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00:00The captain of the cargo vessel involved in a collision in the North Sea has been arrested
00:06on suspicion of manslaughter.
00:11Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is arriving in The Hague to face charges of
00:16crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.
00:21The EU is hitting back at US steel and aluminium tariffs with a set of countermeasures targeting
00:26a variety of American products.
00:32The captain of a cargo ship involved in a collision has been arrested in England on
00:36suspicion of manslaughter by gross negligence.
00:40This, after details emerged that the ship had failed several safety checks last year
00:47but was not detained.
00:50The 59-year-old captain is of Russian origin.
00:53The vessel's owner said on Wednesday he has not been named by authorities.
01:00The cargo ship collided on Monday with a US tanker transporting jet fuel in the North
01:04Sea, setting both vessels ablaze.
01:08One sailor from the cargo vessel is missing and presumed dead.
01:12The other 36 crew members from the two vessels were brought safely ashore with no major injuries.
01:20UK authorities say they have so far found no evidence of foul play in the crash.
01:34Former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte is arriving in The Hague on Wednesday to face
01:39charges of crimes against humanity at the International Criminal Court.
01:43He was arrested in Manila a day earlier on orders of the ICC, which has been investigating
01:49the mass killings linked to the former president's deadly crackdown on drugs.
01:54Both protesters and supporters of Duterte gathered in front of the ICC in The Hague
01:58ahead of his arrival.
01:59We were in remembering the time during his administration that basically gave a blanket
02:04immunity and encouraged this culture of terror for anyone who was suspected as a drug user
02:11and there was no due process at all.
02:14There were 30,000 people who were killed randomly without due process, among them more
02:20than 100 were children.
02:22Duterte will be held in a UN prison complex about two kilometers from the ICC.
02:28After he is taken into custody, he could challenge the court's jurisdiction and the admissibility
02:32of the case.
02:34While the Philippines is no longer a member of the ICC, the alleged crimes happened before
02:39Manila withdrew from the court.
02:41The EU is hitting back at U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs with a set of countermeasures targeting
02:51a variety of American products.
02:54In her announcement of the package, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
02:58criticized the Trump administration's decision to raise tariffs to 25 percent, which took
03:04effect on Wednesday.
03:06Tariffs are taxes, they are bad for business and worse for consumers, they are disrupting
03:13supply chains, they bring uncertainty for the economy, jobs are at stake, prices up,
03:21nobody needs that on both sides, neither in the European Union nor in the United States.
03:28Von der Leyen said the countermeasures on 26 billion euros of U.S. goods are a proportionate
03:33response, but also emphasized openness to a negotiated solution.
03:38We firmly believe that in a world fraught with geoeconomic and political uncertainties,
03:47it is not in our common interest to burden our economies with such tariffs.
03:55We are ready to engage in a meaningful dialogue.
03:59The EU countermeasures will be implemented in two phases, starting April 1st to be fully
04:04in place by April 13th.
04:09Greenland's pro-independence, center-right Democratic Party has won the parliamentary
04:14elections, taking home nearly 30 percent of the vote.
04:19It was followed by the more aggressively pro-independence Narellac Party, which won 25 percent.
04:25In third place came the Prime Minister's Inuit Ataketiji Party, with over 21 percent.
04:33The left-wing Sioumut Party came in fourth place, with nearly 15 percent of the vote.
04:39The results suggest the public voted on health care, education, cultural heritage, and social
04:44policies over U.S. President Donald Trump's stated goal of taking control of the island.
04:50Democratic, which is described as pro-business and favors a slow approach to independence
04:55from Denmark, will now get a chance to form a governing coalition via talks with other
05:00parties.
05:07Ukraine agreed to accept a U.S.-proposed immediate 30-day ceasefire in Russia's ongoing invasion
05:13of the Eastern European country.
05:15However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky emphasized that the success of the initiative
05:22depends on Russia's willingness to participate.
