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00:00A New Mexico judge dismisses the manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin over the withholding
00:07of evidence by prosecutors.
00:11Freddie Bolleri will be temporarily freed from Albanian prison to be sworn in as an
00:17MEP.
00:18Berlin gears up for Spain against England in the 2024 Eurofinal on Sunday.
00:35A New Mexico judge has dismissed the involuntary manslaughter case against actor Alec Baldwin
00:40and said it can't be filed again.
00:43Mary Marlowe Sommer dismissed the case with prejudice based on the misconduct of police
00:48and prosecutors over the withholding of evidence from the defense.
00:52The defense argued that prosecutors hid evidence from them about the ammunition that may be
00:57related to the shooting on the film set.
01:00The prosecution said that the ammunition wasn't connected to the case and wasn't hidden.
01:05Sommer put a pause on the trial earlier on Friday while she considered the defense motion
01:10to dismiss the case.
01:12Speaking outside the court in Santa Fe, Special Prosecutor Kari Morrissey said she was disappointed
01:18but respected the court's decision.
01:21Baldwin climbed into an SUV outside the courthouse without speaking to the media.
01:26Cinematographer Helena Hutchins was shot and killed on the set of the film Rust in 2021.
01:35Freddie Bolleri will temporarily leave Albanian prison to be sworn in as an MEP in Strasbourg
01:42according to the Greek public broadcaster ERT.
01:46Bolleri, a member of Albania's ethnically Greek minority, is serving a prison sentence
01:52until October for buying votes in a local election, authorities allege.
01:58The 52-year-old was elected to European Parliament earlier this year.
02:02The center-right Greek New Democracy politician will return to jail following the inaugural
02:08session.
02:10A memorial service has been held in Kyiv for the victims of a Russian missile strike on
02:17a children's hospital on Monday.
02:20Russia's heaviest bombardment on Ukraine's capital in four months killed at least 44
02:25people, including two at the hospital.
02:29Ukraine's largest medical facility for children was caring for 627 patients at the time of
02:35the attack.
02:37A chamber orchestra played in the rubble of the building as part of the service.
02:47A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company's
02:52internet satellites in the wrong orbit.
02:55A Falcon 9 rocket blasted off on Thursday night carrying 20 Starlink satellites.
03:01But minutes into the flight, the upper stage engine malfunctioned.
03:06Russia says the satellites were released, but flight controllers could only make contact
03:11with half of them.
03:13That means they'll re-enter the atmosphere and burn up.
03:20Sunday's match in Berlin marks the first time England will have reached the final on foreign
03:25soil after winning the 1966 World Cup.
03:28This could be the first European Championship the men win, having lost against Italy in
03:33the 2021 finals in London's Wembley.
03:36But what did fans of the host country think of the tournament?
04:06For Spain, the stakes are high as a win on Sunday would mean they are the team who have
04:20won the most titles in tournament history.
04:23Currently, they are tying with Germany for this record.
04:26Sunday's final is the first time that England and Spain will be facing off in a major tournament
04:32since the 1996 Euros.
04:34While Spain are the favourites to win, having taken home three European cups, will England's
04:40men's team be following in the footsteps of their women in becoming the European champions?
04:46Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.