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00:30In his first public appearance since the launch of Operation Epic Fury, President Donald Trump said the U.S. is
00:36meeting its objectives ahead of schedule, but he warned the war could go on for far longer than thought.
00:43Last night, Israeli strikes pounded Tehran, hitting residential buildings, hospitals and police stations in attacks that seemed designed to cause
00:51maximum damage.
00:52In retaliation, Iran has been launching air attacks on countries across the region, including strikes on Qatari and Saudi energy
00:59facilities.
01:00Meanwhile, here in Brussels, EU efforts focus on supporting and repatriating EU citizens caught up in the Middle East and
01:08reducing 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, I'm joined here in the
01:17studio by Maria Tadeo.
01:18That's our EU news editor. So 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 at intensity and the scale continues to get bigger.
01:36Of course, if you thought that this was going to be a quick operation by now, manifestly, it is clear
01:40it is not.
01:41If you look at the latest information, as you say, the Israelis now confirmed that there were fresh strikes on
01:47Tehran, but also in Beirut.
01:49In Lebanon, the IDF forces are saying, and this is in a statement, that they are conducting simultaneous operations in
01:57both Tehran and Beirut.
01:59But also when you look at the U.S., a warning from President Trump yesterday saying that depending now on
02:05the moves from Iran, the biggest hit perhaps is yet to come.
02:10And the other important thing is the timeline, of course, not just for the U.S. and Israel, who are
02:15leading this operation, but also the Gulf, 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, or ultimately, is this becoming
02:31a never-ending war?
02:32Yesterday, pushback from the U.S. administration and Israeli that 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 EU citizens, energy, a potential spike in migration flows.
02:45Yeah, absolutely. And this is a war not without consequences on the EU.
02:49The question, of course, is what role can the Europeans play already when you look at countries like France, Germany,
02:55the U.K., they did say they will protect interest and a lot of their own alliances in the Gulf
02:59to protect themselves.
03:01But also, Maeve, the energy market yesterday, there was a massive spike because of a facility hit of LNG in
03:08Qatar that can have a big ramifications on energy prices on a single day prices of 50 percent.
03:13That effort to repatriate European citizens continue, but we know that the situation has been shambolic, certainly, across the Gulf.
03:21And you pointed to migration.
03:23What we understand is that yesterday, the Migration Commissioner had a meeting with his Turkish counterpart.
03:29OK, Maria Tseo, your news is EU weather. Thank you so much for all those details, as always.
03:33And as you heard there, there was concern, in fact, that the war was edging closer to the European Union,
03:37with Greece announcing it would send warships and fighter jets to defend Cyprus, which is home, of course, to two
03:44British military bases.
03:45For more, we can cross now to Greece and bring in your news correspondent, Ioannis Kiginis, who's standing by for
03:51us.
03:51Good morning, Ioannis. Just tell us, what is the mood there in Greece this morning with the government sending frigates
03:56to help defend Cyprus?
03:58Are people actually preparing for a war?
04:02No, no, absolutely not. The war is far away.
04:06And, you know, we know that we have 13 countries that 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 they don't believe that they will continue,
04:31because it's clear from the Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, from the UK,
04:35that no Americans have been involved in what's going on in Cyprus and the British bases there.
04:42But the Greek government has sent frigates and also has sent four F-16 aircraft
04:48in order to guarantee the safety of Cyprus.
04:51There is a strong relation between Cyprus and Greece.
04:56Greece is one of the country that guarantees the safety of Cyprus.
05:00But if you talk with people in Athens, but also in Nicosia,
05:03you will understand that they are not afraid of straight involvement in this world.
05:09They are more afraid about the cost of life, the consequences of the ongoing war.
05:14Gas and oil is already rising in Greece.
05:20And apart from that, many people believe that we have the same with other products,
05:25maybe even with food supplies.
05:27At the same time, we have the tourists who many people believe
05:33that will not be at the same amount as it was last year in Greece and in Cyprus
05:39and in this Mediterranean.
05:41And as you said before, we are expecting maybe a migrant crisis.
05:45So we have to handle this from the Greek government
05:48because there are many refugees there.
05:51Okay, Oenis, thank you so much for that live update there from Athens.
05:55Well, now, moving on, President Trump has said for now,
05:57he is not ruling out sending troops on the ground.
