00:00The Greek Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of former European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos over the Katargate scandal.
00:10Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union's first associate member in a
00:17speech to the European Parliament.
00:19The Greek Parliament has voted to lift the parliamentary immunity of former European Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos.
00:28Of the 266 MPs present, 264 voted in favor of, while two voted, quote, present.
00:37Avramopoulos, who is reportedly the subject of a European arrest warrant, is now at the disposal of the Belgian authorities
00:45as part of their investigation into the Katargate scandal.
00:49The 73-year-old New Democracy MP served as European Commissioner for Migration from 2014 to 2019 and has categorically
01:00denied any wrongdoing.
01:01He had himself requested that his parliamentary immunity be lifted, stating in a memorandum submitted to Parliament that he wished
01:10to cooperate fully with the competent authorities.
01:13The Belgian investigation concerns, among other things, Avramopoulos' relationship with the NGO Fight Impunity, founded by former Italian MEP Antonio
01:24Panteri.
01:25He has maintained that his involvement was entirely lawful and that the payments he received in connection with the organization
01:33were duly declared to the tax authorities.
01:42Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney embraced the prospect of his country becoming the European Union's first associate member after he
01:50spoke before the European Parliament on Thursday.
01:52Carney hailed the bond between Europe and Canada, but the increasingly souring relationship with the U.S. also hung over
02:00the address.
02:01We are not fair-weather allies. We do not pursue zero-sum deals.
02:10Our commitment to the rule of law and our unyielding defense of human dignity, individual freedom, and democracy share the
02:21same deep roots, the same unwavering dedication.
02:26We hold common values for which we have always fought and in whose defense we must always remain vigilant.
02:35Trump's tariffs, demands for economic concessions, and repeated talk of making Canada the 51st state have pushed Ottawa to reduce
02:43its dependence on its neighbor and seek a far deeper economic, security, and political relationship with Europe.
02:50At the same time, Carney also seems to trace a line for any potential relinquishment of sovereignty from Canada's side.
02:57I'm not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great power rival, only with better manners.
03:12We do not seek power to dominate others.
03:17On the contrary, we are pursuing resilience so no one, no one can control our open markets, impair our sovereignty,
03:27threaten our territorial integrity, or undermine our freedoms, our democracies, our rule of law.
03:34Carney will host EU leaders for a summit in Montreal on October 29-30, and the two sides are expected
03:40to discuss the proposed new relationship in more detail.
03:46U.S. President Donald Trump said there was major progress towards the creation of a U.S. military base in
03:52Poland, which he hailed as a historic step in the two countries' bilateral ties.
03:57In a post on social media, Trump suggested that a final agreement was imminent, adding that if the deal is
04:03reached, the location will be announced very soon.
04:06The U.S. currently has around 10,000 rotational troops in Poland, stationed across the 11 installation sites, and a
04:14U.S. Army garrison, headquartered in Poznan.
04:17The decision to station troops in Europe is an apparent change of tone for the Republican president, who over the
04:23last few months has threatened repeatedly to pull troops from the continent amid disagreements with their leaders.
04:28Trump had lambasted European NATO allies over what he deemed a lack of military spending and over-reliance on U
04:35.S. defenses.
04:36Earlier in the year, he threatened to pull troops out of Poland, a decision he later reversed, and announced the
04:43expansion of existing U.S. force presence by 5,000 troops.
04:47The deal, which Trump says is being brokered with his friend, Polish President Karol Nawrowski, also comes after Washington granted
04:55Warsaw $4 billion in military aid in September.
05:03Sweden's Conservative Prime Minister, Ulf Kristersson announced his resignation on Thursday after the left-wing opposition won a slim majority
05:10in parliament in the country's general election.
05:13The complete vote count showed that the four left-wing parties hold a three-seat majority in the 349-seat
05:20parliament.
05:21Magdalena Andersson, leader of the Social Democrats, said discussions towards forming a government have already begun.
05:28Adding that she hopes to regain the prime minister's job, which she lost in 2022.
05:33So it's up to all the political forces to put the party tactics on the side and set the best
05:41of the Sweden and the Swedish people in the world.
05:44I want that our country will come together again.
05:48And to all of you who have chosen to vote for another party than mine.
