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00:00Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky said that despite of Hungary's veto, he will do anything to advance EU accession talks.
00:10Defence and security, these are the two measures that will be at the heart of Denmark's six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.
00:21Moldova is pushing hard to join the EU, as it plans to convince the bloc of progress made on access requirements.
00:30U.S. contractors say live ammunition, stun grenades and tear gas were used towards Palestinians at aid distribution sites.
00:41Kyiv will do anything to advance EU accession talks, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said at the opening ceremony of the Danish EU presidency in Aarhus.
00:51He spoke on the side of Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, President of the European Council Antonio Costa and President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen.
01:04Frederiksen vowed to support Ukraine's quest to join the bloc, emphasising that, quote-unquote, Ukraine belongs to the European family and NATO.
01:12Denmark aims to use its presidency of the EU Council to put maximum pressure on Hungary, who have previously vetoed Ukraine's membership negotiations.
01:24It comes as Russia continues to intensify its attacks on Ukraine, and the United States recently announced they would halt some promised weapons to Kyiv.
01:32When asked about the pause in military assistance, Zelensky noted he will speak with U.S. President Donald Trump soon, but did not go into further detail.
01:41The Ukrainian President instead called on the European Union to invest more in Kyiv's defence industry.
01:53Security and defence. This was the expression used several times during the recent meeting between the Danish presidency of the European Union and the European Commission.
02:03Over the next six months, Copenhagen intends to drive forward the rearmement efforts of the 27-member bloc.
02:11If we are not willing to stand up for our continent, then who are we as Europeans?
02:18We need to rearm Europe by no later than 2030, and I look forward to the road map on how to achieve this objective, so that we can develop common capabilities, scale up our defence industry, procure together and break down any barriers and obstacles in our way.
02:43Denmark believes that migration policy is also a question of security.
02:49According to the Danish Prime Minister, the European system is failing.
02:54For her part, the President of the Commission listed the points in the Pact on Migration and Asylum on which Denmark must make progress.
03:02The Pact for Migration and Asylum has to be implemented, but then we have the operational side.
03:08Under your presidency, we can make progress on our return proposal on the safe third country's concept and the safe countries of origin.
03:18During its six-month presidency, Copenhagen also intends to consolidate the union's competitiveness in the face of trade turbulence.
03:26Russian aggression, Donald Trump's tariffs, Chinese overcapacity, fierce global competition, the climate crisis.
03:33The Danish presidency of the EU Council begins amid challenges that are formidable and unpredictable.
03:40Denmark has the hard task of keeping the 27 member states united to build a common front.
03:47But as geopolitics turn more and more explosive, the fracture lines between the capitals only deepen.
03:54Jorge Liborero, Euronews, Aarhus.
03:56Moldova is pushing hard to join the EU.
04:10The government intends to take advantage of the bilateral summit with the European Union scheduled for this Friday,
04:17to emphasise its progress made in recent years on access requirements.
04:21Yet, some MEPs are hesitant to split the enlargement process and leave Ukraine lagging behind.
04:29Others, on the other hand, support a faster expansion of the bloc.
04:34Integrating the Republic of Moldova into the EU would be a smaller effort for the European Union than, you know, the integration of larger countries.
04:43So, Moldova is a smaller country. So, with our support there, we can achieve a lot.
04:53Amounts, which for the European Union are not necessarily very significant, matter a lot and they can make a big difference in the Republic of Moldova.
05:01The EU is to present the details of its three-year growth plan, worth 1.9 billion euros, as a support initiative for Moldova.
05:11The Eastern European country has been suffering systematic hybrid attacks by Russia, in a bid to derail its path to join the Union.
05:19Brussels is also aware that the Moldovan public opinion is divided between pro-Western orientations and Russian-orientated sympathies.
05:27The Russian-speaking minority and enterprises in the so-called Transnistrian region benefit from European integration.
05:37More than 70% of the exports from the so-called Transnistrian region go into the European market.
05:44So, I think Russia will continue to try to destabilize, but I think people in Moldova will stay calm.
05:49Moldova applied for EU membership in March 2022 and became a candidate in June that year.
05:57Accessions negotiations started in June 2024.
06:00American contractors have used live ammunition and stun grenades at aid distribution sites in Gaza,
06:13according to insiders speaking on the condition of anonymity as hungry Palestinians desperately scramble for food.
06:20Two U.S. contractors guarding aid sites in Gaza shared testimonies, reports and messages with the Associated Press,
06:29revealing rare insights into the operations of the Israel-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation.
06:36The videos provided by the contractors show hundreds of Palestinians crowded at aid sites amid gunfire.
06:44Other videos show English-speaking men discussing crowd control and encouraging each other after gunfire.
06:53I think you hit one.
06:56Hell yeah, boy!
07:00I got an IDF tank posted on the northwest corner now.
07:04I brought a million doctors on the left to do a show for us.
07:06The contractors said bullets were fired in all directions, including towards Palestinians.
07:13They were called at least one time where they thought someone was hit.
07:17They said they felt the need to speak out because they were disturbed by what they saw as dangerous and irresponsible behavior.
07:25They added that the security staff were often unqualified, unvetted, heavily armed and seemed to have an open license to do whatever they wished.
07:34A spokesperson from the logistics company subcontracted by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, said there have been no serious injuries at their sites.
07:46They said security fired warning shots into the ground away from civilians in the early days when crowd control was necessary.
07:54Before GHF opened in May, Israel blocked all food, water and medicine from entering Gaza for two and a half months.
08:02GHF replaced the system previously run by the United Nations, which has condemned the GHF's methods as violating international aid standards.
08:14Since late May, local authorities say more than 500 Palestinians have been killed at aid sites.
08:21A joint statement by 170 NGOs has called for the GHF to be shut down.
08:26More than 1,500 people have been evacuated from their homes and hotels in Crete following a fast-moving wildfire overnight in the Thursday.
08:42More than 230 firefighters and 10 water bombers have been battling the flames of the Greek island's Ayapetra area on the southern coast.
08:53Two people were evacuated by boat overnight while six private vessels were on standby for potential further sea evacuations, according to Kosovo.
09:11Coast Guards.
09:12Homes have reportedly been damaged as flames swept through hillside forests spread by strong winds.
09:30Local authorities urged residents not to return to try to save their property.
09:37Several residents were treated for breathing difficulties, according to officials, but there were no immediate reports of serious injuries.
09:45The risk of wildfires remain very high across Crete and parts of southern Greece, according to a daily bulletin issued by the fire service on Thursday.
10:00Faced with pressure from US President Donald Trump, will the EU make concessions to the big tech to ease the trade war?
10:10A step back that would not be backed by citizens, according to a recent survey.
10:15In Spain, Germany and France, nearly two-thirds of participants believe that the European Union should continue to enforce European laws on big tech companies,
10:26even if this damages relations with Trump.
10:30However, nearly half of those surveyed consider that tech giants like Meta or Google have more power than the European Union.
10:41The survey comes amid EU-US tensions, with Trump's tariff suspension set to end on July 9 and trade talks ongoing.
10:51Essentially, there has been a big discussion on how the EU could retaliate against a scenario where Trump keeps a high level of tariffs on critical goods,
11:02or generally in the EU, and one of the potential cards or assets that the EU has at its hands is digital services taxes,
11:10because of the very high presence of big tech companies in the European market.
11:14On Donald Trump's radar are the Digital Markets Act, the Digital Services Act and the Artificial Intelligence Act.
11:22These texts aim to fight against unfair competition and disinformation or even protect data.
11:29The European Commission has repeatedly assured that its strategic plan to regulate and shape the EU's digital space is a non-negotiable.
