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[00:00:00] intentional malice, it is recalled that the crime fighting directorate had
[00:00:03] found a multitude of deficiencies and technical
[00:00:06] problems that essentially caused the initial sparks of the fire.
[00:00:09] In closing, let us note that the third defendant
[00:00:13] appeared yesterday before the investigator, we are talking about the owner of the wind farm, who, when
[00:00:17] he was sought, was on
[00:00:19] vacation outside Attica. This person is expected
[00:00:23] to testify tomorrow before the investigator. Thank you,
[00:00:26] George. On a political level, the
[00:00:29] water level of the confrontation over the
[00:00:32] devastating fires remains high, with the handling of their management,
[00:00:35] compensation, and prevention measures as key issues.
[00:00:39] The government is racing against time to complete the damage assessment
[00:00:43] and to pay compensation as soon as possible to
[00:00:46] those affected by the fires. Today, we will have 11 teams. The
[00:00:50] recording for the first German started yesterday, due to the conditions that
[00:00:53] prevailed in the area, in all other fires
[00:00:57] which we were called to deal with in the previous period.
[00:01:01] From the moment we receive the request from the municipality, which request will
[00:01:05] be complete and correctly drawn up and
[00:01:08] correctly and correctly drawn up, within 10 days the money will have gone
[00:01:11] to the municipality. The issue of prevention is the spearhead of
[00:01:14] criticism from the opposition. So that we
[00:01:18] don't keep talking about the irresponsible officials of the
[00:01:21] government, what has been done is important. What has
[00:01:24] been done is the recovery fund. You were wrong about the
[00:01:27] timelines, the schedule.
[00:01:30] led to this summer,
[00:01:33] at least, the Canadairs not being operational. Will
[00:01:37] someone be held accountable for this? Equipment problems, maintenance, the
[00:01:40] problems of firefighters often come to the fore through their own
[00:01:44] significant struggles, radical
[00:01:47] changes are needed. The exclusion of Canadairs and other flight assets from
[00:01:51] the Recovery Fund. We have today submitted
[00:01:54] a parliamentary question, a parliamentary control question to the Prime Minister, society
[00:01:58] demands serious. and clear words, the
[00:02:01] government cannot celebrate and present as a success the fact that
[00:02:05] fewer acres were burned. Stelios Petsas
[00:02:09] on Sky television reiterated his proposal for mandatory
[00:02:12] universal insurance. No matter how much support there is from the
[00:02:16] government, afterwards, many times it is not
[00:02:19] enough, and I have proposed that there be universal, mandatory
[00:02:23] insurance for everything, for homes,
[00:02:27] for businesses, and for agricultural holdings.
[00:02:31] extreme weather phenomena, heatwaves and drought
[00:02:34] are testing many European countries. Signs of the times
[00:02:38] inextricably linked to the climate crisis that fuels
[00:02:41] fires, drying up rivers and lakes with devastating
[00:02:45] consequences for the environment and the
[00:02:47] economy. in red alert and
[00:02:51] 27 major cities of Italy from north to
[00:02:54] south, with the fourth heatwave of the summer putting
[00:02:58] the country back in the oven.
[00:03:10] Already in two cases in Naples, the thermometer showed
[00:03:13] 48°C and the authorities are urging locals and
[00:03:16] tourists to avoid sun exposure and to stay in
[00:03:20] cool places as from the prolonged high
[00:03:23] temperatures for public
[00:03:26] health.
[00:03:32] Italian media are reporting three deaths due to heat in the last
[00:03:35] 24 hours.
[00:03:38] Tourists are looking for a breath of fresh air in
[00:03:40] Warsaw as well.
[00:03:47] has lot of weather just like this this time of the year so we thought we would escape that weather
[00:03:51] coming here but we did not a lot of
[00:03:53] humidity
[00:03:57] like like Poland is besieged by... a crisis that
[00:04:14] has caused prolonged drought.
[00:04:31] The authorities decided to turn off the decorative and unnecessary lights
[00:04:34] in all public buildings due to the historically low levels of the Danube
[00:04:38] and the underperformance of the country's nuclear power plant that
[00:04:42] uses the river for
[00:04:43] cooling.
