00:00Iran says it will not be sending a delegation to Pakistan for peace talks with the U.S.
00:05after the U.S. Navy seized an Iranian vessel attempting to evade its naval blockade.
00:11Slovenia's Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golub admitted he had failed to form a ruling coalition on Monday.
00:20At least three people were killed in another U.S. military strike on an alleged drug boat,
00:26raising the past week's death toll to 12.
00:31Iran has said that it will not be sending a delegation to participate in the second round of high-stakes
00:35peace talks with the United States,
00:37which was set to take place in the Pakistani capital Islamabad on Monday.
00:42It comes after the U.S. military announced on Sunday that it had seized an Iranian-flagged commercial vessel
00:48attempting to evade the U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports.
00:53The seizure was the first by the U.S. Navy since the blockade was instated last week
00:58and comes in response to Iran's closing of the Strategic Strait of Hormuz,
01:02which has sent global energy prices soaring.
01:06Iran vowed a swift response to the U.S. development,
01:09which it called a violation of the ceasefire and an act of piracy.
01:14Earlier, Tehran's chief negotiator, parliamentary speaker Mohamed Bagir Qalibaf,
01:19detailed that several sticking points persist with the U.S., which would prevent a deal from being struck.
01:26The U.S. todavía no longer stand.
01:29Therefore, there are many interests that exist in which the KUSO is based on the U.S. military.
01:36The U.S. military must follow the U.S. military is the same with the U.S. military.
01:45This idea of the U.S. military is the same with the U.S. military and they raise their heads.
01:46The U.S. military has the same with regards to being struck by the U.Sques.
02:09It's not yet clear if the talks will continue ahead as planned without Iranian participation
02:14or whether the U.S. too would withdraw.
02:17U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up the entirety of Iran
02:21if it fails to reach a deal with Washington before the expiration of the current fragile truce,
02:26set to end on the 22nd of April.
02:34Cyprus is upgrading two key military installations with U.S. funding
02:39to reinforce its role as a humanitarian safe haven for evacuaries from conflicts in the Middle East.
02:45Officials said the Andreas Papandreou airbase in Paphos will be expanded
02:50to include a new parking apron capable of accommodating dozens of heavy-lift military transport aircraft.
02:57U.S. President Donald Trump has implemented and has written a taxable schedule
03:01which has paid for the American side of the height of half a billion euros.
03:06We continue to study and study which will cost the whole program, which is quite a billion euros,
03:16with the aim of the increase of the work will be within 2027.
03:25The Evangelos Florakis naval base will receive a new U.S.-European command-funded heliport
03:31capable of accommodating large Chinook transport helicopters to airlift evacuees from conflict zones.
04:02Constructions of the facilities is expected to start in 2027.
04:09Nearly a month after securing a razor-thin majority in Slovenia's parliamentary elections,
04:16Liberal Prime Minister Robert Golub admitted he had failed to form a ruling coalition.
04:22His announcement opens the door for Conservative runner-up Janis Jansa to seek to form a coalition.
04:29Golub's party won 29 seats in last month's election, while the Conservatives of three-time Premier Jansa got 28 seats
04:38in the 90-seat parliament.
04:40Golub told reporters after meeting with President Natasa Pirq Musa that he is looking forward to working with the opposition,
04:48adding that he had not found a partner among centre-right parties for a governing coalition.
04:54Janis Jansa reiterated he was not in a rush to form a government while seeking to do what is the
05:00most ideal for the country,
05:02together with his Slovenian Democratic Party.
05:05If the candidate fails to win a majority, parties have 10 days to put forward a new one.
05:14At least three people have been killed in another US military strike on a boat accused of ferrying drugs in
05:22the Caribbean Sea on Sunday.
05:25Authorities say the strikes are part of a campaign by the Trump administration to crack down on the smuggling of
05:32drugs into the United States.
05:34In the past week alone, strikes have killed at least 12 people.
05:39The blowing up of alleged drug trafficking vessels in Latin American waters has persisted since early September and has killed
05:47at least 181 people.
