00:01peace negotiations between iran and the united states have concluded on a positive note pakistani
00:08prime minister shabazz sharif said on monday the talks took place in a positive and constructive
00:14atmosphere and resulted in encouraging progress including an agreement on a roadmap leading to a
00:20final deal within 60 days he said in a message posted on x iranian foreign minister abbas
00:27arakshi wrote on x that tireless pakistani and qatari mediation has delivered major progress to end
00:34libanon war he said the first real test of negotiations would be whether the deconfliction
00:40cell succeeded in halting the fighting in libanon lower level talks are planned for the rest of the
00:46week as iran and the united states agreed to create a deconfliction cell to address the fighting in
00:52libanon it still remains unclear whether that will be enough to stop fighting between the iran-backed
00:58hezbollah and israel which occupies libanon and insists it must maintain a free hand to attack
01:05militants who are launching attacks into northern israel this remains one of the key sticking point
01:11in the agreement as iran moved to link the ongoing hostilities in libanon as a major component of any
01:17ceasefire deal it secures with the u.s british prime minister keir starmer announced he will step
01:28down as leader of the labor party on monday bowing to mounting internal pressure following a bruising
01:34round of local elections delivering an emotional speech outside 10 downing street starmer confidently
01:41accepts the party's decision with good grace and will remain as caretaker prime minister until the
01:46successor is chosen in september and when i leave the biggest job in the country i shall spend more
01:53time on the most important job being the best husband i can to my fantastic wife fig who has been
02:02a rock
02:02by my side through good times and bad and being the best dad i can to my beautiful children
02:10who are my pride and my joy thank you very much
02:17the dramatic downfall was triggered after former greater manchester mayor andy burnham won a crucial
02:23by-election in makerfield gaining a seat in the house of commons and positioning himself as the
02:29favorite to take power to one day burn a member for makerfield after being sworn in as a member of
02:36parliament for makerfield burnham called for orderly and responsible transition declaring on social
02:42media that he will seek to replace starmer as prime minister responding to the resignation hard
02:48right reform uk leader nigel farage demanded an immediate general election insisting that the british
02:54public will not accept another professional politician being pushed into office the courage
02:59in the european commission president ursula von der leyen praised darmer for his statesmanship
03:04noting his work in strengthening continental and ukrainian security during his two years in office
03:10the impending transition will see the united kingdom appoint its seventh prime minister in just 10
03:15years highlighting a decade of intense political volatility across westminster
03:26spain's supreme court has sentenced ex-transport minister jose luis avalos to 24 years in prison
03:33for corruption abalos was once a senior figure in prime minister pedro sanchez's socialist party
03:39he was convicted of offenses including participation in criminal organization corruption embezzlement of
03:45public funds and influence peddling the court also sentenced abalos's former aide goldo garcia
03:52the two men were accused of having pocketed kickbacks for handing out public contracts worth millions of
03:58euros for medical supplies such as face masks during the covet 19 pandemic the ruling is a major political
04:04blow for prime minister pedro sanchez as he is facing mounting pressure from opposition parties over a
04:10series of separate corruption investigations involving current and former figures linked to his political
04:16and personal circle the supreme court's decision is particularly significant because it is the first major final conviction
04:23involving a former senior member of sanchez's administration
04:33the second eu moldova summit taking place monday in brussels is a testament to chisina's institutional reforms progress
04:40deputy prime minister and minister of foreign affairs of moldova mihai popsoy told your own news
04:46last week moldova reached a milestone in its eu accession talks with the launch of the negotiations
04:51on the so-called fundamentals cluster which reviews the rule of law the justice system and fundamental rights in a
04:58candidate country
04:59it is very much in our interest in the interest of moldovan citizens to make sure that we consolidate moldovan
05:05institutions
05:05that we make democratic consolidation irreversible that we deliver to the promise we made to our citizens to combat effectively
05:13corruption to consolidate democratic freedoms
05:16in parallel to eu accession talks chisina has to deal with russian disinformation and the transnistria issue
