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00:00 For the first time, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for a ceasefire
00:07 in Gaza.
00:10 Chinese involvement in two cyber attacks in the United Kingdom was confirmed by the Deputy
00:16 Prime Minister.
00:24 For the first time in six months of war, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution
00:29 calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
00:32 Fourteen countries voted in favor, with the US abstaining for the first time.
00:36 Following the decision, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu cancelled a high-level
00:41 visit to Washington.
00:59 Israel says it has no moral right to stop the war, while there are still hostages held
01:04 in Gaza, criticizing the ceasefire resolution.
01:28 In the central Gaza Strip, the response from people was immediate, with many rejecting
01:33 the UN's resolution and demanding a permanent ceasefire instead.
01:57 Meanwhile, Palestinians in Deir al-Bala are mourning dozens of victims of Israeli strikes
02:02 in the area overnight.
02:04 World experts project that northern Gaza will face famine in the coming weeks.
02:15 Emergency rescue operations have finished in Kiev after a Russian missile strike, Ukraine's
02:20 emergency services reported.
02:22 Ten people in total were injured due to the shelling, including a teenage girl.
02:27 Two victims were hospitalized, while 25 people are receiving psychological care.
02:32 The missile attack affected Kiev, destroying parts of the Academy decorative and applied
02:37 arts and design building.
02:52 Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was in Kiev taking part in a ceremony marking
02:57 Ramadan, joined by military personnel who practice Islam.
03:23 Zelensky's appearance comes as Moscow intensifies its aerial bombardment of Ukrainian cities,
03:34 launching missiles against Kiev for the third time in five days.
03:42 The Baltic states have marked the 75th anniversary of Soviet mass deportation to Siberia.
03:49 Latvia mourns some 42,000 people who were deported to the eastern Russian province in
03:55 cattle wagons.
03:56 Newborn babies, small children and elderly, many who never saw Latvia again.
04:02 (Speaking in Latvian)
04:28 (Speaking in Latvian)
04:50 Estonia also remembered the four-day wave of deportation, the most aggressive act against
04:56 Estonians by the Soviet Union.
04:58 20,700 people were arrested and put into cattle cars bound for Siberia.
05:05 Hundreds, even thousands of people were later sent after them, making up a total of 3% of
05:11 the Estonian population.
05:17 State-affiliated Chinese actors were involved in two cyber attacks in the United Kingdom,
05:23 according to the country's deputy prime minister.
05:26 Oliver Downs confirmed Chinese involvement during a speech in the UK parliament.
05:36 I can confirm today that Chinese state-affiliated actors were responsible for two malicious cyber
05:44 campaigns targeting both our democratic institutions and parliamentarians.
05:50 A number of our international partners, including the United States, will be issuing similar
05:56 statements to expose this activity and to hold China to account for the ongoing patterns
06:04 of hostile activity targeting our collective democracies.
06:09 Earlier, former British Conservative Party leader Sir Ian Duncan Smith urged the government
06:15 to label China a threat rather than a challenge.
06:21 Responding to the reports, China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said countries should base
06:26 their claims on evidence rather than smear others with factual basis.
06:37 A court in Moscow has extended the detention of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich
06:43 until the 30th of June.
06:45 He is being held on spying charges following his arrest in the city of Yekaterinburg in
06:50 late March last year.
06:52 The 32-year-old journalist denies the charges and the US ambassador, who was in court for
06:58 the latest hearing, says the allegations are categorically untrue.
07:02 Prosecutors involved in the case have yet to reveal what, if any, evidence they have
07:07 to support their claims.
07:13 There has been an outpouring of support for Real Madrid player Vinicius Jr in Spain after
07:18 he broke down in tears at a press conference while discussing racist abuse.
07:25 Vinicius Jr has been the target of verbal abuse on several occasions since joining the
07:29 club in 2018.
07:33 The player said he would not leave the Spanish league but that more and more he was losing
07:38 the desire to play.
07:47 Doctors are reporting that there has been an increase of nasal surgeries due to cocaine
07:51 usage in Belgium.
07:53 Since the end of lockdown, more and more people are coming into surgeries with serious lesions
07:58 in their nose.
07:59 "It is a mucous destruction and cartilage damage.
08:00 The cartilage of the nasal cloisonne and the internal structures.
08:08 This cartilage damage will lead to a narrowing of the nasal pyramid."
08:17 Cocaine causes vasoconstriction, where blood vessels in the nose contract and blood can
08:22 no longer reach the nose.
08:24 When the nasal septum is completely destroyed, doctors can offer the patient rhinoplasty.
08:28 "These are relatively young patients, around 40 years old, sometimes a little older, with
08:35 socio-economic and socio-professional situations that are rather favoured.
08:39 They are staff, teachers, people who work in the banking sector."
08:47 Doctors believe the increasing number of issues is due to increased cocaine usage.
08:52 Brussels and Belgium have seen an uptick in drug-related violence this past year, with
08:57 the federal police dedicating nearly 25% of its investigation capacity to drug-related
09:02 cases.
09:07 Turkish authorities have detained 40 suspected Islamic State militants following the terror
09:12 attack on Moscow's city hall on Friday, which killed at least 137 people.
09:18 More than 2,900 people have been arrested in Turkey on suspicion of belonging to the
09:23 jihadist group since 1st June 2023.
09:30 After the attack in Moscow, Italy joined France in raising its alert level against terrorist
09:34 attacks for Holy Week.
09:36 Italy was already on high alert following the October 7th attacks by Hamas in Israel.
09:41 On Monday in Venice, security protocols were triggered when two bags were found in the
09:45 street but their owners ended up arriving before the bomb squad.
09:52 As the terrorism threat looms large, especially in Europe, France will tighten its security
09:57 in the lead-up to the Paris Olympic Games in the summer.
10:00 According to President Emmanuel Macron, Islamic State has already made several failed attempts
10:05 at attacks on French soil, with two attacks prevented already just this year.
10:12 Terrorist threat levels remain high in Germany, with Berlin on high alert ahead of the European
10:16 football championships in less than three months' time.
10:24 Spain's National Security Council in its latest anti-terrorism report warned the EU faces
10:29 direct risk of violent Islamic extremism as the wars in Gaza and Ukraine continue.
10:41 German Vice-Chancellor and Minister of Economy and Climate Robert Habeck warned that Europe
10:47 must ramp up defence spending during a global conversation with Euronews.
10:52 "You didn't see or you didn't want to see what Putin was doing, how much he was building
10:59 up his armies.
11:00 I don't want to spend money on armies and armaments.
11:05 I can imagine it better for education, for research, for further education, for climate
11:10 protection, for sustainability criteria.
11:12 But we have to do it.
11:14 The time when you don't want to do it is over.
11:17 That's why we have to increase military spending to be able to protect ourselves, to be able
11:23 to give our own European protection guarantee, not just the Americans as a barrier, but we
11:32 have to be more capable ourselves.
11:34 And I don't find it easy to say that.
11:37 The armament spending has increased in the last two years because we have supported Ukraine
11:41 so much.
11:42 In my opinion, they must be compensated for, you have to say something, the recovery of
11:48 the European and at least the German army, to be able to do a little something."
11:52 [SWOOSH]