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00:00:06We are together for an update on the top news of
00:00:10this edition: Volodimir Zelenskiy's visit today to Serbia, a historical ally of
00:00:13Russia. The Ukrainian president
00:00:17seeks to strengthen international support as Russian
00:00:20strikes multiply. Beyond the human toll, he is concerned about the coming
00:00:24winter after the destruction of almost all Ukrainian
00:00:28thermal power plants. The arm.
00:00:30wrestle between Madrid and Rome, controls against Italian
00:00:33travelers in Spain began today. For
00:00:37now, nothing is easing the tension between the two countries since the migratory crisis
00:00:40of Ceuta. In the United States,
00:00:44in the United States, Todd Blanche was narrowly confirmed as
00:00:47Minister of Justice. The Senate approved his
00:00:50nomination by a very narrow majority. This close associate of Donald
00:00:53Trump has held the position on an interim basis since last
00:00:57April.
00:00:59went
00:01:11to Serbia today, a traditional
00:01:16sites. News ally of Moscow.
00:01:17the air Ukraine is seeking to strengthen international support in the face of
00:01:19intensified Russian strikes. In recent days, they have multiplied,
00:01:23particularly in Kyiv and its region. The last one,
00:01:27last night, killed at least four people, estan hadji.
00:01:32The bodies of the victims are being extracted from the scene under the astonished
00:01:36gaze of the residents of this
00:01:38residential area in the Kyiv region. All that remains are
00:01:42debris and charred cars. Here,
00:01:45Russian bombings have killed several people, including a child,
00:01:48a dozen injured, and survivors in a state of
00:01:51shock. Our doors and
00:01:53gates leading to the airport windows were blown in. I immediately checked if my husband
00:01:57was alive, because he was in another room. We
00:02:01went out and everything had already burned. My husband rushed to
00:02:04get water to put out the fire, but to
00:02:07no avail. The neighbors came out to try and save a young
00:02:10child, but they didn't find him. All
00:02:13this week, Kyiv and its region have suffered a deluge of
00:02:17fire, intense nocturnal Russian shelling, and a
00:02:21Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense,
00:02:23unable to shoot down a single missile due to a lack
00:02:25of interceptors. In the capital, the military
00:02:30administration called on residents to take shelter to escape Russian
00:02:33ballistic missiles. Faced with the
00:02:36difficulties Ukraine is experiencing, Volodimir
00:02:39Zelenskiy is working diplomatically to maintain the support
00:02:43of his allies, and even that of countries like
00:02:46Serbia, traditionally close to
00:02:49Moscow. We are developing all forms of
00:02:52cooperation likely to give our cities and communities
00:02:55greater resilience, as well as a better
00:02:59ability to face all the challenges of war. We
00:03:02welcome this humanitarian aid from Serbia,
00:03:05particularly in the fields of health and
00:03:08energy. A rapprochement between Kyiv and
00:03:12Belgrade, which is not to the
00:03:15security. In total, 22 EU Kremlin's liking. In May
00:03:16countries demanded Spain's 2025, Russian intelligence already accused Serbian arms companies of selling ammunition
00:03:20to Ukraine via third countries.
00:03:23Bulgaria summons the Ukrainian ambassador after the explosion on its
00:03:27territory of a drone used by the Ukrainian
00:03:31army. This drone exploded near a gas pipeline in the morning,
00:03:35not far from the border with Romania.
00:03:37here before there was There were no casualties. Kyiv claims not to have deliberately
00:03:40targeted Bulgaria and promises to
00:03:43clarify
00:03:44the incident.
00:03:48Germany targeted by Russia in recent months through
00:03:51hybrid attacks carried out by Russian secret services on
00:03:55its territory. Details from Lionel
00:03:58Feyerstein...
00:04:01is the new Minister of Justice of In Moscow's sights:
00:04:05Germany, a favorite hunting ground for Russian secret
00:04:08services in Europe. Sabotage, drone
00:04:11overflights, attempted assassinations, like in the Cold
00:04:15War. The targets: civilian, but
00:04:18also military. In April 2024, three German-Russian
00:04:22men were arrested for a bomb attack plot on this American
00:04:26base in Germany. Last
00:04:29February, two workers at the port of Hamburg, a Romanian and
00:04:32a Greek, were arrested after carrying out a series of
00:04:35damages to military
00:04:37convent, escaped from vessels. They solely on were preparing acts of sabotage against
00:04:41two corvettes in shipyards. They are suspected of being low-level agents.
