00:00The European Commission has concluded that Ukraine's needs for this year are fully met
00:05after Kiev flagged a nearly 24 billion euros shortfall late August.
00:10The high school students' protests intensified on Thursday with violence breaking out in several cities.
00:14Following a crisis meeting, the Prime Minister's office accused the far left of organizing the movement.
00:20The average price of diesel across the European Union has hit a record 2 euros 24 cents per litre,
00:25up from 1 euro 59 cents before the war in the Middle East.
00:31The identity and motive of the Omani co-pilot who stabbed his captain on a flight to Israel remained unknown
00:37on Thursday.
00:41The European Commission has concluded that Ukraine's financial and military needs for this year are fully met
00:48one month after Kiev flagged a nearly 24 billion euros shortfall in its Ministry of Defence that called Brussels of
00:55Guard.
00:56In a vaguely worded statement released on Thursday, the Commission said that it had coordinated through joint efforts
01:02to cover Ukraine's budget and defence needs for 2026.
01:07In late August, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on allies to fill the gap,
01:12warning essential weapons deliveries were at risk.
01:16Since then, the Commission has been engaged in technical talks with the Ukrainian government
01:21to pin down the exact scope of the financing hall.
01:25Brussels died up the pressure on Kiev to advance the reforms necessary to unlock
01:30the support loan and the Ukraine facility, a prior assistance envelope.
01:35In response, Zelenskyy praised the good results of the bilateral consultations about the 2026 and 2027 needs.
01:49Russian strikes on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have caused power cuts in several regions,
01:55grid operators Ukraine Ergo said on Thursday, urging consumers to limit usage.
02:00The cuts come after Russia said on Wednesday that it deliberately targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure
02:07with drones and missiles in the capital, Kiev, and nearby regions.
02:11Kiev said it was Moscow's opening salvo in an expected campaign to try to knock out heating and power as
02:17winter approaches.
02:19Some emergency power outages were implemented in the capital on Wednesday night.
02:24Meanwhile, one person was injured in the southern port city of Odessa overnight into Thursday
02:29after a Russian attack struck a business centre, sparking a fire and damaging the roof and the façades
02:35of two other buildings, local authorities said.
02:38Russia launched 107 drones at Ukraine overnight into Thursday, including 63 jet-powered drones,
02:45Ukraine's Air Force said in its daily report.
02:51Student protests across France have intensified with blockades, fires and clashes with police spreading to an increasing number of cities.
02:59High school students are demanding more teachers, smaller classes and better facilities.
03:03After college students joined the so-called blockade movement this Thursday, blocking access to around 30 campuses,
03:10Prime Minister Sébastien Le Corleu convened at Crisis Task Force.
03:14In Lille, demonstrators overturned bins, true projectiles and damaged street furniture before police charged the crowd and fired tear gas.
03:22Hundreds of protesters have already been detained, most of them minors,
03:25while several students and school officials have been injured.
03:28French intelligence agencies believe this is the result of a maneuver organized by far-left France Humboldt Party, LFI, and
03:34its proxies.
03:35For this high school student, despite her fear, the movement must continue.
03:52Clashes were also reported in Paris and several surrounding communes.
03:55Three investigations have been open following injuries sustained during roadblocks.
03:59In Tours, a high school student who suffered a head injury on Wednesday was hospitalized.
04:03In Nantes, the protest took a dramatic turn as a fire broke out in the lobby of Nelson Mandela High
04:08School.
04:08No injuries were reported.
04:10The government and far-right politician Marine Le Pen have accused the LFI of encouraging the protests.
04:19The average price of diesel across the European Union has hit a record 2 euros 24 cents per liter,
04:25up from 1 euro 59 cents before the war in the Middle East.
04:3012 EU countries recorded new all-time highs, including Belgium, Italy, Romania, and Poland.
04:37Diesel rose above 2 euros 50 cents per liter in Denmark, Finland, and the Netherlands,
04:42while Germany reached 2 euros 44 cents.
04:46Belgium also hit a record with diesel averaging 2 euros 43 cents per liter.
04:51Across the block, prices increased due to taxes,
04:54which account for around 40 percent of the price paid at the pump.
04:59Prices have been driven higher by disruptions to energy supplies,
05:03including the effective closure of Strait of Hormuz,
05:06a Houthi blockade of Saudi exports in the Red Sea,
05:08and Ukrainian strikes on Russian refineries.
05:12High European refining margins have also added pressure, particularly for diesel.
05:23The identity and motive of the Omani co-pilot who stabbed his captain on a fly Dubai flight to Israel,
05:29causing the plane to plummet dangerously and forcing it to land in Saudi Arabia,
05:33remained unknown on Thursday as investigators raced to learn more.
05:38Saudi and UAE authorities have said little publicly beyond confirming that investigations were underway.
