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00:00Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has received over $2 billion for NATO's new weapons support program.
00:10U.S. broadcaster ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday after the host made controversial comments about the assassination of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk.
00:20The European Commission has unveiled a package of sanctions on Israel over its planned expansion of military action in Gaza and settlements in the West Bank.
00:30Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday the country expects to have around 2.9 billion euros in a fund in October to buy weapons from the U.S.
00:41According to Zelensky, the weapons would help Kyiv sustain its war effort against Russia's full-scale invasion.
00:48The financial arrangement, known as the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List, pulls contributions from NATO members excluding the U.S.
01:00more than 2 billion dollars from our partners, especially for the program of PORL.
01:05We will get additional money, I think we will have about 3.5-3.6 billion dollars.
01:14The first two packages are about 500 million dollars, as I understand your question, and what will happen in these packages?
01:20Zelensky declined to provide details of what weapons the first shipment would include, but said they would definitely contain missiles for Patriot air defense missile systems and munitions for the high-mobility artillery rocket systems known as HIMARS.
01:37Defense experts say the Patriot systems are vital to defend against Russian missile attacks and strengthen the Ukrainian military's precision strike capability.
01:50Alexei Navalny's widow says new tests prove the prominent Russian opposition figure was poisoned as he was held in prison.
01:59Her claims stand to reignite accusations that Navalny was murdered by the Russian state.
02:04Yulia Navalny says biological samples from her late husband were taken abroad secretly, where two independent labs reached the conclusion he was poisoned.
02:14Navalny died in a Russian Arctic prison in February 2024, aged 47.
02:20The Kremlin has repeatedly dismissed allegations that his death was purposeful as unfounded.
02:27Given this guy a little punk, and he deserves it.
02:32U.S. broadcaster ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday after the host made controversial comments about the assassination of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk.
02:41The move came after a major group of affiliated stations refused to air the show, calling Kimmel's remarks offensive and insensitive.
02:52The MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize...
02:55On Monday and Tuesday, Kimmel accused what he called MAGAland of capitalizing on the murder and suggested the alleged killer was one of them.
03:03President Donald Trump celebrated the suspension, while the head of the U.S. regulator, the FCC, called the comments truly sick and threatened action against Disney.
03:16Kirk's killing on September 10th caused further divisions in the country, which already experiences a deeply polarized climate.
03:23The Trump administration has been cracking down on critical speech about the death of its prominent ally.
03:32U.S. President Donald Trump was welcomed by British Royal Spectacle Wednesday, greeted by military honor guards and mounted troops in a historic second state visit for the U.S. leader.
03:42Prince William and his wife Catherine first met the president's Marine One helicopter as it landed in the private walled garden on the Windsor Castle estate.
03:53Trump was treated to a tour of the royal collection and a beating retreat ceremony as he visited the royals.
03:59The day of pageantry was on a scale designed to impress the president and involve some 120 horses and 1,300 troops, including the largest guard of honor in living memory.
04:12It's a visit not without political impact, with the U.K.'s leader Keir Starmer seeking to boost ties with Trump at a moment when his America first policies are putting pressure on global trade.
04:24Trump and Starmer are expected to hold talks on Thursday.
04:32In London, Trump's visit was met by thousands of protesters who carried banners against the U.S. leader.
04:38Although the number of demonstrators was smaller than Trump's last state visit six years ago.
04:43The European Commission has unveiled a package of sanctions on Israel over its planned expansion of military action in Gaza and settlements in the West Bank.
04:56The plan, flagged by Ursula von der Leyen last week, targets ten Hamas members, two far-right Israeli ministers and settler groups.
05:03Good afternoon.
05:04Today I presented a robust package of sanctions of Hamas terrorists, extremist ministers in the Israeli government and violent settlers and entities supporting the impunity going on in the West Bank.
05:21The Commission adopted a proposal to partially suspend trade concessions.
05:27Commissioner Sefcovic will update you on the trade details in a minute.
05:32And I want to be very clear.
05:35The aim is not to punish Israel.
05:38The aim is to improve the humanitarian situation in Gaza.
05:42If approved, the package would also suspend preferential trade concessions as part of the Israel-EU Association Agreement.
05:51The deal currently allows a third of goods to enter duty-free.
05:56Its suspension would cost Israel an estimated €227 in extra duties each year.
