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00:00A collision between two trains in the southern Czech Republic left five people seriously injured and dozens with minor injuries.
00:11U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill approving the release of the case files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
00:19At least 25 people were killed, including three children, as Russian missiles targeted residential sites in the western Ukrainian city of Chernobyl overnight into Wednesday.
00:30267 passengers and crew on board a large ferry were rescued after it ran aground on rocks off of South Korea's coast.
00:41Two trains collided in the southern Czech Republic, leaving five people seriously injured and dozens with minor injuries.
00:49Czech railways confirmed the collision involved two of its trains during morning rush hour, when services typically carry commuters heading to work.
00:58Seven rescue crews and a helicopter responded to the accident scene.
01:04We have information about that in the streets there were 50 people in the streets.
01:10From that point, 30 people were injured, either hard or slow, and were sent to a hospital in Czechoslovakia and in the surrounding cities.
01:19An investigation into the cause of the crash is underway, however, local media reported that one driver may have run a signal prohibiting travel.
01:29Both trains allegedly spotted each other from several hundred meters away, but were unable to stop in time.
01:36US President Donald Trump signed a bill approving the release of the case files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
01:53The Department of Justice now has 30 days to release files regarding investigations into Epstein, as well as his long-time partner and accomplice, Ghislaine Maxwell.
02:04The bill also calls for the release of the files related to Epstein's death in prison.
02:10But still, some exemptions apply.
02:12The Department of Justice may, for example, withhold personally identifiable information about victims and information that the administration considers classified.
02:21The move comes after Trump long opposed to make the files public, after it was suggested that he may personally be implicated.
02:29However, pressure from both political opponents and within his own party grew, pushing him to provide greater transparency regarding the files.
02:38Trump has repeatedly denied any wrongdoing, claiming to have cut ties with Epstein years ago.
02:44A culture of fear is taking hold in Chicago, with many too scared to leave their homes over immigration raids,
02:55where ICE officials emerge from unmarked vehicles to confront and detain undocumented migrants.
03:02In social media posts and interviews, many have expressed shock at the agent's use of force.
03:08For nearly two months, federal agents have been carrying out the surprise raids in Chicago in pursuit of the Trump administration's immigration agenda,
03:36in addition to people who were in the country illegally, many U.S. citizens have also been swept up in the crackdown.
03:45It was also, like, very hurtful seeing other people getting caught in the crossfire, you know,
03:53because they didn't have nothing to do with it, and all of them have citizenship.
03:56Being a Mexican-American, I feel like a whole bunch of weight on my shoulders of what can we do to help each other.
04:10Since it began in early September, Operation Midway Blitz has resulted in more than 3,300 arrests,
04:19according to attorneys for detainees.
04:21Hundreds gathered in Raleigh to demonstrate against federal agents expanding their immigration crackdown in North Carolina.
04:34The operation began over the weekend in the state's largest city, Charlotte,
04:39where officials said more than 130 people have been arrested.
04:43Federal officials said the crackdown served to reduce crime.
04:47However, officials in both Charlotte and Raleigh testified that crime rates were already down.
04:53Meanwhile, Pope Leo XIV strongly backed U.S. bishops who condemned the Trump administration immigration crackdown.
05:01No one has said that the United States should have open borders.
05:04I think every country has a right to determine who and how and when people enter.
05:10But when people are living good lives, and many of them for 10, 15, 20 years,
05:17to treat them in a way that is extremely disrespectful, to say the least,
05:22and there's been some violence, unfortunately,
05:24I think that the bishops have been very clear in what they said,
05:29and I think that I would just invite all people in the United States to listen to them.
05:32Last week, U.S. Catholic bishops gathered and issued a special pastoral message.
05:38The text criticized the mass deportation of migrants and the, quote,
05:42filification of them in the current migration debate.
05:48At least 25 people were killed, including three children,
05:51in Russian missile attacks on the western Ukrainian city of Ternopoul overnight into Wednesday.
05:56The country's emergency services said that 73 others were injured,
06:02with an early report suggesting that over a dozen of those were minors.
06:06Local officials say two nine-story residential buildings were struck by heavy Russian projectiles,
06:12including ballistic missiles.
06:15One of the buildings caught fire, while the other sustained extreme damage,
06:19which completely destroyed it from the ninth floor all the way down to the third.
06:22Ukraine's Prime Minister Yuliaz Viridenko slammed the Kremlin for its attacks,
06:28calling them a deliberate attempt to target the civilian population.
06:32The attacks came as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched down in Ankara on Wednesday
06:37to meet with his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
06:40a visit which aims to relaunch diplomatic talks with Russia to end the war.
06:45Moscow has significantly increased its aerial bombardment of Ukraine in recent months,
06:50targeting everything from military to energy and civilian positions,
06:54despite the mounting pressure,
06:56and global calls to re-engage in peace efforts.
07:03Europe is trying to re-arm fast,
07:05but is lacking qualified people to design or produce the volume of material needed.
07:10To meet this challenge,
07:12the European Commission on Wednesday proposed an up-skilling plan
07:15as part of its Defense Industry Transformation Roadmap.
07:18The EU says it wants 600,000 people to be up-skilled or re-skilled
07:23for the defense industry by 2030.
07:27Andrius Kubilius, the European Commissioner for Defense,
07:30told Euronews that the measures aimed to up-skill around 12%
07:33of the existing defense and aerospace workforce each year.
07:37This shortage is a problem for both the supply side,
07:42where disruptive technologies such as AI and quantum
07:45are being developed for defense applications,
07:48and the demand side,
07:50where armed forces and procurement bodies need expertise
07:52to quickly acquire and integrate these new systems.
07:56In 2023,
07:57the EU defense industry generated around 581,000 jobs
08:02and a turnover of 158.8 billion euros.
08:09The Lithuanian government announced that it's reopening
08:12the country's two border crossings with Belarus on Wednesday.
08:16It comes weeks after they were closed
08:18following disruptions at the capital's airport
08:20caused by balloons used to smuggle cigarettes across the border.
08:25Vilnius said late last month
08:26that it would keep the borders closed for one month
08:29with some exemptions.
08:31Officials in Lithuania viewed the balloon violation
08:33as a deliberate act by Belarus,
08:36a close ally of Russia.
08:38The decision is expected to ease the return
08:40of hundreds of Lithuanian trucks,
08:42which have been trapped in Belarus
08:43since the closure came into force.
08:46Minsk refused to open a corridor
08:48to allow the Lithuanian trucks' passage back home
08:50and opted to hold them as a means of pressuring Lithuania
08:53into reopening the crossings.
08:56Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko
08:58slammed Vilnius' decision to close the border crossings
09:01as a mad scam
09:02as he accused Lithuania of engaging in a
09:05quote,
09:05hybrid war against his country.
09:08Lithuania warned that the crossings
09:09could be shut again
09:11if balloons and drones reappear in its airspace.
09:13The European Commission has unveiled its digital omnibus,
09:21a proposal to cut red tape on artificial intelligence,
09:24cyber security and data,
09:26to boost innovation and competitiveness in the EU.
09:29Overall, we estimate that digital omnibus
09:31could result in at least 1 billion euros
09:35in annual savings for our businesses,
09:38public administrations and citizens,
09:41and it also would generate some 1 billion euros
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