00:00900 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in eastern Afghanistan after a devastating earthquake.
00:11Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he will declare a republic in arms if U.S. forces deployed to the Caribbean attack his country.
00:20Ukraine detained suspects in the fatal shooting of former Speaker of Parliament Andri Perubi claiming possible Russian involvement.
00:30More than 900 people have been killed and 3,000 injured in eastern Afghanistan after a devastating quake.
00:37The 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked the towns in the province of Kunar, near the city of Jalalabad and neighbouring Nangarhar.
00:46With much of the region affected lying in remote, inhospitable terrain, officials have warned the death toll may rise significantly as emergency teams struggle to gain access.
00:56The Afghan Red Crescent put the confirmed death toll at 825 as of Monday afternoon and reported widespread damage to property and infrastructure.
01:08A government spokesperson quoted by local media put the figures at 812 dead and some 2,500 injured.
01:15It's not the first time a deadly earthquake has struck Afghanistan.
01:20In 2023, a 6.3 magnitude quake killed thousands as it hit the region.
01:30Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro says he'll declare a constitutional republic in arms if U.S. forces deployed in the Caribbean attack his country.
01:38The comments were in reaction to the Trump administration boosting maritime defenses and expanding its naval presence in waters near Latin America in a bid to combat threats from drug cartels in the region.
01:50In recent days, U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of several naval battleships to patrol the waters off Venezuela.
01:58A U.S. defense official says three amphibious ships encompassing a force of more than 4,000 sailors and marines would add to the existing deployment already there.
02:07Maduro accuses the Trump administration of pursuing a regime change in Caracas, calling the escalation immoral, absolutely criminal, and a bloody threat.
02:17The Venezuelan leader has responded timely to what he described as the greatest threat to face his continent in 100 years.
02:24Maduro has stationed some 15,000 troops along the coasts and border with neighboring Colombia.
02:30He's also urged Venezuelans to enlist in a civilian militia.
02:33Trump's deployment comes as the White House continues its declared fight against the flow of illicit drugs coming into the U.S., including fentanyl, largely via their southern borders.
02:45Washington has previously slammed Venezuela for its lack of a hardline stance on drug cartels.
02:50They've also recently offered a bounty of $50 million for the capture of President Maduro,
02:55who they accuse of acting in concert with criminals and of being a narco-trafficker himself.
03:01Ukrainian authorities on Monday announced that a suspect in the fatal shooting of prominent politician and former Speaker of Parliament Andrei Parubi has been detained,
03:15claiming a possible Russian involvement.
03:18According to Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky,
03:21the 52-year-old suspect has given an initial testimony and an investigation is currently underway.
03:29While the head of Ukraine Security Service in the Leave region said,
03:33quote,
03:34there is operational information indicating the possible involvement of the Russian Federation Special Services in organizing the murder.
03:43End of quote.
03:44Parubi, a Ukrainian politician who previously served as the Parliament Speaker,
03:50was shot dead in leave on Saturday.
03:52During a press briefing in leave,
03:54police officials said that Parubi was shot eight times with a short-barreled firearm.
04:00Seven shell casings were later found at the crime scene.
04:04Law enforcement authorities said they are investigating whether Parubi received threats before his death.
04:14Russia has been accused of jamming the GPS of the airplane-carrying European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen
04:23during her official visit to Bulgaria on Sunday.
04:27The plane was forced to land at Plovdiv airport using paper maps instead of the conventional electronic system.
04:34Von der Leyen's visit to Bulgaria was part of her tour of member states that border Russia and Belarus,
04:39aimed at expressing solidarity and promoting the European Union's plan to ramp up defense spending.
04:45Of course, this will only reinforce even further our unshakable commitment to ramp up defense capabilities and support for Ukraine.
04:56This incident actually underlines the urgency of the mission that the president is carrying out in the frontline member states these days.
05:05There she has seen firsthand the everyday challenges of threats coming from Russia and its proxies.
05:15And of course, the EU will continue to invest into defense spending and in Europe's readiness even more after this incident.
05:23Russia has been repeatedly accused of jamming and spoofing GPS systems across Eastern Europe.
05:29The interference is considered a form of hybrid warfare launched by the Kremlin in retaliation for European support for Ukraine.
05:40Russian President Vladimir Putin has blamed the West for his country's war on Ukraine,
05:46and Europe in particular for what he said were provocations forcing Moscow to respond.
