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00:00:15Donald Trump says he prefers diplomacy over war as
00:00:19of Iran and Oman appear closer to deal that could reopen
00:00:23the straight of Homus. Hello and welcome to
00:00:27TRT World Live from Istanbul, I'm the Bureau. also coming up
00:00:31on the program today, Israeli attacks kill
00:00:33of one person in southern Lebanon, even as peace talks between the two
00:00:37countries and to day three in
00:00:39Rome. Ukraine
00:00:43of speaks to NATO an attempt to secure missile
00:00:46interceptors as Russian attacks take their deadly
00:00:49toll, and healing through music.
00:00:53in Young Syrians are rebuilding cultural
00:00:55of spaces, trying to undo years of trauma from
00:00:59conflict.
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00:01:15Hello, Iran and Oman have reached an
00:01:18understanding on the geographic coordinates for
00:01:21in shipping routes through the straight of Homus. However, Terran says that does
00:01:25not automatically guarantee safe navigation through the
00:01:29waterway. US president Donald Trump expressed
00:01:32optimism about a potential agreement. Iran however,
00:01:36continues
00:01:36of to deny direct talks with the US, blaming
00:01:40its blockade for holding up
00:01:42of progress. Craig Boswell reports now from
00:01:47in of Washington. US President Donald Trump made only a passing reference ending the
00:01:51Iran war during a campaign speech in Las Vegas on Wednesday.
00:01:55We were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they
00:01:59called me, and
00:02:00of they said, please don't do it, let's talk, and then they don't, they said, we never said
00:02:04that, but we are talking, let's see what happens.
00:02:08Terran says they are not talking, but a framework agreement for
00:02:12commercial shipping through the straight of homoz is being hammered out between
00:02:15Iran and Oman, the map, the transit
00:02:19roots, the entering and exiting of maritime traffic, and
00:02:23those by literal site agreements with Oman, because it's not just
00:02:26map, these fundamental agreements with Oman have been. mostly
00:02:30completed, meaning we have made significant progress in our
00:02:34discussions with Oman, and this progress is on the verge of being
00:02:38finalized. Iran says it will not automatically reopen the
00:02:42crucial waterway. Late Tuesday, Trump placed a time
00:02:45frame on the
00:02:51of of deal. The US president made
00:02:54of that statement after saying all-day negotiations with Iran were
00:02:57positive. He immediately
00:02:58in followed that up with a... to resume
00:03:00in military operations, it remains unclear from the Trump
00:03:04administration standpoint exactly who is talking, but the
00:03:07Americans have been clear that fees to transit the straight are not an
00:03:11option. As you know, the mediators, Qatar, Pakistan, and
00:03:15now Oman are all working together on on that issue, we are
00:03:18coordinating very closely with the Omanies to facilitate the talks between both sides
00:03:22and exchanging ideas. Marine traffic data on Wednesday shows about
00:03:2610 commercial ships passed through the straight of Ramus in about 20. five
00:03:30of hours as the standoff over the straight continues, so do the
00:03:34of rising costs for American consumers and the global
00:03:37economy. Craig Boswell, TRT World,
00:03:40Washington. Well, for more on this, I'm joined by
00:03:43Giorgio Cafiero in Washington DC, and he is the
00:03:47CEO of Gulf State Analytics. Welcome to the
00:03:50program, Giorgio, just want to address something
00:03:54of that we heard in that report and I said at the beginning of this bulletin in
00:03:58that safety is not. automatically guaranteed
00:04:02according to Iran to what exactly are they
00:04:05referring
00:04:17of and Iran are reportedly closing in a deal to
00:04:20reopen the straight, this um comes as the result
00:04:24of many weeks of intense efforts on the part of
00:04:28Oman, um, in coordination. with other countries in the GCC,
00:04:32a Pakistan, to get us to this point. Getting to your question though,
00:04:36there are still many uncertainties here,
00:04:39and obviously, as a consequence
00:04:42of of the war that has plagued the region for few months now,
00:04:46the levels of
00:04:48of trust are very, very low, we're
00:04:50of still dealing with wartime realities right now for
00:04:53Iran, its leverage over the straight of
00:04:56of horm is from Tehran's perspective, absolutely.
