Europe Today: nő a nyomás Sánchezen, Európa Ukrajnáról tárgyal, Irán és az USA Svájcban egyeztet

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Europe Today: nő a nyomás Sánchezen, Európa Ukrajnáról tárgyal, Irán és az USA Svájcban egyeztet  Európa öt vezető katonai hatalma Berlinben tárgyal Ukrajna támogatásáról és szigorúbb orosz szankciókról, miközben Svájcban folytatódnak az amerikai–iráni egyeztetések. Közben Pedro Sánchez spanyol kormányfőre egyre nagyobb nyomás nehezedik a feleségét is érintő korrupciós botrány miatt.  BŐVEBBEN : http://hu.euronews.com/2026/06/24/europe-today-no-a-nyomas-sanchezen-europa-ukrajnarol-targyal-iran-es-az-usa-svajcban-egyez  Iratkozzon fel: Az Euronews elérhető 12 nyelven

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00:14good morning it's Wednesday the 24th of June you're watching Euronews and this is Europe

00:22today welcome to the program I'm Stefan Grobe coming up together for Ukraine against the

00:29backdrop of Europe seeking to play a greater role in efforts to end the war in Ukraine the leaders

00:35of Europe's five militarily leading states will come together in Berlin this afternoon

00:40the E5 meeting chaired by Germany's Friedrich Merz at the chancellery will discuss strengthening

00:46Ukraine's defense and sanctions against Russia joining Merz are the leaders of France Italy

00:52Poland and Britain despite the current political drama in London war or peace in Iran

00:59lower level negotiators are continuing to engage in what officials described as technical talks in

01:06Switzerland following the departure of the principles US Vice President J.D. Vance and the Iranian top

01:12negotiators the main sticking point what happens to Iran's nuclear capabilities we'll talk to Wendy

01:18Sherman who was Barack Obama's lead negotiator for the Iran nuclear deal back in 2015 war or peace in

01:26Lebanon while the US and Iran hash it out at the negotiation table Israel still has none of it

01:33the country will continue its offensive on Lebanon until Hezbollah is fully dismantled not just disarmed

01:40Israeli finance ministers Bezalel Smotrich said this comes as criticism grows inside Israel over

01:47Washington's handling of talks with Iran we'll hear the latest from our correspondent in Tyre and what

01:55happened at the World Cup last night I will fill you in but first Ukraine as the war grinds on

02:02and

02:03uncertainty over future US support lingers leaders of the European five that's Germany France Italy

02:09Poland and Britain are stepping up diplomatic efforts at a meeting in Berlin later today they plan to discuss

02:15support for Ukraine amid ongoing Russian aggression and to strengthen security in Europe during the event

02:22NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte plans to join online which aligns with preparations for the July

02:29NATO summit in Ankara for more on this I'm joined on set by our correspondent Sasha Vakulina good morning

02:36Sasha so bring us up to speed what are the exact topics this afternoon well the leaders are going to

02:43discuss some of the conclusions of the G7 summit in Avian in France when it comes to providing more

02:51support for Ukraine specifically of course when it comes to air defense now Ukraine's president

02:55Volodymyr Zelensky said last night that what he wants to see is the exact planning and the schedule

03:01for the deliveries of the air defense as agreed at the G7 summit but also with Donald Trump of course

03:08pushing Europe to take more responsibility and to take more of the burden this will be another

03:14important topic because just over the past couple of days Ukraine and Germany agreed to develop

03:20anti-ballistic capabilities which is a huge development when it comes to Europe's role in the

03:26general you know security architecture and their capabilities not leaving that an anti-ballistic air

03:32defense with the U.S. production only and of course you know the optics are very interesting for Kistama that

03:38might be very well his farewell meeting with the other leaders and we'll see how that goes and

03:44Volodymyr Zelensky is probably joining the conversation as well online yeah it's going to be an interesting

03:50atmosphere you mentioned Kistama on his way out and then the Polish prime minister Donald Tusk who is

03:57embroiled in this you know escalation with Ukraine diplomatic escalation what do you make of this

04:04indeed uh you know we have to watch that meeting in Berlin very closely to see it's going to be

04:08any

04:08contact between Tusk and Zelensky as well Ukraine recovery conference is starting tomorrow in Poland in

04:15Gdańsk after so much speculation Zelensky's office confirmed that he is not going to be in Poland and

04:21instead Ukraine's delegation will be led by Ukraine's prime minister now Yulia Svorydenko herself tried to

04:28strike a very cautious tone and to focus on investment and business opportunities on the

04:34conference she just very briefly uh commented on her intentions as she's going to be leading this

04:40delegation saying Ukraine respects its partners and builds cooperation on the principle of mutual respect

04:48and that's it now at the same time Polish prime minister Donald Tusk is trying to sort this out and

04:55trying to find the way out of this uh very much escalated diplomatic crisis between Warsaw and Kyiv

05:01and he said he is not willing to add more fuel into that fire when he said given Poland's strategic

05:08security I will not have a hand in fueling these tensions it is in the long-term interests of Poland

05:13to build relations with Ukraine based on a vision of the future and indeed with Russia waging its war

