00:00Russian authorities say a man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia's military
00:05intelligence agency in Moscow has been detained in Dubai.
00:10Portugal began voting in the second round of its presidential election on Sunday, with
00:14the country set to choose between the center-left and the far-right candidates.
00:22A man suspected of shooting a deputy chief of Russia's military intelligence agency in
00:27Moscow has been detained in Dubai and handed over to Russia, authorities said on Sunday.
00:34Russia's Federal Security Service said a Russian citizen was detained on suspicion of carrying
00:39out the shooting while two accomplices were identified.
00:43It claims one was detained in Moscow while another left for Ukraine.
00:48Vladimir Alekseev was hospitalized after being shot several times on Friday by an assailant
00:53at an apartment building in northwestern Moscow.
00:57Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov blamed Ukraine for the shooting, calling it a terrorist
01:02act intended to derail peace talks.
01:05Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Russian authorities have
01:11blamed Kyiv for several assassinations of military officers and public figures in Russia.
01:17Ukraine has claimed responsibility for some of them but has yet to comment in this case.
01:26Portugal began voting in the second round of its presidential election on Sunday with
01:29the country set to choose between the center-left António José Seguro and the far-right André
01:34Ventura.
01:36Over 11 million people are eligible to vote with the first exit polls expected at around
01:408 pm local time.
01:44Socialist party candidate António José Seguro is expected to beat André Ventura, the leader
01:48of the populist Checa party.
01:51In the first round, Seguro won 31 percent of the vote while Ventura took over 23 percent.
01:58This is the first time in 40 years that a second round has been needed in a Portuguese presidential
02:02election.
02:03The last runoff was in 1986, so a historic comeback by Mario Suárez who united the left to beat his
02:09conservative rivalry.
02:12Seguro has presented himself as a moderate candidate who will bring stability to the
02:16country, while Ventura's strong showing in the first round marks another milestone in
02:21Europe's shift towards the far-right.
02:29Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will meet U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington
02:34on Wednesday to discuss recent talks with Iran on its nuclear program.
02:39Netanyahu's office said he believes negotiations with Iran must include limiting its ballistic
02:45missiles program and support of militant groups in the region, something Iranian Foreign
02:50Minister Abbas Araqchi has resisted.
02:52Friday's indirect talks in Oman were the first diplomatic encounter between the two nations
03:07since the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites during a 12-day conflict with Israel in June.
03:12The U.S. has recently sent the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln and other warships to the
03:40region, to which Tehran responded that it would target U.S. bases if the U.S. attacked Iranian
03:45territory.
03:49The European vehicle battery venture Automotive Cells, or ACC, is shelving plans to build battery
03:56gigafactories in Italy and Germany, the Italian metal workers' union OEM said on Saturday.
04:03The company, which is backed by automotive giant Stellantis, said it was considering shutting
04:08down the projects, which have been on hold since 2024 amid slower than expected growth for electric
04:15vehicles.
04:16The new ACC sites were among dozens of battery projects emerging in Europe as it seeks to
04:22reduce reliance on Chinese products, but were halted as the company weighed shifting to
04:27the less expensive battery technology.
04:30Stellantis, which owns brands such as Peugeot and Jeep, warned on Friday that it had overestimated
04:36the speed at which consumers would shift towards electric vehicles.
04:40The company said it would take a €22 billion hit and sell a stake in its battery joint venture.
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