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TRUMP BACKS VENEZUELA'S INTERIM PRESIDENT TO AVOID CHAOS
US President Donald Trump says he has opted to work with Venezuela's interim president to avoid chaos.
He cites the breakdown in order following the 2003 ouster of Saddam Hussein during the Iraq War.
00:00:32 (Donald Trump/US President)
If you ever remember a place called Iraq where everybody was fired, every single person, the police, the generals, everybody was fired and they ended up being ISIS.
NOBEL COMMITTEE: PEACE PRIZE WINNER STATUS CAN'T BE TRANSFERRED
00:00:47 (Maria Sato)
Trump was responding to a reporter who asked why he supports Delsey Rodriguez, the vice president under the administration of President Nicolas Maduro, over opposition leader Maria Corina Machado.
Trump met Machado at the White House on Thursday, where she presented him with her 2025 Nobel Peace Prize medal.
00:01:08 (Donald Trump/US President)
Well, she offered it to me. I thought it was very nice.
She said, you know, you've ended eight wars.
And nobody deserves this prize more in history than you do.
00:01:19 (Maria Sato)
Trump said he was very impressed with Machado, and he called her a very fine woman.
He said they would talk again one day.
NOBEL COMMITTEE: PEACE PRIZE WINNER STATUS CAN'T BE TRANSFERRED
Now, the Norwegian Nobel Committee says the winner of the Nobel Peace Prize does not change, even if the medal comes into someone else's possession.
The committee released a statement on Friday saying the medal is a physical symbol that confirms an individual or organization has been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
It said a laureate cannot share the prize with others, nor transfer it once it has been announced. The committee went on to say that it does not comment on laureates' subsequent statements, decisions, or actions.
It said there are no restrictions on what a laureate may do with the medal, and that the laureate is free to keep, give away, sell or donate the item.
IRAN MEDIA: 3,000 PEOPLE ARRESTED
Iranian state media say as many as 3,000 people have been detained in the recent crackdown on protesters.
Some Iranian government officials are now reportedly calling for even tougher measures.
The Tasnim news agency, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, says the detainees have been linked to the killing of civilians and damaging property, and that some have ties to Israel.
The protests broke out late last month over soaring prices, fueled largely by economic sanctions imposed by Western countries.
The New York Times says around 3,000 people have been killed, including security personnel.
Iran's state media says President Masoud Pezeskian told his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, that the US and Israel are being behind the protests.
US President Trump has been threatening to take military action against Iran.
00:03:17 (Karoline Leavitt/White House Press Secretary)
The president and his team are closely monitoring this situation, and all options remain on the table for the president.
00:03:25 (Maria Sato)
But the US news website Axios reports that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu asked Trump to hold off on any strikes against the country.
It says Israel needs more time to prepare for possible retaliation.
IRAN'S EX-CROWN PRINCE SEEKS TRANSITION OF POWER
Meanwhile, Iran's former crown prince has called for surgical strikes on assets of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and other targets to help topple the country's Islamic leadership.
Reza Pahlavi has been living in the United States for many years.
His father, Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, who was pro-American, was ousted from power in 1979 during the Islamic Revolution.
The monarch left Iran and died the following year.
Speaking at a news conference in Washington on Friday, Pahlavi called for Iran's current Islamic establishment to be removed, saying its 47 years of exported terror, nuclear threats, and regional chaos must end.
And he expressed willingness to lead the transition to an interim government.
00:04:35 (Reza Pahlavi/Former Iranian crown prince)
The way we have proposed the process to go is that the minute the regime collapses,
The transitional government takes control.
00:04:44 (Maria Sato)
Pahlavi reportedly met secretly with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff last weekend to discuss the ongoing anti-government protests across Iran.
US President Trump said in an interview with Reuters news agency on Wednesday that he does not know whether Iran would accept Pahlavi's leadership.
The Pahlavi dynasty ruled Iran in an autocratic manner.
This has raised questions of how much support the former crown prince has with pro-democracy Iranians and his influence in the country.
31 YEARS SINCE GREAT HANSHIN-AWAJI EARTHQUAKE
People in Japan are marking 31 years since the Great Hanching-Awaji earthquake.
The disaster devastated the western city of Kobe and surrounding areas claiming more than 6,400 lives.
A park in Kobe fell silent on Saturday at 5:46 a.m., the exact time of the quake.
People have been gathering since Friday.
Many say they want to move forward while passing on lessons from the disaster.
So they've used bamboo lanterns to form the date of the quake in the Japanese word for weave.
00:06:11 (paticpant)
My parents both died aged 36 in the quake. I want people to remember the disaster.
I hope I can pass on the memories.
00:06:22 (Maria Sato)
A civic group in Hyogo Prefecture says there are just 37 memorial events this year.
The number of people who did not experience the quake is rising, posing questions about how to preserve the memories of those who did.
STUDENTS FROM JAPAN'S QUAKE-HIT NOTO JOIN OECD EVENT
High school students from Japan's Noto Peninsula have joined a session of the Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development in France.
They spoke about the earthquake that devastated their communities on New Year's Day in 2024.
Six students from the cities of Wajima and Suzu attended the meeting on Friday in a suburb of Paris.
One student said he helps with a mobile gym that provides elderly people with a chance to exercise.
He said the idea came from the awareness that there are fewer places for exercise as a result of open areas being used for temporary housing.
Some of the students said communities with declining populations need measures to attract tourists, but they also must think of how they should continue living there.
They said rebuilding alone is not enough.
00:07:36 (Nishi Kotono/Student)
Many people around the world face hardships when recovering from disasters.
At least, by spreading the word, we might make a difference.
00:07:45 (Andreas Schleicher/Director for Education and Skills, OECD)
It's good to have a group of young people who really actively want to shape the future, rather than just prepare for the next disaster.
MITSUBISHI IN MAJOR US NATURAL GAS DEAL
00:07:59 (Maria Sato)
Mitsubishi Corporation is buying about 7.5 billion dollars worth of natural gas assets in the United States. The deal is one of the biggest ever by a Japanese trading house.
President and CEO Nakanishi Katsuya says the move comes during a period of heightened geopolitical risk.
00:08:22 (Nakanishi Katsuya/President and CEO, Mitsubishi Corporation)
Having upstream assets in US natural gas production is highly significant for Japan's energy security.
00:08:32 (Maria Sato)
Mitsubishi has agreed to acquire all equity interests in Athon.
The US producer has development projects in the southern states of Texas and Louisiana.
Peak annual production, when converted to liquefied natural gas, is expected to be about 18 million tons. That's about one-quarter of Japan's yearly demand.
The Trump administration wants Japan to buy more American energy.
Mitsubishi is considering ways to expand sales channels in the US and increase LNG exports to Asia.
Those were the headlines for this hour.
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