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00:00:00trend will prevail, the progressive or the
00:00:03moderate? Which trend will have the momentum to lead the
00:00:06party in the 2028 presidential election race?
00:00:21The political drama in Washington has just begun with
00:00:24President Trump declaring himself ready to veto
00:00:27legislative initiatives.
00:00:34The electoral defeat of the Republicans brings Defense Secretary
00:00:37Pete Hegseth into the spotlight, with a proposal for his impeachment being imminent.
00:00:40Vana Koutroulou will give us the background. According
00:00:44to the American CNN network, the House of Representatives may
00:00:48vote as early as next week on a proposal for the
00:00:51impeachment of the Pentagon chief in an impeachment process.
00:00:54Congressman Thomas Massie from Kentucky,
00:00:58known for his confrontation. with Trump, told CNN
00:01:02today that he intends to initiate a vote on the
00:01:05impeachment of Henseth as soon as Congress returns to work next
00:01:09week. Many Republican lawmakers, as well as
00:01:12political allies, alarmed by the election results,
00:01:16are rushing to attribute a significant share of responsibility
00:01:20for the electoral failure to Pete Hegseth.
00:01:23As they argue in private discussions, the defense minister
00:01:27played a decisive role in Trump's decision to get involved
00:01:30in the war with Iran, without a clear exit
00:01:34strategy. For now, Donald Trump's
00:01:37trust in him does not seem to be shaken,
00:01:40while the White House, in a statement, also expressed
00:01:44its opposition to the possibility of Democrats starting investigations against
00:01:48the Pentagon. However, Vana, the heavy electoral
00:01:51defeat of the Republicans seems to be accelerating the moves of
00:01:55Vice President JDVS, precisely in view of the presidential
00:01:58elections, or at least with an eye on the presidential elections of
00:02:01'28. According to sources cited by Fox
00:02:05News, Vice President Vance is approaching disgruntled
00:02:08Trump voters, seeking to form a
00:02:11New Right alliance, as the report points out,
00:02:15in view of the presidential elections. The difficult bet, of course, is
00:02:18to express this dissatisfaction of Trump's voters, while remaining
00:02:22Vice President in the Trump administration, which they have
00:02:25disapproved of. We saw, after the crushing defeat of the
00:02:29Republicans, him differentiating himself, at least communicatively,
00:02:32from Donald Trump with this post of his on
00:02:36foreign policy issues, attributing the
00:02:40responsibility for the defeat of the
00:02:50political thermometer is rising with harsh expressions, personal attacks and
00:02:54mutual accusations of corruption, with the conflict now moving to Parliament.
00:02:57With politics.
00:03:00red-hot, the conflict over corruption is marked by harsh attacks and heavy
00:03:03expressions. After Alexis Tsipras called
00:03:07Kyriakos Mitsotakis the high priest of corruption, and the government brought back the complaint
00:03:10about the changes to the criminal codes of
00:03:132019. The confrontation took a new turn with the
00:03:17Hellas bulletin, to which the government side responded
00:03:21by denouncing polakism. As I said yesterday, the moral
00:03:24measure is taken and the acting Prime Minister of the country is revealed as the high priest of
00:03:28entanglement, then.
00:03:30he himself must think that this leads nowhere, at this moment the party that is democratically second, so
00:03:33it wants to govern the country again, a statement that
00:03:37we had not seen anything like it even from SYRIZA during Mr. Polakis's
00:03:40days, instead of problems,
00:03:44mud, we asked him for names, he doesn't have any, we
00:03:47asked him for evidence, he doesn't have any, citizens are not
00:03:50fooled anymore, he found his old self again,
00:03:53Dora Bakoyannis commented sharply about Alexis Tsipras, with this
00:03:57vocabulary shows two things.
00:04:00I think first that they have played it a
00:04:03bit and
00:04:07now we have two parties which
00:04:10compete and compete in the same area in
00:04:13toxicity, in what, in toxicity. After the
00:04:16referral to parliament of Velopoulos's lawsuit against Tsipras and the
00:04:19announced initiative for the establishment of a preliminary inquiry committee by the
00:04:22government, they clarify that they will not support this specific proposal.
00:04:26We do not want to criminalize the political life of the country.