[00:04:53] And the extreme heat continues today. The
[00:04:55] thermometer is expected to show 42
[00:04:59] cm. The signing of the
[00:05:03] agreement for the entry of the French
[00:05:05] Meridia into the project gives a huge boost to the
[00:05:08] Greece-Cyprus electricity interconnection. In another milestone development that further
[00:05:12] strengthens our country's position on the global energy
[00:05:16] map. After the very short circuit, the Greece-Cyprus
[00:05:19] electricity interconnection cable is now connected to the French socket
[00:05:23] of Meriniam so that the GSI can acquire the necessary
[00:05:26] momentum.
[00:05:29] The participation of the European giant, according to government officials and analysts, not
[00:05:32] only brings new capital. It secures know-how,
[00:05:36] and at the same time sends a message that the cable remains a strategic priority for
[00:05:40] Europe, while for Athens the agreement also constitutes an answer to
[00:05:43] those who doubted the viability of the project. We are thus proceeding with the
[00:05:47] creation of an energy
[00:05:49] interconnection in the Eastern Mediterranean, which at this
[00:05:53] moment, after the crisis we have in the Middle East and the Gulf of
[00:05:57] Hormuz, acquires an increased geopolitical
[00:06:00] importance for all of Europe. This also answers those who had
[00:06:03] second thoughts about whether the project is right, whether the project works, whether the project is worth
[00:06:07] pursuing.
[00:06:10] Within two months. The geopolitical cast around the
[00:06:14] project was broken. The first step was taken with Macron's visit to Athens last
[00:06:18] April, with the presence of Meridian's head,
[00:06:21] Tierido. This was followed in May by crucial, under-the-radar contacts
[00:06:24] of the Minister of Environment with the leading
[00:06:27] executives of the investment giant who put the French key
[00:06:31] in the door of the GSI. There is also a defense agreement which we recently
[00:06:35] renewed with France. Article 2 of which
[00:06:38] states that France will assist Greece in case
[00:06:41] our sovereignty is questioned. I mean, there is a strategic relationship with the French here.
[00:06:45] On the other hand, according to
[00:06:48] experts, the creation of an energy highway in the Eastern
[00:06:52] Mediterranean is evident, in which Greece is a central
[00:06:56] station, both with the vertical natural gas corridor and with the Greece-Egypt
[00:07:00] electricity interconnection cable. What does all this together mean? That the project
[00:07:04] is safe. The arrival of MRIDM essentially
[00:07:07] accelerates the process, facilitates without a doubt
[00:07:11] leverage and... which are important for us to be able to
[00:07:14] proceed and constitutes a significant economic and technical
[00:07:18] development which will push the project many steps
[00:07:21] forward. The basic estimate sets the milestone of
[00:07:24] resuming investigations in the coming
[00:07:26] September.
[00:07:30] In the Middle East, the diplomatic thriller surrounding the
[00:07:34] status of the Strait of Hormuz is escalating, with Iran speaking of an
[00:07:37] imminent agreement with Oman and the situation, however, surrounding the
[00:07:41] role of the United
[00:08:04] The spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticizes the United
[00:08:08] States, emphasizing that the announcements are nearing, provided
[00:08:11] that third parties are involved. A
[00:08:29] new maritime corridor that will be used for at least two
[00:08:33] to four months. Large parts of the route will pass through
[00:08:36] the territorial waters of Iran and some others through the territorial waters of
[00:08:40] Oman. In any case, it is emphasized that the
[00:08:43] agreement will not lead to an automatic opening of the strait, nor
[00:08:47] does it alone guarantee the safety of
[00:08:48] navigation.
[00:08:57] With traffic in the Strait of Hormuz proceeding at a snail's pace, the achievement
[00:09:01] of an agreement is of pivotal importance. The big
[00:09:04] question is whether transit fees will be imposed,
[00:09:07] which is a red flag for the United States, with the American
[00:09:10] president launching new attacks.
[00:09:42] in an alliance against Iran's nuclear
[00:09:45] ambitions, but I want to convey also
[00:09:48] that, the existence of Israel is not
[00:09:52] subject to negotiation, with or without an agreement.
