00:00A US-brokered 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon has gone into effect to bring
00:06a temporary moment of respite after weeks of heavy strikes.
00:11What does Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary and Washington's decision to phase out waivers
00:16for Russian oil mean for the European Union?
00:20Europe has maybe six weeks or so of jets fuel left, warned the head of the international
00:25energy agency Fatih Birol.
00:31US President Donald Trump announced a 10-day ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon on Thursday,
00:36which has now come into effect to bring a temporary moment of respite after weeks of ongoing Israeli
00:42strikes.
00:43And though the Iran-backed Hezbollah, whom Israeli forces are fighting, are not party to the
00:49deal, Trump says they will abide by its terms.
01:13News of the truce was well received in Lebanon, with people firing tracer rounds in celebration,
01:19and also by the international community.
01:21We welcome steps that would end hostilities and suffering on both sides of the blue line.
01:27The United Nations, through our political and peacekeeping missions, remains ready to support
01:32these efforts and continues to urge the full implementation of Security Council Resolution
01:381701.
01:40And that full implementation is towards a permanent ceasefire and a long-term solution to the conflict.
01:46Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu welcomed the opportunity for peace with Lebanon,
01:51but stressed that Israeli troops will not withdraw from their occupied so-called security zone.
02:16Israel says it also reserves the right to attack at any time to respond to any threat it perceives,
02:22even preemptively.
02:24The Lebanese health ministry says Israeli strikes since the beginning of the war in Iran have
02:29killed at least 1,200 people, injured thousands and displaced roughly 1.2 million.
02:37The United States will prevent all shipping from entering or exiting Iranian ports in the
02:42Strait of Hormuz for as long as it takes.
02:45U.S. War Secretary Pete Hexet said the Navy is using less than 10% of its power to enforce
02:51the
02:51blockade as he complained about allies not aiding the effort.
02:55Iran might get a nuclear bomb.
02:56Allies have talked a lot and haven't done anything.
02:58And as the president has pointed out, this is a waterway that the American commerce doesn't
03:03use all that much.
03:04We don't rely on the energy coming out of the Strait of Hormuz, but Asia does and Europe does.
03:10President Donald Trump also posted on social media and warned that any Iranian ships attempting
03:15to break it will be eliminated.
03:17They had a nuclear weapon.
03:18The blockade began on Monday after U.S. Vice President J.D.
03:22Vance left peace negotiations in Islamabad without a deal.
03:25The blockade will apply to all vessel traffic regardless of nationality.
03:31Traffic through the strategic waterway has been almost completely blocked since the war
03:35started on February 28.
03:38This has sent energy prices spiking around the world.
03:41The International Energy Agency warns that Europe only has about six weeks of jet fuel
03:47left if supplies remain blocked.
03:52On the second leg of his African tour, Pope Leo on Thursday traveled to the Western Cameroonian
03:58city of Bamenda preaching a message of peace to a region that's been at the epicenter of a
04:03separatist conflict that humanitarian groups have called one of the world's most neglected
04:08crisis.
04:11Jesus told us, blessed are the peacemakers.
04:14But woe to those who manipulate religion in the very name of God for their own military, economic,
04:22or political gain.
04:23Pope Leo's message follows his speech given on Wednesday upon his arrival in the Central
04:29African country where he urged the Paul Bia government to root out corruption.
04:33President Bia, who at 93 is the world's oldest leader, sat passively as Pope Leo read his
04:40speech in French at the presidential palace in Yaoundé.
04:43To make peace and justice affirm, it must be destroyed the chain of corruption which
04:52defigure the authority in the evidentance of its credibility.
04:57It must be free from this fear of ganhar, which is an idolatry.
05:18Being the first Pope to visit Cameroon since 2009, many cheering Cameroonians gave Pope
05:25Leo a raucous welcome, lining the road into the capital, Yaoundé, from the airport, dancing
05:31and waving palm fronts as the Pope's motorcade wheezed by. Ahead of the visit, the Vatican
05:36had said fighting corruption in Cameroon would be one of the themes of Leo's visit, and the
05:41Pope did not hold back.
