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اروپا تودی: فون درلاین به لیتوانی میرود، روسیه را در اوج تنشهای بالتیک محکوم میکند
اورسولا فون در لاین، رئیس کمیسیون اروپا، پیش از سفر امروز خود به لیتوانی و در واکنش به نفوذ پهپادها به سه کشور بالتیک گفت: «تهدیدهای علنی روسیه علیه کشورهای بالتیک کاملا غیرقابلقبول است.»
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اورسولا فون در لاین، رئیس کمیسیون اروپا، پیش از سفر امروز خود به لیتوانی و در واکنش به نفوذ پهپادها به سه کشور بالتیک گفت: «تهدیدهای علنی روسیه علیه کشورهای بالتیک کاملا غیرقابلقبول است.»
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00:14Good morning, it is Tuesday the 26th of May. I'm Maeve McMahan and this is Europe Today.
00:21Your daily update from Brussels on all the news driving the day, live here on Euronews.
00:26Coming up, Russia has struck Ukraine with a hypersonic missile in one of the war's largest attacks on Kyiv so
00:33far.
00:33It comes as concerns rise in the Baltics over an ongoing drone crisis that even brought the Latvian government down
00:40recently.
00:41EU Commission Chief Ursula von der Leyen and her defence counterpart Andrius Kobilius are flying to Lithuania today to offer
00:47a united response to the incidents.
00:49And more than 20 towns in France have recorded their hottest May temperatures on record, with extreme early summer heat
00:57reaching 40 degrees Celsius in parts of Spain.
01:00Experts warn that record May highs could still be challenged as the hot spell spreads across Western Europe.
01:06Meanwhile in Spain, fresh allegations targeting former Socialist Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero.
01:13A police raid has exposed pictures of luxury watches, bracelets and necklaces found in his safe.
01:20Zapatero, who insists their inheritance, will appear in court in early June.
01:25But first, ahead of her visit to Lithuania today, the European Commission boss Ursula von der Leyen has said Russia's
01:32public threats against the Baltic states are, quote, completely unacceptable.
01:37Her comments come as Russia says it will intensify strikes on Kyiv, calling on foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate
01:45the city.
01:45For more on what exactly is going on, we're joined here in the studio by our very own Ukraine correspondent,
01:51Sasha Vakilina.
01:52Good morning. Just tell us first about the importance of the visit of Commission President von der Leyen.
01:56It's very important for her to be there in the Baltics with a clear message that the EU is not
02:00going to back off under Russia's threats,
02:03which have been coming from Moscow regularly over the past couple of weeks.
02:07Just a few days ago, Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service accused the Baltic states of Russophobia, threatening them.
02:14Then on Monday, Vladimir Putin, Russia's president, signed officially the bill that practically allows him to invade other countries under
02:20the false pretext of protecting Russian citizens and Russia's speaking population.
02:25Now, mind you, this is exactly the same false pretext which Moscow and Putin used in all of their invasions
02:31of Ukraine back in 2014 with eastern Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea,
02:35and in 2022 with the full-scale invasion of Ukraine as well.
02:39That's something, these are the threats that we've heard already.
02:42Okay, Sasha Vakilina, thank you so much for that update.
02:45And for more on this, we can now cross over live to Kyiv, where Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tekinovskaia joins
02:51us this morning.
02:52Good morning. Thank you so much for joining us this morning during your visit to Ukraine.
02:57And as you heard there, Russia has relentlessly been hitting Ukraine over the weekend with a massive missile and drone
03:02strike.
03:03What does this say, do you think, about any peace efforts to put an end to this war?
03:35Good morning, everybody.
03:39And we'll see you next time for the Russian troops to regroup and start attacking again.
03:49And attacking not only Ukraine, but also be our western neighbours.
03:55And indeed, you say you're in Kyiv this morning, but Moscow is calling on foreign diplomats and civilians to evacuate
04:01the city, warning of more attacks.
04:03What is the situation there on the ground?
04:05I know two days before it was a harsh attack on Kyiv last night where I'd rather come.
