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Business Wire
3 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
NEP Europe and Wirtz Film & Experience Appointed Host Broadcasters for NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague
THE HAGUE, Netherlands--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- NEP Group, the leading global media services provider, today announced that its Dutch branch of NEP Europe in partnership with Wirtz Film & Experience were commissioned by the Dutch government to provide full host broadcasting services for the 2025 NATO Summit, held June 24-25 in The Hague. The audiovisual capture and distribution of all official summit activities were carried out by an integrated team from both media partners, providing live coverage of the international event which brought together world leaders, ministers, and senior delegates from all 32 member countries of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Following over a year of intensive preparation, technical coordination, and content development, a temporary media center in The Hague became operational on Sunday, June 22. From a specially designed Master Control Room (MCR), live content was produced throughout the summit and made available worldwide to accredited media organizations. More than 80 cameras, including both standard and remotely operated ones, along with eight fully-equipped directing units were deployed throughout the event. A multidisciplinary team of directors, technicians, producers, and editors from NEP and Wirtz collaborated closely to portray the summit proceedings in a professional, neutral, and balanced manner. Arjan van Westerloo, Executive Vice President of NEP Europe, said: 'Providing the host broadcasting for an international summit such as the NATO Summit demands maximum reliability, editorial diligence, and technical precision. Thanks to our close collaboration with Wirtz and the commitment of our experienced team, we were able to deliver all the required images in high quality, in real time, and with complete neutrality to the international press.' Jan-Willem Wirtz, Creative Director at Wirtz Film & Experience, said: 'This production was unique in many respects. Not just because of its scale and international character, but especially because of the extraordinary level of precision required in both preparation and execution. The security demands and confidentiality surrounding this project were extremely high. Over a year before the summit, we began preparations in close coordination with government services, security agencies, and NATO itself. Every detail—from directing plans to studio positioning and content creation—had to be flawless. The fact that we were able to execute this as a team with such precision makes us incredibly proud.' Pim Koster, Technical Broadcast Producer for the NATO Summit 2025, said: 'The technical complexity of this production was unprecedented. We worked across multiple locations, with hundreds of connections and a completely temporary infrastructure, all within a highly secured environment. There was hardly any room for rehearsals or margin for error, but when the moment arrived, every shot had to be right. Thanks to the craftsmanship, flexibility, and dedication of the Wirtz and NEP teams, we delivered a production we can genuinely be proud of.' The host broadcasting included content production of: Arrivals of world leaders at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport The official opening of the summit in The Hague The state banquet at Huis ten Bosch Palace, hosted by King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima Formal plenary meetings and bilateral encounters All press moments and side events in and around the World Forum Additionally, NEP and Wirtz were responsible for the audiovisual production of over 100 hours of content, including: All screen content within the World Forum The NATO Public Forum, including editorial and content support Six live talk shows featuring international guests and experts Multistream distribution, live ingest & playout, and multilingual subtitling Media services deployed include: More than 80 cameras (remote and manually operated) Over 500 man-days of staffing 30 kilometers of cabling 8 directing units, including 3 outside broadcast trucks Temporary Master Control Room (MCR) Multiple mobile studio environments Live ingest, playout, and multistream distribution NEP's LiveCenter as the central connectivity hub Multilingual subtitling and content management systems 50+ pool feed positions in the press center With this assignment, NEP Europe and Wirtz Film & Experience reaffirm their status as leading partners for large-scale international events, with a focus on reliability, innovation, and high-quality content delivery. Visit to learn more about NEP's media services and connected production solutions. About NEP NEP is the world's most trusted media services partner for live sports and entertainment. With a global network of experts, cutting-edge technology, and an expansive portfolio of customer-driven, innovative solutions, we empower our customers to tell their stories in breakthrough ways. With operations in 25 countries, we've supported thousands of major productions and events on every continent with excellence and reliability. See how we bring content to life at
Hindustan Times
3 days ago
- Politics
- Hindustan Times
'I think he likes me': Trump reacts to being called 'daddy' by NATO chief Mark Rutte
