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02:45Russia no longer has any other argument in favour of its war, apart from its ballistic missiles, this kind of
02:52terror.
02:53Putin intends to continue winning against residential buildings to avoid ending this war.
02:58And this can be countered by both sufficient supplies of anti-ballistic systems
03:01and by significantly speeding up efforts to develop our own anti-ballistic systems in Europe.
03:09President Zelensky there highlighting how these growing challenges now that are facing Ukraine's air defence systems, what's next then?
03:15Well, he also said that, for example, to be able to intercept 70 ballistic missiles launched by Russia, Ukraine would
03:22need 140 of interceptors.
03:25This is the double.
03:26Just to give you an example, the US, the producer of the interceptors for Patriot systems, can only produce up
03:32to 65 per month.
03:35So this is not enough.
03:37Also, considering that there is not only Ukraine, but also the war in Iran, which depleted those stocks.
03:42And this is why, indeed, Kyiv is calling on the partners, and we've heard from Ukraine's defence minister,
03:46who is calling on up to 40 Ukraine partners to speed up to those deliveries of the promised air defence.
03:53This is something that Ukraine partners already pledged to deliver, but these deliveries have been delayed.
03:59Hopefully, this is something that Kyiv can also raise at the NATO summit in Ankara next week.
04:04OK. Sasha Vakilina, thank you so much for that update.
04:07And indeed, moving on, this latest attack in Ukraine comes on the eve of that very NATO summit taking place
04:13in Ankara next week.
04:15The US President Donald Trump has confirmed he will be attending, despite ongoing divisions within the alliance,
04:20particularly over the US war on Iran.
04:22For the latest, we can now head to the NATO headquarters here in Brussels,
04:26where our correspondent Shona Murray is standing by for us.
04:29Shona, you'll be heading, of course, to Ankara next week.
04:31Ahead of that, just tell us what is on the agenda.
04:36Well, good morning, Maeve.
04:38And I spoke to one NATO diplomat last night, and I asked him about next week, and he said it's
04:42showtime.
04:43It's time for NATO to prove to the United States that those countries are well on their way to spending
04:485% of GDP on defence by 2035,
04:52as agreed at the last NATO summit.
04:54We know this is a major bone of contention for the United States.
04:57We heard from the US ambassador to NATO during the week, Matthew Whittaker,
05:01who used the term free riders when it comes to some European countries and American military assets.
05:06Also on the agenda, for sure, will be America's long-term commitment to the NATO alliance to European security architecture.
05:14We know that the United States has pulled a lot of capabilities available to NATO,
05:18like B-52 bombers, F-16s, ex-F-35s.
05:22And in addition, there will be a real push for the defence industry to basically ramp up production
05:26and spend more and build more weapons.
05:29Maeve?
05:29And of course, Shona, President Trump has been expressing his anger now for months with allies
05:34for not helping the US over Iran.
05:36I imagine this topic will also dominate in Ankara.
05:41No doubt about it, Maeve.
05:42We even heard from Donald Trump last night on Truth Social saying that European countries abandoned the United States
05:49when it came to the war in Iran.
05:50He's talking about the fact that some countries like Italy, like Spain,
05:54refused access to the US military to their bases in those countries for the war in Iran.
05:59The UK did so initially, but then it allowed the US there.
06:03Other countries like Germany have always allowed the United States basing rights.
06:07So the picture isn't as clear-cut as he said, but he's certainly angry about this.
06:11And I caught up with his former US ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker,
06:16and I asked him about this situation and Trump's anger.
06:20Donald Trump is always raging about something.
06:22And he's unhappy about European contributions, European defense spending, Iran, whatever it might be.
06:30But this is not going to be a blow-up of a NATO summit.
06:35It's actually going to be quite calm.
06:37First, I think he has a good relationship with Erdogan, and he doesn't want to rain on Erdogan's parade.
06:42Second, he is happy about NATO allies spending more on defense.
06:47And I think allies will say something nice about wanting to support security in the Persian Gulf
06:52when there's an opportunity to do so, trying to position themselves as helpful.
06:58And I think they're also going to try to take some positive steps on Ukraine,
07:04reaffirming this Pearl mechanism, the way in which Europe buys armaments from the United States
07:10and provides them to Ukraine.
07:12And what of that business of NATO being important for the United States to project its own power globally?
07:19Has that diminished somewhat or is it still important?
07:22Well, so the administration right now likes to say that Europe wasn't there for us.
07:26They weren't helping.
07:27They didn't let us use bases and airspace and things like that.
07:31That's a bit of an exaggeration.
07:34You had to ask, and then you could have used them.
07:38And we didn't tell anybody we were going to attack Iran,
07:40and then we complained that no one was attacking with us.
