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[00:00:00] The future on four wheels
[00:00:02] car on Fridays on N1 television.
[00:09:26] Will Iran and Oman agree? Lebanon is negotiating with Israel, but
[00:09:30] attacks continue. Abdul al Sayed is on the verge of the Senate. A sad
[00:09:34] anniversary was marked in Japan. Swiss Professor Marc
[00:09:37] Pitt talks to N1 about conflicts in FIFA. Welcome to
[00:09:41] Global.
[00:09:48] Iran and Oman are in the final stages of defining a framework for navigation
[00:09:52] through the Strait of Hormuz, and from Tehran they emphasize that
[00:09:55] the agreement reached does not mean the automatic opening of this strategic
[00:09:58] passage and that it directly depends on the cessation of American threats and
[00:10:02] sanctions. At the same time, American President Trump stated that negotiations
[00:10:05] are progressing and that the Strait could soon be opened, adding
[00:10:09] that he prefers an agreement, but that the use of military force is still an option.
[00:10:13] Scientists warn that the months-long blockade of more than
[00:10:15] 1,500 ships in the Persian Gulf represents an ecological
[00:10:19] disaster, a risk of spreading invasive marine species after
[00:10:23] the re-establishment of traffic.
[00:10:27] Yeah, I'd rather make a deal because I
[00:10:30] don't want to kill people, I do not want to kill people, but at some
[00:10:33] point we're going to. We had, we were, we were set for the
[00:10:37] biggest attack of any attack, and we've hit them very
[00:10:41] hard for the last few months, but we were, we
[00:10:44] were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they
[00:10:48] called me and they said, "Please don't do it, let's talk," and then they
[00:10:52] don't, they said, "We never said that."
[00:11:10] Two Israeli reservists were killed, four were seriously
[00:11:13] injured in an explosion in southern Lebanon in the town of
[00:11:16] Majdanzun. This is the first Israeli loss since
[00:11:19] the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect in June,
[00:11:23] in response to what they claim is a violation of the ceasefire.
[00:11:25] Israeli forces carried out a series of air strikes on towns in southern
[00:11:28] Lebanon. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least one
[00:11:32] person was killed, while more than 12 were injured. The new wave of
[00:11:35] violence interrupted the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Rome, which are being conducted with
[00:11:39] the mediation of the US. However, American officials point out that the
[00:11:43] discussions on political and military issues were productive and that the negotiations
[00:11:47] continue.
[00:11:55] Democratic progressive politician Abdul El Sayed won the
[00:11:59] party primaries for the US Senate in Michigan,
[00:12:03] defeating moderate Congresswoman Haley Stevens. If he defeats
[00:12:06] Republican Mike Rogers in the general election in November, this
[00:12:10] Egyptian-born doctor will become the first Muslim in the American
[00:12:13] Senate. El Sayed based his campaign on
[00:12:16] universal healthcare, stopping military aid to Israel
[00:12:20] with the support of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
[00:12:24] His victory. was attacked by the American president, calling it
[00:12:28] great news for the Republican party and criticizing the policies
[00:12:31] of the Democratic
[00:12:32] party.
[00:12:41] Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the American atomic
[00:12:44] bombing. Mayor Azumi Matsui called on world
[00:12:48] powers to cease wars and abandon nuclear
[00:12:51] weapons. Around 50,000 visitors paid
[00:12:54] tribute to the victims with a minute of silence at 8:15
[00:12:57] AM, exactly at the time when the bomb fell
[00:13:01] in 1945. The attack on Hiroshima claimed 140,000
[00:13:05] lives, while in Nagasaki three days later, another
[00:13:08] 70,000 people died. Today, there are only about
[00:13:12] 90,000 living survivors, with an average age of over
[00:13:15] 86
[00:13:16] years.
[00:13:20] The words and actions of political leaders represent
[00:13:24] a disregard for obligations defined by the
[00:13:27] Non-Proliferation Treaty, thereby undermining the very
[00:13:30] foundations of international peace and stability. If this
[00:13:34] continues, a spiral of mistrust will spread across the world, with the risk
[00:13:37] of returning to the era of World War II when pure
[00:13:41] greed was allowed
[00:13:42] to prevail.