05:51The Russian leader made the remarks as he participated in a major summit in China,
05:56taking place in the northern port city of Tianjin.
05:59Putin says the war was not triggered by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
06:04but rather as a result of a coup in Ukraine, provoked and supported by the West.
06:09He also labeled the West's constant attempts to enlist Ukraine into NATO
06:13as the second biggest reason for the ongoing war, well into its fourth year.
06:18Earlier, Chinese President Xi Jinping criticized the bullying behavior of other countries
06:23and urged members of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization to resist what he called the Cold War mentality.
06:30He also praised the growth of the group both in size and influence,
06:34but stressed the need for even more cooperation to address global crises and promote further development.
06:40The Shanghai Coordination Organization was established 24 years ago
06:44with an aim of challenging Western-led multilateral blocs.
06:48The group, which has 10 permanent members, two observers,
06:52and 14 dialogue partners spanning Asia, Europe, and Africa,
06:56accounts for nearly half the world's population and around a quarter of the global economy.
07:00The F-CAS program faces fresh uncertainty following a dispute between its manufacturers.
07:13Launched in 2017 by France, Germany, and Spain,
07:17this project aims to strengthen European defense by developing a sixth-generation fighter aircraft
07:21supported by interconnected drones within a combat cloud.
07:24The German Defense Ministry accused French industry of blocking the project
07:30after Dassault's CEO called for single management of the fighter jet program.
07:34However, it is unlikely that Dassault will get full control of the program.
07:38There are other parts, other pillars of this SKAF project,
07:43for example, a combat cloud,
07:46so a digital infrastructure to exchange information,
07:50to connect to other devices,
07:52and especially to non-pilotable drones,
07:58which should also be developed,
08:00and there, especially by Airbus and the German side.
08:04Following the management dispute,
08:05some German voices are threatening to leave the project.
08:09Germany could turn to a rival project for a sixth-generation fighter jet
08:12developed by Italy, the UK, and Japan.
08:15Other transatlantic-minded German voices are arguing in favor of buying more American F-35s,
08:21to the detriment of Europe's strategic autonomy.
08:23The F-CAS was discussed on Friday at the Franco-German Council of Ministers in Toulon.
08:52The German Chancellor and the French President reaffirmed their commitment to the project,
08:56but hinted at the possibility of adjustments.
09:02Liverpool Football Club broke the English transfer record
09:06with their latest signing of Newcastle striker Alexander Isak for €145 million.
09:11It's the club's fifth major signing in a busy transfer window,
09:16which saw them splash out around €480 million,
09:20excluding add-ons, a club record.
09:23The transfer marks an end to a months-long saga
09:25of rumors and behind-the-scenes wrangling on the Swedish international's future.
09:30The reigning Premier League champions have also splashed serious cash on other major signings,
09:35including Bayer Leverkusen's Florian Wirtz and Jeremy Frimpong.
09:39The summer transfer window also broke the spending record for the Premier League,
09:43which saw clubs splurge close to €3.5 billion,
09:47up from €2.27 billion the previous summer.
09:49Russian propaganda is overtaking legitimate news in the Czech Republic.
09:59A new report claims that disinformation websites in the Czech Republic publish around 120 articles a day,
10:07outpacing its main reliable news outlets.
10:10Czech media company Voxpop teams up with an IT association called Druitt
10:15to analyze 360,000 publications across 16 platforms over the past 25 years.
10:22The investigation revealed that disinformation servers in the country
10:25churn out more articles every day than the largest Czech media houses,
10:30often doing so covertly with Russian money or funding from entities close to Russia.
10:35Voxpop said that roughly 10% of the articles were direct translations of pieces
10:40from state-owned and state-controlled Russian outlets such as Sputnik and RT,
10:44or other websites linked to the Russian propaganda machine.
10:48The EU has banned these media platforms since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
10:54The report notes a common tactic that Russian propaganda campaigns often employ in Europe.
10:59As election time approaches, the amount of disinformation ramps up.
11:04The Czech Republic is due to hold its parliamentary elections in early October,
11:08and Voxpop says that around 4,000 misleading articles are published per month,
11:13the highest rate in history.
11:15Some of the misleading headlines include the supposed bankruptcy of Ukraine,
11:20allegations that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney was spotted taking cocaine,
11:25and accusations that Brussels will interfere in the Czech elections.
11:28Ultimately, the goal of such headlines is to try and muster distrust in Western democracy and political leaders,
11:34and to try and generate a more positive public opinion towards Russia.
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