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[00:00:00] food to keep them, so I brought them here, animals feel
[00:00:03] pain just
[00:00:04] of like we
[00:00:08] of do, so it
[00:00:08] of cannot save every animal, but in Gaza where so much has been
[00:00:12] lost, they continue
[00:00:13] of to care for the ones they can, abdul wahab
[00:00:16] hamed, TRT
[00:00:18] of World, Gaza, and pets bring
[00:00:21] of so much joy as well, very sad there, well former Colombia University student
[00:00:25] and pro-paleitinan activist Mahmoud Khalil has filed a
[00:00:29] lawsuit. against university and one of its deens allegging
[00:00:33] in discrimination against Palestinian students. Khalil was arrested by immigration
[00:00:36] agents in March
[00:00:38] of 2025 after taking part in protests against Israel's war in Gaza. He was
[00:00:42] detained for
[00:00:43] in 104 days. Khalil accuses Colombia of laying the ground work
[00:00:47] in for the Trump administration to target him. We
[00:00:50] are suing
[00:00:51] of because no students, regardless
[00:00:56] of of their a background should go through the hill that Colombia put us through.
[00:01:00] over all these years, year and a half since my unlawful detention,
[00:01:04] Colombia has not reached out one time to offer any support
[00:01:07] to me, on the contrary, they barred me from
[00:01:11] campus, the only time they emailed us was actually to
[00:01:15] ask us to leave Colombia housing, it is time to
[00:01:19] hold those who discriminate against Palestinians
[00:01:22] accountable. Turkey and Somalia have
[00:01:26] developed a strategic partnership bringing together security defense. unitarian
[00:01:30] assistance, trade and energy. now
[00:01:32] for more than decade, Ankara has supported Somalia's efforts to threaten its security and
[00:01:36] state capacity. Let's take a closer look at
[00:01:39] that. In 2011, the then prime
[00:01:43] minister, Richard Taip Erdogan, visited Morgadisue during
[00:01:46] devastating drought and humanitarian crisis.
[00:01:50] Ancora subsequently expanded
[00:01:52] in its humanitarian and development assistance, while also deepening
[00:01:56] political and economic ties. Since 20.
[00:02:00] 13, Turkey has also played a facilitating
[00:02:03] of role in talks between Somalia and the Somaliland
[00:02:07] administrations. Turkey supports the
[00:02:10] development of Somalia's security
[00:02:12] of institutions through military training, capacity building and
[00:02:16] defense cooperation. The Turksom military training
[00:02:20] facility opened in
[00:02:22] of September 2017, providing
[00:02:24] of training to Somalia's armed forces. In February
[00:02:27] 2024, Turkey and Somalia. defense and
[00:02:30] economic cooperation framework agreement, boosting bilateral
[00:02:34] cooperation in security and defense. Trade
[00:02:38] between Turkia and Somalia covers a wide range of products, including
[00:02:42] food, machinery, construction materials,
[00:02:45] in pharmaceuticals and other manufactured goods.
[00:02:48] in Turkish companies are also active in areas including construction,
[00:02:52] of infrastructure,
[00:02:55] a of logistics and services. In March, 2024, Turkey and Somalia signed agreements establishing a
[00:02:59] framework. for cooperation in oil and natural
[00:03:02] gas. In 2024, Turkey
[00:03:06] petroleum and the Somali petroleum authority signed an agreement for
[00:03:10] offshore oil and gas
[00:03:11] of exploration and production. The following year, hydrocarbon
[00:03:15] exploration and production onshore were added to the
[00:03:18] agreement. In January, Turkey and Somalia signed a protocol aimed at
[00:03:22] strengthening economic and commercial
[00:03:28] of cooperation.
[00:03:37] Russia and Ukraine exchange strikes overnight targeting critical infrastructure on
[00:03:41] both sides. A Russian drone attack killed one person and knocked out power
[00:03:45] plants in Zapharia. Well Keeves Mer says a drone hit a
[00:03:48] petrol
[00:03:49] of station in the Ukrainian capital early on Tuesday injuring one
[00:03:52] person. In the black sea vessels carrying military supplies to Ukraine were
[00:03:56] hit while the port infrastructure in Odessa also came.
[00:04:00] attack, Russian authorities also reported attacks targeting
[00:04:04] e-commerce warehouse and industrial facility in Samaria
[00:04:07] region. The Turkish
[00:04:11] foreign minister Han
[00:04:12] fedhan says Turkey is stepping up efforts to prevent the Russia-Ukraine war from spreading
[00:04:16] into the black sea, threatening civilian lives and maritime security.
