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00:00:02are rapidly reshaping the strategic equation around Babel
00:00:06a Mandib. KSA's oil bypass backfires this week on the
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00:00:38The headlines Press TV condemns the abduction of its west bank reporter
00:00:42of by
00:00:42in
00:00:43of IOF and urges the international community to take
00:00:45of immediate action to secure her release. Russia and China
00:00:49veto the draft of security council anti-Iran
00:00:53resolution by the US, aimed at
00:00:56of extending the mandate of a committee over seeing sanctions on evon.
00:01:01of an Iia resolution urges
00:01:03a this regime to comply with the NPT so that West Asia would
00:01:07be from from free from weapons of mass
00:01:10destruction.
00:01:21It's half past 9 pm here in the Iranian Capital
00:01:24Tron. Press TV has vehemently
00:01:28condemned the abduction of its West bank correspondence by
00:01:31IOF as an organized, illegal and
00:01:35of aggressive terrorist operation aimed at silencing the truth. In a
00:01:39statement, Press TV emphasized that Nagmet's abduction is a
00:01:42culmination of a continuous and targeted campaign
00:01:46of intimidation against journalists. Statement added that the
00:01:50desperate attempts by the
00:01:52of zionists to block the fly a free flow of news in the
00:01:56west bank is
00:01:57a clear evidence
00:01:58of the occupier's fear. of reporters
00:02:01of exposing widespread humanitarian rights violations. Rest
00:02:05TV has a stressed the IOF is fully and
00:02:08illegally responsible for homeid's physical and mental
00:02:12wellbeing. Statement also urges the international
00:02:16community and the United Nations to stop their
00:02:19of meaningful silence and take immediate measures to stop the
00:02:23forced disappearances of
00:02:25journalists.
00:02:32has extended the detention of press TV's correspondent in the West Bank
00:02:36until September the 23rd. Naga Hamed was abducted
00:02:40by the regime's forces on Tuesday. Nag mother of
00:02:44three along with her
00:02:45of camera crew was esstalled a checkpoint near the town of
00:02:49Tuqu, southeast of Bethlehem. The
00:02:53regime's forces abducted Nago,
00:02:55but allowed her crew
00:02:56to leave. The Palestinian journalist syndicate has condemned her.
00:03:00reduction as a wider Israel campaign targeting Palestinian
00:03:03media workers.
00:03:05a According to the syndicate, 38 journalists have been abducted in
00:03:09the occupied West Bank so
00:03:11far.
00:03:17of It has been three days since Press TV's West Bank reporter Naqa
00:03:21Ahmed was abducted by Israeli soldiers. Regime forces
00:03:24arrested her a checkpoint as she was returning from
00:03:31a a reporting assignment. Her cameraman. witness the incident recounts how the
00:03:32of events unfolded. It was three female soldiers who ushered
00:03:36our car to stop. They demanded we hand over our identification cards,
00:03:40and they
00:03:41a photographed each ID as well
00:03:42a as took our pictures. After a short while, the soldiers ordered the team to get out
00:03:46of the car and follow them to a military watch tower nearby. We were
00:03:50forced to sit on the ground for around 45 minutes and in that time
00:03:54was taken by the female soldiers to the side. Around 15 minutes
00:03:58later, the soldiers asked Hamed to... collect her phone
00:04:00of and laptop and she was taken into custody, the Palestinian journalist
00:04:04syndicate has condemned Israel's continued abduction and targeting of
00:04:08of Palestinian journalists including Naqa Hamed. The syndicate said
00:04:12in a
00:04:12of statement that her abduction is the latest example of Israel detaining a
00:04:16journalist. It noted that Hamed has diabetes and other health
00:04:20problems. It warned that Hamed's continued detention raises
00:04:24serious concerns
00:04:25a about her
00:04:25of health and safety given the harsh conditions and lack of
00:04:28of adequate medical care. in Israeli prisons and detention centers, the
00:04:33of journalist has been working as a press tv
00:04:35a correspondent since 2024. over the past few
00:04:38weeks, she
00:04:39of has been reporting about raising settler attacks, especially in the
00:04:43town of Quosra, as well as Israel's land grab policies in
00:04:47the occupied
00:04:48of territories. that's deemed to be the reason she has been targeted by
00:04:52Israeli settlers with wave of incitement on telegram channels and
00:04:55Israely media. the campaign has been slammed as part
00:04:59of the target. effort to put psychological and media
00:05:03pressure, limit the
00:05:04of space available to journalists and media outlets and obstruct Press
00:05:08TV's coverage of Israeli
00:05:10a crimes from reaching audiences around the world.
