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Athens, Greece - 22 July 2025

1. Greek flag

2. Various of people on the beach and in water near Athens

3. SOUNDBITE (Greek) Despoina, last name not given, local resident:

"Here, with lots of water, lots of fluids, we managed to save things a bit, and a dip in the sea is the best. For me at least, it’s the best, and I recommend it to everyone.”

4. Various of people on inflatable toy, in water, on beach near Athens

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Monika, last name not given, tourist from Hungary:

"I drank a lot of water of course, but other than that, I was staying in the shade, it's really important.”

6. Various of people on the beach and playing in ocean.

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Dianna Loukas, Greek-Australian tourist:

"We sat in the shade today and we swam a lot."

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Avana Loukas, Greek-Australian tourist:

"Every 10 minutes in and out just to refresh ourselves, we drank lots of water.”

9. Various of people on the beach and in water

STORYLINE:

Athens residents and tourists crowded beaches on Tuesday as temperatures crept up across the country.

Elsewhere in Greece a major forest fire has broken out, and authorities have ordered several villages near Corinth, west of Athens, to evacuate. There are no immediate reports of casualties. Weather conditions are particularly tough for the 180 firefighters at the scene on Tuesday.

An intense and prolonged heatwave has been forecasted in upcoming days with temperatures expected to reach up to 44 degrees Celsius in some parts of the country, according to the National Observatory of Athens.

Authorities are urging residents and tourists to avoid outdoor activity during peak heat hours, stay hydrated and watch for signs of heat-related illness as temperatures reach extreme levels.

AP video shot and produced by Lefteris Pitarakis

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Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

1. Donald Trump listening to reporter question

2. UPSOUND (English) Reporter question:

"Mr. President, do you support the Justice Department seeking a new interview with Ghislaine Maxwell and did you urge the Attorney General to seek one?"

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"I don't know anything about it."

++WHITE FLASH++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"I didn't know that they were going to do it. I don't really follow that too much. It's a, it's sort of a witch hunt, just a continuation of the witch hunt. The witch hunt that you should be talking about is they caught President Obama absolutely cold. Tulsi Gabbard. What they did to this country in 2016, starting in 2016 but going up, all the way going up to 2020 of the election, they tried to rig the election and they got caught. And there should be very severe consequences for that."

++WHITE FLASH++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"But it's time to start, after what they did to me and whether it's right or wrong, it's time to go after people. Obama's been caught directly."

++WHITE FLASH++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"And Biden was there with him, and (Former FBI Director James) Comey was there, and (Former DNI Director James) Clapper, the whole group was there. (Former CIA Director John) Brennan, they were all there in a room."

++WHITE FLASH++

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"But the leader of the gang was President Obama, Barack Hussein Obama. Have you heard of him?"

++WHITE FLASH++

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"This was treason. This was every word you can think of. They tried to steal the election. They tried to obfuscate the election."

++WHITE FLASH++

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"And it's the most unbelievable thing I think I've ever read. So you ought to take a look at that and stop talking about nonsense, because this is big stuff."

STORYLINE:

President Donald Trump baselessly accused former President Barack Obama and others of illegally plotting against him, calling it "treason" and declaring: "It's time to go after people."

Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday during a meeting with Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., Trump listed Obama, Hillary Clinton, former FBI Director James Comey, former Director of National Intelligence John Brennan and others who he accused of plotting against him and attempting to "rig the election."

“After what they did to me, whether it’s right or wrong, it’s time to go after people," Trump said from the Oval Office as he repeated a baseless claim former President Barack Obama and other officials had engaged in treason.

Trump was not making his claims for the first time, but he delivered them when administration officials are harnessing the machinery of the federal government to investigate the ... [truncated]

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Sweida, Syria - 21 July 2025

1. Pan from people carrying plastic bags with bodies and putting them on the ground at Sweida National Hospital. Blood and bodies, some uncovered, lying on the ground. UPSOUND (Arabic) "Sweida National Hospital, today is Monday July 21st, 2025. These are unidentified bodies, their identities unknown."

2. Wide of bodies lying outside morgue. Men carrying bodies on white plastic bags. UPSOUND (Arabic) "They're gathered, documented, and prepared for burial without being identified. We belong to Allah, and to him we shall return (prayer). Volunteers are moving their bodies due to a shortage in ambulance staff."

3. Pan of bodies in plastic bags lying on the ground outside the morgue

STORYLINE:

Syria reels from a new round of sectarian violence in the south, which again has threatened to upend the country’s fragile recovery from nearly 14 years of civil war.

