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it's his latest public comment that has raised the us sees europe. in the last few hours, donald trump again criticised what he sees as an imbalance in us financial support to ukraine. we spending our they are spending their blood, are, and they are very they are, and they are very brave in every way you can imagine. but we are spending treasure on a country that é 7- i’y, very, very far away. ahd it is very. very far away. and it— ...,......,...,.,., 0k, is very. very far away. ana it— ...,......,.....,., ok, but is very. very far away. ana it. ~ . ok, but we to be the same as euro-e is treated. europe gets being treated. europe gets �* money back, europe is ;}qi;;�*n�*stfing”" " ' basically giving nothing because they get it in the laaaaaaa tha�*f get it aaa'a in tha of a loan and laaaaaaa that get it aaa'a in tha of a loan and it laaaaaaa tha�*f get it aaa'a in tha of a loan and it is a form of a loan and it is a guaranteed loan. we don't get guaranteed loan. we don't get money back and we are our money back and we are losing. i mean, we don't want to do that any more. during that same news conference, mr trump also said he believes a mineral deal between the us president zelensky, in his nightly address, confirmed
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he's been under pressure to sign a controversial deal earth minerals. for its financial support of ukraine's war effort. mr zelensky had prevously rejected the deal over its lack of security guarantees, which correspondents say triggered donald trump's series of charged comments has revealed about the us view of the war — and europe. for america and europe have in tandem. week have been in tandem. this week meant that appeared to end. trump president zelensky a dictator and demanded ukraine's minerals. administration taught his administration taught direct with russia without involving europe ukraine, to confirm ion-term declined to confirm long—term security guarantees 7= europe for censorship. attgcked europe for censorship. week really in this week really matters in a range of ways. in recent fewer complex is known as a delivered what is known as a peace dividend up with an
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£1aé8..;f t'f i; f 7 ” ifiiéétfillionfi 7 7 7$717..$7$877thllion7.77not more. the says you any more. the eu says you europe to surge in europe need to surge in defence, sir keir starmer says we must increase �*defence we must increase our defence spending. russia's invasion of ukraine started this, but america turning away takes it ajnerica turning away takes. it and will inevitably across 22: 7 government. this week creates huge costs. it may also trigger militarisation in further militarisation in europe. the alliance nato has members close to russia, nato�*s or principle is all for one and one for all, but with america 77after777777 777 7afterth7is77 777 7afte7rth7is7wee7k: 7afte7rth7is7wee7k, some may take the already, the front runner risk. already, the front runner to be generally�*s next leader 7to whether wants to discuss whether nuclear sharing us. in other words, apply to us. in other words, france and uk offering nuclear security to germany. the sweet :—= to global principle matters to the global principle of respecting sovereignty and territory. here is trump territgry; herais donald trump ukraine. territory; here'is finnald - - ukraine. ., on ukraine. eé%§?% could have on ukraine. eé%§?%’ could have settled negotiator could have settled this year's ago. the
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this year's ago. without the loss— this year's ago. without the loss much land, very little loss of much land, very little land~ — loss of much land, very little land. ., , , , he! trump has also said of russia, they took a lot of and they took a lot of land and they took a lot of land and they fought that land. if they fought for that land. if they fought for that land. if the us russia taking the us accepts russia taking ukrainian land, what might the us accepts russia taking ukrai doi land, what might the us accepts russia taking ukrai do next? what might the us accepts russia taking ukrai do next? and t might the us accepts russia taking ukrai do next? and of1ight the us accepts russia taking ukrai do next? and of thet putin do next? and of the comments on owning gaza after what might america this week, what might america do next? this week also matters it is just about it isa policy, it is a deep fracture. in a speech to europe's military elite, vice military elite, us vice presidentjd vance took aim, condemning the retreat of europe in some of its most values. values fundamental values. values shared the united states. fundamental values. values shared of the united states. fundamental values. values shared of common ed states. fundamental values. values shared of common cause tes. fundamental values. values shared of common cause decades ito??? new teeis bacilli; strained. §w—.—= with reference 7with reference to the and with reference to the second world war, the heb 533719157. 77 end of the post—war world. 7 p7u7tin and7china's xi vladimir putin and china's xi jinping have long wanted to the to create a new aatarn. the ta create a. new .........a.,.., - order. aatarn. the ta create anew —... . .. .. order. it eatarn. the te treate anew .... . .. ..
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order. it seems a new world trump wants a newworid'ofder'. and it trump wants a newworid'ofdsr'. and it appears appears too. and it appears it appears it is that and europe taking quite different paths. this week will matter years come. to israeli representatives. hers, but an unidentified gazan woman. the bodies of shiri bibas's two sons — four—year—old ariel acts to cover it up. paul adams has more from tel aviv.
