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00:00At least eight people have been injured in a rocket attack on Kharkiv.
00:12Berlin faces controversy over a potential bid for the 2036 Olympics.
00:24At least eight people have been injured after a rocket attack on the centre of Kharkiv,
00:29according to the regional prosecutor's office.
00:3325 cars and at least 15 buildings were also damaged in the attack, the office said.
00:59It comes as the governor of Kherson reported a Russian drone dropped explosives on the
01:13outskirts of the city, injuring at least five people.
01:19Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defence has released footage of what it says shows
01:24the crews of Ka-52 helicopters striking a temporary deployment point of the Ukrainian
01:30armed forces.
01:38It is a rare public display of Russian secret agents. The Russian state television interviewed
01:43two former spies who have returned to Moscow as part of the biggest prisoner exchange since
01:48the Cold War. Prior to their arrest in Slovenia in 2022, the couple were posing as Argentine
01:55citizens and allegedly had been using Slovenia as their base since 2017.
02:18The West released Russian spies as well as a convicted Russian assassin, while Russia
02:30released journalists, a former US Marine and political activists. One of the political
02:36activists released by Russia is Ilya Yashin, who was serving time in jail for criticising
02:41Russia's war in Ukraine.
02:44Upon his release to Germany, the Russian opposition politician thanked his supporters on a live
02:49stream.
02:59The chief of the Committee to Protect Journalists says that the release of journalists from
03:03Russian captivity does not mean that press freedom in Russia is improving.
03:14She adds that Russia was the fourth largest jailer of journalists worldwide in 2023, making
03:33it one of the most restrictive environments for journalists globally.
03:37Iran and Russia have agreed to fast-track their friendship, according to political officials
03:46that attended a meeting in Tehran on Tuesday. Secretary of Russia's Security Council Sergei
03:52Shoigu met with Iran's new president Massoud Bezeshkian amid increasing hostilities in
03:58the Middle East. In a document provided by the Iranian government, Bezeshkian referred
04:04to Russia as a friend, with a Russian delegate emphasising the need to speed up the build
04:09of the North-South Corridor, an international transport hub connecting the countries.
04:15Bezeshkian also spoke about Gaza, describing the assassination of Hamas's top leader,
04:21Ismail Haniyeh, as a violation of international law and stating Israel will receive a quote
04:27response for its crimes.
04:30The talks come as the US and its allies work to prevent a wider regional war after Israel
04:36killed Iran-allied militants. The European Commission also called for calm in the region,
04:41with the spokesperson telling reporters in Brussels its leaders continue to work to
04:46defuse the tensions.
04:51Poland's defence ministry signed two key offset deals with Boeing and General Electric for
04:57the purchase of Apache aircrafts. In total, the agreements are worth about 230 million
05:03euros. The deals were signed by Polish deputy defence minister, who says it will significantly
05:10enhance Poland's national security.
05:28The contract with Boeing is valued at roughly 93 million euros. The agreement with General
05:40Electric is worth about 123 million euros.
05:44The purchase of Apache attack helicopters was announced by the previous Polish government
05:50in 2022.
05:57You have emerging feelings of nationalism, a sense that people are being left behind,
06:23a sense that people's freedoms are being denied, that the sovereignty of the nation
06:28is at stake. And a lot of this really coincides with a rise of immigration and a cost of living
06:36crisis. So people have these firsthand experiences of grievances. And a lot of these negative
06:44feelings are projected onto another.
06:46This is what we commonly see for any of us who study crowd behaviour. It's that there
06:57is always a tipping point where people feel emboldened and unable to act on those feelings.
07:03And it's typically when they see others doing the same thing.
07:16Rioters in Belfast have thrown petrol bombs and missiles at police vehicles in a second
07:32night of chaos as violent disorder continues across Britain. Northern Ireland police warned
07:40to stay away from certain parts of the city as they attempted to restore order.
07:48Several blazes were lit throughout the evening in the Sandy Row and Donegal Road areas of
07:53the city.
08:00A judge on Monday ruled that Google's search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance
08:05to squash competition and stifle innovation.
08:12The decision could shake up the Internet and Hubble one of the world's best known companies.
08:20The highly anticipated decision issued by a US district judge comes nearly a year after
08:26the start of a trial putting the US Justice Department against Google.
08:31The decision was made three months after the two sides presented their closing arguments
08:36in early May.
08:40These included testimonies from top executives at Google, Microsoft and Apple.
08:46This could be the centerpiece of Germany's Olympic bid but also symbolic of the controversy
08:52around it.
08:56Berlin's Olympic Stadium has been used for the country's top sporting events from the
09:01Euro 2024 to last year's Special Olympics but it has a dark history.
09:08It was built for the 1936 Olympics under the Nazis.
09:12Now, the German Olympic Sports Confederation is considering bidding for the 2036 Olympics,
09:18the 100-year anniversary.
09:20Supporters say it would let the country show how far democracy has come but opponents say
09:26they're concerned the sign it could send.
09:29Supporters say it would let the country show how far democracy has come but opponents say
09:34they're concerned the sign it could send.
09:37And I think what would happen is that everybody would just talk about that year and we cannot
09:44tell now what Germany will look like in 2036.
09:48We really don't know how democratic and nice Germany will be in that year.
09:57The interim minister was in Paris last month to sign a declaration for a bid for the Games.
10:03The government says it prefers the 2040 Olympics as it marks the 50-year anniversary of reunification.
10:10The country could have European competition for both.
10:13London's mayor says he wants his city to host the 2040 Games while Hungary is considering
10:19a bid for 2036.
10:22A spokesperson for the Ministry of Interior and Community told Euronews that the government
10:26will be following closely upcoming talks between the IOC and the German Olympic Sports Confederation.
10:32They would not say whether the government would support a bid for the 2036 Olympics.
10:38Talks were organized to gauge the public mood.
10:41The leading opposition party, the Christian Democrats, say they're in favor of hosting the Games
10:47but are concerned there won't be enough public support.
10:50I think this is the most important task and to be honest I don't perceive this movement
10:58among the German public today at least.
11:01Certainly it still can be created in the upcoming future but there's a long way to go.
11:12Critics say money instead should be focused on sports infrastructure in need of repair.
11:17It would cost us 240 million euros to renovate all of the sport infrastructure in Berlin.
11:23While when we host the Olympic Games the estimated sum for just the security measurements
11:28would be 2 billion euros.
11:30So that is really a big difference and we should first do our own homework before hosting a big event.
11:39The German Olympic Sports Confederation says a decision on what year it will bid for the Games
11:44will be made in 2025.