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South China Sea: Beijing defiant over weapons deployment claims<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Beijing is embroiled in numerous sovereignty disputes in these waters. <\/p>\n<p>Despite setbacks in international courts, it is pursuing an increasingly assertive policy, causing concern among other regional nations and the United States, which closely monitors China's activities in waters through which one-third of the world's maritime traffic flows. <\/p>\n<p>After a Chinese coast guard ship used a water cannon against a Philippine supply boat on 5 August, Washington renewed a warning that it is obligated to defend its longstanding treaty ally if Filipino forces, aircraft and vessels come under an armed attack, including in the South China 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","url":"eight-people-rescued-from-stranded-cable-car-in-pakistan","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"All eight people stranded in a cable car high above a remote valley in Pakistan have been rescued. \n\nArmy commandos were helped by civilian volunteers in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to reach the remaining three people late on Tuesday. \n\nSix schoolchildren were among those who had been left hanging in the broken cable gondola for nearly 15 hours while their families looked on desperately. \n\nAttaullah Shah was heading to school when the cable car became stuck. \n\n\"When the chairlift was halfway there, its rope broke,\" he explained.\u00a0 \"It was dangling, and I was terrified. \n\n\"I thought it was my last day, and it was over for me.\"\u00a0 \n\nThe daring rescue began with a helicopter plucking two children to safety after almost 12 hours in the air, but as daylight faded, the chopper was forced back to base in the dark. \n\nThen rescuers used the cable keeping the gondola 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desperately.<\/p>\n<p>Attaullah Shah was heading to school when the cable car became stuck.<\/p>\n<p>\"When the chairlift was halfway there, its rope broke,\" he explained.\u00a0 \"It was dangling, and I was terrified.<\/p>\n<p>\"I thought it was my last day, and it was over for me.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The daring rescue began with a helicopter plucking two children to safety after almost 12 hours in the air, but as daylight faded, the chopper was forced back to base in the dark.<\/p>\n<p>Then rescuers used the cable keeping the gondola from plunging into the valley as a zipline to rescue the rest of those stranded late into the night.<\/p>\n<p>Several military helicopters had earlier in the day flown sorties and an airman was lowered by a harness to deliver food, water and medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Cable cars are common across the northern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and are vital in connecting villages and towns in areas where roads cannot be built.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, 10 people were 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What you need to know about India's mission to land on the Moon","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Chandrayaan-3: What you need to know about India's Moon landing","titleListing2":"Chandrayaan-3: What you need to know about India's mission to land on the Moon","leadin":"Just days after Russia's lunar spacecraft Luna-25 crashed into its surface, an Indian mission to reach the Moon's south pole enters its critical phase.","summary":"Just days after Russia's lunar spacecraft Luna-25 crashed into its surface, an Indian mission to reach the Moon's south pole enters its critical phase.","url":"chandrayaan-3-what-you-need-to-know-about-indias-mission-to-land-on-the-moon","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"India's space agency is closing in on an attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, a mission with implications for the country's standing as a space power and for future lunar exploration. \n\nThe Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14 from India's main spaceport in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh. \n\nSince then, it has looped through progressively wider-ranging orbits of Earth, transferred to a lunar orbit, and emerged as a focus of national pride and of global interest after Russia's failed attempt to beat it to a landing on the moon's south pole. \n\nHere are key facts about the Indian Space Research Agency's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission. \n\nWhat's Chandrayaan-3's mission? \n\nThe Chandrayaan-3 is aimed at the lunar south pole, a region with water ice, or frozen water, that could be a source of oxygen, fuel, and water for future Moon missions or a more permanent Moon colony. \n\nIf it lands successfully, the Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface. \n\nThe Chandrayaan-3 lander stands about 2 m tall and has a mass of just over 1,700 kg, roughly on par with an SUV. It's designed to deploy a smaller, 26 kg lunar rover. \n\nNASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement to Reuters that the US space agency was \"looking forward\" to what would be learned from the Indian mission. \n\nWhat challenges does the mission face? \n\nIndia's previous attempt to land on the lunar south pole failed in 2019. \n\nChandrayaan-2 successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander and rover were destroyed in a crash near the site where Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a touchdown. \n\nRough terrain is one of the complications of a south pole landing.\u00a0 \n\nISRO scientists say they have made adjustments that make it more likely the current mission will stick its landing. That includes a system to broaden the potential landing zone. The lander has also been equipped with more fuel and sturdier legs for impact. \n\nRussia's first moon mission in nearly 50 years failed over the weekend when its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon's surface after an uncontrolled orbit. \n\nA private Japanese space startup, ispace, also failed an attempted lunar landing in April. \n\nPolitical and economic stakes are high \n\nA successful mission would make India only the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon, after the former USSR, the United States, and China, and mark its emergence as a space power, just ahead of national elections next year. \n\nPrime Minister Narendra Modi's government is also looking to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses. \n\nIndia wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade. \n\nModi said when the Moon mission launched that ISRO was writing \"a new chapter in India's space odyssey\" and elevating \"the dreams and ambitions of every Indian\". \n\nISRO plans to telecast the planned landing starting from 11.50 am GMT (1.50 pm CET) on Wednesday. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>India's space agency is closing in on an attempt to land a spacecraft on the Moon's south pole, a mission with implications for the country's standing as a space power and for future lunar exploration.<\/p>\n<p>The Chandrayaan-3 mission was launched on July 14 from India's main spaceport in the southern state of Andhra Pradesh.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, it has looped through progressively wider-ranging orbits of Earth, transferred to a lunar orbit, and emerged as a focus of national pride and of global interest after Russia's failed attempt to beat it to a landing on the moon's south pole.<\/p>\n<p>Here are key facts about the Indian Space Research Agency's (ISRO) Chandrayaan-3 mission.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7834186\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//08//20//russias-luna-25-spacecraft-crashes-into-moon-roscosmos-says/">Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon after spinning into uncontrolled orbit<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What's Chandrayaan-3's mission?<\/h2><p>The Chandrayaan-3 is aimed at the lunar south pole, a region with water ice, or frozen water, that could be a source of oxygen, fuel, and water for future Moon missions or a more permanent Moon colony.<\/p>\n<p>If it lands successfully, the Chandrayaan-3 is expected to remain functional for two weeks, running a series of experiments including a spectrometer analysis of the mineral composition of the lunar surface.<\/p>\n<p>The Chandrayaan-3 lander stands about 2 m tall and has a mass of just over 1,700 kg, roughly on par with an SUV. It's designed to deploy a smaller, 26 kg lunar rover.<\/p>\n<p>NASA administrator Bill Nelson said in a statement to Reuters that the US space agency was \"looking forward\" to what would be learned from the Indian mission.<\/p>\n<h2>What challenges does the mission face?<\/h2><p>India's previous attempt to land on the lunar south pole failed in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Chandrayaan-2 successfully deployed an orbiter but its lander and rover were destroyed in a crash near the site where Chandrayaan-3 will attempt a touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Rough terrain is one of the complications of a south pole landing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>ISRO scientists say they have made adjustments that make it more likely the current mission will stick its landing. That includes a system to broaden the potential landing zone. The lander has also been equipped with more fuel and sturdier legs for impact.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's first moon mission in nearly 50 years failed over the weekend when its Luna-25 spacecraft crashed into the Moon's surface after an uncontrolled orbit.<\/p>\n<p>A private Japanese space startup, ispace, also failed an attempted lunar landing in April.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7752200\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//07//14//chandrayaan-3-india-launches-a-lander-and-rover-to-explore-the-moons-surface/">Chandrayaan-3: India launches a lander and rover to explore the moon\u2019s surface<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Political and economic stakes are high<\/h2><p>A successful mission would make India only the fourth country to successfully land on the Moon, after the former USSR, the United States, and China, and mark its emergence as a space power, just ahead of national elections next year.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is also looking to spur investment in private space launches and related satellite-based businesses.<\/p>\n<p>India wants its private space companies to increase their share of the global launch market by fivefold within the next decade.<\/p>\n<p>Modi said when the Moon mission launched that ISRO was writing \"a new chapter in India's space odyssey\" and elevating \"the dreams and ambitions of every Indian\".<\/p>\n<p>ISRO plans to telecast the planned landing starting from 11.50 am GMT (1.50 pm CET) on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692775220,"publishedAt":1692776011,"updatedAt":1692777625,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/23\/chandrayaan-3-what-you-need-to-know-about-indias-mission-to-land-on-the-moon","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/84\/10\/06\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_57ff9282-7bb3-5bbe-84e5-3a64ed464e6d-7841006.jpg","altText":"A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023 in this screengrab from a video released August 6, 2023.","caption":"A view of the moon as viewed by the Chandrayaan-3 lander during Lunar Orbit Insertion on August 5, 2023 in this screengrab from a video released August 6, 2023.","captionCredit":"ISROV via 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","leadin":"The government says that releasing this water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, UN's watchdog, has also approved the project.","summary":"The government says that releasing this water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency, UN's watchdog, has also approved the project.","url":"fukushima-japan-greenlights-water-release-from-nuclear-plant-despite-criticism","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Japan has authorised the release of wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. \n\nMore than 1 million cubic metres of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater will end up in the Pacific Ocean, enough to fill 500 Olympic-size pools. \n\n\nWhy has the release of Fukishima wastewater been criticised? \n\n\nThis plan has drawn intense criticism from China and fear amongst the Japanese population.\u00a0Most of the criticism comes from local fishing groups who fear reputational damage as they struggle to recover from the nuclear disaster. \n\nThe Japanese government, however, says that releasing the water is safe. The International Atomic Energy Agency , the UN's watchdog, has also approved the project, saying the \"discharges of the treated water would have a negligible radiological impact to people and the environment.\" \n\nPrime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government has done everything to ensure the plan's safety, protect the reputation of Japan's fishing industry and clearly explain the scientific basis to gain understanding in and outside the country. \n\nImpact on people and environment is 'negligible' \n\nGroups in South Korea and China have also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue. \n\nChina has banned seafood imports from 10 prefectures in Japan, including Fukushima and the capital, Tokyo. \n\n\"There is an understandable perception that all radioactive materials are always and everywhere dangerous... but not all radioactive materials are dangerous,\" says Tony Irwin, an honorary associate professor at the Australian National University. \n\n\"Nuclear power plants worldwide have routinely discharged water containing tritium for over 60 years without harm to people or the environment, most at higher levels than the 22 TBq per year planned for Fukushima,\" he added. \n\nScientists generally support the IAEA view, but some say long-term impact of the low-dose radioactivity that remains in the water needs attention. \n\nDecades of work to shut down the plant \n\nThat water will contain about 190 becquerels of tritium per litre, below the World Health Organisation drinking limit of 10,000 becquerels per litre, according to Tepco. A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity. \n\nBefore being discharged, the water will be filtered and diluted to be released over 30 years in small quantities. The first batch of 7,800 cubic metres will be poured into the ocean starting Thursday and over about 17 days, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said. \n\nThe government has said that releasing the water was a necessary step, among many others, to decommission the plant, a project that could take decades. \n\nWhat happened at Fukushima? \n\n\nA massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminating their cooling water.\u00a0 \n\nThe water, now amounting to 1.34 million tons, is collected, filtered and stored in about 1,000 tanks, which fill much of the plant's grounds and will reach their capacity in early 2024. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Japan has authorised the release of wastewater from the tsunami-hit Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant.<\/p>\n<p>More than 1 million cubic metres of treated and diluted radioactive wastewater will end up in the Pacific Ocean, enough to fill 500 Olympic-size pools. <\/p>\n<h2>Why has the release of Fukishima wastewater been criticised?<\/h2><p>This plan has drawn intense criticism from <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//07//17//record-breaking-522c-temperature-hit-china-on-sunday-stoking-fears-of-drought/">China and fear amongst the Japanese population.\u00a0Most of the criticism comes from local fishing groups who fear reputational damage as they struggle to recover from the nuclear disaster.<\/p>\n<p>The Japanese government, however, says that releasing the water is safe. The <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//04//the-international-atomic-energy-agency-backs-japans-plan-to-discharge-treated-water-from-f/">International Atomic Energy Agency<\/strong><\/a>, the UN's watchdog, has also approved the project, saying the \"discharges of the treated water would have a negligible radiological impact to people and the environment.\"<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said the government has done everything to ensure the plan's safety, protect the reputation of Japan's fishing industry and clearly explain the scientific basis to gain understanding in and outside the country.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"5903966,6709432\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2021//07//22//could-snakes-hold-the-key-to-tracking-nuclear-radiation/">Snakes are helping scientists monitor radiation from Fukushima<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//18//japan-green-lights-release-of-fukushima-wastewater-but-will-there-be-an-environmental-cost/">Japan green lights release of Fukushima wastewater\u2028, but will there be an environmental cost?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Impact on people and environment is 'negligible'<\/h2><p>Groups in South Korea and China have also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue.<\/p>\n<p>China has banned <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//01//09//even-bleached-coral-reefs-can-provide-nutritious-seafood-scientists-find/">seafood imports from 10 prefectures in Japan, including Fukushima and the capital, Tokyo.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//85//70//808x454_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg/" alt=\"Ahn Young-joon / AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/384x216_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/640x360_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/750x422_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/828x466_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1080x608_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1200x675_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1920x1080_cmsv2_b48b0896-5a76-520f-91e7-8bc797573fc5-7838570.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Environmental activists march during a rally in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. denouncing Japan's planned release of treated radioactive wastewater into the sea.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ahn Young-joon / AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"There is an understandable perception that all <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//05//27//croatia-s-plans-for-radioactive-waste-worry-neighbouring-bosnia/">radioactive materials are always and everywhere dangerous... but not all radioactive materials are dangerous,\" says Tony Irwin, an honorary associate professor at the Australian National University.<\/p>\n<p>\"Nuclear power plants worldwide have routinely discharged water containing tritium for over 60 years without harm to people or the environment, most at higher levels than the 22 TBq per year planned for Fukushima,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Scientists generally support the IAEA view, but some say long-term impact of the low-dose radioactivity that remains in the water needs attention.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7445360,6597908\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//06//dogs-in-chernobyl-could-teach-scientists-how-humans-can-live-under-environmental-assault/">Dogs in Chernobyl could teach scientists how humans can live under \u2018environmental assault\u2019<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//07//chernobyl-why-did-the-nuclear-zone-s-red-forest-defeat-these-russian-troops/">Chernobyl: Why did the nuclear zone's red forest defeat these Russian troops?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Decades of work to shut down the plant<\/h2><p>That <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//18//escaping-pfas-is-nearly-impossible-nearly-half-of-us-tap-water-tainted-with-forever-chemic/">water will contain about 190 becquerels of tritium per litre, below the World Health Organisation drinking limit of 10,000 becquerels per litre, according to Tepco. A becquerel is a unit of radioactivity.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//85//70//808x454_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg/" alt=\"Kyodo News / AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/384x216_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/640x360_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/750x422_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/828x466_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1080x608_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1200x675_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/1920x1080_cmsv2_7b94b7a7-4652-5ace-a796-93fcd49617af-7838570.