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00:00A Moscow court has sentenced four journalists to prison over alleged ties to former opposition
00:07leader Alexei Navalny.
00:11NATO's RUTE and Ukrainian President Zelensky pay a surprise visit to a military hospital
00:17in Odessa.
00:20Former Peruvian President Toyanta Humala and his wife have been sentenced to 15 years in
00:26prison for money laundering.
00:30Four journalists have been sentenced to five and a half years in prison each by a Moscow
00:37court for alleged involvement in activities linked to late Russian opposition leader Alexei
00:43Navalny.
00:44They have been accused of being part of Navalny's foundation designated as extremist in 2021.
00:52Lawyers representing the journalists have denounced the verdict as illegal and unfair.
00:57The trial was held behind closed doors justified by authorities citing provocations.
01:04The trial was held behind closed doors
01:11The trial was held behind closed doors justified by authorities citing provocation risks from
01:28Navalny supporters.
01:29Their pre-trial detention was repeatedly extended, keeping all four journalists under arrest until
01:36June 2025.
01:38The closed trial is part of a wider crackdown on dissent that has grown after Russia's full-scale
01:44invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
01:47NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky have paid a surprise
01:59visit to a military hospital in Odessa.
02:02They met with wounded Ukrainian soldiers and medical personnel, acknowledging their service
02:08and sacrifice.
02:09RUTE praised Ukraine's democratic values and Zelensky's human-centred efforts.
02:15You are spending your time, your days, your weeks, your years on this and we have seen it.
02:23It's so important and this is the difference between Ukraine and Russia.
02:28This is the difference between a dictatorship and a democracy.
02:31During a meeting with Rutte, Zelensky confirmed ongoing talks in Turkey on security in the
02:39Black Sea as part of the Coalition of the Willing.
02:42These talks are military-focused and not peace negotiations with Russia, which continues to
02:48reject the US-proposed unconditional ceasefire.
02:55Talks between the US and Russia on a ceasefire in Ukraine have continued over the last two
03:00months at a time when Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities have intensified.
03:05The US says it is pushing for an immediate solution.
03:07However, Washington's initiative is starting to look hollow, some analysts at the Delphi Economic
03:13Forum in Greece believe.
03:14It's not filled with principles, as in upholding the principle of sovereignty, upholding the principle
03:22of people to be able to decide their own government.
03:27It is upholding the principle of trying to end wars, and that is not a bad one in itself,
03:34because bloodshed does breed bitterness and makes it harder to solve.
03:40But all in all, it has been confusing and without clear principles.
03:44Given the American consensus on strategic pre-eminence in the Indo-Pacific and the relationship with
03:50China, analysts say Ukraine's fate cannot leave whoever is in power and Washington indifferent.
03:57This is because if Russia wins, the strategic challenge posed by China becomes even greater.
04:02For sure, he needs a success also in geopolitics.
04:07After Afghanistan, after Kabul, after some other shortages, I would say, America cannot just
04:18lose Ukraine, cannot just sell Ukraine to Russia.
04:22And also, I think Americans are more and more aware that the alliance between Russia and China
04:27is strong, that Russia won't change sides, it's a science fiction scenario.
04:33Although the battlefield reality for Ukraine remains difficult, Russia has had very little to show
04:39compared to the price of the spade.
04:41On the second anniversary of the outbreak of Sudan's civil war, UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy
05:11has announced 140 million euros in new aid during an international conference on Tuesday
05:18in London.
05:19Lammy stressed that the biggest obstacle is not funding but political will.
05:24And today I'm announcing a further £120 million worth of support.
05:31But the biggest obstacle is not a lack of funding or tax at the United Nations, it's a lack of
05:40political will.
05:41The conference aims to mobilise UK and EU humanitarian aid for Sudan, with neither the Sudanese government
05:51nor its paramilitary rival Rapid Support Forces invited.
05:56Meanwhile, Germany said it was pledging an additional £125 million for Sudan, and the neighbouring states,
06:04Tens of thousands of people have been killed by the conflict.
