00:00Thousands of students and university workers took to the streets of Vienna to protest against
00:05the government budget cuts and demand a 2 billion euro funding increase for higher education.
00:10Organised by the Austrian Student Union, demonstrators warn that rising inflation and planned budget
00:16shortfalls threaten academic quality, research programmes and student support services.
00:23The mobilisation comes amid a growing wave of student resistance across Europe, where
00:27youth in France, Greece and Germany are protesting classroom overcrowding and rising living costs.
00:34Student unions have given the Austrian government until October 31st to fill the funding gap,
00:41bowing continued public action to defend access to public education.
00:51Also on the Italian island of Procida, supermarket shelves lie empty and
00:56petrol stations have run dry as a national haulier's strike,
01:00oversawing fuel prices severely disrupts basic supplies.
01:04The transport blockade has cut off viral ferry connections and fuel shipments to neighbouring
01:10islands, leaving working class communities struggling to access essential foods and public transit.
01:15Despite severe shortages, many island residents express solidarity with striking drivers who face
01:21prices, crippling diesel prices amid Europe's brooded inflation and energy crisis.
01:27While the Italian government approved tax credits to ease blockades, local supply chains face
01:33prolonged delays before regular deliveries and basic services can fully resume.
01:41The