00:05:00critical to protecting Iranian national security,
00:05:04it's within this context that I understand that language, but this
00:05:08also opens up broader questions about what
00:05:11Iranian. over the straight is going to
00:05:14actually mean in practice, and what would
00:05:18happen if there are ships that Iran does not
00:05:21permit to go through the straight questions about how Iran would
00:05:25enforce its authority in the
00:05:29straight, so much uncertainty, this deal, very
00:05:33welcome, my opinion, but it does not address the root
00:05:37causes of this conflict. Okay, so let's just
00:05:41go to the conflict. to what extent will the deal
00:05:45um move, take a step closer towards
00:05:48resolving this conflict, just just how significant is
00:05:51it? well, it's a little
00:05:55tough to say with absolute confidence how significant
00:05:58it is, but I do think that there is some real
00:06:01potential for this agreement to help us
00:06:05eventually get to point of winding down the
00:06:08conflict and addressing all the issues.
00:06:12that fuel tension between the United States and
00:06:16Iran, not just the straight of hormus, but also the nuclear
00:06:19issue, but let's be frank, the straight of warmus issue net needs
00:06:23some time to be figured out, and this
00:06:27agreement certainly opens up the door to that, and then
00:06:30later on, certainly not this year,
00:06:34perhaps years to come, we could get to point where a new
00:06:38nuclear deal is negotiated, so I am
00:06:41cautiously of... optimistic that this deal has
00:06:44potential to open the door to new
00:06:48chapter, um, but nothing is
00:06:51guaranteed. you, you
00:06:54mentioned, or alluded to what Iran will get out the
00:06:57steel, long-term, of course, money plays a big factor
00:07:01in this, they, as we understand, would like to continue with their
00:07:05tols, something Donald Trump does not agree with, but I'm more interested
00:07:09in the Gulf neighbors who relies
00:07:12heavily on that piece of water and the international
00:07:16community, will this be
00:07:18allowed? well, to be
00:07:22sure, Saudi Arabia and the other GCC states are not
00:07:25going to welcome tolls, they have been extremely clear
00:07:29about this, um, whether or not fees for
00:07:33specific services is something they will accept, that that's a different
00:07:37discussion, also there are
00:07:40distinctions we can talk about between... um fees and tols
00:07:44and it really comes down to much about
00:07:48linguistics, but the bottom line is the GCC states such as
00:07:51Saudi Arabia would like to go back to the status quo that existed before the
00:07:55war, that's completely understandable, but I think everyone in the
00:07:59GCC is aware the fact that as a consequence of this
00:08:03war, which the GCC states, at least most them certainly
00:08:07tried to prevent, there is going to be new balance of
00:08:10power in the straight of... in the Gulf and the wider
00:08:14region, and as a consequence of this war and the
00:08:18way it played out, Iran is going to have more leverage,
00:08:22this is something that number of Arab states
00:08:25are very concerned about, but they are also
00:08:29being pragmatic about these dynamics and
00:08:33being pragmatic in terms of how they navigate everything, and I think
00:08:37greater Iranian leverage is going to
00:08:39be fact of life moving forward,
00:08:42and the... C states are going to do their best to make the
00:08:46most the new balance of power, as difficult as that might
00:08:58Iran aligned hoothies have attacked a Saudi linked oil tanker. The group
00:09:02says the vessel was targeted in the Gulf of Aiden. It also
00:09:06claimed the separate missile attack a tanker in the northern Red Sea on
00:09:09Wednesday. Now these attacks come as Hothies step up
00:09:13pressure on Saudi Arabia after declaring a naval blockade
00:09:17last month over what they call a Saudi siege of
00:09:20Yemen. Israel's continued
00:09:24challing in southern Lebanon has ignited forest fires. The attacks