[00:13:46] The devastation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
[00:13:49] Nagasaki and the unspeakable suffering endured by so many people
[00:13:53] must never be repeated. Japan firmly adheres to the three
[00:13:56] non-nuclear principles as the only nation that suffered
[00:14:00] atomic bombings in war, it bears the responsibility
[00:14:03] to tirelessly strive for the realization of a world free of nuclear
[00:14:07] weapons, therefore we cannot allow our efforts to
[00:14:10] stop, we are determined to continue implementing realistic and
[00:14:13] practical initiatives within the Hiroshima Action Plan,
[00:14:16] advocating for the maintenance and strengthening
[00:14:20] of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so that
[00:14:23] Japan can lead the efforts of the international community towards
[00:14:26] achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. Here in Hiroshima,
[00:14:30] I deeply feel the responsibility to leave future generations a
[00:14:34] society where all people can live in safety and peace,
[00:14:37] and I also pledge to do everything in my power
[00:14:41] to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and lasting
[00:14:44] peace.
[00:14:53] The World Football Organization is once again in crisis mode. FIFA
[00:14:57] President Gianni Infantino faces strong criticism and is fighting for
[00:15:00] survival at the head of the institution, after the failed idea of selling
[00:15:04] ownership of the World Cup. This move of his met with
[00:15:07] fierce resistance from UEFA and other confederations that
[00:15:10] blocked the sell-off of FIFA. On the struggle for power,
[00:15:13] suspicious dealings and backstage enrichment, but also on the
[00:15:16] disregard for human rights violations when awarding hosting rights,
[00:15:20] the respected Swiss lawyer and professor Marc Pitt speaks to N1.
[00:15:24] The full interview is on our website,
[00:15:25] stranici,
[00:15:29] let me start with the latest,
[00:15:33] FIFA President Gianni Infantino made this
[00:15:36] botched idea how to sell World
[00:15:39] Cup to um
[00:15:43] people with money to give them
[00:15:46] ownership of the World Cup.
[00:15:49] UEFA went against him, CONCACAF went
[00:15:52] against him, others are also expressed
[00:15:55] their
[00:15:57] um enragement with uh this idea. Jordan
[00:16:01] says um, many unpleasant
[00:16:05] things to Gianni Infantino. How... do you see this
[00:16:08] situation?
[00:16:10] Okay, well what I see is that
[00:16:14] Infantino is a very ambiguous
[00:16:18] person, one has to say he
[00:16:21] um saw to it that FIFA made a lot
[00:16:24] of money, um, that is, let's
[00:16:28] say on the positive side, um,
[00:16:31] in somehow it went over the top,
[00:16:34] he kind of lost it and he saw he could
[00:16:38] make even more money, um,
[00:16:40] he stands for a type of
[00:16:43] president uh of FIFA,
[00:16:46] maximizing power,
[00:16:49] influence and gain for the
[00:16:52] institution, but also money for himself
[00:16:55] personally. Now, he thought
[00:16:58] he could do yet, go yet a
[00:17:01] step further, and he
[00:17:04] overgambled, he overpokered,
[00:17:07] he basically wanted to sell off parts of
[00:17:11] FIFA and that is the point where people were not ready to go
[00:17:15] along with it, they said,
[00:17:18] "we are ready to earn a lot of
[00:17:21] money, but we don't want to sell
[00:17:23] FIFA." And they sort of
[00:17:26] stopped
[00:17:28] the what was happening.
