00:00Trump has threatened to entirely blow up Iran and the world's largest gas field, the South Parse,
00:06if Tehran launches any more attacks on Qatari LNG.
00:10The European Central Bank has kept its key deposit rate unchanged at 2%
00:15as it assesses the fallout from the Middle East war.
00:21Denmark and its allies reportedly deployed troops to Greenland in January
00:25because they feared a US invasion.
00:30US President Donald Trump has threatened to blow up the entirety of Iran
00:35and the world's largest gas field, the South Parse,
00:38after Tehran launched an attack on Wednesday targeting Qatari LNG.
00:43Doha says its largest facility, Raslef Fahd, sustained significant damage in the attacks,
00:49which Iran fired in retaliation for a Wednesday strike on its South Parse field.
00:55Trump, in a post on Truth Social,
00:57said he does not want to authorize this level of violence against Iran
01:01because of its long-term implications,
01:04but won't hesitate to if Doha is again targeted.
01:08He also confirmed that Israel was behind the attack,
01:11which he says was carried out with no US knowledge or involvement,
01:15out of, quote,
01:17anger for what has taken place in the Middle East.
01:19The incident sparked global outrage,
01:23particularly among Iran's neighbors in the Gulf,
01:26many of whom were convening in Riyadh,
01:28which was also targeted at the time of the meeting.
01:32Saudi Arabia says the escalation has shattered all remaining hopes for normalcy.
01:36What I care about now is that the attacks on my country
01:40and on my neighboring countries that are not involved in this conflict end.
01:45That's all I'm interested in.
01:47And we're going to use every level we have,
01:50political, economic, diplomatic, and elsewise.
01:54But I have to tell you,
01:56what little trust there was before has completely been shattered.
02:00Has been shattered on multiple levels.
02:02The attacks have poured fuel on the fire
02:05in an already rapidly deteriorating global energy price crisis.
02:10Brent crude hovered consistently around the $100 a barrel mark
02:14prior to attacks on Iranian and Qatari gas fields,
02:18which is already 40% higher than pre-war figures,
02:22but has since shot up to $108.
02:25Fighting continues to rage
02:27as US-Israeli attacks pummel Tehran daily
02:30and Iranian attacks target Israel and the wider region.
02:33The death toll has also risen across the board,
02:37now surpassing 1,400 in Iran,
02:40over 900 in Lebanon,
02:4217 in Israel,
02:4421 in the Gulf states,
02:45and 13 US troops.
02:49Iran has ramped up its attacks on energy sites
02:52across the Middle East overnight.
02:54It comes as the Iranian Revolutionary Guard
02:56have said we're entering a new era of war.
03:00Here in the UAE,
03:01the Habshan gas facility in Abu Dhabi
03:04was closed in the early hours
03:06due to a strike there.
03:07And we're hearing of similar reports
03:08across the region.
03:09In Riyadh, in Saudi Arabia,
03:11several sites were attacked in Qatar overnight,
03:15resulting in significant damage.
03:17Now, all three countries
03:18have condemned these attacks on these sites,
03:21saying it can lead to global security issues.
03:24And, of course, they come off the back of Israel,
03:26attacking the South Par's gas field.
03:29That's Iran's largest gas field.
03:31Interestingly,
03:32President Trump came out overnight,
03:33saying he had no idea
03:35that these attacks were going to take place.
03:38And he's condemned any further attacks
03:40on Iran's energy infrastructure.
03:43Now, this morning,
03:44Iranian media have issued a statement,
03:47supposedly from the new supreme leader,
03:50Mojabar Khamenei,
03:51saying that he is condemning the killings
03:54of several of his senior leadership members,
03:56including Ali Larejani,
03:58who was his security chief.
04:01We're also having reports coming out of Tehran,
04:03saying that Iranians are opposed to this regime,
04:06and they're now taking to the streets in protest.
04:09Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
04:16The move had been priced in by almost all analysts.
04:20The European Central Bank has kept its key deposit rate
04:23unchanged at 2 percent on Thursday
04:25as it assesses the fallout from the Middle East war.
04:28The central bank said it was determined
04:30to ensure that inflation stabilizes
04:33at the 2 percent target in the medium term.
04:35In addition,
04:36President of the European Central Bank,
04:38Christine Lagarde said inflation in the eurozone
04:41is expected to jump to 2.6 percent,
04:44stressing the war has made the outlook more uncertain.
05:00The ECB considers that the Iran war
05:02will foster inflation through higher energy prices
05:05in the short term.
05:06Yet the bank says its long-term consequences
05:09will depend on the intensity
05:11and the duration of the conflict
05:12and on how energy prices affect consumer prices
05:15and the economy.
05:20Denmark and its allies reportedly deployed troops
05:23to Greenland in January
05:24because they feared a U.S. invasion,
05:27Danish broadcaster DR has reported.
05:30DR said it had seen a military operations order
05:33dated the 13th of January,
05:35which served as the basis
05:36for the deployment of Danish forces
05:38in the autonomous Danish territory
05:40as tensions spiked
05:42over U.S. President Donald Trump's
05:44bid to annex it.
05:46The document described an operation
05:48organizing the defense of Greenland
05:50immediately after the U.S. operation in Venezuela
05:53to oust President Nicolás Maduro.
05:56In January,
05:57several EU nations,
05:58including France,
05:59Germany,
06:00Sweden,
06:01the Netherlands,
06:01and others,
06:02sent troops to Greenland
06:04under a Danish-led NATO exercise
06:06dubbed Arctic Endurance.
06:07But several military officials
06:09told DR that it was
06:11a real deployment
06:12and not an exercise.
06:14Trump has repeatedly said
06:16he believes the U.S.
