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Knight Institute said<\/strong><\/a> in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Attempt to pre-emptively protect professor<\/h2><p>The lawsuit asks the court to determine if a US law used to shield internet companies from liability would protect Zuckerman before he releases the tool.<\/p>\n<p>One provision of the law provides immunity to software developers who have created tools to filter or disallow content the provider or user considers objectionable.<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit asks the court to determine if a Facebook feed could fall into this category.<\/p>\n<p>The Knight Institute said that Zuckerman has not released the tool because he fears that Facebook's parent company Meta would sue him.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>UK developer Louis Barclay released a similar tool called Unfollow Everything but took it down in 2021 after receiving a cease-and-desist letter and a lifetime Facebook ban from the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe reason it\u2019s worth challenging Facebook on this is that right now we have very little control as users over how we use these networks,\" Zuckerman said in an interview.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8392066\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//23//russian-court-sentences-meta-spokesman-to-six-years-in-prison-in-trial-in-absentia/">Russian court sentences Meta spokesman to six years in prison in trial in absentia<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"We basically get whatever controls Facebook wants. And that\u2019s actually pretty different from how the internet has worked historically\".<\/p>\n<p>Email, for instance, lets people use different clients, browsers or anti-tracking software.\u00a0Meta declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p>While Facebook does allow users to manually unfollow everything, the process can be cumbersome with hundreds or even thousands of friends, groups and businesses that people often follow.<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerman also wants to study how turning off a Facebook feed affects people's experience on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Users would have to agree to take part in the study as using the browser tool would not automatically enrol participants.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714981417,"updatedAt":1714990630,"publishedAt":1714990627,"firstPublishedAt":1714990630,"lastPublishedAt":1714990630,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/75\/64\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_4b5d3f5d-9f5c-56f3-b8c1-b22c7179d90c-8417564.jpg","altText":"Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters.","caption":"Meta's logo is seen on a sign at the company's headquarters.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Godofredo A. 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Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters. \n\nThe floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a water supply, according to the civil defence agency, which cited figures from water company Corsan. \n\nA rescue team pulled an elderly man in serious medical condition into a helicopter from a remote area in the Bento Gon\u00e7alves municipality, according to footage from military firefighters. Torrents of brown water poured over a nearby dam. \n\nResidents in the town of Canoas were forced to stand up to their shoulders in muddy water and formed a human chain to pull boats carrying people to safety, according to video footage shared by local UOL news network. \n\nThe Guaiba river reached a record level of 5.33 metres on Sunday morning, surpassing levels seen during a historic 1941 deluge, when the river reached 4.76 metres. \n\nIs climate change to blame for the devastating floods? \n\nThe downpour started on Monday, 29 April. In some areas, such as valleys, mountain slopes and cities, more than 300 millimetres of rain fell in less than a week, according to Brazil\u2019s National Institute of Meteorology, known by the Portuguese acronym INMET. \n\nThe heavy rains were the fourth such environmental disaster in the state in a year, following floods in July, September and November 2023 that killed 75 people . \n\nWeather across South America is affected by the climate phenomenon El Ni\u00f1o, a periodic, naturally occurring event that warms surface waters in the Equatorial Pacific region. In Brazil, El Ni\u00f1o has historically caused droughts in the north and intense rainfall in the south. \n\nThis year, the impacts of El Ni\u00f1o have been particularly dramatic, with a historic drought in the Amazon. Scientists say extreme weather is happening more frequently due to human-caused climate change. \n\n\u201cThese tragedies will continue to happen, increasingly worse and more frequent,\u201d Suely Ara\u00fajo, a public policy coordinator at the Climate Observatory, a network of dozens of environmental and social groups, said. \n\nBrazil needs to adjust to the effects of climate change, she added. \n\nBrazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva visited Rio Grande do Sul for a second time on Sunday, accompanied by Defense Minister Jos\u00e9 M\u00facio, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Environment Minister Marina Silva, among others. The leader and his team surveyed the flooded streets of Porto Alegre from a helicopter. \n\n\u201cWe need to stop running behind disasters. We need to see in advance what calamities might happen and we need to work,\u201d Lula told journalists afterwards. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Massive floods in Brazil\u2019s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days, and another 103 were reported missing, local authorities have announced.<\/p>\n<p>At least 155 people were injured, while damage from the rains forced more than 88,000 people from their homes. Approximately 16,000 took refuge in schools, gymnasiums and other temporary shelters.<\/p>\n<p>The floods left a wake of devastation, including landslides, washed-out roads and collapsed bridges across the state. Operators reported electricity and communications cuts. More than 800,000 people are without a water supply, according to the civil defence agency, which cited figures from water company Corsan.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6689453125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//80//50//808x542_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg/" alt=\"People evacuate on a surfboard from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/384x257_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/640x428_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/750x502_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/828x554_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1080x722_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1200x803_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1920x1284_cmsv2_eee564ee-55dd-5ef5-b3cf-fa5380266d8f-8418050.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">People evacuate on a surfboard from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Carlos Macedo\/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A rescue team pulled an elderly man in serious medical condition into a helicopter from a remote area in the Bento Gon\u00e7alves municipality, according to footage from military firefighters. Torrents of brown water poured over a nearby dam.<\/p>\n<p>Residents in the town of Canoas were forced to stand up to their shoulders in muddy water and formed a human chain to pull boats carrying people to safety, according to video footage shared by local UOL news network.<\/p>\n<p>The Guaiba river reached a record level of 5.33 metres on Sunday morning, surpassing levels seen during a historic 1941 deluge, when the river reached 4.76 metres.<\/p>\n<h2>Is climate change to blame for the devastating floods?<\/h2><p>The downpour started on Monday, 29 April. In some areas, such as valleys, mountain slopes and cities, more than 300 millimetres of rain fell in less than a week, according to Brazil\u2019s National Institute of Meteorology, known by the Portuguese acronym INMET.<\/p>\n<p>The heavy rains were the fourth such environmental disaster in the state in a year, following floods in July, September and November 2023 that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//09//07//hundreds-were-saved-heavy-rains-cause-record-death-toll-in-southern-brazil/">killed 75 people<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Weather across South America is affected by the climate phenomenon El Ni\u00f1o, a periodic, naturally occurring event that warms surface waters in the Equatorial Pacific region. In Brazil, El Ni\u00f1o has historically caused droughts in the north and intense rainfall in the south.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.66796875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//80//50//808x539_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg/" alt=\"Residents and dogs evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/384x257_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/640x428_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/750x501_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/828x553_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1080x721_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1200x802_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/1920x1283_cmsv2_6e811d45-5661-5cae-a4b1-dc23c9ecbea0-8418050.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Residents and dogs evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Carlos Macedo\/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>This year, the impacts of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//18//flooded-cities-price-hikes-and-record-temperatures-what-does-el-nino-have-in-store-for-202#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEl%20Ni%C3%B1o%20impacts%20on%20global,the%20hottest%20year%20on%20record.\"><strong>El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a> have been particularly dramatic, with a historic drought in the Amazon. Scientists say extreme weather is happening more frequently due to human-caused climate change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese tragedies will continue to happen, increasingly worse and more frequent,\u201d Suely Ara\u00fajo, a public policy coordinator at the Climate Observatory, a network of dozens of environmental and social groups, said.<\/p>\n<p>Brazil needs to adjust to the effects of climate change, she added.<\/p>\n<p>Brazilian President Luiz In\u00e1cio Lula da Silva visited Rio Grande do Sul for a second time on Sunday, accompanied by Defense Minister Jos\u00e9 M\u00facio, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad and Environment Minister Marina Silva, among others. The leader and his team surveyed the flooded streets of Porto Alegre from a helicopter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need to stop running behind disasters. We need to see in advance what calamities might happen and we need to work,\u201d Lula told journalists afterwards.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714988501,"updatedAt":1714989054,"publishedAt":1714989031,"firstPublishedAt":1714989037,"lastPublishedAt":1714989054,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Carlos Macedo\/The AP","altText":"Residents evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Saturday","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Residents evacuate from a neighborhood flooded by heavy rains, in Canoas, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil on Saturday","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/80\/50\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d41a444b-6a68-5e0f-a4b2-1901356cde06-8418050.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":685},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Carlos Macedo\/The AP","altText":"Residents and dogs 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We take a look back, in pictures.","summary":"To close out her latest world tour, Madonna performed a free show on Copacabana beach in Rio in front of the largest live crowd in her four-decade career. We take a look back, in pictures.","keySentence":"","url":"photos-madonna-makes-waves-in-brazil-with-free-concert-gathering-16-million-people","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/06\/photos-madonna-makes-waves-in-brazil-with-free-concert-gathering-16-million-people","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Talk about a grand finale. \n\nMadonna transformed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro into a sea of her fans on Saturday for the closing show of her latest world tour, The Celebration Tour, which has performed in 80 locations since October. \n\nThe final concert, announced last March, was free for everyone, and drew the largest crowd of the pop superstar\u2019s four-decade career. Riotur, Rio City Hall\u2019s tourism agency, estimated that 1.6 million people flocked to the beach to get a glimpse of Madonna. \n\nThat would make the show more than 10 times bigger than Madonna\u2019s previous record attendance of 130,000 at Paris\u2019 Parc des Sceaux in 1987. \n\nIt was a spectacular end to the singer\u2019s first stage retrospective, which featured massive hits of her career \u2013 including \u201cLike a Prayer,\u201d \u201cRay of Light,\u201d \u201cHung Up,\u201d and \u201cHoliday\u201d \u2013 as well as elaborate costumes and choreography. \n\nThe show began with her 1998 hit \u201cNothing Really Matters\u201d that drew huge cheers from the tightly-packed crowd on the beach. \n\nThose lucky enough to have balconies overlooking the beachfront held house parties to watch the show. Helicopters and drones flew overhead and motorboats and sailboats filled the bay, which meant the audience spanned land, air and sea. \n\nAt the start of the show, the 65-year-old told the crowd: \u201cHere we are in the most beautiful place in the world. This place is magic.\u201d \n\nCatch upon some of the photos that captured the atmosphere and festivities that took Rio by storm this weekend. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Talk about a grand finale.<\/p>\n<p>Madonna transformed Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro into a sea of her fans on Saturday for the closing show of her latest world tour, The Celebration Tour, which has performed in 80 locations since October.<\/p>\n<p>The final concert, announced last March, was free for everyone, and drew the largest crowd of the pop superstar\u2019s four-decade career. Riotur, Rio City Hall\u2019s tourism agency, estimated that 1.6 million people flocked to the beach to get a glimpse of Madonna.<\/p>\n<p>That would make the show more than 10 times bigger than Madonna\u2019s previous record attendance of 130,000 at Paris\u2019 Parc des Sceaux in 1987.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8412020,8379178\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//04//17//taylor-swift-british-fans-scammed-over-a-million-euros/">Taylor Swift: British fans scammed more than a million euros<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//03//dua-lipas-radical-optimism-euronews-cultures-verdict/">Dua Lipa\u2019s \u2018Radical Optimism': Euronews Culture's verdict <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It was a spectacular end to the singer\u2019s first stage retrospective, which featured massive hits of her career \u2013 including \u201cLike a Prayer,\u201d \u201cRay of Light,\u201d \u201cHung Up,\u201d and \u201cHoliday\u201d \u2013 as well as elaborate costumes and choreography.<\/p>\n<p>The show began with her 1998 hit \u201cNothing Really Matters\u201d that drew huge cheers from the tightly-packed crowd on the beach.<\/p>\n<p>Those lucky enough to have balconies overlooking the beachfront held house parties to watch the show. Helicopters and drones flew overhead and motorboats and sailboats filled the bay, which meant the audience spanned land, air and sea.<\/p>\n<p>At the start of the show, the 65-year-old told the crowd: \u201cHere we are in the most beautiful place in the world. This place is magic.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Catch upon some of the photos that captured the atmosphere and festivities that took Rio by storm this weekend.<\/h3><div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"Madonna didn't have a monopoly on the outstanding costumes. Fans dressed to the nines for her free beach show in Rio.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_44f7f7ee-30a3-57b0-ac66-2ddffe23da44-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Madonna didn't have a monopoly on the outstanding costumes. Fans dressed to the nines for her free beach show in Rio.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//65//94//808x539_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg/" alt=\"A Madonna fan dances while waiting for Madonna's show to begin, wearing a costume inspired by her video for "Material Girl."\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/384x256_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/640x427_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/750x500_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/828x552_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/1080x720_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/1200x800_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/65\/94\/1920x1281_cmsv2_d91201a7-8598-5869-9175-527dd7427fb8-8416594.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Madonna fan dances while waiting for Madonna's show to begin, wearing a costume inspired by her video for "Material Girl."<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"A sea of people flooded the sand on Copacabana Beach. An estimated 1.6 million people attended the show.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_abee0d4d-8a6f-5118-8ab6-0d531b39ef27-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A sea of people flooded the sand on Copacabana Beach. An estimated 1.6 million people attended the show.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"1.500682128240109\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x1206_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"Madonna came out in a black kimono by Eyob Yohannes, worn with lace gloves and a halo-style headpiece by House of Malakai.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x576_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x960_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x1126_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x1243_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x1621_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x1801_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x2881_cmsv2_5366e35c-0885-561c-9c58-2e739ea4232f-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Madonna came out in a black kimono by Eyob Yohannes, worn with lace gloves and a halo-style headpiece by House of Malakai.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Silvia Izquierdo\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"The 65-year-old "Queen of Pop" with her dancers onstage.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_b7cc6fc0-38d5-5db0-8e61-4e8fb5f4b2f1-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The 65-year-old "Queen of Pop" with her dancers onstage.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Silvia Izquierdo\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"Madonna performs in the final show of her Celebration Tour, on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_80958625-1803-525b-a511-40f5b6c58f25-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Madonna performs in the final show of her Celebration Tour, on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Silvia Izquierdo\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//library//11//14//111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c//808x539_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg/" alt=\"From apartment buildings and hotels, to the sand and the sea, fans gathered across the elements to catch Madonna's free show.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/384x256_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/640x427_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/750x500_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/828x552_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/1080x720_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/1200x800_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/14\/111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ef921e2b-46bc-5b76-8b06-49b5507d9fc3-111462ec2f7df54b2b712cc520c2fb33e240ca73c57c.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">From apartment buildings and hotels, to the sand and the sea, fans gathered across the elements to catch Madonna's free show.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"Madonna, left, wearing a mask, was joined by Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar onstage for The Celebration Tour, in Rio de Janeiro.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_a196b773-726e-51f8-9180-109254c85ef9-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Madonna, left, wearing a mask, was joined by Brazilian singer Pabllo Vittar onstage for The Celebration Tour, in Rio de Janeiro.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//library//11//644//21//41//84//1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87//808x539_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg/" alt=\"Earlier in the day, fans gathered on the beach in costumes almost as elaborate as Madonna's own.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/384x256_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/640x427_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/750x500_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/828x552_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/1080x720_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/1200x800_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/11\/644\/21\/41\/84\/1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ffef1e74-34f5-5e37-9650-9ac800cce991-1114c76b6442104f418484cf88a8a4acd0c85ebc1d87.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Earlier in the day, fans gathered on the beach in costumes almost as elaborate as Madonna's own.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"A Madonna fan wearing a bustier inspired by the Queen of Pop's pioneering style in the 1980s.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_04899254-2c66-5220-a946-2abe86f6456c-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A Madonna fan wearing a bustier inspired by the Queen of Pop's pioneering style in the 1980s.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"The vibes were immaculate on Copacabana beach ahead of Madonna's show - with fans dressed up and having a good time.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ed28525b-e61e-53c0-9590-facc231976b4-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The vibes were immaculate on Copacabana beach ahead of Madonna's show - with fans dressed up and having a good time.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//library//111//59//52//382//11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb//808x539_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg/" alt=\"A fan wearing Madonna sunglasses on Copacabana beach ahead of her show on Saturday.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/384x256_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/640x427_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/750x500_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/828x552_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/1080x720_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/1200x800_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/library\/111\/59\/52\/382\/11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb\/1920x1281_cmsv2_deae9ef3-75cf-5d4d-8ab6-d8a7e1171acc-11148a5963bec41c5286f2ea819f38231df0dee9d8eb.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A fan wearing Madonna sunglasses on Copacabana beach ahead of her show on Saturday.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-extended widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//78//08//808x539_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg/" alt=\"Fans waiting for the show to start.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/384x256_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/640x427_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/750x500_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/828x552_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1080x720_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1200x800_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/78\/08\/1920x1281_cmsv2_2647566b-4c34-53fe-b650-2d5bba08ee4e-8417808.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Fans waiting for the show to start.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Bruna Prado\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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so-called for its elongated head which forms a straighter curve than the scalloped hammerhead - is rarely spotted in the marine reserve. \n\nBut after observing several young pups in a small bay at Isabela Island, the Greenpeace expedition team believe they have found a breeding ground in the archipelago - and they\u2019re rightly excited. \n\n\u201cThis is an amazing discovery!\u201d says lead scientist Alex Hearn from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador and marine conservation research organisation MigraMar. \u201cNot only is this species rarely reported here, but in this bay we have found numerous young-of-the-year, suggesting that this might be a nursery site.