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[00:00:00] trend will prevail, the progressive or the
[00:00:03] moderate? Which trend will have the momentum to lead the
[00:00:06] party in the 2028 presidential election race?
[00:00:21] The political drama in Washington has just begun with
[00:00:24] President Trump declaring himself ready to veto
[00:00:27] legislative initiatives.
[00:00:34] The electoral defeat of the Republicans brings Defense Secretary
[00:00:37] Pete Hegseth into the spotlight, with a proposal for his impeachment being imminent.
[00:00:40] Vana Koutroulou will give us the background. According
[00:00:44] to the American CNN network, the House of Representatives may
[00:00:48] vote as early as next week on a proposal for the
[00:00:51] impeachment of the Pentagon chief in an impeachment process.
[00:00:54] Congressman Thomas Massie from Kentucky,
[00:00:58] known for his confrontation. with Trump, told CNN
[00:01:02] today that he intends to initiate a vote on the
[00:01:05] impeachment of Henseth as soon as Congress returns to work next
[00:01:09] week. Many Republican lawmakers, as well as
[00:01:12] political allies, alarmed by the election results,
[00:01:16] are rushing to attribute a significant share of responsibility
[00:01:20] for the electoral failure to Pete Hegseth.
[00:01:23] As they argue in private discussions, the defense minister
[00:01:27] played a decisive role in Trump's decision to get involved
[00:01:30] in the war with Iran, without a clear exit
[00:01:34] strategy. For now, Donald Trump's
[00:01:37] trust in him does not seem to be shaken,
[00:01:40] while the White House, in a statement, also expressed
[00:01:44] its opposition to the possibility of Democrats starting investigations against
[00:01:48] the Pentagon. However, Vana, the heavy electoral
[00:01:51] defeat of the Republicans seems to be accelerating the moves of
[00:01:55] Vice President JDVS, precisely in view of the presidential
[00:01:58] elections, or at least with an eye on the presidential elections of
[00:02:01] '28. According to sources cited by Fox
[00:02:05] News, Vice President Vance is approaching disgruntled
[00:02:08] Trump voters, seeking to form a
[00:02:11] New Right alliance, as the report points out,
[00:02:15] in view of the presidential elections. The difficult bet, of course, is
[00:02:18] to express this dissatisfaction of Trump's voters, while remaining
[00:02:22] Vice President in the Trump administration, which they have
[00:02:25] disapproved of. We saw, after the crushing defeat of the
[00:02:29] Republicans, him differentiating himself, at least communicatively,
[00:02:32] from Donald Trump with this post of his on
[00:02:36] foreign policy issues, attributing the
[00:02:40] responsibility for the defeat of the
[00:02:50] political thermometer is rising with harsh expressions, personal attacks and
[00:02:54] mutual accusations of corruption, with the conflict now moving to Parliament.
[00:02:57] With politics.
[00:03:00] red-hot, the conflict over corruption is marked by harsh attacks and heavy
[00:03:03] expressions. After Alexis Tsipras called
[00:03:07] Kyriakos Mitsotakis the high priest of corruption, and the government brought back the complaint
[00:03:10] about the changes to the criminal codes of
[00:03:13] 2019. The confrontation took a new turn with the
[00:03:17] Hellas bulletin, to which the government side responded
[00:03:21] by denouncing polakism. As I said yesterday, the moral
[00:03:24] measure is taken and the acting Prime Minister of the country is revealed as the high priest of
[00:03:28] entanglement, then.
[00:03:30] he himself must think that this leads nowhere, at this moment the party that is democratically second, so
[00:03:33] it wants to govern the country again, a statement that
[00:03:37] we had not seen anything like it even from SYRIZA during Mr. Polakis's
[00:03:40] days, instead of problems,
[00:03:44] mud, we asked him for names, he doesn't have any, we
[00:03:47] asked him for evidence, he doesn't have any, citizens are not
[00:03:50] fooled anymore, he found his old self again,
[00:03:53] Dora Bakoyannis commented sharply about Alexis Tsipras, with this
[00:03:57] vocabulary shows two things.
