00:00The United States military has intensified its air campaign against Iran for a sixth consecutive night,
00:06striking key civilian infrastructure across the south of the country early on Friday, killing at least seven people.
00:13Iranian state media reported that American precision strikes destroyed strategic transit bridges in the coastal city of Bandar Kamir,
00:21while separate aerial waves heavily damaged the Iranshar Airport and a vital railway junction station in Bandar Abbas.
00:30The direct targeting of transport links follows a formal confirmation from U.S. Central Command,
00:35which stated that a coordinated force of fighter jets, warships, and combat drones successfully degraded dozens of Iranian logistics,
00:43coastal surveillance, and air defense installations.
00:47In immediate retaliation, Tehran launched extensive ballistic attacks against American military infrastructure in Bahrain and Kuwait,
00:54declaring the strikes a justified act of revenge for the homeland's fallen martyrs.
01:00The conflict spilled further into the Gulf as Qatar's defense ministry reported intercepting multiple incoming missiles over Doha early on
01:07Friday,
01:08with authorities confirming that a child was wounded by falling metallic debris.
01:13The rapid expansion of the combat zone appears to mark the end of the brief interim deal,
01:18returning the region to all-out war despite President Donald Trump declaring in a prime-time White House address that
01:25Washington is winning big in Iran.
01:31Andy Burnham has been named as the Labour Party's new leader and is set to take over as the UK's
01:38seventh prime minister in a decade on Monday.
01:42Burnham was announced as the new head of the party at a special press conference on Friday.
01:47Burnham voted to sweep changes to British politics and criticised his generation of politicians for not doing enough for working
01:56-class people across the UK.
01:58We are united and we put the power that comes from that unity at the service of people and places
02:06who have been waiting too long for politics to let them hope again.
02:12And that's what we're going to do everybody, we're going to give them hope back.
02:17Burnham has focused on the idea of devolution, pledging to help power flow into other parts of the UK.
02:23He also said he would put an end to trickle-down economics and neoliberalism and undertake the largest council house
02:30-building program since World War II.
02:37Overnight strikes on Ukraine have killed seven people over the last 24 hours, according to officials, and injured dozens more.
02:45Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said the Kremlin targeted a number of areas across the country.
02:50Local officials reported attacks in the northern Sumi and Kharkiv regions, the southern Odessa, Kherson, and Zaporizhia regions, as well
03:00as Donetsk, part of the industrial Donbass region.
03:03Zelensky says Russia fired more than 130 strike drones, most of which were intercepted, and eight missiles across the border
03:11into the early hours of Friday.
03:13The strikes targeted civilian areas as well as energy infrastructure, causing power outages in several regions.
03:21Meanwhile, Kyiv has been conducting strikes of its own targeting Russia's energy sector, which it says has been the financial
03:27arm of Moscow's war.
03:29The Russian Defense Ministry says its forces intercepted 243 drones fired from Ukraine early on Friday, targeting oil facilities and
03:38energy grids.
03:42The narrow stretch of water behind me is one of the world's most important trade routes, and Iran and its
03:48allies are now threatening to shut it down.
03:49The Houthis in Yemen, backed by Tehran, are reported to be preparing to close the Bab al-Mandeb Strait, which
03:57is just behind me here.
03:58It's a move that would send shockwaves through the global economy.
04:01It's widely seen as Iran flexing its power across the region.
04:05A second front alongside its pressure on the Strait of Hormuz.
04:09The European mission down beneath us is simple. It's this to change that, to protect the ships that come through
04:15to keep this corridor open.
04:18Seeing this from the air, you understand the scale of what's at stake.
04:22What looks like a thin strip of water is actually one of the most important things in the European economy
04:29right now.
04:29That is why the EU's foreign policy chief, Kaya Kallis, is here in Djibouti. Today she signed a new security
04:36agreement with the Djiboutian government to ramp up Europe's presence and visited both the EU's naval missions patrolling these waters,
04:44warning that recent Houthi missile attacks on Saudi Arabia are a sign that instability on land becomes insecurity at sea.
04:51It's about more than supporting European operations. It's about keeping one of the world's economic lifelines open together.
05:01A speed ease defends shipping in the Red Sea. And in just over two years, it's said it's protected more
05:07than 670 merchant ships and saved 128 seafarers.
05:12Atalanta, running since 2008, guards against piracy off of Somalia.
05:17If this strait were to be choked off too, with Iran already disrupting Hormuz, the cost would reach European homes
05:24and businesses.
05:25For now, Europe is moving to keep this open.
05:32U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down on claims of voter fraud and interference during a primetime address to the
05:38nation on Thursday.
05:40The U.S. leader has previously used such assertions to deny his loss in the 2020 election.
05:45Trump said he would release classified documents that showed Chinese interference.
05:51Over a period of years, starting during the 2020 election cycle, the People's Republic of China carried out what is
05:59believed to be the largest compromise of election data in history, resulting in China's illicit acquisition of 220 million U
06:10.S. voter files.
06:13His renewed allegations contradict previous investigations that could not find any evidence of significant voter fraud in the 2020 election.
06:21Democrats warned that Trump was trying to revive the false claims ahead of November's midterms, in which the Republican Party
06:27is facing political headwinds over the war in Iran.
06:32Trump's claims risks straining ties between Beijing and Washington.
06:36Earlier this year, Trump met Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, describing him as a great leader and a friend,
06:42and extended an invitation for the Chinese leader to visit the White House in September.
06:52The U.S. President Xi Jinping in the U.S.
06:53Christopher Nolan's highly anticipated film The Odyssey, inspired by Homer's epic poem, is being screened in theaters around the world.
06:59Greek teacher Philip Manjaris is looking forward to seeing the film, but for him, the Odyssey is much more than
07:05a movie.
07:06It is part of his everyday work.
07:08In the classroom, he introduces his students to the adventures of the King of Ithaca, striving to inspire them with
07:13the beauty and enduring value of ancient Greek literature.
07:44The students are encouraged to examine Odysseus in the future.
07:52It is a story that has taught us a lot of things.
07:56It tells us that we don't understand and use our mind and not the beauty, and I believe that we
08:03should continue to study.
08:07Beyond the classroom, many children first encounter the Odyssey through theater.
08:12The actor Manos Pinji portrays Odysseus in a stage production designed for children and teenagers.
08:19The acclaimed actor believes that in addition to entertaining young audiences, the play helps them build a deeper connection with
08:26the Homeric world.
08:44The production regularly attracts families as well as school groups from Athens and the surrounding regions.
08:51The film .
08:52Music .
09:31Right now I'm gonna make some small, small highlights like this is shining so everything will be more realistic and
09:40more round. The sound is gonna bounce so this sharp line here gonna be even more sharp and the eyelids
09:49I'm gonna work a little bit on.
09:54They give you a wall or a canvas where you can express yourself, you can do your art and give
10:01your culture to others and take culture from others.
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