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[00:00:00] this can be moved, this year
[00:00:03] the mass was held earlier before the main central event itself, so
[00:00:07] we can say, this caused some
[00:00:10] positive, as far as I can see, positive reactions specifically among the veteran
[00:00:13] population, because it was a more decent time before
[00:00:17] the great heat, the mass was held, so that
[00:00:20] it's practically easier to breathe, the mornings are much colder, I have to
[00:00:23] ask you, you've been for two years, you've been mayor for two consecutive terms,
[00:00:27] before that you were also deputy mayor.
[00:00:30] "You've been here for many years, Croats and Serbs live here in
[00:00:33] coexistence for many years, so considering
[00:00:38] we should deal with that and that your citizens are both Croats and Serbs, how do you view these messages that
[00:00:40] are coming from Serbia, specifically from Aleksandar Vučić who does not want to
[00:00:44] recognize Operation Storm? Well, I think he
[00:00:48] does that for his political situation there in Serbia, every
[00:00:51] year we are witnesses of such statements, they
[00:00:55] don't benefit us in any way, they bring neither any benefit, nor
[00:00:59] any harm. "Uh, he does that for some of his
[00:01:02] internal political squabbles there in Serbia, that
[00:01:06] is his right, that is something that we cannot
[00:01:08] affect, something that we cannot influence, I must say
[00:01:12] that the locals here, both Croats and Serbs,
[00:01:15] believe that uh, Operation Storm was a
[00:01:18] legitimate operation according to what information I have,
[00:01:22] and that it brought peace, which is most important, not only here in Knin, but in
[00:01:26] all of Croatia. Mr. Čačić, thank you very much for this interview." Thank
[00:01:30] you, well, for the end, I will just emphasize that at 6 o'clock in
[00:01:33] the streets of Knin, a Torcida procession is expected, this
[00:01:37] has been happening for the last three years, in the evening here on
[00:01:40] the square there will be a concert by "Croatian Roses" and "Silent
[00:02:00] The 31st anniversary of Operation Storm once again brought
[00:02:04] messages from neighboring Serbia. The central point of this year's
[00:02:08] discussions was the arrival of diplomatic representatives of Montenegro
[00:02:11] at the celebration in Knin. This move provoked sharp reactions in Belgrade
[00:02:15] and Banja Luka. While official Podgorica views the arrival as part
[00:02:18] of usual diplomatic practice and building good-neighborly relations,
[00:02:22] Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić and former President
[00:02:27] Salvation Army workers distributing food and of Republika Srpska Milorad Dodik openly call this act
[00:02:30] betrayal and an attack on Serbian victims. A quick response came from Knin.
[00:02:34] odgovoreno.
[00:02:39] The 31st anniversary of military-police Operation
[00:02:42] Storm was marked peacefully and with dignity, but in the background
[00:02:46] of the ceremony there were new regional tremors. The presence
[00:02:49] of the Montenegrin embassy in Knin raised the political temperature in
[00:02:53] Podgorica, Belgrade, Banja Luka relations. Serbian
[00:02:57] President Aleksandar Vučić criticized Montenegro for sending
[00:03:01] a representative to Knin, but not to the commemoration for Serbian victims
[00:03:04] in Mrkonjić Grad. Thank you to the Government of Montenegro,
[00:03:08] this is not the end, this is just the beginning
[00:03:11] of such decisions, they will have many more such decisions in
[00:03:15] the future, things will not
[00:03:17] change, things will only get worse and worse. Last year
[00:03:21] the then Minister of Defense Dragan Krapović rejected the invitation,
[00:03:24] information, follow of course on citing the historical and regional context and the sensitivity of the topic.
[00:03:28] Vučić's harsh words immediately.
[00:03:32] "I love Montenegro for my own reasons, but
[00:03:36] I don't like it the way it is, traitorous, I have the right to say that, regardless
[00:03:39] of what anyone will say that he interferes, because they interfere with our pain,
[00:03:43] they are directly stabbing a knife into our heart, because
[00:03:47] they are going and standing there on the side of those who ethnically cleansed
[00:03:50] the Serb Republic of Krajina," Podgorica says that
[00:03:54] it is about respecting the host country and being oriented
[00:03:57] towards the European future, regional stability.
