Plan for controversial Sydney data centre scrapped after push-back

The U.S. and Iran are expected to have separate talks with mediators on Monday or Tuesday, an official with knowledge of the negotiations told the Reuters news agency. With Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi in the U.S., as well as Qatari mediators, the talks are set to focus on an updated version of the 7-day proposal Iran gave to U.S. counterparts last week during the United Nations General Assembly, the official told Reuters.

The author Katie Kitamura, whose latest book has been nominated for both a Pulitzer and Booker Prize, has spoken to FRANCE 24 about her aim for the book to have been written by herself, but also with the reader alongside her. "Audition" tells the story of an acclaimed actress whose life is turned upside down when a charismatic young man tells her he is her son. Kitamura says we all play different parts in our lives, and she is fascinated by the way they all interact. She spoke to us in Perspective.

In this edition of our arts24 music show, Jennifer Ben Brahim chats with Jack Cochrane and Callum Wilson from Scottish indie four-piece The Snuts. They burst onto the music scene as the first Scottish band in over a decade to top the UK album charts. After years on the road and living in Glasgow, the band decided to move back to their home region of West Lothian. The return to their roots inspired the creation of their fourth album "Joy in Short Moments", a bittersweet record about success, failure, parenthood and loss.

A wave of Russian strikes hit Ukraine Monday, killing at least 7 people, including a woman hit by a daytime strike on the National Academy of Sciences in Kyiv.