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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
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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
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Special Thanks to Felipe Fuentelsaz and WWF Spain for background interviews and footage.
Read more:
WWF Report from 2024 on Doñana’s water problem:
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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
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.
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.
“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.
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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...
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/
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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Meta's $18bn settlement may hasten reckoning for social media on child safety https://t.co/OMLoO6Cf4L
Former Trump National Security Adviser John Bolton joins Maddie Hale to discuss Trump’s escalating “no-win” trade war with Canada, his handling of Iran and the “huge mistake” he’s making on Ukraine.
A secretive US mission to Moscow is raising fresh questions about Washington’s engagement with the Kremlin. A US Air Force aircraft reportedly carrying CIA chief John Ratcliffe landed in Moscow, with no prior announcement or official confirmation from either side. US media reports say Ratcliffe met Russian officials as efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war remain stalled. Washington also reportedly asked Kyiv to temporarily pause strikes during the visit. The mission comes amid rising US-Iran tensions and Russia’s close ties with Tehran. Watch the full report as Firstpost’s Gursshheen Gahllen brings you the latest.00:00 - Introduction and Morning Headlines (Canada Tariffs, South Korea-Russia tensions, Meta safety concerns).
01:40 - CIA Chief John Ratcliffe's secret visit to Moscow: Flight tracking and mission details.
03:13 - Strategic significance of the visit regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
04:13 - Contextualising the visit against past high-level US-Russia diplomacy.
05:03 - The Iran connection: "Operation Economic Outcast" and Russia-Iran ties.
06:28 - Conflict in the Strait of Hormuz: Trump's warning to Iran.
07:21 - Iran’s regional response and the Omani-Iranian shipping corridor project.
09:32 - Deep dive into Operation Economic Outcast and financial sanctions.
10:48 - Operation Sindur: General Anil Chauhan on munitions hitting Pakistani sites.
12:20 - Analysis of the May 10th air campaign and India's military calculations.
13:50 - Discussion on lower airspace tactics and the element of surprise.
15:21 - Timeline of the 2025 terror attacks and subsequent military escalation.
Why was CIA in Moscow? Is Ukraine 'slowly losing' war? | Michael Clarke live Q&A
Meta - the operator of social media platforms including Facebook and Instagram - and its boss Mark Zuckerberg are facing their biggest trial yet, with the tech giant being sued for the value of the company: $1.4 trillion.
The trial, in Oakland, California, stems from a lawsuit filed in 2023 by 29 American states accusing Meta of being responsible for alleged social media harms to young people.
As the lawyers for California told the jury: Meta's entire business model was to hook the users, hold them as long as they can, harvest their data and then hide the truth from the public. If found guilty the company will not just face a potentially crippling fine it may also be required to change the way it uses social media.
It has been described as big social media's big tobacco moment. The reckoning in the courts comes at a time when the backlash against AI is also gathering steam.
Meta is accused of designing psychologically manipulative features, designed to lure young people in and then maximise their time on the apps. Zuckerberg's company is ultimately accused of contributing to the US mental health crisis. Meta denies all allegations.
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0:00 - Meta stands trial over claims Instagram and Facebook are addictive
3:20 - Social media addiction trial has same ‘resonance’ as Civil Rights movement
A history of the technology and subsequent use and abuse of deepfakes.
Beginning with a little-known 1994 Photoshop demo in which a programmer digitally cloned his girlfriend, this film follows the evolution of fake imagery through internet hoaxes, celebrity porn, and the breakthrough AI technology that made it possible to generate entirely convincing people from scratch.
Meet Ian Goodfellow, the creator of the AI tech behind deepfakes - as he explains how he first made AI generated images, and predicts that the computers will continue to get better at faking indefinitely.
Uncover early deepfake porn communities, through messages shared with the first journalist to report on deepfakes globally. Hear from a young journalist, who speaks out about her experience of deepfake nudification and how it can happen to anyone.
**Correction, Julie Yukari's name was spelt incorrectly in this video.
China’s humanoid robot makers now control 97% of global shipments, giving Beijing an early lead over U.S. rivals. At the World Robot Conference, robots sort boxes, handle laundry, and bag clothes, but the real test is whether they can become everyday tools.
Peter O'Brien is pleased to welcome Simon McGarr, Lawyer with McGarr Solicitors in Dublin, and Managing Director of Data Compliance Europe. Cybersecurity is no longer simply a question of whether governments possess adequate technical defences, explains McGarr. AI is altering those risks at extraordinary speed, placing capabilities once associated with states or sophisticated criminal organizations within reach of much smaller actors. If threats evolve month by month, governments must focus on prevention: identifying vulnerabilities, adapting defenses and developing long-term institutional capacity before emerging threats become crises.
The US gross national debt has surged past $40 trillion for the first time, government data showed Wednesday, outstripping earlier forecasts at a pace fuelled in part by President Donald Trump's invalidated tariffs.
The uptick in borrowing is a blow to Trump, who promised to cut public spending during his 2024 presidential campaign, and sparked a backlash from US representatives across the political field.
Donald Trump's order to reduce military cooperation with South Korea has left his security strategy in tatters as his 'good relationship' with Kim Jong Un will embolden US adversaries and push away allies warns Prof. Robert Kelly on Frontline.
£19,000 buys a full three-bedroom house in Britain right now — not a shed, not a caravan, an actual home with a front door and a postcode. England alone sits on over 750,000 empty properties, and 300,000 of them have stood vacant for six months or more, the worst figure since 2011. We ranked ten real towns from cheapest to most surprising, each with one honest number and one honest catch.