00:05:13Ahmed was also injured in December last year while reporting from India
00:05:17refugee camp after Israeli forces targeted her with rubber
00:05:21bullets. Hamed is from the village of Baitin northeast of
00:05:25Romalla holding American citizenship and is married with
00:05:29three young children. Hamed family contacted the US embassy
00:05:33in al-Quds about her arrest but has yet to hear
00:05:36back. Israeli news outlets cited unidentified Israeli
00:05:40military sources a saying hammed. is suspected of
00:05:43cooperating with an enemy entity and may also be under
00:05:47suspicion of espionage. Hamed's detention is part of escalating
00:05:50wave of arrest of Palestinian journalists by Israeli authorities.
00:05:54Nearly 40 journalists are currently in Israeli detention according to the
00:05:58Palestinian prisoner society, all of whom were
00:06:02abducted following the start of Israel's genocidal war on
00:06:05Gaza nearly three years ago. Over half the journalists
00:06:09behind bars are being held in administrative.
00:06:13mechanism that allows Israeli authorities to imprison people
00:06:17indefinitely without charge or trial. for hammed's
00:06:20family, however, the case is deeply personal. three days
00:06:24after her arrest, they're still waiting for answers about
00:06:28where she is being held, the charges against her, and whether she's
00:06:32receiving the medical care she needs. as hammed remains behind
00:06:35bars, her colleagues and family continue to call for her immediate
00:06:39release and for guarantees of her safety and access. to proper
00:06:43medical care, the case of hammed is yet another
00:06:46reminder the risks Palestinian journalists face,
00:06:50simply for documenting events on the ground, for now her
00:06:54family remains without answers and the questions surrounding her
00:06:57abduction remain
00:06:59unresolved.
00:07:04Iran says it has destroyed 53rd US
00:07:08MQ9 drone over Qashm Island. The drone was destroyed by the
00:07:11advanced. air defense systems the IRGC's
00:07:15aerospace force, operating under the country's integrated
00:07:19air defense network. MQ9 is a primary unmanned
00:07:23aerial vehicle used for surveillance and targeted
00:07:26strikes. This is the 53rd such drone down by Iranian
00:07:30forces since the beginning the US fleet during the
00:07:34conflict in addition to at least 45
00:07:37aircraft.
00:07:48Russia and China have vetoed a US bed at the UN Security
00:07:52Council to extend the mandate of panel task with
00:07:55monitoring sanctions against Iran. China said
00:07:59Security Council Resolution 2231 expired on
00:08:02October the 18th, 2025, bringing the
00:08:06Council's review of Iran's nuclear file to an end.
00:08:10Beijing criticized Washington for its proposal, stressing that
00:08:14the UN security council must not become a platform
00:08:18for advancing unilateralist objectives. China
00:08:21urged countries to play a constructive role in avoid
00:08:25escalation in order to maintain the credibility of
00:08:28multilateralism. Russia also rejected claims that the
00:08:32so-called snapback mechanism could restore sanctions
00:08:36arguing that resolution 2231 has
00:08:39expired and does the current proceedings. lack
00:08:43legal procedural
00:08:44basis.
00:08:52the international atomic energy agency has adopted resolution
00:08:56calling for the establishment of nuclear weapon free
00:08:59zone in west Asia. the 70th
00:09:02IAEA general conference adopted the resolution
00:09:06calling for practical and appropriate steps
00:09:10implement a mutually and actively
00:09:13verificable nuclear weapon free zone in west Asia, the
00:09:17resolution also urges this very regime to adhere to
00:09:20international non-proliferation regimes,
00:09:23including the nuclear non-proliferation treaty as a
00:09:27means of complementing a zone free for
00:09:30all of weapons of mass destruction. Israel,
00:09:34which possesses nuclear weapons, is not a signatory to the
00:09:37NPT. the nuclear weapon free zone initiative was first
00:09:41proposed by in 1974 and has
00:09:45since been promoted by the Islamic Republic, the
00:09:48resolution was adopted by 112 member
00:09:52states with non with nine
00:09:55absentions and and no votes
00:09:58against.
