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بزرگترین جام جهانی با برتری مکزیک مقابل افریقای جنوبی و شگفتی کره جنوبی برابر نخستین تیم اروپایی آغاز شد. همزمان در اروپا پیمان جدید مهاجرت و پناهندگی اتحادیه اروپا اجرایی میشود و پاپ لئوی چهاردهم سفرش به اسپانیا را با نماز ویژه در تنریفه پایان میدهد.
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بزرگترین جام جهانی با برتری مکزیک مقابل افریقای جنوبی و شگفتی کره جنوبی برابر نخستین تیم اروپایی آغاز شد. همزمان در اروپا پیمان جدید مهاجرت و پناهندگی اتحادیه اروپا اجرایی میشود و پاپ لئوی چهاردهم سفرش به اسپانیا را با نماز ویژه در تنریفه پایان میدهد.
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00:14Good morning. It is Friday the 12th of June. I'm Maeve McMahon and this is Europe Today.
00:20Your daily fix of European news and context live here on Euronews.
00:24Coming up, a glimmer of hope in the Middle East. Donald Trump says Washington and Tehran are on the verge
00:31of a peace deal and that planned missile strikes have been called off.
00:36The announcement follows two days of escalating attacks that threatened to shatter a very fragile ceasefire. Tehran, however, says no
00:44final agreement has been reached.
00:45This as the European Central Bank raises interest rates for the first time in years in a bid to stop
00:52the surge in prices triggered by the chaos.
00:55We'll hear exclusively from the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristina Gorgieva, about how the Middle East conflict
01:02is damaging the European economy.
01:03And two years after it was agreed, the EU's Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force this very Friday.
01:11From now on, all 27 EU member states will be required to follow the same rules on asylum procedures, screenings
01:18and reception conditions.
01:20We'll be hearing from the European Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Pruner.
01:23But first, let's talk about the World Cup 2026.
01:27And for that, I'm thrilled to have a co-host for the next 40 days, Vincenzo Genovese.
01:37Good morning, good morning, everyone.
01:39Indeed, Maeve, after all the controversy, the magic of the World Cup 2026 started yesterday night in Mexico City.
01:47Of course, it was the afternoon in Mexico and it started with a great ceremony, a lot of fun, a
01:54lot of colours, stunning atmospheres.
01:56Over 80,000 people in the stadium, great singers, the local hero, Mana, Andre Bocelli, and of course, Shakira and
02:06the Nigerian rapper, Burna Boy, who literally stole the show with this new anthem, Dai Dai.
02:13Maeve, are you already singing this, no? Dai Dai?
02:16I've been watching it, yeah. It's pretty cool.
02:17And this is not the first contribution of Shakira to the history of the World Cup, because everyone remembers in
02:24the 2010 Waka Waka.
02:26Waka Waka. It's time for Africa.
02:28It's time for Africa. I love it. Still love that one.
02:30Let's see. Let's see, of course, if Dai Dai will be as famous as Waka Waka in the next weeks
02:35and months.
02:36But, of course, the ceremony was not just about songs. There was also a speech from Mexican actress Salma Hayek,
02:44and there were a lot of references to the Mexican culture.
02:50Of course, opening ceremonies in the World Cup are the occasion for the host countries to show a little bit
02:55of their culture.
02:56We saw many costumes of indigenous peoples, which made the history of Mexico, and, after all, the name of the
03:07stadium, the legendary Azteca, is the name of an indigenous people.
03:12And this is an epic stadium for football fans.
03:15Azteca is the only stadium which has ever lost three opening games of the World Cup and two finals in
03:241970 and in 1986, one with Pelé, one with Diego Armando Maradona.
03:33So it's a reference point for all the football fans.
03:36We can go now to Mexico City, straight to Mexico City, to leave a little bit of the atmosphere.
03:42We are with Fraudio Esquerra. He's a journalist from media outlet Animal Politico.
03:48If I'm not wrong, you are connected from Angel de la Independencia, which is a square where the Mexican fans
03:55gather after the games.
03:58Please bring us the atmosphere. Tell us how was it.
04:02Yeah, that's correct. Hello to you all.
04:05Yeah, the ceremony inside Estadio Azteca was an historic spectacle for nearly 80,000 fans who could attend, with some
04:14tickets costing over $3,000.
04:17The event highlighted international acts like Shakira and Nigerian singer Burna Boy, alighting the crowd with the performance of Day
04:25Day, the official song of the tournament.