\u201d \n\nTo be confirmed as such, three criteria need to be met. There must be more shark pups here than in surrounding areas; the sharks must reside at the site for extended periods of time; and the site must be used by successive generations of pups. \n\nThough it will take more monitoring to certify the site, the findings from Greenpeace\u2019s six-week expedition are testament to the extraordinary biodiversity of the Gal\u00e1pagos Marine Reserve. \n\nPaola Sangolqu\u00ed, marine coordinator at Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, says he hopes all the information gathered will help make a strong case for the ratification of the High Seas Treaty and the protection of migratory species, \u201cwho don\u2019t know about boundaries.\u201d \n\nWhat does a gathering of hammerhead sharks have to do with the High Seas Treaty? \n\nUN countries made a landmark agreement to protect life in the high seas - vast areas of the ocean that lie outside national boundaries - last year . \n\nThe High Seas Treaty will create marine protected areas (MPAs) to limit fishing activities, shipping routes and exploratory activities like deep-sea mining. \n\nThis supports the \u201830 by 30\u2019 goal established at the UN biodiversity conference in 2022 ( COP15 ), to protect 30 per cent of the world\u2019s oceans and land for nature by 2030. \n\n89 countries have signed the treaty so far, but it won\u2019t come into force until 60 countries sign and ratify it, and only four countries have followed through with this legally-binding step so far: Palau, Chile , Belize and the Seychelles. \n\nThe EU voted to ratify the treaty in March, sending an \u201cimportant signal\u201d to the rest of the world, in the words of Rebecca Hubbard, director of the High Seas Alliance campaign group. \n\nBy studying the smooth hammerhead shark\u2019s movements, Greenpeace hopes to identify areas outside the protected waters of the Gal\u00e1pagos that should be made safe for the species. \n\n\u201cIf we can learn why the smooth hammerhead pups use this particular location, we can make predictions about where else we might find them across the region,\u201d explains Hearn. \n\n\u201cHere in Galap\u00e1gos, the sharks are protected, but this is not the case when they, as a migratory species, leave the reserve. If we can map the sharks\u2019 key habitats, we can take steps to push for more protected areas in the high seas, where these sharks migrate, to avoid them being caught in the first place.\u201d \n\nTagging the first smooth hammerhead shark in the Gal\u00e1pagos \n\nThe scientists were also able to fit a satellite tracking device to a subadult smooth hammerhead for the first time in the Gal\u00e1pagos. \n\nNamed Alba after actress and ocean conservation advocate Alba Flores - who was on board the Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during its first week - the female shark\u2019s travels will be closely watched. \n\nAs the scientists track Alba\u2019s journey, they will be able to assess her vulnerability if she leaves the Galap\u00e1gos Marine Reserve. \n\n\u201cPreviously, it was impossible to protect this high seas area where these sharks migrate. But now, using the recently won UN Global Ocean Treaty, governments have a chance to boost protection of the migratory species in this region and provide a powerful example to the rest of the world of how to protect the high seas,\u201d adds Sophie Cooke, Arctic Sunrise expedition lead at Greenpeace UK. \n\nProtecting sharks is crucial, and not only for their own sake. The top predators help maintain the right balance of fish populations in the ocean, thereby preventing overgrazing and enriching biodiversity. \n\nFinely attuned to changes in their environment, hammerhead sharks are also indicator species of the health of marine ecosystems. \n\nHammerhead sharks are particularly vulnerable to longlining, and fishing fleets today operate just outside the borders of the reserve.\u00a0 \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Scientists have discovered what could be the first known smooth hammerhead shark nursery in the Gal\u00e1pagos.<\/p>\n<p>The vulnerable shark species - so-called for its elongated head which forms a straighter curve than the scalloped hammerhead - is rarely spotted in the marine reserve.<\/p>\n<p>But after observing several young pups in a small bay at Isabela Island, the Greenpeace expedition team believe they have found a breeding ground in the archipelago - and they\u2019re rightly excited.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is an amazing discovery!\u201d says lead scientist Alex Hearn from Universidad San Francisco de Quito in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//10//ecuador-strikes-worlds-biggest-debt-for-nature-deal-to-protect-the-galapagos-islands/">Ecuador and marine conservation research organisation MigraMar. \u201cNot only is this species rarely reported here, but in this bay we have found numerous young-of-the-year, suggesting that this might be a nursery site.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//43//04//808x539_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg/" alt=\"Dr Alex Hearn and park ranger Lourdes Sierra Sanchez onboard the Sea Quest during a shark tagging operation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1920x1280_cmsv2_7d39481d-d566-53c2-9090-b92e4e96c3be-8414304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dr Alex Hearn and park ranger Lourdes Sierra Sanchez onboard the Sea Quest during a shark tagging operation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tommy Trenchard\/Greenpeace<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To be confirmed as such, three criteria need to be met. There must be more shark pups here than in surrounding areas; the sharks must reside at the site for extended periods of time; and the site must be used by successive generations of pups.<\/p>\n<p>Though it will take more monitoring to certify the site, the findings from Greenpeace\u2019s six-week expedition are testament to the extraordinary biodiversity of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//05//12//new-hope-tiny-galapagos-island-birds-make-promising-comeback/">Gal/u00e1pagos Marine Reserve.<\/p>\n<p>Paola Sangolqu\u00ed, marine coordinator at Jocotoco Conservation Foundation, says he hopes all the information gathered will help make a strong case for the ratification of the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//26//high-seas-treaty-paves-the-way-for-ocean-protection/">High Seas Treaty<\/strong><\/a> and the protection of migratory species, \u201cwho don\u2019t know about boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8413478,8354658\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//03//wild-orangutan-uses-a-medicinal-plant-to-treat-a-wound-in-unique-sighting-by-scientists/">Wild orangutan uses a medicinal plant to treat a wound in 'first time' observation by scientists<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//30//is-hakes-remarkable-recovery-in-the-atlantic-a-sign-of-hope-for-our-oceans/">Is hake's remarkable recovery in the Atlantic a sign of hope for our oceans?<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What does a gathering of hammerhead sharks have to do with the High Seas Treaty?<\/h2><p>UN countries made a landmark agreement to protect life in the high seas - vast areas of the ocean that lie outside national boundaries - <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//06//20//un-adopts-world-first-treaty-to-protect-marine-life-in-seas-outside-national-boundaries/">last year<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The High Seas Treaty will create marine protected areas (MPAs) to limit fishing activities, shipping routes and exploratory activities like deep-sea mining.<\/p>\n<p>This supports the \u201830 by 30\u2019 goal established at the UN biodiversity conference in 2022 (<a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//12//19//nations-agree-landmark-deal-for-biodiversity-at-cop15-what-does-it-mean-for-nature/">COP15), to protect 30 per cent of the world\u2019s oceans and land for nature by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>89 countries have signed the treaty so far, but it won\u2019t come into force until 60 countries sign and ratify it, and only four countries have followed through with this legally-binding step so far: <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//23//high-seas-treaty-palau-and-chile-first-countries-to-ratify-deal-to-protect-international-w/">Palau, Chile<\/strong><\/a>, Belize and the Seychelles.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//24//high-seas-treaty-eu-votes-to-ratify-landmark-international-law-to-protect-oceans/">The EU<\/strong><\/a> voted to ratify the treaty in March, sending an \u201cimportant signal\u201d to the rest of the world, in the words of Rebecca Hubbard, director of the High Seas Alliance campaign group.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//43//04//808x539_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg/" alt=\"Researchers establish the gender of a juvenile smooth hammerhead shark in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador, March 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6fb7c5f0-46db-5d7b-a96f-61dc1b0d77ce-8414304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Researchers establish the gender of a juvenile smooth hammerhead shark in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador, March 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tommy Trenchard\/Greenpeace<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>By studying the smooth hammerhead shark\u2019s movements, Greenpeace hopes to identify areas outside the protected waters of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//08//31//four-galapagos-giant-tortoises-hunted-and-slaughtered-for-meat-by-illegal-poachers/">the Gal\u00e1pagos<\/strong><\/a> that should be made safe for the species.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we can learn why the smooth hammerhead pups use this particular location, we can make predictions about where else we might find them across the region,\u201d explains Hearn.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHere in Galap\u00e1gos, the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//09//14//shark-speed-dating-basking-sharks-go-round-in-circles-searching-for-love-scientists-discov/">sharks are protected, but this is not the case when they, as a migratory species, leave the reserve. If we can map the sharks\u2019 key habitats, we can take steps to push for more protected areas in the high seas, where these sharks migrate, to avoid them being caught in the first place.\u201d<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8171602,8053852\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//05//15//positive-environmental-stories-from-2024/">Renewable records and green awards: Positive environmental stories from 2024<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//12//19//european-sharks-in-danger-and-not-dangerous-warns-marine-expert/">European sharks 'in danger and not dangerous,' warns marine expert<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Tagging the first smooth hammerhead shark in the Gal\u00e1pagos<\/h2><p>The scientists were also able to fit a satellite tracking device to a subadult smooth hammerhead for the first time in the Gal\u00e1pagos.<\/p>\n<p>Named Alba after actress and ocean conservation advocate Alba Flores - who was on board the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//15//our-ocean-is-not-for-sale-greenpeace-calls-on-leaders-to-act-at-athens-ocean-conference/">Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise during its first week - the female shark\u2019s travels will be closely watched.<\/p>\n<p>As the scientists track Alba\u2019s journey, they will be able to assess her vulnerability if she leaves the Galap\u00e1gos Marine Reserve.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//43//04//808x539_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg/" alt=\"Dr Alex Hearn tags a silky shark during a tagging operation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/384x256_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/640x427_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/750x500_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/828x552_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1080x720_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1200x800_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/1920x1280_cmsv2_c2981368-7636-5d12-9443-70aa8454d18f-8414304.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Dr Alex Hearn tags a silky shark during a tagging operation in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Tommy Trenchard\/Greenpeace<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cPreviously, it was impossible to protect this high seas area where these sharks migrate. But now, using the recently won UN Global Ocean Treaty, governments have a chance to boost protection of the migratory species in this region and provide a powerful example to the rest of the world of how to protect the high seas,\u201d adds Sophie Cooke, Arctic Sunrise expedition lead at Greenpeace UK.<\/p>\n<p>Protecting <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2022//04//08//illegal-fishing-and-physical-violence-life-aboard-china-s-devil-vessels-revealed-in-new-re/">sharks is crucial, and not only for their own sake. The top predators help maintain the right balance of fish populations in the ocean, thereby preventing overgrazing and enriching biodiversity.<\/p>\n<p>Finely attuned to changes in their environment, hammerhead sharks are also indicator species of the health of marine ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>Hammerhead sharks are particularly vulnerable to longlining, and fishing fleets today operate just outside the borders of the reserve.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714736834,"updatedAt":1714971623,"publishedAt":1714971618,"firstPublishedAt":1714738167,"lastPublishedAt":1714971623,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/43\/04\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f0d70168-4b70-59ad-adf6-5cdf83d71cf4-8414304.jpg","altText":"A juvenile smooth hammerhead shark seen in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador.","caption":"A juvenile smooth hammerhead shark seen in the Gal\u00e1pagos, Ecuador.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Greenpeace \/ Sophie 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This is why it's causing alarm","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"AI-powered fighter jet has taken to the skies. Should we be concerned?","titleListing2":"The arrival of AI-powered jet fighters is causing concern over the creeping influence of the technology in machines of war.","leadin":"In a successful test flight, a US fighter jet enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) made history this week. It's causing concern in some quarters.","summary":"In a successful test flight, a US fighter jet enabled by artificial intelligence (AI) made history this week. It's causing concern in some quarters.","keySentence":"","url":"a-test-ai-controlled-jet-fighter-has-taken-to-the-skies-this-is-why-its-causing-alarm","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/04\/a-test-ai-controlled-jet-fighter-has-taken-to-the-skies-this-is-why-its-causing-alarm","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"It was perhaps only a matter of time before artificial intelligence (AI) made its way into machines of war like fighter plane. \n\nWith the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of US airpower.\u00a0 \n\nBut the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: this F-16 was controlled by AI, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall. \n\nAI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in. \n\nEven though the technology is not fully developed, the service is planning for an AI-enabled fleet of more than 1,000 unmanned warplanes, the first of them operating by 2028. \n\nIt was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility in the state of California where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances.\u00a0 \n\nAI deciding whether to launch weapons or not \n\nInside classified simulators and buildings with layers of shielding against surveillance, a new test-pilot generation is training AI agents to fly in war.\u00a0 \n\nKendall traveled here to see AI fly in real-time and make a public statement of confidence in its future role in air combat. \n\n\"It\u2019s a security risk not to have it. At this point, we have to have it,\" Kendall said in an interview with The Associated Press after he landed.\u00a0 \n\nThe AP, along with American broadcaster NBC, was granted permission to witness the secret flight on the condition that it would not be reported until it was complete because of operational security concerns. \n\nThe AI-controlled F-16, called Vista, flew Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour, putting pressure on his body at five times the force of gravity.\u00a0 \n\nIt went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16 as both aircraft raced within 1,000 feet (304 m) of each other, twisting and looping to try to force their opponent into vulnerable positions. \n\nAt the end of the hour-long flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning. He said he\u2019d seen enough during his flight that he\u2019d trust this still-learning AI with the ability to decide whether or not to launch weapons in war. \n\nThere is, however, a lot of opposition to that idea.\u00a0 \n\nDeep concerns about autonomous AI weapons \n\nArms control experts and humanitarian groups are deeply concerned that AI one day might be able to autonomously drop bombs that kill people without further human consultation, and they are seeking greater restrictions on its use. \n\n\"There are widespread and serious concerns about ceding life-and-death decisions to sensors and software,\" the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned.\u00a0 \n\nAutonomous weapons \"are an immediate cause of concern and demand an urgent, international political response\". \n\nKendall said there will always be human oversight in the system when weapons are used. \n\nThe military\u2019s shift to AI-enabled planes is driven by security, cost, and strategic capability.\u00a0 \n\nIf the US and China should end up in conflict, for example, today's Air Force fleet of expensive, manned fighters will be vulnerable because of gains on both sides in electronic warfare, space, and air defense systems.\u00a0 \n\nChina\u2019s air force is on pace to outnumber the US and it is also amassing a fleet of flying unmanned weapons. \n\nFuture war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the US the ability to penetrate enemy airspace without high risk to pilot lives.\u00a0 \n\nBut the shift is also driven by money. The US Air Force is still hampered by production delays and cost overruns for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which will cost an estimated $1.7 trillion (\u20ac1.5 trillion). \n\nSmaller and cheaper AI-controlled unmanned jets are the way ahead, Kendall said. \n\nAI air-to-air combat \n\nVista\u2019s military operators say no other country in the world has an AI jet like it, where the software first learns on millions of data points in a simulator, then tests its conclusions during actual flights.\u00a0 \n\nThat real-world performance data is then put back into the simulator where the AI then processes it to learn more. \n\nChina has AI, but there\u2019s no indication it has found a way to run tests outside a simulator. And, like a junior officer first learning tactics, some lessons can only be learned in the air, Vista\u2019s test pilots said. \n\nUntil you actually fly, \"it\u2019s all guesswork,\" chief test pilot Bill Gray said. \n\n\"And the longer it takes you to figure that out, the longer it takes before you have useful systems\". \n\nVista flew its first AI-controlled dogfight in September 2023, and there have only been about two dozen similar flights since.\u00a0 \n\nBut the programmes are learning so quickly from each engagement that some AI versions getting tested on Vista are already beating human pilots in air-to-air combat. \n\nThe pilots at this base are aware that in some respects, they may be training their replacements or shaping a future construct where fewer of them are needed. \n\nBut they also say they would not want to be up in the sky against an adversary that has AI-controlled aircraft if the US does not also have its own fleet. \n\n\"We have to keep running. And we have to run fast,\" Kendall said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>It was perhaps only a matter of time before artificial intelligence (AI) made its way into machines of war like fighter plane.<\/p>\n<p>With the midday sun blazing, an experimental orange and white F-16 fighter jet launched with a familiar roar that is a hallmark of US airpower.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the aerial combat that followed was unlike any other: this F-16 was controlled by AI, not a human pilot. And riding in the front seat was US Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall.<\/p>\n<p>AI marks one of the biggest advances in military aviation since the introduction of stealth in the early 1990s, and the Air Force has aggressively leaned in.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8173090\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//01//16//nasa-unveils-new-quiet-supersonic-aircraft-x-59/">The 'quiet' jet from NASA that could usher in a new era of supersonic air travel<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Even though the technology is not fully developed, the service is planning for an AI-enabled fleet of more than 1,000 unmanned warplanes, the first of them operating by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>It was fitting that the dogfight took place at Edwards Air Force Base, a vast desert facility in the state of California where Chuck Yeager broke the speed of sound and the military has incubated its most secret aerospace advances.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>AI deciding whether to launch weapons or not<\/h2><p>Inside classified simulators and buildings with layers of shielding against surveillance, a new test-pilot generation is training AI agents to fly in war.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Kendall traveled here to see AI fly in real-time and make a public statement of confidence in its future role in air combat.<\/p>\n<p>\"It\u2019s a security risk not to have it. At this point, we have to have it,\" Kendall said in an interview with The Associated Press after he landed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The AP, along with American broadcaster NBC, was granted permission to witness the secret flight on the condition that it would not be reported until it was complete because of operational security concerns.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8299052\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//03//11//successful-test-flight-of-unmanned-aircraft-in-the-us-brings-the-hypersonic-era-closer/">Successful test flight of unmanned aircraft in the US brings the hypersonic era closer<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The AI-controlled F-16, called Vista, flew Kendall in lightning-fast maneuvers at more than 550 miles an hour, putting pressure on his body at five times the force of gravity.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>It went nearly nose to nose with a second human-piloted F-16 as both aircraft raced within 1,000 feet (304 m) of each other, twisting and looping to try to force their opponent into vulnerable positions.<\/p>\n<p>At the end of the hour-long flight, Kendall climbed out of the cockpit grinning. He said he\u2019d seen enough during his flight that he\u2019d trust this still-learning AI with the ability to decide whether or not to launch weapons in war.<\/p>\n<p>There is, however, a lot of opposition to that idea.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>Deep concerns about autonomous AI weapons<\/h2><p>Arms control experts and humanitarian groups are deeply concerned that AI one day might be able to autonomously drop bombs that kill people without further human consultation, and they are seeking greater restrictions on its use.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">There are widespread and serious concerns about ceding life-and-death decisions to sensors and software.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n International Committee of the Red Cross\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"There are widespread and serious concerns about ceding life-and-death decisions to sensors and software,\" the International Committee of the Red Cross has warned.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Autonomous weapons \"are an immediate cause of concern and demand an urgent, international political response\".<\/p>\n<p>Kendall said there will always be human oversight in the system when weapons are used.<\/p>\n<p>The military\u2019s shift to AI-enabled planes is driven by security, cost, and strategic capability.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the US and China should end up in conflict, for example, today's Air Force fleet of expensive, manned fighters will be vulnerable because of gains on both sides in electronic warfare, space, and air defense systems.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>China\u2019s air force is on pace to outnumber the US and it is also amassing a fleet of flying unmanned weapons.