[00:04:01] The presence of representatives of diplomatic and consular missions at official
[00:04:04] state commemorations of the host country represents standard
[00:04:07] diplomatic practice, especially between neighboring allied countries within
[00:04:11] NATO. Such participation reflects respect for the host
[00:04:15] country and its institutions, as well as
[00:04:17] Montenegro's commitment to fostering good-neighborly
[00:04:20] relations, open dialogue and regional
[00:04:23] cooperation. Operation Storm was a legitimate operation that
[00:04:27] restored the country's sovereignty, the arrival of diplomats
[00:04:30] from Montenegro is a civilized act and respect for the international order,
[00:04:34] said the Croatian Minister of Foreign Affairs. All countries have
[00:04:38] accredited their ambassadors, I don't see
[00:04:42] any astonishment as to why someone should be and
[00:04:45] someone shouldn't, so all those who respect Croatian laws,
[00:04:49] which is implied, and Croatian
[00:04:53] holidays, festivals are welcome. Vučić continued this year
[00:04:57] with messages that Operation Storm was a crime that Serbs must
[00:05:01] not forget, I guarantee you that nowhere else in
[00:05:05] Republika Srpska or on
[00:05:07] any part of the territory of Serbia will there be
[00:05:11] any Operation Storm. "Pogroms and suffering of the Serbian
[00:05:14] people, Serbia is strong enough, I can tell you that
[00:05:18] today, it will preserve and protect
[00:05:22] its people." In Knin, Vučić's repetition of similar
[00:05:25] messages year after year did not surprise anyone, not even the state leadership.
[00:05:29] It is not necessary for everyone to see history in the same way, but
[00:05:33] I also think that we should not react to every
[00:05:36] nonsense, verbal nonsense that comes
[00:05:40] across the Danube, it will come all the time. However, what
[00:05:43] is done in the material sphere, that is,
[00:05:47] pardon me, armament, well,
[00:05:50] we should pay attention to that. We don't threaten
[00:05:53] anyone, but we don't fear anyone. We will know
[00:05:57] how to respond to every threat. Croatia
[00:06:01] will never again be unprepared or unprotected.
[00:06:05] If we want peace, we must be able to defend it. Given
[00:06:08] such inflammatory rhetoric, which in many ways resembles what happened
[00:06:12] in the 80s, we must be ready, and what we saw
[00:06:16] today really makes it seem that Croatia is a strong
[00:06:19] country that can retaliate against any
[00:06:22] potential, against any potential threat. Regarding the messages sent by
[00:06:25] Aleksandar Vučić, but also what Operation Storm was, coalition
[00:06:29] partners and the opposition agree. Croats never
[00:06:32] conquered, Croats defended themselves, as long as they
[00:06:35] are peaceful across the Drina and have no
[00:06:38] pretensions, we will build
[00:06:41] and gentlemen. and interpersonal relations of every other kind,
[00:06:45] as they say, there will be no storms as long as they
[00:06:48] sit peacefully and mind their own business, but
[00:06:52] if there is a need, there will be storms, look, they got a beating in
[00:06:55] '95, so they are hurting, they
[00:06:58] are in pain and I am sorry that it is so, there are certainly a large number of people in Serbia
[00:07:02] who are normal, who respect realities and want normal
[00:07:05] relations, but unfortunately those who obviously don't want
[00:07:09] it dominate, history will show that Aleksandar Vučić is actually the biggest
[00:07:12] problem of Serbia and its citizens, and for 10 years he has been showing a clear
[00:07:16] tendency to write some new history of Serbia, Croatia, these
[00:07:19] parts of Europe and the world, he
[00:07:22] has gotten into this role of some kind of world director, good luck to him, we don't
[00:07:26] care, we don't care about them, let them cry as they
[00:07:29] say, there you go. Nataša Vidaković, N1,
[00:07:33] Zagreb.