00:04:30We do not have such an intention, nor have we shown such signs
00:04:34of writing. At the same time, the parliamentary front for article
00:04:3723 is expected with Kyriakos Pierrakakis through Sky, after Lafazanis's
00:04:40jab at Nikos Androulakis, to turn his arrows
00:04:43towards PASOK and Hellas. The opposition went to set up a game precisely
00:04:47because of the pre-election period, that this is the opposite, white went to
00:04:51become black. He denounces a process which,
00:04:54excuse me, he brought, it has his broad signature, he can do
00:04:58rebranding, he cannot change the decrees.
00:05:00of his government, this is I think also a criterion that the government has lost all
00:05:03seriousness, that is, what you are telling me now that
00:05:07he called Nikos Androulakis Lafazanis, there was no
00:05:11answer from Mr. Pierrakakis. for what reason did article 23 come about.
00:05:15An attempt to form a new political bipolar behind the conflict over corruption
00:05:18is seen by Dimitris Koutsoumbas despite the individual
00:05:21differences that exist between the parties and
00:05:25the phenomenon always appears before elections
00:05:28to talk about darkness, one about light,
00:05:31that the other is light, and this trade-off
00:05:34is made trying to create a new bipolar. My
00:05:38proposal for the Oscars this year was, instead of
00:05:42being given to one battle
00:05:46after another, one battle after another with
00:05:48Leonard, it should be given to Mr. Mitsotakis and to
00:05:52one scandal after another. The atmosphere in the plenary session
00:05:56in view of the roll-call vote is already
00:05:58electrified.
00:06:01And to Parliament we will go now, where the discussion on the bill of the Ministry of
00:06:05Finance continues. In a short while, the roll-call vote is also expected. Let's
00:06:08meet Angie with the report.
00:06:13And the two-day discussion, Apostle, which is characterized by
00:06:17intense conflict between the government and the opposition, is expected in
00:06:20a short while to culminate with the conduct of the roll-call
00:06:24vote. Kyriakos Pierrakakis yesterday threw down the
00:06:28gauntlet to the opposition with his request for
00:06:31the roll-call vote. All eyes are on which
00:06:35articles Charilaou Trikoupi will vote for. According to
00:06:38information, it will vote against the bill.
00:06:43while it will vote in favor of the amendment submitted yesterday by the
00:06:46Minister of National Economy and Finance, while
00:06:50today the main subject of the discussion is Article
00:06:5323, as well as the amendment of Kyriakos
00:06:56Pierrakakis, which provides for a stable interest rate of 3% on
00:07:00out-of-court settlements and a tenfold increase in fines on
00:07:09after a phone call about a bomb placed in a center.
00:07:15is on the scene and is giving us the information, Lefteris.
00:07:19And for this reason, Apostle, the shopping center and the
00:07:22offices, the two floors above it, were immediately evacuated. A special
00:07:26team of the fire brigade, as well as the police, rushed to the scene
00:07:30to investigate if the phone call was valid, the one
00:07:33that had preceded about a bomb, and they examined
00:07:36thoroughly all the areas inside and outside the shopping center and on all the
00:07:40floors, as well as on the ground floor, it was found. So, it was a hoax, and now, a little
00:07:44while ago, they allowed the people who
00:07:47were working to enter their offices and their stores to continue
00:07:50normally. Unfortunately, it was another bad
00:08:00Ankara, with the illegal Turkish-Libyan agreement as its spearhead. The
00:08:04Greek government brings to the fore the letter it had already sent to the
00:08:08UN, while the Commission in its report on Turkey adopts clear
00:08:11criticisms for. for Turkish actions in the Eastern Mediterranean and the
00:08:15obstruction of the electrical interconnection of Greece-Cyprus.
00:08:19The diplomatic barrage of the Greek government against the illegal
00:08:23Turkish-Libyan memorandum continues. After its denunciation from the podium of the UN Security
00:08:26Council by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, Athens
00:08:30also published a letter it had already sent to the UN on
00:08:33October 22, denouncing the illegal nature of the
00:08:37agreement. It completely ignores the presence of numerous
00:08:41Greek islands.
