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00:00Poland's Prime Minister said Netanyahu would not be arrested when attending an Auschwitz
00:05event despite facing an ICC arrest warrant.
00:10Scientists ponder new solutions on the climate crisis after 2024 was declared the hottest
00:17year on record.
00:25Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk assured that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
00:30would not be arrested if he attends the Auschwitz commemoration later this month.
00:36The decision comes after Polish President Andrzej Duda asked Tusk to ensure Netanyahu's
00:41protection, who faces an arrest warrant issued by the world's top criminal court.
00:47Polish President Andrzej Duda asked Tusk to ensure Netanyahu's protection, who faces
00:52an arrest warrant issued by the world's top criminal court.
01:17Last year, in November, the International Criminal Court in The Hague issued an arrest
01:25warrant for Netanyahu for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in connection
01:30with the war in Gaza.
01:32Member countries of the ICC, which includes Poland, are required to detain suspects facing
01:37a warrant if they set foot on their soil.
01:39However, the court has no way of enforcing that.
01:43It is still unsure whether Netanyahu will attend the event or not.
01:50Scientists say the world must find rapid solutions as global temperatures are now teetering on
01:56the edge of passing the crucial 1.5 degrees Celsius warming limit.
02:01According to the Copernicus Climate Change Service, 2024 was the warmest year on record
02:08and the first calendar year where the global temperature exceeded 1.5 degrees Celsius above
02:14pre-industrial levels.
02:16The limit set by the Paris Agreement refers to temperature anomalies averaged over at
02:21least 20 years.
02:23Though this has not been broken, experts warn that data, however, underscores that global
02:29temperatures are now rising beyond what modern humans have ever experienced before.
02:35Last year brought many deadly extreme weather events around the world from severe storms
02:40to flooding, drought, heat waves and wildfires.
02:44A 2018 United Nations study found that keeping Earth's temperature rise could save and prevent
02:51many people's death and suffering.
02:56Following billionaire Elon Musk and AFD co-leader Alice Rydell's conversation on X on Thursday
03:01evening, concerns are mounting over the threat to democracy.
03:06With the German election just six weeks away, NGOs are sounding the alarm about the influence
03:11of the super-rich.
03:12NGO Lobby Control questions if the talk on X and post-boosts count as party donations.
03:31Organisations are concerned about the threat to democracy.
04:02Lobby Control urges Germany to introduce a cap on political donations as quickly as possible.
04:24But is it too late for these upcoming German elections?
04:32The EU has been closely following the decisions taken by the big tech in recent weeks.
04:42Ex-CEO Elon Musk's claims are already causing a stir in Europe.
04:47Content moderation changes announced by Meta in the US also raise questions among the EU.
04:56Mark Zuckerberg has announced the replacement of fact-checking with community notes on its
05:00Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram platforms in the name of freedom of expression, as he says.
05:06But do these changes infringe EU regulations?
05:11Meta might have to first provide a risk assessment analysis to the European Commission.
05:17We don't say which content moderation policies very large online platforms have to put in place.
05:22It's their responsibility.
05:24If they want to rely fully on community notes, it is a possibility.
05:30Now, this possibility, whatever model a platform chooses, needs to be effective.
05:35And this is what we are looking at.
05:38If a platform violates the Digital Services Act, formal proceedings are initiated.
05:43If the decision is found to be non-compliant and the platform doesn't commit to settle the case,
05:48fines can reach up to 6% of the company's global annual turnover.
05:54This procedure is criticised for its slowness.
05:56However, the EU has other cards in hand.
06:00There are other instruments that might come into play in extreme cases, I emphasise extreme.
06:09Consider, for example, the measures that were taken to block Russia Today and Sputnik
06:14at the time of the sanctions on Russia, at the time of Russia's barbaric invasion of Ukraine.
06:19That was done as part of a sanctions regime implemented through the Council
06:24acting in its foreign policy configuration.
06:27And that can happen almost overnight.
06:31The very large digital platforms, the European Commission and the German regulator
06:35will also meet around the table on the 24th of January to discuss the European regulations
06:40before the early elections in Germany in February.
06:43The late US President Jimmy Carter was given a state funeral
06:46at the Washington National Cathedral in the US capital.
06:50Multiple foreign dignitaries were present at the final honouring of the 39th President
06:54including Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
06:57and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
07:01The US President was also present at the final honouring of the 39th President
07:05including Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau
07:08and UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.
07:11Current and former Presidents were also in attendance
07:14including President-elect Donald Trump.
07:18The incoming US President was seated in the second row
07:21alongside Bill Clinton and his wife Hillary, George W. Bush and his wife, and Barack Obama.
07:28Obama and Trump shared a rare moment as the pair talked, joked and laughed together
07:32for several minutes before the start of the service.
07:36US President Joe Biden, who's set to leave office in less than two weeks,
07:39delivered the eulogy.
07:42Biden shared an emotional message highlighting the deep friendship
07:45he and Carter shared for almost six decades.
07:49The US President praised Carter for his character and unwavering principles
07:53and celebrated his accomplishments, which he says were heavily discounted.
07:58Many think he was from a bygone era
08:01but in reality he saw a well into the future.
08:06A white Southern Baptist who led on civil rights,
08:12a decorated Navy veteran who brokered peace,
08:17a brilliant nuclear engineer who led on nuclear non-proliferation,
08:23and a brilliant American who led on peace.
08:26An engineer who led on nuclear non-proliferation,
08:31a hardworking farmer who championed conservation and clean energy,
08:38and a president who redefined the relationship with a vice president.
08:47Biden ended the message on a personal note sharing that he misses Carter
08:51but takes solace in knowing that he'll be reunited with his wife of 77 years, Rosalyn.
08:57Jimmy Carter's casket was once again loaded on a plane
09:00headed to his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
09:03The late president, who died aged 100 on the 29th of December,
09:06will be given a private funeral with friends and family.
09:10He'll then be buried beside his wife in the small town they were born,
09:13grew up, lived most of their lives, and died.
09:21The American Civil War
09:24The American Civil War
09:27The American Civil War
09:30The American Civil War
09:33The American Civil War
09:36The American Civil War
09:39The American Civil War
09:42This is a feature movie based on a true story about a real man,
09:47a citizen of Kazakhstan, Konstantin Vudovskas,
09:50who saved more than 200 people from Butch and other occupied territories
09:56in the spring of 2022.
09:59And we try to show what happened in that time.
10:03All Ukrainian characters in this movie, their stories are real.
10:08I, as a screenwriter, met with them,
10:11they told me their stories,
10:14and we tried to show what happened in Ukraine.
10:18Is it fair to say that that was the hardest job that you have done?
10:24Yes, I was a comedy writer before this job.
10:30I have been working with Volodymyr Zelensky for 15 years,
10:33when he was still an actor.
10:35I wrote some comedy movies.
10:38But when they were started, I was a volunteer,
10:41but I wanted to do what I can do the best, shooting.
10:44And when I heard from the news story,
10:46I understood that this story will resonate with every person in the world,
10:51because it's very interesting.
10:53When Ukrainians save Ukrainians, it's understandable.
10:56But when a citizen of Kazakhstan, he's a Lithuanian Jew
11:00who can go to another country, decided to stay in Ukraine
11:04to save Ukrainians or to risk his life,
11:08it's a powerful message that nobody can stand aside
11:13when such evil things happen.
11:14I think it's a very nice product,
11:20which we can show worldwide,
11:23and Ukrainian cinema should be proud of such type of movies.
11:29This is a film about human beings, about the human choice.
11:33It's something which you cannot ignore,
11:36because if you have at least a little bit of humanity in your heart,
11:41it will touch you.