00:01The European Union's push to favor its domestic arms industry risks alienating allies and
00:07fragmenting the transatlantic defense industrial base, the U.S. ambassador to the EU, Andrew
00:13Puzder, said at Euronews Defense and Space Summit in Brussels on Wednesday.
00:18If we judge weapons systems based on where they're made, rather than how well they perform
00:24on the battlefield, we will sacrifice the advantage we have and put our security at
00:29risk. Keeping the EU and NATO moving closely in sync is critical. This is why we support
00:37made in Europe or made in NATO, made with Europe or made in NATO, over any regional preference.
00:46Only our enemies benefit when we lose focus on making sure we have the most effective weapons
00:53supporting our mutual defense.
00:55The European Commission and EU states have tabled proposals to favor domestic arm manufacturers
01:01in order to reduce European reliance on U.S.-made arms amid signs of fractures in the transatlantic
01:08alliance under Donald Trump. The Pentagon has fiercely opposed the move, despite the U.S.
01:15administration heaping pressure on NATO's European allies to become more independent in
01:19their self-defense. The proposals have nonetheless split member states, with some EU governments
01:25warning against overprotectionism, especially given the U.S. arms manufacturing power.
01:37Belgian defense minister Theo Franken has warned Europe must prepare for further Russian hybrid
01:42attacks in the coming month. Franken described Russia as the biggest threat to Belgium's security.
01:48The country has experienced several drone incidents this year, some of which disrupted air traffic.
01:53Russia. Air attack, air attack, air attack. So this is the biggest threat. So we need
02:01air defense, air defense, air defense. We need to have more stocks, more production, scale
02:07of production, industrial base, and large industrial base.
02:10Franken said Belgium had long underinvested in defense, but that the country is now stepping up
02:15spending.
02:15I cannot do it in 18 months, but it has been neglected for 40 years. So yes, we were the
02:21first, the worst pupil of NATO class. Now Belgium is back again, but it takes time.
02:28However, Franken said that allocating 5% of GDP to defense would not be realistic for Belgium
02:33in the near term.
02:41Blows with batons and boots, punches, threats, and migrants restrained with zip ties. These
02:47are some of the abuses that Amnesty International says it has documented in SOTA.
02:53One of the migrants interviewed is confined to a wheelchair. He has been unable to walk for
02:5825 days and claims that a soldier pushed them from a height of more than 6 meters. Amnesty
03:05interviewed more than 65 people and collected 22 first-hand accounts attributing beatings,
03:10humiliations, and the destruction of cell phones to military personnel.
03:16U.S.
03:17Mishra was closer than 3.5 meters in 3.5 meters.
03:20I told the U.S.
03:21is the one who has been able to go back to the U.S.
03:26in the US.
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04:06The organization also denounced possible illegal deportations to Morocco
04:11and warned that hundreds of migrant minors continue to live on the streets of Souta.
04:17Amnesty is calling on the government to conduct an independent and thorough investigation.
04:21It acknowledges the strain faced by the military personnel deployed in the city
04:25but warns that some of the reported abuses could constitute torture or inhumane treatment.
04:34UK Prime Minister Andy Burnham said he will set out different options for the country's future relations
04:40with the European Union around a planned UK-EU summit later this year.
04:44Speaking at the Labour Party's annual conference in Liverpool on Tuesday,
04:49the British Premier argued that a clear strategy on the UK's long-term relationship with the bloc is vital.
04:55Control over immigration was weakened when we lost collaboration with our European partners
05:00and we are still having to work hard to bring it back.
05:04Later this year there will be a UK-EU summit where one of the issues on the agenda
05:09will be how we best work together on immigration.
05:14Beyond that we will work to secure gains for our British industries most harmed by Brexit.
05:19Conference, these are important concrete steps but they are not enough.
05:23I say this to you and the country, we will not give Britain the clear path we need
05:28into the rest of this century until we decide on a long-term relationship
05:34with what is still our largest market.
05:38The country's divisive 2016 vote to leave the EU has once again been thrust under the spotlight this year
05:44amid mounting calls from leading Labour figures to re-enter the bloc.
05:48Burnham has also previously said he was in favour of rejoining.
05:52The UK leader has sought to establish increasingly close relations with Brussels
05:57since he took office and laid July from predecessor Keir Starmer.
06:04Another rather sleepless night here in the capital with the air defence working non-stop.
