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04:35media reported strikes on two energy facilities after the pause was called. So while people are
04:40cautiously optimistic, there's clearly deep uncertainty about what comes next. Here in the
04:44Gulf, everything is so closely tied to energy and water. So when there's talk of hitting Iran's
04:49power infrastructure and Tehran's possible retaliation, people here start to think about
04:54real-life consequences, about electricity, desalination, and just daily life. So while
04:59there are two very different stories coming out of Tehran and Washington this morning,
05:03behind the scenes, there are signs towards diplomacy. Countries like Turkey and Egypt are
05:08believed to be quietly passing messages back and forth. So right now, Maeve, the mood is cautious.
05:13Relief? Absolutely. But still a tremendous amount of uncertainty. People here aren't just assuming
05:18that things are over, just thankful that it hasn't gotten worse yet.
05:23Okay. Adil Halim, thank you so much for that live update there from Doha. Now, during their EU
05:28summit last week, right here in Brussels, European leaders were clear that this was not
05:32their war. In a statement, they called for, quote, de-escalation, maximum restraint, the protection
05:38of civilians, and full respect of international law by all parties. Euronews' EU editor, Maria Tadeo,
05:44had the chance to get the view from Israel on this by speaking to the former Israeli Prime Minister,
05:49Naftali Bennett. She asked him how he qualified this reaction from European leaders.
05:54You know, it's a bit cowardly. We are fighting their war. I'll tell you why. Iran shot two missiles
06:02to Diego Garcia, which is almost 4,000 kilometers from Iran. That's a range that reaches Brussels,
06:10that reaches Madrid, that reaches Paris. And we, in fact, had we not acted, all of Europe would be
06:18under a terrible nuclear ballistic missile menace. So we're fighting your war. And we expect not to be,
06:28you know, criticized in and on, but we expect your backing. That would be the decent thing to do.
06:35But we get it. We have to do the hard job. We're used to it. And we'll do what's right.
06:40But let me pick up on that point. So at this point, you'd say the reaction from the Europeans is
06:44that
06:44they are cowards, many, not everyone. Some European countries have stepped up to the plague,
06:50but many others who are not going to name names. I think you know exactly who. I think any European
06:56leader who sort of says, this isn't our problem. So when will it become your problem? When they have
07:03a nuclear weapon? When the missile is on its way to Madrid? When it hits Madrid or Barcelona? Is that
07:09when you're going to wake up? So we're doing the fighting. We didn't ask you for any help,
07:14nothing. All we're doing is fighting against this horrible, radical Islamist menace. We're reducing
07:22and hopefully eliminating this threat. And instead of thanking us, you're criticizing us. And what's
07:28the deal there? Well, since you mentioned Madrid, of course, there's other governments led by the
07:32Spanish government that say this war is entirely illegal. And by the way, it has destroyed any sort of
07:36diplomacy in the Middle East. Is that fair criticism? No, it's just foolish criticism. Spain's leadership
07:45has been just abhorrent, I have to say. Incredibly disappointing. Because here's how it works. If you
07:53allow a threat to grow and grow, at some point, it becomes so big that you can't manage a threat
08:01anymore.
08:01Like North Korea, where the world did not act. And now no one can take care and eliminate those nuclear
08:08weapons. Like Hitler, who became so big and everyone wanted to avoid war until it was too late. So this
08:16time we acted on time. But what about when a U.S. top official resigned because he says there was
08:22no
08:22imminent threat to the U.S. Regarding that guy who quit? Well, he's a schmuck. I don't I don't care
08:30about him.
08:30He's irrelevant. He's going to go down in the dustbin of history. We're fighting the most just war ever.
08:37And we should be getting your back in and not your criticism.
08:41We've seen the president of the U.S. now seems to want to make a deal.
08:45He suggests five days still of talks. And he says the Iranians wants to make a deal.
08:50The U.S. also wants to make a deal. What about Israel? Is a deal a good thing for Israel
08:53at this
08:53point? It depends. We have objectives. Our objective is to totally dismantle the nuclear
08:58program and ensure they never achieve a nuclear weapon. Same with the ballistic missiles and same
09:03with dismantling the terror proxies. So we have to see what the deal is. If it achieves those goals,
09:09that's wonderful. OK, and this is my final question, however, and it is the question at this
09:13point. What happens if the U.S. decides this war is over for us? We leave now. Goals have been
09:19met.
09:19But Israel considers no. Those three key goals have not been met. Will you go on fighting alone
09:24without the support of the U.S.? We're going to have to take a look at the actual results if
09:29this
09:31indeed turns into a full blown agreement and then we'll make our decisions based on those points.
