00:00The EU's civil protection mechanism has sent hundreds of rescuers to find more than 68,000 people still missing following
00:07devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
00:11Iran launched fresh strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait in retaliation for strikes launched by the US.
00:20France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since Wednesday as a record-breaking heatwave struck much of
00:27Western Europe for days.
00:31Iran launched fresh strikes on Bahrain and Kuwait early on Sunday in retaliation for strikes launched by the US on
00:38the Islamic Republic, further straining negotiations to end the war.
00:43US Central Command said it struck Iranian military targets following an attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
00:50on Saturday.
00:52Iran's Revolutionary Guard said on Sunday they were taking measures to control traffic in the vital strait and that violating
00:58vessels would be dealt with more firmly than before.
01:02It comes after a multinational maritime body overseen by the US Navy said Saturday that it would expand a route
01:08near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz to allow for inbound and outbound traffic.
01:13Sunday strikes follow a similar back-and-forth that occurred just days prior when an Iranian drone struck a merchant
01:20vessel off the coast of Oman on Thursday, and the US military retaliated with strikes.
01:26The exchanges underscore the fragility of a Pakistan-brokered peace process that led to a memorandum of understanding between the
01:33United States and Iran reached in mid-June.
01:40Several Iraqi political officials were arrested early on Sunday on corruption charges, Iraq's state-run Iraqi news agency reported.
01:48The arrests were reportedly based on a statement made by the former deputy minister of oil, who was arrested last
01:54month.
01:55Iraqi security forces carried out raids inside the heavily fortified green zone compound that houses key government institutions and foreign
02:02embassies.
02:03The arrests are likely to have ripple effects across Iraq's fractured political landscape, where accusations of corruption frequently intersect with
02:10rivalries over power and influence.
02:16The EU's civil protection mechanism has sent 700 rescuers and experts from 12 countries to find more than 68,000
02:24people still missing following devastating earthquakes in Venezuela.
02:29Experts say the first 72 hours after natural disasters are the key narrow window for finding the living.
02:36After that, the search becomes one of recovering bodies.
02:40At the end of Saturday, authorities reported that the death toll had reached 1,430, with more than 3,200
02:47people injured.
02:50In total, 24 countries from around the world have sent 521 tons of supplies, 86 units with dogs trained to
02:58locate people trapped beneath the rubble,
03:00and more than 2,700 search and rescue personnel, according to Venezuela's acting president, Delcey Rodriguez.
03:07EU Foreign Policy Chief Caia Cala said she had held a call with Rodriguez to convey European solidarity
03:13and the mobilization of 5 million euros in emergency assistance.
03:16In addition, Pope Leo XIV prayed on Sunday for the hundreds of Venezuelans who died in the quakes and reiterated
03:24support for the victims' relatives.
03:30France has recorded around 1,000 more deaths than expected since Wednesday, as a record-breaking heatwave struck much of
03:38Western Europe for days.
03:39The agency said areas under red alert for heat had been particularly badly affected,
03:45and 85 percent of the deaths had been those aged 65 and over.
03:49Parts of France have topped 40 degrees this week, piling pressure on hospitals and first responders amid a surge in
03:55emergency call-outs.
03:57Temperatures soared to record highs across Europe this week.
04:01According to the latest forecasts, they remained particularly intense on Sunday in Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland,
04:08while they slowly began to ease across the Netherlands, Belgium, and France.
04:13Germany experienced its highest temperature on record of 41.5 degrees on Saturday afternoon,
04:19while Danish authorities said temperatures had reached 37 degrees, the highest since records began in 1874.
04:27Scientists have shown that recurring heatwaves are a clear marker of global warming driven by humans burning fossil fuels,
04:33and warned they are set to become more frequent, longer, and more intense.
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