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7823260\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//08//15//meet-pibot-the-humanoid-robot-that-can-safely-pilot-an-airplane-better-than-a-human/">Meet 'Pibot,' the humanoid robot that can safely pilot an airplane better than a human<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Future war scenarios envision swarms of American unmanned aircraft providing an advance attack on enemy defenses to give the US the ability to penetrate enemy airspace without high risk to pilot lives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the shift is also driven by money. The US Air Force is still hampered by production delays and cost overruns for its F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which will cost an estimated $1.7 trillion (\u20ac1.5 trillion).<\/p>\n<p>Smaller and cheaper AI-controlled unmanned jets are the way ahead, Kendall said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.591875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//55//76//808x478_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg/" alt=\"An AI-enabled Air Force F-16 fighter jet, left, flies next to an adversary F-16, as both aircraft race within 1,000 feet (304 metres) of each other,\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/384x227_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/640x379_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/750x444_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/828x490_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/1080x639_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/1200x710_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/55\/76\/1920x1136_cmsv2_4bd5c99c-f92b-5dcc-8427-8233a7fcd556-8415576.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">An AI-enabled Air Force F-16 fighter jet, left, flies next to an adversary F-16, as both aircraft race within 1,000 feet (304 metres) of each other,<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Damian Dovarganes<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>AI air-to-air combat<\/h2><p>Vista\u2019s military operators say no other country in the world has an AI jet like it, where the software first learns on millions of data points in a simulator, then tests its conclusions during actual flights.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That real-world performance data is then put back into the simulator where the AI then processes it to learn more.<\/p>\n<p>China has AI, but there\u2019s no indication it has found a way to run tests outside a simulator. And, like a junior officer first learning tactics, some lessons can only be learned in the air, Vista\u2019s test pilots said.<\/p>\n<p>Until you actually fly, \"it\u2019s all guesswork,\" chief test pilot Bill Gray said.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8003364\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//10//30//first-taxi-rides-in-autonomous-flying-vehicles-move-a-step-closer-after-china-approval/">First taxi rides in autonomous flying vehicles move a step closer after China approval<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"And the longer it takes you to figure that out, the longer it takes before you have useful systems\".<\/p>\n<p>Vista flew its first AI-controlled dogfight in September 2023, and there have only been about two dozen similar flights since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>But the programmes are learning so quickly from each engagement that some AI versions getting tested on Vista are already beating human pilots in air-to-air combat.<\/p>\n<p>The pilots at this base are aware that in some respects, they may be training their replacements or shaping a future construct where fewer of them are needed.<\/p>\n<p>But they also say they would not want to be up in the sky against an adversary that has AI-controlled aircraft if the US does not also have its own fleet.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have to keep running. 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PLANETS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Scientists' discovery under Atacama desert could help search for life on planets like Mars","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"New discovery under Atacama desert could help search for life on Mars","titleListing2":"Scientists\u2019 discovery under Atacama desert could help search for life on other planets","leadin":"The scientists said the finding of microbes in sediments that resemble those on Mars could have implications for the search for life on other planets.","summary":"The scientists said the finding of microbes in sediments that resemble those on Mars could have implications for the search for life on other planets.","keySentence":"","url":"scientists-discovery-under-atacama-desert-could-help-search-for-life-on-other-planets","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/03\/scientists-discovery-under-atacama-desert-could-help-search-for-life-on-other-planets","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"When you look around the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, it resembles what you would imagine Mars to be like. \n\nThat\u2019s according to Lucas Horstmann, a researcher who travelled there in 2018 to search for microorganisms. \n\nThat research team now says they have detected viable microbes - organisms that are too small to see without a microscope - up to 4.2 m beneath the hyperarid Chilean desert, with possible implications for desert biodiversity and the search for life on Mars. \n\nThe 105,000 square km Atacama Desert has extremely harsh conditions, with NASA even performing experiments there as it\u2019s one of the most \"Mars-like places\" on the planet. \n\nResearchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, TU Berlin, and the University of Antofagasta, Chile, wanted to see if microscopic organisms could live in its deep soils. \n\nThey published their findings last week in the journal PNAS Nexus. \n\nThe study \"pushes the envelope for environmental tolerance\" to conditions that are closer to what may have existed on Mars today or in the past, according to Oliver Shorttle, a University of Cambridge professor who works in the astronomy and earth sciences departments. \n\nShorttle, who was not involved in the study, added the research looks \"at life that's potentially beginning to rely on other sources of energy,\" such as what is in sediments. \n\n\"It's increasing the range of environments in which life demonstrates it\u2019s capable of finding a mechanism to sustain itself,\" he added. \n\n'Digging holes in the desert' \n\nTo find the microbes, researchers took samples in the desert every 10 cm down to a depth of 3 m and then took samples every 30 cm. \n\n\"It's super difficult digging holes in the desert, especially if you go down to the alluvial fan deposits [fan-shaped deposits from water], in the deeper section of the profile because it's just so hot. The soil is full of crystals and gypsum crystals,\" said Horstmann, a PhD student at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam and first author of the study. \n\n\"It took several weeks to dig this hole,\" he said, adding that at the end of the day, the researchers could feel the impact of the UV radiation on the skin. \n\nThe samples were analysed using a special method to extract only the DNA from potentially active cells, which helps them to look for microbes in extreme environments. \n\nIn the upper 80 cm of the soils, the team found Firmicutes phylum microbes, but with increased depth and salt, the number of these microbes decreased, in line with other studies. \n\nBut the team also identified viable microbes up to a depth of 4.2 m, with bacteria known as Actinobacteriota 2 m and below. \n\n\"This is opening a completely new habitat for microorganisms that was previously unknown,\" said Horstmann, adding that usually at least up to 1 m, microbial life ceases due to \"harsh conditions and the limited water supply\". \n\nBut after 2 m, they encountered a microbial community which was \"really surprising\". \n\nThis diverse community may be present in other deserts on Earth too, which would have \"implications on global biodiversity of microorganisms and soil,\" added Horstmann. \n\nThe microbes in the deeper parts of the sediment are also very different from the upper part of the soil, meaning that they may have been colonised before the flat playa sediments on top were deposited 19,000 years ago. \n\nWhat does this mean for the search for life on Mars? \n\nFor Horstmann, the research provides \"further evidence that microorganisms can inhabit niches which are extreme and isolated where they can thrive\". \n\n\"The subsurface of Mars is often proposed to be a habitat for microbes, and this is what we exactly see in this desert here on Earth,\" he said. \n\nThe researchers also suggest that the microbes could be related to the presence of gypsum, which is calcium sulphate with water crystals and could be an alternate water source. This represents a similar sedimentary environment as that on Mars. \n\n\"The conditions are not as extreme as on Mars, but it's the same pattern. There are harsh conditions on the surface, no water, and high UV radiation, and then you go deeper and find gypsum also present on Mars,\" said Horstmann. \n\nIn a statement, they added that gypsum deposits on Mars could indicate the presence of liquid water in the past and be a possible habitat for microbes today. \n\nShorttle at Cambridge explains that the search for life in the solar system, on exoplanets and beyond is \"rooted in the search for water,\" so it becomes important to understand how life tolerates extreme environments such as a desiccated planet or one entirely covered by water. \n\nStudying life\u2019s tolerance of different water environments is \"important for really understanding what the envelope of habitability is,\" he added. \n\n\"What is not clear is that life could ever originate in an environment such as this,\" Shorttle said because it would be unlikely to go from a \"dead pond\" to something that contains biology as that would require \"an abundant source of nutrients and light\u2026none of which are abundant in a kind of dark, arid subsurface environment\". \n\nBut it supports one hypothesis that if you have life already, it can adapt to harsh conditions. \n\n\"Once you've got that life, it is adaptable to environmental change so it can follow the habitable conditions down into the subsurface if that's where they end up as the surface dries up and becomes inhospitable,\" he said. \n\nThis story has been updated. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>When you look around the Atacama Desert, one of the driest places on Earth, it resembles what you would imagine Mars to be like.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s according to Lucas Horstmann, a researcher who travelled there in 2018 to search for microorganisms.<\/p>\n<p>That research team now says they have detected viable microbes - organisms that are too small to see without a microscope - up to 4.2 m beneath the hyperarid Chilean desert, with possible implications for desert biodiversity and the search for life on Mars.<\/p>\n<p>The 105,000 square km Atacama Desert has extremely harsh conditions, with NASA even performing experiments there as it\u2019s one of the most \"Mars-like places\" on the planet.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7922902\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//09//26//is-there-life-on-mars-scientists-believe-ai-could-help-unlock-the-red-planets-secrets/">Is there alien life on Mars? Scientists believe AI test could help unlock the Red Planet\u2019s secrets<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Researchers from the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, TU Berlin, and the University of Antofagasta, Chile, wanted to see if microscopic organisms could live in its deep soils.<\/p>\n<p>They published their findings last week in the journal <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////academic.oup.com//pnasnexus//article//3//4//pgae123//7646996/">PNAS Nexus.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The study \"pushes the envelope for environmental tolerance\" to conditions that are closer to what may have existed on Mars today or in the past, according to Oliver Shorttle, a University of Cambridge professor who works in the astronomy and earth sciences departments.<\/p>\n<p>Shorttle, who was not involved in the study, added the research looks \"at life that's potentially beginning to rely on other sources of energy,\" such as what is in sediments.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's increasing the range of environments in which life demonstrates it\u2019s capable of finding a mechanism to sustain itself,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//33//86//808x454_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg/" alt=\"The Yungay-Playa, one of the driest areas in the Chilean Atacama Desert.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/384x216_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/640x360_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/750x422_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/828x466_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/1080x608_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/1200x675_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/33\/86\/1920x1080_cmsv2_c5be5cf6-c89e-52a4-b787-2988254ee771-8413386.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">The Yungay-Playa, one of the driest areas in the Chilean Atacama Desert.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Dirk Wagner, GFZ<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>'Digging holes in the desert'<\/h2><p>To find the microbes, researchers took samples in the desert every 10 cm down to a depth of 3 m and then took samples every 30 cm.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's super difficult digging holes in the desert, especially if you go down to the alluvial fan deposits [fan-shaped deposits from water], in the deeper section of the profile because it's just so hot. The soil is full of crystals and gypsum crystals,\" said Horstmann, a PhD student at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam and first author of the study.<\/p>\n<p>\"It took several weeks to dig this hole,\" he said, adding that at the end of the day, the researchers could feel the impact of the UV radiation on the skin.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7527680\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//04//13//what-will-life-be-like-for-astronauts-on-mars-nasa-unveils-a-simulation-habitat/">Inside NASA\u2019s Mars Dune Alpha where volunteers will spend a year simulating life on the Red Planet<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The samples were analysed using a special method to extract only the DNA from potentially active cells, which helps them to look for microbes in extreme environments.<\/p>\n<p>In the upper 80 cm of the soils, the team found Firmicutes phylum microbes, but with increased depth and salt, the number of these microbes decreased, in line with other studies.<\/p>\n<p>But the team also identified viable microbes up to a depth of 4.2 m, with bacteria known as Actinobacteriota 2 m and below.<\/p>\n<p>\"This is opening a completely new habitat for microorganisms that was previously unknown,\" said Horstmann, adding that usually at least up to 1 m, microbial life ceases due to \"harsh conditions and the limited water supply\".<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7490762\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio 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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What does this mean for the search for life on Mars?<\/h2><p>For Horstmann, the research provides \"further evidence that microorganisms can inhabit niches which are extreme and isolated where they can thrive\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The subsurface of Mars is often proposed to be a habitat for microbes, and this is what we exactly see in this desert here on Earth,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers also suggest that the microbes could be related to the presence of gypsum, which is calcium sulphate with water crystals and could be an alternate water source. This represents a similar sedimentary environment as that on Mars.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8331956\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//03//27//photos-from-nasas-curiosity-rover-suggest-mars-had-more-water-for-longer-than-previously-t/">Photos from NASA\u2019s Curiosity rover suggest Mars had more water for longer than previously thought<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The conditions are not as extreme as on Mars, but it's the same pattern. There are harsh conditions on the surface, no water, and high UV radiation, and then you go deeper and find gypsum also present on Mars,\" said Horstmann.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, they added that gypsum deposits on Mars could indicate the presence of liquid water in the past and be a possible habitat for microbes today.<\/p>\n<p>Shorttle at Cambridge explains that the search for life in the solar system, on exoplanets and beyond is \"rooted in the search for water,\" so it becomes important to understand how life tolerates extreme environments such as a desiccated planet or one entirely covered by water.<\/p>\n<p>Studying life\u2019s tolerance of different water environments is \"important for really understanding what the envelope of habitability is,\" he added.<\/p>\n<p>\"What is not clear is that life could ever originate in an environment such as this,\" Shorttle said because it would be unlikely to go from a \"dead pond\" to something that contains biology as that would require 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the two with adversaries China and Russia. \n\nThe remarks made at a campaign fundraising event Wednesday evening came just three weeks after the White House hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.\u00a0 \n\nDuring the lavish official visit, the two leaders celebrated what Biden called an \u201cunbreakable alliance,\u201d particularly on global security matters. \n\nIndian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by the White House last summer. \n\nThe comment is the latest in a long list of gaffes by Biden, who is 81 years old.\u00a0 \n\nHis Republican rival Donald Trump has aired a similar amount of public blunders and scandalous comments, including mocking disabled people, appearing to get his own wife's name wrong and suggesting injecting bleach could fight COVID. \n\nAt a hotel fundraiser where the donor audience was largely Asian American, Biden said the upcoming US election was about \u201cfreedom, America and democracy\u201d.\u00a0 \n\nHe said the country's economy was 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Because we welcome immigrants,\u201d Biden said. \u201cLook, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they\u2019re xenophobic. They don\u2019t want immigrants.\u201d \n\n\u201cImmigrants are what makes us strong,\" the US leader added. \"Not a joke. That\u2019s not hyperbole, because we have an influx of workers who want to be here and want to contribute.\u201d \n\nJapan and India critical US allies \n\nJapan and India are critical US allies and vital partners in the Indo-Pacific.\u00a0 \n\nThere was no immediate reaction from either the Japanese or Indian governments.\u00a0 \n\nWhite House national security spokesman\u00a0John Kirby said Biden was making a broader point about the US posture on immigration. \n\n\u201cOur allies and partners know well in tangible ways how President Biden values them, their friendship, their cooperation and the capabilities that they bring across the spectrum on a range of issues, not just security related,\u201d Kirby said on Thursday morning when asked about Biden's \u201cxenophobic\u201d remark.\u00a0 \n\n\u201cThey understand how much he completely and utterly values the idea of alliances and partnerships,\u201d he added.\u00a0 \n\nBiden\u2019s comments came at the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Joe Biden has called Japan and India \u201cxenophobic\u201d countries that do not welcome immigrants, lumping the two with adversaries China and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The remarks made at a campaign fundraising event Wednesday evening came just three weeks after the White House hosted Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the lavish official visit, the two leaders celebrated what Biden called an \u201cunbreakable alliance,\u201d particularly on global security matters.<\/p>\n<p>Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was welcomed by the White House last summer.<\/p>\n<p>The comment is the latest in a long list of gaffes by Biden, who is 81 years old.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>His Republican rival Donald Trump has aired a similar amount of public blunders and scandalous comments, including mocking disabled people, appearing to get his own wife's name wrong and suggesting injecting bleach could fight COVID.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//26//68//808x539_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg/" alt=\"Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Freeland, Mich., Wednesday, May 1, 2024.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/384x256_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/640x427_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/750x500_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/828x552_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/1080x720_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/1200x800_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/26\/68\/1920x1281_cmsv2_6180d343-9f6c-5fc2-9875-a8403e6c8960-8412668.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Freeland, Mich., Wednesday, May 1, 2024.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Paul Sancya\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>At a hotel fundraiser where the donor audience was largely Asian American, Biden said the upcoming US election was about \u201cfreedom, America and democracy\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said the country's economy was thriving \u201cbecause of you and many others\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy? Because we welcome immigrants,\u201d Biden said. \u201cLook, think about it. Why is China stalling so badly economically? Why is Japan having trouble? Why is Russia? Why is India? Because they\u2019re xenophobic. They don\u2019t want immigrants.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cImmigrants are what makes us strong,\" the US leader added. \"Not a joke. That\u2019s not hyperbole, because we have an influx of workers who want to be here and want to contribute.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Japan and India critical US allies<\/h3><p>Japan and India are critical US allies and vital partners in the Indo-Pacific.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There was no immediate reaction from either the Japanese or Indian governments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>White House national security spokesman\u00a0John Kirby said Biden was making a broader point about the US posture on immigration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur allies and partners know well in tangible ways how President Biden values them, their friendship, their cooperation and the capabilities that they bring across the spectrum on a range of issues, not just security related,\u201d Kirby said on Thursday morning when asked about Biden's \u201cxenophobic\u201d remark.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey understand how much he completely and utterly values the idea of alliances and partnerships,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Biden\u2019s comments came at the start of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714663279,"updatedAt":1714719644,"publishedAt":1714677344,"firstPublishedAt":1714677347,"lastPublishedAt":1714719644,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","altText":"President Joe Biden speaks April 24, 2024, in Washington. 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began taking down the barricades at UCLA after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave. \n\nSome people were detained, their hands bound with zip ties. \n\nA crowd of more than 1,000 supporters gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside it.\u00a0 Protestors and police scuffled as officers encountered resistance. \n\nUnder hovering police helicopters protesters chanted \u201cWhere were you last night?\u201d at the officers, referring to Tuesday night local time, when counterprotesters attacked the pro-Palestine encampment and campus security and police took hours to respond. \n\nProtesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses in the United States.\u00a0 \n\nEnsuing police crackdowns have echoed actions decades ago against a much larger protest movement protesting the Vietnam War, attracting worldwide attention. \n\nIn the Middle East, Iranian state television broadcast images of the police action at UCLA, as did Qatar\u2019s Al Jazeera satellite network. Live images from Los Angeles also played across Israeli television networks.\u00a0 \n\nCalifornia Highway Patrol officers poured into the campus by the hundreds early Thursday, wearing face shields and protective vests, and began methodically ripping apart the encampment\u2019s barricade of plywood, pallets, metal fences and trash dumpsters. They also pulled down tents.