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(20 Jun 2025)

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Geneva - 20 June 2025

1. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas, British Foreign Secretary David Lammy, France's Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot, and German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul walking to microphone to speak to press

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Kaja Kallas, EU foreign policy chief:

"So today, today was, the discussions we had with Iran is that the regional escalation benefits no one. And that is why we need to keep the discussions with Tehran open. We agreed that we will discuss nuclear, but also broader issues that we have and keep the discussions open."

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3. SOUNDBITE (English) David Lammy, British Foreign Secretary:

"Well, it was important to come from Washington DC this morning and to be here with my European colleagues and to have these discussions with Iran. We were clear, Iran cannot have a nuclear weapon and the EU and Europe have been clear for many years that that cannot happen. We are keen to continue ongoing discussions and negotiations with Iran. And we urge Iran to continue their talks with the United States. This is a perilous moment and it is hugely important that we don't see regional escalation of this conflict. And indeed the issues that would cause for all of us, but also for people at home worried about cost of living at this time."

STORYLINE:

Britain’s foreign secretary said after several hours of talks Friday between top European diplomats and their Iranian counterparts that Europe is “keen to continue ongoing discussions and negotiations with Iran.”

David Lammy said Europeans were clear in talks in Geneva that Iran “cannot have a nuclear weapon.”

EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said "regional escalation benefits no one."

"That is why we need to keep the discussions with Tehran open. We agreed that we will discuss nuclear, but also broader issues, that we have and keep the discussions open," she added.

The ministers gave few details and took no questions.

Foreign ministers from Britain, France and Germany, as well as the European Union's foreign policy chief, emerged from talks at a Geneva hotel about 3 1/2 hours after Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived for the meeting.

Araghchi also made a brief appearance before the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva.

He said that Israel’s “attacks on nuclear facilities are grave war crimes,” and insisted that “we are entitled … and determined to defend our territorial integrity, national sovereignty and security with all force.”

Iran has long insisted its nuclear program is peaceful, though it was the only non-nuclear-armed state to enrich uranium up to 60%, a short, technical step away from weapons-grade levels of 90%.

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(20 Jun 2025)

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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 30 September 2015

1. Migrants waving their hands in the air and chanting upon reading Lesbos

2. Various of children being carried to shore

3. Couple embracing upon arriving in Lesbos

4. Various of people walking along shore

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Undisclosed location, Europe – 12 June 2025

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaritis Schinas, former Vice President of the European Commission:

“Despite of this historic and unprecedented crisis, we made it. Europe made it. And Greece made it as well. I’m saying this because, you know, I have always resisted the intellectual appeal of pessimism. I’m an incurable optimist. And even in these very difficult moments, I had no doubts that we would be shaken, threatened, as it happened, but in the end of the day, common sense and common action prevailed. We can discuss a bit later, but I think the Lesbos crisis of 2015 was in a way the birth certificate of the European migration and asylum policy.”

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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 21 March 2016

5. Various drone shots of discarded life vests left on the island

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Undisclosed location, Europe – 12 June 2025

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Margaritis Schinas, former Vice President of the European Commission:

“We now have either a partnership agreements, or, de-facto agreements, with practically all countries of origin and transit into Europe. Turkey, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Egypt, Tunisia, Libya, Morocco, Western Africa. So, for the first time these countries understand that they have a lot to gain by working with us then working against us on migration. That’s also something that we didn’t have in 2015 or before. More positivity: Frontex is no longer a secretariat in Warsaw working the phone to find equipment and means and people. Now this is the biggest EU agency with 10,000 border coast guards by 2017, their own equipment, their own uniforms, they are carrying guns. They have helicopters. It’s the embryo of the EU federal coast guard, as they have in the U.S. So, I’m saying all this to make the point that they are turning the page. But I also see the point that for many Europeans and many observers like yourself, who have seen, witnessed Europe’s inability to sort migration out, this toxicity persists, to a certain extent."

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ARCHIVE: Lesbos, Greece – 30 September 2015

7. Various of migrants being rescued and brought to shore

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Geneva – 13 June 2025

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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Philippe Leclerc, head of UNHCR Europe:

“What was striking was the extraordinary solidarity of the people who were rescuing these individuals. At sea, the fishermen, on the islands, the old grandmothers that we remember feeding the children, it was extraordinary. And also the hundreds of young Europeans coming from all over Europe to support these Syrians, and these Greeks, hosting these large populations. So, it was, ... [truncated]

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(20 Jun 2025)

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Tehran, Iran - 20 June 2025

1. Wide of protesters chanting "Death to Israel"

2. Protester holding pictures of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's supreme leader and nuclear scientists killed in Israel's attacks

3. Protesters chanting (Farsi) "Allah is the greatest"

4. Various of protest

5. Protests chanting (Farsi) "No compromise! No surrender! Fight with America!"

STORYLINE:

Demonstrators in Tehran protested Israel's strikes on Iran Friday, chanting anti-America and anti-Israel slogans while holding pictures of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

The protest started after Friday prayers and worshippers were joined by other demonstrators.