[00:09:56] At the same time, after a month
[00:09:59] of calm, Tel Aviv launched new attacks in southern Lebanon,
[00:10:03] accusing Hezbollah of violating the
[00:10:05] ceasefire. An alarm has been raised in
[00:10:09] Germany after the discovery of a drone at
[00:10:13] the strategically important and for NATO, Leipzig airport, Dimitra Kyranoudi, with the
[00:10:16] interior minister speaking of a
[00:10:20] hybrid attack scenario.
[00:10:24] Hello from.
[00:10:29] which now establishes a new
[00:10:32] threat situation which is no longer
[00:10:36] abstract but specific. This was said yesterday
[00:10:39] from Leipzig by the German Interior Minister Alexander ter Prien, who
[00:10:43] interrupted his vacation to travel to Leipzig
[00:10:46] and assess the situation with officials from the German
[00:10:50] secret services. So he talks openly about a hybrid
[00:10:53] attack. against the state
[00:10:56] security of Germany, which was even carried out with absolute
[00:11:00] professionalism and, as he said characteristically,
[00:11:02] differs from all previous cases of drone sightings
[00:11:06] in Germany. In fact,
[00:11:09] he stressed that this case is a
[00:11:13] unique case precisely because this particular drone for
[00:11:16] the first time carried an explosive mechanism and
[00:11:20] explosive substances and only by chance did it not
[00:11:23] explode. Similar are the assessments of the
[00:11:27] competent authorities of the prosecutor's office, the
[00:11:30] anti-terrorism unit that has taken over the
[00:11:34] case, while we should note that Alexander
[00:11:37] Doprin spoke of possible involvement
[00:11:40] of hostile forces from abroad. At this moment,
[00:11:44] all possibilities are being investigated, the possibility
[00:11:46] of sabotage, in critical infrastructure,
[00:11:50] even terrorist, terrorist acts. Marco, let's
[00:11:53] also note that. according to official data from the
[00:11:57] German Air Traffic Authority, since the beginning of
[00:12:00] 2026, over 1440
[00:12:04] drone sightings have been recorded in Germany over airports.
[00:12:07] Dimitra, as announced today, the arrest
[00:12:11] of a 33-year-old Ukrainian for espionage was carried out by the
[00:12:14] German authorities.
[00:12:17] And all this happened in Thurgau. The
[00:12:20] 33-year-old Ukrainian citizen is accused of
[00:12:23] espionage and... sabotage against a
[00:12:26] Bavarian defense
[00:12:30] industry. In fact, the German authorities say that
[00:12:33] he is possibly a Ukrainian
[00:12:42] complex Marfin case, ladies and gentlemen. 16 years
[00:12:46] after the tragedy that shocked the country
[00:12:49] today, Panagiotis Spyropoulos, the 46-year-old woman accused of
[00:12:53] involvement in the murderous arson attack
[00:12:57] is expected to be extradited to our country from Britain. The
[00:13:00] 46-year-old Marco with the blonde braid, the woman who allegedly
[00:13:04] participated in the deadly five-member group of perpetrators of the murderous attack on
[00:13:07] Marfin, is being extradited to our country and arrives today at 10:30 PM
[00:13:11] in Greece. A team from the Organized Crime Directorate had traveled
[00:13:15] to Great Britain and is essentially transferring the accused to our
[00:13:18] country. She will be held at the General Police Directorate of Attica and on Friday morning
[00:13:22] she will be taken first to the public prosecutor for the execution of the warrant and then
[00:13:26] to the investigator to perhaps be granted a deadline to testify. The
[00:13:30] 46-year-old Marko is one of two women who were part of the attack
[00:13:33] team and, according to statements by bank employees, she was shouting at her
[00:13:37] accomplices to burn them. On July 10, the
[00:13:40] 24-year-old was apprehended, while an international arrest warrant was issued for the
[00:13:44] 46-year-old. On July 13, she was apprehended at
[00:13:47] London's Gatwick Airport where she was working, with the activation of the Interpol
[00:13:51] Red Notice, appearing then in Westminster Court. In order
[00:13:55] for her Red Notice for her extradition to Greece not to be
[00:13:59] executed, she accepted the request of the Greek police authorities for
[00:14:03] her extradition, and even signed a letter in which she committed
[00:14:14] British woman, whose body was found in a suitcase in
[00:14:17] Kypseli, has received extensive coverage in the British media, with the
[00:14:20] 26-year-old Afghan accused testifying.
