Google Cloud Speech-to-Text API (Chirp) + Gemini 2.5 Flash Non-Thinking. Treat it as a searchable index of what was broadcast, not a quotation record.
00:00:00if he had indeed been electrocuted. Truly an incredible case.
00:00:03Thank you. The actions of the so-called Copper Mafia
00:00:07are becoming increasingly violent. In the latest
00:00:10chase in Thessaloniki, the perpetrators shot at
00:00:14police officers and caused a serious accident with unsuspecting
00:00:17citizens as victims. In fact, one of them spoke exclusively to Sky and
00:00:21his description is shocking. "I experienced things I only saw
00:00:24in movies," he characteristically said. As you can see, it's nowhere
00:00:28to be found. There's nothing around it to be in
00:00:32the pit, and tomorrow morning it might be gone again.
00:00:36Transformer thefts are unfortunately a daily phenomenon in the villages outside
00:00:40Thessaloniki.
00:00:43Almost every night, as shown in security camera footage, the perpetrators use
00:00:46stolen cars to snatch the HEDNO equipment to extract
00:00:50and smuggle the copper
00:00:53it contains. It's not just that they steal the transformer.
00:00:57We also have a big problem that they hit inside.
00:01:01they damage the panels which currently cost 6,
00:01:057 and 8,000€, which we ourselves fund from our
00:01:08own pockets. In the latest raid, the perpetrators did not hesitate to attack
00:01:12police officers who pursued them and citizens who simply happened to be in
00:01:16their way. The perpetrators were located and pursued by an
00:01:19OPKE team that was called and arrived immediately at the scene. The pursuit
00:01:23of the perpetrators began in the area of Zagliveri and ended on the road
00:01:26Thessaloniki-Perea, where the three perpetrators caused a car accident.
00:01:32while they did not hesitate to turn their fire on service vehicles. they swerved from the right
00:01:36very suddenly, no one could
00:01:39do anything. I was jolted completely, I hit my
00:01:42head, my body, the
00:01:45driver had fractures to his thorax,
00:01:49esophagus, ribs, only the fact
00:01:52that these people, to escape arrest,
00:01:55shot at colleagues,
00:01:58declares the homicidal intent they had, uprooted
00:02:02poles, broken alarms and discarded transformer parts
00:02:05everywhere. This scene of destruction is left behind every
00:02:09time by the Copper Mafia. Neo Propontida in Chalkidiki is one of its
00:02:12frequent targets. In the Municipality of Propontida, at the moment, we have
00:02:16recorded from January until now
00:02:20175 transformer
00:02:22thefts. Some have been stolen six or seven times
00:02:25from the same poles. The municipal production of
00:02:29Neo Propontida, wanting to protect their property,
00:02:32install alarms on their transformers. However, the
00:02:35perpetrators do not hesitate, as you can see, to
00:02:38destroy them. One of the three perpetrators of the raid in Risio
00:02:42was remanded in custody, the other two will follow, while investigations are
00:02:45underway to locate the fourth perpetrator.
00:02:48One step closer to an agreement on the
00:02:50Strait of Hormuz, Tehran declares it is
00:02:54in a development with significant geopolitical and
00:02:58economic implications. However, tensions in the Middle East remain
00:03:02with conflicts now flaring up in
00:03:04Lebanon. The agreement on the Strait of Hormuz seems to be in the
00:03:08final stretch.
00:03:21Tehran is targeting the United States, emphasizing that
00:03:25announcements are nearing, provided third parties do not interfere in the
00:03:28process. According to the Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister, the
00:03:32agreement depends on the lifting of the American blockade of the country's
00:03:35ports. A lot has been achieved in
00:03:39the talks with Oman and these developments are
00:03:43on the verge of being finalized. The
00:03:46existing temporary routes will close and a
00:03:50new sea corridor will be created and used for at least two
00:03:54to four months. Large sections of the route will pass through
00:03:57the territorial waters of Iran and some.
