00:00US President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that the United States and Iran are getting
00:05a lot closer to an agreement to end the war in the Middle East.
00:10Pope Leo XIV arrived in the southern Italian town of Acera on Saturday to offer comfort
00:16to a region scarred by decades of environmental crime.
00:21The European Union has signed a revamped trade deal with Mexico as part of efforts to expand
00:26its influence in Latin America.
00:29US President Donald Trump stated on Saturday that the United States and Iran are getting
00:34a lot closer to an agreement to end the war in the Middle East.
00:37In a phone interview, Trump noted that progress is being made on a draft treaty but warned
00:43of unprecedented military strikes if negotiations fail.
00:46The diplomatic momentum comes as regional officials confirm a final decision on the Pakistan-drafted
00:52proposal could be reached within 48 hours.
00:55In Tehran, the Iranian foreign ministry described the text as a framework agreement designed
01:00to finalize main security issues over a 60-day span.
01:04Beyond the nuclear dispute, which Tehran insists is excluded from this round, the agreement
01:10aims to address sanctions relief and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.
01:14US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also cited encouraging progress during a visit to India,
01:20noting that a formal announcement could come within days.
01:23U.S.
01:24While Pakistan's army chief continues mediation talks in Iran, both sides remain on high alert,
01:30with Iranian negotiators warning of a crushing response if U.S. attacks resume.
01:38Pope Leo XIV arrived in the southern Italian town of Acera on Saturday to offer comfort to
01:44a region scarred by decades of environmental crime.
01:48Arriving on a pastoral visit to the notorious Terra dei Fauci, or Land of Fires, the pontiff
01:54met relatives of those who lost their lives to toxic waste pollution.
01:58Inside Acera Cathedral, the Pope delivered a searing denunciation of the criminal activity
02:03and the systemic indifference that allowed illegal dumping to flourish.
02:08He urged society to break the entire chain of corruption and warned against the dangers
02:13of resignation, calling for a profound cultural shift.
02:16Moving outside to address thousands of faithful and 90 regional mayors gathered in Piazza Calipari,
02:22the Pope contrasted the region's ancient fertility with its current ecological devastation.
02:28He concluded his address with a prayer for civic redemption, calling on local leaders to
02:33transform the destructive blazes of toxic waste into a renewal of care and love for the land.
02:43The European Union has signed a revamped trade deal with Mexico as part of efforts to expand
02:50its influence in Latin America, shortly after the Mercosur Pact entered into force.
02:55Mexican President Claudia Sheenbaum was joined by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
03:01and European Council President Antonio Costa for a summit in Mexico City to sign the deal.
03:06The goal here is simple. We want to create even more jobs and value on both sides.
03:14With swift ratification, tariffs on virtually all Mexican agri-food exports to Europe will disappear.
03:24Imagine the opportunities. European companies, drawn by Mexico's talent and dynamism, already support more than 5 million jobs here,
03:36and there is much more to come.
03:39The economic partnership reflects efforts on both sides to reduce their dependence on the U.S. and on China.
03:45The deal strengthens the EU's diversification strategy by updating a 20-year-old agreement that had already eliminated tariff barriers
03:53on bilateral trade.
03:59A Portuguese court has remanded in custody the mother and stepfather of two French children that had been abandoned on
04:05a roadside earlier this week.
04:09Considering the couple a flight risk, the court ordered the 41-year-old woman and 55-year-old man to
04:14be placed in pretrial detention for the crimes of aggravated assault,
04:19endangerment and abandonment of the boys after a two-day hearing.
04:23The case has drawn widespread attention in Portugal and France since the two small boys were found on Tuesday evening
04:29crying beside a road near Alcácer do Sal.
04:34The couple was arrested Thursday by Portuguese authorities in the central town of Fatima
04:39and brought before an investigating judge on Friday at the court in the southern port city of Stubal.
04:44The children have been placed with a French foster family in Lisbon pending their return to France.
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