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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has departed from Abu Dhabi, wrapping up his three-nation golf tour,
00:05having secured trillions of dollars in business deals and agreements.
00:10Pope Leo XIV received an invitation to visit Ukraine from the head of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church on Thursday.
00:20U.S. President Donald Trump wrapped up a successful three-nation golf tour,
00:24signing more than $2 trillion worth of business deals with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates.
00:31The trip also marked several developments on the diplomacy front,
00:35aimed at boosting regional stability and reviving stalled negotiations.
00:40The message from the three host nations was clear and aligned.
00:44The president must help restore peace in the Middle East using political measures and diplomacy.
00:50Trump has delivered on what he set out to do with securing investments in the U.S.,
00:55a $1.4 trillion deal with the UAE, a $600 billion investment pledge by Saudi Arabia
01:01and a historic $200 billion Boeing order by Qatar.
01:05Tremendous investment in our country and the development you just looked at, AI+,
01:13The president also made strides in diplomacy, announcing the lifting of U.S. sanctions on Syria,
01:29pledging to continue working with Qatar over Gaza
01:31and announcing that the U.S. is inching closer to a new nuclear deal with Iran.
01:37Laila Humaira, Euronews, Qatar.
01:43More than 80 people were killed after Israel launched airstrikes across the Gaza Strip on Friday,
01:50according to local hospital officials.
01:52Health officials said 66 bodies were brought to Gaza's Indonesian hospital,
01:57while another 16 were taken to Nasser Hospital.
02:00Israel did not immediately issue a statement on the strikes,
02:03which forced residents to flee the Jabalia refugee camp and the town of Beis Lahia.
02:09The attacks came as U.S. President Donald Trump concluded a regional tour of the Middle East
02:14that excluded Israel and offered no indication of progress towards a ceasefire.
02:20An Israeli blockade of the territory is now in its third month
02:24and there had been hope that Trump's trip could facilitate the resumption of humanitarian aid.
02:29Israel says the blockade, which restricts the entry of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies,
02:36is intended to pressure Hamas into releasing the remaining hostages it holds.
02:41Earlier this week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
02:44vowed to escalate force in Israel's war in the Gaza Strip to destroy Hamas.
02:49Germany's Defense Minister Boris Pistorius met with his British counterpart John Healy in Berlin
02:59to discuss ways to further support Ukraine.
03:02The meeting was the pair's first ministerial counsel
03:05since the signing of a military cooperation agreement last year.
03:09Russia's President Vladimir Putin and his snubbing of peace talks with Zelensky in Istanbul topped the agenda.
03:15Pistorius stressed the development could lead to a shift in Washington's approach to the war.
03:19Vladimir Putin had it in hand, the war to end.
03:24He could go to Istanbul and travel.
03:26He could order an firestorm.
03:28Nothing happens from it.
03:30That means, you could win the impression of Putin who tries to lead the United States
03:36at the supermarket through the Manege.
03:38And I'm pretty sure that the United States not like this.
03:43and that will possibly lead to a further change on the road in his behavior.
03:52Healy added that Putin's absence exposed him on the global stage.
03:57This is a day which exposes Putin for what he is.
04:01He says he wants peace, but he rejected a full ceasefire.
04:06He says he wants to end fighting, but he continues to strike and kill Ukrainian civilians and cities.
04:12And he says he wants to talk, but he doesn't even turn up to the very conference that he called for in Istanbul today.
04:21This is Putin's war. He could end it tomorrow.
04:26Meanwhile, the chairman of the European Union's military committee has announced that the bloc plans to significantly boost ammunition deliveries to Ukraine.
04:34The goal is to deliver two million rounds of heavy-caliber ammunition to your country during the current year.
04:46So it's about doubling the amount of the last year.
04:50The EU military chief says the bloc is trying to incentivize member states to procure and produce more heavy-caliber ammunition.
04:57The move aims to ensure Kyiv has sufficient resources to continue to fend off Russian attacks.
05:07Pope Leo XIV received an invitation to visit Ukraine from the head of Ukraine's Greek Catholic Church on Thursday at the Vatican.
05:17During their meeting, he handed him a list of Ukrainian prisoners currently held by Russia,
05:25and thanked Pope Leo XIV for his call for a peaceful and negotiated resolution to Russia's war in Ukraine.
05:33Under Pope Francis, the Vatican had actively supported prisoner exchanges.
05:39Romanians will go to the polls on Sunday to choose between the independent and pro-European candidate,
05:48Nicosio Dan, and Jorge Simeon, a right-wing candidate.
