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[00:00:30] will do that, yes, it's nine o'clock now and the latest news this morning,
[00:00:41] of November is like in Estonia, just
[00:00:46] good morning, it's nine o'clock and it's news time. In Narva,
[00:00:50] only about 15%
[00:00:54] of participants successfully passed
[00:00:56] the C1 level Estonian language exam held in September. Across Estonia, the corresponding figure was nearly 30%.
[00:01:00] According to language teachers, the low Estonian-speaking environment, the demanding
[00:01:04] nature of the exam, and the lack of suitable
[00:01:07] learning materials make it difficult to achieve a high level.
[00:01:10] This C1 level requires, in addition to good language skills, the ability
[00:01:14] to discuss complex topics and to justify
[00:01:16] one's views. According to the Ministry of Education and Youth, a pass rate of about
[00:01:20] 30% for the advanced level exam
[00:01:22] is typical. However, in Narva, learners often have to find opportunities themselves
[00:01:26] to practice Estonian daily. More details
[00:01:30] can be found on the ERR portal.
[00:01:33] The price of bitumen, which is needed for asphalt production, has
[00:01:36] risen by nearly half in two weeks. While a ton of bitumen used to cost about
[00:01:40] 550 euros, the price now reaches up to 750
[00:01:43] euros. One of the reasons for the price increase is supply difficulties.
[00:01:47] Currently, only one company supplies bitumen to Estonia.
[00:01:50] The Transport Administration, however, is looking for ways to partially replace
[00:01:54] expensive bitumen with plastic waste. This would help reduce both asphalt
[00:01:58] production costs and environmental impact. A research project costing nearly
[00:02:01] 800,000 euros will last until the beginning
[00:02:05] of 2029, and during its course, it will be determined how much
[00:02:08] plastic could be used in asphalt mixes. More details again on the
[00:02:12] ERR portal. We will also continue with foreign affairs.
[00:02:16] In the US election race, polls indicate a possible shift
[00:02:19] in voter preferences, said US political analyst
[00:02:22] Lauri Allman on television. If we look at
[00:02:25] the poll results,
[00:02:27] which can also be misleading, then... "let's say this
[00:02:31] leaning towards the Democrats in various places, as was
[00:02:34] also said here before, even in those states where
[00:02:38] Republicans have traditionally been in a very
[00:02:41] good position, in those states where Donald Trump, for example, won,
[00:02:45] not by five, six, seven percent, but
[00:02:49] by 10, 12, 17 percent,
[00:02:52] uh, that those poll results tend to lean
[00:02:56] towards the Democrats right now and and..."
[00:03:00] and actually a certain nervousness is also shown by
[00:03:04] how, for example, President Donald Trump's visits
[00:03:07] and speeches during this campaign have been planned. He has
[00:03:11] visited states that a
[00:03:14] Republican president would not normally
[00:03:17] visit. Bulgaria's incumbent President
[00:03:21] Iliana Yotova declared herself the winner of the Bulgarian presidential
[00:03:25] elections. According to preliminary election results, Yotova,
[00:03:28] who advocates for starting a dialogue with Russia and ending military support for Ukraine,
[00:03:31] received 58% of the voters'
[00:03:35] votes. Her rival, the pro-European Andrei Kyurov,
[00:03:39] had to settle for about 38 percent. Vice President
[00:03:42] Yotova became president this spring when the previous president,
[00:03:46] Rumen Radev, resigned. If the election results
[00:03:49] are officially confirmed, Yotova will become Bulgaria's first
[00:03:52] female president to take office
[00:03:54] with an election victory.
[00:04:00] in their every day, we talked
[00:04:03] about income, we talked about
[00:04:05] peace, we talked about the challenges,
[00:04:09] and today they understood our message. Many
[00:04:13] challenges lie ahead, tough times lie ahead,
[00:04:16] and here it is important to say
[00:04:19] that at the end of this campaign, we, as a society, as citizens,
[00:04:23] should seek unity
[00:04:27] rather than division.
