00:01German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius and his Ukrainian counterpart Mihailo Fedorov
00:07signed an agreement in Kiev on Monday to launch Brave Germany.
00:12This joint program is focused on developing defence technology and supporting innovative start-ups.
00:19Pistorius arrived in Kiev on Monday for a surprise visit aimed at deepening defence cooperation between the two countries.
00:25Speaking to German news agency DPA, Pistorius said the trip would focus on expanding joint-arms projects
00:33and the development of cutting-edge unmanned systems across all ranges, particularly in the area of deep strike, said Pistorius.
00:41It doesn't matter, that only one of the ones profit from the other,
00:46but it's a way of putting together together together to cooperate and better to become
00:52together and better together.
00:56And the data, which the Ukraine now in the fifth year on the battlefields,
01:01through the use of Luft defense, of drones, of vehicles, of all sorts of strategies,
01:07tactics, and tactical maneuvers, all that belongs to.
01:09But above all, the data, which are created by the digital form of the battlefields,
01:14are data that anyone else has.
01:16According to the Ukrainian news outlet Ukraineform, Fedorov said Germany was now the world's leading provider
01:23of security support for Ukraine.
01:25He added that Berlin accounted for around a third of all assistance provided to the country.
01:30After a visit to Berlin last month,
01:33Mikhailo Fedorov announced on Telegram that Germany and Ukraine had agreed on a new €4 billion defense package.
01:45An American citizen and a French woman who were evacuated from the cruise ship
01:49struck by a deadly Hantavirus outbreak have tested positive, officials said on Monday.
01:55The woman was among five French passengers that were repatriated to Paris in an evacuation operation
02:00that began on Sunday, and had developed symptoms on the flight.
02:04The American passenger that tested positive was not showing symptoms, U.S. health officials said.
02:1094 people of 19 different nationalities have so far been evacuated from the Dutch-flagged MV Hondias,
02:16which is docked on Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands.
02:20Spanish officials said the rest of the ship's nearly 150 passengers and crew would be evacuated by Monday afternoon
02:27with flights to Australia and the Netherlands.
02:30The World Health Organization recommended close monitoring of the passengers,
02:34and many countries quarantined them.
02:36The cruise ship will depart for the Netherlands with about 30 crew members on Monday evening.
02:43On Friday, WHO said six cases of the Hantavirus had been confirmed with two additional cases probable.
02:50Three passengers, a Dutch couple and a German woman died after falling sick with the rare disease,
02:56which usually spreads through rodents.
02:59While WHO has warned more cases are likely in the next weeks,
03:03it said the risk for global public health is low and downplayed comparisons to the COVID-19 pandemic.
03:14At least 880 civilians were killed in drone strikes in Sudan so far this year,
03:19according to a new UN report released on Monday.
03:22The report warned that the statistics exceed numbers from the same time period last year,
03:27noting that the conflict is headed towards a quote, even deadlier phase.
03:32Drone strikes carried out by the armed forces and paramilitary group the Rapid Support Forces have intensified in recent months
03:39across the country.
03:41The unmanned projectiles make up around 80% of all conflict-related civilian deaths,
03:46according to UN Human Rights Chief Volker Turk.
03:49Turk added that unless immediate action is taken to address the situation and decrease harm on civilians,
03:55several areas are expected to be plunged deeper into famine and crises,
04:00and deaths could reach unprecedented levels.
04:03The war in Sudan has been raging for more than three years now,
04:06and has created what the UN describes as the world's worst man-made humanitarian crisis.
04:12Hundreds of thousands of people were killed, and roughly one-fifth of the population, around 11 million,
04:18were internally displaced as the warring sides continued to push to expand their territorial holds.
04:31Culture connects what conflict tries to break apart.
04:35That's the message from Qatar's first official pavilion here at the 61st Venice Art Biennale,
04:40as the country positions itself more visibly within the global cultural conversation.
04:45Often described as the world's most prestigious international art exhibition,
04:50the Venice Biennale brings together countries, artists, and curators from across the globe.
04:54And this year, Qatar is making history.
04:57Its future permanent pavilion in the Giardini is the first new national pavilion to be added here in 30 years.
05:04We gather here, however, in a difficult hour.
05:08Across our region and beyond, displacement, destruction, and destabilization
05:14have become daily words.
