Savannah Guthrie, the US news anchor, pleaded for the safe return of her mother in a video released Saturday, stating, "We will pay." The plea came as authorities in France opened an investigation into former Culture Minister Jack Lang over his links to Jeffrey Epstein, and as Italy reported "serious sabotage" to its railway network coinciding with the start of the Winter Olympic Games.
Guthrie's video, posted to Instagram, showed her flanked by her two siblings. She stated, "We received your message, and we understand," and continued, "We beg you now to return our mother to us so that we can celebrate with her." The video did not provide details about the message she referenced, but it was known that Nancy Guthrie disappeared from her Tucson, Arizona home in the middle of the night.
Meanwhile, French financial crime prosecutors initiated a preliminary inquiry into Jack Lang, a prominent figure in French socialist governments between the 1980s and 2000s, for suspected "laundering of tax fraud proceeds." The investigation followed the US Department of Justice's release of the Epstein files, which documented links between the Lang family and the late American sex offender. Lang, now 86, denied any wrongdoing, describing the allegations as "baseless."
In Italy, authorities reported severe travel disruptions due to suspected attacks on the railway network as the Winter Olympic Games began. Police reported three separate incidents involving damage to railway lines, including a fire between Bologna and Venice that triggered delays of up to two-and-a-half hours. The Ministry of Transport called the incidents an act of "serious sabotage," mirroring vandalism during the Paris Olympics in 2024.
In other news, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the US wants the war with Russia to end by June, adding that both sides had been invited to the US for talks next week. "America proposed for the first time that the two negotiating teams Ukraine and Russia meet in the United States of America, probably in Miami, in a week. We confirmed our participation," he said. There was no immediate comment from Washington or Moscow.
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