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00:00:30will do that, yes, it's nine o'clock now and the latest news this morning,
00:00:41of November is like in Estonia, just
00:00:46good morning, it's nine o'clock and it's news time. In Narva,
00:00:50only about 15%
00:00:54of participants successfully passed
00:00:56the C1 level Estonian language exam held in September. Across Estonia, the corresponding figure was nearly 30%.
00:01:00According to language teachers, the low Estonian-speaking environment, the demanding
00:01:04nature of the exam, and the lack of suitable
00:01:07learning materials make it difficult to achieve a high level.
00:01:10This C1 level requires, in addition to good language skills, the ability
00:01:14to discuss complex topics and to justify
00:01:16one's views. According to the Ministry of Education and Youth, a pass rate of about
00:01:2030% for the advanced level exam
00:01:22is typical. However, in Narva, learners often have to find opportunities themselves
00:01:26to practice Estonian daily. More details
00:01:30can be found on the ERR portal.
00:01:33The price of bitumen, which is needed for asphalt production, has
00:01:36risen by nearly half in two weeks. While a ton of bitumen used to cost about
00:01:40550 euros, the price now reaches up to 750
00:01:43euros. One of the reasons for the price increase is supply difficulties.
00:01:47Currently, only one company supplies bitumen to Estonia.
00:01:50The Transport Administration, however, is looking for ways to partially replace
00:01:54expensive bitumen with plastic waste. This would help reduce both asphalt
00:01:58production costs and environmental impact. A research project costing nearly
00:02:01800,000 euros will last until the beginning
00:02:05of 2029, and during its course, it will be determined how much
00:02:08plastic could be used in asphalt mixes. More details again on the
00:02:12ERR portal. We will also continue with foreign affairs.
00:02:16In the US election race, polls indicate a possible shift
00:02:19in voter preferences, said US political analyst
00:02:22Lauri Allman on television. If we look at
00:02:25the poll results,
00:02:27which can also be misleading, then... "let's say this
00:02:31leaning towards the Democrats in various places, as was
00:02:34also said here before, even in those states where
00:02:38Republicans have traditionally been in a very
00:02:41good position, in those states where Donald Trump, for example, won,
00:02:45not by five, six, seven percent, but
00:02:49by 10, 12, 17 percent,
00:02:52uh, that those poll results tend to lean
00:02:56towards the Democrats right now and and..."
00:03:00and actually a certain nervousness is also shown by
00:03:04how, for example, President Donald Trump's visits
00:03:07and speeches during this campaign have been planned. He has
00:03:11visited states that a
00:03:14Republican president would not normally
00:03:17visit. Bulgaria's incumbent President
00:03:21Iliana Yotova declared herself the winner of the Bulgarian presidential
00:03:25elections. According to preliminary election results, Yotova,
00:03:28who advocates for starting a dialogue with Russia and ending military support for Ukraine,
00:03:31received 58% of the voters'
00:03:35votes. Her rival, the pro-European Andrei Kyurov,
00:03:39had to settle for about 38 percent. Vice President
00:03:42Yotova became president this spring when the previous president,
00:03:46Rumen Radev, resigned. If the election results
00:03:49are officially confirmed, Yotova will become Bulgaria's first
00:03:52female president to take office
00:03:54with an election victory.
00:04:00in their every day, we talked
00:04:03about income, we talked about
00:04:05peace, we talked about the challenges,
00:04:09and today they understood our message. Many
00:04:13challenges lie ahead, tough times lie ahead,
00:04:16and here it is important to say
00:04:19that at the end of this campaign, we, as a society, as citizens,
00:04:23should seek unity
00:04:27rather than division.
00:04:38The Polish government's attempt to replace the constitutional court judges appointed
00:04:42during the previous Law and Justice party's term in office, bypassing
00:04:45the president, is very reminiscent of the Law and Justice
00:04:49party's own actions. According to the expert, this gives the impression
00:04:52of a power grab rather than a restoration of the rule of law.
00:04:56I would rather ask the question whether we will have a constitution.
00:05:00and it could be trusted, not uh reflecting
00:05:03on whether this or another politician uh going to win on
00:05:07that uh, I'm not sure, I'm sure
00:05:10that we will lost as society. will not have a constitutional
00:05:14tribunal because of luck of this compromise between different
00:05:18political powers and both the president
00:05:21and donald, i think is they're more concentrated on
00:05:24further polarization than actually restoring the rule of
00:05:27law.
