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[00:00:09] United in their defense, Turkia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan
[00:00:13] sign new collective security
[00:00:22] ahead this hour, Iran's foreign minister says his country is
[00:00:26] very close to reaching an accord with a man a new shipping breath through the straight
[00:00:29] of of horm.
[00:00:30] of Russian strikes killed three
[00:00:34] people, including a child around the capital. Kiev, as president Zelensky
[00:00:38] meets his Serbian counterpart on his first official visit to
[00:00:41] Belgrade. And Colombia's new
[00:00:45] of right-wing president is sworn in and immediately banked with a $1 billion dollar security
[00:00:49] pledge from the
[00:00:53] of US.
[00:00:58] of
[00:01:08] new deal between Turkia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has committed them
[00:01:12] each other's defense, as fall out from the war on Iran prompts new
[00:01:15] concerns around the region. The
[00:01:18] of agreement's been signed in
[00:01:19] of Mecca and we'll see closer military cooperation, and it includes a
[00:01:22] NATO style collective
[00:01:24] of defense clause. That means an attack on one will be considered attack on
[00:01:28] all. Turkish president regip. Berdin said the agreement
[00:01:31] reaffirms the right to self-defense, as defined in the UN
[00:01:35] charter. He explained it's not directed against any one
[00:01:38] country and is open to participation of all brotherly
[00:01:42] nations seeking to promote
[00:01:43] of peace, prosperity and stability in the region. He said that Turkey will
[00:01:47] resolutely maintain its principal stance on resolving conflicts and
[00:01:51] crises through dialogue and diplomacy based on respect for
[00:01:54] international law. On correspondent Asliad Bash has
[00:01:57] more. When
[00:02:01] President Recep Tayp Erdoğan arrived in Jidda on Friday,
[00:02:04] expectations were high that the
[00:02:06] of trilateral summit with Saudi Cram Prince Muhammad bin
[00:02:10] of Salman and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbas Sharif would deliver
[00:02:14] of major breakthrough. Those expectations
[00:02:18] were quickly met. The three leaders signed what they called the
[00:02:21] Mecca joint defense agreement, a landmark pact aimed at
[00:02:25] deepening military cooperation and strengthening collective security
[00:02:29] of between their... countries: the agreement is built on the three
[00:02:33] countries,
[00:02:34] de longstanding historical ties, islamic solidarity and shared
[00:02:38] strategic interests. its most significant provision is a
[00:02:42] collective
[00:02:43] in defense commitment, stating that an armed attack against any one
[00:02:47] of of the three nations will be regarded as an attack against them all.
[00:02:51] it also pledges to deepen defense cooperation across all sectors
[00:02:54] while strengthening collective deterrance with leaders saying the
[00:02:58] partnership is aimed at promoting
[00:03:00] of regional peace, stability and security. The summit
[00:03:04] of comes as all three
[00:03:05] of countries seek to expand strategic cooperation, emit growing
[00:03:09] regional uncertainty. Turkey has
[00:03:11] of been
[00:03:12] a actively involved in diplomatic efforts over Gaza, while Pakistan
[00:03:16] has played a role in mediation between the US and Iran in
[00:03:19] recent tensions. Saudi Arabia meanwhile
[00:03:23] a continues to position itself as key regional diplomatic
[00:03:26] actor. The new trilateral framework also builds on.
[00:03:30] growing defense ts between Islamabad following their
[00:03:34] strategic mutual defense agreement signed last
[00:03:37] year. The situation is
[00:03:39] of so fragile, therefore the Pakistan, Saudi
[00:03:43] Arabia and the Turkia uh
[00:03:47] just came together just to keep the
[00:03:50] statico in the region
[00:03:52] of at least in my opinion and they just signed
[00:03:56] this
[00:03:57] in agreement a in Mecca. Mekka is the holiest site. in
[00:04:00] Islam and this also added have
[00:04:03] to pact based on military
[00:04:07] basis. Officials say the agreement marks a
[00:04:11] significant step in institutionalizing security cooperation
[00:04:15] between the three regional powers with the new framework expected
[00:04:19] to pave the way for closer
[00:04:20] of military coordination and expanded defense collaboration in the
[00:04:24] years
[00:04:30] foreign
[00:04:30] of minister says that Tehran and a man are very close to deal a new shipping
[00:04:34] route through the straight of hormos with technical and legal issues largely
[00:04:38] resolved. Abasa ragchi says that reopening the waterway would still be
[00:04:41] conditional on compensation for what Terran calls US violations
[00:04:45] of the memorandum of understanding. Our correspondent reahami has more from
[00:04:49] of Teran. It's been two or three days that we are
[00:04:53] waiting for that much anticipated joint statements by
[00:04:57] Iran and Oman confirming that the two countries have.
