1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: Time to catch up with the UK correspondent in the 2 00:00:02,279 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: Brady again in there. 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:06,840 Speaker 2: Hey Jack, good to speak to you again. 4 00:00:06,680 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: You too, Just tell us about these Brits. A couple 5 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:11,600 Speaker 1: of Brits have been found shot dead in a burnt 6 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:12,840 Speaker 1: out car in Sweden. 7 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: Yeah, big murder mystery. So the Carrie transpires was actually 8 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:22,960 Speaker 2: hired at Copenhagen airport in Denmark. There is a five 9 00:00:23,079 --> 00:00:26,360 Speaker 2: mile bridge that spans so you can basically pick up 10 00:00:26,360 --> 00:00:30,240 Speaker 2: a vehicle in Denmark and drive to Sweden five miles 11 00:00:30,280 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 2: of a bridge and then you're into the town or 12 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:36,680 Speaker 2: city of Malmo in southern Sweden. So the sequence of 13 00:00:36,680 --> 00:00:39,839 Speaker 2: events is that Swedish police the other night found a 14 00:00:39,880 --> 00:00:44,120 Speaker 2: burnt out vehicle. Upon closer inspection there was human remains. 15 00:00:44,120 --> 00:00:47,080 Speaker 2: There was two male bodies in the vehicle. The vehicle 16 00:00:47,120 --> 00:00:49,919 Speaker 2: have been burnt out and there are reports in Sweden 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:53,400 Speaker 2: that the bodies had gunshot wounds. Now the cops have 18 00:00:53,440 --> 00:00:56,400 Speaker 2: obviously been able to trace the identity the plate on 19 00:00:56,480 --> 00:01:00,720 Speaker 2: the car back to the airport in Denmark and it 20 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:04,759 Speaker 2: has been hired by two Brits. Now, this has gone 21 00:01:04,840 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: huge in Europe. Big murder mystery. Who are the victims 22 00:01:08,560 --> 00:01:12,000 Speaker 2: and then a couple of families in North London reported 23 00:01:12,040 --> 00:01:15,200 Speaker 2: two men missing who had gone on holidays. They work 24 00:01:15,280 --> 00:01:18,319 Speaker 2: as travel agents in North London and the men had 25 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:20,480 Speaker 2: said to their families that they were going on a 26 00:01:20,520 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: business trip to Europe and they would be home to 27 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:27,200 Speaker 2: watch the European Soccer Final England against Spain on Sunday night. 28 00:01:27,680 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 2: They never came home. So police are joining up the 29 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:33,319 Speaker 2: dots and it looks like the two dead Brits are 30 00:01:33,319 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 2: these travel agents from North London. It is quite a 31 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:41,399 Speaker 2: marky story because where the vehicle was found is an 32 00:01:41,480 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 2: area that is right with gangland crime in Sweden, would 33 00:01:46,000 --> 00:01:48,400 Speaker 2: you believe. So there's a lot not kind of making 34 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:50,960 Speaker 2: sense at the moment. I'm sure the police know a 35 00:01:50,960 --> 00:01:53,760 Speaker 2: lot more than we're being told. But two families in 36 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:58,000 Speaker 2: London in mourning and a murder mystery in Sweden. 37 00:01:58,240 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, how straight? And I mean we often don't think 38 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:08,920 Speaker 1: of gangs and organized crime being that prominent in this 39 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:11,280 Speaker 1: part of the world, but obviously that's a concern. So 40 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,680 Speaker 1: there's no word at this stage into as to a 41 00:02:14,720 --> 00:02:16,520 Speaker 1: possible motive or anything like that. 42 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 2: No, nothing, But I think the Swedish angle is interesting 43 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,079 Speaker 2: in that Sweden has a serious issue with gun crime 44 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: and it has some gangs in Stockholm and in Malmo, 45 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 2: they do have organized crime groups. So the question is 46 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:37,080 Speaker 2: I'm sure detectives would be asking what were two travel 47 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:41,959 Speaker 2: agents from North London doing in an industrial area of 48 00:02:42,680 --> 00:02:46,120 Speaker 2: a southern Swedish city where gangs have been known to 49 00:02:46,160 --> 00:02:48,440 Speaker 2: do business before. It just doesn't make sense. 