00:05:00our joint efforts and those of the United
00:05:03States against Iran's nuclear
00:05:06ambitions, but I also want to convey
00:05:09yes, as of today.
00:05:19At the same time, after weeks of calm, then
00:05:21Israel carried out attacks in southern Lebanon, accusing
00:05:25Hezbollah of violating the ceasefire, as two
00:05:28Israeli soldiers were killed and four others were injured during
00:05:32the detonation of an explosive device in a building in the city of
00:05:35Majdal Zoun.
00:05:38And we have developments in Iran. According to local media, they are considering
00:05:41blocking Israeli ships from
00:05:44the Strait of Hormuz and even imposing a fine of up to 20% of the cargo.
00:05:48George Felidis is with us. The Iranian News Agency Fars,
00:05:51citing statements by a member of parliament, reports that a parliamentary committee in
00:05:55Tehran is considering a bill that would
00:05:58prohibit American, Israeli and other ships considered
00:06:01hostile from passing through the Strait of Hormuz. The bill
00:06:05provides, according to the same source, for the imposition of fines that could reach
00:06:08up to 20% of the value of the ship's
00:06:12cargo, in case it violates the proposed
00:06:15restrictions. Meanwhile, George, new threats were issued by
00:06:18Iran, at least as reported by Reuters, to the Gulf
00:06:22states, explicitly warning that it would strike their infrastructure
00:06:25if American attacks were to resume. The Iranian
00:06:29warning included the
00:06:31possibility of retaliatory attacks on Arab oil fields,
00:06:35refineries, power grids, water
00:06:38infrastructure and other assets of its closest allies
00:06:42in the region. Two senior Iranian officials, two
00:06:45sources from the Gulf and a senior diplomat with knowledge of the
00:06:48discussions, say anonymously to the agency that Iranian
00:06:52Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi spoke with his counterparts
00:06:55from Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Qatar and with the Chief
00:06:59of Army Staff of Pakistan. America
00:07:01targets, if America targets Iranian
00:07:05infrastructure, it will retaliate by striking energy facilities in the
00:07:08Gulf, an escalation that will
00:07:12keg. This was the categorical message conveyed by
00:07:16Mr. Araxi. And we go to the President of Iran who was reportedly
00:07:19secretly transported to an unknown location in Tehran, where he had
00:07:23a few-minute meeting with a person presented to him
00:07:27as Khamenei, at least this is reported by an
00:07:30English-language website. The Iran International says that
00:07:34sources report that Masoud
00:07:37Pezeshkian was transferred by his guards to another vehicle with tinted
00:07:40windows, in the back seat of which was the purported Supreme
00:07:44Leader of the country. The room was so dark that the two
00:07:47men could not see each other, and the security men did not allow
00:07:51them to even shake hands. After the meeting,
00:07:55the Iranian president reportedly expressed doubts even about whether
00:07:58the person he spoke to was really Ali Khamenei,
00:08:02as he never saw him, but only heard his voice.
00:08:06According to Iran International, the meeting was approved only
00:08:09after repeated requests from the president,
00:08:13who even reportedly threatened to resign if the meeting did not
00:08:16take place. Thank you very much. Among the news of
00:08:19the day, one incredible story stands out. At
00:08:2397 years old, 97 years
00:08:26old, a woman proved that willpower can overcome any age
00:08:30limit. Maria Kapiri, what did she do? Betty Bromage broke the Guinness
00:08:33record as the oldest woman to do Wing Walk, meaning
00:08:37she stood and walked on the wings of a small single-engine
00:08:40aircraft during a flight.
00:08:42She had previously broken the record four years ago, and her
00:08:46current daring flight had a charitable purpose.