[00:04:00] I think first that they have played it a
[00:04:03] bit and
[00:04:07] now we have two parties which
[00:04:10] compete and compete in the same area in
[00:04:13] toxicity, in what, in toxicity. After the
[00:04:16] referral to parliament of Velopoulos's lawsuit against Tsipras and the
[00:04:19] announced initiative for the establishment of a preliminary inquiry committee by the
[00:04:22] government, they clarify that they will not support this specific proposal.
[00:04:26] We do not want to criminalize the political life of the country.
[00:04:30] We do not have such an intention, nor have we shown such signs
[00:04:34] of writing. At the same time, the parliamentary front for article
[00:04:37] 23 is expected with Kyriakos Pierrakakis through Sky, after Lafazanis's
[00:04:40] jab at Nikos Androulakis, to turn his arrows
[00:04:43] towards PASOK and Hellas. The opposition went to set up a game precisely
[00:04:47] because of the pre-election period, that this is the opposite, white went to
[00:04:51] become black. He denounces a process which,
[00:04:54] excuse me, he brought, it has his broad signature, he can do
[00:04:58] rebranding, he cannot change the decrees.
[00:05:00] of his government, this is I think also a criterion that the government has lost all
[00:05:03] seriousness, that is, what you are telling me now that
[00:05:07] he called Nikos Androulakis Lafazanis, there was no
[00:05:11] answer from Mr. Pierrakakis. for what reason did article 23 come about.
[00:05:15] An attempt to form a new political bipolar behind the conflict over corruption
[00:05:18] is seen by Dimitris Koutsoumbas despite the individual
[00:05:21] differences that exist between the parties and
[00:05:25] the phenomenon always appears before elections
[00:05:28] to talk about darkness, one about light,
[00:05:31] that the other is light, and this trade-off
[00:05:34] is made trying to create a new bipolar. My
[00:05:38] proposal for the Oscars this year was, instead of
[00:05:42] being given to one battle
[00:05:46] after another, one battle after another with
[00:05:48] Leonard, it should be given to Mr. Mitsotakis and to
[00:05:52] one scandal after another. The atmosphere in the plenary session
[00:05:56] in view of the roll-call vote is already
[00:05:58] electrified.
[00:06:01] And to Parliament we will go now, where the discussion on the bill of the Ministry of
[00:06:05] Finance continues. In a short while, the roll-call vote is also expected. Let's
[00:06:08] meet Angie with the report.
[00:06:13] And the two-day discussion, Apostle, which is characterized by
[00:06:17] intense conflict between the government and the opposition, is expected in
[00:06:20] a short while to culminate with the conduct of the roll-call
[00:06:24] vote. Kyriakos Pierrakakis yesterday threw down the
[00:06:28] gauntlet to the opposition with his request for
[00:06:31] the roll-call vote. All eyes are on which
[00:06:35] articles Charilaou Trikoupi will vote for. According to
[00:06:38] information, it will vote against the bill.
[00:06:43] while it will vote in favor of the amendment submitted yesterday by the
[00:06:46] Minister of National Economy and Finance, while
[00:06:50] today the main subject of the discussion is Article
[00:06:53] 23, as well as the amendment of Kyriakos
[00:06:56] Pierrakakis, which provides for a stable interest rate of 3% on
[00:07:00] out-of-court settlements and a tenfold increase in fines on
[00:07:09] after a phone call about a bomb placed in a center.
[00:07:15] is on the scene and is giving us the information, Lefteris.
