00:00The EU will use the G20 summit to condemn Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
00:05regardless of whether Putin accepts the American invitation to advance.
00:10Ukraine's Zelenskyy called out his Russian counterpart
00:13for always wanting to kill more during his United Nations General Assembly speech.
00:20An open AI agent has hacked an Australian Health Department website,
00:25Prime Minister Antonia Albanese has said Thursday.
00:30The European Commissioner for Defence and Space, Andrius Kubilius,
00:34told Euronews that U.S. tech firm Palantir Technologies is a great company.
00:42The European Union will use the upcoming G20 summit in Miami
00:46to condemn Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine,
00:49regardless of whether Russian President Vladimir Putin
00:51accepts the American invitation to attend the high-profile gathering.
00:55Since 2022, the EU has consistently and forcefully used G20 meetings
01:02to condemn Russia's full-scale invasion and to call for it to end.
01:08What I can say today is that this approach, from the European Union perspective,
01:13will continue, irrespective of the participants at any G20 meeting.
01:17U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has confirmed on Wednesday
01:21that his country, which holds the rotating G20 presidency,
01:26has formally invited Putin to attend the summit in Miami.
01:29If you only meet with people that you agree with,
01:31then, you know, these are very nice meetings, but nothing happens.
01:34In order to solve problems, you have to meet with people that you disagree with
01:37or the people that you might have some issues with.
01:39So we've invited President Putin to the G20.
01:42In response, the Kremlin said it was grateful and appreciative
01:46and would study the invitation.
01:48Putin has skipped G20 summits since the start of Russia's war in Ukraine.
01:52His last in-person attendance was in Osaka in 2019.
02:01Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy used his speech at the UN General Assembly
02:06to call for continued pressure on Russia.
02:09He argued that Moscow's revenues should remain a target
02:13and that continued trade with Russia helps prolong the war.
02:18Zelenskyy also called out Putin for being someone
02:21who is always looking for someone to help him kill more.
02:24Something always seems to stop Putin from simply saying,
02:29that's it, enough, peace.
02:33Putin is always looking for someone who can help him kill more,
02:37kill more people for every kilometre of land,
02:41take more territory, attack another country,
02:44instead of simply stopping and running his own country.
02:49According to Zelenskyy, the Russian army has recruited fighters from 47 countries,
02:55including people from Ghana, Nepal and India, to fight in the conflict.
03:00Meanwhile, Russia said it remained open to negotiations,
03:04but would not accept a simple pause in the war.
03:08Sergey Lavrov told the UN Security Council on Wednesday
03:11that such a ceasefire without a broader settlement
03:14would only allow Ukraine and its allies to rearm.
03:21A barrage of Russian drone and missile strikes pummeled Ukraine on Thursday,
03:25killing six agricultural workers in the east alongside two others in Kyiv
03:30in the latest in an intensifying exchange of attacks.
03:33At least two people were killed across the Kyiv capital region,
03:37according to Prime Minister Sergei Koretsky.
03:39In the Kharkiv region, the regional prosecutor's office published images
03:43showing the inside of a destroyed agricultural produce warehouse.
03:48Officials added that the facility in the Chugowiev district,
03:51southeast of Kharkiv, was hit as employees were sorting vegetables.
03:55The strikes, which triggered air raid sirens
03:58and sent locals rushing underground for shelter,
04:01came after both Kyiv and Moscow were at the United Nations
04:04and vowed no let-up in their long-range attacks.
04:07Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy,
04:10who was in New York seeking more Western support
04:12for stronger sanctions against the Kremlin,
04:14accused Russia of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure.
04:18The increase in attacks, particularly on Kyiv,
04:22has prompted residents to consider contingency plans for the winter
04:25if Russian strikes once again knock out the energy system vital
04:29for heating and sub-zero temperatures.
04:35An OpenAI agent has hacked an Australian Health Department website
04:40in an obviously unacceptable security breach,
04:44Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has said Thursday.
04:47The artificial intelligence agent infiltrated Australia's Medicare statistics reporting portal
04:53on the 18th of July.
04:55Yet Albanese said OpenAI informed Australia about the breach
04:59only on the 10th of September
05:00in an email sent to a government's generic address.
05:04Today I spoke with the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman,
05:09to express Australia's extreme concern about this incident.
05:14And I also expressed my disappointment
05:16that it took the company way too long
05:18to inform the government of what had occurred
05:21and the nature of the way that that notification occurred as well
05:27was unacceptable.
05:29OpenAI said in a statement that it discovered
05:32during an activity review its models took actions it did not intend.
