00:00German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz suggested that Ukraine may have to cede territory to Russia to pave the way for EU
00:07membership.
00:08Speaking to students at a high school in the western German town of Marsburg,
00:13Mertz said that Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky would have to hold a referendum for the people to decide on both
00:19EU and concession matters.
00:22Russia presently occupies just over 20% of Ukrainian land, mainly in the eastern industrial Donbass region.
00:30Mertz added that the decision can only be made by the Ukrainian people, stressing that it's crucial to hand power
00:36back to them.
01:00Kiev's EU accession progress has been blocked by Hungary's nationalist and outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban for the last two
01:07years.
01:08His recent landslide defeat to incoming Peter Magyar has raised hopes for the country to move on to the next
01:13steps of its membership bid.
01:16Mertz warned against raising hopes for quick accession into the bloc,
01:19stressing that Ukraine's integration is contingent upon peace and reforms to the rule of law and fighting corruption.
01:26The German leader also added that Zelensky's proposed membership date of the 1st of January next year is not realistic
01:33and went as far as to say that even the 1st of January, 2028, may still not be enough time
01:39to realize the needed reforms.
01:41Kiev currently holds the status of an official EU candidate country, which it has held since June 2022.
01:51A court has charged the suspect in the shooting incident at the White House Correspondents' Dinner
01:56with the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump on Monday.
02:00The 31-year-old Cole Allen did not enter a plea at the hearing
02:04and faces a sentence of up to life in prison if convicted of trying to kill the president.
02:10Authorities revealed earlier that Allen had written a manifesto prior to his attack,
02:14where he detailed his hatred for the Trump administration.
02:17The so-called manifesto is a stunning thing to read.
02:21I am no longer willing to permit a pedophile, rapist, and traitor to coat my hands with his crimes.
02:27What's your reaction to that?
02:28Well, I was waiting for you to read that because I knew you would,
02:30because you're horrible people, horrible people.
02:34Yeah, he did write that.
02:36I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody.
02:40I'm not a pedophile.
02:40Do you think he was referring to you?
02:42Excuse me. I'm not a pedophile.
02:44You read that crap from some sick person.
02:47The White House blamed Democrats for fueling hatred against Trump, resulting in political violence.
02:53This political violence stems from a systemic demonization of him and his supporters
02:58by commentators, yes, by elected members of the Democrat Party and even some in the media.
03:05Saturday was supposed to be a joyful evening, celebrating free speech in the First Amendment
03:10with all of you, members of the press.
03:13Instead, the night was hijacked by a crazed, anti-Trump individual who traveled across the country
03:19to assassinate the president and as many administration officials as possible.
03:25Authorities say the suspect was tackled before inflicting any serious harm on the attendants.
03:30Only one person, an officer wearing a bulletproof vest, was shot and not badly injured.
03:37Allen is believed to have traveled from California to Chicago and then to Washington
03:41and checked himself as a guest at the Hilton Hotel where the gala dinner was being held.
03:47Authorities say in several messages he referred to himself as, quote,
03:51The friendly federal assassin and made multiple references to Trump without naming him.
03:59The truth is not holding between Israel and Hezbollah.
04:03That is the assessment made by the Lebanese Minister for Displaced Persons, Kamel Sahadi,
04:09on Euronews program Europe Today on Monday.
04:11Israeli strikes killed 14 people on Sunday, making it the deadliest day since the ceasefire
04:18between Hezbollah and Israel began.
04:20Let's not forget that the ceasefire was imposed on both Israel and Hezbollah last week.
04:27Neither side wanted the ceasefire and they both found a way to go back to the modus operandi
04:33of the pre-ceasefire announcement.
04:36For Sahadi, the attempt by Israel to establish a so-called yellow line in southern Lebanon,
04:42similar to the one in Gaza, is outrageous.
04:44We do not recognize a yellow line, nor a red line, nor a blue line.
04:49We have a border and that needs to be demarketed, said the Lebanese minister.
04:54Sahadi pointed out also that the Lebanese government had already committed to disarming Hezbollah
05:00and that it wanted to ensure that no hostilities took place on the border between Lebanon and Israel
05:05in order to get a border that is safe and secure.
05:13Hundreds of vessels remain immobilized in the Gulf, leaving tens of thousands of seafarers
05:18unable to cross the Strait of Hormuz as the maritime blockade enters a critical phase.
05:23Between 13 and 19 April, roughly 80 vessels managed to transit the waterway,
05:28a staggering drop from the average of 130 transits per day recorded before the war.
05:33The United Nations reports that dozens of ships have come under fire since the conflict began
05:38with at least 10 mariners killed in the line of duty.
05:41Those currently anchored near Iranian port describe a tense atmosphere of isolation and constant threat.
05:47Kami disini sudah satu bulan.
05:51Begitu kemarin kita disini sempat ada serangan drone.
