00:00An investigation has found that Bangladeshi workers were deceived into joining the Russian
00:04military to fight in Ukraine after signing what they thought were civilian work documents.
00:10France will replace the American platforms, Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically
00:15developed video conferencing platform by 2027. Bangladeshi workers were lured to Russia under
00:23the false promise of civilian work, only to be sent to fight in Ukraine amid Russia's invasion,
00:28an AP investigation has found. According to three Bangladeshi men who escaped from the Russian
00:34military, a group of workers were told to sign Russian documents that turned out to be military
00:40contracts after arriving in Moscow. While being promised that they would not be sent to the
00:45front lines, the men were taken to an army camp where they were subjected to basic military training,
00:51which included drone tactics. After objecting, many said they were threatened with violence,
00:57imprisonment and death.
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01:16The workers' accounts were corroborated by documents including travel papers, Russian
01:41military contracts, medical and police reports, and photos.
01:46The documents show the visas granted to Bangladeshi workers, their injuries sustained during
01:51combat, and evidence of their participation in war.
02:00France will replace the American platform's Microsoft Teams and Zoom with its own domestically
02:06developed videoconferencing platform.
02:09The new French-made videoconference tool, called Visio, will be used in all government
02:14departments by 2027.
02:17The move is part of France's strategy to stop using foreign software vendors, especially
02:22those from the United States, and regain control over critical digital infrastructure.
02:28It comes at a crucial moment as France, like Europe, reaches a turning point regarding digital
02:33sovereignty.
02:35The French government said that switching to Visio could cut licensing costs and save
02:40as much as 1 million euros per year for every 100,000 users.
02:44The move also comes as Europe has questioned its over-reliance on U.S. information technology
02:49infrastructure.
02:54EU Commissioner for Technological Sovereignty, Hena Virkunen, responded to France's move towards
03:01banning social media for under-15s in an interview with Euronews.
03:05For Virkunen, the crux of the matter is having appropriate age verification tools in place to
03:11enforce such bans.
03:12The targeted platforms include TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram, among others.
03:17On Monday, France's National Assembly backed a bill to this end, citing mental health concerns.
03:24If passed by the Senate, platforms must block access to teenagers through such age verification
03:29mechanisms.
03:30We are currently now investigating online platforms, how they are checking the age of the user.
03:37Because we know that some very small kids, they have already their own social media accounts.
03:43And now the member states are discussing that, what is the right age really for that.
03:47We have to really look at what kind of technologies are used and how we will set also the minimum
03:53age there.
03:54Because, of course, it means that if we have very strict rules here, then everybody should
04:00verify their age.
04:01And in the same time, we shouldn't have the situation that you have to give your personal
04:06data for online platform.
04:08So we are also working now with the age verification tool that you can also verify your age without
04:13giving your own personal data.
04:15Virkunen slammed social media platforms for failing to fulfill their obligation to, for example,
04:20protect minors from harmful content.
04:23This duty is part of the EU's landmark Digital Services Act, or DSA.
04:29We see that really the online platforms, many of them, they have really changed to be more
04:34and more addictive.
04:35So, especially the young people, they are using a lot of time online.
04:40And also the content, what is not shown for them, it's not fitting for their age often.
04:45Also under DSA, we have clear application for the online platforms that when minors are using
04:51these services, very high level of privacy, security and safety have to be insured for the minors.
04:57And this is exactly a point where we are now investigating online platforms.
05:01Australia became the first country in the world to take this step in December last year, while
05:05Denmark, Spain and Greece are also studying such a ban.
05:09The European Parliament is actively pushing for a harmonized EU-wide approach, banning social
05:14media access until the age of 16.
05:174 Stubling stones were laid here on the outskirts of Berlin in Johannestal on International Holocaust
05:28Remembrance Day.
05:29They commemorate the Jewish Levi family who fled to what is now Israel during the Nazi regime.
05:38Dozens of people have come, including seven descendants.
05:40They have traveled from Israel and Italy, including granddaughter Dana Yeshurun.
05:47It's very moving.
05:48We've been working on it for over two years now.
05:53They were able to discover a few facts that we didn't know about.
05:58We never knew that our great-grandfather served in the German army in the First World War.
06:06So it was an interesting experience.
