30 Oct 2023

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

From Nine To Noon, 9:45 am on 30 October 2023

Europe correspondent Seamus Kearney

Protesters hold placards and wave Palestinian flags as they walk over Westminster Bridge with the Palace of Westminster, home of the Houses of Parliament behind during a 'March For Palestine' in London on October 28, 2023, to call for a ceasefire in the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Thousands of civilians, both Palestinians and Israelis, have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip entered southern Israel in an unprecedented attack triggering a war declared by Israel on Hamas with retaliatory bombings on Gaza. (Photo by HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP)

Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS

Seamus Kearney discusses the serious divisions opening up in the EU over how to deal with the Israel-Hamas conflict and how it's playing out in Gaza. Some countries have been calling for a ceasefire, while others share Israel's concerns it would give Hamas time to regroup.

Meanwhile Ukraine has received reassurances it will not be forgotten amid the conflict in the Middle East. In a joint statement after a summit in Brussels, EU leaders vowed to continue financial, military and humanitarian support to Ukraine for "as long as it takes".

And a shocking new report in Spain has detailed the scale of abuse of children by Catholic priests and other church staff.