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Vor ihrem Besuch in Litauen nach Drohnenvorfällen in den drei baltischen Staaten erklärt EU-Kommissionschefin von der Leyen: „Russlands Drohungen gegen die baltischen Staaten sind völlig inakzeptabel.“
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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, which 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-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, and in 2022 with the full-scale
02:37invasion 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 Tvetlana Tikhanovskaya 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?
03:08Good morning, everybody.
03:10I'm talking to you from Kyiv.
03:12It's my first visit, actually, to Ukraine, and it sends a very clear message that Democratic Belarus is with Ukraine,
03:20that our people are allies, not enemies.
03:23And Ukraine defends today not only itself, it defends the entire region from Russian imperialism, and Belarusian understands this very
03:32well.
03:33Of course, we welcome all the efforts of all the democratic world to bring peace and stability into our region.
03:39But this peace deal has to be just and long-lasting, not just, you know, short time for the Russian
03:46troops to regroup and start attacking again.
03:49And attacking again 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, but I'm
04:13sure 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.
04:26But 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.
05:02And 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.
05:31OK, we have seen also Belarus and Russia carrying out military nuclear exercises the other day.
05:36But we'll leave it at that, Svetlana Tsikhanovskaya.
05:38Thank 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 Janos.
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 and 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.
06:37And now Moscow claims this weapon is impossible to stop.
06:41Because of its extreme speed, it 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, making it less of a superweapon than the Kralin claims.
07:02But does Russia really need these massive missiles to rattle the EU?
07:06Not necessarily.
07:07Just last week, the suspected drone incursions 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.
07:26So what is Europe's response?
07:29Berlin is leading the charge as Chancellor Friedrich Merz 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.
07:49And as the classic philosophy goes, the greatest victories require no battle.
07:53The 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,
08:03Russia is already using them to fight one.
08:10Jakob Yanis there.
08:11Now 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
08:26in 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, basically, into its negotiating arsenal,
08:49pretty 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 on releasing
09:11the billions of frozen Iranian funds, which, 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, uranus.com.
09:43But now we can move on to Hungary, where Prime Minister Péthas Maillard
09:47is preparing to visit Brussels this week to seal a deal to unlock those 10.4 billion euros in recovery
09:54funds.
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 and bring in our very own Zoltan Zibosheggi.
10:04Good morning, Zoltan.
10:05So, look, Ursula von der Leyen is calling for tax and pension reforms in exchange for this cash,
10:10but Peter Maillard is not so much in agreement.
10:13How will they work through these issues?
10:17Good morning, Europe, today.
10:18So, actually, the main promise of Peter Maillard during the campaign was to release these EU funds.
10:24And he emphasized several times that they will take home this amount of money till the last cent.
10:30Two days ago, he had a TV interview, and he admitted that maybe it will be a little bit difficult
10:36and that they can't get the 100%, but at least they will try.
10:40In the same interview, he told that there will be no holiday for governmental and politicians, workers,
10:48you know, from the parliament, and 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, that Ursula von der Leyen and Brüssel, of course,
11:04tries to help for the Hungarian government, but 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, and they will not skip it.
11:18So, there are some arguments between Brüssel, how you already mentioned the pension and tax reforms,
11:24but we need to look a little bit behind of this, because for years there were campaigns against Brüssel from
11:31the Piedis government.
11:32So, even though people voted overwhelmingly for the TISA party,
11:40Peter Major has to act a little bit for them and show that he has power against Brüssel.
11:46He can argue with them.
11:47He don't have to say yes for everything.
11:50So, very probably, this is the broken point, what we see right now.
11:55And, of course, we can't forget that still Hungary pays 1 million euros fine because of the migration policy of
12:06Hungary.
12:07So, Brüssel and Ursula von der Leyen sent here three really high delegations.
12:13They have the intention to agree with the Hungarians, but we have a lot of work to do in Brüssel.
12:20Indeed, Sultan Siboshegi, thank you so much for that update and for describing that tightrope that Peter Major will have
12:26to 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 of the European Committee of Regions right here in Brussels.
12:36We can bring in Kata Tuto.
12:38She's just back from Spain, where she received a very prestigious European prize from 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, we have to talk about Hungary.
12:49As the former Deputy Mayor of Budapest, are you confident Hungary will get these funds from the Commission
12:53and be able to take off that 27 super milestones that they have to reach?
12:59Nobody can be confident.
13:00I think what we have to do as Hungarians and the Hungarian government and, of course, all of the authorities.
13:06I'm still in the Budapest City Council.
13:09We have to do everything in our power to make it possible.
13:13This is what we can promise, that we will do everything that the money arrives, both cohesion funds and both
13:21the recovery and resiliency funds,
13:24both the grants and both the loans.
13:26We have the projects ready. Budapest contributed a lot with a lot of green transition projects, energy efficiency projects, public
13:36transport projects.
13:38So, we try to do our best, but, of course, it's up to cooperation.
13:42Indeed. And, of course, apart from the recovery funds, as you mentioned, there'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?
13:53We are really suffering. I mean, it's not just Budapest. Budapest is suffering a lot, but Budapest has been suffering
14:00in the past 16 years,
14:04and especially in the past years when cohesion funds stopped arriving.
14:09Because, OK, what are we doing from cohesion funds?
14:11We are investing in public transport. We renovated the metro lines.
