Latest news bulletin | October 27th, 2025 – Evening
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00:00Lithuania drew up plans to close its border with Belarus indefinitely,
00:06the country's Prime Minister Inga Rygunjena said.
00:09It comes after flights at the capital's airport were repeatedly disrupted
00:14as a result of multiple balloon sightings used to smuggle in cigarettes.
00:18The balloons caused flight cancellations, diversions and delays.
00:22The country's border guard service decided overnight on Sunday to close the border for 24 hours.
00:29The restrictions will be extended until Wednesday,
00:32when the government is expected to decide whether to prolong the closure indefinitely.
00:37On the third day, there will be an appointment.
00:41We are now ready to do the same with Belarusians.
00:47We are ready to do the same with Belarusians.
00:50It means that the diplomat, the diplomat, will be able to do it.
00:54We and the European Union will be able to protect us from Belarusians.
01:00Answering a question during a media briefing,
01:03the European Commission said they were in contact with local authorities.
01:07In this case, as in all of the previous cases of drones, for example,
01:12there have been several across the EU and EU airports.
01:15We are in close contact with the national authorities in this case, as well as EASA.
01:21Rygunjena has referred to the incursions as, quote,
01:24hybrid attacks and floated the possibility of the country invoking NATO Article 4.
01:29US President Donald Trump has arrived in Japan as he continued his week-long tour of Asia,
01:38filled with high-stakes diplomacy and meetings.
01:41Trump departed Washington a few days ago, arriving in Malaysia, his first stop,
01:46where he brokered a ceasefire agreement between Thailand and Cambodia,
01:50ending a months-old border dispute.
01:52In Tokyo, Trump was welcomed at the Imperial Palace,
01:56where he took part in a courtesy call and visit with Japanese Emperor Naruhito.
02:01He is also due to meet with Japan's new Prime Minister, Sanai Takeishi,
02:05who assumed office less than a week ago and is hoping to turn a page on US-Japan relations.
02:11I look forward to meeting the new Prime Minister. I hear phenomenal things.
02:16She was a great ally and friend of Shinzo Abe, who was my friend, the former Prime Minister.
02:24And he was great. He was one of my best. He was one of the best.
02:27And in the group, he was one of the best. Really best.
02:30And I know they were very close. And I think philosophically they were close, which is good.
02:35It's going to be very good. That really helps Japan and the United States. I think she's going to be great.
02:40Takeishi has already extended a gesture of friendship,
02:44offering to buy a fleet of Ford F-150 trucks from the US for official use,
02:49despite its impracticality given Japan's many narrow streets.
02:54Trump has clashed with Japan's former leader over what he called
02:57Tokyo's unfair trading relationship with Washington.
03:01The US president is also set to visit South Korea to meet with President Lee Jae-myung,
03:06a trip which will also feature high-stakes talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping.
03:11Thank you very much.
03:13A US warship docked in Trinidad and Tobago's capital, Port of Spain, on Sunday,
03:19as the Trump administration looks to boost its military presence in the region
03:23amid a continued standoff with Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
03:28Washington deployed the USS Gravely, a guided missile destroyer,
03:32which comes in addition to the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier,
03:36already in proximity to Venezuela. According to officials in Trinidad and Tobago,
03:42the US Navy ship will remain in their country until Thursday
03:45and will play host to some military exercises between both nations.
03:50Maduro slammed the move as a hostile provocation,
03:53calling it an attempt by the US government to, quote,
03:56fabricate a new eternal war. The US has so far carried out nine strikes in the Caribbean Sea
04:03against what it says are Venezuelan drug-carrying boats.
04:06Trump says it's his duty to continue fighting the entry of illicit drugs into his country,
04:11which pose a grave risk to US citizens.
04:14He claims the drugs, arriving mostly from Venezuela, are dealt by Maduro himself,
04:20who he previously called the world's biggest narco-trafficker.
04:27French police have arrested two suspects over the jewelry theft at the Louvre Museum last week,
04:34say Paris prosecutors. The two men, one of whom was trying to board a flight,
04:41cannot be questioned by authorities for up to 96 hours.
