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00:00 Should the voting age in the EU be lowered to 16 years old?
00:12 A fire during renovations at an Istanbul nightclub has killed 29 people.
00:20 The spiral of violence in Haiti intensifies as more people become victims of the conflict
00:25 that is taking hold of the country.
00:35 United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres says it is unconscionable that 196 aid workers
00:42 have been killed in the Israel-Hamas war.
00:46 The devastating Israeli airstrikes that killed World Central Kitchen personnel yesterday bring
00:52 the number of aid workers killed in this conflict to 196, including more than 175 members of
01:00 our own UN staff.
01:03 This is unconscionable, but it is an inevitable result of the way the war is being conducted.
01:11 He delivered the criticism after an Israeli airstrike killed seven international aid workers
01:17 transporting food in Gaza.
01:19 Israel says it was a mistake.
01:23 The strike was not carried out with the intention of harming WCK aid workers.
01:30 Thousands have protested for a third day in Jerusalem, calling for early government elections
01:36 and a deal to secure Hamas-held hostages.
01:44 Iran has accused Israel of killing two Iranian officials and five generals in an airstrike
01:48 in Syria that demolished its consulate there.
01:51 The strike appeared to signify an escalation of Israel's targeting of military officials
01:55 from Iran, who support militant groups fighting Israel in Gaza.
02:00 Iran's Ambassador Hossein Akbari vowed revenge for the strike at the same magnitude and harshness.
02:06 Hours after the airstrike, almost 200 protesters gathered near the former Israeli embassy in
02:11 Tehran and called for revenge.
02:13 Meanwhile, the Israeli military says a suspicious aerial target that struck a military base
02:18 in the southern city of Eilat overnight was made and directed by Iran.
02:23 It added that the IDF is learning from the incident to improve its air defences in the
02:28 area.
02:32 Standing up for the people of Ukraine, government ministers and officials in The Hague are discussing
02:37 how to bring justice to the victims of Russia's invasion, which began more than two years
02:43 ago.
02:44 The Council of Europe says there could be as many as 600,000 compensation claims.
02:48 "We are creating very concrete, systematic tools to compensate the damages caused by
02:56 this war.
02:57 Together with many countries and leaders, we cooperate on confiscating Russian assets
03:04 and profits from them.
03:06 All this should work for the people whom Putin tried to destroy with this war."
03:12 The war has left tens of thousands dead and injured.
03:16 It has left millions displaced.
03:19 And it has resulted in a long and well-documented list of international crimes.
03:26 Over 100,000 and counting.
03:30 That number not only underscores the gravity of this aggression, but also the need to support
03:37 Ukraine.
03:38 Because if we don't, the country's justice system will eventually collapse under the
03:43 weight of these atrocities.
03:47 As a foreign minister, I am perfectly aware that international justice always takes time.
03:54 But as a Ukrainian, I cannot help but urge you to make every effort possible to serve
04:00 that justice.
04:01 In small or big steps, but delivering tangible results every week, every month.
04:08 A register of damage was formally opened at the conference.
04:16 Two years after the city's liberation from Russian occupation, residents of Bucha in
04:22 Ukraine are struggling to get their lives back on track.
04:26 Local authorities say 509 civilians, including 12 children, were killed there in the early
04:33 days of the invasion of Ukraine.
04:35 Broken lives and wounds are difficult to heal for survivors.
04:41 Alexander lost his son, a Ukrainian volunteer soldier killed by Russian troops.
04:46 Savitslav was 35 years old.
04:49 I should not be protecting children.
04:55 It's not fair.
04:57 Natalia lost her husband, also a volunteer soldier.
05:01 She is fighting for the government to grant him official status as military for financial
05:05 compensation.
05:06 The world should not forget that there is a war in Ukraine.
05:15 The world should not forget that the war took a lot of people, military people, civilians
05:23 who gave their lives for no reason.
05:27 They were shot because they were walking on the street, because they were driving cars.
05:39 Shock and grief are gripping the people of Finland after a shooting at a school north
05:44 of the capital, Helsinki.
05:47 One child was shot dead and two others were seriously injured when a student allegedly
05:52 opened fire at the Viatola school complex in Vanta.
05:56 Police say all four students are 12 years old.
06:00 Finland's Prime Minister described the incident as upsetting.
