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00:00Hundreds of asylum seekers are crossing the border from the UK into Ireland to avoid being

00:06deported to Rwanda.

00:08Ken Murray reports from Dublin.

00:10Europe Day was celebrated in Kiev by the President of the European Parliament.

01:00I was supposed to stay in the UK but there was a Rwanda plan, a problem which is very

01:22difficult for migrants to accept that and which is very fearful for every asylum.

01:28So I just came to Ireland.

01:44They tell us we don't have any accommodation for the moment, so we will just wait.

01:52So they don't know when they will provide us accommodation.

01:55So at the moment we just stay in the tents.

02:15Well it's entirely academic in circumstances where the United Kingdom have said that they

02:18won't take people back unless France also takes people back from the United Kingdom.

02:22I mean it's certainly workable to fix the flaws in the legislation that were identified

02:27by the Irish High Court, but it's academic if nobody is going to be transferred, which

02:31is the current situation.

02:32The Irish Prime Minister said scenes like this would never happen again, but they have.

02:37The problem now for the Irish government is that once these tents are cleared and these

02:41refugees are housed, the next influx of asylum seekers will only be 24 hours away.

02:47This looks like a problem that shows no sign of going away.

02:51This is Ken Murray for Euronews in Dublin.

03:01Europe Day was celebrated in Kiev by the President of the European Parliament.

03:06In her speech at the International Summit for Cities and Regions, Roberta Metzeler spoke

03:11about her promise to make Ukraine a full-fledged member of the EU.

03:18The European Union and the European Parliament stand ready to help.

03:23We will come back from this together because Ukraine is Europe and Europe is Ukraine.

03:32And that is our partnership for victory.

03:35Slava Ukraini.

03:39More than 250 representatives from Ukrainian and foreign communities participated in the

03:45summit with the goal of guaranteeing peace and security.

04:15Croatia's ruling Croatian Democratic Union will form a coalition with the far-right

04:45Homeland Movement.

04:46Today we had another round of talks between the Croatian Democratic Union and the Home

04:55Movement.

04:56We agreed on partnership in the context of creating a new parliamentary majority.

05:02We said that demography is a key issue and demographic revitalization, the survival of

05:07the Croatian people, our future and competitiveness, and work, but also the survival of the whole

05:13nation.

05:14The Homeland Movement, also known as DP, has previously campaigned for anti-abortion and

05:27nationalist issues, but is in support of the European Union and Ukraine in its war against

05:33Russia.

05:37As European Union institutions mark the bloc's embryonic founding with Europe Day, they are

05:42also preparing themselves for the 2024 EU elections, which are less than four weeks

05:47away.

05:48The EU's achievements were celebrated in member state capitals 74 years after French Foreign

05:53Minister Robert Schuman's historic speech that led to the political and economic union's

05:58founding.

05:59Citizens were invited to visit EU institutions to celebrate, with European parliaments in

06:04Brussels, Strasbourg and Luxembourg opening their doors to the public.

06:07Outside of Brussels' European Parliament, 18-year-old German Carlo Walter says all young

06:12people should vote.

06:29The election could be one of the most consequential in history, shaped by the war in Ukraine,

06:34climate emergencies and fundamental questions of the bloc itself.

06:38Inside European Parliament, Italian MEP Nicola Procaccini says the current composition of

06:43the European Parliament swings too far left, and the upcoming elections could redistribute

06:47the scales.

06:48What I would like to see, obviously something new, something different, a new balance in

06:58the Parliament, because for now it's too on the left.

07:05So I would like to see this balance moving to the right, and I think this is possible,

07:14because if I look at the polls all over Europe, more or less I can see always the same scenario.

07:24The centre-right movements are going forward.

07:31Former Belgian Prime Minister and outgoing MEP Guy Verhofstadt believes results at the

07:35ballot box could determine more than just the Parliament's political make-up.

07:39I think it will be an existential fight, an existential fight against those who want less

07:45Europe, and then those political forces who understand that in the world of tomorrow you

07:51need a far more integrated European Union to defend the interests of the Europeans in

07:58this new brutal world of tomorrow.

08:01EU elections will take place next month.

08:09Russia got its usual patriotic pageantry underway for Victory Day, a celebration of its defeat

08:16of Nazi Germany in World War II.

08:19The event has become a pillar of President Vladimir Putin's nearly quarter of a century

08:24in power.

08:25The Kremlin leader, who began his fifth term only two days ago, threatened the West with

08:31Russia's military readiness.

08:49Victory Day serves as a display of Russia's military might.

09:01About 9,000 troops, including hundreds that fought in Ukraine, took part this year.

09:08Columns of tanks and missiles rolled across the Red Square, with squadrons of fighter

09:13jets roaring overhead.

09:16Following the parade, Putin laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and honoured

09:22the fallen with a minute of silence.

09:24He was joined by several heads of foreign states, Belarus, Cuba, Guinea-Bissau and Kazakhstan,

09:31among others.

09:32Even though only a few Russian WWII veterans are still alive, the victory over Germany

09:38is still one of the most important symbols of Russia's national identity.

09:46Authorities are on full alert following heightened tensions leading up to this year's Eurovision

09:56semi-final.

09:59The competition continues to be overshadowed by protests against Israel's participation.

10:06There have been calls for Israel to be excluded because of its conduct during the war against

10:12Hamas.

10:13The last song was Elektra's Banner.

10:31Tens of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters could be seen gathering outside the venue.

10:39Israel's representative, 20-year-old Eden Golan, was reportedly confirmed to her hotel

10:45room while she isn't performing due to heightened security concerns.

10:50Well, personally, it hasn't affected me in any way.

10:57I have a great security team here with me and I feel like people have the right to say

11:03what they want to, but I'm focusing on the good.

11:07The Israeli singer was forced to change the title of her song, originally called October

11:12Rain, in apparent reference to Hamas's October 7th attack.

11:16Palestinian flags were banned at the venue after Sweden's contestant, Erik Sade, whose

11:21father is of Palestinian origin, wore a traditional Middle Eastern scarf during his opening performance.

11:27The scarf has become an international symbol of pro-Palestinian sentiment.

11:32The competition's final will take place this Saturday.

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