00:00A record number of voters have cast their ballots in Hungary's key election,
00:04which could potentially reshape the country's relations with the EU, Moscow and Washington.
00:09The United States and Iran failed to reach an agreement on peace and a ceasefire
00:14in the ongoing Middle East conflict after historic face-to-face talks in Islamabad.
00:20During an evening prayer, Pope Leo XIV called for an end to idolatry, money, power and war.
00:30Hungarian elections polled a strong record morning turnout as polls got underway on Sunday
00:36and some 7.5 million people were expected to cast their ballot.
00:40Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, president of the ruling Fidesz party,
00:44cast his vote in Buda Sunday morning and expressed delight with the voter turnout.
00:55Peter Maia, chairman of the Tsitsa party, the largest and only opposition party in Hungary,
01:01with a chance of forming a government, also cast his ballot in Buda.
01:05Maia said a potential record turnout and a smooth fair election would favor his party's victory.
01:19According to data from the National Election Office,
01:22some 900 registered foreign observers are monitoring the parliamentary polls,
01:26the biggest electoral challenge yet for Prime Minister Orbán.
01:33These are the final hours of the election campaign in Hungary.
01:38Voters will go to the polls on Sunday to elect their new parliament.
01:43The election pits the outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orbán
01:47against Peter Magyar, the opposition's leading figure.
01:51Viktor Orbán has been leading the country for 16 years.
01:54The wear and tear of power, the deteriorating economic situation
01:59and a series of government scandals coming to light
02:03make this election the Prime Minister's greatest electoral challenge.
02:08Tsitsa party, founded two years ago by Peter Magyar,
02:12currently leads in opinion polls ahead of Orbán's Fidesz party.
02:21The United States and Iran have failed to reach an agreement
02:24at the end of a historic face-to-face talks in Pakistan's capital, Islamabad.
02:29Vice President J.D. Vance, who led the U.S. delegation,
02:32said the talks lasted 21 hours, but in the end,
02:36they did not see an affirmative commitment from Iran
02:38that they will not seek a nuclear weapon.
02:41The bad news is that we have not reached an agreement,
02:44and I think that's bad news for Iran much more than it's bad news
02:47for the United States of America.
02:48So we go back to the United States having not come to an agreement.
02:52We've made very clear what our red lines are,
02:55what things we're willing to accommodate them on,
02:56and what things we're not willing to accommodate them on.
02:59And we've made that as clear as we possibly could,
03:02and they have chosen not to accept our terms.
03:05According to Iranian media,
03:07the three-party talks began after Iranian preconditions,
03:11including a reduction in Israeli strikes on southern Lebanon.
03:14Despite the outcome, which leaves uncertainty over a fragile two-week ceasefire,
03:20Pakistan's foreign minister, Ishaq Dha,
03:22said it was imperative that the parties continue to uphold their commitment
03:27to a ceasefire in the war.
03:32Pope Leo XIV denounced the delusion of omnipotence
03:36that is powering the U.S.-Israel war on Iran
03:40during an evening prayer at St. Peter's Basilica on Saturday.
03:44The pontiff urged political leaders to stop and engage in peace processes.
03:49As leaders have used religion to defend their actions in the war,
03:54Leo has said that God does not support any war,
03:57especially wars where bombs are dropped.
04:22Pope Leo XIV did not mention the U.S. or its present Trump.
04:26However, his tone and message appeared directed at U.S. officials.
04:30The U.S. military watchdog Military Religious Freedom Foundation
04:34said in March it had received over 200 complaints from service members
04:38claiming commanders used extremist Christian rhetoric
04:42to justify the war against Iran.
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