00:00NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutter said there is no immediate threat to the alliance's territory,
00:05adding that Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO.
00:09French security forces detained more than 600 people while dozens of police were wounded
00:16as protests that have seen blockades of high schools escalate.
00:20UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said there were, quote,
00:23strong indications that Iran was involved in recent suspicious activity near a UK airbase in Fairford.
00:30The incident sparked a major security alert in the country
00:33after it was suspected that the base was being potentially targeted by Iran,
00:37as it is also used by US military forces.
00:41There is indeed a strong indication that Iran played a part.
00:46This remains, though, a complex and very serious police investigation,
00:52so I can't say any more at this stage.
00:55People will know, though, it's consumed quite a considerable amount of my time here in Liverpool this week.
01:00We have been waiting to confirm what we could say,
01:04but we can now confirm our belief that Iran played a part.
01:09I will update people more in due course.
01:13His remarks are the first official indication from UK authorities
01:17that Iran may have been behind the incident,
01:19though officials have not explained the nature of the threat.
01:22Five people traveling in three vehicles were arrested on suspicion of terrorism earlier in the week
01:27for allegedly attempting to attack the site.
01:30The latest official announcements confirmed after three days of investigations
01:34that the vehicles, originally suspected of carrying explosives,
01:38were in fact not harboring any.
01:40The suspects have since been released on bail,
01:42and investigations into the incident remain ongoing.
01:50Speaking at the U News Defense and Space Summit in Brussels,
01:53NATO Secretary-General Mark Ruter said there is no immediate threat to the Alliance's territory,
01:59adding that he does not take Russia's nuclear threats seriously
02:03because Moscow could never win a confrontation with NATO.
02:06We have prepared for this, we have planned for this,
02:08and this is true for the whole of NATO.
02:10We will defend every inch of NATO territory.
02:13Putin knows that he can never win from NATO,
02:16so I don't take this that serious.
02:19But of course we had to reply and make clear to him that
02:21NATO is a defensive alliance, as I said,
02:23and stop the war in Ukraine and stop the nuclear threats
02:26because it's not helpful.
02:28And NATO is so much stronger than Russia is,
02:31so there's no way they can ever beat us.
02:32His remarks follow media reports that Russia sent NATO a letter
02:37warning it against any attempt to cut off the exclave of Kaliningrad from the Russian mainland.
02:42Moscow said it was ready to use its entire arsenal, including nuclear weapons.
02:48The NATO chief said Russia is losing 43,000 troops killed or seriously wounded a month on the front line.
02:55He added that Kiev is doing much better than a year ago
02:58and that allies continue to provide military support.
03:01As far as Ruter is concerned, NATO should stay calm,
03:05keep backing Ukraine and ramp up its defense investment.
03:12The anger shows no signs of abating.
03:16High school students across France continued their protests
03:19in front of numerous schools throughout the country on Wednesday.
03:23French security forces say they detained at least 625 people,
03:29while dozens of police and gendarmes were wounded
03:32as the protests that have seen blockades of high schools and violent clashes escalated.
03:38The movement in Elysees, attended by students aged 15 to 18
03:43for their final three years of secondary education, has angered the government.
03:48Interior Minister Laurent Nunes on Wednesday condemned what he called
03:53an escalation of violence outside certain schools,
03:56noting, quote,
03:58an expansion of the movement.
04:00Since last week, students in France have staged protests outside schools
04:05over grievances ranging from timetables, class sizes
04:09and a shortage of teachers to overheated classrooms
04:12during this year's heat waves.
04:19Blows with batons and boots, punches, threats
04:22and migrants restrained with zip ties.
04:25These are some of the abuses that Amnesty International says
04:28it has documented in SOTA.
04:31One of the migrants interviewed is confined to a wheelchair.
04:34He has been unable to walk for 25 days
04:37and claims that a soldier pushed him from a height of more than 6 meters.
04:42Amnesty interviewed more than 65 people
04:44and collected 22 first-hand accounts attributing beatings,
04:48humiliations and the destruction of cell phones to military personnel.
04:53In addition to this,
05:45The organization also denounced possible illegal deportations to Morocco and warned that hundreds
05:51of migrant miners continue to live on the streets of Sotan.
05:55Amnesty is calling on the government to conduct an independent and thorough investigation.
05:59It acknowledges the strain faced by the military personnel deployed in the city but warns that
06:04some of the reported abuses could constitute torture or inhumane treatment.
06:14The Spanish government has approved two new decrees aimed at tackling the country's housing
06:19crisis. The first lot of measures includes protections for tenants from evictions, tackling
06:26unfairness in the rental market and making homes more affordable.
06:30The second stage is aimed at giving tenants more stability and security in their rental
06:36contracts. The laws first need to be passed by Parliament.
