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Brussels (Belgium), Sep 28 (EFE) .- (Camera: Leo Rodríguez) Several environmental and citizen organizations participated on Tuesday in a protest in Brussels to demand that the European Union abandon the Energy Charter Treaty, which allows multinationals to resort to private arbitration courts in environmental disputes with States.FOOTAGE OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL PROTEST IN BRUSSELS. SOUNDBITES FROM PABLO SÁNCHEZ CENTELLAS, RESPONSIBLE FOR COMMUNICATION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION OF PUBLIC SERVICESTRANSLATIONThe investment policy that the EU has today practically favors only the large multinationals, which are the ones that design this policy.We have seen how multinational oil and gas companies lead States to international arbitration because they change their policy, for example, with 'fracking' or with oil drilling. We cannot be at the expense of what the board of directors of Shell, British Petroleum or any multinational company decides"We had entered a total schizophrenia. We hope that this judgment of the CJEU is a total change of course and the last nail in the coffin of the Charter.
On the last day of Russia's presidential elections, set to cement Vladimir Putin's grip on power, the widow of Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny widow, Yulia Navalnaya, tells the press after voting at the Russian embassy in Berlin that Putin is "a killer" and a "gangster. Crowds had earlier chanted: "Yulia, Yulia, we're with you," as she entered to cast her ballot. Alexei Navalny was Putin's most prominent rival, and died in an Arctic prison last month in mysterious circumstances. SOUNDBITE
An activist bursts into a COP28 event and calls for an end to fossil fuels, as the presidency proposes a new draft climate agreement calling for a reduction in the production and consumption of fossil fuels but no longer mentioning a "phase-out". IMAGES
Dozens of organizations rally in New York to call for the end of US funding to Israel and for a ceasefire in Gaza. IMAGES
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres calls for "action to end this godawful nightmare" during the International Peace Summit in Cairo. SOUNDBITE
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