Canada, heatwaves, AI and Ceuta: Von der Leyen delivers State of the Union

Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, has delivered her annual State of the European Union speech in Strasbourg, France.

Among her main announcements were a European Heatwave Plan, a Security Council with like-minded allies and an emergency framework to cope with mass arrivals of irregular migrants inspired by the Ceuta border crisis.