05:53Many are eager to vote as the race between the two gets tense.
05:57Experts expect that around 60% of Romanians will turn up to cast their ballot on Sunday,
06:03around 10% more than in the first round.
06:06I'm waiting for a very strange course, which will decide in the last week, in the last week, in the last week, in the last week, in the last week, in the last week, in the vote.
06:17Of course, we've seen a good score in the country, and then a good score in the country, and then a good score in the diaspora.
06:22Of course, I believe that the decision will be mobilized by the legislators who live in Romania.
06:29I voted for the European Union. I voted for the same and the same life I know when I was born.
06:36I don't know how to live like this, but I don't want anything else than what we have now.
06:41We're going to vote for our vote. We're going to vote for our vote.
06:43We're going to vote. We've been to vote for a week. At 8.30am, we're going to vote.
06:50Both candidates support the end of the war in Ukraine, but Nikosho Dan wants to continue to support.
06:57Giorgia Simeon wishes Romania would stop aiding Ukrainians.
07:01While the independent candidate is getting support from European leaders such as Donald Tusk and Maya Sandu,
07:07Giorgia Simeon is aligning himself more with Giorgia Milani and Mateusz Morawiecki.
07:13Experts warn that there might not only be a political fracture within the parties,
07:18but a fracture on a societal level, as people are more and more divided between the two candidates.
07:24Whatever the result, the new president must deal with the economic impact of such instability.
07:30Maya Bondic for Euronews.
07:32From environmental exemptions to cutting red tape,
07:42the European Commission has presented its simplification plan for the agricultural sector.
07:48Shortly after the plan was announced, European Commissioner for Agriculture Christoph Hansen
07:53gave details of the project during a meeting organized by Euronews.
07:56He said the plan is intended to benefit all players, from farmers to member states.
08:02What is felt as administrative burden on the farm is not only CAP,
08:07there is as well environmental legislation, health and sanitary legislation,
08:12often as well national or regional legislation,
08:15so I think everybody needs to contribute to cut down this bureaucracy.
08:20The simplification plan should save farmers 1.5 billion euros a year
08:25and national authorities 210 million euros.
08:30The package of measures is aimed in particular at small farms and organic production.
08:36It involves providing exemptions from environmental rules,
08:39also known as cross-compliance,
08:41or financial aid for practices that benefit the environment or the competitiveness of farms.
08:48The commissioner is also keen to develop the digitalization of the sector.
08:52So I have, as a farm, my digital wallet,
08:56and if the water administration needs to know something from my land,
09:01they can take it out of that.
09:03If the environmental agency needs to know something, they can take it.
09:06I think it is very important that we reduce as well the stress for our farmers,
09:11because currently it depends on the member state,
09:15they are facing five, six, seven controls in a year.
09:18And that is causing a huge stress to our farmers,
09:22and therefore we want as well to reduce these controls.
09:26And there the member states are as well to deliver.
09:29We want to reduce this to one control per year.
09:33Environmental NGOs believe that this simplification
09:36threatens the environmental objectives of the agricultural sector.
09:40However, Hansen says he is responding to the concerns of farmers,
09:44who have demonstrated on numerous occasions over the past year
09:48against European regulations that they believe are too restrictive.
09:54Thai construction magnate Pramcheh Karnasuta and 16 others
09:57surrendered to Bangkok police on Friday on criminal negligence charges.
10:01The charges relate to the fatal collapse of a high-rise building
10:04during the March 28th earthquake, which hit Myanmar and Thailand.
10:0792 people were found dead in the rubble.
10:12Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development,
10:15and the others formally denied the charges.
10:17Karnasuta, president of Italian-Thai Development,
10:19and the others formally denied the charges.
10:21The building which was under construction at the time
10:32was the only one in Thailand to collapse in the quake.
10:35Police say the building plan didn't meet standards,
10:39with reports alleging structural flaws and poor materials.
10:44Thai media have also highlighted alleged wrongdoing
10:46and reports of the role of a Chinese joint venture partner
10:49in the project, China Railway No. 10,
10:52a company involved in infrastructure projects around the world.
10:56The epicenter of the earthquake was in central Myanmar,
10:59where it killed around 3,700 people and caused widespread damage.
11:05Slovenian police are investigating the theft of a bronze statue
11:13of U.S. First Lady Melania Trump.
11:16The life-size sculpture was unveiled in 2020
11:21in her hometown of Sevnica,
11:24during President Donald Trump's first term in office.
11:27A police spokesperson said they were notified of the theft on Tuesday
11:34and are working to identify those responsible.
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