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00:00The wildfire that spread as a result of extreme wind swept through a Los Angeles hillside,
00:06home to many celebrity residences. Rescue missions are underway after a 7.1 magnitude
00:16earthquake shook Tibet on Tuesday.
00:21The late U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body arrives in Washington as members of Congress
00:26hold a ceremony in the capital to honor him.
00:35Austrian Far-Right Freedom Party leader Herbert Kickl extended an olive branch to the conservative
00:40Austria's People Party, sharing plans to invite them to coalition talks despite a history
00:46of clashing heads.
00:47His comments come after Austrian President Alexander von der Bellen gave him the green
00:52light to attempt to form a ruling coalition after the OVP failed to do so.
01:14The conservative OVP is the only viable coalition partner for the FPO, but Kickl urged the party
01:21to be honest in talks or face the threat of a snap election.
01:50Kickl said it still needs to be seen whether the coalition would be viable or not. However,
01:55he also said he does not want to lose any time and now wants to start a political firefighting
02:00operation.
02:07Far-right French politician Jean-Marie Le Pen has died at the age of 96. According to
02:13his family, he had been in a care facility for several weeks.
02:19One of France's most controversial figures, Le Pen formed the Front National Party, since
02:24rebranded as the National Rally by his daughter Marine.
02:30Le Pen was an extremist on race, gender and immigration. His controversial statements,
02:35including holocaust denial, led to multiple convictions.
02:40In 2002, he ran against Jacques Chirac in the presidential elections, a race he was
02:46expected to not even reach.
02:51Chirac won by a landslide. The moment, however, is seen as a turning point for the party,
02:57now one of France's main political forces.
03:08A wildfire that spread as a result of extreme winds swept through the Pacific Palisades,
03:13a Los Angeles hillside home to many celebrity residences.
03:19Local officials said roughly 30,000 residents were under evacuation orders, some of whom
03:24abandoned their cars and fled by foot due to clogged roads. While they could not give
03:29an exact number of structures damaged or destroyed, the Los Angeles fire chief said 10,000 homes
03:34were under threat by the fire.
03:39The blaze began around 10.30 in the morning after the start of the Santa Ana windstorm.
03:44The National Weather Service warned that the storm could be the strongest to hit Southern
03:47California in over a decade.
03:51Officials said the exact cause of the fire is still unknown, but that no injuries have
03:55been reported. The fire is expected to continue for a few days, including in areas that haven't
04:01seen substantial rain in months.
04:09More than 500 aftershocks with magnitudes of up to 4.4 followed a 7.1 magnitude earthquake
04:16that shook Tibet on Tuesday. Meanwhile, rescue efforts are underway, with 1,850 rescuers
04:23on the ground along with firefighters.
04:25Chinese officials reported that 400 people who were trapped under the rubble were rescued,
04:30however, the number of people still unaccounted for is unknown.
04:33Our next step is to go to each village, because this time the disaster area is relatively wide.
04:38We will go to each village to understand the situation of our disaster and where we need
04:43a backup person to provide a preliminary situation report for our subsequent large troops.
04:54Tents, quilts and other relief items were sent to provide shelter. Areas around the
04:58epicenter of Tuesday's quake have an average altitude of 4,200 meters, and so temperatures
05:04fell well below freezing overnight.
05:10Donald Trump Jr. made a surprise visit to Greenland. His trip comes as tensions are
05:15heightened after his father, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, sparked a controversy as he
05:20expressed his intent of controlling Greenland. Many reporters flooded the capital's Nuuk
05:25airport upon hearing the news of his visit, with one question on their mind. Why are you
05:31here?
05:32Here as tourists, seeing it looks like an incredible place we've been talking about
05:35going for a while. I was actually supposed to be here last spring for some of the stuff
05:38I do in my free time, but just really excited to be here.
05:44Shortly after Trump's arrival in Greenland, Trump Sr. held a press conference at his Florida
05:49Mar-a-Lago estate, adding fuel to the fire. Trump reaffirmed his interest in seizing Greenland
05:55refusing to rule out the use of military and economic force to achieve that objective.
