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00:00Greenland's prime minister says his people don't want to be Americans after Donald Trump
00:06suggested the US might seize the island.
00:11Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani meets Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun in Beirut
00:16after talks with Syria's new leaders.
00:21Officials in California say the death toll from massive wildfires burning in and around
00:26Los Angeles has risen to 11.
00:32The Biden administration extends the stay in the US for 800,000 migrants by 18 months.
00:42Greenland's prime minister has said his people don't want to be Americans after president-elect
00:47Donald Trump suggested the US could seize the island.
00:51Mutabi Egil acknowledged that Greenland is part of the North American continent, but
00:55said Greenland is for the Greenlandic people.
00:59The semi-autonomous island is a territory of Denmark and Egil has been calling for independence.
01:05Trump said earlier this week that he wouldn't rule out using force or economic pressure
01:09in order to make Greenland a part of the United States.
01:13He said it was a matter of national security.
01:16Those comments sparked anxiety in Denmark and across Europe.
01:20The US is an ally of the EU and the leading member of NATO and many in Europe were shocked
01:26that an incoming US leader could consider using force against an ally.
01:31Greenland has a population of 57,000 and is the world's largest island.
01:42Italy's foreign minister Antonio Tajani has met with Lebanon's newly elected president
01:47Joseph Aoun in Beirut.
01:49Tajani praised Aoun's leadership, saying that a president with a very influential personality
01:54would help contribute towards peace in the region.
01:58Tajani also held a video call with officers and soldiers of the Italian battalion serving
02:02with UNIFIL.
02:04Italy maintains a contingent of over 1,000 peacekeepers in Lebanon.
02:09In December, Tajani condemned an attack on UNIFIL base which wounded four Italian soldiers.
02:15The base was hit by rockets allegedly fired by Hezbollah during a year of hostilities
02:20between the militant group and Israel, which ended with a ceasefire in late November.
02:26Tajani's visit to Lebanon comes on the same day he met with Syria's de facto leader Ahmed
02:31al-Sharaa in Damascus to coordinate various post-Assad initiatives.
02:42Officials in California say the death toll from massive wildfires burning in and around
02:47Los Angeles has risen to 11.
02:50And the tally of homes and other buildings destroyed stands at more than 10,000.
02:54LA County Sheriff Robert G. Luna said around 153,000 residents are now under evacuation
03:02orders.
03:03He also said a nighttime curfew is in place covering the Palisades and Eaton fire areas
03:08and that officers are patrolling to prevent looting.
03:12He said more than 57,000 structures remain at risk.
03:16Mayor Karen Bass said Los Angeles is preparing for more high winds forecast for next week.
03:22The blazes started on Tuesday powered by gusts from the Santa Ana winds which followed an
03:27exceptionally dry period.
03:31Officials say investigations into how the fires first broke out are still ongoing.
03:42The Biden administration has extended the stay in the U.S. for around 800,000 migrants
03:47from Venezuela and El Salvador by 18 months.
03:51They have temporary protected status, an initiative created by Congress in 1990 to prevent deportations
03:57to unsafe countries.
03:59It gives migrants authorization to work in increments of 18 months but doesn't provide
04:04a long-term path to citizenship.
04:07The Department for Homeland Security also extended TPS for more than 103,000 Ukrainians.
04:13But it faces an uncertain future under incoming President Donald Trump who tried to curtail
04:18its use during his first term.
04:20Trump suggested he would scale back the use of TPS and policies granting temporary status
04:26as he pursues mass deportations.
04:29During his first administration, Trump tried to end TPS for migrants from El Salvador,
04:34Haiti and Nicaragua but those attempts were blocked in court.