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NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says that alliance members must guarantee long-term weapon deliveries for Ukraine, as ministers prepared to discuss a proposal for a 100-billion-euro, five-year fund. Speaking in Brussels, where NATO foreign ministers are meeting to forge a support package by a July summit in Washington, Stoltenberg says "we must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul." "We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul so that we rely less on the voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments, less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges," Stoltenberg says as NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels. SOUNDBITE
Images of Lufthansa airline passengers in queues at Frankfurt airport to exchange or get refunds on their tickets as the German airline group has cancelled almost all of its flights to and from its main German hubs in Munich and Frankfurt after pilots called a strike. According to Lufthansa, 130,000 passengers have been affected by the cancellations. IMAGES
Images of cancelled flights and long queues at Frankfurt airport where German national carrier Lufthansa says it will have to cancel almost all flights because of a planned strike by ground crew. More than 1,000 flights will be scrapped, affecting around 134,000 passengers. The strike is scheduled to last from 0145 GMT on Wednesday until 0400 GMT on Thursday and comes as ground workers seek a higher pay rise than the one offered by Lufthansa so far. IMAGES
Cali, May 28 (EFE).- Three people died violently Friday here in Colombia's third-largest city, the epicenter of a weeks-long "general strike" against the government of right-wing President Ivan Duque."Unfortunately, three people have died. I express my solidarity and condolences to their families. This situation has occurred between those blocking (the street) and those who wanted to pass," Cali Mayor Jorge Ivan Ospina said in a video disseminated by his office. (Camera: ERNESTO GUZMAN).SHOT LIST: MEMBERS OF THE COLOMBIAN OMBUDSMAN'S OFFICE COVER THE BODY OF A DEAD MAN ON THE GROUND, DURING THE DEMONSTRATIONS AMID THE NATIONAL STRIKE, IN THE LA LUNA SECTOR, IN CALI, COLOMBIA, WARNING: VIDEO MAY CONTAIN GRAPHIC CONTENT.
Kathmandu, Sep 17 (EFE/EPA).- The Nepali government on Thursday allowed resumption of long-distance public ground transport services after a suspension of nearly six months in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. The government had imposed a complete lockdown with restrictions on long distance public transportation in late March following the COVID-19 disease outbreak. The lockdown restrictions were eased on Sep 17. (Camera: NARENDRA SHRESTHA).SHOT LIST: HEALTH WORKERS SPRAY DISINFECTANT ON A BUS AND BUS TERMINAL EMPLOYEES GEAR UP TO RESUME SERVICES, AFTER THE GOVERNMENT LIFTED THE RESTRICTIONS ON LONG DISTANCE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION, IN KATHMANDU, NEPAL.