Latest news bulletin | November 25th – Midday - video Dailymotion

euronews (in English)

Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.

Transcript

00:00A new climate financing framework is agreed, but will it be enough?

00:11The EU foreign policy chief says UNIFIL has the strong support of the bloc after meeting

00:16the mission's commander in Beirut.

00:21A little-known populist takes the lead in Romania's presidential election, a surprise

00:25result that's rocked the country's political landscape.

00:31Protesters in Tbilisi accuse the government of election fraud at a rally ahead of the

00:35first session of the newly elected parliament.

00:44Like many before it, the 29th edition of the United Nations Conference on Climate Change

00:49needed extra time for an overall agreement to be reached.

00:53In the early hours of Sunday, exhausted delegates in Baku finally found a compromise on the

00:58most crucial issue of COP29, a new climate financing regime.

01:03The UN Climate Change Executive Secretary called it an insurance policy for humanity.

01:10Like any insurance policy, it only works if premiums are paid in full and on time.

01:19Promises must be kept to protect billions of lives.

01:26The sum agreed on to be guaranteed by the developed nations is at $300 billion annually

01:31much lower than developing nations had been asking for, with many delegates making their

01:36frustrations clear.

01:38However, as others pointed out, the compromise was accepted regardless, as there is now an

01:43expectation that this sum will serve as the foundation to reaching the goal experts say

01:48is needed, $1.3 trillion annually.

01:51It was very important for the African group to have that number, $300 billion by 2035,

01:58as a floor and not a ceiling.

02:01And we've been able, very late in the negotiation, to have the term at least to ensure that this

02:08can only be a starting base, a minimum, due to the vast needs of developing countries.

02:18Voluntary contributions by rich nations not included in the group of developed nations

02:23in the Convention, like China and South Korea, are supposed to help reach that ceiling.

02:28As well as multilateral development banks, investments by the private sector and revenue

02:32from taxes in the carbon markets.

02:35As did most delegates, the European Commissioner for Climate Action stressed that an agreement

02:40being reached in difficult geopolitical times was particularly significant.

02:44But he also pointed to an issue close to the EU's heart, where at least some progress

02:49also had been made.

02:51Ladies and gentlemen, another topic that was on our minds this week is reducing emissions.

02:57It was not the focus of this COP, but we wanted more, because the world needs more of it.

03:05And even though the UE consensus was attacked, we did move forward, even though it was just

03:12a bit.

03:14We did manage to safeguard Dubai and take some steps forward.

03:17It is less than what we have liked, but it is better than we feared.

03:24Next year's UN Climate Conference will be hosted by the Brazilian city of Belém, where,

03:29among other issues, mitigation in general and the Amazon rainforest in particular will

03:35take centre stage.

03:42The EU foreign policy chief has said UN peacekeepers stationed in southern Lebanon have the strong

03:47support of the bloc after meeting their commander in Beirut.

03:51Josep Borrell held talks with UNIFIL's head of mission and force commander Lieutenant

03:56General Aroldo Lazaro during his visit to the Lebanese capital on Sunday.

04:01That meeting comes days after four Italian soldiers were injured after two rockets exploded

04:06at a UNIFIL base in Sharma, apparently fired by Hezbollah.

04:10Borrell said that attacks on UNIFIL personnel are completely unacceptable and said the peacekeepers

04:15play a key role in an increasingly challenging environment.

04:19Meanwhile, Israel continued airstrikes on Beirut into Sunday night after Hezbollah fired

04:24around 250 rockets and other projectiles into Israel.

04:29At least seven people were wounded in one of the militant group's heaviest barrages

04:33on Israel in months.

04:35Sunday's attacks in northern and central Israel came in response to deadly Israeli strikes

04:40in central Beirut on Saturday.

04:42Meanwhile, Lebanon's military says an Israeli strike on an army center in the southwest

04:47killed one soldier and wounded 18 others.

04:50Israel's military expressed regret and said its operations are directed solely against

04:55Hezbollah militants.

05:00Hundreds of Lebanese protesters gathered in Paris on Sunday.

05:07Their main demand?

05:08An immediate ceasefire.

05:10Since clashes between Israel and Hezbollah began a year ago, more than 2,000 people have

05:15been killed.

05:16Thousands of Franco-Lebanese nationals that are watching the conflict from afar say they're

05:20filled with anger and guilt.

05:22They are more than 4,000 kilometers away from Lebanon, but the conflict hits close to home.

05:28Over these past few weeks, Israeli forces have carried out heavy airstrikes targeting

05:32the capital Beirut and southern Lebanon.

05:35This is the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a village in the southern Bekaa Valley.

05:40As a result, Mayad Sleiman's family home, shown in this video, is no longer habitable.

05:45The Franco-Lebanese doctor says he feels extreme guilt to be living in France.

05:50I feel totally guilty for not being there because I could have given a hand.

05:55I live with the rhythm of the messages announcing the death of a friend, the death of a cousin,

06:03a childhood friend in the village, an acquaintance in Beirut, a colleague, etc.

