00:00the european union and the united states are moving from trade intentions to implementation on thursday the two partners published a joint statement setting out new customs duties
00:14the text provides for a maximum duty of fifteen percent on a large proportion of eu exports to the u s once again the european commission is defending this compromise which has been the subject of much criticism
00:27let me say this clearly the alternative a trade war with sky-high tariffs and political escalation helps no one it hurts jobs it hurts growth and it damages businesses across both the eu and the u.s and this is not theoretical as nearly five million european jobs including many in smes would be at risk
00:56this deal avoids that path the fifteen percent ceiling ultimately includes cars pharmaceuticals and semiconductors but uncertainties remain for other goods a joint statement remains vague on steel and aluminium two products that are soaring transatlantic relations
01:16we still don't have a clear solution on the steel and aluminium tariffs where here it says there's supposed to be a tariff rate quota meaning that there will be some amount of steel from europe that will not have their fifty percent tariffs on them but we don't know how much that will be and what will be the actual tariff rate on that
01:33as implementation kicks in exemptions from the fifteen percent cap are granted for aircraft and spare parts generic medicines and chemical precursors
01:46a ukrainian citizen who is suspected of participating in the undersea explosions in two thousand twenty two that damaged several nord stream gas pipelines has been arrested german prosecutors believe that the suspect who was arrested overnight in italy's zermini province was one of the coordinators of the operation
02:05the pipelines were built to transport natural gas from russia to germany through the baltic sea the damage had added tensions over the war in ukraine as european countries moved to wean themselves off russian energy sources following the kremlin's full-scale invasion of ukraine
02:20russia accused the u.s of staging the explosions a charge washington denies
02:25north korean dictator kim jong-un held a ceremony in the capital pyongyang to award state honors to soldiers who returned from combat in ukraine and to mourn those killed according to state media
02:40the soldiers and commanders who fought alongside russian forces against ukraine in the kursk region were given so-called state hero titles
02:49kim also placed medals beside the portraits of fallen north korean troops described by state media as
02:56martyrs according to south korean assessments north korea has sent around 15 000 troops to russia since last fall
03:03and also supplied large quantities of military equipment in support of russia's invasion of ukraine
03:09south korean officials have expressed concern that north korea could receive badly needed economic aid
03:16and advance military technologies in exchange force war support which could in turn enhance the threat posed
03:23by kim's nuclear weapons program
03:27iran has launched its first military exercise since the end of its 12-day war with israel state television
03:34reported on thursday a video shared by the iranian military showed navy vessels launching missiles at
03:41targets in the sea in the gulf of oman and the indian ocean while such drills are routine in the islamic
03:48republic the sustainable power 1404 exercise comes in the wake of a war that saw israel destroy tehran's air
03:57defense systems bomb nuclear facilities and other sites a state tv report said naval vessels would fire
04:05cruise missiles at targets and use drones over the open water iran's navy estimated to have some 18 000
04:14personnel avoided any major attack during the june war tehran's defense authorities on wednesday
04:21claims to have equipped its forces with new missiles in response to what it called any potential enemy
04:28adventurism
04:35the trial against a former danish minister henrik sus larsen started on thursday in copenhagen the former
04:42social democrat mp faces two charges including the possession of six thousand images and two thousand
04:48video files containing child sexual abuse material sus larsen is also accused of possessing a childlike
04:55doll designed for sexual purposes the former minister is rejecting the charges claiming the
05:02images were part of a search for images of himself as a child as he says he was a victim of abuse himself
05:08he also claims the doll have been an accidental gift if proven guilty sus larsen could face up to one
05:14year in prison for each charge
05:16rising temperatures are bringing harvests for french winemakers forward in 2025
05:25this year in gironde intense summer heat brought the harvest forward by a week
05:30particularly for the grapes used in white wine production
05:34last week grape clusters intended for white wines face temperatures approaching 40 degrees celsius and a
05:41lack of water straining the berries and accelerating the ripening process
05:46for wine growers summer heat is increasing on a yearly basis
06:02the more the grapes are exposed to the sun the higher their sugar content increases
06:08it's this sugar that through fermentation during the wine making process transforms into alcohol
06:14creating wines with a higher alcohol content with more good vintages due to increasing temperatures
06:21the wines are now of a higher quality but are also heavier this creates a problem for white wines in
06:28particular as drinkers are not typically keen on white wines with over 14 alcohol
06:37the ai school came out from that urgent need that we knew to do something about the evolution of ai and
06:59to make sure that women and girls are not left behind we prepare them for protected jobs for insulated jobs
07:06where they also need to transition from those jobs who have high chances of being automated or affected by ai
07:16to a job that will be more um will be assimilated or will be augmented by ai
07:2444 percent uh out of 153 ai system that was analyzed exhibited gender bias so and that comes from
07:40biasing the data that the ai has been trained on because the data that ai has trained on is the whole internet
07:48and our internet is finest
08:12how do europeans feel about paying taxes
08:18the latest euro barometer survey on taxation is clear citizens won't change in the eu nearly 90
08:28percent of the revenue available to national governments comes from taxes however only one
08:34in five eu citizens believes that tax contributions in their country are proportional to income and wealth
08:41with most respondents expressing skepticism the system is considered most fair in finland and luxembourg
08:48while in hungary and croatia most people think it's not fair at all most respondents support minimum
08:54corporate tax taxing the wealthiest individuals and environmental levies nearly six in ten eu citizens
09:02favor using fiscal measures to discourage the usage or consumption of environmentally harmful goods
09:08and polluting energy among those who agree with higher taxes for improved public services
09:15nearly half would first target tobacco and alcohol
09:19and the third would increase taxes on investment income like interest or rent
09:24as for what citizens want the eu to prioritize in terms of taxation
09:29the number one issue is tackling tax avoidance and evasion
09:33which costs member states billions of euros each year the second priority is preventing double taxation
09:40between eu countries will french people traveling outside the eu be subjected to stricter tax controls
09:49a video has gone viral on tick tock that claims that any french person traveling outside the eu
09:54from september this year will automatically be reported to the country's tax authorities and subjected to
09:59stricter controls it has garnered 1.5 million views here states that when someone boards a plane in
10:05france to leave europe they are signing up for an automatic tax audit upon their return people's
10:10passport data will reportedly be cross-checked with income declarations if they don't comply with
10:15requests for extra info this is followed by stricter checks on income a possible summons and a fine of up
10:20to 10 000 euros the author refers to this new procedure as the automatic travel verification system the video
10:27was published by the tick tocker can passion mondial fr which claims to offer daily information and
10:32news and has 17.5 000 followers the video has sparked outrage among thousands of internet users
10:39one person said welcome to the new north korea while another said this was more than harassment
10:44however the claims made about such a new measure in france are false the author says that the news was
10:49announced by the interior ministry and then picked up by reputable news organizations including bfm tv
10:55le parisien and france info but searches for such reports from these media and other well-known media
11:00yielded nothing and no information can be found about such a measure on any french ministry website
11:06moreover tax issues and controls are the responsibility of the ministry of economy and finance
11:12not the interior affairs another clear sign this is fake news a spokesperson for this ministry confirmed
11:18here or verified that the claims made in the video were fake and that no such measure is being
11:23introduced in france finally a look at the other content on the tiktok channel behind this video
11:28is further proof that the content is not to be trusted several videos feature ai generated presenters
11:33other videos make fake claims for example that low-income households have to justify shopping for over 100 euros
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