"Compromises never reached any result, and they won't in future," said one Tehran resident who attended the protest.

Meanwhile, new diplomatic efforts appeared to be underway as Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi headed to Geneva for meetings with the European Union’s top diplomat and counterparts from the United Kingdom, France and Germany.

The war between Israel and Iran erupted June 13, with Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists.

At least 657 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 2,000 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group.

Iran has retaliated by firing 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, according to Israeli army estimates.

Most have been shot down by Israel’s multitiered air defenses, but at least 24 people in Israel have been killed and hundreds wounded.

AP Video shot by Saeed Sarmadi

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(20 Jun 2025)

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Southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon - 20 June 2025

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1. Various of Hezbollah protesters holding Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags raising their fists and chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “America, you are the Great Satan."

2. Various of Hezbollah protesters holding Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags

3. Tilt down from mosques to protest

4. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zahra Atwa, Hezbollah supporter:

“Today we stand here, we came in support of Iran. We are with Iran forever and will never leave it. We stand with the Sayyed , the Supreme Leader

( Ayatollah Ali Khamenei), with this path and this approach. This is the path of truth. All the oppression we are facing today from Lebanon, against the Shiite sect, against Iran, Yemen, and Iraq ، this injustice will surely come to an end, and the truth will prevail."

4. Hezbollah protesters chanting “death to Israel and death to America”

5. Hezbollah protesters waiving Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags

6. Hezbollah protesters chanting UPSOUND (Arabic) “we are at your service Khamenei”

7. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) Zainab Reda, Hezbollah supporter, holding a piece of cloth):

“Trump, these are our shrouds (cloths that covers a dead body). If there is any attack on the Supreme Leader (referring to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei) , we are ready for martyrdom. Do you know whom you’re fighting? Do you know whom you’re speaking to? He is the Supreme Leader. He is the master of the nation."

9. Various of protest

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of supporters of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs after Friday afternoon prayers to demonstrate in support of Tehran in the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

Demonstrators carried the Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags as well as that of Hezbollah, and chanted "death to America" and "death to Israel."

Some also chanted pledges of allegiance to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is revered as religious authority by many Shiite Muslims.

Hezbollah suffered severe losses in a war with Israel that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire in November and has so far remained on the sidelines the Iran-Israel war.

It remains unclear whether the group might enter the fray if the government in Tehran appears to be in danger of falling.

Zainab Reda, one of the protesters, carrying a white shroud, said:

“Trump, these are our shrouds. If there is any attack on the Supreme Leader, we are ready for martyrdom."

AP Video by Fadi Tawil Mahammad Aounti

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(20 Jun 2025)

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Geneva - 20 June 2025

1. German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul arriving at the Intercontinental hotel in Geneva

2. Vice-President of the European Commission Kaja Kallas arriving at the Intercontinental hotel in Geneva

3. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot arriving at the Intercontinental hotel in Geneva

4. UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy arriving at the Intercontinental hotel in Geneva

5. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arriving at the Intercontinental hotel in Geneva

STORYLINE:

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arrived at a hotel in Geneva Friday for a meeting with his counterparts from France, Germany, the U.K. and the European Union’s foreign policy chief.

Araghchi is holding talks with the top European diplomats about the crisis that centers on concerns about his country’s nuclear program, a week after the long-simmering dispute erupted into war between Israel and Iran.

It is the first face-to-face meeting between Western and Iranian officials since the start of the conflict.

Ahead of the meeting, Araghchi said his country has “nothing to discuss” with the United States as long as Israel continues its strikes on Iran, but is open to “dialogue” with others, though not negotiations. The war has seen Israeli airstrikes target Iranian nuclear and military sites and Tehran firing back.

British Foreign Secretary David Lammy said that “a window now exists within the next two weeks to achieve a diplomatic solution.” He travelled to Geneva after meeting in Washington with U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and President Donald Trump’s Mideast envoy, Steve Witkoff.

Trump has been weighing whether to attack Iran by striking its well-defended Fordo uranium enrichment facility, which is buried under a mountain and widely considered to be out of reach of all but America’s “bunker-buster” bombs. He said Wednesday that he’ll decide within two weeks whether the U.S. military will get directly involved in the war given the “substantial chance” for renewed negotiations over Tehran’s nuclear program.

