00:00U.S. President Donald Trump says he will be meeting with his Russian counterpart Vladimir
00:06Putin in Hungary to discuss the war in Ukraine. Trump announced the meeting in a post on his
00:13social media platform True Social on Thursday. In his post, Trump shared that a high-level
00:18meeting involving his Secretary of State Marco Rubio will precede the summit meeting with Putin.
00:24The U.S. leader described the phone call as, quote,
00:27very productive and said a meeting could take place within two weeks.
00:31I thought it was a very good phone call. I thought very productive. But I'll be meeting
00:35with President Putin and we'll make a determination. Tomorrow I'm meeting with
00:41President Zelensky and I'll be telling him about the call. I mean, we have a problem. They don't
00:47get along too well, those two. And it's sometimes tough to have meetings. So we may do something
00:53where we're separate, but separate but equal. The announcement arrived on the eve of Trump's
00:58third White House meeting with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky. The two leaders are expected
01:04to discuss on Friday ways to ramp up pressure on the Kremlin to end its almost four-year invasion.
01:11The meeting between Trump and Putin, for which a date has yet to be set, would be the second
01:15time the pair convene since their last meeting in Alaska in August.
01:22NATO and the EU are working on the formation of a so-called drone wall, which is key to Europe's
01:27future defense and deterrence capabilities. NATO's top military officer, the Supreme Allied
01:32Commander of Europe, or SACUR, and NATO allies say the drone wall is urgent, given the growing
01:37spate of Russian jets and drones into several NATO countries' airspace, including Poland and Romania.
01:43NATO defense ministers met this week to discuss the drone wall, as well as how best to react
01:48to airspace violations. In addition, growing number of allies committed money to the newly
01:53formed Pearl Initiative, designed for Europe and Canada to purchase weapons from the U.S. to deliver
01:58to Ukraine. Colonel Martin O'Donnell, Chief Public Affairs Officer for NATO's SACUR,
02:03says protecting the eastern flank of Europe is the highest priority right now.
02:07NATO, obviously, working with the EU, working with all allies, right, to shore up their air
02:15defenses all along the eastern front. And for the Supreme Allied Commander of Europe, he views
02:20the eastern front not simply as those countries that border the east. He views that from the high
02:26north all the way down to the Black Sea, the Mediterranean Sea and beyond, and at depth.
02:31As the NATO Secretary General has said, we're all eastern flank nations.
02:35One of the issues coming into this meeting was how and whether to shoot down Russian jets or drones,
02:40that there wasn't a uniform rules of engagement. How has that changed or evolved during this few days?
02:45So I think one of the most important things to mention is the fact that SACUR, Supreme Allied
02:52Commander Europe, with all forces that are assigned to him, assigned to NATO, has the authorities at the
02:59moment to act. And we saw that with the incident in Poland and Estonia recently, where NATO had the
03:07authorities to and acted appropriately.
03:11There's been a lot of reports that there's been quite a sudden and sharp decrease in military spending,
03:17military support for Ukraine amongst allies, over 40%. I mean, what's your response to that?
03:22Is that worrying, obviously, now coming into the winter?
03:25There was momentum from all the nations on contributions, not just to, per se, bilateral
03:31contributions from a nation to Ukraine, or multilateral contributions, but also for initiatives
03:38such as the PERL or the Prioritized Ukraine Requirements List. Very, very good response. I believe
03:43you heard that from the Secretary General, right? More than half of NATO allies have expressed commitments
03:50to contribute. And I think we'll see here more announcements very, very soon.
03:55Now, we know that Donald Trump is obviously going to make a decision on Friday about tomahawks and the use of
03:59tomahawks. But what's your own impression of the impact of this discussion?
04:03Well, I think there's a number of things worldwide, right, that potentially make the movement towards peace
04:11more possible. We saw recent developments in the Middle East, right, that President Trump drove. We'll see what
04:17happens on Friday, and we'll see what happens from Friday.
04:23In Lithuania, children are now learning how to build, program, and fly drones.
04:29It comes in an effort by the country's defense ministry to prepare society to deter future threats
04:36from Russia. AirTech is a program that teaches young students how to use a drone simulator,
04:42as well as how to assemble and operate a physical drone.
04:46This is the track that I picked, and this is the controller. And when I press start, I need to go
04:57through these, like, boxes and finish the lap.
