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00:00Vietnam will on Wednesday mark the 50th anniversary of a brutal war that ended when the South Vietnamese capital of Saigon fell to communist forces.
00:11But millions of people still face daily battles with its chemical legacy.
00:17Today, around 3 million people, including many children, still suffer serious health issues associated with exposure to the chemicals used in the war.
00:28The impacts on people in Vietnam have been primarily now in the second, third, possibly fourth generation.
00:39The consequence of birth defects and following severe disabilities, both physical and mental disabilities.
00:50Across Vietnam, US forces sprayed about 72 million liters of defoliant during the war to strip the enemy's cover.
00:58Modern health was a product known as Agent Orange, a blend of herbicides.
01:04The substance contained dioxin, a type of chemical linked to cancer, birth defects and lasting environmental damage.
01:14Vietnam has spent decades cleaning up the toxic legacy of the war.
01:40After ignoring the growing evidence of its impacts, the US in the mid-2000s began partially funding the cleanup in Vietnam,
01:48something that's now threatened by the cuts in USAID by the Trump administration.
01:54Hundreds of people gathered in a rally against Islamophobia in Paris on Sunday.
02:02Demonstrators came together to pay tribute to the man who was fatally stabbed while praying in a mosque in southern France on Friday.
02:10We are here to bring our support, to say that these kinds of acts don't have their place here and to make sure that it doesn't succeed.
02:20French leaders condemned the attack, Prime Minister François Beirut denounced it as Islamophobic,
02:37and President Emmanuel Macron emphasized France will not tolerate racism and hatred based on religion.
02:45On Monday, French authorities said the suspects involved in the attack has been identified.
02:50According to a French prosecutor, the man turned up in a police station in Italy.
02:56At least 40 people were killed and thousands injured after a large explosion rocked an Iranian port near the city of Bandar Abbas on Saturday.
03:08Local state media reported the fire was under control on Sunday and said activities had resumed at the port.
03:15However, images released by state television showed the extent of the damage caused by the blast.
03:21Helicopter footage showed a crater that appeared to be several meters deep, surrounded by charred containers and vehicles.
03:28Authorities have offered no cause for the explosion yet, and the Interior Ministry said it had launched an investigation into the blast.
03:36However, private security firm Ambry linked the explosion to a recent shipment the port received.
03:42They say that in March the port took a shipment of solid fuel intended for the use of Iranian ballistic missiles.
03:49The firm claims the fire may have started as a result of improper handling of the shipment.
03:54The explosion at the port damaged nearby offices and buildings.
03:58It also reportedly caused tremors that were felt in nearby cities.
04:0311 people have been killed and at least 20 others injured after a car rammed into a crowd at a Filipino street festival in Vancouver, Canada, according to police.
04:18People were celebrating the Lapu-Lapu Day festival when a car entered the street on Saturday evening.
04:24A 30-year-old Vancouver man was arrested at the scene.
04:29Videos posted on social media showed victims and debris strewn across a long stretch of road,
04:35with at least seven people lying immobile on the ground.
04:39The Vancouver Police Department added that they don't believe it was an act of terrorism and are carrying out an investigation.
04:47Israel has bombed Beirut's southern suburbs on Sunday.
04:55About an hour before the strike, Israel issued a warning stating it was targeting Hezbollah facilities and urged local residents to stay away from the site.
05:04The attack marks the third Israeli strike on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire agreement with Hezbollah took effect in November last year.
05:12The first strike was on the 28th of March, when Israel also gave a warning.
05:18A second strike followed on April 1st.
05:21This was a surprise strike that had killed four people, including a Hezbollah official.
05:26Israel says it is targeting Hezbollah members and infrastructure,
05:30but Lebanon has urged the international community to pressure Israel to stop its near-daily attacks on southern and eastern parts of its country.
05:39It also requested that Israel withdraws its forces from the Lebanese territory it's still occupying as part of the ceasefire agreement.
05:46Hospitals in Gaza received the remains of 51 people who were killed in Israeli strikes over the span of 24 hours, the health ministry said on Sunday.
