Now playing Next Europe News These are the four technologies the EU fears might be weaponised The European Commission has unveiled a preliminary list of four technology areas that have the highest risk of being misused to prop up autocratic regimes and violate human rights. 03/10/2023
Now playing Next Green News ‘Wasteland’ tackles the monstrous nature of toxic colonialism Oliver Franklin-Wallis’s deep-dive into what we throw “away” reveals the dirty truth about the Global North’s overconsumption and waste management. 01/10/2023
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Now playing Next World News Euroviews. We have to back COP28. It’s the most ambitious climate plan in history If COP28 brokers a global climate deal on these proposals, it would help fast-track a just transition away from fossil fuels. If it fails, the chances of such a transition will be dangerously diminished, Prof İbrahim Özdemir writes. 29/09/2023
Now playing Next Art Aya Takano's Fukushima-inspired art sends message of hope in Lyon Shaken by the Fukushima nuclear disaster, versatile Japanese artist Aya Takano heals her trauma with a new series of works in the form of an ode to nature, some 150 pieces exhibited at Lyon's Musée d'Art Contemporain. 28/09/2023
Now playing Next Culture news 'Dr. Strangelove' to become first official Stanley Kubrick stage play “Gee, I wish we had one of them doomsday machines.” 27/09/2023
Now playing Next Europe News EU 'willing to consider' subsidies for nuclear reactors: von der Leyen Ursula von der Leyen has welcomed the idea of industrial subsidies in the field of nuclear energy, a highly divisive topic in the European Union. 26/09/2023
Now playing Next Green News France unveils green plan focusing on EVs, heat pumps and energy bills ‘He made the exact same promise five years ago’: Environmentalists have criticised Macron’s climate roadmap. 26/09/2023
Now playing Next Economy How Germany lost its reputation as the economic envy of the world The loss of cheap gas from Russia played a part, but decisions in the boom years are now being questioned. 23/09/2023
Now playing Next Green News Poland gives green light for country’s first nuclear power plant Climate Minister Anna Moskwa said the step forward was "crucial" for Poland's energy security. 22/09/2023
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. 'Three Seas' countries are looking to harness next-gen nuclear energy Small modular nuclear reactors and their many potential applications have come to reflect the vital role that innovation and technology can have at the nexus of energy security and decarbonisation, Nathan Alan-Lee writes. 21/09/2023
Now playing Next United Kingdom How have social attitudes changed in the UK over the last 40 years? Brits today think about many things differently than they did in the 1980s, but some views remain deeply entrenched. 21/09/2023
Now playing Next Tech News Six months after call for AI pause, are we closer to disaster? Tech leaders signed an open letter calling for a pause to AI experiments but have their warnings been heeded? 21/09/2023
Now playing Next Markets Toshiba to come off the stock exchange after consortium takeover Toshiba will delist from the Tokyo Stock Exchange within about a month, ending its more than seven-decade history as a listed company. 21/09/2023
Now playing Next Culture news French billionaire art collector back in court for tax fraud Fifth-generation art collector Guy Wildenstein is back before a French court this week. Here’s how one of the world’s most powerful art dynasties got embroiled in a multigenerational tax fraud case. 20/09/2023
Now playing Next North Korea North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un returns after historic Russia trip During his visit to Russia, the highlight was the topic of possible North Korean weapons being supplied to the Kremlin's military operations in Ukraine. 20/09/2023
Now playing Next World News Euroviews. The women of Iran deserve a tough EU line Mahsa Amini’s example continues to challenge us, in Sweden, in Europe and beyond to dare to tell the truth and stand up for what is right, which is why I nominated her for this year's Sakharov Prize, MEP David Lega writes. 18/09/2023