00:00Iran fired a major barrage of drones and ballistic missiles at several Gulf Arab countries
00:05after the U.S. renewed its offensive with new attacks on Sunday.
00:20Iran unleashed waves of major simultaneous missile and drone attacks across the Gulf
00:25on Sunday morning, targeting Qatar, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, and others hosting U.S. bases.
00:32The strikes come in response to a renewed U.S. offensive late on Saturday and into the early
00:37hours of Sunday, which Washington says were initiated after Iran targeted another ship in
00:43the choke point Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. Central Command said it carried out strikes on 140 Iranian
00:49positions after their forces struck a Cyprus-flagged container ship, setting it ablaze
00:55and forcing its crew to abandon it. Multiple loud booms shook Doha as Qatar's air defenses
01:00worked to intercept the incoming Iranian fire, which included a number of ballistic missiles,
01:06and alerted the public to remain indoors. Euronews journalists in Dubai say authorities
01:11there also sent similar warnings, as the country's defenses worked to neutralize threats targeting
01:16the emirate. Iran added that its latest attacks also targeted the Prince Hassan Air Base in
01:22Jordan, which occasionally hosts U.S. deployments, destroying a number of facilities.
01:28Oman's Dukhum port used by the U.S. Navy also came under fire, according to representatives of
01:34Iran's Revolutionary Guards. Tehran announced shortly after the U.S. attacks on Sunday that
01:40the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway where 20 percent of the world's oil typically passes,
01:45has been closed, bringing about fears of another global oil price crisis.
01:54A deadly wildfire that has killed at least 12 people in Spain's Almería province has been
02:00stabilized since Saturday afternoon. Calmer weather conditions have helped firefighting
02:04crews bring the blaze under control.
02:06...that is that we can give us this good news of the stabilisation of this incendio
02:15tan cruel, complex, difficult and terrible, as we have experienced.
02:22The initial balance is of 7.000 hectares quemadas, with a range of 40 kilometers, for
02:32to make sure we make an idea of the reach of this incendio in these days.
02:38The authorities have said that around 1,500 people who had been evacuated are now allowed
02:44to return home. They suspect that the wildfire began on Thursday when a power line broke during
02:49an extreme heat wave that has pushed temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius in recent weeks.
02:59Qatar's former ruler, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, passed away on Sunday at the age of 74,
03:04according to a statement by the Amiri Diwan, the Gulf country's official administrative office.
03:10In a statement, the Diwan attributed one of the country's greatest leaders, praising him for his
03:15kindness, humanitarian contributions, and vision that has transformed the desert nation on the global stage.
03:21Sheikh Hamad is the father of the current ruler, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, and was Amir between 1995 and
03:282013.
03:29He's widely recognised for bringing about huge social, industrial, economic, and cultural change in Qatar,
03:36with much of his work serving as foundation to the achievements the nation has accomplished in recent years.
03:41Sheikh Hamad was born in 1952, and went on to study at the UK Royal Military College Sandhurst,
03:48before returning and joining public service until becoming the crown prince in the late 1970s.
03:54Doha has declared a four-day period of national mourning for the remainder of the work week,
03:58which starts on Sundays in the Arab country.
04:01Flags will also be flown at half-mast for the duration of the mourning period.
04:09U.S. Republican senator and close Trump ally, Lindsey Graham, has died at 71 following a brief and sudden illness,
04:16his office announced.
04:18Graham was a prominent Republican voice on foreign policy.
04:22The senator had recently returned from Ukraine, where he met with President Vladimir Zelensky
04:26to discuss support for Kiev and sanctions on Russia.
04:30Graham also advised Trump on Iran, urging a more hawkish approach.
04:36Graham represented the state of South Carolina, was elected to the United States Senate in 2002
04:41after starting his career as a lawyer in the U.S. Air Force.
04:45He had been serving as the chairman of the Senate Budget Committee up until his death.
04:49And in Democratic support.
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