00:01A drone has been shot down by a NATO fighter jet after it crossed into Lithuania's airspace.
00:10The US military has admitted that its war on Iran has caused a shortage of ammunition and advanced weapons.
00:15President Trump denies the report and claims to have unlimited firepower.
00:21The European Commission presented on Tuesday a package aimed at facilitating labor mobility in the European Union.
00:31After a drone that crossed into Lithuania's airspace from Belarus was destroyed,
00:37Lithuania's foreign minister said NATO stands vigilant, committed and ready.
00:43One Lithuanian official said that it was not yet clear whether the drone,
00:47which was shot down by an Italian fighter jet, had lost its way or whether it was a deliberate provocation.
00:55Meanwhile, Lithuania's prime minister urged for quick progress when it comes to air defense.
01:00I believe that the oil production is a very current topic in Lithuania, not only in Ukraine, where it is.
01:09Therefore, it is really necessary to ensure that the oil production has been shot down by a time,
01:14and that it is possible to be shot down by a time, so that we can be shot down by
01:16a time.
01:17Lithuania's National Crisis Management Centre said the drone, which was the first to be shot down in Lithuania,
01:25crashed into a rural area near the village of Brat Kunai in central Lithuania.
01:31Hours after, Poland also reported activity near its border.
01:35Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia have reported repeated drone incursions since 2022,
01:41but interceptions by NATO aircraft remain rare enough to draw attention.
01:50The US military has admitted that its war on Iran has caused a shortage of ammunition and advanced weapons.
01:56A report by the Department of Defense's Inspector General estimates that the war has cost $33.4 billion,
02:03or 29 billion euros, between February 28 and June 30, including just under $20 billion spent on munitions.
02:11It says the scale of weapons used resulted in strategic inventory shortfalls and exposed bottlenecks in the US defense industry's
02:19ability to replenish supplies.
02:22President Donald Trump dismissed the report and its concerns over supplies, insisting US ammunition stocks are virtually unlimited.
02:30Experts, however, estimate it could take around three years to restore stocks of advanced missiles and defense interceptors to pre
02:37-war levels.
02:37The report also documents extensive damage from Iranian strikes on US bases across the Middle East with hundreds of buildings
02:45and other structures damaged or destroyed.
02:48Those repair costs are not included in the $33.4 billion estimate.
03:03The Arab Media Summit has opened in Dubai with 10,000 attendees, including regional leaders as well as media representatives
03:11from across the board.
03:12The opening session was a fireside chat with the Syrian Arab Republic President, Ahmed Al-Shara, who talked about a
03:20new Syria.
03:22During the summit, Al-Shara said that people are talking about Syria as a pathway for security and supply chains
03:30and a link between the West and the East,
03:32praising the UAE for targeting the right opportunities.
03:37But Al-Shara did not miss to mention a Syria that is facing many challenges after 60 years of destruction
03:44and 17 years of war.
03:46He said he hopes the region remains stable.
03:49The Syrian president marked the fact that Syria is no longer a conflict zone and that the spreading of peace
03:56in the region will help with that and its economic growth.
03:59Al-Shara added that they are trying to find ways to mitigate the damage of the war.
04:06I sat down with him for a private session afterwards and asked him how do we create long-lasting peace
04:12in a region gripped by the war with Iran.
04:16He said that escalation does seem likely on the way.
04:20That said, everybody should remain calm in the region, work together and ensure its stability.
04:25Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
04:34Defence competitiveness and Russia's war in Ukraine are set to be at the centre of Ursula von der Leyen's speech
04:40on the state of the European Union.
04:42Roxana Minzatu, the vice president of the European Commission, told Euronews.
04:46The president of the European Commission will deliver her annual address to the European Parliament on Wednesday in Strasbourg.
04:52The president will take stock of our progress in the past year.
04:57We have had so many challenges to deal with, from cost of living to our energy security, our competitiveness,
05:05looking overall at the security landscape here in Europe and the support that we give to Ukraine, looking at children's
05:12safety online.
05:14Meanwhile, the European Commission presented on Tuesday a package aimed at facilitating labour mobility in the European Union.