[00:04:20] Speaking in Bacu, Fidan said Anchorer is intensifying
[00:04:24] diplomatic efforts to pave the way for an agreement between the two
[00:04:27] countries.
[00:04:30] of While the Russia Ukraine war continues unhabited, civilian
[00:04:35] of casualties and destruction are increasing with each passing day. Since the
[00:04:39] beginning
[00:04:43] of of the crisis, we have made significant efforts to keep the black sea out
[00:04:44] of the conflict. Thanks to our strict implementation
[00:04:47] of the Montro Convention and our efforts to facilitate the Black
[00:04:51] Sea Grain initiative, we were able to achieve these
[00:04:55] of objectives successfully until recently. However, the
[00:04:59] increasing attack. on civilian vessels in the black sea in
[00:05:02] recent months have been seriously undermining the safety of
[00:05:06] life, property, navigation and the environment in the
[00:05:10] region. Unfortunately, Turkish and Azerbaijani sea
[00:05:13] fairs have also lost their lives in these
[00:05:16] attacks. It is not acceptable for the war to spread
[00:05:20] into the black sea and threaten the lives of our citizens
[00:05:24] and the operation of our companies. We have
[00:05:27] intensified our efforts to reach an agreement and we are taking
[00:05:31] the necessary steps to bring these efforts to a
[00:05:34] conclusion. As Turkey, we will continue to make
[00:05:38] every effort to achieve peace. The.
[00:05:42] US Supreme Court has blocked President Donald Trump's attempts to fight mailing
[00:05:46] voting rules just weeks before November's mid-term
[00:05:49] elections. The high court rejected emergency request from the administration
[00:05:53] allowing states to keep their existing ballot systems. The white house
[00:05:57] wanted to block mailing ballots from voters not on list provided in
[00:06:01] advance to the US Postal service, but critics argued that the
[00:06:05] president lacked the authority to rewrite election rules at the last
[00:06:08] minute. Nearly a third of US voters use male ballots making the decision.
[00:06:12] an important one in the race for control of
[00:06:14] congress. tech giant
[00:06:18] anthropic, the company behind the AI assistant Claude is calling for governments to
[00:06:22] consider mandatory regulations, including a potential kill switch for
[00:06:25] all US systems. while the US president Donald Trump says it's all
[00:06:29] hokes and opposes the restrictions. while the debate was triggered
[00:06:33] after former Openthropic staff raised the alarm that
[00:06:37] AI is getting out of control and could gamble with our lives.
[00:06:41] gr. they assist
[00:06:45] us, they can also
[00:06:48] dance, compete, even for the
[00:06:52] jobs that traditionally relied on the human
[00:06:55] touch, but the fast advancement of
[00:06:58] artificial intelligence is also raising safety
[00:07:02] question. i've worked an AI for 10 years and the whole time,
[00:07:06] every year i have been saying this technology is incredibly
[00:07:09] powerful,
[00:07:10] it is getting more powerful by the day. and the window to act when you
[00:07:14] have a small number of companies that can build it because it's still very
[00:07:17] expensive is so narrow.
[00:07:19] it is few years. we are in this window now. the
[00:07:23] co-founder of Anthropic, one the largest tech companies in the
[00:07:26] world says, lawmakers across the globe should
[00:07:29] introduce kill switch policy. that's when you can get a
[00:07:33] policy regime in place that can prevent accidents and it can
[00:07:37] prevent the technology spiraling out of control. tech titans including
[00:07:41] elon musk and AI chat gpt creator
[00:07:44] Samman have joined Anthropic's call to slow down
[00:07:48] in the AI tech race. Last December US
[00:07:52] President Donald Trump allowed AI giant Nevidia to sell its
[00:07:56] advanced H200 chips to approved customers in
[00:07:59] China on the condition that Washington receives a
[00:08:03] 25% cut the revenue. He's calling the
[00:08:07] safety warnings a hoax saying the development of AI
[00:08:11] and data centers. is bigger than oil. the AI
[00:08:15] debate was sparked last week after anthropic AI
[00:08:18] researcher quit and then posted viral
[00:08:22] warning that AI could wipe out humanity within the
[00:08:26] next decade. we really are on the cusp of a cursive self-improvement as it's called
[00:08:30] in AI, where AI is used to train new AI, cutting the
[00:08:34] human out entirely, like robot doesn't have to kick in your door and shoot you.