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An exhaust stack of Fukushima nuclear plant is seen from a fishing port in Namie, Japan Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Local fishing groups fear reputational damage.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kyodo News / AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Before being discharged, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//17//25-countries-now-face-extreme-water-stress-every-year-three-of-them-are-in-europe/">water will be filtered and diluted to be released over 30 years in small quantities. The first batch of 7,800 cubic metres will be poured into the ocean starting Thursday and over about 17 days, the Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) said.<\/p>\n<p>The government has said that releasing the water was a necessary step, among many others, to decommission the plant, a project that could take decades.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened at Fukushima?<\/h2><p>A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2022//01//27//six-cancer-patients-sue-fukushima-nuclear-plant-operator-over-disaster/">Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminating their cooling water.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The water, now amounting to 1.34 million tons, is collected, filtered and stored in about 1,000 tanks, which fill much of the plant's grounds and will reach their capacity in early 2024.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692693275,"publishedAt":1692720051,"updatedAt":1692720095,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2023\/08\/22\/fukushima-japan-greenlights-water-release-from-nuclear-plant-despite-criticism","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/85\/70\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_61a2d896-a110-569a-8d67-cccd5ee55312-7838570.jpg","altText":"Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Okuma town on March 17, 2022. 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","summary":"The transport container is often used by kids going to school through the mountainous region but snapped on its way. ","url":"pakistani-rescuers-try-to-free-6-kids-and-2-men-in-a-cable-car-dangling-hundreds-of-feet-i","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of meters above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke on Tuesday, trapping the occupants for hours before rescuers arrived in helicopters to try to free them. \n\nArmy commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the choppers toward the cable car. An expert warned the rescue was incredibly delicate because the wind created by the helicopters' blades could further weaken cables holding the car aloft. \n\nRelatives of those trapped prayed while anxiously watching the operation unfold. The rescue also transfixed Pakistanis across the country who watched on television. \n\nOne of the cables snapped while the eight people were crossing a river canyon in Battagram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Villagers frequently use cable cars to get to school, government offices or businesses in Pakistan\u2019s mountainous regions, but the cars are often poorly maintained and every year people die or are injured while travelling in them. \n\nHelicopters were sent to attempt to pluck the people from the cable car - but only after they spent six hours precariously suspended 350 meters above ground, according to Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the disaster management authority. \n\nPakistan's caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, ordered the helicopter rescue, Khan said. \n\nTipu Sultan, a retired army brigadier and defence expert, warned that the helicopters themselves could make the situation worse but that the commandos would be well aware of that risk. Khan added that the pilots were flying \u201ccarefully.\u201d \n\n\u201cLet us pray that those trapped in the cable car are safely rescued,\u201d Sultan said. \n\nIn 2017, 10 people were killed when a cable car fell into a ravine hundreds of meters deep in the popular mountain resort of Murree after its cable broke. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangled hundreds of meters above the ground in a remote part of Pakistan after it broke on Tuesday, trapping the occupants for hours before rescuers arrived in helicopters to try to free them.<\/p>\n<p>Army commandos could be seen on local TV trying to lower themselves on ropes from the choppers toward the cable car. An expert warned the rescue was incredibly delicate because the wind created by the helicopters' blades could further weaken cables holding the car aloft.<\/p>\n<p>Relatives of those trapped prayed while anxiously watching the operation unfold. The rescue also transfixed Pakistanis across the country who watched on television.<\/p>\n<p>One of the cables snapped while the eight people were crossing a river canyon in Battagram district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Villagers frequently use cable cars to get to school, government offices or businesses in Pakistan\u2019s mountainous regions, but the cars are often poorly maintained and every year people die or are injured while travelling in them.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693948631148290051\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Helicopters were sent to attempt to pluck the people from the cable car - but only after they spent six hours precariously suspended 350 meters above ground, according to Taimoor Khan, a spokesman for the disaster management authority.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan's caretaker prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, ordered the helicopter rescue, Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>Tipu Sultan, a retired army brigadier and defence expert, warned that the helicopters themselves could make the situation worse but that the commandos would be well aware of that risk. Khan added that the pilots were flying \u201ccarefully.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet us pray that those trapped in the cable car are safely rescued,\u201d Sultan said.<\/p>\n<p>In 2017, 10 people were killed when a cable car fell into a ravine hundreds of meters deep in the popular mountain resort of Murree after its cable broke.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692706841,"publishedAt":1692718139,"updatedAt":1692736385,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/22\/pakistani-rescuers-try-to-free-6-kids-and-2-men-in-a-cable-car-dangling-hundreds-of-feet-i","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/93\/68\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d81ce316-63f1-58d0-81df-d3d5d9ac846e-7839368.jpg","altText":"A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangles hundreds of meters above the ground in the remote Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhhwa, Pakistan on 22, Aug, 2023 ","caption":"A cable car carrying six children and two adults dangles hundreds of meters above the ground in the remote Battagram district, Khyber Pakhtunkhhwa, Pakistan on 22, Aug, 2023 ","captionCredit":"AP\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":6000,"height":4000}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":220,"slug":"pakistan","urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","titleRaw":"Pakistan"},{"id":8905,"slug":"rescue","urlSafeValue":"rescue","title":"Rescue","titleRaw":"Rescue"},{"id":25932,"slug":"cable-car","urlSafeValue":"cable-car","title":"Cable car","titleRaw":"Cable car"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":114200,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":14052713,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/22\/en\/230822_NWSU_52832434_52835226_37000_154325_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":114200,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":19939689,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/22\/en\/230822_NWSU_52832434_52835226_37000_154325_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8nepsx","youtubeId":"wnyETkAOJtE"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":220,"urlSafeValue":"pakistan","title":"Pakistan","url":"\/news\/asia\/pakistan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','gs_science','gs_science_geography','gs_news','gs_news_and_weather','gs_tech'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/22\/pakistani-rescuers-try-to-free-6-kids-and-2-men-in-a-cable-car-dangling-hundreds-of-feet-i","lastModified":1692736385},{"id":2351598,"cid":7838036,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230822_NWSU_52828802","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Japan to start releasing radioactive wastewater from nuclear plant","titleListing2":"Fukushima nuclear plant will start releasing treated radioactive water to sea as early as Thursday","leadin":"A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water. ","summary":"A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water. ","url":"fukushima-nuclear-plant-will-start-releasing-treated-radioactive-water-to-sea-as-early-as-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday \u2014 a controversial but essential early step in the decades of work to shut down the facility 12 years after its meltdown disaster. \n\nPrime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final go-ahead Tuesday at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan and instructed the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, to be ready to start the coastal release Thursday if weather and sea conditions permit. \n\nKishida said at the meeting that the release of the water is essential for the progress of the plant decommissioning and Fukushima prefecture\u2019s recovery from the March 11, 2011, disaster. \n\nHe said the government has done everything for now to ensure the plan's safety, protect the reputation of Japan's fishing industry and clearly explain the scientific basis to gain understanding in and outside the country. He pledged that the government will continue those efforts until the end of the release and decommissioning, which will take decades. \n\n\u201cThe government will take responsibility until the disposal of ALPS-treated water is completed, even if it takes several decades,\" Kishida said. \n\nA massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water. The water, now amounting to 1.34 million tonnes, is collected, filtered and stored in about 1,000 tanks, which fill much of the plant's grounds and will reach their capacity in early 2024. \n\nThe release of the treated wastewater has faced strong opposition from Japanese fishing organizations, which worry about further damage to the reputation of their seafood as they struggle to recover from the nuclear disaster. Groups in South Korea and China have also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue. \n\nThe government and TEPCO say the water must be removed to make room for the plant\u2019s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks from the tanks. \n\nJunichi Matsumoto, TEPCO executive in charge of the water release, said in an interview with the Associated Press last month that the water release marks \u201ca milestone,\u201d but is still only an initial step in a daunting decommissioning process. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday \u2014 a controversial but essential early step in the decades of work to shut down the facility 12 years after its meltdown disaster.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Fumio Kishida gave the final go-ahead Tuesday at a meeting of Cabinet ministers involved in the plan and instructed the operator, Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings, to be ready to start the coastal release Thursday if weather and sea conditions permit.<\/p>\n<p>Kishida said at the meeting that the release of the water is essential for the progress of the plant decommissioning and Fukushima prefecture\u2019s recovery from the March 11, 2011, disaster.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government has done everything for now to ensure the plan's safety, protect the reputation of Japan's fishing industry and clearly explain the scientific basis to gain understanding in and outside the country. He pledged that the government will continue those efforts until the end of the release and decommissioning, which will take decades.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government will take responsibility until the disposal of ALPS-treated water is completed, even if it takes several decades,\" Kishida said.<\/p>\n<p>A massive earthquake and tsunami destroyed the Fukushima Daiichi plant\u2019s cooling systems, causing three of its reactors to melt and contaminate their cooling water. The water, now amounting to 1.34 million tonnes, is collected, filtered and stored in about 1,000 tanks, which fill much of the plant's grounds and will reach their capacity in early 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The release of the treated wastewater has faced strong opposition from Japanese fishing organizations, which worry about further damage to the reputation of their seafood as they struggle to recover from the nuclear disaster. Groups in South Korea and China have also raised concerns, turning it into a political and diplomatic issue.<\/p>\n<p>The government and TEPCO say the water must be removed to make room for the plant\u2019s decommissioning and to prevent accidental leaks from the tanks.<\/p>\n<p>Junichi Matsumoto, TEPCO executive in charge of the water release, said in an interview with the Associated Press last month that the water release marks \u201ca milestone,\u201d but is still only an initial step in a daunting decommissioning process.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692681179,"publishedAt":1692701166,"updatedAt":1692701466,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/22\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-will-start-releasing-treated-radioactive-water-to-sea-as-early-as-","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/80\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_357abc3a-d4b3-5ae0-b01e-3999a002a90d-7838050.jpg","altText":"Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday","caption":"Japan will start releasing treated and diluted radioactive wastewater from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant into the Pacific Ocean as early as Thursday","captionCredit":"\u6cca\u5b97\u4e4b\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":629}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":160,"slug":"japan","urlSafeValue":"japan","title":"Japan","titleRaw":"Japan"},{"id":9355,"slug":"japanese-politics","urlSafeValue":"japanese-politics","title":"Japanese politics","titleRaw":"Japanese politics"},{"id":10701,"slug":"japanese-economy","urlSafeValue":"japanese-economy","title":"Japanese economy","titleRaw":"Japanese economy"},{"id":9649,"slug":"fukushima","urlSafeValue":"fukushima","title":"Fukushima","titleRaw":"Fukushima"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"duration":35000,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":4504418,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/22\/en\/230822_NWSU_52828802_52828825_35000_115328_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"md"},{"duration":35000,"editor":null,"filesizeBytes":6880610,"format":"mp4","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/NW\/SU\/23\/08\/22\/en\/230822_NWSU_52828802_52828825_35000_115328_en.mp4","expiresAt":0,"quality":"hd"}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8negal","youtubeId":"23II-7xJ-2I"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":160,"urlSafeValue":"japan","title":"Japan","url":"\/news\/asia\/japan"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','gs_politics','gt_positive','gs_politics_misc','gs_science','gs_politics_issues_policy'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/22\/fukushima-nuclear-plant-will-start-releasing-treated-radioactive-water-to-sea-as-early-as-","lastModified":1692701466},{"id":2346668,"cid":7824140,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230821_S4WB_52764508","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Meet the young environmentalist sending children to school in Indonesia","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":null,"titleListing2":"Meet the young environmentalist sending children to school","leadin":"In partnership with Media City, Qatar. Poverty remains a stumbling block that prevents many Indonesian children from going to school. One 11-year-old is determined to change that. He does so while protecting the environment too. ","summary":"In partnership with Media City, Qatar. Poverty remains a stumbling block that prevents many Indonesian children from going to school. One 11-year-old is determined to change that. He does so while protecting the environment too. ","url":"meet-the-young-environmentalist-sending-children-to-school","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short films will inspire and amaze, as these young change-makers tell their remarkable stories. \n\nThe tropical island of Bali is famous for its rich culture and stunning natural beauty. The tiny province is a huge attraction for international tourists keen to explore the lush green mountains, magnificent beaches, vast rice fields and enchanting temples. However, the beauty spot is marred by trash problems and is in desperate need of infrastructure or a garbage collection system put in place. \n\n\"The downside is there's loads of plastic everywhere,\" Joseph Wijaya tells SCENES. \n\nThe 11-year-old Bali native doesn't just observe; he intervenes. In 2022, he set up Joseph Recycling, an initiative offering weekly plastic waste pick-up services in different parts of Bali. \n\n\"I have almost 100 clients. I just put a recycling bin there, they put in the recycling, I collect it,\" Joseph explains. \n\nJoseph Recycling's clients segregate recyclable waste into large cloth bags. Joseph says his storage space is full of the trash he collects from restaurants, hotels and domestic homes. \n\nBeing part of the solution \n\nWith the help of his parents and some friends, the waste is sorted and sold to Java, an island to the west of Bali. The payment goes towards sending underprivileged children to school. Joseph came up with the idea while playing with his friends at the beach. \n\n\"They were collecting recycling to sell,\" Joseph recalls, \"mostly cables because it's the most expensive kind of recycling.\" \n\nBefore the pandemic brought tourism to a screeching halt, disadvantaged children were often seen selling trinkets like bracelets to holidaymakers. Several of Joseph's friends turned to other means to supplement their household income or to buy themselves snacks. \n\nA heart of gold \n\n\"After a while, I thought it was unfair that they had to collect stuff to survive. I felt bad for them. They couldn't go to school because they had money issues,\" Joseph says. \n\nAccording to Joseph, a year of schooling costs about $400 per child. He has paid for over 20 children, mostly from an orphanage he frequently visits. \n\n\"Even before I started this project, I would go to the orphanage, and my mom and dad would usually buy lots of food and stuff they needed and bring it there. And we would just play there for a bit,\" says Joseph. \n\nHis aspirations for these children did not stop there. Joseph makes keyrings from bottle caps to boost his earnings and sells them at Sunday markets or eco festivals. \n\nUsing a panini press, Joseph melts bottle caps of various colours and mixes them to get a marble design. He then cuts them into different shapes with a cookie cutter and attaches them to the links and split rings. \n\nA role model \n\nJoseph always aims to do good in the world, and many climate change champions rally in support of him. \n\nDada Bacudo, a climate change expert and senior advisor to the United Nations, saw the potential in Joseph Recycling from the start. \n\n\"From the very first moment I heard of Joseph's project, I knew that this project is going to create an impact because it's a project by a child,\" Dada told SCENES. \n\nEco-entrepreneur Mora Prima Siregar is thrilled to see that Joseph is eager to be part of the solution for pressing environmental and social issues. \n\nMora believes Joseph is a role model and will encourage the younger generation to care for the environment. \n\n\"Thanks to people like Joseph, we see changes in Bali,\" the executive director of Mudfish No Plastic notes. Mora's non-governmental organisation is committed to educating youths and local communities to reduce single-use plastic. \n\nOver time Joseph has been more active in public spaces and often sets up booths at eco festivals and shares fun facts about the environment. He also partners with other like-minded initiatives and spreads the importance of environmental conservation. \n\n\"I love watching and seeing Joseph's evolution and growth,\" says Dada. \n\nWork hard, play hard \n\nFor Joseph, the journey has been a learning curve. He advises other budding young environmentalists to start from zero and continue picking up knowledge - and plastic - along the way. \n\n\"And also try to have fun,\" the young environmentalist added. \n\nJoseph dreams of having more clients participate in his weekly pick-up service and having the proper machines to do his work. He hopes that the fruits of his labour will help all the children in Bali to go to school. \n\n","htmlText":"<p><strong>SCENES shines a spotlight on youth around the world that are breaking down barriers and creating change. The character-driven short films will inspire and amaze, as these young change-makers tell their remarkable stories.