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00:00U.S. President Donald Trump announced that the ceasefire between Israel and Iran came into effect as both sides acknowledge the agreement.
00:06Trump coins it as the official end to the 12-day war.
00:10The Japanese military announced that it had conducted a missile test for the first time on the country's own territory.
00:20U.S. President Donald Trump has announced in a social media post that a ceasefire between Israel and Iran came into effect on Tuesday morning.
00:27Trump had earlier in the night said a ceasefire had been fully agreed and was set to begin a few hours later.
00:36In the hours after Trump's initial announcement, Israel and Iran continued to launch airstrikes against each other,
00:43in which four people were killed in Israel and nine in Iran, according to authorities in two countries.
00:49Iranian state media later proclaimed that a ceasefire had indeed come into effect, as did the Israeli government in a statement of its own.
00:57Both parties reportedly paused their military operations on Tuesday morning, ending what Trump has dubbed the 12-day war.
01:06He said the ceasefire was co-brokered with Qatar, with Emir Tamin bin Hamad Al-Thani playing a crucial role in securing the truce.
01:15The announcement came ahead of the U.S. President's departure for The Hague to attend the NATO summit.
01:20The European Union and Canada agreed on a new security and defense partnership on Monday and launched talks on a digital trade deal.
01:32The summit in Ottawa came amid global uncertainty over Washington's policies,
01:37following between last week's G7 meeting and this week's NATO summit.
01:41Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that with the world order under threat, Canada now looks first to the European Union.
01:51European Council President Antonio Costa called it a powerful political statement, taking the partnership to a new level.
01:58The new security deal enables joint work on crisis management and cyber threats,
02:03marking a first step for Canada to access the EU's substantial defense procurement fund.
02:09The two sides also launched formal talks on a digital trade agreement to facilitate data flows and cooperate on artificial intelligence.
02:18The moves signal a significant deepening of ties as both Brussels and Ottawa seek reliable partners in an uncertain world.
02:25At least 25 people were killed after Israeli troops fired at a crowd of Palestinians waiting for aid trucks in central Gaza on Tuesday.
02:40The United Nations Rights Office has criticized the Israeli army and said the weaponization of food in the strip constitutes a war crime.
02:48The head of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees, UNRWA, also spoke out on Tuesday.
02:55They called the aid mechanism a death trap.
02:57The newly created so-called aid mechanism is an abomination that humiliates and degrades desperate people.
03:09It is a death trap costing more lives than it saves.
03:15Humanitarian principles need to be done.
03:18At least 410 people have been killed at aid distribution sites since the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation started operating at the end of May.
03:29That is according to a report by the United Nations Rights Office.
03:34Israeli forces have repeatedly been accused of opening fire at crowds in desperate need of food.
03:40Israel's military claims it fired warning shots at people who they consider to have approached its forces in a, quote, suspicious manner.
03:48The UN Rights Office called for an urgent and impartial investigation into each of the killings
03:54and urged Israel to allow the entry of food and aid into the strip.
03:58The Japanese military announced that it had conducted a missile test for the first time on the country's own territory.
04:10Around 300 soldiers took part in the exercise hosted by the Ground Self-Defense Force's 1st Artillery Brigade.
04:17Officials said they fired at an unmanned boat about 40 kilometers from the island of Hokkaido.
04:24The test was conducted as Japan accelerates its military build-up to acquire strike-back capabilities as a deterrence to China.
04:34Nearby China has increased its number of medium-range ballistic missiles capable of striking U.S. military bases in Japan, according to the Pentagon.
04:44North Korea has also carried out missile tests, which sent short-range ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan.
04:52Later this year, Japan intends to deploy long-range cruise missiles, including Tomahawks.
04:59Global turmoil and widespread regional conflicts are echoing in Brussels.
05:09Talks on defense issues between MEPs and lobbyists are surging, according to data revealed today by Transparency International.
05:18From June 2024 to June 2025, there was a total of 197 meetings between authorities and defense firms, consultants and trade associations.