Footage obtained by AP shows dozens of bodies lying on the ground at Sweida National Hospital following days of deadly clashes between Druze and Bedouins and later with Syrian Security Forces in the city.

The head of the Syrian Arab Red Crescent, Mohammed Hazem Baqleh, told The Associated Press on Tuesday that the situation in the city of Sweida was grim, particularly in the main hospital, where some 300 bodies piled up during the clashes.

The city had been almost entirely cut off from supplies during the almost two-week fighting.

A Red Crescent team worked with the hospital's forensics to document the dead and prepare them for burial, he said.

Baqleh said that with electricity and water largely cut off during the fighting, "there is a significant shortage of materials and a shortage of human resources” in the hospital.

The Red Crescent brought in one aid convoy on Sunday, the first to enter the city since the violence started, and is preparing to send another on Wednesday carrying some 66 tons of flour, along with other foodstuffs, fuel and medical items, Baqleh said.

The group was registering names of civilians who want to leave the city to give them safe passage out, he said.

Security forces were manning checkpoints on the roads leading into Sweida city Tuesday and prevented groups of Bedouin fighters from approaching the city, AP photographers at the scene said.

Late in the evening, state-run news agency SANA reported that a convoy of families was evacuated from Sweida escorted by Syrian Red Crescent and Syrian Civil Defence teams.

Evacuation of Bedouin families from Druze-majority areas has already begun during the weekend. Syrian state media on Sunday said the government had coordinated with officials in Sweida to bring buses to evacuate some 1,500 Bedouins. Many of them are now staying in crowded shelters in neighboring Daraa province.

Some worried that the displacement for those who leave will become permanent, a familiar scenario fr... [truncated]

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Berlin - 22 July 2025

1. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala arriving for press conference

2. Merz on podium as filmed from mobile phone screen

3. Photographer

4. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor:

"There is a joint declaration of the European Council, which is practically identical to what is now expressed in this letter."

5. Wide of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala

6. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor:

"I also want to strongly urge the Israeli government to stop the massive military intervention, enable a ceasefire and above all enable humanitarian aid for the population there. There are no differences of opinion on this matter within the coalition."

7. Wide of German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala

8. SOUNDBITE (German) Friedrich Merz, German Chancellor:

"In the trade dispute with the USA, we are now approaching the decisive phase. We need a fair, reliable agreement with low tariffs. This trade policy between the partners, America and Europe, must strengthen the transatlantic market and not weaken it. Otherwise, this dispute will cause even greater damage than it already has, particularly for consumers on both sides of the Atlantic."

9. German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala leaving

STORYLINE:

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz received Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala for talks at the Chancellery in Berlin on Tuesday.

Asked why Germany hadn’t joined the statement on Gaza, Merz argued that it was nearly identical in substance to one previously released by the European Council, which represents all 27 EU leaders.

Merz renewed an appeal to Israel to “stop the massive military intervention, enable a ceasefire and above all enable humanitarian aid for the population there.”

He said that there are “no differences of opinion” in terms of substance in his coalition.

Merz also commented again on possible US tariffs as the deadline for a possible deal is set for end of July.

AP video by Pietro De Cristofaro,

AP production by Daniel Niemann

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London - 22 July 2025

++INTERVIEW VIA VIDEOLINK++

1. SOUNDBITE (English) Nomi Bar-Yaacov, international negotiator and fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Studies:

"I think it's a good step in the right direction, long overdue, but words are not nearly enough. We are 21 months into the war with every minute counting in terms of malnourished babies, women, men, innocent people, many, many thousands of them, the figures are not known, could die tomorrow. So I think it is absolutely essential to take action. So where I see the statement of the 28 states lacking is in an action plan. And I think the action plan is known. It needs to be to take care of an immediate humanitarian mechanism that will replace the so-called Gaza Humanitarian Fund, which has been a colossal failure."

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Zikim area, northern Gaza - 22 July 2025

2. Various of people walking back from Zikim area, some of them carrying bags of flour

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London - 22 July 2025

++INTERVIEW VIA VIDEOLINK++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Nomi Bar-Yaacov, international negotiator and fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Studies:

"Yes, there are politicians that are keen to prolong the war, but there is a consensus certainly in Israel among the military echelon, the internal security forces, the Shin Bet, the external security forces the Mossad, that the war serves no more purpose and it risks not the lives of the hostages and frankly it is an existential risk. The prolongation of the war is an existential risk to Israel."

