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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump raised hopes of a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia

00:06as he welcomed Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to the White House.

00:12Trump said Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed the Kremlin would accept some security guarantees for Ukraine.

00:19Speaking at the meeting with Zelensky and European leaders, Trump described it as a very significant step.

00:25He added that European nations would need to take a lot of the burden, but that the U.S. would help them.

00:32Zelensky said the world leaders who gathered in Washington had discussed security guarantees

00:36and that it had been a very good conversation.

00:41French President Emmanuel Macron called for a four-way summit between Ukraine, Russia, the U.S. and Europeans.

00:48His German counterpart, Chancellor Friedrich Merz, urged a ceasefire in Ukraine

00:53before any meeting between Kyiv, Moscow and Washington.

01:00At least seven people were killed and more than a dozen others were injured

01:04after Russia struck Kharkiv overnight into Monday.

01:08Ukrainian officials say the Kremlin fired a new barrage of missiles and drones targeting the northeastern city.

01:14Regional governor of Kharkiv, Oler Sinehubov, says a two-year-old boy was among those killed in the attack.

01:20Six of those wounded were also children, ranging from 6 to 17 in age.

01:25Local officials say many victims are still trapped under the rubble, warning that figures may continue to rise.

01:32Kharkiv has been a target of Russia's intensified aerial assault.

01:36On Sunday, the city was struck with an array of drones and guided bombs, injuring several people.

01:42The adjacent Sumy region also came under Russian attack in the early hours of Monday.

01:47Two people were injured and more than a dozen homes and an educational institution sustained damage.

01:53The Black Sea port city of Odessa has also been placed under monitoring

01:57after residents reported hearing explosions late on Sunday and into the early hours of Monday.

02:02The attacks come as Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Washington

02:07for a crucial meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump in the White House.

02:12Trump, just hours before he's due to welcome Zelensky,

02:15ruled out joining NATO and reclaiming Crimea as part of any potential peace deal with Russia.

02:21The meeting comes just days after Trump's Alaskan summit

02:24with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in a military base on Friday.

02:27Zelensky, making his first visit to the White House since late February's dramatic showdown,

02:33will be accompanied by a slew of European leaders,

02:36NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

02:48Russian President has reportedly told Donald Trump that one of his demands is full control of Donbass.

02:55The region in eastern Ukraine with a pre-war population of six and a half million people

03:02includes two regions, Donetsk and Luhansk.

03:06Moscow's demands regarding it are not new.

03:09They aren't even from 2022.

03:12Putin has been trying to occupy Donbass for 11 years since Russia's first invasion of Ukraine.

03:17But even with the fallout war of 2022,

03:20Moscow still failed to occupy all of Donbass militarily

03:24and hopes to do it now with the maximalist demands under Trump's mediation.

03:29The U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War estimates

03:32that Russia will be unable to seize all of Donetsk region rapidly by force

03:39since Moscow has been trying to do so for over a decade and failed.

03:43Russia could only rapidly seize all of Donetsk region

03:47if Ukraine concedes to Putin's demands and withdraws from it.

03:53Putin's claim that Russian forces will inevitably seize all of Donetsk region

03:58if the war continues is false.

04:02The Russian campaign for Chasivyar began in May 2023

04:05after Russian forces seized Bahmut east of Chasivyar

04:09and has then intensified a year later in April 2024.

04:13It has taken Russian forces 26 months to advance roughly 11 kilometers

04:18from western Bahmut to the western edge of Chasivyar.

04:21The Pokrovsk assault campaign began in February 2024

04:25after the seizure of Avdiyevka.

04:27Moscow has dedicated multiple efforts to seizing Pokrovsk

04:30through frontal assaults, envelopment or encirclement,

04:33all of which have thus been unsuccessful after more than 18 months.

04:38Putin previously said that he also wants to control

04:41two more regions of Ukraine, Zaporizhia and Kherson.

04:46This, according to the UK Defense Ministry,

04:48would take Moscow four years and a half

04:51and two more million Russian casualties killed and wounded

04:56on top of one million troops that Russia has already lost in casualties

05:00since the beginning of its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

05:08Hamas informed mediators that it approved the latest Gaza ceasefire proposal,

05:13several international and Israeli media outlets reported.

05:17The proposal was presented to the militant group a day before.

05:21It involved a framework agreement for a 60-day ceasefire

05:25and a two-step release of the hostages held in Gaza.

05:28Egypt and Qatar were mediating the talks with Hamas

05:31in an effort to revive the stalled negotiations.

05:34Speaking at a news conference,

05:36the Egyptian foreign minister also addressed rumors

05:39about Palestinian relocation.

05:40efforts to reach a ceasefire were ramped up

06:04after Israel announced plans to take complete control of Gaza City.

