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00:00A political analyst says an EU shift in power is inevitable if Austrian far-right leader

00:05Herbert Kickl successfully forms a government.

00:11A sixth fire has broken out in Los Angeles' Hollywood Hills area as authorities continue

00:16to fight blazes across the city.

00:22Lithuania says it's ramping up security around its power grid ahead of a planned decoupling

00:27from Russia's electricity grid next month.

00:30Lithuania's Prime Minister Gintotas Paluckas says the government has asked police forces

00:34to take over protection of the Litpol link.

00:38Security of the power link shared with Poland was outsourced to a private security company

00:42last month.

00:43The previous government had contracted them to guard some of the Litpol's assets until

00:48springtime.

00:49But Paluckas has opted to speed up that timeline to next week, assigning the country's public

00:54security service to take over.

01:11Vilnius says it's been observing attempts by its opponents to disrupt a planned decoupling

01:16from the Russian power grid.

01:19Officials provided assurances that the country has enough reserves, and all scenarios evaluated

01:23indicates that there will be no power outages.

01:27They've also issued a message to those attempting to disrupt their plans.

01:49Lithuania plans to disconnect from the Russian electricity grid on the 8th of February.

01:55They will then take over the responsibility of running their own national grids for their

01:59power needs.

02:06Italian journalist Cecilia Sala has returned to Rome.

02:10Sala was detained in the Iranian capital three weeks ago by police forces who accused her

02:14of violating the laws of the country.

02:17Her detention came three days after Italy arrested Iranian national Mohammad Abedini

02:22in Milan, who was wanted by the U.S.

02:25Washington accuses Abedini and another Iranian national of supplying drone parts that were

02:30used in a 2024 attack, killing three U.S. service members in Jordan.

02:35Italian analysts believe Iran was using Sala's arrest as a bargaining chip to secure the

02:39release of Abedini, though Tehran has refuted those claims.

02:43Sala was welcomed in Rome by her partner and family members.

02:47Italy's Prime Minister, Giorgia Maloney, was also present to welcome her back home.

02:52The Italian premier had personally called the journalist's parents to inform them of

02:55her release.

02:57She credited Sala's liberation to the government's, quote, intensive work on diplomatic and intelligence

03:02channels.

03:03Leader of Italy's largest opposition, democratic Eli Schlein, also hailed her release and thanked

03:08the incumbent government for their effort.

03:15A shift in power within the European Union is inevitable if Austrian far-right leader

03:20Herbert Kickl forms a government, according to a political analyst.

03:26Kickl and his Freedom Party are currently preparing for potential coalition talks with

03:30the conservative OVP party.

03:34No doubt, with Chancellor Kickl, there will be a slight shift in power within the European

03:43Union.

03:44Kickl's party secured victory in recent parliamentary elections, surpassing outgoing Chancellor

03:49Karl Nehammer and his party, which came in second.

03:53The Austrian president initially tasked Nehammer with forming a government.

03:56However, the OVP refused to enter a coalition with the Freedom Party under Kickl, leading

04:01to a political stalemate.

04:03Kickl was then green-listed to attempt to form a coalition.

04:27If Kickl succeeds in forming a coalition, it would be the first far-right government

04:31in Austria since World War II.

04:36Co-owner of the Jasmine Catering Company based in Berlin, Fahdi arrived as a Syrian refugee

04:42in Germany in 2013.

04:44Originally born in Damascus, Fahdi feels at home in Berlin and has even catered for former

04:50German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

04:52But how has his journey been over the past 12 years?

05:02With a big heart, we have opened up the whole city.

05:06They have supported us to learn the language, to start a business.

05:13The local community was very open.

05:16With the catering, the very first support was from the locals.

05:21We really want to be part of the society here in Berlin, in Germany.

05:28And how does Fahdi see Germany's recent decision to freeze asylum applications for Syrians?

05:58In Italy, despite processing fewer Syrian asylum requests than any other EU member state,

06:28the government decided to pause applications.

06:31Human rights organisations have condemned the move.

06:58France also announced a temporary freeze on Syrian asylum claims.

07:05As the country faces an uncertain future, organisations are requesting France put exceptional measures in place.

07:27The future US President's threats to Greenland, which belongs to Denmark, have received a timid response from Brussels.

07:51Although Donald Trump has not ruled out a military intervention to annex the island,

07:56a spokesperson for the European Commission has defined it as fairly wild hypothetical stuff.

08:02A question on the topic, Angela.

08:05Many threats which did not materialise.

08:15And we don't see any need at this moment in time to go beyond what we have said.

08:23Trump had already expressed interest in buying the Danish autonomous territory during his previous term in office

08:29and has now given his desire a new impetus with a visit by his son to Greenland.

08:35But both Denmark and Greenland's Prime Ministers have reiterated that Greenland is not for sale

08:40and that its sovereignty belongs to its citizens.

08:43Brussels also insists on this point.

08:47Just as a matter of principle for us it is clear the sovereignty of states has to be respected.

08:54The melting of the Arctic ice, which opens up the possibility of exploiting Greenland's natural resources

09:00as well as increasing maritime routes in the area, are key to understanding Trump's fixation.

09:06However, Brussels recalls that the mutual protection clause between member states

09:11in the event of military intervention would also apply for Greenland.

09:21No respite for Los Angeles.

09:23A sixth fire broke out in the iconic Hollywood Hills neighbourhood in the early hours of Thursday.

09:29Firefighters in the Los Angeles County area have been battling multiple wildfires

09:33that have been scorching the city since Tuesday morning.

09:36Officials say at least five people were killed in the blazes.

09:40Fires are spreading at a rapid rate due to the fast wind speeds.

09:45We are still facing strong and erratic winds.

09:49In Palisades and in Sylmar we are very much in an active firefight.

09:56And the celebrity favorite Pacific Palisades neighbourhood was hit the hardest.

10:00The Palisades fires estimated to have damaged more than 1,000 structures, mostly homes.

10:07Many Hollywood A-list celebrities suffered serious losses.

10:11Paris Hilton's beachfront Malibu family home was burnt to the ground in the fire.

10:16And hundreds of other properties succumbed to the same fate.

10:22About five of my friends' houses burned down that live up the street.

10:27And when it's a wind-driven fire, there's nothing, very little we can do.

10:38The fires have cast thick clouds of smoke and ash across multiple areas in L.A.

10:44Authorities say the air quality has worsened significantly

10:47and urge residents of the affected areas to stay indoors and remain alert.

10:57Rescue teams in Tibet continue to search for survivors

11:01after a 6.8 magnitude quake struck the country on Tuesday morning.

11:08So far, at least 126 fatalities have been reported in Dingri.

11:14It is one of the deadliest quakes to hit China in recent years.

11:18By Tuesday evening, a total of 407 individuals had been pulled out from beneath the rubble,

11:25while over 46,000 residents have been relocated.

11:31Rescuers fear harsh winter conditions and high altitudes could reduce the chance of people surviving.

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