[00:05:00] designated roots and corridors and geographic
[00:05:04] coordinates of roots within the straight of arms. the
[00:05:08] latest that we have heard from Iranian officials has been on Friday when
[00:05:11] a senior law maker Hasan Qashqawi again
[00:05:15] confirmed that general a general framework
[00:05:18] has been determined, he also said that we are
[00:05:22] waiting for finalization of
[00:05:25] details, final text as well as a joint
[00:05:28] statement which he said would come soon, however the
[00:05:32] senior Iranian maker said that an approval
[00:05:36] is still needed at the higher levels without
[00:05:39] specifying that which level he's is pointing
[00:05:43] exactly, but Iranian, Iranians have said that
[00:05:47] even if this deal is signed, it doesn't mean that the straight of
[00:05:50] hormos will reopen automatically. Iran says that other
[00:05:54] conditions have to be met as well, most importantly the United
[00:05:58] States should lift its naval blockade, also the United States
[00:06:02] should stop military threats against Iran, if this blockade is
[00:06:06] prolonged, we know that the Iranian economy has been under years and
[00:06:10] decades of sanctions, and we are seeing more sanctions
[00:06:14] being imposed and this naval blockade is adding
[00:06:18] additional pressure because this blockade and coastline
[00:06:22] is meant to show cause one's imports and exports
[00:06:25] and according to extentcom up to now in the
[00:06:29] latest round the reimposition the blockade at least
[00:06:33] 49 Iranian vessels have been redirected, two
[00:06:36] them have been boarded by US forces and two have been
[00:06:40] disabled so we have potential looking at dozens of Iranian
[00:06:44] vessels being turned away, um, and as I said, this
[00:06:48] is impacting Iranian imports and exports, in daily life, it
[00:06:52] means more inflation, especially if it is for long, it means more devaluation
[00:06:55] the currency. our north america correspondent
[00:06:59] John Brain joins us live now from Washington, what a reaction are
[00:07:03] we getting from the White House, as President Trump had anything to
[00:07:07] say?
[00:07:12] Uh, not so far, there's been no reaction at all from uh the White
[00:07:16] House to this latest development in terms the arrangement
[00:07:20] between Iran and Oman, but you can be
[00:07:23] absolutely sure that the Americans will reject it, because it
[00:07:27] appears, if we we believe what we've been seeing, it
[00:07:30] appears to give Iran far too much control over the straight and
[00:07:34] the ability to levy fees on shipping passing through, and to
[00:07:38] prevent any US or Israeli linked ships going. through the
[00:07:42] straight, so of course that's not going to be acceptable to the
[00:07:46] Americans, but as I say, no comments directly
[00:07:50] on this so far, uh, Trump does want some sort
[00:07:53] of deal, he says that he is personally negotiating with the
[00:07:57] Iranians uh, which I think some people find that hard to believe, and as
[00:08:01] we know the Iranians deny any negotiations are taking
[00:08:05] place with the Americans at the moment,
[00:08:09] uh, but Trump clearly wants to get out of this. conflict,
[00:08:12] there are reports circulating in the last 24 hours or so
[00:08:16] that - the chairman the joint chiefs of staff Dan
[00:08:19] kane is also um pretty keen on an off-ramp and
[00:08:23] has been advising Trump that air power alone will not have the
[00:08:27] desired effect and could be counterproductive and has been
[00:08:31] advising him that missile stock piles are running
[00:08:35] low and of course that's something that Trump has been angrily denying
[00:08:39] over the past couple of days uh so no real
[00:08:43] progress from the American side at the moment, but uh, as
[00:08:46] I say, there doesn't seem to be any clear way out of this,
[00:08:50] just now. Yeah, if you look at this from Iran's perspective, no doubt they're going
[00:08:54] to, if the deal is done for the straight of moves, they're going to say that
[00:08:58] this is a big victory for us, especially when they're claiming they want reparations from the
[00:09:01] United States for what they called violations the memorandum
[00:09:05] of understanding, I mean the optics I said it again, not good for the US,
[00:09:09] how do they get out of this?
