00:0111 European countries and Canada jointly announced on Tuesday that they plan to ban imports from
00:07Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank, following increasing attacks by settlers against
00:12Palestinians and the uncurbed expansion of illegal settlements. The statement was signed by Canada,
00:19the UK, France, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden.
00:26Britain's Foreign Secretary Ed Miliband announced the import ban and other measures in Parliament.
00:31The British government agrees that there is ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in areas of the West
00:36Bank, perpetrated by settler terrorists. And all too often, the Israeli government has turned a blind
00:42eye to this, and worse, members of it have made statements and taken actions to support the forced
00:48displacement of Palestinians. So I can announce today that we will introduce an import ban on goods from
00:53illegal settlements in the occupied territories. To do so, we will introduce a new comprehensive
00:59sanctions regime, working with my right honourable friend, the business secretary, with appropriate
01:03religious exemptions. Israel responded furiously, ordering the closure of Britain's consulate in
01:09Jerusalem and banning 12 British nationals from visiting the country, including lawmakers from the
01:14governing Labour Party. It comes after the Israeli government last month opened up tenders for the
01:20construction of around 1,200 housing units in the West Bank, drawing widespread condemnation from the
01:26international community and human rights groups. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to
01:32continue establishing the settlements, which are illegal under international law.
01:41Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday he expects to meet his U.S. counterpart,
01:46Donald Trump, by the end of September, as Washington steps up efforts to revive negotiations to end
01:52Russia's full-scale invasion. Zelensky said securing additional U.S. air defense missiles would be a key
01:58issue at the meeting, with Kiev seeking an urgently needed winter package of anti-ballistic missile
02:04interceptors. The announcement comes after U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited Moscow and
02:11Kyiv over the weekend, where Zelensky said they discussed Ukraine's shortage of advanced air
02:15defenses. Zelensky spoke as Russia launched another attack on Kyiv, following the expiration of a three-day
02:24halt in attacks for the visit of the U.S. envoys. There was no immediate breakthrough in the talks,
02:30but Zelensky said there were hopes to resume trilateral talks with the U.S., Russia and Ukraine in the coming
02:36weeks.
02:42Presenting a united front, Qatar and the UAE outlined their vision for the Gulf region's security,
02:49saying in separate addresses that countries in the region must now find their own way to deal with Iran
02:55and reshape interactions across all areas. Qatar's foreign ministry spokesperson has called on Gulf
03:01countries to strengthen their defenses, saying they cannot rely on the United States alone for their
03:08security. The UAE's presidential diplomatic advisor said that the region will need to find ways to
03:15rebuild relations with Iran as geography leaves us no alternative to engagement. The UAE's presidential
03:22diplomatic advisor said the partnership with Washington remained essential, but the war had
03:27shown why Gulf countries needed to do more to protect themselves and that the region needed firm
03:33guarantees that Iran would not attack its neighbors again.
03:43The European Union is making an effort to cut emissions at home, but 35% of its carbon footprint
03:50was generated abroad in 2023. More than one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions are now linked
03:56to global trade. It creates a political problem for Brussels, which is heavily investing in the
04:02carbonisation of factories, power plants and cars, as the bloc still consumes goods whose production
04:08generates emissions abroad. The EU-China relationship is not just about Europe's dependence on Chinese
04:14solar panels, batteries, electric vehicles, machinery or critical raw materials. It is also about the
04:21carbon embedded in the supply chains that support European consumption. A new report suggests that cooperation
04:28with trading partners such as China could deliver the largest emissions reductions, particularly through
04:34common product standards. Alternatively, EU lawmakers should facilitate bringing production back to Europe.
04:41However, the report stresses that reshoring is not automatically a climate win. If European production
04:47is itself carbon intensive, relocating factories could simply shift emissions geographically rather than eliminate them.
05:14The Russian position has not changed since the February talks. That means limiting army,
05:23the economy of Ukraine giving up more unoccupied territory and recognising legally the occupied territories as Russian.
05:34Practically, all of these demands are not feasible because they would contradict the constitution.
05:41Milovanov stressed these conditions would be a travesty and no Ukrainian would ever accept them. U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff
05:49and Jared Kushner met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv.
05:53On Sunday, a day after the meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin, in a bid to find
05:59a deal to end Russia's war against Ukraine, it didn't lead to any breakthrough.
06:11Three MEPs have agreed in a report to tighten the requirements for foreign direct investment in the EU, restricting access
06:18to the European market for Chinese investors that are dominant in their sector.
06:22The report comes from the European Parliament's reporters on the proposed Industrial Accelerator Act presented by the European Commission last
06:30March.
06:30It creates a European preference on the EU market to favour products made in Europe in a move to protect
06:37strategic EU industry sectors from foreign competition.
06:40In sectors where China is dominant, such as electric vehicles, solar panels, critical raw materials and batteries, the reporters want
06:48to impose strict requirements on investments exceeding 50 million euros.
06:52Foreign investors could own no more than 49% of the share capital of the EU targets and they would
06:58have to invest through a joint venture with an EU entity.
07:02They would also be required to transfer technologies to the Europeans, invest 1% of their annual revenue into research
07:08and development and source at least 30% of manufacturing inputs from within the bloc.
07:13The report will now have to be adopted by EU lawmakers before discussions start with EU member states.
07:19It sends a signal to China that Europeans will not give up in their attempt to protect the EU market
07:24from China's aggressive industrial policy.
07:31Sweden is voting on Sunday in a tight general election dominated by concerns over healthcare and the welfare state amid
07:38fears over Europe's security.
07:41Opinion polls have pointed to a victory for the center-left opposition headed by the Social Democrats, which could oust
07:47the center-right government of Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson.
07:50The right-wing bloc has vowed to pursue its crackdown on crime and immigration.
07:55Some workers in Sweden's healthcare sector worry about what consequences that could have.
08:00Suksköterskor has arrived at the time.
08:02Suksköterskor has arrived.
08:03I'm not sure where they came out to the country from Sweden as a child.
08:11I was 21 years old,
08:45The hard-right anti-immigration Sweden Democrats, which has already had significant influence over government policy, especially crime and migration
08:54in exchange for its support, hopes to now enter government.
09:21Three polls in the past week credited the four parties on the left with around 50 percent and the four
09:26on the right with around 47 percent, indicating the election.
09:30The election could go down to the wire.
09:36Whilst jihadist terrorism remains a significant threat to Europe, a new risk is emerging. This danger is primarily posed by
09:45young people online.
09:46The scale of the threat is difficult to assess. However, police forces in nine European countries have identified more than
09:544,000 URLs linked to this form of terrorism known as nihilistic violent extremism.
10:00We've seen a number of attacks and where violence is the, let's say, both the driver and the goal of
10:11those communities.
10:12So, it's very much fascination with violence. It's violence as a means of asserting oneself, as a means of gaining
10:21status in those online communities.
10:22And we call it nihilistic because there's not a link or a direct link with ideology. So, it's violence for
10:33the sake of violence.
10:3445 terrorist attacks were reported last year in 10 European Union member states.
10:44In total, 486 people suspected of having links to terrorism were arrested in 21 member states, according to the European
10:55police agency Europol.
10:56Jihadist groups were behind 24 of these attacks and accounted for more than 70% of the arrests.
11:04These attacks are difficult to prevent as those involved generally have no criminal record and leave only online traces, often
11:13hidden behind encrypted barriers or within closed communities.
11:17The European Union counter-terrorism coordinator pointed that 85% of investigations take place in a digital environment.