05:59But not everyone agrees with this.
06:01For the view from the former CIA boss and the lead general
06:04who oversaw U.S. troops in Iraq,
06:06Your News' Mered Gwynne-Jones spoke to General David Petraeus.
06:09She started by asking him if 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 the most likely outcome.
06:22So again, I think we have to be cautious about our hopes
06:26that a pragmatic figure could emerge.
06:28It's by no means impossible.
06:30Kareem Sajjapur, the great Iranian analyst here in the United States,
06:33has noted that it used to be that the regime was comprised of 80% true believers,
06:40true ideologues, hardliners, and 20% charlatans, they're called.
06:45They're just basically opportunists trying to get what they can by being part of the regime.
06:50But now it's 20% hardliners and 80% charlatans.
06:55So the possibility is there, certainly, that someone could emerge who might say,
07:00look, Mr. President, you're right.
07:03What the nuclear program and the arming of proxies and our killing of Americans and Arabs
07:09and Israelis has brought us is ruin.
07:12And we see the error of our ways and we want to sail straight.
07:17We want to get along with our neighbors and those in the region and with you.
07:22And we're willing to give up our aspirations in all these cases.
07:26That would obviously be a very dramatic departure.
07:29Do you think that this could extend into a prolonged war?
07:34We saw the war secretary, Pete Hegseth, today refusing to rule out potentially troops on the ground.
07:41Do you think that this could evolve into something more dangerous,
07:45more spiraling than the U.S. maybe originally intended?
07:49No, I think the president and the secretary and others have been very clear
07:52that we're not going to put boots on the ground.
07:54And frankly, I think that as the days go by, while noting that there is still a very real possibility
08:00of additional casualties of, again, those in host nations, those in Israel,
08:06those of American forces and others, that over time there will be a degradation
08:11of the ability of Iran to retaliate, will continue to reduce their missile stocks,
08:19the launchers, the short-range missiles and even the drones.
08:23So I think they will be hard-pressed to maintain even remotely what the pace has been by Iran so
08:31far.
08:31We are seeing, General, also European nations talking about potentially supporting
08:37the defensive capacities of the U.S., including the U.K.
08:42Do you think President Trump is expecting the support of its European allies here
08:47and is counting on them to support this operation in some way?
08:52I think the plan that was conceived was essentially the U.S. and Israel and then the host nations in
08:59the region
08:59whose air and ballistic missile defenses are always integrated into those of the U.S. and Israel.
09:06I don't think there was an assumption made that the Europeans would join in.
09:10It would have been good if they had, at least for defensive purposes from the very beginning,
09:16because it's very clear, it should have been clear at the outset that Iran is not going to limit its
09:21targets
09:22to just U.S. bases, Israel, and so forth.
09:26It's going after civilian targets, airfields, ports, and so forth in the Gulf states and beyond,
09:33and reaching as far as Cyprus, as you noted.
09:37So I think from a purely defensive standpoint, that would have been wise from the beginning.
09:42The question now is whether or not they go on the offensive and start contributing to taking down
09:48the retaliatory capabilities of the U.S. and Israel.
09:52Finally, General, is that something that you can foresee happening, European nations joining in a more offensive capacity?
10:00My understanding is that that has been discussed.
10:02I don't know that I'd predict what the outcome would be,
10:06but the fact that it's just being discussed, I think, indicates that it's certainly a possibility.
10:13And you can catch the rest of that interview with General David Petraeus on your News' 12 Minutes programme.
10:18But now, as we've been reporting, the war has spiraled into a number of Gulf capitals and cities in the
10:24past few days,
10:25Baichain, Dubai, Doha, all major transit hubs and tourist and investment magnets now finding themselves caught up
10:31in the middle of the war.
10:32For more, we can cross over to Doha now and bring in your news correspondent, Adel Halim.
10:37Tell us, what is the situation there this morning, this Tuesday morning?
10:41We're now at the day four of this increasingly widening war,
10:44which has seen a major military escalation over the last 24 hours.
10:48It will undoubtedly cause a major generational shift in relationships across the Middle East.
10:53Just around 2 a.m. last night, we heard multiple Iranian missiles intercepted overhead here in Doha.
11:00Now, the Qatar and the U.K. are actively intercepting incoming missiles on the sea, away from the coast.