05:43The UAE chief prosecutor said on Thursday that a probe has been launched into the incident
05:48to uncover the possible motives, including whether any terrorist activity or intent were evident.
05:55Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the co-pilot responsible for the incident has been arrested.
06:00The Indian embassy in Saudi Arabia said the captain who was stabbed in the cockpit
06:04and fought back to stop the plane from crashing is now in stable condition.
06:10166 of the 174 passengers on board the flight were Israeli nationals.
06:15Netanyahu says that UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahyan
06:19agreed to allow Israel to join the interrogation of the Omani suspect.
06:29Greek Prime Minister Kyriekos Mitsotakis is calling on the European Commission to take action
06:34in giving national governments more fiscal room to shield households and businesses
06:39from a renewed energy price shock, according to a letter seen by Euronews.
06:45Mitsotakis said that Europe's latest energy crisis is lasting longer than expected,
06:50threatening to turn it into both an economic and political challenge for Athens.
06:56To help families, the government has been handing out hefty cash aid for energy bills, fuel and farming.
07:02At the same time, Mitsotakis has slashed income and property taxes
07:07to please voters and jumpstart businesses ahead of parliamentary elections slated for 2027.
07:14Greece is proposing that temporary national measures to support consumers and companies
07:19could, up to a certain limit, be excluded from the EU's net expenditure indicator.
07:25It also proposes that governments be able to account for additional VAT revenues
07:31generated by unexpectedly high inflation linked to energy prices.
07:36If the European Commission considers these measures,
07:39it would give governments more fiscal space to subsidize or otherwise support citizens and businesses
07:46without the same pressure from EU fiscal rules.
07:52AI agents attempted to hack U.S. and Canadian government websites,
07:57according to non-profit research lab Transluse,
07:59which claims to have evidence that Google and OpenAI's agents were responsible.
08:04Researchers documented incidents targeting the U.S. Department of Education and Library
08:08and Archives Canada, while agents were searching for publicly available information.
08:13In the U.S. case, agents made more than 200,000 requests
08:18and attempted to test a database vulnerability.
08:21In Canada, 13 of 899 requests contained payloads designed to test the website's security.
08:28None of the attempts succeeded in accessing information that was not already publicly available.
08:34Transluse said the incidents appeared to form part of a broader pattern
08:38in which AI agents use aggressive or gray area techniques to retrieve information.
08:43Evidence suggested Google-linked agents were involved in the U.S. incident,
08:47while Transluse said it could not confidently attribute the Canadian attempts to OpenAI.
08:53Canada's cybersecurity agency said there was no indication government systems had been compromised.
09:02The world's richest man, Elon Musk, is returning to an official role advising Donald Trump's government
09:08co-leading a Pentagon study on the future of warfare.
09:11Defense Secretary Pete Hexed announced the study, which has been named Project Meridian,
09:16during a speech at the Quantico military base.
09:19The owner of Tesla and SpaceX, Musk will lead the project,
09:22alongside Unreal Industries co-founder Palmer Luckey and former Republican House Speaker Newt Gingrich.
09:29Hexed said the initiative would bring together innovators, senior leaders and technologists
09:34to identify future military capabilities.
09:37Its findings are due within 120 days.
09:41Musk previously headed the Department of Government Efficiency,
09:44overseeing sweeping federal job cuts before leaving in May 2025.
09:49His companies already have major ties to the Pentagon,
09:52including SpaceX satellite work,
09:54and a military agreement involving his artificial intelligence company, XAI.
09:59Musk and Trump later fell out over government spending legislation,
10:03but have since reconciled.
10:09A U.S. death row inmate was taken to hospital late Wednesday
10:14after an attempt to execute her by two lethal injections failed.
10:18Tennessee officials were unable to put Krista Gale Pike to death for a 1995 murder
10:25after administering two doses of a lethal drug in what death penalty experts have described as an unprecedented failure.
10:33According to her attorneys and witnesses,
10:36Pike was alive and loudly snoring after the attempted lethal injection
10:40and was taken by ambulance from the prison.
10:43We left at, well, when they told us to leave at 8.53, Krista Pike was still breathing.
10:51They did two separate rounds of pentobarbital, which I've never seen before.
10:56The protocol does say that they should do a second round if the person is still alive.
11:01Now 50, Pike had been scheduled for execution for the killing she committed at age 18
11:07and would have been the first woman executed in Tennessee in more than 200 years.
11:13An appeals court stopped the lethal injection just an hour before it was to start,
11:18and hours later, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned that stay.
11:23Following the failure, Tennessee Governor Bill Lee altered the remaining execution for the rest of the year.
11:29Lee said he had ordered a, quote,
11:33comprehensive third-party review to determine exactly what occurred.
11:38It was the second time this year Tennessee has been unable to carry out an execution.
