00:01Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured after powerful back-to-back earthquakes hit Venezuela.
00:10Europe's early heat wave continues to wreak havoc as temperatures creep to new highs and red alerts spread across the
00:16continent.
00:20The EU has scaled back its ambitions for Ukraine's accession talk,
00:24now targeting the opening of just two negotiating clusters in July rather than five.
00:32Dozens were killed and hundreds were injured after powerful back-to-back earthquakes hit Venezuela on Wednesday evening.
00:39Acting President Delcy Rodriguez warned the toll was expected to rise as rescuers searched collapsed buildings.
00:46The casualty figures excluded the state of La Guayra, which Rodriguez described as a disaster zone and the area hardest
00:53hit.
00:54She declared a state of emergency during an address to the nation,
00:58adding that several countries had offered help including the United States and several Central and South American nations.
01:04I want to thank the governments of the world that immediately occurred to these storms,
01:12they communicated with Venezuela to offer solidarity and support.
01:16United States, Panama, Qatar, Cuba, Nicaragua, Turkey, Jordan, Barbados, Curaçao, Colombia, Reino Unido, Brazil, Mexico,
01:31Organización de Naciones Unidas, ONU, y Organismos Multilaterales Financieros,
01:36que ya se comunicaron por distintas vías con el gobierno venezolano para expresar su solidaridad con el pueblo de Venezuela.
01:44The 7.2 and 7.5 magnitude earthquakes were among the strongest to strike Venezuela in more than a century,
01:52causing damage in several states, including the country's main airport in Caracas.
02:02Europe's early heat wave continues to wreak havoc as temperatures creep to new highs and red alerts spread across the
02:08continent.
02:08Tuesday was the hottest day ever in France, with the country's national thermal indicator reading 29.8 degrees Celsius.
02:17France has recorded 40 fatalities from drowning in the past week as people seek relief in rivers and other bodies
02:24of water,
02:25despite authorities' warnings about unsupervised swimming.
02:29In the UK, schools have been closed on Wednesday as a rare red weather warning comes into force.
02:35The country is bracing for record-breaking temperatures.
02:39Multiple UK train operators were forced to cancel or reduce services on Tuesday to avoid heat-related problems.
02:47Railway operators urged people to travel only if absolutely necessary on Wednesday and Thursday.
02:53Italy put 16 cities on red alert for heat waves on Wednesday, including Milan, Rome, Turin, Venice and Bologna.
03:01People have been advised to eat light foods and stay indoors during the hottest times of the day.
03:07A spike in households using air conditioning for cooling has sparkled blackouts in Milan and Turin.
03:14In Spain, the extreme heat is starting to abate, with National Weather Service saying temperatures would drop in most of
03:21the country.
03:22Parts of the Basque country in the northern Spain remained on red alert, but this is expected to end by
03:28Thursday with no areas rated red or orange.
03:32It will come as a relief after temperatures reached 44 degrees Celsius southern Andalusia on Tuesday.
03:39High-level heat warnings have also been issued in Western Poland, where record temperatures are anticipated, while Hungary will raise
03:47its heat alert to the highest level between Saturday and Tuesday.
03:51Further heat-wave alerts have been issued in Croatia, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Switzerland.
04:02The European Union has scaled back its ambitions for Ukraine's accession talks, now targeting the opening of just two negotiating
04:09clusters in July rather than five.
04:12Ukraine opened one cluster earlier this month after a two-year wait under Hungary's veto.
04:18The change of plans comes as the new government in Budapest signalled several times its opposition to speeding up Ukraine's
04:25membership bid.
04:26For Budapest, opening all six clusters in a condensed period is considered a fast-tracked accession.
04:34The characterization is rejected by a majority of member states, which see the clusters as just the beginning of an
04:40arduous, complex journey.
04:42The climb-down marks a significant retreat for Brussels.
04:46The European Commission has consistently indicated that Ukraine was technically ready to negotiate the six thematic clusters, which altogether cover
04:5533 chapters.
04:57Momentum behind enlargement surge following the Hungarian elections in April after Viktor Orbán's electoral defeat.
05:03The newly elected Prime Minister, Peter Magyar, offered an olive branch by lifting the country's long-standing veto on the
05:11first cluster in early June.
05:13But Magyar has since signalled that he is unwilling to support a faster pace of negotiations.
05:21Iran's parliament speaker, Mohamed Bakir Kalibaf, on Wednesday described the U.S.-Iran framework deal as, quote, a declaration of U
05:30.S. defeat.
05:32According to Kalibaf, Washington and Israel had miscalculated in launching the war.
