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00:00Dzień dobry.
00:15To jest Thursday 3rd September.
00:17I'm Maeve Macamaghan.
00:19And this is Europe Today.
00:20Your daily dose of European news and analysis,
00:23live here on Euronews.
00:25Coming up, the EU must prepare for a, quote,
00:29new era of European security.
00:31Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
00:33has warned following crisis talks
00:36with the NATO Secretary General.
00:38Mark Rutte says Russia has grown
00:40increasingly reckless in recent months.
00:43We'll bring you the latest with our correspondent,
00:46Angela Scudens.
00:47And we'll be live in Dublin,
00:50where European affairs ministers are kicking off talks
00:53on the EU's long-term budget.
00:56It follows a meeting of foreign ministers
00:58dominated by Russia's latest attacks on Ukraine.
01:02We'll hear exclusively from Lithuania's foreign minister,
01:05Kastushis Budrys, on what's at stake for the Baltics.
01:09Plus, natural gas prices have spiked
01:12to their highest level since 2023,
01:15while oil has touched a five-week high.
01:17It comes as renewed hostilities between the US and Iran,
01:21with Tehran accusing Washington of war crimes,
01:24puts further pressure on bond markets.
01:27We'll cross live to Doha.
01:29But first, Europe must brace for a new era of security
01:32with increased hybrid threats,
01:34and allies must prepare to pay for it.
01:37That's the message coming from EU and NATO chiefs
01:41just hours after Germany formally blamed Russia
01:43for an attempted drone attack at Leipzig airport last month.
01:46We can start by taking a listen to an excerpt
01:49of both Ursula von der Leyen and Mark Rutte briefing the press.
02:02Mark Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen, of course,
02:05briefing the press with Ursula von der Leyen
02:08saying that Europe is entering a new normal.
02:11For more on that story, we're joined here on set
02:14by Angela Scugins to tell us really what does this all mean, Angela.
02:19And of course, we'll play that statement from Ursula von der Leyen
02:21and Mark Rutte in just a minute.
02:22But she did kind of raise the stakes here,
02:24saying this is the new norm of the security era that we're entering,
02:27that we have to prepare for, and of course that we have to pay for.
02:29Absolutely.
02:30So it was an unprecedented meeting attended
02:32by the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
02:35and NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte.
02:37So they briefed the press prior going into those talks
02:40in which they stated that Europe must prepare
02:43for an increasingly reckless Russia.
02:45This is due to the country's continued full-scale invasion of Ukraine
02:49and Europe's steadfast support for Kyiv.
02:52But Europe can step up to the plate.
02:54The European Commission says that it can response a rapid response team.
02:58They can deploy that in the instance of hybrid threats occurring in the future.
03:03The EU can also go harder against Russia when it comes to its sanctions packages.
03:08The EU's top diplomat, Kai Kallis, stated yesterday
03:10that 1,600 individuals and entities have been proposed to be on the new blacklist.
03:17These are figures that are responsible for propping up
03:19the Kremlin's military industrial complex.
03:22The EU can also help Ukraine acquire Patriot interceptor missiles.
03:27And from Mark Rutte's perspective,
03:29he wants the 32 alliance members to make good on their funding pledges,
03:33which have been revised upwards from 2% of GDP to 3.5% of GDP.
03:39Let's bring them in now, shall we?
03:41Let's take a listen to both Mark Rutte and Ursula von der Leyen briefing the press.
03:45Leipzig marks a new escalation on European Union soil
03:49directly attributed to Russia.
03:52But it is part of a broader pattern of increasingly dangerous incidents.
03:58Repeated incursions in our airspace, drones that paralyze our airports,
04:04interference with our critical infrastructure.
04:07Europeans are faced with the hard truth that this is the new normal.
04:13We are clear-eyed about how important it is that we work together,
04:19including with the European Union,
04:22to ensure we have what we need to address the threats we face.
04:27That means investing more in defence,
04:30something allies committed to last year in The Hague.
04:33So when it comes to this working together,
04:35we're likely to see more of Mark Rutte here in the EU quarter, Angela.
04:38But just tell us,
04:39how are European leaders thinking that Russia will take this?
04:42And are we seeing a shift really in how Europe responds to this threat?
04:45Yeah, absolutely.
04:46So it's important to underscore here first
04:49that Germany didn't trigger Article 4 of NATO.
04:51This would require the alliance members meeting to discuss this event.