05:23the two tracks the european integration and the integration of the transnistrian region are two parallel tracks
05:30uh because otherwise uh we would give the kremlin leverage and de facto veto over our accession process
05:36but we're working hard to make sure that uh all moldovan citizens benefit like they had already benefited from the
05:43deep and comprehensive free to aid area which the transnistria
05:46region of moldova has benefited a lot as well after moldova applied to join the eu in march 2022
05:52and received candidate status soon after accession negotiations were formally opened in june 2024
06:03the german government has announced that it intends to acquire 40 percent of the defense contractor knds
06:09a move designed to bolster european arms production in partnership with its nato and eu ally france
06:16the decision deepened state involvement in a company whose hardware has become central to europe's rearmament efforts
06:24in a joint statement germany and france said they had agreed on the future strategy and governance of knds
06:30which they intend to co-own through arrangements aimed at giving both countries equal shareholdings
06:36berlin framed the investment in explicitly strategic terms saying it would secure lasting influence over
06:42a business it considers vital to european security and defense
06:46the timing reflects a broader scramble across europe to expand military spending and manufacturing capacity
06:53as governments weigh the continued threat from russia's war in ukraine
06:57against growing doubts about the reliability of the u.s. as a security guarantor
07:08hopefully your 14th warned that it is far easier in today's world to feed conflicts
07:13than to feed people during a visit to the united nations world food program headquarters on monday
07:18speaking in rome the pontiff strongly denounced complex political decisions and skewed ideological positions
07:24that create numerous administrative barriers to humanitarian assistance while allowing weaponry to pass unhindered
07:32strength and solidarity in this spirit i wish to appeal to the governments and peoples of the world
07:38to renew and strengthen their commitment to increase the resources dedicated to combating hunger and its root causes
07:46and to remove the obstacles that prevent aid from reaching those in need
07:52the pope also stressed that this operational imbalance represents a severe breakdown in moral priorities
07:59noting that chronic hunger actively erodes social cohesion and accelerates forced global migration
08:05the pontiff also reiterated that access to essential nourishment water and health care must never be subordinated
08:13to market commodities or volatile geopolitical interests
08:17while praising the international organization for its dedicated commitment during natural disasters
08:22he urged global leaders to place human dignity above market profit to ensure international stability
08:34far right candidate abelardo de la espriela who was endorsed by u.s president donald trump narrowly won
08:41colombia's presidential election de la espriela a lawyer and business owner have never run for office before
08:48he won from progressive lawmaker ivan cepeda the win is expected to usher in policies that will reverse the agenda
08:56of outgoing president
08:57gustavo petro plans cepeda had pledged to push forward if he won
09:02this is the night that marks the beginning of a new history for the nation
09:09the night in which begins a new era
09:15a new change of order
09:17a new change of order
09:18a patria milanio
09:37however many colombians vowed resistance to the right wing rule with thousands of leftist demonstrators coming to the streets of
09:45cali and bogota on sunday
10:00in cali colombia's third largest city clashes broke out between police and protestors
10:05demonstrators burned u.s flags while police use tear gas to break up crowds
10:14china has imposed export controls on 10 american companies involved in defense aerospace and rare earth mining in response to
10:24washington's decision to expand a blacklist of chinese firms it says have links to the country's military
10:30the measures were announced on monday by china's commerce ministry which said chinese exporters would be prohibited from supplying dual
10:38use items to the listed entities
10:41dual use goods are products that can have both civilian and military applications
10:46the sanctions come a month after u.s president donald trump visited beijing for talks with chinese president xi jinping
10:55aimed at stabilizing relations between the world's two largest economies
10:59although both sides agreed to work towards reducing tariffs
11:04tensions have since resurfaced over technology and defense
11:08earlier this month the u.s defense department added several major chinese companies
11:13including alibaba baidu and byd to a list of firms it says have links to the chinese military
11:20the designation prevents them from receiving u.s military contracts
11:24you
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