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00:00:21Hello, welcome to TRT World. We're live in Istanbul, Ahmed
00:00:25in Nawaz also on the program. Iran and Oman close in a deal to reopen
00:00:29the straight off for. Washington says it
00:00:31of will lift its blockade of Iranian ports
00:00:33of when that happens. Colombia's new right-wing president is sworn
00:00:37in, he's immediately back to the $1 billion dollar security pledge from the
00:00:41of US. And how
00:00:43of Lebanon's children are catching up with school after having their education disrupted by
00:00:46the Israel Hezballah
00:00:47war.
00:01:06Hello again, new deal between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan has committed them each
00:01:10other's defense as fall out from the war in Iran prompts new concerns around
00:01:14the region. The agreement has been signed in Mecca, it will see closer military
00:01:18cooperation. It will also include a NATO style collective defense
00:01:21clause, which means an attack on one will be considered attack on
00:01:25all. Those president says the agreement reaffirms the
00:01:29right to self-defense. says defined in the UN charter, he says it's not directed
00:01:33against any country in particular and is open to the participation of all brotherly
00:01:37nations who seek to promote peace, prosperity and stability in our
00:01:40region, he says will resolutely maintain its principal
00:01:44stance on resolving conflicts and crises through dialogue and
00:01:47diplomacy based on respect for international law.
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00:01:51Art Bash reports.
00:01:55when President Recep Typ Erdoan
00:01:57of arrived in Jidda on Friday, expectation
00:02:11Those expectations were quickly met. The three leaders
00:02:15signed what they called the mecca joint defense agreement. A landmark
00:02:19pact aim at deepening military cooperation and strengthening
00:02:22collective security between their countries. The
00:02:26agreement is built on the three countries longstanding historical.
00:02:30ties islamic solidarity and shared
00:02:33of strategic interests. its most significant provision is a collective
00:02:37defense commitment, stating that an armed attack against any one
00:02:41of the three nations will be regarded as an attack against them
00:02:44all. it also pledges to deepen defense cooperation
00:02:48a across
00:02:48of all sectors while strengthening
00:02:53of of collective deterrance with leaders saying the partnership is aimed at promoting regional peace, stability and
00:02:56security. the summit comes as all three countries seek to
00:03:00expand strategic cooperation
00:03:02of and it growing regional uncertainty. Turkey has been
00:03:06in actively involved in diplomatic efforts over Gaza, while
00:03:10Pakistan has played a role in mediation between the US and Iran
00:03:13in
00:03:14a recent tensions. Saudi Arabia meanwhile continues to
00:03:18position itself as key regional diplomatic actor. The
00:03:22new trilateral framework also builds on growing defense ties between
00:03:26Riyadh and Islamabad. Following their strategic mutual defense.
00:03:30agreement signed last year, the situation is
00:03:34so fragile, therefore the Pakistan, Saudi
00:03:37Arabia and the Turkey
00:03:41just came together just to keep the
00:03:45statico in the region at least in my opinion, and they
00:03:49just signed this agreement in Mecca,
00:03:52Mecca is the holiest site in Islam, and this also
00:03:56added have to pact,
00:04:00based on military
00:04:02of basis. of Officials say the agreement marks a
00:04:05significant step in institutionalizing security cooperation
00:04:09between the three regional powers with the new framework expected to
00:04:13pave the way for closer military coordination and expanded
00:04:17defense collaboration in the years
00:04:20a ahead. TRT world from
00:04:24occupied Jerusalem, our correspondent Muhammad has been telling us how the
00:04:28pact may affect Israel. "this worries
00:04:32Israel that wanted to create its own um
00:04:35of its of of own so-called NATO that want that would make
00:04:39it not only member in it, but also heavily
00:04:43involved, that is not going to happen, it up ends its
00:04:47ambitions, its strategic
00:04:49of plans to be involved in the middle
00:04:52east as logical member
00:04:56of this region, it's been trying over the past.