[00:07:37] The speaker in Knin, Prime Minister Plenković, also used the opportunity to
[00:07:40] announce an increase in veterans' pensions. Here's what he
[00:07:43] said exactly.
[00:07:46] This autumn, the government will submit amendments to two
[00:07:50] laws to the Croatian Parliament, which will introduce an addition to
[00:07:53] pensions, the amount of which will depend on the length of participation
[00:07:56] in the defense of Croatia's sovereignty.
[00:08:00] Also, according to the same criterion, we will increase
[00:08:03] the lowest veterans' pensions. And after
[00:08:06] we abolished two previous reductions in 2017 and
[00:08:09] 2022, we will abolish the last remaining
[00:08:13] reduction of pensions for members of the army,
[00:08:16] police, and other authorized official persons introduced in
[00:08:20] 2002. With these amendments, we will cover
[00:08:23] approximately 200,000
[00:08:27] Croatian veterans.
[00:08:40] Due to drought and high temperatures,
[00:08:43] the Krško Nuclear Power Plant will begin reducing the reactor's power tonight,
[00:08:46] it will operate at a reduced power of 80%,
[00:08:49] further reductions are not excluded, here's what they announced from Krško.
[00:08:53] poručili.
[00:08:57] Due to the continuation of exceptional hydrological and meteorological conditions
[00:09:00] on the Sava River, the Krško Nuclear Power Plant will, as announced, start
[00:09:03] gradually reducing the reactor's power on
[00:09:07] Thursday night. In the first step, the power will be reduced to
[00:09:10] 80%. This is a planned, controlled,
[00:09:13] temporary measure that is necessary to ensure compliance with the provisions
[00:09:17] of the environmental permit, according to which the daily average temperature of the Sava
[00:09:21] River at the point of complete mixing downstream from the Brežice hydroelectric power plant
[00:09:25] must not exceed 28°C, and the average daily increase
[00:09:29] in temperature must not be greater than 3°C. If the
[00:09:32] current hydrological and meteorological conditions continue and further
[00:09:36] worsen, the NPP will continue to further reduce the
[00:09:40] reactor's power.
[00:09:43] Minister of Economy Ante Šušnjer was asked today what the
[00:09:46] consequences would be and whether electricity prices could
[00:09:49] increase?
[00:09:53] It's about environmental requirements that will be slightly
[00:09:57] remodelled because we are in extreme weather
[00:10:00] conditions, uh, the Krško nuclear power plant certainly
[00:10:03] works, it produces energy, if today
[00:10:07] that solution is adopted, according to the announcements of colleagues from Slovenia,
[00:10:10] there should be no power reduction. And we'll see how the
[00:10:14] thermal situation
[00:10:17] develops in this part of the world,
[00:10:20] Europe, so we will act accordingly,
[00:10:23] however, for now, mm... mm the Krško nuclear power plant
[00:10:27] is certainly working and there are no reductions, can electricity prices increase?
[00:10:30] No, prices cannot increase, we take
[00:10:34] care of the security of supply, mm, the supply in
[00:10:38] the Republic of Croatia is secure, we have
[00:10:41] stable production and exchange
[00:10:42] in
[00:10:45] Croatia, the peak of the heatwave for the whole country, a red
[00:10:49] warning is in force, which means that the weather is extremely dangerous and that citizens
[00:10:53] should beware of heatwaves. Temperatures today in most of the country were from
[00:10:56] 36 to 39, from Croatian Railways
[00:10:59] Infrastructure they announced that the heat warms up the tracks even above
[00:11:03] 60°, so they are carrying out increased supervision
[00:11:06] of the condition of the tracks. It's not any easier in the rest of Europe, further,
[00:11:10] they are battling a heatwave,
[00:11:22] Veterans' Day, and the 31st Anniversary of the military and police operation
[00:11:26] Storm were celebrated in Knin with a temperature of
[00:11:29] 36°C.