At the NATO Summit 2025 in the Netherlands, US President Donald Trump was given a strange new nickname - daddy. This new nickname, which was given by NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte as the two leaders discussed the US role during the Israel-Iran conflict. US President Donald Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio laugh as they react to questions on the new nickname given to Trump by Rutte(AFP) While speaking to reporters, questions on the new nickname had the US president blushing and Defence secretary Pete Hegseth, Secretary of State Marco Rubio doubling over with laughter. Speaking to Trump, a Sky News journalist asked the US president - "Mark Rutte, the NATO chief, who is your friend, he called you 'daddy' earlier. Do you regard your NATO allies as kind of children?" The question triggered a burst of laughter to break out in the room, including from the president's team. "No, he likes me, I think he likes me. If he doesn't, I'll let you know. I'll come back and I'll hit him hard, ok?" said Trump, who was visibly amused during the conversation. Trump added that Rutte said the term in an affectionate manner. Also Read: 'Sometimes daddy...': NATO chief backs Trump's use of 'f' word for Israel, Iran NATO backs Trump, increases defence expenditure Donald Trump's return as US president sparked tensions between the western allies as NATO worked to find a way to function without the United States. Despite the lighthearted jokes and nicknames, the journalist once again asked if Trump sees the NATO allies as his children, to which he stated that the allies "need a little help." Also Read: 'Daddy's home': White House plays on Trump's new NATO nickname "I think they need a little help at the beginning. And I think they will be able to, and I think they are gonna remember this day, and this is a big day for NATO," said Trump as NATO allies announced an increase in defence expenditure. "This was a very big day," Trump continued. "One of the gentlemen said, 'You know what, we've been trying to raise the rate for 30 years,' and he's been there a long time, and he said, 'until you came along and it happened. What you did was amazing.' It's been sort of an amazing day for a lot of reasons," he added further.
Mint
4 days ago
- Politics
- Mint
Donald Trump compares Iran strikes to Hiroshima, Nagasaki bombings: ‘That ended the war'
NATO summit 2025: US President Donald Trump, speaking at the NATO Summit on Wednesday, drew sharp global attention with a contentious remark comparing recent US military strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II in 1945. He stated, 'That hit ended the war,' drawing a rather controversial parallel between the two events. Addressing the press at the NATO Summit 2025, President Donald Trump claimed that Saturday's US-led strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were decisive in ending the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran. 'That hit ended the war. I don't want to use an example of Hiroshima. I don't want to use an example of Nagasaki, but that was essentially the same thing, that ended that war. This ended that with the war. If we didn't take that out, they would have been, they'd be fighting right now,' Donald Trump said. The United States launched a coordinated assault on three major nuclear sites in Iran—Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan—using bunker-buster bombs designed to damage fortified underground facilities. While Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared the strikes a 'complete success,' intelligence assessments reported by CNN offer a more tempered view. Though surface structures suffered significant damage, the core infrastructure of Iran's nuclear programme—including centrifuges and enriched uranium stockpiles—remained largely operational. Pentagon analysts noted that the attacks likely delayed Iran's nuclear ambitions by only a few months, rather than crippling them entirely. Despite this, Trump and Hegseth insisted that Iran's ability to build nuclear weapons had been 'obliterated". Donald Trump's Iran comparison to Hiroshima and Nagasaki comes amid a period of heightened military tension between Iran and Israel, with both nations exchanging strikes in recent weeks. Iran has maintained that its nuclear programme is intended for peaceful purposes, while Israel and its allies have expressed deep skepticism and concern over its weapons potential. Critics have warned that equating precision military strikes with the nuclear devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki is both misleading and potentially inflammatory. 'There's no comparing conventional military strikes, however forceful, with the catastrophic and indiscriminate destruction of atomic bombs,' said Dr. Laura Jenkins, a historian at the University of Chicago. 'The Trump Hiroshima analogy not only distorts history, it risks trivializing the legacy of nuclear warfare.' Others have pointed to the broader diplomatic fallout such remarks could have, especially with nations such as Japan, a key NATO ally, which continues to grapple with the long-term trauma of the 1945 bombings. To fully understand the controversy surrounding Donald Trump's comments, it's important to revisit the historical events he invoked. The US atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 were the culmination of years of global conflict and aimed to force Japan into surrender, ending World War II. On 6 August 1945, the US dropped the 'Little Boy' atomic bomb on Hiroshima. On 9 August, the second bomb, 'Fat Man,' was detonated over Nagasaki. The destruction was unprecedented: tens of thousands were killed instantly, with many more succumbing to radiation sickness, burns, and injuries in the months and years that followed. The bombings are credited with prompting Japan's unconditional surrender on 15 August 1945, but they also opened an era of nuclear fear and arms proliferation that shaped the Cold War and beyond. The effects of US atomic bombings in Japan continue to reverberate through the east-Asian nation. Known as hibakusha, survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki have faced elevated rates of cancer, genetic disorders, and psychological trauma. 90% of doctors and nurses in Hiroshima perished or were injured in the initial blast, leaving the city's population largely without medical care. Radiation led to a dramatic rise in miscarriages, birth defects, and leukemia. Survivors and their descendants have struggled with mental health issues, including PTSD, often intensified around the anniversaries of the bombings. Japanese Red Cross hospitals still provide care for thousands suffering from radiation-related illnesses, underscoring the enduring legacy of the 1945 attacks. Donald Trump's Hiroshima Iran comparison has reignited global conversations around the ethics and implications of nuclear analogies in modern warfare. While US President Trump insists the Iran nuclear strikes were as decisive as the 1945 atomic bombings in Japan by US, military analysts and historians caution against overstating their impact. 'What happened in Hiroshima was a singular tragedy,' said political scientist Dr. Afsaneh Farhadi. 'Invoking that to justify modern conventional warfare is both inaccurate and insensitive, especially when the evidence suggests Iran's programme is still active.'
