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00:00Transcrição e Legendas Pedro Negri
00:30U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is due in Budapest today.
00:33Vance will attend a campaign rally and hold a joint press conference with Prime Minister
00:38Viktor Orban. We'll be bringing you the latest from our reporter on the ground.
00:42Meanwhile, Viktor Orban has held emergency talks after explosives were reportedly found
00:47near a pipeline carrying Russian gas to Hungary. The development comes as his party trails behind
00:53in opinion polls ahead of this weekend's vote. But first, EU Council President Antonio Costa
00:59has said targeting civilian infrastructure would be illegal and unacceptable. His comments follow
01:05escalating tensions after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened strikes on Iranian infrastructure
01:10if the Strait of Hormuz is not reopened. Speaking on Truth Social, Donald Trump used
01:15foul language saying Tuesday will be Power Plant Day and Bridge Day, all wrapped up in one in Iran.
01:22There'll be nothing like it. Open the Strait or you'll be living in hell.
01:28For the latest, we can now cross over to Doha, where your news correspondent Adel Khalim is standing
01:33by for us this morning. Good morning, Adel. Thanks so much for joining us. Look, this Trump deadline
01:38is approaching very fast. But what exactly should we read into here?
01:44Yeah, Maeve, the clock is really ticking now. We're less than 18 hours away from that 8 p.m.
01:48Washington deadline imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump for Iran to reopen the Strait of
01:53Hormuz, a vital shipping route that Tehran says is open but closed to its enemies. Over the Easter
01:59weekend, the rhetoric really ramped up. Trump warned Iran would be, quote, living in hell if a deal was
02:05not reached. Now, Tehran hit back just as strongly. Speaking to the Associated Press, Iran's culture
02:10minister called the U.S. president unstable and delusional, saying his statements aren't taken
02:14seriously. There was a diplomatic off-ramp where a potential 45-day ceasefire proposal from Pakistan,
02:20Egypt, and Turkey. But Iran's foreign minister rejected it outright, calling it illogical.
02:25Now, in a lengthy press conference on Monday, President Trump laid out in very stark terms
02:29what could happen if Iran doesn't comply. Take a listen.
02:33They have a period of, well, till tomorrow at 8 o'clock. I gave them an extension.
02:40They asked for an extension of seven days, right? I can tell you they're negotiating,
02:45we think, in good faith. We're giving them till tomorrow, 8 o'clock Eastern Time. And after
02:51that, they're going to have no bridges. They're going to have no power plants. Stone Ages, yeah.
02:59President Donald Trump there. And beyond his various statements, of course, the South Park's
03:03natural gas field has been hit again. And Gulf countries are also still being targeted, Adele.
03:11That's right. It's adding real anxiety to the region. Iran's South Park petrochemical complex
03:16is a critical site, part of the world's largest natural gas reserve, shared with Qatar. And it's
03:21the second time it's been targeted in a few weeks. But there are also signs of diplomacy. Qatar's
03:25Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Thani received a phone call from Iran's Foreign
03:32Minister Abbas Araqshi yesterday. And speaking to our Euronews colleagues in Dubai, the diplomatic advisor to
03:37UAE's president says a ceasefire is not enough and is calling for a durable security plan. But with the
03:44conflict now in its sixth week, Maeve, and that deadline is hours away, the situation remains
03:49extremely tense.
03:51Okay. Adele, Halem, thank you so much for that live update there from Doha. Now back here in Europe,
03:56the clock is ticking towards the biggest election of the year for the European Union taking place
04:01this very Sunday in Hungary. Just a few days ahead of the big day though, Serbia said. They found
04:07explosives at the Hungarian border very close to a pipeline delivering Russian gas to Hungary. The
04:13case evolved fast into a campaign topic in Hungary with the government pointing fingers at Ukraine
04:18and the opposition calling it a false flag operation. Our Hungarian correspondent,
04:23Chandr Zeros, is here with me this morning in the studio to tell us exactly what is going on.
04:29Good morning, Maeve. Yes, indeed. Sunday morning, the Serbian president, Aleksandr Vucic, announced that
04:35two bags of explosives were found close to the border with Hungary next to the pipeline, which is
04:41called Turkey Stream. This is a pipeline delivering Russian natural gas to Hungary and to Serbia, and
04:47this is a major component of Hungary's energy supplies. Now, Viktor Orbán immediately called for a
04:53security college meeting and then he ordered soldiers to guard the pipeline in Hungary and he also started
05:00to point fingers at Ukraine. Let's listen to what he said. Ukraine has been working for years to cut
05:11Europe off from Russian energy. They blew up Nord Stream, shut down the gas pipeline supplying Hungary, and this
05:17year, by closing the friendship pipeline, they placed Hungary under an oil blockade, while the Russian section
05:23of the talk stream is under continuous military attack. Ukraine's effort posed a direct threat to Hungary.
