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00:00Ukrainian drone attacks struck some of Russia's largest oil and gas production plants, causing
00:06major fires and leaving them on standby.
00:11Greenland's future relations with Europe and the world take center stage as elections are
00:15going to take place in April, where independence will be the major topic of discussion.
00:19US President Donald Trump threatened to expand his trade war on Sunday, turning his attention
00:26across the Atlantic.
00:28He told reporters import taxes will quote, definitely happen with the European Union
00:33and possibly with the United Kingdom as well.
00:48While striking a firm tone with the EU, Trump sounded more conciliatory towards Britain
00:53and its new Prime Minister, Keir Starmer.
01:17Trump's comments came just a day after world leaders in Mexico and Canada ordered retaliatory
01:23tariffs on American goods, and put a strain on recovering EU-UK relations.
01:29Starmer is meeting with EU leaders in Brussels on Monday, as he aims to quote, reset relations
01:34with the bloc.
01:41The revival of US President Donald Trump's demand to acquire Greenland has cast a light
01:46on long-standing difficult relations between Copenhagen and Nuuk, as well as reignited
01:51calls for independence.
01:54It's also laid bare the country's importance as a semi-autonomous Danish state loaded with
01:58critical minerals, a highly lucrative fishing industry and a vital Arctic location.
02:04Malina Abelson is chair of Greenland's largest company, Royal Greenland.
02:09It's a state-owned fishing company representing over 95% of Greenland's exports.
02:14She says Greenland will work with other countries based on equal footing.
02:44Elections are due to take place in April, where the future of Greenland as an independent
02:53state will no doubt take centre stage.
02:55However, what's not clear is exactly what independence means, and whether the EU is
02:59to be invited to play a significant role in Greenland's future.
03:03A delegation from the Renew Group and the European Parliament met with members of the
03:07government as well as private and public industries and academics.
03:11They say Europe will stand by Greenland and respect its citizens' future aspirations.
03:16I do understand the desire to have more autonomy, but I also want to make clear that even Denmark,
03:26even France, even Germany, no country nowadays can really talk about we can do everything
03:33on our own.
03:34We need to stick together.
03:35I wouldn't say that Denmark has been letting Greenland down, but probably we have not paid
03:40enough attention, and at least I do recognise the fact that being more eye to eye in the
03:46way that we talk together, I do think there's something there to be worked on.
03:51Both the government here in Greenland and the EU are treading carefully when it comes
03:55to Trump's demands.
03:57They realise that America's overtures to resource-rich Greenland is spurring on the independence
04:02movement.
04:03Moreover, they're deeply concerned that an ally is threatening to take over territory.
04:08Shona Murray, Euronews, Nuuk, Greenland.
04:16Ukrainian long-range drones struck one of Russia's biggest gas processing plants in
04:21Ashtakhan, Kyiv said on Monday.
04:24According to the head of Russia's Ashtakhan region, the strike triggered fires at the
04:29energy plant.
04:30The facility, one of Russia's main supplier of sulphur for explosives, was put on standby.
04:38More fires broke out after another attack on Russia's largest oil refineries, the second
04:44in three days, targeting a major facility in the Volgograd region.
04:48The strike disrupted flights from the Volga region to the Caucasus mountains.
04:54Meanwhile, Russian strikes killed one person in the southern city of Kherson and injured
04:5914 over the past day, according to Ukrainian officials.
05:04Kherson's military also reported that Russia attacked a passenger bus using drones and
05:09injuring five people.
05:14At least 19 people were killed and several others injured on Monday when a car bomb exploded
05:21on the outskirts of a city in northern Syria.
05:24Local defence authorities said the car on the outskirts of the city of Manjib detonated
05:29next to a vehicle carrying agricultural workers.
05:33According to the emergency officials, the dead included 18 women and one man, while
05:39around 15 women were wounded in the explosion.
05:42There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.
05:46It was the second deadly car bomb explosion in the area in three days.
05:51On Saturday, local media reported four civilians were killed and nine others were injured by
05:58a blast in Manjib's city centre.
06:01Manjib in north-eastern Aleppo province continues to experience violence even after the downfall
06:06of President Bashar al-Assad in December.
06:15As the economic world prepares for war, European leaders have made clear their stance on US
06:21President Donald Trump's possible tariff tactic.
06:25Speaking before attending an informal security meeting on Monday in Brussels, most heads
06:29of state agreed on a united and thorough response to US import taxes.
06:34Avoidance seemed to be the number one option for most countries.
07:01I think that we have to do everything to avoid this totally unnecessary and stupid tariff
07:07wars or trade wars, but at the same time, I think we cannot lose, of course, common
07:14sense, we cannot lose the awareness of our interests, but at the same time, we cannot
07:23lose our European self-respect and self-confidence.
07:28As Trump moves forward his foreign policy agenda and the war in Ukraine further limits
07:33European dependence on Russian gas, Europe is looking to become more economically independent.
07:39But at the same time, it would also have to ramp up its defence spending.
07:43According to the EU Commission, the bloc needs to invest 500 billion euro on defence over
07:48the next decade.
07:51Shoppers at a supermarket in Pennsylvania reacted to a move by US President Donald Trump
08:00to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Mexico and China, America's three biggest
08:06trading partners.
08:08These tariffs against Canada and Mexico in order to stop illegal immigration and the
08:13illicit fentanyl trade have led to retaliatory taxes by both countries on US imports.
08:21Let's give it a go.
08:22Let's give it a go.
08:23And we'll see.
08:24I mean, we still have four years to give it a shot.
08:27Try it out.
08:28And what?
08:29In the next four years, they say, no, that's garbage, then get rid of it.
08:33I know that we have a lot of trade with the countries named, especially China and obviously
08:38Mexico and Canada are our neighbours, so I have to imagine there's a decent amount of
08:42trade there.
08:43Tariffs will, you know, inevitably be passed on to the consumer and I don't think that's
08:48what anyone voted for necessarily.
08:52Trump placed an additional 10% tariff on imports from China.
08:57He did so without congressional approval and by his own acknowledgement at the chance of
09:02some pain in the form of higher inflation, job losses and worse growth for Americans.
09:08With less than a month until the German elections, MPs are warning that authoritarian states,
09:18including Russia, are using disinformation to stoke instability.
09:22The German foreign ministry identified the doppelganger group of being behind fake news
09:27social media accounts in Germany.
09:29CSU politician Thomas Erndl confirmed that the government is aware Russia is trying to
09:35influence elections in Europe, especially in Poland and in Germany.
10:06Euronews requested a comment from the Russian embassy in Berlin regarding the allegations
10:13but received no response before publication.
10:35Green politician Konstantin von Notz told Euronews that authoritarian states like Russia
10:58and China export democratic vulnerabilities through disinformation.
11:06Green politician Konstantin von Notz told Euronews that authoritarian states like Russia
11:14and China export democratic vulnerabilities through disinformation.
11:27Erndl recommends strong European coordination to tackle disinformation, especially if perpetrators
11:33are located abroad.
11:34Von Notz criticizes both the EU and German Interior Ministry for failing to tackle the
11:40problem of disinformation adequately.