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00:00Authorities on the Canary Islands say around 183 migrants, including 24 women and seven

00:06minors, reached its coast on Saturday on two boats.

00:10Local officials said the migrant boats had been intercepted on their way to the port

00:15of Nels.

00:16Spain's Sea Search and Rescue Agency and the Red Cross said they received the migrants

00:21with clothes, blankets and food.

00:23According to the Spanish Interior Ministry, Spain received 63,970 irregular migrants last

00:30year, the vast majority in the Canaries.

00:35Thousands of people in Slovakia have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister

00:40Robert Fitzel's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

00:44The protest, held on Friday in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, saw around 4,000 protesters

00:50gathered in front of the government office.

00:53Prime Minister Fitzel met with Putin in December.

00:55During the meeting, Fitzel proposed Slovakia as a potential neutral platform for Russia-Ukraine

01:01negotiations.

01:02His controversial moves toward Moscow have sparked a wave of condemnation.

01:12Officials in Montenegro have begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman

01:17shot and killed 12 people on New Year's Day.

01:20An emergency session of the National Security Council is expected to call for new gun laws

01:25and urgent action to confiscate illegal weapons.

01:29State broadcaster RTCG reported that Montenegro is sixth in the world when it comes to the

01:34number of illegal weapons per capita.

01:37The shooting happened on Wednesday in the central town of Cetinje when a man started

01:41a rampage after a bar brawl, killing 12 and wounding at least four others.

01:46The man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died after shooting himself in the head.

01:52Visiting Cetinje on Thursday, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a tightening of rules

01:57on weapons possession.

01:59Montenegro, which has a population of around 620,000, is known for its gun culture and

02:05many people own weapons.

02:12Iran has warned Italy that it risks harming bilateral relations if it doesn't release

02:17an Iranian citizen arrested on a U.S. warrant.

02:20Mohamed Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan airport on the 16th of December.

02:27The U.S. Justice Department accuses him of supplying Iran with the drone technology used

02:32in a January 2024 attack in Jordan that killed three American troops.

02:38Three days later, the Italian reporter Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran.

02:44She arrived in the country on the 13th of December on a journalist's visa and was arrested

02:48on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic.

02:53Italian commentators have speculated that Iran is holding Sala as a bargaining chip

02:57to ensure Abedini's release.

03:00Iran's foreign ministry said Abedini's arrest was an illegal act that's done based on the

03:05U.S. demand.

03:11Hospitals reinforcing special units as flu wave has taken over Europe and spares no region

03:15or age group.

03:16Some countries like France has experienced a rise in the flu epidemic over the past week

03:20since Christmas.

03:31Children under 15 and patients over 60 suffer the worst symptoms, including severe respiratory

03:36difficulties.

03:38Incidence rate of influenza, broncholitis and COVID-19 are also on the rise in Spain.

03:43The worst is expected from next week onwards and health workers warn that health care systems

03:48need to be prepared for that.

03:50In Hungary, compulsory mask wearing and visiting ban has been introduced in clinics.

03:56Four people died of flu-related symptoms in Romania.

03:59The National Institute of Public Health reports that more than 4,100 cases were officially

04:04recorded last week, almost double more than the week before.

04:07This year, the most widespread flu so far is influenza B, which causes high fever, aching

04:12limbs and coughs.

04:18Thousands of protesters gathered in central Seoul on Saturday to demand the immediate

04:22arrest of impeached South Korean President Yun Suk-yil.

04:27Those gathered condemned Yun after he defied attempts by South Korean investigators to

04:32detain him on Friday.

04:34The country's anti-corruption agency said it withdrew its investigators after the Presidential

04:39Security Service blocked them from entering Yun's residence for hours.

04:44It was the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics.

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