04:12But I'm sure we at any moment can expect the next attack on Ukraine.
04:18It shows that Russia, you know, killing civilians, you know, ruining cities just to put pressure on the Ukrainian government.
04:27But I'm so inspired by Ukrainians, by Ukrainian people, civilians.
04:31They are so strong.
04:33They are not giving up.
04:35And of course, it's a huge example for other countries, you know, that you have to give to support Ukrainians
04:42in all their aspirations for freedom.
04:45And meanwhile, in quite an unusual move, we've seen France issuing a warning to Belarus not to join Russia's war
04:51in Ukraine.
04:52But my question to you is, can Lukashenko be influenced by anyone except Putin?
04:57Lukashenko and Putin have a symbiotic friendship.
05:00They support each other.
05:01They use each other.
05:03And of course, it's an illusion that they can be splitted.
05:07Lukashenko is serving to Russia's interests, not to the interests of Belarusian people.
05:11He's ready to betray our sovereignty, our independence, just to stay in power.
05:19So, please, don't think that Lukashenko can be splitted.
05:24He will fulfill all the orders of Putin.
05:27But he's doing this against the will of Belarusian people.
05:31Okay.
05:31We have seen also Belarus and Russia carrying out military nuclear exercises the other day.
05:36But we'll leave it at that.
05:37Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya, thank you so much for joining us here on Europe Today from Kiev.
05:42But now, for more insights into what kind of missiles were used by the Kremlin in these latest ferocious attacks,
05:47here's our Jakob Janus.
05:51While most of Europe was unwinding over the long weekend,
05:55this is how millions in Kiev spend it.
05:58Russia unleashed a massive bombardment, one of the heaviest in a year,
06:02leaving nearly 90 civilians wounded
06:05and severely damaging residential blocks across the capital.
06:08But this time, Moscow has deployed its experimental, nuclear-capable Orišnik ballistic missile.
06:14And traveling at nearly 10 times the speed of sound, its range puts virtually the entire European continent within reach.
06:21So should Europe be worried?
06:23Let's map out the mechanics together.
06:26Whether launch from Russia or fired from Belarus,
06:30the Orišnik flying roughly 3 kilometers per second,
06:33can physically strike Warsaw, Berlin, Paris or London in minutes.
06:38And now Moscow claims this weapon is impossible to stop.
06:41Because of its extreme speed,
06:43it is indeed incredibly difficult for current air defenses to shoot it down.
06:48However, military experts point out a key detail.
06:51It still flies in a predictable straight line rather than changing direction mid-flight,
06:56like a typical hypersonic missile,
06:58making it less of a superweapon than the Kremlin claims.
07:02But does Russia really need these massive missiles to rattle the EU?
07:06Not necessarily.
07:07Just last week, the suspected drone incrusions ground the Lithuanian capital of Vilnius to a halt,
07:13forcing the country's top leadership into underground bunkers.
07:17And it all serves as a reminder that in Europe, war isn't a distant headline.
07:22Moscow uses these cheap grey zone tactics to test European security.
07:27So what is Europe's response?
07:29Berlin is leading the charge as Chancellor Friedrich Meldz boosts Germany's defense budget
07:33to a historic 108 billion euros this year.
07:37And on the tech front, Anglo-German startup Hypersonica
07:40recently successfully tested Europe's first sovereign hypersonic rocket in Norway.
07:45But in modern defense, it is not about sheer power or distance.
07:48And as the classic philosophy goes, the greatest victories require no battle.
07:54The real strength of these advanced systems lies entirely in deterrence,
07:58ensuring they are never triggered.
08:00But while Europe is building weapons to prevent a war,
08:04Russia is already using them to fight one.
08:10Jakob Yanis there.
08:12Now moving on, the US and Iran say they are on track to finalize the terms of an agreement
08:16to end the Middle East conflict, which could include Lebanon,
08:19where Israel has been waging a war on Hezbollah since the 2nd of March.
08:23But now US forces have since carried out strikes on southern Iran
08:27in what they call our acts of self-defense.
