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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.