00:00 World leaders gather at a nuclear summit in Brussels to consider the use of nuclear energy
00:05 to help combat climate change and prevent dependence on Russian energy.
00:09 Discontent in Ireland as the government is accused of prioritising housing for asylum seekers
00:16 over the 14,000 Irish people currently homeless.
00:20 Over 30 leaders and delegations from around the world gathered at a nuclear summit in Brussels.
00:27 They're thought to be backing the use of nuclear energy to help achieve the goal of a climate-neutral globe
00:33 while giving more countries an added sense of economic and security independence
00:38 as the war in Ukraine lays bare a dependence on Russian energy over the past decade.
00:44 The next steps are already taking place in fact.
00:48 And these are the many, many projects that are being developed in many countries,
00:54 in Europe but also in the global south, in China, even in Russia, in the United States, in Canada, in Korea, in Japan,
01:02 where we see that nuclear is returning and in a, I would say, in a very important way, in a very dynamic way.
01:09 Germany is not attending the meeting as it switched off its last three nuclear reactors almost a year ago,
01:15 completing a process that received wide political support after Japan's Fukushima nuclear reactor disaster in 2011.
01:23 But some argue for a rethink after energy prices spiked because of the war in Ukraine.
01:28 At least 13 people have been injured, including a child, after Russian strikes targeted Kiev.
01:37 It's Russia's first attack in Ukraine's capital in six weeks.
01:43 Ukraine's air force said Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 29 cruise missiles,
01:48 but Ukrainian air defences intercepted them all.
01:52 The injured were hit by falling wreckage in residential and industrial areas, they said.
01:57 79 people were evacuated from an apartment block.
02:02 I woke up from the first explosion, ran out, and then the second explosion was very scary.
02:10 If my son hadn't jumped, he wouldn't have been there.
02:15 Our entire apartment was destroyed.
02:20 All the furniture, windows, doors, everything was destroyed by the explosion.
02:25 It's a nightmare.
02:27 It's a war, it's Putin.
02:31 Russia has been ramping up its air strikes on Ukraine in recent days.
02:35 On Wednesday, at least two people were killed when a Russian air strike hit a home 50km southwest of the city of Donetsk.
02:42 It's feared that there may be more victims trapped under the rubble.
02:46 Images released by local media show the aftermath of attacks on their al-Balagh in central Gaza,
02:55 which according to local media was pounded from both air and sea by Israeli strikes.
03:00 Residents can be seen inspecting the damage on their homes.
03:04 While US President Joe Biden repeatedly warns Israel not to start a ground operation in the southern city of Rafah
03:12 without plans to protect innocent Palestinians who have sought refuge there,
03:16 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Wednesday
03:20 it was impossible to complete the victory without the IDF entering Rafah.
03:26 News media outlet Wafa said a number of Palestinians were killed by Israeli bombings
03:31 across several areas in the central Gaza Strip
03:34 as mourners gathered for the funeral of people who were killed in Israeli attacks.
03:39 The Gaza Health Ministry said that at least 31,000 people have been killed since October.
03:49 Luis Montenegro, leader of the right-wing and centre-right coalition,
03:54 has been invited by the Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to form a government.
04:01 After winning the recent parliamentary elections, the PSD leader has agreed with the President
04:06 to return to the presidential palace next week to outline the expected government composition.
04:12 The swearing-in ceremony is scheduled for the 2nd of April.
04:16 Montenegro's party cleaned up at the polling stations on the 10th of March, obtaining 80 seats.
04:22 On the other hand, the Socialist Party, which has ruled the country for the last eight years,
04:27 were two seats shy with 78.
04:30 Recent election results have revealed the ongoing rise of the far-right in Portugal,
04:35 with the conservative party Chega electing 50 deputies up from 12.
04:40 Montenegro has rejected reproachment with the far-right
04:44 and said he is ready to lead a minority government.
04:47 The Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue kicked off on Tuesday
04:53 with speeches from German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck and Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock.
04:59 The conference is paving the way for energy to become 100% renewable.
05:05 We visited one of Berlin's disused airports ahead of the conference
05:10 to find out exactly how the future of renewables could work.
05:36 It is estimated that the climate-neutral city will create up to 20,000 jobs,
05:41 with several companies already working together on harnessing renewable technology.
05:45 The Stoffs5 project combines energy storage with the production of hydrogen.
05:49 So we want to make 100% renewables possible with our device.
05:52 And what we need for that, in order to end our fossil fuel dependence, is green energy.
05:58 And in Germany we already have lots of renewables, three, four times what we actually need.
06:03 And that problem is just going to increase going forward.
06:06 So we need to think about battery storage.