00:05:00many
00:05:01of years, but since 2018 to include
00:05:05more and more Arab and Muslim nations into the
00:05:09so-called abrahamic accords,
00:05:12and this this is a blow to this to these ambitions, it
00:05:15brings about three major countries, muslim
00:05:19countries together consolidating
00:05:23this these powers of all kind of powers, whether financial,
00:05:27military, you have one of those three countries that
00:05:31is that has nuclear
00:05:34weapons, another one that has been advancing
00:05:38rapidly with the industrial military.
00:05:42weaponary making and also the money making behind
00:05:46it, and even though there is no public
00:05:50statement that this is an alliance, a sunni alliance that is
00:05:54targeted against anyone in particular, but having those three
00:05:57major major sunni majority countries, three
00:06:01majority country, muslim majority countries
00:06:05involved together in such a pact
00:06:08extremely awaries Israel, again it up ends its plans.
00:06:12to be involved in the region on so many different levels and
00:06:16definitely it's going to slow the process of bringing in more and
00:06:20more countries into the so-called abrahamic
00:06:23accords. well for decades mainly relied on the
00:06:27US for its security, so the reaction from Washington will be interesting. our
00:06:30correspondent Craig Boswell, he's in the city and said still, no word from the
00:06:34White House. no public reaction from the
00:06:38White House, the US president Donald Trump departed Washington DC or...
00:06:42Friday evening without coming to cameras, but you can kind of put this new
00:06:46security pact in kind of that category. I think you mentioned a
00:06:50more fallout from this US-Israeli war on Iran as US
00:06:54partners in the region now seek new security arrangement. You can
00:06:58also kind of point to questions that this leads to about the
00:07:02durability of US security guarantees, also questions
00:07:06about uh Israel's expanding military operations,
00:07:09and uh it might be even more about reassessing
00:07:13their security arrangements then it is about a formal military
00:07:17alliance, but that of course remains to be seen as this is all very
00:07:21new and kind of comes back to what we talked about lot in late
00:07:24february around in march just after the US and Israel
00:07:28launched this war about did the US
00:07:31consider the impacts of launching those attacks and launching a
00:07:35war on Iran, did it consider the impacts to its US allies in
00:07:39the region, and it appears that uh the answer is: is
00:07:43likely didn't consider it enough and now this is kind the response to
00:07:47that and um so in in practice in theory
00:07:50rather
00:07:51this would be kind of like the NATO article 5 where if attack on
00:07:55one would be attack on on all so in theory will you in
00:07:58practice we'll have to see if it plays out that way by the way article
00:08:025ive the NATO pack it's only been uh invoked just one time and that
00:08:06was after 9/11. Terron has confirmed it's agreed
00:08:10the principles of deal with Oman regarding freedom. of navigation in the straight of
00:08:14mous, the future the waterway, the main reason for the recent flare up
00:08:17of titftat strikes between the US and Iran, in Tehran is
00:08:21Razza Hatami, Razza, any idea whether we may get some sort
00:08:25of confirmation of deal during the
00:08:27weekend,
00:08:32well that's a real possibility, it's been two or three days that we
00:08:36are waiting for that much anticipated joint statements
00:08:39by Iran and Oman confirming that the two country. have
00:08:43designated roots and corridors and
00:08:46geographic coordinates of roots within the straight
00:08:50off. the latest that we have heard from Iranian officials has been on
00:08:54Friday when a senior law maker Hasan Qashqawi again
00:08:58confirmed that general a general framework
00:09:02has been determined. he also said that we are
00:09:05waiting for finalization of details
00:09:09a final text as well as a joint statement. which he
00:09:13said would come soon, however the senior Iranian
00:09:16maker said that an approval is still needed
00:09:20at the higher levels without specifying that which
00:09:24level he is pointing exactly, but
00:09:28Iranian, Iranians have said that even if this deal is signed it
00:09:32doesn't mean that the straight of hormos will reopen
00:09:35automatically. Iran says that other conditions have to be met as
00:09:39well, most importantly the United States should...
