00:00The United States launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iran on Friday, severely testing a fragile interim ceasefire reached by the two
00:07nations a week ago.
00:09The confirmed death toll from catastrophic twin earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 920.
00:15The United Nations confirmed that more than 50,000 people are currently unaccounted for.
00:21A new Europol report has dealt into EU's most threatening criminal networks.
00:30The United States launched retaliatory airstrikes against Iran on Friday, presenting the most significant challenge yet to a fragile interim
00:37ceasefire reached by the two nations just one week ago.
00:41According to an official statement from U.S. Central Command, American aircraft struck multiple Iranian missile and drone storage locations
00:48alongside coastal radar sites in what the military termed a powerful response to unwarranted aggression.
00:54The operation followed a maritime incident on June 25 when Iranian forces utilized a one-way attack drone to strike
01:02the MB Ever Lovely, a Singaporean-flagged cargo ship, exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast.
01:10President Donald Trump declared the drone attack an absolute violation of the ceasefire, which was designed to safely reopen the
01:16critical international shipping lane to global commerce.
01:19In Tehran, the head of the Iranian parliament's National Security Commission, Ebrahim Azizi, dismissed the accusation, claiming the regional naval
01:28action was not a violation but rather a form of ceasefire management.
01:33As the International Maritime Organization halts its regional evacuation operations, CENTCOM confirmed its forces will continue to provide safe passage
01:42coordination and support, remaining highly vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement are fully observed.
01:53The confirmed death toll from the catastrophic twin earthquakes in Venezuela has risen to 920, as tens of thousands of
02:00residents remain missing across collapsed northern coastal towns.
02:04The United Nations Humanitarian Agency estimates that more than 50,000 people are currently unaccounted for after the sudden, shallow
02:107.2 and 7.5 magnitude tremors struck within less than a minute of each other, destroying entire residential complexes.
02:17As time rapidly runs out to recover survivors alive, desperate local volunteers and family members have been forced to dig
02:25through the pulverized concrete blocks with their bare hands due to a critical scarcity of state-deployed heavy machinery.
02:31The unfolding tragedy has also claimed the lives of numerous foreign nationals, as consular updates have confirmed the deaths of
02:3815 Portuguese citizens, 5 Spaniards, 7 Chinese nationals and 2 Brazilians, while European diplomatic missions report that over 200 Spanish
02:48and Portuguese citizens remain completely unaccounted for.
02:51The unfolding humanitarian tragedy has quickly triggered severe political backlash for interim president Delcy Rodriguez, who took office just six
02:58months ago following a fragile political transition.
03:01International rescue operations are now scrambling to fill the domestic operational void with specialized search and rescue teams from 17
03:08different nations already mobilizing on the ground.
03:15A new Europol report has delved into EU's most threatening criminal networks.
03:21A staggering 731 of them have been identified as operating within the EU, with over 400,000 members from 118
03:30nationalities.
03:31Their main business areas are drug trafficking, followed by fraud and online fraud.
03:36The EU's law enforcement agency highlights the rise of cybercrime in particular.
03:40Thank you for the question.
03:41All crime is nurtured online, is accelerated by area and technology.
03:48Criminal networks also exploit weaknesses in financial systems and global trade.
03:52They have a very strong financial backup.
03:56They use sophisticated countermeasures.
03:58They use high levels of corruption.
04:01They are globally internationally connected, cells across the EU and beyond, so an international enterprise.
04:08Europol stresses that targeting individuals is not enough.
04:12As long as the business model survives, others will step in and replace them.
04:16Hence, the EU agency recommends to strengthen cross-border law enforcement,
04:20invest more in disrupting criminal digital infrastructure,
04:23and to follow the money to recover criminal assets.
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