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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.

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