French President Emmanuel Macron said the European diplomats would make a “comprehensive, diplomatic and technical offer of negotiation” to Iran.

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Tel Aviv, Israel - 20 June 2025

1. Missile being intercepted

2. Smoke in sky, sirens

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Jerusalem - 20 June 2025

3. Jerusalem's skyline, UPSOUND siren

4. Zoom into smoke in sky

STORYLINE:

Sirens were heard in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem as Iranian missiles activated the Israeli Iron Dome on Friday.

Israel and Iran exchanged strikes a week into their war as new diplomatic efforts got underway in Switzerland.

Israel’s military said it carried out airstrikes Friday targeting the areas around Kermanshah and Tabriz in western Iran.

The military says 25 fighter jets struck “missile storage and launch infrastructure components” Friday morning.

The war between Israel and Iran erupted June 13, with Israeli airstrikes targeting nuclear and military sites, top generals and nuclear scientists.

At least 657 people, including 263 civilians, have been killed in Iran and more than 2,000 wounded, according to a Washington-based Iranian human rights group.

Iran has retaliated by firing 450 missiles and 1,000 drones at Israel, according to Israeli army estimates.

Most have been shot down by Israel’s multitiered air defenses, but at least 24 people in Israel have been killed and hundreds wounded.

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Sandhurst, England - 10 May 2025

1. Various of Soloma Avionics team working on a drone which has to fly unassisted by GPS and with no pilot communication at Hackathon focussing on military challenges

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics:

"We are working on drone stabilization because we think that this is something that can be beneficial to almost any kind of flying platform. It doesn't have to be our flying platform, it can be from someone else. You can still use our sensors and it will provide you with a stabilization that can be used in GPS denied or GPS contested environment. So where there's no GPS, there's no connection to your pilot, you can still rely on our sensors to bring your vehicle safely, which is cool, and this hackathon is just a great place to like meet all the different people, see what others are up to, meet investors, meet military personnel, talk to them, see what they are up to, what they require, what pain points they have, and then see if your things can also help them with the pain points that they have."

3. Various of Soloma Avionics team setting up their drone in a field outside the Hackathon

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics:

"We think that the Defence Hackathon really works well as a format for just coming up with solutions to whatever the challenge might be and also sometimes surprising yourself, finding something that you thought was probably unachievable and then you can actually achieve it"

5. Various of Soloma team testing the drone by trying to knock it off course, but it retains its location UPSOUND: (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics: "We don't have a strong wind today so we see with a stick, even when you push hard you can actually hear the difference in motors, that's the sound of the stabilization actually working harder to stabilise against the force on one of the angles."

6. Team looking at laptop

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Pass, co-founder of London Defence Tech Hackathon:

"It wouldn't have happened, I don't think, without the Ukraine war. And I think especially, you Trump's second term has really kind of crystallized the Europeans that they really have to look after their own now. They cannot rely on the United States and I think that's going to be great for the European start-up ecosystem. Budgets are set to increase in Europe 50%, the amount of equipment spent will increase maybe from sort of 20% to 35%, and then within that, you're going to see a pretty drastic increase of that spend on emerging technologies, such as unmanned systems, such as AI-enabled weapon systems. And that's just going to create a huge number of opportunities for start-ups because these are the realms that start-ups participate in. That the parts of t... [truncated]

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Sandhurst, England - 10 May 2025

1. Various of Soloma Avionics team working on a drone which has to fly unassisted by GPS and with no pilot communication at Hackathon focussing on military challenges

2. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics:

"We are working on drone stabilization because we think that this is something that can be beneficial to almost any kind of flying platform. It doesn't have to be our flying platform, it can be from someone else. You can still use our sensors and it will provide you with a stabilization that can be used in GPS denied or GPS contested environment. So where there's no GPS, there's no connection to your pilot, you can still rely on our sensors to bring your vehicle safely, which is cool, and this hackathon is just a great place to like meet all the different people, see what others are up to, meet investors, meet military personnel, talk to them, see what they are up to, what they require, what pain points they have, and then see if your things can also help them with the pain points that they have."

3. Various of Soloma Avionics team setting up their drone in a field outside the Hackathon

4. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics:

"We think that the Defence Hackathon really works well as a format for just coming up with solutions to whatever the challenge might be and also sometimes surprising yourself, finding something that you thought was probably unachievable and then you can actually achieve it"

5. Various of Soloma team testing the drone by trying to knock it off course, but it retains its location UPSOUND: (English) Andrii Solonskyi, lead engineer, Soloma Avionics: "We don't have a strong wind today so we see with a stick, even when you push hard you can actually hear the difference in motors, that's the sound of the stabilization actually working harder to stabilise against the force on one of the angles."

