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00:00Υπότιτλοι AUTHORWAVE
00:30In his first public appearance since the launch of Operation Epic Fury,
00:34President Donald Trump said the U.S. is meeting its objectives ahead of schedule.
00:39But he warned the war could go on for far longer than thought.
00:43Last night, Israeli strikes pounded Tehran,
00:46hitting residential buildings, hospitals and police stations
00:49in attacks that seemed designed to cause maximum damage.
00:52In retaliation, Iran has been launching air attacks on countries across the region,
00:56including strikes on Qatari and Saudi energy facilities.
01:00Meanwhile, here in Brussels, EU efforts focus on supporting
01:04and repatriating EU citizens caught up in the Middle East
01:07and reducing the risk of transport disruption around the Strait of Hormuz and the Red Sea.
01:12For more on the ongoing situation, which is looking like a dangerous circle of violence,
01:16I'm joined here in the studio by Maria Tadeo.
01:18That's our EU News Editor.
01:20So what's the latest for us, Maria?
01:21Well, yes, Maeve, it's day four, and it seems to be a fire and fury that continues.
01:27This is certainly a war that is being both in intensity and the scale continues to get bigger.
01:36Of course, if you thought that this was going to be a quick operation,
01:38by now manifestly it is clear it is not.
01:41If you look at the latest information, as you say,
01:43the Israelis now confirmed that there were fresh strikes on Tehran,
01:47but also in Beirut, in Lebanon.
01:50The IDF forces are saying, and this is in a statement,
01:54that they are conducting simultaneous operations in both Tehran and Beirut.
01:59But also when you look at the U.S., a warning from President Trump yesterday
02:02saying that depending now on the moves from Iran,
02:06the biggest hit perhaps is yet to come.
02:10The other important thing is the timeline, of course,
02:12not just for the U.S. and Israel who are leading this operation,
02:16but also the Gov, who are now bearing a lot of the retaliation from Iran.
02:21The U.S. intending now, they say, a war, an operation that could last four to five weeks.
02:26But, of course, the question is whether that is really going to be the case
02:29or ultimately is this becoming a never-ending war.
02:32Yesterday, pushback from the U.S. administration and Israeli
02:35that they will not enter an endless war.
02:37And meanwhile, of course, the Commission held emergency security talks.
02:40They discussed a number of issues, the repatriation of youth citizens,
02:43energy, a potential spike in migration flows.
02:45Yeah, absolutely.
02:46And this is a war not without consequences on the EU.
02:49The question, of course, is what role can the Europeans play already?
02:52When you look at countries like France, Germany, the U.K.,
02:55they did say they will protect interests
02:57and a lot of their own alliances in the Gulf to protect themselves.
03:00But also, Maeve, the energy market,
03:03yesterday there was a massive spike because of a facility hit of LNG in Qatar
03:08that can have big ramifications on energy prices.
03:11and a single-day prices up 50%.
03:13That effort to repatriate European citizens continue.
03:16But we know that the situation has been shambolic,
03:19certainly across the Gulf.
03:21And you pointed to migration.
03:23What we understand is that yesterday,
03:24the Migration Commissioner had a meeting with his Turkish counterpart.
03:28Okay, Maria Tadeo, Euronews' EU editor.
03:31Thank you so much for all those details, as always.
03:33And as you heard there, there was concern, in fact,
03:35that the war was edging closer to the European Union,
03:37with Greece announcing it would send warships and fighter jets
03:41to defend Cyprus, which is home, of course,
03:43to two British military bases.
03:45For more, we can cross now to Greece
03:47and bring in Euronews correspondent, Ioannis Kighinis,
03:50who's standing by for us.
03:51Good morning, Ioannis.
03:53Just tell us, what is the mood there in Greece this morning
03:55with the government sending frigates to help defend Cyprus?
03:58Are people actually preparing for a war?
04:02No, no, absolutely not.
04:04The war is far away.
04:06And, you know, we know that we have 13 countries
04:11that have been involved already,
04:12and maybe the last of one seems to be Cyprus.
04:15But now it's clear that it was Cyprus that was targeted yesterday.
04:19It was the British bases in Cyprus.
04:22and, to be honest, we are now sure that even now
04:27they don't believe that they will continue
04:31because it's clear from the Prime Minister,
04:33Keir Starmer, from the UK,
04:35that no Americans have been involved
04:37in what's going on in Cyprus
04:40and the British bases there.
04:42But the Greek government has sent frigates
04:44and also has sent four F-16 aircraft
04:47in order to guarantee the safety of Cyprus.
04:51There is a strong relation between Cyprus and Greece.