04:27And on the pitch, Mexico achieved an historic milestone by beating South Africa 2-0.
04:33This is the very first time that the national team has managed to win an opening group stage match in
04:39a World Cup.
04:40However, the contrast could not be starker.
04:44While FIFA celebrated inside, the stadium was heavily guarded by security elements of the Mexico City government.
04:51Exactly as the match began, the tension boiled over into violent clashes between protesters and the police just outside the
05:01venue.
05:01It was an opening day of two completely different realities.
05:06Thank you. Thank you, Frasboa. Thank you very much.
05:09Frasboa Esquerra, connected from Mexico City.
05:12So, stunning atmosphere on one side.
05:14Tension and protest in the streets of Mexico City.
05:17On the other side, you know, Maeve, this is the longest and the largest World Cup ever.
05:23We have 104 games until the final scheduled to 19th of July.
05:28We have three Austin countries.
05:31Mexico, of course, the United States and Canada.
05:34And we have 12 groups with 48 teams from all over the world.
05:39By the way, sorry.
05:40I'm very sorry that Ireland is not there.
05:43Well, excuse me.
05:44Neither is Italy.
05:46But I was about to say you are in a good company.
05:50Can I ask you who are supporting them?
05:52Because I'm curious now.
05:53Well, countries like Germany, Belgium and Spain, countries that have a special place in my heart, I'll be shouting for
05:57them.
05:58OK.
05:58I cannot tell you.
06:00I'm totally neutral being Italian and being the sport correspondent of this program.
06:05Maybe I will tell you in the next episodes who I don't want to win this World Cup.
06:11But jokes apart, let's go to the games.
06:13Francois has anticipated the result of Mexico.
06:17We had two games tonight.
06:18We had Mexico beat 2-0 South Africa.
06:22And we had South Korea, Korea Republic, defeated 2-1 Czechia.
06:28So the first European team to play in this World Cup started with a defeat.
06:34So the ranking, we can see the ranking.
06:37Mexico and Korea are leading now the Group A with three points.
06:43Czechia and South Africa, zero points.
06:46May I be honest, did you watch the games?
06:48I did not.
06:49I confess I did not.
06:50But I will watch the ones when I'm interested in the teams.
06:52OK.
06:53Nice.
06:53There were two different, very different games.
06:56And we can see some pictures of them.
06:59Mexico really dominated its game with one goal in the first half, one goal in the second half.
07:07And basically no risk, no occasion from South Africa.
07:12There was a record in this game because we got three red cards.
07:18So South Africa ended the game with down to nine players.
07:22Mexico ended with down to ten players.
07:25And this is the most red cards in an opening game in a World Cup ever.
07:32While the most red cards in a single match in a World Cup was in 2006 in Germany, Portugal versus
07:38the Netherlands, the famous Battle of Nuremberg.
07:42But this is another story.
07:43Let's get back to America.
07:46For South Korea, Czech Republic was very much closely contested.
07:53South Korea conceded the first goal, but then there was a comeback and they scored in the minute 80 for
07:59a final result of 2-1.
08:02We have seen, we watched some goals yesterday night.
08:06We will watch others.
08:08We have very great players in this World Cup.
08:10We have, of course, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo, the two greatest players of our time, I would say, of
08:19the century so far.
08:20They are both at their last dance, probably in a World Cup at least.
08:25We will have Kylian Mbappé, Florian Wirtz, many other players, rising stars such as Arda Gouler, other seasonal players like
08:34Harry Kane, many players to watch.
08:38We also have some issues in this World Cup and we have a big elephant in the room.
08:44The participation of Iran.
08:45Of course, we know that Iran is one of the team playing and Iran is at war with one of
08:52the host countries, the United States.
08:56Iran has to play three games of the group stage in the United States, two in Los Angeles and one
09:03in Seattle.
09:04This, of course, is complicated.
09:06Let's listen to Gianni Fantino, the president of FIFA, on this matter.
09:10When people were saying, well, it would be impossible for Iran to come to the World Cup, I told them
09:17and I promised them that they would come.
09:19And if I had to go with a bus to Tehran and drive them here, I would do that.
09:27Their answer was, we will take the bus ourselves and drive it if need be.
09:31We qualified and we want to play.
09:33And this is the spirit of football.
09:34Of course, there are challenges.
09:37Of course, it's not easy.