00:05:29In Caracas, the capital of Venezuela, Christmas lights have already been lit. According to President
00:05:33Elsy Rodriguez, she hopes that the early lit Christmas lights
00:05:37will help Venezuelans to be better towards each other and to find
00:05:41the spirit of unity and recovery. Also, according to other
00:05:44public figures who participated in the lighting of the Christmas lights,
00:05:47they hope that the early Christmas season will increase
00:05:50mutual understanding and help society to recover faster
00:05:54from the catastrophic earthquakes. Two strong
00:05:57earthquakes hit Venezuela in June, killing over
00:06:006,500 people.
00:06:03But let's return to our homeland. Today, Estonia celebrates All Souls'
00:06:07Day, for which church services, memorial moments, and concerts
00:06:10are held all over Estonia. According to the Estonian folk calendar, All Souls'
00:06:14Day is a time when the souls of the deceased are expected to return to their
00:06:17former homes. Nowadays, it is primarily a day of silence and
00:06:21remembrance, when cemeteries are visited and candles are lit
00:06:25in memory of those who are no longer among us.
00:06:27But let's also talk about our weather. Today it is
00:06:31cloudy with rain in many places. The wind will be mainly
00:06:35from the south, 1 to 6 meters per second, on the coast southwest and
00:06:39south wind 3-9 with gusts up to 12.
00:06:42per second, in the evening the wind will turn to the northwest and north
00:06:46on the islands and northwest coast, the air temperature today will be between
00:06:49six and 10 degrees Celsius. News
00:06:53again at five or all day on the portal and radio, happy new week!
00:11:19but we'll definitely get rain this week too and if it goes especially nicely
00:11:23we might even get sleet here in the first half of the week, not everywhere, not
00:11:27everywhere, but in Eastern Estonia and and somewhere else here
00:11:30tomorrow, I think, tomorrow there might even be sleet, but today is
00:11:34November 2nd, as we started and and it's All Souls' Day,
00:11:38so this morning we have reason to look at this old
00:11:42belief and custom in such a way that what should actually be done or how to
00:11:46understand that those little souls have indeed visited home, what did Estonians
00:11:49think and believe, what were the signs to pay attention to,
00:11:52for example, this is very important from that.
00:11:59productivity, well, probably, in many companies yes, but one
00:12:03study shows that this productivity is not
00:12:06reflected in financial results, wealth still doesn't come, wealth doesn't come,
00:12:09why is that, and a little bit about whether
00:12:13the role of employees, their valuation, their evaluation
00:12:17systems, should all be re-evaluated in a situation where
00:12:20artificial intelligence does a large part of the work and of course, we'll talk a little
00:12:24bit about last week's big news, which concerned large layoffs
00:12:28in various companies, how that is related to the matter, even in one
00:12:31unicorn, even
00:13:09in the United States, namely the midterm election week, and that usually
00:13:12happens when the president's term is four years, and then
00:13:16exactly two years have passed and two years are still ahead, then the
00:13:20midterm elections take place and the composition
00:13:23of Congress can change depending on who
00:13:26people plan to vote for, what kind of people they
00:13:30like, whether they prefer Democrats or Republicans more, this
00:13:34morning we'll talk about all of that here on television and we have Lauri
00:13:37Alman already taken a seat in the studio, good morning to you, good morning, but before
00:13:41that, we have another chance to talk to Mariann
00:13:45Rohemäe, our own journalist, who is in the United
00:13:48States, well, good morning from our perspective to you
00:13:51too. Good morning to all of you.
00:13:55Well, please tell me how vigorously the campaign
00:13:59is being conducted, what people are being enticed with, what they are being offered, are there also
00:14:03big disputes, contradictions to be seen,
00:14:05discussions?
