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00:00 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has declared her intention to run for a second
00:05 term.
00:10 Alexei Navalny`s widow accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband and
00:15 vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin.
00:21 Russia confirms control over the Ukrainian town of Avdivka, marking the biggest change
00:26 on the front line in almost a year.
00:31 As fighting continues in Khan Yunus, Israel vows to invade Rafa if the remaining hostages
00:36 are not freed by the 10th of March.
00:44 EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has declared her intention to run for a second
00:48 term.
00:50 She made the announcement after a meeting with the leadership of the Christian Democratic
00:53 Union Party in Berlin.
00:56 Five years ago, she decided to run for office rather ad hoc.
01:01 This time, the situation is completely different, she says.
01:05 "Today, five years later, I make a conscious and well-considered decision.
01:13 The world today is a completely different one than in 2019.
01:19 We have gone through a lot together in the past five years and I think we have achieved
01:24 more than we could ever imagine.
01:28 In these five years, not only my passion for Europe has grown, but also my experience of
01:35 how much this Europe can do for its people."
01:40 Von der Leyen will now stand as the European People`s Party lead candidate in the European
01:45 Parliament elections in June.
01:55 Second term in Brussels would have one overriding objective, she says.
01:59 "We want to strengthen democracy of Europe in the European Union and we want to address
02:08 all the challenges around us, but in a way that people know that there`s safety and security
02:16 within the European Union for them."
02:18 For many across the world, Von der Leyen has become the main European interlocutor.
02:23 Her re-election would ensure continuity as the world faces multiple crises.
02:34 Alexei Navalny`s widow accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of killing her husband and
02:40 vowed to continue his fight against the Kremlin.
02:43 Navalny`s allies accused Russian authorities of trying to hide evidence as they prolonged
02:48 the investigation into his death.
02:50 Yulia Nelvanya on Monday said that her husband`s body is being, quote, "hidden cowardly even
02:57 from his mother."
02:58 "We know why Putin killed Alexei three days ago.
03:07 We will tell you about it soon.
03:09 We will find out who and how exactly committed this crime.
03:16 We will name the names and show the faces."
03:20 Navalny`s mother was denied access to the morgue in Salekhard on Monday.
03:24 The staff refused to answer if the body was there, according to Navalny`s spokesperson.
03:30 On the Kremlin side, spokesman Dmitry Peskov described the accusations being made against
03:35 the president as, quote, "boreish and unadmissible."
03:45 Russian troops flying their flag in the Ukrainian town of Avdivka.
03:49 The defense ministry on Sunday said it had full control of the strategic industrial hub
03:54 after Ukrainian troops withdrew to avoid encirclement.
03:59 It is one of the biggest changes on the front line since Russia captured Bakhmut in May
04:02 last year and comes as Ukraine faces acute shortages of ammunition.
04:08 Speaking at the Munich security conference, Ukraine`s president Volodymyr Zelensky employed
04:13 his Western allies to step up supplies of military aid.
04:18 "Ukraine can stop Putin and create conditions for him to be punished for all the evil he
04:26 has done.
04:27 But for Ukraine to achieve this success, to protect its land, its people and our common
04:35 truth, all in the free world, Ukraine must not be left alone."
04:41 As the two-year anniversary of Russia`s invasion approaches, troops in Ukraine are under pressure
04:46 along the front line, with exhausted ranks desperately in need of more artillery shells.
04:53 Meanwhile, Japan`s prime minister on Monday promised his country`s long-term commitment
04:58 to the reconstruction of Ukraine.
05:05 The Israeli military claims to have discovered a car stolen from one of the kibbutzes attacked
05:10 on the 7th of October.
05:13 They say the vehicle was found inside the Nasser Hospital parking lot, as troops continued
05:18 to carry out operations in the battered medical center.
05:22 The army also released a video showing what they said were unopened boxes of medication
05:28 labeled with the names of hostages found inside its pharmacy.
05:34 The head of the World Health Organization says Nasser Hospital in Khan Yunis is no longer
05:38 functioning due to the Israeli army`s week-long siege and ongoing raid.
05:44 The Gaza Strip`s second largest hospital is still sheltering many patients suffering from
05:48 war wounds and the enclave`s worsening health crisis.
05:52 But there`s no power and not enough staff to treat them all.
05:57 Israel is ignoring calls to halt its military offensive in Gaza.
06:01 It`s now vowed to invade the southern city of Rafah if the remaining Israeli hostages
06:05 are not freed by the upcoming Muslim holy month of Ramadan, due to begin on the 10th
06:10 of March.
