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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?
00:36But 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 for the end of the
00:52war 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 prices spike may provide windfall revenues for Russia,
02:13so that's why it's important to strictly enforce a 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 green-lit last August, paving the way for 3,400 housing units
03:16across a 12-square-kilometer area to the east of Jerusalem.
03:20Building on his past opposition to the settlements, Maers used his Berlin address
03:24to 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.
03:44An 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 the law aiming to increase returns of irregular migrants
04:18through controversial deportation centres 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 and 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 or, quote,
05:07other relevant places where a third country national subject to an expulsion order might be found.
05:14Left-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, where the economic impact of the war in Iran was the main
05:41topic.
05:42Despite soaring energy prices, Estonian Finance Minister Jürgen Liggy told Euronews
05:48that the EU has the means to respond to the challenge.
05:51The 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, the 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 a very recent 90 billion loan to
06:35Ukraine
06:36because of microscopic inconveniences, sanctions to Russia, of course, to their citizens.
06:46The Estonian Finance Minister would have preferred to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine rather than a loan.
06:54Nevertheless, he expressed optimism that Kiev's financing needs will be met.
07:03Anger is mounting among motorists in France over gasoline prices as the war in the Middle East
07:08and the blockade of the Strait of Hamus take their toll on shipping.
07:12At many stations, the price per litre is approaching or exceeding 2 euros.
07:17A sharp increase that is generating reactions in cities such as Paris and that is making daily life difficult for
07:24many.
07:24At least 30, 40 centimes on Paris, it's crazy.
07:29So now, I just put the money to go to the bank and I'm going to put the rest in
07:36the Val d'Oise where I don't live.
07:37In Massé, many are finding the increase a hard pill to swallow while some say this could offer a possible
07:44advantage.
08:05The escalating conflict with Iran has targeted the Strait of Hamus, one of the world's most important routes for global
08:12oil and gas shipments,
08:14and disrupted energy shipments, sending oil prices above $100 a barrel over the weekend.
08:22Volkswagen has announced 50,000 job cuts in Germany by 2030 as the carmaker's profits fell by 44%, hitting their
08:31lowest level since 2016.
08:33Europe's largest automobile manufacturer had already struck a deal with unions in 2024 to cut 35,000 jobs within its
08:40main brand to save 15 billion euros a year.
08:44Additional cuts will now hit premium brands, including Audi and Porsche, as well as the company's software subsidiary, Cariad.
08:53Already struggling with stagnant demand in Europe, especially for electric cars, and cratering sales in China,
08:58the 10 brand group has also felt the severe effects of U.S. tariffs on non-American car makers.
09:04Chinese electric rivals like BYD and Geely have created fierce competition for the German giant, both locally and internationally.
09:14Volkswagen's head of finance, Arno Antlitz, warned that further cost-cutting is essential to make the firm competitive again.
09:20For 2026, Volkswagen expects a core profit margin of between 4 and 5.5%, potentially even lower than the 4
09:28.6% it recently achieved.
09:35The visitors to the Onassis Foundation in Greece have the opportunity to discover a different lesser known artistic site of
09:41Giorgos Lanthimos.
09:43The internationally acclaimed director and multi-award winning master of moving images presents his deep passion for still photography,
09:50through a major exhibition, aptly titled Photographs, featuring a total of 182 photographs.
09:57I didn't know from the beginning that I would like to be interested in a lot of photography.
10:05I started to think about this and that I had to learn that technically I had to learn to learn,
10:10and to move on to what I had to be interested in a lot of photography.
10:15And slowly, through the process of photography, I had to use photography,
10:21but it also gave me an extra result during the creation of the cinematographic photography.
10:31It's a role of film.
10:33To turn around to your home, to show you two photographs, to keep your hands on your hands,
10:39it has a very immediate realization.
10:43It's a very immediate realization,
10:45when it comes to it very good.
10:46But the importance of it is still very broad and medium-sized.
10:52It's when it comes to other things.
10:54The exhibition of the Onassis Foundation is divided into 4 sections.
10:59The first three focus on the places and people featured in his films,
11:02while the fourth, presented for the first time,
11:05consists of personal black-and-white photographs taken in Greece.
11:08I think the most interesting thing, the most compelling thing about this show
11:12is the notion that you have this extraordinary cinematic master
11:16and little known is the fact that in the last five or six years
11:21he's been using a still camera as well.
11:23He's been making his own photographs alongside the sets of his films
11:28but most significantly he's also been making personal work
11:31and there is a relationship between the cinema and the still photographs.
11:36The photographic exhibition by Giorgos Lanthimos at the Onassis Foundation in Athens
11:40runs until May 17.
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