00:08:50The resulting demarcation constitutes a blatant
00:08:53redrawing of geography in violation of the international law of the
00:08:56sea, as this is reflected in the United
00:09:00Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea and in established
00:09:03delimitation practice.
00:09:06Criticisms regarding Turkish provocativeness were recorded in the Commission's report
00:09:10on Turkey in the context of its enlargement.
00:09:20is out of date, while expressing concern about the increase in
00:09:23violations of Greek territorial waters and proceeds to a series of
00:09:27recommendations. Turkey must avoid threats and
00:09:30actions that harm good neighborly relations, to
00:09:34normalize its relations with the Republic of Cyprus and to
00:09:37respect the sovereignty of all member states of the European
00:09:41Union over their waters and airspace,
00:09:44as well as all their sovereign rights, this
00:09:47includes the right to explore and exploit
00:09:51natural resources, in accordance with European Union law and
00:09:54international law and in particular the United Nations Convention on the
00:09:58Law of the Sea. It is another vindication
00:10:02first of all of the correct position, not only of our own national position, the
00:10:06position which is dictated by the international law of the sea,
00:10:09these are what he said. The
00:10:12Commission's words cannot be read in many ways and do not
00:10:16concern only the illegal and unsubstantiated
00:10:19Turkish-Libyan memorandum, but a series of issues, the
00:10:23path of Turkey or other countries towards Europe
00:10:26passes through Greece. A report to which
00:10:30Ankara responds with a new attack on the European Union, characterizing
00:10:34it as biased. The report defends the
00:10:37maximalist positions of Greece and the Greek Cypriot
00:10:40side which are incompatible with international law,
00:10:43detached from reality and ignore once
00:10:46again the legitimate rights, interests and
00:10:49fair policies of Turkey and the Turkish Republic of
00:10:53Northern Cyprus. The Commission also made recommendations
00:10:57for North Macedonia, noting that members of the government
00:11:00and officials occasionally disregard the Prespa Agreement, among
00:11:04other things avoiding the use of the constitutional name of the country
00:11:08and warns that this practice may affect
00:11:11good neighborly relations.
00:11:15The Prime Minister is visiting Messinia today, he has meetings with
00:11:19businesses and residents of the area, let's connect with
00:11:22Giorgos Prokonstantinou, editorial colleague, and Christos Stratoulakos who is
00:11:26in Messinia. Let's start with you, Giorgos, and with a photo of two
00:11:29major infrastructure projects such as the airport of the Messinian
00:11:33capital and the road to Methoni. Kyriakos Mitsotakis
00:11:37took a stand on the ongoing political confrontation in
00:11:40different tones but with hints without naming, but obviously
00:11:44referring to Alexis Tsipras, he characteristically stated in his statement from the
00:11:47Kalamata Airport, that to those who insist on wanting to take us back to the
00:11:51past, we respond with our work. In
00:11:55a move by which Kyriakos Mitsotakis obviously differentiates the tones,
00:11:58but insists on the arrows. Thank you, Giorgos,
00:12:02and let's hear what the Prime Minister said. To
00:12:04those who choose to want to turn Greece back
00:12:08and constantly discuss the past, we respond with our
00:12:11work, our tangible work, we look to the future, we know
00:12:15very well that there are still significant outstanding issues in infrastructure
00:12:18that need to be
00:12:20completed. The Prime Minister also visited the new
00:12:24ultra-modern hydroponic greenhouse tomato production
00:12:28unit under construction in the municipality of Achaia, giving
00:12:31particular emphasis to the importance of modern investments for the
00:12:35upgrading of Greek agricultural production. Christos Stratoulakos
00:12:38monitored the visit.
00:12:42Exactly, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, earlier than the visits Giorgos mentioned to you,
00:12:45Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis was here. This specific
00:12:49unit you are looking at is a unit for
00:12:52hydroponic greenhouse tomato production,
00:12:56which, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, has innovative technologies for controlling
00:13:00climatic conditions. The unit, I must tell you, aims to cover domestic
00:13:03food needs and to reduce the production of goods. The
00:13:07investment is expected to create more than
00:13:11200 new jobs in the area, and this is a very important
00:13:14factor, Apostle, ladies and gentlemen, as in recent years a considerable
00:13:18population from the wider area here has moved to the large urban
00:13:22centers in order to seek mainly young people and jobs.