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yesterday, hamas said they handed back the of a gazan woman instead, in brazen violation of the agreement. but for the bibas family and their supporters, by a murderous terrorist organisation and it was israel's responsibility and obligation to bring them back alive. 7th and no forgiveness for abandoning them in captivity.
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today, hamas said the failure to return their mother might have been a mistake. we point out the of an or eric in the a veteran of israel's spy agency says the fog of war may have played a part. may have played a part. and if you ask me, and i think and if you ask me, and i think this is the probable this is the probable solution to this question, is that hamas either made a mistake or couldn't find a mistake or couldn't find a real body, or doesn't know a real body, or doesn't know where the real body is. we have to understand that we have to understand that we're talking about a war we're talking about a war zone, and in a war zone, zone, and in a war zone, these things happen. these things happen. the return of bodies the return of bodies has onlyjust begun, has onlyjust begun, but already, it's the source of confusion and anger. but of the hostages but of the hostages still being held in gaza, still being held in gaza, many are presumed to be dead. many are presumed to be dead.
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hamas probably doesn't hold them all. there are likely to be many more moments just like this. tonight, another body has been handed over. the israelis are holding their breath. omer neutra — an american—israeli citizen — was killed during the hamas attack on israel on october 7th. 21 at the time, omer served as a tank platoon commander in the israel defense forces.
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as a tank platoon commander in t are ;rael defense forces. as a tank platoon commander in t are talking fense forces. as a tank platoon commander in t are talking about forces. as a tank platoon commander in t are talking about yesterday we are talking about yesterday bringing back after over 500 j— gayeaea “l—eea—a'd two babies, great—grandfather, two babies, their mother. in bringing closure to the family. but what �*organisation, what kind people,7 these people, these atrocious of people, these atrocious crimes? we heard that the babies were killed brutally, they had been for months they had been held for months now. so we are talking about monsters. and as families that have our loved ones and our son 7st|u7 .......... .. ..... a .... a... ........- st|llbe|ngheld 7777st7ill7bei7ng7h7el7d7captiv7e77 for over 777for over 5700 7 7 77for over 5700 days, we there for over 500 days, we know that he is not but is tortuous. this has been a it is tortuous. this has been a long terrorist attack and hamas long terrorist attackahd hamas been doing everything to has been aeihg everything te ~ ... ... ~ this worse
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has laeen aeing everything te ~ ... ... ~ this worse and to talk to make this worse and to talk to the families. and that is how we feel. we feel tormented and we feel. we feel tornnenteo ballad—fl. ..- .--. .. and we feel. we feel tormented antleee ..- .--. .. and disgusted, really. 277 —7 277 7 27 is it also the 7 27 is it also the fact 7 7 7 is it also the fact that jugt e a ei’ ”a 5: " just know what is 7to 7 7 to happen and whether going to happen and whether 1; will be going to happen and whether a; is will be going to happen and whether a; is that will be going to happen and whether a; is that will i of going to happen and whether ” is that will i of the going to happen and whether 2; things, tvill i of the going to happen and whether 2; things, tvill i c not: knowing? the definition of terrorism, e—ze for over 2:7: - for over 500 days, - - for over 500 days, we i ? for over 500 days, we are and for over 500 days, we are in the — and for over 500 days, we are in the dark_ and for over 500 days, we are in the dark —— torture you. we not sure our son not sure our son is. e 7 -—7 cares about child to who tares about his. shite—teas —— w... e e—e — . % situation. in this uncertainty situation. cannot— in this uncertainty situation. cannot do— in this uncertainty situation. cannot do anything, we cannot qan'net'a'e a y. .' .. is ea . a. back i h - back to work. i qan'net'a'e anything. we tannet back to work. we are qan'net'ae anything. we eannet back to work. we are for 7 iys --oin back 7 7 iys --oin back z m: washiand to . washiand to qatar, i washington7and to qatar, to
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—= florida, to london, anywhere to speak— florida, to london, anywhere to speak with — florida, to london, anywhere to speak with world leaders, our concern and demand express our concern and demand from _ express our concern and demand from the — express our concern and demand from the world leaders to do her“. the werla leaaeritn tie: '*"*""”*”*"'* in them. the werla leaaetitn tie '*"*”"”*"*"" in 2-2: 77— 77-7 7777 77 7-17 . stop this bloodshed. and bring the hostages back and bring peace and security 7 - peace and security to| 2 peace and security to7he some peace and security to'l'i're -_ the man accused of killing unitedhealthcare's chief for a status hearing. vest, while security guards surrounded him. mr mangione faces state murder and terrorism charges and, public officials have condemned the killing that launched a five—day manhunt, while supporters organised a rally outside and inside the courtroom, championing mr mangione's message.
