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00:00The U.S. has announced that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to a ceasefire in the Black Sea
00:04following three days of talks in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
00:08In separate but nearly identical statements, the White House confirmed Kiev and Moscow
00:11will ensure safe navigation, eliminate the use of force, and prevent commercial vessels
00:16from being used for military purposes.
00:19Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustam Umerov clarified Kiev's position, warning that any
00:23movement of Russian military vessels outside the Eastern Black Sea would violate the agreement.
00:29Meanwhile, senior Russian official Grigory Karasin described the talks as very interesting,
00:34difficult but quite constructive.
00:36Both countries also pledged to develop measures to ban strikes against energy facilities.
00:42These discussions did not involve direct talks between Ukrainian and Russian officials.
00:47While the U.S. committed to helping Ukraine secure prison exchange, civilian releases,
00:52and the return of forcibly transferred children, it promised Moscow assistance in restoring
00:56access to global markets for agricultural and fertilizer exports.
01:00Questions remain about the deal's significance as Russia no longer holds a military grip
01:04in the Black Sea, and the Romanian corridor already ensures safe passage for civilian
01:09cargo ships.
01:27A residential area in Kherson was one of the regions affected by the shelling.
01:35Several private homes were damaged, but no casualties were reported, according to local authorities.
01:56The Russian Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that Ukraine had continued what they say were
02:06deliberate drone attacks against Russia's energy facilities.
02:11These attacks come as the two countries continue talks with U.S. officials on a potential ceasefire
02:16deal.
02:18Top national security officials for U.S. President Donald Trump discussed war plans in a Signal
02:28group chat that mistakenly included a prominent journalist.
02:33Jeffrey Goldberg, editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, wrote about his unprecedented experience on
02:39Monday, saying he didn't think it was real at first.
02:42It sounded like the people I know who are in this administration.
02:47Nevertheless, it wasn't until Saturday that I was reasonably certain that this wasn't
02:52a hoax, that I had actually mistakenly been included in a conversation of the principals
02:59committee, essentially the leaders of the national security community, including the
03:02head of the CIA, in this discussion.
03:06U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was one of the officials who had shared information
03:11in the group chat.
03:12After the story quickly spread, he tried to discredit Goldberg.
03:16You're talking about a deceitful and highly discredited so-called journalist who's made
03:24a profession of peddling hoaxes time and time again to include the, I don't know, the hoaxes
03:31of Russia, Russia, Russia, or the fine people on both sides hoax, or suckers and losers
03:37hoax.
03:38This is the guy that peddles in garbage.
03:40This is what he does.
03:42Meanwhile, Trump claims to be unaware.
03:44I don't know anything about it.
03:46I'm not a big fan of The Atlantic.
03:48To me, it's a magazine that's going out of business.
03:50I think it's not much of a magazine, but I know nothing about it.
03:54The story sparked concern among both Democratic and Republican lawmakers about how sensitive
03:59information could so easily leak.
04:02The National Security Council said the messages appeared authentic and added it was looking
04:06into how Goldberg's number was added to the chat.
04:12Mass protests in Turkey continued for the seventh night on Tuesday as thousands of opposition
04:17supporters rallied outside Istanbul City Hall in support of the jailed mayor, Ekrem İmamoğlu.
04:24Police dispersed the protesters who gathered, waving flags and chanting slogans.
04:28Earlier, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan once again warned the protesters to know their limits.
04:36He is inviting them not to cross the line between insult and vandalism and seeking justice.
04:47There is no limit to those who terrorize in the streets and those who want to turn this
04:52country into a fire.
04:55The road they enter is a dead end.
04:59Meanwhile, the head of Turkey's main opposition party visited İmamoğlu in prison on Tuesday
05:05where he held a two-hour meeting.
05:07Arrested on 19 March on corruption charges, Ekrem İmamoğlu is seen as the main challenger
05:13to President Erdogan's 22-year rule.
05:16His arrest has sparked demonstrations in cities across the country.
05:24At least 23 people were killed in overnight Israeli airstrikes on Gaza, Palestinian medics
05:30said on Tuesday.
05:32Several hospitals across the enclave announced they had received bodies, including several
05:37children.
05:38It comes as the United Nations announced on Monday it would reduce its presence in the
05:42strip by about 100 staffers after an Israeli tank strike hit one of its compounds last
05:48week.
