00:00Counter-terrorism police in the United Kingdom are investigating a possible link to Iran
00:04after police found explosives on three vans near the Royal Air Force Base in Fairford.
00:11France's far-right National Rally Party and its allies secured a record 14 seats in the right-wing-dominated Senate.
00:20Oil prices jumped more than 3% on Monday morning in Europe
00:24after a U.S. president rejected an Iranian offer of a seven-day truce.
00:30Five men were arrested in the United Kingdom on suspicion of preparing a terrorist attack
00:35against the Royal Air Force Fairford Air Base in Gloucestershire, southwest of England.
00:40The base was also being used by the United States in its war on Iran,
00:45and authorities are currently probing whether an Iran link is evident.
00:50U.S. President Donald Trump revealed without elaborating that Washington is well aware of the situation.
00:56Do you know any more about the attacks? Were these suspects migrants in the U.K.,
01:02and is there a connection to Iran?
01:04We know all about them, and you'll be hearing about it very soon. We caught them.
01:07The five men were traveling in three vehicles towards the base.
01:12Police are searching their vehicles for possible explosives,
01:15an operation which has forced the evacuation of dozens of houses in the area.
01:19A 400-meter cordon has been put in place around the vehicles
01:23while the Army's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit examine them.
01:28As a precaution, around 85 households have been advised to evacuate
01:32while these examinations take place.
01:36The U.K. government authorized U.S. forces to use the base
01:39for defensive operations against Iran, including strikes on Iranian missile sites.
01:45The move triggered an angry response from Tehran,
01:49with the Revolutionary Guards warning the U.K. in July
01:52against getting involved in the war and threatening repercussions.
02:02France's far-right National Rally Party and its allies
02:05secured a record 14 seats in the right-wing-dominated Senate,
02:09effectively quadrupling its number in the 348-seat chamber
02:13just months before the presidential election.
02:16We are happy and extremely enthusiastic about these results,
02:22which mark an additional step in the establishment of the National Rassemblement
02:27in our country.
02:29I am happy that the National Rassemblement, for the first time,
02:32that its history will be entered into the Senate,
02:35with a group that will be composed in the next days
02:39and which will have the vocation, in addition to the three eleums
02:42that we have of course already in the Senate,
02:45to carry the ideas of the National Rassemblement, to defend the French.
02:48Local elected officials vote for new senators for half the upper chamber
02:52every three years, each to serve a six-year term.
02:56The right, center, and left-wing socialists looked set to remain
02:59the three major forces in the upper house, according to initial results,
03:03while the hard-left France unbowed party won its first-ever seat.
03:07The results come as far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen
03:11eyes her best chance yet at power in elections next year
03:15when President Emmanuel Macron steps down.
03:22Madrid's square of Puerta del Sol awoke this Sunday,
03:25transformed into a makeshift camp,
03:28with nearly 150 tents set up after Saturday's demonstration
03:32against Spain's housing crisis.
03:34The protest, organized by the Tenants' Union,
03:38followed the eviction of 87-year-old Marie Carmen Abascal,
03:42who was forced to leave the rental home where she had lived for 70 years.
03:47Her case, known as the Marie Carmen Effect,
03:50sparked demonstrations in 40 cities under the slogan
03:53Not One More Marie Carmen.
03:56In Madrid, turnout estimates ranged from 25,000 to 300,000,
04:02depending on where the organizers or the government figures are used.
04:06The night passed peacefully as protesters organized food, water and sleeping bags
04:11to remain for several days.
04:13Their demand is clear for the government to approve the so-called Marie Carmen decree
04:18this Tuesday, freezing rent prices.
04:21Left-wing groups warn that if the measure fails,
04:24they could reconsider their support for the government.
04:31Swiss voters overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to strengthen the country's neutrality
04:37in a referendum on Sunday with around 70% voting against the measure.
04:42The initiative would have allowed Switzerland to impose sanctions only with UN approval,
04:48effectively giving Russia, a permanent Security Council member with veto power,
04:54the ability to block such measures.
04:57Supporters, led by the right-wing Swiss People's Party, SVP,
05:01argued that Switzerland had moved too close to the EU and NATO
05:06since Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
05:09Switzerland has maintained a long-standing policy of neutrality.
05:13However, the interpretation of that has been the subject of political debate for years.
05:18While Swiss voters rejected the proposed restrictions,
05:22support for neutrality itself remains widespread.
05:26According to a later survey, some 82% of respondents continue to support Switzerland's neutrality.