05:50The US military has yet to provide any definitive evidence that the vessels targeted were indeed carrying drugs.
05:58Other strikes have taken place in the eastern Pacific Ocean as well.
06:02International legal experts and right groups have criticised the attacks, saying they violate international law
06:10as they have mostly occurred in international waters and apparently target civilians who pose no threat to the US.
06:22Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a video address released on Sunday
06:27that his country's strong economic ties to the United States were once a strength but are now a weakness that
06:35must be corrected.
06:36In the 10-minute address, Carney spoke about his government's effort to strengthen the Canadian economy
06:42by attracting new investments and signing trade deals with other countries.
06:48The world is more dangerous and divided, Carney said.
06:51The US has fundamentally changed its approach to trade.
06:55Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become weaknesses that must be correct.
07:04In his address, Carney said he wants to attract new investments to Canada,
07:08double the size of clean energy capacity and reduce trade barriers within the country.
07:14He also emphasised Canada's increased defence spending, tax reductions and efforts to make housing more affordable.
07:25Kanye West's European tour has run into further trouble over his past anti-Semitic comments
07:31as concerts in Poland and Switzerland have been cancelled.
07:35Previously scheduled concerts by the controversial rapper had earlier been cancelled in the UK and France.
07:41West was due to appear at the Cilician Stadium in Ozov on 19 June, its first performance in Poland for
07:4915 years.
07:50However, the venue announced the concert would not take place due to formal and legal reasons,
07:56a decision that came after Poland's culture minister cited the sensitivity of West performing in a nation,
08:03quote, scarred by the history of the Holocaust.
08:06On Saturday, Swiss football club FC Barcel, which is responsible for concerts and events at its St. Jakob Park ground,
08:14said it decided against West after reviewing a request for the American rapper to perform there in June.
08:21The latest cancellations followed that of the UK government, barring West's entry to the country
08:27and the subsequent cancellation of this year's Wireless Festival,
08:31as well as West Orange Velodrome Marseille gig being postponed in France.
08:36Following France's decision to postpone his gig, West wrote on X,
08:41quote,
08:51The only remaining stops in West's announced European tour are now Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy, Madrid and Portugal,
08:59but considering the recent waves of cancellations,
09:02there is speculation that the European leg of the tour could end up being scrapped altogether.
09:13A showdown between two giants of Western sculpture takes place beneath the Louvre Pyramid.
09:19200 works, including marbles, bronzes, plaster casts, terracottas and numerous drawings by Michelangelo and Rodin,
09:28separated by three and a half centuries, are on display at the famous Parisian Museum through the 20th of July.
09:35The exhibition aims to compare the art of these two geniuses through their shared sensual theme, The Living Body.
09:43The style of Michelangelo is really a style of the Renaissance, initiator of maniärism.
09:49In that sense, his style is quite different from the one of Rodin,
09:53which also, at his time, really has overwhelmed the codes of the sculpture.
09:58We start from a century where the sculpture has evolved between a very strong tribute to classicism,
10:06with, again, a renewed view on antiquity, a strong inspiration from antiquity,
10:13and at the same time, all the support of romantism.
10:18To extend this physical encounter, the Louvre Museum also hosted two dance performances,
10:23inspired by the paintings and sculptures of the two artists,
10:27and performed by dancers from the Paris Opera.
10:42We have imagined a spectacle dedicated to duos.
10:46Why? Because this exhibition, in a certain way, is a duo between two great sculptors.
10:51And so, it's a show that is made of great duos, a little bit mythic,
10:57of the great repertoire of the Ballet of the Paris Opera,
11:00but also with a creation, made by Yvon Demolle, a dancer from the Ballet of the Paris Opera,
11:06who has imagined a creation in connection, in echo, in dialogue with the art of Michelangelo and Rodin.
11:16By bringing together Michelangelo and Rodin, the Louvre offers a cross-disciplinary exploration of the history of sculpture.
11:23The exhibition does more than simply compare two artists.
11:27It shows how a single question, representing the living, spans the centuries.
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