00:00At least seven people were killed in two separate strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut
00:05as Israel says it intends to occupy large parts of southern Lebanon.
00:09The EU Foreign Affairs Chief Karakala says that if Hungary continues to block
00:1490 billion euro loan for Ukraine, the EU will reconsider using Russian assets.
00:20A Russian tanker has arrived in Cuba marking the first oil delivery to the island
00:25in three months in what the US says was needed for humanitarian reasons.
00:31At least seven people were killed in two separate strikes on Lebanon's capital Beirut
00:36early on Wednesday, the Lebanese health ministry said.
00:40It added that at least 24 people had been injured as Israel claimed it had struck
00:45a senior Hezbollah commander and another member of the group.
00:49More Israeli strikes also hit southern Lebanon as fierce clashes with Hezbollah fighters continued.
00:56Meanwhile, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country intends to occupy large parts
01:02of southern Lebanon and the strongest language yet from Israel since invading its northern neighbor.
01:08Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz said his country's capital Beirut
01:12in the United States.
01:13In addition, there will be more than 600,000 residents of northern Lebanon who will be
01:17deployed in southern Lebanon until they will secure their security and safety of the eastern
01:23All the homes in the northern borders of Lebanon will be executed in terms of the Raviyak and
01:29B'at Khanun in Aza in order to ensure one and for forever the northern borders of the northern
01:36citizens of the northern countries.
01:36Lebanese Defense Minister Michel Manasseh quickly condemned the comments,
01:41saying the plans reflect a clear intention to impose a new occupation of Lebanese territory
01:47and forcibly displace hundreds of thousands of citizens.
01:52Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney denounced Israel's deployment of troops against Hezbollah
01:57targets in Lebanon as an illegal invasion that violates its integrity and sovereignty.
02:04Lebanese authorities say the war has so far killed more than 1,200 people and displaced more than 1 million.
02:17The United States and Israel have striked at least 132 cultural and historical sites in Iran,
02:24according to an Iranian UNESCO official. Numerous palaces and the mosques have been damaged.
02:45Fartusi accused the United States and Israel of intentionally targeting the sites,
02:51stressing they possess advanced technologies, enabling them to know what they are hitting.
02:57UNESCO said it provided all parties to the conflict with the coordinates of the heritage sites
03:02ahead of time to avoid damage.
03:28Iranian officials requested the United Nations Cultural Agency earlier this month,
03:34to add more sites to its enhanced protection lists.
03:44The European Union High Representative, Kaya Kalas, has said that if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban
03:51continues to block the 90 billion euro loan intended for Ukraine,
03:56the European Union will have to reconsider using frozen Russian assets.
04:01Kaya Kalas made the comments during a visit to Kyiv with several EU foreign ministers to commemorate
04:07the fourth anniversary of the Bucha massacre.
04:10The loan that we are working right now to deliver, that we agreed in the end of last year,
04:19but let me remind you that that was actually Plan B.
04:22Plan A was the use of frozen assets.
04:25So we should also keep in mind that if Plan B does not work, let's go back to Plan A.
04:32But we definitely need to deliver Ukraine the financing that they need to resist the Russian aggression.
04:41At the commemoration event, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy took the opportunity to emphasize
04:46that Europe's own security is also at stake because of the war.
04:50Russia must not be left in any position that it could see as better than before,
04:57not in territory, not in technologies, not in politics.
05:02This is essential for peace in Europe.
05:05Zelenskyy also said he was confident that the U.S. will also resume its support for Ukraine
05:11as soon as its attention is no longer tied in the Middle East conflict.
05:18A Russian oil tanker carrying 730,000 barrels of crude has arrived in Cuba,
05:24marking the first oil delivery the Caribbean island has received in three months.
05:29The island nation has been a target of the Trump administration since Washington's stunning
05:34intervention in Venezuela early in January, which saw the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.
05:40Trump accused Havana of providing personnel to secure Maduro's alleged narco-trafficking operations
05:46in exchange for oil and money and move to cut off all crude supplies and place sanctions against
05:52sales to Cuba.
05:53The White House says the shipment was allowed to address humanitarian issues.
05:58This is not a policy change.
06:00There has not been a formal change in sanction policy.
06:04As the president said last night, we allowed this ship to reach Cuba in order to provide humanitarian
06:09needs to the Cuban people.
06:11These decisions are being made on a case-by-case basis.
