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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.