[00:09:16] No, not not good. I mean in terms of Iran's demands, the US
[00:09:20] will just simply reject them, how
[00:09:22] they get
[00:09:22] out of this whole
[00:09:23] war is a another issue entirely, but of course
[00:09:27] one,
[00:09:28] the the US does have some leverage, we were hearing from Reza just now about
[00:09:32] the effects the naval blockade and how that's harming the
[00:09:36] Iranian economy, and one option for the Americans would be
[00:09:40] to not necessarily carry out. any more attacks, but just keep
[00:09:44] that blockade in place, to keep sanctions in place
[00:09:48] - to keep the frozen assets as they are, so there
[00:09:52] is pressure the Americans can bring to bear, it just
[00:09:56] seem or feels that military uh pressure is not
[00:09:59] a productive option for them at the
[00:10:13] Almost 10 months have passed since the ceasefire was declared in Gaza, but
[00:10:16] humanitarian conditions there are still dire. There have been nearly 60,000 cases
[00:10:20] of chickenp. Thousands of cancer patients are unable to get
[00:10:24] the required. treatment, earlier I discussed this with TRT Worls Shanan who's
[00:10:28] in Gaza City. Extremely difficult
[00:10:31] conditions, especially for cancer patients and other other patients in
[00:10:35] Gaza as well. I mean, the the Gaza Human Rights Center
[00:10:38] says that around four people died daily because of of
[00:10:42] cancer complications and mid the lack of special chemicals
[00:10:46] and and equipment
[00:10:48] needed to
[00:10:51] treat the the cancer patients. and
[00:10:55] also uh the same time there is also
[00:10:59] huge shortage of of medicines and surgical supplies and medical
[00:11:02] equipment at mid the spread
[00:11:05] the rapid spread of of chicken box in the gaza strip some
[00:11:08] 60,00 cases nearly half them and conunis
[00:11:12] in southern gaza especially in the mawasi the biggest humanitarian
[00:11:16] zone in the gaza strip that was
[00:11:18] created uh during the first
[00:11:22] months the war doctors say the reason
[00:11:25] for the the the wide spread of chicken box is
[00:11:29] the overcrowdedness and intents and makeshift
[00:11:32] encampments as well as under uh people living
[00:11:36] under uh partially standing buildings under
[00:11:40] amid extremely unhygienic
[00:11:44] conditions with with the spread of insects and
[00:11:48] and rodents all over the gaz strip the situation is extremely
[00:11:52] difficult all living conditions are really hard in gaz.
[00:11:55] for more than two million people in Gaza, as after more than
[00:11:59] 10 months of war, they still wait, they're still waiting for real
[00:12:03] relief. Ashraf, we've been reporting in the past hour about
[00:12:07] how war in Sudan is creating at what's considered to be lost generation there
[00:12:11] through the lack of schooling among other things, what is life like for children there in
[00:12:15] Gaza?
[00:12:19] situation here is not much better uh, I
[00:12:23] mean Sudan had... famin several times, Gaza
[00:12:26] suffered famin back in August
[00:12:29] of of last year, thousands of
[00:12:33] children lost their lost their their fathers
[00:12:37] during the war, many them forced to
[00:12:40] uh you know to take the to assume the role of of of bread
[00:12:44] winners and uh very heartbreaking when
[00:12:48] you look at the child, for example age of my child or my
[00:12:51] grandchild you know trying to uh earn the living. and we have more
[00:12:55] in the following report.
[00:12:59] after more than nine months of seas fire, which exists and name only
[00:13:03] many families in Gaza remain displaced and without a stable source
[00:13:07] of income. according to UNICEF, more than 56 thousand
[00:13:11] children have lost one of both parents or primary
[00:13:14] caregivers during Israel's war on the enclave,
[00:13:18] while hundreds of thousands continue to face severe disruptions to
[00:13:22] their education and daily lives for. many these families,
[00:13:26] the death of father has meant the loss the households only
[00:13:30] bread winner, forcing children to shoulder responsibilities
[00:13:34] far beyond their years. one them is 13 year
[00:13:38] old Karim abukr, instead of carrying school books
[00:13:42] Kariem sells chilled water in his camp using a small solar
[00:13:46] powered cooler, he turns simple idea into a
[00:13:49] way to support his family. my father was killed during the
[00:13:53] war so had to have my...
