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00:00The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time this year.
00:04The counter-worries about economic growth fueled by geopolitical tensions.
00:11Russia's Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban,
00:14paving the way for Moscow to normalize ties with Afghanistan's leadership.
00:21Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life on a distant planet outside our solar system.
00:30The European Central Bank cut interest rates for the seventh time this year.
00:35The counter-worries about economic growth fueled by geopolitical tensions.
00:43Citing Russia's invasion of Ukraine and conflict in the Middle East,
00:47the benchmark interest rate was cut by a quarter of a point.
00:53The major escalation in global trade tensions and associated uncertainties
00:58will likely lower euro area growth by dampening exports.
01:04And it may drag down investment and consumption.
01:12The bank's decision comes as global trade tensions,
01:15driven by US President Donald Trump's tariff,
01:18pose a risk to eurozone growth,
01:20adweighing concerns of an inflationary spike.
01:22At least four people have died in a cable car accident on Mount Faito,
01:36near Italy's Amalfi coast,
01:38on Thursday,
01:39while one person was injured.
01:4116 people in a car closer to the bottom
01:44were lowered to safety,
01:46while others in higher cars are still missing.
01:49Rescue operations at an altitude of about 1,200 meters
01:54have been complicated by bad weather and fog,
01:58which are hampering communications.
02:00The cable car accident happened just one week
02:04after the destination reopened for the season.
02:07Russia's Supreme Court has suspended its ban on the Taliban,
02:16paving the way for Moscow to normalize ties with Afghanistan's leadership.
02:22The move is a diplomatic victory for the Taliban,
02:25who were put on Russia's list of terrorist organizations in 2003,
02:29making contact with them punishable under law.
02:31However, Taliban delegations have often attended forums hosted by Russia
02:38as Moscow looks to position itself as a regional power broker.
02:43When the group seized power in 2021,
02:46it had promised a more moderate rule,
02:48but began to enforce restrictions on women and girls soon after,
02:52isolating themselves on the world stage.
02:54Russian officials have recently been emphasizing the need to engage with the Taliban
03:00in order to stabilize Afghanistan,
03:02while enabling Moscow to better protect its interests in the region.
03:06thousands of people gathered in the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica
03:19to witness the opening Easter week chrism mass on Holy Thursday.
03:25Pope Francis, who is still recovering from pneumonia,
03:28did not participate in the ceremony.
03:30However, he is expected to make some appearances.
03:34He was replaced by Cardinal Domenico Calgaño,
03:39the retired head of the Vatican's Patrimony Office.
03:43The crowd included over 1,000 priests.
03:50Over in Jerusalem, Christian Orthodox worshippers
03:53gathered at the Holy Sepulchre on Thursday.
03:57The traditional washing of the feet ceremony
03:59marks the start of Orthodox Easter.
04:02The Holy Sepulchre is the site where Christians believe
04:05Jesus was entombed and then resurrected.
04:15Astronomers have found possible chemical signs of life
04:18on a distant planet outside our solar system.
04:21The research, led by scientists at the University of Cambridge,
04:25detected evidence of compounds in the exoplanet's atmosphere
04:28that on Earth are only produced by living organisms.
04:32They say it's the strongest sign to date
04:35of possible biological activity outside the solar system,
04:38but cautioned more work is needed to confirm their findings.
04:42The researchers found the evidence by analyzing data from NASA
04:46and the European Space Agency's James Webb Space Telescope.
04:49the lab of this library within the MOSFET
04:51and this crypt signs are found in 2007 they do not forget
04:55the natural dragon on Earth.
04:55Theacher for their prey on period of the HealthONE
04:59will not bless crossing children across the Allan