[00:07:19] And for this reason, Apostle, the shopping center and the
[00:07:22] offices, the two floors above it, were immediately evacuated. A special
[00:07:26] team of the fire brigade, as well as the police, rushed to the scene
[00:07:30] to investigate if the phone call was valid, the one
[00:07:33] that had preceded about a bomb, and they examined
[00:07:36] thoroughly all the areas inside and outside the shopping center and on all the
[00:07:40] floors, as well as on the ground floor, it was found. So, it was a hoax, and now, a little
[00:07:44] while ago, they allowed the people who
[00:07:47] were working to enter their offices and their stores to continue
[00:07:50] normally. Unfortunately, it was another bad
[00:08:00] Ankara, with the illegal Turkish-Libyan agreement as its spearhead. The
[00:08:04] Greek government brings to the fore the letter it had already sent to the
[00:08:08] UN, while the Commission in its report on Turkey adopts clear
[00:08:11] criticisms for. for Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
[00:08:15] obstruction of the electrical interconnection of Greece-Cyprus.
[00:08:19] The diplomatic barrage of the Greek government against the illegal
[00:08:23] Turkish-Libyan memorandum continues. After its denunciation from the podium of the UN Security
[00:08:26] Council by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Athens
[00:08:30] also published a letter it had already sent to the UN on
[00:08:33] October 22, denouncing the illegal nature of the
[00:08:37] agreement. It completely ignores the presence of numerous
[00:08:41] Greek islands.
[00:08:50] The resulting demarcation constitutes a blatant
[00:08:53] redrawing of geography in violation of the international law of the
[00:08:56] sea, as this is reflected in the United
[00:09:00] Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and in established
[00:09:03] delimitation practice.
[00:09:06] Criticisms regarding Turkish provocativeness were recorded in the Commission's report
[00:09:10] on Turkey in the context of its enlargement.
[00:09:20] is out of date, while expressing concern about the increase in
[00:09:23] violations of Greek territorial waters and proceeds to a series of
[00:09:27] recommendations. Turkey must avoid threats and
[00:09:30] actions that harm good neighborly relations, to
[00:09:34] normalize its relations with the Republic of Cyprus and to
[00:09:37] respect the sovereignty of all member states of the European
[00:09:41] Union over their waters and airspace,
[00:09:44] as well as all their sovereign rights, this
[00:09:47] includes the right to explore and exploit
[00:09:51] natural resources, in accordance with European Union law and
[00:09:54] international law and in particular the United Nations Convention on the
[00:09:58] Law of the Sea. It is another vindication
[00:10:02] first of all of the correct position, not only of our own national position, the
[00:10:06] position which is dictated by the international law of the sea,
[00:10:09] these are what he said. The
[00:10:12] Commission's words cannot be read in many ways and do not
[00:10:16] concern only the illegal and unsubstantiated
[00:10:19] Turkish-Libyan memorandum, but a series of issues, the
[00:10:23] path of Turkey or other countries towards Europe
[00:10:26] passes through Greece. A report to which
[00:10:30] Ankara responds with a new attack on the European Union, characterizing
[00:10:34] it as biased. The report defends the
[00:10:37] maximalist positions of Greece and the Greek Cypriot
[00:10:40] side which are incompatible with international law,
[00:10:43] detached from reality and ignore once
[00:10:46] again the legitimate rights, interests and
[00:10:49] fair policies of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of
[00:10:53] Northern Cyprus. The Commission also made recommendations
[00:10:57] for North Macedonia, noting that members of the government
[00:11:00] and officials occasionally disregard the Prespa Agreement, among
[00:11:04] other things avoiding the use of the constitutional name of the country
[00:11:08] and warns that this practice may affect
[00:11:11] good neighborly relations.