11:08The Qatar's Minister of Defense, who had shot down two Iranian fighters,
11:12five ballistic missiles, and five drones as well,
11:15overnight, calling the targeting of the country territory reckless and irresponsible.
11:20Now, the conflict has now expanded beyond military sites.
11:23The U.S. Embassy in Saudi Arabia was struck just by two drones early this morning.
11:27This comes on the heels of an attack from the U.S. Embassy in Kuwait,
11:30which has now closed indefinitely.
11:33Meanwhile, Iran has come under heavy fire from the U.S. and Israel overnight.
11:37As U.S. Secretary of State, Michael Rubio, since the hardest hits, are you up to the pump?
11:41Now, here in Doha, the airspace remains closed,
11:43and the shelter-in-place order remains in effect.
11:46Now, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs will hold a press briefing shortly this afternoon,
11:51and we'll continue to monitor this developing story.
11:53OK, Adele, Halim, thank you so much for all those details.
11:57And now our Jakob Yanis takes a look at this new reality for Gulf State,
12:01countries that have since now shielded themselves from the strife in the Middle East.
12:05If you hear this unmistakable buzzing sound,
12:11you should know you are in trouble.
12:15And recent videos from Bahrain and Dubai show a terrifying new reality.
12:20Open-source intelligence quickly confirmed what they are.
12:23Iranian Shahed drones.
12:26And Iran is now firing these weapons across the entire region.
12:30Should you be worried?
12:32You see, the danger is not the technology.
12:35It is the price tag.
12:37Iran uses their sheer volume to overwhelm advanced defense shields.
12:43And it is completely unsustainable to fire a million-dollar interceptor at a cheap drone.
12:50And by launching massive waves,
12:52Iran can effectively bankrupt a billion-dollar air defense grid.
12:56And the Shahed is the AK-47 of the skies.
13:00It carries a deadly explosive payload,
13:04but relies on the low-tech parts.
13:07After supplying thousands of these to Moscow,
13:09Iran watched how Russia used them in Ukraine.
13:13And now Tehran is bringing those exact sworn tactics back to the Middle East.
13:18And from Iranian territory,
13:21these drones can reach almost anywhere,
13:23casting a shadow over the entire region.
13:26Depending on the model,
13:28the range goes up to 2,500 kilometers,
13:31covering everything from the Mediterranean coast
13:34to the furthest reaches of the Arabian Peninsula.
13:38With Shahed's threatening U.S. military bases,
13:42oil refineries and tourist hubs,
13:44it seems no one is safe.
13:47But a blueprint exists to stop them.
13:49A multi-layered anti-drone air defenses,
13:53electronic warfare and new interceptor drones
13:55helped Ukraine achieve an over 80% interception rate.
14:00With President Zelensky saying
14:02Russia has launched close to 60,000 Shahed-type attack drones against Ukraine,
14:08one question arises.
14:10Is the Middle East ready to intercept a similar wave?
14:20Jakob Janus reporting for us there.
14:22Now, the German Chancellor Friedrich Merz
14:24is en route to the U.S. for talks with the U.S. President Donald Trump.
14:28The trip that was meant to focus on trade and the war in Ukraine
14:32will now be dominated by escalation in the Middle East.
14:35We've seen this morning a number of German newspapers
14:37calling on the Chancellor to put pressure on the U.S. President
14:40to respect international law.
14:42For more, I'm joined here in the studio
14:43by Euronews' Stefan Krovet.
14:45Good morning, Stefan.
14:46Good morning, Maeve.
14:47So this war has, of course,
14:48thrown the agenda upside down of Friedrich Merz.
14:51So what should we expect today?
14:52Well, first of all, this trip was planned a long time ago
14:55under very, very different circumstances
14:57and has now been turned upside down, as you said.
15:00All of a sudden, Merz's trip is now a balancing act.
15:04Now, before departing Berlin,
15:05he made sure to voice his support
15:09for the U.S. and Israeli strikes against Iran.
15:11And he condemned the Iranian retaliatory strikes
15:14against Iran's neighbors in the Gulf and Israel.
15:21I think it's fair to say that given decades of unsuccessful attempts
15:25to bring Iran to an agreement on its nuclear program,
15:31has made Merz, you know,
15:33somebody who has no sympathy whatsoever with the Iranian regime.
