00:01a french soldier was killed in iraq as strikes continue to engulf the middle east in war
00:10in an interview with your news iran's ambassador to the un insisted that tehran
00:15doesn't want to blockade the strait of homos
00:21a man armed with a rifle who rammed his vehicle into a major synagogue in michigan was shot dead
00:27by security a french soldier was killed in an attack in iraq's autonomous kurdistan region
00:36president emmanuel macron said on friday confirming the first french military death in the middle east
00:42war macron said several soldiers were wounded but did not say who was behind the attack
00:49since u.s israeli strikes on iran last month engulfed the middle east in war
00:53multiple attacks attributed to pro-iranian factions have targeted the region where foreign forces are
00:59based iranian media reported fresh explosions in the capital tehran while israel also came under
01:06attack with the conflict showing no signs of slowing despite growing economic fears and the rising death
01:12toll iran has also unleashed waves of drone and missile strikes against neighboring states hosting
01:19u.s military assets including saudi arabia whose defense ministry said friday its forces had intercepted
01:25a total of 28 drones
01:29retaliatory iranian missile strikes and drone attacks have brought shipping through the strait of hormuz to a halt
01:35as isran vowed to disrupt global energy markets in response to the u.s and israeli strikes
01:45the new iranian supreme leader gave his first statement yesterday saying that they will continue the fight
01:52and in particular target anyone with u.s links this comes of course as they continue the iranian
02:00stranglehold on the strait of hormuz that remains blocked today last night president trump issued a statement
02:07saying that the military capabilities of iran have been decimated now here in dubai we're hearing
02:14a steady barrage of military jets both day and night it is continuous yesterday a u.s aircraft a refueling
02:23aircraft was lost over western iraq in addition president macron this morning announced the first french
02:30military death of the war with iran and obviously azerbaijan is another country that has been targeted
02:37by iran they're currently hosting the baku global forum yesterday euronews caught up with former eu
02:44council president charles michel who said that europe cannot afford to be fragmented jane witherspoon
02:51euronews in dubai in an interview with your news iran's ambassador to the united nations insisted that
03:02tehran does not want to blockade the strait of hormuz contradicting a statement by the newly chosen
03:07ayatollah who threatened the war in iran iran iran has not any intention to block the strait of hormuz
03:20what ever situation the state of hormuz is suffering from is because of the war which has been imposed on
03:29the region iran of course is protecting the state of hormuz iran keeps believing that the state of hormuz
03:39is the state of peace it should be and it can be used by everybody as far as there is
03:48no any threat as
03:49far as there is no any war on that region the only limitation or restraint that we will
03:59impose is on the ships belonging to those countries who have any kind of involvement in the war against
04:08iran of course the situation in hormuz affects the global economy we are not happy with that it will
04:16affect the economy of iran too we do not reject it but for how long iran can stand it now
04:23iran is ready
04:26to defend itself as far as it is needed as i told you we have been prepared for this situation
04:35iran
04:37while we are negotiating we were negotiating our military forces assessment was that the threat is
04:45imminent the united states was suffering from a big miscalculation what they had the intention to do
04:54all of that was failed because they believed that they are able to defeat iran in few days
05:03but the response they received was very strong and it gave them a signal that iran is able to defend
05:10itself is there a contact now between iran and the u.s now two weeks into the war the basic
05:16or the
05:17necessary prerequisite for any diplomatic movement is that united states should come to the conclusion
05:29that war is not a choice who is in charge at the moment in iran in iran the political system
05:37is working very efficiently although we have lost our supreme leader but a new leader has been elected by the
05:48council of experts the election of the new leader shows that there would be a continuity in iran
06:00and there is no any vacuum in our country now
06:06the focus of our discussions is going to be a further escalation in the middle east could lead
06:12to a stagflation shock for the european economy eu commissioner valdez dombrowski told euronews
06:18iranian strikes on gulf countries coupled with the blockade of the strait of hummus
06:22have rattled global energy markets sending oil prices soaring above 100 a barrel the economic
06:30impact of current crisis in middle east will to large extent will depend on how long the conflict
06:37will continue how wide it will spread so in a sense if we manage to achieve a quick escalation the
06:45impact may be limited if it gets protracted and correspondingly both with disruptions for
06:52oil shipping and oil and gas production that's indeed as you mentioned can create a stagflationary
07:00shock for european economy on wednesday a group of 32 countries including the united states germany and
07:06france agreed an emergency release of strategic oil reserves to the tune of 400 million barrels
07:12dombrowski's welcomed the move which aims to stabilize what the international energy agency
07:17described as challenges of unprecedented scale for the global oil market
07:26a man armed with a rifle who rammed his vehicle into a major synagogue in michigan was shot dead by
07:32security on thursday no deaths or injuries were reported other than one security officer who was
07:38hit by the vehicle but did not suffer life-threatening injuries authorities said
07:43the vehicle caught fire after being driven into the temple israel synagogue in west bloomfield township
07:49footage from the scene showed dozens of police vehicles surrounding the building
07:55the spokesperson for the department of homeland security identified the assailant as amen mohammed
08:01ghazali who was born in lebanon came to detroit in 2011 on a visa granted to spouses of u.s
08:08citizens
08:08and became a u.s citizen himself in 2016. the fbi will investigate the incident as a targeted act of
08:16violence against the jewish community but law enforcement has not yet publicly detailed a motive
08:24ukrainian military drone manufacturers are opening new european divisions with ukr spec
08:29systems launching a production line near the uk's milden hall airbase the move aims to secure supply
08:35chains away from the constant threat of russian strikes following kiev's decision to ease its own arms
08:41export embargo weapons are now being assembled abroad by allied nations and re-imported to the front lines
08:48the british plant will initially manufacture 200 surveillance drones each month with director
08:55rory chamberlain stating that the long-term goal is up to 1 000 units while president waldemir zelinski
09:01disclosed that over 4 million drones were produced in 2025 the demand remains critical according to a
09:082026 report by the international institute for strategic studies these european partnerships
09:13ensure the long-term economic viability of ukraine's defense industry the report knows that for european
09:19firms partnering on these battle-tested designs is highly advantageous with similar joint ventures
09:24already scheduled or underway in denmark finland and germany
09:31czech lawmakers approved the country's 2026 budget on wednesday which falls short of the five percent
09:38nato target for defense spending despite pressure from the united states and the country's own president
09:44the legislators loyal to the new government of populist prime minister andre babes voted to allocate
09:50just over 1.7 percent of gross domestic product for the defense ministry
09:56the czech spending would inch above two percent only if funding for defense-related projects at
10:01other ministries is factored in it was not clear if that would be acceptable to the alliance which the
10:08czech republic has been a member of since 1999 the new government of andre babes says the state budget
10:15is strained and it has other priorities including health care president peter pavel had urged lawmakers to
10:22increase the budget and noted the ongoing russian invasion of ukraine but still agreed to sign the
10:27budget once it was passed
11:24tara from the new government that was crossed
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