00:00Oil markets reacted sharply to news that the second round of U.S.-Iran peace talks told over the weekend, the
00:07Brent crude rose another 1%.
00:10World leaders expressed shock following the shooting incident at the Washington press dinner, with many focusing on the message that
00:17violence has no place in democracy.
00:20Mali's defense minister was killed on Saturday as the Yuntaran country was struck by coordinated attacks on its military by
00:27jihadist separatists.
00:30Authorities in Northern Ireland say an Irish Republican group, New IRA, could be behind an overnight car bomb attack near
00:38Belfast late on Saturday.
00:40At Monday's opening, oil markets reacted sharply to the news that the second round of U.S.-Iran peace talks stalled
00:47over the weekend.
00:48The price of Brent crude rose another 1%, climbing above $106 per barrel and bringing the total weekly increase to
00:5710%.
00:57On Saturday, Donald Trump announced that the United States remained unwilling to return to the negotiating table in Pakistan.
01:05He cited Tehran's failure to meet U.S. demands and noted ongoing uncertainty regarding the country's current leadership.
01:13The regional instability continues to impact global logistics.
01:17Due to the threat of Iranian missile attacks, tankers are still being forced to bypass the Strait of Olmos.
01:23In response to the crisis, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Arakshi expressed interest in seeing Oman join future efforts to secure
01:31the Strait.
01:32Seeking further diplomatic support, Arakshi traveled to St. Petersburg on Monday to discuss a potential Middle East settlement with Vladimir
01:40Putin.
01:43Hundreds of vessels remain immobilized in the Gulf, leaving tens of thousands of seafarers unable to cross the Strait of
01:50Olmos as the maritime blockade enters a critical phase.
01:53Between 13 and 19 April, roughly 80 vessels managed to transit the waterway, a staggering drop from the average of
02:00130 transits per day recorded before the war.
02:03The United Nations reports that dozens of ships have come under fire since the conflict began, with at least 10
02:10mariners killed in the line of duty.
02:12Those currently anchored near Iranian ports describe a tense atmosphere of isolation and constant threat.
02:18We've been here for a month.
02:22We've been here for a month.
02:22We've been here for a few months.
02:25We've been here for a few years.
02:27We've been here for a few years.
02:27First, when I arrived here, on Thursday, on Thursday, in the plain, there are a few guns.
02:34We've been here for a few months.
02:35I don't know where the drone is, but I got the info from Iran.
02:39It's on the front of our ship.
02:43Although U.S. President Donald Trump has extended the ceasefire indefinitely,
02:48Washington maintains a strict blockade on Iranian ports.
02:51In retaliation, Tehran has fired upon several vessels and seized two others,
02:56further complicating any hopes for a safe corridor.
02:59Before ceasefire, there were so many issues raised by the seafarers
03:04that there was shortage of the food,
03:07and some ships started rationing of the water nearly two hours in the morning,
03:12two hours in the evening.
03:14The major failure was the seafarers were not able to communicate with their family.
03:20The International Maritime Organization is now calling for an urgent humanitarian corridor
03:25to evacuate trapped crews.
03:27However, Tehran continues to demand tolls for passage,
03:30insisting the strait is only open to vessels it deems non-hostile.
03:39World leaders expressed shock after an armed man charged
03:43at the White House Correspondents' Dinner in a hotel in Washington,
03:46with many focusing on the message that violence has no place in a democracy.
03:51The suspect was seen running through a security barricade in a hotel
03:54as several shots were fired.
03:56One officer was shot but was protected by a bulletproof vest
04:00and did not suffer serious injuries.
04:03European Union Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
04:06said she spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump after the attempted attack.
04:10Violence has no place in politics ever, she wrote on X.
04:15And the EU's foreign policy chief Gaia Calas expressed relief that everyone was okay.
04:20She added that, quote,
04:22an event meant to honor a free press should never become a scene of fear.
04:27Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni expressed her full solidarity
04:31and sincere sympathy to Trump and others present.
04:34She said space is a free debate and information should never be, quote,
04:38poisoned by fanaticism.
04:40And German Chancellor Friedrich Merz posted online
04:43that democracies are decided by majorities and not by the gun.
04:48Other leaders from across the world, such as France's Macron,
04:52Israel's Netanyahu and Turkey's Erdogan, expressed similar sentiments.
04:59The government of Mali is in crisis after the killing of Defense Minister General Sadio Camara on Saturday.
05:06The Yunta-run country was struck by one of the biggest coordinated attacks
05:10on its army in the capital, Bamako, and several other cities and towns.
05:15General Camara died after a car bomb driven by a suicide bomber targeted his residence.
05:21Separatist rebels also seized towns and military bases,
05:24which is confirmed by the Malian government.
05:26The head of the military Yunta, General Assimi Goita,
05:29was reportedly moved to a safe location after his home was targeted.
