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00:00Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni meets with French President Emmanuel Macron
00:04and Slovakia's Robert Fitzgerald with Ukraine war topping the discussions.
00:10German police are conducting searches in Algarve for traces of Madeleine McCann
00:15as they look for evidence to support charges against Christian Bruckner.
00:20Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has resigned
00:23just hours after Geert Bilders pulled his party out of government.
00:30Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has held talks with the leaders of France and Slovakia in Rome
00:36with the war in Ukraine and a lasting peace deal for the country topping the agenda.
00:42Meloni first received Slovakia's Prime Minister Robert Fitzgerald,
00:46who arrived at her official residence late Tuesday afternoon.
00:50According to a joint government statement, Fitzgerald and Meloni discussed their support for peace in Ukraine
00:57and their commitment to the reconstruction of the country.
01:01Later on Tuesday, Meloni welcomed Francis Emmanuel Macron for talks that covered Ukraine, Gaza
01:07and relations with the EU and the Trump administration.
01:12Italy's government said that both countries have common positions on many issues
01:16and expectations were high for productive talks.
01:20But the leaders' opinions don't align on all issues.
01:23There have been differences of position regarding military support for Ukraine,
01:27with Macron suggesting sending troops to the country while Meloni ruling it out.
01:32Denmark has officially quit the frugal fort to focus on rearmament.
01:42Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced.
01:45Denmark joined the so-called frugal fort during the 2020 negotiations on the EU budget.
01:51The group of fiscally conservative countries also included the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
01:56But as the new budget talks approach, Copenhagen wants to switch sides.
02:02As days, we will always be tough in the negotiations on the budget.
02:06We don't want money to be spent on nothing that is not necessary for Europe.
02:12So we will be tough.
02:13But being a part of the frugal fort is no longer the right place for us.
02:19From now on, Denmark will have a more flexible attitude towards the common EU budget,
02:25what Frederiksen said, insisting defence spending should take precedence over all other priorities.
02:32For me, the most important thing is to rearm Europe.
02:35That's my starting point and that's my conclusion in all discussions.
02:38Because if Europe is not able to protect ourselves and to defend ourselves,
02:42then it's game over at some point.
02:44Denmark isn't the only one with a change of mindset.
02:48Sweden and Finland have also softened their positions,
02:51calling for fresh money to boost deterrence's capabilities against Russia.
02:57The European Commission is expected to present the drop budget before the summer break.
03:02Once the proposal is on the table, the political debate will begin in full swing.
03:08Two years after the last searches in Portugal in connection with the disappearance of Madeleine McCann,
03:19German authorities have returned to the city of Lagos in the southern Algarve region
03:22to try and find any trace that might help the investigation.
03:27The search, which has the support of Portuguese authorities,
03:30began on Tuesday and will continue until the 6th of June.
03:33Various locations will be swept in the search for evidence
03:38that will help support the case against Christian Bruckner.
03:42German authorities declared Bruckner to be the main suspect behind the child's abduction,
03:47although he's yet to be formally charged.
03:50The search warrant was issued by the Braunschweig Public Prosecutor's Office.
03:55They're conducting preliminary proceedings against the German
03:59who is currently in prison for the rape of an elderly woman in 2005.
04:04Without new charges, Bruckner could be a free man as early as September.
04:09The search will focus on an area between Praia de Luge
04:12and one of the houses where Bruckner lived at the time of Maddy's disappearance.
04:18Maddy McCann was reported missing in May 2007
04:21while on vacation with her family.
04:23Dutch Prime Minister Dick Schoof has resigned from his position
04:30just hours after far-right politician Geert Wilders announced
04:35his Party for Freedom would pull out of the ruling government coalition.
04:41Schoof is expected to submit the Cabinet's resignation
04:44to King Willem-Alexander by the end of the day on Tuesday,
04:48but says the coalition will remain as a caretaker-government
04:52up until the new election.
04:55In the Ministerraad we've spoken about the situation
04:58and concluded that with the PIVV
05:01there is no sufficient amount of time in the Second Amendment for this Cabinet.
05:07It comes after a turbulent day in Dutch politics,
05:11with Wilders declaring his withdrawal from government
05:14following the coalition's refusal to accept his immigration policy.
05:20Wilders' 10-point plan, which he presented last Monday,
05:24called for a complete halt to asylum,
05:27a temporary stop to family reunions for asylum seekers with refugee status
05:31and the return of all Syrians who have applied for asylum
05:36or are in the Netherlands on temporary visas.
05:39The Dutch government is now teetering on the brink of collapse,
05:43paving the way for snap elections in the Western European nation.
05:51Premier Donald Tusk po przegranej swojego kandydata
05:54na prezydenta Rafała Trzaskowskiego ogłosił,
05:57że zwróci się do Sejmu o wotum zaufania dla swojego rządu.
06:01Wniosek ma zostać rozpatrzony na dodatkowym posiedzeniu Sejmu,
06:04które odbędzie się 11 czerwca.