06:03 It is clear that too many young people, every third, have experienced problems with mental
06:11 health at some point.
06:12 We must be able to address these issues as soon as possible.
06:15 We are doing work all the time, but what happens in this case, it is basically passed through
06:21 and the decisions are made as needed later.
06:26 Police have arrested the suspected shooter.
06:29 They say the gun used was registered and licensed to a relative.
06:34 Finland has tightened gun laws in recent years.
06:41 A fire during renovations at an Istanbul nightclub has killed 29 people and one person is being
06:48 treated at a hospital.
06:52 Many of the victims were believed to be involved in the renovation work.
06:56 Eight people, including managers of the club and one person in charge of renovations, were
07:01 detained for questioning.
07:05 The masquerade nightclub, which was closed for renovations, was on the ground and basement
07:09 floors of a 16-floor residential building in the Besiktas district.
07:16 Authorities say the cause of the fire is under investigation.
07:20 In the European Union, at 16, you can study, work and pay taxes.
07:32 You can even be involved in social and political activism.
07:35 But what most 16-year-olds can't do is vote.
07:39 The European Youth Forum is fighting to lower the voting age across the EU to 16 years old.
07:45 The 28-year-old EYF president says that it would be a way to strengthen democracy.
07:52 We have the opportunity through professors or teachers to guide them through the electoral
07:57 process to teach them how democracy works and actually to encourage them to go to the
08:01 polls.
08:02 We also know that when young people start voting at their early ages, they will be more
08:08 likely to continue voting later on in their lives.
08:12 The voting age is 16 years old in Austria, Germany, Malta and Belgium, and 17 in Greece.
08:19 These under 18s have the right to vote in June's European elections.
08:23 In 2019, only six people under 30 were elected to the current EU assembly.
08:28 One of them was Spanish socialist Alicia Holmes-Janel, 25 years old at that time.
08:33 She says the voting age should be lowered and sees young people as guardians of the
08:37 EU project.
08:38 We are a generation that was born and raised in this project and perhaps we have to have
08:45 a sense of responsibility to protect this project, as it is the European Union.
08:53 Alicia Holmes-Janel says the Erasmus education programme, the end of roaming fees and the
08:58 inter-rail train pass are just some of the policies important to the daily lives of young
09:03 people.
09:04 Now, as vice chair of the Committee for Jobs and Social Affairs, she says better traineeships
09:09 are a key priority.
09:11 Young people are clear with political parties as to what they want.
09:17 They need to talk about quality employment, housing, mental health, how to fight the climate
09:22 crisis but also how to give more space and democracy to young people.
09:27 And for the young people that might consider running in the next elections, they can only
09:31 do so as of 18 years old in only 15 member states.
09:36 They must be 21 years old in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Ireland, Lithuania,
09:42 Latvia, Poland and Slovakia.
09:44 In Romania, candidates must be 23 years old, whereas the threshold is 25 in Italy and Greece.
09:53 The spiral of violence in Haiti intensifies as more people become victims of the conflict
09:58 that is taking hold of the country.
10:01 Heavy gunfire erupted in the downtown area of Haiti`s capital as police battled gang
10:06 members near the national palace.
10:08 Scores of people were trapped for hours by the gunfire as dozens of others managed to
10:13 flee.
10:14 Haitian expatriates in Florida are concerned that family and friends in Haiti are prisoners
10:39 in their own homes.
10:45 I`ve never seen so much devastation.
10:50 I`ve never felt so helpless and hopeless.
10:56 Due to the current insecurity crisis, Mexico evacuated 34 nationals from Haiti`s capital,
11:01 Port-au-Prince.
11:02 U.N. officials estimate that Haiti needs between 4,000 and 5,000 international police officers
11:08 to combat the catastrophic gang violence.
11:13 Midnight in Berlin and several hundred cannabis consumers celebrate the start of a new era.
11:19 The use of cannabis in Germany has now become legal under certain conditions.
11:24 Private consumers aged over 18 can now own three plants in their home.
11:28 They are also allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis in public and keep another 50
11:33 grams at home.
11:34 However, smoking a joint is not allowed around children.
11:37 The country`s health minister says previous attempts to suppress the black market through
11:41 the law have failed.
11:42 The law will be reviewed in two years to see how it`s worked.
11:45 [WHOOSH]