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00:00Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania connected to the EU's electricity system,
00:05meaning they no longer rely on Russian electricity.
00:10Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania connected up to the EU's electricity system on Sunday,
00:17with the ceremony highlighting the significance of no longer having to rely on Russia for their
00:22electricity. The Baltic states are now using electricity supplied via Finland, Sweden and
00:28Poland after Russia had supplied them for decades. These chains of power lines
00:36linking you to hostile neighbours will be a thing of the past. This is freedom,
00:44freedom from threats, freedom from blackmails. You were warning us that the cheap gas
00:53brought from Russia has a hidden cost. Andrzej Duda, the president of Poland,
01:00where the EU electricity mainly comes from, said it also significantly strengthens Polish
01:06security and sovereignty. The Baltic states are all NATO members and their historic ties
01:11with Russia have been tense since declaring independence from the USSR in 1990.
01:16The far-right Patriots for Europe party wants to be the new normal in Brussels and across the EU.
01:27Its leaders have gathered in Madrid for a two-day summit to map out a strategy to
01:32take over the Socialists, Liberal and European People's Party. Geert Wilders,
01:38leader of the PVV party in the Netherlands, sent a message to all world leaders saying
01:44that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history now.
01:49Yes, we will make Europe great again because we are victorious. We are victorious because
01:58we are winning the elections and our people are demanding change.
02:06Geert also said that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history now.
02:11Patriots for Europe includes the likes of Marine Le Pen's national rally,
02:16Viktor Orban's Fidesz, Matteo Salvini's Lega and Geert Wilders.
02:20But only Orban currently holds a seat in the Council of the EU.
02:24Patriots for Europe aim to gain majorities in national governments and EU decision-making
02:30to replicate Trump's Make America Great Again in Europe,
02:34adapting US and Latin American policies to EU member states.
02:41More than 200,000 protesters have rallied in Munich against far-right extremism ahead
02:51of the country's snap elections. The far-right Alternative for Germany party is currently in
02:57second place in the polls. That sparked widespread protests across the country before voters head to
03:03the ballot box on the 23rd of February. Activists said they hoped the rally would draw attention to
03:09other far-right parties in Europe and the new administration of US President Donald Trump.
03:14The 12-year-old AFD has consistently denied it's racist and in March last year called party members
03:20from immigrant backgrounds to testify in court that it isn't. But one of its key manifesto promises
03:27published last month is re-migration, a phrase long used in far-right circles to describe the
03:32mass deportations of immigrants. Some of the party's other manifesto pledges have proved
03:38equally controversial, such as the abolition of the euro and the reintroduction of military
03:43conscription. Israel says its forces have now withdrawn from a key Gaza corridor, which means
03:53thousands of Gazans can now return home. The Netzerim corridor, which splits the Gaza Strip
03:59down the middle, is located just south of Gaza City. The withdrawal from the six-kilometer-long
04:06strip of land that was used as a military zone was part of the ceasefire deal with Hamas.
04:11When the ceasefire began, Israel had allowed Palestinians to cross Netzerim on their journey
04:16home to the north. At that time, hundreds of thousands streamed across Gaza on foot or in
04:21vehicles. At the moment, both sides appear to have made little progress negotiating the second phase
04:27of the ceasefire. It's meant to extend the truce and see more Israeli hostages released by Hamas.
04:33On Saturday, three Israeli hostages held by Hamas were exchanged for 183 Palestinian
04:39prisoners held in Israeli prisons. It was the fifth exchange so far.