[00:11:15] The Prime Minister is visiting Messinia today, he has meetings with
[00:11:19] businesses and residents of the area, let's connect with
[00:11:22] Giorgos Prokonstantinou, editorial colleague, and Christos Stratoulakos who is
[00:11:26] in Messinia. Let's start with you, Giorgos, and with a photo of two
[00:11:29] major infrastructure projects such as the airport of the Messinian
[00:11:33] capital and the road to Methoni. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
[00:11:37] took a stand on the ongoing political confrontation in
[00:11:40] different tones but with hints without naming, but obviously
[00:11:44] referring to Alexis Tsipras, he characteristically stated in his statement from the
[00:11:47] Kalamata Airport, that to those who insist on wanting to take us back to the
[00:11:51] past, we respond with our work. In
[00:11:55] a move by which Kyriakos Mitsotakis obviously differentiates the tones,
[00:11:58] but insists on the arrows. Thank you, Giorgos,
[00:12:02] and let's hear what the Prime Minister said. To
[00:12:04] those who choose to want to turn Greece back
[00:12:08] and constantly discuss the past, we respond with our
[00:12:11] work, our tangible work, we look to the future, we know
[00:12:15] very well that there are still significant outstanding issues in infrastructure
[00:12:18] that need to be
[00:12:20] completed. The Prime Minister also visited the new
[00:12:24] ultra-modern hydroponic greenhouse tomato production
[00:12:28] unit under construction in the municipality of Achaia, giving
[00:12:31] particular emphasis to the importance of modern investments for the
[00:12:35] upgrading of Greek agricultural production. Christos Stratoulakos
[00:12:38] monitored the visit.
[00:12:42] Exactly, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, earlier than the visits Giorgos mentioned to you,
[00:12:45] Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was here. This specific
[00:12:49] unit you are looking at is a unit for
[00:12:52] hydroponic greenhouse tomato production,
[00:12:56] which, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, has innovative technologies for controlling
[00:13:00] climatic conditions. The unit, I must tell you, aims to cover domestic
[00:13:03] food needs and to reduce the production of goods. The
[00:13:07] investment is expected to create more than
[00:13:11] 200 new jobs in the area, and this is a very important
[00:13:14] factor, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, as in recent years a considerable
[00:13:18] population from the wider area here has moved to the large urban
[00:13:22] centers in order to seek mainly young people and jobs.
[00:13:25] This specific unit will offer over 200 jobs here in the wider
[00:13:29] area. I must also tell you that the
[00:13:33] Sky Group also participates in the investment. The
[00:13:36] Prime Minister's visit here to this specific
[00:13:39] area is part of the policy of supporting areas that
[00:13:43] are in post-lignite transition. Close
[00:13:46] by, of course, is the area of Megalopolis, and in a conversation he had
[00:13:50] with the company representatives, he stated that as a country we must
[00:13:53] cover our food needs, and this specific
[00:13:57] unit, which you are seeing footage of at this moment in its formation and
[00:14:01] construction, will help in very large production of
[00:14:04] tomatoes and not only for the Greek
[00:14:07] market. Christos, thank you and let's hear
[00:14:10] an excerpt of the Prime Minister's statements. We have
[00:14:14] made great efforts to push producers collectively to
[00:14:17] invest in greenhouses. What we see here
[00:14:21] is the state of the art, hydroponic cultivation greenhouse.
[00:14:26] We must cover the country's needs for
[00:14:29] food, especially for products where we remain
[00:14:32] unfortunately importers, and
[00:14:35] of course, I must also emphasize how important it is to create
[00:14:38] this region, and the support
[00:14:42] you will receive. For us, the support of
[00:14:45] areas in post-lignite transition is
[00:14:48] a major priority. We have done it in Northern Greece, we
[00:14:51] are doing it here too. PASOK's proposals for
[00:14:55] local government were presented by Nikos Androulakis at the
[00:14:59] conference of the Union of Municipalities and Communities. He stressed that the
[00:15:02] institutions of local government must acquire an enhanced role in the
[00:15:06] functioning of the state. Chrisa Batou informs us. A presentation, Apostle, with a
[00:15:10] institutional and pre-election character for the president of PASOK
[00:15:14] at the meeting of the Central Committee in Kalamata. After all, it is also the main reason
[00:15:17] why Nikos Androulakis is in Messinia for a tour that will
[00:15:21] in any case be completed on Friday. From then on, of course, in his speech.