00:14:08The campaign is in full swing as always and all
00:14:12the way to the end and of course, both
00:14:16Democrats and Republicans' biggest
00:14:19names and biggest figures have
00:14:22held here in recent weeks such big
00:14:25campaign events, for example, former
00:14:28President Barack Obama was in Georgia
00:14:31last week, President Donald Trump gave
00:14:35a speech only a few hours ago in Iowa, but there are also
00:14:39smaller community
00:14:41campaigns, so you have to remember that it was also
00:14:45Halloween week, so the parties held Halloween
00:14:49events, fairs
00:14:51are held, door-to-door campaigns
00:14:55are conducted and then they still try to encourage their
00:14:59voters by sending them various text messages,
00:15:03sending letters, making social media posts, so
00:15:06absolutely everything that comes to mind is done,
00:15:09does that also mean that security and transparency
00:15:13are looked at with a sharper eye, because, well, early voting, so to speak,
00:15:16sending your ballot by mail, that option has been available for some
00:15:20time already, that's true, yes, but it... "depends
00:15:23also on who you talk to,
00:15:27that is, what is important to them or
00:15:30what they notice about the transparency
00:15:34of these elections, that for Republicans..."
00:15:37the concern is that they fear that those who should
00:15:41not vote will be able to vote, uh
00:15:44and therefore, various states have been asked
00:15:48for example for voter lists,
00:15:51there have also been lawsuits, for example in California there has been
00:15:55quite a sharp dispute, um, and
00:15:58oil has been poured into the fire
00:16:02by this Alaska event, that is, the case
00:16:05of Dan Sullivan, where his...
00:16:09the Democratic candidate's campaign seemingly
00:16:12persuaded his opponent's namesake
00:16:16to run, in order to confuse
00:16:19voters, but if we now talk to Democrats, then Democrats
00:16:23feel that the administration somehow
00:16:27too strongly interferes in the states' decision-making
00:16:30process, because they usually manage
00:16:34elections and such demands for voter lists
00:16:38and everything else is somehow overstepping
00:16:42such a usual um
00:16:44and therefore, Democrats
00:16:48are a little worried and of course also because
00:16:51actually, um, generally such large
00:16:55frauds have not
00:16:57been discovered very often in elections. What
00:17:01stands out, who are people leaning towards more
00:17:03right now?
00:17:05Well, that's a million dollar question, if I could answer that,
00:17:09then elections wouldn't be needed, I could just announce
00:17:12everything myself. Uh, generally, of course,
00:17:16there are some states that are definitely
00:17:19red, some states that are definitely blue, and
00:17:23then there's a whole bunch of swing states where the
00:17:26struggle is always tighter, but
00:17:30it must be admitted that this time there are
00:17:33surprising states, where
00:17:36by all accounts... "Republicans should feel
00:17:39very confident, but
00:17:41in reality, the fight is still very close,
00:17:45the situation is extremely even, and in this case, I'm primarily talking about
00:17:49Texas and Kansas, and I have
00:17:52also, um, spoken to various Republicans and
00:17:55they have admitted that the close race in these
00:17:58states has been very shocking,
00:18:02um, does this now mean that these
00:18:05Republicans
00:18:07will definitely go, for example, to the Democrats, who are disappointed in President Donald
00:18:10Trump, who are disappointed in economic policy, who
00:18:14are disappointed in the so-called wars that were not supposed
00:18:17to happen, it cannot be said for sure, it is more likely
00:18:21that they will simply decide to stay home in these
00:18:24elections, but it must also be admitted that so far
00:18:28voter turnout has been quite high
00:18:30in early voting, that already about 53 million
00:18:33Americans have voted, which is seven
00:18:36more than in the previous midterm elections, people are
00:18:40active, that's good to hear, they care about their country's future, thank you for joining
00:18:44us this morning and I think we'll meet again the day after tomorrow
00:18:56question, how does it seem to you right now, can the balance of power
00:19:00in Congress change after these midterm elections, uh
00:19:03the balance of power in Congress can change after these midterm elections.
00:19:07Uh, making such predictions is always ungrateful, but if we
00:19:11look at the poll results,
00:19:14which can also be misleading, then let's say this
00:19:18leaning towards the Democrats in various places, as was
00:19:21also said here before, even in those states where
00:19:24Republicans have traditionally been in a very good
00:19:28position, in those states where Donald Trump, for example, won,
00:19:32not by five, six, seven percent, but
00:19:35by 10, 12...
00:19:3717%.