[00:14:23] Accompanied by police, the
[00:14:26] 26-year-old accused of the murder of British woman
[00:14:30] Elizabeth Jane Ross is being taken to the Evelpidon courts for his
[00:14:34] testimony. The man from Afghanistan continues to deny the
[00:14:37] accusations against him, sticking to what he had claimed to the
[00:14:41] police. When I turned on the lights and headed towards the
[00:14:45] bathroom, I noticed that Lisa was lying on the bathroom
[00:14:48] floor and something like water was coming out of her mouth. I
[00:14:52] spoke to her two or three times, but she didn't answer.
[00:14:55] "I froze, my legs gave out." This video of the
[00:14:59] 26-year-old carrying the British woman's body in a suitcase
[00:15:02] is expected to be part of the investigation. The accused
[00:15:06] claims that an unknown elderly man advised him to
[00:15:09] hide the lifeless body. In my panic, I immediately
[00:15:13] left the house and stopped an old man I found in front of
[00:15:16] me at a bus stop and asked him, "What do I do if I have
[00:15:20] a dead person in my house?" He told me that
[00:15:23] he worked at a hospital and knew about these things, and that what I
[00:15:27] needed to do was remove it from my house, otherwise I would
[00:15:30] get into trouble.
[00:15:34] All major British television networks continue their coverage.
[00:16:08] and in the shocking case of the 55-year-old who kept
[00:16:12] his father's body in a freezer, Eleni
[00:16:15] Paraskevopoulou, the authorities are trying to shed light
[00:16:18] on all the dark aspects of this case and around the
[00:16:22] exact causes of the elderly man's
[00:16:30] short time, the results of the forensic examination. Let's
[00:16:33] say that we expected that because the
[00:16:36] body of the 99-year-old man was in deep
[00:16:40] freezing, we understand that it is a process that takes
[00:16:43] time in order to reach and have some results from the
[00:16:47] forensic examination. On Friday, the 55-year-old
[00:16:51] son is expected to be tried in flagrante delicto and from there on we can say
[00:16:55] that he himself is expected to claim that
[00:16:58] he could not part with his father. We spoke with his lawyer
[00:17:02] and he told us that he himself is distraught, he now understands
[00:17:06] what exactly he had done, what action he has taken,
[00:17:09] he is a psychological wreck and
[00:17:13] what he says is that he simply could not part with his father. Regarding
[00:17:16] the reports that existed from the very beginning that no one
[00:17:20] saw his 99-year-old father, he claims that the
[00:17:24] 90-year-old had dementia to the last degree and that's how he could
[00:17:28] not go out because there was a danger to his own
[00:17:31] life. From there on, later today, as I mentioned,
[00:17:34] we will have more news regarding... the cause
[00:17:38] of death of the 90-year-old man as his
[00:17:41] 55-year-old son has said that he died of
[00:17:44] pathological causes and then decided to put him in
[00:17:47] the professional
[00:17:56] were at the center of a meeting, George
[00:17:59] Papakonstantinou, of the competent government committee under the
[00:18:02] Prime Minister. Kyriakos Mitsotakis set as a goal
[00:18:06] Marco the attraction of up to.
[00:18:09] from the new competitiveness fund, while at the same time
[00:18:12] he placed at the forefront of government priorities, of the
[00:18:15] program, that is, with which New Democracy will seek a third term, the
[00:18:19] strengthening of manufacturing, the
[00:18:22] basic lines of which will be presented at the Thessaloniki International Fair. For his
[00:18:26] part, the Minister of Development, Mr. Takis Theodorikakos,
[00:18:29] announced seven interventions to simplify procedures for
[00:18:33] industry, focusing on productive investments of up to 3.7%
[00:18:38] and a new package of 700 million for reducing
[00:18:48] resilience in the European framework. Athens,
[00:18:52] Chrysostomos Tsoufis, submitted the request to the Commission for
[00:18:56] the activation of the escape clause. For the extension
[00:18:59] of the activation of the escape clause beyond defense spending
[00:19:03] to energy spending for strengthening the
[00:19:06] resilience of. our country, as you said, and the
[00:19:09] acceleration of the decoupling from fossil fuels. What does all this mean?