[00:15:25] he accused the government of a centralized system of power that has
[00:15:29] transformed, as he characteristically said, the local government organizations into an
[00:15:33] executive mechanism of governmental choices, defending, of course, the
[00:15:36] proposals of PASOK. for the autonomy of the municipalities and from then on, of course,
[00:15:40] emphasizing in any case that PASOK is the one that has given essential content and
[00:15:44] deep social legitimacy to local government, which it again places in a
[00:15:47] central role in its program, asking for the opportunity
[00:15:51] for political change not to be lost. Thank you
[00:15:54] very much, Chrisa, and let's hear an excerpt of Nikos
[00:15:58] Androulakis's speech. We will make the change
[00:16:02] happen to give local
[00:16:05] communities an... opportunity
[00:16:08] to move forward. Let's
[00:16:11] not have another lost
[00:16:13] opportunity. Give a chance to political
[00:16:17] change, and I am sure Greeks will
[00:16:20] see better days with all of
[00:16:22] you.
[00:16:24] A new wave of protests is sweeping France, while the
[00:16:28] French police are on high alert in the cities of the country. Yannis Ouliotis is
[00:16:32] Sky's correspondent in Paris. Yannis, good evening, what is the situation
[00:16:35] like? Apostle, we are in
[00:16:39] the Place de la République, where in a short while the
[00:16:43] demonstration scheduled for today is expected to begin. It is estimated that
[00:16:46] it may be the largest in the last six
[00:16:49] weeks of this social unrest, with some
[00:16:53] estimates suggesting that up to 80,000
[00:16:56] demonstrators may be present. At the same time, the
[00:16:59] police estimate that 400 to 800 people from the so-called
[00:17:03] black bloc also intend to participate in today's mobilization.
[00:17:08] and with the danger, the visible danger of incidents occurring.
[00:17:12] The peculiarity of today is that all trade unions of
[00:17:16] employees from both the public and private sectors
[00:17:19] are participating in the demonstration and strike, in addition to students and of course
[00:17:23] pupils, who were the ones who started this wave of
[00:17:26] demonstrations. Let me give you two indicative numbers:
[00:17:30] it is estimated that 16% of
[00:17:32] teachers in education are participating in today's strike
[00:17:36] mobilization. 81 schools are blockaded
[00:17:40] in total. Let me also give you a picture of the rest of the country:
[00:17:42] 220 are the demonstrations in the
[00:17:45] other cities of France.
[00:17:48] 70,000 police are on high alert, with the main demand
[00:17:52] of the demonstrators, of course, being an increase in the minimum wage,
[00:17:55] the cost of living, and of course an increase in
[00:17:58] funding, mainly for education, which, as they
[00:18:02] say, is collapsing. However, Apostle, we had incidents in some
[00:18:06] French cities, Yannis.
[00:18:09] There are incidents, reports of some first incidents
[00:18:12] in Lyon where demonstrations have already begun, there is a school
[00:18:16] in Toulouse which has been
[00:18:19] engulfed in flames. For now in the French
[00:18:22] capital, things are calm, but the demonstration is
[00:18:26] scheduled to start in about an hour from now, and at the same time, the
[00:18:30] news from the budget debate is not good either, even government
[00:18:33] MPs do not approve it.
[00:18:37] As we also saw in the local press
[00:18:40] yesterday evening, it was supposed to
[00:18:43] be voted on, or rather passed by parliament, the
[00:18:47] budget failed to be voted on, as
[00:18:50] you said, and this also shows what the representatives of
[00:18:54] trade unions say, that in addition to the economic
[00:18:57] crisis, the government here in France and France as a
[00:19:01] whole is also going through a deep political crisis
[00:19:04] a few months before the.