06:08According to the UN, over 12.6 million people have been forcibly displaced, and some 25 million
06:16people are in need of humanitarian assistance and protection.
06:23Uncertainty surrounds the venue for the next crucial round of nuclear talks between the US and Iran.
06:29Iran.
06:30On Tuesday, Iran's Foreign Ministry insisted the negotiations will return to Oman, where
06:35initial talks were held last weekend.
06:38This directly contradicts an announcement made just a day earlier by Italy and the Netherlands,
06:43with both saying talks were set to take place in Rome this Saturday.
06:47On its part, the US has yet to confirm a location.
06:50Hosting talks in Rome this weekend could also be complicated by the Easter holiday.
06:55The dispute comes as President Trump expressed on Monday regarding the speed of the talks,
07:00accusing Tehran of tapping the US along.
07:02A second US aircraft carrier is now operating in Mideast waters ahead of the talks as Trump
07:07insists Iran must not obtain nuclear weapons, and has threatened military action if talks fail.
07:13On the other side, Iran's Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei believes the talks are worth pursuing.
07:19However, he also said Iran does not fully trust the US, adding the phrase,
07:23we know who we are dealing with.
07:26Meanwhile, the UN's nuclear chief plans to visit Iran this week, possibly over inspector access.
07:34Former Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and his wife Nadine Heredia have been sentenced to 15 years in prison
07:46for using laundered funds from a Brazilian construction company to finance Humala's political campaigns.
07:53The pair were found to have received millions of dollars of illegal contributions from construction company Oldebrecht
08:18and from the government of former Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.
08:24The ruling made Sumala the third former Peruvian president imprisoned for corruption in the last two decades.
08:32Their trial began in 2022 and the couple were convicted alongside eight others.
08:39The US government has frozen over two billion dollars in funding for Harvard University.
08:46It follows Harvard's refusal to meet Trump administration demands to curb campus activism.
08:53This is the seventh time the government has withheld funds from a major university,
08:57most of them being Ivy League schools, pressuring them to comply with its political agenda.
09:02Demands include governance reforms, changes to admission policies, auditing views of diversity on campus
09:08and not recognizing certain student groups.
09:11To support its view, the administration has cited concerns over anti-Semitism during last year's pro-Palestine protests on university campuses.
09:20But Harvard President Alan Garber has rejected its demands and said the university will not surrender its independence
09:26or relinquish its constitutional rights.
09:29The government announced the funding freeze shortly afterwards.
09:32Meanwhile, Washington has launched investigations and detained and deported a number of foreign students in relation to pro-Palestinian protests.
09:41This year, American consumers with a taste of their Easter eggs and Belgian chocolates are likely to face a hefty bill.
09:58In addition to the pre-existing 6% U.S. tariffs on Belgian chocolates, the treats will be subject to a 10% surtax like most products imported into the U.S.
10:10The taxes will increase the price for the American consumers.
10:16I think they will buy about more than enough.
10:19It's very difficult to know, of course, because, don't forget, there is more than the dollar that has increased 10%.
10:25Caught in the U.S. president's ever-changing stance on tariffs, the Belgian chocolatier is unsure where he stands.
10:33Originally, he had planned to send a shipment to the United States to beat the surtaxes.
10:39But the idea was scrapped when Trump announced a suspension of the tariffs.
10:44For us, what is difficult is uncertainty.
10:46Because there will be discussions during the 90 days.
10:49That's what they serve.
10:51But we don't know where we will get.
10:53If it's very important taxes, it could reduce the supply of our products by our clients.
10:59And then, if I started the production, if I bought the bags, I would be very embarrassed.
11:04This chocolate factory exports a quarter of its production to the United States.
11:09It's found the hopes the EU will protect Belgian chocolate from reciprocal tariffs.
11:15There is no right on American chocolate in Europe.
11:19So, I have the impression that if we worked by sector, the chocolate should not be involved.
11:27He does not rule out reducing his dependence on the American market by increasing his sales in Germany, England or Austria.
11:35The prices have also risen for Europeans as a result of soaring cocoa prices caused by climatic disruptions.