05:48The defeat of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the polls and Washington's decision
05:54to face out waivers for Russian oil is raising hopes in Brussels that EU sanctions against
06:00Russia will finally be unblocked. Hungary and Slovakia have vetoed EU sanctions against
06:05Moscow and the 90 billion euros loaned for Ukraine over an unrelated dispute with Kiev involving
06:12the Druzhba pipeline. Meanwhile in Washington, US Treasury Secretary Scott Besant announced
06:18that the administration would not provide further sanctions relief to Russia. The 30-day permit,
06:23which expired over the weekend, allowed other countries to purchase Russian oil that was
06:28already at sea. The American decision to provide sanctions relief to Russia had outraged
06:34the sanctions. We believe that in general, giving any relief in terms of sanctions at this
06:40point in time vis-à-vis Russia is not helpful in maintaining the pressure on Russia. Pinho expressed
06:56hope that the sanctions would soon be approved.
07:02Russia
07:03Europe could face a shortage of jet fuel in the coming weeks, said the head of the International
07:08Energy Agency Fatih Birol on Thursday, warning of a possible flight consolations soon if oil
07:15supplies remain blocked by the Iran war.
07:23Russia
07:25Russia
07:27If we are not able to open the Strait of Hormus, if the refining as a result will start to
07:34work,
07:35I can tell you soon we will hear the news that some of the flights from City A to City
07:45B
07:45might be cancelled as a result of lack of jet fuel.
07:50Last week, the Airport Council International Europe wrote to the European Commission saying shortages of jet fuel
07:57could begin at the beginning of May if tankers do not begin sailing through the Hormuz.
08:02The situation varies considerably across the continent.
08:06Austria, Bulgaria and Poland have comfortable stocks.
08:09For Britain, Iceland and the Netherlands, it is the opposite.
08:13France is somewhere in the middle, and the impact won't be the same for all airports and airlines.
08:20Airlines for Europe, a trade association that includes Air France, KLM, Lufthansa and Ryanair,
08:26has been urging the European Union to begin providing real-time information on jet fuel stocks at airports.
08:39They have been waiting for hours. These immigrants in Spain have been queuing to gather all the necessary documents
08:46to qualify for the fast-track immigration procedure.
08:49Despite the weight and technical issues, these immigrants remain optimistic.
08:54It is very good for everyone. It is beneficial for the work, supposedly,
08:57to give us a work with all the benefits, since we are working as black.
09:03It opens doors for a better future, a better stability, and so many things.
09:13Spain's government finalized a migrant amnesty measure that it announced earlier this year,
09:19paving the way for immigrants living and working without authorization to apply for legal status.
09:25An estimated 500,000 people living in Spain without authorization could be eligible to apply, the government said.
09:33Those who meet certain conditions can now apply for one-year residency and work permit.
09:43Polish finance minister Andrzej Domanski has recently advised Poles to keep cash at home in case of digital failures.
09:51We asked Warsaw residents how they feel about this and whether they keep a cash reserve for emergencies.
09:58I think it is a very good idea. It cannot be completely dependent on the bank.
10:04No to warto trochę mieć. Zawsze mam z sobą, trochę tam do tysięcy złotych mam, żeby w razie czego,
10:13bo jak podrożuję na przykład i nie ma innej łopcy, często tylko gotówką.
10:19Uważam, że tak, że musimy mieć i kartę i pieniążki.
10:23Dlatego, że proszę sobie wyobrazić, jesteśmy w jakiejś miejscowości, ktoś nam kradnie kartę albo gubimy.
10:29No jesteśmy pod presją, prawda, że nie mamy czym zapłacić, nawet powrotu kupienia biletu.
10:37Ja mam takie myślenie, że no gotówka to pierwsze, a po drugie to jest karta i coś tam na rachunkach.
10:46Bo tak dla zwykłe osoby, no wszystko może być. Wojna, kryzysy w świecie, tak, no i bez gotówki, no to
10:56tragedia.
10:56Meanwhile, the European Union is rolling out the idea of a digital euro, which could help reduce dependence on American
11:03payment processes.
11:04Nie jesteśmy w strefie euro, ale euro to jest taka pewna gotówka. No, nie wiem, jak banki z tym dadzą
11:13radę, to znaczy, jak to rozwiążą.
11:16Myślę, że te cyfra na tyle postępuje, że dobrze, jakbyśmy się jakoś uniezależnili od tych dużych koncernów.
11:24Przez pandemii i wojny, cyberattach i blackouts,
11:28więcej i więcej ludzi prefer to hold cash in their hands,
11:32rather than keep it in the digital cloud.
11:34Jakby cześć!
11:35KONIEC
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