ursula von _ with the prime minister. .. this is ursula von der— with the prime minister... this is ursula von der leyensula von der leyen offering - with the prime minister... this isj ursula von der leyen offering the hand of support from the european commission to slovenia. they have been going through the worst ever floods that they have had in the country as well. and slovenia turned to the block asking to help and they particularly needed things like heavy lifting equipment and machinery to deal with the aftermath of the flooding. so ursula von der leyen meeting with the prime minister in slovenia. we can look at the devastation, six people have died, and one of the estimates coming in is that $500 million worth of damage has been done to the country. the prime minister calling it the worst natural disaster that the country has ever recorded. and ursula von der leyen saying there is a00 million euros that can be accessed by slovenia from the eu so she is just outlining some of the money that is available and what can be done to try and help deal with the aftermath of what have been absolutely deva

it is top priority for the european union, the message today when the president ursula von der leyenvisited slovenia, which is reeling from its worst flooding ever. our reporter has more. reporter: the force of nature is on full display. homes swelled off by the river. >> it is catastrophic, special pipes have been torn from the bridges that were destroyed, now 20,000 people have no access to running water. reporter: but the force of slovenian solidarity is on show. volunteers are showing up daily to help with repairs. >> this is what gives you hope, that things can get better. that we can move forward and people can return to their normal lives. reporter: red cross staff are also working overtime, collecting and sending off donations to the worst hit towns. >> we put in some booths for work, a box of gloves, working gloves, we are cleaning. lots of other supplies. >> this is all donated by people who are not from a affected regions. >> yes this is from the generosity of people. reporter: and they keep showing up. with a population of 2 million, almost everyone in slovenia knows some

which was in london and regarding the reconstruction of ukraine, on the first panel where ursula von der leyen spoke, she very clearly said in her speech that we are. the people's deputy initiated the creation of the commission of the committee on issues of the regulation of the e-e deputy and the organization of the work of the verkhovna rada. of the indigenous peoples of russia, there is a vote in the session hall, uh, this information is from his facebook. and you can already see yaroslav yurchyshyn on our broadcast. will be able to bring the ukrainian victory closer and ensure its stability, because now there is a discussion in society about what to consider a victory , we believe that the exit at the border in 1991 is enough for the war to end and in fact this war is like that, but if we are actually met by the same russian federation at the borders of 1991, either under the leadership of putin or under the leadership of someone else , but with the same russian measures in ideology and with the desire for revenge, then, in fact, a truce will be very short-lived, but as soon as the power o

the president of the european commission, ursula von der leyen, is visiting slovenia to express supportt the worst ever—floods the country has registered. as an eu member, slovenia has asked for help from the bloc, seeking in particular heavy machinery to deal with the aftermath of the flooding. so far, six people have died and the officials estimate that there is 500 million dollars worth of property damage. its prime minister, robert golob, has called it the "worst natural disaster" the country has ever recorded. there's been flooding in other parts of europe, too. i wanted to show you some pictures that have come in from norway. it's the moment a home was swept away on a river after a storm there. an extreme weather system named "hans" has caused flooding across several regions in the east of the country. it's thought the cabin was swept away from a campsite before being carried by the river and crashing into a bridge. dramatic pictures there from norway. meanwhile in china — state media say flash flooding in the southwest sichuan province has killed at least 7 people. the country ha

volodymyr zelenskyi said this during a meeting with the head of the european commission, ursula von von der leyen, the leaders arrived in the capital of greece on monday for an informal summit with the heads of the balkan states, von der leyen also noted that at the meeting with zelenskyi, they discussed the progress of ukraine on the way to joining the eu, and also positions on the future summit for the implementation of the kyiv peace formula, ukraine will be able to receive the first f-16 not earlier than in 6-7 months , the minister of defense oleksiy reznikov stated that in addition to pilot training, technical personnel should be trained and the relevant infrastructure should be prepared for today's aircraft 11 countries have already joined the coalition and received permission from the united states for the transfer of aircraft and personnel training, according to reznikov - this list is not final and any country can join the carpet initiative, the fact is that the plane itself is just a platform, we need to talk about weapons about missiles about shells about bombs that will be used by f1

