00:00The United States said it will pause its mission to escort commercial ships through the Strait of Hormuz,
00:06citing that progress had been made on the peace deal.
00:11Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Hungary had returned cash and gold
00:15taken from employees of a state-owned Ukrainian bank.
00:20EU countries have failed to provide targeted measures to shield suffering households and businesses
00:24from soaring energy prices according to the International Monetary Fund.
00:30The United Nations on Wednesday called on Israel to immediately release two activists
00:35taken from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla.
00:41Not even two days after the United States launched a mission to escort commercial ships
00:46through the Strait of Hormuz, it has now said it will pause doing so.
00:51U.S. President Donald Trump said the decision had been taken following a request by Pakistan and other countries.
00:57He added that progress had been made towards a peace deal and that the pause of the mission
01:02will reveal whether or not the agreement can be finalized.
01:06The dispute over shipping through Hormuz as well as Iran's nuclear program are at the heart
01:11of the deadlocked talks between Washington and Tehran.
01:14While the ceasefire between the two holds, it does remain fragile.
01:19On Tuesday, Defense Secretary Pete Hegg says that the U.S. would retaliate with a
01:24quote, devastating response if Iran were to attack shipping in the waterway.
01:29Iran has also warned Washington against further escalation
01:33and claims it is the action of the U.S. and its allies that has put shipping security at risk.
01:43Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Hungary had returned cash and gold
01:48taken from employees of a state-owned Ukrainian bank.
01:52In March, Hungarian police raided a convoy of cash carriers near Budapest,
01:57seizing cash worth millions and nine kilos of gold.
02:01Hungarian authorities then opened an investigation into money laundering,
02:05suspecting the funds could be linked to criminal activities.
02:09Hungary's outgoing Prime Minister Viktor Orban ordered the government to hold the cash and
02:14gold for up to 60 days while the investigation was underway.
02:18However, lawyers representing the bank and its employees argue the Ukrainian vehicles were
02:23carrying out a routine transfer from Austria to Ukraine.
02:26And Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sibiya accused Hungary of kidnapping and state terrorism.
02:34Zelensky has now said the release of the assets marks an important step in relations with Hungary.
02:43European capitals have failed to provide targeted measures to shield suffering households and businesses
02:49from soaring energy prices,
02:52Helge Berger, deputy director of the International Monetary Fund,
02:56told Euronews Europe Today program.
02:58He urged member states to focus on concrete solutions for the most vulnerable.
03:04Governments are trying.
03:05It's usually a mix of good and bad policies.
03:08But most governments have in some way or the other tempered with the energy prices,
03:13which is not the way it should be going.
03:15So as time passes, if the situation continues, we need to be more targeted.
03:20According to the IMF, oil prices have surged by around 70 percent,
03:25while European gas prices remain roughly 45 percent above pre-war levels.
03:30Although less severe than the 2022 shock,
03:33the increases are still expected to weigh heavily on growth.
03:37In the current energy shock, the IMF noted that 33 percent of electricity subsidies,
03:43if untargeted, could go to the 20 percent richest of the population,
03:48compared to 11 percent for the poorest.
03:51This gap is even wider when it comes to transport fuel subsidies,
03:54which the IMF identified as potentially benefiting the richest households for 34 percent,
04:01rather than the poorest for 9 percent if the measures are untargeted.
04:09The United Nations has called on Israel to immediately release two activists
04:14taken from a Gaza-bound aid flotilla,
04:17demanding an investigation into accounts they had been severely mistreated.
04:21Spanish national Saif Abukashek and Brazilian Tiago Avila,
04:26who have been held in a prison in Ashkelon,
04:28were among dozens of activists on the Gaza-bound flotilla
04:32intercepted by Israeli forces in international waters off the coast of Greece last Thursday.
04:39According to a statement by the UN's Right Office,
04:41Israel must immediately and unconditionally release the Global Samut Flotilla members,
04:47who were detained in international waters and brought to Israel,
04:51where they continue to be held without charge.
04:54Representatives for both activists have accused Israeli authorities of abusing the two men,
05:00who have been on anger strike for the past six days.
05:03Separately, the Global Samut Flotilla announced that Avila's mother
05:07passed during his time in prison.
05:09The flotilla's vessels set sail from France, Spain and Italy,
05:14with the aim of breaking Israel's blockade of Gaza
05:17and delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged Palestinian territory.
05:25Seven months after the accident involving the Gloria Elevator in Lisbon,
05:30which resulted in the deaths of 16 people,
05:33the Grasa Finicola is back in operations.