06:01I can't assure you, you're talking about Panama and Greenland. No, I can't assure you on either
06:05of those two.
06:06He's even ramped up threats to Denmark, warning Copenhagen against not complying with Washington's
06:12bid to purchase the island.
06:14If Denmark wants to get to a conclusion, but nobody knows if they even have any right title
06:20or interest, the people are going to probably vote for independence or to come into the
06:24United States. But if they did, if they did do that, then I would tariff Denmark at a
06:29very high level.
06:32Denmark's prime minister reacted to the new developments, reaffirming Copenhagen's unwavering
06:37position of Greenland not being for sale.
06:39I am a Greenlander. It's a very, very proud people. It's a language, it's a culture, it's
06:47a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of
06:54life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's
07:01a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of
07:06life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life, it's
07:11a way of life, it's a way of life, it's a way of life.
07:23This isn't the first time Washington had attempted to gain control of Greenland. In 1946, U.S.
07:29officials offered Denmark 100 million dollars worth of gold bars to take ownership of the
07:35world's largest island. And just like it failed back then, Danish and Greenlandic officials
07:40say it won't work this time either.
07:48The late U.S. President Jimmy Carter's body has returned to Washington for a ceremony
07:52in the Capitol.
07:54His casket was flown in from his home state of Georgia, where he'd been lying in repose
07:59at the Carter Presidential Center since Saturday.
08:02The 39th President of the United States returned to the nation's Capitol almost 44 years after
08:08his defeat in the 1980 U.S. election to be honored in death.
08:13Emotional supporters lined up outside police barricades to witness the moment his casket
08:18entered the Capitol building.
08:20I actually met Jimmy Carter in Japan many years ago at a reception where he was there
08:29campaigning with the Japanese for his campaign against the guinea worm, which he eradicated
08:35this amazing, not amazing, but this horrible disease, childhood disease in Africa.
08:41So I just feel it's really important to honor him.
08:47The late President's remains were carried into the Capitol by U.S. troops.
08:52His casket, draped in an American flag, was laid down in the center of the Capitol Rotunda.
08:59Members of Congress from both parties and Vice President Kamala Harris gathered around
09:03his casket to pay their respects and eulogize the former President.
09:08Today we gather to begin a final farewell to Jimmy Carter, Navy veteran, peanut farmer,
09:15Governor of Georgia, and President of the United States.
09:20We all know that his care for humanity didn't stop at building homes.
09:23In the face of illness, President Jimmy Carter brought life-saving medicine.
09:27In the face of conflict, he brokered peace.
09:30In the face of discrimination, he reminded us that we are all made in the image of God.
09:37James Earl Carter, Jr. loved our country.
09:43He lived his faith.
09:46He served the people.
09:49And he left the world better than he found it.
09:56Jimmy Carter's funeral is set for Thursday in Washington.
09:59U.S. President Joe Biden will be in attendance and is scheduled to deliver a eulogy.
10:05The late President, who died on the 29th of December at the age of 100, will then be flown
10:10back to Plains, Georgia, where he'll be buried in his hometown.
10:18META's Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg announced changes in the company's outlook
10:22on content moderation.
10:25He said that in the coming months, META's social media platforms Facebook and Instagram
10:29will gradually work on removing fact-checkers.
10:33Zuckerberg says the old system will be replaced by a new feature similar to his competitor
10:38Elon Musk's community notes on X.
10:40We're going to get rid of fact-checkers and replace them with community notes, similar
10:46to X, starting in the U.S.
10:49After Trump first got elected in 2016, the legacy media wrote nonstop about how misinformation
10:55was a threat to democracy.
10:57We tried in good faith to address those concerns without becoming the arbiters of truth.
11:02But the fact-checkers have just been too politically biased and have destroyed more trust than
11:07they've created, especially in the U.S.
11:11Zuckerberg says the company will also simplify its content policies and remove many restrictions
11:16currently in place on topics like immigration and gender.
11:20He added that filters and systems in place which previously limited users' free speech
11:24will be repurposed to create a more inclusive environment.
11:29He has also pledged to work with the incoming Trump administration to fight for freedom
11:33of speech and push back on repression of opinions.