World News Today highlights on January 8, 2025 : Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after being held in Iran for 3 weeks

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08 Jan 2025, 09:17:51 PM IST

World News Today Live: Italian journalist Cecilia Sala returns home after being held in Iran for 3 weeks

• Italian journalist Cecilia Sala, freed after three weeks in Iranian detention, returned to Rome, and greeted by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni. Her release, tied to a US-wanted Iranian engineer, marked a major political win for Meloni.

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08 Jan 2025, 03:27:21 PM IST

World News Today Live: Austrian foreign minister Alexander Schallenberg to serve as interim leader amid effort to form coalition govt

• Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg will be the interim head of Austria as coalition government talks continue. Outgoing Chancellor Karl Nehammer resigned after failing to form a coalition without the Freedom Party and will officially step down on Friday.

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08 Jan 2025, 03:16:05 PM IST

World News Today Live: Justin Trudeau slams door on Donald Trump's Canada merger proposal: 'Not a snowball's chance'

• ‘Not a snowball’s chance,' is possibly the first time Justin Trudeau has adopted a strong tone against Donald Trump's proposal to make Canada the 51st state of the United States

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08 Jan 2025, 02:06:25 PM IST

World News Today Live: Israel, Hezbollah fighting stretches a cease-fire deal to the limit

• Both sides are accusing each other of violations as the deadline nears for Israeli troops to withdraw from Lebanon.

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08 Jan 2025, 07:17:42 AM IST

World News Today Live: Elon Musk's father on billionaire's interest in UK politics: ‘He's just a person... tell him to get lost’

• Errol Musk. father of the world's richest person Elon Musk, has advice for UK voters unimpressed with his billionaire son's interest in their politics: ‘He's just a person... don't listen to him... tell him to get lost.’

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