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00:00Serbia's prime minister resigned following months of protests over a deadly on a collapse
00:05in November that killed 15 people.
00:10Denmark will boost its military presence in the Arctic by billions as U.S. President Trump
00:15repeatedly demands to take control of Greenland.
00:21Coca-Cola recalls several of its brands in Belgium as they are tested with higher levels
00:24of chlorate but experts say the risk of harm is too low to panic.
00:32Serbian Prime Minister MiloΕ‘ VuΔeviΔ resigned following weeks of massive anti-corruption
00:37protests over a deadly on a collapse that killed 15 people.
00:42The canopy collapse became a flashpoint reflecting wider discontentment with the rule of Serbia's
00:47President Aleksandar VuΔeviΔ.
00:51VuΔeviΔ's resignation came after VuΔiΔ said an urgent reconstruction of the government
00:56was in the works in response to the demands posed by Serbia's striking university students.
01:20Scuffles and fistfights broke out in Serbia's parliament between the ruling party and opposition
01:39MPs.
01:43Tens of thousands of Serbs joined striking university students in a 24-hour blockade
01:49of a key traffic intersection in the capital of Belgrade, which ended on Tuesday.
02:20The
02:35students have been protesting for weeks, demanding accountability for the canopy collapse that
02:41critics have blamed on rampant government corruption.
02:50An Italian navy ship arrived on Tuesday at the Albanian port of Shengjin, with 49 migrants
02:54intercepted in international waters.
02:58Their asylum applications are to be vetted at special centres there.
03:01It is the third such attempt following hurdles earlier raised by Italian courts.
03:07Italian judges had refused to approve the detention of two small groups at the Albanian
03:11centres, saying their countries of origin weren't safe enough for them to be sent back.
03:17Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni's government has vowed to reactivate the two centres in
03:21Albania after they remain dormant following the Italian court's decisions.
03:33In Albania, thousands of Afghan refugees waiting for approvals on their US visas are facing
03:39deepened uncertainty amid new immigration policies from the Trump administration.
03:45Many Afghans fleeing the Taliban regime were sent to Albania as a transit point while the
03:50US reviewed their documents before issuing visas.
03:54But after Trump's administration announced the suspension of the US refugee admissions
03:59programme, their future in the US has become less certain.
04:03In towns like Shengjin, along the Adriatic coast, hundreds of Afghans remain in temporary
04:08shelters.
04:09So now they say you should integrate to Albania.
04:13So it's not easy for me to integrate in Albania.
04:16I don't know Albanian and I brought, I do not brought here to integrate Albania.
04:23And it's very difficult even for Albanian to have a job and employment opportunity in
04:30their own country.
04:31So how we can live here?
04:34Some people have already been waiting for over a year in Albania to have their US visas
04:39approved.
04:40They still hope Washington will fulfil its promise to take them in, away from the Taliban's
04:44oppressive regime.
04:50Germany's migration debate has once again been thrown into the spotlight after a man
04:55and child were killed in a knife attack by a former Afghan asylum seeker who had been
05:00told to leave the country.
05:03The incident in Aschaffenburg, occurring just weeks before Germany's parliamentary elections,
05:09has prompted opposition parties to leverage the attack as a platform to advocate for their
05:14stricter migration policies.
05:18Leader of the centre-right CDU party, Friedrich Merz, has already vowed to impose immediate
05:24border controls if he becomes chancellor, fuelling the debate with his statement that
05:29he did not care which political party the union's proposal received a majority from,
05:35even if it was the far-right AfD.
05:39Although Merz has claimed he does not want votes from the AfD, left-wing parties fear
05:44Merz's rhetoric implies his party could be open to collaboration with the far-right.
05:49The AfD can hardly grasp their luck.
05:52It has reached the point at which they have always wanted the union.
05:57Meanwhile, the ruling SPD party is reintroducing draft legislation on migration and security
06:04to the Bundestag, something it had previously failed to do due to opposition from the CDU.
06:11But with just four weeks to go and a growing wave of discontent pushing voters to the right,
06:31SPD chancellor Olaf Scholz is rapidly running out of time to win over the electorate.
06:38Denmark has agreed to dedicate almost two billion euros to boosting its military presence
06:45in the Arctic region, with parties including the governments of Greenland and the Faroe
06:49Islands.
06:51The announcement came after US President Donald Trump repeatedly demanded to take control
06:56of Greenland, refusing to rule out the use of military force.
07:01Denmark's Prime Minister, Mette Frederiksen, embarked on a tour of Berlin, Paris and Brussels
07:06on Tuesday to discuss further European cooperation and defence.
07:36Frederiksen met with Germany's Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel
07:44Macron, ending her tour with a meeting with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte in Brussels.
07:50She didn't directly mention Trump's threats but referred to Europe's interest across the
07:55Atlantic, as well as Russian aggression in Ukraine.
08:02Coca-Cola has recalled several of its soft drinks in Europe after higher than normal
08:05levels of chemical called chlorate were detected at a production plant in Belgium.
08:12Affected products include Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite, Minute Maid and Fusti, with specific
08:17batches pulled from shelves in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
08:33The company says a smaller number of products were also shipped to France, Germany and Great
08:38Britain but no recalls have been issued in those countries.
08:41Health authorities across Europe have been alerted, with the EU designating the risk
08:45as serious.
08:46Chlorate, a by-product of chlorine disinfectants used in water treatment, has been linked to
08:52potential health issues, particularly affecting thyroid function in children.
08:56Coca-Cola has advised customers not to consume the affected batches and returned them for
09:00a refund.
09:01Experts, however, say the risk of harm is low, as significant quantities would need
09:06to be consumed to cause health problems.
09:23The company has apologised to consumers and commercial partners.
09:31Weather warnings have been issued in parts of Spain, Portugal, France, the UK and Ireland
09:37as Storm Herminia batters countries across Europe with strong winds, heavy rain and powerful
09:43waves.
09:45Hurricane-force winds have been recorded across almost all of Spain, with the Galicia region
09:51feeling the worst effects.
09:53One person has died and more than 1,200 incidents have been reported to the emergency services
10:00in the region, while more than 13,000 people have been left without electricity.
10:06In France, eight regions are under orange weather warnings, while the region of Γle-et-Velen
10:12is now under a red warning.
10:15Flooding has forced families in Γle-et-Velen to evacuate and the water level is still rising.
10:31Meanwhile, in the UK, Devon and Cornwall remain under a yellow weather warning and more than
10:401,000 properties in the south-west are still without power.
10:48Dozens of demonstrators in Kinshasa attacked several foreign embassies, including those
10:53of France, Belgium and Rwanda, demanding that they push back against the advance of M23
10:59rebels in the country's conflict-battered east.
11:03Police fired tear gas at the protesters as they marched to the embassies, reportedly
11:08looting and setting fires to parts of the buildings.
11:11Government security forces were attempting to slow the Rwanda-backed rebels, who advanced
11:16into the key city of Goma in a major escalation of the decades-long conflict.
11:21The protesters demand that the international community pressure Rwanda over the rebel advance.
11:27M23 rebels temporarily took over Goma in 2012, before being forced to pull out under international
11:33pressure and resurfaced in late 2021 with increasing support from Rwanda, according
11:39to DR Congo's government and the United Nations experts.
11:42Rwanda has denied such support.