he will meet the president of the european commission ursula von der leyen in a meeting.s of humanitarian aid. these diplomatic efforts are not to be dismissed, they feed directly into ukraine's sustained military effort in trying to defend themselves. world leaders have started arriving injohannesburg for a meeting of the brics nations — brazil, russia, india, china and south africa. these are pictures of china's leader xi jinping touching down ahead of proceedings starting tuesday. the summit will shine a light on the member nations�* links with the kremlin. russian president vladimir putin was supposed to attend the summit in person but the international criminal court has issued a warrant for his arrest, and south africa would have been under pressure to extradite him. so putin will attend virtually instead. live now to patrick gaspard, president and ceo of the center for american progress, and a former us ambassador to south africa. thank you forjoining us. we see china's xijinping is attending the summit in person, how significant do you think that is? ., ~ , ., how

berliner zeitung brik's success was a personal defeat for european commission president ursula von der leyen european diplomacy chief josep barrel. the journalist called the alliance truly global, noting that almost half of the world's population will soon be in it, including some of the fastest growing economies, and the publicist advised the eu's chief diplomat to realize the limited power of the eu, recalling the barrel's words that europe is a garden, and the rest of the world is like a jungle. the american newspaper the new york times picked up on the german mood, the article says that the decision of six countries to join brik can be regarded as a significant victory for the two leading members of the club. china increases its political influence russia breaks international isolation and newswick says beijing moscow used summit as opportunity to hit u.s. with potential for serious strategic repercussions washington is clearly present, and the collapse of the hegemon, says the arab press quote unipolar world is no longer a reality there are many holes in the us umbrella, and brix is ​​a

the european commission president ursula von der leyen pledged 100 million dollars to help tunisia policers, with the lure of a further billion dollars in aid. pres. von der leyen: we need to crack down on criminal networks of smugglers and traffkers. they are exploiting human despair and we have to break their reckless business model. so we will work with tunisia on an anti smuggling operational partnership. malcolm: the eu country which benefits most from this deal is italy. the island of lampedusa is just over 100 miles from tunisia, and has been a landing zone for tens of thousands of asylum seekers for years. italy's prime minister giorgia meloni took office last autumn on an anti migration platform. pm meloni: the partnership with tunisia has to be considered as a model for building new relations with north african neighbors. all these a few months ago, would have been unthinkable. and i want to say it with a level of pride, but also with a level of gratitude to the european union. anand: the rhetoric around this deal is a rhetoric of preventing people drowning, whereas everyone kno

guy verhofstadt at the worryingly serene gulf, ursula von der leyen and the sexy grandad michel barnier. they were real, tangible foes with which to engage in debate, negotiate nation or simple name calling . but the big day came . calling. but the big day came. the decision was made and suddenly the far off foes of guy ursula and michel drifted off into the distance , no longer into the distance, no longer visible, tangible or seemingly able to interfere with our sovereignty . as we removed sovereignty. as we removed ourselves from the european mega blob . a guilty pleasure is to blob. a guilty pleasure is to occasionally watch the faces of the bbc blob fall. then desperately reshape as they stuttered through announcing the unimaginable news that the plebs hadnt unimaginable news that the plebs hadn't done as they were told. but just as one battle was over , another had begun . the enemy , another had begun. the enemy without may have been defeated. but the enemy within were not so ready to surrender. the european collaborators may have failed in their permission to deny the plebs thei

guy verhofstadt at the worryingly serene gulf, ursula von der leyen and the sexy grandad michel barnier. they were real, tangible foes with which to engage in debate, negotiate nation or simple name calling . but the big day came . calling. but the big day came. the decision was made and suddenly the far off foes of guy ursula and michel drifted off into the distance , no longer into the distance, no longer visible, tangible or seemingly able to interfere with our sovereignty . as we removed sovereignty. as we removed ourselves from the european mega blob . a guilty pleasure is to blob. a guilty pleasure is to occasionally watch the faces of the bbc blob fall. then desperately reshape as they stuttered through announcing the unimaginable news that the plebs hadnt unimaginable news that the plebs hadn't done as they were told. but just as one battle was over , another had begun . the enemy , another had begun. the enemy without may have been defeated. but the enemy within were not so ready to surrender. the european collaborators may have failed in their permission to deny the plebs thei

lear morning that a meeting was er this morning that a meeting was held between von der held between ursula von der leyen's a senior leyen's office and a senior government here leyen's office and a senior gowhich ent here leyen's office and a senior gowhich at here leyen's office and a senior gowhich a possible here leyen's office and a senior gowhich a possible deal here leyen's office and a senior gowhich a possible deal hthe in which a possible deal for the return migrants to the eu was return of migrants to the eu was was discussed and has subsequently been rejected by the eu . what are we to make of the eu. what are we to make of that? well, i don't think it's hardly surprising. >> i mean, rishi sunak has always made clear that he wants to this a cross to tackle this as a cross european issue. and but unfortunately, the eu unfortunately, i think the eu has a lot else on its has got quite a lot else on its plate. b isn't really particularly interested in deaung particularly interested in dealing at a sort of dealing with this at a sort of european because it's european wide level because it's so come t

