00:00U.S. President Trump told King Charles III, who is on a four-day visit with Queen Camilla,
00:06that the U.S. has no closer friends than the British.
00:11Prominent journalist Andrzej Pochobot has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland.
00:20French President Emmanuel Macron has called for the debate on decriminalizing abortion in Andorra
00:26to move forward during his visit of the microstate.
00:30U.S. President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that the United States has no closer friends than the British
00:37as he welcomes Britain's King Charles III to the White House.
00:42The British King and Queen Camilla are on a four-day visit, including the White House,
00:47to celebrate the country's 250th anniversary of independence from Britain.
00:53Let us remember what has made our countries the two most exceptional nations,
01:00the world has ever known, and together let us go forward with even stronger resolve to carry on our sacred
01:08devotion
01:08to liberty and to the traditions of excellence that have been our shared gift of all mankind.
01:15The leaders will also hold talks in the Oval Office, and King Charles III will later address the U.S.
01:23Congress.
01:23The visit comes at a particularly challenging moment for U.S.-U.K. relations,
01:28as Trump has criticized U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer and the lack of his support over Trump's war on
01:35Iran
01:35by saying, this is not Winston Churchill that we're dealing with.
01:43Prominent journalist Andrzej Počobot has been released from jail in Belarus in a swap with Poland
01:49that also saw a total of 10 prisoners released, official said on Tuesday.
01:54Andrzej Počobot was imprisoned solely for the fact that he spoke the truth.
02:01We sympathized with him because this is a recent memory for us.
02:07For 45 years in this country under communism, people went to jail for simply speaking the truth, no other crime.
02:15And so he became a symbol.
02:17Počobot is a correspondent for the Polish newspaper Gazeta Vyborcza and a leading figure among Belarus' Polish minority.
02:25He was serving eight years in prison in a case condemned as politically motivated.
02:30His arrest in 2021 drew widespread criticism from Europe.
02:35The exchanges saw Poland released a jailed Russian archaeologist, Alexander Butyajin, who was wanted by Ukraine.
02:42The prisoner swap came as Belarus' president, Alexander Lukashenka, sought improved relations with the West.
02:50In March, Lukashenka ordered the release of 250 political prisoners as part of a deal with Washington that lifted some
02:58U.S. sanctions.
03:04French president and co-prince of Andorra, Emmanuel Macron, has called for the debate on decriminalizing abortion to move forward
03:13in Andorra during his visit of the microstates.
03:16Alongside the Vatican, the principality of Andorra is the only European country to completely ban abortion,
03:23even in case of rape, incest, danger to the mother of fetal abnormality.
03:28Votre gouvernement a fait une proposition d'avancer.
03:33Elle me paraît proportionnée.
03:36Et avançant sur la dépénalisation pour les femmes, elle va sur ce chemin.
03:41De là où je suis, sans préhempter vos débats à venir.
03:47Je souhaite avec affection que ce débat progresse.
03:51Women in Andorra face up to six months in prison for having abortion.
03:56Doctors who perform them face up to three years in prison and a five-year ban on practicing.
04:02In March, the head of the Andorran government, Xavier Espos Zamora, said he was hoping he could decriminalize abortion within
04:10a year, yet without legalizing it.
04:16The European Parliament on Tuesday approved a resolution calling for an EU-wide definition of rape based on the absence
04:23of freely given and informed consent.
04:26The resolution urges that only a clear, affirmative, freely given and unambiguous indication of consent is valid in sexual relations.
04:36It adds that silence, a lack of verbal or physical resistance or the absence of a no cannot be interpreted
04:44as consent.
04:45Any sexual act outside this framework should be considered rape.
04:50Lack of consent is already a defining element of rape or sexual assault in 17 EU member states, according to
04:57the European Parliament Research Service.
04:59However, legislation in several member states still relies on a force-based definition of rape, requiring victims to prove violence
05:08or threats.
05:09Supporters of the resolution argue that recent cases have exposed the limits of force-based definitions.
05:15Speaking to your news, Abir al-Salani pointed to cases in France involving drugging and online abuse as evidence of
05:24evolving forms of sexual violence.
05:26It comes because of all these scandals that have been surrounding this topic, from the case of Madame Pelicot in
05:33France to the rape, so-called rape academy, where you drug women, where the partners drug women, they raped them
05:42and they streamed it online.
05:43So the violence has evolved against women. Sexual violence in Europe has evolved.
05:49It is now up to the European Commission to propose legislation, which would then need to be approved by EU
05:55member states.
06:00An 89-year-old suspected gunman has been arrested after opening fire at a social security office and a courthouse
06:07in central Athens on Tuesday, wounding several people.