\u00a0 \n\nThe law enforcement presence contrasted with the scene that unfolded Tuesday night before, when a pro-Israeli group attacked the encampment, throwing traffic cones, releasing pepper spray and tearing down barriers. \n\nFighting continued for several hours before police stepped in, though no arrests were made. \n\nAt least 15 protesters suffered injuries, and the tepid response by authorities drew criticism from political leaders as well as Muslim students and advocacy groups. \n\nProtests at other campuses escalate \n\nElsewhere, police in New Hampshire said they made 90 arrests and took down tents at Dartmouth College. \n\nOfficers in Oregon came onto the campus at Portland State University as school officials sought to end the occupation of the library that started Monday. \n\nNew York police burst into a building occupied by war protesters at Columbia University on Tuesday night, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school. \n\nAt the University of Wisconsin in Madison, a scrum broke out early Wednesday after police with shields removed all but one tent and shoved protesters. Four officers were injured, including a state trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, authorities said.\u00a0 \n\nFour were charged with battering law enforcement. \n\nAt Brown University in Rhode Island, administrators agreed to consider a vote to divest from Israel in October - reportedly, the first US college to agree to such a demand. \n\nIn rare instances, university officials and protest leaders struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life and upcoming commencement ceremonies. \n\nThe nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia on 17 April to protest Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza, which followed Hamas launching a deadly attack on southern Israel on 7 October.\u00a0 \n\nMilitants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages.\u00a0 \n\nVowing to stamp out Hamas, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to health authorities. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Joe Biden has said \"dissent must never lead to disorder\" after police dismantled a pro-Palestinian encampment at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) on Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Authorities began taking down the barricades at UCLA after hundreds of protesters defied orders to leave.<\/p>\n<p>Some people were detained, their hands bound with zip ties.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1786050053380907293\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A crowd of more than 1,000 supporters gathered on campus, both inside a barricaded tent encampment and outside it.\u00a0Protestors and police scuffled as officers encountered resistance.<\/p>\n<p>Under hovering police helicopters protesters chanted \u201cWhere were you last night?\u201d at the officers, referring to Tuesday night local time, when counterprotesters attacked the pro-Palestine encampment and campus security and police took hours to respond.<\/p>\n<p>Protesters calling on universities to stop doing business with Israel or companies they say support the war in Gaza have spread across campuses in the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//09//52//808x539_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg/" alt=\"Police face off with pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside an encampment on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1920x1281_cmsv2_dc10fdf4-017f-5d77-ac72-e15df9b456ac-8410952.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Police face off with pro-Palestinian demonstrators inside an encampment on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jae C. Hong\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ensuing police crackdowns have echoed actions decades ago against a much larger protest movement protesting the Vietnam War, attracting worldwide attention.<\/p>\n<p>In the Middle East, Iranian state television broadcast images of the police action at UCLA, as did Qatar\u2019s Al Jazeera satellite network. Live images from Los Angeles also played across Israeli television networks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>California Highway Patrol officers poured into the campus by the hundreds early Thursday, wearing face shields and protective vests, and began methodically ripping apart the encampment\u2019s barricade of plywood, pallets, metal fences and trash dumpsters. They also pulled down tents.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//09//52//808x539_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg/" alt=\"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1920x1281_cmsv2_17a366b7-6c2e-5dc1-b6bc-488128a22790-8410952.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators gather on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Ethan Swope\/Copyright 2024 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The law enforcement presence contrasted with the scene that unfolded Tuesday night before, when a pro-Israeli group attacked the encampment, throwing traffic cones, releasing pepper spray and tearing down barriers.<\/p>\n<p>Fighting continued for several hours before police stepped in, though no arrests were made.<\/p>\n<p>At least 15 protesters suffered injuries, and the tepid response by authorities drew criticism from political leaders as well as Muslim students and advocacy groups.<\/p>\n<h2>Protests at other campuses escalate<\/h2><p>Elsewhere, police in New Hampshire said they made 90 arrests and took down tents at Dartmouth College.<\/p>\n<p>Officers in Oregon came onto the campus at Portland State University as school officials sought to end the occupation of the library that started Monday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//09//52//808x539_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg/" alt=\"Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/384x256_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/640x427_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/750x500_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/828x552_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1080x720_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1200x800_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/1920x1281_cmsv2_e27f9665-3a54-5581-a6bf-4ad6ac8d3bd9-8410952.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators embrace while charging devices at an encampment on the UCLA campus Wednesday, May 1, 2024, in Los Angeles.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Associated Press<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>New York police burst into a building occupied by war protesters at Columbia University on Tuesday night, breaking up a demonstration that had paralyzed the school.<\/p>\n<p>At the University of Wisconsin in Madison, a scrum broke out early Wednesday after police with shields removed all but one tent and shoved protesters. Four officers were injured, including a state trooper who was hit in the head with a skateboard, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Four were charged with battering law enforcement.<\/p>\n<p>At Brown University in Rhode Island, administrators agreed to consider a vote to divest from Israel in October - reportedly, the first US college to agree to such a demand.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8409206,8394132\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//04//24//college-students-across-us-face-arrest-over-pro-palestinian-protests/">College students across US face arrest over pro-Palestinian protests<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//05//01//police-clear-pro-palestinian-protesters-from-columbia-university/">New York mayor says at least 300 arrested in pro-Palestinian protests<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In rare instances, university officials and protest leaders struck agreements to restrict the disruption to campus life and upcoming commencement ceremonies.<\/p>\n<p>The nationwide campus demonstrations began at Columbia on 17 April to protest Israel\u2019s offensive in Gaza, which followed Hamas launching a deadly attack on southern Israel on 7 October.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Militants killed about 1,200 people, most of them civilians, and took roughly 250 hostages.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Vowing to stamp out Hamas, Israel has killed more than 34,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, according to health authorities.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714628538,"updatedAt":1714682225,"publishedAt":1714639162,"firstPublishedAt":1714639167,"lastPublishedAt":1714682225,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Associated Press","altText":"Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators in an encampment on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.","callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"caption":"Police advance on pro-Palestinian demonstrators in an encampment on the UCLA campus Thursday, May 2, 2024, in Los Angeles.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/09\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bc6457cb-b2b4-50db-ba6a-4a2174fe5462-8410952.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":683},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Jae C. 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6 LAUNCH PREPS","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Final preparations for Ariane 6, Europe's newest rocket, underway ahead of inaugural flight","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Ariane 6 rocket being assembled ahead of inaugural launch this summer","titleListing2":"Summer test launch of Europe's new Ariane 6, as assembly gets underway","leadin":"The European Space Agency (ESA), Arianespace, and French space agency CNES are in the final stretch of preparations for Ariane 6's inaugural launch.","summary":"The European Space Agency (ESA), Arianespace, and French space agency CNES are in the final stretch of preparations for Ariane 6's inaugural launch.","keySentence":"","url":"final-preparations-for-ariane-6-europes-newest-rocket-underway-ahead-of-inaugural-flight","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2024\/05\/02\/final-preparations-for-ariane-6-europes-newest-rocket-underway-ahead-of-inaugural-flight","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The official launch campaign of Europe's newest rocket is now well underway with the final assembly of the Ariane 6 rocket on its launchpad at the European Spaceport in French Guiana. \n\nThe inaugural flight of the heavy-lift launch system, whose first mission is four years behind schedule, is slated for this summer. \n\nWith a launch window pencilled in from mid-June to late July, the successful flight of Ariane 6 will restore Europe's direct access to space following the retirement of its predecessor, Ariane 5. \n\nWork began last week at the European Spaceport to begin the assembly and final testing of the new rocket, when the central core was lifted into a vertical position on the launchpad. \n\nIn the following days, two solid rocket boosters were also attached to its side. \n\nJens Franzeck, Chief Operating Office (COO) and Managing Director of ArianeGroup, said he is ''extremely excited'' about the assembly phase. \n\n''This is the fruit of, more or less, 10 years of work, and it's a historical day today. So you feel in a historical mood. It's more excitement and pride for Europe because it's the first time that we are going to see the central core of an Ariane 6 that's going to fly,'' he told Euronews Next in Kourou. \n\nSolving a European crisis \n\nThe absence of a successor to Ariane 5 has been considered something of a European crisis, with the continent's space sector having to opt for other market players like SpaceX to get their payloads into orbit. \n\n\"Europe's outlook actually is pretty good because we had a crisis in launchers last year and we have really not wasted the crisis,\" Josef Aschbacher, the director-general of the European Space Agency (ESA), told Euronews Next at this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January. \n\nLucia Linares, ESA's Head of Strategy and Institutional Launches, said Ariane 6 had faced unforeseen problems, including the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. \n\n\"It's true that, since, the last launch of Ariane 5 in July last year, we haven't had our own means to accessing space as a workhorse, right?\" she said. \n\n\"There was a war. Unfortunately, nobody expected it. And from one day to the next, [Russian rocket] Soyuz was no longer here,\" she added. \n\n\"So indeed, we have faced this and, we have put all our efforts even before we had no access to space to make this happen. Ariane 6 is a big issue for Europe because it will be serving all the needs; from institutional needs of defence, telecommunications, scientific satellites to the commercial needs of Europe and of course beyond\".\u00a0 \n\nAriane 6 will launch up to 12 times per year carrying satellites, with aims to become competitive enough to take on market giants like SpaceX. \n\nThere are also hopes that it will - in time - transport European astronauts into space from EU territory for the first time. \n\nCarrying astronauts in the future? \n\nThis is a \"political ambition,\" Frank Huiban, ArianeGroup's Head of Civil Programs, told Euronews Next but a goal that Arianespace was ready to help achieve. \n\n''It's up to European states to decide if they want to acquire this capacity. We can only say that we are ready to contribute whenever European states would decide to go,\" Huiban said.\u00a0 \n\nAriane 6, the largest launcher produced in Europe to date, will be propelled into space by a mixture of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen. \n\nThe mission will showcase its reignitable upper stage, a new design feature for the Ariane series which allows for up to four different delivery points in orbit. \n\nIt will be available in two versions depending on the required performance: Ariane 62 with two strap-on boosters, and Ariane 64 with four. \n\nThe rocket is more than 60 metres tall - equivalent to the first floor of the Eiffel Tower - and will weigh almost 900 tonnes when launched with a full payload, roughly the weight of one and a half Airbus A380 aircraft. \n\nESA is working with an industrial network of several hundred companies in 13 European countries, led by prime contractor ArianeGroup, to develop Ariane 6. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The official launch campaign of Europe's newest rocket is now well underway with the final assembly of the Ariane 6 rocket on its launchpad at the European Spaceport in French Guiana.<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural flight of the heavy-lift launch system, whose first mission is four years behind schedule, is slated for this summer.<\/p>\n<p>With a launch window pencilled in from mid-June to late July, the successful flight of Ariane 6 will restore Europe's direct access to space following the retirement of its predecessor, Ariane 5.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8177870\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//01//17//europes-access-to-space-guaranteed-after-painful-lessons-of-ariane-6-crisis-says-esa-head/">Europe's access to space 'guaranteed' after 'painful' lessons of Ariane 6 delay, says ESA head<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Work began last week at the European Spaceport to begin the assembly and final testing of the new rocket, when the central core was lifted into a vertical position on the launchpad.<\/p>\n<p>In the following days, two solid rocket boosters were also attached to its side.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1784132494897356995\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Jens Franzeck, Chief Operating Office (COO) and Managing Director of ArianeGroup, said he is ''extremely excited'' about the assembly phase.<\/p>\n<p>''This is the fruit of, more or less, 10 years of work, and it's a historical day today. So you feel in a historical mood. It's more excitement and pride for Europe because it's the first time that we are going to see the central core of an Ariane 6 that's going to fly,'' he told Euronews Next in Kourou.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8020558\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//11//07//esa-reveals-the-first-stunning-euclid-telescope-images-showing-the-universe-as-youve-never/">Euclid telescope: ESA's 'dark universe' mission sends back stunning first images of distant galaxies<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Solving a European crisis<\/h2><p>The absence of a successor to Ariane 5 has been considered something of a European crisis, with the continent's space sector having to opt for other market players like SpaceX to get their payloads into orbit.<\/p>\n<p>\"Europe's outlook actually is pretty good because we had a crisis in launchers last year and we have really not wasted the crisis,\" Josef Aschbacher, the director-general of the European Space Agency (ESA), <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//01//17//europes-access-to-space-guaranteed-after-painful-lessons-of-ariane-6-crisis-says-esa-head/">told Euronews Next<\/strong><\/a> at this year's World Economic Forum meeting in Davos in January.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-medium\n widget--align-right\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">Ariane 6 is a big issue for Europe because it will be serving all the needs; from institutional needs of defence, telecommunications, scientific satellites to the commercial needs of Europe and of course beyond.<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Lucia Linares\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Head of Strategy and Institutional Launches, ESA\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Lucia Linares, ESA's Head of Strategy and Institutional Launches, said Ariane 6 had faced unforeseen problems, including the fallout of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's true that, since, the last launch of Ariane 5 in July last year, we haven't had our own means to accessing space as a workhorse, right?\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>\"There was a war. Unfortunately, nobody expected it. And from one day to the next, [Russian rocket] Soyuz was no longer here,\" she added.<\/p>\n<p>\"So indeed, we have faced this and, we have put all our efforts even before we had no access to space to make this happen. Ariane 6 is a big issue for Europe because it will be serving all the needs; from institutional needs of defence, telecommunications, scientific satellites to the commercial needs of Europe and of course beyond\".\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ariane 6 will launch up to 12 times per year carrying satellites, with aims to become competitive enough to take on market giants like SpaceX.<\/p>\n<p>There are also hopes that it will - in time - transport European astronauts into space from EU territory for the first time.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8366842\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//15//esa-is-launching-two-satellites-on-a-world-first-mission-to-create-a-man-made-solar-eclips/">ESA is launching two satellites on a world-first mission to create a man-made solar eclipse<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Carrying astronauts in the future?<\/h2><p>This is a \"political ambition,\" Frank Huiban, ArianeGroup's Head of Civil Programs, told Euronews Next but a goal that Arianespace was ready to help achieve.<\/p>\n<p>''It's up to European states to decide if they want to acquire this capacity. We can only say that we are ready to contribute whenever European states would decide to go,\" Huiban said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ariane 6, the largest launcher produced in Europe to date, will be propelled into space by a mixture of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen.<\/p>\n<p>The mission will showcase its reignitable upper stage, a new design feature for the Ariane series which allows for up to four different delivery points in orbit.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8003396\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//10//31//esa-plans-to-return-to-the-asteroid-nudged-off-course-last-year-by-nasas-dart-mission/">ESA plans to return to the asteroid nudged off course last year by NASA's DART mission<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>It will be available in two versions depending on the required performance: Ariane 62 with two strap-on boosters, and Ariane 64 with four.<\/p>\n<p>The rocket is more than 60 metres tall - equivalent to the first floor of the Eiffel Tower - and will weigh almost 900 tonnes when launched with a full payload, roughly the weight of one and a half Airbus A380 aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>ESA is working with an industrial network of several hundred companies in 13 European countries, led by prime contractor ArianeGroup, to develop Ariane 6.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714394652,"updatedAt":1714638557,"publishedAt":1714634054,"firstPublishedAt":1714634058,"lastPublishedAt":1714638557,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Manuel Pedoussaut\/zetapress ","altText":"The central core and two rocket boosters of Ariane 6 lifted into a vertical position at its launchpad in Kourou.","callToActionText":null,"width":1598,"caption":"The central core and two rocket boosters of Ariane 6 lifted into a vertical position at its launchpad in Kourou.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/54\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_ea9b70e3-7cfb-5c4c-b835-25e54ee05fdc-8405428.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":930},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Stephane Corvaja\/ESA","altText":"FILE - This photo provided by the ESA shows an Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, spacecraft at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in April 2023.","callToActionText":null,"width":3152,"caption":"FILE - This photo provided by the ESA shows an Ariane 5 rocket carrying the Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer, Juice, spacecraft at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana in April 2023.","url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/54\/28\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_bbac12c7-a392-508e-b852-dbf2ff4e6214-8405428.jpg","captionUrl":null,"height":2101},{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews. 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Gerald Cantor Roof Garden until 27 October 2024. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Kosovo-born artist Petrit Halilaj (b.1986) this week unveiled an exhibition on a very special canvas \u2013 the rooftop at New York\u2019s iconic <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//11//18//the-met-reopens-45-european-art-galleries-after-a-five-year-renovation/">Metropolitan Museum of Art<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This latest iteration of his extensive \u201cAbetare\u201d project, first shown in 2015, is based on extensive research, comprising around 3,000 doodles he found on classroom desks both at his former school in Kosovo and in other countries in the Balkans.<\/p>\n<p>For his first major outdoor installation, Halilaj has created a collection of sculptures \u2013 3-D renderings of the doodles \u2013 atop the Met.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-youtube-embed\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"auto widget__ratio widget__ratio--16x9\">\n <iframe type=\"text\/html\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//VFrWjqdhg-o/" width=\"100%\" loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen seamless>\n <\/iframe>\n <\/div>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">\u201cArbetare\u201d by Petrit Halilaj at the The Metropolitan Museum of Art Roof Garden Exhibit New York City<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Although playful \u2013 his steel and bronze works include a spider, flower and stars, for example \u2013 the sculptures are a poignant illustration of collective memory and a look inside the minds and imaginations of schoolchildren growing up during or in the wake of division and brutal conflict in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe casual scribbles of schoolchildren done on their desks in moments of boredom or distraction reveal the fantasies and dreams of their minds,\u201d the artist explains.<\/p>\n<p>The title of the exhibition itself, taken from a book children in <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//05//balkan-trafik-festival-2023-is-set-to-showcase-kosovos-brightest-musical-talents/">Kosovo use to learn the alphabet at school, is a nod to the education denied to thousands of children during the conflicts of the 1990s.<\/p>\n<p>For Halilaj, who was forced as a young child to relocate to an Albanian refugee camp and for whom art became an outlet and form of therapy, the project is a deeply personal one.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.metmuseum.org//exhibitions//the-roof-garden-commission-petrit-halilaj?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR1HTO0VaFw6icywgBirqdNSoSCa6z9pNHxzBxcKiNTftpuIivXlRZZuLyM_aem_ATyi4TPyhssCY07GVUSTizrlLNfLU14rK0PDcSNcYELgaNCiK_8DICa_m9k01URaqsGocUI8rH4LsJQS3Y1Ubwqj\%22>\u201cAbetare\u201d<\/a> will be on show at The Met\u2019s Iris and B. 