00:00A Serbian wildfire that has been burning for weeks has forced evacuations as fire crews struggled to control the blaze,
00:06which has already burned through large areas of a forest reserve.
00:11Low water levels in Budapest have exposed a relic from World War II.
00:20Australian police have charged a 27-year-old Russian-Australian man with foreign interference for allegedly seeking to provide Russia
00:27with information about Ukrainian military activities.
00:30Australian police have charged a 27-year-old Russian-Australian man with foreign interference for allegedly seeking to provide Russia
00:38with information about Ukrainian military activities.
00:42Police said the man traveled to Russia in October 2024 for military-style training before returning to Australia and maintaining
00:49contact with people he believed were linked to Russian intelligence.
00:54He then traveled to Ukraine in 2025, where police alleged he joined the Ukraine Armed Forces and gained access to
01:01information about military personnel, units and locations.
01:05A number of electronic devices and various items relevant to the investigation were seized, which will undergo extensive forensic examinations.
01:14Intentional foreign interference carries a maximum 20-year prison sentence in Australia.
01:26The leaders of seven countries, including four EU member states, condemned a major settlement project in the West Bank and
01:34called on Israel to end expansion in the occupied Palestinian territory.
01:39The leaders of France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands urged Israel to retract the plans immediately.
01:46Their statement came after Israeli authorities opened bidding for more than 1,200 homes in the area.
01:53Other signatories include the United Kingdom, Norway and Canada.
01:57The E-1 plan was greenlit by Israel last year and would further separate East Jerusalem, which is occupied and
02:05annexed by Israel and predominantly inhabited by Palestinians from the West Bank.
02:10The plan seeks to build around 3,400 homes on land which lies between Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement of
02:19Meil Adumim.
02:20UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres said the E-1 plan posed an existential threat to a contiguous Palestinian state.
02:29Violence against Palestinians by Israeli settlers has increased in recent years, with multiple deadly attacks taking place and numerous Palestinian
02:39homes being demolished.
02:46Belgium's largest wildfire in a century was brought under control on Thursday after a seven-day fight involving hundreds of
02:54firefighters in the High Fence Nature Reserve.
02:58The local governor's office said the fire is not expected to spread unless there is a major change in weather
03:05conditions.
03:06The High Fence fire expanded over the weekend to half the size of Manhattan, burning through peatland, pine trees and
03:14hiking trails.
03:15Authorities said the fire was now fully contained on its western side, with operations continuing to the east to finish
03:22the job.
03:23But officials have warned it will take weeks or even months of soaking and dowsing to prevent the blaze from
03:29reigniting.
03:30Around 350 firefighters and other emergency personnel remain deployed, as do the many farmers who mobilized in support of the
03:40operation last week.
03:42All evacuation orders in the border region were lifted on Wednesday, allowing residents to return home.
03:49The blaze broke out for reasons still unknown in an area that was ravaged by massive fires in 1911 during
03:56a similar period of heat waves.
03:58It was the country's largest wildfire since then.
04:07A Serbian wildfire that has been burning for weeks has forced evacuations as fire crews struggled to control the blaze
04:14in the Deliblazka-Paskara Nature Reserve.
04:17The fire has burned through large areas of the forest reserve around 60 kilometers east of Belgrade since early August.
04:25As temperatures reached 39 degrees Celsius, strong winds pushed flames towards homes, forcing the evacuation of a small hamlet of
04:33the reserve's edge.
04:36Following the evacuation, Russia sent an Ilyushin water bomber at Belgrade's request for assistance.
04:43The aircraft can carry 42,000 liters of water and was used to deuce parts of the fire.
04:50But Serbia's Interior Minister Ivica Dacic said the situation remained dangerous because of the sand, heat and extreme temperatures.
04:59The blaze came as heat wave warnings covered much of the Balkans, with dozens of fires reported across the region.
05:09A group of Cuban migrants, including four miners, have been rescued at sea after going missing last week, Mexico's Navy
05:16said.
05:17The 15 migrants set sail from Cuba's Pinar del Rio province on 11th of August, according to Cuban and U
05:24.S. media.
05:25Their whereabouts had been unknown, raising fears for their safety as reports suggested the boat was running low on fuel.
