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00:00 A deliberate act of terrorism, Ukraine`s President Zelensky condemns a Russian strike on a market
00:06 in eastern Ukraine, killing more than 50 people.
00:10 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asks for political unity from the whole continent
00:15 as leaders of 45 European countries gather in Spain.
00:21 Jan Fossil wins the Nobel Prize in Literature, becoming the fourth Norwegian writer to take
00:25 home the award.
00:30 September weather has broken temperature records, continuing to make in 2023 the warmest data
00:36 on the globe so far.
00:40 Campaigners in Berlin are calling for private apartments to be converted into rent-controlled
00:44 social housing.
00:45 But critics say this won`t alleviate the housing crisis.
00:50 It`s been described as one of the deadliest attacks since Russia`s full-scale war in Ukraine
00:58 began.
01:01 At least 50 people have been killed in a single rocket attack on the village of Hroza in the
01:06 Kharkiv Oblast in eastern Ukraine.
01:10 The country`s interior minister says the victims were hit as they gathered to commemorate the
01:13 life of a village resident.
01:15 Hroza is near the town of Kobyansk, close to the front line and frequently targeted
01:21 by Russian bombs.
01:22 The attack comes as Ukraine`s President Volodymyr Zelensky was attending a summit with European
01:27 leaders in the Spanish city of Granada.
01:33 Zelensky called the strike a "demonstrably brutal Russian crime" and a complete deliberate
01:38 act of terrorism.
01:40 He called on Western allies to help strengthen Ukraine`s air defenses, saying Moscow`s terror
01:44 must be stopped.
01:54 Leaders of 45 European countries arriving in Granada, Spain, for the third meeting of
01:59 the so-called European political community.
02:03 The year-old format enables EU and non-EU countries to discuss the challenges they face
02:08 like security, energy, climate, enlargement and migration.
02:13 And while EU leaders are promising to maintain support for Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky
02:18 asks for political unity from the whole continent.
02:21 The main challenge is what we have, that is to save unity in Europe.
02:27 And I`m speaking not only about the countries in EU, in all the Europe.
02:32 I think that is the biggest challenge what we`ll have, because Russia will attack by
02:37 information, disinformation, by fakes and et cetera.
02:42 The Granada summit is also aiming to give a large push towards EU enlargement.
02:47 Ukraine and Moldova would like to open accession talks by the end of the year, and six Western
02:52 Balkan candidate countries are also demanding a clear timeline.
02:56 Enlargement is always good for Europe.
02:58 It helps to provide us with security, helps to embed democracy and human rights, and also
03:03 helps the European economy to grow in the round.
03:06 So I think it`s really important that when we look at these questions, we don`t see them
03:10 just as a financial calculation.
03:11 Leaders were initially prepared to engage in talks between Armenia and Azerbaijan after
03:16 Baku launched a military offensive in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
03:21 But Azerbaijan, together with Turkey, a key player in the region, rejected the invite
03:25 to Granada.
03:26 Baku says it is ready to negotiate with Yerevan, though.
03:30 The president of the European Council says the EU is interested in a stable caucus area
03:35 and demands guarantees from Azerbaijan not to escalate the conflict further.
03:40 I had a phone call two days ago with the president of Azerbaijan, and he made very clear that
03:45 they do not have to claim on Armenia.
03:47 It should be set in a very vocal way, I think, to make sure that there is the mutual recognition
03:53 for the total and integrity.
03:55 For many, the summit was a showcase for the lack of unity and minimal appetite for dialogue
04:00 in Europe.
04:03 But this summit has left the political community in Europe with two great absences, the one
04:08 of the president of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, and the one of the president of Turkey, Recep
04:12 Tayyip Erdogan, who have decaffeinated the expected meeting with the leaders of France,
04:16 Germany and the European Council, together with Armenia, to achieve stabilize the situation
04:21 in the Caucasus.
04:22 In addition, another disappointment, especially for journalists, has been the departure of
04:26 the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Rishi Sunak, just after the plenary session, which
04:30 has forced the organizers to cancel the press conference.
04:34 Aida Sanchez, Euronews, Granada.
04:35 An award for innovative plays and prose that give voice to the unsayable.
04:43 Jan Fossa has won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature.
04:47 At 64, the author is one of Norway's most accomplished playwrights and has been waiting
04:51 for this moment for the last 10 years.
04:53 He has written some 40 plays as well as novels and short stories.
04:58 I've just spoken to Jan Fossa on the phone.
05:01 He was driving on the countryside at Sognefjord, north of Bergen in Norway, and we had the
05:09 opportunity to start speaking about practical matters and the Nobel week in December.
05:15 No, it's not that surprising.
05:18 It was unexpected, I can say.
05:22 Even though I've been in the discussion, at least since 2013, and I have, in a way,
05:30 insisted that it could happen.
05:33 But nine years have passed, and there have been many more, and no prize has been won.
05:40 So I didn't think it would be any years either.