05:56Pertama waktu saya baru tiba disini, tanggal 3, di Pelabuhan, begitu sandar ada serangan drone.
06:04Cuman tidak tahu drone dari mana, cuman saya dapat infonya dari Iran.
06:08Itu dia meledak di dekat tanki full oil, dekat kapal kita.
06:13Although U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire indefinitely,
06:17Washington maintains a strict blockade on Iranian ports.
06:21In retaliation, Tehran has fired upon several vessels and seized two others,
06:25further complicating any hopes for a safe corridor.
06:29Before ceasefire, there were so many issues raised by the seafarers
06:34that there was shortage of the food,
06:37and some ships started rationing of the water nearly two hours in the morning,
06:42two hours in the evening.
06:44The major failure was the seafarers were not able to communicate with their family.
06:50The International Maritime Organization is now calling for an urgent humanitarian corridor
06:54to evacuate trapped crews.
06:56However, Tehran continues to demand tolls for passage,
07:00insisting the strait is only open to vessels it deems non-hostile.
07:10Russian forces launched a massive overnight attack
07:13on residential neighbourhoods and civilian infrastructure
07:15in Ukraine's southern port city of Odessa,
07:18regional authorities said on Monday.
07:20The heaviest damage was reported in the city's Primorsky district.
07:24Their residential buildings, a hotel, and sites in the city's centre were hit.
07:28Authorities added that 11 people were injured, including two children.
07:34Ukraine's Air Force said Russia launched 94 drones overnight across 15 locations,
07:3974 of which were intercepted.
07:42At least four people were reported killed across the country over the past day.
07:47The attack comes a day after Russia launched another barrage of strikes across Ukraine
07:52on the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster,
07:55killing at least 17 people.
07:58On Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned that Russian attacks risk repeating history,
08:04a concern echoed by the International Atomic Energy Agency.
08:12French prison guards blockaded facilities across the country on Monday
08:16in protest of chronic overcrowding and staff shortages,
08:19in a strike called by the UFAP-UNSA Union,
08:23representing prison and Ministry of Justice workers.
08:27The union is demanding emergency measures
08:29to fill an estimated 5,000 vacant guard posts.
08:32There is a latent violence in our prisons.
08:36For example, there are more than 1,000 prisoners in the region
08:40who are sleeping on a mattress.
08:42That means there are a nervousness, a tension,
08:45conditions of living in detention that are indign and angry,
08:48and so there are a violence that is no longer to express themselves.
08:51As of April 1st, French prisons held nearly 25,000 more inmates
08:55than the system's capacity, an occupancy rate of almost 140 percent.
09:01The Council of Europe condemned French prison conditions in January,
09:05warning that conditions in French jails had become degrading.
09:08The Ministry of Justice plans to open 3,000 additional places,
09:12half of them by 2027,
09:14in modular prisons for prisoners on short sentences or approaching release.
09:18A 2018 program to build 15,000 new places
09:22has yielded fewer than a third of that target.
09:29The number of conscientious objector applications is rising in Germany
09:34as debate over military service and security keeps intensifying.
09:38Germany recorded above 2,500 conscientious objector applications
09:43in the first quarter of 2026.
09:46It is more than two-thirds of the total registered across the whole of 2025,
09:51according to authorities.
09:52New military service legislation has entered into force
09:56at the beginning of the year.
09:58The reform requires young men born in 2008 or later
10:02to register for potential conscription,
10:05with the Bundestag able to activate compulsory service
10:09if voluntary recruitment falls short.
10:12Defence Minister Boris Pistorius has framed the reform
10:15as a response to a deteriorating security environment.
10:19The debate on whether men of fighting age should be required
10:23to seek authorisation before travelling abroad
10:26for extended periods has showed public unease.
10:29Meanwhile, almost 800 people
10:31who had previously declared conscientious objector status
10:35changed their mind last year.
10:39The government of Mali is in crisis after the killing of Defence Minister
10:43General Sadio Kamara on Saturday.
10:46The Yuntaran country was struck by one of the biggest coordinated attacks
10:50on its army in the capital, Bamako, and several other cities and towns.
10:55General Kamara died after a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber
10:58targeted his residence.
11:01Separatist rebels also seized towns and military bases,
11:04which is confirmed by the Malian government.
11:06The head of the military junta, General Asimi Goita,
11:09was reportedly moved to a safe location after his home was targeted.
11:13Following military coups, the yuntas in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso
11:17turned from Western to Russian allies,
11:19looking to Moscow for help in combating Islamic militants.
11:22But the security situation has worsened
11:24with the record number of attacks reported since 2025.
11:28Russian mercenaries hired by Mali's military
11:31agreed to withdraw from Kidal after two days of clashes,
11:34the separatist Azavat Liberation Front group said.
11:36For years, the FLA has fought to establish an independent homeland
11:40in northern Mali,
11:41where it already effectively controls a vast territory.
11:43Let us have a Taliban banade!
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