04:55This is the precursor to Article 5,
04:57which is effectively an attack on one, is an attack on all.
05:01Germany didn't do this.
05:02However, the rhetoric surrounding these incidents
05:05have certainly shifted, at least on the sidelines.
05:08What we heard before described as hybrid threats,
05:11a string of hybrid threats.
05:13Perhaps we will see in the future this being described
05:15as kinetic all-out warfare.
05:17We're certainly not there yet,
05:19as indicated at least from the remarks coming out of Berlin.
05:23But perhaps this could shift,
05:24particularly as Russia's attacks through these hybrid warfare incidents
05:29on the EU and all-out warfare on Ukraine,
05:31show no signs of abating, Maeve.
05:33Okay. And just good.
05:34And thank you so much for your reporting.
05:36And in this very context of a heightened security climate,
05:39European foreign ministers, including the UK, Ukraine and Canada,
05:43have pledged unwavering support
05:45and vowed to stay united in the face of Russian aggression.
05:48For more, we can take you now to Dublin City,
05:51where our correspondent, Shona Murray,
05:53is standing by for us this morning
05:54as European affairs ministers are currently gathering.
05:57Shona, tell us, European leaders have been defiant this week,
06:00that they will not be disunited.
06:02What are you hearing there?
06:06That's right, Maeve.
06:07I think that decision on Tuesday by Berlin
06:09to formally attribute Russia
06:11to that drone attack in Leipzig airport,
06:13that really sharpened the resolve of EU ministers
06:16over the past few days,
06:17who remember were joined by their Canadian,
06:19Swiss, British, Ukrainian, Icelandic counterparts.
06:23And I think one thing that really emerged from that meeting
06:25is the consensus that much more needs to be done
06:27to restrict the number of Russians coming into the European Union
06:31and all across NATO territory.
06:33Because remember, it's emerging that potentially
06:35one of those responsible for the Leipzig attack
06:37came through the European Union through Italy
06:40back in April with a tourist visa.
06:42So that really was one of the very much important things that did emerge.
06:45In addition to that, and we heard it from Angela there,
06:48we're hearing from Mark Rutte, the NATO Secretary-General
06:50and Kayakalas, the EU foreign policy chief,
06:53that the Moscow war aims have not changed,
06:55but Moscow and the Kremlin are becoming more reckless
06:58and much more kinetic in their attacks on NATO territory.
07:02So what does all this mean?
07:03Does it mean we are at war in Russia
07:04or is it all going to be below threshold?
07:07Certainly, it's a development what happened in Berlin.
07:09So with this, I caught up with Kostosius Budras,
07:12the Lithuanian foreign affairs minister,
07:13and I asked him a little about Lithuania's position
07:16and what this means.
07:18They want to freeze the whole cities in Ukraine
07:21and to gain advantage.
07:23And we are part of this picture
07:25because we are the main supporters of Ukraine.
07:27And the Russian calculation probably is that
07:30if we are divided as the European family,
07:33if we are polarized within our societies,
07:36maybe support to Ukraine will decrease
07:39and maybe time will be on their side.
07:42So we also have the responsibility to deny them this projection.
07:47It won't happen.
07:48And we are resilient and we are strong in it.
07:52And if there is the miscalculation on the Russian side,
07:57this is also the message from Lithuania.
07:59If there are casualties in Lithuania,
08:01it won't take us a long time to make a detribution, one thing,
08:08and also to qualify it if it is as an act of aggression.
08:12It won't be the gray zone.
08:14They need to be aware, basically,
08:16that you are willing to trigger Article 4 and then Article 5 of NATO.
08:20Nationally, you know, immediately.
08:22Yes.
08:22Because we also have the rights as a sovereign.
08:25What does that mean then?
08:25What does that mean?
08:26We move to another state or self of our country.
08:30So then we are moving to the self-defense.
08:33And then we ask for our allies for the collective defense.
08:37And then we are moving to absolutely different escalation.
08:41So these operations with explosives in the civilian airport.
08:46So it is so close from the huge, huge damage that can be done and catastrophe.
08:52And I see how on the Russian side they do not feel any consequences.
08:58Are you saying that if Leipzig, the drone with the military-grade explosives,
09:03was in Lithuania, for example,
09:06that the Lithuanian government would have responded differently,
09:09that you would have said that this is an act of aggression?
09:11That was the plot that was prevented.
09:14So we do not have the damage and the casualties.