06:40The government is looking to fast track the measures and has asked Congress to hold an
06:45extraordinary session this Friday. Spain's Minister for Housing and Urban Agenda,
06:51Isabel Rodríguez, has described housing as the main problem facing Spaniards as she presented
06:58the bill.
06:58...con parar los desahucios, que no vuelvo a haber otro caso como el de Mari Carmen en
07:04nuestro país, que la sociedad española no puede permitírselo y que esto es un clamor
07:08que hemos de asumir todos los grupos políticos con representación en el Congreso de los Diputados
07:14y que pongamos pie en pared a la especulación, que es un mandato constitucional. Para ello vamos
07:20a ampliar la vigencia del escudo social hasta el año 2030, hasta 31 de diciembre de 2030 y mejorar
07:26todos los mecanismos de protección de las administraciones públicas para evitar esta
07:31circunstancia y proteger a todas las personas.
07:34This comes at a time of growing public pressure over soaring housing costs and mounting difficulties
07:41for people looking to both rent and buy, as well as protests in the capital Madrid following
07:47the eviction of an 87-year-old woman known as Mari Carmen, a decision that has since been
07:52reversed following a deal with the housing company.
08:03Japan has toughened requirements for foreigners wanting to obtain permanent residency on Thursday
08:09as part of Prime Minister Senai Takashi's push to tighten immigration controls. Under new rules
08:15that will come into effect in stages, foreign residents wishing to stay in Japan permanently
08:20will have to prove their annual income is above average and they can carry casual conversations
08:26in Japanese. Applications these are set to rise twenty-fold from Thursday. Even though Japan
08:32has a rapidly aging population and is suffering labor shortages in many sectors, opposition to
08:38immigration is growing prompting a push by Takashi for tighter regulations on foreign nationals.
08:43Programs to attract international workers have fueled public worry and anti-immigration sentiment.
08:49Groups' claims have circulated widely on social media, including that a significant portion of
08:55welfare payments in Japan goes to foreigners. Experts and many business leaders warn, however,
09:01that Japan must welcome more foreign workers to sustain itself.
09:09Groups' demographic crisis may be the most serious issue facing the country and it is only
09:14getting worse. In rural areas and on the islands, the population has been underway for years
09:18and schools are closing for lack of children. One such place is the small eastern Aegean island
09:23of Thímena, where the elementary school has just two students this year.
09:35Groups' children have no pre-school or middle school. The island's six teenagers must take the bow
09:40to neighboring Fournier Island every morning to attend school.
09:45Groups' children have no pre-school. They have no pre-school. They have no pre-school. They have no pre
09:53-school.
09:53They are only their children. They have now a pre-school and play with them.
09:58Just two fairies a week, connect Thímena with Athens. The journey takes at least eight hours
10:03and includes a transfer at Fournier. When the weather turns bad, services often suspended,
10:08leaving residents stranded for days.
10:10For people easier to leave.
10:12What do they take? What are they trying to leave here? What do they want them?
10:21To come here and pursue the school of nutrition, we go so far.
10:24When they are born for kids, their lives are tragically beautiful.
10:27This is the person who lives here.
10:29For all the food, we eat everything.
10:32It was more than the supermarket in Athens.
10:41We had a lot of kids, then the world did a lot of kids.
10:47We had a family who had 15, another 7, another 9, another 12, another 13.
10:53Now they do a kid, you see, at school, two kids.
10:58For the years, we had 45 kids in the district.
11:02The island has about 140 permanent residents, most of them pensioners.
11:19The Greek government has announced incentives for people to relocate permanently
11:23from the cities to the islands and villages.
11:26But with inflation rising continuously, these incentives don't appear to be enough.
11:30It's not just the issue of democracy, the difficulties of democracy, only in Yemen.
11:35It's everywhere. The smaller cities are only.
11:47To Kenny West's concerts due to take place in St. Petersburg this month have been cancelled,
11:53with most artists having avoided performing in the country since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine.
11:58The controversial rapper would have been the biggest Western artist performing in Russia since 2022.
12:04Moscow-based organizer Say Agency confirmed the cancellation and said refunds for purchase tickets would be available.
12:12Gazprom Arena had earlier said it would not host the rapper as no rental agreement had been signed.
12:18Russian media outlets said the cancellation was decided following a call from Moscow.
12:24Some Russian politicians wishing to get rid of any Western influence had opposed Yes concerts,
12:30with conservative Russian lawmaker Vitaly Milonov suggesting West should perform traditional Russian songs instead.
12:37Conversely, some Russian politicians had hated the announcement of West's visit as a victory against anti-Russian hysteria.
12:44The artist was dropped by his talent agency and fashion brands after making anti-Semitic comments and declaring himself a
12:51Nazi.
12:52of including the Northern Egyptian Anglo-based memberroad in St. Petersburg
12:54The mysterious componات in Australian Burbank Williams seems responsible