00:13:25This specific unit will offer over 200 jobs here in the wider
00:13:29area. I must also tell you that the
00:13:33Sky Group also participates in the investment. The
00:13:36Prime Minister's visit here to this specific
00:13:39area is part of the policy of supporting areas that
00:13:43are in post-lignite transition. Close
00:13:46by, of course, is the area of Megalopolis, and in a conversation he had
00:13:50with the company representatives, he stated that as a country we must
00:13:53cover our food needs, and this specific
00:13:57unit, which you are seeing footage of at this moment in its formation and
00:14:01construction, will help in very large production of
00:14:04tomatoes and not only for the Greek
00:14:07market. Christos, thank you and let's hear
00:14:10an excerpt of the Prime Minister's statements. We have
00:14:14made great efforts to push producers collectively to
00:14:17invest in greenhouses. What we see here
00:14:21is the state of the art, hydroponic cultivation greenhouse.
00:14:26We must cover the country's needs for
00:14:29food, especially for products where we remain
00:14:32unfortunately importers, and
00:14:35of course, I must also emphasize how important it is to create
00:14:38this region, and the support
00:14:42you will receive. For us, the support of
00:14:45areas in post-lignite transition is
00:14:48a major priority. We have done it in Northern Greece, we
00:14:51are doing it here too. PASOK's proposals for
00:14:55local government were presented by Nikos Androulakis at the
00:14:59conference of the Union of Municipalities and Communities. He stressed that the
00:15:02institutions of local government must acquire an enhanced role in the
00:15:06functioning of the state. Chrisa Batou informs us. A presentation, Apostle, with a
00:15:10institutional and pre-election character for the president of PASOK
00:15:14at the meeting of the Central Committee in Kalamata. After all, it is also the main reason
00:15:17why Nikos Androulakis is in Messinia for a tour that will
00:15:21in any case be completed on Friday. From then on, of course, in his speech.
00:15:25he accused the government of a centralized system of power that has
00:15:29transformed, as he characteristically said, the local government organizations into an
00:15:33executive mechanism of governmental choices, defending, of course, the
00:15:36proposals of PASOK. for the autonomy of the municipalities and from then on, of course,
00:15:40emphasizing in any case that PASOK is the one that has given essential content and
00:15:44deep social legitimacy to local government, which it again places in a
00:15:47central role in its program, asking for the opportunity
00:15:51for political change not to be lost. Thank you
00:15:54very much, Chrisa, and let's hear an excerpt of Nikos
00:15:58Androulakis's speech. We will make the change
00:16:02happen to give local
00:16:05communities an... opportunity
00:16:08to move forward. Let's
00:16:11not have another lost
00:16:13opportunity. Give a chance to political
00:16:17change, and I am sure Greeks will
00:16:20see better days with all of
00:16:22you.
00:16:24A new wave of protests is sweeping France, while the
00:16:28French police are on high alert in the cities of the country. Yannis Ouliotis is
00:16:32Sky's correspondent in Paris. Yannis, good evening, what is the situation
00:16:35like? Apostle, we are in
00:16:39the Place de la République, where in a short while the
00:16:43demonstration scheduled for today is expected to begin. It is estimated that
00:16:46it may be the largest in the last six
00:16:49weeks of this social unrest, with some
00:16:53estimates suggesting that up to 80,000
00:16:56demonstrators may be present. At the same time, the
00:16:59police estimate that 400 to 800 people from the so-called
00:17:03black bloc also intend to participate in today's mobilization.
00:17:08and with the danger, the visible danger of incidents occurring.
00:17:12The peculiarity of today is that all trade unions of
00:17:16employees from both the public and private sectors
00:17:19are participating in the demonstration and strike, in addition to students and of course
00:17:23pupils, who were the ones who started this wave of
00:17:26demonstrations. Let me give you two indicative numbers:
00:17:30it is estimated that 16% of
00:17:32teachers in education are participating in today's strike
00:17:36mobilization. 81 schools are blockaded
00:17:40in total. Let me also give you a picture of the rest of the country:
00:17:42220 are the demonstrations in the
00:17:45other cities of France.