00:09:28come after two Israeli soldiers were killed in a landmine
00:09:31explosion in Majdal Salem. The strikes also hit
00:09:35targets inside designated pilot zone. All this
00:09:39happening whilst delegates from both countries are in Rome. discussing
00:09:43the next phase of a gradual Israeli withdrawal from southern Lebanon
00:09:47under a US broken mechanism. Israel claims the strikes
00:09:51were in retaliation to cease fire violations by
00:09:54Hezbulah who are not included in the talks. at least one
00:09:58person was killed in the town of Tebnin in those Israeli
00:10:02attacks. well Priyanka Navani has more for us
00:10:06from the Lebanese Capital Beirot. well,
00:10:10absolutely, this is not what one wants to see happening on
00:10:14the ground when the diplomats in Rome are trying
00:10:18to further this peace accord that was struck on
00:10:21June the 26th, this framework between the
00:10:25US, Israel and Lebanon, these were very intense
00:10:28strikes, and it comes off of a week that things were already
00:10:32escalating in southern Lebanon. In fact, one the things that we
00:10:36saw Israel do in southern Lebanon today was issue
00:10:39this so-called evacuation order, which here in
00:10:43Lebanon is called a displacement order, calling on
00:10:47people to leave area. These might sound familiar because
00:10:51nearly every day during the full-blown war, whether we're talking about
00:10:55back in the fall of 2024 or even months ago in the
00:10:59spring of 2026, we saw these nearly
00:11:02every single day, and many Lebanese call them an element of
00:11:06psychological terror. We saw this order issued in the
00:11:10Lebanese Southern Town of Monsouri today with Lebanese media
00:11:13reporting that at least 15 families had to
00:11:17flee that area, and these are families that of course uh, most them
00:11:21have had to flee time and time again. So...
00:11:25It's that element of as I say what many Lebanese call psychological
00:11:28terror, the issuing these evacuation orders, if you
00:11:32will, but then also the strikes themselves uh, which Israel
00:11:36says is in response to uh Hazbollah
00:11:39violations of this uh ceasefire agreement, but
00:11:43these strikes killing at least one person reportedly a
00:11:47prayer hall and then uh injuring dozen others, so
00:11:51here on the ground there is no sign uh of any sort of ceasefire.
00:11:55we know that that is the number one thing that the Lebanese delegation asked
00:11:59for in Rome, the thing that they have been asking for time and time
00:12:02again, a complete cessation of hostilities, but
00:12:06obviously the signs on the ground here are that the
00:12:09Israelis uh, be they the Israeli military or the Israeli
00:12:13delegation in Rome, have no intention of
00:12:17ceasing fire. And that was Prianca Nevade
00:12:21there. For thousands of displaced children across Gaza, the psychological...
00:12:25toll the continuous war is overwhelming, however in central
00:12:29Gaza, a unique therapeutic project is offering young survivors
00:12:33a rare space for mental health recovery. Abdul
00:12:36Wahaab Hamad
00:12:38reports:med is really important
00:12:42and mass displacement,
00:12:44a unique effort is underway to help the children in Gaza process a
00:12:48trauma through direct contact with
00:12:51animals. This.
00:12:55Space is a therapeutic garden designed to foster healing and
00:12:58learning through direct interaction with animals. We are seeking to
00:13:02expand so we can house a larger number of
00:13:05animals,
00:13:08but finding those animals is nearly impossible with
00:13:1197% of Gaza's lifestock and
00:13:1493% of pultry farms destroyed by Israel's
00:13:18war. Every animal here is rare survival
00:13:22story, having lost almost all his life story.
00:14:25bad in the
00:14:26we feel camp, we come here regularly, being around animals is really
00:14:29wonderful. for gaza's youngest survivors,
00:14:33this simple connection with nature is proven to be powerful step
00:14:37to rebuilding what the war broke, abdul wahab
00:14:40hammed, tr world
00:14:43gazel.
