00:00A group of 11 European Union countries demands an end to the obstructive vetoes that have paralyzed the bloc's external
00:07action in recent years.
00:10Solar farms overtook coal plants in July to become China's top source of installed power capacity, state-run media reported
00:18on Tuesday.
00:21Norway's king Hakan VIII pledged allegiance to his country's constitution in Parliament on Tuesday.
00:32A group of 11 European Union countries demands an end to the obstructive vetoes that have paralyzed the bloc's external
00:40action in recent years.
00:42Austria, Denmark, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Spain and Sweden argue in a letter addressed to High
00:52Representative Kayakalas that the principle of sincere cooperation must take precedence.
00:58They also called to move from unanimity to qualified majority, to replace vetoes with constructive abstention and to refrain from
01:07linking foreign policy decisions to substantially unrelated matters.
01:11Under EU rules, foreign policy is governed by unanimity, which means one single country can at any time tie the
01:19hands of the other 26 member states.
01:21Before losing power in April, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban regularly used his veto power to extract concessions and advance
01:29his interests.
01:30Earlier this year, Orban triggered an unprecedented crisis when he suddenly blocked a 90 billion euros loan for Ukraine over
01:38an unrelated dispute with Kiev involving the Druzhba oil pipeline.
01:48Eurozone inflation climbed to 3.3% in August, up from 2.9% in July, according to a flash
01:54estimate from Eurostat.
01:56The increase was largely driven by energy, with prices rising 14.3% over the year through August, accelerating from
02:0410.3% in July, amid higher oil and gas prices linked to the war in Iran and disruptions in
02:10the Strait of Hormuz.
02:12Beyond energy, underlying pressures remained more contained.
02:16Services inflation eased from 3.3% to 3%, while core inflation, which excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, fell
02:26from 2.5% to 2.4%.
02:29Among major economies, Spain recorded inflation of 4.5% while Italy reached 3.2%.
02:36France and Germany remained below the eurozone average, at 2.7% and 2.9% respectively.
02:44With inflation now well above the European Central Bank's 2% target, markets expect the ECB to raise interest rates
02:51by a quarter percentage point at its meeting on the 10th of September.
02:59In a sign that the European passport-free area Schengen is under major stress, Italy and Spain have extended border
03:07controls for another 15 days due to the mass irregular migration crisis in the Spanish city of Suta in July.
03:14Last week, Spain asked the European Commission for the European Commission for the European Commission for the support from Frontex
03:19and Europol to assist with the screening of migrants who are staying irregularly in the Spanish enclave.
03:27Socialist Spanish MEP Juan Fernando López Aguilar told your news program Europe Today that the EU must indeed play a
03:35greater role.
03:35It's the response of the European institutions offer of increasing their presence in that particular very special terrestrial external border
03:47of the EU with Africa, of Spain with Morocco.
03:52But having said this, you need Morocco to handle the situation.
03:56And second, you also need the European Union to scale up because if you want to reassess the bilateral relation
04:03of the EU with Morocco, it takes the whole of the European Union because we have a strategic association with
04:09Morocco.
04:10Since June, the new rules under the Pact on Migration and Asylum have come into full effect.
04:16And on this point, the MEP makes no secret of his disappointment.
04:22It's miserable that after all the bother, all the energy, all the work that we put into the adoption of
04:30the Migration and Asylum Pact based on two principles, shared responsibility and binding solidarity, we have seen that in this
04:38situation, solidarity has been missing.
04:43UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has once again urged world leaders to end the world's wars.
04:51Guterres was speaking exclusively to your news in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, where world leaders gathered for the Shanghai
04:59Cooperation Organization.
05:01I think that what worries us more is the fact that we have conflicts that seem never ending.
05:08It's true in relation to the Russia-Ukraine, it's true in relation to the Middle East, both from Gaza to
05:14the Iran-U.S. confrontation.
05:17And a very important message is to say it's time to stop this madness.
05:23It's time for peace.
05:25And some of the key actors of these processes are here.
05:30We've got leaders from across the world, very important leaders, and some of them that are involved in this increased
05:34rhetoric are here right now.
05:37You know, if there's one message you're going to be giving to them, particularly with the Iran-America conflict, what
05:44would that be?
05:45We need to go back to where we were.
05:47There were negotiations that seemed to be successful.
05:50Let's restart them and let's make sure that we create a situation of peace and stability in the area,
05:55and especially that the freedom of navigation is fully reestablished, both in the state of Hormuz and in the Bagelman
06:04-Dev.
