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00:00:00The future on four wheels
00:00:02car on Fridays on N1 television.
00:09:26Will Iran and Oman agree? Lebanon is negotiating with Israel, but
00:09:30attacks continue. Abdul al Sayed is on the verge of the Senate. A sad
00:09:34anniversary was marked in Japan. Swiss Professor Marc
00:09:37Pitt talks to N1 about conflicts in FIFA. Welcome to
00:09:41Global.
00:09:48Iran and Oman are in the final stages of defining a framework for navigation
00:09:52through the Strait of Hormuz, and from Tehran they emphasize that
00:09:55the agreement reached does not mean the automatic opening of this strategic
00:09:58passage and that it directly depends on the cessation of American threats and
00:10:02sanctions. At the same time, American President Trump stated that negotiations
00:10:05are progressing and that the Strait could soon be opened, adding
00:10:09that he prefers an agreement, but that the use of military force is still an option.
00:10:13Scientists warn that the months-long blockade of more than
00:10:151,500 ships in the Persian Gulf represents an ecological
00:10:19disaster, a risk of spreading invasive marine species after
00:10:23the re-establishment of traffic.
00:10:27Yeah, I'd rather make a deal because I
00:10:30don't want to kill people, I do not want to kill people, but at some
00:10:33point we're going to. We had, we were, we were set for the
00:10:37biggest attack of any attack, and we've hit them very
00:10:41hard for the last few months, but we were, we
00:10:44were all set for the biggest attack since World War II, and they
00:10:48called me and they said, "Please don't do it, let's talk," and then they
00:10:52don't, they said, "We never said that."
00:11:10Two Israeli reservists were killed, four were seriously
00:11:13injured in an explosion in southern Lebanon in the town of
00:11:16Majdanzun. This is the first Israeli loss since
00:11:19the ceasefire with Hezbollah came into effect in June,
00:11:23in response to what they claim is a violation of the ceasefire.
00:11:25Israeli forces carried out a series of air strikes on towns in southern
00:11:28Lebanon. According to the Lebanese Ministry of Health, at least one
00:11:32person was killed, while more than 12 were injured. The new wave of
00:11:35violence interrupted the negotiations between Israel and Lebanon in Rome, which are being conducted with
00:11:39the mediation of the US. However, American officials point out that the
00:11:43discussions on political and military issues were productive and that the negotiations
00:11:47continue.
00:11:55Democratic progressive politician Abdul El Sayed won the
00:11:59party primaries for the US Senate in Michigan,
00:12:03defeating moderate Congresswoman Haley Stevens. If he defeats
00:12:06Republican Mike Rogers in the general election in November, this
00:12:10Egyptian-born doctor will become the first Muslim in the American
00:12:13Senate. El Sayed based his campaign on
00:12:16universal healthcare, stopping military aid to Israel
00:12:20with the support of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
00:12:24His victory. was attacked by the American president, calling it
00:12:28great news for the Republican party and criticizing the policies
00:12:31of the Democratic
00:12:32party.
00:12:41Hiroshima marked the 81st anniversary of the American atomic
00:12:44bombing. Mayor Azumi Matsui called on world
00:12:48powers to cease wars and abandon nuclear
00:12:51weapons. Around 50,000 visitors paid
00:12:54tribute to the victims with a minute of silence at 8:15
00:12:57AM, exactly at the time when the bomb fell
00:13:01in 1945. The attack on Hiroshima claimed 140,000
00:13:05lives, while in Nagasaki three days later, another
00:13:0870,000 people died. Today, there are only about
00:13:1290,000 living survivors, with an average age of over
00:13:1586
00:13:16years.
00:13:20The words and actions of political leaders represent
00:13:24a disregard for obligations defined by the
00:13:27Non-Proliferation Treaty, thereby undermining the very
00:13:30foundations of international peace and stability. If this
00:13:34continues, a spiral of mistrust will spread across the world, with the risk
00:13:37of returning to the era of World War II when pure
00:13:41greed was allowed
00:13:42to prevail.
00:13:46The devastation caused by the atomic bombing of Hiroshima and
00:13:49Nagasaki and the unspeakable suffering endured by so many people
00:13:53must never be repeated. Japan firmly adheres to the three
00:13:56non-nuclear principles as the only nation that suffered
00:14:00atomic bombings in war, it bears the responsibility
00:14:03to tirelessly strive for the realization of a world free of nuclear
00:14:07weapons, therefore we cannot allow our efforts to
00:14:10stop, we are determined to continue implementing realistic and
00:14:13practical initiatives within the Hiroshima Action Plan,
00:14:16advocating for the maintenance and strengthening
00:14:20of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty so that
00:14:23Japan can lead the efforts of the international community towards
00:14:26achieving a world free of nuclear weapons. Here in Hiroshima,
00:14:30I deeply feel the responsibility to leave future generations a
00:14:34society where all people can live in safety and peace,
00:14:37and I also pledge to do everything in my power
00:14:41to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and lasting
00:14:44peace.
