a sorry for that, and when he comes to the open operating conditions forced that these, as you know, has been one of the main points and continues to be one of the main points of concern. because these she patients in separate. yeah, we have these unique, unprecedented situation where you have a ukranian nuclear power plant, which is controlled by the russian occupying forces, creating a situation whereby you have a co habitation of the operators people, the ukranian people in police and, and professional experts that have been working there and that are all, there is also presence from russian nuclear experts and also military forces. we, we don't put in fully red for one reason. and a, yeah and, and it is that the plant continues to operate and that he supp professional and

herb herb modest vivendi, if you, if, if i can put it like that, they work together and, and the plant as it is obvious because it has been operating 2 units as of today are still operating, including unit number 5, which was crammed and a couple of days ago and now is back in operation. so the, all the, the physical conditions are there and the plant continues to operate. the same egg code we are applying to offsite power supply. these has also been a matter of enormous concern and interest around the world. because as you know, if you don't have off site power supply, the cooling systems for the reactors cannot work if they can. and if they cannot

work, these cal lead to a major accident, we have seen on several occasions that there have been there blackout or interruptions, or one or 2 or 3 of the lions feeding the plant from outside at the moment that he's at there. there are 2 operational and would, would we know also is that when there was one situation of a total complete blackout, the diesel generators operated. normally, we visited, then i saw them. i was talking to those in charge of that bars of the operation of the flat logistical aspect and supply chain. this is important in terms of their replacement. you have to think about as a preacher, which is the biggest nuclear power power plant in europe. also as a big industrial facility as an any industrial facility you need spare bards,

there are things that need to be replaced, and so on and so forth. given the anomalous situation of a war, it is obvious that logistical chains are interrupted. we were quite probing about the about these we were discussing with people on site and the impression that they gave us is that a here, there are no major problems. there are some interruptions, hence the what integration we are putting here. and in the case of their radiation monitoring and emergency response, we have we have had some complete interruptions, hence the half red situation, but also some systems are working well. so we, we do see a mix, a mix back in terms of rely on communications. we the regulator, it is also an operating a, functioned with some difficulties. so this gives you a birds eye view of the of duration which we are of course

are not wanting to ban allies in any way we believe. and i continue to believe that this vision is extremely complex, extremely challenging, and it will continue to require the permanent, the permanent support and the monitoring that we are trying to provide now that we are there. so now that i gave you this general overview, i am open to your questions. thank you very much. oh, now, yes. oh now. oh, yes, i am the legal. yes . yes. so

you are the end of the war. well know when i started with the easiest part, so daily the dos while there will continue to be there at the end of the war. we all wish for that. we hope it happens soon. we don't know, we believe that it was important. it was important for the agency to be there, permanently m o n. and this is a good segue for your 1st, the 1st part of the question you are saying, what do you know now that you didn't know before? we knew a lot, but of course our trade is inspecting the difference between being there and not being there is like day and night. so excuse me. so many things. we had information including remote data,

earn transmission to the but when it comes to many other things that are important, it's very different to go now i saw and as, as the z but also my technical experts, things that were being said and we were able to assess their seriousness of them. and what are the questions you can get buried with the inspections in the safeguard area. you see something then you asked something as so we know much more and we are learning even more as we speak more information. yeah, we are getting this information all the time. well, we have been getting it from the very beginning. and now we are trying to gather a death assessment where we are getting this information all the time as well. we have been getting it from the very beginning, and now we are trying to have an in depth assessment of how things stand at the moment. i expect to produce

a report early next week. and as soon as we have the full picture of the situation, by the end of the weekend, or more or less. yeah. we are, we are fine. and i'm happy to be back home. well,

you young, it's yours is a very deep western. stephanie's a very deep question that has a human and psychological factors that are i would, i should be very prudent in enhancing what i can tell you is that the, the, the plant is operating. there is a professional relationship between these experts. they are all nuclear experts, so they know what they are doing. they are know what they are talking about. but they are human beings. and they have sites on a war is affecting them and their families. so i think this situation is at one of our, i would say it's admirable or for the ukrainian experts to continue to work in, in this conditions in their way they,

they are doing they care for the facility they, they work very, very well. but of course, that he said that he's a pension, that he's a latent attention there because of the obvious reasons or of the war or so i would say at this is something that needs to be must be m a dealt with enormous a caution or, and again, our presence there is a, a, has a big added value, i believe, because we can interact with people constantly, frequently throughout based. they know that the a people are there. so i think it is very important that we have this, this presence there. i missed something of your question. oh yeah. i was. what is the most?

well well you know, ah, ah, i think we, we have to be looking at the, the, the main points. and when he comes to the main point, 1st of all is the physical integrity while are and here i don't, i will, i will not get into that. but i will simply mention that it is obvious that there is a lot of a fighting in the region in general, in this part of you crate. so, ah, the a military activity and operations are increasing in that part of the country. and this war is me a lot these worries me a lot or there are references to offensive skunked or offensives. i don't want to get into that because it's not my domain, but it's obvious and we are not. and everybody acknowledges it on the on site.