00:10:12decades of sanctions and we are seeing more sanctions
00:10:16being imposed and this naval blockade is adding
00:10:20additional pressure because this blockade and coastline
00:10:24is meant to... show runs imports and exports
00:10:27and according to Xendcom up to now in the
00:10:31latest round the reimposition the blockade at least
00:10:3549 Iranian vessels have been redirected, two
00:10:39them have been boarded by us forces and two have been
00:10:42disabled, so we are potentially looking at dozens of Iranian
00:10:46vessels being turned away, and as I said this
00:10:50is impacting Iranian imports and exports in daily life, it means
00:10:54more in. especially if
00:10:55it is for long, it means more devaluation the currency. Thank you very
00:10:59much, Razza. The UN Security
00:11:03Council is expressed concern over escalation of fighting in Yemen, calling on all
00:11:07parties to avoid actions that could threaten peace on Friday Huthi
00:11:11missile and a drone attack a displacement camp in the government held city of Marib killed at
00:11:15least two civilians. The day before hoothi missiles and drone strikes
00:11:19killed about 60 government troops. There was also separate attack, 11
00:11:23people injured inside Saudi Arabia.
00:11:25The Houthies control large areas of Yemen, including the capital Suna. They
00:11:29say the Saudi Lad coalition that have been fighting for the past 11 years is preparing a
00:11:33military
00:11:33offensive.
00:11:40Russian overnight strikes on Ukraine's Kiev region have killed three people including a
00:11:44child. Three others have been injured after multiple locations just outside the
00:11:47capital were also hit. In Kief itself, the mayor reports fires in
00:11:51two districts. Ukraine continues to face shortages of fair defense
00:11:55systems capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. Our correspondent Joel
00:11:59Flynn is in the Ukrainian capital. Uh, Joel, despite the pressure
00:12:03that Zelenski is trying to place, he has effectively become
00:12:07almost a begger and asking for these defensive interceptors,
00:12:11but when will they
00:12:12arrive?
00:12:16Yeah, and that's the question really in one that is being asked by civilians that are suffering
00:12:20through these almost nightly strikes. Now, look what happened last night, we
00:12:23were woken by it around. around uh 12 o'clock, the
00:12:27sound of ballistic missiles and drone explosions is of course a common
00:12:31thing to happen in kiev and across Ukraine as well, but it is
00:12:35particularly the ballistic missiles are that are concerning. last night's strikes that
00:12:39killed two grandparents and a three-year-old boy were a drone strike,
00:12:43those have been regular throughout this conflict, but
00:12:46it is the ballistic missiles that now Ukraine says it can't defend itself against
00:12:50because it doesn't have access to the interceptors that can bring these things down, they
00:12:54travel at incredible... speeds uh faster than the speed of sound, so the technology
00:12:58required to try and stop them is incredibly advanced as well. Ukraine
00:13:02has got through most, if not all of its supplies of especially the
00:13:06US Patriot system, but also things like the Sampt T, the Iris T, those are things that the
00:13:09Europeans um usually manufacture is result of trying
00:13:13to protect its cities since 2022. Vlodimir Zelinski is
00:13:17going cap in hand to all these uh partners, but particularly to the United
00:13:21States saying look, unless you give us these weapons we can't
00:13:25can't protect our civilians from the Russian strikes that are now coming
00:13:28probably every three or four days, indeed,
00:13:31we just saw on Tuesday night a particularly aggressive strike, 17 people
00:13:35killed by ballistic missiles, Russia of course says that
00:13:37it is targeting logistics facilities, just as Ukraine says it is hitting supply
00:13:41lines and storage facilities in Russia as well, but on both sides
00:13:45we are seeing larger and larger numbers of civilians paying the
00:13:49ultimate
00:13:49price.
00:13:55High up in the skies above Ukraine, with not a person in sight,
00:13:59there is a battle being waged. It is new stage of
00:14:03Kiev's conflict with Russia, one that is pushing the frontiers of
00:14:06technology and the economics of warfare. Yet the
00:14:10implications of this fight for air superiority are on the
00:14:14ground. Few weapons have
00:14:18played as bigger role in Russia's war on Ukraine as the Shahed.