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The tropical island of Bali is famous for its rich culture and stunning natural beauty. The tiny province is a huge attraction for international tourists keen to explore the lush green mountains, magnificent beaches, vast rice fields and enchanting temples. However, the beauty spot is marred by trash problems and is in desperate need of infrastructure or a garbage collection system put in place.<\/p>\n<p>\"The downside is there's loads of plastic everywhere,\" Joseph Wijaya tells SCENES.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//41//40//808x454_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg/" alt=\"Jack Lawes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/384x216_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/640x360_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/750x422_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/828x466_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1080x608_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1200x675_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1920x1080_cmsv2_81fdc53d-20ce-5a60-9a92-3e3f119e0755-7824140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Like many places around the world, plastic pollution plagues the island of Bali<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jack Lawes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The 11-year-old Bali native doesn't just observe; he intervenes. In 2022, he set up Joseph Recycling, an initiative offering weekly plastic waste pick-up services in different parts of Bali.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have almost 100 clients. I just put a recycling bin there, they put in the recycling, I collect it,\" Joseph explains.<\/p>\n<p>Joseph Recycling's clients segregate recyclable waste into large cloth bags. Joseph says his storage space is full of the trash he collects from restaurants, hotels and domestic homes.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Being part of the solution<\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//41//40//808x454_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg/" alt=\"Jack Lawes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/384x216_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/640x360_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/750x422_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/828x466_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1080x608_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1200x675_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1920x1080_cmsv2_3b826be6-8177-505f-b94d-e48905cf45b6-7824140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Joseph melts bottle caps to turn into keyrings to sell at eco festivals<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jack Lawes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>With the help of his parents and some friends, the waste is sorted and sold to Java, an island to the west of Bali. The payment goes towards sending underprivileged children to school. Joseph came up with the idea while playing with his friends at the beach.<\/p>\n<p>\"They were collecting recycling to sell,\" Joseph recalls, \"mostly cables because it's the most expensive kind of recycling.\"<\/p>\n<p>Before the pandemic brought tourism to a screeching halt, disadvantaged children were often seen selling trinkets like bracelets to holidaymakers. Several of Joseph's friends turned to other means to supplement their household income or to buy themselves snacks.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>A heart of gold<\/strong><\/h2><p>\"After a while, I thought it was unfair that they had to collect stuff to survive. I felt bad for them. They couldn't go to school because they had money issues,\" Joseph says.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6654954321855235\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//41//40//808x539_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg/" alt=\"Jack Lawes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/384x256_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/640x426_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/750x499_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/828x551_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1080x719_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1200x799_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1920x1278_cmsv2_bd8aa5bd-d4af-564e-b1a0-eea3afe328f2-7824140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Joseph pays the school fees for children at an orphanage with the money he makes from recycling<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jack Lawes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to Joseph, a year of schooling costs about $400 per child. He has paid for over 20 children, mostly from an orphanage he frequently visits.<\/p>\n<p>\"Even before I started this project, I would go to the orphanage, and my mom and dad would usually buy lots of food and stuff they needed and bring it there. And we would just play there for a bit,\" says Joseph.<\/p>\n<p>His aspirations for these children did not stop there. Joseph makes keyrings from bottle caps to boost his earnings and sells them at Sunday markets or eco festivals.<\/p>\n<p>Using a panini press, Joseph melts bottle caps of various colours and mixes them to get a marble design. He then cuts them into different shapes with a cookie cutter and attaches them to the links and split rings.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7743410,7574330,7672222\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//07//17//meet-the-pakistani-headmaster-whose-classroom-is-a-park/">Meet the Pakistani headmaster whose classroom is a park<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//05//15//meet-the-brothers-taking-charge-of-trash-in-india/">Meet the brothers taking charge of trash in India<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//19//meet-the-refugees-improving-the-lives-of-fellow-refugees-in-kenya/">Meet the refugees improving the lives of fellow refugees in Kenya<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>A role model<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Joseph always aims to do good in the world, and many climate change champions rally in support of him.<\/p>\n<p>Dada Bacudo, a climate change expert and senior advisor to the United Nations, saw the potential in Joseph Recycling from the start.<\/p>\n<p>\"From the very first moment I heard of Joseph's project, I knew that this project is going to create an impact because it's a project by a child,\" Dada told SCENES.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//41//40//808x454_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg/" alt=\"Jack Lawes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/384x216_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/640x360_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/750x422_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/828x466_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1080x608_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1200x675_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1920x1080_cmsv2_a8367a1e-65d4-583f-8527-b785e7551a90-7824140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Joseph participates at eco festivals and collaborates with like-minded initiatives to spread conservation<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jack Lawes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Eco-entrepreneur Mora Prima Siregar is thrilled to see that Joseph is eager to be part of the solution for pressing environmental and social issues.<\/p>\n<p>Mora believes Joseph is a role model and will encourage the younger generation to care for the environment.<\/p>\n<p>\"Thanks to people like Joseph, we see changes in Bali,\" the executive director of Mudfish No Plastic notes. Mora's non-governmental organisation is committed to educating youths and local communities to reduce single-use plastic.<\/p>\n<p>Over time Joseph has been more active in public spaces and often sets up booths at eco festivals and shares fun facts about the environment. He also partners with other like-minded initiatives and spreads the importance of environmental conservation.<\/p>\n<p>\"I love watching and seeing Joseph's evolution and growth,\" says Dada.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Work hard, play hard<\/strong><\/h2><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5610972568578554\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//41//40//808x454_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg/" alt=\"Jack Lawes\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/384x215_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/640x359_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/750x421_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/828x465_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1080x606_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1200x673_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/41\/40\/1920x1077_cmsv2_e34cc237-aa80-58c4-a908-2bafc0d39359-7824140.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In the future, Joseph hopes to expand his recycling business so that he can pay for more children to go to school<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jack Lawes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>For Joseph, the journey has been a learning curve. 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Eight fighters killed by Russian strikes on a rebel zone, says NGO ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Syria: Eight fighters killed by Russian strikes on a rebel zone","titleListing2":"Syria: Eight fighters killed by Russian strikes on a rebel zone, says NGO ","leadin":"According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attacks occurred early Monday on the north-western outskirts of the city of Idlib.","summary":"According to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, the attacks occurred early Monday on the north-western outskirts of the city of Idlib.","url":"syria-eight-fighters-killed-by-russian-strikes-on-a-rebel-zone-says-ngo","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"At least eight anti-regime fighters were killed by Russian air strikes on the last major rebel stronghold in northwest Syria. \n\nAccording to the NGO the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), \"Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes on the western outskirts of the city of Idlib, targeting a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) military base\". \n\n\"At least eight fighters\" from this jihadist group were killed, added Rami Abdel Rahmane, director of the UK-based SOHR, which has an extensive network of sources in Syria. \n\nSeveral other fighters were wounded, according to the NGO. \n\nAn AFP correspondent in Idlib said the strikes had targeted an agricultural area in the region, the last major rebel stronghold in north-west Syria, partly controlled by the jihadist group HTS. \n\nHTS fighters deployed around the targets and barred journalists from entering. \n\nRussia is the main supporter of President Bashar al-Assad's regime and has been intervening militarily in Syria since 2015. \n\nHayat Tahrir al-Sham, which stems from the former local branch of al-Qaeda, is the main group active in these territories, where other less influential rebel factions are also present, supported to varying degrees by Turkey. \n\nWith the support of Russia and Iran, the Syrian regime has recaptured most of the territory lost at the start of the war, which began in 2011 with the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations. \n\nThe Idlib region is subject to a ceasefire negotiated by Russia and Turkey after a regime offensive in March 2020. \n\nDespite repeated violations, the ceasefire is generally being respected. \n\nThe war in Syria, which began in 2011 with the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations, has claimed more than half a million lives and displaced around 13 million people. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least eight anti-regime fighters were killed by Russian air strikes on the last major rebel stronghold in northwest Syria.<\/p>\n<p>According to the NGO the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), \"Russian warplanes carried out airstrikes on the western outskirts of the city of Idlib, targeting a Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) military base\".<\/p>\n<p>\"At least eight fighters\" from this jihadist group were killed, added Rami Abdel Rahmane, director of the UK-based SOHR, which has an extensive network of sources in Syria.<\/p>\n<p>Several other fighters were wounded, according to the NGO.<\/p>\n<p>An AFP correspondent in Idlib said the strikes had targeted an agricultural area in the region, the last major rebel stronghold in north-west Syria, partly controlled by the jihadist group HTS.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1693523045389123846\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>HTS fighters deployed around the targets and barred journalists from entering.<\/p>\n<p>Russia is the main supporter of President Bashar al-Assad's regime and has been intervening militarily in Syria since 2015.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7706802\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n 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demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The Idlib region is subject to a ceasefire negotiated by Russia and Turkey after a regime offensive in March 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Despite repeated violations, the ceasefire is generally being respected.<\/p>\n<p>The war in Syria, which began in 2011 with the repression of pro-democracy demonstrations, has claimed more than half a million lives and displaced around 13 million people.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692598482,"publishedAt":1692611489,"updatedAt":1692612007,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/21\/syria-eight-fighters-killed-by-russian-strikes-on-a-rebel-zone-says-ngo","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/55\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0aabf8d1-958b-5c00-8300-7eceaf0814ba-7835538.jpg","altText":"Screenshot Russian airstrike on northwest Syria rebel base","caption":"Screenshot Russian airstrike on northwest Syria rebel base","captionCredit":"\u0441\u043a\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0448\u043e\u0442 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of absolute horror': Saudi border guards guilty of mass killings of migrants, says HRW","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Saudi border guards guilty of mass killings of migrants, says HRW","titleListing2":"\"I saw people killed in ways I could never have imagined.\" Human Rights Watch condemns the Saudi mass killing of Ethiopian migrants at the Yemen-Saudi border.","leadin":"Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the border were killed by Saudi guards between March 2022 and June 2023.","summary":"Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers who tried to cross the border were killed by Saudi guards between March 2022 and June 2023.","url":"scenes-of-absolute-horror-saudi-border-guards-guilty-of-mass-killings-of-migrants-says-hrw","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"\u201cI saw people killed in a way I have never imagined.\u201d Last February, 14-year-old Hamdiya was trying to cross the Yemen-Saudi border with a group of 60 people when she heard the gunfire. \n\n\u201cI saw 30 people killed on the spot.\u201d \n\nAfter witnessing the scene, Hamdiya was in shock. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened after that,\u201d she said. \u201cI could feel people sleeping around me. Then I realised they were actually dead bodies.\u201d \n\nHer testimony is part of Human Rights Watch's (HRW) latest report alleging mass killings of migrants at the Yemen-Saudi border by Saudi border guards. The investigation suggests that systematic abuses against Ethiopians may amount to crimes against humanity. \n\nHundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers crossing the border were killed between March 2022 and June 2023. \n\nHamdiya can now tell her story from the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, where she arrived with the help of other migrants. Although she survived the attack, she says she is psychologically scarred. \n\n\u201cI can\u2019t sleep now. During the night I am so scared. I prefer people to stay awake and talk to me.\u201d \n\nMigrants targeted with explosives \n\nOther ten people interviewed by HRW estimated that from 11 attempted crossings with a total of 1,278 migrants, they had seen at least 655 deaths. \n\n\"There are definitely many more deaths because it's impossible to get an accurate figure. It's an inaccessible area and we are interviewing people who have just fled a scene of absolute horror, they're devastated,\" Nadia Hardman , a researcher in the refugee and migrant rights division at HRW, told Euronews. \n\nOne of the survivors explained that from his group of more than170 people, 90 were killed: \u201cSome returned to that place to pick up the dead bodies.\u201d \n\nThe report states that Saudi border guards have used \u201cexplosive weapons\u201d to kill many migrants at close range, including women and children. \n\n\u201cHRW has been documenting killings since 2014, but they were irregular and infrequent. When we started investigating, we didn\u2019t expect this to be so gore,\u201d Hardman said. \n\n\"We didn't expect to say that (the killings) are widespread and systematic and could amount to a crime against humanity because the scale is incredible,\" she added. \n\nAccording to HRW\u2019s findings, in a number of situations, Saudi border guards asked migrants which part of their body to shoot, and then shot them at a close range. They also fired explosive weapons at migrants trying to flee back to Yemen. \n\nAll this while Saudi Arabia has \u201cinvested heavily in deflecting attention from its abysmal human rights record at home and abroad\u201d, spending billions of dollars on major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events. \n\nA lethal route \n\nThe Somalia-Yemen-Saudi Arabia route is one of the most dangerous in the world. Many Ethiopians try to cross the Somali border and then set sail for Yemen. From there, they cross into Saudi Arabia in search of a better life. \n\nThe devastating war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, coupled with socio-economic reasons, drive hundreds of thousands of people to take this route, where 90% of migrants are Ethiopian. \n\nIt is estimated that approximately 750,000 of them live and work in Saudi Arabia. \n\n\u201cEthiopians don\u2019t have much choice. There\u2019s a smuggling and trafficking network that is quite polished and there\u2019s the promise of job opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Those job opportunities do exist,\u201d said Hardman. \n\n\"It's always been understood that this is an extremely dangerous route, but I don't think people are aware of the level of brutality and the extent of the deaths,\" she added. \n\nAccording to the International Organisation for Migration, only 30% of those trying to find work in Saudi Arabia are aware that Yemen - the country they must cross - is in its sixth year of conflict. \n\nThis leads to abuses not only by the Saudi border police, but also by the Houthi armed group in Yemen, who have detained migrants in poor conditions and subjected them to torture. \n\nHouthi forces would often \u201cextort bribes\u201d from the migrants \"abusing people until they could pay an exit fee\u201d. \n\n\u2018Voices pleading not to leave them\u2019 \n\nOf the 42 people interviewed by HRW who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border, all described scenes of horror. \n\nSeriously injured, mutilated or already dead women, men and children littered the mountainous landscape. \n\n\u201cFirst I was eating with people and then they were dying,\u201d said one of the testimonies collected by HWR. \u201cThere are some people who you cannot identify because their bodies are thrown everywhere. Some people were torn in half.