In this video, we explore:
→ Why a three-bed terrace in Boston, Lincolnshire costs a third of the county average — and has for years
→ A Victorian promenade town in North Wales where homes near the beach sell under £120,000, sea air included
→ Four of Britain's five cheapest towns clustered on one stretch of Ayrshire coast, all in the same rock-bottom band
→ Scotland's most affordable town, where Burns wrote "Sweet Afton" and prices never recovered from pit closures
→ Burnley — officially the cheapest local authority in England at £129K, with Pennine-edge winters to match
→ A house on Cameron Road, Hartlepool that sold for £25,000 in September 2026, and auction guide prices as low as £15,000
→ Rhondda Valley, where 5,654 men once worked a single pit complex — now Wales's most affordable place to buy a home
→ Britain's cheapest postcode, PA15 in Greenock, averaging £56,823 on the Clyde where empire ships were built
→ Campbeltown, once "Whiskyopolis" with 37 distilleries, now Britain's cheapest coastal town at £103K
→ And at number one: the town officially rated most affordable in all of Britain — with a £325 monthly mortgage and 175,000 heritage visitors a year
Chinese researchers may have found a way to reverse childhood myopia using nothing but red light, and the clinical results are already reshaping how the world thinks about corrective lenses.
This video breaks down Repeated Low-Level Red Light therapy (RLRL), a three-minute daily treatment developed at the Zhongshan Ophthalmic Center in Guangzhou that reduced eyeball elongation by nearly 70 percent in a randomized clinical trial, with some children's eyes actually shortening. We explain the science of photobiomodulation, how red light boosts blood flow to the sclera to stop the eye from stretching, and why myopia rates have exploded to over 80 percent among Chinese high schoolers.
You'll learn about the Eyerising device now approved in the UK, EU, Japan, and Australia, why it still isn't FDA-approved in the US, the safety concerns that led China to reclassify these devices, and how low-dose atropine eye drops are emerging as a second major treatment. We also cover why the global eyewear industry has little incentive to fund a cure for the condition it profits from. If you or your child wears glasses, this is the future of myopia treatment you need to understand.
Could an eye drop really replace cataract surgery? The first American patients are now enrolled in a US clinical trial of ZOC2017217, an investigational lanosterol-derived eye drop designed to slow, and possibly reverse, age-related cataracts. As a board-certified cataract and refractive surgeon, I break down what this trial can and cannot tell us, the critical number missing from the company's early data, why the original 2015 lanosterol discovery failed replication, and the truth about castor oil "cures" spreading on social media. Plus: 5 things you can do right now to lower your cataract risk.
Dr. Marc Shomer, MD PhD is a board-certified ophthalmologist and vision surgeon at Eye MDs of Inland, serving the Inland Empire of Southern California.
Cataract surgery is a safe and common procedure that removes a cloudy lens and replaces it with an artificial intraocular lens (IOL) to restore clear vision.
What Cataract Surgery Involves
Cataract surgery is performed when the eye’s natural lens becomes cloudy, impairing vision. The procedure replaces the cloudy lens with a clear artificial lens called an intraocular lens (IOL). Most surgeries are outpatient procedures, and patients remain awake under local anesthesia, often with sedatives to relax. The most common technique is phacoemulsification, where an ultrasonic probe breaks up the lens, which is then removed and replaced with a foldable IOL through a small incision that usually does not require stitches. Less common techniques include manual extracapsular cataract extraction and laser-assisted surgeryAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology+4.
Preparation Before Surgery
Before surgery, your ophthalmologist will:
Measure your eye to determine the correct IOL power.
Review medications and advise on any to avoid.
Prescribe antibiotic or anti-inflammatory eye drops to prevent infection and reduce swelling.
First 24–72 hours: The incision begins to heal; vision may be blurry, and the eye may feel scratchy or watery.
First week: Protective eye shields are recommended during sleep; avoid rubbing the eye, bending over, or heavy lifting.
2–6 weeks: Vision gradually stabilizes; most people notice improvement within a few days, but full healing can take up to 4–8 weeks.
Long-term: Some patients may develop posterior capsular opacification (secondary cataract) months or years later, which can be treated with a simple laser procedure called YAG capsulotomyAmerican Academy of Ophthalmology+4. Patients are usually able to resume light activities, reading, and computer work within a few days, while strenuous exercise, swimming, and heavy lifting should be delayed for 2–4 weeks depending on the surgeon’s advice American Academy of Ophthalmology+1.
Types of Intraocular Lenses (IOLs)
Monofocal: Focuses at one distance, usually far; reading glasses may still be needed.
Toric: Corrects astigmatism.
Multifocal or accommodating: Provides a range of vision (near, intermediate, distance), potentially reducing the need for glasses American Academy of Ophthalmology+3.
Risks and Complications
Cataract surgery is generally safe, but potential risks include:
Cataract surgery is often covered by Medicare and private insurance, especially for standard monofocal IOLs. Premium lenses or laser-assisted procedures may incur additional out-of-pocket costs. Average costs in the U.S. range from approximately $1,600 to $3,000 per eye, depending on the facility, lens type, and insurance coverage American Academy of Ophthalmology+3.
Key Takeaways
Cataract surgery is a highly effective and commonly performed procedure that restores vision by replacing the cloudy lens with an artificial IOL. Recovery is generally quick, with most patients noticing improved vision within days, though full healing may take several weeks. Discussing lens options, timing, and potential risks with your ophthalmologist ensures the best outcomes for your individual needs American Academy of Ophthalmology+4.
