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00:00 Students in France have joined university campus protests that are sweeping the globe.
00:08 French police peacefully removed dozens of students from Sciences Po in Paris, who gathered
00:13 in support of Palestine.
00:16 Another protest near the Sorbonne University called for an end to Israel's offensive in
00:21 Gaza.
00:24 Police say they removed students from 23 sites across campuses in France, with all evacuated
00:31 within a few hours.
00:33 Riot police have also been involved to separate groups of pro-Palestinian and pro-Israeli
00:38 demonstrators.
00:39 In Lusanne, students set up tents.
00:43 We are here to demand the end of university and academic collaborations with the Israeli
00:50 state and its institutions.
00:52 They are demanding the end to the university's ties to Israel.
01:03 Protests continue in Georgia against the so-called "foreign agents bill."
01:08 The proposed law would compel media and NGOs to register as foreign agents if receiving
01:14 more than 20 percent of their funding from abroad.
01:19 Critics say it could stifle opposition to the government and threaten Georgia's EU
01:24 ambitions.
01:26 Large demonstrations have gripped the country's capital Tbilisi for weeks.
01:37 Turkish President Erdogan has suspended all of Turkey's trade with Israel until further
01:42 notice.
01:43 "The whole West is working for Israel, especially America.
01:52 They are all working for Israel.
01:55 And with all these opportunities being mobilized, unfortunately, Palestine's poor, poor people
02:06 are being sentenced to death by Israel's bombs.
02:14 We cannot wait any longer.
02:19 We have taken our steps."
02:21 Erdogan blamed Israel's military offensive in Gaza and said trade would resume under
02:27 a ceasefire.
02:29 Trade between Turkey and Israel amounts to $9.5 billion a year.
02:33 "Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's radical right Brothers of Italy party is leading the
02:42 voting intentions in Italy for June's upcoming EU elections."
02:50 While according to latest Euronews Superpol, the second political force is the centre-left
02:56 Democratic Party, followed by the Five Stars movement.
03:00 Brothers of Italy is steadily positioned at 26.7 percent like in late March, but overall
03:05 polling results show the centre and populist left has also been doing well.
03:09 Support for the Partido Democratico and the Five Stars movement has grown slightly compared
03:14 to polls in March.
03:15 The League and Forza Italia are struggling slightly, holding just over 8 percent of voting
03:20 intentions.
03:21 Both parties are also part of the Italian conservative and nationalist bloc, the populist
03:28 right League of Matteo Salvini is part of the Identity and Democracy group, while centre-right
03:33 Forza Italia is part of the European People's Party group, led by Foreign Minister and former
03:38 President of the EU Parliament Antonio Tajani.
03:41 Giorgia Meloni will stand directly as a candidate in the EU elections for her party.
03:46 She needs a high voter turnout to gain as many seats as possible in EU Parliament to
03:50 be able to influence future coalition decisions.
03:53 Meloni is part of the European Conservatives and Reformers group and her goal is to create
03:57 a great centre-right coalition between the European People's Party and the ECR group
04:02 in line with the wishes of outgoing EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
04:06 But before she plays the great European game, Meloni has two challenges in her own country.
04:12 The major one is her rival Matteo Salvini, a solid partner of Marine Le Pen at the European
04:17 Parliament.
04:19 The second challenge is the Italian left-wing surge.
04:22 If the Democratic Party find common ground with their rivals the Five Star movement,
04:26 the left and centre-left could create a solid partnership among a frictitious Italian political
04:32 spectrum.
04:32 (Laughter)
04:39 (upbeat music)
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