15:36But he also said that the attacks by the United States and Israel on Iran
15:43come with risks.
15:45So he is cautiously suggesting
15:48that Germany is not really entirely comfortable with this operation.
15:53That's why Berlin already announced
15:55that it will not participate in any, you know,
15:58common military action,
15:59not participate in these strikes,
16:00which is understandable as Berlin has long-standing
16:04and wide-ranging economic ties with Iran
16:07that it doesn't want to jeopardize at this moment.
16:10Okay.
16:10Stefan Krobey, thank you so much for that live update.
16:13And of course, we'll keep a very close eye on that story.
16:15So do keep an eye on yournews.com.
16:17But for now, Iranians at home and abroad
16:19are still digesting the news
16:20that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei,
16:22who ruled Iran for 36 years, is dead.
16:24Some reacted by dancing in the streets
16:27and others by going into mourning.
16:28To hear more now about the expectations
16:30for the Iranian diaspora,
16:32we can bring in Sanam Naraji Anderlini,
16:34a British-Iranian peace strategist and author.
16:37Good morning, Sanam.
16:38Thank you so much for joining us here
16:39on Europe Today on Euronews.
16:42First question,
16:42what is your take on the US-Israeli operation in Iran?
16:46Was it wise?
16:48So first of all, thank you very much for 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 that's why we see the Germans,
17:00the Nordics and others
17:01stepping away from being pressured
17:03by the United States to 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 committing war crimes.
17:13Nine to 10 hospitals have been targeted,
17:15heritage sites, residential areas in Tehran.
17:18So the question of what is the purpose of this war
17:22needs to also be put on the table at the moment.
17:25Indeed, it looks like it was a very dangerous night for Iranians.
17:28What is next, do you think, for the country?
17:32That's, I think, the gazillion dollar question, if you want, for everybody.
17:37You know, the issue, we have four different objectives
17:41that are sort of fighting with each other, if you want.
17:44You have the objective of the Iranian public,
17:48which has been calling for an end to the regime,
17:50but they didn't want a war like this
17:52to be the sort of, you know,
17:55the response to the protests last year.
17:57So that the question of how do you go
17:58from the regime to a democratic space,
18:02is it through war or not?
18:03And at the moment, it's certainly not.
18:05This is not the answer.
18:05You have the regime that wants to survive, obviously.
18:08You have Israel, which is really driving this agenda.
18:12And at the moment, we're seeing their strategy at play
18:16because they want to decimate the country.
18:19They are now trying to open the borders
18:21for the Kurds and others to have a land incursion.
18:24And essentially, they want to destroy Iran's capacity
18:28to be a force in the region,
18:30regardless of whether it's this regime
18:31or a democratic one.
18:34They want a subservient outcome,
18:36you know, regime or government at the end of this
18:38and a country that has zero defences
18:40and is unable to challenge
18:43their expansion in the region.
18:44And Salam, as we've seen,
18:45the war is spilling out into the region.
18:47How long could this war last
18:48and how much more could it escalate, do you think?
18:51This is also something that before they started the war,
18:55they should have anticipated.
18:56You know, what we're seeing right now
18:58is that in Iraq, in Lebanon, in Bahrain,
19:00in Pakistan, in Kashmir,
19:02people are responding to the assassination of Khamenei
19:06and it is genuinely sort of causing,
19:10so it's igniting a lot of animosity
19:12towards the United States, actually.
19:14So that's one aspect of it.
19:16The other aspect, of course,
19:17is the Iranian strategy as an asymmetric conflict
19:21of targeting the Gulf states and Dubai
19:24and other places to try and both mitigate
19:26the effect of the Americans,
19:28but also to exact a high price
19:30so that there is some kind of ceasefire.
19:32I think that's part of their strategy.
19:34But the economic costs are going to be global
19:37because of the Straits of Hormuz,
19:39because of insurance costs and so forth.
19:41So we need de-escalation as much,
19:43as soon as possible.
19:45Okay.
19:45De-escalation that comes with the opportunity
19:48for Iranians to have their shift
19:50in the political system.
19:51Okay.
19:52Salaam, Naraji, Adhani.
19:53Thank you so much for joining us here
19:54on Europe Today on Euronews.
19:56And thank you so much for tuning in.
19:58Take care and see you very soon here on Euronews.
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