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00:00Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Mildoni and said he trusts she will help with his country.
00:11Lithuania's government has declared a state of emergency over security risks posed by smuggler balloons from Belarus.
00:20The European Union is not immune to the erosion of fundamental rights.
00:24This is the warning issued by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk.
00:31The European Commission launched a probe into Google over its use of online content to power its AI services.
00:42Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met with Italian Prime Minister Giorgio Mildoni in Rome on Tuesday,
00:48welcoming the in-depth conversation the two had and calling Italy's support important.
00:53According to Mildoni's office, the two leaders discussed the progress of the peace process and emphasized the importance of U.S. and European unity.
01:04Zelensky, who spoke to journalists prior to the meeting, said he trusted Mildoni to help Ukraine.
01:09The Ukrainian leader also said he was ready for elections in response to Trump's accusation that he was using the war to avoid holding them.
01:19In the morning, Zelensky was welcomed by Pope Leo XIV at Castel Gandolfo.
01:25The Vatican said the Pope reiterated the need to continue dialogue in order to achieve a just and lasting peace for Ukraine.
01:31The Holy See added that the two also discussed prisoners of war and the return of abducted Ukrainian children to their families.
01:40Zelensky's trip to Rome follows visits to both London and Brussels, part of a broader push to rally more European support for his country.
01:49Lithuania's government has declared a state of emergency over security risks posed by smuggler balloons from Belarus that have violated its airspace in recent weeks.
02:04The balloons are used to smuggle cigarettes into Lithuania, but officials say they are deliberate acts of disruption orchestrated by Belarus.
02:12Tensions between Vilnius and Minsk have escalated after the balloons forced Lithuania to repeatedly close its main airport in the past weeks, leaving thousands of people stranded.
02:24Authorities also closed the Belarusian border for several weeks in late October due to the balloon threat.
02:31Announcing the state of emergency, the Lithuanian government cited national security interests and the threat to human life, property and the environment from the balloons.
02:40The government has asked Parliament to allow the military to work together with police, border guard and security officials during the state of emergency.
02:49It was not immediately clear how long the state of emergency would last.
02:53The European Union is not immune to the erosion of fundamental rights.
03:04The chilling warning came as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, delivered an address to mark International Human Rights Day, observed annually on 10 December.
03:14They say that about half of EU member states have seen a reduction in civic space.
03:21And civic space is what makes us thrive because we need an open and free civic space.
03:26We need to be able to express our opinions.
03:28We need to be able to protest if we think we can protest.
03:33We need to be able to associate.
03:34And I have seen a lot of tendencies, even political discussions around it, that want to restrict civic space on environmental issues, on climate issues, on migration issues, for example.
03:45The UN Human Rights Chief called on the EU to defend its digital regulations, expressing concern about possible challenges of Digital Market Act and Digital Services Act that lie ahead.
03:58Now there are some tendencies and some discussions to say maybe we should lower the standards.
04:02I hope that's not going in that direction because Europe is really a lead example when it comes precisely to the digital space.
04:10Europe is also a lead example on regulating business and human rights.
04:15But we again see a discussion today about this omnibus process, which may want to lower it.
04:21This year, the theme of Human Rights Day is our everyday essentials.
04:25The aim is to highlight how this issue shapes our daily lives, sometimes in subtle ways.
04:31The European Commission launched a probe into Google over its use of online content to power its AI services.
04:43The investigation will examine whether Google used web publishers' content to provide generative AI services on its search result pages without appropriate compensation and without giving them the option to refuse.
04:56It will also assess whether videos uploaded on YouTube are used to train Google's generative AI models.
05:02According to the tech giant, the complaint can hinder innovation in a market that is more competitive than ever.
05:08The decision comes days after the EU imposed a fine on Elon Musk's Social Network X for breaching its landmark Digital Services Act, further escalating transatlantic tensions.
05:22Since Trump returned to office in 2025, the EU and the US have been clashing over the bloc's enforcement of digital rules.
05:29Trump's administration accuses the EU of solely targeting US companies.
05:34However, the bloc says its legislation is non-discriminatory.
05:38The World Summit AI brings global tech leaders, policy makers and investors to Doha.