05:33Viktor Orbán there. And Chandr, how is this issue even related to the elections and how are Hungarians perceiving the
05:39claims of Viktor Orbán?
05:40Well, in fact, you saw what Orbán said. He is accusing Ukraine. This is nothing new. Hungary campaigns against
05:47Ukraine since many, many months. By the way, Ukraine rejected those allegations. Now, very interesting that
05:54the opposition is talking about a false flag operation. Peter Magyar said that Orbán is using this issue in order
06:01to hijack public opinion and to postpone or cancel the elections. Now, I have to quote what Peter Magyar said.
06:09Many people suggested that something might accidentally happen in Serbia, possibly involving a gas pipeline
06:15one week before the Hungarian elections. I want to make it clear that Viktor Orbán will not be able to
06:22prevent next Sunday's election, Peter Magyar said. In addition to this, two security experts last week
06:29already said publicly that something is in the making, a possible false flag operation, and one of these
06:35experts explicitly mentioned that it could happen in Serbia. By the way, Serbia is saying that
06:42mentioning Ukraine is a disinformation. They are investigating an illegal migrant who might be
06:49involved in this attempt. Okay. Chandr, thank you so much for all those details on what will be a very
06:54busy week for you. And meanwhile, the Trump administration is pulling out all the stops to support its preferred
07:01candidate in these elections. The U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance will be spending the next two days on
07:07the
07:07campaign trail with Viktor Orbán to, quote, celebrate the deep ties between the two countries. For more on
07:13this relationship between President Trump and Viktor Orbán, here's Euronews' correspondent Joltan Zibozegi
07:18from Budapest. Today, U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance is arriving in Budapest for an official visit,
07:25but it's hard to tell whether this is really a diplomatic event or more of a campaign stop.
07:31Hungary is heeding into parliamentary election this Sunday, and for the first time in 16 years,
07:37polls shows Viktor Orbán could lose his position as a prime minister. In these final days, he is doing
07:43everything he can to turn the result around. In recent years, Hungary's government has became increasingly
07:50isolated within the EU because it's anti-Ukraine stance and eurosceptic billboard campaigns.
07:58Orbán is now trying to show that he is not alone, that he still has strong allies. He often points
08:04to
08:04his good relationship with powerful leaders all around the world, from Israel to Russia. But his most
08:11important ally is clearly Donald Trump. Viktor Orbán praised Donald Trump's national security strategy
08:18as the most important and interesting document of recent years, saying it finally recognizes the
08:25civilizational crisis Europe faces. For months, Orbán's party, Fidesz, tried to organize a Hungarian
08:32visit for U.S. president in the campaign to publicly show his support with the sovereignists. But with all
08:39the ongoing international conflicts, Trump hasn't made the trip. There were rumors for a while that
08:45vice president Wenz will come instead, for example, on CPEC conference. But it never happened. The fact
08:52that J.D. Wenz is now visiting Hungary just five days before the election sends a clear message. In
08:58Washington, and especially around Trump's circle in Mar-a-Lago, there's a strong preference for Orbán
09:05to win a fifth term. In earlier speeches, Wenz has even described Orbán as a kind of defender of
09:12conservative Christian Europe. They will meet this afternoon. But the big question is now,
09:18whether that kind of support will be enough to help Fidesz close the roughly 20-point gap they are facing
09:26in the polls.
09:30Sultan Djiboshegi there reporting for us on J.D. Wenz's trip to Budapest today, which will bring the whole city
09:35to a
09:36standstill. And this trip, of course, is being closely monitored here in Brussels, especially given J.D. Wenz's speech
09:41last year at the Munich Security Conference, where he upset a lot of Europeans. For more, we can bring in
09:47now your news's
09:47EU and Vera Maria today. Good morning. So Brussels are watching this very closely.
09:52Well, watching this very closely and the election itself. Of course, when you talk to any diplomat in
09:57Brussels and also around the capitals, I'll tell you the Hungarian election is the election to watch
10:03this year. It's the most important, the most consequential. And obviously, on Sunday, everyone in this town is going to
10:09be
10:09monitoring those results. I think at this stage, Brussels is paying attention, but it's also interesting.
