00:01The European Commission will propose new housing rules that would give national and local authorities clearer rules for restricting short
00:10-term holiday rentals and the purchase of homes, according to a document seen by Euronews.
00:15The prospect of a tougher crackdown comes as prices have skyrocketed faster than local incomes across most European capitals, rising
00:2564.9% between 2015 and 2025 and rents 21.8% according to EU data.
00:34Even people who cannot afford to buy are facing rising rents, which consume 40% of household income.
00:41Many residents in cities complain that short-term rental platforms like Airbnb have removed homes from the market and pushed
00:50prices up, often forcing them to move.
00:53However, the Commission's upcoming restrictions would be allowed only in RIAs with clear evidence of serious housing pressure.
01:01The Commission acknowledges that short-term rental restrictions and limits on second homes can't solve Europe's structural housing shortage.
01:09Other challenges include high construction costs, expensive land, planning restrictions and lengthy permitting processes.
01:17Housing is a national and local responsibility, leaving the Commission powerless to order member states or cities to build more
01:25of it.
01:26Instead, Brussels is trying to use EU funding, stated rules, investment and legislation to influence the market.
01:38El Nino is set to become, quote, very strong in the months ahead, with a weather phenomenon near certain to
01:46persist through to February.
01:48The United Nations Climate Agency warned on Thursday.
01:50According to the UN's World Meteorological Organization, WMO, El Nino would peak towards the end of this year, though its
02:00knock-on impact for the climate will continue well into 2027.
02:04El Nino is firmly established and will make big impact on rainfall and temperature patterns, with associated risk of flood,
02:13drought and extreme heat.
02:15The WMO said, the natural climate phenomenon not caused by climate change typically takes place every 2-7 years and
02:24lasts around 9-12 months.
02:27It tends to peak late in the year, but heat in the oceans releases more slowly into the atmosphere, pushing
02:35up global temperatures the following year.
02:37Scientists expect El Nino to exacerbate the heat of the planet already warming from burning fossil fuels while amping up
02:46weather extremes.
02:47The hottest year on record is 2024, following the last El Nino.
03:13So we want to make architecture look futuristic and making people curious.
03:20What is it?
03:21You know, people, some people say this is a spaceship.
03:24Some people say this is a cloud.
04:01Some people say this is a cloud.
04:07Star Wars only occupies 7% of the museum actually. The collection and the breadth of it is so vast
04:16and exciting that we're so proud of our opening Star Wars exhibit, Star Wars in Motion, but there is so
04:22much on the wall.
04:36It's something that I felt very, very strongly about in terms of honoring illustrators, artists, I think, who illustrate stories
04:48that are already written and most of the stories are myths.
05:13The
05:13Only a handful of people were hanging out at the beach of Gardani on the last day of summer. The
05:17record low water level of Hungary's third largest lake, Lake Valens has virtually wiped out lakeside tourism here this year.
05:23This video was taken in early July, even then the water didn't reach the beach side steps along the shore.
05:29By now, the situation has gotten even worse.
05:32In a normal way, there can be a sailboat here. There is only a small boat in the middle of
05:36it.
05:36But now, you can sit down in a few minutes in the river without having to be watered in the
05:41water.
05:42You can come to the little Nátsziget until now.
05:44According to data published by the Hungarian Central Statistical Office on Wednesday,
05:48guest traffic at local lodging facilities dropped by 20% in the first two months of the summer, compared to
05:54last year.
05:55But this doesn't tell the whole story.
05:57Previous summers, many people used to visit Lake Valens just for a day at the beach, for example from nearby
06:03Budapest.
06:04This year, very few of them showed up, as our news crew only ran into people walking their dogs in
06:09the lake bed, no swimmers.
06:12We stay here every year because we love this boat.
06:16But it's a great way to see it, so I think Hungary will be able to do something that they
06:22don't do anything in the situation.
06:24During Euronews' visit, only one restaurant was open at the Gardani beach.
06:29The owner did not want to appear on camera, but he said his summer business was practically nonexistent.
06:34While a few years ago, he was constantly making beach food all day long.
06:39This year, he was lucky to sell a dozen or two pieces a day.
06:43Several bars didn't open at all this summer, and their owners can only hope that there will be more water
06:49in the lake next year.
06:55The noise is unmistakable.
06:58From this rooftop terrace in the heart of Lisbon, you can hear every plane arriving at and departing from the
07:04Portuguese capital's airport.
07:07This was the inspiration behind the creation of a system that collects and aggregates data on the aircraft crossing the
07:14skies over Lisbon.
07:16It was a little bit of a joke. I was here with my friends, and they were always impressed by
07:20seeing the planes coming.
07:21And then we started with a joke and said, oh, maybe we'll try to build a system that collects photographs.
07:39Antonio Boaventura conceived and now monitors the data collection station and the platform that processes the data.
07:47Intrigued by the phenomenon, he uses AI to help him develop a system that allows free access to the collected
07:54information.
07:55The objective is this information that is available for everyone, associations, citizens, aviaries, and to know what's going on in
08:07the sky,
08:08near my terrace, and near Lisbon.
08:11Lisbon is one of the few capitals in the world to have an airport in the city center,
08:16with the noise and vibrations from low-flying aircraft being part of daily life for Lisbon residents.
08:23I've already been accustomed to it. Honestly, my parents had a house in Alvalade, so since I was young, I've
08:28already seen the planes passing.
08:29The rhythm is very different. The progress of the number of planes that are passing over Lisbon is more than
08:35ever.
08:36But I've already been accustomed to it. I think all the Lisboners have already been accustomed to having the planes
08:40passing over, right?
08:42Like now.
08:43Environmental organizations like ZERO are warning about the impact of aircraft noise in the Lisbon metropolitan area
08:51and its potential harmful effects on the population.
08:55The new airport, currently under construction, is expected to begin operations in 2037,
09:01which will mean the simultaneous closure of air operations at Humberto Delgado Airport.
09:07The new airportnd's始mati is based on the
09:38Really perfect you heard and we have been enjoying
10:34I'm here, I'm here, I'm here, I'm here for you
10:3720 years ago, he came for the first year of the World, and I told him that I wanted to
10:41be champion
10:41of the World, and that he said my name, and it was something... I thought I was going to
10:46cry, but I was more emotional, because he said my name.
10:58Having started in Greece, I really didn't know what the tango was, I didn't know what
11:02it existed, and when I went, what I felt was that I had a sincere hug from a person I
11:09didn't know, and how could it be that I hugged so deeply and so really with a person I
11:14never knew in my life. That was what, I don't know, what happened to me in the tango.
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