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In new series, Euronews takes you inside Europe’s fight for fresh water
This week The Briefing exceptionally arrives in your inbox on Wednesday due to a bank holiday in Belgium.
Life on earth depends on fresh water: a resource that’s under pressure.
Soaring demand and climate change make fresh water ever more precious, while floods and droughts are getting more extreme, changing the lives of millions.
In Europe, the situation is rapidly turning from concerning to critical.
Last year, a stubbornly dry summer caused a downturn in hydropower generation that exacerbated the energy crisis. This winter, ski resorts in the Alps were forced to close down sooner than expected as unusually balmy temperatures melted the snow. And this spring has brought a severe drought to Southern Europe that is depleting water reserves at an alarming pace.
But despite the bleak outlook, all hope is not lost. Innovation and creativity are coming together to design ingenious ways to guarantee reliable supplies of clean water for everybody, even under the most adverse conditions.
This desire to push the envelope is the driver behind ‘The Road to Green,’ Euronews’ new series that takes you on a road trip across Europe to meet those finding solutions to the greatest environmental challenges of our time.
In the first episode, our reporter Cyril Fourneris travels to two regions in Europe that face different problems with the same root cause: water.
In Lake Constance, Germany, scientists are at the forefront of the new fight against micro-pollutants, a make-or-break challenge for the region that hosts Europe’s latest drinking water reservoir. In Valencia, Spain, farmers and innovators are working to bring down the costs of desalination and step up efforts to recycle wastewater. The ultimate goal? Defeat the drought.
“At first, farmers were reluctant,” says farmer Enrique Aguilar, when asked about reused water.
“Would the water be good or not? But we've been using it for over 25 years and the results are really positive. Water is water. It has all the necessary qualities. We've been irrigating with recycled water for many years and no one's ever noticed anything!”
 The Briefing invites you to watch The Road to Green.
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WHAT ELSE IS GOING ON?
THE FRONTLINE Ukrainian officials say the country’s armed forces managed to repel a “complex” attack on Kyiv, intercepting six Kinzhal supersonic missiles, which Russia had touted as one of its most powerful weapons. The operation came on the heels of President Volodymr Zelenskyy’s express tour of several European capitals, where he asked for more military assistance. Meanwhile, in Brussels, discussions continue on new sanctions against Russia’s enablers. And Hungary has blocked a new tranche of EU assistance to Kyiv.
THE OTHER ONES The Russian Wagner mercenary group often steals the limelight, thanks largely to its outspoken and publicity-crazed boss Yevgeny Prigozhin. But Wagner is not the only for-hire militia waging war in Ukraine. Joshua Askew looks into the other mercenaries paid by Vladimir Putin.
GEARING UP Ukrainian officials have for months talked about a spring counteroffensive to retake territory occupied by Russian forces. But with Western allies adding pressure to ensure the campaign is a success, Kyiv has begun to dial down the rhetoric, saying it needs more time to prepare. What is Ukraine waiting for? Valerii Nozhin looks into the high stakes surrounding the counteroffensive.
SAVE THE DATE The next elections to the European Parliament will be held between 6 and 9 June 2024. Member states chose the date by default, as no other option on the table had enough votes to move forward. The election will call more than 400 eligible voters to the polls.
GRIM WARNING Global temperatures are likely to soar to record levels in the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) has warned. The latest report says there is a 66% chance that annual average surface temperatures between 2023 and 2027 will be more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels for at least one year, effectively breaching the Paris Agreement.
FACT CHECK President Emmanuel Macron of France believes the EU has done more than other major economies to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. But is this true?
ANKARA’S CHOICE All eyes are on Turkey as the country heads for a run-off in a hard-fought presidential election that will pit the incumbent, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, against opposition leader Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu. We have the key takeaways from the first round, a recap of the misleading claims going viral on social media and an interesting breakdown on how Turkey’s European diaspora voted, country by country.
FOREVER WAIT The presidential elections have shed light on a topic that few in Brussels are brave enough to mention: Turkey’s EU accession. The country first applied in 1987 and made some advances but internal politics and growing reticence among European leaders have ground the whole process to a halt. Jorge Liboreiro brings us a brief history of Turkey’s long, tortuous path to EU membership.
#IDAHOT On the occasion of the International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia, also known as IDAHOT, we examine the current state of LGBTQ+ rights across Europe.
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IT'S IN THE NUMBERS
The EU’s joint purchases of gas produced this week the first results: 13.4 billion cubic metres (bcm) of gas were offered by international suppliers to meet an aggregate demand of 11.6 bcm, exceeding expectations. However, just 10.9 bcm were matched in practice, with 20% coming in the form of LNG and the rest via pipeline. Brussels plans to hold four more rounds of tendering before the end of the year.
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EDITOR'S CHOICE
The greatest European films of the 21st century, according to Euronews
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Making a list of the greatest movies is always a slippery slope. Some fans loudly celebrate the ranking of their personal favourites while others furiously decry the omission of their beloved titles. By the time you reach the end of the list, two things become obvious: no one is entirely happy and everybody has something today. Mindful of these risks, our colleagues at Euronews Culture have dared select the 30 greatest European films of the 21st century, creating a catalogue that honours the richness and variety of our cinema, with masterpieces from Haneke, Almodóvar and Vinterberg.
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Archaeologists in Pompeii discovered two skeletons that they believe were men who died when a wall collapsed on them during the powerful earthquakes that accompanied the eruption of Mount Vesuvius.
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