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  • China MOFA Briefing - 5 June 2025
    (5 Jun 2025)
    MOFA Briefing
    Spokesperson: Lin Jian
    Date: 5 June 2025
    Duration: 4 mins 30 sec
    STORYLINE:
    Press Release: Vice President Han Zheng will be invited to Nice, France to attend the United Nations Oceans Conference and visit Spain from June 7th to 13th.
    1. Today is World Environment Day, and there are comments that China has led the global green transition in recent years, making remarkable achievements in areas such as renewable energy development and helping other developing countries to implement energy transition projects. May I ask the spokesperson to comment on this?
    China has always been a firm activist for green development. Over the past 20 years since the concept of “green mountains are golden mountains” was put forward, China has overcome difficulties in the field of ecological governance, properly handled the relationship between development and protection, become the country with the fastest reduction in energy consumption intensity and the most obvious improvement in air quality in the world, contributed one-fourth of the world's new green area, constructed the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, and built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system, as well as the world's largest and largest green economy. It has built the world's largest and fastest-growing renewable energy system and the world's largest and most complete new energy industry chain. China is also an important contributor to the global green transformation, cooperating with more than 100 countries and regions in green energy projects, actively supporting the free flow of high-quality green technologies and products, providing the world with more than 80% of photovoltaic modules and 70% of wind power equipment, and promoting a cumulative drop of more than 60% and 80% in the average cost of electricity per kilowatt-hour for global wind and photovoltaic power generation projects, respectively, so that all countries, especially developing countries in general, can So that all countries, especially the vast number of developing countries, can use it, afford it and use it well. The world is in the same boat, and the destiny of mankind is shared. China adheres to ecological priority and green development, and is willing to continue to play the role of an “enabling power”, fulfill its common but differentiated responsibilities with all parties, and promote the building of a clean, beautiful and sustainable world.
    2. The United States announced restrictions on the entry of citizens of many countries, China's comments?
    We have noted the relevant reports that people-to-people exchanges are the basis for promoting exchanges and cooperation among countries.
    3. The U.S. announced that it will impose visa restrictions on international students at Harvard University, what is China's assessment?
    Educational cooperation between China and the United States is mutually benefic... [truncated]
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    5 min
  • NATO to greenlight targets to buy more military kit as part of a major defense spending hike
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Brussels, Belgium - 5 June 2025
    1. Various of NATO Secretary General, Mark Rutte arriving
    2. SOUNDBITE (English) Mark Rutte, NATO Secretary General:
    "Today we decide on the capability targets. From there you will assess the gaps we have, not only to be able to defend ourselves today, but also three, five, seven years from now. And all these investments have to be financed, and that is what we will do in The Hague. So this is really a two-step approach, today, the capability targets, that will inform you, give you the rooting, let's say the basis to build on to have a strong discussion on spending which is then rooted in the decisions we take today with the defense ministers."
    3. Cameraman
    4. Rutte leaving
    STORYLINE:
    NATO defense ministers are set on Thursday to endorse targets for buying more weapons and military equipment to better defend Europe, the Arctic and North Atlantic as part of a U.S. push to ramp up security spending.
    The “capability targets” lay out plans for each of the 32 nations to purchase priority equipment like air and missile defense systems, artillery, ammunition, drones and “strategic enablers” such as air-to-air refueling, heavy air transport and logistics.
    “Today we decide on the capability targets. From there, we will assess the gaps we have, not only to be able to defend ourselves today, but also three, five, seven years from now,” NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said.
    “All these investments have to be financed,” he told reporters before chairing the meeting at NATO’s Brussels headquarters.
    U.S. President Donald Trump and his NATO counterparts meet on June 24-25 to agree new military spending targets.
    The targets are assigned by NATO based on a blueprint agreed in 2023 – the military organization’s biggest planning shakeup since the Cold War – to defend its territory from an attack by Russia or another major adversary.
    Under the plans, NATO would aim to have up to 300,000 troops ready to move to its eastern flank within 30 days, although experts suggest the allies would struggle to muster those kinds of numbers.
    The member countries are assigned roles in defending NATO territory across three major zones – the high north and Atlantic area, a zone north of the Alps, and another in southern Europe.
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  • Australian defense minister delivers remarks after meeting counterpart in Indonesia
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Jakarta, Indonesia - 5 June 2025
    1. Wide of Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles entering
    2. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Marles, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister:
    "Look, fundamentally, our relationship with Indonesia is based on its own terms. You just need to look at the map to understand how strategically important Indonesia is to Australia, but how strategically important Australia can be to Indonesia. We really can help provide Indonesia with strategic depth and obviously Indonesia very much sits across the north of Australia and in that sense its geography is profoundly important. And irrespective of what's going on in the rest of the world, that alone means that it's profoundly important for us to have the best relationship that we can and really that's actually what's driving the increase in the activity between Australia and Indonesia that's why we're seeking to to deepen our relationship with Indonesia. I mean we've made no secret of the fact that we have a security anxiety in relation to China that's principally driven by the very significant conventional military build-up that China is engaging in, and for that matter a nuclear build-up, that China's engaging in. We've made that clear to China itself. It does shape how we think about the strategic landscape that we face.":
    3. Mid of Marles
    4. SOUNDBITE (English) Richard Marles, Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister:
    "Well, clearly Australia will determine its own defense spending based on our own national interest. We understand the American view. And I've said that but it's also, I mean America understands that we will determine our defense spending based on our own strategic interest and we've made that very clear. In fact we've increased our defense spending considerably already. We have over the last couple of years engaged in the biggest increase in peacetime spending in for defense in our history."
    ++ENDS ON SOUNDBITE++
    STORYLINE:
    Australia's Deputy Prime Minister and Defense Minister Richard Marles was in Indonesia on his last leg of a tour of Southeast Asia on Thursday.
    Marles said Indonesia's geographic location adds to its importance as a partner to Australia.
    Marles also noted that Australia has had some "security anxiety" in relation to China over its military and nuclear build ups.
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  • Musical stars talk on Bollywood and their compilation album
    (2 Jan 2003)
    22 mins approx
    1. Sit down interview with (L-R) Raj and Pablo. Talk on: Bollywood within London, how they met (during auditions for a play), idea for their Bollywood nights club evening, their love for Bollywood movies and the songs within them, the clientele of their club nights, famous people at their club nights, people arranging dance routines within the club, make up of their album and choice of songs, supportive nature of all those involved in the release, collaborations on the album, trying to get a wider audience for Bollywood films and programmes, the increasingly Westernized nature of Bollywood, crossover films and avoiding arranged marriages and other cliches in crossover pieces, how collaborations on the album came about, their favourite tracks, the market for their CD, Raj and Pablo day at Selfridges, their definition of Bollywood, working on a soundtrack, future plans for their club night and arranging guest appearances, the Bollywood evenings at Selfridges.
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    22 min
  • NATO defense ministers arrive in Brussels ahead of high-stakes summit
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Brussels, Belgium - 5 June 2025
    1. Wide of Canadian Defense Minister David McGuinty arriving
    2. SOUNDBITE (English) David McGuinty, Canadian Defense Minister:
    "Canada will invest in its defenses, rebuild its military capacities and meet the moment with purpose and with urgency. Our government is already very hard at work. There will be more to say very soon as we look to revisit and review our expenditures domestically, continental and internationally. We are under no illusions about the scale of the challenges ahead. Russia's unprovoked and brutal war against Ukraine continues to destabilize the global security landscape. China's growing ambitions and increasingly assertive behavior are eroding stability in the Indo-Pacific, and the erratic actions of regimes like North Korea and Iran are undermining the rules based order we all depend on. In the face of these growing threats, we must all do more. We will all do more. And I'm looking forward to those discussions with my counterparts here today."
    3. McGuinty leaving
    4. SOUNDBITE (English) Pål Jonson, Swedish Defense Minister:
    "The last point I want to convey is that we're having an important meeting also in regard to Ukraine and the NATO-Ukraine meeting that we are having as well. We are making an announcement today from Sweden that we're dedicating 50 million euros also to the NSATU ( NATO Security Assistance and Training for Ukraine) fund and NATO cap as well, and we are very focused now on fronting our support to Ukraine so Ukraine can negotiate from a position of strength."
    5. Cutaway security
    6. SOUNDBITE (English) Pål Jonson, Swedish Defense Minister:
    "NATO needs to achieve a strong ability to deter and defend. We take note of Russia right now being bogged down in and around Ukraine. It hasn't been successful so far, but we also know after an armistice or a peace agreement, of course, Russia is gonna allocate more forces closer to our vicinity. Therefore, it's extremely important that the alliance use these couple of years now when Russia is delimited by its force postures in and round Ukraine, and also that it has been weakened by the war, that we do an historic build-up on our armed forces. I do want to convey that this is an historic moment for Europe. If we are able to reach five percent by 2030 or 2032, we're going to go up to a defence investment that as at the height of the Cold War, and it's necessary for us to strengthen our ability to deter and defend and continue living in peace."
    7. Jonson leaving
    8. Latvian Defense Minister Andris Sprūds arriving
    9. SOUNDBITE (English) Andris Sprūds, Latvian Defense Minister:
    "We will be discussing important issues, of course the NATO capability targets. It has been a thorough process of discussion previously, defining those capabilities. Capabilities demonstrate, those targets demonstrate the common threat assessment that we realise what we are dealing with, that we need ... [truncated]
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    4 min
  • Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles meets Indonesian counterpart in Jakarta
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Jakarta, Indonesia - 5 June 2025
    1. Various of Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles and delegation during a breakfast gathering with Indonesia's Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin and delegation.
    2. Indonesia-Australia flags
    3. Close of a hand pointing at a miniature tank inside a glass box
    4. Sjamsoeddin presenting a souvenir to Marles
    5. Close of the souvenir, a photo taken when Marles and Sjamsoeddin inspect the honor guards
    6. Marles giving a souvenir, an Australian military hat, and placing it on Sjamsoeddin’s head
    7. Tilt-up from the handshake to Sjamsoeddin and Marles
    8. Sjamsoeddin and Marles leaving the room
    9. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin, Indonesian Defense Minister:
    "We will enhance cooperation activities, namely the Morotai training area in Maluku Province for air force joint training exercises between Indonesia and Australia, and we will also use this area for naval cooperation."
    10. Marles and Sjamsoeddin walking past the honor guard before leaving the Ministry of Defense
    STORYLINE:
    Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles was in Jakarta to meet with with Indonesia's Defense Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin on Thursday.
    During their meeting, Marles presented Sjamsoeddin with the gift of an Australian military hat, placing it on his head as they posed for photographs in front of media.
    After the meeting, Sjamsoeddin said Indonesia and Austrlia will work together to "enhance cooperative activities," as well as naval cooperation.
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  • Hegseth speaks to reporters as NATO defence ministers meet in Brussels
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Brussels - 5 June 2025
    ++EDIT IS ALL ONE SHOT++
    1. U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and U.S. Ambassador to NATO Matthew Whitaker walk up to microphones
    2. SOUNDBITE (English) Pete Hegseth, U.S. Secretary of Defense:
    "Good morning. It's very good to be here with Ambassador Whitaker. I thought his remarks, statements, everything yesterday were spot on. So thank you for, for representing the United States. And I don't think anybody has done more to advance the cause of strengthening NATO than President Trump. And he started it in his first term, calling for 2%, calling for investment in this alliance. You got to be to be an alliance, you got to be more than flags. You got to be formations. You got to be more than conferences. You need to be, combat ready capabilities. So we're here to continue the work that President Trump started, which is a commitment to 5% defense spending across this alliance, which we think will happen, which I think has to happen by the summit at The Hague later this month. So that's our focus. 5%.
    Combat credible and capable forces and then making sure NATO is focused on its core mission, continental defense, where its comparative advantage exists. So we look forward to talking to counterparts today and, and advancing American interests, but also the interests of the continent. Any thoughts?"
    (Whitaker: "Nope. I'm just so glad you're here, and welcome to NATO.")
    Hegseth: "It's great to be here. Thank you."
    3. Hegseth and Whitaker walk away from microphones
    STORYLINE:
    U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth arrived at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium on Thursday for a meeting of NATO defense ministers.
    Hegseth made a brief statement to reporters, saying the alliance needs to focus on military readiness.
    "To be an alliance, you got to be more than flags. You got to be formations. You got to be more than conferences. You need to be combat ready capabilities," he said.
    On Wednesday, Senior officials from nearly 50 nations gathered, with the Pentagon’s chief absent for the first time since the group organizing the military aid for Ukraine was set up three years ago.
    The Ukraine Defense Contact Group meeting at NATO headquarters is going to be chaired by the United Kingdom and Germany. U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth only planned to arrive in Brussels after it’s over.
    His absence is the latest in a series of steps Washington has taken to distance itself from Ukraine’s efforts to repel Russia’s full-scale invasion, which began Feb. 24, 2022.
    Before Wednesday’s meeting, the U.K. said it plans a tenfold increase in drone production to help Ukraine. Drones have become a decisive factor in the war.
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  • Summer heatwave begins in one of world's hottest cities
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Jacobabad, Pakistan - 29 May 2025
    1. People purchasing ice from ice vendor
    2. Close of vender cutting up ice
    3. Vendor giving ice to customers
    4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Shukat Ali, local resident: ++STARTS ON SHOT 1 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 5++
    “It is impossible to live in Jacobabad where the temperatures rise to 50 degrees. Power outages are frequent in the summer season. Most of the people living in Jacobabad are poor like me and it is difficult to live here because there are power shutdown issues which increase to three to six hours in the summer season.”
    5. Wide of traffic
    6. Various of people filling containers with water
    7. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Nabil Ahmed, ice factory supervisor: ++STARTS ON SHOT 6 AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 8++
    “There is the problem of water shortages and power outages in the district, and it increases in the summer. When the heat increases the demand for ice increases in the three months of summer, and it is very difficult to do business due to frequent power shutdowns in the summer season.”
    8. Various of workers in ice factory
    9. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Altaf Alam Noonari, Environmental Science Department, Aror University: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 10 TO 12++
    “The Jacobabad situation is getting worse due to heatwaves and temperature increases day by day. To control or mitigate the weather situation, one natural solution is vegetation or plantation while the other is engineering, or what we call 'man-made', that is improving the infrastructure, making greener houses and raising awareness with people that heatwaves are so dangerous and it is a serious issue, heatstroke can be deadly.”
    10. Sun seen through tree branches
    11. Various of solar panels on rooftops
    12. Various of people drinking sugarcane juice
    STORYLINE:
    The people in Jacobabad know what to expect when summer arrives.
    But that doesn't make it any easier.
    The city in Pakistan’s Sindh province regularly suffers under temperatures of more than 45 degrees Celsius, sometimes over 50 degrees Celsius (113-122 degrees Fahrenheit).
    Workers in the market try to protect themselves from this extreme weather with head coverings.
    But they still have to work - there are bills to pay.
    The situation is made worse by a lack of proper infrastructure.
    Water supply problems and regular power outages make keeping cool a challenge.
    Buying ice might seem like a good solution - but these vendors sometimes struggle to keep up with demand.
    “There is the problem of water shortages and power outages in the district, and it increases in the summer. When the heat increases the demand for ice increases in the three months of summer, and it is very difficult to do business due to frequent power shutdowns in the summer season,” ice factory supervisor, Nabil Ahmed, said.
    A few moments in the shade drinking sugarcane juice help people bear the soaring temperatures.
    But locals complain about the heat.
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  • As Eid al Adha nears, trading reaching its peak at cattle markets in Indonesia
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Jonggol, Indonesia - 5 June 2025
    1. Wide of cattle at market with people selling cows
    2. Mid of man smoking
    3. Wide of cattle farmers with cows
    4. Mid of man with cow
    5. Various of cows walking out of trucks
    6. Man counting money
    7. Wide of man counting money surrounded by cattle
    8. Pan right of market
    9. Loncin, visitor at market, buying goat
    10. SOUNDBITE: (Indonesian) Loncin (only one name), visitor at market:
    “The quality of the animals here is quite good with affordable prices. The goats look fresh so as consumers we are quite satisfied”
    11. Wide of goats and sheep at market
    12. SOUNDBITE (Indonesian) Wildan (only one name), visitor at market:
    “The meaning (of Eid al-Adha) is that we follow the example given by of our predecessors to interpret this sacrificial animal to symbolize obedience like the people before us.”
    13. Man counting money
    14. Various of livestock and people at market
    STORYLINE:
    As Eid al-Adha, or the Feast of Sacrifice, approaches, cattle markets across Indonesia, the world's most populous Muslim-majority nation, are experiencing peak trading activity.
    Just outside the capital, Jakarta, the Jonggol Cattle Market was bustling with hundreds of cattle traders serving buyers looking for sacrificial animals.
    Sales at the market have increased since last month as the Muslim community prepares for the celebration. This year, Eid al-Adha will fall on Friday.
    “The quality of the animals here is quite good with affordable prices," said 37 year-old Loncin as he attended the market.
    Eid al Adha is one of the biggest Islamic holidays and commemorates the story of Prophet Abraham who was willing to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God's command.
    As a result Muslims slaughter sheep, goats and cows as a demonstration of faith and remembrance of the Prophet Abrahim's willingness to sacrifice his son, which was ultimately replaced by a ram.
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  • WWII veterans speak of sacrifice and freedom on France's D-Day battlefields, 81 years later
    (5 Jun 2025)
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    Colleville-sur-Mer, France - 2 June 2025
    1. Various of US World War II veteran Wally King smearing sand on the gravestone of late Major Henry Shurlds Jr. UPSOUND (English) King: "Henry, we're here to honor you. We remember you and your sacrifice on that early Spring day when you felt the weight and anger of a group of ME109s (German fighter planes) and they got you. We will never forget your cost and your sacrifice."
    2. Various of cross with Shurlds name, rank and date of death
    3. SOUNDBITE (English) Wally King, American World War II veteran: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 4++
    "Well, I think it's important just to remember. You know, in the United States, the students of the age that you see here, know virtually nothing about World War II, because when most veterans from World War II came home, they didn't want to talk about the war, so they didn't pass those experiences on to their children and grandchildren. It's only been in recent years have the children acquired just a taste of what really happened in World War II."
    4. Mid of crosses
    5. SOUNDBITE (English) Jake Larson, American World War II veteran: ++STARTS ON PREVIOUS SHOT AND PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOTS 6 AND 7++
    "They didn't get the honors that we, who lived and gone on and raised families... They had no families. So they look forward to us coming."
    6. Wide of crosses
    7. Veterans Jack Myers (right) and Jake Larson using wheelchairs as they make their way across lawn amidst crosses
    8. SOUNDBITE (English) Jack Myers, American World War II veteran: ++PARTIALLY OVERLAID BY SHOT 9++
    "Over 9,000 here... can you imagine that. Given for our freedom. We should never forget it. So that's why these days are so important to us and you too."
    ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Saint-Laurent-sur-Mer, France - 2 June 2025
    9. Various of Myers walking down to beach
    10. Crowd applauding veterans by Omaha Beach
    STORYLINE:
    The D-Day generation, smaller in number than ever, is back on the beaches of France where so much blood was spilled 81 years ago.
    World War II veterans, now mostly centenarians, have returned with the same message they fought for then: Freedom is worth defending.
    In what they acknowledge may be one of their last hurrahs, a group of nearly two dozen veterans who served in Europe and the Pacific is commemorating the fallen and getting rock-star treatment this week in Normandy — the first patch of mainland France that Allied forces liberated with the June 6, 1944, invasion and the greatest assembly of ships and planes the world had known.
    On what became known as “Bloody Omaha” and other gun-swept beaches where soldiers waded ashore and were cut down, their sacrifices forged bonds among Europe, the United States and Canada that endure, outlasting geopolitical shifts and the rise and fall of political leaders who blow hot and cold about the ties between nations.
    In Normandy, families hand down D-Day stories like heirlooms from one genera... [truncated]
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