00:00Iran has dismissed a United States peace plan to pause the war in the Middle East
00:05as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries.
00:10Hungary will gradually halt gas exports to Ukraine until Kiev resumes all shipments
00:15through the Drusba pipeline, announced Hungarian Prime Minister.
00:21Former cancer nurse Sarah Mullaly becomes the first woman ever to lead the Church of England.
00:32Iran has dismissed a United States peace plan to pause the war in the Middle East
00:36as it launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries,
00:40including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport.
00:46Iranian state television's English-language broadcaster Press TV made the announcement,
00:51which came after Pakistan transmitted the proposal to Iran.
00:56Earlier on Wednesday, Iran mocked U.S. attempts at a ceasefire deal,
01:00insisting that they had not taken part in any negotiations.
01:25The broadcast from Press TV included a counter-proposal from Iran,
01:30a five-point plan that included a halt to killings of its officials,
01:34means to make sure no other war is waged against it,
01:37reparations for the war, the end of hostilities,
01:40and Iran's, quote, exercise of sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.
01:48U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to unleash hell on Iran
01:53if Tehran does not accept a deal to end a war in the Middle East,
01:57the White House warns on Wednesday.
02:00Press Secretary Karanine Levitt's comments come after Iran rejected a U.S. plan
02:05to pause the war earlier on Wednesday
02:07and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf countries.
02:11But if Iran fails to accept the reality of the current moment,
02:15if they fail to understand that they have been defeated militarily
02:19and will continue to be,
02:21President Trump will ensure they are hit harder
02:23than they have ever been hit before.
02:25President Trump does not bluff,
02:27and he is prepared to unleash hell.
02:30But Levitt also said that the United States and Iran
02:34are still engaged in peace talks.
02:36Meanwhile, Iranian media quoted an anonymous official
02:40who said the end of the war will occur
02:42when Iran decides it should end,
02:44not when Trump envisions its conclusion.
02:52European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde
02:55said that the ECB has several options
02:58for dealing with the Middle East war energy crisis on Wednesday.
03:02Lagarde insisted the ECB was well positioned
03:06to deal with the turmoil,
03:08with inflation currently close to its 2% target
03:11and the eurozone economy on a sound footing.
03:16We have a strategy that is built for a world of higher uncertainty
03:20with risks and scenarios at its core.
03:23We have a graduated set of options for responding
03:26and we are starting from a better place should we need to act.
03:30And we will not act before we have sufficient information
03:34on the size and persistence of the shock and its propagation.
03:39At its most recent meeting last week,
03:43the ECB kept interest rates on hold as expected,
03:47while warning of higher inflation and lower growth due to the war.
03:51But analysts now expect the central bank to raise interest rates
03:55as early as next month to curb a likely rise in consumer prices.
04:00Higher global oil and gas costs have led to immediate petrol price hikes in the eurozone
04:06and brought back memories of the energy shock
04:09that followed Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
04:17Hungary will gradually halt gas exports to Ukraine
04:21until Kiev resumes all shipments through the Druzhba pipeline.
04:25The move was announced on Wednesday
04:28by the country's prime minister, Viktor Orban.
04:54Hungary and Ukraine are locked in a dispute over the sovieteria Druzhba pipeline,
04:59which carries Russian oil to Hungary and Slovakia.
05:03The pipeline was damaged in a Russian strike in late January.
05:07Both Hungary and Slovakia accuse Ukraine of using the issue for political gain.
05:13Orban's government has repeatedly alleged
05:15that Kiev is trying to trigger an energy crisis
05:18ahead of Hungary's general election next month.
05:22Ukraine, for its part, has called on Hungary and Slovakia
05:26to decouple from Russian fossil fuels.
05:28According to Ukraine's energy analytics company Expro,
05:32Kiev imported over 2.9 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Hungary in 2025,
05:39accounting for 45% of the nation's total imports.
05:46Libyan authorities have released a video and photographs showing a tow line attached to the damaged Russian gas tanker
05:54Arctic Metagaz, which has been drifting in the Mediterranean Sea for the past three weeks
05:59following an alleged attack by a maritime drone.
06:03The vessel is part of Russia's so-called shadow fleet,
06:06which transports fossil fuels in violation of international sanctions.
