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00:15Wszystkie prawa zastrzeżone.
00:30between Iran and the United States
00:32aimed at building out the fragile
00:34interim deal to end the war
00:35were positive and constructive
00:37according to mediators Qatar and
00:39Pakistan. But there were some tense
00:42moments when US President Trump
00:44angered Tehran's chief negotiators
00:46when he threatened Iran
00:47resulting in a temporary pause
00:49in the talks. We'll have the latest from
00:52our correspondent in the Middle East.
00:54Drama at Downing Street.
00:56British Prime Minister Keir Starmer
00:58is expected to step down today
01:00after pressure from inside his
01:02Labour Party became overwhelming
01:04to make way for rival
01:06Andy Burnham. Starmer, who
01:08first didn't want to go without a fight
01:10is now aware of the new
01:12political realities
01:13as a government spokesman said.
01:15Our analyst Merrick Dwin Jones will
01:18fill us in. Knocking on
01:20Europe's door. European
01:22Council President Antonio Costa and
01:24European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
01:26on meeting Moldovan President
01:28Maja Sandu in Brussels today
01:30for the second EU Moldova Summit.
01:32The meeting follows the opening
01:34of Moldova's first real
01:36accession negotiations. Now
01:38it's crunch time. We'll have
01:40Moldova's foreign minister live here
01:42in our studio. And
01:44the back and forth that nobody
01:46needs. After Poland's president
01:48stripped his Ukrainian counterpart
01:50of the country's highest state honor
01:51current and former Ukrainian officials
01:54are renouncing their own awards.
01:56The latest episode of a spat
01:58that is hard to understand for
01:59outsiders. Tensions have been
02:01rising between Kiev and Warsaw since
02:04Zelensky named a military unit after
02:06a World War II Ukrainian
02:07insurgent army. Very
02:09controversial in Poland.
02:12But first the situation in the
02:14Middle East where things were a little
02:16bumpy last night. The
02:17Iranians temporarily walked out of
02:19the talks in Switzerland leaving
02:21US Vice President J.D. Vance a bit
02:24nonplussed. The reason for this
02:26stunning turn were threats by
02:27President Donald Trump to strike
02:29Iran even harder if Tehran doesn't
02:32agree to a deal. To make sense of
02:34it all let's head over to Doha where
02:36our correspondent Laila Humeyra has
02:38the latest for us. Good morning
02:40Laila. So what can you tell us about
02:43the talks near Lucerne? Are they still
02:46happening? What's going on?
02:50That's right Stefan. Good morning. As
02:52you said there these intense
02:54eight-hour marathon negotiations
02:56have concluded in Switzerland
02:58with representatives from pretty much
03:00all sides hailing it as a
03:02constructive step forward and
03:04with good progress made.
03:06Now in a joint statement the
03:07mediators Qatar and Pakistan
03:09announced a roadmap which builds on
03:11the memorandum of understanding
03:13signed between the US and Iran last
03:15week to reach a final deal to end
03:18the war within 60 days. Now one of
03:21the key points in this roadmap is the
03:23setting up of high level committee and
03:26deconfliction mechanisms to seize all
03:29hostilities in Lebanon which we know
03:32has been a sticking point in these
03:34negotiations. So despite those tense
03:37moments in Lake Lucerne in Switzerland
03:39we do have a positive outcome.
03:42And Laila what about the situation in
03:44the Strait of Hormuz this morning? The
03:46Iranians closed it again over the
03:48weekend. Give us an update.
03:52Yes that's right. Despite the
03:54breakthrough politically we see we saw
03:57in Switzerland the situation in the
03:59Strait of Hormuz remains extremely
04:01fragile. As you said on Saturday Iran
04:04said it shut down the Strait of Hormuz in
04:06response to Israeli aggression in Lebanon
04:09which is supposed to see a ceasefire in
04:11place right now. And since Saturday we've
04:14seen vessels try and attempt going into
04:17the Strait of Hormuz only to end up
04:19turning back. Now on paper the US and
04:22Iran have vowed to restore freedom of
04:24navigation back in the Strait of Hormuz
04:26but in reality hundreds of vessels are
04:30still stranded and idle in those waters
04:32in between that critical shipping waterway.