00:04:45These low-level operatives,
00:04:48considered disposable agents, are reportedly hundreds
00:04:52in Europe working for Russia, notably the
00:04:55GRU, the army intelligence service, sometimes
00:04:58without knowing it.
00:05:01Some are involved in the DHL booby-trapped parcel
00:05:04operation, these flights to Leipzig, Warsaw and
00:05:07Birmingham, whose goods suddenly caught fire in
00:05:102024. All of this is part of the catalog
00:05:14of actions carried out by the Russian Federation. We are
00:05:18facing an adversary who knows no
00:05:20limits.
00:05:24At the Stuttgart court this morning, three are being
00:05:27tried for an alleged operation of sending booby-trapped parcels
00:05:30inspired by the DHL case. Their
00:05:34lawyer states that they did not know the real
00:05:36objective.
00:05:39For my client, it was just a normal service he was providing to a friend.
00:05:43He had no details. My
00:05:46client was absolutely not aware that it was a sabotage
00:05:49project, and the case looks a lot like the
00:05:53disposable agent file already judged in Germany,
00:05:56according to this expert. Recruitment is done through
00:05:59social media networks. Payments are
00:06:02made in crypto currency. Ideological
00:06:05motivation is minimal in this type
00:06:08of operation. For her, these attacks against the second largest supplier
00:06:12to Ukraine after the United States are not about to stop. To try
00:06:16to counter these saboteurs, Germany has set up a coordination center against
00:06:20hybrid attacks with more money, more means,
00:06:23particularly in intelligence. The country wants to better protect its sensitive
00:06:28headlines: this standoff between Spain and Italy.
00:06:32Controls began today in Spain for travelers
00:06:35from Italy. Random controls, not
00:06:39systematic. Tensions between the two countries erupted
00:06:42after the migration crisis in Ceuta.
00:06:44ettan hadji, identity
00:06:48checks as soon as Italian tourists arrived on
00:06:52the tarmac of Madrid airport. A
00:06:55surprising measure for travelers, accustomed to
00:06:59circulating freely within the European Union. Inspections
00:07:02also at the
00:07:06hall. Spanish police have strict instructions
00:07:09since this Saturday. Any Italian arriving in the territory
00:07:13by plane, boat or land will be subject to
00:07:17controls. A retaliatory measure by the Spanish
00:07:20government which is causing mixed reactions among
00:07:23travelers.
00:07:26Diplomacy has disappeared from all these decisions. I see it neither in
00:07:30the attitude of the Italian government nor in that of the Spanish
00:07:33government in response to the measures that Italy has already put
00:07:37in place. It is really regrettable to witness these
00:07:40controls.
00:07:44It seems to me that Sanchez is under attack from all sides. What is happening
00:07:47is unjustifiable.
00:07:50The Spanish Prime Minister has been under
00:07:53fire since the migration crisis that affected the enclave of
00:07:56Ceuta last July 31.
00:07:5972,000 migrants entered it. Almost
00:08:02all of them have since been sent back to Moroccan soil, but this
00:08:06episode caused strong tensions with Rome
00:08:10which, in the wake, requested the temporary suspension
00:08:13of the Schengen free movement treaty with Madrid until August
00:08:1615. An extraordinary measure according
00:08:20to far-right leader Giorgia Meloni, aimed at preserving
00:08:24the country's national
00:08:29exclusion from the Schengen area, but in
00:08:31reality, such a decision is legally impossible.
00:08:35And for Madrid, this diplomatic offensive is
00:08:38unfair, contrary to EU interests, and
00:08:41discriminatory towards Spaniards.
00:08:45He was Donald Trump's lawyer, and he is now confirmed
00:08:49as Minister of Justice. Todd Blanch narrowly
00:08:53secured his nomination. The Senate approved him by a narrow
00:08:57majority. He had already held the position on an interim basis
00:09:00since April. Julien Dubois reports.
00:09:04He was Donald Trump's lawyer when the president was found
00:09:07guilty of 34 counts in
00:09:092024.
00:09:14the Trump administration. He held this position on an interim basis since
00:09:18April. His official nomination was long-awaited. It has
00:09:21just been confirmed by the Senate. He
00:09:24received 50 votes for and 49 votes against. The nomination is
00:09:28confirmed. A narrow nomination because two
00:09:32Republican senators voted against him. Todd Blench has
00:09:35previously defended Donald Trump in three criminal cases.
