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

00:07countries.

00:12Almost a thousand days since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Latvia is on

00:17edge.

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.

02:29What'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?

02:39And can their basic rights under international law be guaranteed?

02:43Shona Murray, Euronews, Brussels.

02:48Almost 1,000 days since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia, Latvia is on edge.

02:55The Baltic state and its almost two million people share a 300-kilometre border with Russia.

03:02So security and self-defence have become the number one issue for the country.

03:07And the main talking point at this year's Riga conference.

03:10What they are trying as well to do is split us.

03:13Split us societally, split us in between politicians.

03:17So this I do think is the biggest danger for all of us.

03:21I believe Russia at the moment is in an extremely weak situation.

03:26So for us, if we would understand how big and strong we are, they have zero chances.

03:33The government reintroduced military service last year.

03:36A lottery now decides which men from 18 to 27 have to sign up for 11 months.

03:43The aim, have 4,000 trained soldiers by 2028.

03:48So it is a great part of integrating naturally security-related questions within society.

03:56And there is no dividing line between society and military.

04:01We are the same family.

04:03Here in the capital of Riga, you can feel just how despised the Russian president is.

04:09This vile picture of Vladimir Putin is hanging on a popular museum.

04:13And it's just a stone's throw from the Russian embassy.

04:20People in Moldova head to the polls on Sunday to choose their next president and to vote

04:25in a referendum on whether the country should join the European Union.

04:29Opinion is split on whether joining the EU will provide the bright future supporters

04:34of the idea suggest.

04:36And some Moldovans prefer to maintain a cordial relationship with Russia.

05:07Authorities in Moldova have sounded the alarm that Russia is trying to swing the election

05:12away from EU membership.

05:14Kishinev estimates that Russia has spent as much as 100 million euros to undermine the

05:19electoral process, including through coordinated disinformation campaigns designed to sway

05:25or suppress the vote.

05:27On Thursday, Moldova's prime minister advised voters to remain vigilant.

05:36On Sunday, you make the choice.

05:39Do we go back to the past, alone, without resources for development, vulnerable to

05:44challenges, or do we go into the future, in the family of civilised countries?

05:49The majority of young people who spoke here in Kishinev said that they want the country

05:53to be part of the European structures.

05:56For them, European integration means better jobs, but also a better professional achievement.

06:01Moldovans expect, first of all, a rise in salaries and better investment in infrastructure.

06:07Despite its detractors, recent polls put support among Moldovans for EU membership at around 60%.

06:19Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko dismissed her as a housewife.

06:24But when the Belarusian opposition leader Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya entered the race for

06:28presidency in 2020, she became his greatest challenge.

06:32Now that she is in exile, she continues her fight for a free, democratic Belarus.

06:37We met her in Berlin.

07:02exchange with Russia.

07:05Not one Belarusian prisoner, political prisoner, came out.

07:09Since then, have there been any progress in your negotiations with politicians from the

07:15European Union?

07:16We all want them to be released, but we don't want our political prisoners, our heroes to

07:24be bagging in chips, you know, in this Lukashenko's game.

07:30They are taking more and more and more hostages, you know, to sell them more expensive.

07:36But we are asking our democratic partners that don't, you know, trade, don't make any

07:42deals with Lukashenko, don't trade, because he, okay, he can like sell one, two, three

07:48hundred people and he will detain twice more.

07:52As it was recently, Lukashenko released 115 people, for the same period of time he detained

07:59140.

08:00Can I ask you a personal question?

08:03What is it that you miss the most about Belarus?

08:07Look, I miss everything.

08:10I miss my apartment that had been confiscated, but I, this was our nest, nest of our family.

08:19I miss my husband, of course, but, you know, I, I want to see free Belarus.

08:27The Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, wants to run again at the presidential elections

08:31in February 2025, but the Belarusian opposition is stronger than ever, says the Belarusian

08:39opposition Svetlana Tsikhanouskaya.

08:41She wants to strengthen relations with Germany and fights more than ever for a free Belarus.

08:46Diana Reznik, from Berlin, for Euronews.

08:49Tech tycoon Elon Musk held his first solo event in support of Republican presidential

08:59nominee Donald Trump on Thursday.

09:02The billionaire founder of Tesla and SpaceX spoke at a town hall event in Pennsylvania

09:07and encouraged locals to vote early in the key U.S. battleground state.

09:11We want secure borders.

09:13We want safe cities, you know, sensible spending so that we don't have crazy inflation.

09:20We want freedom of speech.

09:22We want the Constitution to be upheld.

09:26And, and, you know, you know, I'm being told at times that these are like right wing values.

09:32I'm like, are you insane?

09:35This 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, including

09:45promising money to Pennsylvanians who sign a conservative political petition.

09:50The U.S. presidential election is scheduled for the 5th of November.

09:57At least 22 people have been injured after a bus veered off the road and crashed in the

10:02western Turkish province of Afyonkarahisar.

10:06Local media said the accident happened on a highway in the province 250 kilometers southwest

10:11of the capital Ankara.

10:14The bus was carrying a party of Japanese tourists and the cause of the crash wasn't immediately

10:19clear.

10:21All of the injured passengers, including one in a life-threatening condition, have been

10:24taken to local hospitals.

10:31Thousands of attendees are flooding Paris' historic Grand Palais for two days of Art

10:37Basel Paris Fair previews.

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

10:44biggest names, such as pop art pioneer Andy Warhol to polka dot proliferator Yayoi Kusuma.

10:49It is very fair to say it's been a very eventful year for us.

10:53We changed names, we changed the venue.

10:55The venue is much more, you know, glorious and magnificent and we could add 41 galleries.

11:00So it's a substantial change for us.

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 this was buoyed due to

11:12Britain leaving the EU in 2020.

11:15Brexit played a part, of course, because Paris became more attractive to some of the people

11:20in the art business.

11:21It's not the main reason, though.

11:23We have a very strong cultural landscape here as well.

11:26We have new museums opening every year.

11:27We have new dealers setting up shop in Paris every year.

11:31Art Basel Paris opens to the public on Saturday and Sunday, with many able to see the best

11:36and most colorful pieces of performance art, installations, paintings and more of the last

11:41century.

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