06:04As the SAO marks 25 years, how important is a body like this for building dialogue and stability across such
06:11a large part of the world?
06:14Well, we live more and more in a multipolar world, and obviously for an organization like the UN, it is
06:19extremely important to engage with regional organizations,
06:23be it the European Union, the African Union, or the Shanghai Cooperation Council.
06:27Here you have a platform in which practically half of humanity is represented, and the most dynamic economies in the
06:34world are today in Asia.
06:37At the summit, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi called on his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to bring an end to
06:45the war in Ukraine.
06:50At least 12 people were killed in overnight Russian attacks on Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, according to regional military administration officials.
06:59Ukraine's Air Force said the Kremlin's attacks began at 6 p.m. on Monday and continued until the early hours
07:04of Tuesday,
07:05firing more than 200 drones and a dozen ballistic missiles.
07:09The nighttime attacks marked the sixth consecutive night of Russian strikes as Ukraine continues to struggle with critical shortages of
07:16interceptor missiles, particularly Patriots.
07:19Eight people were killed and several others were wounded, including a three-year-old child in Kyiv itself,
07:25in an attack which local officials say targeted a residential area.
07:29Three others were killed in attacks which struck just outside the city limits,
07:33also claimed to be a residential area.
07:36One more person was found dead on the outskirts of the Kyiv region following a missile strike on a service
07:42station.
07:43Attacks also targeted the southern Odessa region,
07:46where local officials say dozens of drones were aimed at critical infrastructure in the area.
07:51At least one person was wounded in the attacks on Odessa.
07:58China's solar energy capacity has surpassed that of coal-fired power for the first time ever.
08:04According to China's National Energy Administration, NEA,
08:09China's installed solar power capacity reached 1.286 billion kilowatts as of the end of July this year.
08:16A statement from the NEA said,
08:19For the first time, photovoltaic installed capacity surpassed coal-fired power,
08:25becoming the largest power source category in China.
08:29The country's coal-fired power installed capacity stood just under solar at 1.285 billion kilowatts,
08:37the energy body said.
08:39Analysts say EU countries are trailing behind China when it comes to renewables,
08:44partly because China started their transition to clean energy much sooner.
08:50In 2023, China installed between 180 and 230 gigawatts of solar,
08:57compared to 58 gigawatts in all European countries combined.
09:01China, the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases that drive climate change,
09:07has pledged to peak carbon emissions by 2030 and achieve carbon neutrality by 2060.
09:20Norway's king, Hakan VIII, pledged allegiance to his country's constitution in parliament on Tuesday.
09:26Hakan automatically became Norway's monarch after his father, King Harald V, died on Friday, aged 89.
09:33The 53-year-old was driven in an open car from the royal palace to the Storting, where he took
09:39the oath.
09:39Norges Storting.
09:43Jeg lover og sverger, og ville regjere kongerike Norge i overensstemmelse med detts konstitusjon og lover.
09:53Så sant hjelper meg Gud, den allmektige og allvitende.
09:59Norway's monarchy traces its origins to King Harald Feher in the 19th century.
10:05When Norway regained its independence from Sweden in 1905,
10:09three quarters of voters approved restoring the monarchy.
10:12Its role remains largely symbolic, as the power lies within the elected government and parliament.
10:22Munich is fast becoming one of Europe's leading centers for defense technology,
10:27with young firms building AI-powered drones and military software,
10:31as the German government has dramatically raised its 2026 federal defense spending plans.
10:37The total budget and off-budget funds are around 108 billion euros,
10:42almost 24% higher than the previous fiscal plan,
10:45clearly exceeding 2% of GDP for the first time since 1990,
10:49all in the name of modernization.
10:52Around the Bavarian capital, defense firms including Quantum Systems,
10:56Helsing and Titan technologies are expanding rapidly,
11:00with Quantum supplying drones to Ukraine,
11:02and Titan having grown its workforce tenfold since 2023.
11:06The region's Chamber of Commerce and Industry says the number of pure defense startups
11:10has doubled to around 60,
11:13helped by engineering talent, universities, and links between industry and government.
11:17However, challenges remain,
11:20as companies report lengthy security wetting and slow permit approvals for new production sites,
11:25limiting their ability to expand even when orders are available.
11:30The rapid growth has also brought security concerns,
11:32with alleged Russian-plus targeting defense industry figures.