[00:17:32] Interestingly,
[00:17:36] Infantino very quick... understood that he
[00:17:39] had basically lost it and
[00:17:42] backtracked, and now
[00:17:45] people are asking, is he really fit to be
[00:17:49] president? I mean, somebody who does goes over
[00:17:52] the top like that, um, there
[00:17:55] is a very strong personal element in
[00:17:58] what he was trying to do, he was basically trying to get
[00:18:02] himself to be the head of a private
[00:18:05] institution with the... hands in the
[00:18:08] till of FIFA. He wanted
[00:18:12] to earn money even after leaving FIFA
[00:18:15] personally, that was just a step too
[00:18:18] far. And now the big issue is of
[00:18:21] course, there
[00:18:24] will
[00:18:27] be um, there's an upcoming election, do we
[00:18:30] really want to continue with this person? That is what
[00:18:34] many people are asking, crisis
[00:18:37] mode? And today he is
[00:18:40] calling his friends and
[00:18:43] his associates as well as his employees to meet
[00:18:47] in
[00:18:52] Rabat.
[00:18:56] That would be all for this edition of Global. The latest news from the world, as
[00:19:00] always, can be found on our websites and our social
[00:19:03] networks. Goodbye until tomorrow.
[00:19:37] friends on WhatsApp. It's part of our everyday lives, but all of
[00:19:41] it runs on platforms owned by US tech giants like Google, Amazon, and
[00:19:44] Meta. So more and more people are asking, should governments
[00:19:48] and users be less dependent on them? And if we try, do
[00:19:52] we have to give up the comfort and convenience we're used to?
[00:19:55] Digital sovereignty today on
[00:19:56] Shift.
[00:20:00] Digital sovereignty sounds important, right? But what does
[00:20:04] it actually mean for each of us? I tried to find out by going one day without
[00:20:07] using products from Google, Microsoft, Meta, or other US
[00:20:11] tech companies, even my iPhone. Spoiler,
[00:20:14] it didn't go all that
[00:20:15] well.
[00:20:18] I wake up and automatically reach for my phone. Today there's no messages
[00:20:22] and no alarm. I managed to get up on
[00:20:25] time. Usually I check my WhatsApp and
[00:20:28] Instagram, but that's not going to be possible
[00:20:31] today.
[00:20:36] Let's go to work.
[00:20:39] When I get a coffee, I pay with an app. Today I'll pay in
[00:20:42] cash. No cash, they only accept card payment. No coffee for me
[00:20:46] then. At the office, the challenge grows.
[00:20:52] I can't use a computer or laptop, it's all US
[00:20:55] tech.
[00:20:58] Luckily, my camera operator is using a Japanese camera, at least we
[00:21:02] can still film this
[00:21:03] report.
[00:21:07] I also have to write my presentation cubes in a different way today.
[00:21:11] I can't access my work emails or even message colleagues.
[00:21:14] Work feels pretty lonely today and
[00:21:17] unproductive.
[00:21:19] As I work, I think about what I could do in the evening today. No series or
[00:21:23] listening to music.
[00:21:25] Instead, I'll read a book and I'll have a lot more spare time without
[00:21:28] screens. Slowly, I realize how many of my
[00:21:32] habits are built around US platforms. Without Apple,
[00:21:36] Google, Meta, or Microsoft, even basic tasks like checking directions suddenly
[00:21:39] become complicated. Honestly, I never think about where the
[00:21:43] technology comes from, I just expect it to
[00:21:45] work.
[00:21:47] This isn't just about convenience, it's about digital dependence and how
[00:21:51] little choice we actually have. By the end of the day, one thing is clear,
[00:21:55] living without US tech is possible, but it's definitely not
[00:21:58] easy. Going without US tech is one thing, but what if
[00:22:02] the platforms decide to ban you? That's what happened to Nicolas Guillou, a
[00:22:06] judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He and
[00:22:10] some other colleagues were put on a US sanctions list after the court
[00:22:13] issued an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin
[00:22:16] Netanyahu. So what does that mean in practice?
[00:22:20] And how far can that power reach? This
[00:22:23] goes far beyond a simple ban on entering US territory. The sanctions
[00:22:27] affect every aspect of my daily life. All my accounts with
[00:22:31] American companies like Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal have been
[00:22:34] closed. In practice, you can no longer shop online because you don't know if the
[00:22:38] packaging your product comes in is American. Being under sanctions
[00:22:42] is like being sent back to the 1990s.