09:36And what are those points? Are you working in tandem with the U.S.? That is really the question,
09:40because it seems from the outside, Israel believes this is not going to get done in a week.
09:44The U.S. is now talking about a five day until Friday. That's a big gap in the timeline.
09:49Yeah, we'll have to see. Our objectives are to dismantle the nuclear and ballistic programs,
09:54dismantle the global terror proxy network.
10:01We'll see you there speaking to Naftali Bennett, the former ultra-nationalist prime minister of
10:06Israel and businessman. You can catch the full interview on euronews.com. But now moving on,
10:11the EU Commission president is down under this week. She's just clinched a trade deal with Australia
10:16amid conflict and instability in the Middle East and trade tensions with the U.S. and China.
10:23It's an over 20-hour flight to Sydney, but the price at the end might just be worth it.
10:28European Commission president is in Australia right now, trying to push a long-delayed free
10:32trade deal across the finish line. With U.S. tariffs rising and trade tensions heating up with China,
10:38both Brussels and Canberra urgently need reliable partners.
10:42Because trade is not just economics, it is power.
10:46And that's quite interesting, so let's take a look.
10:50The economic ties are already massive. The EU is currently Australia's third largest trading
10:56partner, exporting almost 28 billion euros more in goods than in imports. And for the EU,
11:02Australia ranks just 20th. But this deal is not about selling more machinery. It is about
11:08securing the green transition, a goal that the current war in Iran has turned into a matter of
11:14sheer energy security. Australia is the world's third largest producer of rare earths. And Brussels,
11:20wants to remove trade barriers to critical raw materials like lithium and cobalt, to limit
11:25its reliance on China. But the big sticking point is agriculture. Fearing a repeat of the Mercosur
11:32farmer protests, Brussels is putting a hard ceiling on Australian meat imports, demanding strict
11:38quarters and full protection for European food names. But hey, there's also a bigger picture.
11:44Brussels is on a roll sealing recent pacts with Mercosur, India, Mexico, Switzerland and Indonesia to become
11:53the ultimate reliable partner. And according to von der Leyen, the message is clear.
11:58The world wants to trade with Europe. And if you're thinking that there is somebody missing in this
12:04beautiful picture, it is the United States, which happens to be the EU's biggest trading partner.
12:09For now, European lawmakers are trying to implement a limited trade deal. But between Donald Trump's 15%
12:16tariffs and recent US Supreme Court chaos, progress is slow. And one would say that the biggest obstacle
12:24to an EU-US trade deal seems to be the US itself.
12:32Jakob Janus there. And in fact, this Thursday, the European Parliament will be voting on that EU-US
12:37trade deal that would impose 15% tariffs on EU goods. The EU also agreed to buy almost 650 billion
12:44euro of US energy exports until 2028. To get the view now from the Trump administration, we're joined here
12:50in the studio by the US ambassador to the European Union, Andrew Puzder. Lovely to have you back with
12:55us. Great to be here, Maeve. Thanks for having me. So all eyes on this vote finally taking place
12:59this Thursday. Will it pass, do you think? All the signs seem to be good. You hate to take
13:04anything for granted. And I don't want to prejudge the result. We're going to keep working with people
13:09to make sure we address any issues that they have. But I say the signs are good. And it really
13:13would
13:13be economic malpractice not to pass this. It's a great deal for the United States and a great deal for
13:18the European Union. So hopefully we'll see it passed. We'll keep a close eye on it. You heard
13:22in that report that some think that the US is the biggest obstacle to doing trade with the European
13:27Union. How would you react to that argument? Well, I'd say, you know, we signed this agreement
13:32in, I think, yeah, we signed it in August, late August of this year. And every day since then,
13:38the United States has been in compliance with what it agreed to do under the agreement. We have yet to
13:43have a day where the Europeans are in compliance because they had a process to go through.
13:47I guess the second to the last step will be, or maybe the third to the last step is Parliament
13:52approves and they go to Trilog and then they vote again. But we're anxious to see it approved. But
13:58I don't think the United States is the obstacle. Like I say, we've been complying. We're waiting
14:03for Europe to get through its process. Well, there's anxiety, of course, among European lawmakers.
14:07There's anxiety among European business due to the fact that every second week we hear different
14:11announcements from the White House when it comes to potential tariffs that would hurt our economy
14:15here in Europe. So, as I said, despite what you're hearing, despite the political talk,
14:21the United States has been in compliance every day. There's not one day where we haven't been
14:25in compliance under the agreement. And we're waiting for Europe to be in compliance like one day.
14:29So, I mean, I don't think this is a one-sided issue. We're ready to go.