04:56Greece is one of the country
04:57that guarantees the safety of Cyprus.
05:00But if you talk with people in Athens,
05:02but also in Nicosia,
05:03you will understand that
05:04they are not afraid of a straight involvement
05:08in this world.
05:09They are more afraid about the cost of life,
05:11the consequences of the ongoing war.
05:14Gas and oil is already rising in Greece.
05:20And apart from that,
05:22many people believe that we have the same
05:24with other products,
05:25maybe even with food supplies.
05:27At the same time,
05:29we have the tourists
05:30who many people believe
05:32that will not be at the same amount
05:35as it was last year
05:37in Greece and in Cyprus
05:39and in this Mediterranean.
05:40And as we said before,
05:42we are expecting maybe a migrant crisis.
05:44So we have to handle this
05:46from the Greek government
05:48because there are many refugees there.
05:51OK, Oenis, thank you so much
05:52for that live update there from Athens.
05:55Well, now, moving on,
05:56President Trump has said for now
05:57he is not ruling out
05:58sending troops on the ground.
06:00But not everyone agrees with this
06:01for the view from the former CIA boss
06:03and the lead general
06:04who oversaw U.S. troops in Iraq.
06:06Your News' Mered Gwynne-Jones
06:08spoke to General David Petraeus.
06:09She started by asking him
06:10if he expected a Venezuela scenario in Iran.
06:14I think the answer to that is yes.
06:16And I think that it is possible.
06:18It's conceivable.
06:19I don't know that it is
06:21the most likely outcome.
06:22So, again, I think we have to be cautious
06:24about our hopes
06:26that a pragmatic figure could emerge.
06:28It's by no means impossible.
06:29Kareem Saadjapur,
06:31the great Iranian analyst
06:32here in the United States,
06:33has noted that it used to be
06:35that the regime was comprised
06:37of 80 percent true believers,
06:40true ideologues, hardliners,
06:42and 20 percent charlatans, they're called.
06:45They're just basically opportunists
06:47trying to get what they can
06:48by being part of the regime.
06:50But now it's 20 percent hardliners
06:53and 80 percent charlatans.
06:55So the possibility is there,
06:57certainly, that someone could emerge
06:59who might say,
07:00look, Mr. President,
07:01you're right.
07:03What the nuclear program
07:05and the arming of proxies
07:06and our killing of Americans
07:08and Arabs and Israelis
07:10has brought us is ruined.
07:13And we see the error of our ways
07:15and we want to sail straight.
07:16We want to get along
07:17with our neighbors
07:19and those in the region
07:20and with you.
07:22And we're willing to give up
07:23our aspirations
07:24in all these cases.
07:26That would obviously be
07:27a very dramatic departure.
07:29Do you think that this could extend
07:31into a prolonged war?
07:34We saw the war secretary,
07:36Pete Hegseth, today
07:37refusing to rule out
07:38potentially troops on the ground.
07:41Do you think that this could evolve
07:42into something more dangerous,
07:45more spiraling
07:46than the U.S.
07:47maybe originally intended?
07:49No, I think the president
07:50and the secretary and others
07:51have been very clear
07:52that we're not going to put boots
07:53on the ground.
07:54And frankly, I think that
07:56as the days go by,
07:58while noting that there is still
07:59a very real possibility
08:00of additional casualties,
08:03again, those in host nations,
08:05those in Israel,
08:06those of American forces
08:07and others,
08:09that over time,
08:10there will be a degradation
08:11of the ability of Iran
08:13to retaliate,
08:14will continue to reduce
08:17their missile stocks,
08:19the launchers,
08:20the short-range missiles,
08:21and even the drones.
08:23So I think they will be
08:25hard-pressed to maintain
08:27even remotely
08:28what the pace has been
08:30by Iran so far.
08:31We are seeing, General,
08:33also European nations
08:36talking about potentially
08:37supporting the defensive
08:39capacities of the U.S.,
08:41including the U.K.
08:42Do you think President Trump
08:44is expecting the support
08:45of its European allies here
08:47and is counting on them
08:49to support this operation
08:50in some way?
08:52I think the plan
08:53that was conceived
08:54was essentially
08:55the U.S. and Israel
08:57and then the host nations
08:58in the region
08:59whose air and ballistic
09:01missile defenses
09:02are always integrated
09:03into those of the U.S.
09:05and Israel.
09:06I don't think there was
09:07an assumption made
09:08that the Europeans
09:09would join in.
09:10It would have been good
09:11if they had,
09:12at least for defensive
09:13purposes from the very beginning,
09:16because it's very clear,
09:17it should have been clear
09:17at the outset that Iran
09:20is not going to limit
09:21its targets to just U.S. bases,
09:25Israel, and so forth.