Newsweek
4 days ago
- Politics
- Newsweek
Did Donald Trump's Bombing of Iran Fail? What We Know
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. President Donald Trump has hit back at reports that the strikes he ordered on Iranian nuclear sites were not as effective as he had claimed as questions grow over the success of the attacks. Trump had said that the U.S. strikes had destroyed Iran's ability to make a nuclear bomb—the stated aim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he launched Operation Rising Lion on June 13. But CNN reported it had seen an assessment by the Pentagon's Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that key parts of the nuclear program, including centrifuges, could be restarted. President Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace during the NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 24, 2025. President Donald Trump arrives at Huis ten Bosch Palace during the NATO Summit 2025 in The Hague, the Netherlands, on June 24, 2025. PatrickYossi Alpher, a former official with Israel's intelligence agency, Mossad, told Newsweek Wednesday Netanyahu "can dodge the controversy" over disputes about the damaged Iranian sites and that "everyone is used to Trump's hyperbole." Meanwhile Trump and the White House have rejected the CNN report and Newsweek has contacted the White House for further comment. Why It Matters Trump ordered strikes on three Iranian sites at Natanz, Isfahan and the underground facility at Fordow. The president said Saturday's attacks had "completely and totally obliterated" the Islamic Republic's nuclear program. But the sentiment from analysts and the chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Caine, who helped oversee the operation, was more measured. CNN's report and Trump's rejection of it add to uncertainty about Iran's nuclear weapons capabilities. What To Know The CNN report said early DIA intelligence showed the U.S. strikes did not destroy the core components of Iran's nuclear program and probably only delayed it. Analysis of the damage is ongoing but this assessment is at odds with statements by Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth that the program had been "obliterated." Unnamed sources told CNN that centrifuges were mostly intact and enriched uranium vital for making bombs had been shifted from the sites before the strikes, meaning that the operation set Iran's program back "a few months tops." CNN said it was too early for a complete understanding of the effect of the strikes and as yet, it is not clear if the report chimes with other intelligence agencies' assessments. Daryl Kimball, executive director of the Arms Control Association (ACA) said in a statement to Newsweek that the U.S. strikes "may temporarily set back Iran's nuclear program" but long-term would be likely to push Tehran to view nuclear weapons as necessary for deterrence. He also said military strikes alone cannot destroy Iran's nuclear knowledge and would strengthen its resolve to reconstitute sensitive nuclear activities, possibly withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and then proceeding to weaponization. Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow and director of military analysis at Defense Priorities, told Newsweek that it was hard to see how much damage was done to Iran's nuclear sites although U.S. and Israeli strikes were likely to have set back the Iranian program. However, Iran still has hundreds of scientists who can reconstitute the program, Israeli assassinations aside, she said. U.S. intelligence before the strikes had suggested that Iran was far from having a weaponized nuclear capability and was not racing for a bomb, although whether that calculation changes afterward is hard to say, added Kavanagh. President Donald Trump addresses the nation, alongside Vice President JD Vance, left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, from the White House in Washington, D.C., on June... President Donald Trump addresses the nation, alongside Vice President JD Vance, left, Secretary of State Marco Rubio, second, right, and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, right, from the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 21, 2025. MoreThe Response From Trump and the White House The White House has acknowledged the existence of the assessment released by CNN but disagreed with it. Trump posted on the Truth Social platform: "THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED!" and in a follow up post lambasted "fake news CNN." The president also told reporters that "the press is very disrespectful to those great geniuses and patriots that flew those