06:11The Libyan Coast Guard reported that the tanker carrying liquefied natural gas
06:17is being towed to a safe zone near the city of Zurara on Libya's western coast.
06:23Russian authorities claim that the Arctic Metagaz was damaged
06:27by Ukrainian maritime drones near Maltese waters.
06:31All crew members were rescued and Ukraine has not yet commented on the situation.
06:36According to the World Wildlife Fund,
06:39the Russian tanker was carried toward the Libyan coast by winds and currents.
06:44The environmental organization warns of serious environmental risks
06:48to one of the most vulnerable and biodiverse marine areas in the Mediterranean Sea.
06:57Dame Sarah Mullerly has become the first ever female leader of the Church of England
07:03at Canterbury Cathedral at the age of 63.
07:06Mullerly, a former cancer nurse who became a priest at the age of 40,
07:11celebrated the beginning of her public ministry
07:14as both the primate of the Church of England
07:16and spiritual leader of the World Wide Anglican Communion on Wednesday.
07:21Attendees at the ceremony included Crown Prince William and Princess Catherine,
07:26UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and representatives from the Vatican.
07:31The celebration marks a major milestone for the Church of England.
07:35The Church ordained its first female priests in 1994
07:39and its first female bishop in 2015.
07:42Mullerly's appointment could increase divisions in the Anglican Communion,
07:47whose members are deeply divided over issues
07:50such as the role of women and the treatment of LGBTQ plus people.
08:00It is an important breakthrough in the investigation, authorities said.
08:05Police in the United Kingdom arrested two men on Wednesday
08:09in connection with an arson attack on four ambulances belonging to a Jewish charity.
08:15Authorities are investigating the assault as an anti-Semitic hate crime.
08:19The Metropolitan Police said the two men, aged 45 and 47,
08:25were arrested in London on suspicion of arson with intent to endanger life.
08:30Both men have been taken to a police station in the city for questioning.
08:35Officers are searching two properties in North London,
08:38a few kilometres from the scene of the attack in Golders Green.
08:49Denmark's King Frederick the 10th tasked outgoing Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen
08:54with leading talks to form a new government on Wednesday
08:58after her Social Democrats scrapped through a general election
09:02without securing a majority.
09:22Danes are braced for a week's long coalition building process
09:26as Frederiksen seeks to consolidate power in the deeply splintered parliament
09:31after Tuesday's vote.
09:33After the 2022 election, talks lasted six weeks.
09:38The negotiations are expected to focus on economic and pension issues,
09:44pollution and immigration.
09:50A unique exhibition opens this Wednesday at the Orangerie in Paris.
09:55Some 50 works by Le Douanier Rousseau, including 18 from the Bound Foundation in Philadelphia,
10:01are on display in an effort to pay tribute to a painter who was often mocked during his lifetime.
10:07The exhibition Henri Rousseau, The Ambition of Painting,
10:11highlights the career of a painter labeled as naïve.
10:15C'est un peintre que l'on a très tôt considéré comme naïf.
10:19Les premiers critiques qui voient ses œuvres au Salon des Indépendants font référence à sa naïveté.
10:24C'est un peintre qui est surtout autodidacte, mais qui a bénéficié d'une éducation,
10:28même s'il n'a pas suivi de formation artistique.
10:30Le Douanier Rousseau, who began painting shortly before turning 50,
10:35found inspiration in illustrated books featuring wild animals
10:39and through visits to the Jardin des Plants.
10:42To set himself apart from other artists,
10:45Henri Rousseau, who always wanted to make a living from his art,
10:48sought to diversify his genres and techniques.
10:51His style is particularly evident in his scenes of lush jungles populated by wild animals,
10:56such as the painting, The Hungry Lion, throws itself on the antelope.
11:01C'est une œuvre qui parle aux enfants parce qu'elle est très directe.
11:03Et je pense qu'aujourd'hui plus que jamais,
11:07on verra dans ses œuvres leur force et leur modernité.
11:11Ça ressort du rêve, mais ça ressort aussi de quelque chose qui nous touche,
11:14j'allais dire, assez directement dans nos rêves, mais aussi dans nos angoisses.
11:20The exhibition will also feature the painting,
11:23The Sleeping Gypsy, on loan from MoMA in New York,
11:26one of his masterpieces, but also one of his most mysterious works.
11:31The world of Le Douanier Rousseau is on display until the 20th of July.
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