08:29For more on this breaking development, we can bring in your news' Jane Witherspoon,
08:33who's in Dubai for us this morning.
08:36Jane, just tell us, what is the latest?
08:37Because the US are now attacking Iran, just as these talks get underway in Qatar.
08:42Good morning.
08:43Yes, the US is now using, including airstrikes,
08:47basically into its negotiating arsenal,
08:50pretty much to prove that it has the upper hand.
08:52But also, of course, pushing Iran into that deal that they want done on US terms,
08:58which is critical to President Donald Trump.
09:01Now, Iran are still to respond to last night's airstrikes.
09:06Meanwhile, in Qatar, they are firmly denying today reports of talks
09:10on releasing the billions of frozen Iranian funds,
09:14which, of course, is a key Iranian demand for peace.
09:18Meanwhile, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio has said that the deal with Iran
09:24is still being negotiated in Qatar, despite those US strikes.
09:30However, he did say that specific language in the deal may still take a few days.
09:36OK, Jane Witherspoon, thank you so much for that update.
09:39And, of course, we're reporting extensively on that on our website, uranews.com.
09:43But now we can move on to Hungary, where Prime Minister Peter Maillard
09:47is preparing to visit Brussels this week to seal a deal
09:50to unlock those 10.4 billion euros in recovery funds.
09:54They were, of course, frozen over the rule of law breaches
09:56during the previous government of Viktor Orban.
09:59For more, we can bring you now to Budapest
10:01and bring in our very own Zoltan Ziboshegi.
10:04Good morning, Zoltan.
10:05So, look, Ursula von der Leyen is calling for tax and pension reforms
10:09in exchange for this cash, but Peter Maillard is not so much in agreement.
10:12How will they work through these issues?
10:16Good morning, Europe Today.
10:18So, actually, the main promise of Peter Maillard during the campaign
10:21was to release these EU funds.
10:24And he emphasized several times that they will take home
10:28this amount of money till the last cent.
10:30Two days ago, he had a TV interview, and he admitted
10:34that maybe it will be a little bit difficult
10:36and that they can't get the 100 percent.
10:39But at least they will try.
10:40In the same interview, he told that there will be no holiday
10:45for governmental and politicians, workers, you know, from the parliament,
10:50and they will work till the deadline.
10:52Because now the biggest enemy for the government is time.
10:56The deadline is 31st of August.
10:59And what we know so far, what we see so far,
11:02that Ursula von der Leyen and Brussels, of course,
11:04tries to help for the Hungarian government,
11:07but they emphasize several times that this is the deadline.
11:10They're not going to postpone it.
11:11And, of course, there are 27 so-called super milestone,
11:16and they will not skip it.
11:18So, there are some arguments between Brussels,
11:21how you already mentioned the pension and tax reforms.
11:24But we need to look a little bit behind of this,
11:28because for years there were campaigns against Brussels
11:31from the Pides government.
11:32So, even though people voted overwhelmingly for TISA party,
11:40Peter Magyar has to act a little bit for them
11:42and show that he has power against Brussels.
11:46He can argue with them.
11:48He don't have to say yes for everything.
11:50So, very probably, this is the broken point,
11:54what we see right now.
11:55And, of course, we can't forget that still Hungary pays
11:591 million euros fine because of the migration policy of Hungary.
12:07So, Brussels and Ursula von der Leyen sent here
12:11three really high delegations.
12:13They have the intention to agree with the Hungarians,
12:16but we have a lot of work to do in Brussels.
12:20Indeed, Sultan Siboshegi, thank you so much for that update
12:23and for describing that tightrope that Peter Magyar
12:26will have to walk during his visit to Brussels.
12:28And now for the view from the former Deputy Mayor of Budapest,
12:31who now happens to be the President
12:33of the European Committee of Regions right here in Brussels.
12:36We can bring in Catna Tutto.
12:38She's just back from Spain,
12:39where she received a very prestigious European prize
12:41from the Spanish King.
12:43So, congratulations for that.
12:44And thank you for joining us here on the programme.
