00:00The 2026 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded to Navi Pillai for her efforts to promote peace and international law.
00:09The Norwegian Nobel Committee said her work had helped strengthen the global legal order
00:13and efforts to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.
00:18Born under apartheid in Durban, South Africa, Pillai became a lawyer and defendant Nelson Mandela and others who fought apartheid.
00:25She later served as a judge in South Africa at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda and the International Criminal
00:32Court.
00:33Pillai also served as the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
00:37and later chaired a UN Commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory.
00:43The Nobel Committee highlighted her role at the Rwanda Tribunal where rape and sexual violence
00:47were found to be capable of constituting crimes against humanity and genocide.
00:51The Committee said her career showed why international law remains important for resolving conflicts without violence.
00:58In the words of the Committee, peace requires justice.
01:02On her ex-post, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen congratulated Pillai,
01:07praising her lifelong commitment to justice, peace and human dignity
01:10and saying her courage and defense of the rule of law remain a guide in a world that needs justice
01:15more than ever.
01:17Today is also serving as an ad-hoc judge at the International Court of Justice in the Gambia v. Myanmar,
01:23is president of the International Commission Against the Death Penalty,
01:27sits on the Information and Democracy Commission
01:29and was the first non-white woman judge on South Africa's high court
01:33and the first South African to earn a doctorate in law from Harvard.
01:37This happened in the Rwandan genocide.
01:41The European Union on Friday described U.S. sanctions against the International Criminal Court, ICC,
01:48as deeply regrettable.
01:50According to the European Commission,
01:51the EU will work closely with the ICC to ensure it continues to operate effectively.
01:58The Commission added its hopes that the six-month delay before the sanctions applied
02:04meant there is room for dialogue.
02:06The reactions come after the Trump administration imposed sweeping new sanctions on the ICC,
02:13accusing the tribunal of political bias and, unfairly,
02:17targeting Americans and Israelis over alleged war crimes.
02:22U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio announced the measures on Friday,
02:26shortly after South African prosecutor Navi Pillai, a former ICC judge,
02:32was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
02:34The sanctions freeze any ICC assets held in the U.S.
02:38and give U.S. companies and individuals six months to end their business dealings with the court.
02:49France's student-led protests started out in the suburbs of Paris
02:53before rapidly escalating into a nationwide movement.
02:56It gained momentum after videos of tracking students spread across social media.
03:01Beyond its organisational role, social media has enabled students to document protests
03:07firsthand from the ground, as Olivier Herzcheid, lecturer in information sciences and communication
03:12at the University of Nantes, told Euronews.
03:15Police investigations are now open and social media images can be used as evidence, he said.
03:21Herzcheid also stressed the role social media has played in fostering a sense of connection
03:27and common identity among protesters.
03:29Social media is also a way of building a sense of group identity
03:33and expressing one's social connections, including an emerging form of political awareness, he said.
03:40Another mass day of protests is expected to take place across the country on Tuesday,
03:45branded as Act V of the movement, backed by France's major trade unions.
03:49Meanwhile, a separate mass demonstration against the cost-of-living crisis
03:54and rising fuel prices is planned four days later.
04:02At least 36 people have been killed and dozens more injured across Ukraine,
04:08following a wave of Russian strikes since Thursday.
04:12On Friday, authorities in the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia reported
04:16one person was killed by a Russian airstrike while Kramatorsk and Belenki in the Donetsk region
04:23bore the brunt with at least 35 local residents killed on Thursday.
04:29More than 24 civilians were injured in the Russian airstrikes in Kramatorsk,
04:34prompting public transport to be suspended in the area.
04:38Authorities say the casualties were aboard two passenger buses at a public transport stop
04:45when the strike hit.
04:47Video released by Ukrainian police showed various bodies on the streets in Kramatorsk
04:52after the Russian strikes.
04:55Meanwhile, officials in Russia's Belgorod region said four people were killed from drone strikes.
05:01Russia and Ukraine are locked in a long-range aerial war
05:05while their armies remain largely deadlocked on the front line
05:09more than four and a half years since Moscow's full-scale invasion.
05:17The European Union paid an estimated almost 7.9 billion euros
05:23for Russian Arctic liquefied natural gas in the first nine months of this year
05:26despite efforts to end its reliance on Moscow.
05:30The campaign group UrgeVault using data from market intelligence firm Kepler
05:34said EU ports received a record over 12 million tons of LNG
05:38from Russia's Yamal project between January and September.
05:42That was up to 9.5% compared with the same period last year.