05:52I want to say that you have my full respect.
05:55I'm going to work hard to earn your trust.
06:00That you should feel that I'm your Prime Minister and that I'm on your side.
06:06The opposition's small lead was initially uncertain, but was confirmed after early votes that didn't arrive at polling stations by
06:14election day, including overseas ballots, were counted.
06:18Andersson now faces the task of overcoming differences in the center-left bloc.
06:22She will in particular need to reconcile differences between the socialist left party and the liberal center party.
06:30Russia and China have vetoed a United Nations Security Council resolution that would have allowed independent experts to continue monitoring
06:39sanctions reimposed on Iran over its nuclear program.
06:43The United States had drafted the resolution to extend the UN expert panel's mandate for a year.
06:50It was defeated on Thursday at the Security Council by a vote of 11-2, with Somalia and Pakistan abstaining.
06:59The UN Security Council sanctions, which were reimposed on 27 September last year, under the snapback mechanism of the 2015
07:08nuclear deal, remain in effect.
07:10They freeze Iranian assets abroad, restrict arms deals with Tehran, and penalize the development of its ballistic missile program.
07:19France, Germany, and the UK triggered the snapback provision, which restored the Security Council sanctions committee and authorized the panel
07:29of experts to monitor compliance.
07:32Thursday's veto removes oversight without lifting the underlying sanctions.
07:36Since Israel and the U.S. struck Iranian nuclear sites in June 2025, UN nuclear inspectors have been unable to
07:45verify the status of Iran's stockpile of enriched uranium.
07:51The Arab Media Summit entered its final day with a host of announcements, but many conversations were still dominated by
07:59conflict in the region.
08:01Earlier this week, there had been chat that escalation is on the way.
08:05However, today, I sat down with President Donald Trump's senior advisor to the Middle East, Massad Boulos.
08:11He said that stability was within reach and that there were no promises that President Trump has not delivered on.
08:18Somebody had to tackle and had to address this nuclear issue.
08:22As President Trump has said repeatedly, there is no way we can allow Iran to have a nuclear weapon.
08:29Just imagine a world, just imagine this region with a nuclear Iran.
08:35He's a person who delivers, and we've all seen President Trump deliver on his promises.
08:41There's no promise that he didn't deliver on, whether it's a campaign promise or any other promise that he made.
08:46He also discussed the upcoming midterm elections and said that the war with Iran was not likely to have any
08:53impact on the outcome of the polls.
08:55He said that for the average American voter, domestic issues would take priority.
09:01Jane Witherspoon, Euronews in Dubai.
09:08The heat and the drought have taken a heavy toll on hop farmers in Germany and Austria, some of the
09:14world's largest producers, causing crop losses and smaller hop cones.
09:19This flower is one of beer's key ingredients and is responsible for its bitterness and a large part of its
09:25aroma.
09:25The extent of this year's drought, impact on prices and production cannot yet be said with certainty.
09:32Alongside the volume harvested, factors such as existing stocks, long-term supply contracts and the development of cultivated areas also
09:41play a role.
09:42The sector increasingly has to grapple with the question of how to grow its raw materials under drier conditions with
09:49the launch of larger irrigation projects.
09:51Another key raw material is also suffering from the drier conditions, barley.
09:57Hence, some farmers and breweries are looking to replace spring barley with another variety consuming less water, winter barley.
10:04So far, there have been no warnings of a shortage of beer at this year's Oktoberfest, which is set to
10:09kick off on Saturday in Munich.
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10:35All I can do is make what would be my favorite Resident Evil movie.
10:39I've played the games for so long.
10:41I've never seen a movie advertised that looks like what I think a Resident Evil movie should be.
10:46And so I just sat down with that being my first and last concern.
10:51It's like, what's going to be my favorite thing for this franchise?
10:54And so the movie I wrote is, it's ticking all my boxes.
10:57And that's as good as I can do.
11:00If I start trying to please everybody, I'm going to end up pleasing nobody.
11:03If I just focus on pleasing me, hopefully other people will connect with that.
11:14Everything that has happened in this town transpired in a matter of hours.
11:22You've got no idea what you've got there in your hands.
11:36Yeah, where was it going?
11:38It did.
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