00:09:39Once Trump was re-elected to the White House, he became
00:09:42number 2 of the Justice Department. A proximity
00:09:45that leads to a mixing of genres right up to the highest echelons of the state,
00:09:49as evidenced by this slip of the tongue during Tod Blench's hearing before
00:09:53the Senate Judiciary Committee. Are you friends with President
00:09:56Trump? I am his lawyer, I was his lawyer and I
00:10:00am now Deputy Attorney General. A
00:10:03proximity criticized by the Democrats.
00:10:07Your mandate can be summarized in the four words you uttered to President
00:10:10Trump. I quote: I love you, sir. This country
00:10:14deserves a Minister of Justice who loves the Constitution, committed to the
00:10:18security of the United States and to fighting corruption, and not to
00:10:21satisfying the President's personal grievances.
00:10:25Since Todd Blench took over as interim head of the Department
00:10:28of Justice, prosecutions have been initiated against alleged enemies of
00:10:32Donald Trump, massive departures of prosecutors have been provoked.
00:10:36According to some sources, his next measures would include a harder
00:10:40line on immigration-related prosecutions.
00:10:42Suspense in the Women's Tour de France,
00:10:46Dutch rider Demi Vollering
00:10:49takes back the yellow jersey on the eve of the last stage.
00:10:53She won today's stage,
00:10:56and she is ahead of her rival, Polish Katarzyna Niewiadoma,
00:11:00by 8 seconds in the general
00:11:02classification.
00:11:05Continuous news on France 24, stay with us.
00:11:25Hello everyone and welcome to Actuelle.
00:11:29Myanmar has decided to ban sanitary
00:11:32protection on its territory. A decision by the army to
00:11:35fight against rebels opposed to the military
00:11:38junta. We'll talk about it in a moment with my guest,
00:11:42Henriette Serrak. And
00:11:44then the nuns are rebelling in Austria. Three retired nuns
00:11:48escaped their nursing home to return to their beloved
00:11:52convent.
00:11:56The ruling junta in Myanmar has decided to ban
00:11:59sanitary napkins. What the military reproaches them for is
00:12:03serving as makeshift bandages for rebels, and therefore, as
00:12:07such, being undesirable in the country. The
00:12:10military power returned after a coup in
00:12:132021. It has therefore decided to ban menstrual
00:12:16protection. Since then, 15 million women are
00:12:19left without solutions every month. To talk
00:12:22about it, I am pleased to welcome
00:12:25Henriette Serrak from Abidjan in Côte d'Ivoire. You are on a mission.
00:12:28Hello, Henriette. You are a menstrual health consultant
00:12:32and you founded in Myanmar, Pancalai, which is an
00:12:35organization that produces safe sanitary napkins but was forced
00:12:39to close a few years ago. Henriette, when the
00:12:42junta issues this ban on sanitary
00:12:46protection in its territory, is it really convinced by what it claims, that
00:12:50the pads are used to treat the rebels' wounds, or is it
00:12:54a pretext, in your
00:12:55opinion?
00:12:59I think it's a pretext. I think no one takes this excuse
00:13:03seriously, it's quite fantastical. We can't
00:13:05imagine that a pad could seriously serve as
00:13:09a as a
00:13:11compress in a context of war. What is much
00:13:15more probable, in fact, is that in this phase of the civil war—it's a very long
00:13:19civil war, but it's true that since the 2021 coup—it
00:13:22has intensified, and a characteristic of this
00:13:26new phase of the civil war is that women have joined
00:13:29the ranks of the resistance in numbers. So what seems
00:13:33much more probable is that the military junta had this idea, in
00:13:36fact, to limit the ability of these
00:13:40resistance fighters to participate in the
00:13:42war. But in fact, it affects all women. Women resistance
00:13:46fighters are a fraction of Burmese women, and
00:13:50in fact this ban impacts
00:13:53all Burmese women and girls.
00:13:55This means that their ability to move, to go to school, to go
00:13:59to work will be significantly
00:14:02affected. It will also
00:14:05socially exclude them for about a week per
00:14:08month for those of childbearing age.
