00:00German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and co-chairwoman of the AfD Alice Weidel
00:04had a heated exchange in Parliament following the far-right Saxony-Anhalt election victory.
00:10Finland completed a 200-kilometer security fence along its border with Russia.
00:20Norway bade farewell to King Harald V in a funeral reflecting his open and unifying nature
00:26and attended by foreign royals and leaders.
00:31German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and co-chairwoman of the AfD Alice Weidel
00:35had a heated exchange in Parliament on Wednesday,
00:38three days after the far-right's crushing election victory in the state of Saxony-Anhalt.
00:43Weidel opened the debate, declaring that the days of Merz's coalition are over.
00:49In Saxony-Anhalt have the citizens not only punished them, but their party, the CDU, pulverized.
00:56In Mecklenburg-Vorpommern sind Sie bereits Kleinstpartei und im Bund auf dem besten Weg dahin.
01:05Sie haben die Botschaft nicht verstanden, die Ihnen die Wähler in Sachsen-Anhalt am vergangenen Sonntag geschickt haben.
01:11Das ist noch nicht weiter relevant, weil Ihre Zeit ist ohnehin abgelaufen.
01:17Die Bürger wollen den Politikwechsel und Sie werden ihn bekommen.
01:19A combative Merz responded that AfD's state election result was remarkable,
01:24but noted the party missed the absolute majority needed to govern in Saxony-Anhalt.
01:29While his government has moved to toughen migration policy,
01:33he also attacked AfD's use of the politically charged term remigration while pushing for more deportations.
01:39Nirgendwo in Deutschland werden Sie mit dieser Politik die Mehrheiten bekommen.
01:46Sie sind und Sie bleiben, Frau Weidel, eine destruktive Kraft.
01:52Und wenn das wahr würde, was Sie hier propagieren, nämlich Remigration,
01:59was ja nichts anderes ist als eine ethnische Säuberung nach Hauptfarbe und Herkunft, nichts anderes.
02:07Meine Damen und Herren, das Wort Remigration ist nichts anderes als ein Synonym für ethnische Säuberung nach Herkunft und Hauptfarbe.
02:20The rise of the AfD has unnerved many who feel Germany has a special responsibility to atone for its Nazi
02:27past.
02:28The AfD took almost 44% of the vote in Sunday's election against 17% for the CDU,
02:34putting Merz's party under increasing pressure ahead of two more regional elections this month,
02:40where the AfD is expected to come out strong.
02:47Finland has completed a 200-kilometer security fence along its border with Russia.
02:53The project was launched after Helsinki accused Moscow of hybrid warfare
02:57by orchestrating the movement of third country nationals towards the frontier,
03:02a charge the Kremlin denied.
03:03The authority's risk assessment, that risk is still high,
03:09that if we open the border crossing point,
03:13the instrumentalist migration will start again.
03:17More than 1,300 migrants without visas arrived at Finland's eastern border in 2023,
03:23leading Finland to shut its land border with Russia later that year.
03:27Apart from a brief reopening of two crossings that December,
03:30the frontier has remained closed ever since.
03:33Since we closed the borders, as I mentioned,
03:36the situation has been pretty calm.
03:39And we haven't faced not so very many illegal border crossings at the moment.
03:46The 4.5-meter high fence has been built in sections
03:50and is equipped with cameras and sensors.
03:57At least five people were killed and close to three dozen more were injured
04:01in Russian attacks on the Ukrainian capital overnight into Wednesday.
04:05The Kremlin fired a barrage consisting of missiles and drones targeting Kyiv,
04:10which has increasingly become a target in recent weeks,
04:13as Ukraine continues to suffer from critical interceptor missile shortages.
04:17The missile struck civilian areas, according to officials,
04:21hitting residential buildings, a school, and several warehouses,
04:25all of which sustained damage.
04:27The strikes also signal a definitive end to a temporary suspension of hostilities
04:32in both Kyiv and the Russian capital, Moscow,
04:35during a weekend visit by U.S. envoys.
04:38Elsewhere in Ukraine, a Russian drone strike killed civilians
04:41at a checkpoint on the border with Moldova,
04:43according to the country's state border guard service.
04:47The strike killed and wounded civilians who were near the checkpoint,
04:50though authorities did not detail how many,
04:52and caused fires, prompting its temporary closure.
04:56Meanwhile, the Russian defense ministry announced on Wednesday
04:59that it had shot down close to 600 Ukrainian drones
05:03fired into its territory overnight.
05:05The governor of the southwestern city of Novosibirsk
05:08says Ukrainian drones struck an oil terminal,
05:11killing at least four people and sparking a fire.
05:17Norway on Wednesday observed a nationwide minute of silence
05:21at the start of a funeral service for King Harald V.
05:26Royals, heads of state, and politicians stood in silence in the Oslo Cathedral
05:31to pay their last respects to the monarch who died in August.
05:38The funeral procession is the culmination of 13 days of national mourning
05:44since the 89-year-old monarch's death.
05:47Norway's royal family, led by new king Haken VIII,
05:52foreign royals, heads of state, and dignitaries,
05:56took part in a procession on foot
05:58as the casket was carried on an artillery carriage
06:01along the city's main avenue
06:03to Oslo's Lutheran Cathedral,
06:06where the ceremony began.
06:10Only Harald's widow, 89-year-old Queen Sonja,
06:14and the new queen met to merit,
06:16followed in a car.