05:21Roxana Minzatu, the vice president of the European Commission in charge of social rights and skills,
05:26says it will be a game changer for the 7.3 million EU citizens working in another EU country and
05:33the 1.9 million cross-border commuters.
05:36Wherever you choose to travel in Europe, to study in Europe, to work in Europe, your social rights and your
05:43skills and your qualifications can travel with you.
05:46And that's the cornerstone of the single market, but also of the European social model.
05:51The package ambitions, for instance, to improve skills and qualifications recognition from one EU country to another,
05:57and to make it easier for individuals to exercise their social security rights.
06:07Workers from various sectors took to the streets on Tuesday for a day of massive protests in France.
06:15Among them were several thousand police officers in Paris who marched from the Champs-Élysées to the National Assembly
06:21at the call of the Alliance Police National Union.
06:30We are in trouble, in trouble with recognition, whether it be an administrative, a secretary,
06:35whether it be a scientific policeman who wakes up at 2 o'clock in the morning to go to a
06:39crime scene to elucidate a crime
06:40or who assist to autopsies every day. We are all in trouble.
06:44Today we are waiting for concrete acts, we are no longer waiting for words.
06:47At the heart of the police officers' demands are better working conditions and an increase in the hazard pay allowance.
06:54We are going to create this famous blue hat. What is it?
06:56It's gripping the system. There will be colleagues who are out of service, of course, in the congé,
07:01who will come with their blue hat, who will express their anger during different manifestations,
07:06during different events and official trips.
07:09The union specifically mentioned launching a movement known as the Blue Vests.
07:1799,9% of the police officers are irreprochable.
07:21They need thousands of interventions per day.
07:23We don't make an epiphany, a generality.
07:30According to the unions, the Ministry of the Interior discussed a response plan to address their anger
07:37during talks that took place Tuesday afternoon.
07:44The United Nations has called on Israel to allow international investigators into every part of Gaza
07:50as human remains continue to be recovered from the territory's ruins.
07:54The UN Human Rights Office said access to destroyed sites was essential for gathering evidence and identifying victims.
08:01According to the Palestinian civil defense, more than 630 bodies and other remains have been recovered from collapsed buildings since
08:09last November.
08:12The UN also cited an estimate that more than 8,000 people remain missing beneath the rubble.
08:19UN Rights Chief Volker Turk said what appeared to be entire families were being unearthed from locations destroyed in Israeli
08:26attacks,
08:27warning that the remains recovered so far could be only the tip of the iceberg.
08:33He called for forensic evidence and biological samples to be preserved and for burial locations to be recorded.
08:40The UN said the discoveries raised concerns about possible war crimes and other atrocity crimes.
08:46Gaza's Health Ministry says more than 73,000 Palestinians have been killed since the war began.
09:00Italian politicians and citizens paid tribute to Emma Bonino, the historic radical party leader who died last Friday.
09:08She was a leading figure in many of the most important battles for civil rights in Italy and human rights
09:14around the world,
09:15as well as a key figure in bringing Italy closer to Europe.
09:19From Mattarella to Meloni, politicians from various political camps attended the civil funeral
09:24in recognition of her commitment over more than 50 years of Italian and European history.
09:30It is certainly the question of Europe.
09:33What does it mean to Europe?
09:36It means that we do not have another possible destination to face the enormous problems that we have in front
09:42of
09:42the security of the geopolitical energy,
09:46rather than having a federal European Europe,
09:49so that we have to reform deeply the European institutions.
09:52The Member of Parliament, Benedetto de la Vedova,
09:55also recalled Bonino's commitment to promoting and establishing the United States of Europe,
10:01the project she had championed in the last European elections.
10:06Her commitment was not limited to a more united Europe
10:08Her commitment was not limited to a more united Europe
10:09the political rights and freedom is not limited to the EU.
10:28Our commitment was not limited to a more united Europe and her constant fight for civil rights such as abortion
10:36and euthanasia, her long-time assistant recalled.
11:09A multiple-time member of the European Parliament and European Commissioner from 1995 to 1999, Bonino's commitment also led to
11:17major achievements on the international stage, including the establishment of the International Criminal Courts.
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