00:00U.S. President Donald Trump says Washington will pull back troops from Germany a lot further than the initially announced
00:07withdrawal of 5,000.
00:11World leaders have begun arriving in Yerevan for the 8th meeting of the European political community.
00:20The French government has vowed to crack down on illegal raves after tens of thousands of people gathered at an
00:27unauthorized event this weekend.
00:30Donald Trump indicated that there will be further significant cuts to U.S. troop presence in Germany just one day
00:37after the Pentagon announced it was withdrawing 5,000 within the next 6 to 12 months.
00:42Why is the U.S. removing troops from Germany?
00:46We're going to cut way down and we're cutting a lot further than 5,000. Thank you very much.
00:51The move escalates a dispute between Trump and German Chancellor Friedrich Mertz, who last week criticized the U.S.-Israeli war
00:59in Iran.
01:00Stating that Washington had no strategy.
01:03Mertz also said the Iranian leadership is, quote, humiliating the United States, eliciting an angry response from Trump, who slammed
01:11him as useless in helping end the war in Ukraine.
01:15The U.S. currently maintains over 36,000 active-duty troops in Germany, which will drop down to 31,000
01:22when the announced soldiers depart.
01:25It's unclear how many more Washington plans to pull back, but Trump has also suggested that similar cuts are to
01:31come in Spain and Italy after recent clashes with their leaders, also over the Iran war.
01:41World leaders have begun arriving in Yerevan for the 8th meeting of the European Political Community, under the motto,
01:50Building the Future, Unity and Stability in Europe.
01:55Some 48 heads of state and government have been invited to take part in the event, including all 27 members
02:02of the European Union.
02:04The European Political Community is an intergovernmental forum for political and strategic discussions about the future of Europe, established in
02:132022 after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
02:17Apart from the meeting, the first-ever EU-Armenia Bilateral Summit will take place on the 4th and 5th of
02:24May, focusing on strengthening relations, in particular connectivity and energy, transport and digital.
02:32The President of the European Council, Antonio Costa, together with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen,
02:39will represent the EU, while Prime Minister Nicole Pashian will represent Armenia.
02:50Russia has launched a large-scale attack on Ukraine, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 70 others
02:58across the country in just 24 hours.
03:03Ukraine's Air Force says nearly 270 drones entered Ukrainian airspace, the majority intercepted, but 19 Iranian-made Shahids and a
03:14ballistic missile found their targets.
03:18Casualties stretched from the eastern Donbass to the southern regions of Zaporizhia and Kherson, where Russian forces struck residential areas.
03:27Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy announced that two Russian oil tankers were struck overnight at the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk,
03:36part of Kiev's sustained campaign against Moscow's sanctions-evading Shadow Fleet.
03:47France's Interior Minister has vowed to crack down on illegal raves after tens of thousands of people gathered at an
03:53unauthorised event this weekend.
03:57After flying over the party, taking place at a military site near the town of Bourges, Laurent Nunez said everyone
04:04leaving the so-called Technoval will be fined.
04:09Organisers said that up to 40,000 people have attended the event, while French officials put the turnout at 17
04:15,000.
04:17Hundreds of sanctions have been issued already, say the government.
04:22The location of the party, close to the Interior Minister's birthplace, was chosen deliberately by anti-war organisers as a
04:29direct protest against proposed legislation that would criminalise the organisation of illegal raves.
04:37Organising such an event will now be a criminal offence punishable by two years in prison and a 30,000
04:43euro fine, said Nunez.
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