00:14:11It will also create a lot of shame, a lot of
00:14:15stigmatization. Periods, in fact, are a very stigmatized subject
00:14:19in the context of Burmese culture, and
00:14:22therefore preventing them from managing their
00:14:25menstruation properly will place, in fact,
00:14:29an even greater taboo, a greater shame on these
00:14:33Burmese women. Concretely, does that mean that no more sanitary
00:14:36protection is entering Burmese territory? Does that mean there's
00:14:40a shortage? Are there still alternatives for these women who
00:14:43have their periods every month?
00:14:46In fact, what we don't really know is the extent
00:14:50of this ban. A priori,
00:14:53it's in certain regions where the
00:14:57resistance is especially strong, particularly the Mandalay
00:15:00region, the Sagaing region.
00:15:03We don't know, we it's very complicated to get
00:15:07reliable data on this subject
00:15:10at the moment. But so
00:15:13at least in several regions of Burma, this is the case.
00:15:17What we can imagine, once again, is that, well, in fact, what
00:15:20we know with certainty is that
00:15:25consequently, a whole black market is developing, with
00:15:28the price of packets of menstrual pads
00:15:31increasing crazily. There
00:15:34are also consequently pads that
00:15:38will be of lower quality that will penetrate via the black market
00:15:41onto the Burmese market. But the most
00:15:45probable thing really is that women will then return a little bit to what their mothers
00:15:48and grandmothers did, that is, they will use old
00:15:52longyis. The longyi is the traditional Burmese skirt worn by the vast
00:15:56majority of Burmese women. They will use these
00:16:00old fabrics, roll
00:16:03them up or fix them in an artisanal way
00:16:07to absorb their blood. What are the
00:16:11health risks when you use makeshift sanitary
00:16:15protection like the one you just described, rather than the ones we can
00:16:18use, throw away, and
00:16:19repurchase?
00:16:23It's well-documented, very well-documented around the
00:16:26world, that girls and
00:16:28women who use makeshift systems
00:16:31are twice as exposed to
00:16:35urinary infections and infections of the reproductive
00:16:38tract, which
00:16:41themselves can lead to more serious infections, sometimes
00:16:44life-threatening, and which are also
00:16:48linked to very high risks of
00:16:51infertility. You mentioned earlier the taboo that it
00:16:55represents to talk about periods, to have periods in Myanmar,
00:16:59but it's quite widespread in the world, and especially in Asia.
00:17:02I think, for example, of Nepal, where women have to isolate themselves for a week during
00:17:06their period in a hut so as not to pollute the rest
00:17:09of the village. Why, in your opinion, such a fear of
00:17:13menstruation, and why in this region of the world in
00:17:15particular?
00:17:19The taboo around periods is almost universal.
00:17:22It's true that in traditions, in Hindu
00:17:25traditions, and therefore in certain regions of Nepal
00:17:28to which you are referring, it's true that this idea of
00:17:32menstrual blood being polluting and the menstruating woman being
00:17:35polluting, that's very strong in the Hindu tradition,
00:17:39but in fact, what's very interesting is to realize that most
00:17:43cultures, most religions have their
00:17:46version of this taboo, of this stigmatization around
00:17:50menstruation. It's something that is
00:17:53almost universal. Myanmar is a predominantly
00:17:57Buddhist country. They have their version of
00:18:00this stigmatization too. It's justified slightly differently.
00:18:04There are nuances. But it's something that you find in
00:18:08most cultures, especially traditional cultures. Do you think
00:18:12there are solutions to counter this ban in Myanmar? Will this
00:18:15ban, this banning of sanitary protection,
00:18:19hold?
00:18:23We need to talk about it. I'm very happy to see that the media
00:18:27is picking up on this story, which is
00:18:30truly shocking. We absolutely must talk about it.
00:18:34We must support organizations on the ground.
00:18:37In Burma, what makes me happy, on the other hand,
00:18:41is that it's an opportunity to talk about what's happening, to talk about the civil war
00:18:45in Burma, about the military dictatorship in which
00:18:48the Burmese people have lived for 5 years, and particularly about the condition
00:18:52of women in this context. Women are truly the primary
00:18:55victims of this civil war, of this junta
00:18:59that is extremely cruel, obscurantist, and misogynistic. It's a
00:19:02metaphor, in fact, for the
00:19:06lack of access to menstrual products, which in fact
00:19:09affects a very significant proportion of women and girls
00:19:13in the world. We estimate that 500 million girls and women in the
00:19:17world do not have access to pads, to menstrual
00:19:20products every month. And it's not
00:19:23only a problem in countries of the global South.