00:14:22The long-range unmanned Kamakazi drone has been... scurge the
00:14:26skies for most the conflict, yet Ukraine believes
00:14:292026 is seeing a shift in that
00:14:32fight, не було
00:14:36дієвого,
00:14:41patriots are expensive, this is more affordable than missile
00:14:44systems, it was built and it works,
00:14:48this is the sting a UAV developed by Ukrainian defense firm
00:14:52Wild Hornets, the company says: sting has down
00:14:56thousands of Russian Shaheads since entering regular service last
00:15:00year. This isn't just about technology, it is about altering
00:15:04the economics of warfare. These things are smaller, they are
00:15:07cheaper, they are more scalable. They can't stop ballistic missiles, but
00:15:11Ukraine believes this is how it alters the balance of power
00:15:15against drones in its skies. But systems like these cannot stop the
00:15:19ballistic missiles that have killed dozens across Ukraine over the last
00:15:23week. President Vladimir. has said that without new interceptors,
00:15:27specifically US patriots, it is unable to stop
00:15:30them, yet in exclusive comments to TRT World, Ukrainian drone
00:15:34maker Firepoint claims it may have another.
00:15:41We need a starling connectivity over Russia,
00:15:45if we had this, we could destroy all the launchers for ballistic
00:15:48missiles. You are saying that if Elon Musk gave you permission to
00:15:52use Starlink over Russian territory that you could stop all
00:15:56ballistic missiles from coming in to Ukraine, yes we
00:16:00already have all the instruments for this. I think any way we need to
00:16:03also provide anti-ballistic capabilities, but talking
00:16:07about plug and play solution, yes, this is the most crucial change that
00:16:11could happen in the moment. If the claim is correct, it
00:16:15would shift the equation of Ukraine's ballistic defense from one of
00:16:19scarce interceptors towards one of offensive reach and
00:16:23political commission. Zelinski is currently in negotiations
00:16:27over patriot interceptors with the US and has also asked President
00:16:30Donald Trump about using Starling over Russian
00:16:34territory. The battle in Ukraine skies may be. determining
00:16:38the next stage in this war, yet it is discussions in the political
00:16:41halls of power that could yet decide its future. Joel
00:16:45Flin, TRT World, in Kieve. Spain has imposed
00:16:49border controls for all arrivals from Italy an escalating EU
00:16:53dispute over irregular migration. Italy imposed the same
00:16:56measures on Spanish arrivals after the mass influx of migrants into
00:17:00Spain's north African territory south that last week. That move was
00:17:04supported by Finland and Denmark. The Czech Republic was even
00:17:33his administration, it's been welcomed into the shield the americas
00:17:36a trump alliance of latin. american countries who have promised to fight
00:17:39narcotrafficking, one june's election by
00:17:43about 250,000
00:17:45votes,
00:17:51i am sending a firm message to the colombian people, the time has come
00:17:55to restore order, authority and
00:17:58freedom, well this approach towards ending
00:18:01narcotrafficking is radically different to that of his left-wing predecessor
00:18:05from the colombian capital, here's
00:18:10now what's been happening the past four years is that the colombian government has been
00:18:14attempting peace negotiations with the countries remain in
00:18:17rebel groups so what could happen now if these
00:18:21negotiations get all of sudden cancelled
00:18:25with some the groups that are that were still in talks with the
00:18:28government they might react by staging attacks so it is
00:18:32somewhat of a tense situation and certainly it's a
00:18:35180 degree turn in the Colombia's
00:18:39Colombian government's security policy and its approach to the
00:18:43conflict that has been going on in Colombia for decades.
00:18:47now we have had this before 15, 20 years
00:18:51ago with a more hard line approach.
00:18:54what that did at that time some people say
00:18:58is force you the rebel group
00:19:01at that time the fart gorillas to sit down at
00:19:05negotiations, perhaps it play some pressure on them
00:19:08to finally sign a peace deal with the government in
00:19:112016, what analys here say however
00:19:15is that you need to have both things, you
00:19:17need to exert pressure on rebel groups, but you also need
00:19:21to have an avenue of negotiations, because we're talking
00:19:24about an estimated 20,00 people in Colombia right
00:19:28now that are involved in these rebel groups or in
00:19:32these criminal groups and somehow you need to find
00:19:35a pathway for. to join civilian
00:19:39life right, for them to retire from these groups and
00:19:43and join the rest of society, and it's quite
00:19:47difficult to
00:19:48see how you could only achieve that through military means or
00:19:51through imprisoning people, so the military approach by
00:19:55the lesveya might put some more pressure on these groups, but then when
00:19:59analis say is that you also need to offer like an
00:20:03exit route for them to demobilize.