[00:04:38] The Polish government's attempt to replace the constitutional court judges appointed
[00:04:42] during the previous Law and Justice party's term in office, bypassing
[00:04:45] the president, is very reminiscent of the Law and Justice
[00:04:49] party's own actions. According to the expert, this gives the impression
[00:04:52] of a power grab rather than a restoration of the rule of law.
[00:04:56] I would rather ask the question whether we will have a constitution.
[00:05:00] and it could be trusted, not uh reflecting
[00:05:03] on whether this or another politician uh going to win on
[00:05:07] that uh, I'm not sure, I'm sure
[00:05:10] that we will lost as society. will not have a constitutional
[00:05:14] tribunal because of luck of this compromise between different
[00:05:18] political powers and both the president
[00:05:21] and donald, i think is they're more concentrated on
[00:05:24] further polarization than actually restoring the rule of
[00:05:27] law.
[00:05:29] In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, Christmas lights have already been lit. According to President
[00:05:33] Elsy Rodriguez, she hopes that the early lit Christmas lights
[00:05:37] will help Venezuelans to be better towards each other and to find
[00:05:41] the spirit of unity and recovery. Also, according to other
[00:05:44] public figures who participated in the lighting of the Christmas lights,
[00:05:47] they hope that the early Christmas season will increase
[00:05:50] mutual understanding and help society to recover faster
[00:05:54] from the catastrophic earthquakes. Two strong
[00:05:57] earthquakes hit Venezuela in June, killing over
[00:06:00] 6,500 people.
[00:06:03] But let's return to our homeland. Today, Estonia celebrates All Souls'
[00:06:07] Day, for which church services, memorial moments, and concerts
[00:06:10] are held all over Estonia. According to the Estonian folk calendar, All Souls'
[00:06:14] Day is a time when the souls of the deceased are expected to return to their
[00:06:17] former homes. Nowadays, it is primarily a day of silence and
[00:06:21] remembrance, when cemeteries are visited and candles are lit
[00:06:25] in memory of those who are no longer among us.
[00:06:27] But let's also talk about our weather. Today it is
[00:06:31] cloudy with rain in many places. The wind will be mainly
[00:06:35] from the south, 1 to 6 meters per second, on the coast southwest and
[00:06:39] south wind 3-9 with gusts up to 12.
[00:06:42] per second, in the evening the wind will turn to the northwest and north
[00:06:46] on the islands and northwest coast, the air temperature today will be between
[00:06:49] six and 10 degrees Celsius. News
[00:06:53] again at five or all day on the portal and radio, happy new week!
[00:11:19] but we'll definitely get rain this week too and if it goes especially nicely
[00:11:23] we might even get sleet here in the first half of the week, not everywhere, not
[00:11:27] everywhere, but in Eastern Estonia and and somewhere else here
[00:11:30] tomorrow, I think, tomorrow there might even be sleet, but today is
[00:11:34] November 2nd, as we started and and it's All Souls' Day,
[00:11:38] so this morning we have reason to look at this old
[00:11:42] belief and custom in such a way that what should actually be done or how to
[00:11:46] understand that those little souls have indeed visited home, what did Estonians
[00:11:49] think and believe, what were the signs to pay attention to,
[00:11:52] for example, this is very important from that.
