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00:01German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Thursday's Russia-Ukraine truce talks had fallen short of expectations.
00:10A Mexican Navy ship on a global goodwill tour struck the Brooklyn Bridge in New York, killing two crew members.
00:21Austria's JJ has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest with the pop opera song Wasted Love.
00:31German Chancellor Friedrich Merz condemned Russia for continuing its attacks on Ukraine, adding that Thursday's truce talks had fallen short of expectations.
00:42Merz met for bilateral talks with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni in Rome ahead of Sunday's inauguration of Pope Leo XIV in the Vatican.
00:50President Putin himself was not willing to come to Turkey. His troops are continuing the attacks with unremembered strength today.
01:02Therefore, we will increase the pressure on Russia.
01:04Meloni said her discussions with Merz also included the Gaza crisis, calling the situation increasingly difficult and dramatic amid Israel's new ground offensive.
01:16Both Germany and Italy are among Israel's strongest supporters, but have recently come under increasing pressure at home to condemn their escalating military campaign.
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01:53immigration and relations with the United States.
01:56In order to vote in Poland, it is about 29 million people.
02:01The foreign minister said that 509 thousand people
02:05registered to vote for abroad.
02:07The majority of voters in the United States find out
02:10in Great Britain, Germany and the United States.
02:13Frequency in the last presidential election,
02:15in 2020, in the first election,
02:18the first election was 64,5%,
02:20the second election was 68%.
02:22The elections today, in this year,
02:24are open at 7.00.
02:26You can vote until the 21.00.
02:28From Warsaw, for Euronews, Marcelina Burzec.
02:52As the ship approached the bridge,
02:54its three mass struck the bridge and snapped, one by one,
02:58even as the vessel continued moving forward.
03:01The cause of the collision is still under investigation.
03:05An explosion that tore through a fertility clinic in the upscale California city of Palm Springs
03:15has left one person dead, who is believed to be the suspect.
03:19The act was being investigated as a car explosion after a burned-out vehicle
03:24was seen in the parking lot behind the clinic after the blast.
03:27The FBI has characterized the incident as an intentional act of terrorism.
03:32A law enforcement official said investigators recovered an AK-47 style rifle from the scene
03:38and were working to identify the person killed.
03:41Austria's JJ has won the 69th Eurovision Song Contest in Basel.
03:58The classically trained singer took home the iconic glass trophy with the pop opera song Wasted Love.
04:04Israel's Yuval Raphael came in second and Estonia's Tommy Cash took a close third place.
04:11This year's contest was roiled for a second year by disputes over Israel's participation.
04:17Dozens of former participants, including last year's winner Nemo, called for Israel to be excluded.
04:24Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protests both took place in Basel,
04:29though on a much smaller scale than at last year's event in Sweden.
04:33The European Broadcasting Union tightened the contest's code of conduct this year,
04:38calling on participants to respect Eurovision's values of universality, diversity, equality and inclusivity,
04:45and its political neutrality.
04:47Love is the strongest source in the world. Let's spread more love.