06:07Choć sam Donald Tusk jest dziś wielkim nieobecnym w Sejmie,
06:10wotum zaufania jest tutaj tematem numer jeden.
06:13Wysłuchaliśmy opinii polityków kilku frakcji.
06:15Większość koalicjantów odczytuje to jako symboliczny ruch premiera
06:18i zapowiedziało, że zagłosuje za udzieleniem wotum.
06:21Oczywiście, że zagłosuje za.
06:22Skoro taką decyzję podjął premier i uznał, że rząd potrzebuje
06:25takiego jednoznacznego potwierdzenia wotum zaufania,
06:27potwierdzenia większości w Sejmie, znaczy po prostu tak jest.
06:31My oczywiście poprzemy Donalda Tuska w tym wotum,
06:33bo koalicja ma trwać i trwać będzie.
06:37Inni parlamentarzyści, zwłaszcza ci z prawej strony,
06:40kategorycznie podkreślali, że będą głosować przeciw.
06:43Koalicjanci Tuska wiedzą, że nie muszą wybierać pomiędzy Tuskiem a Armagedonem.
06:48Mogą dzisiaj wybierać inne warianty i oczywiście tych wariantów jest kilka.
06:53Jedynym z nich jest rząd techniczny czy rząd ekspercki,
06:56tak jak wczoraj informował to pan prezes Jarosław Kaczyński.
06:59Można mówić, że to jest właśnie odbudowa państwa,
07:02a poza tym oczywiście sprawy gospodarcze,
07:05sprawa kryzysu finansów publicznych,
07:07sprawa służby zdrowia, sprawa bezpieczeństwa, powrót do zbrojenia,
07:12bo przez to zostało w istocie zahamowane,
07:14polityka zagraniczna, relacje ze Stanami Zjednoczonymi,
07:19ale także te sprawy europejskie.
07:21Wybory prezydenckie w Polsce zadziałały niczym referendum
07:24w sprawie skuteczności rządu.
07:26Koalicja musi wyciągnąć wnioski i ustawić agendę programową
07:30na najbliższe dwa i pół roku.
07:31Opozycja będzie regularnie domagała się wymiany premiera,
07:34a w kuluarach mówi się, że kohabitacja rządu z Karolem Nawrockim
07:38może okazać się trudniejsza niż z obecnym prezydentem Andrzejem Dudą.
07:42Z Warszawy dla Euronews Aleksandra Gałkareczko.
08:04The convoy was trying to reach the besieged city of El Fasher
08:10for the first time in over a year.
08:12This joint WFP-UNICEF convoy was made up of 15 trucks
08:18and it had traveled over 1,800 kilometers from Port Sudan
08:22and they were carrying nutrition supplies and food.
08:27The agencies were negotiating access to complete the journey to El Fasher
08:31when it was attacked.
08:33The route that the convoy was going to take was shared in advance
08:37with the parties on the ground who were notified
08:40and aware of the location of the trucks.
08:44Diyaraj said all those killed and injured were Sudanese contractors
08:48working for the World Food Program and UNICEF.
08:51The two warring sides in Sudan, the Armed Forces
08:54and paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces,
08:57traded blame over the attacks.
08:59Independent groups, however, tracked fighting in and around El Fasher
09:03and blamed the RSF for the attack, accusing the group of misleading the public
09:07and evading accountability.
09:09Sudan was plunged into war more than two years ago
09:12when tensions between the army and the RSF reached a boiling point.
09:17Violence started with street battles in the capital Khartoum,
09:20which quickly spread across the country.
09:27South Korea's opposition liberal candidate Lee Jae-myung
09:30has won the country's presidential election.
09:33The newly elected leader has secured more than 49% of the votes,
09:37with his conservative rival Kim Mon-soo trailing behind at approximately 41%.
09:42Jae-myung's election effectively ends months of political turmoil
09:46triggered by the short-lived imposition of martial law
09:49by former President Yoon Suk-yeol.
09:51Speaking to supporters shortly after exit polls projected his victory,
10:19Jae-myung said his first goal is to reunite the nation.
10:23정치가 이해관계 때문에 다투더라도 정치가 편을 가를지라도
10:31국민은 편을 가를 필요가 없습니다.
10:36국민은 이 나라의 주인이고 정치는 국민들의 삶을 대신 책임지는 일꾼들입니다.
10:47The result was not surprising for the conservatives who've been dealt a major blow in popularity
11:09amid Suk-yol's martial law debacle.
11:11Hours before the Liberal victory was formally announced, Moon-su conceded defeat in an address
11:16of the supporters.
11:28Sixty-year-old Lee Jae-myung inherits a difficult job ahead.
11:32The new leader will not only have to address deeply rooted domestic divisions, but also
11:37difficult foreign policy.
11:39The most pressing challenges facing the new leader are U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs
11:44as well as North Korea's rapidly advancing nuclear program.