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00:00 Azerbaijan detains the former leader of the Nagorno-Karabakh government in its first high-profile

00:12 arrest since the military operation last week.

00:17 Germany becomes the latest European country to beef up its border security in a bid to

00:22 curb illegal entries along the Balkan route.

00:27 Italy sets up its first center for migrants from so-called "safe" countries in a bid to

00:32 accelerate the process of asylum claims.

00:38 Spain's conservative Popular Party leader falls short in his long-shot first bid to

00:42 become the country's next prime minister.

00:50 Azerbaijan has detained the former leader of the breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh government,

00:54 Ruben Vardanyan, in its first high-profile arrest since launching its military operation

00:59 in the region last week.

01:01 In a recent media interview, Vardanyan said that he knew he would be a target for Azerbaijani

01:06 forces when the war started, claiming Baku saw him as an obstacle to peace.

01:14 Vardanyan was reportedly detained as he tried to cross the border into Armenia on Wednesday

01:18 morning as one of more than 50,000 ethnic Armenians who have fled the region to avoid

01:24 incoming Azerbaijani control.

01:27 Those who are getting out say they're bringing what they can with them, but much of their

01:31 old lives is being left behind.

01:42 Families on this bus say they've been traveling for days.

01:46 "We didn't see them, but we heard that they were coming to the village after they

01:52 got out of the bus."

01:54 With the flood of refugees heading its way, Armenia says it's assessing the needs of

01:58 people leaving Nagorno-Karabakh in order to provide them with adequate support.

02:03 Everything from providing food, clothes, social care and somewhere to live.

02:09 Azerbaijan says it's sending aid to Nagorno-Karabakh, including 10 vehicles and a field hospital,

02:15 to help with the aftermath of the recent fueling station blast, which left dozens dead and

02:20 injured.

02:24 The foundations of the Schengen Treaty crumbling at the heart of Europe.

02:29 Germany has become the latest country to beef up its border controls.

02:34 Berlin says it has increased security along the borders with Poland and the Czech Republic

02:39 to contain a sharp rise in illegal entries and asylum applications.

02:43 "We have to stop the cruel business of the locks, because they are putting people's lives

02:50 at risk with maximum profit.

02:52 That's why the federal police are taking additional, flexible control of the locks, the borders

02:59 with Poland and the Czech Republic."

03:06 The announcement came a day after police raids in Germany found more than 100 Syrian citizens

03:11 inside apartments, searched in connection with a smuggling ring.

03:14 On Tuesday, Poland also tightened its borders with Slovakia and on Wednesday, Slovenia followed

03:20 suit along its southern border with Croatia.

03:23 Germany's interior ministry says about a quarter of all migrants who reach Germany are smuggled

03:28 in across the Mediterranean Sea and the Balkans route.

03:34 Italy has set up its first centre for asylum seekers deemed to have come from so-called

03:39 safe countries.

03:41 The Italian government hopes the facility in the Sicilian port of Pesaro will accelerate

03:46 the process of asylum claims.

03:49 It will house people who can't claim refugee status as they have arrived from countries

03:54 not considered to be dangerous.

03:57 It comes as Italy struggles to cope with severe overcrowding at its migrant centre on Lampedusa

04:03 Island.

04:04 Authorities have begun moving some to other locations after a recent surge in arrivals.

04:10 The extent of the problem was highlighted earlier this month when some migrants broke

04:14 out of the centre because of a lack of space and essential provisions.

04:19 In an effort to reduce numbers arriving, Prime Minister Giorgio Maloney's cabinet is implementing

04:24 measures against young adults posing as unaccompanied minors in order to claim state protection.

04:30 The leader of Spain's conservative popular party has failed in his long-shot first bid

04:40 to become the country's next prime minister.

04:43 Alberto Núñez-Fejo fell four votes short of the backing he needed in the Spanish parliament

04:49 to form a government.

04:51 "We are here, ladies and gentlemen, so that the electoral result is not erased.

05:00 We are here so that it is not cornered, or annulled, or silenced to more than 8 million

05:06 voters."

05:08 But Fejo only secured the support of 33 lawmakers from the far-right Vox party and two from

05:14 small conservative regional parties.

05:17 Fejo will try again on Friday when the bar is lowered and he needs more yes-than-no votes

05:22 from parliament's 350 lawmakers.

05:25 If he fails to win approval on his second attempt, acting Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez

05:29 would get a shot at staying in power.

05:32 Spain's July national election left the parliament highly fragmented, with its lawmakers spread

05:37 between 11 different parties, making the path to power a rocky one.

05:44 The French government declares war on bullying.

05:47 The Prime Minister announced Wednesday a general mobilisation to carry out a relentless fight

05:53 and put an end to the scourge in educational centres.