14:34And can the Europeans trust you?
14:36Of course they can. They've trusted us for 250 years, I think. At least many of them have.
14:41And what happens if this is signed, but then in a couple of weeks, Trump gets angry with Spain,
14:46for example, due to their stance on certain geopolitical issues and decides to cut off trade
14:50with them?
14:51Well, if you're saying what happens if somebody breaches the agreement, then I think the parties
14:55have to analyze where they are. I don't know that that particularly would be a breach. We'd have to
14:59wait and see how the agreement comes out. We're still waiting to go through amendments that the
15:04parliament's proposed and whether the council will accept those amendments and there'll be a
15:08different bill out of the trilog. And so we're waiting to see what the final bill says. But
15:12it's like any other agreement. If one party breaches, the other party reacts.
15:16And of course, the big news that we're reporting on this morning is Commission President Erso
15:20van der Leyen in Australia clinching a brand new trade deal for the Europeans with Australia.
15:25What's the view from the White House on this?
15:27Look, if two of our closest allies come to an agreement on trade, I think that that helps the
15:33world. It doesn't hurt the world. We just want to make sure we get our deal done.
15:37Of course, you're not jealous of the other friendships that the European Union has across
15:41the world. We have other agreements as well. We have agreements with South Korea, with Japan.
15:46We're moving forward on a number of different tracks. I don't think we could
15:50lecture somebody else about doing the same.
15:53And is that a warning shot to Brussels to get that vote across?
15:55I don't make warning shots. I'm just hopeful that they'll get it across. I think it's in their
15:59best interest. I think it's in our best interest, best interest of the people of Europe
16:03and the people of America. So let's get it done. Let's move on. Let's really build the
16:07kind of economic relationship and the kind of joint prosperity that we could and should
16:11share.
16:12OK, we'll keep a close eye on it. Ambassador Andrew Puzzer, thank you so much for coming
16:15into us here.
16:16Now we turn to Italy, where a two-day referendum on judicial reform has concluded.
16:21The proposed changes triggered deep political divisions across the country and united the
16:25centre-left opposition. The government argued that splitting the career paths of judges and prosecutors
16:31was essential to strengthening judicial independence. But critics say it could upset the balance
16:35of powers established after the fall of fascism. For more, we can head now to Rome and bring
16:40in our correspondent, Georgia Orlandi. Good morning. So the referendum has actually failed.
16:45What more can you tell us?
16:48Good morning, Maeve. Well, indeed, it looks like the majority of Italians rejected that key
16:53judicial reform. This was one of Maloney's main political pledges. The most controversial
16:59element of the reform was the proposal to change the way members of this body overseeing judges'
17:06careers are selected. So under the proposal, they would have been chosen by selected by lottery
17:13move that the critics say undermines merit. And as you mentioned, that undermines the balance
17:19of powers, despite the fact that this reform was promoted as a way to limit political influence.
17:24Now, 50 million Italians were called to say yes or no to the reform. The no camp won just by
17:30a few
17:31points. That's not a landslide, but that's enough to block the reform, also considering that no turnout
17:37threshold was required. The most interesting aspect of the referendum was the fact that we saw a very
17:45high voter turnout, almost 60% higher than expected level seen in 2022 during the general elections that
17:54brought Maloney to power. Something that makes us think that this was seen as a political test for
17:59Maloney and her government. Maeve?
18:01Well, this is it. It feels a little bit like a big test for Georgia Maloney's government. Did she fail
18:06it then?
18:08Well, indeed, Maeve, she had already ruled out resigning over the results. She wanted to avoid the path
18:19taken by former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, who resigned after losing that constitutional referendum
18:25in 2016. Reacting to the outcome, she said that, of course, she respects the decisions taken by Italian voters,
18:35but that she also says she's determined to continue. Now, hinting to the fact that she doesn't see this as
18:41a major
18:42political defeat. But it's clear, as analysts say, that this outcome has made her more vulnerable. So the next few
18:50months
18:50will be challenging, given that the next general elections will take place in 2027. The referendum took place at a
18:58challenging time. Maloney has faced a criticism over a handling of the war in the Middle East, especially when it
19:05comes
19:05to this very close relationship with Donald Trump that critics say, quote, it's very risky for Italy. The main takeaway
19:12from
19:12this outcome, though, Maeve, is the fact that Maloney will have to review its reform plan and most importantly, try
19:19to
19:19strengthen the ruling coalition unity within that coalition ahead of what looks like a very uncertain
19:25political phase. Maeve?
19:27Okay, George Orlandi, thank you so much for that live update there from Rome. And thank you so much for
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