05:47Europe also received 85% of all recorded Yamal deliveries during the period.
05:53The figures come despite restrictions already introduced by Brussels.
05:58A ban covering existing short-term Russian LNG contracts took effect in April,
06:02but September deliveries were still slightly higher than a year earlier.
06:07The EU's full ban on Russian LNG under eligible existing long-term contracts
06:11is due to take effect on January 1, 2027.
06:16UrgeVault is calling on the EU to tighten restrictions before then,
06:19particularly on the specialised tankers used to transport Arctic LNG.
06:32French EU lawmaker Rima Hassan has denied a throwing to the floor the EU flag
06:37at a 7th of October commemoration,
06:40stressing she has asked for the CCTV footages to be made available to the press.
06:45Sur ces images, c'est très clair. On me voit de manière assez délicate
06:50décrocher le drapeau israélien du support sur lequel il se trouvait.
06:54Et quelques secondes après, vous avez le support qui bascule en raison d'un déséquilibre.
06:59Et donc c'est comme ça que le drapeau européen finit par tomber.
07:04Mais aucun des drapeaux n'a été ni piétiné, ni jeté, ni dégradé.
07:11Although she supports the commemoration of the victims of the 7th of October attack,
07:16she said she opposes inviting Israeli authorities to the European Parliament.
07:21C'est le rôle de chaque député de pouvoir s'en saisir au vu du contexte,
07:25c'est-à-dire des crimes qui sont commis par Israël, à Gaza, le génocide,
07:29et en Cisjordanie, le nettoyage ethnique.
07:30The French MEP of Palestinian origin has denounced what she called double standards,
07:36with the EU adopting 21 packages of sanctions against Russia, but none against the Israeli state.
07:42The EU has adopted sanctions against some Israeli settler organizations
07:46for supporting violence and violations of Palestinian human rights in the West Bank,
07:51but Hassan denounced, quote, a state policy,
07:53and called the EU to sanction the Israeli state for the situation in Gaza and in the West Bank.
08:03Workers at all former ILVA sites in Italy are set to go on strike on October the 12th.
08:09Unions have announced following Thursday's meeting with the government.
08:13Meanwhile, production at the hot end of the Taranto steelworks was suspended on Friday.
08:18More than 2,000 workers in Italy remain at risk of losing their jobs.
08:25Acciaierie d'Italia has announced that it is the first step in a plan to shut down operations
08:29at plants in Tarento, Genoa and Novi Ligure by November the 15th.
08:34On Friday, all production at the hot end of the Taranto steelworks was suspended
08:39in compliance with a ruling by the Milan Court of Appeal.
08:43The company has 10,000 employees across the country,
08:468,000 of whom are based at the Taranto site.
08:49The shutdown would remain in place until the Court of Cassation rules on the appeals
08:54lodged by ILVA and Acciaierie d'Italia on October the 20th.
08:59The permanent shutdown of the hot end would leave no possibility of a subsequent restart,
09:04marking the definitive end to production.
09:14Russian clubs have returned to European team competitions,
09:17with the comeback taking place in Greece on Thursday evening.
09:20The Russian water polo club, Sintez Kazan, competed in the men's Euro Cup qualifiers in Athens,
09:26marking a significant step in the return of Russian teams to European club competitions
09:30following Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.
09:34According to information obtained by Euronews,
09:38the team's participation was preceded by extensive diplomatic discussions.
09:42At the Serafeo Aquatic Centre in Athens, where the qualifying tournament is being held,
09:46no Russian flags were displayed.
09:48The tournament's promotional poster made no reference to the countries represented
09:52by the participating clubs.
09:54Kazan's players also wore no Russian national symbols on their swimsuits,
09:58water polo caps or team clothing.
10:00The Russian national anthem was not played, nor were the national anthems of any other countries.
10:07However, Russia was announced over the venue's public address system,
10:11marking a symbolic moment in the country's gradual return to European sporting competitions
10:15after more than four years.
10:18Gradually, many international sports federations are easing or have already lifted the sanctions
10:22imposed on Russian athletes and teams,
10:25following guidance issued by the International Olympic Committee over the summer.
10:31Welcome to the gay tournament.
10:32Well, it was a long-time battle,
10:34though we've been engaged in the European� Duncan defense team.
10:37This includes a responsibility for making
10:45the Jordan title to the international tournament.
10:47Unfortunately, we want to do?
10:49Why did R Babylon win against the party?
10:50It was a neat match game.
10:52But we continue to win the game.
10:55We'll do it.
10:55and we will be able to fight for the next match.