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been receiving unfair treatment while in custody. she's concerned he might not get a fair trial. when i go visit luigi at mdc in brooklyn, i sit with him, he is unshackled. he walks around freely in the visiting area. they need him to be shackled, police stand right over us of attempted murder. nomia iqbal reports. he had been giving a talk on stage about keeping writers safe.
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salman rushdie said he felt like he had been punched at first he lay in a pool of first ans! he lay in asset sf ' ' ' own thinking he would his own blood thinking he would die. members of the audience his own blood thinking he would die. mi onto �*s of the audience his own blood thinking he would die. mi onto stage 1e audience his own blood thinking he would die. mi onto stage to audience his own blood thinking he would die. mi onto stage to save nce his own blood thinking he would die. mi onto stage to save him. was then 77 to was t this 77 to was t this trial to was t this trial was case of who done it, there is a case'of who'done'it, there is of video a case'of whocione'it, there is of video evidence and testimony that proves audience testimony that proves audience testimony that proves a matar was the who had a matar was the one who attacked rushdie. but attacked salman rushdie. but defence had that there his defence had been that there was no evidence beyond doubt that it reasonable doubt that it was a premeditated murder attempt, the 7 7 7 7777th7e7d7efer71ce7tri7ed7 the defence tried to 7 rather, the defence tried to portray it as an incident that 777777which 7 77777 whichwas 7 which was ch7a7otic7 which was chaotic and happened which was chaotic and noisy, but the jury happened which was chaotic and noisy, but thejury less noisy, but the jury in less than two hours rejected that. noisy, but the jury in less the matar1ours rejected that. noisy, but the jury in less the matar does rejected that. noisy, but the jury in less the matar does face :ted that. noisy, but the jury in less the matar does face another. mr matar does face another a federal trial, which trial, a federal trial, which includes charges of terrorism. denies all those charges and he denies all those charges and he will be sentenced at a later
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date following today's verdict germany's general election campaign is in its final a snap election, triggered by the collapse of led by friedrich merz — are on course to be and its leader, alice weidel. to make peace with russia, is expected to make significant gains. our europe editor, katya adler, has been following both parties and sent this report from berlin. "we're taking our country back". that's what these afd supporters are belting out, german pop music—style. the afd�*s germany first theme
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tune — tough on migration, keen to close german borders — is so catchy amongst young wonderful germany. we can't go on like this. the afd will change things. there's real excitement here. they point to donald trump's politics, to nationalist parties doing well across europe. but germany isn't any other country. if the afd really boosts its popularity this election, what does the afd offer young women?
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we are just conservative. but afd opponents don't believe her. they are a nazi party. it's like a racist party. translation: if the afd gets into power, - focusing minds here, a string of attacks by migrants. the latest last week in munich, where another border security is an afd rallying cry. very aware of that and afraid of losing votes to the afd, the man expected to be germany's next chancellor, conservative friedrich merz, has been careful to sound tough. "we have to solve the migration problem," he told this
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he and other traditional parties pledged to keep the afd out of germany's next government. but the afd is crying foul. katya adler, bbc news, berlin. let's turn to some other important news around the world. los angeles mayor karen bass dismissed the city's fire department chief on friday over her handling of january's palisades fires. the chief criticised the mayor when the fires first began, saying she had failed the city. of homes were destroyed. china reassured south africa on friday that beijing
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and pretoria persist. attend the g20 foreign ministers�* meeting being hosted by south africa this week. his absence is linked to the trump administration's apple is removing its highest level of data security for customers in the uk. the unprecedented move is in reponse to a demand by the british government for access to users' data. online. 0ur north america technology correspondent lily jamali has
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does set new in the past, we have seen here in the ask authorities here in the us ask apple to them jailbreak a apple to help them jailbreak a a particular device in phone—in a partlclllaredevice in particular crime that they a particdlar crime that they to solve. it 777to to see a company m this -e of service from pull this type of service—from ..-- .. e- . --. . ~ market as as the uk. the market as large as the uk. it is not their biggest market, but it is a one. so 7 7 one.7 so it significant one. so it certainly a certainly sends a message. so forward, we could see goingforward. we codld see spread to other companies, goingforward. we codld see sprea meta, ier companies, goingforward. we codld see sprea meta, google. anies, goingforward. we codld see sprea meta, google. we is, espefla'umeta gecg'e �*-’e out to both of have reached out to both of those for comment. those companies for comment. meta has an encrypted whatsapp service. so that could be but companies 777777de7c7li7ned7to77 77 7 77 7 77 7declined to comment at have declined to comment at this time. thousands of lives have been ruined by powerful and illegal
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but no—one has ever exposed the pharmaceutical executives behind this deadly trade. from addiction. yahaya masahudu reports. a legal addictive opioid flooding the of in flooding the of west africa. in in northern it tamale in northern ghana, it has got so bad, locals have set “p has got so bad, locals have set up their own task force to the today, track down the dealers. today. am joining them on a it i am joining them on a raid. it an who has taken the the force 7 7 7 77t7he7 77fo7rce77deta7ined men. some take the several men. some take the opioids as being killers, but many use them simply to get high —— as painkillers. many use them simply to get high —— as pain kill. 5. many use them simply to get high —— as pain kill. this 0verdosing can kill. this is what they here in just 77day 7 day. this 7 7 day. this is 7 7 day. this is what 7 7 day. this is what happens one day. this ts what happens one day. this ts what happens on a daily basis with almost on a daily basis with the task but where the task. force. bat where “the ~ ~ ~ .
