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00:00 The U.S. says Israel has agreed to a daily four-hour humanitarian pause in war-ravaged
00:05 Gaza, but maintains a ceasefire is not on the horizon.
00:10 Spanish far-right politician Alejo Vidal-Cuadras has been taken to hospital after he was shot
00:14 in the face.
00:15 This comes amid rising tensions as the country tries to form government.
00:20 Spain`s Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez reaches an agreement on amnesty for Catalan separatists
00:25 in return for their support to form a new government.
00:33 At the beginning of November 2022, Kherson was recaptured by defending troops in the
00:38 south of Ukraine.
00:41 One year on, it is still subjected to Russian airstrikes.
00:46 On Thursday, at least one civilian died and three were injured after a residential building
00:50 was hit in Ostrov on the west bank of the Dnipro River, north of Crimea.
00:55 For residents like eight-year-old Anastasia, even the daily trip to school is dangerous.
01:00 I`m afraid sometimes.
01:02 If it`s loud outside, I want to go home.
01:08 So, I`m not going out.
01:11 I can only go for a walk with my friend.
01:16 I can`t go out like this.
01:23 Many children have already left Kherson, benefiting from a protection program set up by the Ukrainian
01:28 government.
01:29 But not all families are coping with the separation.
01:34 This woman says her youngest grandson was killed in a missile strike.
01:37 He was six years old.
01:39 After such a tragedy, we all could not...
01:46 Another son left me when I was a child.
01:49 My father left, my daughter left.
01:51 I have four daughters who are fighting, and my fifth son is in captivity.
01:54 On the 9th of November last year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu announced the withdrawal
01:58 of Russian forces from Kherson, one of the four regions the Kremlin unilaterally annexed
02:03 the previous month.
02:04 Two days later, Ukrainian forces entered the city and announced its liberation.
02:16 Israeli forces are fighting Hamas militants in the north of the Gaza Strip, supporting
02:20 the Institute for the Study of War`s previous assessment that Hamas is waiting its main
02:24 effort in the Gaza City rather than the northern Gaza Strip.
02:30 The think tank adds this is consistent with Hamas` intent to fight, quote, long war to
02:35 force Israel into ceasefire.
02:37 The IDF said in a statement that its soldiers took control of a Hamas military stronghold
02:41 in northern Gaza while continuing the clearing operations in Beit Hanun in the northeast
02:49 and operations around al-Sheti refugee camp here in this area.
02:54 According to Reuters, Gaza residents said that Israeli troops are inching their way
02:59 closer to al-Shifa hospital, Gaza`s biggest health facility, where Israel believes Hamas
03:07 has a command center.
03:13 Far right politician Alejo Vidal Cuadras has been shot amid tensions in Spain over negotiations
03:19 for a left-wing government.
03:21 The 78-year-old politician and former president of the Catalan Popular Party was shot in the
03:26 face and taken to hospital in a conscious state.
03:30 The emergency services reported he had a gunshot wound to the jaw area with an entry and exit
03:36 hole.
03:37 The alleged perpetrator, who was traveling on a motorbike and wearing a helmet, fled
03:40 the scene.
03:41 He`s being tracked down by police.
03:44 Vidal Cuadras is one of the founding members of the far right party Vox, currently the
03:48 third largest force in the lower house of Spanish parliament.
04:01 After months of deadlock following Spain`s elections, Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is
04:05 closer than ever to having a new government.
04:09 It will come after long weeks of negotiations with former Catalan President Carles Puigdemont,
04:14 who fled to Belgium in 2017 after an illegal independence referendum.
04:19 The seven seats of Puigdemont`s party are key for Sanchez`s re-election.
04:24 And on Thursday, an agreement was signed between the two parties in Brussels.
04:27 We`re entering an unprecedented stage.
04:30 A stage that will need to be explored and exploited.
04:35 A stage that will depend on us a lot.
04:42 The capacity that we have to learn the tools that we have agreed.
04:47 And in which we have not set any other limit than the will of the people of Catalonia.
04:54 But the support of Puigdemont`s Catalan separatist party is highly controversial.
04:59 Sanchez`s socialist party has agreed to approve an amnesty law for those related to the independence
05:04 movement between 2012 and 2023 in exchange for their support.
05:09 In particular, those who participated in the 2017 independence referendum and the protests
05:14 after it.
05:15 An agreement that constitutes a historic opportunity to resolve a conflict that can and should
05:21 be resolved only from politics.
05:24 Only from negotiation should the disagreements be resolved.
05:29 An agreement between two formations that have deep discrepancies.
05:33 The details of the amnesty law and its scope are still unknown.
