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00:00Israel's Security Cabinet has approved plans to take control of Gaza City in the north of the enclave

00:05following an hours-long meeting that ended in the early hours of Friday.

00:11At least three people were injured in the Ukrainian cities of Kharkiv and Sumy overnight

00:15following Russian drone attacks.

00:21Israel's Security Cabinet has approved plans to take over Gaza City in the north of the enclave.

00:26Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office announced the plans following the end of an hours-long meeting

00:32which started on Thursday and ran into the early hours of Friday.

00:35The plan is yet another major escalation in Israel's 22-month-long military offensive on Gaza.

00:42Just before the Cabinet convened to discuss the controversial plan,

00:45Netanyahu said that Israel planned to take control of the entirety of the besieged territory.

00:50He did, however, deny any intention of taking ownership of the enclave long term,

00:54stating that Israel only wants to establish a security perimeter, but won't be a governing body.

01:00The Israeli premier said that eventually the Strip would be handed over to a coalition of Arab forces

01:05who'll govern it after Hamas is removed from power.

01:09Hamas has slammed Netanyahu's plans for Gaza, saying it amounts to a coup.

01:13U.S. President Donald Trump did not oppose the plan to seize all of Gaza,

01:18saying it was up to Israel to make that decision.

01:20The war has so far claimed the lives of more than 61,250 Palestinians,

01:26according to the Hamas-run Gaza Health Ministry.

01:29The UN says Israel's war has also displaced two million people,

01:33some multiple times, and driven many towards famine.

01:36World leaders criticised Israel's decision to seize control of Gaza City,

01:46warning the move risk worsening the already catastrophic humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip.

01:53The Israeli Security Cabinet approved the controversial plan early Friday,

01:58marking a new escalation in the country's nearly two-year-long war against Hamas.

02:03UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the move in strong terms,

02:09saying that Israel's decision to further escalate its offensive in Gaza is wrong.

02:16The UN called for Israel's plan to be immediately halted.

02:20On all evidence to date, this further escalation will result in more massive force displacement,

02:26more killing, more unbearable suffering, senseless destruction and atrocity crimes.

02:32The war in Gaza must end now.

02:35Israeli opposition leader Yair Lapid denounced the plan as against the advice of military leadership.

02:41IDF Chief of General Staff Ayal Zemir had warned it would endanger the lives of hostages

02:46and further stretch the military.

02:47Berlin will suspend arms exports to Israel that could be used in the Gaza Strip,

02:56German Chancellor Friedrich Merz announced Friday.

03:00The move marks Germany's historically staunch supporter of Israel's

03:03clearest shift yet in response to Israel's military campaign.

03:08Merz said the decision came after Israel's Security Cabinet announced it would take over Gaza City.

03:13The decision impacts future arms exports and stops short of a full weapons embargo.

03:21Merz reiterated Israel's right to defend itself against Hamas,

03:25but criticized the humanitarian consequences of Israel's planned offensive.

03:30Germany is Israel's second largest arms supplier behind the United States

03:34and has so far hesitated to criticize or take concrete steps against its actions in the Gaza Strip.

03:4552 exceptionally rare lizards from the Aeolian Islands were hatched at the reptile house of Rome's Biopark Zoo

03:51as part of a conservation project aimed at preventing their extinction.

03:54lizards from the islands are considered an endangered species classified among those

04:03at highest risk of extinction in the Mediterranean basin.

04:09The tiny reptiles born at Rome's zoo are only a few centimeters long

04:12and have to be cared for in a special nursery

04:15within a restricted access area of the reptile house.

04:17The zoo said they are not yet visible to the public

04:24as they need an environment that preserves their tranquillity in order to grow.

04:30It's said their hatching was an extraordinary event

04:33which took place in the framework of the European-funded project

04:36Life EO Lizard

04:37which aims at reducing the risk of extinction of endangered species.

04:41The program combines conservation in a controlled environment and in nature.

04:51The lizards will be introduced to the Sicilian archipelago next spring.

04:59British border authorities have detained the first group of migrants under a pilot plan

05:04that will send some who crossed the English Channel on small boats back to France.

05:09According to the UK Home Office, the migrants were detained on Wednesday

05:14the day the program came into force

05:16and will be held at immigration removal centers until they are returned to France.

05:22The groundbreaking principle here is that people can be returned to France

05:27if they arrive on these dangerous and illegal small boats.

05:30In return, we will take people who have applied legally through a legal process

05:35been through security checks

05:37but we should be returning people who have made these illegal crossings.

05:40UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron

05:45announced a deal last month.

05:47While the pilot involves a limited number of people

05:50UK officials suggest the deal is a breakthrough

05:54because it sets a precedent.

05:57However, critics say the program will do little to deter migrants

06:01because the numbers returned to France are small

06:04and lupos will allow people who enter Britain illegally

06:08to remain as they pursue human rights claims.