00:17:4870,000 police are on high alert, with the main demand
00:17:52of the demonstrators, of course, being an increase in the minimum wage,
00:17:55the cost of living, and of course an increase in
00:17:58funding, mainly for education, which, as they
00:18:02say, is collapsing. However, Apostle, we had incidents in some
00:18:06French cities, Yannis.
00:18:09There are incidents, reports of some first incidents
00:18:12in Lyon where demonstrations have already begun, there is a school
00:18:16in Toulouse which has been
00:18:19engulfed in flames. For now in the French
00:18:22capital, things are calm, but the demonstration is
00:18:26scheduled to start in about an hour from now, and at the same time, the
00:18:30news from the budget debate is not good either, even government
00:18:33MPs do not approve it.
00:18:37As we also saw in the local press
00:18:40yesterday evening, it was supposed to
00:18:43be voted on, or rather passed by parliament, the
00:18:47budget failed to be voted on, as
00:18:50you said, and this also shows what the representatives of
00:18:54trade unions say, that in addition to the economic
00:18:57crisis, the government here in France and France as a
00:19:01whole is also going through a deep political crisis
00:19:04a few months before the.
00:19:13criminal organization led by an Albanian hardened criminal,
00:19:17who allegedly directed the grenade attacks on
00:19:20cafes and extortion even from within prisons. Minors and young
00:19:24perpetrators are under investigation, while serious
00:19:28questions are raised by the fact that the alleged accomplices of the
00:19:31hardened criminal continued to operate from the same cell. This is the
00:19:34moment when the 19-year-old, nicknamed "Bijo," a member of the
00:19:38Albanian 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
00:19:44a grenade inside. The attack
00:19:47occurred in the early hours of September 8, 2026, while
00:19:50half an hour later, a second grenade explosion
00:19:53followed in another cafe in America Square, with the perpetrators
00:19:57being a 17-year-old and an 18-year-old, who are also
00:20:00alleged to have acted under the orders of the hardened criminal. The ruthless
00:20:04criminal of Albanian origin, who allegedly pulls the strings of an organization that
00:20:07carried out explosions in shops and extorted their owners,
00:20:11according to the investigation of the police of the Department of
00:20:15Extortion of the Directorate for Combating Organized Crime, had as the main
00:20:18recipients of his orders two inmates of Malandrino
00:20:22prison, an Egyptian nicknamed Asfour and
00:20:25another inmate known as Chocolates
00:20:28or Choco. In a telephone conversation, he seems to have ordered
00:20:32Asfour to carry out a second attack on the cafe in Acharnon,
00:20:35but also another attack in Aghios Nikolaos Square. When
00:20:39Asfour attempted to express his reservations, the alleged leader
00:20:43silenced him. "Carry out my
00:20:46orders without taking initiatives."
00:20:50In 2026, the cafe in Acharnon was again the target of a grenade
00:20:54attack, which, however, landed on the pavement without
00:20:58exploding due to a malfunction in the detonator. In fact, the
00:21:02grenade appears to have been thrown from the opposite side of Acharnon at a time
00:21:05when two motorcycles were passing by, and at least eight people were inside
00:21:09the establishment, including the invisible owner of Iraqi
00:21:12origin. The 19-year-old Bijo, or "07," and his 20-year-old
00:21:16co-defendant are alleged to be the perpetrators.
00:21:20According to the investigation, the two men had previously carried out a
00:21:23reconnaissance with a white rented car, which had been
00:21:27leased from September 13 to October 10. The telephone
00:21:31communications recorded by the police's wiretap after the two
00:21:35explosions on September 8 and the attempted attack on October 5,
00:21:38are alleged to show the planning of new
00:21:41attacks. In one of the conversations, the hardened criminal is alleged to give
00:21:44a clear order. "This time I want it with people, okay.
00:21:48I want innocent people to die, innocent people."
00:21:51It is noted that the same individuals were included in the extortion
00:21:55case file last July, while questions
00:21:58are raised by the fact that despite its referral, the imprisoned
00:22:02accomplices of the hardened criminal allegedly continued to be held in the same
00:22:05cell and to maintain their criminal
00:22:07activity.
