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00:00Official results of the Croatian presidential runoff show that Zoran Milanovic won the election
00:06with an overwhelming majority.
00:12Ukrainian forces shot down 60 Russian attack drones overnight in the aftermath of Saturday
00:17strikes on Donetsk.
00:21Ukrainian security says the arrest of two North Korean soldiers in Kursk is indisputable evidence
00:26of Pyongyang's involvement in the war.
00:32Thousands of Romanians took to the streets in Bucharest to call for new elections after
00:36the recent vote was annulled.
00:42Authorities in Strasbourg say dozens of people have been injured after two trams collided
00:47in the city centre.
00:50European and Arab diplomats meet in Saudi Arabia to discuss Syria's future after the
00:55fall of the Assad regime.
01:03Official results of the Croatian presidential runoff show that Zoran Milanovic won the election
01:09with an overwhelming majority.
01:11With nearly 74 percent of the vote, he is far ahead of his opponent, Dragan Primarac,
01:17who received 26 percent.
01:47As Ukraine's Donetsk region was dealing with the aftermath of Saturday's Russian strike,
02:11Ukrainian forces shot down 60 Russian attack drones overnight, the air force reported on
02:17Sunday.
02:18It said Russia launched a total of 94 drones from bases in the Russian territories of Milorovo,
02:24Oryol, Bryansk and Kursk.
02:27Falling debris from downed drones caused damage to several residential houses in the Kharkiv,
02:32Sumy and Poltava regions, the air force said, but reported no casualties.
02:38From Saturday to Sunday, over 130 people were evacuated from the frontline area of Donetsk,
02:43its governor reported.
02:45He said Russian troops shelled the settlements of Donetsk 20 times throughout Saturday, killing
02:49one person.
02:52Russian troops continue to advance on the eastern front.
02:55On Sunday, Russia's Ministry of Defense claimed it took three settlements in the eastern Donbass
03:00region.
03:06A spokesperson for Ukraine's security service has said the arrest of two North Korean soldiers
03:11in Kursk is indisputable evidence of Pyongyang's involvement in the war.
03:17The two unnamed men were captured by Ukrainian forces on Saturday and have since reportedly
03:22been sent to Kiev for questioning.
03:25Artem Dektyarenko said one of the men was carrying a Russian military ID card issued
03:30in the name of a different person.
03:33Video released by the SSU purports to show the two men in detention apparently in Kiev.
03:40In his nightly video address, President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed the two North Koreans were
03:44being questioned by investigators with the help of Korean translators.
03:49Zelensky said their presence on the battlefield is proof of Russia doing everything to prolong
03:54and escalate the war.
03:57There's been no comment from Pyongyang about the capture of the two soldiers.
04:06Thousands of supporters of the right-wing Alliance for the Unity of Romanians attended
04:11demonstrations in Bucharest on Sunday, calling for new presidential elections after the recent
04:16vote was annulled.
04:18The party's leader, George Simeon, organized the march, calling on his supporters to protest
04:23against the decision.
04:26Kalin Dzerzhesky, a right-wing populist, came first in the first round of the presidential
04:30race.
04:31But allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference led to the unprecedented
04:36move by the Constitutional Court to cancel the second round and annul the race.
04:42It came as Romania's outgoing president, Claus Ioannis, tasked the incumbent Prime Minister
04:47Marcel Ciolacu with leading a new pro-European coalition government.
04:53He said he will stay in office until his successor is appointed, and has called on Romanians
04:57to respect the court's ruling.
05:07Authorities in the eastern city of Strasbourg say dozens of people have been injured after
05:11two trams collided.
05:13The accident happened during the afternoon in a tunnel near the city's central train
05:17station.
05:19No one was seriously hurt, but fire and rescue officials say an additional 100 people have
05:24been assessed for shock and stress.
05:27Emergency services deployed 130 firefighters, 50 rescue vehicles and established a wide
05:33safety perimeter.
05:36The exact cause of the collision was unclear, but local media reported that one of the trams
05:40was reversing at the time.
05:43Cleanup operations continued into the evening, and residents were advised to avoid the area
05:48around the train station.
