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00:00EU leaders get tough on migration policy and agree to outsource asylum returns to third

00:07countries.

00:12Russia's lower house of parliament approves a bill outlawing propaganda that discourages

00:17people from having children.

00:22Mixed feelings in Moldova ahead of Sunday's referendum on whether the country should join

00:26the European Union.

00:30Tech tycoon Elon Musk held his first solo event in support of Republican presidential

00:36nominee Donald Trump.

00:45EU leaders wrapped up a long summit in Brussels agreeing to outsource asylum returns policy

00:50to third countries outside the European Union.

00:54The controversial proposals represent a major, tougher shift in EU migration policy.

00:58In particular, EU countries want to focus on the deportations of asylum seekers whose

01:04claims have been denied.

01:06One of the main discussion points was a common approach to returns.

01:11Today, we see that all those who have no right to stay in the European Union, only 20% of

01:20those who have a return decision, really are returned to their countries of origin.

01:27Leaders also discussed potential responses to hybrid attacks from outside actors in Russia

01:31and Belarus, which have sent innocent migrants to the borders of Finland and more recently

01:36Poland in a plan to destabilize the countries.

01:40Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk suspended the right to asylum, a cornerstone policy

01:44of international refugee law, in response to the Belarusian attack.

01:48A completely different situation is the pressure that Poland is experiencing at the eastern

01:56land borders.

01:57And before Poland, it was Finland, it were the Baltic states.

02:02What we see is that Putin and Lukashenko are exerting pressure on us, trying to undermine

02:08our security and our territorial integrity.

02:12These are hybrid attacks by state actors.

02:17And therefore, Poland and other member states need to be able to protect our Union from

02:22these hybrid attacks.

02:24What's clear is this is a whole new world for asylum policy and the European Union.

02:28What's not clear is how these return hubs will actually work, in particular what happens

02:33to those asylum seekers who have had their claims denied when they're sent to third countries

02:38and can their basic rights under international law be guaranteed.

02:43Shona Murray, Euronews, Brussels.

02:48At least 22 people have been injured after a bus veered off the road and crashed in the

02:54western Turkish province of Afyon Karahisar.

02:59Local media said the accident happened on a highway in the province 250 kilometers southwest

03:04of the capital Ankara.

03:06The bus was carrying a party of Japanese tourists and the cause of the crash wasn't immediately

03:11clear.

03:13All of the injured passengers, including one in a life-threatening condition, have been

03:17taken to local hospitals.

03:25Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar was killed by Israeli soldiers during ground operations in Gaza,

03:30according to the Israeli foreign minister.

03:33Sinwar, who Israel accused of being the architect of the October 7 surprise attack which killed

03:391,200 Israelis, was announced as Hamas' new head following the assassination of Ismail

03:44Haniyeh.

03:46The IDF said in a statement that at least three militants were killed in a building

03:50and that they were checking the possibility that Sinwar was amongst that number.

03:54They later confirmed it was.

04:00Drone footage released by the Israeli military shows what they say are the last moments before

04:06the Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death.

04:09The footage shows a man sitting in a chair in a room destroyed by shelling, his face

04:14is covered, possibly to hide his identity.

04:18As the drone approaches closer, the man grabs a stick with one hand and throws it at the

04:22drone.

04:24Israeli military spokesperson Daniel Hagari said the military then fired an additional

04:29shell at the building, causing it to collapse and killing Sinwar.

04:34The military confirms that three militants were killed in the operation.

04:39Yahya Sinwar's identity was confirmed by forensic verification, the Israeli police say.

04:50People in Moldova head to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president and to vote

04:55in a referendum on whether the country should join the European Union.

04:59Opinion is split on whether joining the EU will provide the bright future supporters

05:04of the idea suggest.

05:06And some Moldovans prefer to maintain a cordial relationship with Russia.

05:35Authorities in Moldova have sounded the alarm that Russia is trying to swing the election

05:42away from EU membership.