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They claim this has all been done at the expense of the planet. \n\n\"Big Oil has run campaigns to confuse and mislead the public while working unceasingly to lock down a fossil fuel future,\" Maryland Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, who co-authored the report with Rhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, said. \n\n\"Big Oil continues to conceal the facts about their business model and obscure the actual dangers of fossil fuels, including natural gas, in order to block the climate action we need,\" he added. \n\nThe revelations have prompted Sharon Eubanks, a former federal litigator who won the case against Big Tobacco, to call on the US Department of Justice to pursue a conspiracy case against Big Oil to force it to change the way it does business. \n\nWhat did the report reveal about Big Oil\u2019s attempts to downplay the climate crisis? \n\nThe report was supported by documented evidence discovered by the US lawmakers. In it, decades-old analysis by oil industry scientists warning of climate change is presented. \n\nThose warnings were found to have been cast aside in favour of industry communications that emphasised the apparent uncertainty around climate science. \n\nThe report revealed that, while there has been constantly increasing scientific consensus around climate change, many oil companies have taken an entirely different approach out of the public eye. \n\nThe committee claims that Big Oil leaders have and are still \"denying climate science\u201d as well as \u201cspreading disinformation and perpetuating doublespeak about the safety of natural gas and the industry's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\" \n\nTheir report also accused oil majors of using \"confusing and misleading narratives\", including the public backing of carbon capture technology while, in private, calling it prohibitively expensive without the existence of extensive government support. \n\nThe American Petroleum Institute (API) was also targeted by the report along with individual oil companies. It was found to have defended the industry's balance of environmental and economic priorities. \n\nThey and many major fossil fuel firms have publicly pledged support for international climate efforts - but it now appears that, behind closed doors, they\u2019ve admitted such efforts are incompatible with their own plans. \n\n\u201cFor decades, the fossil fuel industry has known about the economic and climate harms of its products but has deceived the American public to keep collecting more than $600bn [\u20ac562bn] each year in subsidies while raking in record-breaking profits,\u201d Whitehouse, who chairs the committee, said. \n\nHow did the committee come to its conclusions about Big Oil? \n\nThe released documents come from an investigation that was launched in 2021 by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. It disbanded after Republicans took control of the chamber in 2022. \n\nThe documents, which are summarised in the report, come directly from big oil firms Exxon , Shell, BP and Chevron, as well lobbying organisations API and the US Chamber of Commerce. \n\nThey date back as far as 30 November 2015 - that\u2019s just weeks before the signing of the Paris climate accord. \n\nThat year, journalists at Inside Climate News and the Los Angeles Times found that Exxon had been aware of the dangers of the climate crisis for decades - and yet hid that knowledge from the public. \n\nExxon, however, publicly rejected those claims outright, calling them \u201cinaccurate and deliberately misleading\u201d. \n\nWhen chief executive Darren Woods was questioned by the House Oversight Committee in 2021, he said he did \u201cnot agree that there was an inconsistency\u201d between what Exxon told the public and what their own scientists were warning in private. \n\nIn communications shared internally, though, it was clear this wasn\u2019t the case. \n\nAccording to an email sent in December 2015, Exxon communications advisor Pamela Kevelson was found to have admitted the company did not \u201cdispute much of what these stories report\u201d. \n\nBP is also in hot water. In February 2020, the company announced plans to become a net zero emissions company by 2050 or sooner, as part of its apparent mission to \u201chelp the world get to net zero\u201d. \n\nPrivate emails released by the committee though found that top bosses had admitted they doubted that goal was achievable months earlier. \n\nIn 2019, BP also publicly opposed former president Trump\u2019s plan to roll back an Obama-era regulation on methane emissions. In a private email, though, a BP executive was found to have said the controversial proposal was \u201caligned with our thinking\u201d. \n\nShell also pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2050 back in 2016. \n\nTwo years later, however, the company\u2019s external relations manager said they were doubtful the goal was achievable, suggesting it might instead take until 2060 or 2070. \n\nThe committee also found that, in a 2020 internal presentation about approved messaging on net zero emissions, Shell had instructed lobbyists and employees not to say that net zero was a \u201cShell target\u201d. \n\nWhat will these findings mean for Big Oil? \n\nThe committee suggests that fossil fuel companies have long sought to portray gas as a climate-friendly fuel, while simultaneously acknowledging behind closed doors that its use is not compatible with international climate goals. \n\nTheir findings come at a tricky time for Big Oil. The industry is currently facing an increasing number of lawsuits for allegedly lying about the dangers of using fossil fuels. \n\nThe city of Chicago, Pennsylvania\u2019s Bucks county, Puerto Rico and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe have all brought lawsuits. They have all also cited the previously subpoenaed documents unveiled by the House Oversight Committee as evidence of their claims. \n\n\u201cThis is the most important thing that Congress is doing right now on climate change,\u201d Richard Wiles, the president of the Centre for Climate Integrity, said. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>A damning new report has accused Big Oil of privately acknowledging its efforts to downplay the dangers of burning fossil fuels - while publicly stating they were opposed to the practice.<\/p>\n<p>The report, headed up by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee in the United States, says oil giants including ExxonMobil and Chevron - as well as several industry trade groups - were behind a campaign aimed at defending the industry's interests. They claim this has all been done at the expense of the planet.<\/p>\n<p>\"Big Oil has run campaigns to confuse and mislead the public while working unceasingly to lock down a fossil fuel future,\" Maryland Democratic Representative Jamie Raskin, who co-authored the report with Rhode Island Democratic Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, said.<\/p>\n<p>\"Big Oil continues to conceal the facts about their business model and obscure the actual dangers of fossil fuels, including natural gas, in order to block the climate action we need,\" he added.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5927734375\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//01//64//808x478_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg/" alt=\"Activists protest Exxon Mobil outside the company's annual shareholder meeting in Dallas in this file photo\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/384x228_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/640x379_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/750x445_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/828x491_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1080x640_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1200x711_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1920x1138_cmsv2_4be6bcdd-e584-5bc7-9610-ce2e18643bf2-8410164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Activists protest Exxon Mobil outside the company's annual shareholder meeting in Dallas in this file photo<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Jae S. Lee\/AP\/File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The revelations have prompted Sharon Eubanks, a former federal litigator who won the case against Big Tobacco, to call on the US Department of Justice to pursue a conspiracy case against <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//03//24//fossil-fuel-firms-should-be-charged-with-homicide-for-climate-change-deaths-legal-experts-/">Big Oil<\/strong><\/a> to force it to change the way it does business.<\/p>\n<h2>What did the report reveal about Big Oil\u2019s attempts to downplay the climate crisis?<\/h2><p>The report was supported by documented evidence discovered by the US lawmakers. In it, decades-old analysis by oil industry scientists warning of climate change is presented.<\/p>\n<p>Those warnings were found to have been cast aside in favour of industry communications that emphasised the apparent uncertainty around climate science.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that, while there has been constantly increasing scientific consensus around climate change, many oil companies have taken an entirely different approach out of the public eye.<\/p>\n<p>The committee claims that Big Oil leaders have and are still \"denying climate science\u201d as well as \u201cspreading disinformation and perpetuating doublespeak about the safety of natural gas and the industry's commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.\"<\/p>\n<p>Their report also accused oil majors of using \"confusing and misleading narratives\", including the public backing of carbon capture technology while, in private, calling it prohibitively expensive without the existence of extensive government support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-quotation\n widget--size-fullwidth\n widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__content\">\n <blockquote class=\"widget__quote\">\n <span class=\"widget__quoteText\">\u201cThe evidence\u2026 shows that Big Oil has run campaigns to confuse and mislead the public\u2026 and obscure the actual dangers of fossil fuels.\u201d<\/span>\n <\/blockquote>\n <cite class=\"widget__author\">\n <div class=\"widget__authorText\">\n Jamie Raskin\n <\/div>\n <div class=\"widget__author_descriptionText\">\n Maryland Democrat and ranking member on the committee\n <\/div>\n <\/cite>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The American Petroleum Institute (API) was also targeted by the report along with individual oil companies. It was found to have defended the industry's balance of environmental and economic priorities.<\/p>\n<p>They and many major fossil fuel firms have publicly pledged support for international climate efforts - but it now appears that, behind closed doors, they\u2019ve admitted such efforts are incompatible with their own plans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor decades, the fossil fuel industry has known about the economic and climate harms of its products but has deceived the American public to keep collecting more than $600bn [\u20ac562bn] each year in subsidies while raking in record-breaking profits,\u201d Whitehouse, who chairs the committee, said.<\/p>\n<h2>How did the committee come to its conclusions about Big Oil?<\/h2><p>The released documents come from an investigation that was launched in 2021 by the House Committee on Oversight and Accountability. It disbanded after Republicans took control of the chamber in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The documents, which are summarised in the report, come directly from big oil firms <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//11//17//climate-activists-fighting-big-oil-targeted-by-hacking-network-say-public-is-the-real-vict/">Exxon, Shell, BP and Chevron, as well lobbying organisations API and the US Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n<p>They date back as far as 30 November 2015 - that\u2019s just weeks before the signing of the Paris climate accord.<\/p>\n<p>That year, journalists at Inside Climate News and the Los Angeles Times found that Exxon had been aware of the dangers of the climate crisis for decades - and yet hid that knowledge from the public.<\/p>\n<p>Exxon, however, publicly rejected those claims outright, calling them \u201cinaccurate and deliberately misleading\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>When chief executive Darren Woods was questioned by the House Oversight Committee in 2021, he said he did \u201cnot agree that there was an inconsistency\u201d between what Exxon told the public and what their own scientists were warning in private.<\/p>\n<p>In communications shared internally, though, it was clear this wasn\u2019t the case.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.611328125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//41//01//64//808x493_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg/" alt=\"A sign marks the entrance to an ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/384x235_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/640x391_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/750x458_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/828x506_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1080x660_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1200x734_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/41\/01\/64\/1920x1174_cmsv2_c758f062-6aca-5aba-96ff-d3e2d435a1e0-8410164.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">A sign marks the entrance to an ExxonMobil fuel storage and distribution facility in Irving, Texas<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">LM Otero\/The AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to an email sent in December 2015, Exxon communications advisor Pamela Kevelson was found to have admitted the company did not \u201cdispute much of what these stories report\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>BP is also in hot water. In February 2020, the company announced plans to become a net zero emissions company by 2050 or sooner, as part of its apparent mission to \u201chelp the world get to net zero\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Private emails released by the committee though found that top bosses had admitted they doubted that goal was achievable months earlier.<\/p>\n<p>In 2019, BP also publicly opposed former president Trump\u2019s plan to roll back an Obama-era regulation on methane emissions. In a private email, though, a BP executive was found to have said the controversial proposal was \u201caligned with our thinking\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//10//how-reliant-are-european-nations-on-north-sea-infrastructure/">Shell also pledged to reach net zero emissions by 2050 back in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Two years later, however, the company\u2019s external relations manager said they were doubtful the goal was achievable, suggesting it might instead take until 2060 or 2070.<\/p>\n<p>The committee also found that, in a 2020 internal presentation about approved messaging on net zero emissions, Shell had instructed lobbyists and employees not to say that net zero was a \u201cShell target\u201d.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1777993976575840400\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>What will these findings mean for Big Oil?<\/h2><p>The committee suggests that fossil fuel companies have long sought to portray gas as a climate-friendly fuel, while simultaneously acknowledging behind closed doors that its use is not compatible with international climate goals.<\/p>\n<p>Their findings come at a tricky time for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//02//06//bp-sees-profits-for-2023-plunge-but-still-second-highest-in-decade/">Big Oil.<\/strong><\/a> The industry is currently facing an increasing number of lawsuits for allegedly lying about the dangers of using fossil fuels.<\/p>\n<p>The city of Chicago, Pennsylvania\u2019s Bucks county, Puerto Rico and the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe have all brought lawsuits. 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El Nino, not climate change, was key driver of low rainfall that snarled Panama Canal","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"El Ni\u00f1o not climate change key to drought that caused Panama Canal disruption, study says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"El Ni\u00f1o blamed for drought that snarled Panama Canal","titleListing2":"El Ni\u00f1o not climate change key to drought that caused Panama Canal disruption, study says","leadin":"Low rainfall saw the Panama Canal Authority restrict the number and size of ships passing through the canal.","summary":"Low rainfall saw the Panama Canal Authority restrict the number and size of ships passing through the canal.","keySentence":"","url":"el-nino-not-climate-change-key-to-drought-that-caused-panama-canal-disruption-study-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/green\/2024\/05\/01\/el-nino-not-climate-change-key-to-drought-that-caused-panama-canal-disruption-study-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The climate phenomenon known as\u00a0 El Ni\u00f1o \u00a0- and not climate change - was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted shipping at the Panama Canal last year, scientists said Wednesday. \n\n\nA team of international scientists found that El Ni\u00f1o , a natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide, doubled the likelihood of the low precipitation Panama received during last year's rainy season.\u00a0 \n\nThat dryness reduced water levels at the reservoir which feeds freshwater to the Panama Canal and provides drinking water for more than half of the Central American country. \n\nHuman-caused climate change was not a primary driver of the Central American country's unusually dry monsoon season, the World Weather Attribution group concluded, after comparing the rainfall levels to climate models for a simulated world without current warming. \n\nThe study has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal yet but follows scientifically accepted techniques, and past such studies have frequently been published months later. \n\n\"Natural variability plays a critical role in driving many extremes,\" said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Brown University, who was not involved in the study. \"This is an important reminder that climate change isn't always the answer.\" \n\nWhat happened in Panama last year? \n\nPanama experienced one of its driest years on record in 2023, receiving below-average rainfall for seven of the eight months of its May to December rainy season. \n\nAs a result, since last June, the Panama Canal Authority has restricted the number and size of ships passing through the Panama Canal due to low water levels in Lake Gatun, the canal's main hydrological reserve. Global shipping is still being disrupted. \n\nTo test whether climate change had a role, the team of scientists analysed weather data against computer simulations precise enough to capture precipitation in the region. Such models simulate a world without the current 1.2 degrees Celsius of warming since preindustrial times, and see how likely the lack of rainfall would be in a world without fossil fuel-charged warming. \n\nThe climate models did not show a trend similar to the drying that Panama experienced last year. In fact, many models show a wetter trend in the region due to climate change from carbon dioxide and methane emissions produced by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas. \n\nWhat impact did\u00a0El Ni\u00f1o have on rainfall? \n\nMeanwhile, the analysis showed that El Ni\u00f1o reduced the 2023 rainfall by about 8 per cent, and that it's unlikely Panama would have experienced such a dry rainy season without the influence of the weather phenomenon. The researchers said increased demand for water in the region worsened the shortfall. \n\nThe group used more than 140 years of rainfall records collected from 65 weather stations - a \"statistician's dream,\" said Clair Barnes, a researcher at Imperial College of London and one of the study's authors. \n\n\"So we're very confident that El Ni\u00f1o is driving the low precipitation,\" said climate scientist Friederike Otto, also of Imperial College, who coordinates the attribution study team. \n\nThe World Weather Attribution group launched in 2015 largely due to frustration that it took so long to determine whether climate change was behind an extreme weather event.\u00a0 \n\nStudies like theirs, within attribution science, use real-world weather observations and computer modelling to determine the likelihood of a particular happening before and after climate change, and whether global warming affected its intensity. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The climate phenomenon known as\u00a0El Ni\u00f1o\u00a0- and not climate change - was a key driver in low rainfall that disrupted shipping at the Panama Canal last year, scientists said Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>A team of international scientists found that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//24//drought-food-shortages-and-deadly-heat-el-nino-has-ended-but-its-impacts-are-still-being-f/">El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a>, a natural warming of the central Pacific that changes weather worldwide, doubled the likelihood of the low precipitation Panama received during last year's rainy season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>That dryness reduced water levels at the reservoir which feeds freshwater to the Panama Canal and provides drinking water for more than half of the Central American country.<\/p>\n<p>Human-caused climate change was not a primary driver of the Central American country's unusually dry monsoon season, the World Weather Attribution group concluded, after comparing the rainfall levels to climate models for a simulated world without current warming.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8401426,8399978\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//26//did-climate-change-make-dubais-deadly-flooding-worse-scientists-think-its-very-likely/">Did climate change make Dubai\u2019s deadly flooding worse? Scientists think it\u2019s very likely<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//27//is-russia-ready-for-climate-change-mass-floods-expose-lack-of-adaptation-campaigners-say/">Is Russia ready for climate change? Mass floods expose lack of adaptation, campaigners say<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The study has not been published in a peer-reviewed scientific journal yet but follows scientifically accepted techniques, and past such studies have frequently been published months later.<\/p>\n<p>\"Natural variability plays a critical role in driving many extremes,\" said Kim Cobb, a climate scientist at Brown University, who was not involved in the study. \"This is an important reminder that climate change isn't always the answer.\"<\/p>\n<h2>What happened in Panama last year?<\/h2><p>Panama experienced one of its driest years on record in 2023, receiving below-average rainfall for seven of the eight months of its May to December rainy season.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, since last June, the Panama Canal Authority has <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2023//08//25//panama-canal-drought-causes-shipping-backlog-amid-christmas-rush/">restricted the number and size of ships passing through the Panama Canal<\/strong><\/a> due to low water levels in Lake Gatun, the canal's main hydrological reserve. Global shipping is still being disrupted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-ease-in-up widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.658203125\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//40//99//30//808x532_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg/" alt=\"Storm clouds gather overhead as cargo ships that wait to move through the Panama Canal.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/384x253_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/640x421_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/750x494_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/828x545_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/1080x711_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/1200x790_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/1920x1264_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Storm clouds gather overhead as cargo ships that wait to move through the Panama Canal.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo\/Arnulfo Franco, File<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>To test whether climate change had a role, the team of scientists analysed weather data against computer simulations precise enough to capture precipitation in the region. Such models simulate a world without the current 1.2 degrees Celsius of warming since preindustrial times, and see how likely the lack of <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//26//did-climate-change-make-dubais-deadly-flooding-worse-scientists-think-its-very-likely/">rainfall would be in a world without fossil fuel-charged warming.<\/p>\n<p>The climate models did not show a trend similar to the drying that Panama experienced last year. In fact, many models show a wetter trend in the region due to climate change from carbon dioxide and methane emissions produced by the burning of coal, oil and natural gas.<\/p>\n<h2>What impact did\u00a0El Ni\u00f1o have on rainfall?<\/h2><p>Meanwhile, the analysis showed that <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//03//05//el-nino-is-starting-to-die-down-but-it-wont-spell-the-end-of-extreme-weather-wmo-warns/">El Ni\u00f1o<\/strong><\/a> reduced the 2023 rainfall by about 8 per cent, and that it's unlikely Panama would have experienced such a dry rainy season without the influence of the weather phenomenon. The researchers said increased demand for water in the region worsened the shortfall.