09:26It's going after civilian targets,
09:28airfields, ports, and so forth
09:30in the Gulf states and beyond
09:33and reaching as far as Cyprus,
09:35as you noted.
09:37So I think from a purely
09:38defensive standpoint,
09:40that would have been wise
09:41from the beginning.
09:42The question now is
09:43whether or not they go
09:44on the offensive
09:45and start contributing
09:46to taking down
09:48the retaliatory capabilities
09:50of the U.S. and Israel.
09:52Finally, General,
09:53is that something
09:54that you can foresee happening,
09:56European nations joining
09:57in a more offensive capacity?
10:00My understanding is
10:01that that has been discussed.
10:02I don't know that I'd predict
10:04what the outcome would be,
10:05but the fact that
10:06it's just being discussed,
10:07I think, indicates
10:08that it's certainly a possibility.
10:13And you can catch
10:14the rest of that interview
10:15with General David Petraeus
10:16on Euronews'
10:1712 Minutes programme.
10:18But now, as we've been reporting,
10:20the war has spiralled
10:21into a number of
10:22Gulf capitals and cities
10:23in the past few days
10:24by Chayne, Dubai, Doha.
10:26All major transit hubs
10:27and tourist and investment magnets
10:29now finding themselves
10:30caught up in the middle
10:31of the war.
10:32For more, we can cross over
10:33to Doha now
10:34and bring in
10:34Euronews correspondent,
10:36Adele Halim.
10:37Tell us, what is the situation
10:38there this morning,
10:39this Tuesday morning?
10:41We're now at the day four
10:42of this increasingly
10:43widening war,
10:44which has seen
10:45a major military escalation
10:46over the last 24 hours.
10:48It will undoubtedly
10:49cause a major generation
10:50of shifts in relationships
10:52across the Middle East.
10:53Just around 2 a.m.
10:54last night,
10:55we heard multiple
10:56Iranian missiles
10:57intercepted overhead
10:59here in Doha.
11:00And now the Qatar
11:01and the UK
11:02are actively intercepting
11:03incoming missiles
11:04on the sea
11:06away from the coast.
11:08The Qatar's Minister
11:09of Defense
11:09since it shot down
11:10two Iranian fighters,
11:12five ballistic missiles,
11:13and five drones as well
11:15overnight,
11:16calling the targeting
11:16of country territory
11:18reckless and irresponsible.
11:20Now, the conflict
11:20has now expanded
11:21beyond military sites.
11:22The U.S. Embassy
11:23in Saudi Arabia
11:24was struck
11:25just by two drones
11:26early this morning.
11:27This comes on the heels
11:28of an attack
11:28from the U.S. Embassy
11:29in Kuwait,
11:30which has now
11:31closed indefinitely.
11:32Meanwhile,
11:33Iran has come under
11:34heavy fire
11:34from the U.S.
11:35and Israel
11:36overnight
11:37as U.S. Secretary
11:37of State
11:38Michael Rubio
11:39says the partisans
11:39are pumped.
11:41Now, here in Doha,
11:42the airspace
11:42remains closed
11:43and the shelter-in-place
11:44order remains
11:45in effect.
11:46The Ministry
11:47of Foreign Affairs
11:48will hold a press briefing
11:49shortly this afternoon
11:50and will continue
11:51to monitor
11:52this developing story.
11:53Okay.
11:54Okay, Adele,
11:55Haleem,
11:55thank you so much
11:56for all those details.
11:57And now our
11:58Jacob Yanis
11:58takes a look
11:59at this new reality
12:00for Gulf State,
12:01countries that have
12:02since now shielded
12:03themselves
12:03from the strife
12:04in the Middle East.
12:06If you hear
12:07this unmistakable
12:08buzzing sound,
12:10you should know
12:12you are in trouble.
12:15And recent videos
12:16from Bahrain
12:17and Dubai
12:18show a terrifying
12:18new reality.
12:20Open source
12:21intelligence
12:21quickly confirmed
12:22what they are,
12:23Iranian Shahed drones.
12:26And Iran
12:26is now firing
12:27these weapons
12:28across the entire region.
12:30Should you be worried?
12:33You see,
12:33the danger
12:34is not the technology,
12:35it is the price tag.
12:37Iran uses
12:38their sheer volume
12:39to overwhelm
12:41advanced defense shields.
12:43And it is
12:44completely unsustainable
12:45to fire
12:46a million dollar
12:47interceptor
12:48at a cheap drone.
12:50And by launching
12:51massive waves,
12:52Iran can effectively
12:53bankrupt
12:54a billion dollar
12:55air defense grid.
