00:00Major explosions were reported after the U.S. carried out strikes early on Tuesday targeting
00:05Isfahan, which hosts major Iranian military bases and a nuclear facility.
00:11The U.S. and Israel have damaged 132 cultural heritage sites in Iran, a local UNESCO official
00:18said. Syrian Interim President Ahmad al-Shara met with U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer to
00:26discuss the war in Iran in his first visit to London. A delegation of European foreign ministers
00:32with the EU's high representative Kayakalas marked the fourth anniversary of the atrocities in
00:37Burjara. A massive fireball was seen rising over the Iranian city of Isfahan following U.S. attacks
00:49earlier on Tuesday. The central city is home to major Iranian military bases as well as
00:55the nuclear facility which the U.S. previously bombed in June. The tax come despite Washington's
01:02pledge to scale down strikes to allow for talks aimed at ending the war to take place.
01:07Tehran says the U.S.'s demands are unrealistic and unacceptable and added that it's not involved
01:12in Pakistan-led efforts.
01:38Tehran says the U.S.
01:39Meanwhile, Iranian attacks are continuing to strike deep inside Israel with strikes on the
01:44central areas injuring several people. These retaliatory attacks are also targeting Gulf Arab
01:49neighbors, with authorities in the UAE announcing on Tuesday that they had intercepted aerial threats
01:55over Dubai. The price of oil continues to soar, with Brent crude, the international standard,
02:01spiking to around $113 a barrel as Iran maintains a stronghold over the Strait of Hormuz.
02:08Constraints on oil exports via the waterway, where 20 percent of the world's oil typically passes,
02:14have caused the price of oil to increase by roughly 70 percent compared to pre-war figures.
02:25The United States and Israel have striked at least 132 cultural and historical sites in Iran,
02:32according to an Iranian UNESCO official. Numerous palaces and the mosque have been damaged.
02:53Vartoussi accused the United States and Israel of intentionally targeting the sites, stressing the
03:00process advanced technologies enabling them to know what they are hitting. UNESCO said it provided
03:06all parties to the conflict with the coordinates of the heritage sites ahead of time to avoid damage.
03:36Iranian officials requested the United Nations Cultural Agency earlier this month
03:42to add more sites to its enhanced protection lists.
03:53Oil prices climbed higher by early Tuesday afternoon in Europe, with the Eurostoxx 50
03:59jumping almost 1 percent, as investors remained wary of a U.S. president Donald Trump's threat
04:05to destroy Iran's key oil export hub and desalination plants unless it accepts a deal.
04:11The climb followed a slight drop Tuesday morning, even as both major oil benchmarks,
04:17West Texas Intermediate and Brent Crude, remained well above $100 a barrel.
04:24As for Asia, Japan's Nikkei 225 was up 0.6 percent, South Korea's cost PFL over 4 percent,
04:32Hong Kong's Hang Seng traded flat and the Shanghai Composite Index was down 0.8 percent.
04:38The latest declines in markets come as governments around the world
04:42scrambled to implement measures to ease the burden of surging fuel prices
04:47as Iran continues to blockade around one-fifth of global crude oil and gas
04:52passing through the Strait of Hamus.
05:01Lebanon's Justice Minister Adel Nassar has called on the international community to condemn Israel's
05:07occupation of Lebanese territory in an interview with Euronews Programme Europe Today.
05:12Nassar acknowledged Lebanon faces both internal and external risks, referring to both Hezbollah
05:19and Israel, and described the situation as dramatic.
05:22In one hand, there are the Israeli attacks, and on the other hand, there is Hezbollah undermining
05:29the state.
05:30We are aware that practically, in order to be able to conduct efficient negotiations,
05:38we have to hold the decision of war and peace and not to have a parallel organization undermining
05:49the state.
05:50On the other hand, it is also obvious that we cannot accept that our territory be used
05:56as a target by Israel the way Lebanon is being targeted.
06:02Nassar's comments follow Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's order on Sunday to explain
06:08a military operation along Israel's northern border.
06:11Lebanese authorities warned the move could see additional land seized, describing it as
06:17an invasion and occupation of their territory.
06:20Earlier this month, Lebanon banned Hezbollah's military operations as tensions escalated.
06:25Nassar said his government has been clear that it rejects the use of Lebanese territory as
06:31a launchpad for Iran or its proxies against Israel.
06:35Nassar also urged Israel to respond to Lebanese president's call for negotiations, warning that
06:41further incursions could have a dramatic impact on the civilian population, already at risk of
06:46displacement and malnutrition.
