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when asked -- >> welcome to "live from paris," world news and analysis from france 24. at least 79 migrants have died after a fishing boat capsized off greece. the rescue agency says there were 750 people on board the vessel. tonight, many are still missing. russian forces fire cruise missiles at the southern ukrainian port city of odessa and shall -- shall -- shell the
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eastern donetsk region. a state funeral for silvio berlusconi, who died on monday. the 86-year-old had been fighting leukemia. he leaves a colorful and controversial legacy. this is "live from paris." thank you very much for being with us. at least 79 people are dead in the latest migrant tragedy in the mediterranean. this time it was off the greek post. a fishing boat capsizing. according to reports, there were some 750 people on board. tonight, many of those people remain missing at sea. the united nations says a 1000 people have died at sea this year attempting to migrate.
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greece is one of the main routes into the european union for refugees and migrants from the middle east, asia, and africa. most crossover to greek islands from nearby turkey. >> back on land after an overnight tragedy. these are some of the survivors of the latest migrant boat capsizing in the mediterranean. at least 100 have been rescued. >> it is indeed a tragic situation, a very difficult situation with a very large number of shipwrecked people, and number that i think we have not faced in the past. >> this is already one of the worst migrant crossing disasters of the year. with hundreds of people believed to be on board the fishing vessel, the number is expected to rise. coast guard, navy, and merchant vessels as well as aircraft have
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extended the search in the hope of finding more survivors. of those brought back to safety, several were taken to hospital, though not in serious condition. >> for people who were rescued by helicopter and were transported from the airport to the hospital with mild hypothermia symptoms. here at the harbor so far, we have transferred 13 people. >> the capsizing is the worst off greece this year and one of the deadliest in europe. in february, 96 people were killed when their boat smashed into rocks off the italian coast during a storm. mark: at least six people have been killed as russia hit the ukrainian city of odessa and donetsk province. the strike also damaged homes, shops, and cafes in the city's
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downtown. in eastern ukraine, donetsk province, the governor wrote on telegram that at least three people died after shelling destroyed several homes and damaged dozens more. >> a warehouse on fire, residential buildings, and schools in ruins. this is the aftermath of the latest missile attack on odessa. emergency teams are searching for victims stuck underneath the rubble. the blast waves also destroyed food establishments and shops nearby. residents who survived the attack mobilized quickly to help clean up the damage. >> at 2:00 in the middle of the night, i heard an explosion.
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>> it is really scary. we had just heard the air raid siren and had not even had time to get downstairs when the explosion happened. just after the explosion, we went to the parking lot. it is terrifying. once a top holiday destination for both russians and ukrainians, the port city has been bombed several times since the beginning of the war and is now classified as a unesco world heritage site in danger. ukrainian air force reported that it had managed to destroy three missiles and nine drones before they hit their targets. the ukraine military says russia has increased its missile and aerial strikes. this comes as kyiv is moving its counteroffensive forwards, claiming some modest gains and intensifying the fighting along the 1000-kilometer front. mark: let's get some analysis
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from our guest from the eurasia democracy initiative. peter joins us live from kyiv. given the status of odessa and how popular it was to both sides, there is a real symbolism about this. >> indeed, the symbolism is that russia has claimed these territories in the south of ukraine as historically russian lands. odessa is traditionally a historically russian speaking, and that's where a lot of the sympathy for russia could be found, before at least 2014 but even after the initial russian aggression against ukraine, it sort of persisted. russia's influence and culture has been dominant in odessa, and now odessa has been at the front
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lines, so you have a variable renaissance of ukrainian culture. a lot of odessa and -- a lot of odessans are switching to ukrainian. i just do not believe we will see a resurgence of any sort of sympathy for russia in the coming generations after what vladimir putin has done to that city. mark: as you spoke, we were showing the images of odessa. again, another story being told. we understand in the dundas area there have been something like three people killed. that obviously could be a larger figure given the scale of what russia is doing. >> that's actually my native region. i'm originally from donetsk, and it pains my heart to see the region as being destroyed. i'm not sure it will ever be
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back to its former glory in our lifetimes. some of these missiles are far from precise. the russian army is stuck in defense positions. the ukrainian army is on the offensive and has the initiative, and ef, which is the target vladimir putin wants to go after, and he has tried, he has suffered over 20 shillings, but all the air defenses we have gotten there now, vladimir putin
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is adding to these attacks elsewhere. mark: the reported setback, with a question of truth or fake comes into it, russian forces celebrating what happened. can you throw any light on that for us? >> first of all, you have to take everything and anything that comes out of russian propaganda with a grain of salt. most of it has been lysed. as most of it has been lysed -- most of it has been lies. the pentagon has finally confirmed that their figures are grossly exaggerated, and when we referred to that story, what we
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have seen is that ukraine has in fact captured a lot of these population centers. it has the initiative, and it has been in russia's interest here ukrainians never claimed it was going to be quick. by all accounts it was going to be a hard and bloodiest log all summer and -- hard and bloody's log -- hard and bloody slog through the summer and beyond. mark: you and i first spoke when the invasion first happened. within met in kyiv, marking the anniversary of the invasion and we are now moving on again. -- we first met in ukraine. do you think this can continue
