00:00There's differences in how you evaluate that, but the numbers stating that...
00:02United States Defense Secretary Pete Hexeth told reporters on Tuesday that the will of the U.S. to fight Iran
00:09was endless,
00:10but he insisted the war won't be protracted.
00:14The day before, President Donald Trump said he expected the war to end very soon,
00:19but provided no timeline, contradicting an earlier statement it would last four to five weeks.
00:25And from the beginning, from this podium, we haven't stated how long it will take.
00:28Our will is endless. Ultimately, the president gets to determine the end state of those objectives, right?
00:35But what he's said continually, and I want the American people to understand, is this is not endless,
00:41it's not protracted, we're not allowing mission creep.
00:45In the meantime, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz shared concerns about an apparent lack of plans
00:51for the end of the war in Iran.
01:16Americans are divided along party lines and U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls.
01:22Most polls show opposition is higher than support.
01:30As the war in the Middle East sends oil prices soaring,
01:34Russia is once again driving a wedge between the European Union and the United States.
01:40President Donald Trump has suggested suspending U.S. sanctions on foreign oil in an attempt
01:46to bring down global prices, reassure panicked investors, and contain the fallout from the war he launched.
01:53Trump did not name the countries that will benefit from the relief, but this could include Russia.
01:59The European Commission believes that pressure must continue to be exerted on Moscow.
02:04Indeed, the current oil and gas price spike may provide windfall revenues for Russia,
02:13so that's why it's important to strictly enforce the G7 price cap,
02:20because the opposite would be self-defeating.
02:25It would reinforce Russia's capacity to wage war, undermining Ukraine, undermining our support for Ukraine.
02:34Russia ended 2025 with a 18% year-on-year drop in revenues from crude oil sales,
02:42according to the Center for Research on Energy and Clean Air.
02:45In early February, the European Commission unveiled a new package of sanctions
02:50with a full ban on maritime services, such as insurance, banking and chipping for Russian crude tankers.
03:00Chairman Chancellor Friedrich Maers has called Israel's New West Bank Settlement Initiative a big mistake,
03:05urging the Israeli government to halt what he described as annexation moves.
03:09The so-called E-1 project was greenlit last August,
03:13paving the way for 3,400 housing units across a 12-square-kilometer area to the east of Jerusalem.
03:20Building on his past opposition to the settlements,
03:23Maers used his Berlin address to call for a joint European message on the subject.
03:27He confirmed that Foreign Minister Johan Wethpuh is to emphasize this stance during his visit to Israel.
03:34The plan has drawn widespread international condemnation,
03:37with a UN spokesman warning it poses an existential threat to a contagious Palestinian state.
03:43An Israeli settlement watchdog has also denounced the recent publication of a construction tender for the E-1 area.
03:51Driven by the approval of 19 new settlements in December 2025,
03:56Israeli expansion has reached its highest level since 2017,
04:00a surge that far-right finance minister Bezal al-Smotrich openly stated
04:04is aimed at preventing a Palestinian state.
04:11The European Parliament will vote soon on a law aiming to increase returns of irregular migrants
04:18through controversial deportation centers outside the EU with detentions of up to two years.
04:24The Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
04:29approved on Monday a version of the text supported by the centre-right, right-wing and far-right groups,
04:36breaking the traditional centrist majority.
04:39The committee vote confirmed a trend of the European People's Party, EPP,
04:44siding with the right-wing European Conservatives on all files related to migration.
04:48The return regulation was proposed by the European Commission in March 2025
04:53and endorsed by the Member States last December.
04:57The Parliament's text does not include a provision asked for by EU countries
05:02that would have allowed authorities to search the place of residence
05:06or, quote, other relevant places where a third country national,
05:10subject to an expulsion order, might be found.
05:13Left-side groups of the Parliament announced their opposition to the bill
05:17and civil rights campaigners are hoping to convince enough MEPs to reject the bill in the plenary.
05:29International policy issues are on the table for European Union finance ministers.
05:34The 27 ministers met in Brussels on Tuesday,
05:37where the economic impact of the war in Iran was the main topic.
05:42Despite soaring energy prices, Estonian finance minister Jürgen Liggy told Euronews
05:48that the EU has the means to respond to the challenge.
05:52The big economic problem, of course, is in unpredictability and instability.
06:01But Europe hasn't done it, but we are sure we can cope with it.
06:08Despite the crisis in the Middle East,
06:11the Estonian minister called on partners not to forget Ukraine.