05:19against Ukraine for over four years now both Ukraine and Poland don't have other options and other

05:25choice uh apart from coordinating and cooperating when it comes to security geopolitics and the mutual

05:31respect and relations between these two neighboring countries yeah hot temperatures outside as well as

05:37inside in Berlin Sasha thank you very much moving on to the other global hotspot the first round of

05:44negotiations between the United States and Iran and Switzerland has ended with encouraging progress

05:50mediators from Qatar and Pakistan said for the view from an experienced diplomat Euronews' Maeve McMahon spoke

05:56to Wendy Sherman Barack Obama's chief negotiator on the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement she asked her about

06:04her thoughts on the long road ahead to a peace agreement I don't think that President Trump should have

06:12undertaken this war it has been disastrous not only for the people in the United States but for people all

06:18around the world and for people in Iran which is how he started all of this but their lives are

06:25worse not

06:26better so given where we are I think we are all glad that the Strait of Hormuz is opening I

06:35wouldn't say it is

06:36open really fully yet but opening I think it's good that they are negotiating but what is really occurring

06:46is not clear because the United States is saying one thing and Iran is saying something else but better to

06:52have

06:52talks than not indeed it's better to talk and just based on your assessment on what we know so far

06:58on your

06:59understanding of the framework of deal what is your first takeaway if you like my first takeaway is the MOU

07:05gives

07:05Iran quite a bit for not very much really it's to get the Strait of Hormuz open and get the

07:11world economy moving again for the

07:14United States to remove all oil sanctions after 40 years of sanctions is just extraordinary

07:22it's quite a price to pay for getting the Strait open I think that if the IAEA the International Atomic

07:30Energy

07:30Agency gets back into Iran even though Iran says that is not agreed that would be a very positive thing

07:37because you can't do anything in the negotiations or anything that you resolve without knowing that you

07:44can verify and monitor what the reality is and we need the IAEA on the ground to be able to

07:50do that

07:50I'm glad they're discussing Lebanon if they are indeed doing so Israel has said they are beginning talks with

07:58Lebanon I think that the president of Lebanon has said that he requires Israel to leave

08:05all of their occupation of Lebanon there is a very long way to go in fact I think at the

08:11end of the day

08:12unfortunately Iran is in a stronger position not a weaker one does that mean Iran has essentially won

08:18this war I do think that Iran has certainly put itself in a stronger position they can close the

08:27Strait of Hormuz at any point that they want they have shown that they are resilient that a military effort

08:33alone cannot undo them which I've known for a long time the only good thing that's come out of this

08:42is that perhaps that people have finally understood that diplomacy is necessary military action will not solve

08:49this problem and we see it's Steve Whitcoff and Jared Kushner the main negotiators here do you think

08:55they have enough understanding of the complexity of the issues well I think the problem is that to do this

09:03negotiation you really need a team of people you need nuclear physicists people who understand sanctions

09:09people understand currency intelligence assets lawyers a whole manner a whole team and it doesn't appear

09:19that that exists now and you of course personally know the Iranian foreign minister you negotiated with

09:24him in the past on the Iran nuclear deal what cards do you think he'll play this time around

09:29well Abbas Arachi is very smart very capable very litiginous as all Iranian negotiators are

09:36every word matters agreement on it matters details matter what I really fear is that we've put Iran

09:46in a stronger position to dictate the terms of peace in Lebanon and that is not good for Israel quite

09:54frankly that's not good for anyone among the Gulf states or in the region we've seen American taxpayers

10:00paying the price of this war but also here in Europe but Europeans not having much of a say in

10:05the

10:06negotiations any tips or advice for European leaders on what card they should be playing here I think

10:11continuing to have dialogue with the United States in whatever way you can with Secretary Rubio and

10:17others with any ambassadors or charges that are in place to make your interest known and how

10:25you might help as we all hope for more peace in the future and less horror

10:36Maeve McMahon there speaking to veteran US negotiator Wendy Sherman the path to peace is bumpy after two

10:44days of relative calm Israeli troops opened fire in southern Lebanon yesterday killing two people and

10:50wounding two the Israeli military said it struck armed terrorists while Hezbollah spoke of a blatant

10:57violation of the truce let's head over to tire now where our correspondent Eqbal Zayn has the latest

11:04for us from that theater of war good morning Eqbal so what is the situation on the ground this morning

11:11and how do people feel about the peace talks in Switzerland well life is returning slowly to the city

11:18of Sur although the destruction is massive and the airstrikes have left their impact everywhere yesterday I

11:25went to the street and I spoke to people to see their perception of the ceasefire and whether they

11:30think the war will return or not what I've seen is that people are cautious but there is more hope

11:37than we have seen and the previous rounds of negotiations and many believe that the Iranian efforts have

11:44paved the way for a ceasefire in Lebanon at the same time there is this concern about the Israeli

11:51refusal to withdraw from southern Lebanon and that this situation may become a prolonged and similar to the

11:57occupation that lasted until the year 2000 on the other hands other believe that the Israeli military

12:03might withdraw under military and international pressure let's take a listen from our perspective looking at the

