00:01Donald Trump has escalated threats against Iran as Washington's deadline for Tehran approaches.
00:10NASA's four Artemis II astronauts are homeward bound after successfully completing a lunar flyby that saw them travel deeper into
00:17space than any other humans.
00:20During his Easter Monday blessing, Pope Leo XIV said it was important that the Easter message of hope reaches the
00:27oppressed.
00:32U.S. President Donald Trump has once again escalated threats against Iran as Washington's deadline for Tehran approaches.
00:41Trump has threatened further strikes on Iranian power plants and other critical infrastructure if Iran fails to reopen the Strait
00:49of Hormuz before Tuesday night.
00:51The entire country could be taken out in one night, and that night might be tomorrow night.
00:58Trump detailed the rescue of one of the two U.S. military pilots shot down by Iranian forces.
01:03He described a large-scale operation involving 155 aircraft as well as efforts to mislead Iranian forces about the search
01:12location.
01:13He scaled cliff faces, bleeding rather profusely, treated his own wounds, and contacted American forces to transmit his location.
01:28Earlier on Monday, Iran has rejected a proposed 45-day ceasefire and called instead for a permanent end to the
01:35war.
01:36Meanwhile, fighting continues across the region.
01:39Israel and the United States carried out new strikes on Iran that reportedly killed more than 25 people.
01:46New figures suggest that more than 5,200 people have been killed across the Middle East since the war began
01:53on the 28th of February.
02:01NASA's four Artemis II astronauts are homeward bound after successfully completing a lunar flyby that saw them travel deeper into
02:08space than any other humans.
02:13Houston's mission control regained communication with the crew after an expected loss of contact for some 40 minutes as their
02:20spacecraft passed behind the far side of the moon.
02:23As they began their return towards Earth, U.S. President Donald Trump called and congratulated them, calling them modern-day
02:29pioneers who made history.
02:31We were just at complete peace and just doing our job and just trying to do a good job to
02:37collect as much science data as we could while we were on the far side of the moon.
02:41And we were just giddy in here, like, of our lives.
02:45He's being a bit humble, but as soon as we went out of calm with planet Earth, we did have
02:50maple cookies.
02:51As we just gathered together for about 30 seconds, each one of us had a maple cream cookie and then
02:57right back into the science.
02:58But we had to take a moment to honor that time going behind the moon and out of touch with
03:05Earth, and that was a very surreal moment for this crew.
03:09Astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover, Christina Koch, and Jeremy Hansen spent hours sending back detailed observations of the moon as
03:16they passed around it.
03:17They also observed a total solar eclipse after completing the flyby.
03:21Their mission sets the stage for a moon landing by two astronauts near the moon's south pole on Artemis IV
03:27in 2028.
03:34Greek Prime Minister Kayakos Mitsotakis asked the European Public Prosecutor's Office to launch, without delay,
03:42proceedings against lawmakers suspected of involvement in an alleged fraud related to EU agricultural subsidies.
03:49Mitsotakis requested the lifting of immunity of the 11 MPs who are under investigation.
03:54With the fact that the Western political politics has made the effort to protect the authority of the authority,
04:00I will say that I will do whatever I have to go from my hand to counteract it.
04:04And that's why I ask from the European Parliament, after the abandonment of our employees,
04:10to move swiftly, in all the critical efforts, and to decide if, in which, in which and in which,
04:20The Greek Prime Minister proposed to make the roles of Minister and Member of Parliament incompatible
04:26after the 2027 elections.
04:28He suggested MPs would be replaced by the first runner-up
04:32for as long as they participate in the Council of Ministers
04:35alongside an enhancement of the role of MP.
04:44In Spain, the coalition government led by Pedro Sánchez
04:48has developed a plan to phase out nuclear power plants
04:51in favour of a transition towards clean energy.
04:54However, the blackout the country suffered last April 2025
04:58has reopened the debate on whether nuclear energy remains essential.
05:03Euronews has spoken with the head of the EU mission
05:06that visited the Almaraz nuclear power plant in February to assess its condition.
05:11He was concerned about the economic implications of a potential plan closure
05:15for the rural Extremadura region,
05:18such as raising unemployment and companies' relocations.