[00:11:33] It was not easy for the state leadership to
[00:11:35] endure the heat.
[00:11:39] A red warning is in effect for the entire country. This means that the weather
[00:11:43] is extremely dangerous and that citizens today and tomorrow should beware of
[00:11:46] heatwaves. Ishađaje Infrastructure says that
[00:11:49] the heat heats up the tracks even above 60°, so they are conducting
[00:11:53] increased monitoring of the condition of the tracks. In case of track deformation,
[00:11:57] train speeds are temporarily restricted or the line is closed,
[00:12:00] which can cause delays.
[00:12:04] It is not any easier in the rest of Europe. Italy is facing a
[00:12:07] heatwave due to which a red alert is in force in 25 cities,
[00:12:10] and tomorrow the warning will extend to a total of 27
[00:12:14] cities. Three new deaths have been recorded, suspected
[00:12:18] to be related to the extreme heat, it's hellishly hot in
[00:12:22] the Vatican.
[00:12:25] very strong, so we are somewhat accustomed, but the truth is it is very
[00:12:28] hot, especially because of the humidity, it is very
[00:12:31] humid. When we landed yesterday it was very, very
[00:12:35] hot, the temperature I think in London has dropped a bit, has
[00:12:38] deepened, but 20, 26,
[00:12:41] 27.
[00:12:45] and the mercury in Prague exceeded 33 degrees. Homeless people
[00:12:49] are particularly affected, with
[00:12:52] water to them. for the last two streets,
[00:12:56] it was the worst for me, the second thing is that the heat
[00:12:59] is unbearable, so I liked the idea
[00:13:02] that, uh, Prague introduced some places where you can
[00:13:06] cool down, that's about all I struggle with,
[00:13:10] so, to cool down, I go
[00:13:13] swimming in the cold water of the Vltava, so
[00:13:17] we swim, cool down, then we sit down for a cold
[00:13:21] beer, for example, well, and mostly we sit at home like...
[00:13:28] Europe, the continent that is heating up the fastest, this summer is affected by
[00:13:31] record heatwaves and devastating forest fires, which have
[00:13:35] especially affected France and Spain and, of course,
[00:13:38] Greece.
[00:13:41] Obviously the emphasis will be placed on West
[00:13:45] Attica, so that we can
[00:13:48] ensure that all restoration works will
[00:13:52] be completed within the specified deadlines. In
[00:13:55] Italy, by Lake Como, firefighters have been trying to contain the
[00:13:59] rampant fire since yesterday.
[00:14:03] Animals are also affected by the heat. The rare European bison in Serbia
[00:14:06] is thus left without the necessary puddles from which it drinks water and in which it
[00:14:10] cools itself. When such periods occur,
[00:14:14] then we face a problem, because,
[00:14:16] I say, for example, a cow in such conditions
[00:14:20] drinks 80 to 150 liters of water per day.
[00:14:23] However, the worst is yet to come tomorrow, parts of Croatia
[00:14:27] are threatened with up to 42°C during the day, and nighttime temperatures
[00:14:31] will not drop below 22 degrees. The good
[00:14:34] news is that we only need to endure one more day. After that,
[00:14:38] the hellish heat will
[00:15:01] Almost three years after Israeli bombs hit a residential
[00:15:04] building in Gaza City, 112 Palestinians killed in the
[00:15:08] attack were buried in a mass funeral
[00:15:11] ceremony. Gaza civil defense personnel last month
[00:15:14] began searching the ruins to find
[00:15:17] their remains, but dozens of bodies have still
[00:15:21] not been found.
[00:15:25] Everybody! Draped in Palestinian flags, the remains of
[00:15:28] 112 people are carried through the war-torn streets of
[00:15:32] Gaza City. This funeral procession is nearly
[00:15:36] three years overdue. The 112 men,
[00:15:40] women, and children being buried today, were killed in
[00:15:43] November 2023, when Israeli
[00:15:45] bombs struck a residential block in this same
[00:15:48] city. Search and rescue teams were only able to begin
[00:15:52] recovering bodies from the rubble last month. Nearly three
[00:15:56] weeks later, Gaza's civil defense spokesman says they recovered
[00:15:59] the remains of 112 people, dozens more could
[00:16:03] not be found.
