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00:00Several NATO members have issued a joint statement warning Trump's Greenland threat risks, quote,

00:06a dangerous downward spiral.

00:10Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is taking aim at Ukraine's nuclear power systems in an attempt

00:16to deliberately harm civilians and freeze Kyiv into submission.

00:22The UK, Denmark, Finland, France, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden have issued a joint statement

00:29saying Trump's Greenland threat risks, quote, a dangerous downward spiral and undermines

00:35transatlantic relations.

00:39The NATO members then went on to say that they stand in full solidarity with the Kingdom of

00:44Denmark and the people of Greenland and are ready to engage in a dialogue based on their

00:49principles of sovereignty and territorial integrity.

00:54On Sunday, Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez said in an interview a US invasion of Greenland

01:00would make Putin, quote, the happiest man on earth.

01:03He explained that any military action by the US against Denmark would damage NATO and legitimize

01:09the invasion of Ukraine by Russia.

01:14European leaders have pledged a united response after US President Donald Trump threatened fresh

01:19tariffs until Denmark agrees to sell Greenland.

01:27Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia is readying itself to carry out strikes

01:32against the country's nuclear power plants in an attempt to freeze Kyiv into submission.

01:37Zelensky slammed Moscow for its continued attacks, accusing them of showing no willingness to end the

01:43war and deliberately dragging on diplomatic processes. Kyiv says more than 200 drones were fired across

01:51Ukraine, targeting Kharkiv, Dnipro, Zaporizhia, Odessa and other regions, killing two people

01:58and injuring dozens including one child. Attacks as of late have increasingly been targeting energy sites

02:05in what Ukraine says is a move intended to increase civilian suffering in the middle of winter.

02:10The repeated strikes caused thousands of homes to lose access to gas and electricity,

02:16prompting constant emergency repair and maintenance works.

02:20The attacks, according to Kyiv, have also escalated in severity, with this week alone seeing more

02:26than 1,300 drones, 1,000 guided aerial bombs and over two dozen missiles, including ballistics,

02:33being fired across the border. The Ukrainian President called on allies to boost support to

02:38his embattled country and ramp up pressure on Russia to force him to the negotiating table.

02:46German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is set to host Syria's interim president Ahmad al-Sharrah in Berlin.

02:52The visit has riled many people, including Ali Ertan Toprak, the federal chairman of the Kurdish

02:58community, who views al-Sharrah as a dictator and would rather see him in handcuffs than international

03:04receptions.

03:06In Syria, there are 150,000 Kurdish civilists in the war. There were different minority groups

03:14there since the massacres of the massacres. They are all documented by different people,

03:22rights groups and groups. Al-Sharrah wants to build a sunnitish-islamist

03:28leadership. Al-Sharrah, who was previously affiliated with the Al-Qaeda terror group,

03:35has been in power in Syria for just over a year. Since then, Kurds have reported oppression and expulsion.

03:43Around two and a half million of them live in Syria. Other minorities such as Alawites,

03:48Christians and Yazidis also speak of similar violence.

03:51To make his voice heard, Toprak wants to demonstrate against the visit with around 10,000 like-minded people.

04:17So far, the German government has not commented on his accusations.

04:22For Friedrich Merz, it's going to be something different. It's going to be something different.

04:27It's going to be something different. It's going to be the return of syrian refugees.

04:29He has a lot of support from his CDU. For his party, he has a lot of support.

04:32But it's going to be the same for the coalition partner of the SPD. It's going to be different.

04:36The next party is going to be scheduled. Laura Fleischmann, from Berlin, for Euronews.

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