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00:00Israel says it will call up 60,000 additional reservists as it wants to expand its military
00:07operation in Gaza City.
00:10At least 14 people were wounded overnight on Wednesday in another large-scale Russian
00:15missile and drone attack on Ukraine.
00:20A fourth person has died in Italy from suspected botolism food poisoning, sparking concerns
00:26of a wider outbreak.
00:30Israel says it will call up 60,000 additional reservists as it wants to expand its military
00:37operation in Gaza City.
00:39Additionally, they will also lengthen the service of 20,000 reservists currently serving.
00:45A military official speaking on condition of anonymity said that forces will be stationed
00:50in parts of Gaza City where the IDF has not yet operated and believes Hamas is still active.
00:56The call-up comes against a backdrop of a growing campaign of exhausted reservists.
01:01They are accusing the government of perpetuating the war for political reasons and failing to
01:07bring home the remaining hostages.
01:10Meanwhile, negotiators scramble to strike a ceasefire agreement between Hamas and Israel
01:15in an effort to end Israel's 22-month-long offensive in Gaza.
01:19Human rights groups have increasingly warned that the humanitarian crisis would further worsen
01:25in the Strip.
01:26Where most residents have been displaced, vast neighborhoods lie in ruins, and communities
01:30face the threat of famine.
01:36Syria's Foreign Minister Assad al-Shibani met with an Israeli delegation in Paris on Tuesday
01:42in an attempt to de-escalate tension in the region.
01:46The talks were brokered by the United States, who have been pushing for the two countries
01:50to normalize relations amid a recent surge of tensions between them.
01:55The meeting marks the first time Syria's acknowledged holding direct talks with Israel.
02:00The two also spoke about restoring a 1974 ceasefire agreement, which had established a buffer zone
02:07between Syria and Israel, according to Syria's state media.
02:11Shortly after former President Bashar al-Assad was overthrown, Israeli forces took control of the
02:17UN-patrolled buffer zone and have launched multiple strikes across the country since then,
02:21including on the Defense Ministry building in Damascus last month.
02:26Neither Syrian nor Israeli officials offered an official statement outlining details about
02:31what was said during the meeting.
02:32Kneecap member Mokara, real name Liam Ogg O'Hanna, appeared in court in the UK on Wednesday
02:42over allegedly displaying a Hezbollah flag on stage at the show last November.
02:48Wednesday's appearance at the Westminster Magistrate Court is the second for the Irish rapper,
02:52following an appearance on 18 June, after which he was released on unconditional bail.
02:57The 27-year-old rapper was greeted by crowds, chanting free Mokara and waving Irish and
03:04Palestinian flags.
03:06Whatever happens is going to be a positive result because we're not going away.
03:09We support Liam Ogg, we support Kneecap, we support Palestine.
03:12You know, so the state have placed themselves in a stupid position.
03:17They can kick it down the road and make him come back again.
03:20You know, and there'll be twice as many people here the next time.
03:23His fellow band members also arrived at the court, according to local media reports.
03:28The Kneecap have been a vocal supporter of Palestine in the Israel-Gaza conflict and sparked
03:34controversy for their repeated and defiant pro-Palestinian support during concerts and festivals.
03:42They have consistently denied supporting either Hamas or Hezbollah.
03:46Since Hezbollah was banned in the United Kingdom in 2019, it has been an offence to show support
03:53for the Iran-backed group.
04:00At least 14 people, including three children, were injured when a series of Russian strikes
04:05hit the city of Otoka in the Sumi region in the early hours of Wednesday.
04:09Simultaneous attacks hit a number of locations, triggering fires in private homes, non-residential
04:16buildings, as well as several vehicles.
04:20All of the blazes were extinguished by firefighters and rescuers.
04:26The emergency service said rescuers managed to pull a woman alive from the rubble of one
04:30destroyed building.
04:33Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky said strikes also hit the regions of Chernihiv, Kharkiv
04:39and Poltava.
04:41The attacks come despite an uptick in diplomacy focused on efforts to end the war.
04:47Both Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin have met with U.S. President Donald Trump
04:52in an attempt to secure a peace settlement.
04:56Trump has said he is open to the idea of joining European countries to provide security guarantees
05:01for Ukraine.
05:02The EU and its allies must come up with practical solutions to provide Ukraine with security
05:11guarantees, according to European Council President Antonio Costa.
05:16Costa spoke in a virtual briefing with the Coalition of the Willing Leaders, including
05:20Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen, following a Washington summit.
