00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns of a massive near-Russian attack hours after
00:0510 people were killed in Moscow's attack on a drone exhibition near Kyiv.
00:10Firefighting efforts across southwestern Europe have reached a critical threshold as blazes
00:15force mass evacuations in France and central Spain.
00:20Russia attacked Ukraine overnight into Saturday with two missiles and 157 attack drones, leaving
00:27some casualties in Kersin and Sumy region, Ukrainian authorities say.
00:32The attack came hours after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned of a massive new
00:37Russian attack within 48 hours and follows an earlier attack on a site near Kyiv that
00:43was hosting a defense industry event.
00:46That attack killed at least 10 people and wounded nearly 100 others.
00:51It came a day after Zelenskyy met in Kyiv with senior representatives of Reitan, the U.S.
00:56company that makes the Patriot Air Defense Systems, Ukraine needs to counter the ballistic
01:01missiles Moscow uses to advance its invasion.
01:04The Ukrainian Defense Industry Council said industry representatives were at the site in
01:09the Bucha district when it was hit.
01:12Zelenskyy is due to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington next week as the
01:16U.S. and Ukraine continue to discuss peace proposals to end the war.
01:25Poland's right-wing law and justice opposition party splits ahead of crucial 2027 elections,
01:32leader Jarosław Kaczynski announced on Friday.
01:36Kaczynski said that more than 30 MPs have left the party following a bitter power struggle
01:42between him and former Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.
01:46The conflict between the two leaders came to a head on Friday, when Kaczynski expelled
01:52Morawiecki and about 36 MPs. They were removed because they refused to leave an internal PIS group
01:59that many saw as Morawiecki's attempt to build support for a breakaway party.
02:05Speaking on Friday, Kaczynski confirmed that, quote, it is all over. The dispute reflects a
02:12broader battle over the party's strategy after its 2023 election defeat.
02:18Kaczynski had steered PIS towards a more conservative course, while Morawiecki and his
02:23allies have argued the party should appeal to a broader center-right electorate to improve
02:29its chances of returning to power. Prime Minister Donald Tusk's governing coalition will hope that
02:35the breakup of its main political rival could weaken the opposition.
02:43Firefighting efforts across southwestern Europe have reached a critical threshold as blazes force
02:48massive evacuations in France and central Spain. In France, the situation has escalated dramatically
02:52at the gates of Bordeaux, where a massive fire has forced the evacuation of 110,000 people
02:58across surrounding areas. With emergency services pushed to the limit, the French Prime Minister has
03:03requested army support to assist firefighters on the front line. Across the border in Spain,
03:08Operational Command has also been centralized, with the Minister of the Interior assuming control of
03:13all resources and the military emergency unit taking direct leadership on the ground.
03:18Over 60,000 people have been evacuated or confined in the Madrid region.
03:22The fire is approaching a UNESCO World Heritage Site in El Escorial and threatening a space base that is
03:28key for NASA. While the country's largest blaze, the La Mierla Fire in Guadalajara, which consumed 32,000
03:35hectares, is finally beginning to subside, the broader national tally remains critical. The total land area
03:41burned across Spain has doubled in just two weeks, reaching nearly 120,000 hectares so far this year.
03:47Both nations continue to rely on joint operations and EU civil protection mechanism resources to combat
03:53tinderbox conditions across the region. Beyond the immediate emergency response,
03:58broader regional data underlines a growing trend, with WHO Europe reporting that wildfire activity
04:04across the European region has risen 57 percent since 2022.
04:12Member States of the International Criminal Court, ICC, removed Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan from his office on
04:18Friday, marking the first dismissal of a chief prosecutor in the court's history. The ICC's 125
04:25member states voted by a large majority to remove Khan from office following allegations of sexual
04:31misconduct, which he has repeatedly denied. Khan had been temporarily suspended in June while the
04:37allegations were revealed. Elected as chief prosecutor in 2021, the prominent British lawyer led the request
04:45for arrest warrants for Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
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