00:14:53The World Football Organization is once again in crisis mode. FIFA
00:14:57President Gianni Infantino faces strong criticism and is fighting for
00:15:00survival at the head of the institution, after the failed idea of selling
00:15:04ownership of the World Cup. This move of his met with
00:15:07fierce resistance from UEFA and other confederations that
00:15:10blocked the sell-off of FIFA. On the struggle for power,
00:15:13suspicious dealings and backstage enrichment, but also on the
00:15:16disregard for human rights violations when awarding hosting rights,
00:15:20the respected Swiss lawyer and professor Marc Pitt speaks to N1.
00:15:24The full interview is on our website,
00:15:25stranici,
00:15:29let me start with the latest,
00:15:33FIFA President Gianni Infantino made this
00:15:36botched idea how to sell World
00:15:39Cup to um
00:15:43people with money to give them
00:15:46ownership of the World Cup.
00:15:49UEFA went against him, CONCACAF went
00:15:52against him, others are also expressed
00:15:55their
00:15:57um enragement with uh this idea. Jordan
00:16:01says um, many unpleasant
00:16:05things to Gianni Infantino. How... do you see this
00:16:08situation?
00:16:10Okay, well what I see is that
00:16:14Infantino is a very ambiguous
00:16:18person, one has to say he
00:16:21um saw to it that FIFA made a lot
00:16:24of money, um, that is, let's
00:16:28say on the positive side, um,
00:16:31in somehow it went over the top,
00:16:34he kind of lost it and he saw he could
00:16:38make even more money, um,
00:16:40he stands for a type of
00:16:43president uh of FIFA,
00:16:46maximizing power,
00:16:49influence and gain for the
00:16:52institution, but also money for himself
00:16:55personally. Now, he thought
00:16:58he could do yet, go yet a
00:17:01step further, and he
00:17:04overgambled, he overpokered,
00:17:07he basically wanted to sell off parts of
00:17:11FIFA and that is the point where people were not ready to go
00:17:15along with it, they said,
00:17:18"we are ready to earn a lot of
00:17:21money, but we don't want to sell
00:17:23FIFA." And they sort of
00:17:26stopped
00:17:28the what was happening.
00:17:32Interestingly,
00:17:36Infantino very quick... understood that he
00:17:39had basically lost it and
00:17:42backtracked, and now
00:17:45people are asking, is he really fit to be
00:17:49president? I mean, somebody who does goes over
00:17:52the top like that, um, there
00:17:55is a very strong personal element in
00:17:58what he was trying to do, he was basically trying to get
00:18:02himself to be the head of a private
00:18:05institution with the... hands in the
00:18:08till of FIFA. He wanted
00:18:12to earn money even after leaving FIFA
00:18:15personally, that was just a step too
00:18:18far. And now the big issue is of
00:18:21course, there
00:18:24will
00:18:27be um, there's an upcoming election, do we
00:18:30really want to continue with this person? That is what
00:18:34many people are asking, crisis
00:18:37mode? And today he is
00:18:40calling his friends and
00:18:43his associates as well as his employees to meet
00:18:47in
00:18:52Rabat.
00:18:56That would be all for this edition of Global. The latest news from the world, as
00:19:00always, can be found on our websites and our social
00:19:03networks. Goodbye until tomorrow.
00:19:37friends on WhatsApp. It's part of our everyday lives, but all of
00:19:41it runs on platforms owned by US tech giants like Google, Amazon, and
00:19:44Meta. So more and more people are asking, should governments
00:19:48and users be less dependent on them? And if we try, do
00:19:52we have to give up the comfort and convenience we're used to?
00:19:55Digital sovereignty today on
00:19:56Shift.
00:20:00Digital sovereignty sounds important, right? But what does
00:20:04it actually mean for each of us? I tried to find out by going one day without
00:20:07using products from Google, Microsoft, Meta, or other US
00:20:11tech companies, even my iPhone. Spoiler,
00:20:14it didn't go all that
00:20:15well.
00:20:18I wake up and automatically reach for my phone. Today there's no messages
00:20:22and no alarm. I managed to get up on
00:20:25time. Usually I check my WhatsApp and
00:20:28Instagram, but that's not going to be possible
00:20:31today.
00:20:36Let's go to work.
