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00:00German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's AFD party

00:06ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

00:10Thousands of protesters in Montenegro demand top security officials resign after 12 people

00:17were killed in a mass shooting.

00:22German Chancellor Olaf Scholz condemned Elon Musk's endorsement of Germany's far-right

00:27AFD party ahead of the country's upcoming elections.

00:49Scholz has largely disregarded personal criticism from Musk.

00:53The chancellor, however, is far more concerned with the U.S. billionaire's attempt at seemingly

00:57trying to get involved in the general election.

01:02Scholz also voiced his concern over the role social media algorithms play in shaping public

01:08opinion.

01:23Musk repeatedly backed AFD both online as well as in German media.

01:33This previously led to election interference allegations made by government officials.

01:42Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen announced he will meet with the right-wing

01:46Freedom Party's leader, Herbert Kickl, after multiple failed government coalition attempts.

01:54It comes after he met with Chancellor Karl Niehammer, who previously announced his intention

01:58to resign after failed coalition attempts between his conservative Austrian People's

02:03Party, the center-left Social Democrats and the liberal NEOs.

02:16Van der Bellen said Niehammer is to remain his position until he appoints a new chancellor.

02:36Meanwhile, Austria's ruling conservative party nominated its general secretary, Christian

02:41Stocker, to succeed Niehammer.

02:49Thousands of people have protested in Montenegro to demand the resignations of top security

02:54officials after 12 people were killed in a mass shooting on New Year's Day.

02:59Protesters staged dual rallies in the capital Podgorica and in the central town of Cetinje,

03:05where the shooting happened.

03:07Many residents of Cetinje believe the police mishandled the situation and haven't done

03:11enough to boost security since the first massacre in August 2022.

03:36The shooting on New Year's Day came after a bar brawl.

03:39A 45-year-old man went home to get his gun before returning to the bar and opening fire.

03:45He killed four people there and eight others at various locations before killing himself.

03:51The massacre has raised questions about the readiness of state institutions to tackle

03:55the problems, including gun ownership.

03:58Police have said the shooting was impossible to predict, though the gunman identified as

04:02Arko Martinovich had been convicted for violent behavior and illegal weapons possession.

04:08Authorities swiftly announced a new strict gun law and other tough measures to curb illegal

04:13weapons.

04:14On Sunday, police said they raided several locations in the country and confiscated around

04:1920 weapons, more than 500 rounds of ammunition and explosives.

04:24Prime Minister Milojko Spajic promised draconian punishment for anyone who violates the new

04:30law.

04:34Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said Russian forces lost up to a battalion

04:40of infantry during recent battles in the Kursk region.

04:44Speaking in an evening address on Saturday, Zelenskyy claimed the battalion included both

04:49North Korean soldiers and Russian paratroopers.

04:54He added the losses were predominantly during two days of fighting in the past week.

05:20Ukrainian forces launched the unprecedented Kursk invasion in early August, achieving

05:26initial tactical success and marking the first time Russia was invaded since World War II.

05:36Heavy snow and freezing rain brought widespread disruption across Europe on Sunday, particularly

05:41in Germany, where the extreme weather caused major disruption to transport.

05:47Frankfurt Airport cancelled 120 of its 1,090 planned take-offs and landings on Sunday,

05:54according to the Fraport Press Office, while at the Munich Airport, only one runway was

05:59open.

06:00Authorities say they have issued black-ice warnings for drivers and pedestrians, advising

06:05people to stay home where possible.

06:09The extreme weather also brought widespread disruption across the UK, leaving many key

06:14roads in the north of England and Wales unnavigable.

06:18The UK's Met Office has issued eight weather warnings, while authorities in Ireland issued

06:23two weather alerts for some areas across the country following the overnight snowfalls.

06:29According to local media, up to 30,000 homes and businesses suffered power outages in Ireland

06:35as a result of the weather conditions.

06:41The U.S. has said that Russia is already providing military equipment and training

06:47to North Korea.

06:49In a meeting with South Korean leaders on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

06:53expressed his concern over deepening ties between Putin and Kim Jong-un.

