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00:00In an exclusive interview with Euronews, former U.S. Vice President and founder of the Climate

00:07Reality Project, Al Gore, said a reform of the U.N. Climate Summit is necessary in order

00:13to speed up climate action.

00:15The phase-out of fossil fuels is essential for limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees,

00:21but it is paradoxically the second year in a row that the conference is held in a fossil-fuel

00:25dependent country.

00:27I think the process should be reformed.

00:29I think it's absurd to have, for example, what we had last year with the CEO of one

00:38of the dirtiest oil companies on the planet serving as the president of the COP.

00:44It's a direct conflict of interest.

00:48And while the president of this COP is not the head of the oil industry, he is very much

00:54in sync with this country's reliance on fossil fuels.

01:02Al Gore noticed that while people are growing increasingly concerned over the climate crisis,

01:07he says the fossil fuel industry continues to promote falsehoods about it.

01:12People are growing more concerned, but at the same time, the fossil fuel industry, which

01:21has an interest in suppressing concern about the climate crisis because they don't want

01:28to reduce the amount of fossil fuel they're burning, they've been very active in trying

01:35to hold back the measures that have to be taken in order to solve this.

01:43But the former U.S. vice president said that the fossil fuel industry is losing some of

01:48its major markets, such as through the advancement of renewable energy generation and the rising

01:53popularity of electric vehicles.

01:56Al Gore also believes the younger generation come in with much stronger opinions about

02:00solving the climate crisis.

02:04Scientists have been telling us for a long time, and the fact that they were right in

02:08what they said years ago should make all of us pay more attention to what they're saying

02:14now.

02:15This could destroy the future of humanity if we don't take bold action.

02:20Al Gore is hopeful and said he believes in humanity's ability to rise to the challenge,

02:25but that action is urgently needed.

02:30The EU could see inflation rates fall by over 50% next year amid a modest economic rebound

02:37and record low unemployment.

02:40This is according to a European Commission 2025 forecast published on Friday.

02:45The report, however, warned the bloc is especially vulnerable to rising protectionism.

02:51A possible protectionist turn in U.S. trade policy would be extremely harmful for both

02:58economies.

03:00And the Commission will work with the incoming U.S. administration to advance a strong transatlantic

03:06agenda and ensure that international trade channels remain open while making them more

03:13secure.

03:14According to the report, EU households are still prudently saving rather than spending

03:19amid recent shocks.

03:21With fears the Trump presidency may impose tariffs of 10% on imports from places such

03:27as the EU, officials in Brussels say the potential for further flare-ups in global trade is still

03:32worrying.

03:42Diplomatic incident at the opening of COP29 in Azerbaijan.

03:47The host country's president, Ilham Aliyev, sparked anger in Paris by denouncing what

03:50he called the crimes of the Macron regime in the overseas territories during his speech.

03:56Shortly after, the French Minister of Ecological Transition announced that she would not attend

04:00COP29.

04:05The rising tensions between the two sides are partly fuelled by France's support for

04:08Armenia, which is in territorial conflict with its Azerbaijani neighbour of Nagorno-Karabakh.

04:12These tensions are political to a large extent and it's an attempt of a kind of retaliation

04:23from the side of Azerbaijan to France because of their exceptional support and important

04:28support to Armenia.

04:30France has supported Armenia diplomatically, also financially but also militarily and especially

04:39in their fight with Nagorno-Karabakh, this conflict between Armenia and Azerbaijan, which

04:45has been also in recent years a hotspot in the South Caucasus.

04:53Baku is accused of backing separatists in New Caledonia where riots in May claimed 13

04:57lives.

04:58A constitutional bill aimed at amending the electoral system had already sparked tensions

05:02in the French archipelago.

05:04Adding fuel to the fire, Paris has also accused Azerbaijan of meddling in internal affairs

05:09and using the independence movements to destabilise France.

05:12First of all, there is a political interference.

05:17There is what is called the Baku Initiative Group, which was created in July 2023 and

05:24which continues to prosper even today, which is a group of pressure and lobbying at the

05:29international level, which participates in sharing and relaying and making a box of resonance

05:36to the validity of independence of certain independent groups.

05:41According to a Vegenum report, Surveillance and Protection Against Foreign Digital Interference

05:46Service, Azerbaijan has also conducted disinformation campaigns targeting France on social networks.

05:54Despite ongoing trade and gas contracts between Baku and the EU, tensions show no sign of

06:01easing.

06:09A series of heavy Israeli airstrikes hit Lebanon's capital of Beirut on Friday, one of which

06:15levelled an entire building in one of the city's southern suburbs.

06:20Rescue workers were seen operating at the site of the strike.

06:24There were no immediate reports of casualties, but the bomb hit a lower level of the building,

06:29turning much of it to rubble.

06:32Israel said it was targeting Hezbollah facilities after issuing evacuation warnings prior to

06:37the airstrikes.

06:39Such Israeli airstrikes have levelled hundreds of buildings and homes over the past eight

06:43weeks, destroying thousands of housing units.

06:47The World Bank estimated that Lebanon has been hit by over 8 billion euros in physical

06:52damages and economic losses from 13 months of the Israel-Hezbollah war.

06:58Israel has also been striking deeper inside Lebanon since September as it escalates the

07:03war against Hezbollah.

07:07Gaza, don't you play!

07:13Protesters gathered in a suburb north of Paris on Thursday, just two kilometres away from

07:18the stadium where the controversial France versus Israel football match was held.

07:24Many protesters were angry French President Emmanuel Macron and other prominent politicians

07:29were present at the game.

07:36I have tears in my eyes and in my ears and I cry for all those people who were massacred.

07:41And what is our president doing?

07:43He is supporting the Israeli team, but it's still crazy.

07:48The government is showing us that they are accomplices in a deliberate way of the atrocities

07:54committed by the Israeli government and history will remember.

07:59Palestine, man!

08:01Palestine, man!

08:03The rally was held the same day a special UN committee likened Israel's methods of warfare

08:08in Gaza to genocide.

08:10The France-Israel match is a scandal.

08:13What the state of Israel is doing is a genocide and we are here to say it and we will not

08:17keep quiet.

08:19Heavy police presence, including drones and helicopters, prevented any major protests

08:24or fights close to the stadium.

08:27France did not want to take any chances after violent clashes erupted between Israeli football

08:32fans and pro-Palestinian supporters in Amsterdam last week.

08:41Dozens of drivers were parked in the middle of the street in front of the Uber offices

08:45in the European Parliament in Brussels.

08:48They're protesting against rising commissions and competition from other rideshare apps

08:52and traditional taxis.

08:55According to Shah Sayed, a street cab driver, the current commission of 25% is going up

09:01further 10%.

09:10Cutting further into their incomes, ride-hailing drivers are being forced to switch to electric

09:15vehicles by January 2025.

09:32The association is calling on the parliament to improve regulation of the sector, specifically

09:37in capping the commissions.

09:40Traditional taxi drivers also took part in the demonstration and expressed frustration

09:45over working conditions and wages as a result of unfair competition from ridesharing apps.

09:52Web Summit moved from Dublin to Lisbon in 2016, and the Portuguese capital is a winning

09:58bet.

10:22The CEO and co-founder of Web Summit was absent from last year's edition.

10:26He returned in 2024 with a record 30% increase in revenues.

10:31The idea is for the event to be held in Lisbon beyond 2028, when the contract ends, but for

10:38that, the venue here at Parque das Nações will have to grow.

10:51Whether it stays in Lisbon or not, Web Summit has left its mark on Portugal's tech sector.

11:21in Portugal's tech sector.

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