00:08:50She raised money for the Stroke Unit of a General
00:08:54Hospital in Great Britain, as in
00:08:562015 she herself was hospitalized with a stroke. "I can't drive, I
00:09:00can't see very well, and sometimes I get frustrated, so I want to
00:09:04do as many things as I still can," she said after
00:09:08completing her sixth Wing Walk flight for this
00:09:11decade. Incredible story, incredible,
00:09:15truly impressive, live television, live television always
00:09:18holds surprises, Maria. Dominique Dillon, presenter of the Fox
00:09:2213 morning show, fainted during a live
00:09:25connection with a reporter. Her
00:09:28colleagues fortunately reacted quickly and broadcast
00:09:31footage, but the incident had already been
00:09:34noticed by social media users. The
00:09:38presenter, however, does not have any health problems, simply as
00:09:41it was later revealed.
00:09:46And I think we can all understand her and comprehend
00:09:50what she is going through. Thank you very much, and we will stay with the international
00:09:53news. An influencer was murdered live on
00:09:57television in Mexico. We are changing the mood completely. In Australia, a breathtaking car
00:10:00accident, while in Portugal a giant operation was carried
00:10:04out against international drug
00:10:05trafficking.
00:10:09Influencer shot dead after gunshots.
00:10:13At that time, he was live streaming on TikTok with his friends outside
00:10:17a restaurant in the capital
00:10:19of
00:10:21two unknown individuals on a motorcycle, wearing
00:10:25approach him. In the visual material, the passenger is seen
00:10:28shooting almost at point-blank range at the young influencer.
00:10:32This is Cesar Gastelum, who was extremely popular
00:10:36for his comedic videos. A large operational mobilization
00:10:40by the authorities is underway to locate the perpetrators, as in
00:10:43the area, the cartel war continues. This tragic
00:10:46incident brings back memories of the murder of 23-year-old
00:10:50influencer Valeria Marquez in May
00:10:532023, who was also executed
00:10:57live on TikTok.
00:11:00Portuguese authorities boarded a container ship,
00:11:04640 nautical miles off
00:11:06Lisbon.
00:11:10Approximately 5 tons of cocaine were seized and three people were arrested, while
00:11:13since the beginning of the year, the competent authorities of the country have seized
00:11:17almost 28 tons of
00:11:18cocaine.
00:11:24Oh. it looks like it's taking off and then
00:11:27wedged into the side of a moving bus in Brisbane,
00:11:31Australia. The bus driver immediately stops and
00:11:34rushes to help the car driver, who is in
00:11:38shock but well. With a
00:11:41global message of peace and nuclear disarmament, Hiroshima today
00:11:45honored the memory of the victims of the first atomic bomb. 81
00:11:49years later, the anniversary acquires special
00:11:52geopolitical tensions. Maria Kapiri. Exactly, Christina,
00:11:55approximately 50,000 participants from 123
00:11:59countries and regions, including survivors of the
00:12:02atomic bomb, observed a minute of silence in Hiroshima Peace Park
00:12:05when the Peace Bell rang at exactly 8:15 AM,
00:12:09the time 81
00:12:12years ago when an American B29 dropped the bomb with the
00:12:16codename Little Boy on the city. The mayor of
00:12:19Hiroshima criticized global leaders for waging
00:12:22wars, calling on
00:12:26of nuclear weapons as a means of deterrence. The Prime Minister of Japan,
00:12:29Sana Kaiji, also participated in the ceremony,
00:12:32pledging to take realistic practical initiatives for a
00:12:36world without nuclear weapons. And now, an
00:12:39impressive scientific discovery that brings us closer to the
00:12:43secrets of the sun. Images and videos reveal for the first time in
00:12:46excellent detail the activity on the surface of the
00:12:49sun. What we see is the sun's magnetic field, which
00:12:53is moved by the motion. This continuous rotational motion
00:12:57is one of the main causes of
00:12:59energy explosions on the sun, creating what is called
00:13:03space weather, which can cause problems for Earth's electrical grids
00:13:07and satellites, and may even endanger
00:13:10astronauts. Scientists consider the new findings very important,
00:13:13as we are now able to better understand and
00:13:17protect ourselves from space weather. Finally, we should note at this
00:13:21point that on August 12, we will also have a total solar
00:13:25eclipse. next week. Thank you
00:13:29very much. An unexpected event during the SpaceX space mission
00:13:33turned into a valuable scientific experiment. The upper part of a
00:13:37rocket crashed into the Moon yesterday, providing scientists with new
00:13:40data about its surface, as well as the growing
00:13:43problem of space debris.