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as it is? >> that is obviously a big question. 80% of ukrainians now in the 16th month -- 60th -- 16th month of war have committed to reject any territorial concession to the russians. that figure can change, but to go by what i'm seeing, what i'm hearing, ukrainians are patient. they have adjusted expectations for the counteroffensive. without western resolved to support ukraine, we would have a very different picture, but i'm hopeful that ukraine will be given security guarantees that will add to eventual progress,
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maybe with a concrete date of nato membership i will send a signal to vladimir putin that the west have staying power because ukrainians have nowhere else to go. it takes two to tango. vladimir putin has to understand that he is counting on the west to fail. mark: we continue to watch full on the situation in ukraine. next, eu lawmakers push the bloc to move closer to passing one of the world's laws regulating artificial intelligence systems like chatgpt. while the european union first proposed such and lot in 2021, it took on greater urgency when
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chatgpt exploded onto the scene last year. the eu said it's a law, once passed, will set a global standard, but the bloc could face pushback from big tech companies. is this europe's big stand against ai? >> i mean, it is looking that way. this was a major hurdle for the eu's ai act, and the legislation is set to become the first piece of legislation dedicated to artificial intelligence in the world, and that is important because it will set the standard for everything else. that is why they are rushing this through at the moment. as you mentioned, this proposal from the european commission behind me first came out in 2021, and the area is moving so fast that a lot has changed. the european parliament voted to change the proposal that the commission had originally come out with in several ways, some
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of which are going to be controversial for sure. the main thrust of the original proposal was that risk assessments will need to be carried out for any use of ai in sensitive areas such as utilities, electric and water utilities for the doling out of government assistance, government services, and also for tracking criminal activity. it also contains some provisions for generative ai. that is what chatgpt is. it would require that the makers of generative ai disclose if any copyrighted material has been used to generate that text. it would also require those makers of generative ai to prevent their systems from generating any illegal text such as hate speech. controversially, the parliament also added a ban on the use of ai facial recognition, either in public spaces or in any real
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time monitoring. they say that facial recognition is needed by law enforcement and security services and that there need to be pretty wide exemptions if the ai act is going to contain anything like that. the parliament's version passed today. we are set for a pretty big battle i think on this issue of facial recognition in the next few months. mark: the whole issue has interested me. i recently watched a documentary dedicated to that whole issue. man behind chatgpt was asking for guidance saying that the people in power need to make laws. he also threatened to pull out if regulations were too tough. is that still a risk, do you think? quincy has been unkind of a world tour of legislatures.
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he came here to the headquarters of the european commission a while ago to meet with ursula von der leyen. he has changed his tune since the original threat. he said he wants some kind of framework to be set for generative ai, but on the idea that the copyrighted material used to generate have to be disclosed, he has said that is simply not possible, that there is no way that they can determine what source material was used by the ai, so that's going to receive pushback, but if he absolutely did walk back that initial threat where he said openai is going to leave the european union, i think -- because obviously, this is the world's largest single market, and that was never really a credible threat -- it is never really a credible threat coming from anyone, but also i think he knows other regimes around the world, including the united states, are watching what happens and may design their own laws in a similar way. mark: thanks very much indeed as
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ever for your report. always appreciate it. very well in rome. italy's former premier, silvio berlusconi, honored this wednesday with a state funeral in milan. there were thousands of people outside the cathedral. they erupted in applause as a sign of respect as his rose-draped casket was hoisted outside of the house. inside the cathedral, italy's business and political elite including the president and three premier's as well as berlusconi's children who openly wept. it was also a day of national mourning as his legacy, positive and negative, has been hotly debated. silvio berlusconi has died at the age of 86. time for business. the u.s. federal reserve has decided to keep interest rates unchanged.
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>> that's right. after 10 consecutive rate hikes since early last year, the fed has decided to hold its policy rate steady at the current range of 5.25%, but policymakers indicated two more rate hikes will come before the end of the year as inflation still remains high. consumer prices rose 4% year on year in may come but core inflation remained at 5.3%. officials upgraded their outlook to 1% from 1.4 percent,c growth indicating that inflation may fall more slowly. >> inflation has moderated somewhat since the middle of last year. nonetheless, inflation pressures continue to run high, and the process of getting inflation back down to 2% has a long way to go. the economy is facing headwinds from tighter credit conditions from households and businesses,
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which are likely to weigh on economic activity, hiring, and inflation. the extent of these effects remains uncertain. >> u.s. stocks dropped on the suggestion that more rate hikes would come later this year before recovering some ground. the dow jones closed the day down nearly .7%. the s&p ended flat, and the nasdaq managed to extend a winning streak. google is facing fresh charges by eu antitrust regulators, citing the heart of the internet giant advertising technology. the commission sent a statement of objections to people saying that since at least 2014, it had abused its dominant position by favoring its own ad services. this is the biggest moneymaker for google, accounting for nearly 80% of total revenue last year. the firm may be ordered to break up its ad unit.