\u201d \n\nThe organisation has gathered visual evidence, which it has cross-checked with members of the Independent Forensic Expert Group of the International Rehabilitation Council for Victims of Torture, to corroborate the migrants' accounts. \n\nOne of the things Hardman will not forget is the migrants' sense of guilt. \n\n\u201cIf they survived the attack, they fled. But there were people dying and they knew they couldn\u2019t save them. Many migrants told me they could still remember all of the voices of the people pleading them not to leave them.\u201d \n\nEuronews contacted the Saudi Arabian government for comment. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>\u201cI saw people killed in a way I have never imagined.\u201d Last February, 14-year-old Hamdiya was trying to cross the Yemen-Saudi border with a group of 60 people when she heard the gunfire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI saw 30 people killed on the spot.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After witnessing the scene, Hamdiya was in shock. \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened after that,\u201d she said. \u201cI could feel people sleeping around me. Then I realised they were actually dead bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her testimony is part of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hrw.org//node//385697/">Human Rights Watch's (HRW) latest report<\/strong><\/a> alleging mass killings of migrants at the Yemen-Saudi border by Saudi border guards. The investigation suggests that systematic abuses against Ethiopians may amount to crimes against humanity.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of Ethiopian migrants and asylum seekers crossing the border were killed between March 2022 and June 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Hamdiya can now tell her story from the Yemeni capital, Sana'a, where she arrived with the help of other migrants. Although she survived the attack, she says she is psychologically scarred.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t sleep now. During the night I am so scared. I prefer people to stay awake and talk to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//13//18//808x539_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg/" alt=\"Nariman El-Mofty/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">In this July 26, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian migrants disembark from a boat onto the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, determined to reach Saudi Arabia.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Nariman El-Mofty/Copyright 2019 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Migrants targeted with explosives<\/h2><p>Other ten people interviewed by HRW estimated that from 11 attempted crossings with a total of 1,278 migrants, they had seen at least 655 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are definitely many more deaths because it's impossible to get an accurate figure. It's an inaccessible area and we are interviewing people who have just fled a scene of absolute horror, they're devastated,\" <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.hrw.org//about//people//nadia-hardman/">Nadia Hardman<\/strong><\/a>, a researcher in the refugee and migrant rights division at HRW, told Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>One of the survivors explained that from his group of more than170 people, 90 were killed: \u201cSome returned to that place to pick up the dead bodies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report states that Saudi border guards have used \u201cexplosive weapons\u201d to kill many migrants at close range, including women and children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHRW has been documenting killings since 2014, but they were irregular and infrequent. When we started investigating, we didn\u2019t expect this to be so gore,\u201d Hardman said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We didn't expect to say that (the killings) are widespread and systematic and could amount to a crime against humanity because the scale is incredible,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to HRW\u2019s findings, in a number of situations, Saudi border guards asked migrants which part of their body to shoot, and then shot them at a close range. They also fired explosive weapons at migrants trying to flee back to Yemen.<\/p>\n<p>All this while Saudi Arabia has \u201cinvested heavily in deflecting attention from its abysmal human rights record at home and abroad\u201d, spending billions of dollars on major entertainment, cultural, and sporting events.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6647264260768335\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//13//18//808x539_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg/" alt=\"Graphic Human Rights Watch\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/384x255_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/640x425_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/750x499_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/828x550_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1080x718_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1200x798_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1920x1276_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Map of the migration route from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia through Yemen.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Graphic Human Rights Watch<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>A lethal route<\/h2><p>The Somalia-Yemen-Saudi Arabia route is one of the most dangerous in the world. Many Ethiopians try to cross the Somali border and then set sail for Yemen. From there, they cross into Saudi Arabia in search of a better life.<\/p>\n<p>The devastating war in Ethiopia's Tigray region, coupled with socio-economic reasons, drive hundreds of thousands of people to take this route, where 90% of migrants are Ethiopian.<\/p>\n<p>It is estimated that approximately 750,000 of them live and work in Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEthiopians don\u2019t have much choice. There\u2019s a smuggling and trafficking network that is quite polished and there\u2019s the promise of job opportunities in Saudi Arabia. Those job opportunities do exist,\u201d said Hardman.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's always been understood that this is an extremely dangerous route, but I don't think people are aware of the level of brutality and the extent of the deaths,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Organisation for Migration, only 30% of those trying to find work in Saudi Arabia are aware that Yemen - the country they must cross - is in its sixth year of conflict.<\/p>\n<p>This leads to abuses not only by the Saudi border police, but also by the Houthi armed group in Yemen, who have detained migrants in poor conditions and subjected them to torture.<\/p>\n<p>Houthi forces would often \u201cextort bribes\u201d from the migrants \"abusing people until they could pay an exit fee\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//83//13//18//808x539_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg/" alt=\"Hani Mohammed/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/384x256_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/640x427_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/750x500_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/828x552_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1080x720_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1200x800_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/1920x1281_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ethiopian migrants wait to be evacuated at departure center in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia and Yemen.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Hani Mohammed/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018Voices pleading not to leave them\u2019<\/h2><p>Of the 42 people interviewed by HRW who tried to cross the Yemen-Saudi border, all described scenes of horror.<\/p>\n<p>Seriously injured, mutilated or already dead women, men and children littered the mountainous landscape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst I was eating with people and then they were dying,\u201d said one of the testimonies collected by HWR. \u201cThere are some people who you cannot identify because their bodies are thrown everywhere. Some people were torn in half.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The organisation has gathered visual evidence, which it has cross-checked with members of the Independent Forensic Expert Group of the International Rehabilitation Council for Victims of Torture, to corroborate the migrants' accounts.<\/p>\n<p>One of the things Hardman will not forget is the migrants' sense of guilt.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf they survived the attack, they fled. But there were people dying and they knew they couldn\u2019t save them. Many migrants told me they could still remember all of the voices of the people pleading them not to leave them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Euronews contacted the Saudi Arabian government for comment.<\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692363828,"publishedAt":1692590501,"updatedAt":1692607011,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/21\/scenes-of-absolute-horror-saudi-border-guards-guilty-of-mass-killings-of-migrants-says-hrw","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_01288bf4-71bc-5bfd-ab56-35ecd69e242d-7831318.jpg","altText":"FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 file photo, Ethiopian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits in between two others after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the in airport Addis Ababa","caption":"FILE - In this Friday, Dec. 22, 2017 file photo, Ethiopian Zeynu Abebe, 19, sits in between two others after being deported from Saudi Arabia, at the in airport Addis Ababa","captionCredit":"AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"height":900},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_432ec564-46cc-598b-8931-9515650aeb9e-7831318.jpg","altText":"Ethiopian migrants wait to be evacuated at departure center in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia and Yemen.","caption":"Ethiopian migrants wait to be evacuated at departure center in the western Yemeni town of Haradh, on the border with Saudi Arabia and Yemen.","captionCredit":"Hani Mohammed\/AP","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ef551b4f-52b0-579c-a004-db2217c46a2a-7831318.jpg","altText":"Map of the migration route from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia through Yemen.","caption":"Map of the migration route from Ethiopia to Saudi Arabia through Yemen.","captionCredit":"Graphic Human Rights Watch ","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1718,"height":1142},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/13\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a3e405af-1afe-5816-bf93-c2a9dc979c22-7831318.jpg","altText":"In this July 26, 2019 file photo, Ethiopian migrants disembark from a boat onto the shores of Ras al-Ara, Lahj, Yemen, determined to reach oil-rich Saudi Arabia. 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Palestinians kill two Israelis in a gun attack at a car wash ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Suspected Palestinians kill two Israelis in car wash gun attack","titleListing2":"Suspected Palestinians kill two Israelis in a gun attack at a car wash as the cycle of violence goes on","leadin":"Israeli soldiers are searching for the attackers who shot two Israeli civilians dead at a car wash in the West Bank as the cycle of violence continues.","summary":"Israeli soldiers are searching for the attackers who shot two Israeli civilians dead at a car wash in the West Bank as the cycle of violence continues.","url":"suspected-palestinians-kill-two-israelis-in-a-gun-attack-at-a-car-wash","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The Israeli military is searching for the attackers and setting up roadblocks near Hawara, a flashpoint area in the northern West Bank. \n\nThe town has seen repeated gun attacks as well as a rampage by Jewish settlers who torched Palestinian property. \n\nThe official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that the army had closed key entrances to the main northern West Bank city of Nablus and that soldiers were forcing businesses to close as they searched for the suspected attackers. \n\n\nHamas spokesman Abdul Latif al-Qanou said the attack was the \"result of the resistance's continuous promise to defend our people and respond to the crimes of the occupation.\" \n\nThe West Bank has seen a surge in violence since early last year, with a string of attacks by Palestinians on Israeli targets, repeated Israeli army raids and violence by Jewish settlers against Palestinian communities. \n\nThis latest incident comes after a 19-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds following an Israeli military raid in the West Bank on Wednesday. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Israeli military is searching for the attackers and setting up roadblocks near Hawara, a flashpoint area in the northern West Bank. <\/p>\n<p>The town has seen repeated gun attacks as well as a rampage by Jewish settlers who torched Palestinian property. <\/p>\n<p>The official Palestinian news agency, Wafa, reported that the army had closed key entrances to the main northern West Bank city of Nablus and that soldiers were forcing businesses to close as they searched for the suspected attackers. <\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7724876,7819508,7776534\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//03//israeli-strikes-in-the-occupied-west-bank-kill-at-least-eight/">Israeli strikes in the occupied West Bank kill at least eight<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a 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latest incident comes after a 19-year-old Palestinian died of his wounds following an Israeli military raid in the West Bank on Wednesday.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692458350,"publishedAt":1692463041,"updatedAt":1692463505,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/19\/suspected-palestinians-kill-two-israelis-in-a-gun-attack-at-a-car-wash","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/33\/14\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b305add4-6af5-5721-88d6-14fb45c050a4-7833314.jpg","altText":"Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian car at the Hawara check point in the West Bank, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023","caption":"Israeli soldiers check a Palestinian car at the Hawara check point in the West Bank, Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023","captionCredit":"Nasser Nasser\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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About 90% of the country's residents are Buddhist. \n\nThe news report said that Nusbaumer wrote, filmed and edited the 75-minute movie \"Don't Expect Anything,\" which was posted on YouTube on July 24th. Short clips from the movie spread on social media including on TikTok and Facebook, drawing rebukes from Buddhist nationalists in Myanmar. \n\n\"Although the people in the film's main roles are Buddhist, they behaved inappropriately and degraded the dignity and morals of monks through their physical gestures and dialogue,\" the media report said. \n\nForbidden \n\nNusbaumer is not the first foreigner to be detained in Myanmar after being accused of insulting Buddhism. \n\n\nIn March 2015, a New Zealand citizen who was arrested with two Myanmar nationals was sentenced to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment with hard labor for insulting Buddhism in an online advertisement that showed a psychedelic depiction of Buddha wearing DJ-style headphones. He was deported the following year. \n\nIn October 2016, a Dutch tourist was jailed for three months with hard labor for insulting Buddhism after he unplugged a loudspeaker used by Buddhist monks to broadcast a late-night sermon in the country's second-largest city, Mandalay. He was deported after serving his jail term. \n\nIn the same year, a Spanish tourist was deported from Myanmar after authorities found a tattoo of Buddha on his leg. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A Swiss citizen was arrested in military-ruled Myanmar for creating a film that allegedly insulted Buddhism, state media reported Saturday. <\/p>\n<p>Didier Nusbaumer, 52, was arrested on August\u00a08th along with 13 Myanmar nationals, including a 12-year-old girl, Myanma Alinn newspaper said.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not say where any of the suspects were being held. <\/p>\n<p>Buddhist-majority Myanmar has been ruled by its army since February 2021, when it seized power from the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi.<\/p>\n<p>Insulting Buddhism is a punishable offence in Myanmar, where religious nationalism has surged in recent years. About 90% of the country's residents are Buddhist.<\/p>\n<p>The news report said that Nusbaumer wrote, filmed and edited the 75-minute movie \"Don't Expect Anything,\" which was posted on YouTube on July 24th. Short clips from the movie spread on social media including on TikTok and Facebook, drawing rebukes from Buddhist nationalists in Myanmar.<\/p>\n<p>\"Although the people in the film's main roles are Buddhist, they behaved inappropriately and degraded the dignity and morals of monks through their physical gestures and dialogue,\" the media report said.<\/p>\n<h2>Forbidden<\/h2><p>Nusbaumer is not the first foreigner to be detained in Myanmar after being accused of insulting Buddhism. <\/p>\n<p>In March 2015, a New Zealand citizen who was arrested with two Myanmar nationals was sentenced to two-and-a-half years' imprisonment with hard labor for insulting Buddhism in an online advertisement that showed a psychedelic depiction of Buddha wearing DJ-style headphones. He was deported the following year.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2016, a Dutch tourist was jailed for three months with hard labor for insulting Buddhism after he unplugged a loudspeaker used by Buddhist monks to broadcast a late-night sermon in the country's second-largest city, Mandalay. He was deported after serving his jail term.<\/p>\n<p>In the same year, a Spanish tourist was deported from Myanmar after authorities found a tattoo of Buddha on his leg.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692441723,"publishedAt":1692442883,"updatedAt":1692442887,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/19\/swiss-man-arrested-in-myanmar-for-allegedly-insulting-buddhism-in-film","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/28\/92\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_0d083b7f-7a76-589a-b6d2-8b2f155b9959-7832892.jpg","altText":"A Myanmar soldier hoists a national flag in Yangon.","caption":"A Myanmar soldier hoists a national flag in Yangon.","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":5000,"height":2813}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":267,"slug":"switzerland","urlSafeValue":"switzerland","title":"Switzerland","titleRaw":"Switzerland"},{"id":203,"slug":"myanmar","urlSafeValue":"myanmar","title":"Myanmar","titleRaw":"Myanmar"},{"id":13088,"slug":"buddhism","urlSafeValue":"buddhism","title":"Buddhism","titleRaw":"Buddhism"},{"id":8333,"slug":"freedom-of-speech","urlSafeValue":"freedom-of-speech","title":"Freedom of speech","titleRaw":"Freedom of speech"}],"widgets":[],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":203,"urlSafeValue":"myanmar","title":"Myanmar","url":"\/news\/asia\/myanmar"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gb_crime_edu','gb_crime_high_med_low','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_busfin','gs_law','gs_politics','gs_busfin_indus','gs_society_religion','neg_facebook_2021','gs_politics_issues_policy','sm_politics','gs_politics_misc','gs_tech_compute_net','neg_facebook','gv_crime','neg_nespresso','neg_facebook_q4','gt_negative'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/19\/swiss-man-arrested-in-myanmar-for-allegedly-insulting-buddhism-in-film","lastModified":1692442887},{"id":2349122,"cid":7831558,"versionId":3,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230818_HLSU_52799757","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Can AI predict your 'true' age and how long you'll live using just chest X-rays?