04:45Items worth €88 million were taken from the world's most visited museum last Sunday,
04:53when four thieves broke into the building via balcony in broad daylight.
04:57They used a vehicle-mounted mechanical lift and power tools.
05:01Around eight pieces of historic jewelry were removed,
05:06all associated with French 19th century royalty.
05:10The heist has been criticized as a national humiliation by some,
05:16raising questions over the museum's security.
05:19The party of Argentinian President Javier Mille has won Sunday's midterm election,
05:29scoring over 40 percent of the votes.
05:31His La Libertadat Avanza party won the crucial election to renew almost half of the lower house of Congress,
05:37according to tallies with more than 97 percent of votes counted.
05:42The election offered an important vote of confidence to strengthen Mille's plan for a radical free market policy,
05:48backed by billions of dollars pledged by U.S. President Donald Trump.
05:52The Argentine leader won decisive victories in key districts, sweeping eight in Sunday's vote.
05:58Trump has promised a $40 billion rescue for the nation and has made further aid contingent on Mille's victory.
06:05An Egyptian convoy with heavy equipment, including excavators and bulldozers, entered Gaza overnight into Sunday.
06:18The team will help search and retrieve the remaining bodies of Israeli hostages.
06:23It is the first time Israel has allowed for the entry of Egyptian vehicles to help with the search.
06:29Under the U.S.-brokered ceasefire, Israel agreed to give back 15 bodies of imprisoned Palestinians for every body of an Israeli hostage.
06:38However, the massive destruction of the Strip has made it difficult for Hamas to find the remaining bodies.
06:44On Sunday, the militant group expanded its search in new areas of the Gaza Strip.
06:51Meanwhile, local authorities reported Israeli forces struck a refugee camp in Gaza on Saturday night.
06:57The Israeli military claimed it targeted Islamic Jihad militants, while the group denied it was preparing an attack.
07:04Hamas called the strike a, quote, clear violation of the ceasefire agreement.
07:10The U.S. government's Department of Agriculture, USDA, has announced that federal food aid will not go out on November 1,
07:22raising the stakes for families nationwide as the government shutdown drags on.
07:27The new notice posted on the USDA website comes after the Trump administration said
07:33it would not tap roughly $5 billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the SNAP food aid program flowing into November.
07:43With one in eight Americans using SNAP to buy groceries, the prospect of families not receiving food aid
07:51as deeply concerned states run by both Democrats and Republicans.
07:56What we know about food insecurity in this country is that volunteer food pantries like ours and others cannot meet the need.
08:03SNAP is an essential piece of meeting the food need in the United States.
08:07And SNAP is being cut. It's very tragic. And so we are concerned about sustainability.
08:12The looming situation also comes as the government shutdown becomes the second longest on record.
08:18It began on 1 October after U.S. lawmakers could not agree to pass a bill to fund government services when the federal budget expired.
08:28The Trump administration blames Democrats who say they will not agree to reopen the government until Republicans negotiate with them
08:36on extending expiring subsidies under the health insurance known as the Affordable Care Act.
08:42Meteorologists have warned that Hurricane Melissa, which is sustaining Category 5 strength,
08:50may cause catastrophic flooding and numerous landslides in the Caribbean.
08:55According to the U.S. National Hurricane Center, Melissa is expected to move near or over Jamaica early Tuesday
09:03then cross Cuba into the southeastern Bahamas through Wednesday.
09:07On Monday, the National Hurricane Center said Melissa had maximum sustained winds of 260 km per hour as it moved westward.
09:18In response, some residents in Jamaica began to take precautions and tried to stock up on adequate food to weather the storm.
09:27Officials warned that some communities in Jamaica may not survive the catastrophic flash floods that could occur from some 38 to 76 cm of rain in Jamaica
09:39and the southern Caribbean's second largest island, the Spaniola, by Wednesday.
09:45At least four people were killed by Melissa in Haiti and in the Dominican Republic over the weekend.
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