[00:16:37] large Palestinian families, one of which is tied to the Mujahidin
[00:16:41] Brigades, a Palestinian militant group. The Israeli
[00:16:45] military has not publicly identified any militants killed
[00:16:48] in that strike. Many more bodies are still trapped beneath
[00:16:52] the rubble, some 8,000 according to Gaza's civil
[00:16:55] defense.
[00:16:59] And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu released a video statement regarding
[00:17:03] the Gaza agreement promoted by US President Donald Trump. In
[00:17:06] his video, not
[00:17:37] I think they think they can make
[00:17:40] Hamas disarm and demilitarize
[00:17:44] Gaza. We are checking it. They sent us
[00:17:47] an offer. We did not agree to it. It's not our offer.
[00:17:50] We sent our comments. By the way, we sent our comments before
[00:17:54] we received a media campaign on the matter. This is our
[00:17:57] position.
[00:18:07] Donald Trump, which he expressed in an interview with Fox News. Trump
[00:18:11] added that good talks are underway, but that Tehran
[00:18:14] wants to reach an agreement. According to the Axios website, which cites
[00:18:18] sources from the region, a temporary sixty-day agreement is being discussed
[00:18:22] that would regulate passage through the strait between Iran
[00:18:25] and Oman. This preliminary agreement, which could
[00:18:29] be announced as early as today, they state, according to Axios,
[00:18:32] stipulates that all maritime traffic entering the strait will use
[00:18:35] the northern route through Iranian
[00:18:38] waters. All ships exiting will follow the southern route through Omani waters
[00:18:41] without paying fees. Until a final agreement is reached, the central
[00:18:45] part of the strait should be cleared of mines. Axios warns that
[00:18:49] this compromise has not yet been
[00:18:50] finalized.
[00:18:53] The strait's going to be open very soon or they're going to get hit very
[00:18:57] hard and then the strait is going to be open. We were going to a
[00:19:00] tremendous attack, the biggest since World War
[00:19:02] II.
[00:19:07] Can we talk? They didn't want and I said, "Yes, we can
[00:19:11] talk, let's get it done, finally, let's get it done."
[00:19:14] They backed out again, are they done? Well, if they back out
[00:19:18] again, they're going to get hit really hard, they know that, they understand
[00:19:21] that.
[00:19:24] A new Russian attack on Kyiv, in which 17 people were killed
[00:19:27] overnight and dozens were injured, Ukrainian emergency officials
[00:19:31] reported. The attack damaged warehouses and other facilities, and
[00:19:35] rescue teams are still searching for possible survivors under
[00:19:38] the rubble. The air raid siren in the capital lasted for more than an hour,
[00:19:41] seven locations were hit. The Russian Ministry
[00:19:45] of Defense announced that the targets were logistical and supply centers
[00:19:48] which they claim are used for military purposes. The attack caused
[00:19:52] fires in warehouses, and an ammonia leak was also reported,
[00:19:56] which emergency services have been dealing with all
[00:19:59] day.
[00:20:03] After yesterday's EU meeting and the decision to strengthen
[00:20:06] the protection of the Union's external borders and accelerate the return of those who have no right
[00:20:10] to stay due to the migration crisis in Ceuta. Spanish authorities
[00:20:14] state that the situation at the border is mostly under control now.
[00:20:17] Spanish Interior Minister Fernando Grande said that about
[00:20:21] 70,000 of the approximately 72,000
[00:20:24] migrants who illegally entered there in recent days have already returned
[00:20:28] to Morocco and that the situation at the border is mostly under control. According to
[00:20:32] data from the central authorities, about 2,500 migrants
[00:20:35] are still in Ceuta, while local authorities estimate that there are
[00:20:39] between three and five thousand, at least one thousand of whom are minors.