[00:13:58] children
[00:14:04] I have to leave school because I no longer have time to study, are
[00:14:08] other still in school, but I was forced to give up my education
[00:14:11] to help my family. Israel restrictions on humanitarian aid have also
[00:14:15] left families with increasingly limited
[00:14:18] options. I a mother of four
[00:14:22] children and since my husband's death, "We have had no
[00:14:25] source of income. Karim, my elder son, has taken on
[00:14:29] the responsibility of supporting his younger siblings. For thousands
[00:14:33] of children in Gaza, the seasfire has not brought an end to
[00:14:36] hardship. Nine months on, families are still facing
[00:14:39] displacement, poverty and the pain of losing loved
[00:14:43] ones. 10-year old Muhammad Abdul Salam
[00:14:47] now spends his days working a traditional clay oven
[00:14:50] instead of attending school, across Gaza's displacement
[00:14:54] camps. the same scenes unfold every
[00:14:57] day. we have no source of income
[00:15:01] and no money to rely on, so i had to send my son to work at the
[00:15:05] clay oven here in the camp. even if he earns $2 a
[00:15:09] day, it helps us buy vegetables and basic food. i am
[00:15:12] responsible for six family members and muhammad, my eldest son, is
[00:15:16] the one helping provide for our family. with more than
[00:15:20] 637, children out of formal
[00:15:23] education, are losing not only their classrooms,
[00:15:27] but the chance to experience normal
[00:15:36] has again raised the... alarm
[00:15:38] over the impact of Sedan's war on children warning the country risk losing an
[00:15:41] entire generation to the conflict. According to the UN at least
[00:15:45] 8 million school age children are currently away from classrooms. Since
[00:15:49] 2024, the UN has documented more than 150 schools being used
[00:15:53] for military purposes, at least 67 have been
[00:15:56] attacked. Crisis especially severe in Darfour, where
[00:16:00] nearly three quarters of schools have been destroyed or rendered unusable
[00:16:04] since the war began. The region includes Al-Fasha, one the main centers
[00:16:07] the conflict, after more than 1,200 days of war, nearly half of
[00:16:11] Sudan's teachers have gone without salaries, but despite that many continue to
[00:16:15] teach under extremely difficult
[00:16:17] conditions,
[00:16:20] predominantly as they more than any
[00:16:24] other group that are most likely to actually
[00:16:27] attack villages and civilian populations either in
[00:16:31] revenge or as means to
[00:16:34] determine equation in which they want. have an upper hand for the
[00:16:38] moment, this is effectively national army that
[00:16:42] split nearly 50/50, except with one
[00:16:45] group that has got a tendency almost of being
[00:16:49] an equivalent of a terror group in their own nation
[00:16:53] state, but backed by powerful
[00:16:57] wealthy nation in United Arab Emirates
[00:16:59] and backed by huge amount of money,
[00:17:03] sufficiently well trained and well equipped determined guys.
[00:17:07] were almost driven by sort of like material gain and
[00:17:11] power, not necessarily ideology, but with
[00:17:14] impunity, and it makes it extremely
[00:17:18] growsome. remember, this is not a conflict that you
[00:17:21] could confine to only four years. prior to the
[00:17:25] four years, there was a more than a generation of conflicts in
[00:17:28] Darfu, part of which was basically effective war of
[00:17:32] genocide, and I know young teachers on the
[00:17:36] continent in non direct conflict
[00:17:39] situations who go without pay, but they wake up and continue to go, so credit to
[00:17:43] teachers, but in the Sudanese aspect, there is no alternative, part
[00:17:47] the other is an element of hope that you just have to keep
[00:17:50] going. Russian overnight strikes on
[00:17:54] Ukraine's Kiev region have killed three people, including a child, three other
[00:17:58] people were injured when multiple locations just outside the capital were
[00:18:02] hit. This is President Zelenski's in Belgrade, he's on his first official visit
[00:18:06] to Serbia, one the few. European countries to have maintained friendly relations with
[00:18:15] three lives last night, two grandparents and a three-year-old grandson
[00:18:18] as well, were hit by drones a part of the region of Kiev,
[00:18:22] just outside the city itself. It is not unusual to see these sorts of attacks.