09:17Okay. So you're saying if there was a damage.
09:19Yes.
09:20If there is the attribution, there is the intention,
09:23there is the damage done,
09:24and it falls on the UN chartered definition,
09:27what are the conditions for the self-defense?
09:31Of course we would go for it.
09:32We don't need some working group and some commission to find out that we take time.
09:38No. We will go immediately.
09:39And this is the thing that we have to collectively also make sure Russians,
09:45because they are playing here and their bets are really high
09:49and it is dangerous for our societies to fall into this trap.
09:54So we had the incidents with explosives already in the Baltic states.
09:58Those were prevented once.
10:00Yeah.
10:00But we also had the attempts to burn a factory, the IKEA shop, the arson operation.
10:08That was successful.
10:10So the spectrum is really high.
10:12A number of weeks ago, the United States had an assessment that,
10:17now we've heard this a lot, okay, but we were sort of reinforced again a few weeks ago,
10:22that there could be a potential attack on NATO territory by the Kremlin in a bid to unravel NATO somewhat.
10:29That it wouldn't be a full-scale invasion, but some sort of a limited ground invasion.
10:33And what are you hearing about that?
10:35And do you think then, therefore, if you were to trigger something like Article 5,
10:39that that could create a sort of chaos within NATO?
10:43Everything that we do, we consider, we do it with our allies, we coordinate,
10:48and then we exchange our intelligence and our knowledge and understanding of the situation.
10:54So I can assure that those pieces of information that are shared publicly among the nations of the region,
11:03in the Baltics, Nordics, Poland and Germany, and each time the US is mentioned,
11:09we are possessing the similar information.
11:12We see that there are some options considered on the Russia side,
11:15maybe to escalate also within the direction of NATO.
11:18And we are telling in this way that we are prepared, we know what you are cooking there,
11:23and believe it, it will be then considered within the NATO alliance as activities against all of us.
11:31You think America would stand by you as well, the United States would stand by in the event of an
11:37Article 5 situation?
11:38I have no doubts in Article 5.
11:40And politically, militarily, this is the strongest alliance that ever existed on this earth.
11:47And each day we are working on preventing some things, ensuring what we know,
11:53and planning, planning, planning operationally in purpose to be stronger for the collective defence.
11:58And this is the deterrence, and this is the only reason we are still in peace.
12:04Now moving on, the Spanish government has been plunged into a new crisis after a leaked police report
12:11suggested Moroccan forces played a role in pushing migrants into Theuta in an unprecedented border violation.
12:17The question of how much Pedro Sánchez's government knew in the eras prior is central to its political survival.
12:24For the latest, we're joined now on set by our Chief Europe Editor, Maria Tadeo.
12:28Maria, some explosive allegations here. What exactly do we know?
12:31Yes, Maven, that is a central question here.
12:34How much did the Spanish government know in the days prior before that illegal border crossing on July 30th?
12:39Which ultimately is about national security, and it is about border control.
12:44Not just Spain, but also the European Union.
12:47Now, as you say, yesterday there was a report.
12:49It's 55 pages from the police that leaked to a number of media outlets.
12:54This report suggests, contrary to what the Spanish government has argued now for a month,
12:59that Moroccan agents did in fact push migrants along the border.
13:03They were pushed into the sea, and that would happen, and we're seeing those pictures there.
13:06It was not accidental, and it was not a coincidence.
13:09This is a complete contradiction to the narrative of the Spanish government,
13:13which has argued this happened, and it was a tragedy.
13:15150 people died at sea because of social media, because of human traffickers.
13:21And this week, of course, the Spanish prime minister also seemed to indicate that Russia and Israel
13:25played a part in amplifying some of this misinformation.
13:28But the Spanish government has not ever pointed the finger at Moroccan authorities.
13:33That report that sent the Spanish political debate really on fire yesterday would totally contradict that.
13:39It also blindsided the government and the interior minister,
13:42which did not seem to be aware of the existence of the report.
13:46It also suggests that there is a battle of leaks,
13:49really coming out of very sensitive government departments,
13:52that suggests they either want to embarrass the government in public,
13:55or there are new elements to the story that has not seen,
13:58or that have not seen the light of day.
14:00Now, sources close to the Spanish government,
14:02and Pedro Sánchez, the Spanish prime minister,
14:04is about to take questions in parliament in about an hour.
