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00:00EU member states grilled Hungary over the ban of pride and its rule of law situation at a hearing in Brussels.
00:10Four porn sites are the subject of a new investigation by the European Commission concerning child protection.
00:20King Charles and Queen Camilla were in Canada on a visit widely seen as a show of support amid rising tensions with the United States.
00:30EU member states have grilled Hungary over the gay pride ban and the rule of law situation at the Article 7 hearing in Brussels.
00:40Hungary has lately banned the gay pride and plans to put more pressure on foreign-funded NGOs and media.
00:47The Article 7 process against Hungary started in 2018 because of rule-of-law worries and, ultimately, the issue of foreign-funded NGOs is the case.
01:08The Article 7 process against Hungary started in 2018 because of rule-of-law worries and, ultimately, the EU could strip Hungary's voting rights away at the end of the process.
01:21We have had seven years, seven hearings, and I would be very clear today that this cannot just continue unless we see a completely new attitude from the Hungarian side today.
01:36I think it's time that we consider the next steps because this is getting pointless in continuing these hearings.
01:44Hungary said the accusations are baseless and politically motivated.
01:48During the meeting, 20 EU countries demanded in a joint declaration that Hungary reversed the gay pride ban.
02:16Pornhub, StripChat, XNXX and XVideos are the subject of a new investigation by the European
02:30Commission. The four sites potentially violated the Digital Services Act, the EU's online
02:36safety rulebook, concerning child protection. The Commission says the investigation will
02:41focus on risks to minors, including the apparent lack of effective age verification systems.
02:48The sites are accused of failing to implement appropriate tools to stop children from accessing
02:53pornographic content. The Commission claims the platforms lack safeguards to protect users
02:59from potential harm, including risks to their mental and physical health. Under the DSA,
03:05major tech and content platforms are required to better protect users in the EU, especially
03:11children. The Commission says it will also work with national regulators to ensure smaller
03:16adult platforms follow the same rules.
03:24Ongoing European investigation into the way the Greek Payment Authority of Common Agricultural
03:29Policy Aid Schemes, or OPACAPE, operates are changing how European funds are distributed to
03:35farmers in Greece. The group was under surveillance for a year, and the raid on its office last
03:40week was part of a wider investigation into illegal subsidies given to livestock farming.
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04:29The case will not only affect the mechanism for the payment of subsidies in Greece.
04:37It comes at a crucial moment during the restructuring process of the European Common Agricultural Policy
04:43and is likely to have long-term consequences.
04:46The result is that Greece, while the cards should have a total of 38 euros per year,
04:55it comes at about 58 euros and it gives a sense of a country that makes a very large amount of subsidies.
05:07The moment that the European Union is going to be a big discussion about how to reduce these subsidies.
05:13The European Public Prosecutor's Office has signaled that it will continue its investigation into Opacope,
05:20despite what it said were attacks and intimidation of its officials.
05:25For Opacope, there are two scenarios.
05:27Its powers could be temporarily transferred to the European Commission
05:30or to the Greek Independent Authority of Public Revenue.
05:34The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation, or GHF, a new aid distribution system in Gaza,
05:45opened its first hubs on Monday, according to the organization.
05:50It has taken over the handling of aid from other international organizations,
05:55such as the UN, which has criticized the new body as ineffective.
06:00The U.S.-registered non-profit says it aims to distribute aid via hubs secured by private contractors.
06:09A letter released by the foundation, whose financial backers have not been revealed,
06:14says it aims to provide direct assistance by bypassing traditional aid models.
06:20On Monday, the organization's executive director, Jake Wood,
06:25resigned, citing concerns over its independence and impartiality.
06:30Aid groups have said the NGO violates humanitarian principles
06:35that prevent a warring party from overseeing humanitarian aid control.
06:40Israel has insisted it will not be directly involved,
06:44but would provide security and support for the plan.
06:48Netanyahu's government has recently found itself under increased pressure from allies
06:54following its three-month aid blockade of Gaza.
