Europe’s greatest army powers are assembly right this moment.
The group of nations is named the E5 (to not be confused with the E3) and consists of France, Germany, the U.Ok., Italy and Poland. They’ll be getting ready for the NATO summit subsequent month and discussing help for Ukraine. Hosts Zoya Sheftalovich and Ian Wishart talk about what smaller assembly codecs like this imply for the EU as a complete.
Additionally on the present, we talk about the brand new EU settlement on migrant return legal guidelines. Underneath the brand new guidelines, individuals ordered to depart EU territory may very well be transferred to detention facilities in nations outdoors the bloc. It’s a extremely contentious plan, however it’s transferring forward at a quick tempo, with nations already floating potential nations to deal with these so-called “return hubs.”
And eventually, we’ve spoken on the present earlier than concerning the heatwave that’s hit Europe. Now we dig right into a story by senior local weather reporter Zia Weise on why it’s so heat.
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