05:51Local media say Strasbourg was the first major French city to reinstate tram services in
05:561994 and hadn't experienced a significant accident until now.
06:05European and Middle Eastern diplomats have met in Saudi Arabia on Sunday to discuss Syria's
06:11future after the fall of the Assad regime in December.
06:15According to the UN, seven in ten Syrians are in need of aid, the delivery of which
06:20is complicated by sanctions.
06:22The EU's top diplomat, Kayyak Halas, underlined the union's priorities, which would be prerequisite
06:28for the lifting of sanctions.
06:29In Syria, there are a lot of different groups, so it has to include all those groups.
06:37We also want to see no radicalization.
06:41We want to see inclusiveness of women also in the process.
06:46Germany's foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, called for a, quote, smart approach
06:51to the sanctions that would enable aid to reach Syrian civilians.
06:55She also announced an additional 50 million euros in aid for food, emergency shelters
07:00and medical care.
07:02EU foreign ministers are due to meet on the 27th of January to discuss the sanctions against
07:07Syria.
07:13Three people were killed in an avalanche above the town of Traschera in Italy's region of
07:18Piedmont on Sunday.
07:20In total, five people were hit.
07:23Two survivors were taken to a local hospital by helicopter.
07:27They are reportedly the ones who alerted the rescue services.
07:31The breakup of the avalanche occurred near the border between Italy and Switzerland.
07:36It was not clear whether the five people were skiing off-piste or whether they were hikers
07:40on snowshoes.
07:47The sale of non-alcoholic specialty beer is on the rise in the Netherlands.
07:52Recent research shows that one in 12 beers in Dutch supermarkets is now alcohol-free.
07:58Some Dutch brewers are making it their main source of income, such as Van de Streek beer
08:02in the city of Utrecht.
08:05Its founder, Ronald van de Streek, says the low-alcohol variety is just as good as an
08:09alcoholic beer.
08:11Many student associations in the Netherlands are trying to stimulate drinking non-alcoholic
08:31beer to combat alcohol overconsumption.
08:34At this student bar in Eindhoven, more and more students are now choosing it.
08:39Every week we sell a few shots of it and it's really good.
08:43I myself now drink a beer like this more and more often with Dry January.
08:46I don't expect alcohol to completely disappear as a society, and I don't think we should
08:50expect that.
08:51I think we should accept that if someone makes the choice not to drink alcohol, it should
08:57be okay if you're back in the bar with your 0.0.
08:59The latest figures from the Dutch Brewers Association show that 5.8 percent of all beers
09:04sold in 2019 was alcohol-free.
09:07In 2023, that rose to 7 percent.
09:11Brewers are hoping to increase that number to 10 percent by 2030.
09:38This is a feature movie based on a true story about a real man, a citizen of Kazakhstan,
09:46Konstantin Hudauskas, who saved more than 200 people from butchery and other occupied
09:52territory in the spring of 2022.
09:57We try to show what happened in that time.
10:01All Ukrainian characters in this movie, their stories are real.
10:05I, as a screenwriter, met with them, they told me their stories, and we tried to show
10:14what happened in Ukraine.
10:16Is it fair to say that that was the hardest job that you have done?
10:21Yes, I was a comedy writer before this job.
10:27I have been working with Volodymyr Zelensky for 15 years when he was still an actor.
10:32I wrote some comedy movies, but when they were started, I was a volunteer, but I wanted
10:38to do what I can do the best, shooting.
10:42And when I heard from the news story, I understood that this story will resonate with every person
10:47in the world because it's very interesting.
10:50When Ukrainians save Ukrainians, it's understandable.
10:54But when a citizen of Kazakhstan, he's a Lithuanian Jew who can go to another country, decided
11:00to stay in Ukraine and to save Ukrainians or to risk his life, it's a powerful message
11:07that nobody can stand aside when such evil things happen.
11:12I think it's a very nice product which we can show worldwide, and Ukrainian cinema should
11:24be proud of such type of movies.
11:27This is a film about human beings.
11:30The human choice is something which you cannot ignore, because if you have at least a little
11:36bit of humanity in your heart, it will touch you.