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00:00Polls open across Kosovo in elections taking place against a backdrop of an ailing economy

00:06and renewed ethnic tensions.

00:11At a leaders summit in Madrid, the Patriots for Europe party says it will launch a reconquest

00:16under the banner of Make Europe Great Again.

00:21Huge crowds in the West Bank and Gaza welcome home 183 Palestinians released from prisons

00:27in Israel.

00:32Polls have opened across Kosovo in legislative elections taking place against a backdrop

00:37of an ailing economy and renewed ethnic tensions.

00:41Voters will elect 120 lawmakers in what's being seen as a key test for incumbent Prime

00:46Minister Albin Kurti.

00:48Kurti's left-wing self-determination movement party is seen as the frontrunner but isn't

00:53expected to win a majority to govern alone.

00:56The other contenders are the Democratic Party of Kosovo, whose former leaders are at a war

01:00crimes tribunal in The Hague, and the Democratic League of Kosovo, the oldest party in the

01:06country.

01:07On the campaign trail, parties pledge to increase public salaries and pensions, improve health

01:12services and fight poverty.

01:14Kosovo is one of the poorest countries in Europe with an annual GDP of less than 6,000

01:19euros per person.

01:21The vote will also determine who will represent Kosovo in EU-led normalization talks with

01:26Serbia to get both sides closer to joining the bloc.

01:34The far-right Patriots for Europe party wants to be the new normal in Brussels and across

01:39the EU.

01:40Its leaders have gathered in Madrid for a two-day summit to map out a strategy to take

01:46over the Socialists, Liberal and European People's Party.

01:50Geert Wilders, leader of the PVV party in the Netherlands, sent a message to all world

01:56leaders saying that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history now.

02:02Yes, we will make Europe great again because we are victors, we are victors because we

02:12are winning the elections and our people are demanding change.

02:19Geert Wilders also said that the times of Macron and Schulz were over and part of history

02:24now.

02:25Patriots for Europe includes the likes of Marine Le Pen's National Rally, Viktor Orban's

02:30Fidesz, Matteo Salvini's Lega and Geert Wilders.

02:33But only Orban currently holds a seat in the Council of the EU.

02:37Patriots for Europe aim to gain majorities in national governments and EU decision-making

02:43to replicate Trump's Make America Great Again in Europe, adapting US and Latin American

02:49policies to EU member states.

02:59Five Thai hostages released after being held in Gaza for more than a year have returned

03:04to Bangkok.

03:05They were recently released by Hamas as part of a ceasefire deal with Israel.

03:10The five men were among 31 Thai agricultural workers taken hostage on October 7, 2023.

03:18They were living on the outskirts of southern Israeli towns, which Hamas overran first.

03:23Thousands of Thai nationals live and work on Israeli farms following a bilateral agreement

03:28between Thailand and Israel made a decade ago.

03:31Forty-six Thai workers have been killed in the conflict between Israel and Hamas, and

03:35one Thai captive still remains in Gaza.

03:44Crowds in the West Bank and Gaza have welcomed home 183 Palestinians released from prisons

03:50by Israel.

03:51They were freed as part of the fifth round of releases to take place under the Gaza ceasefire

03:56deal between Israel and Hamas.

03:59Many Palestinians have a friend or family member who has been jailed by Israel for anything

04:04from terrorist attacks to rock throwing.

04:07Some can be held for years without trial in what's known as administrative detention,

04:11which Israel says is needed to prevent attacks.

04:15Israel views the prisoners as terrorists, while many Palestinians see them as freedom

04:19fighters resisting a decades-long military occupation.

04:23Seven Palestinians have reportedly been transferred to hospitals for immediate treatment, but

04:28no details about their health conditions have been released.

04:32Eighteen of the former prisoners released on Saturday had been sentenced to life and

04:3654 were serving long sentences for their involvement in deadly attacks against Israelis.

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