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00:00Ukrainian drone attacks struck some of Russia's largest oil and gas production plants, causing
00:06major fires and leaving them on standby.
00:10Trump threatens to impose trade tariffs on the EU and the UK, but appears to take a softer
00:16tone towards British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
00:24Will the French Prime Minister François Beyrouz's recently appointed government survive a no-confidence
00:29vote?
00:30After forcing this year's long-overdue budget plan through Parliament without a vote on
00:35Monday afternoon, Beyrouz now faces a no-confidence motion as early as Wednesday.
00:42A total of 288 votes are needed from MPs to successfully topple the government.
00:48And for the moment, it's the hard-left France Unbowed Party that said that they will be
00:52putting forward two separate motions, one against the budget plan and another one against
00:58the social security budget.
01:00As a reminder, Beyrouz's predecessor, Michel Barnier, was ousted in December after the
01:06far-right and the left-wing coalition, the NFP, joined forces.
01:11However, this time, the Socialist Party, part of the NFP, said on Monday that it has chosen
01:17not to vote against Beyrouz just yet.
01:20The far-right National Rally Party told us that they're still hesitating, but that they
01:24will make a decision by Wednesday afternoon.
01:27But without this crucial socialist vote, it looks like Beyrouz might be able to survive
01:33a confidence vote this week, meaning that the budget plan could be adopted as early
01:39as end of February.
01:42This contentious bill plans to cut an eye-watering EUR 30 billion and raise taxes by EUR 20 billion.
01:51France has been under pressure from the EU for its public deficit, reaching 6% in 2024,
01:59more than double the percentage allowed by Brussels.
02:03Sofia Katsenkova reporting from Paris for Euronews.
02:10Ukrainian long-range drones struck one of Russia's biggest gas processing plants in
02:16Astrakhan, Kyiv said on Monday.
02:19According to the head of Russia's Astrakhan region, the strike triggered fires at the
02:24energy plant.
02:25The facility, one of Russia's main supplier of sulphur for explosives, was put on standby.
02:33More fires broke out after another attack on Russia's largest oil refineries, the second
02:38in three days targeting a major facility in the Volgograd region.
02:43The strike disrupted flights from the Volga region to the Caucasus mountains.
02:48Meanwhile, Russian strikes killed one person in the southern city of Kherson and injured
02:5414 over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials.
02:58Kherson's military also reported that Russia attacked a passenger bus using drones and
03:04injuring five people.
03:09Hundreds of people scrambled to leave the Greek island of Santorini by ferry on Monday
03:14after an increase in seismic activity raised concerns about a potential powerful earthquake.
03:21Local officials said six tremors, whose magnitude exceeded 4.9 on the Richter scale, were recorded
03:27on the island and off the coast of Amogos Islands.
03:32Authorities banned access to some seaside areas.
03:36Seismic activity will not cease in the next few days.
03:41It will continue for a few more days, maybe for a few more weeks, given that we have to
03:47go through an extremely complex process of developing the phenomenon.
03:52The frequency of the quakes has worried residents.
03:55According to the University of Athens Seismological Laboratory, more than 280 earthquakes were
04:02recorded across Greek islands over the past three days.
04:05Santorini, a premier tourism destination, draws more than 3 million visitors annually
04:12to its whitewashed scenic villages.
04:19The revival of US President Donald Trump's demand to acquire Greenland has cast a light
04:24on long-standing difficult relations between Copenhagen and Nuuk, as well as reignited
04:30calls for independence.
04:32It's also laid bare the country's importance as a semi-autonomous Danish state loaded with
04:37critical minerals, a highly lucrative fishing industry and a vital Arctic location.
04:42Malina Abelson is chair of Greenland's largest company, Royal Greenland.
04:47It's a state-owned fishing company representing over 95% of Greenland's exports.
04:53She says Greenland will work with other countries based on equal footing.
04:57I think the Greenlanders are also very worried.
05:00The news poll just came out that also said that no one really wants to be bought by the
05:05US.
