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00:00 Finnish citizens began casting their ballots on Sunday in what is expected to be a tight

00:06 presidential election between the right and the left.

00:12 More European countries have followed the US's lead and suspended their funding of

00:16 the UN Relief and Works Agency.

00:21 A man was cleared of all charges after 33 years in prison for a triple homicide he did

00:27 not commit.

00:33 Voting began in Finland on Sunday morning, with citizens able to cast their ballots for

00:38 one of nine candidates aspiring to be the Nordic nation's 13th president.

00:44 Advanced voting started earlier this month, and the country's election commission reports

00:49 that more than 1.8 million people, or 44% of eligible voters, made their choice ahead

00:55 of Sunday's main vote.

00:57 The two leading contenders, Alex Stubb from the right-wing National Coalition Party and

01:02 Green Party politician Pekka Havisto, both have a wealth of foreign policy experience,

01:09 an important qualification for the role which is largely ceremonial.

01:13 Recent polls have put Stubb and Havisto within a few percentage points of each other.

01:18 Neither candidate is likely to get more than 50% in the first round, and so there will

01:23 almost certainly be a second round vote in February.

01:34 More countries suspended their funding of the UN Relief and Works Agency.

01:39 On Saturday, Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Finland joined

01:44 the USA, Australia and Canada.

01:46 The funding is suspended until the investigation as to whether UNRWA workers assisted Hamas

01:51 on the 7th of October concludes.

01:55 Although we've already suspended any additional allocations to UNRWA, we'll certainly consider

01:59 additional, depending on the investigation, whether that requires any additional changes

02:05 in the way we support UNRWA going forward.

02:07 Meanwhile, the Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Hussein al-Sheikh,

02:12 called on the countries to reverse their decision, saying it posed great political and humanitarian

02:17 relief risks.

02:18 Earlier this week, it was announced that the agency had fired at least 12 workers suspected

02:23 in assisting Hamas to prepare the October 7 attack on Israel.

02:27 UNRWA Chief Filipe Blaserini said if suspects were found guilty, they'd be subject to criminal

02:32 prosecution.

02:36 Human rights activists claim that this is the biggest judicial error in Italian history.

02:41 On Saturday, the Court of Appeal in Rome fully acquitted Benjamino Zuncedo, who had spent

02:46 almost 33 years in prison.

02:48 Zuncedo was blamed for a triple homicide near Cagliari in 1991.

02:54 He was arrested, and a witness, the fourth victim who survived the attack despite wounds,

02:59 pointed at him.

03:00 Based largely on this testimony, Zuncedo was sentenced to life in June 1992.

03:05 He has repeatedly insisted he is innocent.

03:08 In 2022 came a turning point.

03:11 The witness who had accused Zuncedo admitted he had never seen his face.

03:15 The Italian police had twisted his words.

03:17 In November last year, the court suspended Zuncedo's sentence, and on Saturday, the justice

03:22 ultimately pronounced that he spent nearly 33 years in prison for nothing.

03:27 It is not clear as to whether Zuncedo will receive any compensation for being falsely

03:31 convicted and imprisoned.

03:36 Iran successfully launched three satellites into space on Sunday.

03:40 The announcement is the latest development in Tehran's ballistic missile capacity.

03:45 The launch comes at a time of heightened tensions for the Middle East over Israel's continued

03:49 war on Hamas in the Gaza Strip, sparking fears of a regional conflict.

03:53 Whilst Iran has not intervened militarily in the conflict, it has faced increased internal

03:58 pressure to get involved.

04:00 A deadly Islamic State suicide bombing earlier this month and proxy groups such as Yemen's

04:05 Houthi rebels have intensified the pressure.

04:11 The annual Venice Carnival got underway on Saturday, and foggy weather didn't do much

04:16 to dampen spirits.

04:20 This year, the carnival is dedicated to explorer Marco Polo, probably the most famous Phoenician

04:25 who ever lived and the inventor of the word 'million'.

04:30 2024 marks 700 years since his death.

04:33 His book, "Of the Marvels of the World," describes how Europeans deceived the rest of the world

04:38 during medieval times.

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