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00:00A cargo ship hits a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military off of eastern England,
00:07setting both vessels ablaze.
00:11Killeen Giorgescu supporters clash with police after Romania's electoral committee barred
00:15the far-right candidate from running in Sunday's presidential election.
00:20Syria announces the end of a days-long military operation against Al-Assad loyalist fighters
00:27on Monday.
00:32A cargo ship hit a tanker carrying jet fuel for the U.S. military off of eastern England,
00:38setting both vessels ablaze and sending fuel pouring into the North Sea.
00:42The ship's owner said one crew member was missing hours later, but that 37 others from
00:47both ships were safe and accounted for.
00:50The collision triggered a major rescue operation by lifeboats, Coast Guard aircraft and commercial
00:55vehicles.
00:56There should be a lot of electronics on both ships preventing it or giving you notice what's
01:03going to happen and there should also be crew on both ships watching the electronics preventing
01:10it should happen.
01:11In some way, somewhere down that chain, one of them's failed.
01:16Poor visibility watches have always been standard practice on merchant ships.
01:22Local authorities said it appeared the crew of the cargo ship hadn't been maintaining
01:26a proper lookout, as required by international maritime regulations.
01:32Scientists said the environmental impact might be less severe than with the spill of heavier
01:36crude oil.
01:43Romania's central electoral committee has suspended the application by ultra-nationalist
01:47presidential candidate Kalin Jorgescu to run in the upcoming elections on Sunday.
01:52The suspension sparked condemnation and triggered protests in the capital, Bucharest.
01:57Jorgescu's supporters clashed with police in front of the committee's headquarters.
02:02One gendarme was injured in the scuffles.
02:05The committee examined documents filed by Jorgescu but did not approve one related to
02:09his campaign funding, noting that it was missing a required signature.
02:14The far-right candidate slammed the decision, calling it a direct blow to the heart of democracy
02:18before labelling Europe as a dictatorship.
02:22One of his advisers announced on Monday that he will challenge the election authority.
02:26The constitutional court should rule on Jorgescu's appeal by Wednesday.
02:31The committee defended its decision in a three-page document and accused Jorgescu of not displaying
02:36values the presidential office requires.
02:39Jorgescu, dubbed the TikTok messiah, came out on top in the first round of Romania's
02:44presidential elections in December.
02:47The constitutional court annulled the vote following the declassification of intelligence
02:51reports showing Russian meddling in influencing voters.
02:56Former independent presidential candidate Kalin Jorgescu has appealed the electoral
03:06authorities' decision to ban him from running again to Romania's constitutional court.
03:13This is an effort his political allies don't necessarily seem to be putting much hope behind,
03:20keeping in mind recent statements made by these leaders.
03:24But what we are seeing in the meantime is more protests right here in front of the constitutional
03:30court's headquarters.
03:31In the meantime, we are also seeing multiple police investigations being opened on the
03:36one hand.
03:37One is centered around the main opposition party's leader, Jorges Simeon, and that is
03:43for a post he made on social media allegedly inciting the masses to cause violent incidents.
03:50Now, there are also investigations around the violent protests that took place last
03:55night, especially investigations regarding charges of destruction of property and assaulting
04:02riot police officers.
04:03But it is important to note that as of now, not one person has been detained, though police
04:09say that they are making efforts in identifying all those involved in the violent protests.
04:20NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte promised full support for Bosnia and Herzegovina as
04:26tensions rise over Bosnian-Serb separatist moves.
04:30The latest crisis began when Bosnian-Serb lawmakers passed laws blocking Bosnia's central
04:37judiciary and police from operating in Republika Svepska, the Serb-majority region that makes
04:44up about half of Bosnia.
04:47Speaking from Sarajevo, Rutte reacted.
04:51NATO remains firmly committed to the stability of this region and to the security of Bosnia
05:00and Herzegovina.
05:01I have three main messages to deliver today, but one is really the main message.
05:09First, our commitment to Bosnia and Herzegovina is steadfast.
05:15This move happened after Milorad Dodik, the pro-Russia leader of Republika Svepska, was
05:21sentenced a year in prison and banned from office for six years for defying Bosnia's
05:28top international peace envoy.
05:36Russia announced on Monday that it was expelling two British diplomats stationed at the embassy
05:41in Moscow, accusing them of espionage.
05:44The Federal Security Service claimed in the statements that the diplomats had submitted
05:49false personal details when applying for entry into Russia and were involved in alleged intelligent
05:55and subversive activities that posed a threat to national security.