06:09More than 116,000 so-called Stolpersteine worldwide, most of them in Germany, commemorate the horrors
06:16of National Socialism and the Holocaust.
06:19A few kilometers away in Berlin-Kreuzberg, people are also taking a stand against violence
06:25against Jews.
06:26With candles, they provide light and a feeling of warmth.
06:29As they do every week, residents hold a vigil in front of the Franklouffer Synagogue.
06:33Police vans provide additional security, as is the case in front of the U.S.
07:03of many synagogues in Germany.
07:04At least 6 million people were killed during the Holocaust.
07:09Even today, Jews are discriminated in Germany.
07:13In recent years, the number of anti-semitic crimes has increased significantly.
07:18Laura Fleischmann, Berlin, for Euronews.
07:25An exhibition at the European Parliament in Brussels is shedding light on tourism projects
07:30from European countries with positive impacts on nature, locals or the economy.
07:35Along the North Sea coast of Germany, tourists can purchase a passport to collect stamps at
07:41museums and nature spots with QR codes giving information on the impact of climate change
07:47in the region, revenues, finance, tree planting.
07:50We try to protect our nature because that's the base of all the tourism in our region along
07:57the North Sea coast of Germany.
08:00So we need to protect it.
08:02And that's a way to involve all the tourists.
08:05And they protect the nature as well now.
08:08In Greece, adapted systems built on beaches make the sea accessible to people with reduced
08:14mobility.
08:15Sea track is the first product ever, the first solution that ever introduced to the world
08:20that gives the ability to those who are facing mobility issues to go to the sea without any
08:25help on their own.
08:26So they can stroll around the beach, they can swim.
08:31But the sea track is the key point that gives them the access to the water without any help,
08:37without needing someone else to enjoy the sea water.
08:40In a protected Serbian nature reserve, a rare cheese made out of donkey milk is sold only
08:45on site to attract tourists.
08:47Lots of people come to our reserve especially for the cheese and for the donkeys.
08:54So we try to reinvest those funds that we got from the tourism into the nature reserve,
09:01into the conservation of the nature.
09:07The European Commission is expected to publish its EU strategy for tourism this year
09:12to address tourists over concentration, labour shortages, gaps and reduce the sector's environmental footprints.
09:25Rise and shine!
09:26Hi!
09:27What's up?
09:28What's up homie?
09:29It's me again, Bob Ferguson.
09:32I don't know if you remember but we spoke earlier on the phone.
09:36I think we had a little misunderstanding.
09:39I think we got off on the wrong foot.
09:41I was trying to get the rendezvous point for my daughter, Willa.
09:44Right.
09:45If you can't answer what time is it, I cannot give you the rendezvous point.
09:50This is a key tenet of the Romellion Act.
09:52I'm surprised you can't name it.
09:53I don't know if you are.
09:55All the plantations down there paying with credits.
10:00What about them crackers?
10:01What about them?
10:02I can go feel them out before they're too far gone.
10:04I can feel them out myself.
10:07They'll tell me more than they'll tell you.
10:09I can find out what they really have.
10:11And what happens if they from Little Rock?
10:12They ain't.
10:13One day our daddy beats Stack real bad.
10:16You know, so we get in our minds that we need to run away.
10:19See me, I want to go to the next plantation over.
10:22But Stack, you think we'll get them out by you?
10:25Show me a hand.
10:29What do you see?
10:31I see you.
10:33I see you.
10:35Grown.
10:38And very strong.
10:41And I see you in London working with your father.
10:46I have a purpose.
10:47Okay.
10:49Let me ask you something.
10:50Do you make money at this little table tennis thing?
10:53Not yet.
10:55Do you have a job?
10:56No.
11:00Backhand! Backhand! Forhand!
11:03How do you live?
11:04Well, I live with the conference.
11:05If I believe in myself, the money will follow.
11:07No, that's a good thing, actually.
11:10But he's going to make a movie again.
11:14What project?
11:17That's what he talked about you.
11:18My movie?
11:19That he wrote for me?
11:20Yes, that you wouldn't want to play.
11:25I remember pieces.
11:33Memories of different men.
11:37Then I saw it.
11:40Then I saw it.
11:41Then I saw it.
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