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00:00Thousands marched and nuked to oppose Trump's interest in taking over Greenland in what

00:05officials say is the biggest protest in the history of the island.

00:11Iran's supreme leader has directly accused Donald Trump for the death of thousands of

00:16protesters during the country's unrest.

00:21After 25 years in the making, the EU finally signed the controversial Mercosur trade deal

00:27on Saturday.

00:31Thousands marched in Greenland's capital Nuk across snow and ice on Saturday to take

00:36a stand against US President Donald Trump and his declared interest in taking over the

00:40island.

00:42Just as they finished their trek to the US consulate in adverse weather conditions, the news of

00:47Trump announcing a 10% tariff on eight European countries who defend Greenland's sovereignty

00:52broke.

00:54Trump on Saturday announced that beginning next month, all of Denmark, Sweden, Finland,

00:59Germany, France, the UK and the Netherlands will face a tariff on their exported goods,

01:05which could rise to 25% by June.

01:08The US President said the tariff will apply until, quote, a deal is reached for the complete

01:13and total purchase of Greenland.

01:15Greenlanders denounced the move, with some protesters slamming Trump for being arrogant

01:20and, quote, a very big bully.

01:23Trump has sought the takeover of the mineral-rich Arctic nation, part of the Danish throne, since

01:28his first term in office.

01:31Upon his return to the Oval Office, those calls were amplified, gaining more weight after

01:36a US military intervention in Venezuela earlier this month, which many countries say was a violation

01:42of international law.

01:47Iran's supreme leader has pointed the finger directly at US President Donald Trump as responsible

01:55for the death toll during the protests currently rocking the country.

02:01So far, more than 3,400 people have been killed, according to activists, but Tehran does not acknowledge

02:09these statistics.

02:11In his speech during the Eid al-Mabba celebrations, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei insisted that the violent

02:17unrest in Iran is the result of, quote, American sedition.

02:21He then went on to say that his country will not go to war, but neither would its spare criminals.

02:29The Iranian government is in the midst of an unprecedented crisis since demonstrations

02:33began on the 28th of December, with no end in sight.

02:43A fire broke out at an energy facility in the southern Ukrainian region of Odessa following

02:48a Russian attack carried out overnight into Saturday.

02:52The country's state emergency service says the strike caused damage to buildings and vehicles,

02:57but confirmed that there were no casualties.

03:00More than 30 firefighters worked in the early hours of Saturday to put out the blaze.

03:05Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the Kremlin for its continued targeting of energy

03:10sites, which he says is a deliberate tactic to increase civilian suffering.

03:15In a post on X, the Ukrainian leader noted that he held a, quote, special energy coordination

03:21call to discuss ways to bolster defenses of energy sites and minimize harm to civilians.

03:28He also pleaded for more weapons to beef up his embattled country's air defenses, stressing

03:33that Kyiv's intelligence finds evidence that Russia's plotting massive attacks in the near

03:37future.

03:38After 25 years of talks, the EU has finally signed a major trade deal with South America's Mercosur

03:50nations.

03:51These include Argentina and Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay.

03:56The deal will create a free trade zone of roughly 700 million people, gradually eliminating

04:03about 90 percent of tariffs across the industrial, services and agricultural sectors.

04:10We choose fair trade over tariffs.

04:15We choose a productive, long-term partnership over isolation.

04:23Supporters of the deal, such as Germany and Spain, argue that the EU needs new trade ties

04:28away from the US and China, critics, such as France, say the deal threatens European farmers

04:35by exposing them to unfair competition from Latin American imports.

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