06:00However, no evidence was provided to support these claims.
06:03Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, diplomatic expulsions between Moscow
06:09and Western nations have become increasingly frequent.
06:13Last month, London expelled a Russian diplomat in retaliation for an expulsion in November.
06:22Syria's new government announced the end of a days-long military operation against fighters
06:29loyal to overthrown President Bashar al-Assad on Monday.
06:34On Sunday, Syrian activists had gathered in Damascus to call for peace and an end to the
06:40killing of civilians.
06:42But war monitor the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights reported violent clashes with
06:47gunmen associated to the Ministry of Defence.
06:51The initial surge of violence came after a surprise attack by gunmen from the Alawite
06:57community on the police patrol, kicking off widespread fighting across Syria's coastal
07:02region on Thursday.
07:04According to war monitors, at least 1,130 people have been killed in the clashes, including
07:11830 civilians.
07:14On Monday, the European Union condemned these attacks, demanding for the perpetrators to
07:20be brought to justice, while on Sunday, the U.S. called for the perpetrators of these
07:25massacres to be held accountable.
07:33A one-day strike by workers at 13 German airports caused the cancellation of most flights on
07:39Monday.
07:41Public sector employees at the airports, as well as ground and security staff, organized
07:46a 24-hour walkout as part of an ongoing dispute over wages and working conditions.
07:52The German Airports Association said more than 3,400 flights were expected to be canceled
07:57throughout the country.
07:59The Frankfurt and Berlin airports said all departures and arrivals on Monday are affected
08:04by the strike.
08:05I understand when the strike, what they want and what they are fighting for, but when you
08:14are dependent on a flight so far, you have to go all the way, it's difficult.
08:21The Service Workers Union announced the strike on Friday, but added a short-notice walkout
08:26on Sunday at Hamburg Airport, arguing that it must ensure the measure was effective.
08:32A common tactic in German wage negotiations, the so-called warning strike related to two
08:37separate pay disputes, negotiations on a new pay and conditions contract for airport security
08:42workers and a wider dispute over pay for employees of federal and municipal governments.
08:52Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next Prime Minister after the ruling
08:56Liberal Party elected him as their new leader.
09:00And in his first speech, he was quick to take a defiant stance against threats from US President
09:04Donald Trump.
09:05There's someone who's trying to weaken our economy.
09:09Donald Trump, as we know, has put, as the Prime Minister just said, unjustified tariffs
09:16on what we build, on what we sell, on how we make a living.
09:22He's attacking Canadian families, workers and businesses, and we cannot let him succeed.
09:30Immediately addressing one of Canadians' most pressing concerns, Carney said his government
09:35will continue fighting Trump.
09:38The Canadian government has rightly retaliated and is rightly retaliating with our own tariffs
09:43that will have maximum impact in the United States and minimum impact here in Canada.
09:51My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect.
09:56In first place, the next Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney.
10:02Carney was the former governor of Canada's central bank and is widely credited with helping
10:06orchestrate the country's fast recovery from the 2008 financial crisis.
10:11In 2013, he was appointed as governor of the Bank of England, becoming the first non-citizen
10:16to do so since its founding.
10:18More recently, he served as the United Nations Special Envoy for Climate Change and Finance.
10:24Carney will succeed Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister in the coming days after he's sworn in.
10:29The Harvard-educated economist with Wall Street experience may not keep the job for long.
10:35He's expected to trigger a snap election shortly.
10:38Opposition parties could also force one with a no-confidence vote later this month.
10:45Greenland is preparing to hold general elections on Tuesday, March 11 amid renewed geopolitical
10:52tensions over the Arctic island.
10:54The election campaign is expected to revolve around the island's independence aspirations
10:59and relations with Denmark and the U.S., and the polls are projected to reshuffle the country's parliament.
11:06U.S. President Donald Trump's interest in purchasing the island has spurred Denmark
11:10to accelerate efforts to mend the fractured ties.
11:14Greenland is the world's biggest island with around 60,000 people.
11:18The island, a former colony of Denmark, became a formal territory of the Nordic Kingdom in
11:241953 and is subject to the Danish constitution.
11:27If the island became independent, it could choose to become associated with the U.S.
11:33Without becoming U.S. territory, when Trump offered to buy Greenland in 2019, Danish Prime
11:39Minister Mette Frederiksen rejected the idea and called it absurd.