00:00Voting is underwear in Bosnia, where some 3.4 million registered voters are eligible to choose new leadership and lawmakers
00:08at several levels of government.
00:10Exit polls show Latvia's centrist United list, led by Prime Minister Andrus Kulbergs, projected to win 35.6% of
00:18the vote.
00:20Polls opened Sunday in Bosnia's general election, where some 3.4 million voters are choosing three members of the multi
00:28-ethnic presidency, national lawmakers, and leaders of the country's two entities.
00:34Early reports showed voting was delayed at several polling places due to problems with new digital voting technology.
00:41It's the first time authorities are using electronic voter identification and ballot scanning to curb vote tampering that undermined confidence
00:51in the past elections.
00:53Most of the 75 parties running are organized along ethnic lines.
00:58The Bosniak Nationalist Party of Democratic Action campaigned on keeping Bosnia united, while many Bosnian Kruats back ethnic parties.
01:07Izzet Begovic is seeking a third term as president of the center-right SDA party.
01:13The election comes as some leading politicians stalk the war-era tensions that have kept the small Balkan states divided
01:20since the 1992-1995 conflict.
01:27Exit polls show Latvia's centrist party united, Prime Minister Andrus Kulbergs, projected to win 35.6% of the vote,
01:38according to public broadcaster LSM.
01:41Meanwhile, the populist Latvia First Party has gained momentum, nearly doubling its 2022 results, as exit polls show it in
01:50second place with 11.3%.
01:51The pro-Ukrainian leader Kulbergs said on Saturday that he refused to cooperate with any pro-Russian parties, precisely mentioning
02:01Latvia First.
02:02The polls, which opened on Saturday in Latvia's parliamentary election, were shaped by concerns over neighboring Russia and the cost
02:11-of-living crisis.
02:12Some 1.5 million people were eligible to cast their ballots in the elections, Latvia's 11th since gaining independence from
02:20the Soviet Union in 1991.
02:2214 parties are in the run for 100 seats in the Saima, using a proportional system, while preliminary official results
02:31are due on Sunday.
02:38Tens of thousands of people march in Paris Pride to defend the rights of LGBTQ plus people against a backdrop
02:46of a rise in popularity of the far-right.
02:50Multiple left-wing political figures were seen marching, including leader of France Unbound or LFI Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Green
02:58MP Sandrine Rousseau.
03:00Meanwhile, Marching Paris Mayor highlighted threats the LGBTQ plus community is still facing.
03:17Around 50 associations take part in the March through Paris, which officially began in 1977.
03:24According to organizers, some 5,100 people had taken part in last year's Paris Pride.
03:35St. Francis died some 800 years ago.
03:38In Assisi, the celebrations to mark his remembrance culminates in the festival that will be attended by Italy's president, Sergio
03:47Mattarella, and ambassadors from around the world.
03:50And, for the first time in nearly five decades, Italy is marking the remembrance with a national public holiday.
03:57Francesco non è un dono solo per l'Italia, è un dono per il mondo, e lui ispira una prassi
04:02e delle parole di pace.
04:03È una figura che attrae.
04:05C'è chi viene qui perché cerca pace, c'è chi viene qui perché magari cerca una riconciliazione, c'è
04:12chi viene qui perché ama la natura, c'è chi viene qui per una ragione puramente devozionale, per pregare un
04:21santo, per delle grazie particolari.
04:23In celebrating St. Francis, Italy is honoring the values of peace, solidarity and respect for the environment that the medieval
04:32friar embodied for people across the world.