00:10:07our viena correspondent joined us earlier to tell us more
00:10:11about the IAS call for nuclear free
00:10:15zone in the west Asia region. let's take a
00:10:17listen.
00:10:22this is resolution that has original. been adopted at the
00:10:26NPT review conference in 1995 but
00:10:30never implemented uh by Israel
00:10:34because of because the implementation is blocked by the
00:10:37United State, it shows
00:10:40how um that the hands are tight of
00:10:44international organizations and how international organizations are used as a
00:10:47political tool by the address by
00:10:51those who attack nuclear facilities.
00:10:55under epid safeguards and states who
00:10:58attacked the nuclear facilities in Iran who are themselves not
00:11:02signatories to the NPT, this shows also the double
00:11:06standards the US, the west and their allies in
00:11:10the international community. Iran also strongly spoke
00:11:14in favor of this resolution because the
00:11:18the initiative of establishing a nuclear arms free zone
00:11:22in the middle east as the Iranian delegate als Imagine speech
00:11:26originally comes from Iran uh, it was
00:11:29proposed 52 years ago, since then also since
00:11:33the revolution, Islamic Republic of Iran is actively
00:11:37promoting this initiative to establish nuclear
00:11:41arms free zone in the middle east, the resolution that has been
00:11:45adopted also calls on the
00:11:48IEA to take practical steps that
00:11:52all countries in the region, so... namely
00:11:56Israel will join the
00:11:57NPT,
00:12:03but Iranians have marked 200 nights of street
00:12:06gatherings that began following the outbreak of war over
00:12:10six months ago. They say their continued presence is
00:12:13demonstration of national unity and resistance to foreign
00:12:17pressure a time of profound political and security
00:12:20challenges. Gisummari reports on
00:12:23this.
00:12:55Iranian flags, chances
00:12:58and tonight,
00:12:59a milestone. I've been coming to these nightly
00:13:03rally since the 35th night, and I haven't missed a single
00:13:06night. I'll keep coming for as long as our leader wants us
00:13:09here. We've been taking part in these nightly
00:13:13rallies for 200 nights for two main reasons:
00:13:17first, to demand just for the blood of our martered leader,
00:13:21and second to show the world our unity.
00:13:42it's even more important for us to be here and send our message to our enemies
00:13:49And now for 200.
00:14:25fighting mission on Iran says the US committed war crimes in two
00:14:29earth strikes on Iran in February. The report
00:14:32focuses on two US attacks. The first has struck a school
00:14:36in Mino killing more than 150 civilians,
00:14:40including school children, teachers and parents. The second had a
00:14:44sports complex and nearby residential areas and the city of
00:14:48Lomer killing more than 20 civilians. The findings are
00:14:52expected to be presented to the UN. human rights
00:14:55council in Geneva. According
00:14:57to the report, the strike on the menop school went beyond
00:15:01negligence and amounted to a war crime under international
00:15:05law. US officials have claimed their military operations are
00:15:08carried out in accordance with the law of armed
00:15:12conflict.
00:15:19Canada has head back at the United States of after President Donald
00:15:23Trump threatened the European Union. and with heavy tariffs if Canada
00:15:27becomes associate member the
00:15:30block.
00:15:35Canadians are united that "nobody is going to
00:15:38tell us what language we speak, no one is going to dictate our
00:15:42culture, or with whom we can strike
00:15:46agreements
00:15:46internationally,
00:15:52this after the European commission,
00:15:54president proposed that Canada
00:15:58become the block's first associate member. Donald
00:16:01Trump labeled move potentially hostile and threatened to
00:16:05stop trading with Europe and..." quote, many things,
00:16:09while also accusing Canada of being a bad trading
00:16:12partner, the EU has been on the receiving end of Donald
00:16:16Trump's tariffs over the past year, while Canada is already locked
00:16:20a trade war with the US. Meanwhile,
00:16:23India has warned a new terrif targeting countries buying Russian
00:16:27oil could affect bilateral ties. US
00:16:31Congress has passed a law allowing President Donald Trump to
00:16:34impose tariffs of optu.
