki killed 70,000.
09:04Japan surrendered on the 15th of August, ending World War II and Japan's nearly half-century of aggression in Asia.
09:15The Eurozone delivered a better-than-expected performance in the second quarter of 2026,
09:21with the GDP expanding by 0.4%, quarter-on-quarter, up from flat growth in the first quarter,
09:29and ahead of economists' expectations, for a 0.2% increase.
09:34Across the EU, growth accelerated to 0.5% from 0.1% previously.
09:41Annual growth also strengthened, reaching 1.0% in the Euro area and 1.2% across the EU.
09:49According to Pantheon Macroeconomics calculations, the rebound in Ireland alone added 0.1% points to headline Eurozone growth.
09:59It was followed by Lithuania, where the economy grew by 1.7%, and Sweden, which expanded by 1.4%.
10:09Europe's largest economies, Germany, France, and Italy, all expanded, but at a slower pace than previously.
10:17However, Belgium and Austria stagnated, recording no growth during the quarter.
10:23Economists say, although the figures suggest the bloc is proving more resilient than feared,
10:29despite higher energy prices and continued geopolitical uncertainty,
10:34recent preliminary July data show pressures are ticking back up in major economies due to renewed energy shocks.
10:46Two-thirds of children across Western Europe were exposed to extreme temperatures in the first half of 2026.
10:53That is according to a report by Child Rights Organization, Save the Children.
10:58This figure is three times the figure from the whole of last year.
11:02In Germany, the number of children exposed to extreme heat in the first six months of this year
11:06was larger than the last five years combined.
11:09And in the UK, 10 million children, which is more than the total for any single year in the past
11:1430 years,
11:15have been exposed to extreme heat during this same time frame.
11:19Children are particularly vulnerable to the heat as they are undergoing physical development
11:24and have lower capacity for body temperature regulation.
11:28This puts them at high risk of electrolyte imbalance, fever, respiratory and kidney disease.
11:34To reverse the trend, a climate expert at Save the Children urged governments to take urgent climate action
11:40and work to reduce emissions.
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