09:40Chill, relax, everything is under control, said Gianni Fantino in another part of this conference.
09:46But indeed, there were some consequences.
09:49The first one is that Iran had to move its training base from the US to Mexico.
09:57There are also some concerns for other aspects of the tournament.
10:03Another one is the US policy on migration and stricter border controls.
10:08For example, the first victim was this referee, Omar Artan.
10:12He's a Somalian referee.
10:14He's one of the most prominent African referees.
10:18He was said to be part of the World Cup.
10:21But it was denied the entry in the US.
10:24He was stopped at the Miami airport and he had to come back to Somalia.
10:29In Mogadishu, he was welcomed as an hero.
10:31And by the way, the UEFA, the European football body, picked him up for the Super Cup game.
10:39Paris Saint-Germain versus Aston Villa.
10:42So a very great gesture, I would say, from the Europeans.
10:46But let's back to America and let's back to the upcoming games.
10:50Because there are games every day, literally every day, every day.
10:54Today, 9 p.m. Brussels time, of course.
10:58Group B, Canada versus Bosnia and Herzegovina and other European countries.
11:03So it's not part of the EU.
11:05And always on Sunday, I would say, because it's 3 a.m.
11:10United States versus Paraguay, the long-awaited debut of the U.S. team.
11:17And then on 9 p.m. Brussels time, on Sunday, Qatar, Switzerland.
11:22So these are the games.
11:24Maeve, get ready if you are not ready.
11:27I'm ready.
11:27And Brussels is ready.
11:29In such an international city, it will be noisy.
11:31It will be noisy because we have citizens from all the countries participating.
11:34In Brussels, everyone is ready.
11:36Even Ursula von der Leyen.
11:37And the president of the EU Commission posted this picture in her social media.
11:42And this is a tribute.
11:43This picture is a tribute of another one from a former president of the Commission, Jacques Delors,
11:49who was a very, a massive football supporter of French team Lille.
11:54Do you think you can do that?
11:56I could try.
11:57I'm good at football.
11:57And she's brilliant, too.
11:59Okay.
12:00Let's try.
12:01I want a picture of you to be posted in the next episode.
12:05But while waiting for the next games, please take a look to our FIFA World Cup coverage on euronews.com.
12:13And see you on Monday.
12:14Ciao.
12:15Thank you so much, Vincenzo Gineveva, for bringing all those details and all that passion about the football.
12:20We're so excited about all the games and the coverage here as well on euronews.com.
12:24But now, back to business.
12:25European finance ministers are continuing today their two-day gathering in Luxembourg
12:29after the European Central Bank warned in its latest monetary policy decision on Thursday that, quote,
12:35the war in the Middle East is generating inflationary prices, justifying an increase in interest rates.
12:40For more, we can bring in our very own Europe editor, Maria Tadeo,
12:43who's been in Luxembourg for the last couple of days following the meeting and is still there for us this
12:47morning.
12:48Over to you, Maria.
12:49Yes, Maeve, indeed, it is day two here in Luxembourg where European finance ministers are gathering with energy very much
12:56in focus.
12:56This is their biggest concern.
12:58They're having to deal with a European economy in which the growth outlook,
13:02the growth expectations have been dented as a result of the instability in the Middle East and the situation in
13:08Iran.
13:08But inflation is going up as a result of the energy crisis and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
13:14That instability now pushing the European Central Bank yesterday to increase interest rates by 25 basis points to 2.25
13:22percent.
13:23Up until now, for the most part, the European Central Bank had kept interest rates steady.
13:28Also in attendance yesterday in this meeting, the head of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva,
13:34who told finance ministers at this stage they have to be careful in the way that they deal with the
13:40energy crisis.
13:40Measures have to be tailored and they have to be targeted.
13:44Otherwise, there is a risk that they could contribute to inflationary pressures.
13:48And that is exactly what the European Central Bank is trying to avoid.
13:52The head of the IMF also told me that at this point, and this is critical and it is relevant,
13:57as conversations around the next European common budget are about to begin,
14:02that Europeans should and they must invest together collectively in areas that are fundamental for the 27,
14:10meaning energy and defence.
14:12So once again, the IMF reiterating an endorsement of joint public borrowing
14:17when it comes to the European Union doing it together.
14:21Let's take a look at this conversation.
14:23Unfortunately, conditions have worsened since we put out our projections for European growth and inflation in April,
14:33growth down, inflation up.