planes." White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a statement that reports questioning the effectiveness of the strikes on Iran's nuclear facilities were an attempt "to demean" Trump, and discredit the mission's pilots. Israel's assessment of the strikes also found less damage on Fordow than expected, according to CNN, which reported that Israeli officials believe the combination of U.S. and Israeli military action set back the Iranian nuclear program by two years. What People Are Saying White House statement: "The leaking of this alleged assessment is a clear attempt to demean President Trump, and discredit the brave fighter pilots who conducted a perfectly executed mission to obliterate Iran's nuclear program." President Donald Trump: "FAKE NEWS CNN, TOGETHER WITH THE FAILING NEW YORK TIMES, HAVE TEAMED UP IN AN ATTEMPT TO DEMEAN ONE OF THE MOST SUCCESSFUL MILITARY STRIKES IN HISTORY. "THE NUCLEAR SITES IN IRAN ARE COMPLETELY DESTROYED! BOTH THE TIIMES AND CNN ARE GETTING SLAMMED BY THE PUBLIC!" Jennifer Kavanagh, senior fellow & director of military analysis, Defense Priorities: "From the point of the Iranian regime, it would be reasonable to think that having a usable nuclear capability is the only safeguard for their security after twice having the rug being pulled out from under them on negotiations." Yossi Alpher, Israeli analyst and ex-Mossad official to Newsweek: "So far the IDF (Israel Defense Forces) takes a cautious position and Bibi [Netanyahu] can dodge the controversy. Besides, everyone is used to Trump's hyperbole." What Happens Next As of Wednesday morning, a ceasefire between Israel and Iran that Trump has boasted about brokering was holding as the assessments into the effectiveness of his strikes on Iran continue. Meanwhile, Kimball said it is too soon to say how much damage the combined Israeli and U.S. strikes have caused to Iran's nuclear program and the return of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to Iran was necessary.
Int'l Business Times
4 days ago
- Politics
- Int'l Business Times
Trump Declares Israel and Iran 'Don't Know What the F--k They're Doing' as They Accuse Each Other of Violating Ceasefire
President Donald Trump criticized both Israel and Iran, saying they "don't know what the f*** they're doing," following mutual accusations between the two nations of breaching a ceasefire he had announced hours earlier via Truth Social. Before boarding Marine One Tuesday morning on his way to the NATO Summit 2025 at the World Forum in The Hague, Trump was asked whether he believed Iran was still committed to peace. "Yeah, I do. They violated it, but Israel violated it too," Trump said in a clip circulating on X. When asked whether he was questioning Israel's commitment to the newly announced ceasefire, the president responded angrily. "Israel, as soon as we made the deal, they came out and they dropped a load of bombs, the likes of which I've never seen before. The biggest load that we've seen," Trump declared. "I'm not happy with Israel," Trump continued, adding that "when I say, 'OK, now you have 12 hours,' you don't go out in the first hour and drop everything you have." "I'm not happy with [Israel]. I'm not happy with Iran either, but I'm really unhappy of Israel's going out this morning because that one rocket that didn't land, that was shot perhaps by mistake, that didn't land. I'm not happy about that," Trump continued before doubling down on his frustration with the warring nations. "We basically have two countries that have been fighting so long and so hard that they don't know what the f*** they're doing. Do you understand that?" the president queried before proceeding toward the waiting aircraft. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered two airstrikes in Tehran before speaking with Trump, according to Reuters. He reportedly told Trump he would scale back the operation rather than cancel it entirely. Shortly after, Trump took to Truth Social, demanding Israel not to violate the ceasefire. Israel later accused Iran of firing missiles after the ceasefire was announced, however Iran denied these claims, Al Jazeera reported. Israel bombed Iran in a June 13 attack, just two days before Iranian officials were to meet with U.S. officials for the sixth round of nuclear negotiations, prompting retaliatory strikes. Since the strikes began, Israeli attacks have killed at least 950 people and wounded 3,450 others in Iran, according to the Associated Press. Meanwhile, Iranian attacks have left at least 24 people dead and more than 1,000 injured, a figure that includes individuals suffering from anxiety related to the attacks. Originally published on Latin Times
