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00:00PSG beat Arsenal in a 4-3 penalty shootout to retain the Champions League title, dashing Arsenal's dream run and
00:07hopes for their first title.
00:10Maltese Prime Minister Robert Abella has claimed a record-breaking fourth successive victory for his Labour Party in the smallest
00:17EU nation's snap general election.
00:19The Israeli military has captured a strategic Crusader-era castle in southern Lebanon as Benjamin Netanyahu orders troops to deepen
00:28Israel's incursion into the territory.
00:30Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League final in Budapest on Friday night, edging past Arsenal 4-3 on penalties.
00:38The final in Budapest saw both sides at 1-1 and unable to find a winner in regulation time and
00:45a scoreless extra time
00:47until the shootout when Arsenal's Gabriel missed his crucial kick to hand PSG their second title in two years.
00:57The result sent Parisian fans over the moon with their wild celebrations.
01:09The semi-final with the Bayern was also a big game,
01:14but this one, for my heart, is the best, really the best.
01:18I think PSG won this early, this early, they won this early, next year we'll gather, next year.
01:25In winning their second Champions League title,
01:28PSG underlines their status as one of European football's greatest ever teams
01:33by also becoming only the second club to retain the Champions League back-to-back.
01:41French authorities say police have questioned hundreds of people
01:45and detained over 450 others following violence that disrupted celebrations late Saturday
01:52of PSG's second Champions League title win.
01:56In Paris, fans marched along the avenues near the Arc de Triomphe
02:00with some setting off flares and blaring car on.
02:03Around 20,000 people had gathered on the Champs-Élysées
02:07before police works to contain the crowd.
02:10According to the French Interior Ministry,
02:13nearly 800 people had been arrested over the violence
02:16with more than 450 currently in custody.
02:23Malta's Labour Party has secured a historic fourth consecutive term in office
02:28as Prime Minister Robert Abella on Sunday claimed victory
02:32in the small Mediterranean island's general election.
02:36The Labour Party had won the election by around 18,000 votes,
02:41according to party estimates cited in local media reports.
02:45According to Abella, the outcome showed his party had,
02:48quote, won a strong mandate.
02:51The Maltese Prime Minister and his Labour Party bet on economic stability,
02:56riding on the success of last year when they recorded
02:58the fastest GDP growth at 4% and continue to shield
03:03the smallest EU nation from global crisis.
03:06Yet concerns remain the Middle East conflict could have an impact on tourism
03:11due to spiraling aviation fuel costs and drive up inflation.
03:16Abella's main rival and Nationalist Party PN candidate Alex Borg
03:21conceded defeat on Sunday, saying in an address posted on social media
03:26that he had personally called Robert Abella to congratulate him on the win.
03:32The Israeli military on Sunday said they've captured the strategic medieval fortress of Burfurt
03:39in southern Lebanon, where they are expanding ground operations
03:42against Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah.
03:46Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that Israeli forces capture of the Crusader-built era castle
03:52marks a, quote, dramatic shift in the campaign against Hezbollah.
03:56President Netanyahu lauded the operation on Sunday, saying,
04:01we return to Burfurt stronger than ever.
04:04The castle, which was built by the Crusaders on a high cliff overlooking the Litani River
04:09some 900 years ago, has long been considered a strategic site in southern Lebanon.
04:14Israel last held it 26 years ago.
04:18Its capture comes days after intense fighting and airstrikes in nearby villages
04:23where Israeli troops have been battling Hezbollah fighters.
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