[00:18:26] Indeed, over the last four and a half years we've seen thousands of
[00:18:30] people losing their lives in precisely that sort of incident. What has changed
[00:18:33] recently is that Ukraine has run out of interceptors that can stop.
[00:18:37] ballistic missiles, those are the uh projectiles that are now
[00:18:41] striking cities across the country, particularly the capital city over the
[00:18:45] last couple of weeks every three or four days, they are large
[00:18:49] nature and increasingly large in number as well. Russia of course
[00:18:53] maintains that
[00:18:53] it is trying to hit logistics centers, supply lines, things that are affiliated to the
[00:18:57] Ukrainian military effort, but of course given the size and nature of those
[00:19:01] projectiles, they are claiming civilian lives as well. On Tuesday
[00:19:05] for instance we saw huge attack. that involved uh 20
[00:19:09] or so ballistic missiles in and around the capital
[00:19:12] city, eight people were hit a railway station
[00:19:16] near one the warehouses that Russia said it was targeting, they lost their
[00:19:20] lives part of at least 17 people that were killed in uh that
[00:19:24] particular incident. Vlodimir is in Serbia today, he is
[00:19:28] trying to boost economic ties and diplomatic relations with what has been
[00:19:31] a difficult country for Ukraine,
[00:19:35] but it the country of course is a... looking at the broader
[00:19:39] issue of trying to supply these interceptors that
[00:19:41] it is run out of, it is talking to its European partners, it is talking to the United
[00:19:45] States as well, which is key supplier, in fact the only real
[00:19:48] supplier of us patriot systems which are currently the most effective way of
[00:19:52] stopping the ballistic missiles, but what we have heard over the last few days as well is that there
[00:19:56] may be an alternative too. we've been talking to leading drone
[00:20:00] manufacturers, including some of those that are making these long-range drones that are
[00:20:04] now hitting Russian supply lines, Russian... warehouses as
[00:20:08] well, they have told us exclusively that were Elon
[00:20:11] Musk to allow them to use his starlink
[00:20:15] satellite system over Russian territory,
[00:20:19] they could stop these ballistic launches at their
[00:20:22] source. High up in the skies
[00:20:26] above Ukraine, with not a person in sight, there is a battle being
[00:20:30] waged. It is new stage of Kiev's conflict with
[00:20:34] Russia, one that is pushing the frontiers of technology,
[00:20:37] and the economics of warfare, yet the implications of this
[00:20:41] fight for air superiority are on the
[00:20:44] ground. few weapons
[00:20:48] have played as big role in Russia's
[00:21:20] AV developed by Ukrainian defense firm Wild Hornets. The
[00:21:24] company says sting has down thousands of Russian Shaheads
[00:21:28] since entering regular service last year. This isn't just
[00:21:31] about technology, it is about altering the economics of warfare.
[00:21:35] These things are smaller, they are cheaper, they are more
[00:21:38] scalable. They can't stop ballistic missiles, but Ukraine believes
[00:21:42] this is how it alters the balance of power against drones in its
[00:21:46] skies. But systems like these cannot stop the ballistic missile. that have
[00:21:50] killed dozens across Ukraine over the last week. President Vladimir
[00:21:54] Zelinsky has said that without new interceptors, specifically US
[00:21:58] patriots, it is unable to stop them. yet in exclusive
[00:22:02] comments to TRT World, Ukrainian drone maker FirePoint
[00:22:05] claims it may have another answer, involving its long-range
[00:22:09] attack drone, the FP1. We need a
[00:22:12] Starling connectivity over Russia. If we had this, we
[00:22:16] could destroy all the launchers for ballistic missiles. You ask. that if
[00:22:20] Elon Musk gave you permission to use Starlink over Russian
[00:22:24] territory, that you could stop all ballistic missiles from
[00:22:28] coming in to Ukraine, yes we already have all the instruments for this, I
[00:22:31] think in any way we need to also provide anti-ballistic
[00:22:35] capabilities, but if we're talking about plug and play solution,
[00:22:39] yes this is the most crucial change that could happen in the
[00:22:42] moment. If the claim is correct, it would shift the
[00:22:46] equation of Ukraine's ballistic defense from one of scarce inter'.
