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00:00Austria's Kicill said talks on forming a coalition government with the Conservative People's

00:06Party have collapsed.

00:09U.S. President Donald Trump said he and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to begin

00:15negotiations on ending the war in Ukraine.

00:21European foreign ministers warned that negotiations on Ukraine's future must involve both Europe

00:26and Kyiv.

00:35Austrian far-right leader Herbert Kicill said on Wednesday that talks on forming a coalition

00:41government with the Conservative People's Party have collapsed.

00:45Meanwhile, Austria's President Alexander Van der Bellen said that he will continue to search

00:50for a new government.

01:16The president also said that the country has four options in moving forward.

01:21First, the parliament could decide on new elections, until which time the interim government

01:27stays in place.

01:28Second, a minority government with the approval of parliament.

01:32Third, a government of experts working together with the parliament.

01:37And fourth, the possibility of forming a majority for a coalition government, efforts for which

01:42have so far failed.

01:46U.S. President Donald Trump upended three years of U.S. policy towards Ukraine, saying

01:55that he and Russian leader Vladimir Putin agreed to begin negotiations on ending the

02:00war.

02:02After Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, many NATO members vowed Kyiv's membership

02:06was inevitable.

02:08But Trump's news threatens this possibility.

02:13Long before President Putin, they said there's no way they'd allow that.

02:17This has been going on for many, many years.

02:20They've been saying that for a long time, that Ukraine cannot go into NATO.

02:26And I'm OK with that.

02:27I just want the word whether they are or they're not.

02:30But it certainly would seem to be that most people have said that that is something that's

02:34not going to happen.

02:38The conversation could potentially signal Washington and Moscow might hammer out a deal

02:43by going around Ukraine's government.

02:46When asked about Ukraine being an equal member in the peace process, Trump responded that

02:50it was an interesting question and, I think they have to make peace.

03:01European foreign ministers warned that Ukraine's future must involve both Europe and Kyiv.

03:07As news broke that U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin

03:12agreed to immediately hold peace talks.

03:16Europe plays its active role in ensuring just and comprehensive, long-lasting peace for

03:26Ukraine.

03:27Ukraine's security and European security are indivisible.

03:33What's at stake is not just Ukraine's territorial integrity, it's not just the security of the

03:39European continent, it's also, and more generally, the future of international law.

03:49Meanwhile Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Putin and Trump agreed in a telephone

03:55conversation to organise a meeting in person.

03:58And that the Russian President told Trump he is ready to receive Americans in the country.

04:10U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said Ukraine's desire to return to its pre-2014

04:17borders and its potential membership of NATO are unrealistic objectives.

04:22His comments came during a meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group in Brussels,

04:27which consists of 46 nations.

04:30But we must start by recognizing that returning to Ukraine's pre-2014 borders is an unrealistic

04:37objective.

04:39Chasing this illusionary goal will only prolong the war and cause more suffering.

04:45That said, the United States does not believe that NATO membership for Ukraine is a realistic

04:53outcome of a negotiated settlement.

04:56Hegseth also stressed that President Donald Trump's top priority is to end the war using

05:01diplomatic means by bringing both Russia and Ukraine to the negotiating table.

05:07However, he added that any future peacekeeping forces would not include U.S. troops and that

05:13a prospective peace deal shouldn't include NATO's Article 5 protections, which trigger

05:18assistance from the U.S. or NATO members if they come into contact with Russian forces.

05:26A wave of Russian drone and missile attacks hit 11 regions of Ukraine overnight, including

05:33at least three districts in the capital Kyiv, according to the Ukrainian Air Force.

05:39Ukraine's emergency service reported two office buildings were struck in Kyiv's Obolonsky

05:44district, where one person was killed and four injured.

05:57The city of Krivyi Rih was also attacked, damaging apartment buildings, offices and a local school,

06:23although no one is reported to have been killed or injured.

06:26Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defence has released footage of what it says shows

06:31artillery units using howitzers and Grad multiple rocket systems to attack various Ukrainian

06:38positions.

06:42The Greek parliament elected Konstantinos Tassoulas, the former parliamentary speaker,

06:47as president of Greece on Wednesday.

06:51Tassoulas, who is a member of the governing centre-right's New Democracy Party, was elected

06:56in the fourth round, winning 160 votes out of 300 in parliament.

07:01Tassoulas has been serving as Greece's Minister of Culture and was a leading figure in the

07:24campaign for the return of the Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum in London.

07:30Roberta Metzola, president of the European Parliament, congratulated Tassoulas on his

07:35election in a post on X, while other top government officials from European countries also sent

07:41their congratulations.

07:43Tassoulas will be sworn in on the 13th of March.

07:49The European Commission is taking the first step towards reforming the EU budget between

07:542028 and 2034.

07:57On Wednesday, it published a first document laying the groundwork for a budget that is

08:02simpler, more flexible and better aligned with the bloc's priorities.

08:06Of course we need a balance between the traditional priorities, agriculture, cohesion, helping

08:13the least developed regions, but also the new priorities, research, innovation, digital,

08:19greening.

08:20These have to be balanced and it's clear that if we want Europe to do more, it cannot do

08:24more with a budget that is smaller.

08:27The current budget, which runs until 2027, totals 1.2 trillion euros, 1% of the EU's GDP.

08:57The position of the Spanish government is irresponsible.

09:05The debt made for a next generation EU is not paid back and the Spanish government says

09:09we should do more debt.

09:11That is particularly bad for young people.

09:13The European Commission says it will present its proposal for the multi-annual financial

09:18framework 2028 to 2034 in July.

09:24Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted the co-leader of Germany's AFD party, Alice

09:31Weidel, in Budapest on Wednesday, using the opportunity to issue a joint call to demand

09:37a new EU migration policy and criticise the EU's Green Deal.

09:42Migration has an economic problem that needs to be changed, but the most important thing

09:47is that we see that the Green Deal is dead.

09:51It cannot be reformed, it cannot be reformed, it simply has to be forgotten.

10:00We need a green approach, the climate is also important, but the way it has been put together

10:06and is called the Green Deal in Europe, that is what destroys us.

10:10Weidel called Orban and the Hungarian government a role model for the AFD, especially in dealing

10:17with illegal immigration.

10:20Hungary is the bulwark against illegal migration.

10:24And as an alternative for Germany, we also do not want any more illegal migration in

10:31our country.

10:33Our country is suffering, the people are suffering in our country, under illegal migration,

10:39under imported crime, high foreign crime, high youth crime.

10:46For many years, Orban has not sought contact with the AFD, which is considered a far-right

10:51movement by German intelligence services.

10:54He now justifies the meeting by saying the party has gained huge support in Germany,

11:00while an opposition MP protested against the meeting in front of the Prime Minister's office.

11:07Those people who are called populists in Europe, they use the tools of fascists even today,

11:14because they use propaganda tools to fabricate people's intentions and fears.

11:21Orban Viktor is a master of using the Hungarian propaganda machine.

11:26Orban is the role model for these people today.

11:31Orban made it clear during the press conference that he sees the AFD as the future of Germany.

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