[00:20:42] At the same time, authorities confirmed that at least 75 people
[00:20:46] died during the mass border crossing, while official data
[00:20:49] states that more than 80 people lost
[00:20:53] their lives by drowning or in the stampede.
[00:26:32] And tomorrow it will be unpleasantly hot, then by the end of the
[00:26:36] week it should cool down a bit, primarily in the interior of the
[00:26:40] country. A more detailed forecast
[00:26:46] viewers. The peak of the heat is right above
[00:26:49] us, today and tomorrow. Therefore, for these two days, the State
[00:26:52] Hydrometeorological Institute has issued a red weather alert for
[00:26:56] the entire Croatia due to extremely high temperatures. All
[00:27:00] of this is a consequence of the multi-day maintenance of a stable
[00:27:03] and dry anticyclone over our part of Europe, which brings
[00:27:07] clear days, long days full of sun, and at the same time it draws in
[00:27:11] hot air originating from North Africa, so in that combination we have
[00:27:15] these extremely high temperatures and drought. Similarly,
[00:27:18] it will be during Thursday, dry, sunny and hot, as
[00:27:21] in previous days there may be moderate cloud development,
[00:27:25] mainly in the afternoon in the mountainous areas of inner
[00:27:29] Dalmatia, Lika and Gorski Kotar up to Učka. In that Dinaric
[00:27:33] belt, there is also a possibility of some scattered short local showers,
[00:27:37] but in most parts of the country, Thursday will also be
[00:27:40] sunny. Night temperatures on the mainland will be relatively pleasant,
[00:27:43] mostly slightly below 20 degrees Celsius, on the Adriatic from
[00:27:47] 22 to 27. Daytime
[00:27:50] temperatures will be very high, it will be another unpleasantly hot day like an
[00:27:53] oven with temperatures between 35-40
[00:27:57] degrees Celsius. On the mainland, mostly weak easterly or southeasterly
[00:28:01] wind, and during the day. along the coast a mostly moderate
[00:28:04] southwesterly wind will blow, we also follow sea temperatures which are increasing day by
[00:28:08] day, it is rare for the entire Adriatic to be so warm with
[00:28:12] numbers around 28 degrees Celsius. And
[00:28:15] rivers have also heated up, the fact that the Danube in
[00:28:19] Vukovar reached as much as 32 degrees Celsius is fascinating,
[00:28:22] of course, this is a consequence of this long-lasting heatwave, but also of extremely
[00:28:26] low water levels. In the coming days, the heat in the interior
[00:28:29] will nevertheless ease slightly, during Friday and Saturday there is a
[00:28:33] possibility of some local showers, this will be a rare occurrence, there will be no
[00:28:37] real and heavy rain, but temperatures with the northern wind
[00:28:41] should still drop slightly, but not for long, because at the beginning of next
[00:28:44] week with sunny weather they will start to rise again, all
[00:28:48] of this is real summer, for now there are no major weather changes, on the Adriatic
[00:28:52] also a few clouds during Friday and Saturday, the possibility of a local
[00:28:55] shower is very small, almost negligible, but a bora wind will blow which
[00:28:59] will bring a transiently warmer night, but still not... what
[00:29:02] perhaps slightly more pleasant daytime temperatures, but all of this is still
[00:29:06] around 35 degrees Celsius. To
[00:29:08] conclude, we can say that tomorrow will be equally hot, that is the peak
[00:29:12] of the heatwave, then at least in the interior from Friday
[00:29:15] there will be a slight
[00:29:17] relief.
[00:30:39] in several locations in the country. Fires are burning in the Deliblato
[00:30:43] Sands, where the fire has covered an area of 300
[00:30:46] hectares. More than 80 members of the sector for emergency situations,
[00:30:50] volunteer fire departments and Vojvodina Šuma are participating in extinguishing
[00:30:53] the fires, while three MUP helicopters are engaged
[00:30:57] from the air. Head of the emergency sector.