05:45Over the next two days, the country is unveiling several initiatives aimed at becoming a trusted hub for responsible, human-centric, artificial intelligence.
05:54A dedicated Qatar pavilion welcomes visitors, showcasing real-world AI applications across healthcare, education and media.
06:03One of the morning panels was on GovAI, scaling AI adoption across government.
06:08The session discussed how to establish a unified national approach to AI deployment.
06:13The World AI Summit is positioning Qatar as a leader of AI.
06:16And this is why we have a platform that is discussing governance, discussing important topics related to infrastructure, sovereignty that matter to us.
06:26And we are trying to be leaders in these topics.
06:29Having this conversation here drives us as the epicenter of an AI global conversation.
06:35New partnerships were also announced with major industry players, including Microsoft and Google, whose Qatar office opened in 2021.
06:43The national AI skilling is a very important aspect in adopting the AI.
06:50And this is why the Qatari government are doing a great job in leveraging and adopting AI in the best way possible.
06:57With global competition for AI leadership intensifying, including here in the region, Qatar is prioritizing responsible development and strategic collaboration to solidify its role on the world stage.
07:08Adil Halim, your news, Doha.
07:14Today, Henrik Schober helps out at the Rosa Luxemburg High School in Berlin.
07:18Usually, he teaches political science at a university.
07:21But because the German teacher of class 7-2 is away on a class trip, he is standing in front of the students.
07:27And has brought along a lesson on fake news for them.
07:30Fälschungen werden immer besser.
07:31And that's why it's also important for us to look at the first,
07:36what are fälsching and how you know fälsching,
07:39but also to think about why they are actually and what will be affected.
07:45Praktical knowledge. The students like that.
07:50We had something Nützliches.
07:51And if we were to come in a training course,
07:53we would have watched a film or something,
07:56which would have helped us later.
07:58We had no choice, although that's of course great.
08:01But it had fun.
08:03I found it exciting,
08:05because it would bring something later in life.
08:08And we learned how fake news for example.
08:12The lesson is organized by the donation-funded startup Life Teach Us.
08:17Using an App.
08:18Volunteers can suggest topics and step in when lessons are cancelled.
08:22By now, more than 300 schools across Germany are participating.
08:26And the trend is rising.
08:27The work that we do is extremely good.
08:30We also notice that many parents engage themselves.
08:33From the students and teachers,
08:34the feedback is extremely good.
08:35Because they just say,
08:36hey, that's what we need.
08:37We don't get that in the training course.
08:39And even the teachers say,
08:40that you know what you have,
08:42I can't have that myself.
08:44Because there is a job experience
08:46or I just have the knowledge in my own degree.
08:48A welcome relief.
08:50In Berlin alone,
08:51about 21,000 lessons are cancelled every week without replacement.
08:55In other parts of the country,
08:57the situation is similarly strained.
08:59I use Snapchat and Instagram and TikTok.
09:15I would say like some of my favorites are probably Snapchat and Instagram.
09:20Just a few months ago,
09:26a guy was shot in the US and the video was on social media everywhere
09:30and I just went to school and then I saw it.
09:32And even me as a young person,
09:34that was very terrible and I felt really bad.
09:47In far too many years,
09:48we have given the social media platforms free play
09:52in the playing rooms of our children.
09:54There's been no limits.
09:56When we go into the city at night,
09:59there is bouncers who are checking the age of young people
10:03to make sure that no one underage get into a party
10:06that they're not supposed to be in.
10:08In the digital world,
10:09we don't have any bouncers and we definitely need that.
10:24I think it's a good idea.
10:29I think that we didn't really realize what we were doing
10:33when we gave our children the telephone and social media
10:37from when they were eight, ten years old
10:40and I don't quite think that the young people know
10:43what's normal, what's not normal.
10:46I myself have some friends that I only know from online
10:55and if I wasn't 15 yet, I wouldn't be able to talk with those friends,
11:00I wouldn't be able to meet those friends.
11:02And also, you just find things you like or things you want to do
11:07or things you really love online.
11:11And if you can't do that, I would be so sad.
11:15I definitely see the bad side of social media,
11:18but I think it's not the youth kind of responsibility
11:24to make sure there's no bad stuff on the internet.
11:28It's the people who created the government
11:31that need to regulate what we young people see.
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