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00:00Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has warned Washington that U.S. involvement in the conflict would lead to irreversible damage.
00:11Trump is set to sign an executive order extending the deadline for the Chinese sale of TikTok by 90 days.
00:18The Dutch government is advising parents not to allow children under the age of 15 to use social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram, citing psychological and physical health concerns.
00:35The advisory also calls for children to only receive their first smartphone in their last year of primary school.
00:42The guidelines, which are not legally binding, come after a group of experts and scientists put together a request after finding that intense screen time and social media usage can result in physical and psychological problems in children.
00:59They distinguish between messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal and sites like Instagram and TikTok, which experts say are made to be more addictive.
01:08Parents are also being advised not to allow any screen time at all until the age of two.
01:20Sources have told Euronews Israel could be the first country to be targeted by a reform of the EU's mechanism to suspend short-stay visa-free travel into the bloc in Schengen area.
01:29The conflict between Israel and Iran has entered its sixth day of open hostilities, with fresh Israeli airstrikes targeting Tehran overnight and into Wednesday afternoon.
01:42Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei strongly rejected U.S. calls for surrender, delivering a warning to Washington.
01:49The word of America is 100% of the world.
01:59The word in this world is more than 100%.
02:05The word in the world is more than 100%.
02:07The word in the world is more than 100%.
02:10The Ayatollah's comments come a day after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded unconditional
02:25surrender in a social media post, adding that the U.S. knows where he is but has no plans
02:31to kill him yet.
02:33The latest Israeli strikes hit one facility used to make uranium centrifuges and another
02:39that made missile components, the Israeli military said.
02:42Iran has fired fewer missiles as the conflict has worn on.
02:46It has not explained the decline, but Israel has targeted launchers and other infrastructure
02:50related to the missiles.
02:56British MPs on Tuesday voted to decriminalize abortion for women in England and Wales.
03:02The amendment passed with 379 votes to 137 and is the biggest change to abortion laws for
03:12almost 60 years.
03:14It means that women who terminate their pregnancy after 24 weeks will no longer risk being investigated
03:21by police.
03:21Have it unlocked!
03:25The financial and the emotional trauma and also having your whole personal life being
03:32public knowledge in a court of law, it's just wrong.
03:36So this is a really simple amendment.
03:39It's been backed by over 300 MPs today.
03:43And once this bill passes in the House, that law will come into place straight away.
03:48Anti-abortion groups oppose the measures, arguing it will open the door to abortion on demand
03:56at any stage of pregnancy.
03:58But the law will still penalize anyone who assists a woman, including medical professionals,
04:04in getting an abortion outside the existing legal framework.
04:08Under current law, doctors can legally carry out abortions in England, Scotland and Wales
04:13up to 24 weeks, and beyond that under special circumstances.
04:18U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order this week to extend
04:29by 90 days the deadline for the Chinese owner of TikTok to divest from the social media platform.
04:37It's the third time Trump has delayed enforcement of a congressionally mandated ban on the app,
04:43which was originally set to take effect in January,
04:46unless the company had sold or made significant progress towards selling its U.S. assets.
04:54After starting his second presidential term, Trump extended the deadline to early April,
05:00and then again to the 19th of June, after the app helped to boost his support among young voters
05:06in the 2024 election.
05:09A deal to transfer TikTok's U.S. operations to a U.S.-run firm was also shelved in spring,
05:16after China backed out following Trump's announcement of global tariffs.
05:22Democratic senators argue Trump lacks the legal authority to extend the deadline
05:27and claim the proposed deal full short of legal requirements.
05:34Pope Leo XIV warned on Wednesday that high-tech weaponry makes the world a much more dangerous place,
05:40and that deploying them on battlefields could bring a level of barbarity far greater than that of past times.
05:47The heart of the Church is fractured by the grids that are raised from the war places,
05:55in particular from Ukraine, from Iran, from Israel, from Gaza.
06:02We do not have to get used to the war.
