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[00:00:33] We continue the live broadcast on the first news channel.
[00:00:37] The strategic partnership between Belarus and Vietnam allows us
[00:00:40] to move from basic commodity trade to full-fledged
[00:00:43] cooperation. This task
[00:00:46] was outlined by the Minister of Foreign Affairs Maksim Ryzhenkov. As part
[00:00:49] of his official visit, the head of our country's foreign policy
[00:00:53] department gave interviews to a number of Vietnamese media. Joint
[00:00:56] work opens up new opportunities for Minsk and.
[00:01:30] us not only from the point of view of the market,
[00:01:32] a huge market, a hundred-million-strong market, but also as our
[00:01:36] gateway to Southeast Asia, in order to establish here,
[00:01:40] then, a profitable product that we can then implement with Vietnam
[00:01:44] in some countries of the
[00:01:47] region, this applies to both equipment and food products
[00:01:50] produced from our dry, for example, milk or from our meat
[00:01:54] products. Addressing the Vietnamese media, Maksim
[00:01:57] Ryzhenkov especially emphasized the dialogue of the leaders of the two countries,
[00:02:01] this is the foundation on which interaction in all
[00:02:04] directions is built. Let us remind you, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is currently on an official visit to
[00:02:08] the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, today the focus
[00:02:11] of the work program is on studying regional and industrial
[00:02:15] cooperation.
[00:02:21] Spain mourns the victims of the tragedy on the railway in the province
[00:02:25] of Toledo, the death toll is 68 people. Many
[00:02:29] people gathered tonight at the Madrid City Hall building to honor
[00:02:32] their memory with a minute of silence. The mourning action escalated into
[00:02:36] an anti-government rally with demands for the resignation of the Minister
[00:02:39] of Transport and holding the Sanchez government
[00:02:42] accountable. Police units were deployed to disperse
[00:02:46] the peaceful protest, and people were tear-gassed.
[00:03:08] Spaniards are outraged by the authorities' inability to ensure
[00:03:12] passenger safety, this is already the second major railway catastrophe
[00:03:16] in Spain in 2026. In January, dozens
[00:03:19] of people died when a train derailed in the province
[00:03:23] of Cordoba. Prime Minister Sanchez, whose political
[00:03:26] ambitions may be brought to an end after such a failure, tried.
[00:03:32] In all likelihood, everything indicates that the causes of the two accidents are not
[00:03:36] related, but that is not for me to decide, it is
[00:03:39] the prerogative of an independent commission to investigate railway
[00:03:43] accidents, as well as courts and companies that establish the causes
[00:03:46] of what happened, but one thing is clear: we must, as
[00:03:50] we should, further strengthen safety, we will do everything
[00:03:54] necessary to restore confidence in our high-speed
[00:03:57] railway system, because for a country like Spain it is unacceptable
[00:04:01] to experience two similar accidents in one year, as it happened
[00:04:05] to us. A national
[00:04:09] mourning has been declared in Spain. The Minister of Transport announced that the cause of the collision
[00:04:12] was a malfunction in the railway signaling system. The system gave
[00:04:16] a signal for the trains to stop, however, after some time, one of
[00:04:19] them mistakenly received a signal to resume movement.
[00:04:23] 77 people remain in hospitals. 15 of them
[00:04:26] are in extremely serious condition.
[00:04:30] In anticipation of the scheduled tripartite talks on resolving
[00:04:33] the Ukrainian crisis, London is trying to strengthen Kyiv's
[00:04:36] position. The United Kingdom will provide a bank with an additional
[00:04:40] aid package of 12 billion euros, in addition to
[00:04:43] annual payments. Of this amount, more than 8 billion
[00:04:47] euros will be allocated to economic assistance over
[00:04:50] 3 years, and another approximately 3 billion are provided in
[00:04:53] the form of export financing for defense needs. The new
[00:04:57] package also includes additional funds to strengthen
[00:05:00] Ukrainian air defense, and the Netherlands also
[00:05:04] announced support for Kyiv, they plan to send Kyiv more than
[00:05:07] a billion euros in non-military aid for
[00:05:10] 2027- twenty-ninth
[00:05:13] years, what can the desire of European
[00:05:17] leaders to participate in tripartite talks between
[00:05:20] Russia, the USA and Ukraine say, we figured it out with an expert.
[00:05:24] No one invites Europe to these negotiations, but Europe is bending over
[00:05:27] backwards to be there, no matter
[00:05:30] where, as consultants for Ukraine or
[00:05:33] to sit at the tripartite negotiations as the fourth participant,
[00:05:37] to bring their own little chair.