[00:19:13] That one billion energy investments that the government
[00:19:17] has in the pipeline until 2028 will not
[00:19:20] be counted in the expenditures that the
[00:19:23] Commission's fiscal rules allow us to make each year. However, it will
[00:19:27] be counted in the fiscal
[00:19:30] result, as well as in the debt. For the type of these
[00:19:33] expenditures, we know so far that it will involve projects.
[00:19:38] energy, energy saving, energy
[00:19:42] upgrade projects for buildings, and also new infrastructure. All of these will be specified in the coming
[00:19:46] period by the competent ministers and will also be
[00:19:49] part of the Prime Minister's
[00:19:58] reform of the primary sector, focusing, Giannis Kantelis, on the
[00:20:02] war against the deep state cartels, at the presentation of the new
[00:20:05] platform for agricultural subsidies. Yes, it is the
[00:20:09] my agro platform, which operates through the AADE. In this
[00:20:13] way, with the platform developed by the public sector itself and the independent
[00:20:16] public revenue authority, farmers and livestock breeders will
[00:20:20] be able to submit their applications directly and these
[00:20:23] will go directly to the beneficiaries, the money, and not
[00:20:27] to various unscrupulous individuals who were revealed through the scandal of the
[00:20:30] OPKPE. Mr. Mitsotakis was briefed on the
[00:20:34] operation of the new platform, he talked with
[00:20:37] the. organizations of farmers and agricultural engineers
[00:20:40] and livestock breeders in order to implement any improvements
[00:20:44] needed. However, it is indicative of the improvement of conditions, as
[00:20:48] emphasized by the reliability of the new
[00:20:51] system, that for the first time, Marco, all applications
[00:20:55] submitted by September 15 will have their advance payment
[00:20:58] paid by October 30,
[00:21:01] while subsequently by November 30, all
[00:21:05] other
[00:21:12] longer be held captive by the deep state
[00:21:16] cartels, by clientelism, by old party politics. All these ultimately
[00:21:20] harm the vast majority of honest
[00:21:24] farmers, honest livestock farmers, who now see, with the
[00:21:27] payments that were made, that they are entitled to
[00:21:30] more money than what they received in the past, quite simply,
[00:21:34] because resources are being reallocated which were saved from those who
[00:21:38] were not entitled to
[00:21:41] those resources
[00:21:43] in the first place.
[00:21:47] In Arta, an alarm was raised at the fire department.
[00:21:52] In the early hours of the morning, successive explosions occurred at an electrical substation, Christos
[00:21:55] Stratoulakos, with many areas plunged into
[00:21:58] darkness.
[00:22:01] It was a hellish night, Marco, for Arta, as shortly after
[00:22:04] midnight, there was a fire at the super-high voltage center in the
[00:22:08] area of Grammema in Arta. An
[00:22:12] alarm was sounded at the fire department. As we can see, Marco, in the images, the fire
[00:22:16] spread very quickly due to the flammable materials that
[00:22:20] were in that specific area. There were also several
[00:22:23] explosions when the firefighting forces were operating at the
[00:22:26] scene. After a considerable amount of time, the firefighters, mainly with
[00:22:29] the first light of day, managed to bring the fire under control.
[00:22:33] However, from the moment, Marco, the explosion occurred, many
[00:22:36] areas in the low-lying parts of Arta, as well as the city of Arta,
[00:22:40] and the mountainous villages, were left without
[00:22:44] electricity. Even at this moment we are speaking, efforts are being made to
[00:22:47] restore electricity. In
[00:22:50] some mountainous villages of the Arta prefecture, at the same time, Marco, there is an
[00:22:54] ongoing investigation into what caused the
[00:22:57] explosion and the fire at the specific substation, with the damage, according to the
[00:23:01] first estimates, amounting to several thousands and
[00:23:10] planet, as 81 years have passed,
[00:23:13] Louisa Akrotiri, since the dropping of the first atomic
[00:23:17] bomb on Hiroshima. Approximately 50
[00:23:20] participants from 123 countries and regions,
[00:23:23] including survivors of the atomic bomb, observed a minute of
[00:23:27] silence in Hiroshima's Peace Park when the peace
[00:23:30] bell rang at exactly 8:4 AM, the time
[00:23:33] that 81 years ago an American B-29
[00:23:37] dropped the bomb code-named Little Boy on the city.
