00:00Eurozone inflation rose to 4% in October, its highest level in more than three years,
00:05as soaring energy bills kept pushing up the cost of living.
00:10European Parliament's Environment Committee backed relaxing 2035 car emissions rules,
00:15giving manufacturers more flexibility amid rising costs and competition.
00:20Lawmakers on the European Parliament's Environment Committee backed relaxing the EU's 2035
00:25car emissions rules, giving manufacturers more flexibility amid rising costs and competition.
00:31The committee voted to lower the required emissions reduction for new cars from 100% to 87.5%,
00:38going further than the European Commission's proposal for a 90% cut.
00:43Carmakers using climate-friendly steel would receive an additional 7.5% credit, while the
00:49target for vans would fall from 90% to 80%.
00:52The deal was negotiated by the center-right EPP, the Socialists and Democrats, and Renew Europe.
00:58European car production remains 19% to 20% below 2019 levels, according to Brussels-based
01:04economic think tank Bruegel.
01:06The sector is also facing fierce competition from China and sluggish electric vehicle sales.
01:12The EPP said the changes would protect jobs and give manufacturers more freedom over technology.
01:17The Greens warned that weaker rules could slow the shift to electric vehicles and make investment
01:23less certain.
01:24The vote marks a shift from the EU's original plan to end sale of new combustion engine cars
01:29by 2035.
01:31The proposal still needs approval from the full parliament and agreement with the EU member
01:36states before it can become low.
01:44Eurozone inflation rose to 4% in October, its highest level in more than three years,
01:49as soaring energy bills kept pushing up the cost of living across the block.
01:54The flash estimate from Eurostat showed annual inflation climbing from 3.8% in September,
02:00exactly in line with the 4% economists had expected.
02:04It is the highest reading since September 2023, when inflation ran at 4.3%.
02:11Core inflation, which strips out energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, held steady at 2.5%.
02:18That also matched forecasts.
02:21Energy is doing most of the damage.
02:23Prices were 20.8% higher than a year earlier, up from 18.9% in September.
02:30Energy carries a weight of about 9% in the Euro-area shopping basket.
02:36Services inflation, which covers items such as rents, restaurants, holidays and insurance,
02:42edged up to 3.3% from 3.2%.
02:46Food, alcohol and tobacco prices rose 1.6%, up from 1.3%.
02:52Inflation in unprocessed food, such as fresh fruit, vegetables and meat,
02:57accelerated to 4.6% from 4%, a sign that the energy shock is now reaching supermarket shelves.
03:09Fresh produce prices have surged across Europe in recent months.
03:14This is largely driven by high energy costs.
03:18Unprocessed food prices, including those of items such as fruit, vegetables, meat and fish, rose 4.6%.
03:25That is up from 2.7% in August.
03:29Energy was the main driver, with fuel, electricity and heating being a fifth more expensive than a year prior.
03:35And when those costs increase, fresh produce, which cannot sit in a warehouse for months, is particularly impacted.
03:43Italy, for example, was hard hit.
03:46In October, unprocessed food in the country cost 7.5% more than a year prior.
03:51This is up 5.5% in September.
03:54Prices for the typical shopping basket rose 2.5%, up from 1.5%.
04:00Also in other countries across Europe, including in France, Spain, Portugal, Cyprus and Romania,
04:06grocery shopping has gotten more expensive.
04:10While fresh produce prices have risen sharply, overall food price increases across Europe,
04:15particularly those of processed foods, have remained relatively modest this year.
04:23A long, dark hallway.
04:25This is how the film Block 10 begins and ends.
04:29It symbolizes the suffering of the women who were imprisoned in Auschwitz in 1943,
04:35a chapter of the Holocaust that hardly anyone knows about.
04:39Hundreds of Jewish women from all over Europe were abused in Block 10 for medical experiments.
04:44Nazi doctors, such as Karl Klauberg, conducted forced sterilizations.
04:49Prisoner doctors, such as Dr. Maximilian Samuel, played by Christian Burkel, were forced to collaborate.
04:57Historian and producer Alice Bronner wrote the book and screenplay based on court records and witness testimonies.
05:04The film is meant to strike right at the heart.
05:26Block 10 was reconstructed, almost a scale. Music was deliberately omitted.
05:31Braunner's parents both survived the Shoah exactly 80 years ago.
05:36Her father founded a production company in Berlin that has already produced countless Holocaust
05:42films to combat the forgetting. Block 10 was also born out of anger over what followed
05:48the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023.