14:07They say, and they believe still, that Morocco is not involved,
14:10and they do not believe this report is conclusive,
14:12and the Spanish prime minister will take questions on this matter.
14:16Nonetheless, there is a general sense of molest across the Spanish population.
14:21There were protests yesterday that, nonetheless,
14:24this country or this crisis has been badly handled,
14:27that the government is not fully revealing the entire picture,
14:29and the opposition repeating that they know more things than they have led on to the public opinion,
14:35and they've decided to cover it up.
14:37Nonetheless, the Spanish government says,
14:39wait for this intervention from the Spanish prime minister in the next hour,
14:42who is today under immense pressure.
14:45Does Pedro Sánchez have a plan?
14:47I mean, the crisis is still continuing.
14:48There's still around 10,000 regular migrants in Ceuta.
14:51Well, and Maeve, to me, that is the bottom line,
14:53because this is a crisis that simply will not let go,
14:55because it has not been resolved.
14:58And you point to 5,000 people who are still in the territory of Ceuta.
15:03Half of them are understood to be minors.
15:05The local authorities say that number is probably double,
15:08so closer to 10,000 people.
15:09This is a very small territory.
15:12So you see there's a pressure cooker effect.
15:14We've seen tensions between the locals and the migrants.
15:17There's a concern of violence.
15:18The local authorities said yesterday,
15:20this city is really at breaking point,
15:22but the Spanish government has not been able to offer a solution yet.
15:25Because some of them are migrants,
15:27there are very strict laws about what you do with underage migrants.
15:30They have fundamental rights.
15:31You cannot just, excuse my language, but bundle people and send them back.
15:35The Spanish government also said that they would not send them over into the mainland
15:40and impact Schengen in the European Union.
15:42So that's failed to provide relief.
15:44And there is also a political deadlock between the conservative authorities in the city
15:48and the Spanish government over what to do.
15:50All of this is leading to big delays on the bureaucracy in terms of identifying who are these migrants stranded
15:57and at some point how to return them because the Spanish government continues to say they will have to return.
16:03Well, we keep, of course, a very close eye on that story and bring all the latest from that conference.
16:07Thank you so much, Maria Tadeo, for bringing us all those details.
16:10And now to another development being watched very closely here in Brussels.
16:14The U.S. President Donald Trump has said the U.S. is ready to strike Iran at, quote, any time,
16:20but he does not expect the latest flare up to continue too long.
16:24In the meantime, Iran has accused Washington of committing war crimes after four civilians were killed
16:29and dozens injured in a reported U.S. strike in a wedding.
16:33For the latest, we can go straight to Doha and bring in our regional correspondent, Leila Humarai.
16:38Leila, just tell us how serious is this latest escalation and how is the region there reading into it?
16:47Good morning, Maeve. That's right.
16:49In the last 24 to 48 hours, the U.S. and Iran have exchanged a new round of hostilities in
16:54the form of airstrikes, missiles and drone attacks.
16:58Now, Tehran retaliated against Washington's strikes against on its very strategic Karg Island assets by targeting U.S. bases in
17:08Jordan, Bahrain and Kuwait.
17:10Now, in this region, GCC nations and leaders have been very clear that they cannot continue living in this war
17:17because each new wave of strikes leaves a lasting impact on the communities, the residents and the economies in this
17:24region.
17:24And Qatar, here for its part, has vowed to continue mediating negotiations to find a peaceful resolution.
17:31And, of course, this is all happening in the backdrop of the continued standoff in the Strait of Hormuz,
17:37the central flashpoint in this conflict.
17:40U.S. has many times warned Iran that it will not tolerate a military buildup in the south, which will
17:46threaten the Strait of Hormuz.
17:48Both countries have said that they are both in control of the Strait of Hormuz and that it has reopened
17:54in certain conditions.
17:55But we see that the data from the traffic flow is just not yet near, not anywhere near pre-conflict
18:02flows.
18:02Now, to add another spanner in the works, overnight U.S. President Donald Trump suggested renaming the Strait of Hormuz
18:10on True Social.
18:11He posted, and I quote,
18:12Now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to Trump Strait?
18:18Like America itself, it would be hotter than ever before.
18:22Now, clearly, this indicates that Donald Trump believes that the U.S. has control of the Strait of Hormuz.
18:28But as I said earlier, that's just not translating to what is happening in those waters right now.
18:34Okay. Laila Humorai, thank you so much for that live broadcast there from Doha.
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