07:03The Syrian government and Kurdish authorities in the northeast of the country
07:08have agreed to evacuate Syrian citizens from the Al-Hol Desert camp.
07:13Many of the camp's residents are wives and children of members of the Islamic State Group,
07:19or those who've been displaced by IS.
07:21Human rights groups have long called for the reintegration of residents into their communities,
07:27pointing to poor living conditions and pervasive violence.
07:31The U.S., which helped facilitate the evacuation,
07:34has described the camp as a breeding ground for extremism.
07:38A previous mechanism had allowed Syrians in Al-Hol
07:41to return to their communities in Kurdish-controlled areas of the country,
07:44but this was not yet the case for the rest of Syria.
07:49The agreement on Syrian nationals comes as part of an attempt at closer cooperation
07:53between Kurdish authorities in the northeast and the government in Damascus.
08:03King Charles and Queen Camilla have traveled to Canada
08:07on a visit that's widely seen as a show of support
08:10amid rising tensions with the United States.
08:12The British king, who is also Canada's head of state,
08:17addressed Canada's parliament to outline new Prime Minister Mark Carney's government priorities.
08:24Carney invited the king to give the so-called speech of the throne
08:27to underscore Canada's sovereignty, he said.
08:32It follows repeated suggestions from President Donald Trump
08:35that the U.S. annex Canada.
08:37The speech of the throne, written by the Canadian government,
08:42is rarely delivered by the monarch.
08:45Queen Elizabeth did it twice in her 70-year reign,
08:48the last time in 1977.
08:52The king will return to the U.K.
08:54after the speech and a visit to Canada's national war memorial.
08:58The EU is looking to move asylum processing and responsibilities beyond its borders.
09:10To this end, the Commission is working on two plans.
09:13Firstly, in April, it adopted a plan to designate so-called safe countries of origin
09:18to fast-track asylum applications from nationals of these countries
09:22so they could be returned more quickly.
09:24These include the EU candidate countries and seven others deemed safe.
09:29Last week, it proposed changing another concept,
09:32the so-called safe third countries,
09:34with an eye on relocating the processing of asylum claims.
09:38This would allow EU countries to reject an application
09:40and then forcibly send people to a country with which they have no connection.
09:45The third countries have not been named,
09:47but should protect asylum seekers from persecution and serious harm,
09:51not deport asylum seekers,
09:52and provide a functioning asylum system.
09:55The idea is to manage asylum applications more effectively.
09:58Well, the aim of both proposals is indeed to improve both the processing of asylum claims
10:06when they can be seen as manifestly unfounded for various reasons
10:10and at the same time make sure that those who do not have a right to stay within the European Union
10:16but are already in the European Union are effectively returned.
10:19So both share the aim of making the procedures, both asylum and return,
10:23more efficient, more effective,
10:25but of course also more implementable for the member states
10:28so that we can kind of bring back order and humanity
10:32to the common European asylum and migration policies.
10:35The Commission has repeatedly stressed this will accelerate asylum processes
10:39and reduce pressure on asylum systems while respecting fundamental rights.
10:43However, critics of the proposals have argued that they risk having the opposite effect,
10:47stating they raise ethical and legal questions.
10:50From a human rights perspective, the risks are already very clear.
10:53It's going to make it harder for people to access fair and full asylum procedures,
10:58even if they have very real protection needs.
11:01It increases the risk of refoulement or people being sent back to danger
11:04and their ability is restricted to challenge that decision from Europe
11:08so they may be sent back to danger before their appeal has been heard.
11:12And lastly, it increases the risk of arbitrary automatic detention in third countries.
11:17You can already see with the EU's engagement with countries like Tunisia or Libya or Egypt
11:21that it has very little willingness or ability to monitor and enforce human rights in those partner countries.
11:26These new proposals are not yet set in stone.
11:29They will now be voted on by the European Parliament and the Council for approval.