05:35The reopening comes after repairs were carried out under supervision by Lisbon City Council,
05:42following the derailment and suspension of the funiculars' operations.
05:47A Carris, durante estes meses de encerramento,
05:51fez todos os testes possíveis.
05:53O IMT certificou o funicular e é perfeitamente seguro.
05:57Sempre foi seguro ao longo dos últimos 100 anos.
06:00Infelizmente, um acidente catastrófico parou todos os funiculares e ascensões da cidade,
06:04mas acredito que será seguro.
06:07Eu tinha um roteiro que fazia Labra, Glória e Vica,
06:12e lamentablemente ficou muito afetado com o acidente,
06:15mas que agora, graças à certificação que faz o governo e a Câmara,
06:21voltaram em segurança.
06:29O funicular era aquilo que eu usava mais desde que comecei a trabalhar aqui.
06:35Uma cidade das sete colinas precisa de ascensores funiculares,
06:38de escadas mecânicas, de outros elevadores, para a mobilidade das pessoas.
06:43São meios de transporte que têm mais de 10 anos,
06:47por tanto, há muitas histórias que se misturam cada dia,
06:51e que isto volta a acontecer.
06:54É uma graça, como o barro, muito importante, e nós gostamos muito.
06:59O funicular connects Muraria to Graça e foi inaugurado em 2024,
07:0515 anos depois a construção começou.
07:08Com a capacidade de carregir up to 14 passagens por trip,
07:11a camada completa de jornada em aproximadamente 1.5 minutos.
07:40A Câmara da Câmara da Câmara,
07:46a Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara da Câmara.
07:56Melenchon has failed to reach a runoff vote in all three,
08:00but believes his chances this time around are far higher.
08:03His biggest challenge will be against the far-right national rally,
08:07who've been gaining popularity over the years across France's mainstream.
08:11Speaking to local media, Melenchaw called for a common front with Spain against the
08:16war being waged by the US and Iran and against Israel in the Middle East.
08:22He also warned that Europe is threatened by a widespread war and a looming economic and
08:26social crisis, which he has previously blamed on capitalism.
08:31Melenchaw expressed confidence in his party's ability to win, saying, quote, I think we're
08:36going to beat them, hands down.
08:39The national rally's candidate will either be embattled 57-year-old Marine Le Pen, widely
08:45regarded as the face of right-wing politics in the country, or her lieutenant 30-year-old
08:50party leader Jordan Bardella.
08:52Their candidate will be selected after a decision is taken by an appeals court in July on Le
08:57Pen's eligibility after she was handed a political ban over her party's misuse of EU funds.
09:04France's left say they want to create a, quote, real union, excluding France unbowed, and
09:09hold a primary to decide on their candidate.
09:15Ron Arad is one of the most important figures in contemporary design who has never stopped
09:20experimenting with form materials and their functionality.
09:25The solo exhibition Ron Arad 1992-2026 at the Opera Gallery in Monaco spans 35 years of the creative
09:33journey of the 75-year-old British Israeli artist through a series of his iconic works.
09:38I have a studio and, uh, it's like a progressive, uh, kindergarten.
09:48You know, I mean, it is, uh, driven by, uh, curiosity and we are very privileged that, you know,
09:56we can try everything that we want.
09:59And it's from very little things, from jewelry to skyscrapers.
10:05You know, we designed tall building, designed a hospital, a museum, and small objects.
10:12And, uh, there's no, no need to define exactly what we do.
10:17We do things that we are interested in, and lucky other people are interested in what we
10:22do.
10:22Otherwise, we wouldn't be able to survive.
10:24And the key elements is things that I'm excited to explore, to sketch, to talk about, to model,
10:32to develop, to build, and to see, like here in this exhibition, the pieces that I made 30
10:39years ago or more.
10:41Known for his radical approach, Arad challenges the boundaries between art, architecture,
10:46and industrial design.
10:50You know, to design or to make art is always a symbiosis between the will of the artist,
10:57the process, and what the materials will let you do, and what happens.
11:01There's no bad materials, and there's no bad colors.
11:05They're all good.
11:05Depends what you do with them.
11:06People always ask you, where do you get ideas from?
11:09Ideas are the easiest thing in the world.
11:13There's no shortage of ideas.
11:15The difficulty is to know which ideas you give your time to, which ideas you invest in, and
11:22which ideas you just let go.
11:24The exhibition run around 1992-2026 at the Opera Gallo in Monaco is presented as part of
11:30their principalities art week, and runs until May 28th.
11:33A chores, and once again.
11:36огром phrase 15 years ago.
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