[00:08:37] it has to simply destroy the systems that keep us alive in modern
[00:08:41] society. imagine that all of those systems go down
[00:08:44] simultaneously, right? that's a mass casualty event.
[00:08:48] some Hollywood movies such as irobot and the terminator
[00:08:52] show machines turning against us humans. come with me if you
[00:08:56] want to live, of course, that's cinematic
[00:08:59] fiction, but it raises very real questions, will
[00:09:03] AI safety and regulations be enough to avert
[00:09:07] the risk it already poses to people.
[00:09:10] christina shimic. DRT
[00:09:13] world. Bewear skynet. Well, Bar
[00:09:16] thready is associate fellow with the high-tech
[00:09:20] geopolitics program at the Takashila Institution. He says stronger
[00:09:24] safegards are needed as AI capabilities grow, but concerns
[00:09:28] about an existential threat may be overstated. Let's find
[00:09:31] out.
[00:09:34] We we definitely need more guard rails. There are there's
[00:09:37] evidence of greater capabilities, especially cyber
[00:09:40] capabilities, we have seen. that with the recent hugging face
[00:09:44] attack, we have also seen AI being able to solve math
[00:09:47] problems which were which are really which have really puzzled us for
[00:09:51] generations, so you see these new capabilities emerging and
[00:09:55] and while that is true,
[00:09:58] i don't agree with the with the characterization of
[00:10:02] existential risk to humanity, so these are tools that are
[00:10:06] going to be used by humans and maybe it gives
[00:10:10] malicious actors abilities to carry out these attacks,
[00:10:14] but this this idea
[00:10:17] that AI is becoming sentient or is
[00:10:21] becoming more capable and will take actions against humans.
[00:10:25] that i don't think is is still justified,
[00:10:28] so you we definitely need guard rails, you need different layers of
[00:10:32] protection, and one them might be kill switch in case of
[00:10:36] incidents like the ones we've seen, so you need
[00:10:39] better testing, you need third party, red teaming, all these
[00:10:43] different guard rails which will help build trust in the system
[00:10:47] as well, so but nothing to indicate
[00:10:50] that we are a point when AI is
[00:10:52] becoming you
[00:10:56] sentient or is causing an existential risk to humans
[00:10:59] itself. now to Nigeria where
[00:11:03] uber has ended 12 years of operations shutting down with
[00:11:06] immediate effect on September 2nd. the exit is part of a global
[00:11:10] restructuring that has also seen the company withdraw from Uganda. for thousands
[00:11:14] of drivers, it could mean an abrupt loss of income as Akin
[00:11:18] Alaka reports from Lagos.
[00:11:22] If has been driving for Uber since 20.
[00:11:25] 2018, the federal f has built most of his
[00:11:29] household income around this road and this
[00:11:31] up, this week the app went
[00:11:35] dark without notice, the major challenge
[00:11:38] there, the the income that was that used to
[00:11:41] come with not coming the way used to come,
[00:11:44] you know everything will at least if you are getting
[00:11:48] 70%, now it will be going
[00:11:50] to be 45%, efan is not alone,
[00:11:54] dispatch rider on this route describe years of running the
[00:11:58] numbers just to break even. we buy foil
[00:12:01] very course and seriously as we don't
[00:12:05] have anything to do that's why we are just using it because we don't have any
[00:12:09] option but at least sometime we don't have any
[00:12:13] profit much. uber's exit comes as a company
[00:12:16] restructures globally cutting about 10% of its
[00:12:20] workforce while reviewing its investment. this
[00:12:23] particular exit of Uber was born out of two things,
[00:12:27] their global strategy and of course how easy it was considering
[00:12:31] the complaints that were coming from drivers with regards to fairs
[00:12:35] and all of that that tied into or you know just made it much more
[00:12:39] easy to do what they wanted to do from a global
[00:12:43] standpoint. Uber's rivers face many
[00:12:47] the same pressures, but bolds has adapted eight
[00:12:51] pricing to the local market, while indrive allows
[00:12:55] drivers and passengers to negotiate first
[00:12:57] directly. Uber may have left Nigeria,
[00:13:01] but the rose it wants help drivers navigate, are still
[00:13:05] busy. For drivers like efan, the challenge is to find
[00:13:08] another way to make living a market where competition
[00:13:12] is fears, costs arising and the platform the ones
[00:13:16] paid, some the bills is no longer there.