04:36All right Laila Humara in Doha for us.
04:39Thank you very much. Now let's go to the
04:42United Kingdom where the British press
04:44had a busy weekend basically announcing
04:46the end of Keir Starmer's premiership as
04:49early as today. We know he was in trouble
04:52especially after a by-election in northern
04:54England was won by his internal rival
04:56Andy Burnham. For more on this let's
04:58bring in our in-house UK policy expert
05:01Marit Gwynne-Jones who has been
05:02following this drama closely. Good morning
05:05Marit. Good morning Stefan. So Marit this
05:08comes two years after a landslide victory
05:12by Starmer and his Labour Party in the
05:15general election. What has changed? Well
05:17indeed Stefan what's changed is that
05:19pressure has now been mounting on the
05:21Prime Minister Keir Starmer for weeks.
05:23His approval ratings are really quite
05:26abysmal. That's due to a series of
05:27unpopular U-turns on policy. Also
05:31controversy around the fact that he
05:32appointed Peter Mandelson of course the
05:34role of the UK ambassador to the US. Such
05:37is the pressure now that members of his
05:38own Labour Party believe the party would
05:40be better off without him and that the
05:42country also would be better off with
05:44another leader. So what we're expecting
05:45today Stefan is for possibly Starmer to
05:49set out a timetable for his departure. That
05:51could mean departing by the July
05:54parliamentary recess or as late as the
05:57autumn and to make way for another leader
05:59to step in and to become Prime Minister. What's
06:01unclear is whether there will be a formal
06:03contest between two or more candidates
06:06or whether Andy Burnham will be fast
06:08tracked to the Premiership. He's of course
06:11the former Manchester mayor. He won a
06:14crucial by-election last week as you
06:16mentioned in a very pro-Brexit I would
06:19say constituency where Reform UK the party
06:22of Nigel Farage has been performing very
06:24well in recent local elections. He won that
06:27and many members of the Labour Party
06:28believe now that Andy Burnham, informally
06:31known as the King of the North, you know
06:33he's an outsider to the Westminster elite
06:35and many believe he's the only man who can
06:38really stem the meteoric rise of Reform UK
06:42Nigel Farage's party and the only hope now
06:44for the Labour Party. So if this does happen
06:48as we expect Stefan, this would mean the
06:50seventh UK Prime Minister in 10 years which
06:52is really a sign of the instability that
06:54they're facing. Interesting stuff. What does
06:57it mean internationally? Should Brussels
06:59be paying attention? Well as you know
07:01you know, Stam has been playing a key role
07:03when it comes to bolstering Europe's
07:05defences along with his allies, one of
07:07only two nuclear powers in Europe of course,
07:09a key role in the format of the E3 along
07:11with France and Germany and also in the
07:13process of reopening the Strait of Hormuz
07:15and the peace process in Ukraine. He's been
07:18playing a really critical role. The fear now
07:20probably for Europe is that we have a lame duck
07:22prime minister in the UK for a few months. That
07:25could maybe further undermine Europe's
07:27authority. And crucially Stefan, and finally, this
07:30comes on the eve of the 10th anniversary of the
07:32Brexit referendum tomorrow. And we know that
07:36Salma had made it his priority to restore ties with
07:38the European Union. We are expecting him here in
07:42Brussels at the end of July to tie up a string of
07:45deals with the EU on closer collaboration. The question now is, will he be in power for that?
07:50Will he have the authority to do that? And will his successor have the same
07:55vision as him when it comes to ties with the European Union?
07:59Well, looking forward to that. I see what prime minister will come to Brussels in July.
08:05Merrick Gwynne-Jones there, thanks for bringing us up to date.
08:09Of course, all this drama in London unfolds as the United Kingdom wants to put its post-Brexit
08:14relationship with the EU on a new footing, short of membership, of course.
08:19Now, one country that wants membership is Moldova. In fact, Moldova applied to join the EU in March
08:262022, received candidate status in June that year and formally opened accession negotiations
08:32in June 2024. The latest phase launched in Luxembourg on the 15th of June of this year
08:39concerns the so-called fundamentals cluster. That's the part of accession talks that often
08:45determines the pace and credibility of the entire process. Let's talk about today's EU Moldova summit
08:51now with Moldova's foreign minister, Mihaly Popsoy, who joins me here on the set. Good morning,
08:57Minister. Great to have you with us. Good morning. It's a pleasure to be back.