00:22:10More details about the activities of the imprisoned alleged
00:22:13leader and his contacts with the correctional facility will now be provided by Katia
00:22:16Niakari. This is, Apostle, the inmate
00:22:20who has created a strong myth, one might say, around his
00:22:23name and is allegedly at the top of the so-called prison
00:22:27mafia, as we heard in the video. It is characteristic
00:22:30that in successive raids by the Greek FBI on the prisons,
00:22:34it was found that the hardened criminal blocked
00:22:37his cell door by placing a wedge behind it so that the police
00:22:41could not enter. In fact, in his
00:22:44attempt to conceal evidence of his criminal activity, he set fire
00:22:48to mobile phones he had in his possession. Despite the
00:22:51case file of last July from the extortion department, which
00:22:55was the result of an investigation after a grenade attack on the
00:22:58home of the chief warden of Korydallos prison in Nikea, the same individuals
00:23:01continued their threats and extortions
00:23:05unabated. explosions, and in fact, the
00:23:09two alleged close associates of Varypinitis remained in the
00:23:12same cell in Malandrino prison. Of particular
00:23:16interest was the phone conversation of the tough criminal with
00:23:19a chief prison guard, during which the two men
00:23:23spoke on a friendly level. The chief guard allegedly provided
00:23:26information about transfers, prisoners, and various incidents that
00:23:29occurred in correctional facilities. Characteristic
00:23:33is the conversation where Varripinitis expresses his complaints
00:23:36about the war that, as he says, has been declared against him.
00:23:40According to the evaluation of the conversation from this report,
00:23:43it is concluded that the correctional officer was aware of his
00:23:46actions. In the context of the same communication, the correctional officer
00:23:50jokingly mentioned, "If there's anyone to get rid of,
00:23:53I'll tell you." The two men also discussed
00:23:56incidents in Domokos prison, concluding with the correctional officer
00:24:00informing him that the commotion was
00:24:08led to the mechanism of death of Giorgos Mazonakis, however
00:24:12it is noted that they are also awaiting the results
00:24:15from the histopathological examination. Yes, in Thessaloniki
00:24:19the... assessment of the substances found in Giorgos
00:24:22Mazonakis' blood was done, and indeed, early next week,
00:24:26these results are expected to be forwarded to Athens, after
00:24:29their bibliographic evaluation. The forwarding was supposed to happen today,
00:24:33however it will most likely happen next Tuesday. It is important to
00:24:36clarify that regarding the adrenaline about which much has been said
00:24:40as to whether it was administered or not, it is noted that no
00:24:44distinction can be made between someone who dies naturally and someone who
00:24:48suffered a cardiac arrest and was administered adrenaline during
00:24:51CPR, as there is no differentiation. As people
00:24:54with knowledge note, adrenaline is never measured,
00:24:58just as the dose is never calculated from toxicology results in post-mortem
00:25:01cases. What they have been asked to determine in the labs is what
00:25:05substance may have caused something adverse in the body that
00:25:08could have contributed to the cardiac arrest and ultimately led to death,
00:25:12something that, according to information, they have achieved and have been led, as
00:25:16we said, to the mechanism of death of Giorgos Mazonakis. Thank you very much.
00:25:25Republicans in the midterm elections, Iranians took to the streets of
00:25:28Tehran with slogans against American hegemony. Let's go
00:25:32to Vana Koutroulou with the report. And indeed,
00:25:35they burned banners with the faces of Donald
00:25:38Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, JD Vance, and Steve Bannon, as
00:25:42we see in our footage. Thousands gathered
00:25:46in Enghelab Square on Wednesday
00:25:50night. The rallies gathered not only in the
00:25:53wake of the electoral defeat, but also to honor the anniversary of the
00:25:56crisis with the hostage-taking at the United States embassy in
00:26:001979. At
00:26:02the same time, we have a
00:26:05report from the American website Axios which
00:26:09points out that the choices that the American president now has before
00:26:12him regarding Iran are three, and all
00:26:16three are problematic. The first option concerns returning to
00:26:20an open conflict, an open war with
00:26:23Iran, something that would be an extremely unpopular
00:26:26choice, and would also keep gasoline prices
00:26:30at high levels.