00:16:38100% on countries such as India to
00:16:41curb their purchases of Russian energy, New Delhi
00:16:45stress, it remains committed to securing energy for its
00:16:481.4 billion
00:16:50people,
00:16:56Canadian leaders says the Saudi regime has been sharing intelligence with the Israeli
00:16:59regime and participated with the Americans into regression
00:17:03against the Yemen.
00:17:09Those managing the Saudi enemies operations are American, Israeli
00:17:13and British experts and the foreign role is clear, the Saudi enemy was
00:17:17not satisfied with the foreign role in the aggression against our country and wants to
00:17:21drag them into a direct war at the international and regional
00:17:24level. Abdul Malik al
00:17:28Huthi said Saudi Arabia receives its weapons from the United
00:17:32States that has announced a joint force of 200
00:17:36military experts. managing the aggressive operations by Saudi
00:17:39Arabia against Yemen, he also rejected the false claim that
00:17:43Yemeny forces targeted Mecca, saying that the Yemenese are
00:17:47ready sacrifice themselves to defend
00:17:50Mecca. Alhuthies stress that Yemen remains in a state
00:17:54of legitimate defense and has only targeted military
00:17:58targets. He said the blockade on airports and ports and
00:18:01the use of hunger as a weapon or forms of aggression
00:18:05aimed at enslaving the Yemen. many
00:18:07people,
00:18:12another deadly attack in Yemen, Saudi backed forces, shell residential
00:18:16areas in Taiz, killing three children and wounding
00:18:20several others. The attack hit the village of Al-
00:18:24Taraira and Alvazia district. Meanwhile, a Saudi
00:18:28surveillance round was reportedly shut down over
00:18:31Yemen's Damar province. Earlier, Saudi war planes
00:18:35targeted three telecommunications towers. in Yemen's That
00:18:38is province,
00:18:40two other Saudi air strikes and the city of Abs in Hadja province
00:18:44killed one civilian and wounded another while destroying
00:18:48four vehicles and damaging house. The latest
00:18:52Saudi air strikes comeid major and military gains
00:18:55along Yemen's red sea
00:18:57coast.
00:19:05Rescuers are continuing to rec'. cover bodies from residential
00:19:09building in goza city, day after it collapsed following
00:19:13damage sustained and is restrikes. at least 21
00:19:17people are so far confirmed dead and many others
00:19:20wounded, while more than 100 remain missing.
00:19:24our correspondent
00:19:25qad ibrahim tells us
00:19:26more.
00:19:3321 bodies were recovered from beneath the robel of assad building west
00:19:37of god. are including 12 children and five
00:19:40women, after 15 hours of continuous rescue and
00:19:44search operations. According to Gaza civil defense, around
00:19:47100 Palestinians got trapped under the rubble the collapsed
00:19:51building. The six story building contain 24 apartments
00:19:55and served as a shelter for more than six families, six
00:19:59extended families, those whose homes were destroyed as
00:20:02result the expanding so-called yellow line in the eastern bars the
00:20:06gaza strip. that is actually taking control over 70%
00:20:10the gaza strip, which is as result compressing more than 2
00:20:14million Palestinians more in the western bars the gaza
00:20:17strip, so those families had limited options but to stay in
00:20:21dangerous areas as Israel incubation regime is still hindering the
00:20:25entry the reconstruction materials into the Gaza strip. According to Gaza
00:20:29civil defense as well, the major obstacle is the lack of heavy machinery
00:20:33and the lack of machinery that is designed to save the lives and to
00:20:37rescue. those who are still alive under the rubble after 15
00:20:40hours, the the civil defense announce that the
00:20:43the the machinery they have are not designed to save the lives, but
00:20:47designed actually to break down the slaps of concrete. instead, which could be
00:20:51fatal for those who are still traved under the rubble until this
00:20:54moment. this actually serves as reminder that the Israel
00:20:58incubation regime is still hindering the entry the heavy machinery, the
00:21:02entry the reconstruction materials into the gaza strip and is still
00:21:05deteriorating the conditions for the many the palestinians and
00:21:09forcing them to stay in very dangerous areas across the gaza
00:21:12strip.