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>> google is dominant on both sides of the market. a remedy requiring google to just change its behavior would allow google to do what it has been doing so far, just under a different disguise. should the commission conclude that google acted in an illegal manner, it might require google to divest part of its services. >> in paris, the trade for innovation has kicked off today. the seventh edition of the event is drawing thousands of startups and investors from around the world. >> over 2000 startups, thousands more investors, and a window into the world of tomorrow. >> we analyze thousands of letters to have a database to have our own generative artificial intelligence so that we can bring van gogh to life.
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>> we call it human augmentation. a robotic structure that helps during these hard physical tasks. >> they show kicked off in paris on wednesday with innovation around every corner. it is all on display, if it's a new concept air scooter, reforestation techniques, or a new smart makeup applicator for people with disabilities. with the rise of chatgpt, all the talk this time is around artificial intelligence and france is hoping to become a leader on the world stage. emmanuel macron delivered promises of increased investment as he touts his vision of france as a startup nation. >> a good thing is we have a lot of very good talent. we will invest like crazy on
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training and reserve. >> but the french president also called for clarity is the age of ai approaches. >> we want to be sure that this is safe so we need some rules. we need some basic regulation. >> macron, along with thousands of spectators, is set to make the most of the biotech -- make the most of viva tech this year after the surprise announcement elon musk will be visiting this friday. >> a chocolate biscuit maker faces boycotts over its ties with russia. the company was added to a list of international sponsors of war drawn up by ukrainian authorities for its decision to continue operating in russia. the owner of oriole, cadbury -- the owner of oreo and cadbury as
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a strong presence in france. the owner says it plans to meet with both sides of the boycott. that is it for business. >> thank. let's go truthing or faking. france accuses russia of an online disinformation campaign by the name of doppelganger. tell us more. >> that's right. france accuses the russian government this tuesday of long-running online misinformation campaign to create confusion and disinformation about the war in ukraine. defense agency responsible -- the french agency responsible for fighting this interference says it has monitored this operation since russia invaded ukraine in the spring of 2022. they nicknamed this operation after a pro-russian website that
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according to the government takes a major role in this misinformation campaign. the website is ironically called reliable recent news, consistently publishing pro-russian narratives on its website. this operation is a complex and persistent digital information manipulation campaign where france is one of several european countries that was targeted. the campaign is structured around four components that we will get into, but mainly, the dissemination of pro-russian content related to the war in ukraine and mainly the user -- usurpation of information. mark: the very title sounds like a parody. tell us about these methods of disinformation, starting with
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the impersonation of french news websites. >> here we have some examples of these french news websites that were usurped in order to fred -- in order to spread fake information about the war in ukraine. let's begin with this fake cover from le monde at was originally in french. very pro-russian narrative that was a copublished in this fake cover. then we have this claimed that the massacre in abuja -- massacre in bucha was staged. as we've said many times in the segment, the massacre was very much real. we have another example in english of this fake cover of
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"the guardian" where once again allegedly, they claim the false staging of bucha is revealed. we have this fake cor from le parisian with a claim massive exodus to escape military slavery. usurping is not limited to media. it has also occurred with governmental websites, notably and most recently the ministry of europe for an affairs where they allegedly published this fake governmental document a security tax where the french would be taxed an additional
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1.5% in order to guarantee ukraine's security. this is evidently a false document, a clear attempt to stir up french anti-ukrainian sentiment. mark: doppelganger, disinformation, dastardly, another d. one of the most dodgy things about it all -- dodgy, get another d. theme for tonight. how do you know which is real and which is bogus? >> imitations of these leading french websites are absolutely uncanny. we put them together. here we have a real cover from le monde published yesterday on this doppelganger affair and here we have the fake one. you can see the similarity is enormous. there are certain anomalies on the fake one. let's take a closer look at the url. first of all, you can see the
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words dangerous, so that's already a big warning sign. if we take a closer look, it says lemonde.ltd, while the real url is lemonde.fr. we notice the same anomaly for the fake covers for le parisian. look out for that, and for more information, if you want to look at how to identify these fake websites, you can take a look at this french governmental document online. or: thank you very much indeed, and thanks also for business. and thanks to you all for watching wherever you are around the world. more to come "live from paris."
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