05:06I mean, the whole abrupt way of coming forward and saying that I want to buy Greenland, it's
05:11like we're not for sale.
05:12We're not playing Monopoly here in this world.
05:14Actually, we are a people living in here, living in Greenland.
05:18So I think the whole way of talking about that is just not the way we would like to
05:24talk with an allied partner.
05:27Elections are due to take place in April where the future of Greenland as an independent
05:31state will no doubt take centre stage.
05:33However, what's not clear is exactly what independence means and whether the EU is to
05:38be invited to play a significant role in Greenland's future.
05:42A delegation from the Renew Group in the European Parliament met with members of the
05:46government as well as private and public industries and academics.
05:50They say Europe will stand by Greenland and respect its citizens' future aspirations.
05:55I do understand the desire to have more autonomy, but I also want to make clear that, I mean,
06:04even Denmark, even France, even Germany, no country nowadays can really talk about, you
06:10know, we can do everything on our own.
06:12We need to stick together.
06:14I wouldn't say that Denmark has been letting Greenland down, but probably we have not paid
06:18enough attention and at least I do recognise the fact that, you know, being more eye to
06:24eye in the way that we talk together, I do think there's something there to be worked on.
06:30Both the government here in Greenland and the EU are treading carefully when it comes
06:34to Trump's demands.
06:35They realise that America's overtures to resource-rich Greenland is spurring on the
06:40independence movement.
06:42Moreover, they're deeply concerned that an ally is threatening to take over territory.
06:47Shona Murray, Euronews, Nuuk, Greenland.
06:53US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his trade war on Sunday, turning his attention
06:59across the Atlantic.
07:01He told reporters import taxes will, quote, definitely happen with the European Union
07:06and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.
07:09The UK is out of line, but I'm sure that one, I think that one can be worked out.
07:14But the European Union is, it's an atrocity.
07:20While striking a firm tone with the EU, Trump sounded more conciliatory towards Britain
07:25and its new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.
07:29Well, Prime Minister Starmer has been very nice.
07:31We've had a couple of meetings.
07:33We've had numerous phone calls.
07:35We're getting along very well.
07:37We'll see whether or not we can balance out our budget.
07:39With the European Union, it's a $350 billion deficit.
07:46So obviously something's going to take place there.
07:50Trump's comments came just a day after world leaders in Mexico and Canada ordered retaliatory
07:55tariffs on American goods and put a strain on recovering EU-UK relations.
08:01Starmer is meeting with EU leaders in Brussels on Monday as he aims to, quote, reset relations
08:07with the bloc.
08:12At least 19 people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a car bomb exploded
08:19on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria.
08:22Local defence authorities said the car on the outskirts of the city of Manjib detonated
08:27next to a vehicle carrying agricultural workers.
08:31According to the emergency officials, the dead included 18 women and one man, while
08:37around 15 women were wounded in the explosion.
08:40There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
08:44It was the second deadly car bomb explosion in the area in three days.
08:49On Saturday, local media reported four civilians were killed and nine others were injured by
08:56a blast in Manjib's city centre.
08:59Manjib in north-eastern Aleppo province continues to experience violence even after the downfall
09:05of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
09:12With less than a month until the German elections, MPs are warning that authoritarian states,
09:18including Russia, are using disinformation to stoke instability.
09:22The German foreign ministry identified the doppelganger group of being behind fake news
09:27social media accounts in Germany.
09:29CSU politician Thomas Erndl confirmed that the government is aware Russia is trying to
09:35influence elections in Europe, especially in Poland and in Germany.
09:57Euronews requested a comment from the Russian embassy in Berlin regarding the allegations,
10:13but received no response before publication.
10:27Green politician Konstantin von Notz told Euronews
10:55that authoritarian states like Russia and China export democratic vulnerabilities through disinformation.
11:26Erndl recommends strong European coordination to tackle disinformation, especially if perpetrators
11:32are located abroad.
11:34Von Notz criticizes both the EU and German Interior Ministry for failing to tackle the
11:39problem of disinformation adequately.