06:06Indeed, we must push, as a temptation, the fascination of powerful and sophisticated weapons.
06:14So, in the name of human dignity and international rights,
06:21I repeat to the responsible ones what Pope Francis said.
06:27The war is always a defeat.
06:31And with Pope Leo XII, nothing is lost with peace.
06:37Everything can be with war.
06:40Speaking to the crowd gathered in St. Peter's Square, the Pope appealed for peace.
06:44The Dutch government is advising parents not to allow children under the age of 15
06:56to use social media platforms such as TikTok and Instagram,
07:00citing psychological and physical health concerns.
07:04The advisory also calls for children to only receive their first smartphone
07:09in their last year of primary school.
07:11The guidelines, which are not legally binding,
07:16come after a group of experts and scientists put together a request
07:20after finding that intense screen time and social media usage
07:24can result in physical and psychological problems in children.
07:28They distinguish between messaging apps like WhatsApp and Signal
07:32and sites like Instagram and TikTok,
07:34which experts say are made to be more addictive.
07:37Parents are also being advised not to allow any screen time at all until the age of two.
07:50Israel could be the first country to be targeted by a reform to the EU's mechanism
07:54to suspend short-stay visa-free travel into the bloc and Schengen area,
07:59multiple sources have told Euronews.
08:01The new rules agreed on Tuesday between the European Parliament and Member States
08:05amend the grounds for suspending visa-free schemes
08:08to include violations of international human rights or humanitarian law.
08:13This would apply to decision-makers responsible for the breaches.
08:16So we are not targeting any single country,
08:22but actually we are trying to boost and to help the Commission
08:28the tool that allows us to implement the human rights and the international law.
08:36But sources say Israel, which is among a list of 61 countries
08:41whose citizens enjoy visa travel to the Schengen area for short stays,
08:46could be first targeted as it field accusation of war crimes
08:49and crimes against humanity in its war on Gaza.
08:52To trigger the mechanism, the European Commission will have to issue
08:56an implementing act calling for such a suspension,
08:59which will require the approval of Member States
09:01with only a qualified majority necessary to block the motion.
09:04Countries in the Schengen area can also request the mechanism be triggered
09:09by notifying the Commission they believe the criterias have been met.
09:12Both the Parliament and the Council now need to formally approve the new rules.
09:19The world's largest annual kite festival is underway on the Danish island of Farno,
09:26bringing together more than 5,000 enthusiasts from countries across Europe, Asia and the US.
09:32Known as the Farno International Kite Flyers Meeting,
09:37this year also marks a special milestone for the festival.
09:40We're happy to be able to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Farno International Kite Flyers Meeting
09:47because it went from a very small, not even a festival, just a couple of tourist flying kites,
09:54and then to now where we, after 40 years, we are the biggest kite flyers meeting in the world.
10:02Kites originated in Asia and later made their way to Europe,
10:06where they evolved into both popular children's toys and instruments for scientific discovery.
10:12A standout example is the festival's 100-metre-long Indonesian kite,
10:18which was first paraded through Nordby,
10:21a historic Danish seafaring village dating back to the Viking Age.
10:26In Indonesia, kites hold a deep meaning,
10:30serving as cultural expressions, spiritual symbols and intricate works of art.
10:35Throughout the festival, there will be a number of events,
10:40including themed kite competitions and workshops by Indonesian kite makers.
10:52The Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued heat stroke advisories across the country.
10:58Record temperatures were logged in 14 cities for June,
11:04while in central Tokyo, the mercury hit 34.4 degrees Celsius,
11:09which is unusually high for this time of year.
11:14I'm pretty much treating it like it's August right now,
11:18because this is standard weather for August.
11:21According to local authorities, one person died
11:24and more than 50 people were sent to hospital due to heat strokes on Wednesday.
11:28Every summer, Japanese officials urge the public, especially elder people,
11:35to seek shelter in air-conditioned rooms to avoid heat stroke.