00:20:08At least seven people have been killed in a mass shooting on the outskirts the Thai Capital,
00:20:12Bangkok. Police say teenage student shot as grandparents
00:20:16before going to school, killing five teachers and then turning the gun on
00:20:19himself. Yevgenia Mikaelidi
00:20:21reports. Students take
00:20:25cover at this school in Thailand's Nantaburi province as
00:20:29gunfire rings out. Police says a 14-year
00:20:33old fired thousands of rounds at teachers and students with.
00:20:37handgun taken from family member. He had also killed
00:20:41his grandparents at home earlier on Friday
00:20:44morning. I saw students who had been shot,
00:20:48some in the arm, some in the back. some in the chest, we rushed to get them to
00:20:52hospital. Thailand has one the highest rates of
00:20:55civilian gun ownership in southeast Asia. Several high
00:20:59profile shootings in recent years have prompted renewed
00:21:03debate over gun access and public
00:21:06safety. I have sent relevant
00:21:09officials to the area. This is horrible, it shouldn't have happened. This is
00:21:13the reason why the government does not permit the extension of firearms
00:21:17possession. This is exactly why. This says. shot
00:21:20himself
00:21:21suspect who during the incident has been identified as a student at the same
00:21:25school. we rushed up and found that the
00:21:28perpetrator had shot himself in the right side the head and
00:21:32collapsed. when we got up there we checked his pulse, he still had
00:21:36one, so we started CPR. as soon as we saw signs during
00:21:39CPR, we had the team bring a board up to carry him to the
00:21:43hospital. that rescue worker says his own
00:21:46daughter attends this school and he raised there after... Hearing
00:21:50reports of gunfire. For many families, hours of
00:21:54waiting ended with the worst possible news. It
00:21:58is the second shooting a time school this year. In
00:22:01February, teacher was killed and a student injured an attack
00:22:05in the south. As investigators search for motive,
00:22:09the attack is again raising questions over firearm
00:22:12access and whether more can be done to prevent young
00:22:16people from carrying out deadly violence.
00:22:24Israel's national security minister Itaver has renewed an order
00:22:27restricting family visits to palestinian prisoners in Israeli
00:22:30jails. the Palestinian prisoner society says the order could
00:22:34further isolate detainies and allow violations against prisoners
00:22:38to continue without external oversight. the group says the
00:22:42policy amounts to a systematic effort to cut prisoners off from their families and the
00:22:46outside world. it also alleges detainees face condition.
00:22:50including torture, starvation and other forms of mistreatment. In
00:22:54June, the Israeli Supreme Court ruled the continued denial of prison visits by the Red
00:22:58Cross is unlawful. Children across
00:23:02Lebanon have faced years of disrupted education because of Israeli
00:23:05attacks. UN numbers show more than 300 schools being destroyed or
00:23:09damaged during the most recent conflict. From Beirout, Priyanka Navani
00:23:12reports on those determined to make up for the lost
00:23:15learning.
