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00:00The annual G7 summit has come to an end.
00:04The alliance agreed on 11 resolutions including a 46 billion euro loan to Ukraine.
00:10About 50 government officials are gathering in Switzerland for a peace summit to plot
00:15out an end to the war in Ukraine.
00:21Pro-Russian politician Peter Pellegrini has been inaugurated as Slovakia's new president.
00:33As the final day of the annual G7 summit winds up, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney
00:40said she is proud of the meeting's achievements.
00:43Alliance leaders met in Bari, southern Italy and agreed on 11 resolutions, most notably
00:49providing Ukraine financial support in its fights against Russia and developing a counter-smuggling
00:54coalition to stem irregular migration.
00:58Maloney's far-right Brothers of Italy party stormed the recent European parliamentary
01:02elections and she used her time at the G7 lectern to speak about the hemicycle.
01:08In the G7, a final press conference, Giorgia Maloney hailed the summit as a success and
01:12after speaking about the final declaration's achievements, she made a comment on the EU
01:17vote.
01:18Speaking about the possibility of the re-election of Manderlein as president of the EU commission,
01:23she said that the proposal for the presidency of the commission belongs to the EPP party
01:28having won the most seats and that a meeting to discuss the issue will be held in Rome
01:34on Monday.
01:35Adding that, quote, when the proposal arrives, we will make our assessments.
01:40Giorgia Orlandi for Euronews in Bari.
01:47At the opening of high-level peace talks in Switzerland, Ukrainian President Volodymyr
01:52Zelenskyy branded the gathering as a success.
01:57Up to 50 government officials were invited to plot out an end to the war in Ukraine at
02:02the Stanstatt event, except Russia.
02:07Everything that will be agreed upon at the summit today will be part of the peacemaking
02:13process that we all need.
02:16I believe that we will witness history being made here at the summit.
02:22Thank you for your support and may a just peace be established as soon as possible.
02:30Analysts warn that the ambitious talks may be pointless as Russia, which recently presented
02:36a rejected ceasefire proposal, was not invited.
02:40Russian President Vladimir Putin said the event was a distraction.
02:47Peter Pellegrini has been sworn in as Slovakia's new president in national parliament, the
02:53sixth since Slovakia gained independence in 1993.
02:58The 48-year-old is considered pro-Russian and an ally of the new prime minister, Robert
03:03Fico.
03:05Pellegrini called for national and European unity during his maiden speech.
03:11We are one nation, one society, one Slovakia, he said, adding that developing the country's
03:16relationships with its European neighbours, Poland, Austria and Hungary, is a priority.
03:23Populist leader Fico didn't attend the ceremony as he's recovering from a failed assassination
03:28attempt in May.
03:30Pellegrini beat pro-Western career diplomat Ivan Korchok in the presidential runoff, with
03:35his victory cementing Fico's grip on power by giving him major strategic posts.
03:47South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has been re-elected by lawmakers for a second
03:52term.
03:53The former anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman has held the
03:58top job since 2018.
04:00He was re-elected as his party, Nelson Mandela's famed African National Congress, struck a
04:05deal with the main opposition before the final vote.
04:08Ramaphosa won 283 votes in the 400-member house.
04:13Despite the win, analysts warn there could be complications ahead for his coalition.
04:22Kate Middleton has made her first public appearance since being diagnosed with cancer.
04:28The Princess of Wales announced in March she was being treated for an unspecified form
04:32of cancer and retreated from public life.
04:36The 42-year-old recently said she was making good progress with her treatment.
04:41King Charles III, also battling an unspecified form of cancer, was similarly in attendance.
04:48Kate watched the Trooping the Colour event from a building overlooking the parade grounds.