Alex Ritson

That was of course Arnold Schwarzenegger, who's now offering inspiration to students in Belfast. The actor, bodybuilder and former governor of California has been awarded an honorary doctorate by Ulster University. Our Ireland correspondent Chris Page was at the ceremony. Ulster University, please welcome our very special guest, Arnold Schwarzenegger!

He said he still had ambitions, though hinted he was feeling some of the aches of aging. Now I say, oh my back.

His parting message was, ignore the naysayers who tell you that your ambitions aren't possible. Dr. Schwarzenegger's advice was to be relentless, like the Terminator. Chris Page reporting. Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic, governments around the world have been tackling the issue of economic inactivity. The relatively high number of people who are eligible for work have

but not employed or actively looking for a job. But what prompts a disgruntled employee to quit? Anthony Klotz is a London-based American academic who foresaw that the pandemic would lead to what he called a great resignation of workers across the United States. He spoke to my colleague James Kumarasami about the various jolts that can lead to people quitting their jobs.

Well, I'd like to ask you, I mean, you came up with this phrase, the great resignation. I think, what was it, May 2021, as the pandemic was in full swing. Why were you so certain then that people would quit their jobs afterwards?

Céline Dion on huomannut, että hän tulee takaisin aamuun, kuusi vuotta sitten, kun hän oli diagnoostunut rauhallisessa terveystilanteessa. Kanadalainen popstar, jolla on 58-vuotias, tekee 10 esiintyjää Parissa. Se on myös hänen päivänsä, ja hän sanoi, että tämä huomio oli hänen elämänsä parhaaksi. Päivän jälkeen, monimutkaiset taistelijat tulivat takaisin aamuun, ja se oli markkinoitu Eiffel Towerin ilmoittamalla, että olen valmis tai olen valmis.

You can register on her website, but they don't go on sale until next month. Mark Savage reporting on Celine Dion's remarkable music comeback.

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This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Holly Smith and produced by Ira Khan. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Alex Ritson. Until next time, goodbye.

Tapahtuipa kerran, että pessimisti, optimisti ja saletisti grillasivat. Ja niinhän siinä kävi, että saletisti onnistui. Saletisti onnistuu!

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Olen Alex Ritson ja 16 kuukautta GMT. Tänä päivänä 24. maa. Nämä ovat meidän suurimmat tarinamme. Toivottavasti deeskalointi jäljellä raportoidaan, että negotiaatiotiimit, joilla on erityinen envoi Steve Witkoff ja vicepresidentti J.D. Vance, voivat tapahtua iranian jäsenet tänä päivänä Pakistanissa. Sen jälkeen maa jatkuu.

Iranian media say Israeli-US strikes targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline in the country, hours after President Trump said he would temporarily halt attacks on power infrastructure. Oil prices have risen again, with the barrel of Brent crude going above $100.

Also in this podcast, US designs on Greenland hang over Prime Minister Meta Fredriksson on polling day in Denmark. This Trump bump over her leadership in Greenland is something that she hopes will help hand her victory as she seeks a third term. And the US pays French energy giant Total almost a billion dollars not to build a wind farm.

A day on from President Trump's announcement that attacks on Iranian power plants were being put on hold and that big progress was being made on a deal to end the war with Iran. We're no clearer about what that amounts to. It's rumored that the US Vice President J.D. Vance and Mr. Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff could travel to Pakistan to meet Iranian officials this week.

but there's been nothing concrete from either side. Meanwhile, Iranian state media say Israeli-US strikes have targeted two gas facilities and a pipeline in Iran. Israel's prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue attacking the country. His defense minister Israel Katz has said Israeli forces will take control of southern Lebanon up to the Litani River until the threat from Iran's ally Hezbollah is gone.

Iran has fired further missiles into Israel, including Tel Aviv. In Iran a replacement for the experienced Ali Larijani, who was killed by an Israeli strike last week, has been named. Mohammad Bagher Zolkada is a Revolutionary Guards insider. I asked our diplomatic correspondent Paul Adams what we know about moves to end the conflict.

Haluaisin, että voin olla lopullinen, Aleks, mutta toivottavasti ei ole mitään selkeää. Tietysti ei ole mitään tärkeää ja todella vahvaa keskustelua, jota Donald Trump puhui, kun hän teki yllättävän kuuluvan. On selvää, että jotain tapahtuu taustalla. Kuulemme, että viestejä on käynnissä erilaisilla mediatoreilla, joko Pakistanissa, Turkissa ja Egyptissä.

The Qataris, by the way, have said this morning that they are not involved in any of this. An Iranian foreign ministry official was quoted by our American CBS partners as saying, we received points from the US through mediators and they are being reviewed. So clearly there is some kind of background conversation going on.

It hasn't yet translated into direct talks between the Americans and the Iranians. It is being mooted that the foreign minister might meet the US envoy Steve Witkoff possibly later this week in Pakistan. But at the moment, as I say, all of this is very, very fluid. And I don't think anyone is really optimistic of an immediate breakthrough.