[00:19:13] criminal organization led by an Albanian hardened criminal,
[00:19:17] who allegedly directed the grenade attacks on
[00:19:20] cafes and extortion even from within prisons. Minors and young
[00:19:24] perpetrators are under investigation, while serious
[00:19:28] questions are raised by the fact that the alleged accomplices of the
[00:19:31] hardened criminal continued to operate from the same cell. This is the
[00:19:34] moment when the 19-year-old, nicknamed "Bijo," a member of the
[00:19:38] Albanian hardened criminal's group, who is allegedly at the top of the so-called
[00:19:41] "prison mafia," smashes the window of a cafe in Acharnon and throws
[00:19:44] a grenade inside. The attack
[00:19:47] occurred in the early hours of September 8, 2026, while
[00:19:50] half an hour later, a second grenade explosion
[00:19:53] followed in another cafe in America Square, with the perpetrators
[00:19:57] being a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old, who are also
[00:20:00] alleged to have acted under the orders of the hardened criminal. The ruthless
[00:20:04] criminal of Albanian origin, who allegedly pulls the strings of an organization that
[00:20:07] carried out explosions in shops and extorted their owners,
[00:20:11] according to the investigation of the police of the Department of
[00:20:15] Extortion of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, had as the main
[00:20:18] recipients of his orders two inmates of Malandrino
[00:20:22] prison, an Egyptian nicknamed Asfour and
[00:20:25] another inmate known as Chocolates
[00:20:28] or Choco. In a telephone conversation, he seems to have ordered
[00:20:32] Asfour to carry out a second attack on the cafe in Acharnon,
[00:20:35] but also another attack in Aghios Nikolaos Square. When
[00:20:39] Asfour attempted to express his reservations, the alleged leader
[00:20:43] silenced him. "Carry out my
[00:20:46] orders without taking initiatives."
[00:20:50] In 2026, the cafe in Acharnon was again the target of a grenade
[00:20:54] attack, which, however, landed on the pavement without
[00:20:58] exploding due to a malfunction in the detonator. In fact, the
[00:21:02] grenade appears to have been thrown from the opposite side of Acharnon at a time
[00:21:05] when two motorcycles were passing by, and at least eight people were inside
[00:21:09] the establishment, including the invisible owner of Iraqi
[00:21:12] origin. The 19-year-old Bijo, or "07," and his 20-year-old
[00:21:16] co-defendant are alleged to be the perpetrators.
[00:21:20] According to the investigation, the two men had previously carried out a
[00:21:23] reconnaissance with a white rented car, which had been
[00:21:27] leased from September 13 to October 10. The telephone
[00:21:31] communications recorded by the police's wiretap after the two
[00:21:35] explosions on September 8 and the attempted attack on October 5,
[00:21:38] are alleged to show the planning of new
[00:21:41] attacks. In one of the conversations, the hardened criminal is alleged to give
[00:21:44] a clear order. "This time I want it with people, okay.
[00:21:48] I want innocent people to die, innocent people."
[00:21:51] It is noted that the same individuals were included in the extortion
[00:21:55] case file last July, while questions
[00:21:58] are raised by the fact that despite its referral, the imprisoned
[00:22:02] accomplices of the hardened criminal allegedly continued to be held in the same
[00:22:05] cell and to maintain their criminal
[00:22:07] activity.
[00:22:10] More details about the activities of the imprisoned alleged
[00:22:13] leader and his contacts with the correctional facility will now be provided by Katia
[00:22:16] Niakari. This is, Apostle, the inmate
[00:22:20] who has created a strong myth, one might say, around his
[00:22:23] name and is allegedly at the top of the so-called prison
[00:22:27] mafia, as we heard in the video. It is characteristic
[00:22:30] that in successive raids by the Greek FBI on the prisons,
[00:22:34] it was found that the hardened criminal blocked
[00:22:37] his cell door by placing a wedge behind it so that the police
[00:22:41] could not enter. In fact, in his
[00:22:44] attempt to conceal evidence of his criminal activity, he set fire
[00:22:48] to mobile phones he had in his possession. Despite the
[00:22:51] case file of last July from the extortion department, which
[00:22:55] was the result of an investigation after a grenade attack on the
[00:22:58] home of the chief warden of Korydallos prison in Nikea, the same individuals
[00:23:01] continued their threats and extortions
[00:23:05] unabated. explosions, and in fact, the
[00:23:09] two alleged close associates of Varypinitis remained in the
[00:23:12] same cell in Malandrino prison. Of particular
[00:23:16] interest was the phone conversation of the tough criminal with
[00:23:19] a chief prison guard, during which the two men
[00:23:23] spoke on a friendly level. The chief guard allegedly provided
[00:23:26] information about transfers, prisoners, and various incidents that
[00:23:29] occurred in correctional facilities. Characteristic
[00:23:33] is the conversation where Varripinitis expresses his complaints
[00:23:36] about the war that, as he says, has been declared against him.