[00:05:40] Because Europe is running out of steam, because.
[00:06:12] border guards' powers, now they will be able to use firearms,
[00:06:16] physical force and special means to protect
[00:06:19] protected objects of border infrastructure, including
[00:06:23] using explosives, unleashing dogs, if a person
[00:06:26] is injured or killed, the border service must
[00:06:30] notify the prosecutor's office immediately, but no later
[00:06:33] than 24 hours. Previously, such measures
[00:06:36] were allowed only in limited situations, for example, to repel
[00:06:39] an attack, at the same time the Seimas commission... supported
[00:06:42] the initiative to allow the border guard itself to investigate
[00:06:46] possible crimes by border guards. The bill
[00:06:49] must pass further stages of consideration and final
[00:06:53] approval in the Seimas for entry into
[00:06:55] force. At least three people died in
[00:06:59] India as a result of Cyclone Arnab hitting the eastern
[00:07:03] coast. Huge waves rose in the sea, massive amounts of water
[00:07:06] washed away cars and tuk-tuks driving along
[00:07:09] the shore.
[00:07:25] in Andhra Pradesh, torrential rains and strong winds
[00:07:28] damaged residential buildings, destroyed agricultural
[00:07:31] land and disrupted transport links. Authorities
[00:07:35] evacuated about 89,000
[00:07:38] people from dangerous coastal areas. The agricultural
[00:07:41] area of Nashik was severely affected, where banana
[00:07:44] and coconut plantations were damaged, numerous trees and
[00:07:48] about 6,000 electrical poles were knocked down. Heavy rainfall also
[00:07:52] led to flooding of low-lying areas in one of the port
[00:07:55] cities.
[00:08:02] To immortalize the feat of resilience, a book "Genocide of the Belarusian
[00:08:05] People - Burned Villages" was presented in Minsk.
[00:08:08] The publication continues the series of publications by the Prosecutor General's Office
[00:08:12] about the crimes of the Nazis during the Great Patriotic War. The book
[00:08:16] includes unique archival materials, investigation results
[00:08:19] of the criminal case and new facts. The authors paid
[00:08:23] special attention to the destruction of settlements and the fates
[00:08:26] of their inhabitants. The data we receive during
[00:08:30] the investigation is significantly clarified during the investigation.
[00:08:34] If we are talking about burned villages, then at
[00:08:37] the moment the figure of 12,868
[00:08:40] destroyed
[00:08:42] settlements has been officially confirmed, this is not the final
[00:08:46] figure, it is more than 3,500 settlements
[00:08:49] more than was known before the criminal case was initiated.
[00:08:52] This work will be continued
[00:08:55] by us, and of course we
[00:08:59] describe this in detail in the pages of this publication.
[00:09:03] A separate emphasis on multimedia, with the help
[00:09:06] of QR codes you can access archival
[00:09:08] documents and video stories, an audio version
[00:09:12] of the book has also been created. The release of the new publication is a powerful
[00:09:16] tool for counteracting attempts to falsify history,
[00:09:19] designed to strengthen public unity and generational
[00:09:23] continuity. Another school for young
[00:09:26] combine operators opened in the Minsk region, this time the educational
[00:09:30] platform was the Smilavichy State Agrarian College.
[00:09:34] There are 15 people in the class, experienced machine operators will share their
[00:09:37] experience with them. The training site was chosen for a reason,
[00:09:41] the institution is one of the most equipped in the country,
[00:09:45] it has a modern competence center with simulators,
[00:09:48] and the fleet was recently replenished with new equipment for training from the Minsk
[00:09:52] Tractor Plant, which
[00:09:54] tractor we were given,
[00:09:58] and we are very pleased, because this is modern
[00:10:01] equipment, this is energy-intensive equipment, all
[00:10:05] farms of the Republic of Belarus have already switched to this equipment, and we must
[00:10:09] show students and teach them
[00:10:13] how to operate it,
[00:10:15] how to work on it correctly,
[00:10:19] and it is very prestigious, the students
[00:10:22] will combine theory with practice, so that
[00:10:25] in the summer of 2027 they can take their first crews to
[00:10:29] the field. The first such school in the Minsk region opened in
[00:10:32] Kletsk, and young farmers from Zviliejka and
[00:10:36] Borisov will also join the ranks of spikelets.
