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00:00Germany's newly elected Chancellor Friedrich Merz made his first official visit abroad to France on Wednesday,
00:08hoping to relaunch the Franco-German relationship.
00:12Both him and French President Emmanuel Macron announced during a press conference some key security initiatives,
00:20including a Franco-German Defence and Security Council vowing to act hand-in-hand when it comes to mounting security challenges across Europe.
00:31And when it comes to the war in Ukraine, although both were cautious of announcing anything concrete like the deployment of peacekeeping troops,
00:41both leaders did say that they were ready to provide security guarantees to Kiev
00:46the moment that a lasting peace treaty and ceasefire have been concluded.
00:53The German Chancellor stressed multiple times the importance of the United States' role with trying to end Russia's full-scale invasion.
01:03But beyond defence, the German Chancellor is also looking to reset ties with Paris and also with other countries abroad
01:10after a bumpy start at home, when on Tuesday he failed to be elected in the first round of voting within the German Parliament.
01:21But his more flexible stance on fiscal rules and defence spending have been warmly welcomed here at the Élysée Palace.
01:29Still, key differences remain, like, for example, when it comes to the free trade Mercosur agreement.
01:36The French President warned that any treaty must protect European producers,
01:41whilst Mertz, during the press conference, said that this treaty should be ratified as quickly as possible.
01:48And although both leaders did show quite a united stance this Wednesday,
01:53it's true that Europe's future will depend on how this new Franco-German duo will navigate what comes next.
02:06Two Belgian teenagers found with 5,000 ants in Kenya have been given a choice of paying a fine of around 6,700 euros
02:15or served 12 months in prison.
02:1719-year-old Lornoi David and Sepe Lodevegs were charged with violating wildlife conservation laws.
02:25Their lawyer described the sentencing as fair and said her clients would not appeal.
02:31Being young, it's a story they'll keep telling, even their other generations.
02:36And when they come to Kenya, when other kids come to Kenya, they'll have reference to this.
02:41So it's good jurisprudence, it's good precedent, yeah.
02:45Authorities said the ants were destined for European and Asian markets
02:50and an emerging trend of trafficking lesser-known wildlife species.
02:54The ants are bought by people who keep them as pets and observe them in their colonies.
02:59Several websites in Europe have listed different species of ants for sale at varied prices.
03:08They may be small and seemingly harmless, but emojis can carry more weight than you might guess.
03:13Sometimes acting like digital, social hand grenades.
03:19While some might see an emoji as friendly or funny, another might find it confusing or even offensive.
03:27To explore this further, passers-by in Reykjavik were asked to interpret a selection of emojis.
03:34Some found certain emojis joyful, while others thought it expressed sadness.
03:40Some found it, like a lesbian.
03:42Whatа merkingu legum í þetta til ok?
03:47A vera leyður eða þreyttur eða eitthans знаете?
03:51Ég meið við sem án skjóta og þetta væri fallin frá.
03:54Even the classic smiley face isn't always a safe territory.
04:25The degree of a smile and the shape of the emoji's mouth can send subtly different signals.
04:32The exercise showed that in the world of digital communication, meaning isn't fixed and that even the simplest symbols can speak volumes.
04:43The U.S. president posted on his social media page on 5th of May that he would impose a 100% tariff on films made outside the U.S.
04:51The American film industry is dying at a rapid pace.
04:55Other countries are offering all kinds of incentives to lure filmmakers and studios away from the U.S.
05:00That's why I'm authorizing the Department of Commerce to immediately begin the process of imposing a 100% tariff on all foreign produced films coming into our country, Donald Trump said in his post.
05:10The details are not known at all, but if it does happen, a lot of countries will be very badly off, including Hungary, where last year film spending was close to a billion dollars.
05:24The U.S. president of America
05:29that we are talking about a global film.
05:32There is no big big film, which is not a global film.
05:36Think about a Mission Impossible film.
05:38How much of a scene is going on?
05:40Or a James Bond film.
05:41That is at least four countries.
05:44But any of them, I don't know,
05:46the famous, the Yurikura, Blade Runner,
05:48they are going on a lot of places,
05:50because this is the cultural aspect of this.
05:54As we can see, as the film is going on,
05:56the process is an important part of it.
05:59And now, if this film will be more films,
06:01it is a legal film.
06:03They will probably be able to find a solution.
06:05The current situation is a moreover.
06:08And we can understand that there is a need.
06:10Absolutely, we can understand that.
06:12We also want to see why more films are going on in Hungary.
06:17Just how fluid the issue is,
06:18can be seen by the fact that President Trump
06:20later promised to consult with representatives
06:22of the US film industry.
06:24And the White House said that no final decision
06:26on tariffs on films made abroad
06:28has been made yet.
06:30Responding to question from journalists,
06:32Trump stressed that film production
06:33and the offshoring of films
06:35has decimated the US film industry
06:37and that he wants to help, not hurt,
06:39the industry, which receives financial
06:41and other support abroad.
06:43The European Union has set 2027 as the target
06:55for ending its dependence on Russian energy.
06:57On Tuesday, the European Commission presented its roadmap
07:01for eliminating the last imports of gas,
07:03oil and uranium.
07:05Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine,
07:07the EU has already significantly reduced its independence.
07:11Gas imports have fallen from 45% in 2021
07:15to 19% last year.
07:17They should reach 13% by 2025.
07:20The share of Russian oil has fallen from 27% in 2022
07:24to 3% today.
07:26For the Commission,
07:27it's necessary to go further
07:29in order to avoid any blackmail from Moscow.
07:31Putin has shown many times
07:33that he's willing to weaponize energy
07:35and that is obviously not a very nice situation
07:38to be in for the European Union's member states.