so it is obvious that the statistical possibility of more physical damage is it is present. let me give you an example of the physical damage to the plant with the exception of the event on the night of the 3rd to the 4th of march with this fire, the shelling actually started in august. so it is quite clearly a more and more recent trend, if i can call it like that. so what we see with this increase of military activity is that the physical integrity is more a compromise. and with that we, i, i take you to, for, i take you to the, to the power supply. because it is clear that those who have these

aims is military aims. no, very well that are the way to cripple or to or to do more damage is not to look into the reactors which are enormously sturdy and robust. but to, you know, hit where it hurts. so the plant becomes a, you know, very, very problematic. so my, uh, my concern would be, you know, the physical integrity would be the power supply and of course the stuff. so these are the areas, the rest are things like we can work on radiation systems, supply chain, all very, very important. all very important. but of course, they have a lesser degree if you want of dramatize him when he comes to what if i have to address your question directly and the next all oh oh whoa,

whoa whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, oh how? sure i am. i will, you know, i can, we can never be sure what we need to do is to always try and to improve. if you look at what we have now, it is far, far better. that would be used to cut now i have my people, i was there and we, we have a big team there. we have people who are going to stay there. these has tremendous value. this is a huge difference. and of course, if something happens or is if, if any limitation org comes or they are going to be reporting it, they're reporting it to us. it is no longer a matter of

a said these and be said the contrary. now the i e. a is there, and this is like i said, from night to day in terms of the people being there, it naturally for me the safety of my people is the 1st thing you remember that i said i will never send somebody to a place where i don't go myself 1st and this is what i have been doing. now that we know that we have a certain degree, i see a system that is working or we have our people there. and it has been very challenging. of course we are. are we are looking at these they are in constant communication with us is something happens of course we will take the necessary measures you joey

yes or next week somebody at some point. busy oh, yes, yes. or whether our logistic aspects are related to that, but they are going to continue to count and thank you for the question because i want to recognize the support that we received from the united nations department of safety and security. we have incredibly good people there that are coming from the most or you know, difficult, a hot spots in the world and that they were accompanying hours and guiding us through what they themselves recognized was a very challenging thing. so they are going to of course, to continue to have the support

of course of course. yes, surely. what do you mean sorry by the inner circle of. ready i know, yeah, yeah i understand a little let me thank you. oh no no. ready no, let me get, let, let me explain. let me explain it. the a every nuclear power plant has as a, has a crisis center center where a certain operations can be handled. that in every circumstance, this place is being used for other things. but there has been a, another, a center set up for the facility to continue working. so um,

there is no, i would say influence in the operation of a blank because of the non availability of this place that has been chosen, of course, by the military occupiers. to have a place and i cannot get into that because i don't know, frankly, i'm not hiding anything from you, but am. but it is, it is, it is obvious and we will be recommending that, that the blank should have its normal, you know, operational centers and, and room sir, for that. i want to emphasize this because i hadn't heard this urban idea i have seen in some of their comments or reactions that we were not shown that we were paraded. we've seen what i requested to see everything i requested to see, even as we were going along when something we thought should be seen. i said, i want to go here and there, and we saw everything i,

i want to emphasize this because i think it's very important. or when we go somewhere we do what we need to do. and if we are prevented from doing it, we just come back and say we were not able to do it. so thank you for english. oh, oh oh, oh, oh, yes, thank you. oh oh. oh. well i yes. yes. yes. yes. everybody has to question is he 12, it's been very efficient

and now you. ready need more than 40 yes sir. thank you for asking. yeah. ringback and oh wow that. ringback well, or what we try when we put together our teams with the support of my deputies here . we tried to have the best combination of knowledge as necessary for with what we believe are we are going to be doing at the plant. or we, we, we chose a very experienced her team. ah,

and i can assure you that we will. ready at all times have the necessary knowledge on site, on safety and security and on safelite could be 2, could be 3 at a, at, as an at all times, we are going to be able to, to have that. and so, and the 1st question was well, this isn't this question of yours, of course, has a subjective factor to eat. and, but i would say that, and the fact that the i e a is there, that we have our people, they are informing 24 hours a day, are assessing what is going on. and for those who may have a m intentions on the blank. knowing that international inspectors are, they are witnessing and informing, immediately what is happening has an i think an inherent very important and stabilizing effect. i don't want to aggrandize or pretend that what we are

doing is going to either a settle this terrible war or, or give back the plant to ukraine. this is beyond our capacities. what we are doing there is stabilizing, looking at the safety, the security of the safeguards aspects of the plant, in their conviction, that if we get these right, these will have some bearing influence in what happens overall. will that sir? i fail grossi head of the i. e, a, giving a media briefing at her vienna airport after the visit to ukraine. he said 6 experts were remain at those operations for facility after the inspection, they talked about operating conditions at the plant, which he described as unique and unprecedented and said that the situation is extremely complex and extremely challenging. with more on this,

sir gabriel elizondo is live for us in cave. and now, gabriel, what did you make of what rockhill grossi had to say there? well he said a lot and i can go through some of the key points, but i 1st want to get to the 2 things that really struck me and that are quite new . quite frankly. number one, there's been a lot of insinuation, especially here out of keith that perhaps the i. e, a inspectors were not allowed to see everything that they wanted to see. that perhaps it was staged managed by russia that has been sort of the insinuation coming out of the presidential office here in keep what we heard from our fail grossi right now was something different. he said, and he's or her, his words, when i was able to see whatever i requested to see at the nuclear power plant, he said i was not prevented from visiting anything that i did not want to visit.

