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00:00Since the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine's Ministry of Environmental Protection had to change its focus from managing the country's natural resources and addressing climate change to tracking each case of the environment being deliberately attacked.
00:17From February 2022 until today, Kyiv has registered and documented over 8000 cases of Russia's crimes against Ukraine's environment, the country's minister told Euronews.
00:27We call it a crime against the environment, because there is a waste of water, a waste of water, a waste of water, a waste of water, a waste of water, a waste of water, a waste of water.
00:48This number does not include the damage to the territories Russia currently occupies, and therefore Ukraine cannot access.
01:07These losses also do not yet include the most recent Russian attack in February this year on the Chernobyl nuclear power plant and the damage to its safety confinement.
01:18A Russian drone heated the confinement over the fourth nuclear reactor, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant.
01:47On the 14th of February, the drone exploded upon impact with the confinement, causing a fire that took approximately three weeks to extinguish.
02:02Denmark has officially quit the frugal fort to focus on rearmament.
02:06Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen has announced.
02:09Denmark joined the so-called frugal fort during the 2020 negotiations on the EU budget.
02:15The group of fiscally conservative countries also included the Netherlands, Austria and Sweden.
02:21But as the new budget talks approach, Copenhagen wants to switch sides.
02:26As days, we will always be tough in the negotiations on the budget.
02:31We don't want money to be spent on nothing that is not necessary for Europe.
02:36So we will be tough.
02:37But being a part of the frugal fort is no longer the right place for us.
02:43From now on, Denmark will have a more flexible attitude towards the common EU budget, Frederiksen said, insisting defense spending should take precedence over all other priorities.
02:55For me, the most important thing is to rearm Europe.
02:59That's my starting point and that's my conclusion in all discussions.
03:02Because if Europe is not able to protect ourselves and to defend ourselves, then it's game over at some point.
03:08Denmark isn't the only one with a change of mindset.
03:12Sweden and Finland have also softened their positions, calling for fresh money to boost deterrence capabilities against Russia.
03:20The European Commission is expected to present the drop budget before the summer break.
03:26Once the proposal is on the table, the political debate will begin in full swing.
03:39What if you had to pay for cabin luggage on a plane?
03:43This question is on the table when EU ambassadors meet on Wednesday.
03:46According to sources consulted by Euronews, member states are debating a proposal to create a new free hand luggage item, one that can be slipped under the seat.
03:58This means a charge could apply to other stowed cabin bags.
04:02Consumer associations believe that this surcharge would be illegal.
04:06The Airlines for Europe Association, which represents 17 airlines, has a different view of the price.
04:36According to the organisation, the reform proposal supported by the Polish Presidency of the Council of the European Union should, above anything, provide clarification.
04:46I think it's important to point out what the current proposal from the polls does, is to set the dimensions for that personal item so that there's the clarity and transparency for all passengers and also for airlines alike.
04:59So I'd emphasise again, you know, under EU law, you know, under the single market, airlines have the right to unbundle their services in order to offer the best package for passengers and that they can choose the exact services that they want to keep the price as low as possible.
05:15The other point up for discussion is regarding concerns on compensation for passengers whose flights are delayed.
05:22Currently, passengers are entitled to a compensation if flights are delayed for more than three hours.
05:28The latest proposal would increase this limit to four.
05:32Member states are divided.
05:34A few countries, including Germany and Spain, seem to be opposed to any change in the compensation rules.
05:39However, it is the entire revision that must be validated or rejected.
05:44In other words, opposing changes to the compensation rules will bring down the whole reform.
05:52Glacier-related risks are becoming a global reality, says Celeste Saulo, head of the World Meteorological Organization.
05:59Speaking at the Glacier Preservation Conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, she said that no matter how developed the country is, all are at risk.
06:06Celeste Saulo pointed to the recent disaster at the Swiss village of Blatton, where a glacier-triggered mudslide wiped out nearly all livelihoods.
06:14One person remains missing, but early warning systems helped reduce the toll.
06:18As climate change accelerates, the WMO is calling for more investment in monitoring and forecasting, especially to protect mountain communities.
06:26This is the new reality. We need to raise awareness of the importance of hydromete services for every single country in every single region.
06:38And that's why we advocate for more investments in monitoring.
06:42With better monitoring, we can expect to have better forecasts.
06:46And with those, we can expect to have better early warning systems in the end to protect societies, to protect people and to protect livelihoods.
06:56Last week, the Swiss village of Blatton was buried under a massive avalanche of rock and ice from the Birch Glacier and the nearby Lonzo River bed.
07:04Days before the disaster, experts warned about a possible collapse of the glacier, which held 1.5 million cubic meters of ice.
07:12In response, local authorities evacuated around 300 people and livestock.
07:17A few days after the slide, the Lonzo River began flowing again through the debris.
07:21The start of the fall, the
07:25C 180 people and al
07:49We have the artist board working through photography to actually provide alternative visions of
07:59maybe the way the world is and the artists are really working with very current issues
08:05from post-colonial legacy in this edition to migration, genocide, the issue really of
08:13identity and gender is all embedded in this particular Biennale.
08:34The project was developed with a collaborative practice between artists, curators, communities,
08:41entities, and this collaborative practice, the outcomes are plural visions, but with common purpose.
08:51This vision really highlights the role of art and culture as a driver for social and ecological transformation.
09:11Photography is not anymore a photography that says. I always think and I have the idea that photography is not enough.
09:27Photographers today are about to tell stories and stories are complex and each story needs sometimes archival materials, sometimes video, sometimes sound.
09:37So the notion of photography has been now turned, I would say, into the idea of the image.
09:44So the image itself could be a moving image, it could be also a stage image and then we could mix.
09:50Some of them work with images, they have some of their books are present in these exhibitions.
09:55You are able to see their work as publication and then that work could also jump into the idea of the audiovisual or the visual elements that you've been able to see.
10:04So the work I showed here is titled Between Two Trees There Are Many Worlds, and it's about how climate change-induced ecological disaster is observed in many worlds.
10:25What I showed here is called, it's titled Between Two Trees There Are Many Worlds, and it's about how climate change-induced ecological disaster is observed and experienced through different scales.
10:36So on a micro scale, there's the beetle and the tree. On the human scale, there's me in the forest experiencing the death of the forest.
10:44And on a larger scale, it's in terms of remote sensing and satellite imaging, how these technologies is helping us monitor and understand climate change.
10:53Even though these are very specific issues that are happening in this very specific region, there are also issues that can be extrapolated to all around the world that talk about climate change.
11:03The toxicity and runoff and contamination and contamination and who's responsible, which country, which when it passes over a border.
11:06The toxicity and runoff and contamination and who's responsible, which country, which when it passes over a border.
11:10Those are problems that are happening all around the world.
11:11Even though these are very specific issues that are happening in this very specific region, there are also issues that can be extrapolated to all around the world.
11:22The toxicity and runoff and contamination and who's responsible, which country, which when it passes over a border.
11:31Those are problems that are happening all around the world.
11:35All around the world.
11:36All around the world.
11:37All around the world.