05:49The strikes claimed the life of a UN colleague from Bulgaria and left six others from France,
05:54Moldova, North Macedonia, Palestine and the United Kingdom with severe injuries, some
06:01of them life-altering.
06:02The location of this UN compound was well known to all the parties in the conflict and
06:07I reiterate that all parties to the conflict are bound by international law to protect
06:12the inviolability of United Nations premises.
06:16A building belonging to the International Committee of the Red Cross was also hit by
06:21the Israeli military.
06:23Israel said it fired on the building by mistake after falsely identifying a threat from militants.
06:30The operations of aid workers has been heavily affected since the ceasefire in Gaza collapsed
06:35last week, according to a spokesperson of the UN's humanitarian office, although the
06:40full impact of a UN staff reduction remains unclear.
06:44Israel has also cut off all food, medicine, aid and other supplies to Gaza's population
06:50for the past three weeks.
06:53The Dutch Ministry of Defence has confirmed it aims to more than double its military personnel
07:00from 70,000 to 200,000 by 2030.
07:04The announcement was made in a letter from the country's State Secretary for Defence
07:08to the House of Representatives, who explained that times are changing.
07:13It's getting more and more unsafe, the same goes for the Netherlands.
07:17Our allies are also showing some receding movements, which means that the Netherlands
07:23has to be able to stand on its own two feet.
07:47The EU is not yet ready to issue so-called Eurobonds to boost much-needed defence capabilities.
08:02In an exclusive interview with Euronews, the EU's defence commissioner said he expected
08:07member states to make use of the five proposed options under the Rearming Europe plan, before
08:13considering further steps.
08:15Eurobonds, you know, it means that the European Union will have the bigger debts, which will
08:21need to be serviced again by all the member states, and now we have exactly in some ways
08:28a challenge what to do with the Eurobonds which were issued during the pandemic, how
08:35to repay.
08:36The EU's debt payments from the grants issued in response to the COVID-19 pandemic are expected
08:42to run between 25 and 30 billion annually, which the bloc has not yet decided how to repay.
08:48For the next four years, in some kind of idealistic scenario, if all the member states will start
08:55to spend 3.5%, during the next four years it will be 2.4 trillion euros spent on defence.
09:03So it's quite a big amount of money.
09:06The question is, will it cover all the needs, or we shall need to have additional funding?
09:12To achieve this, the EU is trying to give its member states more fiscal leeway to increase
09:18defence spending.
09:19But first, they have to agree on what they mean by defence spending.
09:24Countries such as Spain and Italy argue that the definition should be broadened to include
09:29spending on counter-terrorism, climate change and other security investments.
09:35We need to fight against climate change, we need to fight for social things which are
09:44also very important, but let's do job by job. Defence is defence.
09:50The EU has quadrupled production since the start of Russian military aggression in Ukraine,
09:56but more efforts will be needed to catch up with Russian production.
10:01European Commissioner for International Partnerships Jozef Sikula visited five Central Asian countries
10:08as part of the European Union's effort to deepen its cooperation with Central Asia.
10:12His main goal? To advance the Global Gateway Strategy, an initiative aimed at mobilising
10:17300 billion euro of investments globally.
10:20In Central Asia, it focuses on four key areas.
10:23Transport, critical raw materials, digital connectivity and sustainable energy.
10:28There is a huge untapped potential. We already have a pretty good base.
10:34We want to not only increase our presence, but we want to contribute to the economic
10:40development of the whole region.
10:42Commissioner Sikula's visit was also marked by the signing of multiple contracts.
10:46In Kazakhstan, he witnessed the signing of a 200 million euro framework loan agreement
10:51between the European Investment Bank and the Development Bank of Kazakhstan.
10:55This visit in the region should basically not only underline the importance of the region
11:02and the importance of the European and Central Asian connections, but this is also about
11:09concrete things like today's signature of two major agreements.
11:16In Turkmenistan, discussions centred on the Trans-Caspian Transport Corridor,
11:20a key trade route linking Central Asia and Europe.
11:23Uzbekistan and Kyrgyzstan focused on expanding hydropower and renewable energy,
11:27while Uzbekistan signed two major agreements to improve connectivity, especially in rural areas.
11:32Beyond economic ties, the purpose of Sikula's visit was also to discuss the preparation
11:37of the first EU-Central Asia Summit, which will take place in Uzbekistan in April.