05:21Five GDP come from the Almaraz power plant
05:29and municipal budget is based on a nuclear power plant in this region.
05:40According to him, Spain's nuclear power phase out
05:43would increase its dependency on energy imports
05:46from neighbouring countries such as France and Morocco,
05:49while European companies are facing Donald Trump's tariffs
05:52and Chinese competition.
05:54They need cheap energy to remain competitive, the MEP said.
05:58We should have the cheapest energy in the European Union.
06:03And if we have a very, very expensive energy system,
06:09that a lot of companies moved our company to China, to USA, to other places.
06:22The EU itself has advocated for extending the lifespan of nuclear power plants
06:28to strengthen its energy independence.
06:36Ukraine and Syria pledged greater security cooperation in Damascus on Sunday
06:42as Kiev pushes to deepen security ties across the Middle East.
06:46Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's meeting with Syrian Interim President Ahmad Al-Shara
06:52marked Zelensky's first trip to Syria since dictator Bashar al-Assad's fall in 2024.
06:58Zelensky wrote on X that discussed the war in the Middle East and Ukraine
07:03and that there is a strong interest in exchanging military and security experience
07:08between their two countries.
07:09The visit follows Zelensky's trip to Turkey and several Gulf countries last week
07:22against the backdrop of the Iran war
07:24as he sought to clinch security deals
07:26and exchange Ukrainian drone expertise for air defense missiles.
07:36Helmets on, the cross of Christ in hand, hundreds of motorcyclists gathered
07:40and everything is ready for the traditional Easter procession of bikers.
07:45Nearly 20 years ago, Father Avellino Alves combined his faith with his passion for motorcycles
07:50and began a new ritual.
07:53The mission is to carry the cross through the communities to mark the resurrection of Christ.
07:58The people already know that this day, it is the ida of motards.
08:02We went there, as Pope Francisco said, to the peripheries,
08:06to go to the periphery, to say to people in a different world,
08:10to say that there is Christ and there is people different who believe it.
08:14Since 2007, the initiative has been growing
08:17and every Easter Sunday morning, hundreds of motorcyclists gather in front of the church
08:22in Pero Pinheiro, a parish in the town of Sintra,
08:26to begin the procession towards the center.
08:28Those who participate promise to continue for many more years.
08:32We are here. This is our family on the day of Pascua.
08:44Pope Leo XIV stressed it was important that the Easter message of hope,
08:49derived from Jesus' resurrection after being crucified,
08:53reaches the oppressed during his Easter Monday blessing at the Vatican.
08:58Pope Leo XIV also remembered his death.
08:59I think that the people who are persecuted by the war,
09:03the Christians who are persecuted for their faith,
09:07the children who are deprived of instruction.
09:24Pope Leo XIV also remembered his predecessor, Pope Francis,
09:29a profound witness of faith and love.
09:32Pope Francis died last year on Easter Monday on the 21st of April,
09:36following a long illness.
09:44Beneath the hustle and bustle of Paris' boulevards lies an empire of silence.
09:48Twenty meters underground, the catacombs are not just a labyrinth of stone,
09:53but the guardian of a staggering legacy.
09:55Since the 18th century, the sanctuary has housed the remains of millions of Parisians.
10:01From the anonymous victims of the revolution to the great figures of history,
10:06the very soul of the capital rests here, frozen in limestone.
10:09Pope Leo XIV was born in Paris between the 10th and the 18th century.
10:16So even if we don't know how many victims are, there are millions of people.
10:19And we have the charge of preserving this place.
10:24And to preserve this place, it was urgent to do some work
10:27to improve the technical installations, the ventilation, the light, the electricity.
10:34Faced with the ravages of time and humidity,
10:37certain sections of femurs and skulls have undergone meticulous restoration
10:41to bring back the full impact of the site's macabre architecture.
11:05The result of a colossal effort, this marks a true renaissance for the catacombs.
11:11Between sublime scenography and immersive sound,
11:14every detail has been reimagined to offer the 2,000 daily visitors
11:18an unprecedented sensory journey into the heart of this sanctuary unique in the world.
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