[00:13:20] The exit could also reshape Nigeria's right healing
[00:13:23] market. competitors will be able to absorb the riders,
[00:13:27] increase their market share, have more drivers that
[00:13:30] you know they can deploy to carrying out this particular ride healing
[00:13:34] business. the bigger question for former Uber drivers
[00:13:38] is what replaces their income and how
[00:13:40] soon. TRT World,
[00:13:44] Lagus. Thailand is the tighten its
[00:13:48] visa- free entry rules from Tuesday September 15th by reducing
[00:13:52] the maximum stay for foreign visitors from 60 days. to 30, it's a
[00:13:55] move aimed at tackling concerns over foreigners using touris status for
[00:13:59] long-term stays and unauthorized work, but it's also raising
[00:14:03] questions about the industry, about how the shorter stays could impact
[00:14:07] hotels and businesses. Tommy Walker has more from
[00:14:10] Bangkok. Thailand
[00:14:14] is one the world's major tourism destinations, welcoming the record
[00:14:17] nearly 40 million international visitors in 2019 before
[00:14:21] the COVID-19 pandemic brought the industry to near. stand
[00:14:25] still. In July 2024, Thailand expanded visa
[00:14:29] free stairs from 30 to 60 days to attract travelers back
[00:14:33] and encourage them to stay and spend for longer. And Bangkok alone
[00:14:37] was named the world's most visited city by Euromoneter International, year
[00:14:41] later, attracting around 30 million international visitors. The
[00:14:45] average lent of stay for eight tourist
[00:14:48] by the stript definition in Thailand, is about a little bit
[00:14:52] around eight or nine days. Hi. profile incidents of
[00:14:56] public disorder, violence and tourists breaking local laws and
[00:15:00] social media have fueled calls for tighter enforcement as
[00:15:03] officials try to balance welcoming millions of visitors with protecting
[00:15:07] local communities and Thailand's reputation as safe
[00:15:11] destination. Nan pontip works for
[00:15:15] Chakrit Myite High School in Bangkok. She thinks the behavior from
[00:15:19] some tourists has caused the 30-day visa free limit to
[00:15:22] return. I feel so sorry I'm not. don't know why
[00:15:26] the they change i think a lot the
[00:15:29] people come to thailand sorry now some
[00:15:32] people not good
[00:15:34] for thailand you understand both local
[00:15:38] and international customers to train in its traditional gym, often
[00:15:42] for months a time. With the new changes to the 60-day visa,
[00:15:46] she admits it may impact business going forward. The school
[00:15:50] has already seen a 20% decrease in customers this year because of
[00:15:53] external factors such as fewer flights and visitors entering Thailand
[00:15:57] due to the rising costs because the conflict in the Middle East. Isaac
[00:16:01] Tike says his one-year stint in the country has opened doors for him, but he
[00:16:05] could have missed out on an opportunity to... rainway tie for an extended period
[00:16:09] and the offer to compete a semi-professional fight in the tie capital with a
[00:16:13] shorter stair. I kept training and kept training, kept training and then a fight got
[00:16:17] offered, so it kind of just rolled into what it is now, but
[00:16:21] again it kind of goes back to the time. If I was here a shorter time frame
[00:16:24] or like based on how the the visa could be or how
[00:16:28] it is, that wouldn't be possible. Thailand is very much open
[00:16:31] to the world, but return of shorter visa free stays
[00:16:35] alongside or... subtle policy changes and
[00:16:39] tighter enforcement could allow authorities to strike a
[00:16:43] balance between encouraging tourism and
[00:16:46] tackling any misbehaving visitors. Tommy
[00:16:50] Walker, TRT World, Bangkok,
[00:16:54] Thailand.
