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00:00 The EU`s foreign affairs chief made a surprise visit to the port city of Odessa in Ukraine
00:05 on Saturday.
00:07 Josep Borrell told Ukrainians that the EU would continue to support them with arms and
00:12 money.
00:13 And he visited the city`s cathedral, which Russia bombed in July.
00:18 My presence here in Odessa is to show how we are supporting Ukraine from our military
00:25 support, our economic support, our political and diplomatic activity to look for a peace,
00:32 but a just peace that preserves the territorial integrity and independence of Ukraine.
00:39 Also on Saturday, Vladimir Putin spoke on the anniversary of Russia`s partial and illegal
00:44 annexation of four Ukrainian regions.
00:47 The people of Russia supported the free and unambiguous choice of our brothers and sisters
00:56 with all their hearts.
00:57 Defending our compatriots in Donbass and in Novorossiya, we defend Russia.
01:02 Meanwhile, Russians gathered in Red Square for a concert to celebrate the anniversary.
01:11 Ukraine has hosted an international defense industry conference as part of a government
01:15 effort to ramp up weapons production within the country.
01:20 Around 250 defense companies from more than 30 countries gathered in Kiev as President
01:26 Zelensky looks to repel Russia`s invasion and reduce dependence on foreign arms deliveries.
01:31 Everyone who is ready to build an arsenal of the free world together with Ukraine and
01:41 Ukraine and Ukraine will not leave any chance to any aggressor.
01:47 Zelensky announced the creation of the Defense Industries Alliance and added that 13 defense
01:53 companies have already signed up.
01:55 He plans to establish a special fund, which will be paid into through dividends from state
02:00 defense resources and profits from the sale of confiscated Russian assets.
02:10 Almost all of Nagorno-Karabakh`s ethnic Armenians have now fled to Armenia, the government there
02:15 says, many to the city of Goris here on the border.
02:19 The exodus came after Azerbaijan attacked the region on September the 19th and ordered
02:24 the Armenian fighters there to disarm.
02:28 Armenians now ask the EU to send medical supplies and help them put up temporary shelters for
02:33 the refugees.
02:35 Its Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, has described it as ethnic cleansing.
02:39 But Azerbaijan insists it`s nothing to do with forced relocation and that it would have
02:44 guaranteed their security if they`d remained.
02:47 Meanwhile, Azerbaijan has been knocking down abandoned military outposts in Nagorno-Karabakh
02:53 and seizing weapons there.
02:55 And in Yerevan, the Armenian capital, protesters remain angry that the government was unable
03:01 to prevent the collapse of the Armenian government in the breakaway region.
03:08 Pope Francis has created 21 new cardinals from across the world, saying diversity was
03:16 indispensable to the future of the Catholic Church.
03:20 With the sun shining over the Vatican City`s St. Peter`s Square, the 86-year-old pope said
03:25 their variety would serve the church like musicians in an orchestra.
03:29 These clergymen will help him enact his reforms, govern and one day elect his successor.
03:35 Saturday`s consistory is the ninth since Francis was named head of the world`s 1.3 billion Catholics
03:41 in 2013.
03:45 Back in the spring, Jan Smigmatur`s swing band played at New York`s famous Carnegie Hall.
03:51 Now the Czech band are playing deep underground in a former Soviet nuclear warhead depot called
03:56 Khavel 51, which has been converted into the Atom Museum.
04:00 "The acoustics here at the Atom Museum are outstanding.
04:05 We play great here.
04:06 I like the idea of making a jazz club from nuclear ammunition all over the world."
04:11 It`s hidden deep inside a forest where during the Cold War no Czechoslovak citizen was allowed
04:17 to enter.
04:18 "This museum was established to warn future generations about what our ancestors and fathers
04:24 went through, and to prevent it from happening again."
04:30 The concerts are trying to highlight the danger of nuclear weapons, particularly as there`s
04:35 another major war being fought in Europe.
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