00:00Europe has no choice but to assume more responsibility for its own security.
00:05European Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen told a security conference in Munich on Saturday
00:10as she called on European leaders to instill momentum into mutual defense commitments.
00:15Von der Leyen also referred to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutter's comments
00:20that Europe is not in a position to guarantee its security alone at this point.
00:25Von der Leyen said an independent Europe means not constantly leaning on someone else.
00:31She, however, called for more cooperation between the EU and the UK.
00:36Europe needs to step up and has to take on its responsibility.
00:43Admittedly, it has taken some shock therapy and some lines have been crossed that cannot be uncrossed anymore.
00:51Europe, and in particular the UK, should come closer.
00:55On security, on economy, on defending our democracies.
01:02Ten years from Brexit, our futures are as bound as ever, dear Kier.
01:10Von der Leyen's speech came after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio sought to reassure
01:15a nervous Europe that Washington wanted to revitalize the transatlantic alliance
01:21so that a strong Europe could help the US on its mission of global renewal.
01:26Speaking about Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described Europe not being at the negotiating table
01:33for peace talks with Russia and the US as a big mistake.
01:36Zelenskyy called on the EU to do more to clamp down on Russia's shadow fleet
01:41as he expressed hope that another round of talks next week will be serious and helpful.
01:51Russian forces launched a massive aerial wave against Ukraine overnight, deploying over 100 kamikaze drones and ballistic missiles.
01:59Ukraine's air force intercepted 91 drones but at least 18 struck targets across 11 different locations.
02:05As a result, in Odessa, one woman in a residential fire was killed.
02:09In Zaporizhia, one was killed, three were wounded.
02:12In Sami, a 44-year-old woman was killed and three people were injured.
02:16And in Kherson, two were killed and four were wounded, all according to agencies and Ukrainian media.
02:23Also in Kiev Oblast, a man and a woman were hospitalized with injuries.
02:27And in Kharkiv Oblast, a Russian drone strike on the village of Fesky injured a 22-year-old man, regional
02:32governors reported.
02:36The escalation comes as the Munich Security Conference opens,
02:40where German Chancellor Friedrich Marx and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio are discussing military aid to Ukraine.
02:48Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was poisoned by the Kremlin with a lethal toxin derived from the skin of poisoned
02:55dart frogs,
02:56five European countries said Saturday.
02:58The foreign ministries of the U.K., France, Germany, Sweden and the Netherlands said analysis of samples from Navalny,
03:05who died two years ago, have conclusively confirmed the presence of epibatidin.
03:10The countries expressed in a joint statement that Russia had the means, motive and opportunity to administer this poison.
03:16They reported Russia to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons for a breach of the Chemical Weapons Convention.
03:25Supporters of Iran's exiled Crown Prince, Reza Pahlavi, rallied on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference,
03:32where world leaders are gathered to discuss global security and explore cooperation.
03:37As many as 200,000 people joined a major protest in the southern German city to oppose the theocratic Iranian
03:44regime amid ongoing anti-government protests.
03:48Protesters carried placards, waved flags, and banged on drums, chanting for regime change as they participated in what Pahlavi called
03:56a global day of action.
03:59Pahlavi, son of Iran's last Shah, addressed the conference on Saturday, where he praised Washington for its stance and called
04:07for further action to end the regime's brutality.
04:10He also thanked U.S. President Donald Trump for his additional defense deployments and urged him to deliver the help
04:17he promised the Iranian people at their time of need.
04:20Speaking on Friday, Trump confirmed that he had deployed an additional aircraft carrier group to the region as his administration
04:27weighs military action in Iran.
04:30He also criticized the incumbent leadership in Tehran, noting that a regime change would be, quote, the best thing that
04:37could happen.
04:38Well, it seems like that would be the best thing that could happen.
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