12:14situation regarding the ceasefire well we don't see any stability we certainly rule out a resumption of the

12:22war and we hope god willing that the ceasefire holds I belong to a generation that has known many wars

12:29I was

12:29born in 1983 and since then I have lived through three wars waged by Israel this enemy only pulls out

12:36by force

12:38so Iqbal the situation in Lebanon is so volatile partly because hezbollah refuses to disarm do you see that

12:46happening anytime soon when we talk about the disarmament of hezbollah there is always those questions about

12:54whether it's by force or negotiations or in south of latani only or all over Lebanon and south of latani

13:01hezbollah has

13:02previously linked its heading over its weapon to a full Israeli withdrawal from the Lebanese territory as

13:10for all of Lebanon it has linked it to a defense a national defense strategy which he says that the

13:17government

13:17has failed to provide but also for the implementation of the disarmament the Lebanese army as you know is

13:27it has tasked to do this but the Lebanese army has its own challenges because it have so far avoided

13:36to go into

13:36this confrontation with hezbollah to protect and preserve the civil peace and on the other hand to protect its own

13:43unit what I've seen when I talk to people is that there's always there is also a clear polarization among

13:49people

13:50people because many of the southern people feel that the Lebanese state and the Lebanese army have abandoned

13:56them so I think this file is very critical at the moment and will need and will not be solved

14:01in the short

14:02term and needs a national responsible and a long dialogue all right Iqbal Sane thank you very much for that

14:11update

14:13let's go to Spain now where Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez faces the heat and I'm not talking about the scorching

14:19temperatures allegations of corruption involving close allies and top members of a socialist party have triggered a

14:26political storm with the opposition accusing him of presiding over a culture of influence peddling and demanding early

14:33elections Sanchez denies any wrongdoing and insists he's the target of a campaign aimed at bringing down his government

14:41for more let's says let's head over to our correspondent Christina to care in Madrid good morning Christina

14:48so Pedro Sanchez is due to appear before Congress today how serious is this moment for the Prime Minister and

14:56for the

14:56Socialist Party good morning from Madrid this is without a doubt one of the biggest political crises that a Prime

15:06Minister Pedro Sanchez has

15:08faced since he came to power on Monday one of his former close allies former transport minister Jose Luis Avalos

15:16was sentenced to over 24 years in prison in a corruption case and let's not forget it is not the

15:22only case surrounding the

15:23Spanish Prime Minister at the moment in his close political and personal circle several people are facing corruption charges

15:31including his brother and his wife now these allegations of very serious for Pedro Sanchez who has built his whole

15:38political career around transparency democracy and fighting corruption so it is expected today that he in Congress will try to

15:48persuade his coalition partners to maintain his government in power and to try to show them that he is still

15:57a trustworthy leader leader

15:59yeah you mentioned it what what should we expect from his appearance in Congress and could these scandals

16:05threaten the survival of his government

16:10they absolutely can so today we are expecting Sanchez and his ministers to try to make a separation between these

16:19cases and the

16:20socialist party they will try to argue that these are these corruption cases are because of individual actions

16:27that the party has taken the necessary measures and that they are not a symptom of a systemic corruption in

16:35the socialist party

16:36which is exactly what the opposition has been saying from the very beginning so this is a very big problem

16:44for Sanchez

16:45who is also facing this week two votes one in the Senate one in the Congress even though they are

16:50not legally binding

16:51they are very telling as they will show whether or not he still has support from his coalition partners

16:57and the parliament and the Senate so this week will be crucial for Pedro Sanchez as he is facing a

17:05lot of political turmoil

17:07wow that's all I can say

17:09Christina Tickia in Madrid for us thank you for helping us understand this situation

17:15and now it's time for the World Cup

17:24Cristiano Ronaldo wrote himself into the football record books as Portugal thrashed Uzbekistan 5-0

17:31the 41 year old became the first player ever to score at six World Cups and now trails early golden

17:38boot

17:38pace setter Lionel Messi by three goals

17:41it was Portugal's first win at this tournament putting them all but through to the next round

17:46big disappointment in England the three lines drew a blank in their second game against Ghana

17:52despite an almost 80 percent wall possession

17:55remember England was seen as one of the top favorites before the tournament

17:59well that status seems to be diminished now

18:02the 0-0 was rather a reality check by stubborn Ghana and left group L in the balance

18:08largely because Croatia beat Panama 1-0 and remained in contention for a last 32 spot

18:14win on Saturday against Ghana would confirm Croatia's place in the knockout phase

18:19on the other hand Panama's second defeat means they are eliminated from the tournament

18:24and finally Colombia went to bed with a 1-0 victory against Congo

18:29that means they are through to the knockouts and have a top spot in group K in their own hands

18:35while Congo will likely need a win to progress as one of the best third place teams

18:40six games on the menu tonight and early tomorrow morning

18:43among them Switzerland against Canada Scotland versus Brazil and the Czech Republic against Mexico

18:49that does it for us today thank you for joining us this morning

18:53if you want to continue the conversation send us your questions or comments via our email address

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19:06I'm Stefan Grobe take care and see you tomorrow

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