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00:00Only weeks after flash floods in Valencia killed hundreds, storms hit Spain's southern

00:05province of Malaga.

00:10Demonstrators clashed with Belgian police as they protested against the arrival of far-right

00:15French politician Jordan Bardella.

00:21A new report by Human Rights Watch points to deliberate forced displacement in Gaza

00:25that amounts to ethnic cleansing.

00:32Protests erupted in Paris against a controversial gala held in a secret location, which was

00:36intended to raise money for Israel.

00:45Storms in Spain's southern province of Malaga caused school closures and train cancellations.

00:51Two weeks after flash floods in Valencia and other parts of the country killed more than

00:55220 people and destroyed thousands of homes.

01:01Streets in the area were flooded as thousands were moved from their houses as a preventative

01:05measure.

01:07There were no reports of any deaths.

01:11Experts say that drought and flood cycles are increasing with climate change.

01:18In response to the devastating floods in Spain, the European Parliament debated measures to

01:23strengthen the EU's resilience to extreme weather events and provide support to those

01:28impacted by the disaster.

01:31The debate focused on enhancing the EU's crisis response, particularly in regions increasingly

01:37vulnerable to climate-driven events.

01:48Protests erupted in Paris on Wednesday night against a controversial gala organized by

01:53Israel's far right, the event held in a secret location intended to raise money for Israel.

02:00It advertised guests such as the Israeli finance minister, Bezalel Smodrich, known for his

02:06extreme positions on Gaza, who ended up cancelling his trip to Paris.

02:11The demonstration was organized by multiple pro-Palestinian groups and the hard-left France

02:16Unbowed Party.

02:41French authorities refused to cancel the event, claiming it posed no major threat to public

02:46order, further angering protesters and some left-wing politicians.

03:01Although the demonstration was relatively peaceful, a few stores such as McDonald's

03:05and Carrefour were vandalized.

03:08Tensions are at an all-time high as the gala was coincidentally held on the eve of a football

03:14match between Israel and France.

03:17Some are worried the game could lead to major clashes.

03:30A total of 4,000 police officers will be mobilized for the football game on Thursday evening

03:36in Paris.

03:37That's one police officer for every five attendees, a highly unusual number for such

03:43a sporting event.

03:50The Israeli military is responsible for deliberate forced displacement of Palestinians in Gaza,

03:56according to a new report by Human Rights Watch.

04:00The humanitarian group said they have evidence that Israeli authorities' conduct, which has

04:04led to the displacement of 90 percent of Gaza's population, amounts to war crimes.

04:10They point to a clear intent by Israeli government officials, including Netanyahu, to make the

04:15return of displaced Palestinians to their homes impossible.

04:19Given this evidence, including the sheer number of Palestinian civilians in Gaza driven from

04:26their land and the manner of displacement and the attempts to make this return impossible,

04:31the forced displacement is widespread, systematic and intentional and forms part of a state

04:37policy and amounts to a crime against humanity.

04:40In the areas where the military has razed, extended and cleared land for buffer zones

04:44and security corridors, Human Rights Watch finds these actions of the Australian authorities

04:49amount to ethnic cleansing.

04:51The report is being published amid an ongoing Israeli military campaign in northern Gaza

04:56that has created a new wave of displacement of hundreds of thousands of civilians.

05:01In its report, Human Rights Watch analyzed Israeli evacuation orders and said that they

05:06do not comply with the laws of war by failing to ensure safe passage and refuge for Palestinians.

05:17Police deployed water cannons at demonstrators after hundreds gathered in Brussels to protest

05:21the arrival of French far-right politician Jordan Bardella.

05:27Local media reports that around 300 protesters organized by left-wing groups and from Belgian

05:32universities were met by police as they demonstrated against the arrival of the chairman of France's

05:38far-right National Rally Party.

05:44Bardella arrived in Belgium to present his recently published memoir.

05:51It's day three here at COP29. The high ambition coalition led by the Marshall Islands reaffirmed

05:56their climate commitments. Several leaders addressed the summit today, including Italy's

06:01Prime Minister Giorgio Meloni, who emphasized the need to phase out fossil fuels and highlighted

06:06nuclear fusion as a potential game-changer.