06:18In the past week,
06:19thousands of Norwegians have filed past the king's casket,
06:22some waiting in line for hours.
06:25The square in front of the palace
06:27has been covered with flowers, drawings, and candles.
06:32Almost 72% of Norwegians say they support the monarchy,
06:36up by 8 percentage points,
06:38from a previous survey in May,
06:40according to an opinion poll conducted after the king's death.
06:49SOTA's president, Juan Jesus Vivas,
06:51has accused Morocco of a policy of harassment
06:53towards a Spanish exclave,
06:55urging the EU to take a tougher stance
06:57and fund border security.
06:59Some 80,000 migrants entered SOTA
07:02starting on 30th of July over two days,
07:04in an incident that left more than 150 people dead at sea.
07:09Vivas met EU commissioners and lawmakers in Brussels,
07:13calling for help to return irregular migrants
07:15and restore normality.
07:17He accused Pedro Sánchez's government
07:19of failing to respond adequately,
07:21while Spain has not blamed Morocco
07:23and instead pointed to false claims
07:25on social media and human trafficking.
07:28Vivas said SOTA was on the brink of collapse
07:30and called for EU financial support
07:32for border infrastructure,
07:33as well as a permanent presence
07:35of Frontex and the EU Asylum Agency.
07:38The EU is financing Morocco's migration strategy
07:41with 160 million euros until 2027.
07:45Brussels is set to send a technical mission
07:48to SOTA this week to assess the situation.
07:55US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday
07:59after Iran's Revolutionary Guards
08:01targeted a US Navy warship with ballistic missiles.
08:04US Central Command said the warship
08:06successfully evaded the attacks
08:07and no American personnel were harmed.
08:09The crews of the five vessels
08:11were ordered to abandon ship before the strikes.
08:14Iran then launched missiles
08:16towards US targets in Jordan,
08:18according to Iranian state media.
08:21Jordan's military said it intercepted
08:2318 ballistic missiles,
08:24while two others fell in unpopulated areas.
08:27No casualties were reported.
08:29The escalation followed Iran's capture
08:31of an unmanned US underwater vessel
08:33near the entrance to Strait of Hormuz.
08:37Iranian state television broadcast images
08:39of what it said was the captured drone.
08:42Washington also imposed new sanctions
08:44on more than two dozen airlines and cargo providers
08:47linked to Iran's aviation sector.
08:49The latest exchanges have intensified
08:51the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz,
08:54through which around one-fifth of the world's oil
08:56passed before the war.
09:00US President Donald Trump escalated
09:03his trade war against Canada,
09:05banning imports of alcohol and other goods
09:07and hiking tariffs elsewhere,
09:09with the dispute showing no sign of cooling.
09:12A range of Canadian products,
09:13from mattresses to motorboats and golf carts,
09:16will face a 50% surcharge from 15 September,
09:19according to Trump's executive order,
09:21issued late on Tuesday.
09:23A separate import ban,
09:24targeting various alcoholic beverages,
09:26as well as dairy products,
09:27such as whey,
09:28will take effect on 29 September,
09:31under other executive orders issued simultaneously.
09:34Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood firm,
09:37acknowledging that loosening economic ties
09:39with the United States would come at a cost,
09:42but insisting the benefits would outweigh the pain
09:44in the long run.
09:45Canada's retaliatory tariffs
09:47came into effect earlier on Tuesday,
09:50applying to roughly $20 billion
09:51of Washington's exports,
09:53including steel and aluminum products
09:55and dairy goods like cheese,
09:57in response to Trump's initial 22 August levies.
10:01Carney stressed in a video address to the nation
10:03that Canada has everything it needs
10:05to pivot and prosper.
10:06Responding to their latest counter,
10:08Trump pledged to bar Canadian companies
10:10from securing US government contracts.
10:13He also threatened to cut short
10:15existing long-term deals,
10:17including removing Canadian origin products
10:19from the General Services Administration's
10:21Multiple Award Schedules Program.
10:23Those contracts,
10:25according to Trump,
10:26account for more than $50 billion a year.
10:34Greek traffic police in the Attica region
10:37have launched a new round of intensive checks
10:39on electric scooters
10:40after serious accidents
10:41in which miners were badly injured.
10:43In the first eight months of the year,
10:4656 road accidents involving any scooter
10:48were recorded in Attica.
10:50Greek legislation has already been tightened.
10:53The use of electric scooters
10:54is prohibited for people under 17.
10:57An insurance requirement has been introduced
10:59and stricter penalties are provided
11:02for riding them on roads
11:03where the speed limit exceeds 50 kilometers per hour.
11:06Fines also foreseen for businesses
11:08that sell, rent or supply electric scooters
11:11to people under 17.
11:13The debate is not confined to Greece.
11:15Paris and Madrid have banned
11:17dockless rental electric scooters.
11:19Brussels will implement a similar ban
11:21from January 2027.
11:23Some countries chose instead
11:25to tighten the rules.
11:27Finland, for instance,
11:28introduced a minimum age of 15
11:30for using most electric scooters
11:32as well as an alcohol limit of 0.5%.
11:35In Hungary,
11:37compulsory insurance has been extended
11:39to certain categories of electric scooters.
11:42as well as for using to
11:42That's it,
11:43in the moment of time.
11:44That's the place.
11:44That's it.
11:45That's it.
11:46That's it.
