00:01Storm Marta battered Portugal and Spain on Saturday, the third storm to hit the Iberian
00:07Peninsula in the last few weeks.
00:11Zelensky says the U.S. wants to reach a deal to end Russia's war on Ukraine by June as
00:16Russian strikes on energy sites continue.
00:22Spain and Portugal were hit with a third storm in just a matter of weeks on Saturday, as
00:27the Iberian Peninsula struggles to recover from extended periods of heavy rain and deadly
00:32floods.
00:34Storm Marta is the latest depression and expected to cause winds reaching 110 km per hour on
00:40the Portuguese coastline, along with landslides and flash floods, authorities said.
00:46Both countries are still reeling from the aftermath of Storm Cristin and Leonardo, which led to
00:52the deaths of several people, left tens of thousands without power and submerged towns
00:56underwater.
00:58Storm Marta has prompted the deployment of more than 26,500 rescuers in Portugal, as
01:04districts in the center and south of the country were placed on orange alert.
01:09In Spain, fresh rainfall was expected to be less exceptional than seen in recent days during
01:14Storm Leonardo, the country's weather agency said.
01:20The United States has given Ukraine and Russia a June deadline to reach a deal to end the nearly
01:26four-year war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday.
01:31His comments came after overnight Russian strikes on energy infrastructure forced nuclear power
01:36plans to cut output.
01:38Zelensky added that the U.S. proposed holding the next round of trilateral talks next week
01:43in their country for the first time, likely in Miami, confirming Ukraine's participation.
01:48Russian strikes targeted Ukrainian energy infrastructure with over 400 drones and about 40 missiles launched
01:55overnight, according to Zelensky.
01:58Targets included the energy grid, generation facilities and distribution networks.
02:03Zelensky said the U.S. again proposed a ceasefire banning strikes on energy infrastructure.
02:08A truce Ukraine is ready to observe if Russia commits.
02:12Should trilateral talks in the U.S. move forward, another major sticking point will be Russia's
02:17insistence that Ukraine give up the Donbass region, a condition Kyiv says it will never accept.
02:26The Milano-Kortina Winter Olympic Games opening ceremony is now behind us, although reactions
02:31and comments continue, including booths directed at Israel and at U.S. Vice President J.D. Barnes,
02:37who also met with Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni on Friday.
02:41In the run-up to the Games, Milan was in the international spotlight, not only for high-level
02:46institutional meetings, but also for a wave of protests from Friday's demonstrations organized
02:52by students and activists against the presence of ICE agents in the country, to Saturday's rally
02:59organized by Italy's main unions to protest against the environmental impact of the Games.
03:06Io sono qua per manifestare prima di tutto contro lo spreco di queste Olimpiadi che non hanno
03:12portato alcuna ricchezza alla città di Milano e alla Lombardia, semmai hanno sottratto denaro,
03:20possibilità al welfare sociale, alla scuola pubblica, alla sanità.
03:26Questi soldi sono stati bruciati letteralmente e non andrà una sola lira ai cittadini italiani,
03:39in particolare della Lombardia. Quindi sono Olimpiadi farlocche.
03:43The European vehicle battery venture Automotive Cells, or ACC, is shelving plans to build battery
03:58gigafactories in Italy and Germany, the Italian metal workers' union O.M. said on Saturday.
04:05The company, which is backed by automotive giant Stellantis, said it was considering shutting
04:10down the projects, which have been on hold since 2024 amid slower than expected growth
04:16for electric vehicles.
04:17The new ACC sites were among dozens of battery projects emerging in Europe, as it seeks to
04:24reduce reliance on Chinese products, but were halted as the company weighed shifting to
04:29the less expensive battery technology.
04:31Stellantis, which owns brands such as Peugeot and Jeep, warned on Friday that it had overestimated
04:38the speed at which consumers would shift towards electric vehicles.
04:42The company said it would take a €22 billion hit and sell a stake in its battery joint venture.
04:48The company said it would take a €22 billion.
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