let's talk about the European union now it is boycotting Hungary and its leader Victor Orban Brussels is upset over orban's recent peace Mission he visited Ukraine and Russia Orban is trying to play Peacemaker and broker a truce between them Ukraine and Russia but Brussels did not approve of these trips it says Victor Orban is engaging in Rogue diplomacy and what is their response the blocks stop Diplomat has asked EU Nations to boycott a meeting in Hungary instead Brussels is hosting a rival Summit our next report has more details Orban had it all planned he traveled to Ukraine Russia and China he shook hands with all the leaders he even had Hollywood style videos made for this socalled peace mission Orban wanted to make a statement that he' arrived at the world stage declaring himself Europe's de facto leader Hungary currently holds the presidency of the European Council it's a rotating seat meaning everyone gets a turn to serve on this post but Orban is taking this job a bit more seriously than his EU counterparts he's using this opportunity to play Peacemaker and negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine in that Spirit he advised Ukraine to accept to ceasefire I asked the president volodimir zalinski to think about whether we could reverse the order and speed up peace talks with making a ceasefire first but Brussels didn't take kindly to the proposal they were quick to give it a cold shoulder turns out Orban didn't bother to discuss his peace plan with his European counterparts the Hungarian leader bypassed the European Union as well as the United States instead of Washington DC Orban took his peace mission to maral Lago where he met with the Republican candidate Donald Trump Orban thinks that Trump is in a better position to end the war in Ukraine thank God that Trump did not allow himself to be killed I hope that this means that God has plans with the president and what other plan could God have in such warlike times than someone bringing Peace at Last and he was the president of Peace this time Orban really has crossed the line according to Brussels they've started a mission to boyot him Orban was supposed to host a meeting in Budapest in His official role these were informal talks foreign and defense ministers from Europe were expected to attend now they'll be jetting off to Brussels instead said the eu's top Diplomat Joseph borl is hosting a rival meeting there he's making moves to shut down orban's peace Mission I will call for a restricted session ministers only in order to discuss what has happened on the last weeks from the visits to mosu to ke and to pin from my from prime minister Orban and the speeches at the United Nations security CC from his foreign minister accusing the European Union to be the country or the the union that pushes for war this is completely unacceptable Brussels hopes that this rival meeting will show European Unity instead it's likely to expose Europe's differences with Orban and Brussels heading straight for a showdown [Music] across continents one powerful news [Music] source bringing you diverse perspectives on the issues that [Music] matter we go beyond the boundaries to give you that little extra about every sporting moment so thank you for making first post 5 million strong we counting on your support and you can trust us to bring you the news unfiltered and [Music] unvarnished climate change is on our doorstep it's time for a Revolution to take Route and it starts with 1.4 billion Indians it starts with one tree one tree for Humanity one tree for Mother Earth one tree for a future project one tree a news8 network initiative [Music] on this today the T20 World Cup bang move across to the West IND hello I'm Alex coming to you from South Africa today we have a start with a report on India shifting nuclear for the first time since India off became a nulear hello and welcome to First po America I'm Eric ham coming to you live from the nation's capital in Washington be [Music]