05:38Russia's Sergei Lavrov rejected Germany's calls to ease off its dangerous path of escalation
05:44toward the country, instead accusing Germany of being Ukraine's main sponsor.
05:49during the first meeting between the two foreign ministers since Russia's 2022 full-skill invasion.
05:55Tensions rose in September after Berlin accused Russia of being behind a drone attack in Lebsik Hall airport.
06:03Lavrov later defended Russia's war in Ukraine and criticized the West during his UN General Assembly speech.
06:32Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Saturday that it was clear the Kremlin was not preparing.
06:40to bring the war to an end any time soon.
06:47Oil prices jumped more than 3% with the international benchmark Brent trading above $107 a barrel early Monday morning
06:57in Europe,
06:58reflecting renewed concerns about a supply crisis that has pushed up costs worldwide.
07:04This came after U.S. President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian offer of a seven-day truce reviving inflation concerns.
07:13Tehran proposed a halt in hostilities last week that would see the Strait of Hormuz reopened.
07:19A reject their proposal, the U.S. President told reporters,
07:23but he told Axios he expected negotiations to resume.
07:27Iran has maintained its conditions for reopening the Strait of Hormuz,
07:31including the release of frozen assets, the lifting of sanctions on its oil,
07:36and an end to the U.S. naval blockade.
07:39Oil prices fell more than 2% on Friday following news of the offer,
07:43but rebounded at the start of the week.
07:46U.S. benchmark WTI was trading up nearly 2% Monday morning, above $94 a barrel.
07:59Online voting has begun for Fat Bear Week,
08:02the annual contest that pits the giant bears of Katzmai National Park
08:06and Preserve against each other for the title of the most oversized bear.
08:11Last year's 544-kilo winner, Chunk, known officially as Bear 32,
08:18is hungry to retain his victory.
08:21This year, I think it's pretty tough to predict.
08:24I mean, there's a few bears that are larger than others,
08:28but it's not necessarily about body mass alone.
08:32We want people to consider the bears' stories as well,
08:36because getting fat means different for a big adult male
08:39who's maybe trying to dominate access to the best fishing spots at Brooks Falls.
08:44The contest celebrates the resilience of the 2,200 brown bears
08:49that live in the preserve on the Alaska Peninsula,
08:52extending towards the Aleutian Islands.
08:55Fat Bear Week was started in 2014
08:58as an interactive way to inform the public about brown bears,
09:02the coastal cousins of grizzlies.
09:08Naxos is the largest island in the Kiklades,
09:11and its potatoes are renowned not only across Greece,
09:14but also abroad.
09:15They are deeply rooted in the island's identity and economy
09:18and have held protected geographical indication status since 2010.
09:23Potatoes have been cultivated on Naxos
09:25since the late 18th century.
09:28So what makes Naxos potatoes so special?
09:32So, water is very far from the north.
09:35About the Yukon Islands,
09:37we have an ice-mile to the south.
09:39in the northern странs of 3-4 kilometers.
09:41One of the mountains in the gaffes we use
09:44in our gaffes we use black and gaffes.
09:48The fourth thing is,
09:51the biggest thing is that
09:51from the upper 50s
09:53we leave a certain JK,
09:54this is the ash-based pest.
09:56The ash-based pest and it's 80%
09:58what will give us the alkaline taste.
10:02In the 1980s, the annual potato production on Axios reached around 15.000 tons.
10:08Around 300 families on the Kikladic island are now involved in potato farming while production has fallen dramatically to 5
10:15.000 tons a year.
10:18The shortage of agricultural workers has become particularly acute in recent years and is now a major concern for farmers.
10:24We will seek to find farmers not only in Axios but also in Greece.
10:30What I see is that in 5-10 years there will not be any Greek farmers in Greece.
10:37We are still in traditional methods, dozens of ways and we are not going to do different things.
10:42In a hydrology, in something like this with a smaller extent, better hours of work and more money.
10:51The Axios potato is a source of pride for the island.
10:55Local farmers explain what it means to them, their families and the wider community.
11:01The Axios potato is not just one of them. It is the history of the land. It is the production
11:06of the land. It is the economy of the land. It is the wealth of the agriculture and the corn.
11:13Every year Naxios hosts a major festival celebrating its famous potato. This year the 17th potato festival was held at
11:21the port of Naxios, attracting more than 3.000 people.
11:23As a whole, residents and visitors sampled the variety of dishes featuring Naxios potato as the star ingredient. The celebrations
11:30also included live music and traditional Greek dancing.
11:33The