[00:22:45] We rely on US tech companies every day. For years that was seen
[00:22:48] as a data privacy issue, but it's really about power and
[00:22:52] control. From AI to cloud services and
[00:22:55] payments, states and people are using tech we don't
[00:22:58] own, and that matters because digital infrastructure is
[00:23:02] just as critical as energy, transport, or defense.
[00:23:05] Without control, you're vulnerable, politically,
[00:23:08] economically, and in terms of security. What we have seen
[00:23:12] out of the United States for the past several decades, is a desire to
[00:23:15] extend its economic and geopolitical influence through
[00:23:18] technology, through its companies and it has been very
[00:23:21] successful in doing that. And so I think when we think about digital sovereignty,
[00:23:25] it's about saying, we need to take back control of that. If we're able to develop
[00:23:29] platforms collaboratively, then I think that there can be a lot of benefits from
[00:23:33] coming from thinking about a model that is going to be very different from
[00:23:36] the one that the United States imposed on us that is developed,
[00:23:40] basically to benefit itself, right? When countries work
[00:23:43] together, sharing tech and building platforms, new options open
[00:23:47] up. France, for example, plans to move parts of its government IT
[00:23:51] to open source systems like Linux. But what about the
[00:23:54] rest of us? What alternatives are there to Windows, Apple,
[00:23:57] and Google? Instead
[00:24:01] of using Chrome or Edge, you could try European alternatives like the German
[00:24:05] search engine Ecosia or the Norwegian browser
[00:24:07] Vivaldi. Alongside Ecosia, there's also
[00:24:11] Qwant, but there's a catch. Smaller search engines still partly rely on
[00:24:14] search infrastructure from Bing or Google, because maintaining a full
[00:24:18] web index is very expensive.
[00:24:20] Both platforms are working on becoming more
[00:24:22] independent.
[00:24:25] For collaboration and messaging, Wire offers an end-to-end encrypted
[00:24:29] alternative to Slack, Teams, or Messenger.
[00:24:32] For those concerned about privacy, Threema is another alternative,
[00:24:36] especially if you're tired of WhatsApp. Even though
[00:24:39] WhatsApp encrypts message contents, metadata can still be shared with its
[00:24:43] parent company Meta. What about social media? Blue Sky
[00:24:47] and Mastodon are alternatives to platforms like Threads or
[00:24:50] X. For Instagram vibes, try
[00:24:53] Pixelfed. These alternatives are decentralized
[00:24:56] or, like Blue Sky, headed in that direction. This means
[00:25:00] that even US-based services like Blue Sky or Signal focus on
[00:25:04] minimizing the amount of user data they
[00:25:05] store.
[00:25:08] As for email, there are several providers with strong security and European
[00:25:12] service like Proton and Mailbox. But
[00:25:15] let's be real, if your friends are on Instagram and WhatsApp, or your
[00:25:19] family chat is, it's hard to leave. To stay
[00:25:22] connected, we're basically forced to US platforms and because they are all
[00:25:26] closed systems, you need multiple accounts. If you're on Instagram, you
[00:25:30] can't follow someone on X without signing up. To push back
[00:25:33] against the power of Big Tech, the EU has tightened its rules, for
[00:25:37] example, with the General Data Protection Regulation or
[00:25:40] GDPR. So what do the experts
[00:25:43] say?
[00:26:03] Data protection in Europe has been governed by the GDPR for nearly a
[00:26:06] decade. It applies to personal information such as
[00:26:09] name, birth date, gender, phone numbers, credit card number, and
[00:26:13] bank details, information that should remain private. It
[00:26:17] also aims to give users more control over how their data is used for
[00:26:20] advertising, strengthening people's control over their digital
[00:26:24] lives. The EU has long expected major US tech platforms
[00:26:27] to comply with these
[00:26:28] rules.
[00:26:32] was simple: if you want to do business in Europe, you have to comply with our
[00:26:36] rules, pay the cost of compliance, adapt, and accept that there are
[00:26:39] standards in
[00:26:40] Europe.