05:36 But it`s already sparked violent protests in Spain, as well as some doubts in the European
05:41 Commission.
05:42 The European Commissioner for Justice Didier Renders sent a letter Wednesday to the government
05:47 of Spain demanding more information on the agreement.
06:00 At the beginning of November 2022, Kherson was recaptured by defending troops in the
06:04 south of Ukraine.
06:08 One year on, it is still subjected to Russian airstrikes.
06:12 On Thursday, at least one civilian died and three were injured after a residential building
06:16 was hit in Ostrov on the west bank of the Dnipro River, north of Crimea.
06:22 For residents like eight-year-old Anastasia, even the daily trip to school is dangerous.
06:26 Many
06:49 children have already left Kherson, benefiting from a protection program set up by the Ukrainian
06:54 government.
06:55 But not all families are coping with the separation.
07:00 This woman says her youngest grandson was killed in a missile strike.
07:03 He was six years old.
07:20 On the 9th of November last year, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu announced the withdrawal
07:24 of Russian forces from Kherson, one of the four regions the Kremlin unilaterally annexed
07:29 the previous month.
07:31 Two days later, Ukrainian forces entered the city and announced its liberation.
07:38 More than 20,000 Ukrainian truck drivers are stuck at the Polish border.
07:43 Polish truckers have been blocking the border since the beginning of the week, saying they
07:47 are losing business opportunities since the EU waived a system of permits for Ukrainian
07:52 transport companies to enter the block.
07:55 Polish companies say the move has caused an influx of Ukrainian competitors in the area.
08:00 "We have food at home.
08:03 We can cook something, but we don't have anything.
08:07 You see, there is no water, no toilet, nothing.
08:11 We are going to the border, we will ask if the Poles are coming.
08:16 Maybe they will pay us.
08:19 They will pay us taxes, they will feed our families.
08:24 Maybe they have some information."
08:31 Protesters say the government is not proposing anything to solve the ongoing dispute, and
08:36 organizers have indicated they will be able to continue their action until at least the
08:40 end of the year.
08:42 Local Polish police said the waiting time to cross the border is around 160 hours, but
08:47 Ukrainian truckers say they are running out of food and water.
08:55 As governments throughout the world race to regulate artificial intelligence, focus on
09:00 international cooperation, particularly with China, is intensifying.
09:04 It was a key topic at Euronews` international AI summit in Brussels this week, with many
09:09 people saying it could prove difficult to cooperate with Beijing on AI standards.
09:15 "I think it's fair to say that the geopolitical reality is not very conducive to deep, meaningful
09:22 cooperation.
09:23 There is a very much escalating tech war between the U.S. and China.
09:29 There is tremendous race for technological supremacy.
09:32 There is concern who is the economic power, the technological power, the geopolitical
09:38 power.
09:39 And there is also vast ideological differences.
09:41 So it is hard to see the U.S. and the EU to agree with China in particularly meaningful
09:47 substantive rules around AI."
09:50 The explosion of interest in artificial intelligence could not have come at a more awkward time,
09:55 given the global effort needed to work together on setting safety standards.
09:59 But there is some hope amid all the geopolitical tension.
10:03 Last week saw the historic Bletchley Declaration in the U.K., where the U.S. and China both
10:08 signed an agreement on AI safety.
10:12 There's also optimism in the business-to-business area.
10:15 "I'm very optimistic when it comes to what can be done between companies, between engineers.
10:22 Chinese companies are already playing a really active role.
10:25 As long as these conversations can continue and even maybe be facilitated by governments,
10:30 despite the geopolitical tensions, I think there will be progress going forward."
10:35 And for the MEP leading the charge on the EU's AI Act, cooperation with China on the
10:40 technology should for now be secondary.
10:43 First the collective West needs to get its own house in order.
10:46 "Because it is the same when addressing governance at a global stage, when addressing standards
10:51 at a global stage, there is an inevitable dialogue with China.
10:55 But what I've always said is that first and foremost we have to make sure that we are
10:58 first aligned.
10:59 Us, the democracies that understand technology in the same way and its role in society, we
11:04 have to first get ourselves as convergent as we can, as aligned as we can, and then
11:10 have a proper conversation with China to make sure that we can address as many as the other,
11:15 let's say, bigger risks, including geopolitical risks, in a framework that also includes governance."
11:22 Next week could see another historic moment in the West's cooperation with Beijing.
11:26 U.S. President Joe Biden will likely meet with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, which could
11:30 lay the groundwork for future cooperation on artificial intelligence.
11:34 This is the Pitcher Zero News.
11:35 Blessings.
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