[00:23:40] According to the evaluation of the conversation from this report,
[00:23:43] it is concluded that the correctional officer was aware of his
[00:23:46] actions. In the context of the same communication, the correctional officer
[00:23:50] jokingly mentioned, "If there's anyone to get rid of,
[00:23:53] I'll tell you." The two men also discussed
[00:23:56] incidents in Domokos prison, concluding with the correctional officer
[00:24:00] informing him that the commotion was
[00:24:08] led to the mechanism of death of Giorgos Mazonakis, however
[00:24:12] it is noted that they are also awaiting the results
[00:24:15] from the histopathological examination. Yes, in Thessaloniki
[00:24:19] the... assessment of the substances found in Giorgos
[00:24:22] Mazonakis' blood was done, and indeed, early next week,
[00:24:26] these results are expected to be forwarded to Athens, after
[00:24:29] their bibliographic evaluation. The forwarding was supposed to happen today,
[00:24:33] however it will most likely happen next Tuesday. It is important to
[00:24:36] clarify that regarding the adrenaline about which much has been said
[00:24:40] as to whether it was administered or not, it is noted that no
[00:24:44] distinction can be made between someone who dies naturally and someone who
[00:24:48] suffered a cardiac arrest and was administered adrenaline during
[00:24:51] CPR, as there is no differentiation. As people
[00:24:54] with knowledge note, adrenaline is never measured,
[00:24:58] just as the dose is never calculated from toxicology results in post-mortem
[00:25:01] cases. What they have been asked to determine in the labs is what
[00:25:05] substance may have caused something adverse in the body that
[00:25:08] could have contributed to the cardiac arrest and ultimately led to death,
[00:25:12] something that, according to information, they have achieved and have been led, as
[00:25:16] we said, to the mechanism of death of Giorgos Mazonakis. Thank you very much.
[00:25:25] Republicans in the midterm elections, Iranians took to the streets of
[00:25:28] Tehran with slogans against American hegemony. Let's go
[00:25:32] to Vana Koutroulou with the report. And indeed,
[00:25:35] they burned banners with the faces of Donald
[00:25:38] Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, JD Vance, and Steve Bannon, as
[00:25:42] we see in our footage. Thousands gathered
[00:25:46] in Enghelab Square on Wednesday
[00:25:50] night. The rallies gathered not only in the
[00:25:53] wake of the electoral defeat, but also to honor the anniversary of the
[00:25:56] crisis with the hostage-taking at the United States embassy in
[00:26:00] 1979. At
[00:26:02] the same time, we have a
[00:26:05] report from the American website Axios which
[00:26:09] points out that the choices that the American president now has before
[00:26:12] him regarding Iran are three, and all
[00:26:16] three are problematic. The first option concerns returning to
[00:26:20] an open conflict, an open war with
[00:26:23] Iran, something that would be an extremely unpopular
[00:26:26] choice, and would also keep gasoline prices
[00:26:30] at high levels.
[00:26:32] The second option, of course, would be negotiation, but the Iranian negotiators,
[00:26:36] who have realized that
[00:26:40] they are now in a disadvantaged position and that the American president has
[00:26:43] political weakness after the defeat, will increase their demands.
[00:26:47] And the third option is for Washington to economically strangle
[00:26:51] Iran, meaning to continue the naval blockade, economic
[00:26:54] sanctions, and this course could take
[00:26:58] many months. Thank you, Vana, but we will stay in the Middle
[00:27:02] East and go to Israel to meet Sky's correspondent, Stavros
[00:27:06] Ioannidis. Stavros, in the wake of the American elections,
[00:27:09] there is concern about the day after in the entire
[00:27:13] region.