[00:17:02] Okay, well global stock markets remain under pressure as pullback from tax
[00:17:06] shares adds to. terms over tight energy supplies and the inflation
[00:17:09] outlook, well oil prices held near
[00:17:13] multi-month highs with Brent Crude at around $107
[00:17:16] a barrel and rising 3% on Monday. now disruptions linked to the shutdown of
[00:17:20] Saudi Arabia's east-west oil pipeline are keeping pressure on global
[00:17:24] supplies. industry sources say stocks at the kingdom's yanboo
[00:17:28] terminal could last just five to seven days while repairs could take up to
[00:17:32] six weeks. now those energy supply concerns are also weighing on broader
[00:17:36] market sentiment and electronics and semiconductor stocks across soll
[00:17:39] tipe bow the brunt the selling as traders aggressively
[00:17:43] sold risk assets in favor of bonds. now the weakness reflects
[00:17:47] growing AI safety fears and doubts over whether the rapid spending
[00:17:50] on AI infrastructure can continue. investors are now
[00:17:54] turning their attention to Wednesday's federal reserve meeting with hotter than
[00:17:58] expected US inflation boosting expectations of race
[00:18:02] hike. markets are pricing in more than an 85% chance
[00:18:06] of a 25 basis increase, it would be the fed's first
[00:18:10] rate hike since mid-2023. Well, Tim
[00:18:13] Waltra is the chief market analyst at KCM Trade and he
[00:18:17] says that elevated oil prices and rising bond yiels are
[00:18:21] putting downward pressure on equities. Take a listen. A lot of forces
[00:18:25] at play at the moment, hard to know where to look, but it's really that combination of
[00:18:29] high oil and high bond yields. That's a bit of
[00:18:33] red flag for risk assets such as stocks at the moment, given
[00:18:37] what the... say about the inflation outlook and by extension monetary
[00:18:40] policy and how that may impact growth a corporate and economic level moving
[00:18:44] forward, so not a lot of good news for stock markets right
[00:18:48] now, i think - traders like to see a little bit of a pressure released
[00:18:52] in terms of that oil price and or bond yields to get some momentum
[00:18:55] back, so guess a lot will come down to this week uh what message we get from the
[00:18:59] federal reserve and where they leaning on the haukish or dovish side as to
[00:19:03] whether stocks can regain their mojo again and
[00:19:07] now some other stories that we're looking from around the world, well the Panama
[00:19:10] Canal is cutting daily shipping traffic again as Elnino
[00:19:14] threatens to reduce the waterway of water. Authorities will
[00:19:18] reduce daily passage to average of 29 a
[00:19:22] day to conserve supply for the lock system. The restriction
[00:19:26] hits key artery handling 5% of global trade, which is
[00:19:30] already under heavy pressure from rerooted maritime traffic. Now officials
[00:19:33] warn this years where the pattern could be the strongest. for
[00:19:37] decades. The US has imposed new sanctions
[00:19:41] on Russia's VTB bank accusing it of helping Iran with billions of dollars in
[00:19:45] frozen assets. Washington says the lender also expanded its presence in
[00:19:49] Iran and built ties with sanctioned Iranian banks. VTB was already
[00:19:53] under US sanctions since 2022, limiting its access to the
[00:19:57] American financial system. And Japan has recorded
[00:20:01] more than 100,000 centurions for the first time in its
[00:20:05] history with women making up nearly. 90% the total
[00:20:09] go women, experts say healthy diets, low obesity rates
[00:20:12] and universal healthcare amongst the reasons people in Japan live
[00:20:16] so long, the government is now trying to extend healthy lifespans
[00:20:20] by three years as the population continues to
[00:20:23] age. Funerals have been held for
[00:20:27] 24 children killed in fire in the Democratic
[00:20:31] Republic of Congo last Thursday. Officials say the
[00:20:35] fire started near a school but reach quick. the building where lessons
[00:20:39] were also underway. some children tried escape by jumping from higher
[00:20:43] floors, while others were trampled as they tried to flee from the
[00:20:46] flames. more than 500 houses in the vicinity also, and
[00:20:50] down. Rail travel has come to a stand still in
[00:20:54] parts the Netherlands, including Amsterdam, after what authorities say is
[00:20:57] suspected sabotage. Officials say items were found on tracks
[00:21:01] in central and eastern parts the country, making travel
[00:21:05] impossible. It's unclear when traffic will resume and police say a
[00:21:09] criminal investigation is
[00:21:11] underway.
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[00:28:59] the world is entering an era it has no rules for.
[00:29:03] No treaty covers it, no alliance was built for
[00:29:06] it. So, 193
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[00:29:14] the United Nations General Assembly.
[00:29:18] The crisis bleed into one
[00:29:20] another. Red lines
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[00:29:27] New handshakes rewriting the security of entire regions
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[00:30:15] Saudi Arabia responds to hoodi attacks hitting Yemen's Thais province and killing at
[00:30:19] least three people.
[00:30:23] Caught in the crossfire are over 100 thousand civilians in Yemen
[00:30:27] moving from Shelter to Shelter. This is TRT World. I'm Jafar
[00:30:30] Hustan also coming up. the program police
[00:30:34] fire tier gases protest turned violent in Romania against a
[00:30:38] blanket on sheep and goat exports
[00:30:40] and global mobility giant Uber
[00:30:44] exits Nigeria as part of its restructuring phase leaving
[00:30:48] thousands of drivers without a source of
[00:30:50] income.