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00:00Russia has fired a barrage of hundreds of projectiles overnight, including cruising ballistic missiles
00:06in its largest aerial attack against Ukraine to date.
00:10Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says his latest meeting with Donald Trump
00:15focused on freeing Israeli hostages and the possibility of a ceasefire.
00:21French authorities raided the headquarters of the far-right National Rally Party,
00:25probing alleged violations of campaign finance laws.
00:30A fast-moving wildfire near Marseille has left more than 100 people injured
00:35and at least 400 people have been evacuated.
00:41Russia has fired a massive barrage of drones and missiles against Ukraine overnight,
00:46the largest offensive since it launched its full-scale invasion.
00:50Ukraine says the Kremlin fired more than 700 projectiles,
00:53targeting mainly the western city of Lutsk.
00:56The barrage featured Shahid-type drones, as well as cruise and air ballistic missiles.
01:01Ukrainian air forces say they've shot down almost 300 drones and were able to intercept over 400 others using electronic jammers.
01:09All seven cruise missiles were also intercepted by Ukraine's air defenses.
01:14Ballistic missiles, however, did manage to strike their targets.
01:17Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky says Moscow's attacks highlight their unwillingness to end the war.
01:23He has called on allies to ramp up pressure on Russia to force them into peace.
01:27Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said his latest meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump
01:37focused on efforts to free Israeli hostages.
01:40Trump has ramped up the pressure on Netanyahu to move towards a U.S.-backed ceasefire deal in the Gaza Strip,
02:06where he described the conditions as hell.
02:09The plan includes a 60-day pause in fighting, more aid and the release of hostages.
02:15Israel and Hamas are holding indirect talks, but both sides remain far apart on the terms of lasting peace.
02:23So far, a breakthrough remains out of reach.
02:26French authorities raided the headquarters of the far-right National Rally Party on Wednesday
02:34as part of a probe into alleged violations of campaign finance laws.
02:39The Paris prosecutor's office said the investigation is examining whether the party used illegal loans
02:44to finance its campaigns between 2020 and 2024.
02:48The investigation concerns possible acts of money laundering and the use of forged documents
02:53during their 2022 presidential and 2024 European election races.
02:58The National Rally's President Jordan Bardella called the action a new harassment campaign.
03:04He said armed forces stormed the party building on Wednesday morning
03:07and seized emails, documents and accounting data.
03:11The party has surged in popularity in recent years,
03:13becoming France's largest single parliamentary party.
03:17The raid comes about three months after the party's co-founder and de facto leader,
03:21Marine Le Pen and other officials were convicted of embezzling EU funds.
03:30A fast-moving wildfire near Marseille has left more than 100 people injured
03:36as flames threaten parts of France's second-largest city.
03:40Officials say some 800 firefighters have been deployed to battle the blaze,
03:46which at its peak spread at a rate of over 1 km per minute.
03:50At least 400 people have been evacuated, including 71 from a nursing home,
03:56but so far no deaths have been reported.
03:59Authorities are urging Marseille residents to stay indoors
04:03and avoid evacuating unless ordered to do so,
04:07so roads can be kept clear for emergency crews.
04:10People are also being told to keep windows closed to prevent toxic smoke from entering their homes.
04:17Weeks of heatwaves combined with strong winds have increased the risks of wildfires in southern France,
04:23with several breaking out over the last few days.
04:26More than 160 people are still missing in Texas after flash floods killed over 100 people during the weekend.
04:38The number tripled after officials opened a hotline for families to report loved ones.
04:44Search teams are using heavy machinery to cut through fallen trees, dig out river banks,
04:50and clear huge piles of debris in the race to find them missing.
04:54Crews in airboats, helicopters, and hundreds of volunteers are involved in one of Texas's biggest ever search and rescue operations.
05:03The primary job right now continues to be locating everybody who was affected by this flood.
05:13There still remain those who are missing.
05:16We have to find every single person who's missing.
