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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.