Latest news bulletin | April 22nd – Midday
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/22/latest-news-bulletin-april-22nd-midday
Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages
Catch up with the most important stories from around Europe and beyond - latest news, breaking news, World, Business, Entertainment, Politics, Culture, Travel.
READ MORE : http://www.euronews.com/2025/04/22/latest-news-bulletin-april-22nd-midday
Subscribe to our channel. Euronews is available on Dailymotion in 12 languages
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00The late Pope Francis' cause of death has been confirmed as a stroke followed by irreversible
00:07heart failure.
00:10For the first time in years, Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed a willingness
00:16to hold direct talks with Ukraine.
00:20Trump's attacks on Fed Chair Powell fueled concerns over central bank independence, triggering
00:24market sell-offs, the dollar hit a three-year low, gold reached a record high and treasury
00:28yields jumped.
00:39The late Pope Francis' cause of death was confirmed by the Vatican on Monday evening, as
00:44a stroke followed by irreversible heart failure.
00:49His passing was announced earlier in the morning, with bells tolling in Catholic churches from
00:55Latin America to Asia and across Rome, as the news spread around the world.
01:04The 88-year-old pontiff's health had been struggling in recent weeks.
01:08In February, he was admitted to the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where he spent 38 days battling
01:14a respiratory crisis that developed into double pneumonia.
01:20It wasn't his first encounter with pulmonary issues.
01:25Francis suffered from chronic lung disease his entire life, even having part of his lung
01:30removed as a young man.
01:34He was released from hospital and returned to the Vatican in late March, where he resumed
01:39his papal role with lighter duties.
01:43Francis made his last public appearance on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in
01:48St. Peter's Square.
01:51The Vatican says the public will likely be able to begin paying their final respects to Pope
01:57Francis starting Wednesday in St. Peter's Basilica.
02:03In a change ordered by Francis, the Pope's body will no longer be placed on an elevated
02:08bier, but rather the wooden coffin will be placed facing the pews.
02:14However, the date of the funeral for Pope Francis, who asked to be buried in the ground at St.
02:19Mary Major Basilica, has not yet been decided.
02:25A seder vacante or vacancy has now begun in the Vatican, marked by the red ribbon and wax
02:31ceiling of the late Pope's formal apartment.
02:40The death of a Pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals
02:45surrounding the Pontiff's burial and electing a successor, a process known as the Conclave.
02:52Following the Pope's death, a nine-day mourning period follows.
02:56During this period, the College of Cardinals assembles in the Vatican, where they will be locked
03:00in the Sistine Chapel around 15 days after the Pope's death, bound by secrecy as they
03:05elect a new Pope.
03:08Immediately after an initial mass, the Cardinals cast their first ballots.
03:13If no Pope is elected, the ballots are burned and the process is repeated four times a day
03:17until one candidate receives a two-third majority.
03:22Black smoke signals an inconclusive vote.
03:26White smoke announces to the world that a new Pope has been chosen.
03:31The new Pope then emerges and gives his first blessing.
03:36Fratelli and sorelle, buona sera.
03:50Russian President Vladimir Putin has expressed for the first time in years a willingness to
03:55hold direct talks with Ukraine.
03:58This marks potential diplomatic movement as pressure mounts from the U.S. for both sides
04:03to reach a ceasefire deal.
04:06Speaking to Russian state media, Putin claimed Moscow was open to discussing the possibility
04:11of halting strikes on civilian infrastructure with Kyiv.
04:16Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has also signaled readiness for dialogue, proposing
04:22a 30-day ceasefire to end attacks on civilians, though Russia has yet to accept the offer.
04:28As talks intensify, the U.S. has warned that it could withdraw its support for peace efforts
04:34if there's no visible progress.
04:37With negotiations set to continue in London this week, the coming days could determine whether
04:42renewed diplomacy finally leads to peace.
04:48Harvard University has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration in an effort to block
04:54a federal freeze on more than $2.2 billion in grant funding.
04:59The legal action follows the university's refusal to comply with a series of demands issued by
05:05the administration aimed at curbing campus activism.
05:09Earlier this month, the White House sent a letter to Harvard outlining proposed reforms
05:14that included changes to university leadership and admissions policies and an audit of its
05:20diversity initiatives.
05:23The administration also urged the university to revoke recognition of several student organizations.