09:00So that cluster that I mentioned earlier matters because it's not confined to technical lawmaking,
09:08if I may say. It examines whether democratic institutions are stable, whether corruption is
09:14being tackled, whether the courts are independent, whether public money is traceable, and whether
09:19fundamental rights are protected in practice. How do you feel about these talks?
09:25Well, these talks are very important to us, and the fact that Moldova has been able to reach this
09:30important milestone a few days ago, opening the clusters and now having our second Moldova
09:36European Union summit is a testament to the effort and to the progress that Moldovan institutions and
09:42Moldovan society is reaching under very difficult circumstances. When it comes to the fundamentals,
09:49we would not have it any other way. It is very much in our interest, in the interest of Moldovan
09:54citizens,
09:54to make sure that we consolidate Moldovan institutions, that we make democratic consolidation
10:00irreversible, that we deliver to the promise we made to our citizens to combat effectively corruption,
10:06to consolidate democratic freedoms. This is, at the end, part and parcel of our political agenda.
10:11If it also helps us to join the European Union, it's great, but our commitment is to our citizens back
10:16home, and we are thankful that this commitment is paying off, including in the opening of the first
10:23cluster of fundamentals. I want to ask you about Russia that continues to exert pressure on Moldova
10:30through disinformation energy leverage and, of course, the unresolved issue of Transnistria.
10:37Is the EU doing enough to help you guys with this, or are you still largely on your own?
10:44The European Union and EU member states have been incredibly supportive of the Republic of Moldova
10:50throughout the past years, when circumstances have been very difficult, including in the energy
10:54sphere. But, of course, we are in the driver's seat and we need to deliver on our own efforts back
11:01home.
11:01And we are working tirelessly, proactively, to engage with the folks from the left bank in the
11:06Transnistrian region of the Republic of Moldova to make sure that all Moldovan citizens, no matter where
11:11they live, on which part of the river, benefit from Moldova's EU accession. So it's an important
11:16process in making sure that Moldova advances on its European path. And the two tracks, the European
11:23integration and the integration of the Transnistrian region, are two parallel tracks, because otherwise
11:29we would give the Kremlin leverage and de facto veto over our accession process. But we are working hard to
11:35to make sure that all Moldovan citizens benefit like they had already benefited from the deep and
11:41comprehensive free trade area, which the Transnistrian region of Moldova has benefited a lot as well.
11:46All right. Mikhail Popsoy, the foreign minister of Moldova there. Thank you, sir, for helping us understand
11:52your perspective. We stay in Eastern Europe and go to Ukraine and Poland. An old conflict that goes back to
11:59World War Two is at the origin of a diplomatic row between Warsaw and Kyiv that gets nastier almost by
12:05the day. The latest is that Polish President Nowrowski stripped President Zelenskyy of Ukraine of Warsaw's
12:12highest state honor. What's it all about? Jakub Janos has the details.
12:19Politics is about symbols, and this time was no different. A recent military designation has sparked a major
12:26diplomatic crisis between Warsaw and Kyiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy named an elite special operations
12:32unit after UPA heroes to honor their modern battlefield performance. And in response, Polish
12:38President Karol Nawrocki announced intentions to strip Zelenskyy of Poland's highest state award,
12:44the Order of the White Eagle. This dispute exposes deeply conflicting national narratives.
12:50What exactly is going on here?
12:53For Poland, the UPA, so Ukrainian insurgent army, is responsible for a campaign of genocidal
13:00ethnic cleansing in the 1940s that resulted in the deaths of an estimated 100,000 Polish civilians
13:06in Woliń in Ukrainian or Wojny in Polish, so a historic region with deep Polish and Ukrainian roots.
13:14This violence also systematically targeted Jewish survivors who had escaped the Holocaust.