05:37An investigation is underway to determine whether OpenAI could be charged
05:41and a task force was launched to assess the effectiveness
05:45of Australia's response to AI-related cyber incidents.
05:48No personal information was believed to have been accessed at this stage.
05:57European Commissioner for Defence and Space,
06:00Andreas Kubilius, told Uranus that
06:02Palantir Technologies is a great company
06:05on the sidelines of the second EU access to space summit in Brussels.
06:09Several human rights organisations and European governments
06:12have criticised the US tech company
06:15for its use in military operations, mass surveillance and immigration enforcement.
06:20Kubilius said AI is now a battlefield essential.
06:23Palantir is a great company
06:26and the developments with AI for intelligence,
06:31for managing the data,
06:33are very crucial for modern warfare doctrines.
06:36and we can see, for example, Ukrainian development
06:42with their own delta system for data management,
06:49battlefield data management.
06:51The Commissioner added all the Europeans
06:53shall develop their own military capabilities.
06:56For the time being, it is useful to use services from other companies.
07:00Kubilius comments come after President of Lithuania Gitanas-Noseda
07:04and President of Poland Karol Nawrotsky
07:06met with CEO of Palantir Alex Karp
07:09on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York.
07:17The German government has called on the EU
07:20to open its planned so-called Made with Europe rules
07:23to countries outside the bloc,
07:25according to a position paper obtained by Euronews
07:29setting it up for a collision course with France.
07:32Berlin is leading the push
07:34for a more open market approach
07:36to the Industrial Accelerator Act,
07:38a draft EU law that would restrict public procurement,
07:42government contracts for goods
07:44such as steel, batteries and electric vehicles,
07:46to products and companies
07:48meeting minimum EU production requirements.
07:51Where the Commission's original text favors
07:54made in Europe,
07:55Berlin wants made with Europe.
07:57Rather than requiring goods to be made in the EU,
08:01it wants the origin rules opened up
08:03to the bloc's trade partners
08:05as long as those countries
08:06offer the same access to European companies in return.
08:10The initiative highlights
08:12the divide between Berlin's open market approach
08:15and Paris' push to use public contracts
08:17to support European companies
08:19as they struggle with the so-called China 2.0 shock.
08:23The same strategic divide extends beyond industrial policy to defence.
08:33The European Union is trying to use less gas
08:37and switch to cleaner energy,
08:38but progress has been slow.
08:40In the second quarter of 2026,
08:4354.1% of the EU's electricity
08:46came from renewable energy,
08:48such as solar, wind and hydropower.
08:51This was slightly lower than the 54.3%
08:54recorded in the same period in 2025.
08:57One expert in energy economics and financial analysis
09:01tells Euronews that it's important
09:03the EU uses a mix of different renewable energy sources.
09:08A very hot and dry summer
09:10caused low water levels in rivers and reservoirs,
09:13which reduced hydropower production
09:15in several European countries.
09:17This is where solar power can help make up for the difference.
09:21Solar power has already helped the EU
09:24avoid about 35.4 billion euros in gas imports
09:28since the start of the Iran war.
09:30However, gas-powered electricity still increased slightly.
09:35Experts say that this shows that the EU needs
09:38more solar power, energy storage
09:40and a flexible electricity system
09:43so it does not have to rely on gas
09:45when wind or hydropower production is low.
09:53European Union governments want to weaken a proposal
09:57that would hand Brussels greater control
09:59over the bloc's power grid.
10:01They prefer to retain control
10:03of how electricity networks are paid for and managed,
10:06according to a council document seen by Euronews.
10:10The EU wants homes and businesses
10:12to switch from fossil fuels to electricity,
10:15while manufacturers, data centers, heat pumps
10:18and electric vehicles are all expected to drive up demand.
10:22For the Commission, common rules are a way
10:25of making the bloc's fragmented power market
10:27more transparent and efficient.
10:29But EU countries are resisting anything
10:32that could force them to redesign national tariff systems
10:35that reflect very different grids, industries
10:38and consumer bases.
10:40The political stakes become even clearer
10:42when it comes to new grid connections.
10:45The EU is facing growing queues for grid access
10:48as factories, renewable projects or data centers
10:51compete for limited capacity.
10:53A large group of countries broadly support
10:56giving governments a stronger role.
10:58They argue that deciding which projects
11:00get scarce grid capacity
11:02is not merely a technical exercise,
11:04it involves political choices
11:06about industrial competitiveness,
11:09energy security and social priorities.
11:11The Commission argues that setting technical criteria
11:15and network charges
11:16is fundamentally a regulatory task.
