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00:00European Union countries agreed to bring into force the bloc's automated registry system
00:07for short-stay travellers.
00:12Russia launched a barrage of drones against Ukraine overnight, killing at least one person
00:17in Odessa.
00:21Arab leaders endorse Egypt's post-war plan to rebuild Gaza as an alternative to Trump's
00:27proposal.
00:31European Union countries agreed on Wednesday to bring into force the entry-exit system,
00:37the bloc's automated registry for short-stay travellers.
00:42Delayed for years over technical problems and lack of preparedness, interior ministers
00:48reached an agreement in Brussels for a likely start of operations in autumn.
00:54The entry-exit system's main purpose is to modernise checks at the EU's external borders
01:00and replace the stamping of passports.
01:03It will apply to non-EU citizens who come to the bloc for visits, holidays or business
01:08trips.
01:09The collection and sharing of information in real time is meant to help authorities
01:14crack down on those who overstay their short-term visas and commit identity fraud.
01:21The Danish and Greenlandic prime ministers have responded to US President Donald Trump's
01:36latest comments on Greenland.
01:39They echoed each other in their message that Greenlanders should be the ones to decide
01:43the future of the territory.
01:45I think the prime minister of Greenland is constantly clear that Greenland is the Greenlanders.
01:51This is a move we strongly support from the Danish government.
01:55It is clear that it is the Greenlanders who should decide their future and their future.
02:02Denmark's defence minister added that it is a positive development that Trump respected
02:06Greenlanders' self-determination in his speech to Congress on Tuesday.
02:11Meanwhile, the German foreign ministry also took a position in support of their neighbour
02:15and ally.
02:16It is clear that borders should never be changed by force.
02:25Greenland is a part of Denmark as an autonomous region.
02:30I would leave it at that.
02:33Greenlanders will head to the polls on Tuesday.
02:49Trump's recent comments about taking over the island have ignited unprecedented interest
02:53in full independence from Denmark, which has become a key issue during campaign season.
02:58Pro-Ukraine demonstrators took to the streets of Washington on Wednesday as US President
03:06Donald Trump delivered an address to a joint session on Congress.
03:11The attendees said they were dismayed by Trump's statements on Ukraine and the decision to
03:17pause US military aid.
03:21During his speech, Trump read a letter from Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and
03:27said that Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring
03:32lasting peace closer.
03:36Zelensky said Ukraine would accept a critical raw minerals agreement with the US to facilitate
03:41this.
03:48Russia launched a barrage of drones against Ukraine overnight, killing at least one person
03:53in Odessa, regional authorities said on Wednesday.
03:56The attack, targeting energy and civilian infrastructure, left part of the city of Odessa
04:02without electricity, water and heat.
04:05It was the fourth attack on Odessa's power grid in two weeks.
04:10An energy facility of Ukraine's largest private energy company was hit, the company announced.
04:17At least 20 houses in the city's suburbs, as well as public facilities, including a
04:23business center, a post office and a medical laboratory, were damaged or destroyed.
04:30Several other regions were also targeted in the overnight attack.
04:35The Dnipropetrovsk region was hit by rockets that damaged two industrial enterprises and
04:40smashed windows in two high-rise buildings.
04:44International tourism is expected to surpass 2024 levels, which saw a full recovery from
04:52pre-pandemic levels.
04:54The travel sector is experiencing a rise in sustainable bookings amid pushbacks and over
04:59tourism that is seeing several European countries, such as Spain and Italy, considering raising
05:04tourist taxes.
05:06But climate change is also having a major impact on travel, especially in the Arctic region.
05:14According to a study by the United Nations World Tourism Organization,
05:4395% of tourists explore just 5% of global areas.
05:48Over-tourism is also a huge issue in tourist hotspots that puts strain on locals but also
05:53other tourists who don't enjoy sharing the space with crowds.
06:13Tens of thousands of tourism industry participants gather at the world's largest tourism trade
06:34fair, the ITB, in Berlin.
06:36Many companies are experiencing a boom in nature-related activities, which could be
06:41beneficial if travellers look more locally.
06:44But can tourism really be sustainable?
07:11Liv Stroud, reporting in Berlin, for EURONEWS.
07:18Arab leaders on Tuesday approved Egypt's post-war plan for the Gaza Strip, countering the Trump
07:24plan to depopulate the territory and redevelop it as a beach destination.
07:29The $53 billion plan, endorsed by Arab leaders at the summit in Cairo, would allow Gaza's
07:35roughly 2 million Palestinians to remain in their territory.
08:06Hamas welcomed the plan, saying it valued Arab leaders' rejection of attempts to transfer
08:12Palestinians from their territories in Gaza and the occupied West Bank, while Israeli
08:18officials rejected it.
08:27In its latest update, the Vatican said that Pope Francis rested well overnight as he undergoes
08:33hospital treatment for double pneumonia.
08:37He remained in stable condition on Wednesday, with a guarded prognosis, meaning he was not
08:42out of danger.
08:45The 88-year-old pontiff, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as
08:50a young man, had two respiratory crises on Monday in a setback to his recovery.
08:57On Tuesday, he was breathing with the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises
09:02a day earlier, but resumed using a ventilation mask at night, the Vatican said.
09:10He has been hospitalized since the 14th of February and is set to miss the start of Lent.
09:26This industrial junkie from the Coal Age will be made fit for the future, as the Czech
09:31government has promised.
09:32In 2033, there will be no more electricity from coal.
09:35Grandpa Tomice will get gas turbines.
09:43In order to stop climate change, the economy must be decarbonized.
09:47The European Union wants to be climate neutral by 2050.
09:52The first milestone is the EU's goal of at least 55% less greenhouse gases by 2030.
09:58That's what the EU law says, fit for 55%.
10:02The most important tool for the transition is trade with emissions rights.
10:06Anyone who emits CO2 into the atmosphere has to pay.
10:09Big polluters need a lot of emissions rights.
10:12That costs.
10:14The operation of coal power plants is no longer worth it.
10:17The production of electricity and heat is converted to less environmentally harmful energy sources.
10:23The revenues from European emissions trade flow into the EU's modernization fund.
10:29This helps with the energy transition.
10:32Since 2021, the fund has spent 15 billion euros.
10:37Most of the money went to the Czech Republic, Romania and Poland.
10:42The money is invested in renewable energy sources, energy efficiency, storage technology and the modernization of energy networks.
10:51The top priority is coal regions, to accelerate the exit and make it socially acceptable.
11:01But there is a problem, because the modernization fund also subsidizes the conversion to gas turbines.
11:09Yes, gas is cleaner than coal, no question about it.
11:12Only when burning of natural gas, CO2 is also produced and that heats up the earth's climate.
11:17So it can't be more than a transition solution.