06:52Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Shara, has made his first trip to London since the fall
06:56of long-time leader Bashar al-Assad, where he met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss
07:01the war in Iran.
07:02His visit comes after London announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria last year.
07:08The leaders discussed the need for a viable plan to reopen the Strategic Strait of Hormuz,
07:13which Iran has effectively closed since the beginning of the war, causing global oil prices
07:18to dramatically spike.
07:20They also spoke about ongoing hostilities in Syria and al-Shara's plans to address them.
07:25Since al-Shara has been in power, sectarian clashes have continued to cause repeated bloodshed in the
07:31country, and the so-called Islamic State terror group remains at large.
07:36Starmer welcomed the government's efforts at countering the violence and terrorism, noting
07:40that much progress has been observed.
07:42The British premier also urged closer cooperation with Damascus on the return of illegal migrants,
07:48border security, and tackling smuggling networks.
07:52Between 2011 and 2021, over 30,000 Syrian nationals were granted asylum in the UK after the civil
07:59war sparked a refugee crisis.
08:04A delegation of 12 European foreign ministers and the EU's top diplomat, Kayakalas, have arrived
08:10in Kyiv to mark the fourth anniversary of the atrocities in Bucha.
08:14The visit to the town where more than 400 bodies were discovered following the end of
08:19a month-long Russian occupation in 2022 serves as a grim reminder of the war crimes documented
08:24by the United Nations.
08:26While 26 member states pledged full accountability for the victims on Tuesday, the EU remains
08:31divided internally as Hungary did not sign the joint statement and continues to block
08:36a vital 90 billion euro loan for Kyiv.
08:38The anniversary falls at a critical time for Ukraine, with the International Committee's attention
08:43gripped by the escalating conflict in the Middle East, EU officials warned that the continent's
08:47biggest land war must not be forgotten.
08:50Kayakalas emphasized that accountability is an indispensable element of a lasting peace,
08:55even as US-mediated negotiations remain stalled.
08:58The EU will continue to provide military, financial, energy and humanitarian support,
09:03calla said in an earlier post on X.
09:14Sharing her story so we never forget, Jeannette Kolinka is one of the last Holocaust survivors
09:19in France.
09:20And despite the passing years, she continues to tell her story, sometimes several times a
09:25week, to audiences of all ages, from her arrest by the Gestapo at age 19, along with her father,
09:32brother and nephew in March 1944, to her long month spent in the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination
09:38camp.
09:39On exige de nous la nudité totale.
09:44Il faut enlever les culottes.
09:46La haine des nazis envers les juifs était telle que j'ai été chercher tous les détails
09:56qui pouvaient nous faire souffrir.
09:58Jeannette Kolinka was long reluctant to tell her story.
10:01It took a request from an association of former deportees and the persistent calls of an
10:06investigator from the Holocaust Foundation, a vast project to collect testimonies launched
10:12by American filmmaker Steven Spielberg in the early 2000s for her to commit to serving
10:17as an ambassador for Holocaust Remembrance.
10:20Today, she focuses her efforts on speaking in schools to pass on her story to younger generations.
10:25Alors, naturellement, on a dû me poser des questions.
10:30Et ce que je me rappelle, c'est la réponse que je faisais.
10:34Si ça devait arriver, encore une fois, j'espère que jamais, jamais, jamais, et que j'avais
10:43un enfant, eh bien, je préférerais l'étrangler de mes propres mains que de le faire subir
10:51ce que j'ai subi.
10:52Pour moi, c'était une réponse qui voulait tout dire.
10:56A powerful testimony followed by open discussions, the students are captivated.
11:01C'est une femme formidable.
11:02C'est formidable de l'avoir en face de nous.
11:04En fait, cette force de témoignage, cette force mentale qu'elle a d'être devant nous,
11:09d'être devant une salle pleine d'élèves.
11:11Et puis, on est tous hyper intéressés.
11:12C'est une joie pour nous d'être là.
11:13Je pense vraiment que cette femme est extraordinaire.
11:16Extraordinaire.
11:16On trouve le même mot pour la décrire.
11:18C'est magique d'entendre ça.
11:20C'est triste.
11:21Pour sa tireless commitment to passing on history, Jeannette Kolinka was named commander
11:26of the Order of Arts and Letters in 2024.
11:28Now over 101 years old, she says she wants to continue her visits to schools for as long
11:34as she can, to pass on her message of tolerance to the younger generation.
11:38Amen.
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