00:19:27In France, in rich countries, so to speak,
00:19:30we also see problems. That is to say, there are 2 million,
00:19:34there is an estimate of around 2 million women in
00:19:37France who cannot every month meet their needs
00:19:41in terms of menstrual products. There is truly a huge
00:19:44amount of work we can all do to fight against this taboo, this
00:19:48stigmatization, to allow women to be
00:19:51in better health. Yes, beyond the ban,
00:19:55indeed, the issue of menstrual precariousness is very important. Thank
00:19:58you very much, Henriette Serrak, for this insight into the situation in
00:20:01Myanmar.
00:20:04What a woman wants, God wants, says the saying, and it seems to be true.
00:20:07if we believe the adventure of these retirees, not like others, three Austrian
00:20:11nuns who did not want to leave their
00:20:15the nursing home where they had been placed against their will, a
00:20:18incredible scenario, this is a report by Lionel
00:20:21Fijerstein.
00:20:24Austrian media affectionately call them the rebel
00:20:28nuns: Sister Rita, 82, Sister Regina,
00:20:3186, and Sister Bernadette, 88.
00:20:35The story is worthy of
00:20:39a movie.
00:20:41A few months ago, they escaped from their retirement home to
00:20:45return to their beloved convent at the foot of the
00:20:48Alps.
00:20:55"I'm so happy to be back home, at the convent, in this chapel
00:20:58where all three of us took our vows. Imagine, for
00:21:02me, that was in 1967."
00:21:06Two years ago, their superior, Provost Marcus Grassel,
00:21:09forcibly transferred them to this nursing home. According to him, the
00:21:13three sisters could no longer continue to live alone in their
00:21:15convent. But the nuns were downhearted and
00:21:19depressed. They didn't want to stay. Last
00:21:22September, they decided to escape. Like
00:21:25my two sisters, I got ready, I put some belongings in a small
00:21:29bag.
00:21:31Aided by former students they had taught at the convent, they jumped
00:21:35into a waiting car. The three runaway sisters made
00:21:39their escape. We had called a locksmith to
00:21:43break the padlocks and open the doors of our convent. And we
00:21:47succeeded, it was like something out of a detective movie.
00:21:52Their escape was a success, but their return was more
00:21:56bitter. During their 18 months of absence, their personal
00:21:59belongings were removed, even this stairlift that has been
00:22:03replaced since.
00:22:05We had to climb like this, using the railing and our arms.
00:22:09Imagine, there are eight floors here. Their
00:22:13hierarchy is furious, but dares not do anything more. The story of their
00:22:17great escape has since touched everyone.
00:22:20Now, they are followed by thousands of people on social networks,
00:22:24they have even published a book entitled "Not with
00:22:27us." We can say that we fought against an
00:22:30injustice, because yes, what the church inflicted on us was
00:22:33unjust. When we say "not with us," it
00:22:36means that our superiors deceived us and we did not
00:22:40accept it. Today, the villagers who
00:22:43mobilized for the return of the nuns and continue to
00:22:47help them, are delighted.
00:22:50When I have a problem, their door is always
00:22:52open.
00:22:55They taught me something important: in life, you have to
00:22:57fight.
00:23:00At the end of April, they went to the Vatican to make their story
00:23:03known. Pope Leo XIV assured them that they
00:23:06could now remain in their convent.
00:23:10Their faith and their tenacity moved
00:23:13mountains. And this is already the end of this edition. Thank
00:23:17you for watching us. See you soon on France 24.
00:23:34They live in isolation in the mountains of northern Vietnam,
00:23:38bordering China and Laos, the
00:23:41Hmong, a people of 10 million people, farmers,
00:23:45formerly nomads, who have kept their language and their
00:23:47fields.
00:23:59I'm not a very good singer, we sing this song when we start a new
00:24:03crop after the New Year, it talks about the joy
00:24:06we feel at that moment,
00:24:09but this joy is becoming rarer and rarer, because of global
00:24:12warming, the periods of longer drought is damaging
00:24:16the rice fields.
00:24:20has been working here since she was a child, only 27 years old, she no longer
00:24:23recognizes her land,
00:24:27water, but now there
00:24:30is none, to grow rice, you have to wait for it to
00:24:34rain, and only then can you start
00:24:36planting. Pony, like many families in her
00:24:40village, has therefore chosen to abandon the ancestral cultivation of rice, which
00:24:44requires continuous
00:24:45flooding.