50 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:52,799 Speaker 1: Yeah, very intriguing. Yeah, I'm very sad. The EU is very, 51 00:02:52,960 --> 00:02:57,200 Speaker 1: very very angry with the Hungarian PM for meeting with Putin, 52 00:02:57,320 --> 00:02:58,960 Speaker 1: Sheijin Peng and Donald Trump. 53 00:03:01,000 --> 00:03:04,240 Speaker 2: Yes, and Zelensky as well, So he's undertaken. Victor Orban 54 00:03:04,480 --> 00:03:06,639 Speaker 2: is the Prime Minister of Hungary. He is a right 55 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:09,840 Speaker 2: wing leader, sees himself as a big strong man. The 56 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:12,480 Speaker 2: problem that EU has is that he's very close to 57 00:03:12,560 --> 00:03:15,880 Speaker 2: Vladimir Putin. He's also a big supporter of Donald Trump. 58 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:20,480 Speaker 2: Would you believe He's extremely well connected and the rotating 59 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 2: presidency of the European Union as of last week for 60 00:03:23,960 --> 00:03:26,160 Speaker 2: the next six months is in the hands of Hungary. 61 00:03:26,560 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 2: And Auban's very first thing to do was he got 62 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,200 Speaker 2: on a plane. He went to Kiev where he met Zelensky. 63 00:03:33,480 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: He went to Moscow where he met Putin he g 64 00:03:38,120 --> 00:03:41,600 Speaker 2: who believe it, went to marri A Lago and sat 65 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:45,000 Speaker 2: down with Donald Trump. Now the European Union have sent 66 00:03:45,080 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 2: him a letter today which has been leaked to the papers, 67 00:03:47,640 --> 00:03:50,840 Speaker 2: making it clear he does not speak for the European 68 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 2: Union and to reign it in now. Orban has responded 69 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: by calling a foreign minister's meeting in Budapest in Hungary 70 00:03:59,440 --> 00:04:02,000 Speaker 2: at the end of August, and the European Union is 71 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,680 Speaker 2: responding by saying that actually we're having our own foreign 72 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:08,080 Speaker 2: ministers meeting in Brussels. That's where everyone needs to be. 73 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:10,520 Speaker 2: So a lot of friction at the heart of the 74 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 2: European Union right now. 75 00:04:12,200 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: Doesn't this all just playing to Victor Aubin's hands, though. 76 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:21,479 Speaker 2: It does to an extent. But look, he's embarked on 77 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:25,159 Speaker 2: what they're calling freelance diplomacy. You know, the European Union 78 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:29,000 Speaker 2: is what twenty seven members states, and he's just decided 79 00:04:29,040 --> 00:04:32,279 Speaker 2: to go wheakling around the world, shaking hands with people. 80 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:35,440 Speaker 2: And I think ultimately he's trying to make himself out 81 00:04:35,480 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 2: to be the peacemaker. But the suspishon in Europe is that, 82 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,600 Speaker 2: you know, this is a guy who blocked out for Ukraine. 83 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:43,159 Speaker 2: This is a guy who has been a thorn in 84 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:46,160 Speaker 2: the side of the European Union for years, and the 85 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,359 Speaker 2: presidency normally is just a figurehead role. You know, you 86 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,520 Speaker 2: get to have some nice meetings, host people in your country, 87 00:04:52,600 --> 00:04:55,440 Speaker 2: show off the nice parts of your country for tourism 88 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 2: purposes and to the media. And he's making it all 89 00:04:58,760 --> 00:04:59,480 Speaker 2: about himself. 