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EU-China Summit takes place between EU leaders and China via video conference, with LI Keqiang, the Chinese Prime Minister. EU top leaders try to dissuade Beijing from helping Moscow in the conflict in Ukraine. SOUNDBITE
Berlin, Apr 11 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Clemens Bilan).- The president of the CSU group in the Bundestag Alexander Dobrindt and the leader of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group Ralph Brinkhaus held a meeting on Sunday in Berlin. FOOTAGE OF BOTH LEADERS.
A federal judge has nixed a Trump administration proposal that would have kicked off nearly 700,000 American adults from the USDA's food stamps program. The proposed change to the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, would have made it more difficult for Americans to qualify for the program. The DC US District Court said the proposal leaves 'states scrambling and exponentially increasing food insecurity for tens of thousands of Americans.' The ruling noted the USDA has been 'icily silent' about how many American adults would have been denied SNAP benefits during the pandemic. According to Business Insider, as of May 2020, SNAP rosters added over 6 million new enrollees.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky leaves his hotel in Tirana, Albania, where he arrived late Tuesday, to meet with leaders from southeast Europe, seeking to keep support and weapons flowing to Kyiv as Russia makes gains on the battlefield two years after invading its neighbour. IMAGES
Berlin Brandenburg Airport is near deserted as airport security staff across Germany stage a walkout, the latest industrial action to plague Europe's biggest economy. Berlin airport has said there will be no flights departing on February 1 from the terminals which usually serve about 50,000 passengers on average daily. IMAGES
Italy hard-right Giorgia Meloni poses for a group photo with African and other leaders at an international conference on Africa, where she is set to unveil her plan for the continent, aimed at transforming Italy into an energy hub and stopping migration. Meloni's so-called Mattei Plan hopes to posit Italy as a key bridge between Africa and Europe, funnelling energy north while exchanging investment in the south for deals aimed at preventing migration. IMAGES