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00:0028 Afghan nationals were deported from Germany for the first time since the Taliban returned
00:06to power in 2021.
00:12Emmanuel Macron signs a deal with Alexander Vucic to sell Serbia 12 Rafale fighter jets.
00:24Russia launched a guide bomb attack on Kharkiv Friday afternoon, killing five people and
00:30wounding scores more.
00:34Germany deported 28 Afghan nationals with criminal records back to their homeland for
00:39the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
00:45The deportees were described by a government spokesperson as convicted criminals who did
00:51not have the right to stay in Germany and against whom deportation orders had been issued.
00:58Those deported reportedly had convictions for rape, serious arson and manslaughter.
01:05German Chancellor Olaf Scholz described the move as a clear sign that those who commit
01:09crimes cannot count on Germany not deporting them.
01:13However, the move has been met with criticism.
01:20Amnesty International's German branch said the government had bowed to political pressure
01:24during an election campaign and that Afghanistan was not safe, so deportations there violate
01:30international law.
01:36French President Emmanuel Macron has signed a deal with President Alexander Vucic to sell
01:40Serbia 12 Rafale fighter jets.
01:44The announcement was made during a news conference in Belgrade during Macron's visit to strengthen
01:49Serbia's ties with the European Union.
01:52Macron called the deal historic and important.
02:13Serbia needs to upgrade its fleet and Vucic said the Rafale deal was huge news.
02:19The total value of the deal is 2.7 billion, 12 completely new aircraft will be owned by
02:26the Republic of Serbia.
02:34Russia has been the traditional supplier of military aircraft to Serbia, which has refused
02:38to join international sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine.
02:43Macron warned that after the Russian invasion, Serbia's balancing game between world powers
02:48was an illusion.
02:50He said Serbia will only be able to protect its interests and preserve its identity as
02:54part of the EU.
03:19But selling Rafales to Russian ally Serbia, which has occasionally expressed an aggressive
03:27stance towards its Balkan neighbors, has raised some concerns.
03:32One of those is how France plans to prevent sophisticated Rafale technology from being
03:36shared with Russia.
03:48Meteorologies across the Reykjanes Peninsula as a volcano in southwest Iceland continues
03:53to erupt.
03:54The Icelandic Meteorological Agency said jets from the latest eruption have been particularly
04:00high and that's spread the so-called witch's hair over a wide area.
04:04The Iceland Review travel website says as it's essentially fiberglass, witch's hair
04:09shouldn't be touched with bare hands.
04:12The eruption, which began on August 22 following a series of earthquakes, continues to pull
04:18in international visitors to Iceland.
04:21This is the sixth time the volcano on the Reykjanes Peninsula has erupted since December.
04:27Authorities say the eruption's effects remain localized with road closures but don't threaten
04:32the population.
04:34Iceland, which sits above a volcanic hotspot in the North Atlantic, averages one eruption
04:39every four to five years.
04:42The most disruptive in recent times was the 2010 eruption, which sent clouds of ash into
04:47the atmosphere and disrupted air travel for months.