00:01Aid agencies have urged the international community to send much-needed funding to Afghanistan
00:06after a major earthquake killed at least 1,400 people and injured thousands more.
00:14Only a handful of countries have committed money since the 6.0 magnitude quake struck
00:19several mountainous provinces, leaving villages trapped under rubble.
00:26The European Union and the United Kingdom are donating one million each to help with the
00:31cash going to aid organisations and sidestepping the Taliban government, which they do not recognise.
00:39Australia and South Korea have also donated one million each.
00:46Taliban authorities have appealed for international help, despite deep aid cuts that have befallen
00:50the government.
00:54International funding to Afghanistan has fallen dramatically since the Taliban took over,
00:58with only 28% of the humanitarian funding target met this year.
01:04Without aid, rescue teams have struggled to reach affected communities in the rugged Qunar
01:09region, where roads are blocked by landslides and rockfalls.
01:14The earthquake is the third major quake since the Taliban seized power in 2021 and the latest
01:20crisis to beset the country.
01:23Afghanistan is reeling from deep cuts to aid funding, a weak economy and millions of people
01:28forcibly returned from Iran and Pakistan.
01:37The Vice President of the American Humane Society visited the Rex Dog Shelter Foundation in Budapest
01:42to sign a cooperation agreement with the Hungarian government and the Our Common Causes Animal Protection
01:48Foundation.
01:50The nearly 150-year-old American NGO is involved in the rescue, care and protection of animals
01:56worldwide.
01:58Its international branch, the Global Humane Society, issues animal welfare certificates for
02:02zoos, agriculture, tourism and the film industry.
02:07The Hungarian government's Commissioner for Animal Protection said the agreement showed
02:11that Hungary's progress in animal protection was internationally recognized.
02:16The Vice President stressed that protecting animal welfare is a fundamental social and moral
02:20obligation.
02:21In terms of the cooperation agreement, to me this is the first step in terms of what we
02:26could do between global human society and all the different stakeholders and partners within
02:31Hungary.
02:32Whether it be zoos aquariums, whether it be the farm production sector, whether it be film
02:37studios and TV studios and so on.
02:40According to the organization, the cooperation agreement offers Hungary an opportunity not
02:45only to follow, but also to shape changes in animal protection in Europe.
02:49The global human society is active in almost 60 countries. In the coming years, it hopes to share its
02:53expertise through new partnerships within the Europe.
02:54The global human society is active in almost 60 countries. In the coming years, it hopes to share its
02:55expertise through new partnerships within the Europe.
02:57European Union.
03:06The global human society is active in almost 60 countries. In the coming years, it hopes to share its
03:16expertise through new partnerships within the European Union.
03:20The European Commission has launched the ratification process for the trade agreement with the Mercosur
03:33countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. In order to address concerns raised by some
03:42member states like France, as well as European farmers, the Commission is proposing the inclusion of
03:48safeguard clauses.
03:50Should the market disruption occur, they propose 6.3 billion euros of the unity safety net under the next
03:58multi-annual financial framework stands ready to support the agricultural sector. In addition, the commission
04:06is proposing to supplement the agreement with a legal act to operationalize the bilateral safeguard
04:13mechanism in our agreement with Mercosur.
04:16Specifically, the commission plans to monitor imports of sensitive agricultural products such as beef, sugar
04:23and poultry, and will report on them every six months. If market disturbances are observed in a member
04:29country, the commission will have about 20 days to react. Investigations may be launched in the event of a
04:35sudden increase in imports or a fall in the price of sensitive agricultural products in the EU. The bar is set at 10%.
04:43However, an expert told Euronews that the agricultural sector remains skeptical about the effectiveness of the
04:50proposed safeguard clauses.
04:52Le débat aujourd'hui s'est focalisé sur les clauses de sauvegarde en cas de perturbation des marchés mais sur le
04:59cœur du problème qui est le différentiel dans les pratiques de production entre ce qui se fait en
05:05Amérique latine et ce qui se fait au sein de l'Union européenne où on a des exigences extrêmement fortes à l'égard des
05:11producteurs agricoles. Là, ce sujet n'est pas traité.
05:16The agreement now awaits a vote in the European Parliament and must be approved by a qualified
05:22majority of member states. Historically France, Poland and Italy have opposed the deal, but growing
05:29pressure from U.S. tariffs could prompt them to reconsider their position.
05:33Hot mics captured what appeared to be a private conversation between Russian President Vladimir Putin
05:42and his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping discussing the prospects for immortality. The pair were seen
05:48speaking as they walked through the historic Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Wednesday while attending China's
05:54World War 2 Victory Day military parade. Footage distributed by Chinese state media showed the two leaders
06:01speaking via translators musing over the possibility of living forever.
06:24President Xi responded to Putin's remarks noting that humans may live up to 150 years old, as soon as
06:34within this century, citing progress in biotechnology.
06:41The full story of the nurse who wrote the names of the fallen in Normandy.
06:45An image is circulating widely on social media claiming to show an Allied Forces World War 2 nurse taking
06:56the names of soldiers who died during the D-Day landings in Normandy in France.
07:01The picture is typically shared with captions saying that the men were buried in makeshift graves on Omaha
07:06beach before proper cemeteries were built, and that nurse Clara Thompson wrote down the names of each soldier
07:12that she tended to. Her notebook was supposedly found decades later in her daughter's attic.
07:17The images appeared all over Facebook and X, but the story has been fabricated,
07:21with the picture having the hallmarks of being AI generated.
07:24The Allies established eight military cemeteries within four days of the D-Day landings on the 6th of June 1944,
07:31with the first American and British nurses arriving on the 10th and 12th of June, respectively.
07:37In the picture, the alleged nurse is not wearing an accurate uniform.
07:40Official archives show that army nurses serving in Normandy wore much different attire to what is depicted here.
07:47More than 4,000 Allied soldiers died on D-Day, with the landings eventually leading to the liberation of France
07:53and subsequently the rest of Europe.
07:56It ultimately paved the way to an Allied victory against Nazi Germany, which surrendered in May 1945.
08:02For more investigations and fact-checks, head to our website, euronews.com.
08:10Where in the European Union is culture valued the most?
08:1379% of respondents across Europe say that culture is important to them personally.
08:24An increase of 2% compared to the previous survey in 2007.
08:28That's what the most recent Eurobarometer survey shows.
08:32The highest scores are found in Luxembourg, Cyprus and Italy.
08:36The lowest are Romania, Austria and Germany.
08:39But culture isn't just personal.
08:41For more than 8 out of 10 Europeans, culture and the arts are important for the welfare and economic development of the place they live.
08:50Again, Luxembourg, Portugal and Italy lead the way, while Bulgaria and Austria record the lowest levels.
08:58Nearly half of Europeans are engaged in artistic activities in the year before the survey,
09:04with dancing and singing as top activities.
09:07The survey was conducted between February and March 2025,
09:12with over 26,000 respondents across EU member states and social and demographic groups.
09:18Its findings feed into the Culture Compass for Europe,
09:21the Commission Strategy for Cultural Policy expected by the end of the year.
09:28The following year, the following year, the following year, the following year, the following year,
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