00:00This is Akrotiri, a village in southern Cyprus with a population of about 1,000.
00:05Recently, sirens have been going off here almost daily.
00:08This is because the village is situated right next to the Akrotiri British military base,
00:12which has been on high alert since an Iranian drone crashed there shortly after midnight on March 1st.
00:18For safety reasons, the Cypriot authorities ordered the evacuation of the village.
00:22But not all residents wanted to leave.
00:24Stelios Yoryu was born in Akrotiri in 1944.
00:27He decided to stay, because Akrotiri is his home, and he doesn't believe other places are safer.
00:35The Cypriot was held for two days, and I didn't ask that it was May 5th and May 5th and
00:44May 5th and May 5th and May 5th and May 5th.
00:47We asked if you were to leave the village, and they said, why do I leave my house?
00:51Now they say, where do I go?
01:03People in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus, are also concerned about the availability of shelters.
01:09The incident at the British base in Akrotiri prompted the government to take action and start restoring old shelters.
01:16The government has also launched an app that citizens can use to locate shelters in case of emergency.
01:22It has been working on the SafeCY, so that everyone can tell us that everyone can tell us what is
01:31the future and what is the potential of the shelter.
01:34We know that there is no place for the shelter.
01:38but it was 30% that we have increased in the 45% and it continues.
01:44It has not been ended.
01:44The situation of St. Nicholas of the Cats is still on the island.
01:49The situation of St. Nicholas of the Cats is still on the island.
01:53The monastery of St. Nicholas of the Cats is one of the oldest on the island.
02:00Sister Raffaella had to leave the monastery after the events of March 1,
02:04but returned the next day.
02:06She is determined not to leave again.
02:10I was relieved.
02:11We closed the monastery.
02:13I knew I was relieved.
02:17But I didn't know where I came from.
02:20I didn't feel it.
02:23I felt a lot of pain.
02:26I felt a lot of pain.
02:27There was a lot of pain out there.
02:28At the morning, I woke up with the doctor's phone,
02:31but I said,
02:31I wanted to go to the monastery.
02:35But I said, yes,
02:36I wanted to go.
02:36I was worried.
02:37I didn't want to go to the monastery.
02:38We came and started with our normal meetings.
02:43We were in the monastery.
02:45And nothing else.
02:46And peace.
02:47We played again.
02:49We played again.
02:50And peace.
02:51And peace.
02:53And peace.
02:54And peace.
02:55And peace.
02:57And peace.
02:57And peace.
02:58While other European countries have come to Cyprus's aid,
03:01sending ships and aircraft to strengthen the island's air defenses,
03:05it seems that only an end to the war in Iran will bring a true feeling of calm to the
03:10island's residents.
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