10:17We see that the U.S. is really now throwing support behind Orbán. And yet the approach from the European
10:23Union has been the complete opposite, to really do low profile, to not get involved, to not respond,
10:29to really not snap back. And you saw in those pictures that when you walk around Budapest, the face of
10:34Barcelona von der Leyen is in posters, which sort of portray this as a head of the commission that is
10:39going to destroy Europe. And Viktor Orbán is a polar opposite, the man who is going to face her. And
10:44still, we've seen very little from the commission. We also know and have reported this extensively on
10:49Euronews that for months now, the commission has put everything on hold. Major decisions on Hungary,
10:55obviously legal procedures are still pending. All of this frozen not to be used in the election. The one
11:02thing, however, that Brussels has been keen on not doing, and it's obviously keeping this as the ace,
11:08really the leverage that they have over the Hungarians, really truly is the money. Obviously,
11:13we've talked about billions of euros that have been frozen. Hungary also applied for a loan to spend
11:17money, cash into weapons, around 17 billion euros. That has been frozen. It's the only country to not
11:24have its defense plan approved. And this idea that nothing will move until the election happens. The other
11:30point also we should note is that when it comes to the relationship now between Brussels and Budapest,
11:35I was there the last time for the election. Obviously, there's been tensions now playing
11:38out for years. But this time, what really changes is there's a very strong security aspect. Obviously,
11:43this is not just about an ideological clash about the politics, but really now for a number of member
11:48states, Hungary now is so close to Russia, the tapes, the leaks, the conversations among the foreign
11:54ministers of the two countries that has now really crossed the line. Because now you talk about defense
11:59and key security capabilities. And that is now seen really as a red line. The one thing I would
12:04note just very briefly also is when you talk to diplomats in Brussels, they tell you whichever
12:08way this goes, the relationship will have to change. If Magyar wins, obviously, that's a new
12:13government. If Orban wins, he could lose a lot of seats. And obviously, that could translate into
12:18perhaps a weaker Orban. So whatever happens on Sunday, something will have to change.
12:22And just briefly, you mentioned Peter Maillat. How does Brussels view him?
12:25You know, it's an interesting one, because in a way, they have kept a very calculated distance.
12:30Brussels doesn't comment about Peter Magyar. They've also been low profile on that. He obviously does
12:35not want to get involved in Brussels. And we've not seen him really in the European institutions,
12:39because back in Budapest, one of the attack lines from the Orban government is to say,
12:44ultimately, this guy, look, he's just a puppet of Ursula von der Leyen and the political
12:48establishment. What is interesting, however, there's been a number of moves that have been
12:52seen in Brussels. One is the fact that he says he wants to unlock the cash. If you want to
12:57unlock
12:57the funding, then it means obviously something is going to have to change in terms of rule of law.
13:01The fact that he went to a Munich security conference that was also perceived as, look,
13:05this could be a Hungary within NATO now that becomes less problematic. And the third, you know,
13:10his foreign policy and his advisors around it, they are seen as perhaps more moderate and more
13:15pro-European. But as I say, it's both an opportunity, but also an enigma and a lot of distance for
13:20the time
13:20Okay, we'll keep a close eye on it. And you'll, of course, be in Hungary for that very important
13:24election. So do stay tuned to Euronews for that and keep an eye on Euronews.com for more analysis.
13:30Now, moving on as the war in Ukraine and the conflicts in the Middle East drag on,
13:34this April marks three years since Sudan's civil war broke out when a power struggle began between
13:40two branches of its armed forces. For the view from the ground, we spoke to Kristen Davis,
13:45the UNHCR ambassador and the American actress best known for her role as Charlotte in Sex and the City.
13:51She recently visited the East African country. With millions on the move and a conflict at risk
13:56of spreading, Kristen Davis started by telling us not to forget about one of the bloodiest conflicts
14:01in recent years. For some reason, media does not seem to want to cover it, which I find really
14:07interesting and I can't explain why. But I do know that I work with UNHCR, I'm a Goodwill ambassador,
14:13and I knew that the war was ongoing and that many, many people have been displaced. 12 million people
14:19have been displaced, which is a stunning number, especially because it isn't even something that's
14:25being reported on. So we just went a few weeks back. I went to South Sudan because I wanted to
14:30see for myself what was happening. Every time that I have gone on a trip to a refugee camp or
14:35a refugee
14:35area where people are crossing from conflicts, like really life or death level conflict, it's always
14:43upsetting, but at the same time is also inspiring because the people are so strong. And in this
14:48situation, it's largely women and children and a lot of very, very young children. And they've had
14:53to travel far distances with very, very dangerous situations. So when they cross the border, they're
14:59relieved, but they're also, you know, stressed. They don't know where they're going to go. They don't
15:03know what they're going to do. They need to find a safe place for their children, just like you or
15:07I
15:07would feel obviously they did nothing wrong to make them be a refugee. They're just trying to keep
15:13their family alive. And many of them told me stories of their husbands being taken out of the
15:18house and shot in front of them. And do they feel alone? Do they feel like the international community
15:21has forgotten about them? I don't think so. No, I don't think so. Because UNHCR is there. We're there.