12:56And the Shahed
12:58is the AK-47
12:59of the skies.
13:00It carries
13:02a deadly
13:02explosive payload,
13:04but relies
13:04on the low-tech parts.
13:06After supplying
13:07thousands of these
13:08to Moscow,
13:09Iran watched
13:10how Russia
13:11used them
13:12in Ukraine.
13:13And now,
13:14Tehran is bringing
13:15those exact
13:16swollen tactics
13:17back to the
13:17Middle East.
13:18And from
13:19Iranian territory,
13:21these drones
13:21can reach
13:22almost anywhere,
13:23casting a shadow
13:24over the entire region.
13:25depending on the model,
13:28the range goes
13:28up to 2,500 kilometers,
13:31covering everything
13:32from the Mediterranean coast
13:34to the furthest reaches
13:35of the Arabian Peninsula.
13:38With Shahed's
13:39threatening
13:40US military bases,
13:42oil refineries
13:43and tourist hubs,
13:44it seems no one
13:45is safe.
13:46But a blueprint
13:47exists to
13:48stop them.
13:50A multi-layered
13:51anti-drone
13:51air defenses,
13:52electronic warfare
13:54and new interceptor drones
13:55helped Ukraine
13:57achieve an over
13:5880% interception rate.
14:00With President Zelensky
14:02saying Russia
14:03has launched
14:03close to
14:0460,000
14:05Shahed-type
14:06attack drones
14:07against Ukraine,
14:08one question arises.
14:10Is the Middle East
14:11ready
14:12to intercept
14:13a similar wave?
14:19Jakob Jan is
14:20reporting for us there.
14:22Now,
14:22the German Chancellor
14:23Friedrich Merz
14:24is en route
14:25to the US
14:25for talks
14:26with the US
14:26President Donald Trump.
14:28The trip
14:29that was meant
14:29to focus on trade
14:30and the war
14:31in Ukraine
14:32will now be dominated
14:33by escalation
14:34in the Middle East.
14:34We've seen this morning
14:35a number of German
14:36newspapers
14:36calling on the Chancellor
14:38to put pressure
14:38on the US President
14:40to respect
14:40international law.
14:42For more,
14:42I'm joined here
14:43in the studio
14:43by Euronews'
14:44Stefan Krobey.
14:45Good morning, Stefan.
14:46Good morning, Maeve.
14:47So this war
14:48has of course
14:48thrown the agenda
14:49upside down
14:50of Friedrich Merz.
14:51So what should we expect today?
14:52Well, first of all,
14:53this trip was planned
14:54a long time ago
14:55under very,
14:56very different circumstances
14:57and has now been
14:58turned upside down,
14:59as you said.
15:00All of a sudden,
15:01Merz's trip
15:02is now a balancing act.
15:04Now,
15:04before departing Berlin,
15:05he made sure
15:07to voice his support
15:09for the US
15:09and Israeli strikes
15:10against Iran
15:11and he condemned
15:12the Iranian
15:13retaliatory strikes
15:14against Iran's
15:17neighbors
15:17in the Gulf
15:17and Israel.
15:21I think it's fair
15:22to say that
15:22given decades
15:23of unsuccessful
15:24attempts
15:25to bring Iran
15:26to an agreement
15:27on its nuclear program
15:30has made Merz,
15:32you know,
15:33somebody who has
15:33no sympathy
15:34whatsoever
15:35with the Iranian regime.
15:37But,
15:37but,
15:38but he also said
15:39that
15:40the attacks
15:41by the United States
15:42and Israel
15:43on Iran
15:43come with risks.
15:45so he is
15:46cautiously suggesting
15:48that Germany
15:49is not really
15:50entirely comfortable
15:51with this operation.
15:53That's why
15:54Berlin already announced
15:55that it will not
15:55participate in any,
15:57you know,
15:58common military action,
15:59not participate
15:59in these strikes,
16:00which is understandable
16:02as Berlin has
16:03long-standing
16:04and wide-ranging
16:05economic ties
16:06with Iran
16:07that it doesn't want
16:07to jeopardize
16:08at this moment.
16:10Okay,
16:10Stefan Krobey,
16:11thank you so much
16:11for that live update
16:12and of course
16:13we'll keep a very close
16:14eye on that story
16:15so do keep an eye
16:16on yournews.com.
16:17But for now,
16:18Iranians at home
16:19and abroad
16:19are still digesting
16:20the news
16:20that Supreme Leader
16:21Ali Khamenei
16:22who ruled Iran
16:23for 36 years
16:24is dead.
16:25Some reacted
16:25by dancing
16:26in the streets
16:27and others
16:27by going into mourning.