06:10Kiev residents woke up by around 3 a.m. local time with at least 10 explosions
06:15as Ukrainian air defence were intercepting the incoming ballistic missiles
06:19on top of the endless drone attacks.
06:22Now Ukraine is currently working on the technology to intercept Russia's new jet-powered drones
06:28and I spoke exclusively to Kirill Budano, the head of the office of the president of Ukraine
06:33who told me the technology is already being implemented.
06:36Moreover, it is being tested at the battlefield
06:38and he said that the challenge now is to be able to scale up the production of these interceptors.
06:44But he is confident that it will be possible to do before the cold comes here,
06:49before the winter in Ukraine.
06:51And he also told Iran is confirmed that the countries who have already signed the drone deals
06:56with Ukraine, who are negotiating those drone deals with Kyiv will have access to these new interceptors capable of stopping
07:05Russia's jet-powered drones.
07:07It doesn't have a meaning. It's not about any specific method.
07:11It's about cooperation between countries and other countries, let's say.
07:16So, the Ukrainian new technologies that are now масштабing about the
07:19that are also able to do the drone deals with European countries.
07:24The people who have signed such agreements have the right to, as they say,
07:29to further debate about the specific production.
07:31Euronews also gave an exclusive access to some of the air defense troops working in the Kyiv region
07:38to see what the changing threat means for them, for those people who are indeed in charge of protecting the
07:44skies.
07:45Now they told us that when a jet-powered drone is incoming,
07:48they're about 10 seconds before it can reach Kyiv.
07:51And this is more or less the time that they also have to be able and to prepare to shoot
07:55it down,
07:56between 10 to 15 seconds.
07:58And, of course, this intensity is taking its toll on the cruise as well.
08:02Some of these troops I talked to in Kyiv and in the region of the capital told me that over
08:08the past couple of days,
08:10or even weeks, they could only do about an hour and an hour and a half of sleep.
08:14We also talked to Pavlo Tsugunov, who is aircraft battery commander,
08:19and he described the pressure on his cruise under why these new jet-powered drones are so difficult
08:25for some of the existing systems to intercept and what exactly the troops are doing to do that nevertheless.
08:32First of all, this is a constant pressure.
08:36It is a constant pressure.
08:38It is a constant pressure.
08:43It is a constant pressure.
08:55It is a constant pressure for the military to force the country to attack the troops.
09:06The military is a constant pressure.
09:10It is a constant pressure.
09:13It is a constant pressure.
09:19where he unveiled that an accord was signed by all
09:21to self-police the development of artificial intelligence
09:24as concerns mount over its consequential implications on humanity.
09:29The terms of the accord remain vague
09:31and the legal liability on those responsible for advancing AI
09:35even more ambiguous.
09:37Mr. President, tell us why the world should not be concerned about AI,
09:41why there shouldn't be guardrails.
09:42Because we have people that love our country and love the world a lot.
09:46But it requires more than love, doesn't it, sir?
09:47No, it requires this and the smartest people in the world.
09:51Is this accord that everybody signed, is it binding in any way?
09:54I think it's morally binding, yeah.
09:57Speaking on the White House lawn after what Trump described as a great meeting,
10:00in a bid to reassure the public,
10:03Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, the most valuable AI firm on the planet, said,
10:08There's no conflict between innovation, technology, and safety.
10:13We are going to have to create new technologies
10:15to advance the capabilities of AI,
10:17but we're also creating new technologies to advance the safety of AI.
10:20We're going to advance this technology that is so consequential to humanity,
10:24is so consequential to the future prosperity of our nation,
10:26and we're going to do it responsibly and safely.
10:29Also present at the meeting with CEO of Anthropic,
10:32the company behind the popular AI chatbot, Claude,
10:35who has been one of the most outspoken voices in the industry,
10:38calling for a deceleration in development speed.
10:41I will say what I've always said,
10:43which is that AI has incredible benefits.
10:46I've talked about the medical benefits of the technology.
10:49As the president has said, you know, whoever wins AI wins.
10:53I think that's very important.
10:54But I think the technology has very real risks.
10:58And, you know, the mechanism,
10:59how we address those risks is still under discussion.
11:03Speaking at an earlier event on Tuesday,
11:06Trump insisted he will stop short of instating actual guardrails
11:09to slow down the development of the technology.
11:12He also took aim at China,
11:13with whom he recently committed to cooperating with on safe AI rollout,
11:18and said he doesn't really want to cooperate much
11:20because the U.S. is far ahead.
11:22Oh, sweat this or not.