05:52Besides the ceasefire proposal, the Trump administration lifted its suspension of military
05:57aid and intelligence sharing for Ukraine.
06:00U.S. President Donald Trump said he hoped the deal could be solidified over the next
06:04few days.
06:05I'll talk to Vladimir Putin.
06:06When will you talk to him?
06:07Look, that's the other way.
06:08It takes two to tango, as they say, right?
06:12So hopefully he'll also agree.
06:14And I really think that would be 75 percent of the way.
06:17The rest is getting it documented.
06:20You know, negotiating land positions, et cetera.
06:23The deal marks a significant change of tone between the U.S. and Ukraine, with both countries
06:28now signaling they are on the same side in ongoing negotiations.
06:37Romania's constitutional court unanimously voted to uphold a decision rejecting ultra-nationalist
06:44Kalin Ceausescu's candidacy in upcoming presidential elections.
06:49Sparking a fresh round of protests by his supporters.
06:56Now, this decision is final and cannot be overturned according to Romanian law, which
07:01left his political allies scrambling to find a suitable replacement in time, especially
07:07since raising the required number of signatures to register a new candidate might prove to
07:12be a challenge.
07:13This weekend, Romania's Central Electoral Committee suspended Ceausescu's application,
07:19stating his actions and statements contravened the values of the presidential office.
07:23Dubbed the TikTok messiah, Ceausescu came out on top in the first round of Romania's
07:28presidential elections last year.
07:31However, the country's constitutional court annulled the vote following the declassification
07:36of intelligence reports showing Russian involvement in influencing voters through social media
07:43to support the then relatively unknown candidate.
07:45Ceausescu is also facing criminal proceedings including anti-constitutional acts and misreporting
07:51his campaign finances.
07:57Portugal's minority government lost a confidence vote in parliament, forcing its resignation
08:02and prompting the European Union country's third general election in three years.
08:09The government's fall marks the worst spell of political instability since 1974, when
08:15Portugal adopted a democratic system and ended a dictatorship.
08:21A string of minority governments have been unable to forge alliances that might ensure
08:26the administration completes its four-year term without being brought down.
08:31A new election likely in May pitches millions of Portuguese people into months of political
08:37uncertainty.
08:39The Portuguese government asked for the confidence vote amid a simmering political crisis that
08:44is focused on Prime Minister Luiz Montenegro, revolving around potential conflicts of interest
08:49in the business dealings of his family law firm.
08:55The European Commission wants to extend the Made in Europe tag to medicines.
09:00A proposal presented this Tuesday aims to tackle shortages especially for essential
09:05drugs such as antibiotics, insulin or painkillers.
09:09Now the EU is highly dependent on third countries, mainly in Asia.
09:16So this initiative represents a significant step forward, as I say, to ensure that these
09:24essential medicines remain accessible, affordable and available to all Europeans who depend
09:33on them.
09:35The plan is to boost the investment for manufacturers both of essential medicines and key ingredients
09:41in the European Union.
09:44So it's definitely a good step.
09:46We're moving towards sovereignty in terms of less dependency on other continents and
09:54other countries on the delivery of medicines.
09:58We're moving also towards greater access for the people of Europe for affordable medicines.
10:07European Health Commissioner Oliver Barheli's self-imposed 100 days in office deadline was
10:12fulfilled.
10:13But for some MEPs, the proposal was too rushed and turned out to be not enough.
10:19This is not going to bring back medicine production to Europe.
10:24This is not going to solve the problem neither for the patients, neither for the pharma industry.
10:29So it's really a deception and is the proof that if something is too much rushed, it is
10:34not fulfilling the expectation that we need.
10:37We have a lot of challenges to face in order to fight shortages of medicines.
10:42Financing the whole plan remains now a key issue, according to some MEPs but also to
10:47several EU health ministers who believe critical medicines should be under the scope of a future
10:53defence funding scheme.
11:23With the evidence that is produced in the trial, you as judges of the Intervening Court...