ASSOCIATED PRESS

Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

4. Wide of smoke cloud rising over Deir al-Balah skyline

ASSOCIATED PRESS

London - 22 July 2025

++INTERVIEW VIA VIDEOLINK++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Nomi Bar-Yaacov, international negotiator and fellow at the Geneva Centre for Security Studies:

"I think the leverage that can be used to persuade the U.S. To act is not going to come from Europe. It's going to from the Gulf states, principally from three Gulf states. From Qatar, from Saudi Arabia, and from the United Arab Emirates. President Trump has a very good relationship with the leaders of all three countries. Just mentioned, they have a huge amount of money that he's interested in. Whereas he has a transactional approach to everything, I don't think there's that much that Europe can offer him. I think the Gulf states have an awful lot more to offer. And the Gulf States are interested, as is Europe, but the Gulf state are the ones with the leverage. The Gulf states are interested in normalization with Israel. And in order to reach normalization with Israel it is very clear not only that the war must end, but that there also must be a very clear an actionable, implementable plan for a two-state solution in the West Bank and Gaza, so not Gaza alone."

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Gaza City, Gaza Strip - 22 July 2025

6. Various of displaced Palestinians carrying pots and waiting ... [truncated]

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Canton, Mississippi - 22 July 2025

1. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, and Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, talk

++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 1 & 3++

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"My grandparents moved here in 1901, and there's always been cattle on the farm."

3. Cows eat from trough

++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 5 & 6++

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"I was a junior in high school, and so I took over management of the cattle."

5. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, drives truck

6. Herd of bulls eat

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"And I've been doing that since '65."

8. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, closes fence

++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOT 8++

9. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"But right now, this is the highest prices it's been in history."

10. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, and Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, stand next to bulls

++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS 10 & 12++

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"Right now, if you're in the cow-calf business, and you're not happy about the cattle market, you need some Jesus in your life because that's probably the only thing that will make you happy because it is an outstanding market."

12. Flies buzz around bulls as they eat from trough

++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 12, 14 & 15++

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"It is simply supply and demand. We have historically low cattle numbers in both Mississippi and across the United States."

14. Close on bull chewing

15. Heffer turns to look at camera

++SOUNDBITE PARTIALLY COVERED BY SHOTS 17, 18, 19 & 20++

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"It's basically mother nature. You go back into 2022, we had droughts in the Midwest. That spilled over into 2023 where basically from New Mexico all the way across to the East Coast where you saw historic droughts."

17. Heffers seek shade under tree

18. Bull walks away

19. Bulls stand around trough

20. Bull noses through feed

++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOT 20++

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"And so people sold off cattle because they couldn't feed them."

22. Various bulls eat at trough

++SOUNDBITE FULLY COVERED BY SHOTS 22, 24 & 25++

23. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"So it's fewer cattle to make beef and so there's still great demand for our product, lower supply and that makes for higher cattle prices."

24. Bull lifts its head

25. Bull lowers its head to feed

STORYLINE:

Bill Howard, 76, has been a cattle farmer most of his life, and has never seen the b... [truncated]

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Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

1. Wide of U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and House Republican leaders at the podium

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"The president himself has said that he wants maximum transparency and all credible evidence to be turned over to the American public so that everyone can make their own decisions. We're owed that. And we want any individual who has been involved in any way in the Epstein evils to be brought to justice as quickly as possible. And that the law should be brought down upon their head. We"re unequivocal about that."

3. Cutaway

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"What we refuse to do is participate in another one of the Democrats' political games. This is a serious matter. We are not going to let them use this as a political battering ram. The rules committee became the ground for them to do that. We're not going to allow them to engage in that charade anymore. Why do I call it a charade? Because the Democrats are trying to play gotcha politics right now."

5. Cutaway

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Rep. Mike Johnson, U.S. Speaker of the House:

"The House rules resolution sets a good standard, and requires all credible evidence to be released. And that's exactly where the White House is. As I've said many times over the last... As I said many times, there's no daylight between the White House and the House. You have to allow the legislation to ripen, and you also have to allow the administration the space to do what it is doing."

7. Cutaway

STORYLINE:

House Speaker Mike Johnson is rebuffing pressure to act on the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein, instead sending members home early for a month-long break from Washington after the week's legislative agenda was upended by Republican members who are clamoring for a vote.

Johnson, a Republican from Louisiana, said Tuesday morning that he wants to give the White House “space” to release the Epstein information on its own, despite the bipartisan push for legislation that would require more records to be released.

“There’s no purpose for the Congress to push an administration to do something they’re already doing,” Johnson said at his weekly press conference, his last before lawmakers depart Washington on Wednesday for their traditional August recess.

Echoing President Donald Trump’s position, Johnson insisted he, too, wants the files released, but only those that are “credible.”

The speaker's stance seemed unlikely to satisfy many GOP members who are threatening to support a bipartisan bill meant to pry information from the Justice Department.