[00:10:39] Belarus ranks third in the world in flax
[00:10:43] fiber production, this is our internationally recognized brand, behind
[00:10:46] which thousands of specialists across the country work. How will the industry
[00:10:50] develop further and what problems need to be promptly addressed,
[00:10:54] all about the northern...
[00:11:01] Flax - Belarusian
[00:11:03] gold, which requires careful
[00:11:07] handling. Oh, flax needs, I don't
[00:11:11] know, to be nurtured, carefully. But
[00:11:14] why do some allow blatant
[00:11:17] mismanagement? Disgusting, this should not
[00:11:21] happen. Flax, you harvested it here, you ruined it
[00:11:25] here, there is no flax here, they leave
[00:11:28] the crop to simply rot in the fields. Three hundred
[00:11:32] is unusable today,
[00:11:34] all the new fiber will not make good quality.
[00:11:38] We will travel across the country and visit flax mills
[00:11:42] in different regions. The season went well, although
[00:11:45] we always wanted it to be better. We will see
[00:11:49] what waste-free production is. The shives then
[00:11:52] go to heating.
[00:12:02] We will learn about the key investment projects of the industry,
[00:12:06] to more efficiently process
[00:12:08] the available
[00:12:11] to obtain carded flax fiber, we will evaluate
[00:12:15] the strategy for years ahead, we provide
[00:12:18] ourselves with work, our people, we provide the state with products
[00:12:22] that are expected from us. Under the control of the President. with the support
[00:12:26] of the State Control Committee.
[00:12:29] Watch on Thursday in the evening broadcast. On Belarus
[00:12:33] 1.
[00:12:37] Emphasis on safety and quality. In Belarus, changes
[00:12:40] have been made to the conditions for training, retraining and advanced training
[00:12:44] of drivers of mechanical vehicles and
[00:12:48] self-propelled machines. The main vector is practice, control and
[00:12:51] highly qualified drivers. Polina. Beresneva with
[00:12:55] the details.
[00:12:59] The changes are targeted, but fundamental. One of
[00:13:03] the key innovations is video and audio control.
[00:13:06] Road conditions, actions of the instructor and
[00:13:09] student, their conversations, as well as date and time under
[00:13:13] recording, absolutely everything. And files
[00:13:16] of thematic control or practical examination, driving schools
[00:13:19] are obliged to store for at least six months. This will exclude controversial issues
[00:13:23] and ensure transparency when passing the exam.
[00:13:26] The video recorder is installed on the windshield so as not
[00:13:30] to obstruct the view. For future motorcyclists, there are separate
[00:13:33] requirements. Passing practical elements is now
[00:13:36] recorded on external IP and video cameras. Requirements for the
[00:13:39] training vehicles themselves are also increasing.
[00:13:43] Changes are being made so that high-quality trained
[00:13:46] drivers can enter the road. Currently, work is very actively
[00:13:49] underway to improve legislation regarding training,
[00:13:52] retraining and advanced training.
[00:14:25] how - video recording of practical exams we
[00:14:28] introduced even before that, and
[00:14:31] the only point is, now we are working on optimizing the issue of transferring and
[00:14:35] storing video material, since the storage terms have changed,
[00:14:38] video recording of thematic controls and
[00:14:41] practical classes has been added, and since we have a large fleet, this is a large
[00:14:45] amount of material that needs to be transferred and stored, now in
[00:14:49] test mode we have installed on one of the cars a GPS monitoring
[00:14:52] system, it is working in test mode, we are figuring out
[00:14:56] how it will work. So we have a
[00:15:00] GPS module installed for monitoring the tracker, yes. And we can
[00:15:03] track movement both from the phone and from the computer.
[00:15:06] This is where the car is.
[00:15:10] Can we see where it has already driven? Yes, everything can be seen. However,
[00:15:14] the changes do not end there, the Ministry of Transport also plans to change
[00:15:17] the unified training program. The main focus is on driving
[00:15:20] practice. The number of hours will be increased to 70, while
[00:15:24] the total period of study in driving school will remain the same. And
[00:15:28] one more important nuance: theoretical classes for
[00:15:31] training students will be only in full-time
[00:15:34] format, unless otherwise established
[00:15:37] by law. And I would like to note that all innovations and
[00:15:41] changes are planned from January 1st next
[00:15:45] year. Polina Beresneva, Nikolai Lashkevich and Ilya Maksimov,
[00:15:47] first
[00:15:50] news. Less than a day remains until the start of the 32nd Minsk
[00:15:53] Listapad Film Festival, already tomorrow the capital will immerse itself in
[00:15:56] the atmosphere of great cinema, very soon Minsk will...