[00:22:50] towards one of offensive reach and
[00:22:53] political commission. Selinskiy is currently in negotiations over patriot
[00:22:57] interceptors with the US, and has also asked President Donald
[00:23:01] Trump about using Starlink over Russian
[00:23:03] territory. The battle in Ukraine's skies may be
[00:23:07] determining the next stage in this war, yet it is discussions in the
[00:23:11] political halls of power that could yet decide its
[00:23:20] a $1 billion dollar security package for the new Colombian government of
[00:23:23] Abalada la spria. The announcement was made only hours after he was sworn
[00:23:27] into office. The 48-year-old lawyer is a political novice from the far
[00:23:31] right, he's talked of withdrawing from the UN and human rights bodies. His
[00:23:35] administration has been welcome though into the shield the Americas. That's a Trump-led
[00:23:39] alliance of Latin American countries that are pledged to fight
[00:23:42] narcotrafficking. A spria won June's election by around
[00:23:45] 250,000 votes, just one percentage
[00:23:48] point.
[00:24:01] In Kenya, silent health crisis is getting worse, about four
[00:24:05] million people are living with chronic kidney disease with the number expected to
[00:24:09] rise in coming years, and for patients in rural areas who need regular
[00:24:12] dialysis, long distances and limited facilities can make accessing
[00:24:16] treatment of major challenge. Isadin Haji reports from now.
[00:24:22] for patients at Wiya County Referal Hospital, getting
[00:24:26] access to life saving care can be a challenge. It's the only
[00:24:29] dialysis unit in the area so the staff here are also
[00:24:33] under pressure. Actually, our dialysis unit its own is not
[00:24:37] able to um service all the patients in
[00:24:41] Wadia who require dialysis uh buse of course you have
[00:24:45] patients requiring dialysis more than once a week and uh the
[00:24:49] number of machines that have and the number of stuff, it's quite overwhelming,
[00:24:52] honestly. 55 year old Sahara Hassan
[00:24:56] is among 4 million Kenyans who struggle to access
[00:25:00] dialysis. She has to travel more than 10
[00:25:03] kilometers on rough d roads twice a week to the
[00:25:07] nearest facility. She can barely manage the journey
[00:25:10] to and from the treatment
[00:25:12] center. We would have love
[00:25:16] to have a dialysis unit in our town. The people need dialysis.
[00:25:28] We travel a long way to and from the center, it's
[00:25:31] challenging with kidney disease cases projected to hit
[00:25:35] nearly 5 million by 2030. don't patients coming
[00:25:39] to hospitals like this are burdened with the rising cost of
[00:25:43] dialysis with many also struggling to access the
[00:25:47] equipment they need and initiative in Moranga
[00:25:51] County called Reinald Roads aims to bring treatment closer to people
[00:25:55] using specialized mobile trucks. The
[00:25:58] country needs to come up with innovative ways of
[00:26:02] reaching to these who are far to reach
[00:26:06] patients and that's where we've come up with the
[00:26:08] innovative mobile dialysis truck,
[00:26:12] especially in Moranga County to reach to those people who are deep in the
[00:26:16] village and who may not be able to access
[00:26:19] hemodialysis. for Sahara and hundreds of
[00:26:23] others living outside major towns, the
[00:26:26] hope is for treatment closer to home or
[00:26:30] one day
[00:30:14] Turkia, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed a landmark
[00:30:17] defense pact in Mecca, pledging that attack on one will be treated as
[00:30:21] an attack on all. Turkish president Erdogan said the deal
[00:30:25] reaffirms the right to self-defense. It is not aimed any
[00:30:29] country. The deal comes as tensions have grown across the region. the start
[00:30:33] the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran's foreign
[00:30:36] minister says that Teran and Arman are very close to deal a new shipping group
[00:30:40] through the street of hormos with technical and legal issues largely
[00:30:44] resolved. She says that reopening the waterway would still be
[00:30:47] conditional on compensation for what Iran's called US
[00:30:51] violations the memorandum of understanding. Washington says it will end its
[00:30:55] blockade of Iran's ports once the waterway
[00:30:57] reopens.