[00:23:41] The Mayor of Hiroshima criticized world leaders for waging
[00:23:44] wars, urging them not to justify the possession of nuclear
[00:23:48] weapons as a means of deterrence. The ceremony was also attended by the Prime Minister of
[00:23:52] Japan, Sana Kayechi, who pledged to take
[00:23:55] realistic, practical initiatives for a world without
[00:24:06] detailed images ever recorded from
[00:24:10] the sun's surface, have been obtained by scientists,
[00:24:13] using the world's most powerful solar
[00:24:16] telescope. Images and videos, Marco, reveal for the
[00:24:20] first time in exquisite detail the activity on the
[00:24:23] sun's surface. What we see is the sun's magnetic field
[00:24:27] which is moved by the movement of hot
[00:24:30] gases. This continuous rotational movement
[00:24:34] is one of the main causes of energy eruptions on the sun,
[00:24:38] creating what is known as space weather, which can cause
[00:24:41] problems with power grids and Earth's satellites, and
[00:24:45] may even endanger astronauts. Scientists
[00:24:48] consider it very... as
[00:24:52] we are now able to understand and better protect ourselves from
[00:24:56] space weather. Finally, let's also note that on August 12,
[00:25:06] rocket crashed into the moon, providing
[00:25:10] scientists with valuable data for the future establishment of a NASA base
[00:25:14] on Earth's
[00:25:15] satellite.
[00:25:21] It's January 2025. The
[00:25:24] SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is launched into
[00:25:27] space, carrying two landers.
[00:25:29] προσεδάφισης.
[00:25:32] While the mission was successful then,
[00:25:36] the upper stage of the rocket deviated from its
[00:25:39] trajectory and on Wednesday crashed into its
[00:25:42] surface. Scientists had predicted the
[00:25:46] impact, which had no consequences for Earth. could be a dust
[00:25:50] ploom launched straight up into the sky, maybe sort of 50 to
[00:25:54] 100 kilometers up, and it's going to leave behind a pretty big hole, maybe sort of
[00:25:58] 30m across or something like that. in the photos he released.
[00:26:01] δημοσιότητα.
[00:26:32] are now estimated to be 3,000, a number that
[00:26:36] may cause problems for NASA's future base on the moon.
[00:26:40] φεγγάρι.
[00:26:43] In other news from around the world, starting with
[00:26:46] Mexico and the cold-blooded execution of an influencer during
[00:26:49] a live online broadcast.
[00:26:51] μετάδοσης.
[00:26:56] influencer falls dead after shootings in
[00:26:59] Mexico. At that time, he was live streaming on...
[00:27:02] with his friends outside a restaurant in the capital of
[00:27:05] India. Two unknown people on
[00:27:09] a motorcycle wearing helmets approach him. In the footage,
[00:27:13] the passenger is seen shooting the young influencer
[00:27:17] at point-blank range. This is Cesar Gastelum,
[00:27:20] who was particularly popular for his comedy videos. A large
[00:27:24] operational mobilization of the authorities is underway to locate
[00:27:28] the perpetrators, as the cartel war continues in the area. This tragic
[00:27:31] incident brings back memories of the
[00:27:35] murder of 23-year-old influencer Valeria Marquez in
[00:27:39] May 2025,
[00:27:41] who was also executed live on Tiktok.
[00:27:44] tiktok.
[00:27:47] Portuguese authorities raided a container ship, 640 nautical miles
[00:27:50] off the coast of
[00:27:53] Lisbon.
[00:27:56] Approximately 5 tons of cocaine are seized and three are arrested, while
[00:28:00] since the beginning of the year, the competent authorities of the country have seized
[00:28:03] almost 28 tons of
[00:28:05] cocaine.
[00:28:11] A vehicle seems to take off and eventually gets stuck in the
[00:28:14] side of a moving bus in Brisbane, Australia.
[00:28:17] The bus driver immediately stops and
[00:28:21] rushes to help the driver of the car, who is in
[00:28:24] shock, but in good health.
[00:28:26] του.