<\/p>\n<p>The group used more than 140 years of rainfall records collected from 65 weather stations - a \"statistician's dream,\" said Clair Barnes, a researcher at Imperial College of London and one of the study's authors.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8393350,8194672\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//24//drought-food-shortages-and-deadly-heat-el-nino-has-ended-but-its-impacts-are-still-being-f/">Drought, food shortages and deadly heat: El Ni\u00f1o has ended but its impacts are still being felt<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//01//25//global-warming-not-el-nino-was-primary-cause-of-unprecedented-amazon-drought-study-finds/">Global warming - not El Ni\u00f1o - was primary cause of unprecedented Amazon drought, study finds<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"So we're very confident that El Ni\u00f1o is driving the low precipitation,\" said climate scientist Friederike Otto, also of Imperial College, who coordinates the attribution study team.<\/p>\n<p>The World Weather Attribution group launched in 2015 largely due to frustration that it took so long to determine whether climate change was behind an extreme weather event.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Studies like theirs, within attribution science, use real-world weather observations and <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//green//2024//04//23//these-european-countries-could-lose-more-than-30-days-of-comfortable-weather-a-year-by-210/">computer modelling<\/strong><\/a> to determine the likelihood of a particular happening before and after climate change, and whether global warming affected its intensity.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714568191,"updatedAt":1714575630,"publishedAt":1714575617,"firstPublishedAt":1714571612,"lastPublishedAt":1714575630,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6bd5160e-f16b-5e30-8a1c-eeaea2277b43-8409930.jpg","altText":"Cargo ships wait in Panama Bay before moving through the Panama Canal in Panama City.","caption":"Cargo ships wait in Panama Bay before moving through the Panama Canal in Panama City.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Arnulfo Franco, File","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080},{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/99\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5e9ef790-f1bd-5faf-903d-3b12c0614b6a-8409930.jpg","altText":"Storm clouds gather overhead as cargo ships that wait to move through the Panama Canal. 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Its founders are two wave-making gallerists: Margot Samel, founder of the eponymous Tribeca gallery, and Olga Temnikova of the Tallinn-based gallery Temnikova & Kasela.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6Wjq_cLAPj\/\" class=\"widget widget--type-instagram widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/C6Wjq_cLAPj\/?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"><div style=\"padding:16px;\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//C6Wjq_cLAPj//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" background:#FFFFFF; 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font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;\"><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.instagram.com//p//C6Wjq_cLAPj//?utm_source=ig_embed&utm_campaign=loading\%22 style=\" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none;\" target=\"_blank\">A post shared by Gathering (@gathering.london)<\/a><\/p><\/div><\/blockquote> <script async src=https://www.euronews.com/"////platform.instagram.com//en_US//embeds.js/"> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Beyond Esther, the pair are on a mission to bring the creative prowess of their compatriots \u2013 and particularly women artists \u2013 to an international audience, with Temnikova & Kasela-represented artist Edith Karlson even representing Estonia at this year\u2019s <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//04//24//venice-biennale-highlights-our-picks-of-the-must-see-pavilions-and-exhibitions/">Venice Biennale<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Running from 1\u20134 May, <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////esther.ee///">Esther gathers 26 international galleries \u2013 from as far and wide as BANK Gallery in Shanghai, Latvia\u2019s Kim? Contemporary Art Centre and Seventeen in London \u2013 alongside book launches, live music performances and opportunities to sample <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//travel//2023//11//06//estonia-a-hidden-delight-for-a-gastronomic-adventure#:~:text=Estonian%20cuisine%2C%20steeped%20in%20a,the%20basis%20of%20this%20gastronomy.\"><strong>Estonian cuisine<\/strong><\/a>. 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With 'euphoria', Kendrick Lamar lays into Drake without remorse. What's the story behind his beef with the Canadian rapper?","leadin":"Diss tracks are an essential part of hip-hop. With 'euphoria' and '6:16 in LA', Kendrick Lamar lays into Drake without remorse. What's the story behind his beef with the Canadian rapper?","summary":"Diss tracks are an essential part of hip-hop. With 'euphoria' and '6:16 in LA', Kendrick Lamar lays into Drake without remorse. What's the story behind his beef with the Canadian rapper?","keySentence":"","url":"euphoria-a-short-history-of-kendrick-lamars-beef-with-drake","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/culture\/2024\/05\/01\/euphoria-a-short-history-of-kendrick-lamars-beef-with-drake","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Much like skits and sampling, diss tracks are one of the unique additions hip-hop has added to the musical art form.\u00a0 \n\nWhile musicians have always held rivalries \u2013 Mozart vs Salieri, Oasis vs Blur, Garfunkel vs Simon \u2013 some of the biggest musical bust-ups have not only happened within the hip-hop genre , they\u2019ve also been expressed in their music. \n\nSure, both Gallagher brothers love nothing more than slagging the other one off in interviews, but they\u2019ve not actually taken to their guitars to air their grievances. A quick trip through the annals of hip-hop though and diss tracks are everywhere. \n\nThere are many reasons for diss tracks. Sometimes, they can come from an aspiring rapper trying to make an impression on the industry. Though these tracks can come with humbling repercussions \u2013 see Eminem\u2019s \u2018Killshot\u2019 response to Machine Gun Kelly\u2019s embarrassing \u2018Rap Devil\u2019. Other times, it can represent genuine vitriol that exists outside of music \u2013 2Pac and the Notorious BIG\u2019s feud comes to mind. \n\nHip-hop may have celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, but the diss track is far from going out of style. The latest edition to the genre-within-a-genre comes from perhaps the biggest contemporary name in the game: Kendrick Lamar . \n\nThe 36-year-old Lamar released \u2018euphoria\u2019 on 30 April as a response to Canadian rapper Drake\u2019s recent singles \u2018Push Ups\u2019 and \u2018Taylor Made\u2019. Just three days later he's now dropped a second track titled '6:16 in LA', firing more shots at the OVO founder. \n\nIn 'euphoria', as you might expect from a Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, Lamar\u2019s verses on the diss track pretty effectively eviscerates Drake with lines like: \u201cYou'r\u0435 not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of being acc\u0435pted\u201d and \u201cI make music that electrify 'em, you make music that pacify 'em\u201d. That\u2019s just the first verse. \n\nOver the course of the rest of the song, Lamar criticises Drake\u2019s obsession with fame, his desperation to work with Lamar, and most brutally, how Lamar finds Drake\u2019s use of Black American aesthetics personally offensive. \n\nWith '6:16 in LA,' Lamar continues his assault on Drake, alleging that his own team is against him.\u00a0 Notably, the beat for the track is co-produced by Jack Antonoff, known for being a close-collaborator of Taylor Swift. This move can be seen as a direct response to Drake's taunts against Kendrick on the 'Taylor Made Freestyle'. \n\nLamar is readily accepted as the current GOAT of the genre who\u2019s yet to release a bad record while Drake\u2019s stock has been in steady downfall since the heady days of 2013\u2019s \u2018Nothing Was The Same\u2019.\u00a0 \n\nGiven Lamar's tracks are as predictably devastating as anyone expected, why would Drake bother dissing him in the first place? \n\nA short history on the Kendrick Lamar \u2013 Drake feud \n\nThis hip-hop beef is both recent and a decade-old spat between Lamar and Drake. While it has certainly flared up in recent weeks, it\u2019s worth going back to the beginning to see how it all began. \n\nOnce upon a time, both rappers were pretty amicable towards each other. They were both making great albums (\u2018Take Care\u2019 and \u2018Good Kid, M.A.A.D City\u2019) and had even featured on a handful of songs together, most notably Drake\u2019s \u2018Buried Alive Interlude\u2019 and Lamar\u2019s \u2018Poetic Justice\u2019. \n\nA lot of love was lost though when Lamar fired the first proverbial shot. In his verse for Big Sean\u2019s 2013 song \u2018Control\u2019, Lamar used his verse to assert his new dominance on the hip-hop scene. \n\nIn one verse, Lamar made it clear he \u2013 prior to even releasing his career-defining album \u2018To Pimp a Butterfly\u2019 \u2013 considered his stature alongside legends Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, and Andr\u00e9 3000. Not only did he foresee his status alongside those MCs, he also denigrated 11 rappers from the new guard, including J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, the Creator, Mac Miller, and of course\u2026 Drake. \n\nDrake originally dismissed the diss as just an ambitious sentiment from the Compton rapper. But Lamar doubled down on the insult at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards later that year. \n\nSupposedly, the two artists have been trading barbs ever since. Probably the most notable is the line from Lamar\u2019s song \u2018King Kunta\u2019 from 2015: \u201cI can dig rappin', but a rapper with a ghostwriter? What the fuck happened?\u201d which has been suggested is aimed at Drake. \n\nBesides the odd theory from hip-hop heads around each release, the Lamar-Drake beef seemed to cool down. Until it was reignited by a set of tracks sent between them and associates over the past few months. \n\nThe inciting incident of the latest spat is generally believed to be J. Cole\u2019s line in Drake\u2019s 2023 song \u2018First Person Shooter\u2019 that claims that he and the two others are the \u201cbig three\u201d of rap these days. \n\nNot that Lamar is petty, but he pretty quickly responded to the suggestion he\u2019s in the \u201cbig three\u201d by using his verse on Future and Metro Boomin\u2019s track \u2018Like That\u2019 this March to denounce a big three as \u201cit\u2019s just me\u201d. \n\nIt was now Cole\u2019s turn to respond to Lamar\u2019s barb. On 5 April, he released \u20187 Minute Drill\u2019 on his \u2018Might Delete Later\u2019 mixtape. In it he criticised Lamar\u2019s whole career. While the insults were sharply worded, his suggestions that his albums weren\u2019t up to scratch fell flat.\u00a0Cole quickly apologised for insulting Lamar and then, true to the mixtape\u2019s name, deleted the track. \n\nWhile Drake had largely stayed away from the furore by this point, he entered the fray with full force on 19 April releasing two tracks \u2018Push Ups\u2019 and \u2018Taylor Made\u2019 both insulting Lamar and the beef that had built up over the past decade. \n\nOn \u2018Push Ups\u2019, Drake takes aim at Future, and Metro Boomin, before laying into Lamar. He insults his height, his business acumen, and his verses on tracks for Maroon 5 and Taylor Swift . Then, on \u2018Taylor Made\u2019, Drake which controversially used AI-generated voices of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, anticipating Lamar\u2019s future diss tracks before reiterating his earlier insult about the rapper being indebted to Swift for a career boost. \n\nSo, there you have it. That\u2019s all the background for Lamar\u2019s new diss tracks.\u00a0\u00a0 \n\nOn balance, going through the history, it seems like Lamar could do with turning down his ego a little. Most of the perceived insults against him were rappers equating themselves with him, not even suggesting they surpass him. As it stands, he\u2019s got the discography to stand behind his audacious claims, and his diss tracks and verses have been some of the stronger tracks mentioned here.\u00a0 \n\nBut really boys, can\u2019t y\u2019all just get along? \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Much like skits and sampling, diss tracks are one of the unique additions hip-hop has added to the musical art form.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While musicians have always held rivalries \u2013 Mozart vs Salieri, Oasis vs Blur, Garfunkel vs Simon \u2013 some of the biggest musical bust-ups have not only happened within the <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//13//50-years-of-hip-hop-a-chronological-look-at-the-genres-essential-records/">hip-hop genre<\/a><\/strong>, they\u2019ve also been expressed in their music.<\/p>\n<p>Sure, both Gallagher brothers love nothing more than slagging the other one off in interviews, but they\u2019ve not actually taken to their guitars to air their grievances. A quick trip through the annals of hip-hop though and diss tracks are everywhere.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8409046,7224822\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//05//best-of-culture-2022-day-5-kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-the-big-steppers/">BEST OF CULTURE 2022: Day 5 - Kendrick Lamar - 'Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers'<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//05//01//us-novelist-paul-auster-author-of-the-new-york-trilogy-and-the-brooklyn-follies-dies-aged-/">US novelist Paul Auster, author of 'The New York Trilogy' and 'The Brooklyn Follies' dies aged 77<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons for diss tracks. Sometimes, they can come from an aspiring rapper trying to make an impression on the industry. Though these tracks can come with humbling repercussions \u2013 see Eminem\u2019s \u2018Killshot\u2019 response to Machine Gun Kelly\u2019s embarrassing \u2018Rap Devil\u2019. Other times, it can represent genuine vitriol that exists outside of music \u2013 2Pac and the Notorious BIG\u2019s feud comes to mind.<\/p>\n<p>Hip-hop may have celebrated its <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//20//test-your-knowledge-of-50-years-of-hip-hop-history-with-this-ultimate-quiz/">50th anniversary<\/a><\/strong> last year, but the diss track is far from going out of style. The latest edition to the genre-within-a-genre comes from perhaps the biggest contemporary name in the game: <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//06//11//primavera-madrid-day-2-kendrick-lamar-as-assured-as-ever/">Kendrick Lamar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The 36-year-old Lamar released \u2018euphoria\u2019 on 30 April as a response to Canadian rapper Drake\u2019s recent singles \u2018Push Ups\u2019 and \u2018Taylor Made\u2019. Just three days later he's now dropped a second track titled '6:16 in LA', firing more shots at the OVO founder.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//NPqDIwWMtxg?si=nz5LFwkzP1FRtOBJ\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In 'euphoria', as you might expect from a Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper, Lamar\u2019s verses on the diss track pretty effectively eviscerates <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//02//24//is-drake-about-to-retire-from-rap/">Drake with lines like: \u201cYou'r\u0435 not a rap artist, you a scam artist with the hopes of being acc\u0435pted\u201d and \u201cI make music that electrify 'em, you make music that pacify 'em\u201d. That\u2019s just the first verse.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of the rest of the song, Lamar criticises Drake\u2019s obsession with fame, his desperation to work with Lamar, and most brutally, how Lamar finds Drake\u2019s use of Black American aesthetics personally offensive.<\/p>\n<p>With '6:16 in LA,' Lamar continues his assault on Drake, alleging that his own team is against him.\u00a0Notably, the beat for the track is co-produced by Jack Antonoff, known for being a close-collaborator of Taylor Swift. This move can be seen as a direct response to Drake's taunts against Kendrick on the 'Taylor Made Freestyle'.<\/p>\n<p>Lamar is readily accepted as the <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//12//05//best-of-culture-2022-day-5-kendrick-lamar-mr-morale-the-big-steppers/">current GOAT<\/strong><\/a> of the genre who\u2019s yet to release a bad record while Drake\u2019s stock has been in steady downfall since the heady days of 2013\u2019s \u2018Nothing Was The Same\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Given Lamar's tracks are as predictably devastating as anyone expected, why would Drake bother dissing him in the first place?<\/p>\n<h2>A short history on the Kendrick Lamar \u2013 Drake feud<\/h2><p>This hip-hop beef is both recent and a decade-old spat between Lamar and Drake. While it has certainly flared up in recent weeks, it\u2019s worth going back to the beginning to see how it all began.<\/p>\n<p>Once upon a time, both rappers were pretty amicable towards each other. They were both making great albums (\u2018Take Care\u2019 and \u2018Good Kid, M.A.A.D City\u2019) and had even featured on a handful of songs together, most notably Drake\u2019s \u2018Buried Alive Interlude\u2019 and Lamar\u2019s \u2018Poetic Justice\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//bhQzWbyw0VI?si=47FI7cklp1-NAZ47\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A lot of love was lost though when Lamar fired the first proverbial shot. In his verse for Big Sean\u2019s 2013 song \u2018Control\u2019, Lamar used his verse to assert his new dominance on the hip-hop scene.<\/p>\n<p>In one verse, Lamar made it clear he \u2013 prior to even releasing his career-defining album \u2018To Pimp a Butterfly\u2019 \u2013 considered his stature alongside legends Jay-Z, Nas, Eminem, and Andr\u00e9 3000. Not only did he foresee his status alongside those MCs, he also denigrated 11 rappers from the new guard, including J. Cole, Big K.R.I.T., Wale, Pusha T, Meek Mill, ASAP Rocky, Big Sean, Jay Electronica, Tyler, the Creator, Mac Miller, and of course\u2026 Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Drake originally dismissed the diss as just an ambitious sentiment from the Compton rapper. But Lamar doubled down on the insult at the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards later that year.<\/p>\n<p>Supposedly, the two artists have been trading barbs ever since. Probably the most notable is the line from Lamar\u2019s song \u2018King Kunta\u2019 from 2015: \u201cI can dig rappin', but a rapper with a ghostwriter? What the fuck happened?\u201d which has been suggested is aimed at Drake.<\/p>\n<p>Besides the odd theory from hip-hop heads around each release, the Lamar-Drake beef seemed to cool down. Until it was reignited by a set of tracks sent between them and associates over the past few months.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//Xty2gi5cMa8?si=Ci5Dep7k0g3KMURq\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The inciting incident of the latest spat is generally believed to be J. Cole\u2019s line in Drake\u2019s 2023 song \u2018First Person Shooter\u2019 that claims that he and the two others are the \u201cbig three\u201d of rap these days.<\/p>\n<p>Not that Lamar is petty, but he pretty quickly responded to the suggestion he\u2019s in the \u201cbig three\u201d by using his verse on Future and Metro Boomin\u2019s track \u2018Like That\u2019 this March to denounce a big three as \u201cit\u2019s just me\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>It was now Cole\u2019s turn to respond to Lamar\u2019s barb. On 5 April, he released \u20187 Minute Drill\u2019 on his \u2018Might Delete Later\u2019 mixtape. In it he criticised Lamar\u2019s whole career. While the insults were sharply worded, his suggestions that his albums weren\u2019t up to scratch fell flat.\u00a0Cole quickly apologised for insulting Lamar and then, true to the mixtape\u2019s name, deleted the track.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//N9bKBAA22Go?si=hpjT6vmV8IM9eqnS\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>While Drake had largely stayed away from the furore by this point, he entered the fray with full force on 19 April releasing two tracks \u2018Push Ups\u2019 and \u2018Taylor Made\u2019 both insulting Lamar and the beef that had built up over the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>On \u2018Push Ups\u2019, Drake takes aim at Future, and Metro Boomin, before laying into Lamar. He insults his height, his business acumen, and his verses on tracks for Maroon 5 and <strong><a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2024//04//19//taylor-swifts-the-tortured-poets-department-euronews-cultures-verdict/">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong>. Then, on \u2018Taylor Made\u2019, Drake which controversially used <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//04//18//ai-generated-drake-and-the-weeknd-song-pulled-by-streamers/">AI-generated voices<\/strong><\/a> of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg, anticipating Lamar\u2019s future diss tracks before reiterating his earlier insult about the rapper being indebted to Swift for a career boost.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-freeform\nwidget--size-fullwidth\nwidget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.youtube.com//embed//HKH9p19PRLA?si=p4q5QgR5bbsrtdFp\%22 title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>So, there you have it. 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It took me about an hour to get myself together. I couldn\u2019t even formulate words,\u201d Keys said, reacting to the semi-autobiographical \"Hell\u2019s Kitchen\" being in the running for best new musical and four acting awards, as well other categories including best choreography, costumes, scenic design and direction. \n\n\"Stereophonic\" \u2013 which tells the story of a band akin to Fleetwood Mac , tracing the ups and downs of a life-changing year for the group \u2013 became the most-nominated play in the history of the awards. In addition to categories like score and lighting, the show earned nominations for playwright David Adjmi and for its songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, who says it is about art\u2019s \u201chorror and its beauty\u201d. \n\nA total of 28 shows earned at least one Tony nod, with the musical \"The Outsiders\", an adaptation of the S. E. 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I couldn\u2019t even formulate words,\u201d Keys said, reacting to the semi-autobiographical \"Hell\u2019s Kitchen\" being in the running for best new musical and four acting awards, as well other categories including best choreography, costumes, scenic design and direction.<\/p>\n<p>\"Stereophonic\" \u2013 which tells the story of a band akin to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2023//08//07//culture-re-view-the-history-and-heartbreaks-of-fleetwood-macs-rumours/">Fleetwood Mac<\/strong><\/a>, tracing the ups and downs of a life-changing year for the group \u2013 became the most-nominated play in the history of the awards. In addition to categories like score and lighting, the show earned nominations for playwright David Adjmi and for its songs by Will Butler, formerly of Arcade Fire, who says it is about art\u2019s \u201chorror and its beauty\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 28 shows earned at least one Tony nod, with the musical \"The Outsiders\", an adaptation of the S. E. Hinton coming-of-age novel and the Francis Ford Coppola film, in the running for 12; the revival of \"Cabaret\" featuring Eddie Redmayne earning nine; and \"Appropriate\", Branden Jacobs-Jenkins\u2019 dramatic play about the secrets that come out at a family reunion nabbing eight.<\/p>\n<p>It was also a record-breaking year for <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//culture//2022//05//30//it-was-a-great-year-for-female-filmmakers-at-cannes-but-there-s-still-a-long-way-to-go/">women directors<\/strong><\/a>, with seven women taking the ten directing slots across plays and musicals. 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A tent encampment on the school's grounds to protest the Israel-Hamas war was cleared, and the university's Hamilton Hall was emptied. \n\n\u201cAfter the University learned overnight that Hamilton Hall had been occupied, vandalised, and blockaded, we were left with no choice,\u201d the school said. \n\n\u201cThe decision to reach out to the NYPD was in response to the actions of the protesters, not the cause they are championing. We have made it clear that the life of campus cannot be endlessly interrupted by protesters who violate the rules and the law.\u201d \n\nNYPD spokesman Carlos Nieves said he had no immediate reports of any injuries. The arrests occurred after protesters had shrugged off an earlier ultimatum to abandon the encampment. \n\n'The time is now' \n\nUS Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Israeli leaders on Wednesday to push for a ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas. \"The time is now,\u201d he said, referring to a proposed deal that would free hostages and bring a pause in fighting after nearly seven months of almost unbroken war. \n\nBlinken is on his seventh visit to the region since the war erupted in October, aiming to avert an Israeli incursion into the southern Gaza city of Rafah. 