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00:00Russian strikes hit Kyiv early on Tuesday after a three-day pause in attacks on the Ukrainian capital,
00:05killing at least two people and wounding seven.
00:11Spain's top criminal court has ordered an investigation into the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants
00:16in the enclave of Ceuta in July.
00:21The European Commission has announced a 200 million euros investment package for Greenland.
00:30Royal Highnesses no more.
00:32Prince Harry and Meghan will remain private citizens despite moving back to the United Kingdom,
00:36according to a letter issued on behalf of King Charles.
00:40Russian strikes hit Kyiv early on Tuesday after a three-day pause in attacks on the Ukrainian capital.
00:47Kyiv's city military administration said at least two people were killed and seven wounded.
00:53Missiles damaged buildings across the city, including a five-story apartment block,
00:57while vehicles caught fire in another district.
01:00Ukraine's air force reported a missile attack and urged residents to take shelter as air defenses operated across the capital.
01:07Poland also launched aviation operations following the attack.
01:12The strikes came after U.S. President Donald Trump's envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks with Russian and
01:18Ukrainian leaders.
01:21Witkoff said there had been substantive progress towards ending the war,
01:24while the Kremlin said it did not rule out three-way talks.
01:29Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said U.S. proposals included energy facilities, grain shipments,
01:34and oil and gas exports, but gave no further details.
01:42Spain's top criminal court has ordered an investigation into the arrival of tens of thousands of migrants in the enclave
01:50of Ceuta in July.
01:51Judge Maria Tardón ruled there were grounds to believe that alleged crimes committed abroad had threatened Spain's territorial integrity by
02:01using mass migration to do so.
02:04Tardón said the migrant flow constitutes a method of hybrid warfare, or the grey zone,
02:10with the aim of altering the life and rights of Spanish citizens in Ceuta.
02:15A Spanish police report highlighting total permissiveness by Moroccan security forces formed the basis for the decision by the country's
02:24top criminal court to open the probe.
02:27The judge said uniformed Moroccan security forces made no serious attempt to halt the influx,
02:34with some also offering active guidance on how to make the crossing.
02:39Moroccan authorities have not commented on the police report,
02:43but Moroccan media outlets have branded it a botched document that they say lacks material evidence.
02:55The UK government branded hundreds of masked demonstrators as thuggish after they blocked roads in an attempt to prevent asylum
03:03seekers leaving Portsmouth on Sunday.
03:06The protest came after around 140 migrants arrived by small boat as tensions over channel crossings continued to mount.
03:14We condemned the intimidating and thuggish behavior we saw in Portsmouth.
03:18A spokesperson for the UK's Home Office said in a statement.
03:23Sunday's protest followed a similar demonstration on Saturday when masked crowds blocked access to the port of Dover.
03:31French authorities said the vessel carrying the 140 migrants had departed from the Baie de Seine in Normandie,
03:39an unusually long and risky route compared with the boats that typically depart from closer to Calais and land near
03:46Dover.
03:47The unrest comes despite recent data suggesting crossings are slowing.
03:52The Home Office said channel arrivals in August fell to their lowest level since records began in 2018,
03:59with migrants' numbers at their lowest since 2020.
04:03The average number of passengers per boat has been rising in recent months.
04:07However, overall 16,513 migrants have crossed the channel by small boat so far this year.
04:17It is a small fraction of all arrivals in Britain, which total over 800,000,
04:23most of which come through legal routes on student or work visa.
04:33The President of the European Commission has announced a 200 million euros investment package for Greenland
04:39in a bid to deepen ties with the Danish autonomous territory coveted by U.S. President Donald Trump.
04:45During a two-day visit to the Capitol meet, Ursula von der Leyen presented the initiative called the EU-Greenland
04:51Partnership Package.
04:53It is 200 million euros of new investments for Greenland this year and next year.
05:00And this partnership package focuses mainly on three domains or strategic priorities.
05:06We call them the big C's, connectivity, clean energy, critical raw materials.
05:15Von der Leyen has backed Greenland's sovereignty and territorial integrity amid significant pressure exerted
05:22by the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly expressed his desire to annex the territory.
05:29Greenland's future is for the people of Greenland and Denmark to decide, no one else.
05:45Trump claimed earlier this year that Washington needed to control Greenland for national security reasons,
05:52but appeared to rule out annexing it by force.