07:43So I think it's a bit much the way that is packaged.
07:47Now, that being said, it has become politically beneficial to some countries in Europe
07:52to say they're standing up to Trump and that they aren't allowing their bases or space to be used to
07:59attack Iran.
08:00But that is now, that's a dynamic that was created by the U.S. surprise attack without consulting with anybody.
08:09From an industry point of view, because that's really going to be a focus for the first day of the
08:12summit,
08:13this industry forum, what is required of NATO, of NATO countries in terms of the industry stepping up,
08:21given the fact that the United States burned through so many munitions, including Patriot systems and so on?
08:28Well, this is a great question, because it starts with the money.
08:32You've got to be spending enough money on defense to have the capability that you need.
08:37But then, as Secretary Ruta has said in his Oval Office meeting,
08:41the trick is converting money into capability.
08:44You can spend money on a lot of things, and it doesn't necessarily produce defense capability.
08:49So getting a real defense capability that you need is not so straightforward.
08:53And then finally, we have to learn some lessons from Ukraine.
08:56Ukraine has developed high-tech, low-cost systems that are very effective
09:02and can overwhelm high-tech, high-cost systems.
09:08For example, if you spend a Patriot missile, it costs a million dollars,
09:13to shoot down a drone that costs $30,000, that's an unsustainable position to be in.
09:22Meanwhile, in Ireland, which has just taken over the rotating presidency of the Council of the European Union,
09:28one question is looming large this week.
09:30Should it stop exporting Alamina to Russia?
09:33Under pressure from Kiev, Dublin is investigating whether the material could be supporting Russia's war effort,
09:39while, of course, weighing the impact on local jobs.
09:41Our Jorge Librarero sent us this update from Cork.
09:45To sanction or not to sanction, that is the dilemma that Ireland faces when it comes to alumina,
09:50the white powder that it sells every month to Russia.
09:54We must remember that alumina is the raw material that it's used to manufacture aluminum,
09:59a lightweight metal that is commonly found on the battlefield in Ukraine.
10:04Now, President Zelenskyy has made it clear.
10:06He wants this alumina exports to stop immediately.
10:09But the government of Ireland is trading carefully, balancing the pros and cons of such a decision.
10:15On the one hand, Dublin doesn't want any Irish material to end up propping up Russia's war machine.
10:22But on the other hand, Dublin is concerned about the potential disruption for local jobs,
10:28for the environment and for Europe's broader supply chain.
10:31The government has already launched an investigation to determine the final destination of these alumina exports.
10:37Taoiseach Michal Martin told us here in Cork that these findings will be shared with the European Commission
10:43to develop a joint approach that could tackle what he called the core issue.
10:49Now, I must say that the European Commission, the whole college, is here today in Cork
10:53to mark the start of the Irish Presidency of the EU Council,
10:57a presidency that has been partially overshadowed by the damaging scandal of alumina.
11:08And now for the view from the UN on bringing an end to the war in Ukraine and other conflicts
11:14across the world.
11:15Our correspondent, Angela Scugin, spoke with the former Belgian Prime Minister, Alexander de Croix,
11:20who's now with the UN Development Programme.
11:23Stopping the war would, from our perspective, be the thing we look forward to.
11:28Of course, what is a just way of stopping the war?
11:33That is a political discussion.
11:35The UNDP is not involved in that.
11:38But of course, war is development in reverse.
11:42And the human misery and the level of destruction in Ukraine is something which we deplore.
11:50And the huge human cost, I mean, there's every month, 40,000 people are dying,
11:56and on the Russian and on the Ukraine and Ukrainian side.
11:59The earlier it stops, the earlier we can bring human progress again.
12:05But the political process is obviously one which we are a spectator in.
12:10Absolutely.
12:11And shifting to another conflict now in the Middle East,
12:13The United Nations released a report this month stating that Israel is deliberately targeting Palestinian children
12:22in what they described as a genocide.
12:24You were in Gaza in February this year.
12:26Does this chime with what you saw on the ground?
12:29The circumstances on the ground are dramatic.
12:32And I have not seen many worse places in the world than Gaza today.
12:41More than 80% of people lost their homes, live in constructions that one would not even call tents.
12:49The level of poverty is gigantic.
12:52And they're being squeezed together in a surface that is less than 50% of what Gaza used to be.
12:59And it was already very, very densely populated.
13:02part of the world.
13:05The European Commission wants to prioritise competitiveness and defence as part of this pitch.
13:09But does that mean that funding for aid will go under the hammer?
13:14Is there a clear winner and loser?