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Though this doesn\u2019t guarantee a positive reaction from share prices, as investors tend to look at more comprehensive metrics when assessing the company's performance. \n\niPhone sales \n\niPhone sales account for about 60% of Apple\u2019s overall revenue and are seen as the core business of Apple. Typically, Apple\u2019s share prices respond to any news about the newest iPhone sales instantly. In 2023, Apple\u2019s net sales growth experienced a significant slowdown as users tended to hold onto the current phone for longer periods before upgrading, and there was a sales slowdown in China, which accounts for approximately 20% of Apple\u2019s global market share.\u00a0 \n\nIn the final quarter of 2023, iPhone sales in China fell by 13% year on year due to weakened Chinese consumer demand and competition from rivals. In the first quarter of 2024, global smartphone shipments dropped to 50.1 million, down 9.6% from the same quarter in 2023. \n\nServices revenue \n\nApple Services has been a bright spot for Apple in recent years as the segment is the second biggest revenue contributor, representing about 20% of its overall sales. The division, comprising Apple Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and iCloud, generated $85.2 billion in revenue in the fiscal year 2023. Notably, Apple Services is a much more profitable segment than its hardware business.\u00a0 \n\nIn the final quarter of 2023, the services segment\u2019s gross margin was nearly 73%, while the margin of its product sales, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other products revenue, was only 40%. This makes Apple\u2019s overall profit margin 46%, rising from 43% in the same quarter last year. \n\nOther hardware sales \n\nOther hardware sales include iPad, Mac, and wearables, home & accessories, which contribute about 20% of Apple\u2019s total revenue. All three segments saw a sales decline in the full fiscal year of 2023, with iPad sales down 27%, Mac sales down 3%, and wearables, home & accessories sales also down 3%, respectively, compared to the fiscal year 2022. In fact, services is the only segment that experienced growth, up 9%, while iPhone sales were down 2% during the same time frame. \n\nApple\u2019s AI talk \n\nApple\u2019s underperformance is largely attributed to a lack of AI development since 2023, causing it to fall behind other tech peers. The company has recognized the need to catch up with its vision amidst the intensifying AI race. Apple has been in discussions with OpenAI and Google about potential deals to integrate Chatbot into its iOS 18, though there has been no firm confirmation of either agreement.\u00a0 \n\nApple is expected to unveil progress in AI at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on 10 June. However, any indications of such advancement in discussions may ignite investors\u2019 optimism ahead of the upcoming earnings report. \n\nA review of the Q1 FY24 earnings \n\nApple reported its first revenue growth of 2% after three consecutive quarterly declines, thanks to a 3% year-on-year growth in iPhone sales. Its earnings per share were recorded at $2.18 on revenue of $119.58 billion, surpassing estimates of $2.10 and $117.91 billion, respectively. On a yearly basis, Mac sales rose by a modest 0.6%, iPad sales declined by 26%, sales in wearables, home & accessories fell by 11%, and services revenue rose by 10%. \n\nDespite beating earnings expectations, Apple\u2019s shares declined by 4% on that day due to weak guidance for the March quarter. Apple expected the iPhone sales revenue to remain flat compared to the same quarter last year, with a sequential decline of 27%. Services revenue may grow 11% year over year, at a similar pace to the last quarter. \n\nForecast of the Q2 fiscal year 2024 \n\nApple's fiscal year differs from the calendar year; its earnings report for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024 is set to be released on 2 May this week. Analysts forecast that earnings per share will be at $1.51 on revenue of $89.99 billion, representing a decrease of 0.7% and 5.1% year over year, respectively. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Apple\u2019s stocks underperformed most of the US tech shares this year due to weakened iPhone sales and a lack of AI advancement. Apple\u2019s shares declined by 12% year-to-date, following Tesla\u2019s 32% drop, making it the second-worst performer among the Magnificent Seven stocks. It has also lost its crown to Microsoft as the world\u2019s largest market cap company due to these setbacks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, Apple has beaten earnings expectations in the past four quarterly reports. Though this doesn\u2019t guarantee a positive reaction from share prices, as investors tend to look at more comprehensive metrics when assessing the company's performance.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8409032\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//05//01//riding-the-ai-wave-amazons-growth-accelerates-in-the-first-quarter/">Riding the AI Wave: Amazon\u2019s growth accelerates in the first quarter <\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>iPhone sales<\/h2><p>iPhone sales account for about 60% of Apple\u2019s overall revenue and are seen as the core business of Apple. Typically, Apple\u2019s share prices respond to any news about the newest iPhone sales instantly. In 2023, Apple\u2019s net sales growth experienced a significant slowdown as users tended to hold onto the current phone for longer periods before upgrading, and there was a sales slowdown in China, which accounts for approximately 20% of Apple\u2019s global market share.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the final quarter of 2023, iPhone sales in China fell by 13% year on year due to weakened Chinese consumer demand and competition from rivals. In the first quarter of 2024, global smartphone shipments dropped to 50.1 million, down 9.6% from the same quarter in 2023.<\/p>\n<h2>Services revenue<\/h2><p>Apple Services has been a bright spot for Apple in recent years as the segment is the second biggest revenue contributor, representing about 20% of its overall sales. The division, comprising Apple Store, Apple Pay, Apple TV+, Apple Music, Apple Arcade, and iCloud, generated $85.2 billion in revenue in the fiscal year 2023. Notably, Apple Services is a much more profitable segment than its hardware business.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In the final quarter of 2023, the services segment\u2019s gross margin was nearly 73%, while the margin of its product sales, including iPhone, iPad, Mac, and other products revenue, was only 40%. This makes Apple\u2019s overall profit margin 46%, rising from 43% in the same quarter last year.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8407272\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//30//microsoft-announces-17-billion-investment-in-ai-and-cloud-infrastructure-in-indonesia/">Microsoft to invest in AI and cloud infrastructure in Indonesia<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Other hardware sales<\/h2><p>Other hardware sales include iPad, Mac, and wearables, home & accessories, which contribute about 20% of Apple\u2019s total revenue. All three segments saw a sales decline in the full fiscal year of 2023, with iPad sales down 27%, Mac sales down 3%, and wearables, home & accessories sales also down 3%, respectively, compared to the fiscal year 2022. In fact, services is the only segment that experienced growth, up 9%, while iPhone sales were down 2% during the same time frame.<\/p>\n<h2>Apple\u2019s AI talk<\/h2><p>Apple\u2019s underperformance is largely attributed to a lack of AI development since 2023, causing it to fall behind other tech peers. The company has recognized the need to catch up with its vision amidst the intensifying AI race. Apple has been in discussions with OpenAI and Google about potential deals to integrate Chatbot into its iOS 18, though there has been no firm confirmation of either agreement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Apple is expected to unveil progress in AI at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on 10 June. However, any indications of such advancement in discussions may ignite investors\u2019 optimism ahead of the upcoming earnings report.<\/p>\n<h2>A review of the Q1 FY24 earnings<\/h2><p>Apple reported its first revenue growth of 2% after three consecutive quarterly declines, thanks to a 3% year-on-year growth in iPhone sales. Its earnings per share were recorded at $2.18 on revenue of $119.58 billion, surpassing estimates of $2.10 and $117.91 billion, respectively. On a yearly basis, Mac sales rose by a modest 0.6%, iPad sales declined by 26%, sales in wearables, home & accessories fell by 11%, and services revenue rose by 10%.<\/p>\n<p>Despite beating earnings expectations, Apple\u2019s shares declined by 4% on that day due to weak guidance for the March quarter. Apple expected the iPhone sales revenue to remain flat compared to the same quarter last year, with a sequential decline of 27%. Services revenue may grow 11% year over year, at a similar pace to the last quarter.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8408104\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//30//lufthansa-sees-losses-extend-in-q1-after-airline-weighed-down-by-strikes/">Lufthansa sees losses extend in Q1 after airline figures weighed down by strikes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Forecast of the Q2 fiscal year 2024<\/h2><p>Apple's fiscal year differs from the calendar year; its earnings report for the second quarter of the fiscal year 2024 is set to be released on 2 May this week. Analysts forecast that earnings per share will be at $1.51 on revenue of $89.99 billion, representing a decrease of 0.7% and 5.1% year over year, respectively.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714379989,"updatedAt":1714553773,"publishedAt":1714553730,"firstPublishedAt":1714382077,"lastPublishedAt":1714553773,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/40\/45\/94\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_adced2ba-95ba-5e9e-9939-bce08eea6e31-8404594.jpg","altText":"Key metrics to watch for in Apple's upcoming earnings report","caption":"Key metrics to watch for in Apple's upcoming earnings report","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1024,"height":683}],"authors":{"journalists":[],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26450,"slug":"big-tech","urlSafeValue":"big-tech","title":"Big Tech","titleRaw":"Big Tech"},{"id":12661,"slug":"artificial-intelligence","urlSafeValue":"artificial-intelligence","title":"Artificial intelligence","titleRaw":"Artificial intelligence"},{"id":4456,"slug":"wall-street","urlSafeValue":"wall-street","title":"Wall Street","titleRaw":"Wall Street"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":3}],"related":[{"id":2507516},{"id":2531468},{"id":2532698}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":[],"video":0,"videos":[],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"Tina Teng","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","online":0,"url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business\/business"},"vertical":"business","verticals":[{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":11,"slug":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"themes":[{"id":"business","urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business","url":"\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/business"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":7,"urlSafeValue":"business","title":"Business"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":4392,"urlSafeValue":"america","title":"America"},"country":[],"town":[],"grapeshot":"'gv_safe','gb_safe','gb_safe_from_high','gb_safe_from_high_med','pos_equinor','pos_facebook','pos_pmi','pos_ukraine-russia','pos_ukrainecrisis','gs_busfin','gs_tech','gs_busfin_economy','gs_economy','gs_tech_computing','gs_busfin_economy_markets','gs_economy_markets','gs_tech_consumer','custom_investment','bespoke_kaspersky','client_easports_sporting_gaming'","versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"sujet","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"path":"\/business\/2024\/05\/01\/key-metrics-to-watch-for-in-apples-upcoming-earnings-report","lastModified":1714553773},{"id":2533246,"cid":8409032,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":"240501_BUSU_55433414","owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"BUSINESS MARKETS AMAZONE GROWTH ACCELERATES Q1","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Riding the AI Wave: Amazon\u2019s growth accelerates in the first quarter ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Riding the AI Wave: Amazon\u2019s growth accelerates in the first quarter ","titleListing2":"Riding the AI Wave: Amazon\u2019s growth accelerates in the first quarter ","leadin":"Amazon delivered strong first-quarter earnings owing to robust growth in its cloud business, AWS.","summary":"Amazon delivered strong first-quarter earnings owing to robust growth in its cloud business, AWS.","keySentence":"","url":"riding-the-ai-wave-amazons-growth-accelerates-in-the-first-quarter","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/05\/01\/riding-the-ai-wave-amazons-growth-accelerates-in-the-first-quarter","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Amazon reported robust first-quarter earnings that surpassed market expectations as its cloud computing service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), experienced accelerated growth, buoyed by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).\u00a0 \n\nThe e-commerce giant\u2019s shares rose by more than 1% in after-hours trading, despite a broad selloff on Wall Street. \n\nOverall strong quarterly earnings \n\nAmazon exceeded market expectations, reporting earnings per share of 98 pence on revenue of $143.3 billion, surpassing estimates of 83 pence and $142.5 billion, respectively. Its overall sales revenue increased by 13% from $127.4 billion in the same quarter last year. Operating income surged to $15.3 billion, with a net income of $10.4 billion, both more than tripled from a year ago. Operating cash flow increased by 82% to $99.1 billion for the trailing twelve months. \n\nIts key metrics of business growth, AWS, and the advertising segment, showed robust momentum, up 17% and 24% year on year, respectively. Meanwhile, its primary revenue contributor, the online store, recorded sales of $54.7 billion, up 7% year on year, slightly lower than the 8% growth in the fourth quarter of 2023. However, the growth of third-party seller services has decelerated, with sales up 16% to $34.6 billion, slowing from a 19% increase in the previous quarter and a 20% growth in the first quarter of 2023. \n\nAmazon provided a positive outlook into the second quarter, expecting the operating income to range from $10 billion to $14 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of between 30% and 82%. \n\nAmazon\u2019s AWS growth accelerates \n\nThe ASW segment's sales revenue reached $25 billion, marking a 17% year-on-year increase, significantly surpassing the estimated $24.5 billion with 12% growth. This segment is regarded as a pivotal core business of the company, commanding leading market shares in the cloud business, followed by Microsoft\u2019s Azure and Google Cloud.\u00a0 \n\nAWS stands out as the most profitable division of the company, contributing 62% of the total operating profit. Its operating income amounts to $9.4 billion, nearly double the figure from the same quarter last year. Moreover, the cloud business generated 17% of the overall revenue in the first quarter, with an operating margin of 38%, which is a notable acceleration in growth of 14% and 30% respectively from the final quarter of 2023. \n\nA combination of factors has contributed to AWS\u2019s growth, including AI adoption, enhanced business spending on cloud computing, and cost-cutting measures. \n\nAmazon is optimistic about the potential of the generative AI-powered assistant, Amazon Q, to assist its customers in software development and internal data analysis. Additionally, the extension of its \"strategic collaboration\" with NVIDIA represents another significant advancement in the AI field. \n\nIn line with the positive reports from other tech giants concerning cloud computing, such as Microsoft\u2019s Azure and Alphabet\u2019s Google Cloud, Amazon\u2019s AWS has similarly benefited from a resurgence in business spending driven by the AI boom. Amazon observes that the trend of business cost optimization has been diminishing, which is expected to persist and further support the growth of AWS. \n\nEarlier in April, the company announced plans to downsize hundreds of positions in cloud computing, aiming to \"focus its efforts on key strategic areas that yield maximum impact.\" This reduction in workforce may additionally boost the segment's profit margin by trimming expenses. \n\nAmazon\u2019s advertising segment posts stable growth \n\nThe advertising revenue is meeting expectations, positioning it as the second fastest-growing business for Amazon. The segment generated $11.8 billion in revenue, marking a 24% increase from a year ago, compared to Alphabet\u2019s 13% and Meta\u2019s 27% growth in the same quarter. The ad-supported Prime Video plan is anticipated to sustain the growth of its advertising income. The segment has maintained stable growth of over 20% since the last quarter of 2022. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Amazon reported robust first-quarter earnings that surpassed market expectations as its cloud computing service, Amazon Web Services (AWS), experienced accelerated growth, buoyed by advancements in artificial intelligence (AI).\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The e-commerce giant\u2019s shares rose by more than 1% in after-hours trading, despite a broad selloff on Wall Street.<\/p>\n<h2>Overall strong quarterly earnings<\/h2><p>Amazon exceeded market expectations, reporting earnings per share of 98 pence on revenue of $143.3 billion, surpassing estimates of 83 pence and $142.5 billion, respectively. Its overall sales revenue increased by 13% from $127.4 billion in the same quarter last year. Operating income surged to $15.3 billion, with a net income of $10.4 billion, both more than tripled from a year ago. Operating cash flow increased by 82% to $99.1 billion for the trailing twelve months.<\/p>\n<p>Its key metrics of business growth, AWS, and the advertising segment, showed robust momentum, up 17% and 24% year on year, respectively. Meanwhile, its primary revenue contributor, the online store, recorded sales of $54.7 billion, up 7% year on year, slightly lower than the 8% growth in the fourth quarter of 2023. However, the growth of third-party seller services has decelerated, with sales up 16% to $34.6 billion, slowing from a 19% increase in the previous quarter and a 20% growth in the first quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Amazon provided a positive outlook into the second quarter, expecting the operating income to range from $10 billion to $14 billion, representing a year-on-year growth of between 30% and 82%.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8408104,8407614\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//30//volkswagen-group-sees-first-quarter-earnings-slide-as-car-sales-stall/">Volkswagen Group sees first quarter earnings slide as car sales stall<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//30//lufthansa-sees-losses-extend-in-q1-after-airline-weighed-down-by-strikes/">Lufthansa sees losses extend in Q1 after airline figures weighed down by strikes<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Amazon\u2019s AWS growth accelerates<\/h2><p>The ASW segment's sales revenue reached $25 billion, marking a 17% year-on-year increase, significantly surpassing the estimated $24.5 billion with 12% growth. This segment is regarded as a pivotal core business of the company, commanding leading market shares in the cloud business, followed by Microsoft\u2019s Azure and Google Cloud.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>AWS stands out as the most profitable division of the company, contributing 62% of the total operating profit. Its operating income amounts to $9.4 billion, nearly double the figure from the same quarter last year. Moreover, the cloud business generated 17% of the overall revenue in the first quarter, with an operating margin of 38%, which is a notable acceleration in growth of 14% and 30% respectively from the final quarter of 2023.<\/p>\n<p>A combination of factors has contributed to AWS\u2019s growth, including AI adoption, enhanced business spending on cloud computing, and cost-cutting measures.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8399534\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//26//tech-titans-soar-alphabet-and-microsoft-ride-high-on-ai-driven-earnings-wave/">Tech titans soar: Alphabet and Microsoft ride high on AI-driven earnings wave<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Amazon is optimistic about the potential of the generative AI-powered assistant, Amazon Q, to assist its customers in software development and internal data analysis. Additionally, the extension of its \"strategic collaboration\" with NVIDIA represents another significant advancement in the AI field.<\/p>\n<p>In line with the positive reports from other tech giants concerning cloud computing, such as Microsoft\u2019s Azure and Alphabet\u2019s Google Cloud, Amazon\u2019s AWS has similarly benefited from a resurgence in business spending driven by the AI boom. Amazon observes that the trend of business cost optimization has been diminishing, which is expected to persist and further support the growth of AWS.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in April, the company announced plans to downsize hundreds of positions in cloud computing, aiming to \"focus its efforts on key strategic areas that yield maximum impact.\" This reduction in workforce may additionally boost the segment's profit margin by trimming expenses.<\/p>\n<h2>Amazon\u2019s advertising segment posts stable growth<\/h2><p>The advertising revenue is meeting expectations, positioning it as the second fastest-growing business for Amazon. The segment generated $11.8 billion in revenue, marking a 24% increase from a year ago, compared to Alphabet\u2019s 13% and Meta\u2019s 27% growth in the same quarter. The ad-supported Prime Video plan is anticipated to sustain the growth of its advertising income. The segment has maintained stable growth of over 20% since the last quarter of 2022.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714542518,"updatedAt":1714543131,"publishedAt":1714543129,"firstPublishedAt":1714543131,"lastPublishedAt":1714543131,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Patrick Semansky\/Copyright 2019 The AP. 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The e-commerce behemoth is anticipated to showcase its advancements in the AI-powered cloud business.","summary":"Amazon is set to unveil its first-quarter earnings after the US market closes on 30 April. The e-commerce behemoth is anticipated to showcase its advancements in the AI-powered cloud business.","keySentence":"","url":"amazon-earnings-preview-a-focus-on-ai-powered-business-growth","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/04\/30\/amazon-earnings-preview-a-focus-on-ai-powered-business-growth","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The US earnings season has revolved around AI progress among major tech companies. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta have all indicated that their substantial investments in AI are beginning to pay off, evident in their robust quarterly earnings. Consequently, the focal point of Amazon's upcoming earnings report is likely to be its AI-aided business, AWS, and the rapidly expanding advertising segment. \n\nAWS may remain a stable growth \n\nAmazon's Web Services (AWS) is seen as a pivotal core business of the company, commanding the leading market shares in the cloud business, trailed by Microsoft's Azure and Google Cloud. While contributing approximately 14% of Amazon\u2019s overall revenue, AWS is the most profitable segment, with an operating margin of 30%. In contrast, the online stores, Amazon's primary revenue driver, generate only about 6% in margin. However, the segment has experienced a slowdown in growth over the past three quarters due to weakened cloud demand. \n\nThe AI race among major tech players underscores the critical role of the cloud business in propelling their growth. Competing with Microsoft's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, Amazon offers a similar chatbot tool \"Q\" integrated into AWS and garnered \"a lot of interest\" as noted by CFO Brian Olsavsky in the last earnings call. CEO Andy Jassy said its generative AI services could generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue in the coming years. \n\nStrong momentum in Amazon's advertising segment \n\nIn general, online advertising has seen a rebound since the second half of the year in 2023, buoyed by the AI surge and macroeconomic improvements worldwide. Amazon's advertising services have recently gained momentum, with its year-on-year revenue climbing 26% in the final quarter of 2023, marking the fastest growth since the final quarter of 2022. Amazon's advertising business holds the third position in market share, trailing behind Google and Meta. The upward trajectory in advertising may persist, particularly with the substantial potential of Amazon Prime Video. The company has started advertising on Prime Video and introduced an ad-supported plan earlier this year. \n\nA steep headcount cut \n\nAnother factor contributing to Amazon's recovery from a challenging 2022 is a significant layoff of 27,000 employees in 2022 and 2023. The tech giant recently announced plans to reduce hundreds of jobs in the cloud computing unit amid a slowdown in AWS sales growth. The company indicated that it needs to concentrate its efforts on key strategic areas that deliver maximum impact. \n\nA review of Amazon's Q4 earnings \n\nIn the final quarter of 2023, Amazon beat market expectations in all the key expects, with its net income surging to $10.6 billion from $278 million a year ago. This translates to earnings per share of $1.00 on revenue of $170 billion, exceeding the estimated $0.80 and $166.2 billion, respectively. Sales across several core segments, including online stores, third-party seller services, advertising services, and AWS, all exhibited growth, increasing by 8%, 19%, 26%, and 13%, respectively, from the same quarter last year. The company anticipates first-quarter revenue to fall within the range of $138 billion to $143.5 billion, reflecting an 8% to 13% year-on-year growth. \n\nEarnings forecast for Q1 2024 \n\nAccording to Wall Street forecasts, the company is expected to achieve earnings per share of 82 cents on revenue of $142.6 billion (\u20ac133.2 billion), marking increases of 17% and 265% from the same quarter in 2023, respectively. AWS revenue is projected to reach $24.1 billion (\u20ac22.5 billion) up 13% from a year earlier, while its advertising business may generate sales of $11.8 billion (\u20ac11.2 billion), reflecting a 24% annual increase. The online store, the largest contributor to Amazon\u2019s net sales, is anticipated to drive $54.8 billion (\u20ac51.2 billion) in revenue, representing a 7% growth from a year ago. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>The US earnings season has revolved around AI progress among major tech companies. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta have all indicated that their substantial investments in AI are beginning to pay off, evident in their robust quarterly earnings. Consequently, the focal point of Amazon's upcoming earnings report is likely to be its AI-aided business, AWS, and the rapidly expanding advertising segment.<\/p>\n<h2>AWS may remain a stable growth<\/h2><p>Amazon's Web Services (AWS) is seen as a pivotal core business of the company, commanding the leading market shares in the cloud business, trailed by Microsoft's Azure and Google Cloud. While contributing approximately 14% of Amazon\u2019s overall revenue, AWS is the most profitable segment, with an operating margin of 30%. In contrast, the online stores, Amazon's primary revenue driver, generate only about 6% in margin. However, the segment has experienced a slowdown in growth over the past three quarters due to weakened cloud demand.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8396018,8395066\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//24//uk-regulator-looks-into-microsoft-and-amazons-ai-partnerships/"> UK regulator looks into Microsoft and Amazon\u2019s AI partnerships<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//24//italy-delivers-10-million-fine-to-amazon-over-unfair-commercial-practices/">Italy delivers \u20ac10 million fine to Amazon over 'unfair' commercial practices<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The AI race among major tech players underscores the critical role of the cloud business in propelling their growth. Competing with Microsoft's ChatGPT and Google's Bard, Amazon offers a similar chatbot tool \"Q\" integrated into AWS and garnered \"a lot of interest\" as noted by CFO Brian Olsavsky in the last earnings call. CEO Andy Jassy said its generative AI services could generate tens of billions of dollars in revenue in the coming years.<\/p>\n<h2>Strong momentum in Amazon's advertising segment<\/h2><p>In general, online advertising has seen a rebound since the second half of the year in 2023, buoyed by the AI surge and macroeconomic improvements worldwide. Amazon's advertising services have recently gained momentum, with its year-on-year revenue climbing 26% in the final quarter of 2023, marking the fastest growth since the final quarter of 2022. Amazon's advertising business holds the third position in market share, trailing behind Google and Meta. The upward trajectory in advertising may persist, particularly with the substantial potential of Amazon Prime Video. The company has started advertising on Prime Video and introduced an ad-supported plan earlier this year.<\/p>\n<h2>A steep headcount cut<\/h2><p>Another factor contributing to Amazon's recovery from a challenging 2022 is a significant layoff of 27,000 employees in 2022 and 2023. The tech giant recently announced plans to reduce hundreds of jobs in the cloud computing unit amid a slowdown in AWS sales growth. The company indicated that it needs to concentrate its efforts on key strategic areas that deliver maximum impact.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8367144,8351152\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//04//12//lawmakers-visit-amazon-facilities-across-europe-after-parliament-ban/">Lawmakers visit Amazon facilities across Europe after parliament ban<\/a> <\/li><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2024//04//04//hundreds-of-jobs-axed-by-amazon-in-cloud-computing-division/">Hundreds of jobs axed by Amazon in cloud computing division<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>A review of Amazon's Q4 earnings<\/h2><p>In the final quarter of 2023, Amazon beat market expectations in all the key expects, with its net income surging to $10.6 billion from $278 million a year ago. This translates to earnings per share of $1.00 on revenue of $170 billion, exceeding the estimated $0.80 and $166.2 billion, respectively. Sales across several core segments, including online stores, third-party seller services, advertising services, and AWS, all exhibited growth, increasing by 8%, 19%, 26%, and 13%, respectively, from the same quarter last year. The company anticipates first-quarter revenue to fall within the range of $138 billion to $143.5 billion, reflecting an 8% to 13% year-on-year growth.<\/p>\n<h2>Earnings forecast for Q1 2024<\/h2><p>According to Wall Street forecasts, the company is expected to achieve earnings per share of 82 cents on revenue of $142.6 billion (\u20ac133.2 billion), marking increases of 17% and 265% from the same quarter in 2023, respectively. AWS revenue is projected to reach $24.1 billion (\u20ac22.5 billion) up 13% from a year earlier, while its advertising business may generate sales of $11.8 billion (\u20ac11.2 billion), reflecting a 24% annual increase. The online store, the largest contributor to Amazon\u2019s net sales, is anticipated to drive $54.8 billion (\u20ac51.2 billion) in revenue, representing a 7% growth from a year ago.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714461855,"updatedAt":1714472739,"publishedAt":1714467463,"firstPublishedAt":1714467474,"lastPublishedAt":1714472739,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Nam Y. Huh\/Copyright 2024 The AP. 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US seeks 3-year term for allowing money laundering","leadin":"Prosecutors in the US are seeking a 3-year prison sentence for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao ahead of his sentencing for money laundering.","summary":"Prosecutors in the US are seeking a 3-year prison sentence for Binance founder Changpeng Zhao ahead of his sentencing for money laundering.","keySentence":"","url":"binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-facing-3-year-prison-sentence-for-allowing-money-laundering","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/business\/2024\/04\/30\/binance-founder-changpeng-zhao-facing-3-year-prison-sentence-for-allowing-money-laundering","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Prosecutors in the United States on Tuesday are asking a judge to hand\u00a0Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, a three-year prison sentence for allowing rampant money laundering on the platform. \n\nZhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as Binance CEO in November as the company agreed to pay $4.3 billion (\u20ac4 million) to settle related allegations.\u00a0 \n\nUS officials said Zhao deliberately looked the other way as illicit actors conducted transactions that supported child sex abuse, the illegal drug trade, and terrorism. \n\n\"He made a business decision that violating US law was the best way to attract users, build his company, and line his pockets,\" the US Justice Department wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed last week. \n\nZhao's attorneys, insist he should receive no prison term at all, citing his willingness to come from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he and his family live, to the US to plead guilty, despite the UAE's lack of an extradition treaty with the US.\u00a0 \n\nNo one has ever been sentenced to prison time for similar violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, they said. \n\nZhao: 'I want to come back' \n\n\"I want to take responsibility and close this chapter in my life,\" Zhao said when he entered his guilty plea to one count of failing to prevent money laundering.\u00a0 \n\n\"I want to come back. Otherwise I wouldn\u2019t be here today\". \n\nBut prosecutors say no one has ever violated the Bank Secrecy Act to the extent Zhao did. The three-year prison term they're seeking is twice the guideline range for the crime. \n\n\u00a0Binance allowed more than 1.5 million virtual currency trades - totaling nearly $900 million (\u20ac840.9 million) - that violated US sanctions, including ones involving Hamas\u2019 al-Qassam Brigades, al-Qaeda, and Iran. \n\nZhao knew that Binance was required to institute anti-money-laundering protocols, but instead directed the company to disguise customers' locations in the US in an effort to avoid complying with US law, prosecutors said. \n\nCrypto scandals \n\nThe cryptocurrency industry has been marred by scandals and market meltdowns. Most recently Nigeria has sought to try Binance and two of its executives on money laundering and tax evasion charges. \n\nZhao was perhaps best known as the chief rival to Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX, which was the second-largest crypto exchange before it collapsed in 2022. \n\nBankman-Fried was convicted last November of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion (\u20ac9.3 billion) from customers and investors and sentenced to 25 years in prison. \n\nZhao and Bankman-Fried were originally friendly competitors in the industry, with Binance investing in FTX when Bankman-Fried launched the exchange in 2019.\u00a0 \n\nHowever, the relationship between the two deteriorated, culminating in Zhao announcing he was selling all his cryptocurrency investments in FTX in early November 2022.\u00a0 \n\nFTX filed for bankruptcy a week later. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Prosecutors in the United States on Tuesday are asking a judge to hand\u00a0Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, a three-year prison sentence for allowing rampant money laundering on the platform.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao pleaded guilty and stepped down as Binance CEO in November as the company agreed to pay $4.3 billion (\u20ac4 million) to settle related allegations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>US officials said Zhao deliberately looked the other way as illicit actors conducted transactions that supported child sex abuse, the illegal drug trade, and terrorism.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"8057042\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//11//21//binance-ceo-cz-changpeng-zhao-steps-down-and-pleads-guilty-to-anti-money-laundering-charge/">Binance CEO 'CZ' Changpeng Zhao steps down and pleads guilty to anti-money laundering charge<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"He made a business decision that violating US law was the best way to attract users, build his company, and line his pockets,\" the US Justice Department wrote in a sentencing memorandum filed last week.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao's attorneys, insist he should receive no prison term at all, citing his willingness to come from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he and his family live, to the US to plead guilty, despite the UAE's lack of an extradition treaty with the US.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>No one has ever been sentenced to prison time for similar violations of the Bank Secrecy Act, they said.<\/p>\n<h2>Zhao: 'I want to come back'<\/h2><p>\"I want to take responsibility and close this chapter in my life,\" Zhao said when he entered his guilty plea to one count of failing to prevent money laundering.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I want to come back. Otherwise I wouldn\u2019t be here today\".<\/p>\n<p>But prosecutors say no one has ever violated the Bank Secrecy Act to the extent Zhao did. The three-year prison term they're seeking is twice the guideline range for the crime.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"7655606\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2023//06//06//what-is-happening-at-binance-bitcoin-reels-as-crypto-exchange-faces-lawsuit-from-us-regula/">What is happening with Binance? Bitcoin reels as crypto exchange faces lawsuit from US regulators<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Binance allowed more than 1.5 million virtual currency trades - totaling nearly $900 million (\u20ac840.9 million) - that violated US sanctions, including ones involving Hamas\u2019 al-Qassam Brigades, al-Qaeda, and Iran.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao knew that Binance was required to institute anti-money-laundering protocols, but instead directed the company to disguise customers' locations in the US in an effort to avoid complying with US law, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<h2>Crypto scandals<\/h2><p>The cryptocurrency industry has been marred by scandals and market meltdowns. Most recently Nigeria has sought to try Binance and two of its executives on money laundering and tax evasion charges.<\/p>\n<p>Zhao was perhaps best known as the chief rival to Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the FTX, which was the second-largest crypto exchange before it collapsed in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Bankman-Fried was convicted last November of fraud for stealing at least $10 billion (\u20ac9.3 billion) from customers and investors and sentenced to 25 years in prison.<\/p>\n<div\n data-stories-id=\"6792052\"\n data-event=\"widget_related\"\n class=\"widget widget--type-related widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <ul class=\"widget__related_list\"><li class=\"widget__related_listItem\"> <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2022//06//22//binance-is-in-it-for-the-long-game-when-it-comes-to-europe-and-doesnt-fear-the-crypto-cras/">Binance is \u2018in it for the long game\u2019 when it comes to Europe and doesn\u2019t fear the crypto crash<\/a> <\/li><\/ul>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zhao and Bankman-Fried were originally friendly competitors in the industry, with Binance investing in FTX when Bankman-Fried launched the exchange in 2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, the relationship between the two deteriorated, culminating in Zhao announcing he was selling all his cryptocurrency investments in FTX in early November 2022.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>FTX filed for bankruptcy a week later.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1714461183,"updatedAt":1714464579,"publishedAt":1714462164,"firstPublishedAt":1714462169,"lastPublishedAt":1714464578,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ken Lambert\/AP","altText":"Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, right, leaves federal court in Seattle on November 21, 2023.","callToActionText":null,"width":1598,"caption":"Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao, right, leaves federal court in Seattle on November 21, 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Not here, not there, not anywhere in the world,\" Biden said. \n\nThe presumptive Democratic nominee said Russian President Vladimir Putin should release Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained in Russia on March 29, 2023 while doing his job as a journalist, according to the paper.\u00a0 \n\n\u201c[Vladimir] Putin should release Evan [Gershkovich],\u201d Biden said. \n\n\u201cWe are doing everything we can.\u201d \n\n\nCalls come amid humour \n\nThe mood shifted, however, as the serving president also used his 10 minute speech to poke fun at himself and his presumptive Republican running mate, former US President Donald Trump. \n\n\"The 2024 election is in full swing. And yes, age is an issue. I'm a grown man running against a six-year-old,\" Biden said. \n\n\u201cTrump's so desperate, he started reading those Bibles he's selling. Then he got to the first commandment: 'you shall have no other gods before me'. That's when he put it down and said, this book's not for me.\u201d \n\nTrump did not attend Saturday's dinner and never attended the annual banquet as president. In 2011, he sat in the audience, and glowered through a roasting by then-President Barack Obama of Trump's reality-television celebrity status. \n\nObama's sarcasm then was so scalding that many political watchers linked it to Trump's subsequent decision to run for president in 2016. \n\nSlain Gaza journalists mentioned, media criticised \n\nBiden\u2019s speech made no mention of the ongoing war or the growing humanitarian crisis in Gaza. \n\nKelly O\u2019Donnell, president of the correspondents\u2019 association, briefly noted some 100 journalists killed in Israel's six-month-old war against Hamas in Gaza.\u00a0 \n\nBut hundreds of protesters draped in keffiyeh resistance scarfs blocked the entryway into the media dinner to condemn the Biden administration's handling of the war as well as mainstream media's alleged under-coverage and misrepresentation.\u00a0 \n\nCrowds chanted, \u201cWestern media we see you, and all the horrors that you hide,\" while other protesters lay sprawled motionless on the pavement, next to mock-ups of flak vests with \u201cpress\u201d insignia. \n\nLeading global media association, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), claim 102 Palestinian journalists and media workers have been killed in the ongoing Hamas-Israel war as of April 4. \n\n\"Since the initial attack the IFJ has called for the release of all hostages, for the opening of Gaza to international reporters, and Israel to respect international law that requires combatants to safeguard journalists,\" the IFJ states online . \n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Joe Biden used his time at the lectern in front of a room full of 3,000 media hounds and A-list celebrities at the\u00a0Washington Hilton on Saturday\u00a0to\u00a0call on foreign governments to \"immediately\" release journalists held captive.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The comments came on Saturday night at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJournalism is clearly not a crime. Not here, not there, not anywhere in the world,\" Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>The presumptive Democratic nominee said Russian President Vladimir Putin should release <em>Wall Street Journal<\/em> reporter Evan Gershkovich who was detained in Russia on March 29, 2023 while doing his job as a journalist, according to the paper.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[Vladimir] Putin should release Evan [Gershkovich],\u201d Biden said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are doing everything we can.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1773644279711207464\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2>Calls come amid humour<\/h2><p>The mood shifted, however, as the serving president also used his 10 minute speech to poke fun at himself and his presumptive Republican running mate, former US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\"The 2024 election is in full swing. 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The judge ruled Kurbonov would be kept in custody until 22 May pending investigation and trial. \n\n12 defendants have been arrested in the case, including four who allegedly carried out the attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, according to RIA Novosti. \n\nThose four appeared in the same Moscow court at the end of March on terrorism charges and showed signs of severe beatings. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing. The court ordered that the men, all of whom were identified in the media as citizens of Tajikistan, also be held in custody until 22 May. \n\nA faction of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the massacre in which gunmen shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire. But Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin have persistently claimed, without presenting evidence, that Ukraine and the West had a role in the attack. \n\nUkraine denies involvement and its officials claim that Moscow is pushing the allegation as a pretext to intensify its fighting in Ukraine. \n\n'Putin did not order Navalny death,' US intelligence agencies say \n\nUS intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin most likely did not order opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be killed, according to an exclusive by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ). \n\nNavalny, who died while in custody at an Arctic prison camp in February, was one of Putin's fiercest critics. He was 47. \n\nNavalny's allies, including his wife Yulia Navalnaya, accused the Russian leader of having him murdered - an accusation the Kremlin has always denied. \n\nThe WSJ cited reports by US intelligence agencies - including an analysis of classified intelligence - Putin is unlikely to have ordered the death of his opponent. Euronews has not been able to independently verify the cited intelligence reports. \n\nThe death of Alexei Navalny was strongly condemned by US president Joe Biden and the international community, who pointed to Putin as the main instigator of the death of his opponent. \n\nThe Kremlin continues to deny any involvement in Navalny's death. \n\nKremlin says Russia will overcome any EU sanctions on its LNG operations \n\nRussia will look for ways to overcome what it says are illegal sanctions the European Union will impose on its liquified natural gas (LNG) operations, the Kremlin said on Saturday. \n\nIt is thought the European Commission\u2019s next sanctions package will propose restrictions on Russian liquefied natural gas for the first time, including a ban on trans-shipments in the EU and measures on three Russian LNG projects. \n\nAccording to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov,\u00a0any new EU restrictions would benefit the US and would mean European industry pays more for its gas.\u00a0\u201cOf course, in any case, we will look for ways to overcome these illegal obstacles, unfair competition and illegal actions,\u201d Peskov told reporters. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Dzhumokhon Kurbonov, a citizen of Tajikistan, is accused of providing the attackers with means of communication and financing. The judge ruled Kurbonov would be kept in custody until 22 May pending investigation and trial.<\/p>\n<p>12 defendants have been arrested in the case, including four who allegedly carried out the attack at the Crocus City Hall concert venue, according to RIA Novosti.<\/p>\n<p>Those four appeared in the same Moscow court at the end of March on terrorism charges and showed signs of severe beatings. One appeared to be barely conscious during the hearing. The court ordered that the men, all of whom were identified in the media as citizens of Tajikistan, also be held in custody until 22 May.<\/p>\n<p>A faction of the Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the massacre in which gunmen shot people who were waiting for a show by a popular rock band and then set the building on fire. But Russian officials including President Vladimir Putin have persistently claimed, without presenting evidence, that Ukraine and the West had a role in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine denies involvement and its officials claim that Moscow is pushing the allegation as a pretext to intensify its fighting in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<h2>'Putin did not order Navalny death,' US intelligence agencies say<\/h2><p>US intelligence agencies have determined that Russian President Vladimir Putin most likely did not order opposition leader Alexei Navalny to be killed, according to an exclusive by the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).<\/p>\n<p>Navalny, who <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2024//02//16//kremlin-critic-alexei-navalny-has-died-in-prison-russian-prison-services-announce/">died while in custody at an Arctic prison camp in February, was one of Putin's fiercest critics. He was 47.<\/p>\n<p>Navalny's allies, including his wife <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2024//02//28//yulia-navalnaya-tells-meps-to-stop-being-boring-to-defeat-putins-regime/">Yulia Navalnaya,<\/strong><\/a> accused the Russian leader of having him murdered - an accusation the Kremlin has always denied.<\/p>\n<p>The WSJ cited reports by US intelligence agencies - including an analysis of classified intelligence - Putin is unlikely to have ordered the death of his opponent. 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