06:07This had raised further international concerns amid fears

06:11of a worsening humanitarian catastrophe in the Strip.

06:18The U.S. envoy to Lebanon said Washington would seek an economic proposal

06:22for post-war reconstruction in the country

06:25after Beirut endorsed a U.S.-backed plan for Hezbollah to disarm.

06:29Tom Barrack also said his team would discuss

06:33the long-term stop to hostilities with Israel

06:36after months of diplomacy between Washington and Lebanon.

06:39We need participation.

06:41There's always a step-by-step approach,

06:44but I think the Lebanese government has done their part.

06:47They've taken the first step.

06:49Now what we need is Israel to comply with that equal handshake.

06:52Lebanon's decision last week to support

06:55a plan to disarm Hezbollah angered the Iran-backed group.

06:59They believe Israel's military should first withdraw

07:02from a part of southern Lebanon

07:04it has occupied since the end of the war last November.

07:08Hezbollah's secretary-general has vowed to fight efforts

07:10to disarm the group,

07:12sowing fears of civil unrest in the country.

07:14Deadly wildfires have so far burned through

07:21more than 3,400 kilometers of Spanish woodland,

07:24a record-setting figure for the country

07:26according to a European monitor.

07:29The fires have forced the evacuation

07:30of more than 30,000 people

07:32in the northern province of Galicia.

07:35Authorities are struggling to contain the fires.

07:37Madrid says 12 major wildfires are still ablaze

07:40as it awaits assistance from European countries.

07:43Two Dutch water dumping planes

07:45and firefighters from other countries

07:47are expected to arrive in the coming days

07:50under a European cooperation agreement.

07:53The country's civil protection unit

07:54also added on Monday

07:56that Spain is set to receive

07:57the largest contingent of international aid

08:00in history to battle the flames.

08:02Meanwhile, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

08:04says a further 500 troops

08:06will be deployed to Galicia

08:07in a bid to boost firefighting efforts.

08:10The deployment is on top of 1,400 troops

08:13already on wildfire duty.

08:15Portugal, which was also victim to the fires

08:18gripping the Iberian Peninsula,

08:19appears to have better days on its horizon.

08:22The country is expecting cooler weather

08:24in the coming days

08:25in a much-needed respite

08:27after a string of severe wildfires

08:29which have also stretched Lisbon's resources.

08:32On Sunday, more than 4,000 firefighters,

08:351,300 vehicles, and 17 planes

08:38were deployed to tackle the flames.

08:40The blazes have so far burnt an area

08:42close to 1,400 kilometers,

08:45around 17 times more than what it was in 2024.

08:57Mathieu is a regular at Puckelpop,

08:59a Belgian music festival.

09:01It all began in 2017

09:03when one of his friends posted a message

09:05on social networks

09:06in which he shared their wish

09:08to attend the festival in a wheelchair.

09:10That's how he became acquainted

09:12with the Flemish agency Inter,

09:14which works to make festivals accessible to all.

09:17Since then, he has returned

09:18almost every summer with a companion.

09:20In particular, he can enjoy the concerts

09:22from an elevated platform accessible via a ramp.

09:26The festival has parking spaces

09:46and a priority entrance reserved

09:48for people with reduced mobility.

09:50People with special needs

09:52also have access to a campsite

09:53with adapted showers

09:54and sanitary facilities.

09:57According to Inter,

09:58this year, more than 130 festival goers

10:01stayed at that campsite,

10:02which is run by some 40 volunteers,

10:04and more than 400 people

10:06requested special facilities.

10:08There is a refrigerator for your medicine.

10:11You have more space around your tent

10:12so you can actually get out.

10:15Sometimes, otherwise,

10:16people just put their tent

10:18right in front of your entrance

10:20and then it gets dodgy.

10:24So, yeah, that's just...

10:26It makes it a bit more agreeable for us.

10:32And for those with hearing aids,

10:34a tool was developed

10:35that allows them to listen to the music

10:37directly into their devices.

10:40We have the hearing aid.

10:42It's called a hearing loop.

10:44And we have it for the main stage

10:46and the marquee.

10:48It's a system that they can put

10:50the hearing aids at the T-stand

10:52and then they can hear the music

10:55directly in their hearing aid

10:57instead of all the noises

10:58coming together in their hearing aid.

11:01Festival accessibility in Belgium

11:02has improved in recent years,

11:04but some festival goers believe

11:06there's still room for improvement.

11:08They could do better, of course.

11:10Depends which festival, I think,

11:12if the inter-organization

11:13is at a festival,

11:14you will be helped very well.

11:16But if they're not going to be there,

11:18it's not always too good,

11:20let's say like that.

11:21So there are a few festivals

11:22that are not too accessible.

11:25This year, Inter is working

11:26with roughly 60 festivals

11:28to make music accessible to all.

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