00:23:20the world children are enjoying their last few weeks of summer vacation,
00:23:24dreading being back in the classroom come September, but not
00:23:27here, the kids at this school in Beirot were stoked to spend
00:23:31their summer right here. We are happy because
00:23:35we are playing, they're teaching us and I met new friends, I learned how
00:23:39to draw and my handwriting is improving. Amir and his
00:23:43classmates had their school year cut short last year when the Israel hasbula
00:23:46war broke out in March. Most schools turned to online. learning and
00:23:50hundreds of schools were transformed into displacement shelters,
00:23:54even now
00:23:55this summer school put on a bid to help children catch up on what they
00:23:59lost last year is shared with displaced families, but in
00:24:02September officials say clearer plan will be needed. They
00:24:06are working on finding other places for the displaced. Many
00:24:10displaced people have not been able to return to their homes and the
00:24:14villages because they've been destroyed or occupied, so
00:24:18definitely there's a solution. "there is no way schools can be for
00:24:21learning and the displacement center. It's a conundrum the
00:24:25ministry of education will have to solve quickly. Supporting
00:24:29education and displaced families has not always been easy for
00:24:33Lebanon, with schools, sometimes used for learning, sometimes
00:24:37used as shelters, and sometimes for both purposes, but
00:24:41they're also not mutually exclusive, with
00:24:44displaced students desperately in need of an education
00:24:48too. UNICEF. major partner to the ministry of
00:24:51education wants to ensure every child has access to
00:24:55learning. damaged and destroyed schools around
00:24:58340 uh have
00:25:01massively impacted children's ability uh
00:25:04to learn. so
00:25:06there are a couple of immediate priorities: firstly to ensure uh that
00:25:10there is clear plan uh to rehabilitate and construct
00:25:14schools in particular identifying those that are more easily
00:25:18uh fixed uh so that the... ready for children, the start the new
00:25:22school year in September. The children here seem to know little the
00:25:26Herculean task ahead of Lebaneses officials and the complex military
00:25:30and political questions hovering over the country. All they know is
00:25:34that here, the future feels brighter. Priyanka Navani,
00:25:37TRT World, Baiduot. Almost
00:25:41five years ago, Bosnia Herzegovina has criminalized genocidal denial
00:25:45and the glorification of convicted war criminals. Groups representing the
00:25:49victim. the yukaslav wars the 1990s say thousands
00:25:53of complaints are still unresolved, but as sovic reports
00:25:57a new digital platform is hoping it can press the authorities to take
00:26:00action. public
00:26:04display celebrating convicted war criminals and social media
00:26:07posts denying this rebenitsa genocide will now be
00:26:10recorded by new initiative in Bosnia and
00:26:14Herzegovina. Such acts can constitute criminal offenses under the
00:26:17country's criminal code. A new platform, register
00:26:21145A is documenting complaints and
00:26:25allowing citizens to submit evidence they believe violates the
00:26:28law.
00:26:32late is the inefficiency the prosecutors office. I believe that registered
00:26:36145A is restoring hope among citizens even among
00:26:40those were once the most pessimistic, especially people who have
00:26:43personally experienced the inefficiency the courts. now we can see that people
00:26:47are responding. more than 50,000 complaints
00:26:51supported by evidence have already been filed with
00:26:54prosecutors. campaigners say the problem is no longer
00:26:58documenting alleged offenses, but the pace at which
00:27:02cases move through the judicial system, they argue
00:27:05lengthy delays, risk underminding confidence in the judicial
00:27:09system and discourage victims from reporting future
00:27:13cases. it is clear that the courts
00:27:17of Bosnia and Herzegovina still do not understand their role and
00:27:20responsibility when it comes to persecuting those committed war
00:27:24crimes as well as those who deny the genocide or glorify
00:27:28convicted war criminals. someone must be held accountable and the judiciary
00:27:32must be
00:28:03Victims groups say many complaints filed even before
00:28:06register 145 was launched have remained
00:28:10unresolved for years. They warned that continued delays, risks
00:28:14undermining public confidence in Bosnia and Herzegovina's
00:28:17justice system and weakening trust that the law will be
00:28:21enforced. Samir Sejfovic, TRT World,
00:28:24Bihaj Bosnia and Hercegovina. Uh, I'll
00:28:28soon you have your latest headlines on TRT World. Bye-bye.
00:30:15Hello, you're watching TRT World, I'm Atnan Naz with the main
00:30:18headlines. Saudi Arabia and Pakistan have signed the landmark
00:30:22defense pact in Mecca pledging that attack on one will be treated as an attack
00:30:26on all. Those president says the deal
00:30:29reaffirms the right to self-defense and is not aimed. any
00:30:32country, the agreement has come as tensions have grown since the end of
00:30:36February when the US and Israel launched their war on
00:30:39Iran. Iran says it's agreed to propose shipping
00:30:43the sato route for
00:30:43through moves with Oman, a possible step towards reopening the vital energy
00:30:47corridor. Sources in Washington are saying deal is expected
00:30:50soon. Iran's blockade the straight was the main reason for the recent
00:30:54resumption of tittat strikes with the US saying once the waterway is
00:30:58reopened, it will end the American blockade of Iran's
00:31:00ports. The UN Security Council has expressed concern
00:31:04over the ongoing escalation and