00:00Qatar says it is working with Pakistan to bring the United States and Iran back to negotiations.
00:06The comments follow Pakistani Army Chief Asim Munir's visit to Tehran,
00:10where Islamabad said progress had been made in efforts to reduce regional tensions.
00:15Our officials are on the phone on a daily basis trying to workshop ideas,
00:19workshop ways of getting back to the negotiations.
00:23Qatar says it is not seeking a separate deal with Iran for its own energy shipments through Hormuz.
00:29This is a regional problem that needs a regional solution.
00:33It cannot be addressed bilaterally with Iran.
00:36Iran has closed the state of Hormuz and in a way that goes beyond the international maritime law
00:44and goes beyond good-neverly relations.
00:46This needs to end immediately.
00:48The diplomatic push comes as Washington widens sanctions on Iran
00:52and Tehran threatens to retaliate against countries that enforce them.
00:56Qatar says it remains committed to mediation,
00:59but Iran's latest threats have created another obstacle to efforts
01:03to bring Tehran and Washington back to negotiations.
01:07Doha insists diplomacy remains the only way out of the crisis.
01:12Mohamed Al-Ashi, your news, Doha.
01:17Canada has announced counter-terrorists on U.S. goods
01:20as the trade war between Ottawa and Washington escalates.
01:23Rate for rate.
01:24Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said
01:27Canada would impose tariffs of up to 50% from 8th of September,
01:31targeting 17 billion euros in U.S. imports.
01:34The move follows new U.S. duties of 50%,
01:37affecting over 17 billion euros worth of Canadian goods
01:40after trade talks between the countries broke down.
01:44Beyond the tariffs, Champagne announced a 4.6 billion euro aid package
01:48for Canadian workers and businesses,
01:50saying the U.S. proposals were unfair and unacceptable.
01:53U.S. President Donald Trump has also threatened to double tariffs
01:57on Canadian vehicles from 2027,
02:00saying cars, trucks, automotive parts and steel would face duties of 50%.
02:05The escalating dispute marks a sharp deterioration in trade relations
02:10between the two neighbors,
02:11with both sides defending measures to protect their economies.
02:18This is the moment when hypersonic ballistic missiles launched by Russia
02:22hit a block of flats in Kyiv.
02:24This is major damage.
02:28Many of the people who were sleeping in their apartments at that time lost their lives,
02:32and the injure count is nearly 100.
02:36Survivors remember with horror the sound of missiles and the devastating explosions.
02:41Victoria is 36 years old and says that after the July 2nd bombings,
02:45she can hardly sleep at night,
02:47especially since her son also suffered a strong shock.
02:50We were in this time with a man and son of my son 7 years old.
02:56We were in the apartment, in the corridor.
03:00We were in the apartment, in the corridor.
03:01We were in the corridor.
03:01We had all the windows.
03:03It was very scary.
03:33It was very scary.
03:35from our house, and people were evacuated through our house.
03:42There was a window and through our window all the people from the entrance.
03:48The second month we live every day, as we live in the basement.
03:53After about two months, the utilities have come to cover the crater
03:57which the ballistic rocket has been sent to the rush on 2 July,
04:02and when 30 people have died here in Kyiv.
04:06The Russian shelling is so intense that in Kyiv you can find entire streets
04:11where almost every building is damaged.
04:13And this summer the Russian army changed the strategy.
04:17Moscow soldiers are bombarding the Ukrainian capital,
04:19mainly with ballistic missiles and missile drones, which are hard to destroy.
04:24Even so, people find every day the strength to have a somewhat normal life
04:29and forget for a few moments about the war horrors.
04:32Mothers raise their babies, children play.
04:35At a first glance, Kyiv seems a city like any other.
04:38But when night falls, the warning alarms and explosions, like a broken clock,
04:43insist on reminding them that the Russians are attacking again for almost five years.
04:47For the dead in Kyiv, that all the war ensue going to be a good time to go.
04:49But we live, we don't want to go to Kiev.
04:52We don't want to go to Kiev.
04:53We don't want to go to Kiev.
04:53They don't want to go to Kiev.
04:54Here is family, there is business, children, there are school, there's school, there is work.
05:00We go to the entrance, we prepare kids to school, live.
05:16The United Nations and the Red Cross warned that the world is dangerously close to a future
05:22where autonomous weapons, so-called killer robots, could target humans.
05:26The organizations called for urgent international regulations, as there is currently no specific
05:32treaty on autonomous and AI-enabled weapons.
05:36Three years ago, we called on states to establish specific provisions and restrictions on autonomous
05:43weapon systems.
05:45Today, we renew this call with even greater urgency.
05:50The fundamental concerns remain unchanged, but the risks have intensified.
05:55We are now dangerously close to crossing a moral red line, the autonomous targeting of
06:02humans by machines.
06:04In 2023, the UN and the Red Cross called for states to establish specific bans and restrictions
06:11on the rapidly developing technology by this year.