05:42 Fossa's work is similar to that of Czech author Franz Kafka, but with everyday life situations.
05:48 He has written over 40 plays as well as novels and short stories.
05:53 September weather recorded unprecedented temperature anomalies contributing to making
05:59 2023 the warmest on record.
06:02 In fact, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, the global average temperature
06:07 of 4 September broke records by such an absurd margin that climate experts are struggling
06:12 to describe the phenomenon.
06:14 The figures show a temperature anomaly of about 0.9 degrees above the 1991 to 2020 average.
06:22 Converted to the pre-industrial era, this amounts to a departure from average of 1.7
06:28 degrees Celsius, temporarily exceeding the Paris Agreement's temperature target of
06:33 1.5 degrees Celsius compared to pre-industrial levels.
06:37 The unprecedented temperatures for the time of year observed in September following a
06:41 record summer have added to the sense of urgency for ambitious climate action.
06:46 One indication as to how the globe is hotting up is the extent of Arctic and Antarctic sea
06:51 ice.
06:52 Assessments have them remaining at record low levels for the time of year.
06:57 According to the Copernicus collected data for Antarctic sea ice in September, the extent
07:02 was 9% below average.
07:04 The daily Arctic sea ice extent was 18% below average.
07:09 Some areas of the globe had extreme rainstorms and flooding such as Greece and Libya.
07:14 Without doubt the Copernicus data is showing an acceleration in a global warming trend
07:19 that is ringing alarm bells.
07:24 It's difficult to perceive with the naked eye, but Mont Blanc has shrunk again.
07:30 Measurements taken every two years by a team of expert topographers of Europe's highest
07:35 mountains show that the altitude above sea level has lost 2 meters and 22 centimeters
07:40 compared to the last measurement.
07:44 European glaciers, which are particularly vulnerable to rising temperatures due to their
07:49 relatively low altitude, lost around a third of their volume between the year 2000 and
07:54 2020 according to data compiled by scientists.
08:04 Shocking images of floods destroying villages and sweeping away lives in India.
08:11 Heavy rainfall has left at least 14 people dead and hundreds more missing.
08:16 The hardest hit area is the state of Sikkim in the north of the country.
08:21 The missing include around 20 soldiers who were trapped by the flooding of a river.
08:26 Several districts remain cut off and there is no information so far as to the total amount
08:31 of damage.
08:36 Tragedy in the Amazon, where the bodies of 125 Amazon River dolphins belonging to an
08:42 endangered species have been found.
08:45 The macabre discovery was made near Tefe in northwest Brazil.
08:49 Investigators believe the deaths are related to high water temperatures, which have reached
08:54 39 degrees Celsius, a record in this drought-striking region.
08:59 It is believed the dolphins became disorientated by the water's high temperature, which prevented
09:04 them from diving underwater.
09:10 Berlin resident Chris Anders enjoys the diversity of his neighborhood, but like many in the
09:15 city, it took him a while to get here.
09:18 While searching for a long-term apartment in his price range, he lived in five sublets
09:23 in one year.
09:24 "I was feeling like you can never find home in this place, never settle down.
09:28 I lost control of my life.
09:30 It felt like that.
09:31 I was worried all the time, couldn't sleep, always on the lookout for a new place to stay."
09:38 Chris is part of a group of activists called "Expropriate Dochevannin & Co."
09:43 It's pushing for a referendum for the city to buy and socialize more than 200,000 apartments
09:49 from large rental companies to limit the rise in rents.
09:54 Prices have been increasing in Berlin for years, while the availability of housing has
09:59 dwindled.
10:01 Activists will likely need hundreds of thousands of signatures for such a referendum to be
10:06 held.
10:07 A non-binding vote initiated by the group already happened in 2021.
10:12 The majority of voters supported expropriation.
10:16 The city set up a commission to look at how the initial referendum's decision could be
10:20 applied.
10:21 The commission said that expropriation could happen in exchange for payments, but activists
10:26 are afraid that such a plan will not be put into action.
10:31 This time, campaigners will propose a specific law so that it could be applied quickly if
10:36 it gets enough votes.
10:41 The critics say it wouldn't help increase housing at a time that the construction industry
10:47 is struggling to build new homes.
10:49 The war in Ukraine pushed up costs for materials for construction in Germany.
10:55 Some companies have gone into insolvency.
10:57 Others have canceled residential projects.
11:00 This construction expert says an expropriation law would reduce the creation of new homes
11:05 even more.
11:06 "It would decrease all the motivation for investors because you always have to have
11:09 the fear that the public side, first of all, will take away your housing that you had invested
11:14 on and it wouldn't be a secure investment because you don't know how long you can have
11:18 these houses in order to refinance your investment."
11:21 Chris says prices for new apartments are out of reach for many, and his group is focused
11:26 on protecting tenants at risk of being priced out of their current homes.
11:31 "You got to secure somehow that people could at least stay where they are in the social
11:36 networks, in their flat, their home, the place they used to live."
11:40 (whooshing)