05:32After Harvard President Alan Garber publicly rejected the demands, the federal government responded
05:37by freezing the university's grant funding.
05:42The university claims the government's demands are not only a threat to the Ivy League school
05:46itself, but to the autonomy that the Supreme Court has long granted American universities.
05:59President Trump intensified his attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Monday, demanding
06:03immediate rate cuts and calling him a major loser.
06:08Trump warned of an economic slowdown and accused Powell of past political bias in a social media
06:13post.
06:14The attacks heightened fears over the Fed's independence, triggering sharp sell-offs across
06:19U.S. markets on Monday.
06:21Stock indices fell over 2% and the dollar index hit a 3-year low, while the euro and Swiss franc
06:27surged.
06:28U.S. Treasury yields jumped, with the 10-year yield reaching 4.4%.
06:34Low prices hit new record highs near $3,500 an ounce, fueled by dollar worries and risk
06:40aversion.
06:42The possibility of dismissing Powell by the Trump administration has been acknowledged
06:46by President's advisor Kevin Hassett on Monday.
06:50Analysts warned that firing the Fed chair could unleash extreme market volatility and permanently
06:56damage the dollar's global status.
07:00Powell struck a cautious tone last week, signaling no rush to cut rates and worrying about inflation
07:05driven by tariffs.
07:09While appointed by the President, Fed chairs have legally protected independence and can
07:13usually only be fired for cause.
07:16Powell's term ends in May 2026, but the current pressure raises significant concerns over financial
07:23stability appear to remain well anchored as well.
07:30Instagram is now using AI to spot underage users who enter false birth dates when signing
07:35up.
07:36The app will proactively flag accounts it suspects belong to children, reclassifying them as teen
07:42accounts with stricter privacy controls.
07:46Teen profiles are private by default, limit who can message them and restrict sensitive content,
07:52like violent videos or cosmetic surgery ads.
07:55The changes come as pressure builds on social media companies to better protect children online.
08:04In the small computer, there are some AR algorithms.
08:20we do, we analyze the data, then we find the key objects.
08:26For example, I'm interested in a chair,
08:27it tells me where the chair is.
08:29And then I move to the chair, I make one step,
08:32then actually the information changes,
08:35because my position gets changed.
08:36Then also the update itself,
08:38update the new information to tell where the chair is.
08:41In this way, step by step,
08:43then I can approach the target safely.
08:50Developing smart glasses with a view to feeding information to a blind person,
09:01it actually is a real step forward in terms of both navigation and I guess independence.
09:07Many visually impaired people want to remain as independent as possible.
09:10And yes, you can use a guide dog, you can use a cane,
09:13but ultimately the ability of a camera mounted on glasses
09:18to feed information to you via both your ears and via haptic feedback is just a massive step forward.
09:26A film portraying the activism of residents of Covas de Barroso, a small town in the north of Portugal,
09:45will arrive in cinemas on the 24th of April after the world premiere at the Cannes director's fortnight.
09:51Savannah and the Mountain by director Paolo Carneiro is a documentary fiction
09:56depicting a history of resistance in the form of a musical western.
10:00As people of Covas de Barroso were well represented by a documentary,
10:07because it was necessary to put them in action.
10:10It was necessary to take the struggle from the editor,
10:13from emails, from scientific papers,
10:17that have been read and read and read and analyzed by specialists,
10:24and to practice the struggle, to show the struggle in their practice.
10:28The film gives a voice to a rural community fighting for its land
10:33after discovering that British lithium extraction giant Savannah Resources
10:37is planning to build Europe's largest open pit mine just a few meters from their homes.
10:43We live in one of the most isolated regions of the country,
10:46but in 2017 and 2018, perhaps we were considered a Patrimony Gripen Mundial
10:55by the way we live, how we work on earth, how we relate to nature.
11:02And when we see a project like this at our door,
11:05where we put in danger everything we have, the way we live,
11:11we have the risk to have to abandon our place,
11:17the film is exactly this.
11:20The struggle is amplified by the intervention of Carlos Libo's soundtracks
11:24and the authenticity that the inhabitants of Covas de Barroso bring to the film.
11:29The expectation, in the eyes of director Paolo Carnero,
11:32is that it will fill cinemas and achieve success nationwide,
11:36not just in the major cities.
11:39Hello.
11:40Hello.