00:01Hello, this is the E-news update on NTA International.
00:05I am Dennis Adigunluye, EU Foreign Policy Chief Kajar Kallis,
00:10that says on Sunday that political violence has no place in a democracy.
00:15This follows the shooting at a Washington media dinner attended by U.S. President Donald Trump.
00:22Kallis said she was relieved that there were no casualties,
00:25even as U.S. President Donald Trump and guests had to be evacuated.
00:30French President Emmanuel Macron called the targeting of the U.S. presidents unacceptable,
00:35while the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Maloney expressed full solidarity with Trump and others present at the dinner,
00:42saying we will not allow fanaticism to poison the places of free debate and information.
00:48Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a close ally of Trump, said he was troubled by the news of the attack.
00:59President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of nuclear terrorism,
01:03as Ukraine marked the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster amid deadly new drone attacks.
01:10Three people were killed across Ukraine after Moscow launched more than 100 drones overnight,
01:16one of the relentless barrages the country has faced almost nightly since the beginning of the war in 2022.
01:23In a social media post marking the Chernobyl anniversary,
01:28Zelenskyy said Russia, through its invasion,
01:30was again bringing the world to the brink of a man-made disaster.
01:34He highlighted how Russian drones regularly pass over Chernobyl
01:37and that one had hit its protective shell last year.
01:42The 1986 explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant was the worst civilian nuclear disaster in history
01:47and changed global perceptions of nuclear energy.
01:54Burundian President of the East Ndeyi Shimiye has been named his ruling CNDD-FDD party's candidate
02:01for a presidential election to be held next year.
02:04Ndeyi Shimiye, 57, has been head of state of the poor East African country since 2020,
02:10taking over from long-time leader Pierre Nkurunziza.
02:16The party said Ndeyi Shimiye was its choice to run for a seven-year mandate in the poll.
02:23No firm date for the election is known.
02:30Minister of Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Reduction Bernard Duro says
02:34the framework of the Prosperity and Empowerment Programme, HOPECT,
02:38is to ensure more Nigerians exit the poverty line.
02:42This, he said, is in line with President Bolatini Nubu's renewed HOPE agenda
02:46of making the citizens live a meaningful and impactful life.
02:50The minister said this in Ilari during a stakeholder's engagement,
02:54an interaction with beneficiaries of Prosperity and Empowerment Cash Transfer Programme.
03:02Well, those are the stories at this time.
03:04Thank you for being a part of it.
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