00:01Tehran's foreign ministry announced that Iran and Oman have agreed on a proposed
00:05shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz. EU chief Ursula von der Leyen condemned Russia's
00:13latest attacks on Kyiv and announced the release of 1.4 billion euros in frozen Russian asset
00:18profits to Ukraine. German police deployed a bomb disposal robot at Leipzig Halle airport
00:25after a drone was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane. Abdul El-Sayed has won
00:32Michigan's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate, narrowly defeating establishment candidate Haley
00:38Stevens. Iran and Oman have agreed on a proposed shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:46Tehran's foreign ministry announced on Wednesday. Tehran said the agreement includes technical,
00:52legal, security and environmental points. Official sources told Iranian media that the final touches
00:58were being added to the deal and that any reopening of the Strait would depend on the United States
01:03ending its naval blockade of Iran's ports. U.S. President Donald Trump has repeatedly insisted
01:10Tehran is keen to do a deal to reopen the routes to shipping, but Iran denies this and says the
01:15U.S.
01:16is not involved in the negotiations with Oman. Iran also said that even if an understanding was
01:22reached, it would not mean that the Strait had become safe for all passing vessels.
01:31German police deployed a bomb disposal robot at Germany's Leipzig Halle airport over nay after a drone
01:38was found on the tarmac near a Ukrainian cargo plane, sparking alarm and forcing the diversion of numerous
01:44flights. A DHL cargo aircraft that had to abort its scheduled landing at the airport then collided
01:50mid-air with a drone, sustaining minor damage, before landing safely at Hanover airport.
01:57A NATO spokesperson later confirmed that a drone equipped with explosives and a detonator had been
02:02found near an aircraft belonging to Kiev's cargo carrier Antonov Airlines. Ukrainian media outlets later
02:09reported that the item was carefully taken off the tarmac and destroyed in a controlled explosion.
02:15The airport in eastern Germany plays a key role in the transport of military goods,
02:20including by the German military and NATO allies, and also serves as a base for Ukraine's Antonov Airlines.
02:31European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen condemned what she called horrible atrocities
02:37by Moscow on Wednesday following a deadly overnight attack on the Kiev region.
02:41She said Ukraine would soon receive 1.4 billion euros from proceeds generated by immobilized Russian
02:48assets to fund its war effort. The EU froze around 200 billion euros of Russia's international
02:55reserves shortly after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. While the assets remain untouched,
03:03the profits generated from them have been used to support Ukraine. Von der Leyen announced the latest
03:08funding after at least 17 people were killed in Russian ballistic missile and drone attacks on
03:13Kyiv. Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukraine in recent weeks, striking several civilian targets.
03:21Four previous tranches of windfall profits from Russia's frozen assets have been transferred to
03:26Kyiv, the latest in March this year, with Wednesday's announcement bringing the total to 8 billion euros.
03:35A 26-year-old suspect accused of the murder of a British woman, Elizabeth Jane Ross, was brought before the
03:42prosecutor in Athens on Wednesday to answer charges in the case that has shocked Greece. It comes after
03:50the remains of a 38-year-old British woman were found inside a suitcase in an abandoned building in
03:56Yipseli. Charged with first-degree murder, robbery, and violations of firearms laws, the suspect's arrest
04:03took place following an investigation by the Organized Crime Division. According to the Greek police,
04:09the 26-year-old man of Afghan origin confessed to putting the woman in a suitcase but not to killing
04:16her.
04:17Reports indicate that he claimed that the woman was already dead when he found her.
04:21But police investigation concluded that the defendant attempted to dispose of her remains.
04:28The woman from Scotland had traveled to Greece on June 26, and until July 10, she was staying at a
04:35friend's home in Piraus before leaving for an unknown destination in the greater Athens area where she
04:41disappeared. International cooperation among law enforcement agencies, including Interpol and the
04:48Scottish police, helped in identifying the suspect's fingerprints and the victim's body.
04:59Iceland has ordered the expulsion of 21 anti-whaling activists held in Reykjavik since last week
05:05after the ship was seized while pursuing a whaling vessel. The Icelandic coastguard said the crew of a
05:12whaling ship requested assistance on Thursday evening because they believed their safety was under threat
05:18from the protest vessel Bandero. The bandero is operated by a group founded by anti-whaling
05:23activist Paul Watson. Watson was not on board. Those aboard the bandero included U.S. citizens,
05:30Brazilians, French and Spanish, according to a list provided by the Captain Paul Watson Foundation.
05:36The Icelandic coastguard sent a helicopter and a large vessel and three inflatable boats full of
05:42special forces to board the special forces to board the bandero, which they did after a pursuit
05:47of quite a few hours. And we have not heard from the ship since them. But Watson says his team
05:55takes
05:55it as an opportunity to continue its campaign. Iceland's membership in the European Union hinges on
06:01unending whaling as it would be prohibited under EU regulations. The European Parliament must be fully
06:09informed of these actions and we intend to publicize this. The crew had been confined to the vessel in the
06:17Reykjavik port, but police said Wednesday they could now leave the ship. Along with Norway and Japan,
06:22Iceland is one of the only countries still practicing commercial whaling.
