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00:00From recycling sporting infrastructure to innovating energy systems, this is the legacy
00:06of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
00:11A Ukrainian missile shot down in the western Russian region of Kursk has injured 13 and
00:17damaged infrastructure, Russian officials say.
00:20Russia's Ministry of Defence says it shot down 35 drones overnight as part of Ukraine's
00:25week-long incursion into enemy territory.
00:40A Russian drone and missile attack on Brovery, located 24 kilometres from the capital of
00:46Kyiv, killed two people, including a four-year-old boy.
00:51Local officials say another three people were injured.
00:55Russian President Volodymyr Zelensky says a North Korean-made missile was used in the
00:59attack.
01:01Meanwhile, the Kremlin has released footage allegedly showing Russian artillery destroying
01:08Ukrainian ammunition depots, manpower and military equipment in the quote special military
01:14operations zone.
01:20As the 2024 Paris Olympics comes to a close, the legacy of the international four-yearly
01:27multi-sporting event is being felt further than just the French capital and spans innovating
01:33energy policies to recycling sporting infrastructure.
01:37Organizers of the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics are mulling whether to only use gas-guzzling
01:42generators for emergencies, according to French media.
01:46The Paris Olympics Organizing Committee first spearheaded the move away from generators
01:51powering the events, except in rare circumstances.
01:55The 2024 Paris Olympics is also having an impact on the organizers' and cities' coffers.
02:01Economic forecasting by financial company S&P Global Ratings estimates the 2024 Paris
02:07Olympics is the most budget-friendly Games in two decades.
02:11A glut of appropriate existing sporting infrastructure meant the International Organizing Committee's
02:16did not need to construct new facilities, according to the report.
02:20If future organizing bodies mimicked Paris' legacy, it could guarantee environmental and
02:26financial gold.
02:31Pockets of Europe are sweltering through extreme heat.
02:36Weather forecasters say Italy will sizzle through its hottest weekend of the year, with
02:41French authorities warning of a heat wave sweeping through the country's south.
02:46One meteorologist says human-induced climate change is to blame.
03:05Nurses have been deployed in France's 28 affected regions to check on the vulnerable.
03:16The World Health Organization warns 175,000 Europeans living on the fastest-warming continent
03:38suffer heat-related deaths every year.
03:45Demonstrations gathered on the streets of the UK at anti-racist rallies held across
03:50the nation.
03:51The demonstrations came following anti-immigrant riots which had gripped the country earlier
03:56this week following a fatal knife attack on children.
04:00Misinformation spread through social media claimed the attacker was an immigrant and
04:04a Muslim.
04:36British politician Nigel Farage of inciting fascist rioters.
04:42The predicament is a microcosm of broader challenges confronting many European countries,
04:47as they face a series of problems relating to migration and the rise of the far right.