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00:00The head of the Church of England resigned after an investigation found that he failed
00:07to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps
00:12as soon as he became aware of it.
00:15Pressure had been growing on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, since Thursday
00:20when his refusal to accept responsibility for his failure to report the abuse in England
00:25and in Africa in 2013, kindled anger about a lack of accountability within the English
00:30Church.
00:32The news comes against the backdrop of widespread historical sexual abuse in the Church of England.
00:38A 2022 report by the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse Organisation found that
00:44deference to the authority of priests, taboos surrounding the discussion of sexuality and
00:49a culture that gave more support to alleged perpetrators than their victims helped make
00:54the Church of England a place where abusers could hide.
01:03The Biden administration said that Israel made good but limited progress in increasing
01:07the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and that it therefore would not limit arms transfers
01:13to Israel as it threatened to do a month ago.
01:18The US had initially set a deadline last month for Israel to send more food and aid into
01:23Gaza or risk scaled back military support.
01:27However, relief groups say conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old
01:32war.
01:33The decision from the US, Israel's key ally and largest provider of arms and other military
01:38aid, comes despite aid organisations declaring that Israel has failed to meet US demands
01:44to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.
01:48Eight international aid groups said in a report that Israel failed to meet US criteria and
01:53in fact took steps that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly
01:58in northern Gaza.
02:06Germany's biggest industrial union reached an agreement over a wage dispute within the
02:11country's metal and electrical industry.
02:13The new agreement by trade union IG Metall stipulated a wage increase amounting to 5.5%
02:20over the next 25 months.
02:22We were in an extremely difficult situation, with positions that were very far apart.
02:28We struggled hard and intensively all night and we came up with solutions.
02:34Workers initially demanded a 7% wage increase over a period of 12 months.
02:39In response, employers had offered a wage increase of 3.6% over a period of 27 months.
02:47We have in many cases developed the regulations that we already have today, which have been
02:54agreed in the world of tariffs since 2018.
02:58Millions of employees at companies including Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Siemens will be affected
03:04by the agreement.
03:07Hundreds of thousands of employees across Germany have taken part in warning strikes
03:12over the last few weeks.
03:17The head of the Church of England resigned after an investigation found that he failed
03:22to tell police about serial physical and sexual abuse by a volunteer at Christian summer camps
03:28as soon as he became aware of it.
03:30Pressure had been growing on the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, since Thursday
03:35when his refusal to accept responsibility for his failure to report the abuse in England
03:40and in Africa in 2013 kindled anger about a lack of accountability within the English
03:46Church.
03:47The news comes against the backdrop of widespread historical sexual abuse in the Church of England.
03:54A 2022 report by the Independent Inquiry Child Sexual Abuse Organisation found that deference
04:00to the authority of priests, taboos surrounding the discussion of sexuality and a culture
04:05that gave more support to alleged perpetrators than their victims helped make the Church
04:10of England a place where abusers could hide.
04:17The Biden administration said that Israel made good but limited progress in increasing
04:23the flow of humanitarian aid to Gaza and that it therefore would not limit arms transfers
04:28to Israel as it threatened to do a month ago.
04:33The US had initially set a deadline last month for Israel to send more food and aid into
04:39Gaza or risk scaled back military support.
04:43However, relief groups say conditions are worse than at any point in the 13-month-old
04:47war.
04:48The decision from the US, Israel's key ally and largest provider of arms and other military
04:53aid, comes despite aid organisations declaring that Israel has failed to meet US demands
04:59to allow greater humanitarian access to the Gaza Strip.
05:03Eight international aid groups said in a report that Israel failed to meet the US criteria
05:09and in fact took steps that dramatically worsened the situation on the ground, particularly
05:14in northern Gaza.
05:17The Azeri president used his opening speech at COP29 to launch what has been described
05:24as a strong attack on Western governments that buy his gas and yet criticise his country
05:31for its fossil fuel-dependent economy.
05:34President Aliyev used this platform in front of world leaders to repeat that Azerbaijan's
05:39natural resources were, quote, a gift from God.
05:43Every natural resource, whether it's oil, gas, wind, sun, gold, silver, copper, all
05:52that are natural resources.
05:56And countries should not be blamed for having them and should not be blamed for bringing
06:02these resources to the market because the market needs them.
06:06The people need them.
06:09So this is my message and as a president of COP29, of course we will be a strong advocate
06:16for green transition and we are doing it, but at the same time we must be realistic.
06:22The Azeri president's words created a buzz among COP attendees.
06:27We spoke to some of them to hear their reaction.
06:30He is right and not right in a way because it really is God's plan to have the natural
06:35resources in certain countries and the fact that he's pointed out the hypocrisy is something
06:39we should really appreciate.
06:40It is true, but at the same time we cannot deny that fossil fuels are harmful.
06:46So what do we do in return?
06:48We really have to make sure that the green energy transformation also gathers traction.
06:53The only way everybody moves is if you know that it's done fairly.
06:59And he's right that the signals that need to happen, of course, need to happen from
07:04the very, very big polluters, those that have been polluting for over 100 years.
07:08And so what the United States does, what the European Union does, what the UK does matters
07:13because that sends a signal.
07:15Aliyev's speech set the tone for the leaders gathering ahead of the tough negotiations
07:20on the details of the final agreement.
07:23Giorgio Arlandi for Euronews in Baku.
07:28The EU top diplomat Kaya Kalas has said the bloc must back Ukraine against Russia for
07:33as long as it takes and persuade the United States that its strategic interests in China
07:39are tied up in the outcome of the war.
07:42The Estonian politician spoke on Tuesday during the hearing which she must pass to be appointed
07:47as EU's foreign policy chief.
07:51Her comments come as questions continue to be raised following the re-election of Donald
07:55Trump.
07:56Please note that the total time of this – we will seek connections, we will seek meetings
08:03with incoming president-elect and his team to form common policies because what I see
08:11globally around the world is that we are the strongest allies and we have to keep sticking
08:17together.
08:18If the United States is worried about what happens in the South China Sea, they should
08:24be most worried about how we react to Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.
08:29So it is also in their interest to do so.
08:33Kaya is set to take over the top EU post from Josep Borrell but concerns grow if the EU
08:39will continue to receive Washington's support on Ukraine.
08:42Beijing is being accused of giving Moscow very substantial help to beef up its war machine.
08:49With Donald Trump set to take over the White House, fears continue to mount over a likely
08:54change in US policy.
09:05Final exam day for future European commissioners if no last minute challenges arise.
09:12Six designated vice presidents faced hearings at the European Parliament with Italian Raffaele
09:16Fito of the ultra-conservative ECR group sparking particular debate as the nominee for cohesion
09:22policy.
09:27A former European affairs minister and three-time MEP, Fito faced criticism for lacking clarity
09:33on whether some cohesion funds should be redirected to defence and security.
09:55Another key issue was whether to centralise the use of cohesion funds.
10:21Led by the Green group, the final decision on Fito has been postponed.
10:25However, it appears to be more of a tactic among political factions.
10:31If one candidate is rejected, others may follow, further delaying the formation of the new
10:36commission.