00:26:32The second option, of course, would be negotiation, but the Iranian negotiators,
00:26:36who have realized that
00:26:40they are now in a disadvantaged position and that the American president has
00:26:43political weakness after the defeat, will increase their demands.
00:26:47And the third option is for Washington to economically strangle
00:26:51Iran, meaning to continue the naval blockade, economic
00:26:54sanctions, and this course could take
00:26:58many months. Thank you, Vana, but we will stay in the Middle
00:27:02East and go to Israel to meet Sky's correspondent, Stavros
00:27:06Ioannidis. Stavros, in the wake of the American elections,
00:27:09there is concern about the day after in the entire
00:27:13region.
00:27:15Apostolos, because let's not forget that there is an open front with
00:27:19Iran. A war that may seem
00:27:22frozen recently with some small attacks
00:27:26from both sides, however it is an
00:27:29open front which President Trump, before the midterms,
00:27:32before the elections, said that after the elections it would be closed one way
00:27:36or another. What they understand here in Israel, however,
00:27:39is that they may not be able to rely on American
00:27:43aid despite the Netanyahu government's pressure
00:27:46on President Trump to escalate attacks
00:27:50on Iran. At the same time, of course, as we are broadcasting
00:27:53this, Apostolos, we see all the preparations
00:27:56being made that resemble preparations for
00:28:00the continuation of the war. The bridge of American
00:28:03transport aircraft carrying anti-aircraft
00:28:06batteries to the Middle East, ammunition, and all these
00:28:10things that, as we said, resemble preparatory actions for a new
00:28:14attack. And at the same time, Stavros, there is political uncertainty and
00:28:17concern about whether American aid to
00:28:20Israel will continue. Yes, and it is
00:28:24the subject of the dispute that has broken out between the parties
00:28:28that are vying to form a government, as the side
00:28:33of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu believes
00:28:36that the alliance with the United
00:28:40States is strong despite what
00:28:42JD Vance said, and Donald Trump himself believes they have the support of the
00:28:46United States. On the other hand, of course, Gantz insists that
00:28:49Israel must secure bipartisan support
00:28:53by bringing the Democrats into the game. Beyond
00:28:56that, I will tell you, Apostolos, that today the meetings of President
00:29:00Herzog with the leaders of the parties,
00:29:03all parties, will conclude. The last two will be Gantz, of course, and then
00:29:06Benjamin Netanyahu tonight, and then
00:29:10of course President Herzog will have to give the mandate to form
00:29:13a government to whoever he deems to have the support
00:29:17of the Members of Parliament in order, of course, to be able to form a
00:29:20government and get the vote of confidence. The deadline
00:29:24he has at his disposal, let's say, expires on November
00:29:2711th. However, uncertainty,
00:29:30Apostolos, remains with fronts open and the political
00:29:41circuit in the Katerini urban planning department are being questioned today after criminal
00:29:45charges were filed against them. Michalis Tezaris has the information
00:29:48regarding
00:29:51their personal assets and bank accounts, Apostolos,
00:29:55of the 11 people involved in the alleged
00:29:58corruption case here at the Katerini urban planning department, the authority for money
00:30:02laundering proceeded, while at the same time the investigation of the bank
00:30:05movements of those involved over a five-year period was requested. A short while ago,
00:30:08one of the accused, who is a relative of
00:30:12one of the
00:30:14urban planning officials, was released,
00:30:18but with restrictive conditions prohibiting her from leaving the country and also requiring
00:30:21the payment of a monetary sum as bail. At this time,
00:30:24the fifth defendant is being questioned, while tomorrow four more people
00:30:28are expected to come in order to complete the cycle of
00:30:31testimonies. The main evidence against those involved appears to be the telephone
00:30:35conversations which have been recorded by the Greek police, in which,
00:30:38Apostolos, the 11 individuals involved appear to be talking
00:30:42about sums of money and the legalization of illegal constructions, as well as
00:30:45permits and the issuance of permits for
00:30:48houses from Corfu and Athens all the way to Katerini.
00:30:52I should also point out that the process began at 8:30 in the morning
00:30:55when they arrived here from the Pieria Police Directorate
00:30:58where they were being held, and we are waiting to see when the process
00:31:01will be completed, and what, of course, will be the criminal treatment of the seven defendants.