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00:00WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange leaves US court as a free man.
00:11The EU and Serbia sign an agreement on operational cooperation in border management.
00:21Historic beginnings. Ukraine and Moldova start official membership talks with the European Union.
00:31NASA has launched its final SpaceX weather satellite into orbit, completing a fleet of four.
00:44Julian Assange is now a free man.
00:48The WikiLeaks founder pleaded guilty to one US espionage charge in exchange for his freedom.
00:54The 52-year-old Australian editor who gained prominence for publishing classified US army documents two decades ago
01:01left a US federal court in Saipan, Mariana Islands after striking the deal.
01:06He faced 175 years in prison for publishing evidence of war crimes, human rights abuse and US wrongdoing around the world.
01:15Today he pleaded guilty to an offence for having published information in the public interest
01:22for which he has won journalism awards the world over and been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize every year for the past decade.
01:29This sets a dangerous precedent.
01:31Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed Assange's arrival from Parliament.
01:36Mr Assange has since boarded a flight to Australia and will land in Australia later today.
01:41Now regardless of your views about his activities, and they will be varied, Mr Assange's case has dragged on for too long.
01:51I've said repeatedly that there was nothing to be gained by his continued incarceration.
01:57The internet publisher's guilty plea meant he was allowed to return to Australia without time served.
02:05The felony is accompanied by a five-year jail sentence.
02:09Incarceration Assange avoided as he was jailed for half a decade in London.
02:15As the press freedom advocate's plane taxied from the South Pacific back to his native Australia,
02:22it puts the legal saga spanning continents, international politics and health episodes to rest.
02:29At least five people have been killed in protests against a bill to raise taxes in Kenya.
02:37Police fired on demonstrators trying to storm Parliament.
02:43After the incident, the Kenyan President William Ruto said security was his utmost priority.
02:51Security was his utmost priority.
02:55The protest follows simmering frustration in the country over the high cost of living.
03:07A decade after Russia seized the Crimean peninsula and attacked the eastern region of Donbass,
03:13the European Union has launched membership talks with their neighbour Ukraine.
03:17The EU's presidency spokesperson said accession will be demanding, but there will be support every step of the way.
03:47We know that we have a lot of work ahead of us.
03:50Member States will decide when Ukraine fulfils the conditions to move ahead based on objective progress.
04:00But with unwavering determination, we are confident Ukraine can make it.
04:08We will be supporting you on every step of the way.
04:14You are not alone. We are with you.
04:18Just a few hours later, Moldova also launched its membership talks.
04:24There is no doubt that Moldova is an integral part of Europe with a shared history, a shared heritage and a shared culture.
04:37It's a major milestone on their European paths, but the talks could take years to conclude.
04:42The European Union and Serbia signed an agreement on operational cooperation in border management with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency Frontex.
04:57They agreed to start deploying guards across the country's borders, and not just those with EU members,
05:06in a bid to control and prevent illegal migration and cross-border crime.
05:13This is the second agreement of this kind that we have signed with Frontex.
05:19Thanks to it, Frontex's police force will be deployed not only on the state borders with Bulgaria and Hungary,
05:28in the context of Operation Serbia-Kopno, but also on the state borders of Serbia with third countries.
05:35This will significantly contribute to our joint fight against cross-border crime and irregular migration.
05:43Serbia is also part of the Balkan route, which also runs via Turkey, Bulgaria and North Macedonia,
05:52a route thousands of people from the Middle East, Afghanistan, Pakistan and North Africa use annually to reach wealthy Western countries.
06:04After the European elections earlier this month, the centre-left Renew Europe party fell from third to fourth largest political force in the European Parliament.
06:15Since then, negotiations have been carried out to keep the group operational, making agreements with other national parties with similar ideologies.
06:23Renew Europe now have just 74 members in Parliament, that's a drop of almost 30 seats compared to the previous period.
06:31It was overtaken by the European Conservatives and Reformists, a hard-right group which now boasts 84 members.
06:38The group's chair, French MEP Valérie Ayer, managed to win re-election.
06:43Despite the party's poor results in France, she says the mergers are crucial for its continued success.
06:50We are an attractive group and we will continue to grow.
06:54And second, our political position makes that we are indispensable, so there is no majority without us.
07:03EPP needs us to form a majority, SND needs us to form a majority, and we will continue to be at the core of this central and pro-European majority.
07:13The elections were won overall by the centre-right European People's Party, who got 189 seats.
07:19The centre-left Socialist and Democrats Party came in second with 136.
07:24The Spanish MEP Iratze Garcia was also re-elected chair of the centre-left on Tuesday.
07:30A member of the Spanish Socialist Workers' Party, the coalition is key to re-elect Ursula von der Leyen for a second term as President of the European Commission.
07:38That nomination is being decided by the leaders of the 27 countries in a summit to be held this Thursday.
07:43After that, von der Leyen will have to be confirmed by the European Parliament.
07:46We will wait until Thursday to see if the Council ratifies the agreement.
07:54In this case, we will start to work here.
07:57And of course, for us, it's important to insist that we want a deal, and at the same time, we want to negotiate policies.
08:04This cannot be a blank check.
08:06The formal constitution of the European Parliament will take place during the first plenary session in Strasbourg starting on 16th July.
08:36Minister, the alliance was created to take the child's side fully against the tech giants.
08:43We are up against some very, very big, strong tech giants, who until now have not chosen to live up to their responsibilities towards children.
08:52Schimidze Nielsen says real age verification is needed.
08:57There is a need for real age verification. There is a need for a demand for appropriate content.
09:02It's no use for 12-year-old children to look at content that even adults should look at.
09:08There is a need to get hold of an adult.
09:11The alliance will be anchored in the Ministry of Business.
09:16Of course, it's a bit stressful sometimes to look at it, but it can also go to waste.
09:21I have a day where I have spent 11 hours on my phone, and about 9 hours were spent on TikTok.
09:32U.S. space agency NASA has launched its final SpaceX weather satellite into orbit,
09:38completing a fleet of four at the heart of an $11 billion upgrade to the nation's forecasting infrastructure.
09:45The GOESU satellite took off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Tuesday afternoon,
09:51although its launch was delayed by the threat of storms.
09:55The new satellite will provide continuous real-time coverage of weather and dangerous environmental conditions,
10:01including hurricanes, across much of the Western Hemisphere.
10:09Austria reached an astonishing first place in Group C after beating the Netherlands 3-2.
10:16The Dutch managed to equalize twice, but finally failed to level Austria's 80th-minute winner by Marcel Sabizza.
10:26France were held to a disappointing 1-1 draw by a proud Poland and finished the group second behind Austria.
10:35But this penalty kick wasn't enough to secure the three points,
10:40as Le Bleu still haven't managed to score an open play goal in the whole tournament.
10:48France go to the next round as the runner-up, while the Netherlands are qualified as one of the best third-placed teams.
10:57Group C games were far less eventful, with two goalless draws.
11:03A nil-nil against Slovenia was enough for already qualified England to keep the top spot.
11:12The result, however, was way more important to Slovenia, as they achieved their first historic qualification.
11:22Denmark tied nil-nil as well against Serbia to retain the second place and advance to the knockouts too.
11:30END