[00:11:59] productivity, well, probably, in many companies yes, but one
[00:12:03] study shows that this productivity is not
[00:12:06] reflected in financial results, wealth still doesn't come, wealth doesn't come,
[00:12:09] why is that, and a little bit about whether
[00:12:13] the role of employees, their valuation, their evaluation
[00:12:17] systems, should all be re-evaluated in a situation where
[00:12:20] artificial intelligence does a large part of the work and of course, we'll talk a little
[00:12:24] bit about last week's big news, which concerned large layoffs
[00:12:28] in various companies, how that is related to the matter, even in one
[00:12:31] unicorn, even
[00:13:09] in the United States, namely the midterm election week, and that usually
[00:13:12] happens when the president's term is four years, and then
[00:13:16] exactly two years have passed and two years are still ahead, then the
[00:13:20] midterm elections take place and the composition
[00:13:23] of Congress can change depending on who
[00:13:26] people plan to vote for, what kind of people they
[00:13:30] like, whether they prefer Democrats or Republicans more, this
[00:13:34] morning we'll talk about all of that here on television and we have Lauri
[00:13:37] Alman already taken a seat in the studio, good morning to you, good morning, but before
[00:13:41] that, we have another chance to talk to Mariann
[00:13:45] Rohemäe, our own journalist, who is in the United
[00:13:48] States, well, good morning from our perspective to you
[00:13:51] too. Good morning to all of you.
[00:13:55] Well, please tell me how vigorously the campaign
[00:13:59] is being conducted, what people are being enticed with, what they are being offered, are there also
[00:14:03] big disputes, contradictions to be seen,
[00:14:05] discussions?
[00:14:08] The campaign is in full swing as always and all
[00:14:12] the way to the end and of course, both
[00:14:16] Democrats and Republicans' biggest
[00:14:19] names and biggest figures have
[00:14:22] held here in recent weeks such big
[00:14:25] campaign events, for example, former
[00:14:28] President Barack Obama was in Georgia
[00:14:31] last week, President Donald Trump gave
[00:14:35] a speech only a few hours ago in Iowa, but there are also
[00:14:39] smaller community
[00:14:41] campaigns, so you have to remember that it was also
[00:14:45] Halloween week, so the parties held Halloween
[00:14:49] events, fairs
[00:14:51] are held, door-to-door campaigns
[00:14:55] are conducted and then they still try to encourage their
[00:14:59] voters by sending them various text messages,
[00:15:03] sending letters, making social media posts, so
[00:15:06] absolutely everything that comes to mind is done,
[00:15:09] does that also mean that security and transparency
[00:15:13] are looked at with a sharper eye, because, well, early voting, so to speak,
[00:15:16] sending your ballot by mail, that option has been available for some
[00:15:20] time already, that's true, yes, but it... "depends
[00:15:23] also on who you talk to,
[00:15:27] that is, what is important to them or
[00:15:30] what they notice about the transparency
[00:15:34] of these elections, that for Republicans..."
[00:15:37] the concern is that they fear that those who should
[00:15:41] not vote will be able to vote, uh
[00:15:44] and therefore, various states have been asked
[00:15:48] for example for voter lists,
[00:15:51] there have also been lawsuits, for example in California there has been
[00:15:55] quite a sharp dispute, um, and
[00:15:58] oil has been poured into the fire
[00:16:02] by this Alaska event, that is, the case
[00:16:05] of Dan Sullivan, where his...
[00:16:09] the Democratic candidate's campaign seemingly
[00:16:12] persuaded his opponent's namesake
[00:16:16] to run, in order to confuse
[00:16:19] voters, but if we now talk to Democrats, then Democrats
[00:16:23] feel that the administration somehow
[00:16:27] too strongly interferes in the states' decision-making
[00:16:30] process, because they usually manage
[00:16:34] elections and such demands for voter lists
[00:16:38] and everything else is somehow overstepping
[00:16:42] such a usual um
[00:16:44] and therefore, Democrats
[00:16:48] are a little worried and of course also because
[00:16:51] actually, um, generally such large
[00:16:55] frauds have not
[00:16:57] been discovered very often in elections. What
[00:17:01] stands out, who are people leaning towards more
[00:17:03] right now?