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from? the packets drugs coming from? the packets offer some clues. they are made in india, and in the corner, 777 77 [595.7 7 7 logo. we 7 7 logo. we found7the distinctive logo. we found the same local on opioid pills on the streets of cote d'ivoire. it also appears on packets seized by police and seized by canadian police and is the same logo our found seized by canadian police and is �* the .ame logo our found seized by canadian police and is �* the .ame log nigeria. found seized by canadian police and is �* the .ame log nigeria. all �*ound on the drugs in nigeria. all them are particularly dangerous combination of and combination of opioids and relaxant. we tracked mascle relaeant. we trachea the to in and cover “— cover —— an undercover on the cover —— an undercover operative agreed to go to the factory posing as a businessman looking to opioids to looking to supply opioids to nigeria. this is of the nigeria. this is one of the directors of aveo.
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in india, drugs for must comply with the requirements of the country. this the imported country. this product does not import product does not meet import requirements. by these requirements. by shipping these to ghana, aveo is 777 lawj7bu7t 777 1573111 in 77 the task force tamale the citizens task. farce? ~ — — ~ ~ ~ to tama'e the citizens task fore ~ . . ~ ~ ~ to destroy the drugs they meets to destroy the drugs they have taken off the streets. production lines in india more, to fuel drug erecllrce "fire ceetielre to �*e' . .s f ~ ~ drug prices across erecllrce "fire ceetielre to �*e' r re e rr rr drug prices across africa. the drug prices across africa. we put to they did we put this to aveo, they did not respond. the engine drugs regulator told us india
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its recognises its responsibility towards global public towards global pdblic health. said country's drug it said the country's drug is and regulatory system is strong and strict action be taken strict action will be taken against any pharmaceutical firm in 7 in it has upon importing countries called upon importing countries to support india's efforts by enforcing similarly strong "you can't take our country, and you can't take our game," — country emerged victorious against the united states the tournament came amid political tensions ahead of the game, white house press secretary joked about what she called the "soon—to—be 51st state". justin trudeau was among the fans celebrating on thursday night. senior nhl writer for the athletic mark lazerus
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i mean, that became the story of the tournament. this exhibition tournament that was supposed to be a precursor to the olympics next year turned into this of donald trump, calling it the 51st state. whether he was mocking their sovereignty or outright and at the early games in montreal, the american national anthem was booed heavily. a canadian pop star, changed the lyrics to "only us command", instead of "in all of us command". less about the hockey. what was the viewership like? absolutely. number for hockey.
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the most—watched hockey game of any kind in years. see at the olympics. so its huge for the game, and this is what they're it was close, it was fast, it was great hockey, one of the doctors treating pope francis not out of danger. these are live pictures the pope is likely to stay in hospital until at least next week. abdomen was good and his heart �*very strong'.
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hello there. we ended the week with a band of rain pushing eastwards across the uk, but ahead of it, with some sunshine and a brisk southerly wind, we saw the temperature in lincolnshire this weekend will be a little cooler. and a few showers as well. in from the atlantic. and the cooler weather is going to be coming in from the atlantic as well on these westerly winds that are following this weather front, which brought the rain. the night across east anglia and the south—east of england, keeping temperatures a bit higher here. but with some clearer skies and the showers easing away, degrees come the morning. the south—east fairly smartly. grazing northern ireland, pushing into the north—west of scotland. one or two showers for england and wales as well, but many places will be dry.
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but still, it's a mild day, temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees. of low pressure is heading to the north of the uk. that's going to bring with it that band of rain. it's going to bring with it some stronger winds as well. widely, gusts 50, 60 miles an hour, stronger than that and islands. heaviest rain over dumfries and galloway, south wales, and the south—east of england. and those temperatures still a reasonable ii or 12 so, fairly mild over the weekend, just not quite tend to drop as well. it looks like it's going
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