06:17must control Greenland
06:18to ensure its national security
06:20and long refused to rule out
06:22the use of military force
06:23to get it.
06:25After several intense weeks
06:27of aggressive remarks
06:28that plunged the alliance
06:29into its deepest crisis in years,
06:32Trump backed down
06:32from his threats
06:33in late January,
06:35announcing that he had reached
06:36a framework agreement
06:37on Greenland
06:38with NATO's Secretary-General,
06:40the details of which
06:41remain vague.
06:44After witnessing
06:45the U.S. administration's
06:46confrontation
06:47with Denmark
06:48and the EU
06:49over Greenland,
06:50Iceland now sees
06:51EU membership
06:52as a safe bet.
06:53The country's foreign minister
06:55told Euronews
06:56in an interview
06:57on Europe Today
06:58that EU membership
06:59would strengthen
07:00the country's
07:01economic security.
07:02But first,
07:03the island nation
07:04will put the question
07:05to a referendum
07:06due on August 29
07:08where voters
07:09will be asked
07:09if they favour
07:10the revival of formal talks
07:12for EU membership.
07:14It's just a simple question,
07:15you know.
07:16Should we continue
07:17the negotiation talks,
07:18yes or no?
07:19And from my point of view,
07:20if you say no,
07:21you are closing
07:22a lot of doors.
07:23Instead of saying yes,
07:25should we not continue,
07:26see what kind of
07:28negotiation
07:29and agreement
07:29we will get.
07:30Iceland watched
07:31with trepidation
07:32when US President
07:33Donald Trump
07:34said last January
07:35that he would
07:36take Greenland.
07:37On Thursday,
07:38the country's
07:39foreign minister
07:39maintained relations
07:40with Washington
07:41were intact
07:42and urged the EU
07:43to act like a superpower.
07:45The European Union
07:46is a superpower,
07:47you know,
07:47and they should act
07:48like a superpower,
07:50if I could say so.
07:52And you just,
07:53if you watch
07:54and recall
07:55the Greenland
07:58agenda
07:58from the US part,
08:00it was quite clear
08:02that the European Union
08:03was a backbone
08:05for Denmark
08:06and Greenland
08:06when these statements
08:10were made
08:10on the US behalf.
08:12And I think that
08:13was beneficial
08:14for Denmark,
08:15but it was also
08:16useful for us
08:17in Iceland
08:18to see,
08:18okay,
08:19European Union
08:20and most of the countries
08:23they can stand
08:25with other nations
08:26when they are
08:27in a way
08:28attacked.
08:29Iceland has been
08:30a member
08:30of the EU's
08:31single markets
08:32through the
08:32European Free Trade
08:33Association
08:34EFTA
08:35since 1970.
08:37The island,
08:37with a population
08:38of around 400,000,
08:40is also part
08:41of the EU's
08:42Schengen free travel area.
08:50The first humanitarian
08:52convoy from Europe
08:53has arrived in Cuba.
08:55The international aid
08:56shipment
08:56contained five tons
08:57of medical supplies.
08:59A group
08:59of 100 European
09:01activists
09:01is distributing
09:02the supplies
09:03to hospitals
09:04as the US
09:05oil embargo
09:06imposed on the country
09:07has pushed
09:08its healthcare system
09:09to the brink
09:10of collapse.
09:33The activists
09:34who have a right
09:35from several EU
09:36and Latin American
09:37countries
09:37as well as Turkey
09:38are members
09:39of the organization
09:40Nuestra America.
09:42They plan to deliver
09:43a total of 20 tons
09:44of aid
09:45to the island
09:45by air and sea.
09:47Cuban state media
09:48reported that
09:49another shipment
09:49recently departed
09:50from Chile.
09:51In addition,
09:52a group of 140 volunteers,
09:54including doctors,
09:56lawyers,
09:56union leaders
09:57and activists,
09:58is traveling
09:59from Miami
09:59to Havana
10:00on Friday
10:01with 2.8 tons
10:03of medical supplies.
10:04Cuba has been
10:05in a protracted
10:06economic crisis
10:07since the coronavirus
10:08pandemic began.
10:09It has been
10:10further exacerbated
10:11by the suspension
10:12of Venezuelan
10:13oil shipments
10:14in January.
10:19Dozens of beloved
10:20dogs and cats
10:20arrived in Athens
10:21alongside their owners
10:23on a special
10:23repatriation flight
10:24for Greeks with pets
10:25who had been stranded
10:26because of the war
10:27in the Middle East.
10:30Heartwarming scenes
10:31unfolded at Athens airport
10:32as the adorable animals
10:33excitedly leapt about
10:34after being released
10:36from their carriers.
10:38Pet owners
10:39were extremely emotional.
10:41To me,
10:42my pet,
10:42my cat is my family.
10:44There is no chance
10:44I'm going to leave
10:45him behind.
10:46And right now,
10:47the airlines that serve
10:48the United Arab Emirates
10:51is they don't accept pets
10:53because of the situation.
10:54They don't accept
10:55pets in cabin
10:55and they didn't accept
10:56pets in cargo.
10:57There are limited spots
10:59for pets in cargo
11:00and they only opened
11:02that late last week
11:03so it is very, very difficult
11:04to fly out the country
11:06with your pets.
11:07The flight had been delayed
11:09for several days
11:09due to drone attacks
11:11near Abu Dhabi airport.
11:12In the end,
11:13it departed
11:13with 101 passengers
11:14and 45 pets on board.
11:17The birds
11:18are not in the middle
11:21of our family.
11:23And this is why
11:24the Greek government
11:25has done it.
11:27The birds
11:29and people
11:29have arrived in Greece
11:30with safety.
11:33They don't know.
11:34They don't know.