00:14:56Three people have been killed in Russian overnight strikes on
00:15:00Ukraine's eastern city of Balacleia. It
00:15:03comes just after at least 17 people
00:15:07were killed and dozens injured by a barrage of missiles and drones that were launched
00:15:11at keive and the surrounding region by Moscow on Wednesday. Now
00:15:15Ukraine, which is running critically short of ammunition for
00:15:19its patriot air defense system says none the missiles were
00:15:22intercepted. TRT wells. Shelflin sent this from
00:15:26Keve,
00:15:30first came the booms, then came the blaze,
00:15:34the latest destruction from strikes on Kiev, visible. from
00:15:37kilometers away. The Ukrainian capital, now all
00:15:41but defenseless against Russian ballistic missiles. The
00:15:45country's people once more paying the
00:15:48price.
00:15:52Emergency workers toiled through the night to extinguish fires at
00:15:56warehouses and logistics centers across the city and its
00:15:59region. Russia's defense ministry said it had struck seven
00:16:03logistic centers, claiming the targets were being used for goods
00:16:07by the. Ucrainian military. By morning, it became
00:16:10clear Ukrainian supplies were not the only things to have been
00:16:14destroyed. The bodies of at least eight people discovered a
00:16:18railway platform near one the warehouses, more
00:16:22civilian lives ended. With Ukraine now essentially
00:16:26out of interceptors that can stop ballistic missiles, there is
00:16:29little prospect that these will be the last casualties of such
00:16:33strikes. It's almost 12 hours since this uh...
00:16:37warehouse was hit, you can still feel the heat coming off at the flames that
00:16:41are licking inside the odor, smells like the food
00:16:44or uh, something else that was stored inside it, there another
00:16:47explosion um is still what's being incinerated, look this is just
00:16:51one of one location of series that has been hit, the problem
00:16:55for Ukraine is that this is another example of why it needs these
00:16:59interceptors, why it can't defend its skies against ballistic missiles
00:17:02and what those ballistic missiles are capable of after the
00:17:06strikes pres Vladimir Zelinski claimed on social media that ballistic missile
00:17:10interceptors like the US Patriot system could have saved the
00:17:14lives of those killed. He later added Ukraine's allies have
00:17:18supplied just a third the air defense missiles this year that the
00:17:22country had in 2025. Ballistic strikes on
00:17:26Ukraine have escalated in the last few months. They are now
00:17:29happening every three or four days. Even those that
00:17:33survive the attacks say they are taking their toll.
00:17:38We haven't slept for five years now, there's no
00:17:41sleep, people live in constant fear,
00:17:45constant fear. We live day to day, that's all,
00:17:48because there's other way. The US says it
00:17:52is pressing ahead with talks to allow Ukraine to make Patriot missiles
00:17:56itself. The earliest estimates about when those might be able to
00:17:59protect the country's skies are not for at least another
00:18:03year, unless Kiev gets interceptors before then,
00:18:06more death. and destruction here seems an
00:18:09inevitability. Joe Flynn, TRT World in
00:18:13Kieve. We'll soon after those attacks, Ukraine's
00:18:16president spoke with NATO, calling for more support. Vladimir
00:18:19Zelensky has also been hosting the UK's defense secretary in
00:18:23Keiv, and he says that Moscow wants to further escalate the
00:18:27conflict. We think that we need the
00:18:31unanimity and we need strong support
00:18:33from from your country and from all other European France.