[00:17:05] Well, that's a million dollar question, if I could answer that,
[00:17:09] then elections wouldn't be needed, I could just announce
[00:17:12] everything myself. Uh, generally, of course,
[00:17:16] there are some states that are definitely
[00:17:19] red, some states that are definitely blue, and
[00:17:23] then there's a whole bunch of swing states where the
[00:17:26] struggle is always tighter, but
[00:17:30] it must be admitted that this time there are
[00:17:33] surprising states, where
[00:17:36] by all accounts... "Republicans should feel
[00:17:39] very confident, but
[00:17:41] in reality, the fight is still very close,
[00:17:45] the situation is extremely even, and in this case, I'm primarily talking about
[00:17:49] Texas and Kansas, and I have
[00:17:52] also, um, spoken to various Republicans and
[00:17:55] they have admitted that the close race in these
[00:17:58] states has been very shocking,
[00:18:02] um, does this now mean that these
[00:18:05] Republicans
[00:18:07] will definitely go, for example, to the Democrats, who are disappointed in President Donald
[00:18:10] Trump, who are disappointed in economic policy, who
[00:18:14] are disappointed in the so-called wars that were not supposed
[00:18:17] to happen, it cannot be said for sure, it is more likely
[00:18:21] that they will simply decide to stay home in these
[00:18:24] elections, but it must also be admitted that so far
[00:18:28] voter turnout has been quite high
[00:18:30] in early voting, that already about 53 million
[00:18:33] Americans have voted, which is seven
[00:18:36] more than in the previous midterm elections, people are
[00:18:40] active, that's good to hear, they care about their country's future, thank you for joining
[00:18:44] us this morning and I think we'll meet again the day after tomorrow
[00:18:56] question, how does it seem to you right now, can the balance of power
[00:19:00] in Congress change after these midterm elections, uh
[00:19:03] the balance of power in Congress can change after these midterm elections.
[00:19:07] Uh, making such predictions is always ungrateful, but if we
[00:19:11] look at the poll results,
[00:19:14] which can also be misleading, then let's say this
[00:19:18] leaning towards the Democrats in various places, as was
[00:19:21] also said here before, even in those states where
[00:19:24] Republicans have traditionally been in a very good
[00:19:28] position, in those states where Donald Trump, for example, won,
[00:19:32] not by five, six, seven percent, but
[00:19:35] by 10, 12...
[00:19:37] 17%.
[00:19:41] Uh, that those poll results tend to lean towards the Democrats
[00:19:44] right now and and and
[00:19:47] actually, such a certain nervousness is also shown by
[00:19:51] how, for example, President Donald Trump's visits and
[00:19:54] speeches during this campaign have been planned. He has visited
[00:19:58] states that a Republican
[00:20:02] president would not normally visit, Iowa
[00:20:05] was heard. "That same
[00:20:08] Texas, it has been guaranteed, uh,
[00:20:11] the US's so-called Republican
[00:20:14] state for some decades already,
[00:20:17] and Kansas likewise, it's actually quite
[00:20:21] unexpected that US Republican President Donald Trump has
[00:20:24] to campaign in Kansas, which he won by 17 percent, so his feet are still a little shaky, and he
[00:20:28] understands that too, that he can't be so confident anymore, yes, yes, that, that can
[00:20:32] definitely be said, well, what else stands out here,
[00:20:35] he also gave examples, Barack Obama, former US
[00:20:39] president has also made jokes here, yes, here
[00:20:43] is, uh, let's say, this campaign has taken on very, very
[00:20:46] colorful, very colorful tones
[00:20:50] as always in the US, uh, but but what is
[00:20:53] special this time
[00:20:56] is that, well, indeed, once again, as always, and similarly, uh,
[00:20:59] it is emphasized in every US election that this is the historic
[00:21:03] election and everything depends on this election,
[00:21:06] uh, and they bring out their heaviest
[00:21:09] artillery and of course, so does Barack
[00:21:13] Obama, who has visited many many important
[00:21:16] states, exactly the same way as Donald Trump.