00:20:39When I get a coffee, I pay with an app. Today I'll pay in
00:20:42cash. No cash, they only accept card payment. No coffee for me
00:20:46then. At the office, the challenge grows.
00:20:52I can't use a computer or laptop, it's all US
00:20:55tech.
00:20:58Luckily, my camera operator is using a Japanese camera, at least we
00:21:02can still film this
00:21:03report.
00:21:07I also have to write my presentation cubes in a different way today.
00:21:11I can't access my work emails or even message colleagues.
00:21:14Work feels pretty lonely today and
00:21:17unproductive.
00:21:19As I work, I think about what I could do in the evening today. No series or
00:21:23listening to music.
00:21:25Instead, I'll read a book and I'll have a lot more spare time without
00:21:28screens. Slowly, I realize how many of my
00:21:32habits are built around US platforms. Without Apple,
00:21:36Google, Meta, or Microsoft, even basic tasks like checking directions suddenly
00:21:39become complicated. Honestly, I never think about where the
00:21:43technology comes from, I just expect it to
00:21:45work.
00:21:47This isn't just about convenience, it's about digital dependence and how
00:21:51little choice we actually have. By the end of the day, one thing is clear,
00:21:55living without US tech is possible, but it's definitely not
00:21:58easy. Going without US tech is one thing, but what if
00:22:02the platforms decide to ban you? That's what happened to Nicolas Guillou, a
00:22:06judge at the International Criminal Court in The Hague. He and
00:22:10some other colleagues were put on a US sanctions list after the court
00:22:13issued an arrest warrant for Israel's prime minister, Benjamin
00:22:16Netanyahu. So what does that mean in practice?
00:22:20And how far can that power reach? This
00:22:23goes far beyond a simple ban on entering US territory. The sanctions
00:22:27affect every aspect of my daily life. All my accounts with
00:22:31American companies like Amazon, Airbnb, PayPal have been
00:22:34closed. In practice, you can no longer shop online because you don't know if the
00:22:38packaging your product comes in is American. Being under sanctions
00:22:42is like being sent back to the 1990s.
00:22:45We rely on US tech companies every day. For years that was seen
00:22:48as a data privacy issue, but it's really about power and
00:22:52control. From AI to cloud services and
00:22:55payments, states and people are using tech we don't
00:22:58own, and that matters because digital infrastructure is
00:23:02just as critical as energy, transport, or defense.
00:23:05Without control, you're vulnerable, politically,
00:23:08economically, and in terms of security. What we have seen
00:23:12out of the United States for the past several decades, is a desire to
00:23:15extend its economic and geopolitical influence through
00:23:18technology, through its companies and it has been very
00:23:21successful in doing that. And so I think when we think about digital sovereignty,
00:23:25it's about saying, we need to take back control of that. If we're able to develop
00:23:29platforms collaboratively, then I think that there can be a lot of benefits from
00:23:33coming from thinking about a model that is going to be very different from
00:23:36the one that the United States imposed on us that is developed,
00:23:40basically to benefit itself, right? When countries work
00:23:43together, sharing tech and building platforms, new options open
00:23:47up. France, for example, plans to move parts of its government IT
00:23:51to open source systems like Linux. But what about the
00:23:54rest of us? What alternatives are there to Windows, Apple,
00:23:57and Google? Instead
00:24:01of using Chrome or Edge, you could try European alternatives like the German
00:24:05search engine Ecosia or the Norwegian browser
00:24:07Vivaldi. Alongside Ecosia, there's also
00:24:11Qwant, but there's a catch. Smaller search engines still partly rely on
00:24:14search infrastructure from Bing or Google, because maintaining a full
00:24:18web index is very expensive.
00:24:20Both platforms are working on becoming more
00:24:22independent.
00:24:25For collaboration and messaging, Wire offers an end-to-end encrypted
00:24:29alternative to Slack, Teams, or Messenger.
00:24:32For those concerned about privacy, Threema is another alternative,
00:24:36especially if you're tired of WhatsApp. Even though
00:24:39WhatsApp encrypts message contents, metadata can still be shared with its
00:24:43parent company Meta. What about social media? Blue Sky
00:24:47and Mastodon are alternatives to platforms like Threads or
00:24:50X. For Instagram vibes, try
00:24:53Pixelfed. These alternatives are decentralized
00:24:56or, like Blue Sky, headed in that direction. This means
00:25:00that even US-based services like Blue Sky or Signal focus on
00:25:04minimizing the amount of user data they
00:25:05store.