06:08 With Europe determined to wean itself off Russian gas,
06:11 the HH2E project has been ahead of the curve
06:14 by trying to develop technology to integrate hydrogen into the main grid.
06:19 This year the Stoffs5 team are presenting their technology to the energy conference,
06:34 hopeful it will be the start of making renewable energy more accessible to the market.
06:39 This technology is already being rolled out to the first customer later this year.
06:43 With funding of the project expecting to surpass 100 million euros,
06:47 it will need government financing to become part of the mainstream energy infrastructure.
06:52 Liv Stroud, in Berlin, for Euronews.
06:56 A Polish mine near the Czech border will continue operating for now,
07:03 following the latest in a series of contradictory court rulings.
07:07 After a long battle with environmentalists,
07:10 Turo has been allowed to operate under a temporary concession.
07:14 The US concession does not mean the suspension of Turo's energy complex,
07:19 which will still be able to supply electricity.
07:23 The Turo mine is very careful in fulfilling the obligations of the environmental decision
07:28 issued by the General Director of the Environment Protection Agency.
07:32 It is also making a number of investments,
07:35 including pro-ecological activities,
07:38 aimed at limiting its impact on nearby areas.
07:41 With many mines already closed, the fate of miners is in question.
07:45 Some, however, are trying to train in other professions,
07:48 like in the green energy sector and wind farms.
08:09 Wind farms are gaining popularity in Poland and across Europe,
08:12 as this cheap raw material can help ensure energy security.
08:17 To gain energy independence,
08:21 we need to put about 30 gigawatts of energy per year in the whole European Union.
08:28 This is a huge project, which, according to Wind Europe's forecasts,
08:34 will require employment in the whole of Europe of about half a million people in the entire supply chain.
08:43 Experts stress that the green transition,
08:46 so important for the fight against climate change,
08:49 is also a complex political operation.
08:53 Why is it important for the transformation of miners to be just?
08:58 Also from a political point of view,
09:00 Silesia is a region of the country with a strong tendency for autonomy.
09:06 So, looking at it from a distance,
09:08 it is a responsible task for the Polish government
09:11 to manage this process in a proper way.
09:15 The inhabitants of Silesia represent over 12% of Poland's population.
09:19 Therefore, this is not only a huge human resource for the industry,
09:23 but also an important political capital.
09:26 Magdalena Chlawnik for Euronews from Warsaw.
09:29 These were the scenes in Dublin last weekend
09:33 when scores of asylum seekers were forced to sleep outside
09:36 the International Protection Office in tents without electricity, running water or sanitation.
09:42 The experience for those seeking shelter created a humanitarian crisis in itself.
09:47 As we attempted to conduct an interview,
09:50 we were met by an angry protester whose sentiment was
09:53 that the Irish state is treating asylum seekers as a greater priority
09:57 while 14,000 Irish people remain homeless.
10:01 These are illegal migrants looking for free accommodation in Ireland.
10:04 What about the Irish homeless?
10:06 No, no, you don't care about the Irish homeless.
10:10 You're jumping on the bandwagon.
10:12 You don't care about the Irish people.
10:14 You're here jumping on the bandwagon.
10:16 No, we need homes for the Irish, 14,000 Irish homeless families.
10:20 Jed from Jordan, speaking through an interpreter,
10:23 said the conditions in recent weeks were awful.
10:26 The situation was very bad.
10:28 There was no services at all.
10:30 There was no toilets, no showers.
10:32 They were showered for a week.
10:33 They had no idea what to do.
10:34 It was raining on them, raining on the tents, and it was very cold.
10:37 The Irish government moved some of those living in tents to alternative accommodation.
10:42 The way new asylum seekers in Ireland are being treated
10:45 has enraged opposition members in the Irish Parliament
10:48 who are accusing the government of creating a culture war.
10:51 Between dereliction, empty properties, overpricing,
10:55 not building enough social housing,
10:57 not having enough affordable housing for young people
11:00 who are working and who want to buy their own property,
11:03 they've made an absolute bags of it,
11:05 and they're compounding that by creating a culture war
11:08 between refugees and homeless Irish people.
11:10 I don't accept that.
11:12 The Irish government says it is doing all it can
11:14 to house asylum seekers relative to available accommodation,
11:18 but many observers believe that poor treatment of refugees
11:21 is proof that the days of an open Irish welcome are coming to an end.
11:27 There's a growing feeling here that the inhumane scenes
11:30 witnessed here in recent weeks may be part of an Irish government message,
11:34 and that message is that if people are thinking of coming to Ireland
11:37 and seeking refuge, then maybe they should consider going elsewhere.
11:42 This is Ken Murray for Euronews in Dublin.
11:45 (whooshing)