00:21:16Israel is using quadcopter drones to target and kill
00:21:20civilians in Gaza, a Geneva-based human rights
00:21:23monitor, has documented at least 60 killings
00:21:27by these weapons from October last year until early
00:21:30September. The Euromet Group has spoken of a systematic
00:21:34pattern the deliberate killings and called for an international
00:21:38investigation. We have more in this
00:21:40report.
00:21:46Israel continues to use armed the quad copter jones to deliberately.
00:21:50kill palestinian civilians in the Gaza strip. That's according to
00:21:53report released at the weekend by Euromi human rights monitor. The
00:21:57Geneva based group says it has documented the killing of at least
00:22:0160 civilians by attacks using quad copters since the seasfire
00:22:05took effect on October the 10th 2025 thr early September
00:22:09this year. The use
00:22:13of quadcopter drones to target Palestinian civilians is occurring
00:22:16amits the ongoing genocidal war on Gaza. Israeli
00:22:20forces have employed a diverse range of weapons and military
00:22:24equipment against Palestinian women and children. Despite the
00:22:28ceasefire agreement, the killing of Palestinians continues
00:22:31unabated. The fact that these drones can identify their targets
00:22:35further underscores the deliberate targeting of children and women,
00:22:39which is seen as a flagrant violation of international law and
00:22:43regulations. The Euromed report speaks of a
00:22:47continuing pattern to target civilians from a chill. to
00:22:50farmers, shepherds and the displaced people returning to check on their
00:22:54homes. It says Israel uses military technology that allows
00:22:58it to identify specific individuals, track their movements and
00:23:01strike them with the
00:23:02precision.
00:23:06Und doubtedly, developing quadcopter drones as killing tools is in violation
00:23:10of international law and conventions that prohibit targeting
00:23:13civilians under any circumstances. We are witnessing first hand
00:23:17how these drones are targeting children and women. despite their
00:23:21advanced capabilities to identify their targets. this calls for immediate
00:23:24action from mediators and international humanitarian
00:23:28organizations to stop the widespread killing of
00:23:31palestinians. for many palestinians,
00:23:34quadcter drones are perceived as the most little weapon due to
00:23:38the multifunctional capabilities. beyond their precision strikes
00:23:42on civilians. these drones can maneuver and hover effortlessly
00:23:46in confined spaces, including mixshift tints. This
00:23:50versatility allows them to be employed militarily and
00:23:53beyond. Every night we
00:23:57witness and hear the Israeli quadcopter drones hovering over
00:24:01our makeshift tents, usually at low altitudes and sometimes
00:24:05firing on the sleeping people below. A few days ago, my nephew was
00:24:09shot and injured by an Israeli quadcopter drone, while a friend of
00:24:13mine was tragically killed under similar
00:24:15circumstances. It's not
00:24:19a coincidence. that this report was released while the impact the
00:24:232026 British documentary film NASA is still being
00:24:26filled worldwide, the documentary demonstrates the same truth, the
00:24:30Israeli regime uses artificial intelligence and advanced
00:24:33technologies in its war on Gaza to indiscriminately kill
00:24:37palestinan women and children. As the
00:24:41genocidal war on Gaza persists, the Israeli
00:24:44forces armed with cutting edge technology continue to employ
00:24:48more lethal weapons and against civilians, the world must now
00:24:52ask itself, what more evidence is needed before halting
00:24:56this israeli madness, the
00:25:00central area of gaza
00:25:01st. and
00:25:05what is report brings us to the end of this edition of world news bulletin, in less
00:25:09than five minutes we're going to be back with the spotlight program, so stay
00:25:13tuned.
00:25:34Crisis devastating wars,
00:25:38terrorism, the Israeli
00:25:41lobby,
00:25:44crackdown,
00:25:49diplomacy.
00:25:54Iran changing us war
00:25:55equations.