06:14And as the administration has said, Cuba's non-functional economy cannot be fixed unless
06:19they undergo dramatic political and leadership change.
06:22But there has been no formal change with respect to sanction policy.
06:26Officials in Cuba say the embargo has led to a near-total collapse of the country's medical sector,
06:31sector, impacted manufacturing industries, and energy services.
06:35The island has been grappling with long blackouts, severe shortages of food and critical medicine.
06:42Humanitarian organizations say much more oil needs to be delivered to Cuba to alleviate
06:46the unfolding humanitarian crisis.
06:53Syria's interim president, Ahmad al-Shara, has made his first trip to London since the fall
06:57of long-time leader Bashar al-Assad, where he met with Prime Minister Keir Starmer to discuss
07:02the war in Iran.
07:03His visit comes after London announced the resumption of diplomatic relations with Syria
07:08last year.
07:09The leaders discuss the need for a viable plan to reopen the Strategic Strait of Hormuz, which
07:14Iran has effectively closed since the beginning of the war, causing global oil prices to dramatically
07:19spike.
07:20They also spoke about ongoing hostilities in Syria, and al-Shara's plans to address them.
07:26Since al-Shara has been in power, sectarian clashes have continued to cause repeated bloodshed
07:32in the country, and the so-called Islamic State terror group remains at large.
07:37Starmer welcomed the government's efforts at countering the violence and terrorism, noting
07:41that much progress has been observed.
07:44The British premier also urged closer cooperation with Damascus on the return of illegal migrants,
07:50border security, and tackling smuggling networks.
07:52Between 2011 and 2021, over 30,000 Syrian nationals were granted asylum in the UK after the civil
08:00war sparked a refugee crisis.
08:07Three months after Greek authorities intervened to curb the outbreak of sheep pox, killing thousands
08:13of animals, farmers are in despair.
08:16By early March, authorities had curled over 480,000 sheep and goats in an effort to contain
08:23the disease, with the hardest-hit areas located in central and northern Greece.
08:30We have been in Anglismo for two ministries, who don't know when if the crops will come back,
08:37we will take Anglismo again.
08:38It's important to keep the animals out there, to keep the animals out there, to keep the animals
08:43out there, and to keep the cost of production.
08:46Farmers say the sharp decline in livestock and the resulting drop in milk production now poses
08:52a serious threat to feta.
08:54The famous cheese is one of Greece's most valuable export products.
08:58Since they've aged 500,000 to 600,000 people, the beef will be very reduced, the effect will
09:04be very reduced.
09:05It will be very reduced.
09:07The cheese producers in the region report that milk production has decreased by about 40% this
09:13year.
09:14As the country's main feta produce in the region, accounting for more than half of total exports,
09:20any disruption in Thessaly has nationwide repercussions.
09:24We have to reduce the growth of the life cycle, and we need to continue to produce less feta.
09:38According to industry estimates from the National Interprofessional Organization of Feta, by 2026,
09:46feta production may face a shortfall of approximately 20,000 tons due to reduced milk availability.
09:58Three same-sex couples tied the knot just after midnight at Amsterdam City Hall on Wednesday,
10:03in honour of the 25th anniversary of the world's first gay marriages.
10:09The celebration honoured the 2001 group wedding when four same-sex couples were married in a
10:15landmark ceremony for LGBTQ plus rights that paved the way for similar legislation in nearly
10:2040 countries around the world.
10:23Some of the couples who exchanged vows on that momentous night were present at the anniversary
10:28wedding ceremony, as well as Prime Minister Rob Jette, who himself is openly gay and plans
10:34to marry his partner soon.
10:36As a Prime Minister, I'm very proud that we celebrate 25 years of universal marriage here
10:40in the Netherlands.
10:41And also for me personally, I can still remember when I was 14 years old watching TV, seeing
10:46the first couples getting married here in Amsterdam.
10:48That was also very inspiring and emancipating for me personally, as it has been for so many
10:53others.
10:53While such weddings are commonplace now in the Netherlands, Jette says there is still more
10:58work to be done.
10:59Yeah, I think the Netherlands needs to get back on track, especially protecting trans persons
11:05in the Netherlands or creating better legislation for surrogacy to make sure that we become a
11:11top ten country again in terms of queer rights.
11:14Since 2001, more than 36,000 same-sex couples have married, according to the country's official
11:21statistics office.
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