14:17We built water protection, flood protection system, clean water, circular economy elements.
14:25So, and of course, all of our regions, and it's not just the Hungarian regions,
14:30all of our European regions grow and get stronger through cohesion policy.
14:36It's a very important mainstreaming tool of the European Union, because how it works, it's a decentralized investment tool.
14:43It is designed by the local authorities, by regions, implemented by the regions,
14:49and it helps grow in the common directions of digital transformation, climate transformation, social cohesion.
14:59It's a very important investment tool, and we suffer a lot by not receiving it.
15:04And just looking ahead, of course, European affairs ministers are gathering in Brussels today
15:08for a big battle over the EU's long-term budget of 1.8 trillion euro.
15:12We know wealthy countries want to shrink it, though.
15:15What's in it now for the regions? What's your stake here for the Committee of the Regions?
15:19The stake is really high. We have been very vocal on all of our concerns about the new budget.
15:26Okay, what is the big concern? That what we see, two things that concerns us.
15:31That there is a very big wave of centralization because of this crisis mode,
15:36because this is what happens when there's a constant crisis.
15:39This is the instinct that you centralize power, you centralize resources,
15:43and this is what we see in the budget.
15:45So, traditional, important European policies, like agricultural policy,
15:51which is a food security policy.
15:54So, it's not just a general agricultural policy.
15:56It is what provides Europe food security, so farmers don't stop making food in Europe.
16:03And the other big policy is cohesion policy, which is a decentralized investment policy,
16:09which is designed by the regions.
16:13It's a European regional policy.
16:15What's in the new budget, that the proposal disconnects the cohesion funds from the single market,
16:22although they are attached together.
16:24Because the idea is that together we have the market.
16:27We grow together.
16:28We are stronger together.
16:30But how the world manifests itself, if there's no intervention,
16:35the strong would get stronger and the weak weaker.
16:38But we want convergence.
16:40We want everybody to grow together.
16:42This is why we reinvest part of the gains of the single market.
16:46This is cohesion policy.
16:47We fight for a strong cohesion policy.
16:48But, of course, not everyone agrees with you.
16:50And that's why the battle is just getting started on that budget.
16:54Cata Tutu, we'll have to leave it there.
16:55Thank you so much for joining us here on Europe today.
16:59But now moving on to other news.
17:01In a speech that has gained traction worldwide,
17:03Pope Leo has declared war on artificial intelligence,
17:06warning of the dangers surrounding the emerging technology
17:09and the threats to society that it poses.
17:11For more on why, the Catholic Church is getting involved here.
17:14We're joined here by our correspondent, Angela Scugins.
17:17So what spurred these remarks from the Catholic Church, Angela?
17:19Good morning, Maeve.
17:20So this could be an act of divine intervention
17:22or something a little bit more choreographed.
17:25Pope Leo XIV released his major manifesto,
17:28something called the Encyclical, on May 15.
17:31Now, 145 years ago to that date,
17:34a former Pope Leo published his own letter,
17:36which clarifies the position of the Vatican,
17:39the Catholic faith, to its billions of followers.
17:41Now, his letter railed against the Industrial Revolution
17:43and the harms to society it posed.
17:46Now, this Pope Leo warned of the major technological advancement
17:50facing the 21st century.
17:51In this letter, he warned against the dangers posed to AI,
17:56particularly when it comes to the battlefield,
17:58warning that it can make war easier.
18:01What is very interesting is that the CEO of Anthropic,
18:04a major AI company, was in the Vatican on Monday
18:07listening to this speech.
18:09It's important to point out that Anthropic is in a major legal battle
18:13with the US government regarding its application on the battlefield.
18:16But let's take a listen to Pope Leo regarding his statements.
18:19I've listened to scientists and engineers,
18:23to political leaders and public officials,
18:25to parents and teachers.
18:28From this listening, matured a disturbing conviction
18:31expressed in Magnifica Humanitas.
18:34Artificial intelligence needs to be disarmed,
18:39freed from logics that turn it into an instrument
18:43of domination, exclusion, and death.
18:47And the Pope also likened AI to slavery, Angela.
18:50Tell us more about this particular statement.
18:52Yes, so in the 42,000-word document, he wrote,
18:56if technology promises emancipation,
18:59yet it produces new forms of global subordination,
19:02the fight against new forms of slavery,
19:04it is a decisive test for the ethical discernment AI.
19:08What is clear is that the pontiff wants to be on the front foot
19:10when it comes to calling out AI's potential relationship with slavery.
19:15We're talking about content moderators that have to sift through
19:18a large swathe of disturbing imagery,
19:21as well as the children that are often sent to collect critical rare earth minerals
19:25that produce things like our smartphones and our laptops.
19:28What is clear is that the Vatican wants to be on the front foot
19:31when it comes to AI,
19:32stating that this should be a tool that serves humanity
19:35and not the other way around.
19:36But of course, it's making regulators here in Brussels a bit nervous
19:38as they try to regulate,
19:39but also find a way to make this continent more competitive in that field.
19:43Angela Scudan, thank you so much for joining us
19:45and thank you, of course, for tuning in to us here this morning on Europe Today.
19:48Any comments on any of the stories we're covering
19:51or anything that we're missing,
19:52do reach out to Europe Today at euronews.com.
19:56But in the meantime, stay with us here on Euronews
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