06:15Lethal autonomous weapon systems are able to select targets and apply force without human
06:20intervention.
06:21There has to date been no confirmed use of fully autonomous weapons, but with the abundant
06:26use of drone warfare in the Middle East and Ukraine, some fear it could soon happen.
06:31After three years of talks, countries are set to decide in November whether to launch treaty
06:37negotiations.
06:42Rufs were torn off and homes were damaged after a tornado tore through a village in the southwest
06:48of France on Monday, injuring 41 people.
06:51The tornado hit the village of Bomas, where the destruction was significant.
06:55An estimated 300 homes were damaged.
06:59Over 120 emergency workers were deployed to the scene and reinforcements are expected from
07:04nearby regions.
07:06Authorities said 15 people were taken to the hospital.
07:10Videos circulating online show an impressive vortex of wind moving through several communities.
07:15The National Weather Service said winds had reached up to 117 kilometers per hour.
07:22French authorities had placed several regions of the country's southwest on orange alert for
07:27storms.
07:28Numerous areas were hit by power outages.
07:31The storms also upended the transportation network, delaying trains, forcing road closures and
07:37causing delays and cancellations at airports in Bordeaux, Marseille, Nice, Toulouse and even Paris.
07:51Usually peaceful, the French resort town of Les Deux Alpes was at the center of a controversy
07:55a few days ago, following a video that went viral on social media, in which the manager
08:00of this snack bar makes anti-semitic remarks.
08:10An investigation has been launched following this incident, but the incident has cast a chill
08:16over the resort, which orthodox Jewish families have been visiting every summer for decades.
08:21Disons que ça met une mauvaise ambiance sur la station, ils ne coopèrent pas du tout, ils
08:29ne participent à rien, ni restauration, ni bar, ni activités, enfin juste les activités
08:38des enfants, les jeux, c'est tout.
08:39This incident has also sparked a lot of talk and brought to light potential sources of tension
08:45that may exist in alpine resorts between the local population and vacationers.
08:49D'autres personnes, même quand on marche dans la rue avec les enfants, qui parlent mal aux
08:53enfants parce qu'ils ont des kipotes, c'est-à-dire que les gens sont frustrés qu'il y a
08:56des
08:57enfants, qu'il y a beaucoup de juifs, donc c'est pas la seule finalement.
09:00Moi, quand j'étais à Tignes, il y avait des problématiques sur par exemple la piscine,
09:04sur le fait de devoir se baigner, que les hommes, que les femmes, il fallait que les maîtres
09:08nageurs soient du même sexe que les baigneurs, et c'est vrai que c'est des fonctionnements
09:12qu'on n'a pas, donc qui peuvent, ouais je sais pas si conflit c'est le bon mot, mais
09:15en tout cas
09:15il y a une nécessité d'ajustement et des fois c'est des points bloquants tout simplement.
09:20The mayor of Uez also responded to the controversy, he said he remembers moments of tension in
09:26the past, but he assured that the situation has improved significantly.
09:34Around 3,000 people in Indonesia's South Sumatra province have performed a special Islamic
09:39prayer for rain as huge blazes continue to score swaths of forest and peatlands in the
09:44central and western regions.
09:46They met in the courtyard of the governor's office as thick smoke shrouded roads, buildings
09:52and public facilities, significantly reducing visibility.
09:56South Sumatra Governor Herman Daru said the prayers would complement ongoing firefighting
10:01and drought mitigation measures.
10:03He added that it would also serve as a moment for residents to unite in confronting the environmental
10:08challenges facing the province.
10:11South Sumatra has the highest number of wildfire hotspots in all of Indonesia, with the latest
10:16government data recording its tally at 1,429, followed by West Kalimantan, which sat at 1,226.
10:26Officials say wildfires have so far burned an area close to 1,000 square kilometers in July
10:31alone, with 20 square kilometers in the southeastern province.
10:39Germany's economy grew more than previously expected in the second quarter, with GDP rising
10:430.3 percent from April to June.
10:47The revised figure from the Federal Statistical Office was higher than the initial estimate
10:51of 0.2 percent.
10:53Year-on-year GDP increased by 1 percent, revised from 0.9 percent.
10:58Exports rose 2 percent, helping drive growth, while household and government consumption
11:04increased only 0.1 percent.
11:07Manufacturing output also rose by 0.9 percent, led by the chemical and electrical equipment
11:12industries.
11:14Beyond the latest growth figures, Germany's IFO Business Climate Index rose to 88.8 in August
11:20from 86.7 in July, suggesting improving sentiment across major sectors.
11:26However, high energy prices and weak domestic demand remain risks.
11:31Germany's government now expects the economy to grow by 0.5 percent in 2026, down from its
11:37previous forecast of 1 percent.
11:39The economy has struggled in recent years amid high energy costs, stronger Chinese competition,
11:45and U.S.
11:46standards.
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