90 00:05:00,000 --> 00:05:03,400 Speaker 1: And Inda Kostama has welcomed the Irish Prime Minister with 91 00:05:03,400 --> 00:05:06,560 Speaker 1: the pinder Guinness. 92 00:05:06,839 --> 00:05:09,040 Speaker 2: Yes, so this would have been unheard of just a 93 00:05:09,080 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 2: couple of weeks ago, the change of regime in London. 94 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 2: It's like a breath of fresh air. We've seen Starmer 95 00:05:14,440 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 2: reaching out to Europe. We've seen him meeting officials, talking 96 00:05:18,200 --> 00:05:21,760 Speaker 2: to President Macron of France as a friend. Liz Trust 97 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:23,920 Speaker 2: said she didn't know whether he was a friend or 98 00:05:23,960 --> 00:05:27,240 Speaker 2: an enemy. It's hard to believe what we've been through 99 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,080 Speaker 2: in recent years here in terms of lack of leadership, 100 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,680 Speaker 2: have been falling out with your neighbors. There is no 101 00:05:32,839 --> 00:05:36,000 Speaker 2: reason in twenty twenty four that the leaders of Britain 102 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:40,080 Speaker 2: and Ireland cannot be friends. We have so much in common. 103 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,120 Speaker 2: I'm an Irish person who's lived in England, thirty one years. 104 00:05:43,520 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 2: I have children born here. There are so many English 105 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:49,440 Speaker 2: people living in Ireland. We have so much in common, 106 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 2: we have more in common than divides us. But for 107 00:05:52,920 --> 00:05:56,000 Speaker 2: the best part of fourteen years, I would say the 108 00:05:56,240 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 2: leaders of Ireland and the UK have not been friends, 109 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,120 Speaker 2: have not been in a good situation. And Starmer in 110 00:06:03,160 --> 00:06:06,440 Speaker 2: week two has invited the tea shock or Prime Minister 111 00:06:06,480 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 2: of Ireland Simon Harris over. They stayed in Checkers last 112 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:13,080 Speaker 2: night and Starmer put a picture up on social media 113 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:15,880 Speaker 2: of the two of them on the terrace Checkers in 114 00:06:15,920 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: Buckinghamshire drinking pints of guinness. You know, it's the way 115 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:23,279 Speaker 2: forward friendship, reach out to your nearest neighbors and be 116 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:27,039 Speaker 2: good neighbors, as opposed to this constant conservative rhetoric of 117 00:06:27,160 --> 00:06:30,080 Speaker 2: just hating the French and the Irish shaw forget about them. 118 00:06:30,360 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 2: Y You know Starmer, I think he's had an impressive fortnite. 119 00:06:34,279 --> 00:06:37,760 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Does anyone have a problem with this with him, 120 00:06:37,800 --> 00:06:44,200 Speaker 1: like reaching out to the Irish priminis for a yeah. 121 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,479 Speaker 2: Not in the slightest. I don't think anyone should have 122 00:06:44,520 --> 00:06:46,320 Speaker 2: a problem with us. I mean, there are so many 123 00:06:46,440 --> 00:06:50,480 Speaker 2: common issues in Europe right now, first of all, migration 124 00:06:51,080 --> 00:06:53,480 Speaker 2: and all these people who want to come to the UK, 125 00:06:53,640 --> 00:06:55,839 Speaker 2: many of them are now coming over to Ireland. You know, 126 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 2: Ireland's a proud member of the European Union, and I 127 00:06:59,720 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 2: think Starmer is basically rebuilding bridges that have been not 128 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:07,159 Speaker 2: just broken, burnt by the likes of Boris Johnson and 129 00:07:07,200 --> 00:07:07,920 Speaker 2: Liz Tross. 130 00:07:08,000 --> 00:07:10,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, ah, very good, Thank you Da. That is UK 131 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,600 Speaker 1: correspondent in Brady. 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