06:30Konotopie to niewielka miejscowość w gminie Kikuł w środkowej Polsce, gdzie już za kilka dni zostanie
06:37uroczyście poświęcona najwyższa w Europie ponad 55-metrowa figura Matki Bożej. Monument wyższy od słynnego
06:46Chrystusa Odkupiciela w Rio de Janeiro powstał z inicjatywy miliardera Romana Karkosika i jego żony,
06:52jako prywatne wotum wdzięczności, nawiązujące do niewielkiej figurki Matki Bożej czczonej
06:58w tutejszym sanktuarium. O tym, jakie znaczenie dla lokalnych mieszkańców ma ta wyjątkowa inwestycja,
07:05opowiedział nam miejscowy sołtys Mieczysław Grębicki.
07:10Ogromne znaczenie ma dla mieszkańców Konotopia i okolicznych tutaj mieszkańców, ale w ogóle to jest
07:16wydarzenie w całej Polsce, bo pomnik jest jeden z największych w Polsce, nawet w Europie jest
07:24największy, to 55 metrów ma wysokości. No to jest takie wotum wdzięczności ponoć Państwa Karkosików.
07:32Oni wcześniej wybudowali sanktuarium w 2011 roku, a teraz jakieś ponoć miał natchnienie, jakieś wizje,
07:40czy coś tam, że taką potężną Matkę Boskę wybudował. Pan kierownik tej budowy, no to mówił, że gwarancja jest na
07:48300 lat.
07:49No chyba, że jakiś katakryst będzie, jakiś, no nie wiem, nie daj Boże, ale chyba nie.
07:52Chyba Matka Boska będzie się obroniła sama.
07:56O nowym symbolu Konotopia zrobiło się głośno w kraju i poza granicą. Na miejscu spotkaliśmy turystów z Czech.
08:04Jesteśmy obcokrajowcami, ale mogę powiedzieć, że jestem pod wrażeniem, bo po prostu coś jest niesamowitego.
08:09Moc hezki, moc hezki. Jsme nedowoleni. W Polsku już 14 dni, jest to moc hezká zemę.
08:14A wczera jsme się we správach dozwiedzieli, gdyśmy byli w Gdańsku, że się będzie za týden otwierać ten pomnik.
08:22Tak mamy dneska cestę domów do Czech, a tak jsme się tutaj museli zastawić,
08:26ponieważ to już nigdy asi nie uvidímy. Taky wielki, hezký pomnik, hezké dílo.
08:31To jest imponujące. Przyjechaliśmy specjalnie, żeby zobaczyć. W ogóle jest bardzo okazały, piękny teren, blisko drogi.
08:40Szacowany koszt budowy wyniósł około 100 milionów złotych.
08:44Uroczyste poświęcenie monumentu odbędzie się 15 sierpnia podczas mszy pod przewodnictwem biskupa Krzysztofa Wętkowskiego.
08:53Z Konotopia dla Euronews Mateusz Jaroński.
09:00Abdel El-Sayed has won Michigan's Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate,
09:05narrowly defeating establishment candidate Haley Stevens in a victory for the party's progressive wing in the battleground state.
09:12Stevens called El-Sayed to concede on Wednesday, and she issued a statement saying she would back El-Sayed's candidacy.
09:19This country of ours, this America of ours is more than a flag, it's more than a set of colors.
09:24If you're a patriot, then you better fight for an America that is America for all of her kids.
09:32That's what this is about, building a movement to take our democracy back,
09:36to serve the people who absolutely deserve the best of what America has to offer them.
09:41El-Sayed overcame tens of millions of dollars in outside spending supporting Stevens,
09:47including a record intervention by groups aligned with the influential pro-Israel lobby AIPAC.
09:52His win, however slim, represents a significant shift for the Democratic Party,
09:57as he campaigned on Medicare for all, halting military aid to Israel and campaign finance reform.
10:03He had support from progressive leaders, including Senator Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez,
10:10who framed the race as a grassroots-focused movement and broader fight against the establishment.
10:15He now faces the more difficult challenge of uniting the party to defeat Republican candidate Mike Rogers in November,
10:21for a seat considered essential to Democratic hopes of regaining the Senate,
10:26where the party must defend Michigan while gaining four Republican-held seats.
10:34The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un accused Japan on Wednesday of transformation into a war state,
10:42as Tokyo beefs up its military stance in the Pacific.
10:46Japan has been gradually moving away from its post-World War II pacifist status,
10:52increasing military spending, ramping up defense pacts, and deploying missile launchers to its outer islands.
10:59In a statement carried by North Korean state media,
11:02Kim Yo-jong cited Tokyo's recent test-firing of Tomahawk long-range cruise missiles
11:07and its main participation in U.S.-led drills in the Philippines
11:10as evidence of Washington's support for so-called dangerous military moves in the Pacific.
11:16China, a key ally of North Korea, has also recently expressed alarm at what it sees as new militarism by
11:23Japan.
11:24Relations have worsened since Tokyo's hawkish Prime Minister Sannei Takaichi made comments in November
11:31suggesting Chinese action to seize Taiwan could merit a reaction from Japan's military.
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