14:35It is now even worse.
14:38So we are downgrading once again our growth projections for the Eurozone
14:44and uplifting once again our inflation projections.
14:50A very difficult balancing act for Europe to manage.
14:54And just a quick word on this point.
14:56You are the head of the IMF, but you are also a commissioner, and you are from Bulgaria.
15:01And you'd like to repeat that you are a European above all.
15:04The European talks around the budget, they're about to begin.
15:07This is going to be a difficult fight.
15:09What would you advise to everyone sitting around the table, the capitals, but also the commission?
15:12Concentrate on European competitiveness.
15:16Make sure that the European budget has the strength to lift up productivity and growth in Europe.
15:26And that means fund together where together you would be more impactful.
15:34Defence, energy security, and of course do it with the recognition
15:39that in exchange the European Commission has to demonstrate value for money.
15:48So go at it together, that's your message still, with the joint debt.
15:51When you don't have much money, spend it wisely, put it together, invest wisely.
15:57Just in energy, if we invest jointly, it would be 7% cheaper for the European taxpayer.
16:08Now moving on, after years of bitter political wrangling, the European Union's new migration and asylum pact takes effect today.
16:16The reforms are designed to reshape how Europe handles asylum seekers and migrants, but they remain deeply controversial.
16:23For more, I'm joined now by our EU correspondent, Angela Scugins.
16:26Good morning, Angela.
16:27Just tell us, what kind of tone is Brussels trying to strike with this overhaul?
16:32Good morning.
16:32So it's firm but fair.
16:34This is the rhetoric that we've heard ricocheting across the European Union in the run-up to today.
16:38In a nutshell, the 27 EU member states have had two years to implement the Migration and Asylum Pact.
16:44This aims to overhaul the EU's rules when it comes to new arrivals.
16:48Now they've had those two years and they've implemented them to varying degrees.
16:53But in a nutshell, this spans 10 major legislative files,
16:56but the most important being the border checks, the safe third country concepts and the return hubs.
17:02This is shorthand for deportation centres set up outside of the European Union.
17:07This has got NGOs particularly up in arms.
17:09They're concerned that these individuals will not be regulated properly as it sits outside the confines of the EU rules,
17:16with some NGOs such as Amnesty International describing this as potentially punitive and cruel.
17:21And remind us why this reform was necessary.
17:23Yeah, so if we look at the data, there does seem to be a problem when it comes to returning
17:27some of these individuals.
17:29The most up-to-date information that we have from the European Commission highlights
17:32that only 29% of individuals in the last quarter were actually returned to their country of origin
17:38once the courts deemed them illegal to stay.
17:41So clearly this puts a strain on communities as well as social services.
17:44But Frontex also has some interesting data stating that arrival levels have fallen for the last four years.
17:51So it's important to hold those facts side by side.
17:54But clearly the EU member states are crying out for help.
17:57We know the Polish Prime Minister, Donald Tusk, which is a country that has accommodated a large amount of Ukrainian
18:02refugees.
18:03They've stated they don't want any new arrivals as part of this scheme.
18:06But then we look at Spain, which sits on the band of those Mediterranean countries.
18:11That country's Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, only last month gave 500,000 undocumented migrants the legal ability to stay.
18:18So clearly this is a polarising issue, a political flashpoint, clearly.
18:23I spoke to the man of the hour, the European Commissioner for Migration, Magnus Brunner, in exclusive comments to Euronews.
18:29I put to him the first question that I asked him was about this division.
18:33I asked whether migration was a problem or an opportunity for Europe.
18:39It's both, I would say.
18:40It used to be a problem, definitely.
18:43Ten years ago we did take a lot of responsibility as a European Union, but we didn't have a system.
18:48We didn't have the rules, the fitting rules, and we didn't have control over what is happening in the European
18:53Union.
18:53So it used to be a problem, it became a problem, but it can also be an opportunity in the
19:00future.
19:00If we have control, if we manage to fight the illegal migration, then there is room.
19:06Can you explain how the Migration and Asylum Pact gives the control back to the 2017 member states?
19:13Yeah, we have firm but also fair new rules.
19:17This is the first time we have actually a comprehensive system, a European-wide comprehensive system with better border controls,
19:26border checks at the external European border,
19:29asylum procedures at the border, being more efficient, effective, quicker also with the asylum procedures.