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Can AI predict how long you'll live just from looking at chest X-rays?","titleListing2":"Ageing gracefully? AI could tell what your 'true' age is and how long you'll live using just X-rays","leadin":"A new study showed that artificial intelligence (AI) can estimate a healthy individual\u2019s age from a chest radiograph.","summary":"A new study showed that artificial intelligence (AI) can estimate a healthy individual\u2019s age from a chest radiograph.","url":"ageing-gracefully-ai-can-predict-what-your-true-age-is-and-how-long-youll-live-using-just-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can read chest X-rays to determine a person\u2019s biological age. \n\nIn a new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal, researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan found that the higher the AI-estimated age compared to a person\u2019s actual age, the more likely the individuals were to have a chronic disease. \n\n\"Our results suggest that chest radiography-based apparent age may accurately reflect health conditions beyond chronological age,\" said graduate student and study author Yasuhito Mitsuyama in a statement. \n\n\"We aim to further develop this research and apply it to estimate the severity of chronic diseases, to predict life expectancy, and to forecast possible surgical complications\". \n\nIn order to create an AI model that can read chest radiographs or X-rays, the researchers used more than 67,000 chest radiographs obtained between 2008 and 2011 from healthy individuals across multiple institutions. \n\nFor healthy individuals, there was a strong correlation between the AI-estimated age and the person\u2019s chronological age. \n\nHigher age compared to a person's actual age \n\nThe researchers also tested more than 34,000 chest radiographs from patients with known diseases. \n\nThey determined that the AI-estimated model gave a higher age compared to the person\u2019s actual age for certain chronic diseases such as hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), liver disease, lung disease, and chronic renal failure. \n\nThere was little correlation, however, for acute diseases, such as ones that are more recent infections like pneumonia. \n\n\"This result means that our AI captures chronic changes rather than acute changes in chest radiography, which is reasonable because ageing results from chronic changes that accumulate over time,\" the study authors said. \n\nThe authors said that this AI model could serve as an indicator for age-related diseases and help with early detection and intervention. \n\nBut they called for further research to confirm causality, compare the AI model with other biological age markers, and study other ethnic groups. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Scientists have developed an artificial intelligence (AI) model that can read chest X-rays to determine a person\u2019s biological age.<\/p>\n<p>In a new study published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity journal, researchers from Osaka Metropolitan University in Japan found that the higher the AI-estimated age compared to a person\u2019s actual age, the more likely the individuals were to have a chronic disease.<\/p>\n<p>\"Our results suggest that chest radiography-based apparent age may accurately reflect health conditions beyond chronological age,\" said graduate student and study author Yasuhito Mitsuyama in a statement.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7798542\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//08//03//surgeons-successfully-restore-touch-and-movement-in-quadriplegic-man-using-ai-brain-implan/">Surgeons successfully restore touch and movement in quadriplegic man using AI brain implants<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We aim to further develop this research and apply it to estimate the severity of chronic diseases, to predict life expectancy, and to forecast possible surgical complications\".<\/p>\n<p>In order to create an AI model that can read chest radiographs or X-rays, the researchers used more than 67,000 chest radiographs obtained between 2008 and 2011 from healthy individuals across multiple institutions.<\/p>\n<p>For healthy individuals, there was a strong correlation between the AI-estimated age and the person\u2019s chronological age.<\/p>\n<h2>Higher age compared to a person's actual age<\/h2><p>The researchers also tested more than 34,000 chest radiographs from patients with known diseases.<\/p>\n<p>They determined that the AI-estimated model gave a higher age compared to the person\u2019s actual age for certain chronic diseases such as hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), liver disease, lung disease, and chronic renal failure.<\/p>\n<p>There was little correlation, however, for acute diseases, such as ones that are more recent infections like pneumonia.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7405044\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//02//18//threats-misinformation-and-gaslighting-the-unhinged-messages-bing-is-sending-its-users-rig/">'I want to be alive': Has Microsoft's AI chatbot become sentient?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"This result means that our AI captures chronic changes rather than acute changes in chest radiography, which is reasonable because ageing results from chronic changes that accumulate over time,\" the study authors said.<\/p>\n<p>The authors said that this AI model could serve as an indicator for age-related diseases and help with early detection and intervention.<\/p>\n<p>But they called for further research to confirm causality, compare the AI model with other biological age markers, and study other ethnic groups.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692367169,"publishedAt":1692441048,"updatedAt":1692703808,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/19\/ageing-gracefully-ai-can-predict-what-your-true-age-is-and-how-long-youll-live-using-just-","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/83\/15\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c8a8ccd7-fdd1-5eb7-abc0-b32668904a89-7831558.jpg","altText":"A doctor looks at a chest radiograph.","caption":"A doctor looks at a chest 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What's up with the anti-Zelenskyy billboard in Tokyo?","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Fact-check: What's up with the anti-Zelenskyy billboard in Tokyo?","titleListing2":"Fact-check: What's up with the anti-Zelenskyy billboard in Tokyo?","leadin":"Did Japanese authorities really put up an anti-Zelenskyy billboard demanding the president stop the war in Ukraine? ","summary":"Did Japanese authorities really put up an anti-Zelenskyy billboard demanding the president stop the war in Ukraine? ","url":"fact-check-whats-up-with-the-anti-zelenskyy-billboard-in-tokyo","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It\u2019s a viral social media post that\u2019s been seen millions of times on different platforms, published in multiple languages .\u00a0 \n\nIt alleges to show an advertisement \u00a0broadcast in a busy street in Japan that says in English: \u201cStop Zelenskyy, stop the war.\" \n\nBut by doing a reverse image search, Euronews found the original clip on Youtube posted in October 2020, more than a year before Russia invaded Ukraine.\u00a0 \n\nThe account that published this video claims \u201cto share the virtualised experience of being in Japan, and hopes to provide a slice of everyday life of what it's really like to be there.\u201d \n\nThe description of the video on Youtube says this clip was filmed in Shibuya, a neighbourhood in Tokyo.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nThe viral clip posted on Twitter appears to start around the 21:20 second mark into the original Youtube video.\u00a0 \n\nHow do we know it\u2019s the same clip? Apart from the easily recognisable tracking shot, there are other clues.\u00a0 \n\nFor example, the black taxi and the yellow one on the left. The man in a suit crossing the road on the bottom right of the clip is also the same.\u00a0 \n\nAlso, the motorbike parked at the pedestrian crossing in the centre of the video is identical in both clips.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, in the original clip, there is no sign calling for the end of the war but instead advertisements featuring several Japanese models.\u00a0 \n\nBy doing a reverse image search, we found the original ad which turned out to be for a\u00a0 cosmetic surgery clinic in Tokyo.\u00a0 \n\nMoreover, we found no news articles about this anti-Zelenskyy advertisement in English or in Japanese.\u00a0 \n\nA few days before this digitally altered video was posted on social media, Japan expanded its sanctions against Moscow , including an embargo on electric and hybrid cars exported to Russia. \n\nTokyo had already frozen the assets of numerous Russian individuals and groups and banned the exports of goods and services to multiple Russian companies.\u00a0 \n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has been a regular target of misleading video footage shared on social media. \n\nThe Cube had previously fact-checked a photoshopped anti-Zelenskyy graffiti that popped up in Paris and in other European cities at the beginning of the year. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>It\u2019s a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//TPostMillennial//status//1686036798823096321/">viral social media<\/strong><\/a> post that\u2019s been seen millions of times on different platforms, published in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////archive.is//qTTaB/">multiple languages<\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It alleges to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////twitter.com//CatEmporor//status//1685782292021559296/">show an advertisement<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0broadcast in a busy street in Japan that says in English: \u201cStop Zelenskyy, stop the war.\"<\/p>\n<p>But by doing a reverse image search, Euronews found the original clip on Youtube posted in October 2020, more than a year before Russia invaded Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//0nTO4zSEpOs/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The account that published this video claims \u201cto share the virtualised experience of being in Japan, and hopes to provide a slice of everyday life of what it's really like to be there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The description of the video on Youtube says this clip was filmed in Shibuya, a neighbourhood in Tokyo.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The viral clip posted on Twitter appears to start around the 21:20 second mark into the original Youtube video.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>How do we know it\u2019s the same clip? Apart from the easily recognisable tracking shot, there are other clues.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>For example, the black taxi and the yellow one on the left. The man in a suit crossing the road on the bottom right of the clip is also the same.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Also, the motorbike parked at the pedestrian crossing in the centre of the video is identical in both clips.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//82//24//808x454_cmsv2_ff77ad79-ffb8-5aef-9f14-f45356b0b872-7828224.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/82\/24\/384x216_cmsv2_ff77ad79-ffb8-5aef-9f14-f45356b0b872-7828224.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">These are all the different clues the Twitter video has been altered<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>However, in the original clip, there is no sign calling for the end of the war but instead advertisements featuring several Japanese models.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>By doing a reverse image search, <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//watch?time_continue=1&v=EVyB6n5KYN0&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Ffactuel.afp.com%2F&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&feature=emb_title\%22>we found the original ad<\/strong><\/a> which turned out to be for a\u00a0 cosmetic surgery clinic in Tokyo.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, we found no news articles about this anti-Zelenskyy advertisement in English or in Japanese.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A few days before this digitally altered video was posted on social media, <a 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Viewing figures are at an all-time high as interest in the women's game has gained tremendous momentum. Fans inside the stadiums have also loved every second. Australia and New Zealand have done their best to host a tournament to remember. \n\n\"Australia isn't known for being a football nation. In fact, most of our Matildas play overseas,\" explained Maddie Date, producer for ABC Illawarra, \"so to now have this level of growth and so many eyes on us across the world, it's just been incredible. There'll be so many more football fans now in Australia for years to come, and I guess that's been the main aim of having the entire tournament here in the first place.\" \n\nSpain has defied the odds and made it to the World Cup final for the first time. The La Roja had plenty of disruptions to deal with along the way, including a breakdown between 15 senior players and the manager, Jorge Vilda. The players accused Vilda of being too authoritarian, and his standard of training and tactics were not the same as at their clubs. \n\nOnly three out of the 15 players in this dispute made it into the WWC squad, and their importance during the tournament has been outstanding. Centre-back Irene Paredes, along with midfielders Aintana Bonmat\u00ed and Alexia Putellas, have been essential to their route to the final. Bonmat\u00ed, in particular, has been called the player of the tournament so far. \n\nSpain has been defensively strong throughout the tournament. Despite the strong start, they lost to Japan's counter-attacking playing style. England will no doubt look at Japan's performance to assess how they can exploit Spain's fragility against fast-transitioning football. \n\nSpain's opponents, England, are the current European champions. The Lionesses have never played in a final and have been knocked out in the semi-finals twice. Under manager Sarina Wiegman, their form has been electric, and they will be looking to add a World Cup to that European crown. \n\nEngland had a composed start to the tournament this summer, with a 1-0 win over Haiti, who are ranked 53rd in the world. But doubts were quickly quashed as convincing wins over Denmark and China. England looked like they were on their way to winning the group with maximum points.\u00a0 \n\nUntil they met with Nigeria and what proved to be the most challenging game of their tournament so far. Nigeria dominated the Lionesses for 120 minutes. Frustrations grew, and star forward Lauren James was sent off for violent conduct after a moment of madness. England pushed through to keep the scoreline at 0-0 and secure passage to the quarter-finals on penalties. Wins over Colombia and co-hosts Australia earned them a place in Sunday's final. \n\nEngland met Spain last summer in the quarter-finals of that Euros triumph, helped by a brilliant strike from midfielder Georgia Stanway. They had the home fans behind them in 2022. It might be a different prospect in Sydney, with many Spain fans having made the journey to cheer on their team. However, the Lionesses have a fully fit squad, and Lauren James will make a return to action after serving a suspension. \n\nEngland and Spain have never made it this far. Despite all the injury setbacks and disruptions to Spain's preparations in the lead-up to the tournament, La Roja have proved they deserve a place in the final. England, for their part, has experience consistency and chemistry on their side but, as a nation, has yet to play in a World Cup Final since 1966. The pressure is truly on their shoulders.\u00a0 \n\nThe tournament's final game will be played at Stadium Australia in front of a record number of fans. History will be made as a first-time FIFA Women's World Cup winner is guaranteed. \n\n","htmlText":"<h2>After almost four weeks of football and 62 games, Spain and England will go head to head to win the 2023 FIFA Womens World Cup.<\/h2><p>The traditional third-place playoff will take place in Brisbane on Saturday before Sunday's showpiece final match.<\/p>\n<p>Regardless of what happens, there will be a new name on the trophy as both nations have never won the competition.<\/p>\n<p>We've witnessed some of the most dramatic moments the sport has ever seen. Viewing figures are at an all-time high as interest in the women's game has gained tremendous momentum. Fans inside the stadiums have also loved every second. Australia and New Zealand have done their best to host a tournament to remember.<\/p>\n<p>\"Australia isn't known for being a football nation. In fact, most of our Matildas play overseas,\" explained Maddie Date, producer for ABC Illawarra, \"so to now have this level of growth and so many eyes on us across the world, it's just been incredible. There'll be so many more football fans now in Australia for years to come, and I guess that's been the main aim of having the entire tournament here in the first place.\"<\/p>\n<p>Spain has defied the odds and made it to the World Cup final for the first time. The La Roja had plenty of disruptions to deal with along the way, including a breakdown between 15 senior players and the manager, Jorge Vilda. 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All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Only three out of the 15 players in this dispute made it into the WWC squad, and their importance during the tournament has been outstanding. Centre-back Irene Paredes, along with midfielders Aintana Bonmat\u00ed and Alexia Putellas, have been essential to their route to the final. Bonmat\u00ed, in particular, has been called the player of the tournament so far.<\/p>\n<p>Spain has been defensively strong throughout the tournament. Despite the strong start, they lost to Japan's counter-attacking playing style. England will no doubt look at Japan's performance to assess how they can exploit Spain's fragility against fast-transitioning football.<\/p>\n<p>Spain's opponents, England, are the current European champions. The Lionesses have never played in a final and have been knocked out in the semi-finals twice. Under manager Sarina Wiegman, their form has been electric, and they will be looking to add a World Cup to that European crown.<\/p>\n<p>England had a composed start to the tournament this summer, with a 1-0 win over Haiti, who are ranked 53rd in the world. But doubts were quickly quashed as convincing wins over Denmark and China. England looked like they were on their way to winning the group with maximum points.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Until they met with Nigeria and what proved to be the most challenging game of their tournament so far. Nigeria dominated the Lionesses for 120 minutes. Frustrations grew, and star forward Lauren James was sent off for violent conduct after a moment of madness. England pushed through to keep the scoreline at 0-0 and secure passage to the quarter-finals on penalties. 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The tech sector is at the forefront of the innovation of new ideas, different means of how we go about our day-to-day business and new ways in which governments coordinate world affairs. \n\nThe growth in this sector is staggering, and it's showing no signs of slowing down.\u00a0The tech industry is a vast category, currently growing at 5 to 6% per annum , and this is only expected to rise as AI is rolled out to the masses in the coming years. \n\nRevolutionary technology is advancing on a daily basis, and the cost of that advancement is also rising - a total of $3.45 trillion being spent in the sector in 2022. \n\nAnd as technology advances, we also buy and consume products differently. Last year, $300 billion was spent on mobile advertising. \n\nCompanies are now influencing the way we consume and interact more than ever before. TikTok is one of the biggest names in the world of social media and a brand at the forefront of these changes.\u00a0 \n\nKris Boger is the UK general manager of TikTok, and he told us just how much technology is changing advertising and consumer habits. \n\n\"We think that there's been a major shift in the entertainment and the marketing industry towards longer-form storytelling that puts creativity at its heart. On TikTok, you can play videos that are sound on and full-screen, and we've seen that with the likes of the creators on our platform who are the lifeblood of our community, they enable brands to be authentic and to tell stories in ways that weren't necessarily possible before.