05:37Speaking at the PUIC parliamentary summit in Baku, Kalibaf, who heads the Iranian negotiating team, said the Islamabad understanding was
05:46not the result of pressure and coercion, but rather the result of the resistance and authority of the brave Iranian
05:54nation.
05:55His remarks came as technical talks under the 60-day framework continued, with Iranian and U.S. negotiators still divided
06:04over key outstanding issues, most acutely on the future of the Strait of Hamus and nuclear inspections in Iran.
06:12In a social media post, U.S. President Donald Trump said that Tehran had assured Washington there would be, quote,
06:21no tolls, no insurance costs, and no other charges of any kind for ships passing through the crucial waterway.
06:28Trump warned if the information proved false, negotiations would end immediately.
06:33He added that released Iranian funds would be spent exclusively on U.S. food exports, something that Iran's foreign ministry
06:41spokesperson, Ismail Bakay, has rejected.
06:45On Tuesday, the U.S. Congress passed the War Powers Measure for the first time, nearly four months after Iran
06:51was first struck.
06:52The move breaks with Trump and demands that the U.S. President hold the war in Iran or seek congressional
06:58approval before continuing military action.
07:05Qatar's World Cup campaign is over after a 3-1 defeat to Bosnia and Herzegovina on the final day of
07:12the group stage.
07:13The result left Qatar bottom of Group B with one point from three matches and ended any hope of reaching
07:20the knockout rounds.
07:22Unfortunately, this is the football. It's a game at the end.
07:26I think the coach had some mistakes, but let's look at it like optimistic way.
07:35It's an historic thing that we are in World Cup.
07:38First of all, I want to say hard luck for Qatar national team, but we will support forever because I
07:45think Qatar deserves more than this.
07:48And inshallah, next World Cup will be better.
07:51Inshallah.
07:58France head coach Didier Deschamps will miss Les Bleus' final group match against Norway on Friday in order to return
08:04home for his mother's funeral.
08:06A statement by the French Football Federation said that Didier Deschamps has entrusted his assistant Guy Stéphane with responsibility for
08:13leading the squad until he returns.
08:15Deschamps took over as head coach in 2012 and guided France to World Cup victory in 2018.
08:22He is expected to rejoin his players and staff in Boston on Saturday, the day after the match against Norway.
08:29In the meantime, he will remain in contact with his assistant to discuss team selection.
08:34Deschamps also missed a game against Denmark in 2022 following his father's death.
08:39France is top of Group 1 with 6 points after beating Senegal 3-1 and a 3-0 win over
08:45Irak with star player Kylian Mbappé scoring 4 goals in total.
08:59There are projects that defy time and then there is the Sagrada Familia.
09:03In the heart of Barcelona, Antonio Gaudi's masterpiece is nearing completion after more than 140 years of construction.
09:10A miracle that coincides with the centennial of the brilliant architect's death.
09:15Using a modular system, a puzzle of stone and steel is assembled, held together by 24 metric tons of adhesive
09:22developed by Henkel.
09:23Begonia Cantera, the engineer in charge of the project, points out that thanks to this adhesive, construction of the Sagrada
09:30Familia has been accelerated by about 50 years.
09:33A half-century's head start thanks to a resin that absorbs moisture, sea salt and sebray vibrations without cracking.
09:56Its mystique evokes an entire forest bathed in light from the stained-glass windows.
10:02The basilica also holds secrets that inspired everyone from the stormtroopers, the imperial soldiers of Star Wars, to Gaudi himself,
10:09who is also depicted on the façade.
10:12Although he never lived to see his masterpiece completed, he rests in its script for eternity.
10:17On the passion façade, you can see an unconventional depiction of Christ, whose head is a book, a gateway to
10:23knowledge.
10:25After Gaudi's death, a line of architects took up the torch.
10:28In recent years, led by Gaudi Faouli, they have faced the greatest structural challenge, erecting the central towers.
10:36Faouli recalls that the master knew his work would be completed using the technology of the future.
11:03Thus, the Tower of Jesus now crowns the sky at 172 meters, making the basilica the tallest church in the
11:11world.
11:12The city of Barcelona already has its place.
11:14The Tower of Jesus Christ, the most high of the sacred family, recently baptized by the Papa León XIV in
11:19his journey to Spain,
11:20vigila the city of Condal.
11:21The great secret of the tower is not only the stone, but the chemical.
11:24A innovative patent of adhesive loctite is the molecule molecule that une these tons of structure.
11:30Ingeniería at the highest level applied to the art of Gaudi.
11:32María Muñoz Morillo, Barcelona, para Euronews.