13:17I think what the current proposal or what the Commission has come forward with
13:22is that it understands that the prosperity, the security and the stability of the European inhabitants
13:29is secured by what is being done within the European borders,
13:34but also what is being done outside the European borders.
13:39Having a stable neighbourhood where there is economic growth,
13:44where there is democracy, where there is no war,
13:48has a direct impact on the lives of Europeans
13:51and has also a direct impact on the economic growth that can happen.
13:57And so that is our main element,
14:00is development is part of your security agenda
14:05and development is also part of your economic agenda.
14:09And these are two sides of the same coin.
14:12But how do you muster support for this?
14:15Because obviously Russia's invasion of Ukraine is raging into its fifth year.
14:20Obviously tensions in the Middle East show no signs of abating.
14:24How do you fight fatigue when it comes to showing support
14:28to these countries and these communities
14:30that are being significantly impacted by conflict?
14:33Well, you know, we see more military spending
14:37and we totally understand that in the current circumstances.
14:41But if you want that military spending to be as effective as possible,
14:45you will also have to invest in preventing that a conflict arises.
14:52Alexander de Croix there speaking to our Angela Scudgens
14:54on the sidelines of the EU Budget Conference.
14:57But now moving on, investigators from the EU's Public Prosecutor's Office
15:01have launched a major probe into the alleged misuse of EU funds
15:05by the far-right political group, the Patriots.
15:07Our Jakubianus explains what exactly they're accused of.
15:13The dark times are ahead as the EU is coming for the Patriots.
15:16But this time it is not about political debate.
15:19It is about balance sheet.
15:21This week, the European Public Prosecutor's Office
15:23has launched a fresh wave of raids across France, Spain, Italy and Belgium.
15:28and they are digging into the 4.3 million euros of the EU funds
15:32allegedly misused by the European Parliament's
15:35Identity and Democracy group between 2019 and 2024.
15:39What is going on here?
15:42The prosecutors are scrutinizing whether the party
15:45breached public tender rules when awarding public contracts
15:49and issued irregular donations using taxpayer funds.
15:52But that political group is actually dead.
15:55It has been rebranded into the new Patriots for Europe Coalition
15:58led by the rising star Jordan Bardella.
16:01And they are not a small fry
16:03as they are currently the third largest force in the European Parliament.
16:07So the name on the office door has changed
16:09but the paper trail remains.
16:10And the European prosecutors are conducting searches
16:13at the offices and homes
16:15of communication providers tied to that old group.
16:18Last year, when the investigation was announced
16:21Bardella claimed it was a new harassment operation by the European Parliament.
16:25But here is the thing.
16:27The timing for the national rally
16:28so Bardella's party could not be more brutal.
16:31Next week, Marine Le Pen discovers
16:33if a Paris court will uphold a five-year ban
16:36from public office
16:37on allegations of embezzling public funds.
16:41And if she is out,
16:42Bardella is the designated successor.
16:44So one question remains.
16:46Will the national rally maintain its political momentum?
16:49After all, the party relies on its image
16:52as the voice of the people
16:53against the distant Brussels elite.
16:55So let's hope that the very Brussels money
16:58was not used cynically
16:59to fuel their political machine all along.
17:02Because that would be a bummer, wouldn't be?
17:09Jakob Janis there for us.
17:11And now it's time for our World Cup segment.
17:19Well, drama and triumph
17:20in two European encounters.
17:22Portugal, with their superstar Ronaldo,
17:24bet Croatia in a pretty tight match 2-1.
17:28Spain won 3-0 against Austria.
17:30And both Iberian teams will be facing each other now
17:33in the biggest clash of the round of 16 on Monday.
17:37Switzerland also progressed to the round of 16
17:39with a 2-0 win over Algeria this morning.
17:42And coming up, there are three more matches
17:44in this round of 32.
17:46Australia against Egypt this evening.
17:48And Lionel Messi's Argentina
17:50against the surprise team of Cape Verde at midnight.
17:53And then Colombia against Ghana
17:54in the very early hours of Sunday morning.
17:57So just at this stage,
17:58to recap, Austria, Bosnia, Croatia, Germany,
18:01Netherlands, Norway and Sweden are all out.
18:03And Belgium, England, France, Portugal, Spain
18:06and Switzerland made it to the round of 16.
18:09Enjoy the games.
18:10And if you're not a football fan,
18:12you may be more interested in Taylor Swift's wedding.
18:15Which given her huge fan base here in Europe
18:18is sure to garner a lot of attention as well.
18:21Whatever your preference,
18:22you can visit euronews.com for all the latest news.
18:25But that does bring this edition of Europe Today to an end.
18:28Thank you so much for your company as always.
18:31Take care and we'll see you very soon here on Euronews.
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