[00:21:20] Uh, Barack Obama in his
[00:21:23] campaign in Ohio
[00:21:27] uh gave an example where he, where he
[00:21:30] compared, where he very humorously started started
[00:21:34] attacking Donald Trump
[00:21:37] uh and and used such an expression that he
[00:21:41] has decorated the White House
[00:21:44] with, let's say, such an interior design taste as if Saddam Hussein
[00:21:48] had opened a cheesecake.
[00:22:50] like Cheesecake Factory and and
[00:22:53] then it started again, this kind of
[00:22:56] fake offense, Republicans have always been traditionally
[00:22:59] very good at getting offended by such
[00:23:03] small small remarks and such light
[00:23:06] jokes, while their own president uses
[00:23:10] very very strong and actually such
[00:23:13] let's say, well, let's say shocking expressions
[00:23:16] at times, uh, to which Barack Obama in turn said: let's say that
[00:23:20] a complete Republican, Republican campaign machine was launched,
[00:23:23] which then said that Democrats don't appreciate such a nice
[00:23:26] family restaurant, how can that be,
[00:23:29] uh, and Barack Obama came back in that Georgia
[00:23:33] campaign, which we, which was also mentioned before,
[00:23:36] and said, that it's noteworthy
[00:23:40] that everyone was annoyed by that joke about Cheesecake Factory,
[00:23:43] but not by the fact that we compared Donald Trump to Saddam
[00:23:46] Hussein, that didn't bother him, so... "which is
[00:23:50] harsh, but but it shows, it's very harsh and and actually it shows
[00:23:54] such once again Barack Obama's skill as a campaign master, that he throws
[00:23:57] out a hook, the other side swallows it, he comes back and
[00:24:01] makes a very clever joke afterwards and and
[00:24:04] quite confidently, tell me very briefly, do such jokes, such
[00:24:08] show elements actually win people over, or do they still win,
[00:24:11] of course, it works well in the United States, in the United States
[00:24:15] it still, it still works because because because you
[00:24:18] need such a, well, so-called..." a single sentence to grab onto, that
[00:24:22] one, one sentence, with which
[00:24:25] to win over that relatively short
[00:24:28] attention span, let's say voter, voter
[00:24:30] attention, so that it is actually
[00:24:34] important, well, the day after tomorrow morning we'll be
[00:24:36] wiser here too, thank you, Lauri Alman, for coming this morning.
[00:24:40] Good morning, it's Monday and it's
[00:24:53] seven o'clock and the news is starting.
[00:24:57] As of today, due to the Rail Baltica infrastructure works
[00:25:01] in Tallinn, the timetable for passenger trains on the East and South routes will change. The journey
[00:25:05] times for the Apa and Narva lines will shorten, the journey times for Narva trips will shorten
[00:25:09] by an average of 20 minutes, and the Aegviidu and Tapa journeys will become
[00:25:12] faster by five minutes, Elron announced. Infrastructure works
[00:25:15] will also end on the Tartu- Valga section, meaning that the last
[00:25:19] trips of the day can again be served by train instead of bus.
[00:25:23] Infrastructure works starting at Ülemiste station will, however,
[00:25:26] bring about timetable changes on the East and South routes. The biggest change
[00:25:30] concerns the evening train from Tallinn to Aegviidu, which will
[00:25:33] depart 35 minutes later than before, i.e., at a quarter past five.
[00:25:37] Passengers on the Tallinn-Narva line are asked to note that the morning
[00:25:41] first trips of the day in both directions will depart earlier
[00:25:44] than before, and the late-night Narva-Tallinn Express train
[00:25:47] will start departing 24 minutes earlier.
[00:25:51] Russia often tries to justify attacks directed against Ukraine
[00:25:55] in the information space even before they happen, explained Brigadier
[00:25:59] General (res.) Alar Laneman in the Ukraine studio.