\u00a0 \n\n\"We've seen that, also, this new form of entertainment drives action offline, too. And probably the best example of this is what we call community commerce, which is the meeting point of shopping, people being in a shopping mindset, but also the entertaining content that's on TikTok and also our community too. And we've seen hashtags like #TikTok made me buy\u00a0it , have 57 billion hashtag views and all of these videos that are on TikTok are people discovering products, they're reviewing them, they're engaging with these different products and then having real-world impact,\" Kris Boger revealed. \n\nHow do big businesses use your data? \n\nIt's not just consumption which is changing due to technological advancements. The way we do business is also going through a major reshuffle. \n\nTo find out more, we sent our reporter Ryan Capperauld to the launch of Google's new cloud service at the Qatar National Convention Center in Doha where top Google bosses met to discuss the launch of a new cloud service in the region. \n\n\"We are here today in Qatar, launching our first region in the Middle East. That's part of our expansion plan globally,\" explained\u00a0Tarik Khalil, Google Cloud Manager for the Middle East and North Africa.\u00a0 \n\n\"Demand coming from our customers and partners in the region has been growing. 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We focused mostly on addressing scalable market pain points that benefit your local force economies, but mostly also people and societies.\" \n\nTikTok and Google tell us that the opportunities for business extend far beyond making entertaining videos. Despite obvious concerns about data security, it appears that consumers, by and large, have welcomed tech giants into almost every part of our lives.\u00a0 \n\nTraditional lines are blurring. CEOs, citizens and governments though are still trying to predict both the potential and the pitfalls of this very new and very intimate relationship. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In a rapidly changing world, there's no industry that's evolving quicker than tech. The tech sector is at the forefront of the innovation of new ideas, different means of how we go about our day-to-day business and new ways in which governments coordinate world affairs.<\/p>\n<p>The growth in this sector is staggering, and it's showing no signs of slowing down.\u00a0The tech industry is a vast category, currently growing at <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////mediapeanut.com//how-fast-is-technology-growing-statistics-facts///">5 to 6% per annum<\/a>, and this is only expected to rise as AI is rolled out to the masses in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>Revolutionary technology is advancing on a daily basis, and the cost of that advancement is also rising - a total of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////mediapeanut.com//how-fast-is-technology-growing-statistics-facts///">$3.45 trillion<\/a> being spent in the sector in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>And as technology advances, we also buy and consume products differently. 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And probably the best example of this is what we call community commerce, which is the meeting point of shopping, people being in a shopping mindset, but also the entertaining content that's on TikTok and also our community too. And we've seen hashtags like <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.tiktok.com//discover//tiktok-made-me-buy-it?lang=en\%22>#TikTok made me buy\u00a0it<\/a>, have 57 billion hashtag views and all of these videos that are on TikTok are people discovering products, they're reviewing them, they're engaging with these different products and then having real-world impact,\" Kris Boger revealed.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How do big businesses use your data?<\/strong><\/h2><p>It's not just consumption which is changing due to technological advancements. The way we do business is also going through a major reshuffle.<\/p>\n<p>To find out more, we sent our reporter Ryan Capperauld to the launch of Google's new cloud service at the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.qncc.qa///">Qatar National Convention Center<\/a> in Doha where top Google bosses met to discuss the launch of a new cloud service in the region.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1660633064270094337\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We are here today in Qatar, launching our first region in the Middle East. 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And usually in investing in countries where demand growth is, that demand is to stay close to our customers, to help them solve and reach their customers in a better way.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//73//89//60//808x454_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/384x216_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/640x360_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/750x422_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/828x466_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1080x608_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1200x675_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1920x1080_cmsv2_476db052-6d2d-5bfa-b29e-52b3efcf93b3-7738960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Tarik Khalil, Google Cloud Manager, Middle East & North Africa<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>When asked if this was part of a wider project for Google in the middle east,\u00a0Tarik Khalil told the Exchange that\u00a0\"Part of our investment in Qatar, it's the infrastructure.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Second is our people and our workforce and the market with our ecosystem. We're bringing a huge ecosystem to the country in order to help our clients, our customers and prospects evolve and grow on achieving their goals.\"<\/p>\n<p>But how does this actually help businesses in regard to the data?<\/p>\n<p>\"We all know it's a data era [...] Data is growing fast and fast and fast. So that's the angle I think every organisation, every business has to address in a very efficient way. Eventually, they have to make faster decisions. They have to reach precise decisions, leveraging the power of tech as an enabler to get to these insights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"So how we're helping them is by providing our unique unified data platform supported or actually being integrated now with AI capabilities into that platform just to make the process much more efficient, to be able to reach the data insights in a faster way.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Where is the tech sector heading?<\/strong><\/h2><p>A promising era for the region then, entering new realms of interconnectivity. But what about the future of the sector overall?\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We caught up with Mario Aquino, who is the CEO of Future Labs Ventures in Singapore, a firm which invests in technological advancements.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//73//89//60//808x454_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg/" alt=\"Euronews\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/384x216_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/640x360_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/750x422_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/828x466_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1080x608_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1200x675_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/73\/89\/60\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f56073b8-cb87-5efe-bb13-93527c03e7e5-7738960.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Mario Aquino, CEO of Future Labs Ventures in Singapore<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Euronews<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Every few minutes, hours and days, there are new discoveries,\"\u00a0Mario Aquino said.\u00a0\"We live in an unprecedented era of technology-enabled innovation. 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King's motivation to defect to North Korea remains officially unconfirmed. \n\n\"This is 100% North Korean propaganda in its element. King, as an American citizen held in North Korea, has no sway in how (North Korea) chooses to cast its narrative,\" said Soo Kim, an expert with Virginia-based consultancy LMI and a former CIA analyst. \n\n\"As for King's release, his fate rests in North Korea\u2019s hands. Perhaps the regime will try to \u2018bargain\u2019 King\u2019s life in exchange for financial concessions from the U.S. More than likely, negotiations won\u2019t be easy, and terms will be dictated by Pyongyang,\" she said. \n\nKing's family said his mother, Claudine Gates, is appealing to North Korea to treat her son humanely. \n\n\"She's a mom worried about her son and would be grateful for a phone call from him,\" family spokesman Jonathan Franks said in the statement. \"Lastly, she has been in touch with the Army this evening and appreciates a (Defence Department) statement that it remains focused on bringing Travis home.\" \n\n","htmlText":"<p>North Korea said that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2023//07//19//north-korea-silent-about-its-apparent-detention-of-the-us-soldier-who-bolted-across-the-bo/">US soldier Travis King<\/strong><\/a> bolted across the Korean border last month because he wanted to escape the \"mistreatment and racial discrimination\" suffered in the US military, as declared by the state news agency KCNA on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>It was the first official confirmation that King is currently detained in Pyongyang, though the agency did not elaborate on his exact location.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old US soldier had served in South Korea, where he had been detained for nearly two months as a result of an altercation with a local, according to South Korean authorities.\u00a0On July 18, he was escorted to Seoul's Incheon International Airport to fly home and face probable disciplinary action, but he never made it to his plane.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he joined a tour\u00a0of the tightly controlled Joint Security Area (JSA) on the border between the two Koreas and sprinted into the North.<\/p>\n<p>\"According to an investigation by a competent organ of the DPRK (Democratic People's Republic of Korea), Travis King admitted to having entered the territory of the DPRK illegally,\" KCNA reported, using the official name of North Korea. <\/p>\n<p>According to the agency, King \"harboured ill feeling against inhuman maltreatment and racial discrimination within the U.S. Army\" and wanted to stay in North Korea or a third country because he was \"disillusioned at the unequal American society.\"<\/p>\n<p>KCNA is a propaganda outlet and its content reflects the views of North Korea's leadership - including that the United States is an evil adversary. King's motivation to defect to North Korea remains officially unconfirmed.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is 100% North Korean propaganda in its element. King, as an American citizen held in North Korea, has no sway in how (North Korea) chooses to cast its narrative,\" said Soo Kim, an expert with Virginia-based consultancy LMI and a former CIA analyst.<\/p>\n<p>\"As for King's release, his fate rests in North Korea\u2019s hands. Perhaps the regime will try to \u2018bargain\u2019 King\u2019s life in exchange for financial concessions from the U.S. More than likely, negotiations won\u2019t be easy, and terms will be dictated by Pyongyang,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>King's family said his mother, Claudine Gates, is appealing to North Korea to treat her son humanely.<\/p>\n<p>\"She's a mom worried about her son and would be grateful for a phone call from him,\" family spokesman Jonathan Franks said in the statement. \"Lastly, she has been in touch with the Army this evening and appreciates a (Defence Department) statement that it remains focused on bringing Travis 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facing death penalty in Thailand in gruesome murder and dismemberment case","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Spaniard facing death penalty in Thailand over gruesome murder","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf9\ud83c\udded Spaniard facing death penalty in Thailand in gruesome murder and dismemberment case.","leadin":"In a crime that has gripped Thailand's media, what is true and what is a lie?","summary":"In a crime that has gripped Thailand's media, what is true and what is a lie?","url":"spaniard-facing-death-penalty-in-thailand-in-gruesome-murder-and-dismemberment-case","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ten days after one of Thailand's most heinous murders, police on the resort island of Koh Pha Ngan say they've closed the case, and are seeking the death penalty for Spaniard Daniel Sancho.\u00a0 \n\nThai authorities believe there was never any doubt that\u00a0 Sancho, son of the famous Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho, killed and dismembered Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta. \n\nThey say the Spaniard stabbed Arrieta in the chest, and then when he fell, the surgeon hit himself in the sink of the hotel where he was staying. Police say Sancho dismembered the body and dumped the remains in the rubbish, which ended up in a local landfill. \n\n\"We have consulted with the prosecutor on some of the evidence and it is consistent enough to charge him with premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty,\" Thailand's deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn told a news conference Tuesday.\u00a0 \n\nAccording to the investigation, Sancho wanted to end their relationship and the Colombian refused to do so. \n\n\"I felt like a hostage in a glass cage,\" the Spaniard told the media. \n\n\"I am guilty, but I was Edwin's hostage. He held me hostage. It was a glass cage, but it was a cage. He destroyed my relationship with my girlfriend, he made me do things I would never have done,\" he added. \n\nSpeaking on Spanish television, Sancho said that Thai police had taken him to a luxury restaurant for dinner to celebrate his cooperation with the authorities. \n\n\"I'm very well, the police treat me very well. They treat me so well that I'm having dinner with them at the best hotel on the island, the Anantara,\" he told the journalist, in a s tatement that was later denied by the restaurant itself, further muddying Sancho's story. \n\nIn a crime that has gripped Thailand's media, what is true and what is a lie? \n\nSecurity cameras and a body at the dump \n\nThere has been a lot of speculation about the murder, but in the end the authorities have said that Sancho acted alone and have ruled out the hypothesis of an accidental death. \n\nWhether the stab wound was the cause of the Colombian surgeon's death or whether it was the blow that killed him is something the police have not yet been able to establish. \n\nThe Spaniard travelled to the Thai island on 31 July and Arrieta joined him on the trip. \n\n\"Every time I tried to get away from him, he threatened me,\" Sancho told local authorities. \n\nArrieta's remains were found at various locations on Phangan, including the lake and rubbish dump. \n\nJust a few days earlier, the Spaniard had gone into a supermarket to buy knives and cleaning products, where he was caught on security cameras. As if that were not enough, he threw the receipts in the same bin bag where the body was found. \n\nThe prosecution could still use the 83-day police investigation period - which began when Sancho was remanded in custody on the neighbouring island of Koh Samui on 7 August - to investigate the case and request further evidence before setting a trial date. \n\nThe family issued a statement asking the media for \"maximum respect for Daniel Sancho himself and for the whole family in these delicate moments of maximum confusion\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ten days after one of Thailand's most heinous murders, police on the resort island of Koh Pha Ngan say they've closed the case, and are seeking the death penalty for Spaniard Daniel Sancho.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Thai authorities believe there was never any doubt that\u00a0Sancho, son of the famous Spanish actor Rodolfo Sancho, killed and dismembered Colombian surgeon Edwin Arrieta.<\/p>\n<p>They say the Spaniard stabbed Arrieta in the chest, and then when he fell, the surgeon hit himself in the sink of the hotel where he was staying. Police say Sancho dismembered the body and dumped the remains in the rubbish, which ended up in a local landfill.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have consulted with the prosecutor on some of the evidence and it is consistent enough to charge him with premeditated murder, which carries the death penalty,\" Thailand's deputy police chief Surachate Hakparn told a news conference Tuesday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to the investigation, Sancho wanted to end their relationship and the Colombian refused to do so.<\/p>\n<p>\"I felt like a hostage in a glass cage,\" the Spaniard told the media.<\/p>\n<p>\"I am guilty, but I was Edwin's hostage. He held me hostage. It was a glass cage, but it was a cage. He destroyed my relationship with my girlfriend, he made me do things I would never have done,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Spanish television, Sancho said that Thai police had taken him to a luxury restaurant for dinner to celebrate his cooperation with the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\"I'm very well, the police treat me very well. They treat me so well that I'm having dinner with them at the best hotel on the island, the Anantara,\" he told the journalist, in a statement that was later denied by the restaurant itself, further muddying Sancho's story.<\/p>\n<p>In a crime that has gripped Thailand's media, what is true and what is a lie?<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//37//66//808x454_cmsv2_e9c75777-52b4-5c2d-a60e-0f4d6cd8c22f-7823766.jpg/" alt=\"Somkeat Ruksaman/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Security cameras and a body at the dump<\/h2><p>There has been a lot of speculation about the murder, but in the end the authorities have said that Sancho acted alone and have ruled out the hypothesis of an accidental death.<\/p>\n<p>Whether the stab wound was the cause of the Colombian surgeon's death or whether it was the blow that killed him is something the police have not yet been able to establish.<\/p>\n<p>The Spaniard travelled to the Thai island on 31 July and Arrieta joined him on the trip.<\/p>\n<p>\"Every time I tried to get away from him, he threatened me,\" Sancho told local authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Arrieta's remains were found at various locations on Phangan, including the lake and rubbish dump.<\/p>\n<p>Just a few days earlier, the Spaniard had gone into a supermarket to buy knives and cleaning products, where he was caught on security cameras. As if that were not enough, he threw the receipts in the same bin bag where the body was found.<\/p>\n<p>The prosecution could still use the 83-day police investigation period - which began when Sancho was remanded in custody on the neighbouring island of Koh Samui on 7 August - to investigate the case and request further evidence before setting a trial date.