05:33Following military coups, the Yuntas in Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso
05:37turned from Western to Russian allies,
05:39looking to Moscow for help in combating Islamic militants.
05:43But the security situation has worsened with the record number of attacks reported since 2025.
05:48Russian mercenaries hired by Mali's military agreed to withdraw from Kidal after two days of clashes,
05:54the Separatist Azawad Liberation Front group said.
05:57For years, the FLA has fought to establish an independent homeland in northern Mali,
06:01where it already effectively controls a vast territory.
06:07Police in Northern Ireland say they suspect dissident Irish Republicans could be behind an overnight car bomb attack
06:14outside a police station near Belfast late on Saturday.
06:18The car bomb went off after what was termed a gas cylinder-type device placed in a delivery driver's hijacked
06:26car
06:27and driven to the location.
06:29According to the police service, dissident Irish Republican paramilitary group,
06:33the new IRA, could be responsible.
06:36It is now the second attack of this nature in just a month.
06:39There are very many similarities between the two incidents,
06:41and as a consequence of that, our early working hypothesis is that this may well be the work of the
06:46new IRA,
06:47who claimed responsibility for the attack in Lurgan back on the 30th of March.
06:51Prime Minister Keir Starmer condemned the attack and said,
06:55quote, those responsible will be brought to justice.
06:58The attack followed a similar attempted bombing on the 30th of March,
07:02when the device failed to explode outside a police station in the nearby town of Lurgan.
07:11As Ukraine marks the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster,
07:16Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Russia of committing nuclear terrorism.
07:23Zelenskyy said Russia is bringing the world to the brink of man-made disaster
07:28and referenced a Russian drone strike on the Chernobyl site last year.
07:33Ukrainians, meanwhile, gathered over the weekend to honour those who lost their lives,
07:38as well as those whose mission was to clean up after the disaster.
07:41On April 26, 1986, a human mistake made during a safety test
07:47led to an explosion at the nuclear plant in northern Ukraine.
07:51A UN report from 2005 estimated that 4,000 people died as a result of the accident,
07:58while Greenpeace puts the number closer to 100,000 people.
08:02Russian strikes on Ukraine continued on the 40th anniversary of the disaster,
08:07with at least three killed and four wounded overnight into Sunday.
08:11Two of the deaths were reported in the frontline northern eastern region of Sumi,
08:16while one person died in Dnipro, according to regional officials.
08:21In Russian-annexed Crimea, a man was killed in a Ukrainian attack,
08:25its Moscow-installed governor said.
08:29A UN-backed report says some two-thirds of people facing food crises globally last year
08:36lived in just 10 countries, with a third of them in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
08:44According to the global report on food crises,
08:47conflict remains the main driver of acute food insecurity,
08:51based on data from the UN, the European Union and humanitarian agencies.
08:57What we see is that first, a very strong increase in the number of people
09:02that are in a catastrophic situation in terms of food insecurity.
09:07So people that are in famine or near-farmine-like situation.
09:11So to give you an idea, this number has been multiplied by nine,
09:14so reaching 1.4 million people.
09:16For the first time in the report, now in its 10th edition,
09:21famine was confirmed in two separate contexts,
09:23in Gaza and parts of Sudan, in the same year.
09:27Around 266 million people in 47 countries or territories
09:32experienced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025,
09:37nearly double the share recorded in 2016, according to the report.
09:48A new patient arrives at the hospital,
09:51a rather unusual patient, since it is a wild animal,
09:54a very young female fox found alone without its mother.
09:58So here we have a very small bird,
10:01which will have two weeks,
10:02which will be found in the garden of a lady.
10:07Taken in by the teams at the wildlife hospital,
10:10on the grounds of the National Veterinary School,
10:12the young fox is being examined.
10:15It's not in hypothermia, it's not dehydrated,
10:18so it's still stable, but here we go.
10:22Last year, more than 10,400 wild animals were treated here,
10:27including many European mammals,
10:29such as foxes, deers and hedgehogs.
10:32The animals often arrive young between April and September
10:35after their birth.
10:37The caretaker's goal is to prepare them for return to the wild.
10:43Une fois qu'ils auront atteint un poids qu'on estime convenable,
10:47ils seront transférés dans le centre de réhabilitation
10:49jusqu'à ce qu'ils soient vraiment assez grands
10:50pour passer dans un enclos de relâché progressif.
10:55Non-invasive species are not released.
10:58Between 60 and 80% of the animals that arrive here
11:02are victims of human activities, such as road collisions.
11:08In a sense, we have a responsibility to take care of these animals
11:12who are here, in the majority of cases, because of us,
11:15so to give them a second chance, a kind of care.
11:23The veterinary hospital is managed by the Faun Alfa Association,
11:28which was founded nearly 40 years ago.
11:31It primarily operates thanks to donations and the work of volunteers.
11:35Thank you very much for joining us.
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