05:24Now is the time to accelerate our practical work to put in place a guarantee similar to
05:34NATO's Article 5 with continued United States engagement.
05:39European leaders have been cautiously optimistic about U.S.-led efforts to bring forward a peace
05:55deal, but have reiterated concerns over Europe's ability to trust Russian President Vladimir Putin.
06:11Both Denmark and Finland's leaders said Tuesday that the Russian leader must show he is serious
06:18about a peace agreement.
06:19A breakthrough for Ukraine's European allies is Trump's commitment to participate in providing
06:24security guarantees for Ukraine.
06:26Trump on Tuesday, however, ruled out U.S. boots on the ground in Ukraine and gave no specifics
06:32about U.S. support in a post-war settlement.
06:34The U.K. has said a reassurance force headed by the U.K. and France would involve allies sending
06:40troops to non-contact areas.
06:42Ukraine's membership to the EU is also on the table as a safety carry, although it is currently
06:48stalled by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.
06:51Despite an uptick in diplomacy around ending the war, Russia struck Ukraine overnight with
06:56a wave of missile and drone attacks from Monday into Tuesday.
07:04Residents of Kyiv held their breath as they closely watched meetings between Ukrainian President
07:10Vladimir Zelenskyy, U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders.
07:16During the summit in Washington, Trump expressed hope that he and Zelenskyy would soon hold talks
07:21with Russian President Vladimir Putin with the objective of ending Russia's war in Ukraine.
07:27We, as every Ukrainian, hope that every fight will give us a positive result.
07:34So, yesterday's fight, it was an historic moment.
07:37I think that we all kept our eyes, and every Ukrainian will follow.
07:42It is the end of the war, I think it will not be possible.
07:45I think it will not be the end of the war.
07:47It will not be the end of the war.
07:49It is the end of the war.
07:50It is the end of the war.
07:51It is the end of the war.
08:00Following the conclusion of the meetings, Trump phoned Putin to initiate the three-way talks.
08:08Moscow residents also reacted to the recent flurry of diplomacy, though some with skepticism.
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08:26So, you know, the two will come to me?
08:28.
08:31arrival during the war actual conflict and howaged everybody?
08:34.
08:35This was not time for the time to give up the conflict and everything the
08:39o comes from German, and the future those will not happen.
08:41Come have a moment for someeroid here.
08:43As soon as there is agreement on the side, then everything will happen very quickly and we will do it.
08:49Putin has demanded that Kyiv give up Donbass, a region in eastern Ukraine that has seen some of the most intense fighting.
08:55However, Zelensky says that Ukraine ceding territory to Russia would be a springboard for future invasion.
09:03A 62-year-old woman died in Sardinia on Tuesday after eating poisonous guacamole in Italy's fourth death from food poisoning in several weeks.
09:13Her death comes after another woman in Sardinia passed away after eating the same food.
09:20Two children remain in hospital.
09:23An additional two people died in Calabria with all victims showing signs of botulism, a rare but deadly illness caused by a toxin attacking the nervous system.
09:33Authorities have launched an investigation into the potential outbreak.
09:38Botulism is caused by eating improperly canned, preserved or fermented foods.
09:43In 2023, Italy recorded the highest number of botulism cases in Europe, with 36 confirmed reports.
09:54At least 37 people have been arrested in Spain for their alleged involvement in forest fires that have raged for weeks.
10:01Twenty-one serious fires are active across the country despite a decrease in temperatures, with flames burning through land across several regions.
10:10On Tuesday, fires in Galicia ravaged small, sparsely populated towns, forcing locals to step in before firefighters arrived.
10:20Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez visited the area where he spoke on the 16-day heat wave that has fuelled fires across the country.
10:31He blamed the impact of climate change for the destruction caused by the wildfires.
10:35Spain has seen a catastrophic wildfire season that has killed four people and burned through thousands of hectares of land.
10:44Protests on how best to manage the fires broke out in Lyon, where hundreds of residents gathered to demand the central government help in combating the flames.
10:52Finnish politician Emilie Peltonen was found dead in the country's parliament building in Helsinki on Tuesday in what authorities believe was a suicide.
11:06The death of Peltonen, who was an MP of the Social Democratic Party, sent shockwaves through Finland's political sphere.
11:13The country's parliament is currently in summer recess, but Prime Minister Petri Orpo suspended all political work on Tuesday as a mark of respect.
11:21He also held a minute of silence for Peltonen.
11:26The 30-year-old had been out of the political spotlight in recent weeks, and in June he announced that a kidney problem and subsequent infection had kept him away from work.
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