#PlanetA #Spain #illegal - How greed is turning Spain into a desert: DW Planet A

4 September 2026

Spain is Europe's greenhouse. Vast, plastic-covered fields dominate its southern coast to produce up to 25 percent of Europe's fruit and veg. But this has a price. Spain is experiencing its worst water crisis in history, with thousands of illegal wells drilled to irrigate farms aggravating the problem — all for cheap, year-round produce for the richer countries up north. #PlanetA #Spain drought #illegal wells #water crisis #groundwater depletion Credits:   Reporter: Kiyo Dörrer Additional research: Nicole Ris Video Editor: Neven Hillebrands Camera: Maud Watine Supervising Editors: Adam Baheej Adada, Michael Trobridge Fact-Check: Kirsten Funck Thumbnail: Em Chabridon Special Thanks to Felipe Fuentelsaz and WWF Spain for background interviews and footage. Read more: WWF Report from 2024 on Doñana’s water problem: https://wwf.panda.org/wwf_news/?10602... Numbers on agricultural yield and produce prices referenced in the video: https://www.mercasa.es/precios-y-merc... https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/QCL

#Spain #Ceuta #Migrants: 'Pragmatic international relations': Sánchez seeks to avoid 'further conflict with Rabat': FRANCE 24 English

4 September 2026

Delano D'Souza is pleased to welcome Alana Moceri, International Relations Professor at IE School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs. The migrant crossings at Ceuta have become both a domestic and international political lightning rod.

At home, Pedro Sánchez faces opponents who can cast migration in existential terms, with Spain's far right amplifying the rhetoric of "invasion." Internationally, the crisis exposes the geopolitical leverage inherent in control of the border. Ceuta thus emerges as more than a migration crisis: the border becomes at once an instrument of geopolitical leverage, a weapon in Spain's domestic political contest, and a battleground for competing narratives and disinformation.

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#DonaldTrump #IranWar #canada - Trump must FIRE Pete Hegseth now as military purge causes ‘catastrophic’ damage | Rick Wilson: The Trump Report

2 September 2026

Rick Wilson joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s escalating Iran war, his controversial relationship with Putin, his ‘stupid’ Canada feud and Republican fears over the political fallout, and Pete Hegseth’s ‘catastrophic’ military purge.

Russia's G20 US invitation severely criticised by European countries • FRANCE 24 English

#EU #NATO #Russia - Pressure On Russia To Be Amped Up After Leipzig Airport Drone Attack: EU & NATO Leaders | FULL: Forbes Breaking News

2 September 2026

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and NATO Sec.-Gen. Mark Rutte hold a press briefing in Brussels, Belgium

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Russia's G20 US invitation severely criticised by European countries • FRANCE 24 English

Why did Russia target Leipzig airport in alleged drone attack? • FRANCE 24 English

#Putin #Russia #warcrimes - Putin risks angering oligarchs with one ‘big throw of the dice’ | Cormac Smith: Frontline

1 September 2026

“The Ukrainian people know he is a cornered rat.” Putin could upset Russian oligarchs to the point where they lose patience with his planned mass mobilisation, says former British diplomat Cormac Smith. You have been watching Frontline, with Kate Gerbeau, Philip Ingram, Louis Sykes and Laura Martinez-Williams, produced by Times Radio. For more on the war in Ukraine and Global Security hit subscribe and turn on notifications:    / @frontlinedailypodcast   You can also hear Frontline on Times Radio at 0100UTC or wherever your get your podcasts. 📲 Get the free Times Radio app https://www.thetimes.co.uk/radio/how-...

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#DonaldTrump #PeteHegseth - The Week in TrumpLand: "Incompetent Authoritarians" Trump and Hegseth Decimate US Military: Scott Lucas Worldview

29 August 2026

Part 3 of This Was The Week That Was (in TrumpLand) with Scott Lucas and Maddie Hale 1. #DonaldTrump and #PeteHegseth decimate US military through purges and incompetence 2. How a 4-star general was fired after US helicopters overflew mansion of Kid Rock Bonus: Maddie and I clash over whether Kid Rock is a crime against music Recorded August 27, 2026 Full analysis: https://eaworldview.com/2026/08/canad...

#music #musica - Halsey - The Girl In The Tower (Live) Live From Milan

Premiere in progress.

THE GIRL IN THE TOWER 

A Concert Film by HALSEY

http://girlinthetower.com 

The film takes its name from The Girl in the Tower – A Ceremony by Halsey, the gothic-inspired live production Halsey introduced during her European festival run this summer. The performances transformed her catalog into a theatrical experience, with the set incorporating songs from across her career, including “Experiment On Me.” https://inmusicblog.com/news/halsey-girl-tower-concert-film-youtube/

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#socialmedia #meta - Is Meta’s $17B Settlement in Social Media Addiction Suit a Turning Point? Democracy Now!

27 August 2026

Prosecutors across 47 states, Washington, D.C., and U.S. territories have announced a groundbreaking legal settlement with technology giant Meta over accusations that the social media company deliberately designed addictive products they knew to be harmful to children.

Meta, the parent company of Instagram and Facebook, is set to pay at least $12 billion and up to $17.1 billion in financial penalties, in addition to implementing design changes for underage users. "This is the least they can do to prevent harms that have metastasized and have already caused suicides … [but] we cannot be relying on fines, or certainly even on litigation, after harms have already transpired.

What we need are rules of the road. And we need rules that go to the root cause of the business model," says Amba Kak, the co-executive director of AI Now Institute, who joins us for a wide-ranging discussion on tech policy and regulation.

Kak, who advises various governments on AI regulatory guidelines, adds, "The era of looking to tech CEOs or tech luminaries to give us answers for what are fundamentally social and political questions, I think, is gone."

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