<\/p>\n<p>The family issued a statement asking the media for \"maximum respect for Daniel Sancho himself and for the whole family in these delicate moments of maximum confusion\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692094817,"publishedAt":1692117619,"updatedAt":1692117627,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/15\/spaniard-facing-death-penalty-in-thailand-in-gruesome-murder-and-dismemberment-case","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/37\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4295f8b7-ec4d-5062-b9b5-301babba1f36-7823766.jpg","altText":"A Thai police officer escorts Spanish Daniel Sancho Bronchalo on suspicion of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon from Koh Phagnan island to Koh Samui Island court.","caption":"A Thai police officer escorts Spanish Daniel Sancho Bronchalo on suspicion of murdering and dismembering a Colombian surgeon from Koh Phagnan island to Koh Samui Island court.","captionCredit":"Somkeat Ruksaman\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aircraft without needing to modify the cockpit. \n\n\"Pibot is a humanoid robot that can fly an aeroplane just like a human pilot by manipulating all the single controls in the cockpit, which is designed for humans,\" David Shim, an associate professor of electrical engineering at KAIST, told Euronews Next. \n\nThe robot, dubbed \"Pibot,\" can control its arms and fingers to dextrously operate the flight instruments, even with severe vibration in an aircraft, using high-precision control technology. \n\nIts external cameras allow Pibot to monitor the current state of the aircraft and the internal ones help it manage essential switches on the control panel. \n\nPibot is able to memorise complex manuals presented in natural language, a feat that enhances its adaptability across various aircraft. \n\nIts memory is so large that it can memorise all of the Jeppesen aeronautical navigation charts around the world, which 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So when they try to convert to different aeroplanes they have to take another qualification. Sometimes this is not that simple because our habit remains in our mind that we can\u2019t simply change from one to the other,\" said Shim. \n\n\u201cWith the pilot robot, if we teach individual aeroplane configuration, then you can fly the aeroplane by simply clicking the aeroplane's type,\u201d he added. \n\n\u2018GPT made paramount progress\u2019 \n\nThe research team says Pibot \u201cunderstands\u201d and memorises manuals originally written for humans thanks to recent advances in large language models (LLM). \n\n\u201cWe had our predecessor of a pilot robot in 2016. At the time, we didn't have good AI technology, so what we built was a simple robot. They cannot really learn anything from the literature or the manual. But recently with ChatGPT or with other large language model systems, the technology made paramount progress,\u201d Shim explained. \n\nThanks to LLM, Pibot is expected to operate error-free flight, being able to react far quicker than its human counterparts in emergency situations. \n\nIt can memorise aircraft operation and emergency manuals (QRH, an in-cockpit manual for the flight crew to refer to in case of in-flight problems) and respond immediately. It can also calculate a safe route in real-time based on the status of the airborne aircraft. \n\nWhile using ChatGPT, the research team is also currently developing and testing its own natural language model so that Pibot can make queries without relying on an Internet connection. \n\nThe tailored language model will handle information exclusively about piloting and will be stored in a small computer that can be carried onboard. \n\nFlying alone or as a copilot \n\nPibot can also be plugged into aircraft to directly communicate with them. It\u2019s currently designed to be deployed in extreme situations where human involvement may not be beneficial. \n\nThe humanoid robot can also communicate with air traffic controllers and humans in the cockpit using voice synthesis, allowing it to act as a pilot or a first officer. \n\nIts adaptability goes beyond the aviation sphere. Standing at 160 cm and weighing 65 kg, Pibot's humanoid design allows it to seamlessly replace humans in roles like driving automobiles, operating tanks, or even commanding ships at sea. \n\nShim says this robot can be used for any place where a human is currently \u201csitting and working\u201d. \n\n\"The human form may not be super efficient but we specifically designed Pibot to be a humanoid form because all the things are built for humans. We can have eight arms and four eyes but we find the human form is somehow optimal,\" Shim explained. \n\nThe robot is still in development and is expected to be completed by 2026. \n\nThe research project was commissioned by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), the government body charged with research into defence technology in South Korea, according to KAIST. Shim anticipates potential military applications in the future. \n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Both artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics have made significant strides in recent years, meaning most human jobs could soon be overtaken by technology - on the ground and even in the skies above us.<\/p>\n<p>A team of engineers and researchers from the Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST) is currently developing a humanoid robot that can fly aircraft without needing to modify the cockpit.<\/p>\n<p>\"Pibot is a humanoid robot that can fly an aeroplane just like a human pilot by manipulating all the single controls in the cockpit, which is designed for humans,\" David Shim, an associate professor of electrical engineering at KAIST, told Euronews Next.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7199136\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2022//11//19//this-self-driving-patrol-robot-is-being-used-to-detect-danger-and-alert-police-on-seouls-s/">This self-driving patrol robot is being used to detect danger and alert police on Seoul\u2019s streets<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The robot, dubbed \"Pibot,\" can control its arms and fingers to dextrously operate the flight instruments, even with severe vibration in an aircraft, using high-precision control technology.<\/p>\n<p>Its external cameras allow Pibot to monitor the current state of the aircraft and the internal ones help it manage essential switches on the control panel.<\/p>\n<p>Pibot is able to memorise complex manuals presented in natural language, a feat that enhances its adaptability across various aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Its memory is so large that it can memorise all of the Jeppesen aeronautical navigation charts around the world, which is impossible for human pilots, according to the KAIST team.<\/p>\n<p>\"Humans can fly many aeroplanes, but they do have these habits built into them. So when they try to convert to different aeroplanes they have to take another qualification. Sometimes this is not that simple because our habit remains in our mind that we can\u2019t simply change from one to the other,\" said Shim.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the pilot robot, if we teach individual aeroplane configuration, then you can fly the aeroplane by simply clicking the aeroplane's type,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7483992\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//25//getting-the-most-out-of-chatgpt-these-are-the-most-useful-prompts-to-try-now/">Getting the most out of ChatGPT: These are the most useful prompts to make your life easier<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>\u2018GPT made paramount progress\u2019<\/h2><p>The research team says Pibot \u201cunderstands\u201d and memorises manuals originally written for humans thanks to recent advances in large language models (LLM).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe had our predecessor of a pilot robot in 2016. At the time, we didn't have good AI technology, so what we built was a simple robot. They cannot really learn anything from the literature or the manual. But recently with ChatGPT or with other large language model systems, the technology made paramount progress,\u201d Shim explained.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to LLM, Pibot is expected to operate error-free flight, being able to react far quicker than its human counterparts in emergency situations.<\/p>\n<p>It can memorise aircraft operation and emergency manuals (QRH, an in-cockpit manual for the flight crew to refer to in case of in-flight problems) and respond immediately. It can also calculate a safe route in real-time based on the status of the airborne aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>While using ChatGPT, the research team is also currently developing and testing its own natural language model so that Pibot can make queries without relying on an Internet connection.<\/p>\n<p>The tailored language model will handle information exclusively about piloting and will be stored in a small computer that can be carried onboard.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7716756\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//30//belle-the-inobtrusive-ai-robot-fish-is-helping-researchers-to-protect-our-marine-ecosytems/">Belle, the inobtrusive AI robot fish, is helping researchers to protect our marine ecosytems<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Flying alone or as a copilot<\/h2><p>Pibot can also be plugged into aircraft to directly communicate with them. It\u2019s currently designed to be deployed in extreme situations where human involvement may not be beneficial.<\/p>\n<p>The humanoid robot can also communicate with air traffic controllers and humans in the cockpit using voice synthesis, allowing it to act as a pilot or a first officer.<\/p>\n<p>Its adaptability goes beyond the aviation sphere. Standing at 160 cm and weighing 65 kg, Pibot's humanoid design allows it to seamlessly replace humans in roles like driving automobiles, operating tanks, or even commanding ships at sea.<\/p>\n<p>Shim says this robot can be used for any place where a human is currently \u201csitting and working\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\"The human form may not be super efficient but we specifically designed Pibot to be a humanoid form because all the things are built for humans. We can have eight arms and four eyes but we find the human form is somehow optimal,\" Shim explained.<\/p>\n<p>The robot is still in development and is expected to be completed by 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The research project was commissioned by the Agency for Defense Development (ADD), the government body charged with research into defence technology in South Korea, according to KAIST. Shim anticipates potential military applications in the future.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.<\/strong><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1692087965,"publishedAt":1692104506,"updatedAt":1692173133,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2023\/08\/15\/meet-pibot-the-humanoid-robot-that-can-safely-pilot-an-airplane-better-than-a-human","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/60\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_632a80fa-90b5-5e62-b65d-8de530c9d42e-7823260.jpg","altText":"Pibot is a humanoid robot that can fly aircraft without needing to modify the cockpit.","caption":"Pibot is a humanoid robot that can fly aircraft without needing to modify the cockpit.","captionCredit":"KAIST","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1833,"height":1033}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"urlSafeValue":"min","title":"Roselyne Min","twitter":"@MinRoselyne"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[{"urlSafeValue":"min","title":"Roselyne Min","twitter":"@MinRoselyne"}]},"keywords":[{"id":20312,"slug":"pilot","urlSafeValue":"pilot","title":"Pilot","titleRaw":"Pilot"},{"id":14480,"slug":"autopilot","urlSafeValue":"autopilot","title":"autopilot","titleRaw":"autopilot"},{"id":10937,"slug":"robotic","urlSafeValue":"robotic","title":"Robotic","titleRaw":"Robotic"},{"id":7949,"slug":"robot","urlSafeValue":"robot","title":"Robot","titleRaw":"Robot"},{"id":27828,"slug":"chatgpt","urlSafeValue":"chatgpt","title":"ChatGPT","titleRaw":"ChatGPT"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":3}],"related":[{"id":2320926},{"id":2341502},{"id":2345994}],"technicalTags":[],"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/med\/EN\/MB\/SU\/23\/08\/15\/en\/230815_MBSU_52761501_52761519_138240_150900_en.mp4","editor":null,"duration":138240,"filesizeBytes":17358187,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/EN\/MB\/SU\/23\/08\/15\/en\/230815_MBSU_52761501_52761519_138240_150900_en.mp4","editor":null,"duration":138240,"filesizeBytes":26876779,"expiresAt":0}],"externalPartners":{"dailymotionId":"x8n7wzw","youtubeId":"_b5t3bgCpWA"},"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"mobility","urlSafeValue":"mobility","title":"Mobility","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/mobility\/mobility"},"vertical":"next","verticals":[{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":9,"slug":"next","urlSafeValue":"next","title":"Next"},"themes":[{"id":"mobility","urlSafeValue":"mobility","title":"Mobility","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/mobility"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":45,"urlSafeValue":"mobility","title":"Mobility"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":{"id":393,"urlSafeValue":"korea","title":"Korea","url":"\/news\/asia\/korea"},"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_tech','gs_tech_robotics','gs_busfin','gs_science_misc','gs_busfin_indus','neg_nespresso','gs_tech_computing','neg_facebook_2021','gs_busfin_indus_aviation','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gt_positive','bespoke_kaspersky','neg_bucherer','gs_auto','gt_positive_curiosity'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/next\/2023\/08\/15\/meet-pibot-the-humanoid-robot-that-can-safely-pilot-an-airplane-better-than-a-human","lastModified":1692173133},{"id":2346420,"cid":7823230,"versionId":2,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230815_C2SU_52761412","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"North Korea enforces an anti-shorts law - but it's only affecting women","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"North Korea bans shorts - but only for women","titleListing2":"The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.","leadin":"The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.","summary":"The Asian nation is well known for their bans, but the forbidding of shorts might be the oddest one yet - especially during a heatwave.","url":"north-korea-enforces-an-anti-shorts-law-but-its-only-affecting-women","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"In news that would be shocking if it didn\u2019t come out of one of the most authoritarian nations, North Korea has banned the wearing of shorts. \n\nTo make it even worse, especially with temperatures upwards of 30\u00b0 Celsius, it\u2019s only women who have been slapped with the regulation. \n\nThe country\u2019s \u2018Supreme Leader\u2019 Kim Jong-Un has decreed the wearing of shorts by women amounts to \u201ccapitalist fashion\u201d. \n\nBut how do we know about the latest bizarre rule out of North Korea, a nation which is practically on permanent lockdown? \n\nRadio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident. \n\nAlthough the regime in North Korea demands total loyalty to Jong-Un, one \u2018subject\u2019 told the radio station that 10 women had been arrested in the country, simply for wearing above-the-knee trousers. \n\n\u201cThey had to write a statement of self-criticism and sign a document saying they would face legal consequences if they were caught wearing shorts again,\u201d the anonymous source explained, adding, \u201cMany women are complaining, asking why men can wear shorts and women can't. They are saying that the authorities are discriminating against us\u201d. \n\nThe shorts ban is a new part of a law passed in 2020, with the intention of putting the kibosh on so-called \u2018anti-socialist behaviour\u2019. \n\nIt\u2019s not the first rule to have raised eyebrows in North Korea, especially with regards to the sexist imbalance. \n\nEarlier in August, Radio Free Asia reported that a ban on smoking in public was restricted only to women. Kim Jong-Un himself is famously a smoker, but that fact didn\u2019t stop him imposing fines on female residents. \n\nAt the time, a north Pyongan resident revealed that two women had been fined for smoking outside while they ate and were warned that if they were caught again, they could be imprisoned at a disciplinary labour centre for a month. \n\nThe shorts outlawing is also not the first clothing-based ban seen in recent times in North Korea. \n\nJust last year, women were condemned for wearing \u2018capitalist fashions\u2019 - namely tight trousers and having dyed hair. \n\nIn a video, these women were dubbed 'capitalist delinquents' and accused of wearing 'indecent clothes', not permitted under the \u2018ideal\u2019, identikit, \u2018North Korean style\u2019. \n\nRegulations and bans outside North Korea \n\nNorth Korea is not the only Asian country which has astounded global onlookers with its oppressive clothing rules. \n\nIn Japan, authority figures have long imposed strict regulations on what school students can wear - down to the colour of their underwear, the length of their socks and even hairstyles. \n\nGirls are banned from wearing their hair in ponytails as it\u2019s thought, bizarrely, that exposing the nape of their necks could \u2018sexually excite\u2019 male students. \n\nIt\u2019s a draconian rule which has been around for decades. Featuring on a list known as buraku kosoku , it sits besides mandates on skirt length, eyebrow shape and even hair colour. \n\nSome schools are so tough on the latter that they demand photographic proof from students of their natural hair colour and texture, if it isn\u2019t strictly black and straight. \n\nPupils are seldom given an explanation for such bizarre rules, many of which appear to be entirely arbitrary.\u00a0Some schools which ban ponytails allow bob haircuts which expose an equal amount of the neck, if not more. \n\nBuraku kosoku dates back to the 1870s. \n\nInitially brought in as systematic regulation of education, the rules became more restrictive in the 1970s and \u201880s, apparently to combat violence and bullying in schools. \n\nSome commentators suggest the directives have been put in place to ensure no one stands out. \n\nWhile many of their complaints fall on deaf ears, one intrusive rule has thankfully been dropped. \n\nFollowing complaints, schools have dropped the ban on underwear any colour other than white.\u00a0Pupils can now wear grey, black, or navy blue undergarments - but it remains unclear how this rule is exacted. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>In news that would be shocking if it didn\u2019t come out of one of the most authoritarian nations, North Korea has banned the wearing of shorts.<\/p>\n<p>To make it even worse, especially with temperatures upwards of 30\u00b0 Celsius, it\u2019s only women who have been slapped with the regulation.<\/p>\n<p>The country\u2019s \u2018Supreme Leader\u2019 Kim Jong-Un has decreed the wearing of shorts by women amounts to \u201ccapitalist fashion\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>But how do we know about the latest bizarre rule out of North Korea, a nation which is practically on permanent lockdown?<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//32//30//808x539_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg/" alt=\"NG HAN GUAN/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/750x500_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/828x552_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1080x720_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1200x800_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7c8eb726-6ef1-57d6-b3bb-2d9f99f7df64-7823230.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Inhabitants of North Korea must abide by the country's draconian rules and blend in at all times<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">NG HAN GUAN/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Radio Free Asia, a broadcasting service which aims to get the bottom of propaganda put out by totalitarian countries, interviewed an anonymous resident.<\/p>\n<p>Although the regime in North Korea demands total loyalty to Jong-Un, one \u2018subject\u2019 told the radio station that 10 women had been arrested in the country, simply for wearing above-the-knee trousers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey had to write a statement of self-criticism and sign a document saying they would face legal consequences if they were caught wearing shorts again,\u201d the anonymous source explained, adding, \u201cMany women are complaining, asking why men can wear shorts and women can't. They are saying that the authorities are discriminating against us\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The shorts ban is a new part of a law passed in 2020, with the intention of putting the kibosh on so-called \u2018anti-socialist behaviour\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6539158810732415\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//32//30//808x528_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg/" alt=\"David Guttenfelder/AP\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/384x251_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/640x419_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/750x490_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/828x541_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1080x706_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1200x785_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1920x1256_cmsv2_4068a71d-353b-51dd-a3bb-63c0ddfeafea-7823230.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Constant surveillance: Police women stand on a street in Pyongyang<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">David Guttenfelder/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s not the first rule to have raised eyebrows in North Korea, especially with regards to the sexist imbalance.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in August, Radio Free Asia reported that a ban on smoking in public was restricted only to women. Kim Jong-Un himself is famously a smoker, but that fact didn\u2019t stop him imposing fines on female residents.