00:00Qatar and Ukraine have signed a new defense agreement as Zelensky tours the Gulf countries to shape new partnerships.
00:10In a historic visit to Monaco, Pope Leo XIV urged its residents to use their wealth to promote good in
00:17the world.
00:21French authorities have foiled a bomb attack outside a Bank of America branch in Paris.
00:30Qatar and Ukraine signed a defense agreement on Saturday during a visit by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Doha.
00:39A similar announcement was made earlier in the day on cooperation with the United Arab Emirates on defense,
00:46as the Ukrainian leader tours Gulf Arab states amid Iran's aerial campaign against its neighbors.
00:53Zelenskyy has this week visited Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Qatar.
00:57Ukraine's president has repeatedly said that what Ukraine needs first and foremost is air defense from Russia's ballistic missiles,
01:06in exchange for sharing his expertise and experience in countering Iranian drones.
01:11Qatar, together with Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait,
01:17sent official requests regarding possible cooperation with Ukraine over its drone-countering expertise.
01:23Ukraine has sent over 200 drone-countering experts to the region, the president said.
01:31Pope Leo XIV urged residents of Monaco on Saturday to use their wealth, influence and Catholic faith for good.
01:40The pontiff's one-day trip was the first papal visit to the semi-enclave in nearly 500 years,
01:46with the last being Paul III in 1538.
01:51The visit included meetings with Monaco's Prince Albert and Princess Charlene and the country's Catholic community.
01:58A mass was held at the Louis II Stadium.
02:02Catholicism is Monaco's official state religion, making it an outlier among most European countries.
02:08Monaco's population of 38,000 is heavily Catholic and multinational,
02:14with only a fifth of the population actually citizens of the principality.
02:19Prince Albert recently refused a proposal to legalize abortion in the territory,
02:24citing the important role Catholicism plays in its society.
02:32Millions of people took to the streets across the United States to participate in the more than 3,100 protests
02:38taking place against U.S. President Donald Trump.
02:41The rallies denounced what they described as an authoritarian style of governance by the incumbent administration,
02:47their immigration stance, climate change denial, isolationist foreign policy, and now, the war in Iran.
02:55In New York, thousands gathered to protest against sweeping immigration raids carried out by ICE
03:01and called for their abolition.
03:03The rallies even featured a surprise cameo from New York native and Hollywood giant Robert De Niro.
03:09Protests also took place in the capital, Washington, D.C.,
03:13where hundreds gathered near the White House demanding Trump's ouster.
03:16It's the third time in less than a year these protests,
03:20part of a U.S. grassroots movement called No Kings, take place.
03:24The demonstration spread across the pond,
03:26where thousands of Americans abroad and locals took part in rallies across Europe.
03:31In Paris, protesters called for an end to Trump's quote,
03:35reckless, irresponsible, and endless wars.
03:38And in the Italian capital, thousands marched calling for respect of international law
03:43and demanding a world free from wars.
03:46French police foiled a suspected bomb attack outside a U.S. bank in Paris early on Saturday morning
03:53when they arrested a man about to set off an improvised explosive device.
03:59The incident took place outside a Bank of America building in the capital's 8th district,
04:05a few streets away from the Champs-Elysées.
04:08Police arrested the man just after he placed a device made of 5 litres of liquid,
04:14believed to be fuel, and an ignition system.
04:18Interior Minister Laurent Nunez has said the investigation has been taken over
04:24by France's counter-terrorism prosecutor's office.
04:28Paris Judicial Police and France's Domestic Intelligence Service are also involved in the probe.
04:35Transcription by CastingWords
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