00:00A hardline official in Tehran has issued a warning against any European military bases that are used by the U
00:06.S.
00:07Hussain Shariat Madari, a senior figure close to the late Ayatollah Khamenei,
00:12claimed Europe has virtually zero capacity to withstand an Iranian strike
00:16and argued that bases placed at the U.S.'s disposal being considered lawful targets.
00:21This direct threat follows the launch of the so-called Project Freedom,
00:25a U.S. military operation with the aim of breaking Iran's grip on the Strait of Hormuz.
00:30The U.S. Navy said its helicopters have already sunk six Iranian fastboats
00:34that were targeting civilian freighters in the waterway.
00:38Admiral Brad Cooper stated that a defensive umbrella of fighter jets and warship
00:42is now protecting ships leaving the Gulf.
00:45Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohamed Bakar Galibov claimed the situation in the Strait of Hormuz
00:50is intolerable for the United States and warned that its blockade would be curtailed.
00:55The conflict has meanwhile once again spread to neighbouring countries in the Middle East.
01:00The United Arab Emirates reported intercepting 12 ballistic missiles on Monday alone,
01:05while a residential building in Oman was also struck.
01:08Inside Iran, explosions were reported at port facilities in the south of the country.
01:17The Gulf is bracing itself for what could be a major escalation in the war with Iran.
01:24Now, attacks against the UAE resumed yesterday.
01:28The first major attacks since the ceasefire was announced earlier in April.
01:33We got those emergency warning alerts ringing out on our phones late afternoon, advising people to take shelter.
01:39We had 12 ballistic missiles.
01:42We had three cruise missiles and four drones targeting the UAE.
01:47There was, in addition to that, a major fire at the Fujaira oil zone,
01:51which resulted in the injury of three Indian nationals.
01:56Now, the foreign ministry have condemned these attacks.
01:59They have said they reserve the right to a full and legitimate response.
02:04Meanwhile, President Trump has said that Iran will be blown off the face of the earth
02:09if they continue to attack U.S. ships protecting commercial vessels in the Strait of Ormuz.
02:16Of course, this all feeds into the wider worry about regional stability here in the Middle East.
02:23Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
02:28Half-term travel plans are facing a major blow as global airlines announced the cancellation of 13,000 flights scheduled
02:35for May.
02:36According to the aviation firm Sirium, carriers have slashed nearly 2 million seats in just the past four years.
02:43Disruption is expected to hit families in the U.K. and mainland Europe particularly hard during the school days at
02:49the end of the month.
02:50The crisis is driven by a severe jet fuel shortage linked to the ongoing conflict in Iran.
02:56Since fighting began in February, fuel costs have more than doubled following the closure of the Strait of Hormuz,
03:02which has choked off a fifth of the world's oil supply.
03:05Major carriers, including British Airways, KLM and Turkish Airlines are all affected.
03:10Germany's Lufthansa is among the hardest hit, cutting 20,000 short-haul routes from its summer schedule and switching to
03:18smaller aircraft to conserve fuel.
03:20In the U.K., Transport Secretary Haide Alexander has announced a temporary suspension of airport slot rules.
03:26This allows operators like British Airways to cut flights without the risk of losing their positions to rivals.
03:33Passengers are being warned that those not facing outright cancellations may still be re-booked onto different days,
03:40potentially cutting their holidays short.
03:46Farmers in Cyprus are threatening protests due measures taken in response to the outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in
03:52February.
03:53The newly formed Cyprus Livestock Association said it is ready to take strong action even if financial aid is approved,
04:02unless authorities reconsider their aggressive strategy of containing the epidemic.
04:06The Association argued that European rules also allow for alternative approaches to managing the crisis.
04:14A government spokesperson, however, insisted that the response must strictly follow EU veterinary protocols
04:21and cannot be subject to political pressure.
04:25The measures are based on stamping out of infected and in-contact herds.
04:30EU control measures require the rapid eradication of the virus through the immediate stamping out of infected establishments.
04:38As a result, control measures may also apply to animals that appear healthy
04:42or for which test results may not yet be available in order to prevent further spread of the disease.
04:49The outbreak has so far led to the culling of more than 38,000 sheep and goats,
04:55more than 2,000 cattle and 21,500 pigs.
05:02The outbreak has been associated with the virus,
05:06also an among other victims due to the virus.
05:07The virus takes forever to long since the virus is up to the virus.
05:09I have a lot of emotions, including a virus which merited from the virus and other victims from the virus.
05:19I have a lot of emotions and a virus.
05:19I have a lot of emotions.
05:19The virus changes make the virus and that it is found in a virus.
05:23The virus changes make the virus and then it is realised.
05:33Einerseits beklagen sich wirklich viele über die Sauberkeit, also die sind eher erschrocken
05:38über die Verschmutzung. Die Verkehrssituation empfinden viele auch als sehr schwierig.
05:45Zugausfälle, S-Bahn-Ausfälle, überfüllte Busse und das sorgt für viele auch für Frust.
06:12Das Problem, wenn ein Hotel da gebaut wird, die Leute wollen auch schlafen und wenn diese Fenster in Richtung zum
06:20Club gehen,
06:21dann ist eben die Gefahr da, dass da Lärmanzeigen kommen und dass über kurz oder lang der Club schließen muss.
06:54Lärm-Ausfälle
11:00This was something I saw earlier, but it was blank, so I didn't know what it was all
11:03about, but we got to write on it, and I was able to commemorate my son who passed away
11:09in 2008, so I put something up in his memory, so I think that's pretty cool.
11:14We can leave something behind, so we can leave something, so we're glad we came at this time
11:19of year, perfect time.
11:20So, yeah, and we got the suit on and we'll get there.
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