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00:00Authorities on the Canary Islands say around 183 migrants, including 24 women and seven
00:06minors, reached its coast on Saturday on two boats.
00:10Local officials said the migrant boats had been intercepted on their way to the port
00:15of Nels.
00:16Spain's Sea Search and Rescue Agency and the Red Cross said they received the migrants
00:21with clothes, blankets and food.
00:23According to the Spanish Interior Ministry, Spain received 63,970 irregular migrants last
00:30year, the vast majority in the Canaries.
00:35Thousands of people in Slovakia have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister
00:40Robert Fitzel's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
00:44The protest, held on Friday in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, saw around 4,000 protesters
00:50gathered in front of the government office.
00:53Prime Minister Fitzel met with Putin in December.
00:55During the meeting, Fitzel proposed Slovakia as a potential neutral platform for Russia-Ukraine
01:01negotiations.
01:02His controversial moves toward Moscow have sparked a wave of condemnation.
01:12Officials in Montenegro have begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman
01:17shot and killed 12 people on New Year's Day.
01:20An emergency session of the National Security Council is expected to call for new gun laws
01:25and urgent action to confiscate illegal weapons.
01:29State broadcaster RTCG reported that Montenegro is sixth in the world when it comes to the
01:34number of illegal weapons per capita.
01:37The shooting happened on Wednesday in the central town of Cetinje when a man started
01:41a rampage after a bar brawl, killing 12 and wounding at least four others.
01:46The man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died after shooting himself in the head.
01:52Visiting Cetinje on Thursday, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a tightening of rules
01:57on weapons possession.
01:59Montenegro, which has a population of around 620,000, is known for its gun culture and
02:05many people own weapons.
02:12Iran has warned Italy that it risks harming bilateral relations if it doesn't release
02:17an Iranian citizen arrested on a U.S. warrant.
02:20Mohamed Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan airport on the 16th of December.
02:27The U.S. Justice Department accuses him of supplying Iran with the drone technology used
02:32in a January 2024 attack in Jordan that killed three American troops.
02:38Three days later, the Italian reporter Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran.
02:44She arrived in the country on the 13th of December on a journalist's visa and was arrested
02:48on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic.
02:53Italian commentators have speculated that Iran is holding Sala as a bargaining chip
02:57to ensure Abedini's release.
03:00Iran's foreign ministry said Abedini's arrest was an illegal act that's done based on the
03:05U.S. demand.
03:11Hospitals reinforcing special units as flu wave has taken over Europe and spares no region
03:15or age group.
03:16Some countries like France has experienced a rise in the flu epidemic over the past week
03:20since Christmas.
03:31Children under 15 and patients over 60 suffer the worst symptoms, including severe respiratory
03:36difficulties.
03:38Incidence rate of influenza, broncholitis and COVID-19 are also on the rise in Spain.
03:43The worst is expected from next week onwards and health workers warn that health care systems
03:48need to be prepared for that.
03:50In Hungary, compulsory mask wearing and visiting ban has been introduced in clinics.
03:56Four people died of flu-related symptoms in Romania.
03:59The National Institute of Public Health reports that more than 4,100 cases were officially
04:04recorded last week, almost double more than the week before.
04:07This year, the most widespread flu so far is influenza B, which causes high fever, aching
04:12limbs and coughs.
04:18Thousands of protesters gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to demand the immediate
04:22arrest of impeached South Korean President Yun Suk-yil.
04:27Those gathered condemned Yun after he defied attempts by South Korean investigators to
04:32detain him on Friday.
04:34The country's anti-corruption agency said it withdrew its investigators after the Presidential
04:39Security Service blocked them from entering Yun's residence for hours.
04:44It was the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics.