Hegseth attacks Europe over migration in D-Day speech
6/7/202630 min
Pete Hegseth has used a D-Day anniversary speech in northern France to criticise European nations for allowing what he described as an "invasion" on their shores. The US defence secretary said Europe's beaches were being ''stormed by migrants with dangerous ideologies.'' His comments mark a further criticism of European migration policy by senior members of the Trump administration. Also: Iran has accused the United States of violating its obligations as a World Cup host because of its refusal to grant visas to some staff travelling with the Iranian football team. Ukraine launches another major drone attack on the Russian city of St Petersburg. More foreign migrants are evacuated from South Africa following a surge in attacks on immigrants. A funeral is held for a seven-month-old Palestinian baby shot dead by an Israeli soldier in the occupied West Bank. People in Peru are voting in a highly polarized election to choose their ninth president in a decade. And the Russian tennis player Mirra Andreeva has won her first Grand Slam title at the French Open.
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Photo: US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth giving a D-Day anniversary speech in France Credit: Reuters
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[upbeat music] This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. I'm Pete Ross, and in the early hours of Sunday, the seventh of June, these are our main stories. At an event commemorating the D-Day landings in Normandy, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticizes Europe for not doing enough to stop the arrival of migrants on its shores. Iran accuses the US of discrimination after several members of its World Cup delegation are denied visas. And Peruvians prepare to elect their ninth president in 10 years. Also in this podcast, more evacuations in South Africa following a wave of attacks on migrants. A teenager is crowned the women's French Open tennis champion, and- I brought my skills definitely to the crushers.
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