06:57We have reason to believe that Moscow intends to share advanced space and satellite technology

07:03with Pyongyang, and that Putin may be close to reversing a decades-long policy by Russia

07:10and accepting DPRK's nuclear weapons program.

07:14These comments came just hours after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Eastern

07:19Sea.

07:20And also at a time of political turmoil in South Korea, the country's president, Yoon

07:25Seok-gyu, has been impeached after his short-lived martial law decree on December 3.

07:31Korea's democracy has been tested in recent weeks, just as American democracy has faced

07:35challenges throughout our history.

07:37But you are responding by demonstrating your democratic resilience.

07:41The United States has full confidence in South Korea's institutions, and we reaffirm our

07:47unwavering support for the Korean people.

07:52Blinken is making what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office.

07:57He is later also visiting Japan and France.

08:05Monday marks the fourth anniversary of the 6th of January attack on the U.S. Capitol.

08:11Hundreds of Donald Trump supporters breached the building in a bid to stop lawmakers certifying

08:16the results of the 2020 election, which saw Joe Biden win the presidency.

08:21And as lawmakers meet to repeat the process, opinion is split among Republicans over Trump's

08:26pledge to pardon all those jailed for their involvement.

08:30Trump said he would issue pardons to rioters on day one of his presidency, which begins

08:34on the 20th of January.

08:36Most likely, I'll do it very quickly, he said on NBC's Meet the Press.

08:41More than 1,250 people pleaded guilty or have been convicted after trials in connection

08:47with the 6th of January, with more than 650 receiving prison time ranging from a few days

08:53to 22 years.

08:55Some Republicans, like Marjorie Taylor Greene, are in favor of sweeping pardons for all those

09:00convicted.

09:01I think they've served their time and I think they should all be pardoned and released from

09:05prison, she said.

09:07But others believe it's more appropriate for Trump to look at pardons on a case-by-case

09:11basis.

09:13Veteran Republican Gus Bilirakis wasn't prepared to sanction sweeping pardons.

09:19You've got to look at it individually, some probably deserve to be pardoned, he said.

09:24But police officers who defended the Capitol are particularly incensed about the possible

09:29pardons.

09:30Many officers were beaten, some with their own weapons, as they tried to hold back the

09:34mob.

09:35About 140 officers were injured in the violence, making it what one attorney called likely

09:40the largest single-day mass assault of law enforcement in American history.

09:46House Democrats, who conducted an investigation into the attack, warned that the pardons could

09:50have far-reaching consequences.

09:53And Republican Bennie Thompson, who led the House committee that investigated the riots,

09:58said in his report that Trump lit the fire for the insurrection.

10:06Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Melani, appeared on Saturday alongside Donald Trump after traveling

10:11to his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.

10:14Trump and Melani attended a screening of a documentary addressing the challenges faced

10:19by some conservative lawyers within the U.S. legal system.

10:23The visit makes Melani the third EU leader to meet with Trump following his re-election.

10:28It also comes as tensions escalate between Italy and Iran over an Iranian businessman

10:34arrested in Milan under a U.S. warrant.

10:41At least 32 dolphins have died since oil spilled out of two stricken tankers three weeks ago

10:47in the Kerch Strait.

10:49The waterway separates the occupied Crimean Peninsula from Russia's southern Krasnodar

10:54region.

10:55Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue and Research Center said the deaths are most likely related

10:59to the fuel oil spill.

11:01Two Russian oil tankers were badly damaged in a storm in the Kerch Strait in mid-December

11:06with one vessel breaking in two.

11:09State media reported that both tankers were carrying around 62,000 barrels of oil products

11:14in total.

11:15In late December, officials said more than 3,300 tons of low-grade fuel had been spilled

11:21into the strait.

11:23Officials in Crimea declared a regional emergency on Saturday after oil was detected on the

11:27shores of Sevastopol.

11:29That came a week after a similar declaration was made in Russia's southern Krasnodar region

11:34after fuel oil began washing up there.

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