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00:00Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian forces lost up to a battalion
00:06of infantry during recent battles in the Kursk region.
00:10Speaking in an evening address on Saturday, Zelenskyy claimed the battalion included both
00:15North Korean soldiers and Russian paratroopers.
00:20He added the losses were predominantly during two days of fighting in the past week.
00:27The Kursk region's head of the Kursk region's headquarters also said that, in particular,
00:33in the battles today and yesterday, only one village in the region, Makhnovka, in the Kursk
00:38region, the Russian army lost up to a battalion of infantry, North Korean soldiers and Russian paratroopers.
00:44And this is noticeable.
00:56Russia was invaded since World War II.
01:00Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Melani, appeared on Saturday alongside Donald Trump after traveling
01:07to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
01:10Trump and Melani attended a screening of a documentary addressing the challenges faced
01:14by some conservative lawyers within the US legal system.
01:18The visit makes Melani the third EU leader to meet with Trump following his re-election.
01:23It also comes as tensions escalate between Italy and Iran over an Iranian businessman
01:29arrested in Milan under a US warrant.
01:36A memorial service has taken place in Montenegro for the 12 victims of a mass shooting that
01:41happened on New Year's Day.
01:43The ceremony in the town of Cetinje was attended by family members of the victims as well as
01:48political and church leaders.
01:50The shooting happened on Wednesday when a man started a rampage after a bar brawl, killing
01:5512 and wounding at least four others.
01:58The man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died after shooting himself in the head.
02:04The shooting, the second such incident in Cetinje, has caused shock and dismay across
02:09Montenegro.
02:10Officials have begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons, with the National Security
02:15Council announcing measures to seize unregistered firearms.
02:19Prime Minister Milojko Spajic said that registered gun holders will undergo new security and
02:24psychological checks.
02:26He also promised draconian punishment for those who hold weapons illegally.
02:35Heavy snow and freezing rain brought widespread disruption across Europe on Sunday, particularly
02:41in Germany, where the extreme weather caused major disruption to transport.
02:46Frankfurt Airport cancelled 120 of its 1,090 planned take-offs and landings on Sunday,
02:53according to the Fraport Press Office.
02:56While at the Munich Airport, only one runway was open.
02:59Authorities say they have issued black-ice warnings for drivers and pedestrians, advising
03:05people to stay home where possible.
03:08The extreme weather also brought widespread disruption across the UK, leaving many key
03:13roads in the north of England and Wales unnavigable.
03:17The UK's Met Office has issued eight weather warnings, while authorities in Ireland issued
03:22two weather alerts for some areas across the country following the overnight snowfalls.
03:28According to local media, up to 30,000 homes and businesses suffered power outages in Ireland
03:34as a result of the weather conditions.
03:38Austria's President Alexander von der Bellen announced he will meet with the right-wing
03:46Freedom Party's leader, Herbert Kickl, after multiple failed government coalition attempts.
03:52It comes after he met with Chancellor Karl Nehammer, who previously announced his intention
03:58to resign after failed coalition attempts between his conservative Austrian People's
04:03Party, the centre-left Social Democrats and the liberal NEOs.
04:08During these talks, it turned out that the voices within the People's Party, which
04:15are a part of a cooperation between the FPĆ and Herbert Kickl, have become much quieter.
04:23This, in turn, means that a new path may open up, which did not exist before.
04:31Von der Bellen said Nehammer is to remain in his position until he appoints a new chancellor.
04:36Meanwhile, Austria's ruling Conservative Party nominated its General Secretary Christian
04:41Stocker to succeed Nehammer.