00:00Head of the Christian Catholic Church, Pope Leo XIV has appealed to all actors involved in the ongoing war in the Middle East and beyond to end the battles because, according to the Pope, war only amplifies or creates more problems and no amount of military victory can compensate the pains of mothers, the stolen futures and the fear of children, emphasizing that war does not solve problem.
00:23According to Vatican News, Pope Leo XIV appeals for an end to the tragedy of war, especially in the Middle East, and recalls that war only amplifies problems and creates deep wounds without providing lasting solutions.
00:38Speaking at the Angelus Address on Sunday, the Pope said, alarming news continues to arrive from the Middle East, especially from Iran.
00:46In this dramatic scenario, which includes Israel and Palestine, continued the Pope, the daily suffering of the population, especially in Gaza and other territories, risks being forgotten, even as the need for adequate humanitarian aid becomes ever more urgent.
01:03Today more than ever, humanity cries out and pleads for peace, he said.
01:09The Pope said the cry for peace, demands responsibility and reason and must not be drowned out by the roar of weapons or by rhetorical words that incite conflict.
01:19We have reported that the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu has commended President Trump of the United States, US over the night attack the US military for the first time for years carried out on Iranian cities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan, saying, like him and President Trump do say that peace comes through strength, the US troops acted with a lot of strength while bombing the nuclear facilities in the three cities of Iran.
01:46We have reported that the United States, US President, Donald Trump has confirmed that the US military troops have attacked nuclear facilities in the Iranian cities of Fordow, Natanz and Isfahan on Saturday night June 21, 2025 according to US local time of Pacific Standard Time, PST which was already early morning night on Sunday June 22, 2025 for countries on Greenwich meantime,
02:15GMT, saying, the US military attacks on Iran was completely successful as White House published photographs of President Trump and his cabinet members said to be watching the US operations in Iran nuclear sites.
02:29Although no authority in Iran has issued any statement over the attacks and some of the media in Iran are yet to give update on the conditions of things in the three cities.
02:40But an apparent military insider media of Iran armed forces.
02:44Daily Iran military tweeted that residents in the vicinity of Fordow reported no indication of a major explosion while also adding that the deputy political editor of Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB,
02:57was on live TV program in the station saying Iran has already evacuated three nuclear sites some time ago.
03:05This, Israel Defense Forces, IDF earlier on Saturday night posted an aerial view recorded video of the Israeli troops bombing a location said to be Isfahan nuclear site facility said the Iranian uranium enrichments reconversion were taking place.
03:21We had already struck the site in the operations opening blow, and last night, we struck it again in a wide-scale strike to reinforce our achievements.
03:32This is how the site now looks following the latest strike.
03:35We have reported that 22 persons suspected to be spies have been arrested in the Iranian province of Om.
03:42With an apparent military insider media that operate with a verified ex-social media handle,
03:47Iran armed forces stating that the 22 individuals were linked to Israeli intelligence services,
03:54and police authority in Om according to AFP confirmed the arrest of the 22 persons.
03:59The police said there are Israeli spies, this, Israel Defense Forces, IDF in a statement issued on Saturday morning said,
04:08that Israeli troops in a precise attack killed the commander of the Palestine Corps of the Quds Force,
04:14Saeed Azadi in Om.
04:16We have reported that the India Ministry of External Affairs in a statement issued on Tuesday,
04:21says the government of India has moved India students in Tehran out of the Iranian capital city due to safety concerns
04:29following the continuous exchange of air bombardments between Israel and Iran,
04:34while at the same time, the government of India advised other citizens in Tehran that can afford their own transport fare
04:40to leave the Iranian capital city immediately, adding that,
04:44some citizens of India have been evacuated out of Iran completely through the border with Armenia.
04:50This, the India Embassy in Israel had on Sunday advised persons of India origin not to move unnecessarily in Tel Aviv
04:58and they should obey safety instructions from the Israeli authorities and Home Front Command.