05:44Kishinev estimates that Russia has spent as much as 100 million euros to undermine the

05:49electoral process, including through coordinated disinformation campaigns designed to sway

05:55or suppress the vote.

05:57On Thursday, Moldova's prime minister advised voters to remain vigilant.

06:04The majority of young people who spoke here in Kishinev said that they want the country

06:11to become a part of the European structure.

06:14For them, European integration means better jobs, but also a better professional achievement.

06:20Moldovans expect, first of all, a rise in salaries, a rise in the number of employees, a rise

06:27in the number of employees.

06:30Despite its detractors, recent polls put support among Moldovans for EU membership at around

06:3660 percent.

06:37Russia's lower house of parliament has approved a bill outlawing propaganda that discourages

06:43people from having children.

06:45The new legislation criminalizes the use of force against young people.

06:50Russia's lower house of parliament has approved a bill outlawing propaganda that discourages

06:55people from having children.

06:57The new legislation criminalizes spreading information that advocates voluntary childlessness

07:02and makes it punishable by fines of up to 47,000 euros.

07:20And today we are introducing an addition to the laws that were adopted earlier, where

07:29pedophilia, LGBT, sex change were banned.

07:38Supporters of the bill contend that public arguments against having children are part

07:43of purported Western efforts to weaken Russia by encouraging population decline.

07:48President Vladimir Putin and his top officials in recent years have increasingly called for

07:53observing so-called traditional values.

07:57As Russia's population declines, Putin has made statements advocating large families

08:02and last year urged women to have as many as eight children.

08:06Since he sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022, the Kremlin leader has repeatedly characterized

08:12the West as satanic and accused it of trying to undermine Russia by exporting liberal ideologies.

08:18While some outside the Kremlin welcomed the passage of the bill, some women's rights activists

08:23were angry, saying lawmakers were looking for the cause of Russia's falling birth rate in the wrong place.

08:30We have been working with women from different social classes for many years and the conscious

08:34refusal to have a child is primarily caused by material and economic factors.

08:40The bill requires two more readings in the State Duma and the vetting of the Upper House

08:44of Parliament before being sent to Vladimir Putin for final approval.

08:53Tech tycoon Elon Musk held his first solo event in support of Republican presidential

08:58nominee Donald Trump on Thursday.

09:01The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX spoke at a town hall event in Pennsylvania

09:06and encouraged locals to vote early in the key U.S. battleground state.

09:11We want secure borders. We want safe cities.

09:15You know, sensible spending so that we don't have crazy inflation.

09:20We want freedom of speech. We want the Constitution to be upheld.

09:26And, you know, I've been told at times that these are like right-wing values.

09:31I'm like, are you insane?

09:34This is literally the fundamental values that made America what it is today.

09:39Musk has reportedly poured 75 million U.S. dollars into securing Trump's win,

09:44including promising money to Pennsylvanians who sign a conservative political petition.

09:49The U.S. presidential election is scheduled for the 5th of November.

09:56Italian lawmakers passed a bill criminalizing nationals that travel abroad

10:01to have children through surrogacy.

10:04The measure was passed after a seven-hour marathon debate in Rome on Wednesday.

10:09Activists say the legislation, spearheaded by conservative Prime Minister

10:14Giorgio Meloni's Brother of Italy party, targets same-sex couples and is discriminatory.

10:21Those found guilty of breaking the law face two years jail and fines of up to 1 million euros.

10:31Thousands of attendees are flooding Paris' historic Grand Palais

10:35for two days of Art Basel Paris Fair previews.

10:39More than 190 international galleries are exhibiting works by some of the industry's biggest names,

10:45such as pop art pioneer Andy Warhol to polka dot proliferator Yayoi Kusuma.

11:02The event comes as Paris cements itself as one of Europe's leading art sales capitals.

11:07One arts publicity and consultancy organization representative says

11:11this was buoyed due to Britain leaving the EU in 2020.

11:30Art Basel Paris opens to the public on Saturday and Sunday,

11:34with many able to see the best and most colorful pieces of performance art,

11:38installations, paintings and more of the last century.

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