15:26That is our mandate to be there for refugees, for people who are displaced. And we will do everything
15:33in our power to be there and to give them life saving aid right away in an emergency. Now there
15:38have
15:39been funding cuts. Yeah, which is pretty upsetting. I know I could tell that that was your next
15:43question. This was the first trip that I had made since the funding cuts. So that was that was upsetting
15:49and depressing also because I've never been in a situation where we were not able to give them a hot
15:55food, a hot meal when they have originally arrived to the camps. That was kind of upsetting. We had the
16:02high protein biscuits that we were giving to children five and under and to pregnant women.
16:08But I haven't ever been in a situation where we couldn't say, here's your here's your water.
16:13Here's your tent. Here's your hot meal. It was just really so deeply troubling after everything that
16:20they've been through, after the violence that they've been through, that we can't feed them a hot
16:24meal. But what is the future for these people? You describe millions of people on the move, millions of
16:29people displaced. Where will these people go? Obviously, I'm sure they just want to go home.
16:32They do want to go home. And I mean, one can only hope that some some larger forces will
16:38intervene that will will bring peace or at least encourage the players to to put down their arms
16:44and stop the fighting. The region has obviously been through, you know, many, many, many struggles
16:50in the past, which I feel like in some ways influences the fact that people aren't talking about it in
16:57the
16:57media. I think there's some level of fatigue, which is unfortunate because it's still people's lives.
17:03You know, every single country there and they're very poor countries, but every single country is
17:07making a huge effort to accommodate the people and give them the services that they can give them.
17:13They're very poor countries. Again, you know, so you don't think about necessarily that that's where
17:19refugees are, but largely that I think 70 percent of refugees are in really poor countries and they
17:25never make it to Europe or the United States. You know, most people, I think, have the misperception
17:29that that that that people are just coming freely. That's so not the case is I think it's one percent
17:34get
17:34resettled. So they're mostly in the poor neighboring countries who can be very, very welcoming, which is
17:42hugely important. You know, they may not have a huge amount of funding for them, but the warmth of
17:47the welcome is is powerful. I think they just want to go home at this point. And it's so many
17:53people
17:53that it's hard to even imagine, you know, how they will be resettled into these new countries that
17:59they're in. But I do think everyone's making a huge effort for that to be a positive experience for
18:03them. I mean, well, Kristen, the war and the U.S.-Israel war on Iran, it's entering its second month.
18:08It's turned the whole world upside down. Yeah. Could we be in this for the long haul, you think?
18:14I hope not. I hope not. I really hope not. It's obviously so deeply, deeply upsetting. And I was just
18:21talking to my UNHCR colleagues and over a million people have been displaced in Lebanon already. And it's just
18:29begun. So it's deeply, deeply disturbing. And I hope that people can, you know, find a way to deescalate.
18:40I mean, this is what we always hope for. No one wants war. And what would your final message of
18:45hope be to our viewers who are tuning in today, feeling very overwhelmed and stressed about the
18:49state of the world? The world is chaotic right now. I fully get that. But I feel that in terms
18:54of
18:54refugees and displaced people, empathy is more powerful in some ways, even than funds, you know,
19:02like understanding that they did not cause this, that they, they, the people who are displaced are
19:08not at fault. Nothing they did wrong happened that made them be displaced, right? Just having that
19:13empathy. And all of us know someone who's a refugee or the child of a refugee. You know, there's people
19:19around you that you may not even realize are refugees and having some understanding of what
19:24they've been through, being able to maybe just say a kind word to them. There's so many tiny things
19:29you can do that improve the world and that also make you feel better. I find that for myself, you
19:35know, it's a way for you to feel like, okay, I can make a positive difference in my little world
19:39right now. And that's something. Okay, Kristen Davis, thank you so much. Thank you. Here on
19:44your own. So lovely to have you with us. Oh, thank you for having me.
19:50Kristen Davis, they're the American actress and the UNHCR Goodwill ambassador speaking to me earlier.
19:55Well, that brings this edition of Europe Today to an end. Thank you so much for tuning in,
19:59as always. For more news and analysis, do visit your news.com. Take care and see you very soon.
20:09Bye.