05:04We have reported that the ongoing military campaigns between Israel and Iran on Monday did not spare journalists
05:10as the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IIB building in Tehran was hit by Israeli missile,
05:16with the Israel Defense Forces, IDF saying that the media was one of the Israeli military targets
05:23to block the military communications of Iran armed forces which the Iran armed forces immediately retaliated
05:30with ballistic missiles fired into Israel, and IDF in a statement issued late hours on Monday
05:37confirmed that millions of Israeli residents are currently running into bomb shelters
05:42with air raid sirens sounding across several places in Israel,
05:46a video currently trending on social media showed the TV host, Sahar Amami fleeing the studio
05:52when the station was hit by a missile during a live broadcast.
05:57Although there are reports from Iran that the state media resumed normal operations minutes after the attack,
06:03but there are unconfirmed reports that some journalists were killed in the attack
06:07as part of the building was completely on fire, this, international news agency,
06:12Reuters put the total deaths recorded so far since the war began on Friday at 248,
06:19quoting Iranian source of Iran suffering 224 deaths,
06:24and Israeli source saying Israel has recorded 24 deaths.
06:28We have reported that not less than 100 persons,
06:31mostly civilians have been confirmed dead less than 48 hours since.
06:36On Friday early morning night, Israel and Iran began new massive waves of offensive military campaigns
06:43that have forced commercial airplanes to avoid the troubled Middle East airspace
06:47as the two countries fly missiles of mass destruction in the air corridors,
06:52with local media confirming Iran ballistic missile killed 10 persons
06:56and injured more than 20 others at a single building struck at Bat Yam city in Israel
07:02as the angry Iranian soldiers launched a massive all-night continuous air bombardments campaign
07:08against the state of Israel that earlier on Friday began the new offensive military campaign
07:14when it flew fighter jets to strike Iranian military homes, nuclear weapon facilities,
07:20killing Iran nuclear weapon scientists, military leaders including Iranian chief of staff
07:25and commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps, IRGC alongside almost 60 civilian death casualties.
07:33This, President Donald Trump of the United States,
07:37U.S. in a statement issued on Friday shortly after Israeli attack via his personal verified social media handle
07:45on his own truth social media platform, praised and boasted about the military strength and capability of Israel,
07:52saying, things will only get worse for Iran because he gave them a chance to make a deal but they ignored the chance,
07:59adding with some level of mockery that the Iranian hardliners who spoke bravely are now dead as a result of the Israel attack on Iran,
08:07saying with emphasis that the U.S. produces the best level military equipments anywhere in the world,
08:13and Israel already has a lot of the U.S. military leather equipments,
08:17adding that, Israel knows how to use the weapons and more will be giving to them,
08:22and in another statement issued also through the Truth social media platform on Saturday shortly after the unprecedented military parades
08:30to mark the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States Army,
08:36President Donald Trump threatened to unleash the full strength and might of the U.S. armed forces
08:41to attack Iran at a level never seen before if Iran dare attack U.S. in any way, shape or form,
08:49claiming that the U.S. had nothing to do with the Israeli attack on Iran.
08:53Reacting earlier, Iran's Supreme Leader, Imam Saeed Ali Khamenei said Iran will retaliate Israeli attack
09:00with a strong response of no mercy.
09:02Just as Iranian President, Masoud Pishkin said Israeli attack on Tehran on Friday killed military commanders,
09:10nuclear scientists, women and children, while wishing President Donald Trump and U.S. armed forces
09:17happy birthday on Saturday.
09:19Israel Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu alleged that Iran made an attempt to assassinate President Donald Trump twice,
09:27adding that Israel attacked the military and nuclear facilities in Tehran on Friday
09:31because Iran was building intercontinental nuclear weapons that could be used to destroy Israel
09:36and any other country in the world.
09:38It solves the problems, indeed, it amplifies them and produces deep wounds in the history of the peoples
09:47that employ generations to reimagine themselves.
09:51No victory armed forces can be compensated by the pain of the mothers, the fear of the children,
10:01the future stolen.
10:02That diplomacy makes the arms harm, that nations trace their future with works of peace,