16:28To hear more now
16:29about the expectations
16:30for the Iranian diaspora
16:31we can bring in
16:32Sanam Naraji Anderlini,
16:34a British-Iranian
16:35peace strategist
16:36and author.
16:37Good morning Sanam,
16:38thank you so much
16:38for joining us here
16:39on Europe Today
16:40on Euronews.
16:42First question,
16:42what is your take
16:43on the U.S.-Israeli
16:45operation in Iran?
16:46Was it wise?
16:48So first of all,
16:49thank you very much
16:50for having me.
16:51This is an illegal war.
16:53It's a war of choice.
16:54It was not necessary
16:56and then I think
16:57that's why we see
16:59the Germans,
17:00the Nordics
17:01and others
17:02stepping away
17:02from being pressured
17:03by the United States
17:04to get involved.
17:05So that's the first thing.
17:06The second thing I think
17:07is that we have to see
17:09that they are consistently
17:10committing war crimes.
17:13Nine to ten hospitals
17:14have been targeted,
17:15heritage sites,
17:16residential areas
17:17in Tehran.
17:18So the question
17:19of what is the purpose
17:20of this war
17:21needs to also be
17:23put on the table
17:24at the moment.
17:25Indeed,
17:25it looks like
17:26it was a very dangerous
17:27night for Iranians.
17:28What is next,
17:29do you think,
17:30for the country?
17:32That's, I think,
17:33the gazillion dollar question
17:35if you want
17:35for everybody.
17:38the issue,
17:39we have four different
17:40objectives
17:41that are sort of
17:43fighting with each other
17:44if you want.
17:44You have the objective
17:46of the Iranian public
17:47which has been calling
17:49for an end to the regime
17:50but they didn't want
17:51a war like this
17:52to be the sort of,
17:54you know,
17:55the response
17:55to the protests
17:56last year.
17:57So the question
17:58of how do you go
17:58from the regime
18:00to a democratic space,
18:02is it through war or not?
18:03And at the moment
18:04it's certainly not.
18:04This is not the answer.
18:05You have the regime
18:06that wants to survive,
18:08obviously.
18:08You have Israel
18:10which is really
18:11driving this agenda
18:12and at the moment
18:13we're seeing
18:13their strategy
18:15at play
18:16because they want
18:17to decimate the country.
18:19They are now
18:20trying to open
18:20the borders
18:21for the Kurds
18:21and others
18:22to have a land incursion
18:24and essentially
18:25they want to
18:26destroy Iran's capacity
18:28to be a force
18:29in the region
18:30regardless of whether
18:31it's this regime
18:31or a democratic one.
18:34they want
18:34a subservient outcome
18:36regime or government
18:37at the end of this
18:38and a country
18:39that has zero defences
18:40and is unable
18:42to challenge
18:42their expansion
18:43in the region.
18:44And Salam,
18:45as we've seen
18:45the war is spilling
18:46out into the region,
18:47how long could
18:48this war last
18:48and how much more
18:49could it escalate
18:50do you think?
18:51This is also something
18:53that before they
18:54started the war
18:55they should have
18:55anticipated.
18:56You know,
18:57what we're seeing
18:57right now
18:58is that in Iraq,
18:59in Lebanon,
19:00in Bahrain,
19:00in Pakistan,
19:01in Kashmir,
19:02people are responding
19:04to the assassination
19:04of Khamenei
19:06and it is genuinely
19:08sort of causing,
19:10so it's igniting
19:11a lot of animosity
19:12towards the United States
19:13actually.
19:14So that's one aspect of it.
19:16The other aspect,
19:17of course,
19:17is the Iranian strategy
19:19as an asymmetric conflict
19:21of targeting the Gulf states
19:23and Dubai
19:24and other places
19:25to try and both mitigate
19:26the effect of the Americans
19:28but also to exact
19:29a high price
19:30so that there is
19:31some kind of ceasefire.
19:32I think that's part
19:33of their strategy
19:34but the economic costs
19:35are going to be global
19:37because of the Straits of Hormuz,
19:39because of insurance costs
19:40and so forth.
19:41So we need de-escalation
19:42as much,
19:43as soon as possible.
19:44Okay.
19:45De-escalation that comes
19:46with the opportunity
19:48for Iranians
19:48to have their shift
19:50in the political system.
19:51Okay.
19:52Salam,
19:52Narejji Adani.
19:53Thank you so much
19:53for joining us here
19:54on Europe Today
19:55on Euromuse
19:56and thank you so much
19:57for tuning in.
19:58Take care
19:58and see you very soon
19:59here on Euromuse.
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