05:31That's nearly three times as much as the entire previous EU mandate, when only 78 such talks took place, Transparency told Euronews.
05:43German MEPs and rapporteurs were the most engaged, with 55 meetings, Bulgaria places second with 19, followed by Spain, Finland, Italy and Denmark.
05:56Most major defense manufacturers actually started increasing their budget for EU lobbying in the wake of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
06:05Collectively, the EU's seven top players spent around 5.5 million euros in 2023, 34% more from the previous year.
06:17Airbus was the biggest spender, with nearly 2 million euros.
06:21It's unprecedented.
06:34American conservative organizations close to the MAGA movement have been lobbying MEPs.
06:39At least that's according to a new report by anti-corruption group Transparency International EU.
06:45MEPs, mainly non-alliant or members of the far-right group Europe of Sovereign Nations, are said to have met with conservative organizations such as Republicans for National Renewal and the Heritage Foundation.
06:57Usually those are organizations that are very much stand for quite climate skeptic position, and they lobby for fossil fuel, for example.
07:06And of course, also, they're very much against the whole tech regulation that the EU has adopted in recent years, such as the European Digital Markets Act and Digital Services Act.
07:17And one of the sort of the main topics that you can actually see directly into the meetings is issues around free speech.
07:23So they say we defend free speech, so we cannot have this regulation.
07:26ADF International, a U.S.-based Christian anti-abortion organization, is also increasingly active in the European Parliament, according to the report.
07:36Although abortion is not European competence and falls to the member states, these organizations are reportedly trying to influence national debates via MEPs.
07:45It's an organization that is sort of ultra-conservative Christian that lobbies against abortion.
07:52And this is also a subject that now appears in the MEP meetings that didn't exist before because they're now trying to push or to convince MEPs to adopt anti-abortionist stance.
08:02And they have, of course, also a much more favorable ground given the results of the last election.
08:07The report identifies around 20 meetings between MEPs and these American conservative organizations.
08:14But let's put things into perspective.
08:16In total, over 30,000 meetings between MEPs and lobbyists were recorded in one year.
08:23Of the 20 most active organizations in the European Parliament, 15 represent commercial interests, with a very active presence from the fossil fuel sector.
08:33Only five represent NGOs.
08:34We are here in The Hague, and the final security measures have just gone into effect before the start of the NATO summit.
08:49Here in the city center, life continues as normal.
08:52Shops and restaurants are open, and as you can see, people are roaming the streets freely.
08:58But just a few streets ahead, the first road closure can already be seen.
09:04This is Seestrath, a popular street leading into the city center of The Hague, before the next few days completely closed off to the public.
09:15Just beyond these gates are several high-end hotels that have been booked out to host high-profile leaders attending the summit.
09:27This is the biggest security operation that the Netherlands has ever conducted.
09:3227,000 police officers have been deployed, as well as 5,000 soldiers.
09:37The last time the country hosted a summit at a similar scale was the nuclear summit in 2014, which cost 24 million euros.
09:45This one is expected to cost over 180 million euros, quite a bit more.
09:50As we come closer to the summit venue, we begin to notice the major disruptions that the residents of the surrounding areas are facing.
10:02But the real deal is here at the World Forum, where the summit is taking place.
10:06People that live within the security boundaries have to pass through checkpoints like these anytime they want to enter or exit.
10:13At this checkpoint, people can pick up their daily newspapers, complete with coffee and croissants.
10:19A large fire with multiple fronts rages uncontrollably in the Greek island of Chios for the third day.
10:39So far, over 65,000 acres have been reduced to ashes, according to unofficial estimates, and a total of 444 firefighters are battling the flames.
10:55The island has been declared in a state of emergency, and police presence has been strengthened, as officials said the possibility of organized arson is being seriously considered.
11:05The evacuations of sediments continues for precautionary reasons, with residents expressing their fear and concern about the fire.
11:15Smoke emitted by the fires in Chios has had a significant impact on the atmosphere, according to national data.
11:41It's said the clouds are now moving south towards the cyclades.
