00:01Tehran has hit back at claims by U.S. President Donald Trump that he would declare the Strait
00:06of Hormuz as U.S. territory, asserting that the waterway would remain Iranian.
00:11Trump made the comment while speaking at a rally in New York.
00:15It was unclear how serious his statement was, and U.S. administration officials later briefed
00:21U.S. media that he was joking.
00:23And after we finish defeating Iran, which is being very badly defeated, pretty soon I'll
00:31be declaring the Hormuz Strait a territory of the United States.
00:37Essentially, that's what it is.
00:39We have the blockade.
00:41No ships get through unless we want them to.
00:44In response, Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghalibabadi said that the Strait of Hormuz
00:51has been Iranian, is Iranian, and will remain Iranian.
00:55Referring to whether the U.S. or Iran are in charge of the Strait, he claimed the waterway
01:00would only be closed and opened under Iran's command.
01:04Along with Iran's nuclear program, the Strait has been one of the key sticking points in
01:09intermittent talks between Washington and Tehran.
01:15Lebanese leaders have condemned strikes by Israel on southern Lebanon that killed at
01:20least 11 people, including three children and two women.
01:24The attacks hit Anzar and Deir al-Zahrani in one of Lebanon's deadliest incidents since
01:29a U.S.-led framework agreement aimed at easing hostilities was reached in June.
01:34With the two sides scheduled to continue talks in Rome next month, Lebanese President Joseph
01:38Aoun said the strike sent a clear message on the negotiation process and U.S. efforts to
01:43implement the agreement.
01:45Israel said its strikes came in response to a Hezbollah attack on IDF troops in the Ali
01:50al-Tahar Ridge Security Zone.
01:52Beyond the Israeli response, Hezbollah warned that the latest attacks would be met with an
01:57appropriate response and urged Lebanese authorities to stop pursuing U.S.-led negotiations.
02:05Under the June framework, Israeli forces were to gradually withdraw from Lebanon pending verified
02:10disarmament of non-state armed groups and dismantling of associated infrastructure.
02:21Several European countries continue to battle with wildfires as they face sweltering temperatures
02:27and dry landscapes, leading to the evacuation of thousands. In France's Lende region, a hundred
02:34more residents and holidaymakers were forced to evacuate around the town of Luglon after a forest fire
02:42reignited early Saturday, according to authorities. In Germany's Eiffel region, a major fire has caused
02:49at least 1,800 people to evacuate from the town of Hurtgenwald, where some 1,400 firefighters battled
02:57the blaze. Meanwhile, a major forest fire broke out on Friday on the Croatian island of Dugi Otok,
03:04where more than 100 firefighters are battling the flames, which are threatening many homes.
03:10In Spain, firefighters and emergency military unit members battled to contain a devastating wildfire
03:17overnight into Saturday in Spain's Huesca region. Thousands of hectares have already been destroyed
03:23and hundreds of people have been forced to evacuate as the fire threatened populated areas
03:28and two historic monasteries. British academic Jason Arday, who had been at the center of a plagiarism
03:38row, was found there on Friday, a week after he resigned from his role. Police said the 41-year-old
03:44was
03:44found unresponsive at an address in South London. Arday made headlines in 2023 when the University of
03:52Cambridge appointed him as its youngest black professor at the age of 37, but he subsequently
03:58faced growing claims that he had plagiarized parts of his PhD thesis. UK Prime Minister Andy Burham called
04:05his death a tragedy on many levels and urged people not to rush to any judgment.
04:09We are very grateful. In a statement following his death, Arday's family denounced what they
04:14called a campaign of harassment since he was employed by Cambridge. The plagiarism allegations
04:19intensified last month when they were seized on by British right-wing newspapers and commentators
04:24who claimed Arday had unfairly benefited from diversity, equality and inclusion policies.
04:31He has previously admitted to making academic mistakes, but argued that he was being wrongly portrayed as a liar.
04:39We know the magic of a guy who corresponds to an unerгиous antitrust, right?
04:39We understand quite a lot of our work with us.
04:39We know that this time we have been a lead in this situation, that we're going to do
04:40The family is something that we have not been a member of the family.
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