05:57 Elizabeth Thorne said the objective is to bring all cases to justice and exclude harassing

06:02 students from classes and social networks.

06:05 She also had a personal message for those being bullied.

06:08 "You are not responsible.

06:10 What you are living is unacceptable.

06:13 From your classes to your chambers, sometimes 24 hours a day on social networks, for you

06:20 bullying is everywhere and all the time.

06:24 So mobilisation must be general.

06:27 Everyone has a role to play.

06:30 With my whole government we are on your side and we will fight the bullying."

06:38 The government's plan comes against a backdrop of social indignation and criticism of the

06:44 Ministry of Education that has seen a series of dramatic cases of bullying that ended in

06:50 suicide.

06:51 According to Born, this is a massive phenomenon that must be reported in schools and on social

06:56 networks, one of the most relentless areas of bullying in current times.

07:05 Ukrainian football teams are set to boycott UEFA competitions after the European governing

07:09 body decided to lift a ban on Russia's youth sides.

07:14 Restrictions had prevented Russia from taking part in the Women's European Championship

07:18 and the World Cup qualifiers, to name a few.

07:22 UEFA said in a statement that children should not be punished for the actions of adults,

07:27 but clarified that senior teams at club and national levels would remain banned due to

07:31 Russia's actions in Ukraine.

07:34 The Ukrainian Association of Football urged UEFA to maintain the blanket ban and added

07:39 that the decision is groundless and tolerates Moscow's aggression.

07:47 Whilst England's Football Association said its youth teams would not play against Russia,

07:52 UEFA President Alexander Seferin insisted that UEFA's continuing suspension against

07:57 Russian adult teams reflected its commitment to take a stand against violence.

08:08 Despite the impact of Western sanctions, Russia's economy is now forecast to grow this year

08:13 instead of shrink, as was previously predicted.

08:16 That's the view of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development in a statement to the AFP

08:21 news agency.

08:23 In May, the bank saw Russia's GDP shrinking by 1.5%.

08:28 It now says it will actually grow by the same figure.

08:32 The EBRD, which was founded to help ex-Soviet countries adapt to free markets, says Russia's

08:38 revenues have been boosted by high oil prices and new export opportunities with China, India

08:44 and Central Asia.

08:46 It had expected an oil price cap as part of sanctions to have a greater negative impact.

08:51 Russia has sought to strengthen trade links with China, India and other non-aligned nations

08:56 to shore up its sanctions-hit economy.

08:59 Nevertheless, the institution believes this won't be enough to offset a cooling of the

09:03 Russian economy in 2024.

09:09 Four girls and two boys aged between 11 and 24 from Portugal had their first day of hearings

09:15 at the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on Wednesday as part of a case against 32

09:20 European states.

09:23 The Agostinho and others case accuses these governments of failing to tackle the climate

09:28 crisis.

09:29 The motivation stems from the 2017 wildfires in Portugal, which claimed more than 100 lives

09:35 with the case filed in September 2020.

09:39 They say they're already feeling the effects in their daily lives and also fear for their

09:43 futures.

09:45 As I said with the fires, they are fires that are very close to where I live.

09:49 Fires that have already put my life at risk, the lives of my sisters.

09:53 School days that were lost because of the excess of smoke in the air.

09:58 My respiratory tracts have not been improving properly.

10:02 We're talking about their right to individual private life, family life, and also because

10:07 they're young, their future is at stake.

10:11 So they experience the climate harms for a much greater period of time.

10:14 Therefore, we're arguing they're discriminated against.

10:17 And the court also asked us to deal with questions of inhumane treatment and degrading treatment

10:23 by virtue of the mental anguish and traumatisation that the climate crisis will create for them.

10:30 Their legal team expects a victory that would be equivalent to what it describes as a legally

10:35 binding regional treaty compelling all 32 countries to rapidly accelerate their climate

10:40 action.

10:42 It's a view shared by the Council of Europe's Commissioner for Human Rights.

10:46 I think the time is right that we move from words to deeds.

10:51 Because as we know, there are numerous resolutions, numerous conventions, wonderful, wonderful

10:58 words on paper.

10:59 But the action is missing.

11:01 The legal argument of the governments in question says that the case has no supporting evidence

11:05 to claim that the plaintiffs are in more danger than the rest of the Portuguese population.

11:10 They say that they're already undertaking their mitigation commitments within the 2015

11:19 Paris Climate Accords.

11:21 They are Claudia, Catarina, Martim.

11:26 A team of 86 lawyers represents the 32 governments.

11:32 The countries in question are 27 of the European Union and Norway, Switzerland, the United Kingdom,

11:38 Turkey and Russia.

11:40 A spokesman for this team told Euronews that they did not want to comment on this phase

11:44 of the process.

11:46 Isabel Marques da Silva, in Strasbourg.

11:48 would go.

11:48 [SWOOSH]

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