06:09Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama went off script, questioning the purpose of the summit

06:14if leaders continue with business as usual.

06:17For the European Union, European Council President Michel already noted yesterday that in 2023

06:22the EU and its 27 member states contributed around 29 billion euros in climate finance.

06:30What role can the EU play at COP29 when it comes to pushing for a more ambitious collective

06:35climate goal? We put the question to the EU Commissioner for Climate.

06:38We have been one of the leaders on climate financing. We have been doing more than our

06:44fair share and we will continue to do so. And yet at the same time we are saying to

06:49interlocutors from across the globe that those with the ability to pay more actually should

06:56take that responsibility.

06:59And with Trump wanting the US to withdraw from the Paris Agreement, could this encourage

07:03the EU to step up its commitments?

07:06We have been leading on this topic and we will continue to lead. And by the way, we

07:11will do our utmost to also engage proactively and constructively with the new American administration.

07:19We've always had great collaboration with American administrations from the left and

07:25the right and we will continue exactly with doing that.

07:29But increasing climate action can also lead to more competitiveness.

07:33So what we see is that if you want to decarbonise, it is a climate strategy but it's actually

07:39also a growth and economic strategy. And new sectors are developing. Think about the battery

07:45industry, think about the wind industry, think about the solar industry. So there's huge

07:50economic potential. What we will do is incentivise and create the space for our companies to

07:56do so. And we will more ferociously defend a level playing field within the European Union.

08:01Negotiations are entering a delicate phase here in Baku with unofficial draft proposals

08:08circulating already, divisions, pushbacks and differing ambitions. The most frequently

08:14asked question in the last few hours is what would a successful COP look like?

08:26There are a number of companies that are working here at the Web Summit Lisbon 2024.

08:31Most of them work in the sector of artificial intelligence. They put the machines to think

08:37and learn to solve the problems of today. One of the most prevalent is deforestation

08:44in Brazil. The affected area is equivalent to 350 football fields.

08:52Audishat is an artificial intelligence that recognises sawdust and peat. We do this

08:58recognition inside the ITSAF. Our technology is an API verified by META. In Brazil, this

09:04recognition is used to fill a forest document. It helps the woodworker with this filling

09:10so that this wood can pass through the federal highway with an authorised certification.

09:16In Portugal, we want to take to the European who buys the wood from Brazil and he certifies

09:21that this wood that comes from Brazil to him is a legalised wood.

09:25Here, artificial intelligence facilitates the life of those who like to travel by relieving

09:31the wallet a lot. Here we have a package of four flights, Lisbon, Malta, Rome, with

09:40a trip. How much would this cost? 200 euros. This package of flights, with a trip, how much

09:52would it cost? If it was our platform, you could see that the real price is, through

10:01artificial intelligence, 66 euros. Four flights.

10:06We have 70 million flights in a database, with trains and buses. In real time, we create

10:12combinations with this data with the goal of reducing those points with the goal of maximising

10:20the probability of conversion. The software knows everything, it knows the prices of all

10:25the cities in the world and it is there to create, in real time, the combinations. We have

10:30millions and millions of possibilities that are more interesting for you as a user.

10:34At the Web Summit, there are also mobility solutions. This is an urban simulator, a hybrid model

10:42between a helicopter and a plane. It will allow you to transport people and goods in a

10:48faster and less polluting way. You will be able to see it in the sky in about 10 years.

10:56With the chips and power semiconductors from Infineon, such things, which now look like

11:01their future, can be reality quite soon. So we are powering up drones, motors, electrical

11:08cars, AI data centres and we are delivering power to where it's needed.

11:13Robots like this one we see here, the Stela, have a great creative potential, but on the

11:19other hand, they can also end up with a lot of jobs. This is a balance that those who

11:27are in this area are still trying to reach. We will see you from Euronews at the Web Summit

11:33in Lisbon.

11:42Euronews.

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