13:19Conversely, for Ukraine, the UPA is remembered as a symbol of anti-Soviet resistance and a heroic
13:25struggle for independence. And as Ukraine defends itself against the full-scale Russian invasion,
13:30this legacy of resistance is viewed as a vital tool for public resilience. And Ukrainian officials
13:36emphasize that this designation was a grassroots request from the front-line soldiers with no anti-Polish
13:42intentions. However, Polish leaders maintain that the memory of the victims is entirely non-negotiable.
13:48The risks of this trust crisis are exceptionally high, with some in Warsaw even calling for
13:54blocking Ukraine's EU accession over the scandal. And public solidarity is also facing pressure,
13:59as this unresolved dispute risks breaking the bond between both nations.
14:04And addressing the tension, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk noted that both nations
14:08must prevent historical emotions from destroying their solidarity.
14:12A prolonged conflict Tusk wins ultimately only serves the strategic interests of Moscow.
14:18So as said, politics is about symbols, but this time it could be different.
14:23Because history shows that even the deepest historical wounds can be managed through active cooperation.
14:29A precedent clearly seen in the journey of Polish-German reconciliation.
14:35The Ukrainian insurgent army will always remain a deeply divisive symbol, yet the shared security of
14:42both nations today depends on managing this historical pain together, rather than allowing the past to
14:48to shatter their alliance.
14:54Well, these intentions voiced by the Polish President are finally becoming reality.
15:00To get to the bottom of this, I'm glad to have our expert,
15:02Sasa Vakulina, in the studio now. Good morning, Sasa.
15:05Good morning.
15:06So, the Polish President stripped Zelensky of his honorary title. What was the reaction in Ukraine?
15:12The reaction was immediate with Wladimir Zelensky sending it back to Warsaw. You can see here the
15:18photos with the medal, the Order of the White Eagle being sent by Zelensky back to Warsaw to call
15:24Narodzky. There is this invoice with his name there, you can see. And Zelensky explained his
15:29decision on X, saying if it is considered that this special symbol may remain with Catherine II,
15:36Benito Mussolini and Gerhard Schroeder, then we in Ukraine will not argue with that. Following
15:43Zelensky's decision, also the head of his office, the foreign minister of Ukraine, the ambassador of
15:47Ukraine to Poland, and three ex-presidents of Ukraine all renounced their orders.
15:52That was quite a mix of recipients there.
15:57This is quite an unprecedented escalation between Warsaw and Kyiv. What's happening next?
16:03Well, that's a huge question also, because later this week, there's Ukraine reconstruction
16:07conference taking place in Gdansk, in Poland, which should be co-hosted by Ukraine and Poland.
16:12According to your news sources, Wladimir Zelensky was confirmed as of last week to participate.
16:18Now it's an open question whether he will show up in Gdansk.
16:22All right, Sasha Vakulina here in the studio. Thank you very much for these insights.
16:27And now let's talk football.
16:35And there were some eye-popping results last night. First of all, Mohamed Salah led Egypt to their first
16:41ever World Cup victory as they recovered to beat New Zealand 3-1, moving to the top of Group G
16:47and boosting
16:48their hopes of reaching the knockout stage. In that same Group G, Iran battled to a well-deserved point
16:54against 10-man Belgium with a 0-0 draw. Iran's hopes of making the knockout stages are now very much
17:00alive,
17:01whereas the Red Devils provided their fans with another evening of disappointment. And I think
17:06we're going to hear a lot about that in Brussels today. Then, Cape Verde continued the adventure
17:11as the team produced another shocker by forcing a 2-2 draw on Eurograde. A result that gets them
17:18second in their group for now. Remember, they drew with Spain in their tournament debut,
17:23which was their first stunner. Speaking of Spain, the team showed signs of regained consciousness
17:28by delivering a 4-0 thrashing of Saudi Arabia, with superstar Lamine Jamal becoming only the second
17:35player aged 18 and under to open scoring in a World Cup match. On the menu today is Argentina
17:42against Australia, France versus Iraq, Norway, Senegal and Jordan against Algeria. That's it for today.
17:49Thanks for joining us this Monday morning. Do get in touch with any of your questions or comments via
17:54our email address. That's EuropeToday at EuroNews.com. In the meantime, stay with us for more of the latest news
18:01live here on EuroNews. I'm Stefan Grobe. Take care and see you tomorrow.
18:35Bye.
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