00:00Russian strikes on Zaporizhia in just nine people, hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced dates for trilateral talks in Abu Dhabi.
00:10Iran says it now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups, lashing out after the bloc declared the country's paramilitary revolutionary guard a terror group.
00:20Clean-up and power restoration continue in Leiria, Portugal.
00:23Following Storm Kristen, the government has extended state of emergency until Sunday, the day of the presidential elections.
00:30A Russian attack caused damage to a maternity hospital in Zaporizhia, injuring at least nine people, including a child, Ukrainian authorities said on Sunday.
00:41According to the state's emergency service, SES, the two strikes sparked a fire that started on the second floor of the building in the reception area of the gynecology department.
00:52Two women and a boy were examined, and all fires were later extinguished, the SES said.
00:59The attack came amid ongoing U.S. efforts to negotiate a peace deal between Ukraine and Russia.
01:06Writing in a tweet on Sunday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that trilateral talks were scheduled for February 4 and 5 in Abu Dhabi.
01:16Currently in its fourth year, Russia's war in Ukraine remains the largest conflict in Europe since World War II.
01:24Iran says it now considers all European Union militaries to be terrorist groups lashing out after the bloc declared the country's paramilitary revolutionary guard, a terror group.
01:38The terror designation announcement made by the Islamic Republic's Speaker of Parliament on Sunday comes after the EU placed the Islamic Revolutionary Guard of Iran on terror lists last week.
01:51Tehran's response, a likely symbolic move, uses a 2019 law to reciprocally declare other nations' military terror groups following the United States' declaration of the Guard as a terror group that year.
02:04The EU's move was triggered by the violent repression of mass protests.
02:10Iran's security forces have used extreme brutality against demonstrators in recent weeks.
02:15Human rights organizations assume that thousands have been killed, and several EU foreign ministers recently even spoke of possibly up to 30,000 victims.
02:25The United States was the first country in the world to list the IRGC as a terror group during President Donald Trump's first term in office.
02:37Qatar is leading regional diplomatic efforts to prevent a dangerous escalation of the Iran crisis, as rhetoric from Tehran against the West sharply intensifies.
02:46Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met Iran's top security official Ali Lerajani in Tehran on Saturday, focusing on de-escalation and avoiding wider regional fallout.
02:58On X, Lerajani said structural arrangements for negotiations are progressing.
03:03This comes as Iran has ramped up its rhetoric over the past 24 hours, with senior officials issuing increasingly sharp warnings towards the EU and the West,
03:11even as U.S. President Donald Trump says negotiations remain possible.
03:16They are talking to us, seriously talking to us.
03:19Meanwhile, Qatar reaffirmed its support for peaceful solutions and stressed the need to protect the region's people from the consequences of escalation.
03:28In a statement, Doha emphasized coordination with, quote, brotherly and friendly countries, language signaling a push for collective restraint rather than confrontation.
03:36Behind the scenes, Qatar, Egypt and Turkey are working to mediate and prevent the crisis from spiraling.
03:43For regional mediators, the priority now is clear, keeping diplomacy alive and preventing tensions from turning into open conflict.
03:51Adil Halim, Euronews, Doha.
03:57Portuguese soldiers are helping with cleanup and power restoration in Lerajani following Storm Christen.
04:02About 240 members of the armed forces are working with emergency and local authorities to assist affected communities.
04:11Troops have been on the ground since Wednesday, clearing roads and cutting fallen trees.
04:16Additional personnel remain on standby to provide logistics and coordination support.
04:22The defense minister, Nuna Melo, visited Lerajani to greet military teams.
04:26The Portuguese government has extended the state of emergency until Sunday, February the 8th, the day of the presidential elections.
04:37Prime Minister Lui Montenegro said families whose homes were damaged will receive up to 10,000 euros for reconstruction.
04:47Aid will also cover losses in agriculture and forestry, even where insurance does not apply.
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