05:22Texas inspectors had reported the approved Camp Mystics emergency plan just two days before the disaster.
05:29Two dozen people were killed at the all-girls Christian summer camp, most of them children.
05:37The camp did not evacuate and was hit hard after the nearby Guadalupe River surged nine metres in less than an hour.
05:45Civil society and the media face increasing challenges in the EU, warns the rule of law report.
06:02This commission report takes the pulse of democratic institutions in the 27 member countries through four pillars.
06:08Of the 25 rule of law report, there is no progress in respect of many specific recommendations, and of course, that is a concern.
06:17And so where we find that the space within which civil society operates, or where we find that that has narrowed, for example,
06:26or where we find that the media are under undue pressure and influence, then we have to call that out.
06:34In Italy, a new law on security aimed at combating terrorism and organised crime could have repercussions for civil society and media freedom.
06:44So in the case of Italy, the important thing is to continue with the efforts to introduce the agreed reforms to the justice system.
06:55We have made recommendations having looked at the four key pillars in the rule of law area.
07:01So, for example, in the media, having a system in place for the funding of public service media in Italy is a specific recommendation that we have made.
07:12In Greece, Poland and Hungary, concerns persist about the independence and impartiality of media regulatory authorities.
07:21In Hungary, journalists and media outlets were accused of serving foreign interests and have been investigated.
07:27The crackdown on civil society in Hungary was also underlined in the report.
07:32Commissioner McGrath mentioned a deteriorating environment and a legal uncertainty that organisations have to face in the country.
07:42Vincenzo Genovese, Euronews, Strasbourg.
07:48Hello, I'm Korek Bojanowski. I'm a film director. I'm currently in Kiniamondo.
07:54Up and coming Polish film director, Korek Bojanowski, has just been to Shanghai and Brussels, where he has showcased his directorial debut, A Loss of Balance.
08:04Euronews spoke to the director about his current acclaims and future projects.
08:08Bojanowski says that in his film he wanted to deeply explore his character's internal emotions.
08:36A Loss of Balance is inspired by a real-life scandal in Polish film schools that took place in 2020, after a series of revelations by former students revealed a toxic atmosphere.
08:52The movement which began on social media started a larger conversation about film school.
09:22Coming of age is also a common theme in Bojanowski's works.
09:41Bojanowski's A Loss of Balance was first recognized at the Gdynia Film Festival in 2024 and most recently in Brussels at the closing of the Polish EU presidency.
09:52Byliśmy w Brukseli, w jednym z lokalnych kin. To był pokaz, który skupiał ludzi związanych właśnie z Parlamentem Europejskim, z instytucjami kulturalnymi, które są związane z Unią Europejską.
10:03A Loss of Balance was also recently screened in Shanghai, where it won an award for its screenplay.
10:10Bojanowski emphasizes that for the Polish film industry he is quite a young face.
10:17Bojanowski emphasizes that for the Polish film industry he is quite a young face.
10:32Korek Bojanowski is already working on his second film, which he plans to film this year.
10:39Bojanowski is already working on his second film, which he plans to film this year.
10:54This film is also a film about entering adulthood.
10:57But it's another stage.
10:58Because I feel that the loss is about the competition in the world.
11:02That we are playing in the world, because we have a vision of the world.
11:05When we have these 20-25 years, maybe 25-30 years, we are playing in the world.
11:10That it seems that the world has to be in front of us, and that it is not.
11:14And this is the second stage of entering adulthood, when we are not playing in the world, but ourselves.
11:19That it is the same in the world.
11:20And that it is the same in the world.
11:21That it is the same in the world.
11:22The person who is like my age, 31-35 years old, is that this is the next stage.
11:27And it is a little bit about that.
11:29But I am very strongly in Warsaw, because I am from Warsaw, and even in Warsaw.
11:34And it is also called the city.
11:36He reveals that his next film will be a black comedy.
11:39He reveals that his next film will be a black comedy.