00:25:08As for email, there are several providers with strong security and European
00:25:12service like Proton and Mailbox. But
00:25:15let's be real, if your friends are on Instagram and WhatsApp, or your
00:25:19family chat is, it's hard to leave. To stay
00:25:22connected, we're basically forced to US platforms and because they are all
00:25:26closed systems, you need multiple accounts. If you're on Instagram, you
00:25:30can't follow someone on X without signing up. To push back
00:25:33against the power of Big Tech, the EU has tightened its rules, for
00:25:37example, with the General Data Protection Regulation or
00:25:40GDPR. So what do the experts
00:25:43say?
00:26:03Data protection in Europe has been governed by the GDPR for nearly a
00:26:06decade. It applies to personal information such as
00:26:09name, birth date, gender, phone numbers, credit card number, and
00:26:13bank details, information that should remain private. It
00:26:17also aims to give users more control over how their data is used for
00:26:20advertising, strengthening people's control over their digital
00:26:24lives. The EU has long expected major US tech platforms
00:26:27to comply with these
00:26:28rules.
00:26:32was simple: if you want to do business in Europe, you have to comply with our
00:26:36rules, pay the cost of compliance, adapt, and accept that there are
00:26:39standards in
00:26:40Europe.
00:26:45But regulating platforms like social media has become increasingly
00:26:48complex, because social media itself has changed
00:26:51dramatically.
00:26:53What once served mainly as a way to stay in touch with friends has evolved into
00:26:57a global economic
00:26:58ecosystem.
00:27:01This transformation
00:27:32Companies are increasingly pushing back against EU
00:27:35oversight. They challenge regulations in court and exploit
00:27:38technical loop holes. Still, the
00:27:41EU continues to try to strengthen its digital independence through
00:27:45legislation. Digital sovereignty could benefit
00:27:48users around the world. EU regulations are often seen as a
00:27:52model in many regions, but authorities still struggle to
00:27:56keep up with the speed of change in the tech industry. In India,
00:27:59awareness of this dependence is growing as well. Take
00:28:02WhatsApp: Meta's messaging app has around
00:28:05535 million users there, more than anywhere
00:28:09else in the world. That makes India its biggest market, which is
00:28:13exactly what worries politicians. The goal, more digital
00:28:16sovereignty for the world's largest democracy.
00:28:20Indian Messenger apps, Indian social
00:28:23networks, Indian platforms for everyday
00:28:26services. For years, New Delhi has pushed home grown
00:28:29alternatives to foreign tech giants. The slogan
00:28:33is self-reliant India or
00:28:35Admanibar Bharat in
00:28:37Hindi.
00:28:40The aim is simple: rely less on US and Chinese tech
00:28:44companies.
00:28:47That thinking also shaped a major decision in June
00:28:492020. India banned TikTok along with
00:28:5358 other Chinese apps after border clashes with
00:28:56China. The official line was that TikTok was national security
00:29:00risk. It was definitely a strategic decision at
00:29:04that point of time. The clashes became the trigger for it. The
00:29:08rationale which was given was about the lack of data protection and safeguard
00:29:11standards in the use of information by these
00:29:14apps, but realistically that's a
00:29:18justification that can be used for many Indian apps as well.
00:29:21Home-grown alternatives like Mode and Josh quickly filled the gap,
00:29:25especially with regional language content and creators who left TikTok.
00:29:28But the advantage didn't last. New foreign competitors
00:29:32entered the market. Instagram rolled out Reels, YouTube
00:29:36launched Shorts. US
00:29:38platforms offered reach and audiences Indian rivals struggled to
00:29:41match.
00:29:44Now India is making a similar push in artificial intelligence, trying to
00:29:48shape it on its own
00:29:49terms.
00:29:54At international conferences, on the global stage, it presents itself
00:29:57as the voice of the Global South.
00:30:01Their message, AI rules shouldn't be written only in Washington,
00:30:05Brussels or Silicon
00:30:06Valley.
00:30:09India warns against power being concentrated in a few hands
00:30:12and argues for wider access and technical
00:30:15sovereignty. There are certain
00:30:18principles which are standard which are fairness,
00:30:21non-bias, privacy etc. which need to be
00:30:25respected. But how you implement those principles, the idea
00:30:28seems to be largely to leave it to the people deploying and
00:30:33not to kind of stifle innovation
00:30:35with excessive regulations. There's
00:30:39a challenge though. Much of India's AI still depends
00:30:43on foreign tech. The most advanced chips come from
00:30:46Nvidia, a US company. Cloud
00:30:49infrastructure is dominated by companies like Amazon, Microsoft and
00:30:53Google. And today's leading AI models are
00:30:57largely built in the US and China. But India wants
00:31:00to change that by developing its own systems also to better reflect the
00:31:04country's linguistic diversity. The big
00:31:07focus in India has been around language.