6. Team looking at laptop

7. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Pass, co-founder of London Defence Tech Hackathon:

"It wouldn't have happened, I don't think, without the Ukraine war. And I think especially, you Trump's second term has really kind of crystallized the Europeans that they really have to look after their own now. They cannot rely on the United States and I think that's going to be great for the European start-up ecosystem. Budgets are set to increase in Europe 50%, the amount of equipment spent will increase maybe from sort of 20% to 35%, and then within that, you're going to see a pretty drastic increase of that spend on emerging technologies, such as unmanned systems, such as AI-enabled weapon systems. And that's just going to create a huge number of opportunities for start-ups because these are the realms that start-ups participate in. That the parts of th... [truncated]

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(20 Jun 2025)

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San José del Progreso, Oaxaca, México – 19 de junio de 2025

1.Varias tomas de una gasolinera con el techo colapsado

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Acapulco, Guerrero, México – 19 de junio de 2025

2. Hombre revisando una lancha de pesca

3. SONIDO (español) Ana Luisa Granados, 59 años, pescadora:

++PARCIALMENTE CUBIERTO POR 4++

"Ya más tranquila, al ver nuestro patrimonio que son las lanchas, y ayudar a los compañeros porque a veces viven lejos, algunos. Estamos ahora si, revisando las lanchas de los compañeros."

4. Varias tomas de lanchas de pesca

5. Varias tomas de las olas

STORYLINE:

Las autoridades en el sur de México seguían evaluando los daños y vigilando la crecida de los ríos mientras la lluvia de los remanentes del huracán Erick arreciaba en la región.

Las lluvias torrenciales sobre las escarpadas montañas costeras y los deslaves e inundaciones que podrían causar se convirtieron en una preocupación constante para las autoridades después de que Erick se disipara tras tocar tierra a primera hora de la mañana del jueves en una zona poco poblada de la costa.

Al menos una muerte fue confirmada el jueves en la noche, la de un niño de un año que se ahogó en un río crecido.

Erick tocó tierra en la costa del Pacífico del sur del país, entre las ciudades turísticas de Acapulco y Puerto Escondido, como un huracán de categoría 3.

Las autoridades reportaron deslaves, cortes de carreteras, líneas eléctricas caídas y algunas inundaciones mientras los residentes en la costa, especialmente en Acapulco, se tomaron la llegada del meteoro en serio, con el recuerdos del devastador paso del huracán Otis en 2023 aún fresco en sus mentes.

Bajo una lluvia constante, los residentes y los turistas que quedaban en Acapulco salieron a caminar o visitaron los negocios que volvían a abrir de forma gradual mientras los restos de Erick pasaban justo al interior del balneario turístico.

En Puerto Escondido, los pescadores buscaron e inspeccionaron sus botes azotados por la tormenta y los residentes retiraron árboles caídos y otros escombros.

La amenaza de precipitaciones intensas continuaba en las montañas que se elevan abruptamente por detrás de las famosas playas de Acapulco. Erick avanzó durante el día por la cordillera costera, arrojando lluvias torrenciales a su paso.

Se esperaba que se disipase el jueves por la noche sobre las montañas en el estado de Michoacán.

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Beirut, Lebanon - 20 June 2025

1. Various of people chanting, UPSOUND (Arabic): "Oh generous God, protect Sheikh Naim for us", "Death to Israel", "God, oh God, preserve Nasrallah's approach"

2. Various people chanting carrying Lebanese and Palestinian flags, UPSOUND (Arabic): "America, America, you are the biggest devil"

3. People holding banners and Lebanese and Palestinian flags, UPSOUND (Arabic): "I am at your service (Ali) Khamenei"

4. Various people at protest carrying Lebanese and Palestinian flags

STORYLINE:

Hundreds of supporters of the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group Hezbollah gathered in the southern suburbs of Lebanon's capital, Beirut, after Friday prayers to demonstrate in support of Tehran in the ongoing Israel-Iran war.

Demonstrators carried the Iranian, Lebanese and Palestinian flags as well as that of Hezbollah, and chanted "death to America" and "death to Israel."

Some also chanted pledges of allegiance to Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who is revered as religious authority by many Shiite Muslims.

Hezbollah suffered severe losses in a war with Israel that ended with a US-brokered ceasefire in November and has so far remained on the sidelines the Iran-Israel war.

It remains unclear whether the group might enter the fray if the government in Tehran appears to be in danger of falling.

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