official records indicate the refusal came directly from one of european commission president ursula von der leyen'st trusted aides, bjorn siebert , to trusted aides, bjorn siebert, to the cabinet office's national security adviser sir tim barrow. as conservative backbencher danny kruger said in response , danny kruger said in response, you have now tried legal efforts , technical fixes and internal diplomacy in an attempt to stop the boats within the confines of european human rights law. >> if the eu won't consider a returns agreement, we will have no choice but to take back full control of our legal sovereignty i >> -- >> so the time has come for sunak to get real time . time is sunak to get real time. time is running out. i mean, it may already be too late to make any significant change before the next election, but he has to try and thinking france or the eu are going to help stop the boats is about as naive as thinking his new favourite singer, taylor swift, is going to invite her ex—boyfriend , john mayer, around ex—boyfriend, john mayer, around for reconciliation cup of tea for a reconciliat

official records indicate the refusal came directly from one of european commission president ursula von der leyen'st trusted aides, bjorn siebert , to trusted aides, bjorn siebert, to the cabinet office's national security adviser sir tim barrow. as conservative backbencher danny kruger said in response , danny kruger said in response, you have now tried legal efforts , technical fixes and internal diplomacy in an attempt to stop the boats within the confines of european human rights law. >> if the eu won't consider a returns agreement, we will have no choice but to take back full control of our legal sovereignty i >> -- >> so the time has come for sunak to get real time . time is sunak to get real time. time is running out. i mean, it may already be too late to make any significant change before the next election, but he has to try and thinking france or the eu are going to help stop the boats is about as naive as thinking his new favourite singer, taylor swift, is going to invite her ex—boyfriend , john mayer, around ex—boyfriend, john mayer, around for reconciliation cup of tea for a reconciliat

but then ursula von der leyen and co basically said that they had no plans to draw up a returns agreementuppose , look, why again, i suppose, look, why would they i imagine they'll be quite happy to wave people off really. but do you think that they are maybe letting politics get in the way of actual practical , as it practical solutions, as it certainly seems that way. >> i mean, it's all very petty. i think really what they want is they want to see the rwanda plan for instance, succeed . they want for instance, succeed. they want britain to take all the flak for if it doesn't, and then if it does work, they'll probably set up route with other up their own route with other countries. and then that's when we'll start making some we'll actually start making some progress. they start progress. but until they start actually engaging actually actively engaging and trying the problem and trying to solve the problem and reduce the inflows rather than just putting up, you know, walls , then nothing's going to really happen. no indeed. >> and are you concerned about the potential number of albani

so ursula von der leyen and her friends in brussels totally supported this.his in the channel and border force would have looked at the use of jet skis to push the boats back. but it is incredibly dangerous in the channel and you would have you would have problems . have you would have problems. you really would. >> and kevin , a key difference >> and kevin, a key difference between the aegean and what happenedin between the aegean and what happened in australia where tony abbott stopped the boats and took them back to papua new guinea, of course is that the craft? yeah, they were in the med and the craft in in the, the pacific around australia were proper boats with helms proper wooden boats with helms and all the rest of it. these craft are almost specifically designed for one journey only. they're flimsy home made death traps as we saw yesterday. is there a sense here, do you think, that the boat makers or specifically engineering craft that cannot be returned craft that cannot be returned craft that would be dangerous if they'll tow back and therefore all

president of the european commission, ursula von der leygen, she defiled the eu, helps restore the country and ensure the functioning of the state , according to von der leyen, the total amount is already the amount of aid paid since may 2022 has reached 19 billion - 200 million euros the russian army hit the commissaries in the kherson region according to the kherson regional military administration , local residents who were on the street came under fire a 71-year-old woman was injured life incompatibility a 55-year-old man was sent to the hospital he is being given medical aid in the past day, the occupiers have carried out 71 attacks on the kherson region, ukraine will be able to receive the first f-16s no earlier than in 6-7 months , said minister of defense oleksiy reznikov in addition to the training of pilots, it is necessary to train the technical staff and prepare the appropriate infrastructure. today, 11 countries have joined the aircraft coalition and received permission from the united states to transfer aircraft and train personnel, according to reznikov, this list is not final and any country can join the carpet initiative. the fact is that t