06:15For Liggy, the Russian threat remains the main danger for the EU.
06:19He also condemned Hungary's refusal to adopt the 90 million euros loan to Kiev.
06:24It's completely cynical by a couple of countries to block the block to this 90 billion loan to Ukraine
06:35because of microscopic inconveniences, sanctions to Russia caused to their citizens.
06:46The Estonian finance minister would have preferred to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine rather than alone.
06:54Nevertheless, he expressed optimism that Kiev's financing needs will be met.
07:03Anger is mounting among motorists in France over gasoline prices
07:07as the war in the Middle East and the blockade of the Strait of Hamas take their toll on shipping.
07:12At many stations, the price per litre is approaching or exceeding two euros.
07:17A sharp increase that is generating reactions in cities such as Paris
07:21and that is making daily life difficult for many.
07:24At least 30, 40 centimes sur Paris, c'est affolant.
07:29Donc là, moi, je mets juste de quoi rentrer chez moi en banlieue
07:32et j'irai mettre le reste dans le Val d'Oise où j'habite.
07:37In Massey, many are finding the increase a hard pill to swallow
07:41while some say this could offer a possible advantage.
07:48Ça fait très mal au portefeuille.
07:50Surtout qu'avec ça, je fais quoi ? Je fais même pas 100 kilomètres.
07:54Donc oui, ça revient un petit budget.
07:57On n'a pas le choix.
07:59Là, on va plus toucher la voiture bientôt.
08:02Comment faire ? On va marcher à pied, ça nous fait les muscles comme on est.
08:05Non ?
08:05The escalating conflict with Iran has targeted the Strait of Hamas,
08:09one of the world's most important routes for global oil and gas shipments
08:13and disrupted energy shipments,
08:16sending oil prices above $100 a barrel over the weekend.
08:22Volkswagen has announced 50,000 job cuts in Germany by 2030
08:27as the carmaker's profits fell by 44%,
08:30hitting their lowest level since 2016.
08:33Europe's largest automobile manufacturer
08:35had already struck a deal with unions in 2024
08:38to cut 35,000 jobs within its main brand
08:41to save 15 billion euros a year.
08:44The additional cuts will now hit premium brands,
08:47including Audi and Porsche,
08:49as well as the company's software subsidiary, Karyat.
08:52Already struggling with stagnant demand in Europe,
08:55especially for electric cars,
08:57and cratering sales in China,
08:59the 10 brand group has also felt the severe effects of U.S. tariffs
09:02on non-American car makers.
09:04Chinese electric rivals like BYD and Geely
09:07have created fierce competition for the German giant,
09:10both locally and internationally.
09:13Volkswagen's head of finance, Arno Antlitz,
09:16warned that further cost-cutting is essential
09:18to make the firm competitive again.
09:20For 2026, Volkswagen expects a core profit margin
09:24of between 4 and 5.5%,
09:26potentially even lower than the 4.6% it recently achieved.
09:35For 2026, Volkswagen's head of the Onassis Foundation in Greece
09:37have the opportunity to discover
09:39a different lesser known artistic side of Giorgos Lanthimos.
09:43The internationally acclaimed director
09:45and multi-award winning master of moving images
09:48presents his deep passion for steel photography
09:50through a major exhibition, aptly titled photographs,
09:54featuring a total of 182 photographs.
09:57I did not know from the beginning
09:59that I would like to be interested in so much
10:03this kind of photography.
10:05I started to put this in mind
10:08that I had to learn technically to learn
10:10and to move on to what I was interested in the film,
10:13which was the cinematographer.
10:15And slowly, slowly,
10:16through the process of the cinematographer,
10:19I had to use the photography,
10:22but it also made me another
10:24obvious adaptation in the film.
10:31It was obviously since the film was not fully
10:40possible,
10:45although if it was aamental��登録,
10:54The exhibition at the Onassis Foundation is divided into four sections.
10:59The first three focus on the places and people featured in his films, while the fourth, presented for the first
11:04time, consists of personal black and white photographs taken in Greece.
11:08I think the most interesting thing, the most compelling thing about this show is the notion that you have this
11:14extraordinary cinematic master.
11:17And little known is the fact that in the last five or six years he's been using a still camera
11:23as well.
11:23He's been making his own photographs alongside the sets of his films, but most significantly he's also been making personal
11:31work.
11:32And there is a relationship between the cinema and the still photographs.
11:37The photography exhibition by Jorgos Lanthimos at the Onassis Foundation in Athens runs until May 17.
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