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00:00Russia struck with drones and missiles overnight into Saturday across Ukraine,

00:03killing at least three and injuring dozens.

00:06Two Russian civilians were also killed in Saratov due to Ukrainian drone strikes.

00:10After an agreement between the US and Belarus on lifting some trade sanctions,

00:13President Alexander Lukashenko released 123 political prisoners,

00:17including Nobel laureate Alice Bielatsky.

00:20European leaders have come out all guns blazing

00:23as they move to indefinitely freeze Russian assets

00:25just days after Trump slammed the continent as decaying in its leaders' week.

00:30US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order

00:33blocking states from crafting their own AI regulations,

00:36warning that a patchwork of rules could stifle the industry.

00:41Russia struck with over 450 drones and 30 missiles overnight into Saturday across Ukraine.

00:50The attacks killed at least three people and injured 35 others on the Ukrainian side.

00:54One person died in Oleksyyevo-Duryskivka in the Donbass region.

01:02In nearby Konstyantinivka, two others were killed as Russia hammered the area with over 17 attacks in 24 hours.

01:11President Vladimir Zelensky said the strikes show Russia's ongoing terror against civilians.

01:15Also, two civilians were killed in a Ukrainian drone strike on Russia's Saratov region overnight

01:22as Russia's defense ministry reported downing 41 Ukrainian drones.

01:30Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko pardoned 123 political prisoners on Saturday.

01:36Among those released are Nobel laureate Alice Bielatsky

01:39and opposition leaders Viktor Babarka and Maria Kolesnikova.

01:43Their release was the result of an agreement reached with the United States

01:46to lift sanctions on Belarusian potash fertilizer exports.

01:50US Special Envoy John Cole announced the sanctions relief

01:53after productive talks with Lukashenko in Minsk on Friday and Saturday.

01:58The potash industry represents about 4% of Belarus' GDP

02:01and was sanctioned after the disputed 2020 election.

02:05Cole said more sanctions could be lifted as relations normalize.

02:09All freed prisoners are deported, including the forcibly exiled 109 Belarusian citizens to Ukraine.

02:16From her office in Vilnius, Svetlana Tikhanovskaya,

02:19widely regarded as the legitimate representative of the people of Belarus,

02:23reported that some prisoners are also sent to Lithuania.

02:26Bielatsky is currently at the U.S. Embassy in Vilnius.

02:30After months of political wrangling and a flurry of criticisms issued by U.S. President Donald Trump last week,

02:43European leaders have come out with a strong response.

02:46In an audacious move, the European Union have decided to indefinitely immobilize Russian assets held in EU countries

02:53worth a whopping 210 billion euros.

02:56An emergency clause in the treaties was triggered this week to freeze the overseas holdings owned by the Russian Central Bank.

03:04The measure comes just days after Trump labeled Europe a, quote,

03:08decaying continent and called its leaders weak.

03:11With one bold move, the bloc was able to push back against external interference

03:16and insulate the large sum of money from the Kremlin's war machine.

03:20The bulk of the assets, some 185 billion euros, are held at Euroclear,

03:26a central securities depository in Brussels.

03:29The remaining 25 billion are spread in banks across five other EU member states.

03:34Until now, the funds have been paralyzed under the traditional sanctions scheme,

03:39which requires renewal by unanimous vote among the member states biannually.

03:46U.S. President Donald Trump has signed an executive order

03:50blocking states from crafting their own AI regulations,

03:53warning that a patchwork of rules could stifle the industry.

03:58Trump argued that competing with China requires a unified approach,

04:02saying there is only going to be one winner.

04:06The order directs the attorney general to challenge state laws

04:10that threatens to withhold federal funding from states with conflicting AI rules.

04:14Meanwhile, billionaire David Sachs, Trump's AI policy lead,

04:21claimed the administration would target only onerous regulations,

04:25though critics argue that this removes vital oversight.

04:28We have over a thousand bills going through state legislatures.

04:30States like California and Colorado have already passed laws

04:33addressing AI bias and transparency,

04:36which this federal move could now override.

04:38What's that all about?

04:40Okay.

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