00:19:41Uh, that those poll results tend to lean towards the Democrats
00:19:44right now and and and
00:19:47actually, such a certain nervousness is also shown by
00:19:51how, for example, President Donald Trump's visits and
00:19:54speeches during this campaign have been planned. He has visited
00:19:58states that a Republican
00:20:02president would not normally visit, Iowa
00:20:05was heard. "That same
00:20:08Texas, it has been guaranteed, uh,
00:20:11the US's so-called Republican
00:20:14state for some decades already,
00:20:17and Kansas likewise, it's actually quite
00:20:21unexpected that US Republican President Donald Trump has
00:20:24to campaign in Kansas, which he won by 17 percent, so his feet are still a little shaky, and he
00:20:28understands that too, that he can't be so confident anymore, yes, yes, that, that can
00:20:32definitely be said, well, what else stands out here,
00:20:35he also gave examples, Barack Obama, former US
00:20:39president has also made jokes here, yes, here
00:20:43is, uh, let's say, this campaign has taken on very, very
00:20:46colorful, very colorful tones
00:20:50as always in the US, uh, but but what is
00:20:53special this time
00:20:56is that, well, indeed, once again, as always, and similarly, uh,
00:20:59it is emphasized in every US election that this is the historic
00:21:03election and everything depends on this election,
00:21:06uh, and they bring out their heaviest
00:21:09artillery and of course, so does Barack
00:21:13Obama, who has visited many many important
00:21:16states, exactly the same way as Donald Trump.
00:21:20Uh, Barack Obama in his
00:21:23campaign in Ohio
00:21:27uh gave an example where he, where he
00:21:30compared, where he very humorously started started
00:21:34attacking Donald Trump
00:21:37uh and and used such an expression that he
00:21:41has decorated the White House
00:21:44with, let's say, such an interior design taste as if Saddam Hussein
00:21:48had opened a cheesecake.
00:22:50like Cheesecake Factory and and
00:22:53then it started again, this kind of
00:22:56fake offense, Republicans have always been traditionally
00:22:59very good at getting offended by such
00:23:03small small remarks and such light
00:23:06jokes, while their own president uses
00:23:10very very strong and actually such
00:23:13let's say, well, let's say shocking expressions
00:23:16at times, uh, to which Barack Obama in turn said: let's say that
00:23:20a complete Republican, Republican campaign machine was launched,
00:23:23which then said that Democrats don't appreciate such a nice
00:23:26family restaurant, how can that be,
00:23:29uh, and Barack Obama came back in that Georgia
00:23:33campaign, which we, which was also mentioned before,
00:23:36and said, that it's noteworthy
00:23:40that everyone was annoyed by that joke about Cheesecake Factory,
00:23:43but not by the fact that we compared Donald Trump to Saddam
00:23:46Hussein, that didn't bother him, so... "which is
00:23:50harsh, but but it shows, it's very harsh and and actually it shows
00:23:54such once again Barack Obama's skill as a campaign master, that he throws
00:23:57out a hook, the other side swallows it, he comes back and
00:24:01makes a very clever joke afterwards and and
00:24:04quite confidently, tell me very briefly, do such jokes, such
00:24:08show elements actually win people over, or do they still win,
00:24:11of course, it works well in the United States, in the United States
00:24:15it still, it still works because because because you
00:24:18need such a, well, so-called..." a single sentence to grab onto, that
00:24:22one, one sentence, with which
00:24:25to win over that relatively short
00:24:28attention span, let's say voter, voter
00:24:30attention, so that it is actually
00:24:34important, well, the day after tomorrow morning we'll be
00:24:36wiser here too, thank you, Lauri Alman, for coming this morning.
00:24:40Good morning, it's Monday and it's
00:24:53seven o'clock and the news is starting.
00:24:57As of today, due to the Rail Baltica infrastructure works
00:25:01in Tallinn, the timetable for passenger trains on the East and South routes will change. The journey
00:25:05times for the Apa and Narva lines will shorten, the journey times for Narva trips will shorten
00:25:09by an average of 20 minutes, and the Aegviidu and Tapa journeys will become
00:25:12faster by five minutes, Elron announced. Infrastructure works
00:25:15will also end on the Tartu- Valga section, meaning that the last
00:25:19trips of the day can again be served by train instead of bus.
00:25:23Infrastructure works starting at Ülemiste station will, however,
00:25:26bring about timetable changes on the East and South routes. The biggest change
00:25:30concerns the evening train from Tallinn to Aegviidu, which will
00:25:33depart 35 minutes later than before, i.e., at a quarter past five.