05:51I found it like a tsunami that breaks into us. It was for me unbelievable.
05:57Really, a tsunami. From all sides we were arrested.
06:02Especially in the social media.
06:04But also when you went to eat and recognized as a Jew, bam, it was immediately about the issue of
06:10Israel.
06:10You were arrested. You were arrested. You were arrested. And then all the Jews were arrested.
06:15And Block 10 was for me a chance to show why Israel was created.
06:24Remembrance must not be comfortable, says Alice Bronner.
06:27In her film, she wanted neither to sugarcoat anything nor to leave anything out.
06:33Instead of using fake bald caps, some of the actresses had their hair shaved off on camera.
06:42I've never experienced such a personal film. Everyone's wein.
06:50All of them. I would wish that the people really understand that the brutality and the violence
06:59that it was then that we should learn from that, that it really couldn't happen anymore.
07:04So that is really a very important thing. And I really have the feeling that we are on the way
07:09back.
07:10Block 10 opens on November 5 in select German theatres with English subtitles.
07:16Alice Bronner hopes for one thing above all.
07:28The world health organization has backed trials of two vaccine candidates for the Ebola outbreak
07:33currently affecting several African countries. The outbreak is caused by the Bundibugyo virus,
07:39for which no vaccine has been approved. One candidate is being developed by the
07:44University of Oxford and India's Serum Institute. The other is from Moderna.
07:48The trial will be led by the DRC's National Institute for Biomedical Research.
07:53By October 31st, more than 10,000 people had been infected and over 5,300 had died.
08:00The fatality rate is above 50%. Cases have also been reported in Kenya, Nigeria and Uganda.
08:07Ghana and the United States have introduced travel restrictions on arrivals from the DRC.
08:13WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries to lift them, saying they discouraged transparency and harmed the response.
08:21On 10,000 cases, he stressed that vaccines must be combined with early care, contact tracing,
08:27isolation and safe birth. Transmission is slowing.
08:349 European destinations are included in the top 15 safest cities in the world to travel to in a new
08:41study,
08:42with Montreal and Canada taking the number one spot. But two European destinations made it into the top three,
08:49Zurich in Switzerland and Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The other European destinations include Iceland's Reykjavik,
08:57Oslo, Venice, Dublin, Copenhagen, Barcelona and Paris. While safe cities outside the EU to visit include
09:04Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney or Honolulu. Published by insurance company Berkshire Hathaway Travel Protection,
09:11the list was compiled from an initial selection of 38 popular international and domestic cities for US
09:19travellers. This came alongside a survey of more than 1,000 people who were asked which of those cities
09:25they had visited. The caveat, according to the company, is that the ratings represent
09:30safety conditions when the survey was conducted in August 2026.
09:44The Middle East is home to some of the world's biggest airlines, but regional conflict has
09:49disrupted flights and driven up costs. Now, more than 200 aviation leaders are meeting here in Doha
09:55to discuss the challenges facing the industry and the flight path ahead. A projected $4.3 billion loss.
10:03That's what the Arab Air Carriers Organization is forecasting for its member airlines this year,
10:08as industry leaders gather in Doha. Emirates says it's bouncing back after months of disruption.
10:15We managed to put the airline back to almost, I would say, 91% of the capacity recovered. We
10:21recovered almost the network back to where we left it, almost 98%. There's also a dispute over Europe's
10:29plans to expand its carbon emissions rules. From 2029, the European Commission wants to extend its
10:35carbon trading system to flights leaving Europe for destinations within 5,000 kilometers of
10:40Frankfurt. Arab airlines say the proposal unfairly targets certain routes, infringes on national
10:46sovereignty and could drive up ticket prices. So this is extraterritoriality, trespassing on the
10:53sovereignty of others. You start from Turkey, through Iraq, down to up till Dubai, up till Sudan, Egypt, up till
11:05Morocco.
11:06Meanwhile, Qatar Airways is increasing flights to European destinations.
11:10Europe remain a key market for Qatar Airways. This winter, increasing flight to major cities,
11:16including London Heathrow and Frankfurt, giving traveler flexibility and better connection through
11:21Doha to our global network. And despite the challenges, airlines are looking for common ground.
11:28It's good to have a healthy competition going on while we work together. Despite a turbulent year,
11:33airlines across the region are still looking to expand. The challenge now is managing rising costs
11:39and ongoing disruptions while planning for future growth. Adil Haleem, Euronews, Doha.