06:03The EU's foreign policy chief, Kaya Callas, said the measures are designed to pressure Israel to change course.
06:09Israel has expanded its military action with the government approving a plan to take over Gaza City.
06:16Last month, the country also gave final approval for a controversial settlement project that would effectively cut off the occupied West Bank from East Jerusalem.
06:26The package against Israel still needs a qualified majority from EU member states before it can take effect.
06:33Inflation in the Eurozone is right on target, hitting 2% in August according to new figures from Eurostat.
06:44The number is in line with targets set out by the European Central Bank and means more interest rate cuts are unlikely to come soon.
06:52Price growth has held steady since June, with the biggest increases in food, alcohol and tobacco all up 3.2% and services up 3.1%.
07:04Non-energy industrial goods rose just 0.8% while energy prices fell by 2%.
07:10The new data comes just a week after the European Central Bank decided to keep interest rates unchanged.
07:17The bank's key deposit rate remains at 2%, its lowest level in more than two years.
07:23ECB head Christine Lagarde stressed the bank isn't locked into a fixed path and that future decisions will depend on how the economy performs.
07:31Christian Bruckner, the main suspect in the disappearance of Madeleine McCann was released from a German prison on Wednesday.
07:41He had finished serving a 7 year sentence for an unrelated crime, the rape of a 72 year old woman in Portugal.
07:49Authorities have seized his passport and he will be monitored with an electronic bracelet.
07:54Despite his release, Bruckner remains the prime suspect in the 2007 disappearance of Madeleine, though he has never been charged in that case.
08:06German prosecutors have been investigating him for murder since 2020, but his lawyer says there is not enough evidence for charges.
08:15The 48 year old lived in the Portuguese resort of Praia de Luz around the time the 3 year old girl vanished.
08:26Last October, Bruckner was accurate of several other unrelated sexual offences he was alleged to have committed in Portugal.
08:32Former independent Kalin Georgescu is now officially awaiting trial after prosecutors have formally finished the probe into his involvement into what prosecutors essentially describe as an attempted coup d'etat.
08:51The Bucharest Court of Appeal is now expected to set a date for the preliminary proceedings for his trial.
08:56Essentially, prosecutors claim that Georgescu, with the help of known mercenary Horacio Potra, attempted to turn peaceful protests that were scheduled to take place after the annulment of Romanian presidential elections into violent riots, overtaking key power positions in the process.
09:15Horacio Potra has fled the country and, as of right now, Romanian authorities were not able to bring him back.
09:21As part of his judiciary control, Kalin Georgescu was brought to a police station on Wednesday in front of the cameras.
09:29He claimed his innocence and also compared his case to that of Donald Trump back in 2016.
09:39Did Pedro Sánchez incite pro-Palestine protesters to stop La Vuelta's cycling race?
09:44Many Spaniards are enraged by the cancellation of the last lap of La Vuelta Ciclista a España, their iconic three-week cycling race across the country.
09:55Its final stage was abandoned this weekend after thousands of pro-Palestine protesters broke the finish line in Madrid.
10:02Two people were detained and 22 police officers injured.
10:04Prominent Spanish politicians were quick to argue that Pedro Sánchez, Spain's Prime Minister, was directly responsible for the disruption.
10:12But what did Sánchez actually say?
10:14Speaking at a PSOE event in Andalucía, Sánchez said he first and foremost respected the athletes competing in La Vuelta.
10:21But he also expressed admiration for Spaniards who mobilized for just causes like that of Palestine.
10:26He added that he felt proud to see a country that, despite its diversity, comes together on a just cause like human rights, finishing with long-lived the Spanish people.
10:41He did not explicitly call for protest or mention stopping in Palestine.
10:44And in fact, hailed the athletes as much as the protesters.
10:45But many still found his words inflammatory and irresponsible.
10:47José Luis Martínez Almeida, mayor of Madrid, said,
10:49Today, Madrid has been overwhelmed by violence, for which I make the president of the government directly responsible, because of his irresponsible statements this morning inciting the demonstrators.
11:05And Isabel Díaz Ayuso, president of the Madrid, of the United States, of the United States, of the United States.
11:09When the president of the nation cheers on the boycott against the Vuelta Teclista, he becomes responsible for every clash that occurs.
11:28Meanwhile, accusations also range from the left, blaming Sánchez for not doing enough to support the protesters.
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