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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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