12:46But first, now that we have you,
12:47we have to talk about Hungary as the former Deputy Mayor of Budapest.
12:51Are you confident Hungary will get these funds from the Commission
12:54and be able to take off that 27 super milestones
12:56that they have to reach?
12:59Nobody can be confident.
13:00I think what we have to do as Hungarians
13:03and the Hungarian government,
13:05and of course, all of the authorities,
13:06I'm still in the Budapest City Council.
13:08We have to do everything in our power to make it possible.
13:13This is what we can promise,
13:15that we will do everything that the money arrives,
13:20both cohesion funds and both the recovery and resiliency funds,
13:24both the grants and both the loans.
13:26We have the projects ready.
13:28Budapest contributed a lot with a lot of green transition projects,
13:33energy efficiency projects, public transport projects.
13:38So, we try to do our best,
13:40but of course, it's up to cooperation.
13:42Indeed.
13:43And of course, apart from the recovery funds,
13:44as you mentioned,
13:45there's 6.3 billion euros in cohesion funds
13:48for regional development that are also frozen.
13:50What impact is that having on the ground there in Hungary?
13:54We are really suffering.
13:56I mean, it's not just Budapest.
13:57Budapest is suffering a lot,
13:58but Budapest has been suffering in the past 16 years,
14:04and especially in the past years
14:06when cohesion funds stopped arriving.
14:09Because, okay, what are we doing from cohesion funds?
14:11We are investing in public transport.
14:14We renovated the metro lines.
14:17We built water protection,
14:18flood protection system,
14:20clean water,
14:23circular economy elements.
14:25So, and of course, all of our regions,
14:28and it's not just the Hungarian regions,
14:30all of our European regions
14:33grow and get stronger through cohesion policy.
14:37It's a very important mainstreaming tool
14:38of the European Union
14:40because how it works,
14:41it's a decentralized investment tool.
14:44It is designed by the local authorities,
14:47by regions,
14:48implemented by the regions,
14:49and it helps grow
14:52in the common directions
14:54of digital transformation,
14:56climate transformation,
14:58social cohesion.
14:59It's a very important investment tool
15:01and we suffer a lot
15:03by not receiving it.
15:04And just looking ahead,
15:05of course,
15:05European affairs ministers
15:06are gathering in Brussels today
15:08for a big battle
15:09over the EU's long-term budget
15:10of 1.8 trillion euro.
15:12We know wealthy countries
15:13want to shrink it though.
15:15What's in it now for the regions?
15:16What's your stake here
15:17for the Committee of the Regions?
15:19The stake is really high.
15:21We have been very vocal
15:23on all of our concerns
15:25about the new budget.
15:26Okay, what is the big concern?
15:27That what we see,
15:28two things that concerns us.
15:31That there is a very big wave
15:33of centralization
15:34because of this crisis mode.
15:36Because this is what happens
15:37when there's a constant crisis.
15:39This is the instinct
15:40that you centralize power,
15:42you centralize resources.
15:44And this is what we see
15:44in the budget.
15:45So traditional,
15:48important European politics.
15:49policies like agricultural policy,
15:51which is a food security policy.
15:54So it's not just
15:55a general agricultural policy.
15:56It is what provides
15:58Europe food security
15:59so farmers don't stop
16:01making food in Europe.
16:03And the other big policy
16:05is cohesion policy,
16:07which is a decentralized
16:08investment policy,
16:09which is designed
16:11by the regions.
16:13It's a European regional policy.
16:15What's in the new budget?
16:16That the proposal
16:18disconnects the cohesion funds
16:21from the single market,
16:22although they are
16:23attached together.
16:24Because the idea is
16:25that together we have the market.
16:27We grow together.
16:28We are stronger together.
16:30But how the world
16:32manifests itself,
16:33if there's no intervention,
16:35the strong would get stronger
16:37and the weak weaker.
16:38But we want convergence.
16:40We want everybody
16:41to grow together.
16:42This is why we reinvest
16:43part of the gains
16:45of the single market.
16:46This is cohesion policy.
16:47We fight for
16:48a stronger cohesion policy.