05:02Further on in the course, students will be taught how to fly their drones through hoops suspended from
05:07the ceiling and positioned on the floor, and they will also have the opportunity to take part in drone races.
05:14So I'm teaching how to fly drones, how to lift them, how to use them. We're learning how to race,
05:22because we have first racing in October.
05:26AirTech says the program is designed to teach children skills that may be useful in their future careers,
05:33as well as to interest them in the technology. The launch of the program follows a recent surge
05:39in drone incursions, allegedly Russian, into European airspace. Other Baltic nations,
05:46such as Estonia, have introduced similar initiatives.
05:49The Greek Ministry of Environment and Energy is seeking to complete the tender to conduct hydrocarbon
06:01exploration missions in four new areas in Peloponnese and Crete by the end of the year.
06:06The Greek Energy Minister says they're awaiting a court's approval before it can be passed for a
06:12parliamentary vote in early 2026. Officials hope to begin exploration next year and expect missions
06:18to take three to five years to assess the availability of exploitable deposits.
06:48There are currently eight active hydrocarbon exploration and production contracts in Greece,
07:05involving major investors such as ExxonMobil, Hellenic Energy and Energen.
07:10The Priinos area is in the production phase, Katakolon is in the development phase,
07:15while six other areas are in the exploration phase. Three marine areas in the Aionian Sea,
07:21two marine areas in Crete and one onshore area, Ioannina, which is also in the most mature phase.
07:27Another important project that the Greek government is working on is the Greece-Cyprus
07:31electricity interconnection cable.
07:34We have a conversation with the government of Cipro about the various technical issues
07:38on the level of rhythm, which we have identified as important as possible for the work.
07:44We are in a very good conversation. We have already seen some comments from Cipro's side of the Cipro's side of the spread of the Aionian Sea.
07:51The European Commission expects a commitment towards faster implementation of the electricity interconnection,
08:12noting that any further delay hurts outside.
08:15Athenae and Lafayette remain for the importance of the work in the restoration of the energy safety in the Aionian Sea.
08:23However, the effects around its implementation have been strengthened.
08:26This time it is unknown to what will be the next steps and how they will happen.
08:31And this certainty causes the pressure in the Greek-Cyprus relations.
08:35From Athens for the Geo News, Faith Ulgeri.
08:38Scientists, archaeologists and museum curators, these defenders of European heritage were honoured
08:47at the European Heritage Award Ceremony in Brussels.
08:51Europa Nostra and the European Commission awarded 30 people from 24 countries and handed out five Grand Prix Awards.
08:57It's really a mosaic that tells you how important heritage it is for communities and citizens
09:05and how much extraordinary commitments, skills we have in Europe that are engaged in safeguarding
09:16and transmitting that heritage to the future generations.
09:19One of the top prizes was given to curator Inge Bisgaard, who has dedicated her career to protecting Greenland's heritage
09:27from traditional wooden architecture to 20th century expedition cabins.
09:32She notably studies the challenges posed by climate change.
09:36The hammer frost melting gives a lot of problems with, especially buildings in remote areas.
09:47In this way, we are trying to make, like, put more gravel on the houses so they come up and the water can come out.
10:00The Norwegian Glacial Archaeology Programme Secrets of the Ice received the top prize in the research category.
10:076,000-year-old bow and arrows, prehistoric outfits, millennial skis.
10:12This team has discovered more than 4,500 objects preserved in ice,
10:17which stand witness to human civilization in the steep Arctic region of Norway.
10:23People started to come to this area because of the reindeers.
10:28They moved from France to Norway and then people settled down and started to live from agriculture and also, of course, the hunting.
10:41These scientists work against the clock as the thick layers of ice begin to thin.
10:46But it's a paradox.
10:48It's the climate change that makes us find these unique artifacts.
10:52But we have to be there to collect them.
10:55Otherwise, they will be gone.
10:57They will be taken away in melt water or blown away.
11:02The public prize was awarded to the restoration of the Puerta de Alcala in Madrid.
11:06A distracted passenger wearing headphones in Turkey was saved in the last second from an approaching tram by an alert security guard.
11:18Security camera footage from the city of Kayseri shows the moment the guard notices the woman walking towards the tracks.
11:26The scene grabbing her arm and pulling her back just as the tram passes by.
11:30The footage then shows the rescued woman tanking the guard by shaking his head.
11:38The local transport authority which shared the video praised the guard's vigilance for preventing what it called a major upset.
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