00:26:09The question now circulating through business and political circles around the world
00:26:13is this: does Iran have the right to charge ships for passing through the
00:26:17straight of Hormus? The answer is not simple: Hormus is
00:26:20natural international straight, but does being natural mean
00:26:24being cost-free? The modern world still runs on maritime
00:26:28transport, more than 80% of global trade moves by
00:26:31sea or... gas, food, metals,
00:26:35medicine, cars, industrial components, and
00:26:39consumer goods, all travel between continents by ship, in other
00:26:42words, the backbone of global trade is still shipping, and these
00:26:46vast oceans depend a handful of narrow, highly sensitive
00:26:49passages, the suez canal, the Panama
00:26:53Canal, bab, mandeb, the straight of
00:26:56Malaca, Gibraltar, and the straight of
00:27:00Hormus, the energy artery. the Persian Gulf, some these
00:27:04roots are artificial, they were once land, then transformed into
00:27:08waterways through massive human investment. Suez and
00:27:11Panama are clear examples, giant engineering projects
00:27:15built and operated through excavation, dredging, traffic
00:27:19management, constant maintenance, and complex
00:27:22infrastructure. That is why passage through them is not
00:27:25free. But the story of Suez is not only economic, it
00:27:29is deeply political. For years, Britain and France
00:27:33benefited from the canal's revenues. In 1956,
00:27:36Gamal Abdel Nasir nationalized the SUS Canal and
00:27:40declared that waterway located on Egyptian soil had to
00:27:44be under Egyptian sovereignty. Despite the military attack launched by
00:27:47Israel Britain and France to reverse that decision, and despite
00:27:51intense international pressure, control and revenue the canal
00:27:55ultimately remained with Egypt, a canal whose annual
00:27:58revenue in peak years has passed the $10 billion dollar mark.
00:28:02but not all choke points are artificial, some are natural, such as the
00:28:06Bosperos and the Dardinels in Turkey, the straight of
00:28:10Malacca, Gibraltar, and the straight of
00:28:13Hormus. In natural straights, states generally
00:28:17cannot charge vessels simply for the active passage, in the same way
00:28:21road tool is collected, but that does not mean these roots carry
00:28:25no costs. In many such passages, fees are collected for
00:28:29specific services, navigational assistance, lighthouse
00:28:33services, search and rescue,
00:28:36pilotage, tug support, port
00:28:39management, traffic control, and environmental
00:28:43protection. Now return to Hormus. The straight of
00:28:47Hormus is one the busiest and most sensitive maritime roots on
00:28:51earth. Every day, around 200 vessels may pass through
00:28:54this narrow corridor, oil tankers, LNG
00:28:58carriers, chemical tankers, container ships and
00:29:02even naval vessels. In such an environment, a collision
00:29:06between two ships is not simple accident. Lives can
00:29:10be put at risk. Chipping lanes can be disrupted, millions of
00:29:14dollars in damage can occur, oil, fuel or chemicals
00:29:18can spill into the waters the Persian Gulf. This is not two
00:29:22cars scraping bumpers a street. It can become an
00:29:25environmental and economic crisis, but unlike
00:29:29cars, massive vessels need significant time. distance
00:29:33and coordination to change course or come to a full
00:29:36stop. That is why passage
00:29:40through Hormus requires constant management. Just like
00:29:43crowded urban road, the straight of Hormus needs designated
00:29:47inbound and outbound lanes, traffic separation
00:29:50zones, maritime warnings, coastal
00:29:53monitoring, radio coordination and
00:29:57crisis management mechanisms. For years, Iran
00:30:01and Oman, as the... coastal states the straight have carried
00:30:04major share of this responsibility, while
00:30:08the global economy has benefited from this route, much the burden has
00:30:11remained with the region: air and water pollution, the risk
00:30:15of fuel spills, possible collisions, search and
00:30:19rescue operations, wider
00:30:22security and environmental
00:30:25consequences. in this context, Iran's question becomes
00:30:28easier to understand, is it reasonable for the world to ben?
00:30:32from vital straight without contributing to the cost of keeping it
00:30:36safe, and more importantly, is it fair for countries that depend on
00:30:40the security of this route to impose political pressure, economic
00:30:44sanctions and even war on Iran, while still expecting
00:30:47essential services in this corridor to continue free of
00:30:51charge. From Iran's perspective, the era of providing
00:30:54such services without compensation is over. This does not
00:30:58mean closing maritime root.