Janet Jalil

The terrifying incident at the circus in the southern city of Rostov-on-Don has been circulating on social media. Several tigers can be seen sitting on individual platforms on the stage. They're performing to music when suddenly the circular barrier separating them from the crowd collapses.

People can be heard screaming as one of the tigers calmly climbs over the metal barrier and into the audience. Fortunately it heads for an empty row of seats at the back of the tent. Some people grab their belongings and leave while others look on as a trainer follows the tiger.

He's reported to have managed to steer it through an exit and into a secure container. No injuries have been reported, but an investigation into safety violations is underway. This isn't an isolated incident. Two years ago, a bear riding a hoverboard at a circus in Russia suddenly attacked its trainer –

as children and parents watch the show. And 11 years ago in southwest Germany a man taking his regular morning walk was killed by an elephant which had escaped from its enclosure. Stricter welfare laws mean that wild animals are now banned from circuses in a growing list of countries, including Britain. But others, including Russia, still allow them to be used for performances on a regular basis.

Joanna Keen. Pope Leo on the fourth and final leg of his tour of Africa has been addressing adoring crowds in Equatorial Guinea. He denounced the colonization of the continent's minerals and the lust for power in a country whose leader has been in office for 47 years.

Paul NGA. Madonna is offering a reward for the return of the costume she wore when she joined Sabrina Carpenter on stage at the Coachella Festival in California on Friday. The vintage purple corset, purple stockings and lavender gloves were also worn for her first appearance at the festival 20 years ago. In a post on social media, Madonna revealed that other memorabilia also went missing after the show and she's desperate to get her stuff back.

Dr. Matthew Donohue, who's a musician and a professor at the Department of Popular Culture at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, says Madonna's outfits are as famous as she is.

And that's all from us for now. If you want to get in touch, you can email us at globalpodcast at bbc.co.uk. This edition of the Global News Podcast was mixed by Charlotte Hadroy-Tolzimska. It was produced by Arian Kochi and Wendy Urquhart. The editor is Karen Martin. I'm Janette Jalil. Until next time, goodbye.

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Olen Janet Jalil ja viimeisenä viikonloppuna, 21. aprilin aikana, nämä ovat meidän mainit tarinoitamme. Irannan ja Yhdysvallojen rajoitukset, kun epäonnistuminen jatkuu, jatkuu, jatkuu, jatkuu, jatkuu, jatkuu, jatkuu.

With less than 48 hours to go as we record this podcast before the ceasefire deal between the US and Iran expires, it's still not clear whether peace talks between them will go ahead. In Pakistan's capital Islamabad, roadblocks are in place and key sections of the city have been sealed off in anticipation of a meeting.

But Iran has yet to officially commit to more talks. Its chief negotiator, Mohammad Bagha Khalibaf, said Tehran would not accept discussions under the shadow of US threats. However, our correspondent in Tehran, Lise Doucette, says there are growing indications that the Iranians will go.

But they do want this process to continue, and so at the end of the day there may well be talks in Islamabad this week. We just have to wait for that confirmation from both sides. Lise Doucette in Tehran, who's reporting from there on the condition that none of her material is used in the BBC's Persian service. These restrictions apply to all international media organizations operating in Iran.

On the US side, the vice president J.D. Vance, who's expected to lead the American delegation, is reported to be preparing to leave for Pakistan just over a week after he first held talks there with the Iranians. Our US correspondent David Willis is also following developments.

It's coming down to the wire. And the big question, as Lise was just saying there, is will Iran attend? President Trump has said that as far as he is concerned, the Iranians promised to turn up. He expects their negotiators to do so. But Iran has accused the United States of continuous violations of the ceasefire agreement, including...

with its blockade of Iran's ports and sending unconstructive and contradictory signals, in the word of one Iranian official. And Iran is saying that it will refuse to submit to force. Now, the Vice President J.D. Vance is still, we believe, in Washington. He is due to leave for Islamabad in the morning.

But he obviously won't be going if there's nobody there for him to negotiate with in Islamabad. Now Tehran had earlier ruled out its attendance at those talks, but there has since, as Lisa hinted there, been some evidence that it may be prepared perhaps to review its stance on that. And against that background...

We've had further mixed messages from President Trump himself, who said both that he is under no pressure whatsoever, whilst also saying that when all this happens, it will happen relatively quickly. So it could come down ultimately to whether he, President Trump, agrees to end the blockade of Iran's ports, something that he has promised to consider doing.

And assuming these talks do go ahead, the two sides are still a long, long way apart. They are. And President Trump, of course, is eager for a deal that will help avoid a further surge in oil prices, concerns surrounding the possible collapse of these.