05:32Beyond the latest rescue, Cubans have risked dangerous sea crossings for decades, seeking to reach the United States or Mexico.
05:40The journeys have often ended in tragedy, with hundreds of migrants drowning over the past decade or being returned by
05:46coast guards.
05:47The rescue comes amid worsening conditions in Cuba, where Washington's energy blockade has contributed to severe shortages of electricity, food,
05:56water and medicine.
06:04A relic from World War II that everyone has been talking about for weeks.
06:08This motorcycle has laid in the mud of the Danube for more than 80 years.
06:13Low water levels in Budapest have exposed the wreckage.
06:17Euronews returned to the site of the discovery.
06:19Euronews returned to the war in Budapest in the last time of the war, in Budapest.
06:26And these trimmers were all thrown down here, directly after the war.
06:32And then later, the fels came on.
06:35Fighting raged around Budapest for 102 days in 1945.
06:41Tens of thousands of soldiers and civilians died.
06:43To commemorate the battles for Budapest, the motorcycle recovered from the Danube will later be part of an exhibition.
07:15What the mud had preserved over decades is now becoming visible piece by piece.
07:19In addition to the motorcycle, there is also equipment and military identity tags belonging to two soldiers.
07:26The camps were taken and delivered to the depot,
07:30also in the greatest soldiers of the army in Ungarn, in the Sammelfliethof in Budapest.
07:37The camps were cleaned and taken anthropologically and collected.
07:41And then in October or November were invited to the other soldiers found in this year.
07:47Until then, the experts are trying to find out more about the two men.
08:04This would give the fallen soldiers a grave after more than 80 years, and perhaps one bearing their names.
08:10For the Volksbund and the Hungarian Institute and Museum of Military History, remembrance is also a form of peace work.
08:21Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are moving back to the UK this month,
08:25but they won't be resuming their roles as working members of the royal family, according to reports.
08:31Harry and Meghan gave up their royal duties and moved to California more than six years ago
08:37to earn their living through lucrative contracts with Netflix and Spotify.
08:41However, one royal expert believes it is still possible for Harry to regain his popularity.
08:49If he really wants to come back to the UK and be a public figure again,
08:54then he will have to move slowly and deliberately to rebuild his presence here in the UK.
09:17The family plans to live at a private, non-royal residence outside of London.
09:23Relations with the rest of the royal family soured when they moved to the US,
09:27mainly due to frank interviews by the couple and to Harry's best-selling tell-all biography, Spare.
09:35Harry has recently expressed an interest in reconciliation with his father, King Charles,
09:40who is being treated for an undisclosed former cancer.
09:43Bucketham Palace has a policy of not commenting on the affairs of non-working members of the royal family.
09:54Here, the schedule has been completely turned upside down.
09:57In the famous Champagne wine region in northeastern France,
10:01the harvest began very early in August, a first for some winemakers.
10:05On the hillsides of Ovilier, grape pickers started their day as early as 6.30 a.m.
10:10as the grapes ripened at record speed due to the intense heat.
10:13This year, the first harvests officially began between August 12 and 17,
10:18depending on the area and grape variety,
10:20nearly a month earlier than just a few decades ago.
10:23It's been 30 years since I've been working on the exploitation.
10:27At the beginning of the year, my father was going to go on vacation.
10:31And today, we're on the 18th of August, we're in full vendance, and it's never seen.
10:36A little further east in Tour-sur-Mann, the situation is the same.
10:39The owner of these vineyards can't help but notice that for the past 20 years or so,
10:44and especially since the 2003 heat wave, the harvest has consistently started earlier
10:49and that we will likely have to get to use to this in the future.
11:16Indeed, this year's frost in late March initially reduced the harvest.
11:20Before, four heat waves and drought further accelerated the grapes ripening.
11:24It remains to be seen what this express harvest will yield in the bottles.
11:29In the cellar, the first juice has already been pressed and the first bubbles are foaming.
11:34So, we'll have to wait a few years to find out if this very early vintage will also turn out
11:39to be a great one.
11:40Let's see.
11:43So, you've got a $1,000.
11:44This is the only one that brings out several months.
11:45One that brings out a $1,000.