05:16Culture connects what conflicts tries to break apart.
05:20It honors the humanity in each of us.
05:24Inside, this space feels less like a traditional gallery and more like a gathering.
05:30The project, titled Untitled 2026, A Gathering of Remarkable People,
05:35mixes live music, film, food, and performance.
05:39Rather than focusing only on Qatari artists, the pavilion brings together voices from across the region,
05:45reflecting Qatar's broader push to position itself as a cultural hub.
05:49We are a multicultural country and we very much support that and work together with everybody.
05:56At the center of it all is a large tent-like structure designed by artist Rickrit Tirovinesia.
06:01At the moment in time, you know, with all the troubles around in the world,
06:07I think it's quite important for us to have a place to come together.
06:11And also to hear and to smell and to taste like really things that are diverse.
06:20I think what defines the energy of the space is really the fact that you can really see art being
06:27made.
06:27So the music you hear is really being made in that moment, being invented.
06:33So it's a really vibrant place for creativity.
06:37For Qatar Museums, the Biennale presentation is also a preview of Rubaya Qatar,
06:42a new nationwide contemporary art festival launching later this year.
06:46What this pavilion is about, it's about the idea of gathering, of listening, of conversing, of eating and sharing food
06:53together.
06:54So it really brought everything together.
06:56You're not going in to see an artwork on a wall, you're actually a part of the artwork.
07:00At a time of wider instability across the region and beyond,
07:04Qatar is using this platform to emphasize cultural dialogue, positioning art, performance and food
07:10as ways to build connection across borders.
07:13Adil Halim, your news, Venice.
07:18It's a sight that has sent shivers down the spines of visitors for centuries.
07:24At the Bands Monastery Church in southern Germany,
07:27four complete skeletons sit draped in silk, brocade and precious stones.
07:32Known as the Catacomb Saints, these remains, Vincentius, Valerius, Benedictus and Felis Benedictus,
07:39were brought from Rome during the late 17th and 18th centuries to enhance the status of the Bavarian monastery.
07:46Church Custodians admit the sight can be creepy with hollow eye sockets that seem to stare back at the living.
07:53It was the end of the 30thAND war.
07:56It was a scary time.
07:58It was a scary time.
07:59It was three ked root of the German population got carried into theASS,
08:02because of the war in the world.
08:03It was a scary time.
08:05The 000X was a scary time.
08:05And there was various things to open up in the Parole.
08:10It was hit by the way, there was everything in the sky.
08:11So everything was so gorgeous and shaped everything.
08:12It was a simple.
08:15It was a scary influence by the environment,
08:21which was so sometimes damaged.
08:25These holy bodies are kept out of sight for most of the year, hidden behind wooden panels.
08:31They are only revealed on special occasions such as All Saints Day,
08:35serving as a gilded reminder of a time when relics were the ultimate symbol of spiritual power.
08:46While Tehran streets are lined with anti-American billboards and posters
08:50amid detention in the Middle East, Iranians turned out to visit an anti-war exhibition
08:56at one of the country's top museums.
08:58The exhibition, titled Art and War, features works by Roy Lechenstein, Robert Indiana, and James Rosenkist.
09:07These pieces, created in the 1960s pop art style, were all selected for their anti-war themes.
09:13This is art and war.
09:16It is a art that can be a part of this feeling,
09:20that in the midst of all the forces of the war,
09:24the people who are not allowed to destroy it,
09:27this art is a path for the force of the war that came to us.
09:51The works and display come from the museum's major collection of modern American and European
09:58art acquired in the 70s by Farah Pahlavi, the former Shah's wife, which has largely been
10:04kept out of public view since the Revolution.
10:30We're seeing audiobooks gaining a lot of momentum.
10:33BookTok is a significant driver of that as a community on TikTok, where those that are
10:40interested in either authors or genres are really introducing new audiences to that space.
10:46And even book clubs and bookstores have a bit of a renaissance right now as well.
10:57The idea is we'll have sessions where there'll be sound baths, so people can go in there and
11:01use it as a way in the afternoon to have a bit of a relaxation before they go back to
11:06work.
11:06Or they can fully immerse themselves into something like Harry Potter, so there'll be scheduled
11:10sessions throughout the month.
11:12Thank you very much.
11:27You
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