00:13:49It's January 2025. The
00:13:52Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX
00:13:55is launched into space, carrying
00:13:58two landers.
00:14:01The mission was successful then, but the upper part of the
00:14:04rocket deviated from its trajectory and on Wednesday
00:14:08crashed on the surface of
00:14:12the Moon. Scientists had predicted the
00:14:15impact, which had no consequences for
00:14:18Earth.
00:14:20launch straight up into the sky, maybe sort of 50 to 100
00:14:23km.
00:14:28In the photos released by NASA,
00:14:32we can observe small alterations caused by the
00:14:36impact on the surface
00:14:37of the
00:14:45Moon. The upper part of the Falcon 9, however, increases the
00:14:49debris orbiting in
00:14:50space.
00:14:59The man-made objects in space are now estimated
00:15:02at 3,000, a number that could cause
00:15:05problems for NASA's future base on the
00:15:08Moon.
00:19:26Good evening, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to Eco News by
00:19:29The. In an era where the green transition
00:19:33increases demand for critical mineral raw materials, a
00:19:37question that is becoming increasingly relevant is how mining
00:19:40activity can coexist with the acceptance of local communities. The
00:19:43answer lies in the social license to operate, as well as in the European network SLO
00:19:47Hub, which develops tools for training and cooperation
00:19:51for more sustainable development. Ms. Adam,
00:19:54welcome to Sky. I would like you to explain to us what a social
00:19:58license to operate is and what is the purpose of the network you have
00:20:01created? A social license to operate
00:20:05is a term first heard in
00:20:091997 at an international conference and describes the
00:20:13challenges that the mining
00:20:16industry has to
00:20:18overcome in order to gain the
00:20:22acceptance of the local community in which it
00:20:24operates. The goal of our network is
00:20:28precisely this: to develop
00:20:32educational material and material for consulting
00:20:35services that will allow social partners who
00:20:39are involved in obtaining and maintaining the
00:20:43social license for operation to
00:20:46acquire this relationship of trust. Not only
00:20:50with the local community, but also with all other social
00:20:54partners involved in the development of a mining
00:20:57project. How is sustainability and green
00:21:00development promoted through your work at SLOO Hub?
00:21:04First of all, it is important to say that this
00:21:07network, which currently numbers approximately
00:21:09500 partners, from
00:21:13industry, from universities, from research, from public
00:21:16bodies, consists of 10 partners
00:21:21and from six European countries, European countries that
00:21:24are active in the extraction of mineral raw materials, such
00:21:28as Greece. We are coordinators at the National Technical University of Athens, and we are very
00:21:31proud of this. Greece,
00:21:34Spain, Austria, Poland,
00:21:37Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Finland. And why do
00:21:41all these contribute to green innovation? Because,
00:21:44as we all know, mineral raw materials, and especially the
00:21:48most critical strategic ones, such as
00:21:52copper, such as nickel, such as
00:21:54lithium, are essential for
00:21:58the construction of renewable energy sources and
00:22:01the electronics industry. We have already organized
00:22:05two online seminars, two days,
00:22:082.5 hours each day, which have been attended by
00:22:12190 participants from
00:22:16many parts of Europe, and the last package
00:22:21we are organizing for September 21st and 22nd 2026.
00:22:25Ladies and gentlemen, we look forward to seeing you in the
00:22:28next episode of Econews by THE. Good night.
00:22:31thee, καλό σας βράδυ.