06:11Police said a suspect armed with a shotgun initially opened fire at the National Social Security Fund office in the
06:18center of the Greek capital, wounding an employee.
06:21Police officers who arrived at the scene treated the man, but the gunman fled the scene.
06:27The same man was suspected of later opening fire on the ground floor of the Court of Appeals building in
06:32another part of Athens.
06:34Several people were also wounded there, police said, adding that authorities had found the shotgun.
06:40He was located hours later in a hotel in Patras, 215 kilometers south of Athens.
06:47The motive for the shooting was unclear.
06:50State broadcaster ERT said the gunman had reportedly thrown envelopes with documents onto the floor after the shooting at the
06:57courthouse, saying those were the reasons for his actions.
07:04Qatar says it continues to back Pakistan's ongoing efforts to broker a deal between the United States and Iran.
07:11This comes as Gulf leaders gather in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday for their first face-to-face meeting since the
07:16war began,
07:17with the escalating standoff over the Strait of Hormuz high on the agenda.
07:22Qatar says the Gulf states are engaging with everyone now for the reopening of the strait.
07:26In Doha, foreign ministry spokesperson Dr. Majid Al-Ansari says Qatar is pushing for a wide-ranging deal to end
07:33the war,
07:33adding that using a critical maritime choke point as a political bargaining chip is unacceptable.
07:39We want a comprehensive deal that would address the interests of all the peoples in the region, including the Iranians,
07:44and our people and the concerns of the international community regarding Iran.
07:49We also know that peace is incremental. Any deal that would, first of all, maintain the ceasefire, which is a
07:56positive trajectory for us.
07:58Answering a question from Euronews, Al-Ansari also confirmed Doha's participation in the UK and France-led talks on the
08:06opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
08:07We're supportive of all and every international effort that would lead to a diplomatic solution
08:12and that would lead to the opening of the Strait and to securing the Strait in the future.
08:19But we are still in preliminary talks, of course, with all these parties, with our regional partners.
08:24But we applaud our partners in Europe for taking the lead on this.
08:29And as I said, we attended, represented by our Minister of State, and we are continuing to engage with them
08:35on that.
08:36However, we have made it very clear that we will not be used as political punching bags in this war,
08:40that any attack on our sovereignty cannot be justified by any means.
08:45And we have taken all the necessary precautions to make sure that we are safe from this aggression that has
08:49come to our country.
08:51Al-Ansari says there is no need to expand the circle of negotiations,
08:55and Qatar continues to support Pakistan-led mediation efforts.
08:59Adil Halim, Euronews, Doha.
09:04Europe's first complete lithium mine begins operating in Sivajavi in western Finland.
09:11The strategic resource is critical for manufacturing modern electronics.
09:16At a cost of around €783 million, Project Keleba was mainly funded by South African mining giant Sibani Steelwater and
09:27the European Union.
09:28Hanyu Hotala, CEO of Keleba, explains the full production chain to produce battery-quality lithium.
09:36We are now extracting spodumane ore.
09:41It contains some 1 to 1.3 percent lithium oxide.
09:47Then we transport it to the concentrator, and there the lithium oxide content is increased to 5 percent.
09:56And further to lithium refinery, and there the lithium concentrate is produced as a battery-quality lithium hydroxide.
10:09Meanwhile, locals from a nearby town say they have mixed feelings about the mine,
10:15as they recognize it is good for employment but worry about the environmental impact.
10:20The Keleba project covers more than 500 square kilometers, and six other mining sites are planned in the area.
10:28Some compare the role of lithium nowadays to the role that oil played at the start of the 20th century.
10:39A 21-year-old man accused of plotting to attack one of Taylor Swift's concerts in Vienna in August 2024,
10:47pleaded guilty as his trial began in Austria on Tuesday.
10:50The plot was thwarted, but Austrian authorities still canceled Swift's three performances in Vienna as part of her Eras tour.
10:58The Austrian man, named only Asberan A., pleaded guilty to the charges related to the concert plot
11:04and to being a member of a terrorist organization.
11:07He allegedly networked with members of the jihadist group Islamic State ahead of the planned attack.
11:14In 2024, authorities said the suspect had hoped to kill as many people as possible
11:19and were given U.S. intelligence that led to the decision to cancel the concerts.
11:24He allegedly planned to target onlookers outside the Ernst Hoppel Stadium,
11:29where up to 30,000 people were expected to gather each night, along with 65,000 inside the venue.
11:37Beran A.'s defense attorney said he deeply regrets his actions.
11:40If convicted, he could face up to 20 years in prison.
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