06:09And that's very, very complicated.

06:11Many say their daily lives are governed by social media notifications, trying to find

06:16out if their loved ones are safe from the latest bombing.

06:19We spend a lot of time following the news, although that obviously doesn't change the

06:24situation on the ground, but it's a way to lower the pressure for us and to make sure

06:32that our loved ones, at least, haven't suffered.

06:36It's about following the news as immediately as possible.

06:40Despite the conflict, many Franco-Lebanese nationals we spoke to don't want to move back to France.

06:46That's the case of this researcher who is going back to Beirut at the end of the month.

06:50My life is there.

06:52You know, it's not easy to leave even when you're Franco-Lebanese.

06:55My car is parked there, my apartment is there, my work is there.

06:59I'm going to come here.

07:01You have to look for work to move back.

07:04You have to find a place to live.

07:06So it's not easy.

07:08So I wanted to move as planned, by praying and telling myself,

07:13I'm going to go back and everything will still be in place.

07:17It's hard to say everything will still be in place and everyone will be there.

07:22On Sunday, the EU's top diplomat called for more pressure on both Israel and Hezbollah

07:27to reach a ceasefire.

07:35A little-known far-right populist has taken the lead in Romania's presidential election,

07:40a surprise outcome that's rocked the country's political landscape.

07:44Independent candidate Kalin Georgescu is leading the polls with around 22% of the vote.

07:50Analysts say since he lacked a clear agenda,

07:53support for him appeared to be a protest vote against the establishment.

07:57Polling second is Prime Minister Marcel Ceaulacu of the Social Democratic Party at 20%.

08:03He was widely expected to lead the first-round vote.

08:06Ceaulacu said before polls opened that one of his biggest goals

08:10was to convince Romanians that it's worth staying in Romania.

08:14Elena Lasconi of the Save Romania Union Party was polling third with 18%.

08:19Casting her ballot, she also spoke about Romania's massive diaspora spread throughout Europe

08:25and said her priority was to make sure state institutions worked properly.

08:29George Simeon, the leader of the far-right Alliance for the Unity of Romanians,

08:34took 14.1% of the vote.

08:36Pollsters expected him to face Ceaulacu in December's runoff.

08:41Simeon campaigned for reunification with Moldova,

08:44which this year renewed a five-year ban on him entering the country.

08:49Thirteen candidates ran for the presidency in the European Union and NATO member country.

08:54The president serves a five-year term and has significant decision-making powers

08:59in areas such as national security and foreign policy.

09:02The second round of the presidential vote will be held on 8 December,

09:06a week after parliamentary elections.

09:09Thousands of people have staged a protest outside the Georgian parliament in Tbilisi

09:14ahead of the first session of the newly elected parliament on Monday.

09:18Protesters vowed to spend the night outside parliament,

09:21accusing the ruling Georgian Dream Party of rigging the results of October's elections.

09:26Members of opposition parties have also announced their refusal

09:30to participate in parliamentary activities.

09:34The round-the-clock protests follow elections on the 26th of October

09:38that kept the governing pro-Russian Georgian Dream Party in power.

09:42Opponents say the vote was rigged

09:44and suspect NATO members of the Georgian Dream Party

09:47were involved in the election.

09:49The Georgian Dream Party has been in power for more than 20 years.

09:53The Georgian Dream Party has been in power for more than 20 years.

09:56The Georgian Dream Party has been in power for more than 20 years.

10:00Opponents say the vote was rigged

10:02and suspect neighbouring Russia of election interference.

10:06The Central Election Commission said Georgian Dream won with about 54% of the vote

10:11and party leaders have rejected claims of fraud at the polls.

10:15European observers said the election took place in a divisive atmosphere

10:19marked by instances of bribery, double voting and physical violence.

10:23Pro-European President Salome Zubishvili said earlier this month

10:27that she would appeal the election result to the Constitutional Court.

10:31The EU suspended Georgia's membership application process indefinitely in June

10:36after the country's parliament passed a controversial foreign interference law.

10:40The party has also pushed through laws similar to those used by the Kremlin

10:44to crack down on freedom of speech and LGBTQ plus rights.

10:50One person has died after a cargo plane crashed into her house Monday morning

10:58near the Lithuanian capital as it was on its final approach for landing.

11:03Local officials say three people were injured

11:06and had been taken to the hospital after the crash.

11:09Police said 12 people have been safely evacuated

11:13while firefighters tackled smoke coming from a building close to the crash site.

11:18According to the Lithuanian Airport Authority,

11:21the DHL cargo plane arriving from the German city of Leipzig

11:25smashed into a two-storey home near Vilnius International Airport.

11:30Data from a flight tracking website shows the plane crashed an hour and a half after departure.

11:37Lithuanian authorities say investigation has begun to determine the cause of the crash.

Latest news bulletin | November 25th – Midday

Category

Transcript

Recommended