00:00EU leaders in Copenhagen supported proposals to ramp up the development of drone and anti-drone technology, as well as the use of frozen Russian assets.
00:11Israeli forces stopped dozens of ships as part of the flotilla carrying aid to Gaza, sparking global outrage and protests.
00:20Volodymyr Zelensky and head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi say the loss of external power to Zaporizhia's nuclear power plant is concerning.
00:30EU leaders that gathered in Copenhagen on Wednesday gave broad support to proposals to ramp up the development of drone and anti-drone technology.
00:41Ahead of the meeting, the European Commission released a document which outlines four projects that it believes need to be financed and implemented as a matter of urgency.
00:51The summit and proposal come as Europe faced a series of airspace violations in recent weeks.
00:57So we have to create a European ecosystem that will enable Europe to develop cutting-edge drone solutions, inspired by what they are doing in Ukraine already.
01:10The leaders also discussed a proposal which outlines the use of immobilized Russian assets to loan money to Ukraine.
01:18Under the plan, Ukraine would repay the loan after Moscow agrees to compensate for damages.
01:23The Commission would repay Euroclear, which would repay Russia.
01:27We are not confiscating the assets, but we are taking the cash balances for loan to Ukraine.
01:35Ukraine has to pay back this loan if Russia pays reparations.
01:40The plan earned broad support, but was met with resistance by Belgian Prime Minister Bartuweevich.
01:46Von der Leyen sought to assure his reservations and clarified Belgium cannot be the only member state to carry risks.
01:57Israeli forces stopped dozens of ships carrying humanitarian aid for Gaza, organizers of the flotilla said on Thursday morning.
02:06Some remaining boats were still on their way to the war-ravaged enclave at that time.
02:10The group had been live-streaming its mission before the connection of some of its boats was disrupted.
02:17The group reported Israeli forces illegally boarded its vessels.
02:22Israel had previously warned the ships to turn back and said it could deliver the aid through different channels,
02:28but the flotilla remains undeterred and emphasized the peaceful nature of its mission.
02:33Israel's interception sparked widespread outrage, with protests erupting across the globe.
02:39Thousands took to the streets in countries including Italy, Belgium, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Argentina, and Colombia.
02:58Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky and the head of the UN nuclear watchdog Rafael Grossi
03:03have raised concerns about the Zaporizhaya nuclear power plant's loss of external power supply more than a week ago.
03:11The situation raises serious safety concerns at the Russian-occupied plant as the war continues to rage around the facility.
03:20Grossi said the plant is currently receiving power from emergency diesel generators
03:24to power and cool its six non-operational reactors, noting that there's no immediate danger to the site yet.
03:31He, however, added that this is not a sustainable method
03:35and could prove risky in terms of nuclear safety if it prolongs.
03:41Zelensky says the backup generators have never needed to run this long,
03:45describing the situation as critical, as he stressed that the plant was not designed to operate this way.
03:52The Ukrainian leader slammed Moscow for cutting the power lines to the plant in one of its attacks.
03:57Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov rejected the accusation,
04:03instead saying the power lines were damaged by Ukrainian shelling.
04:07Grossi said IAEA inspectors verified that the facility can continue to safely operate on generators for more than 10 days.
04:15He also said, however, that he was in touch with Ukrainian and Russian officials
04:19about how to swiftly reconnect the plant to the grid to mitigate potential crises.
04:23Pope Leo XIV has weighed in on U.S. politics for the first time since being elected in May,
04:33commenting on hot topics roiling the domestic scene, like abortion and immigration.
04:38The first U.S.-born poniff pointed out contradictions surrounding the anti-abortion debate
04:43and questioned what it really means to be pro-life.
04:46Someone who says I'm against abortion but says I'm in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life.
04:54So someone who says that I'm against abortion but I'm in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants
05:02who are in the United States, I don't know if that's pro-life.
05:05So they're very complex issues.
05:08White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt disputed the concerns raised by the Pope.
05:13I would reject there is inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the United States under this administration.
05:19There was, however, significant inhumane treatment of illegal immigrants in the previous administration.
05:25This administration is trying to enforce our nation's laws in the most humane way possible
05:31and we're upholding the law and we're doing that on behalf of the people of our country who live here.
05:37The Pope's comments came after Chicago Cardinal Blaise Cupich nominated Illinois Senator Dick Durbin
05:44for the Lifetime Achievement Award for his work on helping immigrants.
05:49Durbin's nomination drew heavy criticism from conservative U.S. bishops
05:52who rejected him due to his strong support for female abortion rights,
05:57which goes against the Vatican's official position.
06:00Durbin has since declined the award, causing Cupich to call for greater unity and less polarization
06:06in order to advance the role of the church in the U.S. political scene.
06:15For European Sports Week, athletes with intellectual disabilities from all over the EU
06:20and European civil servants try their hand at boccia and table tennis.
06:26The event, organized by Special Olympics at the European Commission,
06:30aims to promote the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in the EU.
06:34It's an opportunity to challenge persistent prejudices in sport and in society.
06:41People are scared.
06:44They don't know how to speak with special people.
06:48And they think they are only kids.
06:54But we are human beings.
06:58We work.
07:00We're going to school.
07:01We have friends.
07:02People with intellectual disabilities often face stigmatization and isolation,
07:08once the president of Special Olympics Europe and Eurasia.
07:11Regrettably, globally, it's the most underemployed, undereducated,
07:17the most unhealthy, regrettably the most trafficked,
07:20the most exploited, often the most abused.
07:23The plight facing people with intellectual disabilities is scandalous.
07:26In his view, the emphasis must be on education and awareness raising.
07:33Look around you.
07:35These people will go back to their offices and they'll have a different understanding
07:38of what intellectual disability is.
07:40Maybe it's intellectual ability.
07:41Maybe it's different abilities.
07:43A lot of it has to do with that social education, that awareness raising, the proximity.
07:50Over 20 million people have intellectual disabilities in Europe.
07:55Be a student in Europe.
07:56Be a student with a lawyer in England.
07:57And in the U.S.
07:59Be a student with a mastermind in a family.
08:00If you're in the U.S.
08:02We provide the service module, so that's the module behind the
08:32crew module that basically contains everything that we need to keep the astronauts alive
08:37on their journey to the moon. So it's got water tanks, it's got tanks of oxygen and nitrogen
08:44to provide the air, and then I guess most importantly, it's got the propulsion module
08:48as well that will actually provide the thrust to push the astronauts to the moon and bring
08:52them back again.
09:00Apollo was very much about short-term missions. You go there, you do some science, you come
09:06back. But with Artemis, it's all about building up a sustainable human presence on and around
09:12the moon. So we want to use the moon as a stepping stone for future travel to Mars. I mean, it's
09:18very difficult to go directly from Earth to Mars. It takes a lot of fuel, a lot of energy
09:23to get there. So it's much better if you can use something like the moon as like a leap pad
09:28to take you there.
09:32Ladies and gentlemen, your Artemis 2 crew.
09:47Heyого
09:48here we go.
09:53Boom
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