00:18:37that it this is a signal also that Russia gives us
00:18:41and to the wall that they don't want to stop and I
00:18:45think that they want to continue and i mean increase
00:18:48escalation yes using the ballistic missiles
00:18:52and we have our estimation I want to share with you we
00:18:56have estimation that they will have they will increase the production of such
00:19:00ballistic missiles so for us it's a big
00:19:03challenge andland is a senior fellow and
00:19:07and director the Center on Peace and Liberty at the Independent
00:19:10institute, and we asked him whether either side is any
00:19:14closer to achieving decisive military advantage that
00:19:18might end the stalemate. They're
00:19:22attacking each other's
00:19:24logistics activities and Russian
00:19:28ener energy facilities, which I think is one the things
00:19:32that Ukraine has done, it seems to be a war of attertion
00:19:36now, and
00:19:38and uh it's always been sort of a war of attrition because Russia has
00:19:42thought that it's a much bigger country, has many more people,
00:19:46many uh bigger GDP etc. that it could outlast
00:19:50Ukraine, but of course Ukraine's fighting for its life basically,
00:19:54and so the Ukrainian people are more united, I think in their defense and
00:19:58that sort of thing, so Ukraine has some
00:20:01advantages, and I think that the
00:20:04Ukrainians are making headway in increasing. across to
00:20:08the Russian people and I think that might be
00:20:10critical
00:20:14development, simply because even in an
00:20:17autocratic country like Russia, public
00:20:20opinion does matter in these types of things, and I think
00:20:24the the enormous casualties in cost of economic cost the war
00:20:28on is is settling in on Russia and
00:20:30that if they can't there
00:20:32i have the Ukrainian attacks have
00:20:35reduced um uh Russian energy
00:20:39production, so I think the Europeans can do it, I mean they're very wealthy
00:20:42countries, and I i don't necessarily agree lot with
00:20:46Trump uh in his policies, but I do think him
00:20:50meaning us Ukraine away from US
00:20:54support is good because I think Europeans, this is much
00:20:57more strategic, Ukraine is much more strategic
00:21:00Europeans than it
00:21:03is to the United States and I think Europeans are very wealthy, they
00:21:07can do this, and I think Trump has solved the problem a little bit
00:21:11because he sells the weapons to the Europeans
00:21:14and then they either give them or sell them to the Ukrainians,
00:21:18now the what you're talking.
00:21:20is this patriot system, the problem with that is the're just a shortage
00:21:23them, and and I've calculated that the United States has
00:21:27burned two-thirds of its supply of patriotism, patriot
00:21:31missiles.
00:21:38Myanmar's leader is in Thailand on an official visit as Bangkok
00:21:41pushes for re-engagement with its wartour neighbor and the
00:21:45regional block, Asian. Myanmar's leaders have been barred
00:21:49from Asian summit since 2021, when
00:21:53Miningyang staged a coup against the elected government of
00:21:57Angsang Susi, it led to a civil war that killed an
00:22:00estimated 100 thousand people. Min is the subject
00:22:04of raft of western sanctions and has been seeking international
00:22:08legitimacy since becoming president in April. It followed an
00:22:12election he won overwhelmingly by an army-backed party
00:22:16in the absence of any viable opposition.
00:22:22Now more than decade of conflict has left deep scars across
00:22:26Syria, many them invisible. Years of violence have taken
00:22:30a heavy psychological toll, particularly a generation that is
00:22:34growing has grown up knowing little but war. Well, in
00:22:37Aleppo, young Syrians are turning to music and
00:22:41cultural spaces to reconnect with one another and begin a
00:22:45journey of healing. No Cormosh
00:22:47reports.
00:22:51The sound of a guitar, a familiar melody, or simply
00:22:55singing alongside friends. For many young Syrians,
00:22:59these moments have become far more than music. They are
00:23:03small, but meaningful steps toward healing, after years of
00:23:07conflict that disrupted nearly every aspect of daily
00:23:10life.
00:23:15I come here to sing because it's a safe place for many people and for
00:23:19me. a place to unleach negative energy, this place helped me
00:23:23break the barriers between me and other people, i used to get nervous
00:23:27easily and over time i
00:23:29improved. this is very important
00:23:33space for people who have talent but are afraid and the environment
00:23:36here is very supportive. the
00:23:40united nations says millions of syrians continue to grapple with the
00:23:44psychological and social scars of more than decade of
00:23:47war, but as life gradually. returns to normal in post
00:23:51Assad Syria, organizers say rebuilding social connections
00:23:55in spaces like this community hall is just as important as
00:23:59rebuilding damaged infrastructure, particularly for a
00:24:02generation shaped by years of
00:24:04uncertainty. We believe
00:24:08in the role of art and culture in the process of collective
00:24:11healing, especially after the years of war and conflict we
00:24:15live through. We see art as a way for people to express
00:24:19themselves.
