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00:00Iran has warned Italy that it risks harming bilateral relations if it doesn't release
00:07an Iranian citizen arrested on a U.S. warrant.
00:10Mohamed Abedini was arrested by Italian authorities at Milan airport on the 16th of December.
00:17The U.S. Justice Department accuses him of supplying Iran with the drone technology used
00:22in a January 2024 attack in Jordan that killed three American troops.
00:28Three days later, the Italian reporter Cecilia Sala was arrested in Tehran.
00:33She arrived in the country on the 13th of December on a journalist's visa and was arrested
00:38on charges of violating the laws of the Islamic Republic.
00:43Italian commentators have speculated that Iran is holding Sala as a bargaining chip
00:47to ensure Abedini's release.
00:50Iran's foreign ministry said Abedini's arrest was an illegal act that's done based on the
00:55U.S. demand.
01:02Officials in Montenegro have begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman
01:07shot and killed 12 people on New Year's Day.
01:10An emergency session of the National Security Council is expected to call for new gun laws
01:15and urgent action to confiscate illegal weapons.
01:19State broadcaster RTCG reported that Montenegro is sixth in the world when it comes to the
01:24number of illegal weapons per capita.
01:27The shooting happened on Wednesday in the central town of Cetinje when a man started
01:31a rampage after a bar brawl, killing 12 and wounding at least four others.
01:36The man, named as 45-year-old Arko Matinovic, died after shooting himself in the head.
01:42Visiting Cetinje on Thursday, Prime Minister Milojko Spajic announced a tightening of rules
01:47on weapons possession.
01:49Montenegro, which has a population of around 620,000, is known for its gun culture and
01:55many people own weapons.
02:02The executive calls for boldness and stability at the first cabinet meeting of the new French
02:07government of Francois Beyrou.
02:10As is the tradition, the cabinet meeting was preceded by a breakfast meeting at the Ministry
02:14of the Interior.
02:16The 35 ministers then crossed the streets side by side to join French President Emmanuel
02:21Macron at the Elysee Palace.
02:47The priority is the adoption of the 2025 budget.
02:58Rating agencies, financial markets and the European Commission are also urging France
03:02to reduce its deficit in order to comply with EU fiscal discipline rules.
03:07The course has been set.
03:09The government wants to reduce its public deficit to 5.4% of the GDP in 2025.
03:16Devastated by Cyclone Tito, Mayotte is also waiting for a bill promised earlier this week
03:21by Francois Beyrou.
03:25Thousands of people in Slovakia have taken to the streets to protest against Prime Minister
03:30Robert Fitzel's recent meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
03:34The protest, held on Friday in Bratislava, the Slovak capital, saw around 4,000 protesters
03:40gathered in front of the government office.
03:43Prime Minister Fitzel met with Putin in December.
03:45During the meeting, Fitzel proposed Slovakia as a potential neutral platform for Russia-Ukraine
03:51negotiations.
03:52His controversial moves toward Moscow have sparked a wave of condemnation.