00:00U.S. President Donald Trump has sent a stark warning to Iran saying Washington will quote
00:06completely decimate all areas of the country if Tehran was to attempt to assassinate him.
00:12Trump's threat came after many mourners of Iran's late supreme leader Ali Khamenei called for Trump's
00:18killing as they eulogized the former Ayatollah. They also held posters showing Trump and Israeli
00:24Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the scope of a rifle with their assassinations being
00:28retribution for the killing of their leader. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said thousands of
00:34missiles are locked and loaded should Tehran make such an attempt, adding that he had instructed
00:39the armed forces to carry out attacks for a one-year period, subject to extension.
00:45The warning comes a day after the U.S. President claimed that he had agreed to continue talks with
00:50the Islamic Republic, but reiterated that the ceasefire outlined in the framework deal signed
00:55last month was over. Tehran denied, requesting more talks with the U.S. and expressed their
01:00readiness to continue fighting. Hostility is renewed the last three days, with the U.S. directly striking
01:07Iran over what it called unjustified aggression against commercial shipping, and Iran has been
01:12responding with strikes of its own against U.S. bases in the Gulf.
01:18Moldovan President Maya Sandu has nominated prominent businessman Vasil Tofan as the country's
01:23next prime minister. If he receives the necessary backing by parliament, which is controlled by
01:27Sandu's party of action and solidarity, he will be tasked with moving Moldova closer to its goal of
01:33EU membership. His nomination comes after former Prime Minister Aleksandro Montejano resigned on July 3rd
01:39after just eight months on the job, citing differences with the ruling majority.
01:44In a public address, Sandu emphasized that Tofan's primary responsibilities will center on driving
01:49economic growth, reviving the domestic economy, and strengthening the overall institutional
01:54resilience of state security. To successfully secure the position, Tofan, a 44-year-old Harvard
02:00Business School graduate, will have to secure parliamentary backing within two weeks.
02:05He has no prior government experience and previously served as a managing partner at
02:09private equity firm, Horizon Capital. The development comes soon after the EU opened
02:13the first clusters of accession negotiations for Moldova and Ukraine.
02:20Another summer heatwave has gripped the French capital of Paris, forcing the closure of the
02:25city's landmarks, including the Eiffel Tower and the Lure Museum. Faced by the country's third heatwave
02:30since May, both announced they would be closing at 4 p.m. over the weekend to protect staff and
02:35visitors from scorching temperatures, while the Musée d'Orsay will similarly close from
02:405 p.m. through to Wednesday. Twenty-four departments across northwestern
02:45France are under a red heat alert on Saturday, according to Meteo France, affecting more than
02:5022 million people with certain areas, forecast to see temperatures as high as 39 degrees Celsius.
02:57To mitigate the risk to people's health, Paris Mayor Emmanuel Gregoire convened a crisis meeting
03:02to deploy emergency cooling measures, extend swimming pool hours, and establish dedicated
03:07hydration centers ahead of the upcoming Bastille Day holiday.
03:12The closures come amid yet another heatwave in Western Europe. In Spain, authorities suspect
03:17a wildfire which killed 12 people began when a power line broke due to the conditions caused
03:23by the country experiencing temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius.
03:29Tech giant Apple has filed a federal lawsuit against OpenAI accusing the artificial intelligence
03:35firm of orchestrating a coordinated campaign to steal its trade secrets as it attempts to
03:40build its own consumer hardware. According to the complaint filed in California, Apple
03:45uncovered a systematic pattern of intellectual property theft by former high-level employees,
03:50who later joined the Sam Altman-led firm. One former senior electrical engineer is accused
03:55of exploiting an authentication bug to secretly download dozens of confidential hardware files,
04:01including technical specifications for unreleased products and engineering presentations.
04:06The lawsuit also accuses OpenAI's chief hardware officer, Tang Yu-Tan, of illegally harvesting
04:12supplier data and instructing Apple candidates to bring actual Apple parts to interviews for
04:18show-and-tell sessions. In response to these allegations, a spokesperson said OpenAI has no interest
04:24in other companies' trade secrets, maintaining that it remains focused on building its own
04:29innovative technology. OpenAI is currently moving forward with its emerging hardware business,
04:34teasing the release of a small programmable keyboard called Codex Micro.
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