Even before Johnson spoke, a Republican-controlled subcommittee of the powerful House Committee on Oversight was advancing a resolution to subpoena Epstein's former girlfriend, Ghislaine Maxwell, for a deposition.

The intra-party turmoil on Capitol Hill unfolded as many of Trump'... [truncated]

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Washington, DC - 22 July 2025

1. President Donald Trump and Philippine leader Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. sitting in the Oval Office

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"Well, thank you very much, everybody. It's a great honor to have President Ferdinand Marcos, Jr. of the Philippines. A great family, great family legacy, and highly respected in his country. I know that because I have many friends in the Philippines, and there's great respect or I couldn't say it, so congratulations.

(Marcos: Thank you.)

We're going to be talking about trade. We're gonna be talking about war and peace. They're a very important nation militarily. And we've had some great drills lately."

++WHITE FLASH++

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Donald Trump, U.S. President:

"So I just want to say it's an honor to have you. We're going to talk about trade today. And we're very close to finishing a trade deal, big trade deal, actually. And we do a lot of business with you. It's a lot of, it's a lot of income coming in for both groups. But I was surprised to see the kind of numbers. They're very big. And they're going to get bigger under what we're doing and what we are proposing."

++WHITE FLASH++

5. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferdinand Marcos Jr., President of the Philippines:

"Thank you very much, Mr. President. Of course, we're all very happy to be here to, once again, reaffirm the very strong ties between the Philippines and the United States, ties that go back over 100 years. And considering the context in which we live these days, especially in my part of the world, this has become, this has evolved into as important a relationship as is possible to have."

++WHITE FLASH++

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Ferdinand Marcos Jr., President of the Philippines:

"Our strongest, closest, most reliable ally has always been the United States. And that is something that we value, that we are grateful for, and that we will continue to foster as we go on."

++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++

STORYLINE:

President Donald Trump welcomed Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. to the White House Tuesday, as the two countries seek closer security and economic ties in the face of shifting geopolitics in the Indo-Pacific region.

Marcos, who met Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Monday, is the first Southeast Asian leader to hold talks with Trump in his second term.

As the two leaders sat in the Oval Office in front of reporters on Tuesday, Trump said they would be talking about “war and peace” and trade.

"We’re very close to finishing a trade deal, big trade deal, actually," Trump said.

Marcos spoke warmly of the relationship between their two nations and said, “This has evolved into as important a relationship as is possible to have."

When asked by a reporter how he plans to balance his country's relationships between the U.S. and China, Marcos said there was no need to balance “because our foreign policy is an indepe... [truncated]

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Canton, Mississippi - 22 July 2025

1. Cows eat from trough

2. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, and Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, talk

3. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"My grandparents moved here in 1901, and there's always been cattle on the farm."

4. Heifer turns to look at camera

5. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, drives truck

6. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"I was a junior in high school, and so I took over management of the cattle."

7. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, closes fence

8. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"And I've been doing that since '65."

9. Bull noses through feed

10. Herd of bulls eat

11. SOUNDBITE (English) Bill Howard, cattle farmer:

"But right now, this is the highest prices it's been in history."

12. Bill Howard, cattle farmer, and Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association, stand next to bulls

13. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"Right now, if you're in the cow-calf business, and you're not happy about the cattle market, you need some Jesus in your life because that's probably the only thing that will make you happy because it is an outstanding market."

14. Flies buzz around bulls as they eat from trough

15. Close on bull chewing

16. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"It is simply supply and demand. We have historically low cattle numbers in both Mississippi and across the United States."

17. Bulls stand around trough

18. Bull lifts its head

19. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"It's basically Mother Nature. You go back into 2022, we had droughts in the Midwest. That spilled over into 2023 where basically from New Mexico all the way across to the East Cost where you saw historic droughts."

20. Various bulls eat at trough

21. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"And so people sold off cattle because they couldn't feed them."

22. Bull lowers its head to feed

23. Heifers seek shade under tree

24. SOUNDBITE (English) Andy Berry, executive vice president of Mississippi Cattlemen's Association:

"So it's fewer cattle to make beef and so there's still great demand for our product, lower supply and that makes for higher cattle prices."

25. Bull walks away

26. Bulls eat at trough

STORYLINE:

Bill Howard, 76, has been a cattle farmer most of his life, and has never seen the beef market as hot as it is now.

"Right now, this is the highest prices it's been in history," he said.

Howard operates Sedgewood Plantation in Canton, Mississippi. With the help of his wife, Nancy Howard, and her sister, Judy Moyers, they care for a herd of about 150 Angus cattle.

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