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00:00Italian authorities have transferred 40 rejected migrants to Italian-run detention centers in Albania.
00:10U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff was in Russia on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on accepting a full ceasefire with Ukraine.
00:20Estonian authorities detained an oil tanker which forms part of Russia's shadow fleet early on Friday morning just outside Tallinn Bay.
00:30Italian authorities have transferred 40 migrants with no permission to remain in the country to Italian-run detention centers in Albania.
00:41It appears to be the first time an EU member state has successfully sent rejected migrants to a third place that is neither their country of origin nor a transit one.
00:53Rights groups and legal experts have denounced the move, raising concerns over the legality and precedent it may set.
01:00Other EU countries, including the Netherlands, have expressed interest in similar arrangements with states like Uganda.
01:08Under the agreement between Italy and Albania, up to 3,000 migrants intercepted by the Italian Coast Guard in international waters each month can be processed in Albania.
01:20Human rights groups argue the agreement violates international law and endangers migrants' rights.
01:25U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff was in Russia on Friday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin as the U.S. continues pressing the Kremlin to accept a full ceasefire with Ukraine.
01:42Their meeting comes amid growing questions about the Kremlin's willingness to stop the more than three-year war.
01:51Ukraine has endorsed a U.S. ceasefire proposal, but Russia has effectively blocked it by imposing far-reaching conditions.
01:57The Russian delay in accepting Washington's proposal has frustrated U.S. President Donald Trump.
02:19Ahead of the meeting, he wrote on social media that Russia has to get moving towards ending the war.
02:26Estonian authorities detained an oil tanker which forms part of Russia's shadow fleet early on Friday morning, close to the island of Egna, just outside Tallinn Bay.
02:40The vessel named Kevala had been sanctioned due to past activities by both the EU and at least three non-EU countries, Canada, Switzerland and the UK, and was on route to the Russian port of Ustluga.
02:53The vessel lacks a flag state, meaning it is not permitted to sail on the open seas.
02:58According to the Navy, 24 people are aboard the Kevala and the ship's captain, who is reportedly a Chinese national, has been cooperative during the investigation so far.
03:23Estonian authorities conducted the operation using Navy vessels and helicopters around 3 a.m. on Friday, just before the Kevala entered Estonia's exclusive economic zone.
03:36Pope Francis made a surprise visit to two art restorers who were working on the final touches of the restoration of a tomb in St. Peter's Basilica.
03:47This is the third surprise appearance Pope Francis has made this week.
03:50On Sunday, Francis surprised the crowds during a jubilee mass for the sick and met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla on Wednesday.
04:01On Thursday, he took an unexpected tour of St. Peter's Basilica.
04:11Truck checks are continuing on the Czech-Slovak border due to recent food and mouth disease outbreak in the region.
04:17Roughly 14,700 cattle have been slaughtered in Hungary and Slovakia, while no outbreaks in Czech farms have been reported yet.
04:26Czech Agriculture Minister Marek Vibroni said that restrictions could be lifted 30 days after the culling of the last farm animal infected in Slovakia.
04:35The border controls have entered their third week because the highly contagious virus can spread on contaminated objects like vehicle tires.