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00:00Almost 400 migrants were rescued off the coast of the Canary Islands, according to local authorities.
00:11The European Investment Bank announced hundreds of millions of euro in new financial support for Ukraine's recovery and development.
00:22Following the results of Kosovo's parliamentary election, multiple challenges are ahead for the country's next government.
00:30On the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris, the military community gathered to discuss how AI is impacting conflicts around the world.
00:45Hundreds of migrants were rescued off the coast of the Canary Islands.
00:50Most of the 389 migrants were men, but there were also 46 women and five minors on board, according to local authorities.
00:59Five of the rescued boats were heading to Lanzarote, while two were heading to the island of El Hierro.
01:06More than 43,000 migrants arrived to the Canary Islands in 2024, a record-breaking figure.
01:13Last year, European politics took a turn to the right, particularly after EU elections in June.
01:19As such, many EU member states have started to update their migration policies, just as migration also comes to the top of the European Council's agenda.
01:29In a letter to EU member states, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed speeding up the return of asylum seekers and opening detention centres in third countries.
01:40The European Union's lending arm announced hundreds of millions of euro in new financial support for Ukraine's recovery and development.
01:49Additionally, nearly 500 million euro will be channeled through major Ukrainian banks to support small and medium-sized enterprises, including those operating near the front lines.
02:02Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and European Investment Bank President Nadia Calvino held a joint conference in Kyiv following their discussions on support for Ukraine.
02:16Ukraine is obviously our top priority right now. Our commitment to Ukraine is unwavering, and the European Investment Bank is one of the main, if not the main, investment partner to the country right now.
02:32We have accelerated the deployment of these projects on the ground, and I am happy that today we have been able to sign agreements to mobilize around one billion euros in investment.
02:44Zelensky also discussed meeting with members of the Trump administration before an upcoming conference on international security.
02:53This week there will be some people from President Trump's team in Ukraine before the Munich conference.
03:06After the Munich conference I will have a number of meetings with the Vice President and President Trump's team.
03:16Trump's national security adviser said that representatives will meet with European officials this week about how to end the war in Ukraine.
03:29Russia launched a wave of overnight drone attacks on several Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv as well as cities in the Donetsk and Sumy regions.
03:39The armed forces of Ukraine said the Russian army launched 83 drones.
03:44One of those struck near a high-rise building in a residential area in Sumy, damaging several houses and dozens of vehicles.
03:5165 residents were evacuated and one woman was injured. No casualties were reported.
03:57It was very hard. I thought it was the end. I counted three, two, one. Now it's probably over.
04:03It was sharp, scary. The dogs were bright, the windows were shaking, everything was shaking. There was a feeling as if the smoke had risen.
04:26Some equipment was lost. Lighting equipment and some instruments were lost. Fortunately, most were rescued.
04:45Also, Kyiv was struck where a drone attack sparked a fire in a non-residential building. The mayor reported no injuries.
04:53Meanwhile, in Russia, authorities said debris of a Ukrainian drone damaged the roof of a 19-story residential complex in Krasnodar. They reported no injuries or casualties.
05:09Kosovo's Prime Minister Albin Kurdi's left-wing party won most seats in this weekend's parliamentary election.
05:16But his new term will face multiple challenges, including the revival of talks on normalizing relations with Serbia, a key issue in repairing ties with the EU and US.
05:27The Trump administration, they did not still make any statement about the dialogue, whether they want to engage or not, or to support it or not.
05:34And the EU has led the process in a way which was not at all convincing, let's say, to the parties. No Belgrade, no Pristina ever believes that the EU is firm, that it will provide any stick or carrot to incentivize parties to engage constructively in dialogue.
05:55Kurdi is also under pressure to increase public salaries and pensions, improve education and health services, and fight poverty.
06:03Left without a majority in the House, Kurdi's party will have to look for an ally to form the next government.
06:09The lack of a clear majority in Pristina and the divisions among the United States and the European Union on how to deal with the tension in the Western Balkans seems to create a very difficult perspective when it comes to re-establish a dialogue between Pristina, Belgrade and the Serbian community of Kosovo.
06:34Romania's President Claus Ioannis announced his resignation on Monday, two months after a top court annulled the country's presidential election.
06:44Following the resignation, demonstrators doubled down on their demands. Ioannis had served two five-year terms, but his presidency was extended in December.
06:53To protect Romania and the citizens of Romania from this crisis, from this useless and negative evolution, I resign as President of Romania.
07:10The demonstrations against him continued in Bucharest after the announcement.
07:14Romania plunged into turmoil after Carlin Dujescu, a far-right ultra-nationalist, won the first round of the country's presidential election only for allegations of electoral violations and Russian interference to emerge.
07:45U.S. President Donald Trump said that the ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas should be cancelled if Hamas doesn't release all the remaining hostages by midday on Saturday.
07:58The militant group accused Israel of not holding up its end of the deal and said the delay served as a warning signal, giving mediators five days to pressure Israel to act.
08:09Well, I would say this, and I'm going to let that be because that's Israel's decision, but as far as I'm concerned, if all of the hostages aren't returned by Saturday at 12 o'clock, I think it's an appropriate time, I would say cancel it and all bets are off and let hell break out.
08:29When a reporter asked if he would consider withholding aid from Jordan and Egypt if they don't agree to take in Palestinians, Trump said he would.
08:38Yeah, maybe. Sure, why not? You mean if they don't agree? If they don't agree, I would conceivably withhold aid, yeah.
08:47Trump's latest comment comes shortly after he doubled down on his plan to buy Gaza, which drew international backlash.
08:54A Hamas spokesperson said the next release of Israeli hostages will be delayed, accusing Israel of repeatedly violating the ceasefire agreement.
09:09The next exchange, scheduled for Saturday, called for three more Israeli hostages to be freed in exchange for hundreds of Palestinian prisoners.
09:18Hamas says the Israeli military has targeted Palestinians with shelling and gunfire and failed to facilitate the entry of humanitarian aid as agreed.
09:28Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz responded by saying the delay itself was a violation of the ceasefire agreement and instructed the Israeli military to be on high alert.
09:40Another Israeli official said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pushed forward a meeting with a security cabinet to Tuesday morning.
09:48The hostages and missing family forum, which represents many of the hostage families, called on mediating countries to restore the existing deal.
10:04On the sidelines of the Artificial Intelligence Summit in Paris, the military community gathered to discuss how AI is impacting conflicts around the world.
10:13President Macron has been urging France and the EU to step up their AI efforts, especially within the defense field.
10:21But one of the main obstacles to increased EU cooperation is data.
10:26To be effective, algorithms require many sets of different kinds of data, some of which arms producers are reluctant to share.
10:44A NATO commander said today's conflicts, such as Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, demonstrate that Alliance members don't have a choice but to keep up with the pace.
10:55So the ability to adapt to a course of action, enemy course of action, is really important. You see that in Ukraine. So it's a matter of, it's a question of life.
11:04If you do not adapt at speed and at scale, then you die.
11:07For the Allied side, it is the interoperability to ensure that the 32 Allies can work together with confidence in the data in their use, with rules of engagement that are understood by all,
11:19and that the data flows that are produced by the various Allies can mix, can participate in the same situation.
11:28The summit is already creating EU military cooperation.
11:31Helsing, a German-based company specialised in defence, teamed up with Mistral AI, a French AI start-up, to develop next-generation AI systems for EU defence.