06:11 Nearly 29,000 Palestinians have been killed and close to 70,000 others wounded since the
06:17 7th of October, when some 1,200 people were killed during attacks in Israel by Hamas-led
06:23 gunmen.
06:29 The head of diplomacy of the European Union countries are meeting in Brussels.
06:33 At the top of the agenda is the war in Gaza and the issue of the Israeli hostages.
06:38 But above all, the war in Ukraine, with the possibility of new sanctions against Russia
06:45 following the death of Alexei Navalny.
06:47 It`s about two years that Putin launched this war against Ukraine and it doesn`t look to
06:54 being ready to stop it.
06:56 By the contrary.
06:57 So, in both fronts, in the political one and the military one, we have to continue our
07:03 support to Ukraine and to the Russian people who want to be living in freedom and to pay
07:13 an homage to Navalny.
07:16 Joseph Bourret announced a proposal to name the European sanctions regime for human rights
07:22 violations after Navalny.
07:25 Spain`s conservative opposition People`s Party retained its absolute majority in the Northwest
07:33 region of Galicia on Sunday in a close run regional election.
07:37 Alfonso Reda, the victorious Galician regional president, said it was a victory for common
07:42 sense.
07:43 The People`s Party won 40 seats in the 75-seat regional assembly.
07:47 The Galician nationalist bloc finished second with 25 seats, followed by the Socialist Party
07:52 with nine seats.
07:54 The region is one of Spain`s most conservative and the birthplace of longtime dictator Francisco
07:59 Franco.
08:03 Hundreds of tractors rolling into the center of Prague.
08:07 Farmers in the Czech Republic are protesting against European Union agriculture policies
08:11 and what they say are "unfair practices."
08:17 They disrupted traffic outside the agricultural ministry.
08:20 "It is a slap in the face of the organizers, who unfortunately, many of them, should not
08:27 have joined the village at all.
08:29 It is necessary to see that behind this challenge are to a large extent the political ambitions
08:34 of some circles.
08:35 I am sorry, because I would much rather have a dialogue with the representatives of the
08:40 farmers and always a better dialogue at the table than somewhere on the street or in a
08:45 place."
08:46 Agricultural organizations distanced themselves from the rally after it turned out some organizers
08:51 were behind recent pro-Russian demonstrations.
08:53 "We are going to express our dissatisfaction with the setting of the European context of
09:00 agriculture as such.
09:01 Our protests are for the same thing as the protests in other European countries.
09:06 We do not like Green Deal.
09:08 We do not like its intervention in the agricultural prime time, which is extremely limiting and
09:13 devastating for us."
09:14 Meanwhile, on Sunday, Polish farmers blocked access to the road at the border crossing
09:19 with Ukraine as part of ongoing protests by farmers across Europe against the bloc's agriculture
09:24 policy.
09:25 Keefe described the blockade as a "security threat" in a time of war.
09:30 Polish farmers are also angry about the duty-free influx of Ukrainian agricultural goods.
09:39 More than 10 million children were forced to flee their homes last year in the world's
09:44 10 largest crises, according to new analysis by Save the Children.
09:50 This has likely pushed the number of children displaced globally to more than 50 million,
09:55 the highest number ever, more than doubling since 2010.
09:59 Last year, an additional 29,000 children a day were estimated to be newly displaced inside
10:07 their own country or had fled to another country, with children in Sudan and Somalia the most
10:13 affected.
10:14 Save the Children says a displaced child has most likely witnessed the kind of violence
10:19 or destruction that no young person should ever have to see, and they have to leave everything
10:25 they know behind.
10:26 It says that when children lose their homes, they lose almost everything, their access
10:32 to health care, education, food and safety.
10:37 In the Gaza Strip, as of the end of 2023, the proportion of the population displaced
10:43 within the enclave in just 10 weeks was one of the highest recorded globally.
10:47 With these latest figures, Save the Children is underlining the need for children around
10:53 the world to be supported.
10:54 It says they need not only vital supplies, but also security, education, shelter, health,
11:00 a place to play, laugh and learn, just a few things many of us take for granted.
11:06 The European Commission has said it is formally investigating TikTok.
11:15 The commission wants to make sure the app is complying with the Digital Services Act,
11:19 which took effect last year.
11:21 It also wants to analyse if TikTok is sufficiently protecting minors.
11:25 The app's measures to stop minors from finding inappropriate content might not be "reasonable,
11:31 proportionate and effective."
11:33 The commission also wants to investigate TikTok's transparency, especially when it comes to
11:38 advertising on the platform.
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