[00:27:15] Apostolos, because let's not forget that there is an open front with
[00:27:19] Iran. A war that may seem
[00:27:22] frozen recently with some small attacks
[00:27:26] from both sides, however it is an
[00:27:29] open front which President Trump, before the midterms,
[00:27:32] before the elections, said that after the elections it would be closed one way
[00:27:36] or another. What they understand here in Israel, however,
[00:27:39] is that they may not be able to rely on American
[00:27:43] aid despite the Netanyahu government's pressure
[00:27:46] on President Trump to escalate attacks
[00:27:50] on Iran. At the same time, of course, as we are broadcasting
[00:27:53] this, Apostolos, we see all the preparations
[00:27:56] being made that resemble preparations for
[00:28:00] the continuation of the war. The bridge of American
[00:28:03] transport aircraft carrying anti-aircraft
[00:28:06] batteries to the Middle East, ammunition, and all these
[00:28:10] things that, as we said, resemble preparatory actions for a new
[00:28:14] attack. And at the same time, Stavros, there is political uncertainty and
[00:28:17] concern about whether American aid to
[00:28:20] Israel will continue. Yes, and it is
[00:28:24] the subject of the dispute that has broken out between the parties
[00:28:28] that are vying to form a government, as the side
[00:28:33] of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes
[00:28:36] that the alliance with the United
[00:28:40] States is strong despite what
[00:28:42] JD Vance said, and Donald Trump himself believes they have the support of the
[00:28:46] United States. On the other hand, of course, Gantz insists that
[00:28:49] Israel must secure bipartisan support
[00:28:53] by bringing the Democrats into the game. Beyond
[00:28:56] that, I will tell you, Apostolos, that today the meetings of President
[00:29:00] Herzog with the leaders of the parties,
[00:29:03] all parties, will conclude. The last two will be Gantz, of course, and then
[00:29:06] Benjamin Netanyahu tonight, and then
[00:29:10] of course President Herzog will have to give the mandate to form
[00:29:13] a government to whoever he deems to have the support
[00:29:17] of the Members of Parliament in order, of course, to be able to form a
[00:29:20] government and get the vote of confidence. The deadline
[00:29:24] he has at his disposal, let's say, expires on November
[00:29:27] 11th. However, uncertainty,
[00:29:30] Apostolos, remains with fronts open and the political
[00:29:41] circuit in the Katerini urban planning department are being questioned today after criminal
[00:29:45] charges were filed against them. Michalis Tezaris has the information
[00:29:48] regarding
[00:29:51] their personal assets and bank accounts, Apostolos,
[00:29:55] of the 11 people involved in the alleged
[00:29:58] corruption case here at the Katerini urban planning department, the authority for money
[00:30:02] laundering proceeded, while at the same time the investigation of the bank
[00:30:05] movements of those involved over a five-year period was requested. A short while ago,
[00:30:08] one of the accused, who is a relative of
[00:30:12] one of the
[00:30:14] urban planning officials, was released,
[00:30:18] but with restrictive conditions prohibiting her from leaving the country and also requiring
[00:30:21] the payment of a monetary sum as bail. At this time,
[00:30:24] the fifth defendant is being questioned, while tomorrow four more people
[00:30:28] are expected to come in order to complete the cycle of
[00:30:31] testimonies. The main evidence against those involved appears to be the telephone
[00:30:35] conversations which have been recorded by the Greek police, in which,
[00:30:38] Apostolos, the 11 individuals involved appear to be talking
[00:30:42] about sums of money and the legalization of illegal constructions, as well as
[00:30:45] permits and the issuance of permits for
[00:30:48] houses from Corfu and Athens all the way to Katerini.
[00:30:52] I should also point out that the process began at 8:30 in the morning
[00:30:55] when they arrived here from the Pieria Police Directorate
[00:30:58] where they were being held, and we are waiting to see when the process
[00:31:01] will be completed, and what, of course, will be the criminal treatment of the seven defendants.