06:02The Israeli military has carried out daily waves of airstrikes since 18 March, when it ended a six-week ceasefire with Hamas,
06:11and ground forces have occupied more land to expand a buffer zone, controlling around 50% of the territory.
06:18It has also blocked the entry of all humanitarian aid to Gaza for nearly 60 days.
06:25It says both steps aim to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining 59 hostages it holds.
06:31But rights groups call the blockade a starvation tactic and a potential war crime.
06:36Aid groups are running out of food, and Palestinians struggle to feed their families.
06:41Meanwhile, Israeli anti-government protesters continued with their weekly rallies on Saturday, demanding a ceasefire and hostage deal.
06:50Hamas said it has sent a high-level delegation to Cairo to continue the indirect ceasefire negotiations with Israel.
06:57Greenland's Prime Minister Jens Frederik Nilsson said that Greenland cannot be bought.
07:07His comments came after a meeting with Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederikson at her official residence on Sunday.
07:16Speaking to the media after their meeting, Nilsson called dialogue from the United States not respectful.
07:24The talks from the United States have not been respectful.
07:30The words used have not been respectful.
07:33And that's why we need to, in this situation, stand together.
07:37And in Greenland we are willing to do that with all the countries that want us good and want to respect us.
07:44Nilsson made the remarks in defiance of U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in taking control of the strategic territory.
07:57Russia launched a massive attack of nearly 150 drones over Ukraine from Saturday into Sunday, according to Ukraine's armed forces.
08:11Russian shelling on the often hit eastern town of Pavlorad killed an elderly man and injured a 14-year-old girl, said its regional governor.
08:21A little further west, in Dnipro, the town's mayor reported that at least 150 windows in high-rise buildings were smashed in the night attacks, leaving huge amounts of debris.
08:34Six regions were affected by the strikes, including Zitomir, Dinopropetrovsk and Odessa.
08:41Meanwhile, the Russian Defense Ministry released footage on Sunday claiming to show artillery hitting Ukrainian positions situated on the right bank of the Dnipro River.
08:53On Saturday, Russia claimed to have regained full control over its Kursk region.
08:59Ukrainian officials have denied the claim.
09:02As U.S. President Trump said, he doubts Russia's President Putin wants to end the war.
09:08Faced with American disengagement and the war in Ukraine, the EU needs to invest more in defence.
09:23In order to do this, the European Commission proposes redirecting part of the funds from the cohesion programme,
09:30originally created to reduce regional disparities between the 27 member states.
09:36But the Greens don't agree.
09:38The money we are having in the cohesion programmes are dealing with economic challenges, social division,
09:45and we can see that there are some more challenges to deal with.
09:48So that's why we think that we need to invest in security, yes, but we need to do that with fresh money
09:55and not by recycling some of the cohesion money as the Commission is proposing.
10:01Cohesion funds account for €392 billion, or a third of the European budget between 2021 and 2027.
10:11At present, they can't be used to finance armies or purchase military equipment.
10:16However, they can't be used to finance products with dual civil military use, such as drones or machinery.
10:24For an increase in terms of transport intermediates in the UK by late in front of Russia,
10:32We're building homes and facilities inside the US, and still for other banks.
10:38For the use of private utilities, such as that in advance of the military,
10:43the US is a better and the US must provide aikidys of theaces and the citizens.
10:48The EU can be used to finance.
10:53The European Commission would like to make these conditions more flexible
10:56to give capitals greater leeway in the use of these funds.
11:00Many of the places that are poorest in the EU are also places under the greatest Russian threat.
11:08So it doesn't necessarily hurt the fight against European inequalities that way.
11:14It still brings things together.
11:15If you're investing in modernizing industry in Bulgaria and Romania,
11:20you're still investing in the cohesion of the EU.
11:23But obstacles remain.
11:24For example, 37% of cohesion funds must be allocated to climate-related projects.
11:31In addition to defence, the European Commission proposes that these funds
11:35could also be allocated to decarbonization, housing, water and energy.