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00:00Greenland's centre-right, pro-independence, democratic party has won the island's parliamentary elections, taking home 30% of the vote.
00:10Greenland's pro-independence, centre-right, democratic party has won the parliamentary elections, taking home nearly 30% of the vote.
00:20It was followed by the more aggressively pro-independence, Naralak party, which won 25%.
00:27In third place came the Prime Minister's Inuit Atake Tiji party, with over 21%.
00:34The left-wing Sioumut party came in fourth place with nearly 15% of the vote.
00:40The results suggest the public voted on health care, education, cultural heritage and social policies over US President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of the island.
00:52Democratic, which is described as pro-business and favours a slow approach to independence from Denmark, will now get a chance to form a governing coalition via talks with other parties.
01:08Ukraine agreed to accept a US-proposed immediate 30-day ceasefire in Russia's ongoing invasion of the Eastern European country.
01:17However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasised that the success of the initiative depends on Russia's willingness to participate.
01:48Besides the ceasefire proposal, the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine.
01:56US President Donald Trump said he hoped the deal could be solidified over the next few days.
02:17The deal marks a significant change of tone between the US and Ukraine, with both countries now signalling they are on the same side in ongoing negotiations.
02:35Romania's Constitutional Court unanimously voted to uphold a decision rejecting ultra-nationalist Kalin Ceausescu's candidacy in upcoming presidential elections, sparking a fresh round of protests by his supporters.
02:54This decision is final and cannot be overturned according to Romanian law, which left his political allies scrambling to find a suitable replacement in time, especially since raising the required number of signatures to register a new candidate might prove to be a challenge.
03:15Last weekend, Romania's Central Electoral Committee suspended Ceausescu's application, stating his actions and statements contravened the values of the presidential office.
03:25Dubbed the TikTok messiah, Ceausescu came out on top in the first round of Romania's presidential elections last year.
03:33However, the country's Constitutional Court annulled the vote following the declassification of intelligence reports showing Russian involvement in influencing voters through social media to support the then relatively unknown candidate.
03:47Ceausescu is also facing criminal proceedings including anti-constitutional acts and misreporting his campaign finances.
03:55Portugal's minority government lost a confidence vote in parliament, forcing its resignation and prompting the European Union country's third general election in three years.
04:09The government's fall marks the worst spell of political instability since 1974, when Portugal adopted a democratic system and ended a dictatorship.
04:22A string of minority governments have been unable to forge alliances that might ensure the administration completes its four-year term without being brought down.
04:32A new election, likely in May, pitches millions of Portuguese people into months of political uncertainty.
04:40The Portuguese government asked for the confidence vote amid a simmering political crisis that has focused on Prime Minister Luiz Montenegro, revolving around potential conflicts of interest in the business dealings of his family law firm.
04:58Experts and environmentalists are warning of devastating environmental consequences after an oil tanker and a cargo ship crashed in the North Sea.
05:08The jet fuel that poured into the ocean is highly toxic to marine life.
05:13There's an irony that crude oil is the least toxic of the oils that get spilled into the oceans.
05:18And there are bacteria, there are microbes that break down the crude oil.
05:23When it gets to things like refined oils, like the jet fuel, that has a much higher toxicity.
05:28I feel like it's concentrated by the refining process.
05:32And so the impact of that on life in the oceans will be devastating.
05:37On Tuesday morning, the fire that burned for more than 24 hours on the oil tanker was largely extinguished.
05:43The Dutch company Boscales has been asked to salvage the tanker.
06:06The collision triggered a major rescue operation, which was called off late on Monday with one out of 37 crew members still missing.
06:13British police arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter as they searched for answers about the cause of the crash.
06:20An investigation into the crash is being led by the US and Portugal, the countries where the vessels are flagged.
06:29The European Commission wants to extend the Made in Europe tag to medicines.
06:34A proposal presented this Tuesday aims to tackle shortages, especially for essential drugs such as antibiotics, insulin or painkillers.
06:43Now the EU is highly dependent on third countries, mainly in Asia.
06:50So this initiative represents a significant step forward, as I say,
06:56to ensure that these essential medicines remain accessible, affordable and available to all Europeans who depend on them.
07:09The plan is to boost the investment for manufacturers both of essential medicines and key ingredients in the European Union.
07:18So it's definitely a good step. We're moving towards sovereignty in terms of less dependency on other continents and other countries on the delivery of medicines.
07:31We're moving also towards greater access for the people of Europe for affordable medicines.
07:41European Health Commissioner Oliver Barheli's self-imposed 100 days in office deadline was fulfilled.
07:47But for some MEPs the proposal was too rushed and turned out to be not enough.
07:53This is not going to bring back medicine production to Europe.
07:57This is not going to solve the problem neither for the patients, neither for the pharma industry.
08:02So it's really a deception and is the proof if something is too much rushed, it is not fulfilling the expectation that we need.
08:10We have a lot of challenges to face in order to fight shortages of medicines.
08:15Financing the whole plan remains now a key issue, according to some MEPs but also to several EU health ministers,
08:22who believe critical medicines should be under the scope of a future defence funding scheme.
08:32This is a turning point in the EU's migration policy.
08:35The European Commission has introduced a regulation that will allow Member States to deport rejected asylum seekers to Turk countries,
08:43even if they have never set foot in them, and detain them in return hubs.
08:48On the return hubs, we are creating the scope for Member States in a way to explore new solutions for returning,
08:57of course only for people who have no right to stay in the European Union.
09:01We are creating the legal frame, we are not creating the content.
09:06In 2008, MEPs in the European Union were forced to resign.
09:11We are creating the legal frame, we are not creating the content.
09:16In 2024, 20% of the persons who were ordered to leave the EU were sent back to their country of origin.
09:25This Austrian MEP welcomes a proposal that would speed up returns.
09:29Places outside the European Union, in third countries, which do respect, of course,
09:34human rights and all the, I would say, values of civilisation Europe wants to see respected,
09:41can be good places and proper places for those who should return for a specific period of time,
09:49and this is what the Commission proposal addresses.
09:52NGOs are sounding the alarm.
09:54They denounce a punitive approach which opens the door to human rights violations
09:58and reinforces the link between immigration and crime.
10:06According to one Italian MEP, another point of contention is that people in an irregular situation
10:11could be deported to countries with which they have no connection.
10:15We are talking about countries that should respect human rights, but there is no specific requirement,
10:20so, for example, these countries are not required to be signatories, for example, of the Geneva Conventions.
11:15With the evidence that is produced in the trial, you, as judges of the Intervening Court...