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Europe Is Finally Realizing It Has to Get Serious
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Europe faces pressure on multiple fronts as extreme heat disrupts daily life, Ukraine signs new energy agreements, disinformation and Polish political fights complicate support for Kyiv, and leaders such as Giorgia Meloni and Radoslaw Sikorski argue that Europe needs strategic autonomy, industrial capacity, sovereignty, and geopolitical strength. The video then moves through Lukashenko's closed-door talks with Putin after Belarus shut down equipment tied to Russian strike guidance, Finnish President Alexander Stubb's argument that Ukraine is in its strongest position of the war, Russian threats against Finland, Budanov's warning that nuclear escalation would destroy Russia, Ukraine's loss of two MiG-29s, Moscow building new air defenses near Putin-linked sites, Trump's renewed tariff threats against Europe, the shortage of Patriot interceptors, a strange U.S. chaplain rank controversy, a POW exchange, and a major Venezuela earthquake relief appeal.
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00:00 Europe is squeezed from every direction
00:37 Extreme heat disrupts Europe and reaches Ukraine
01:34 Ukraine signs new energy agreements
01:51 Disinformation and Poland's Zelensky medal dispute
03:42 Meloni and Sikorski argue Europe must become stronger
04:48 National identity versus European identity
05:46 Lukashenko meets Putin after Zelensky's ultimatum
07:29 Stubb says Ukraine is stronger than ever
09:01 Russia threatens Finland over missile maintenance
09:28 Budanov punctures Putin's nuclear threats
10:31 Ukraine loses two MiG-29 fighters
11:14 Moscow builds more air defenses near the Kremlin
12:30 Trump threatens Europe with 100% tariffs
13:51 Patriot shortages and Ukraine's interceptor problem
15:36 Hegseth and the chaplain rank controversy
16:19 Ukraine brings home 160 service members
17:08 Venezuela earthquake disaster and relief appeal
18:25 Shout-out, Belarus meme, and closing
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