[00:26:02] in the case of such attacks, some media operation
[00:26:05] or some information operation precedes
[00:26:08] it, for example, that, uh,
[00:26:11] Ukraine intends some provocation by attacking
[00:26:14] its own city or village or important object
[00:26:17] and and then the attack comes, so that, well, you see,
[00:26:20] Ukraine did it and that
[00:26:24] railway station's last attack, there
[00:26:28] was a long list of messages preceding it, that
[00:26:31] Ukraine... uses its infrastructure, including
[00:26:35] railways, for transporting troops, equipment, weapons,
[00:26:39] so they are legitimate targets,
[00:26:42] but, uh, at the given moment, a clear passenger
[00:26:46] train was attacked.
[00:26:49] We continue with foreign affairs. Bulgaria's incumbent President Iliana
[00:26:53] Yotova declared herself the winner of the Bulgarian presidential elections.
[00:26:56] According to preliminary election results, Yotova, who advocates for starting a dialogue with Russia
[00:27:00] and ending military support for Ukraine, received 58% of the
[00:27:04] voters' votes. Her rival, the pro-European
[00:27:07] Andrei Kyurov, had to settle for about
[00:27:10] 38 percent. Vice President Yotova
[00:27:14] became president this spring, when the previous president, Rumen Radev,
[00:27:17] resigned. If the election results are officially
[00:27:20] confirmed, Yotova will become Bulgaria's first, with an election victory.
[00:27:24] female president who has
[00:27:25] taken office.
[00:27:28] A Polish legal expert warns that the Polish government's attempt to replace
[00:27:32] constitutional court judges appointed during the previous Law and Justice party's
[00:27:36] term, bypassing the president,
[00:27:39] is very reminiscent of the Law and Justice party's own actions. According to the expert,
[00:27:43] this rather gives the impression of a power grab than the restoration of
[00:27:46] legal order. I would rather ask the question
[00:27:50] whether we will have a constitutional tribunal and it could be trusted
[00:27:53] uh not uh reflecting on whether
[00:27:57] this or another politician going to win on that. I'm
[00:28:00] not sure I'm sure.
[00:28:22] Nine people died in Florida, USA, when a private plane
[00:28:26] crashed onto a highway near a densely populated residential area.
[00:28:30] The luxury jet airliner crashed into an area where
[00:28:33] holiday homes were located. At least one holiday home was destroyed in the ensuing
[00:28:36] fire. According to preliminary data, no one on the ground
[00:28:39] was injured. The plane, which was en route from Texas
[00:28:42] to the Bahamas, crashed just about ten kilometers from President Donald
[00:28:46] Trump's Mar-a-Lago
[00:28:48] mansion.
[00:28:50] Today is All Souls' Day, for which services, memorial moments,
[00:28:54] and concerts are held across Estonia. According to the Estonian
[00:28:57] folk calendar, All Souls' Day is a time when the souls of the deceased
[00:29:01] are expected to return to their former
[00:29:03] homes. Today, it is primarily a day of silence and remembrance, when people visit
[00:29:07] cemeteries and light candles in memory of those who are no
[00:29:10] longer with us.
[00:29:14] But let's also talk about today's weather. Today it's cloudy
[00:29:16] with clear spells and rain in many places, blowing predominantly south-easterly
[00:29:20] wind one to six meters per second, on the coast south-westerly and southerly wind
[00:29:24] 3-9, with gusts up to 12 meters per second.
[00:29:27] In the evening, the wind will turn north-westerly on the islands and north-west coast,
[00:29:31] and northerly. The air temperature... will remain today between six and 10 degrees
[00:29:34] Celsius. News
[00:29:37] again at 7:30. Have a nice wake-up call for the first
[00:29:40] news of the week.
[00:29:48] The news has been aired on television.
[00:30:49] on television. Einike Sooväli from the Open-Air Museum will come, because she
[00:30:53] knows these traditions, these beliefs, how these
[00:30:56] little souls come home tonight on this quiet evening, and how to
[00:30:59] pay attention to these signs and how to lure them home.