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00:00Left-wing independent candidate Catherine Connolly will become the new president of

00:05Ireland after winning elections by a landslide victory.

00:11At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured in Russian airstrikes on Ukraine

00:17overnight.

00:18The European Union is working on a strategy to end its reliance on China for its critical

00:27raw materials.

00:29Left-wing independent candidate Catherine Connolly will become the 10th president of

00:38Ireland after winning elections by a landslide victory.

00:43She won 63% of first preference votes, once spoiled votes were excluded, compared to just

00:5029% of her rival Heather Humphries of the centre-right party Tina Gale.

00:5668-year-old Connolly has promised to be a voice for peace and one that quote, builds on our

01:02policy of neutrality.

01:03And together we can shape a new republic that values everybody, that values and champions

01:11diversity and that takes confidence in our own identity, our Irish language, our English

01:20language and the new people who have come to our country.

01:24The former barrister has been a strong critic of both the European Union and the United

01:30States, denouncing the EU's plans to ramp up military spending.

01:35At least four people have been killed and dozens more injured after Russian missile and drone

01:45strikes hit Ukraine Friday night in the Saturday morning, say Ukrainian officials.

01:512 people were killed and 9 wounded by a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday

01:57in Kiev, while 2 others were killed and 7 wounded in the Dnepropetrovsk region.

02:03Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched a total of 9 missiles and 62 drones.

02:09The attacks came after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky urged the United States on Friday

02:15to expand sanctions on Russian oil and appealed for long-range missiles to hit back at Russia.

02:25Moscow's defense ministry said its air defenses shot down 121 Ukrainian drones overnight.

02:32European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the European Union is working on a strategy

02:45to end its reliance on China for its critical raw materials.

02:49The strategy comes in a response to China's decision to implement tighter restriction on rare earth exports.

02:56If you consider that over 90% 9-0 of our consumption of rare earth magnets come from imports from China,

03:07you see the risks here for Europe and its most strategic industrial sectors.

03:13Von der Leyen said the aim of the plan is to secure access to alternative sources of the minerals.

03:19These are key to EU industries such as automotive defense, green tech and digital sectors.

03:25The plan, which is named Resource-EU, will seek out cooperations with countries like Ukraine, Australia, Canada,

03:33Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Chile and Greenland.

03:41The United States has confirmed it is sending its most powerful aircraft carrier to the waters of Venezuela

03:48in what is seen as the latest military escalation in the region.

03:52The USS Gerald R. Ford, capable of carrying up to 90 aircraft, will be deployed to, quote,

03:59detect, monitor and disrupt illicit actors and activities that pose a threat to the US, says the Pentagon.

04:07Hours before the announcement, the US said it had conducted its 10th strike on a suspected drug-running boat,

04:14leaving six people dead.

04:17Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has accused the US of, quote,

04:21fabricating a new war, and there are fears that the US military build-up is aimed at removing him from power.

04:27Trump has accused Maduro of being the leader of a drug trafficking organization,

04:33and the US does not currently recognize him as Venezuela's legitimate leader.

04:38Forever, forever, forever!

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