00:24:48Now, I only grow... taro because it
00:24:51grows better and adapts better to climate
00:24:54change.
00:24:59Taro is gradually becoming an alternative crop, a little better
00:25:03adapted to the Hmong, in this village, it's the 5th year in a row that it's
00:25:07been cultivated.
00:25:11Far from being happy about it, Bongi's 63-year-old mother is
00:25:15worried about the future.
00:25:19Climate change worries me, because if we run out of water, I'm afraid that
00:25:23my children and grandchildren will have to leave, because we depend
00:25:26agriculture, without water, we can no longer live
00:25:29here.
00:25:34has three children and lives in this traditional house at about 1000m
00:25:38altitude, like her mother, she is worried about what the future
00:25:41holds for her.
00:25:44If the climate changes and there is no more water to cultivate, then I will
00:25:48do as others do and I will have to. Cendra will go to the city to work as a laborer.
00:25:52In this region, inhabitants observe increasingly unpredictable seasons,
00:25:56less harsh winters, drought and more violent
00:25:59seasons. Here, the year 2025 was the hottest in 60
00:26:03years. To avoid a massive rural
00:26:06exodus, an NGO helps Hmong families adapt to climate
00:26:10change and better manage water.
00:26:13You've already looked at this notebook, you'll have to note in it how many
00:26:17kilos you harvested, how many bags, you have to note
00:26:20everything.
00:26:23But the difficulty is not only agronomic, in these remote
00:26:27and very conservative villages, change often arouses
00:26:30mistrust.
00:26:32because the Hmong hardly speak Vietnamese, we are forced to
00:26:36translate into images all the advice and directives that we propose to them, it's
00:26:39obligatory because otherwise they won't understand, the information must not
00:26:43be too technical if we want them to succeed in implementing
00:26:46projects.
00:26:50According to a local study, nearly 40% of farmers in this
00:26:54northern Vietnamese province have already changed crops.
00:26:58The NGO CARE encourages this adaptation based on scientific
00:27:01data. analyzed from their office in
00:27:04Hanoi.
00:27:06Among the climatic factors that we monitor, the first is the
00:27:10number of hours of sunshine, then the average air temperature. There
00:27:14is also the amount of water that evaporates that can be observed
00:27:17on the ground as well as
00:27:19humidity.
00:27:23These indicators allow us to anticipate which crops will still be able to withstand
00:27:27in the coming years.
00:27:29Before proposing an alternative crop, we study. if it
00:27:32corresponds to the soil, the climate and if there is a sales
00:27:35network. With our analyses, we see that
00:27:39taro, peanuts and
00:27:41squash are the most suitable crops. These are plants that
00:27:45can live at this altitude, that require little water and that
00:27:48do well with significant temperature
00:27:51variations.
00:27:54840 families have joined this crop change project, launched in
00:27:572023.
00:28:00The goal is also to lift the Hmong out of poverty,
00:28:03the first results are already
00:28:05visible.
00:28:08With this squash harvest, we should earn about 1200
00:28:11euros. Before, on the same land, we earned barely 500 euros with
00:28:15rice.
00:28:20In the mountainous north of Vietnam, the Hmong are already
00:28:22suffering the effects of a climate that could warm by 3.4 degrees in the country
00:28:26by the end of the century,
00:28:30a shift that threatens their harvest. but above all their way of
00:28:33life on these ancestral lands.
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00:30:00We are together for a new update on the news at the top of
00:30:04this edition, Voladimir Zelensky's visit today to
00:30:08Serbia, a historical ally of Russia, the Ukrainian president
00:30:11seeks to strengthen international support as Russian
00:30:15strikes multiply, in addition to the human toll, he is concerned about the upcoming
00:30:18winter after the destruction of almost all Ukrainian
00:30:22thermal power plants. The struggle between Madrid and
00:30:25Rome, controls against Italian travelers in Spain began
00:30:29today, for now, there is nothing that indicates tension
00:30:33between the two countries since the migratory crisis of
00:30:35Ceuta. In the United States, in the
00:30:38United States, Tod Blanche was narrowly confirmed as
00:30:42Minister of Justice, the Senate approved his nomination by a very narrow
00:30:46majority, this close associate of Donald Trump has held the interim
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