06:00Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian-Serb commander convicted by a U.N. court of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity,
06:08was buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday before a crowd of thousands.
06:13The EU had repeatedly warned the Serbian government against glorifying Mladic,
06:19who was found guilty of the worst bloodbath on European soil since World War II.
06:23Although it was earlier announced that no serving officials would be in attendance,
06:29Serbian justice, culture, defense and public investments ministers came to pay their respects,
06:35along with President Aleksandar Vucicson Danilo.
06:38Political representatives of Bosnian Serbs were also present.
06:42Authorities earlier said Mladic would not be buried with military or state honors.
06:47Serbia, a candidate country for European Union membership,
06:50has faced strong criticism for honoring Mladic after his death.
06:54EU's Enlargement Commissioner Martakos canceled an upcoming visit to Serbia in protest,
07:00arguing that the glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built.
07:07Mladic was sentenced for orchestrating the genocide of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in Srebrenica in July
07:141995
07:15and the years-long siege of Sarajevo.
07:18Mladic died on the 27th of August, aged 84, in a UN detention facility in The Hague,
07:24where he was serving his lifetime sentence.
07:29EU Foreign Policy Chief Kaya Callas has scrapped a new defense advisory group days after unveiling it,
07:37following pushback from member states.
07:39Last week, Callas announced the new group bringing together political and military leaders
07:45to help design a new approach to European defense,
07:48but the initiative was scrapped following strong opposition from member states.
07:53According to reports, invitees to the launch event, which was due to take place on Monday in Brussels,
07:59received a cancellation notice on Sunday afternoon.
08:02The abrupt decision came after several member states viewed it as the wrong path to pursue,
08:08despite the group having been intended solely as an advisory body rather than one empowered
08:14to make decisions on behalf of member states.
08:17It also comes as the EU's diplomatic service, the European External Action Service, EES,
08:23faces pressure amid how Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
08:27has steadily sought more say over the bloc's foreign policy.
08:31Analysts believe the pressure to scrap the initiative before it was even launched,
08:36before the names of its participants had even been announced,
08:39is a significant political defeat for Callas,
08:42who had only recently put in place a new EAS leadership to shore up her position.
08:53Ratko Mladic, the Bosnian-Serb commander convicted by a UN court of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity,
09:01was buried in the Serbian capital Belgrade on Monday before a crowd of thousands.
09:06The EU had repeatedly warned the Serbian government against glorifying Mladic,
09:12who was found guilty of the worst bloodbath on European soil since World War II.
09:17Although it was earlier announced that no serving officials would be in attendance,
09:22Serbian Justice, Culture, Defence and Public Investments ministers came to pay their respects,
09:27along with President Aleksandar Vucicson Danilo.
09:31Political representatives of Bosnian Serbs were also present.
09:34Authorities earlier said Mladic would not be buried with military or state honours.
09:40Serbia, a candidate country for European Union membership,
09:43has faced strong criticism for honouring Mladic after his death.
09:48EU's Enlargement Commissioner Martakos cancelled an upcoming visit to Serbia in protest,
09:53arguing that the glorification surrounding his death is incompatible with the values on which the EU path is built.
10:00Mladic was sentenced for orchestrating the genocide of more than 8,000 Bosniak men and boys in Srebrenica in July
10:071995
10:08and the years-long siege of Sarajevo.
10:11Mladic died on the 27th of August, aged 84, in a UN detention facility in The Hague,
10:17where he was serving his lifetime sentence.
10:22Prince Henry and Meghan will remain private citizens despite moving back to the United Kingdom,
10:28according to a letter issued on behalf of King Charles.
10:31The letter reaffirmed that the Duke and Duchess of Sussex are not working members of the royal family
10:36and cannot use the titles His and Her Royal Highness.
10:40The letter said that charitable work and future public appearances would be carried out in a private capacity,
10:47describing their position as akin to that of private citizens with commercial and charitable interests.
10:54The clarification came after the couple returned from California last month with their children,
10:59Archie and Lilibeth, six years after stepping away from royal duties.
11:04The King's letter was issued to avoid confusion over their status as they resumed charitable engagements in Britain.
11:11Meanwhile, uncertainty continues over their security arrangements,
11:15with decisions on protection remaining the responsibility of the royal and VIP executive committee.

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