00:24:40It also helps people
00:24:41build relationships with the community and supports them a personal
00:24:44level. Young people here say these spaces offer far
00:24:48more than just music. and entertainment, for many they provide rare
00:24:52sense of normalcy and a chance to reconnect after years of
00:24:56hardships and uncertainty. They say simply spending time together,
00:25:00sharing left and enjoying everyday moments reflects the resilience of an
00:25:04entire generation that has grown up through one the most
00:25:07devastating conflicts in the modern era, one that is determined
00:25:11to reclaim a sense of hope and rebuild its
00:25:14future. No commerce TRT World, Alipo,
00:25:18Syria.
00:25:24government has announced the release of more than 300 kidnap victims
00:25:28including 163 taken from a single village in the
00:25:32west the country earlier this year. In February, a
00:25:35group attacked the village of Warro in Koara state near the border with
00:25:39Benin, killing more than 150 people and
00:25:43kidnapping roughly the same amount.
00:25:47In the Democratic Republic of Congo, the... latest government
00:25:50data shows that the number of confirmed Ebola cases has risen to
00:25:54nearly 4,00 with just over 1800 deaths. The World
00:25:58Health Organization says testing of experimental treatments.
00:26:02and vaccines is advancing rapidly, but the epidemic,
00:26:06which is concentrated in the eastern part the
00:26:09DRC, is now considered as being the fastest
00:26:13spreading on record. South Korea
00:26:17has been experiencing record breaking temperatures. Almost
00:26:21half the greater soul area is under its highest level heat
00:26:25alert, at least 16 heat related debts have been
00:26:28reported, and in the southeastern city of Daigu temperatures.
00:26:32exceeded 40 degrees celsius for the first time
00:26:36since
00:26:361942. and
00:26:40FIFA has apologized to its member associations for
00:26:43mistakes made over an abandoned proposal to sell commercial
00:26:47rights linked to the World Cup. It comes after last
00:26:51week's withdrawal of a proposal to sell a 20% stake
00:26:55a new commercial rights entity to private investors in
00:26:59deal that would have raised around $4.2 billion.
00:27:03for football
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00:28:49beat this, the lime disease bacteria barelia bring is
00:28:53definitely one the smartest bacteria on the planet, this organism knows how
00:28:57to change forms, I came here cuz I wanted to meet the pope cuz I
00:29:01believe a miracle. believe a miracle, there are more
00:29:04cases of lime disease than HIV and breast cancer
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00:29:22Beneath what is visible, beneath what is
00:29:25spoken, there lies a quiet unanswered
00:29:28call. Not every truth
00:29:30shouts. Some truths linger in the ashes,
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00:29:37away.
00:29:47What we carry isn't truly ours, it
00:29:51belongs to those that don't have the chance to
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00:30:15Hello, you're watching TRT World, I'm the Questa Buuruc, reminder of our main headlines
00:30:19today: Iran says it's reached an agreement with Oman a
00:30:23route for ships transiting the straight of Homos, but Terran
00:30:27has also warned that the agreement does not guarantee safe passage through the
00:30:31straight due to the... US naval blockade, officials in
00:30:34Washington had hoped an agreement to open the straight would happen this
00:30:37week. President Trump says talks with Iran are still ongoing despite
00:30:41terran, denying holding direct negotiations with the
00:30:45US. I can say that the later
00:30:48situation is that almost all the topics are under discussion,
00:30:52the map, the transit roots, the entering and exiting of
00:30:56maritime traffic and those by literal site agreements with
00:30:59Oman, because it's not just map. These fundamental agreements
00:31:03with Oman have been mostly completed.