16:48But of course,
16:49not everyone agrees with you.
16:50And that's why the battle
16:52is just getting started
16:53on that budget.
16:54Cata Tutu,
16:54we'll have to leave it there.
16:55Thank you so much
16:56for joining us here
16:57on Europe today.
16:59But now moving on
17:00to other news.
17:01In a speech
17:01that has gained traction
17:02worldwide,
17:04Pope Leo has declared war
17:05on artificial intelligence,
17:06warning of the dangers
17:07surrounding the emerging
17:08technology
17:09and the threats
17:10to society
17:10that it poses.
17:11For more on why,
17:12the Catholic Church
17:13is getting involved here.
17:14We're joined here
17:14by our correspondent,
17:16Angela Scugins.
17:17So what spurred
17:17these remarks
17:18from the Catholic Church,
17:19Angela?
17:19Good morning, Maid.
17:20So this could be
17:21an act of divine intervention
17:22or something a little bit
17:24more choreographed.
17:25Pope Leo XIV
17:26released his major manifesto,
17:28something called
17:29the Encyclical,
17:29on May the 15th.
17:31Now, 145 years ago
17:33to that date,
17:34a former Pope Leo
17:35published his own letter
17:36which clarifies
17:37the position
17:38of the Vatican,
17:39the Catholic faith
17:39to its billions of followers.
17:41Now, his letter railed
17:42against the Industrial Revolution
17:44and the harms
17:44to society it posed.
17:46Now, this Pope Leo
17:47warned of the major
17:48technological advancement
17:50facing the 21st century AI.
17:52In this letter,
17:53he warned against
17:54the dangers posed to AI,
17:56particularly when it comes
17:57to the battlefield,
17:58warning that it can make
17:59war easier.
18:01What is very interesting
18:03is that the CEO
18:04of Anthropic,
18:04a major AI company,
18:06was in the Vatican
18:07on Monday listening
18:08to this speech.
18:09It's important to point out
18:10that Anthropic
18:11is in a major legal battle
18:13with the U.S. government
18:14regarding its application
18:16on the battlefield.
18:16But let's take a listen
18:17to Pope Leo
18:18regarding his statements.
18:20I've listened
18:21to scientists
18:21and engineers,
18:23to political leaders
18:24and public officials,
18:26to parents
18:26and teachers.
18:28From this listening,
18:29matured a disturbing
18:31conviction expressed
18:32in Magnifica Humanitas.
18:35Artificial intelligence
18:36needs to be disarmed,
18:40freed from logics
18:41that turn it into
18:42an instrument of domination,
18:44exclusion, and death.
18:47And the Pope also
18:49likened AI to slavery, Angela.
18:51Tell us more
18:51about this particular statement.
18:52Yes, so in the 42,000-word document
18:55he wrote,
18:56if technology promises emancipation,
18:59yet it produces new forms
19:00of global subordination,
19:02the fight against new forms
19:04of slavery,
19:04it is a decisive test
19:06for the ethical discernment AI.
19:08What is clear
19:09is that the pontiff
19:09wants to be on the front foot
19:10when it comes to calling out
19:12AI's potential relationship
19:14with slavery.
19:15We're talking about
19:16content moderators
19:17that have to sift through
19:18a large swathe
19:20of disturbing imagery,
19:21as well as the children
19:22that are often sent
19:23to collect critical
19:24rare earth minerals
19:25that produce things
19:26like our smartphones
19:27and our laptops.
19:28What is clear
19:29is that the Vatican
19:29wants to be on the front foot
19:31when it comes to AI
19:32stating that this should be
19:34a tool that serves humanity
19:35and not the other way around.
19:36But of course,
19:37it's making regulators
19:37here in Brussels
19:38a bit nervous
19:38as they try to regulate
19:39but also find a way
19:40to make this continent
19:41more competitive
19:42in that field.
19:43Angela Scudin,
19:43thank you so much
19:44for joining us
19:45and thank you,
19:46of course,
19:46for tuning in to us
19:47here this morning
19:47on Europe Today.
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