00:25:37Passengers on the Tallinn-Narva line are asked to note that the morning
00:25:41first trips of the day in both directions will depart earlier
00:25:44than before, and the late-night Narva-Tallinn Express train
00:25:47will start departing 24 minutes earlier.
00:25:51Russia often tries to justify attacks directed against Ukraine
00:25:55in the information space even before they happen, explained Brigadier
00:25:59General (res.) Alar Laneman in the Ukraine studio.
00:26:02in the case of such attacks, some media operation
00:26:05or some information operation precedes
00:26:08it, for example, that, uh,
00:26:11Ukraine intends some provocation by attacking
00:26:14its own city or village or important object
00:26:17and and then the attack comes, so that, well, you see,
00:26:20Ukraine did it and that
00:26:24railway station's last attack, there
00:26:28was a long list of messages preceding it, that
00:26:31Ukraine... uses its infrastructure, including
00:26:35railways, for transporting troops, equipment, weapons,
00:26:39so they are legitimate targets,
00:26:42but, uh, at the given moment, a clear passenger
00:26:46train was attacked.
00:26:49We continue with foreign affairs. Bulgaria's incumbent President Iliana
00:26:53Yotova declared herself the winner of the Bulgarian presidential elections.
00:26:56According to preliminary election results, Yotova, who advocates for starting a dialogue with Russia
00:27:00and ending military support for Ukraine, received 58% of the
00:27:04voters' votes. Her rival, the pro-European
00:27:07Andrei Kyurov, had to settle for about
00:27:1038 percent. Vice President Yotova
00:27:14became president this spring, when the previous president, Rumen Radev,
00:27:17resigned. If the election results are officially
00:27:20confirmed, Yotova will become Bulgaria's first, with an election victory.
00:27:24female president who has
00:27:25taken office.
00:27:28A Polish legal expert warns that the Polish government's attempt to replace
00:27:32constitutional court judges appointed during the previous Law and Justice party's
00:27:36term, bypassing the president,
00:27:39is very reminiscent of the Law and Justice party's own actions. According to the expert,
00:27:43this rather gives the impression of a power grab than the restoration of
00:27:46legal order. I would rather ask the question
00:27:50whether we will have a constitutional tribunal and it could be trusted
00:27:53uh not uh reflecting on whether
00:27:57this or another politician going to win on that. I'm
00:28:00not sure I'm sure.
00:28:22Nine people died in Florida, USA, when a private plane
00:28:26crashed onto a highway near a densely populated residential area.
00:28:30The luxury jet airliner crashed into an area where
00:28:33holiday homes were located. At least one holiday home was destroyed in the ensuing
00:28:36fire. According to preliminary data, no one on the ground
00:28:39was injured. The plane, which was en route from Texas
00:28:42to the Bahamas, crashed just about ten kilometers from President Donald
00:28:46Trump's Mar-a-Lago
00:28:48mansion.
00:28:50Today is All Souls' Day, for which services, memorial moments,
00:28:54and concerts are held across Estonia. According to the Estonian
00:28:57folk calendar, All Souls' Day is a time when the souls of the deceased
00:29:01are expected to return to their former
00:29:03homes. Today, it is primarily a day of silence and remembrance, when people visit
00:29:07cemeteries and light candles in memory of those who are no
00:29:10longer with us.
00:29:14But let's also talk about today's weather. Today it's cloudy
00:29:16with clear spells and rain in many places, blowing predominantly south-easterly
00:29:20wind one to six meters per second, on the coast south-westerly and southerly wind
00:29:243-9, with gusts up to 12 meters per second.
00:29:27In the evening, the wind will turn north-westerly on the islands and north-west coast,
00:29:31and northerly. The air temperature... will remain today between six and 10 degrees
00:29:34Celsius. News
00:29:37again at 7:30. Have a nice wake-up call for the first
00:29:40news of the week.
00:29:48The news has been aired on television.
00:30:49on television. Einike Sooväli from the Open-Air Museum will come, because she
00:30:53knows these traditions, these beliefs, how these
00:30:56little souls come home tonight on this quiet evening, and how to
00:30:59pay attention to these signs and how to lure them home.