06:15At least 10 people have been killed

06:18and 33 others are missing after flash floods in Yuzhong County

06:22in China's northwestern Gansu province.

06:25According to China's state broadcaster CCTV,

06:28heavy rains since Thursday have triggered severe flooding

06:32and left around 4,000 people stranded.

06:36Local authorities said Lanzu City alone

06:38had received 195mm of rain by early Friday.

06:43Several parts of China are being battered by heavy rains

06:46with President Xi Jinping

06:48urging all-out rescue and flood prevention efforts.

06:55U.S. President Donald Trump is hosting the leaders

06:59of Azerbaijan and Armenia at the White House on Friday evening

07:02for what he called a historic peace summit.

07:05The two former Soviet republics,

07:08which have seen almost four decades of conflict,

07:10could finally settle for peace in the region,

07:13notably away from Moscow.

07:15It's also an opportunity for Trump to present himself

07:18as a global peacemaker,

07:20fulfilling a key election promise he made

07:22on his campaign trail last November.

07:25Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan

07:28and Azerbaijan's President Ilyam Aliyev

07:30met for their first bilateral meeting in July

07:33with the aim of finalizing a peace treaty.

07:36The critical issue of the Zangazur Corridor,

07:39a proposed transport route designed to connect

07:41Azerbaijan's mainland with its enclave,

07:44which borders Turkey via Armenian territory, remains.

07:48Armenia and Azerbaijan have been sworn enemies for decades,

07:51going to war twice over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region,

07:55which has killed and displaced thousands.

08:00Spain has started August with a swell train heat wave

08:03that, according to the state's meteorological agency,

08:06will last until at least Wednesday 13th August.

08:10Authorities placed active alerts in practically the old country,

08:14warning that temperatures could reach up to 43 degrees Celsius

08:18in some regions, highs of 36 degrees Celsius

08:21to 38 degrees Celsius are expected this Friday

08:25in most of the interior of the peninsula,

08:28with peaks of up to 40 degrees Celsius

08:30in the valleys of Tagus, Guadiana, and Guadalquivir rivers.

08:35Yes, it's a lot of heat, a lot of heat,

08:37almost to 40 degrees Celsius,

08:39but we already knew this.

08:41So we have to prepare ourselves,

08:43hydrate ourselves a lot,

08:45take water, water, water,

08:48and that's it, but I hope to maintain it.

08:52I'm going to get cold.

08:53I put the water in my head,

08:55hoping to resist,

08:57not to come out, not to come out,

08:58but it's really...

09:01extreme heat is also expected to affect France,

09:09Italy, Portugal, and the central Balkans

09:12over the coming days

09:13as a heat dome makes its way across the region.

09:26Countries across Europe are grappling with severe heat waves.

09:29People living in urban areas are particularly badly hit.

09:33This is due to the heat island effect,

09:35the phenomenon where urban areas experience

09:37significantly higher temperatures

09:39than their rural counterparts during heat waves.

09:43Scientists found surface temperatures in cities

09:45were sometimes up to 10 to 15 degrees higher

09:47than in their rural surroundings during summer.

09:50These figures are particularly stark

09:52given the sheer number of people subjected to these temperatures.

09:56Almost 40% of the EU's population lives in cities,

09:59and this figure is only expected to rise in the coming years.

10:04Additionally, this phenomenon has a dire impact on people's health.

10:09People that are mostly affected are children and elderly people,

10:14elderly people that already have some kind of illnesses,

10:17for example, respiratory illnesses

10:21or cardiovascular illnesses.

10:23They are most affected by this heat.

10:25And certainly, the urban heat island effect plays mostly at night,

10:28so when you don't cool down during the night,

10:31well, this also can have negative health effects.

10:35This heat island effect is mainly due to urban land use.

10:39Cities are made of asphalt and concrete,

10:42materials that absorb the intense solar radiation

10:45to which they are exposed.

10:47This heat is retained and then radiated after the sun sets,

10:51which is why temperatures cool down less.

10:54However, adaptation is possible.

10:59Solutions include making cities greener.

11:03Trees like these offer shade, which helps people cool down.

11:06Plants also work as nature's air conditioner,

11:09taking water from the ground, through their roots,

11:12and then releasing it into the air as vapor.

11:15But adaptation only works locally.

11:18And alone, it isn't enough.

11:19As long as global warming will persist,

11:22we will see higher temperatures,

11:23not only in cities, but everywhere around the world.

11:27So indeed, the urban heat island effect

11:28will also increase towards the future

11:30with additional climate change.

11:32So it's also important to reduce our emissions

11:34as fast as possible.

11:36The warning from experts is clear.

11:39Either tackle the root cause

11:40or face cities becoming unlivable.

11:42Theunt from scratch the roots

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