19:37So it's a whole set of new rules, of reforms also.
19:42Do you think Europe is ready for the change in mindset?
19:46Of course it is, and we are ready to do the reforms, and we have to bring our European house
19:52in order.
19:53That's the first thing, that's what we're doing with the reforms.
19:56And the next step will be to get more engaged with third countries outside the European Union, to work together
20:02with them on readmission, for instance, on returns also.
20:07And that's where we have to put the leverage we have as a European Union on the table, always together
20:12with migration, be it visa policy, be it trade policy.
20:16And if we look at the most up-to-date data from the European Commission, only 29% of individuals
20:22that were ordered by the courts to go back to their country of origin were actually deported.
20:27Is the EU migration and asylum pact the silver bullet that will fix this?
20:32It's not about the asylum pact, actually.
20:35That's about the return regulation.
20:37And the return regulation will improve the situation, of course, as well, because, as you said, it's just not acceptable.
20:42It's only that only one out of four at the moment who have no right to stay in the European
20:47Union are being returned.
20:48So that's why we have the return regulation.
20:50That's that was a missing piece from the pact, actually.
20:54Pope Leo is visiting the Canary Islands.
20:56This is a major Spanish migration hotspot.
20:59He received a standing ovation from the Spanish parliament earlier this week, calling for love and dignity for some of
21:05the most fragile individuals.
21:07Do you think that the views of the pope in terms of migration are compatible with Brussels?
21:13Definitely. Yes, I would say I had the chance to meet the pope myself some months ago and I had
21:20a conversation with him exactly on that topic.
21:23And yes, of course, I mean, human dignity, international law, this is all in the center also of the reforms.
21:33We're not talking we're not negotiating about about these these facts that that is really important for us.
21:43And we have to differentiate between illegal migration, where we have to do everything to fight against because it's about
21:52the business of the smugglers and the human traffickers and legal migration as a second part.
21:58And the third part is protection, of course. And that's where the pope comes into play.
22:03And we have to do everything. And we have a responsibility also as a European Union to protect those people
22:09whose life is under threat in their home countries.
22:11And that's what we try to do. Fighting illegal migration, pathways for legal migration and, of course, protection.
22:21Well, as you heard there, Pope Leo is in the Canary Islands, where he's wrapping up his visit to Spain
22:25with a special mass at the port of Tenerife.
22:28For more, we can bring in Paloma García Ovejero, a former Vatican spokesperson and now the head of communications for
22:34the NGO Mary's Meals International.
22:37Good morning, Paloma. Thanks so much for bringing us up to speed on the pope's visit.
22:41Just tell us first, what were the main takeaways from his visit and how have locals been reacting?
22:46Well, definitely. Dignity has no passport. And from the port of shame to the port of hope, those are, for
22:57me, the main highlights of yesterday's speech.
23:01But the emotion, the hugs, the tears, that was a historic moment, not only for the Puerto de Arginagin, but
23:13for the Canary Islands.
23:14And for everyone involved in the Mediterranean Sea, in the migration negotiations, this is not about the present.
23:27This is about the future and also, of course, the future of Europe.
23:31Well, you just heard there from Magnus Pruner, the European Commissioner for Migration, on the very topic of migration.
23:36And the pope alluded to what European governments are doing when it comes to this migration pact.
23:41He talked about their indifference to the plight of migrants.
23:44Let's just take a listen together to Pope Leo.
23:48We cannot grow accustomed to counting the dead.
23:51Human dignity has no passport and does not lose its value when crossing a border.
23:57Tell us more, Paloma, about what he had to say about this.
24:01Well, don't forget that Pope Leo has just started his pontificate.
24:07Donald Trump will disappear.
24:10Ursula von der Leyen will disappear.
24:12Many of us will disappear.
24:14And probably he stay as a pope because he will stay there until he die.
24:21So, his words come from the gospel 2,000 years ago.
24:27This is not about politics.
24:29This is about human beings.
24:32And this is also about the new era.
24:36This is the pope for a new era.
24:39And probably he will stay with us.
24:42He will come back to Spain.
24:44And he will repeat once and again,
24:46this is about being human and trying not to flee from the,
24:53trying to help them not to flee from their countries.
24:56Okay, Paloma, Garcia, Ovejero,
24:58thank you so much for bringing your point of view there
25:00on the pope's visit to Spain.
25:02You can read more, of course, on that visit on Euronews.com
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