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00:00 A special tribunal for Russian President Vladimir Putin may well be established by the end of

00:07 the year, said the EU Justice Commissioner Dzidzhi Reinders. According to him, two options

00:12 are being considered - an international tribunal based on a multilateral agreement or a simplified

00:19 solution based on a bilateral agreement between Ukraine and the Council of Europe. At least

00:24 four people were killed and 20 others injured, including children, in Russian airstrikes

00:30 on Ukraine, as civilian infrastructure continues to be a target. The several missiles hit the

00:36 residential areas of the city of Zaporizhia. It is reported that Russian forces underwent

00:43 double strikes to target rescues and law enforcement officers.

00:49 Amid expectations of a new Russian mass offensive, Ukraine is building new fortified lines along

00:55 the border with Russia.

01:01 Ukraine's Prime Minister Volodymyr Zelensky and France's President Emmanuel Macron are

01:05 the two most liked European leaders, according to an exclusive poll by Ipsos for Euronews.

01:12 And the two who are most disliked? They are Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban and

01:17 by a large margin, Russia's President Vladimir Putin. He's most disliked by a massive 79

01:23 percent of those polled.

01:25 But there are exceptions when broken down at state level. 37 percent of Bulgarians have

01:31 a positive opinion of Putin.

01:34 Many countries in Central Eastern Europe have been object of very intense, very long attempts

01:42 by the Russian state to create, you know, to promote propaganda. And Bulgaria is a clear

01:49 example of it, even though the Bulgarian state and the Bulgarian government has been extremely

01:56 able to push back beyond any expectation, I would say.

02:00 Among EU leaders, Macron is the one with the biggest fan club. 41 percent of Europeans

02:05 have a positive opinion of him. That number climbs to 57 percent in Romania, but crucially

02:10 drops to just 28 percent in his own country. And France is also the place where most people

02:16 have a negative opinion of Macron at 62 percent.

02:20 Nicolai believes one of the reasons is because Macron is a very recognizable leader.

02:25 Yeah, I think he has shown leadership at European level and it has shown leadership and it has

02:33 been able to give a very clear, how to say, image of where he would like Europe to go.

02:42 Surprisingly, some major EU leaders are not well known. Most of those polled said they

02:47 don't know enough of Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk or Italy's Prime Minister Giorgio

02:51 Maloney or Spain's Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to have formed an opinion about any of them.

03:02 Norway's announced it will double its military spending over the next 12 years, an increase

03:06 of around 56 billion euros. It will get a minimum of five new frigates and at least

03:12 five new submarines, the government said. The Baltic states, Finland, Poland and Norway

03:17 all share borders with Russia and they have been boosting their defences since Ukraine

03:22 was invaded.

03:23 We are facing a serious security situation in our part of the world. We also have a great

03:34 need and a significant lack of defence here at home. We need a defence that is adapted

03:41 to our time and our challenges.

03:44 Meanwhile in the Netherlands, hundreds of thousands of young people have received a

03:48 sobering message from the defence ministry. They have been told their normally voluntary

03:52 military service could become compulsory if war breaks out.

03:56 I think it is very important that they do this, that they make young people aware that

04:04 they should join the army if possible.

04:06 It is about time, with all the wars and all that.

04:09 Earlier this week, NATO foreign ministers met to mark the bloc's 75th anniversary. Top

04:15 on the agenda was setting up a 100 billion euro fund to support Ukraine's military. NATO

04:20 members are supposed to spend 2% of their budget on defence, but 18 of them still don't.

04:32 Europol's released a report on the criminal networks that most threaten the EU. Half of

04:36 them are either partly or solely involved in drug trafficking it found, and many rely

04:41 heavily on corruption. 112 different nationalities are involved in what is often cross-border

04:46 crime. And an incredible 86% of them have infiltrated the legal economy to hide their

04:52 activities and launder their profits.

04:56 These 821 most dangerous criminal networks and their 25,000 members commit crimes for

05:07 profit and are capable of operating in multiple countries simultaneously. They are active

05:16 in a range of crime areas, from drug trafficking to fraud, property crime, migrant smuggling

05:22 or trafficking in human beings. Half of them are involved in drug trafficking.

05:29 This drugs bust in Spain is one of many police successes across Europe. But elsewhere, such

05:34 as in Antwerp in Belgium, the drugs trade is flourishing. The port city has been the

05:39 main gateway for Latin American cocaine into the EU for years, and gang violence remains

05:44 rife. It's seen Belgians increasingly use drugs, and the authorities say the trafficking

05:49 is now rapidly penetrating society.

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