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, a north Pyongan resident revealed that two women had been fined for smoking outside while they ate and were warned that if they were caught again, they could be imprisoned at a disciplinary labour centre for a month.<\/p>\n<p>The shorts outlawing is also not the first clothing-based ban seen in recent times in North Korea.<\/p>\n<p>Just last year, women were condemned for wearing \u2018capitalist fashions\u2019 - namely tight trousers and having dyed hair.<\/p>\n<p>In a video, these women were dubbed 'capitalist delinquents' and accused of wearing 'indecent clothes', not permitted under the \u2018ideal\u2019, identikit, \u2018North Korean style\u2019.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Regulations and bans outside North Korea<\/strong><\/h2><p>North Korea is not the only Asian country which has astounded global onlookers with its oppressive clothing rules.<\/p>\n<p>In Japan, authority figures have long imposed strict regulations on what school students can wear - down to the colour of their underwear, the length of their socks and even hairstyles.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6673749275642263\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//32//30//808x539_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg/" alt=\"Barbara Alper/Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/750x501_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/828x553_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1080x721_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1200x801_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1920x1281_cmsv2_0a4d608f-7213-59cc-a3c0-26fc53d0a244-7823230.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Too much neck on show? Japan's ponytail ban would have us think so<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Barbara Alper/Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Girls are banned from wearing their hair in ponytails as it\u2019s thought, bizarrely, that exposing the nape of their necks could \u2018sexually excite\u2019 male students.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s a draconian rule which has been around for decades. Featuring on a list known as <em>buraku kosoku<\/em>, it sits besides mandates on skirt length, eyebrow shape and even hair colour.<\/p>\n<p>Some schools are so tough on the latter that they demand photographic proof from students of their natural hair colour and texture, if it isn\u2019t strictly black and straight.<\/p>\n<p>Pupils are seldom given an explanation for such bizarre rules, many of which appear to be entirely arbitrary.\u00a0Some schools which ban ponytails allow bob haircuts which expose an equal amount of the neck, if not more.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6574858757062146\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//32//30//808x532_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg/" alt=\"KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/384x252_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/640x421_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/750x493_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/828x544_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1080x710_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1200x789_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/1920x1262_cmsv2_246d4344-44a3-595f-aeb2-9833b0dbf39c-7823230.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Japan enforces rules on schoolchildren including bans on hairstyles, certain underwear colours and skirts deemed 'too short'<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Buraku kosoku<\/em> dates back to the 1870s.<\/p>\n<p>Initially brought in as systematic regulation of education, the rules became more restrictive in the 1970s and \u201880s, apparently to combat violence and bullying in schools.<\/p>\n<p>Some commentators suggest the directives have been put in place to ensure no one stands out.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//82//32//30//808x539_cmsv2_576d629a-1e3b-5f92-99c0-c92442a8d947-7823230.jpg/" alt=\"SOPA Images/Getty\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/384x256_cmsv2_576d629a-1e3b-5f92-99c0-c92442a8d947-7823230.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/82\/32\/30\/640x427_cmsv2_576d629a-1e3b-5f92-99c0-c92442a8d947-7823230.jpg 640w, 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climb","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Norwegian mountaineer denies her team ignored dying Sherpa on K2","titleListing2":"\ud83c\uddf3\ud83c\uddf4 Norwegian mountaineer denies her team ignored dying Sherpa during record-breaking K2 climb ","leadin":"Kristin Harila has received death threats after drone footage appeared to show climbers passing Mohammad Hassan, who had fallen from a cliff.","summary":"Kristin Harila has received death threats after drone footage appeared to show climbers passing Mohammad Hassan, who had fallen from a cliff.","url":"norwegian-mountaineer-kristin-harila-denies-her-team-ignored-dying-sherpa-on-k2-climb","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Kristin Harila, joint holder of the world speed record for climbing every mountain over 8,000 metres, has defended herself against accusations that she stepped over a dying Sherpa to complete her ascent of K2 in Pakistan. \n\nWith her Nepalese guide Tenjen Sherpa, the Norwegian climbed all 14 summits in 92 days, snatching the 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It is not stated where the Sherpa's team was, but many climbers were \"behind them\", said the Norwegian. \n\nThe climber then continued on his way, following an avalanche warning from his team. \n\nGabriel stayed by Hassan's side, she insisted, sharing oxygen and hot water with him. \n\nAfter another hour, the cameraman decided to leave, as he needed \"more oxygen for his own safety\", she claimed. \n\nWhen they came down, they found that Mohammad Hassan, aged 27, had died. \n\nBut her four-person team \"was not in a position to lower his body\" safely, as it would have taken at least six people to do so, Harila wrote, pointing out that the Sherpa was not properly equipped. \n\nHis death is \"really tragic (...) and I feel very sorry for the family\", she added, but \"we did our best, especially Gabriel\". \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Kristin Harila, joint holder of the world speed record for climbing every mountain over 8,000 metres, has defended herself against accusations that she stepped over a dying Sherpa to complete her ascent of K2 in Pakistan.<\/p>\n<p>With her Nepalese guide Tenjen Sherpa, the Norwegian climbed all 14 summits in 92 days, snatching the world record from Nepalese-British climber Nirmal Purja this July.<\/p>\n<p>But her feat has now been tarnished by controversy.<\/p>\n<p>Drone footage shared by other climbers appears to show Harila and her team passing over the visibly injured body of Mohammad Hassan, a Sherpa from another team who died shortly afterwards, as they continued their ascent of the world's second-highest summit in pursuit of the record.<\/p>\n<p>At the time, they were on K2's Bottleneck, a narrow and highly dangerous passage some 400 metres below the summit, or couloir, overhung by icy seracs.<\/p>\n<p>Harila also came under fire for celebrating her ascent once back at base camp on the mountainside.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1654350549494448128\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Desperate measures<\/h2><p>Late on Thursday, the 37-year-old athlete stated on Instagram that she had \"done everything for him (Mohammad Hassan)\", denouncing the \"death threats\" she had received since the accident.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she and her cameraman Gabriel, along with two other people including \"Hassan's friend\", had spent \"an hour and a half\" trying to pull him up after his fall. It is not stated where the Sherpa's team was, but many climbers were \"behind them\", said the Norwegian.<\/p>\n<p>The climber then continued on his way, following an avalanche warning from his team.<\/p>\n<p>Gabriel stayed by Hassan's side, she insisted, sharing oxygen and hot water with him.<\/p>\n<p>After another hour, the cameraman decided to leave, as he needed \"more oxygen for his own safety\", she claimed.<\/p>\n<p>When they came down, they found that Mohammad Hassan, aged 27, had died.<\/p>\n<p>But her four-person team \"was not in a position to lower his body\" safely, as it would have taken at least six people to do so, Harila wrote, pointing out that the Sherpa was not properly equipped.<\/p>\n<p>His death is \"really tragic (...) and I feel very sorry for the family\", she added, but \"we did our best, especially Gabriel\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1691756208,"publishedAt":1691758663,"updatedAt":1691758668,"expiresAt":0,"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2023\/08\/11\/norwegian-mountaineer-kristin-harila-denies-her-team-ignored-dying-sherpa-on-k2-climb","images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/70\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3e8c3342-75fa-5e10-ad05-cb348978bcea-7817028.jpg","altText":"Norwegian climber Kristin Harila and her Nepali sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa in Kathmandu, Nepal.","caption":"Norwegian climber Kristin Harila and her Nepali sherpa guide Tenjen Sherpa in Kathmandu, Nepal.","captionCredit":"AP Photo","captionUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"sourceUrl":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":8224,"height":4625}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":17208,"slug":"dagc-l-k-sporu","urlSafeValue":"dagc-l-k-sporu","title":"Mountain climbing","titleRaw":"Mountain climbing"},{"id":215,"slug":"norway","urlSafeValue":"norway","title":"Norway","titleRaw":"Norway"},{"id":11790,"slug":"mountaineering","urlSafeValue":"mountaineering","title":"Mountaineering","titleRaw":"Mountaineering"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"twitter","count":1}],"related":[],"technicalTags":[{"path":"euronews.byenglishwebteam"},{"path":"euronews"}],"video":0,"videos":[],"externalPartners":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"isLiveCoverage":0,"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AFP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Euronews","freeField1":"","freeField2":null,"type":"","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"world news","online":1,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"isDfp":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":""},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":12,"urlSafeValue":"asia","title":"Asia"},"country":[],"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_death_injury','castrol_negative_uk','neg_mobkoi_castrol','gt_negative','neg_facebook','neg_facebook_2021','gb_death_injury_high_med','gb_death_injury_high_med_low','gb_death_injury_news-ent','neg_bucherer','neg_intel_en','neg_saudiaramco','neg_nespresso','gb_death_injury_edu','neg_mobkoi_fb-weareonit_fs_28feb2019','neg_mobkoi_feb2021','gt_negative_fear','gs_science_geography','gs_science','gs_busfin'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"path":"\/2023\/08\/11\/norwegian-mountaineer-kristin-harila-denies-her-team-ignored-dying-sherpa-on-k2-climb","lastModified":1691758668},{"id":2342126,"cid":7811172,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"230810_FTWB_52702803","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":1,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: New favourites and shock exits","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: New favourites and shock exits","titleListing2":"The 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup: New favourites and shock exits","leadin":"Few could have predicted the eight teams still standing when the Women's World Cup kicked off three weeks ago in Australia and New Zealand. In partnership with Media City Qatar.\n","summary":"Few could have predicted the eight teams still standing when the Women's World Cup kicked off three weeks ago in Australia and New Zealand. In partnership with Media City Qatar.\n","url":"the-2023-fifa-womens-world-cup-new-favourites-and-shock-exits","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It's been hailed as the tournament of surprises, as few could have predicted the eight teams still standing when the Women's World Cup kicked off three weeks ago in Australia and New Zealand. \n\nThe two nations are hosting the FIFA World Cup, men's or women's, for the first time, and they have lived up to expectations. \n\nThere have been over 2 million tickets sold to date. And international viewing figures are hitting record numbers. In New Zealand, almost 40% of the general population tuned in to watch their team in the very first game. \n\nAfter a mesmerising opening ceremony in Auckland, co-hosts New Zealand kicked off the tournament with a historic 1-0 win over Norway. At the same time, Australia completed a dream opening day for Oceania as they beat Ireland by the same scoreline. \n\nThe group stage was full of twists and turns. Previous cup winners Germany's elimination was a shock to many. As were favourites Brazil and Canada, who were also both knocked out. The biggest surprise of all was four-time champions and cup holders, the USA, who were beaten on penalties by Sweden in the first knockout round. \n\nWith Brazil and the USA gone, we bid farewell to two footballing icons. 2023 will likely be the last major tournament for Brazilian legend Marta Vieira da Silva and the USA's Meghan Rapinoe. \n\n\"They're giants of women's football,\" explained BBC Sport journalist Emma Sanders, \"not just women's football, but football in general.\" \n\n\"Meghan Rapinoe is a former Ballon d'Or winner. She's won a World Cup title. She's won almost everything there is to win. So yes, she's been a phenomenal player and person on and off the pitch. She's left US soccer in a much better position than when she first started her career.\" \n\n\"Marta, on the other hand, has had an even bigger impact on global football. She may not have the same celebrity status as Rapinoe, but she's inspired so many girls and boys in Brazil and is one of the best players ever to play the game, and probably ever will.\" \n\nThe goalkeepers have got everyone talking this tournament. Multiple saves have paved the way for more clean sheets to be kept in the group stage, proving just how influential the keeper position has become. \n\n\"Certainly, some of the goalkeepers that I've watched have proven that the standard has risen to a very high level,\" Channel 10 commentator Simon Hill explained to Football Now. \n\n\"I also think that as the teams are now playing more professionally, the defences are better organised, so the goalkeepers are better protected.\" Simon continued. \n\nNext up is the quarter-finals. Remaining co-hosts Australia will play France, while the Netherlands, runners-up in 2019, will face Spain. \n\nAfter an impressive group stage, England and Japan are the new favourites to reach the final. \n\nJapan, with their exciting counter-attacking style, helped them score plenty of goals. Spain couldn't deal with their attacking threat as they were beaten 4-0 by the East-Asians. Meanwhile, European champions England breezed through the groups. Still, they found it hard to push past Nigeria, who sit 36 places below them in FIFA's world team rankings\u00a0 and claim their spot in the quarter-finals. \n\n\"I think the competition has been blown wide open with some of the big hitters going out early. England are right up there as one of the heavy favourites, but Japan were absolutely the best team in the group stage. I would back them to go all the way to the final.\" said Emma Sanders \n\nIt's been a fascinating tournament that will go down in history as one of the most iconic of all time. Who will win is anyone's guess, because the Women's World Cup is wide-open. \u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<h2>It's been hailed as the tournament of surprises, as few could have predicted the eight teams still standing when the Women's World Cup kicked off three weeks ago in Australia and New Zealand.<\/h2><p>The two nations are hosting the FIFA World Cup, men's or women's, for the first time, and they have lived up to expectations.<\/p>\n<p>There have been over 2 million tickets sold to date. And international viewing figures are hitting record numbers. In New Zealand, almost 40% of the general population tuned in to watch their team in the very first game.<\/p>\n<p>After a mesmerising opening ceremony in Auckland, co-hosts New Zealand kicked off the tournament with a historic 1-0 win over Norway. At the same time, Australia completed a dream opening day for Oceania as they beat Ireland by the same scoreline.<\/p>\n<p>The group stage was full of twists and turns. Previous cup winners Germany's elimination was a shock to many. As were favourites Brazil and Canada, who were also both knocked out. The biggest surprise of all was four-time champions and cup holders, the USA, who were beaten on penalties by Sweden in the first knockout round.<\/p>\n<p>With Brazil and the USA gone, we bid farewell to two footballing icons. 2023 will likely be the last major tournament for Brazilian legend Marta Vieira da Silva and the USA's Meghan Rapinoe.<\/p>\n<p>\"They're giants of women's football,\" explained BBC Sport journalist Emma Sanders, \"not just women's football, but football in general.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"Meghan Rapinoe is a former Ballon d'Or winner. She's won a World Cup title. She's won almost everything there is to win. So yes, she's been a phenomenal player and person on and off the pitch. She's left US soccer in a much better position than when she first started her career.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669244650683166\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//11//72//808x539_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg/" alt=\"Scott Barbour/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6f47e930-7372-5d66-9a70-a943d946e824-7811172.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Meghan Rapinoe's career ended with a missed spot kick<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Scott Barbour/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Marta, on the other hand, has had an even bigger impact on global football. She may not have the same celebrity status as Rapinoe, but she's inspired so many girls and boys in Brazil and is one of the best players ever to play the game, and probably ever will.\"<\/p>\n<p>The goalkeepers have got everyone talking this tournament. Multiple saves have paved the way for more clean sheets to be kept in the group stage, proving just how influential the keeper position has become.<\/p>\n<p>\"Certainly, some of the goalkeepers that I've watched have proven that the standard has risen to a very high level,\" Channel 10 commentator Simon Hill explained to Football Now.<\/p>\n<p>\"I also think that as the teams are now playing more professionally, the defences are better organised, so the goalkeepers are better protected.\" Simon continued.<\/p>\n<p>Next up is the quarter-finals. Remaining co-hosts Australia will play France, while the Netherlands, runners-up in 2019, will face Spain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665993129925237\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//07//81//11//72//808x539_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg/" alt=\"Mark Baker/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/384x256_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/640x427_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/750x500_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/828x552_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1080x720_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1200x800_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/07\/81\/11\/72\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6f30719e-ecd3-5339-9948-2fb1477ca003-7811172.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The co-hosts have done themselves proud<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Mark Baker/Copyright 2023 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>After an impressive group stage, England and Japan are the new favourites to reach the final.<\/p>\n<p>Japan, with their exciting counter-attacking style, helped them score plenty of goals. Spain couldn't deal with their attacking threat as they were beaten 4-0 by the East-Asians. Meanwhile, European champions England breezed through the groups. Still, they found it hard to push past Nigeria, who sit 36 places below them in FIFA's world team rankings\u00a0and claim their spot in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think the competition has been blown wide open with some of the big hitters going out early. England are right up there as one of the heavy favourites, but Japan were absolutely the best team in the group stage. 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