[00:26:45] But regulating platforms like social media has become increasingly
[00:26:48] complex, because social media itself has changed
[00:26:51] dramatically.
[00:26:53] What once served mainly as a way to stay in touch with friends has evolved into
[00:26:57] a global economic
[00:26:58] ecosystem.
[00:27:01] This transformation
[00:27:32] Companies are increasingly pushing back against EU
[00:27:35] oversight. They challenge regulations in court and exploit
[00:27:38] technical loop holes. Still, the
[00:27:41] EU continues to try to strengthen its digital independence through
[00:27:45] legislation. Digital sovereignty could benefit
[00:27:48] users around the world. EU regulations are often seen as a
[00:27:52] model in many regions, but authorities still struggle to
[00:27:56] keep up with the speed of change in the tech industry. In India,
[00:27:59] awareness of this dependence is growing as well. Take
[00:28:02] WhatsApp: Meta's messaging app has around
[00:28:05] 535 million users there, more than anywhere
[00:28:09] else in the world. That makes India its biggest market, which is
[00:28:13] exactly what worries politicians. The goal, more digital
[00:28:16] sovereignty for the world's largest democracy.
[00:28:20] Indian Messenger apps, Indian social
[00:28:23] networks, Indian platforms for everyday
[00:28:26] services. For years, New Delhi has pushed home grown
[00:28:29] alternatives to foreign tech giants. The slogan
[00:28:33] is self-reliant India or
[00:28:35] Admanibar Bharat in
[00:28:37] Hindi.
[00:28:40] The aim is simple: rely less on US and Chinese tech
[00:28:44] companies.
[00:28:47] That thinking also shaped a major decision in June
[00:28:49] 2020. India banned TikTok along with
[00:28:53] 58 other Chinese apps after border clashes with
[00:28:56] China. The official line was that TikTok was national security
[00:29:00] risk. It was definitely a strategic decision at
[00:29:04] that point of time. The clashes became the trigger for it. The
[00:29:08] rationale which was given was about the lack of data protection and safeguard
[00:29:11] standards in the use of information by these
[00:29:14] apps, but realistically that's a
[00:29:18] justification that can be used for many Indian apps as well.
[00:29:21] Home-grown alternatives like Mode and Josh quickly filled the gap,
[00:29:25] especially with regional language content and creators who left TikTok.
[00:29:28] But the advantage didn't last. New foreign competitors
[00:29:32] entered the market. Instagram rolled out Reels, YouTube
[00:29:36] launched Shorts. US
[00:29:38] platforms offered reach and audiences Indian rivals struggled to
[00:29:41] match.
[00:29:44] Now India is making a similar push in artificial intelligence, trying to
[00:29:48] shape it on its own
[00:29:49] terms.
[00:29:54] At international conferences, on the global stage, it presents itself
[00:29:57] as the voice of the Global South.
[00:30:01] Their message, AI rules shouldn't be written only in Washington,
[00:30:05] Brussels or Silicon
[00:30:06] Valley.
[00:30:09] India warns against power being concentrated in a few hands
[00:30:12] and argues for wider access and technical
[00:30:15] sovereignty. There are certain
[00:30:18] principles which are standard which are fairness,
[00:30:21] non-bias, privacy etc. which need to be
[00:30:25] respected. But how you implement those principles, the idea
[00:30:28] seems to be largely to leave it to the people deploying and
[00:30:33] not to kind of stifle innovation
[00:30:35] with excessive regulations. There's
[00:30:39] a challenge though. Much of India's AI still depends
[00:30:43] on foreign tech. The most advanced chips come from
[00:30:46] Nvidia, a US company. Cloud
[00:30:49] infrastructure is dominated by companies like Amazon, Microsoft and
[00:30:53] Google. And today's leading AI models are
[00:30:57] largely built in the US and China. But India wants
[00:31:00] to change that by developing its own systems also to better reflect the
[00:31:04] country's linguistic diversity. The big
[00:31:07] focus in India has been around language.