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00:00Three Israeli hostages released by Hamas on Saturday have returned home to Israel.

00:07It was the fifth hostage release in the ceasefire deal that came into force on January 19th.

00:13Eli Shirabi, Ohad Ben-Ami and Or Levi were captured during the 7 October 2023 incursion

00:19into southern Israel, which sparked the war in Gaza.

00:23Shirabi and Ben-Ami were taken from Kibbutz Berri, one of the hardest-hit communities

00:28of the attack.

00:30Including Saturday, Hamas has so far released 21 out of a total of 33 hostages set to be

00:36freed in the first six-week phase of the ceasefire deal.

00:40In exchange for Saturday's release, Israel is releasing 183 Palestinians being held in

00:45Israeli prisons.

00:47Shortly after the hostage release in Gaza, a bus carrying a few dozen Palestinian prisoners

00:53headed to a meeting point in the West Bank, greeted by their families, friends and well-wisher

00:58s.

01:03The far-right Patriots for Europe party wants to be the new normal in Brussels and across

01:08the EU.

01:09Its leaders have gathered in Madrid for a two-day summit to map out a strategy to take

01:15over the Socialists, Liberal and European People's Party.

01:19Geert Wilders, leader of the PVV party in the Netherlands, sent a message to all world

01:25leaders saying that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history now.

01:31Yes, we will make Europe great again because we are victors, we are victors, because we

01:41are winning the elections and our people are demanding change.

01:48Geert also said that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history now.

01:53Patriots for Europe includes the likes of Marine Le Pen's National Rally, Viktor Orban's

01:59Fidesz, Matteo Salvini's Lega and Geert Wilders.

02:02But only Orban currently holds a seat in the Council of the EU.

02:06Patriots for Europe aim to gain majorities in national governments and EU decision-making

02:12to replicate Trump's Make America Great Again in Europe, adapting US and Latin American

02:18policies to EU member states.

02:24One person was killed and ten wounded in a Ukrainian strike on Makivka, a town in Ukraine's

02:34partially occupied Donetsk region, Moscow-installed officials said.

02:39Earlier in the Ukrainian city of Kherson, three civilians, including one child, were

02:43injured in a Russian shelling.

02:47The head of the city's military administration said several houses were damaged, with one

02:51catching fire.

02:53Ukraine's air force also reported on Saturday that its air defense shot down 67 Russian

02:58drones across the country overnight.

03:02Russia's defense ministry claimed it had shot down 36 Ukrainian drones over its own territory

03:07as well.

03:09One of the targets was an oil refinery in Russia's Volgograd, according to its regional

03:14governor.

03:15Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Friday night that Russia has again

03:21deployed North Korean troops on the Kursk front line.

03:25The statement came just days after South Korea's intelligence service stated that North Korean

03:29troops had done the opposite and been pulled back.

03:39The Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania disconnected their electricity systems from

03:44Russia's power grid on Saturday in order to integrate with Europe's system.

03:50Aimed at integrating the countries more closely with the EU and boosting security, the years-long

03:55process gained urgency with Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

03:59Despite worries about possible sabotage and disinformation, no disruptions were reported

04:04during the switch.

04:24For a day and a half, the Baltic states are operating independently.

04:29Their power grids are being synchronized on Sunday afternoon with the continental European

04:33grid.

04:35At the same time, European commissioners, including President Ursula von der Leyen,

04:40are attending the Baltic Energy Independence Day celebration in Lithuania.

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