that is key because that really does sort of back up what russia was saying is that they were giving the inspectors all of the access to everything that they wanted to see in the plant. and clearly the director general of the i. e. a is affirming that so that's a bit of new information that we had not heard yet. he also said, and this is interesting that or that to i. e, a staff members would remain at the separation nuclear power plant permanently. and we'd already heard that we'd already sort of gotten the idea that that was going to be what's happening. but what's interesting about what he said now is he says that because the i e will have a permanent presence there. now he said, no longer will we have a situation where a says this happened,

but b says this happened now the i. e will be there to verify what really does happen. this is interesting because this is sort of and when he says air be what he's referring to. there is russia and ukraine, they're going back and forth. they're saying who is shelling and who is causing the problems at the nuclear power plant? there are, they're both sides, russian and ukraine are going, i've been going back and forth about this for weeks. now, what he's insinuating here now in this could get quite tricky, is that the, i e, a will essentially, the officials there that are there now will essentially be if you, for lack of a better word, the referee in determining what the truth is there. that could get quite complicated for the i am, i am especially if it's only 2 staff members and they're suddenly being asked questions like, ah, there was a showing at the plan who is responsible for that. that could get quite difficult for them to start to kind of be the judge of those kind of things. so that really struck me as well. beyond that, we did hear that he is going to be issuing

a report from their findings from their mission there to the separation nuclear power plant. he said that report should be coming out in the next week or so. and that he said clearly that there has been multiple cases of the physical integrity of the power plant being breached. repeatedly, we sort of knew that, but he sort of indicated that he saw that 1st hand and that had been a repeated problem. did say he's very concerned about his staff members that are remaining at the power plant. he says it's clearly there's an escalation of war in that area has been going up and he said he could visually see that as he approached the plan as it his he toured the plant and that he said his is also very concerned about power supply. because in order to keep the nuclear power plant safe, there needs to be a power supply there to cool the nuclear reactors. so that could be a potential,

a worry that he says that he's worried about as well. but clearly, i think the headline coming out of this, at least, from my standpoint, sitting here and keith is at the director general of the i. e. a gave no indication that he was prevented from seeing any thing that he did not want to see. conversely, he, he said that he was, and his colleagues from the i e a, were allowed to see any thing that they requested to see or visit or inspect at the japanese a nuclear power plant. okay, for now gabriel and his on no lie for us in that cave. thank you. aah! argentina's vice president christina fernandez. the coach now has survived on its huss nation attempt outside her home in brun osiris. amanda has been arrested

following the instant after his loaded gun failed to file. the haunting has the details. christina fernandez de kirschner was greeting supporters outside her home in argentina when she was confronted with a gun held to her face. oh, the vice president duct witnesses screaming kirshner was returning from court when the ordeal happened. the former president is a device of figure in argentina and is in the midst of a corruption trial. she denies the charges. oh, he did. this is the most serious event we have gone through since argentina returned to democracy, christina remains alive because of a reason that has yet to be confirmed. technically, the weapon that had 5 bullets did not fire despite being triggered. the man holding the gun was grabbed by some of her supporters and detained. he is believed to be a brazilian in support of the far right. one of the meetings station without confirmation says that he had swastika ah, in cartoon in his r, a,

he's also alike many far why websites, good assumption goal that they monia care evil company sherman things later. in 2018, brazil's current president jarboe scenario was stabbed during an election rally which boosted his popularity. something analysts say could happen now. for kirschner, the media shows regalia, gun against my head, and thus, the shocked imaginings. like you saw huge that on my help ha, ironically, to regain some of the popular that she might have known among people who do not agree with her. the president has declared friday a national holiday in defense of democracy, a united response from a government that has seen deepening divisions over its response to another economic crisis, which has seen 70 percent inflation some of the highest in the world. leah harding al jazeera. let's go live to natalia course. so who's in going to sar as where route is being held in support of the coach. and so that's all you know,

what's happening right now where you are well, you can see around the most people go those to the may square. they show the crunch of the presidential class house. and they came here to support christina, monday against the association of most of them, most of the must, all of the vice president. but some of them, which i've spoken to, told me that they came here in support of the mach crusty. they feel at killing the vice president on democracy knowledge, and that's why they decided to come here in her support. we don't know if there would be any speeches as stages being placed in an area in the square. the people

are still coming in. so we have not yet the, when these demonstration we learned how long would it be and how it would be wrapping up, which because with the presence of a politicians knowing the vice president will not proceed with a 10. i tried to go to the information, but i didn't have any confirmation. not yet not. we'll see what happens with them. and tell you cause sorry, that rally. thank you for that. now at least $47.00 people, including a prominent cleric, had been killed and a bomb explosion in western afghanistan. it's all happened in the city of herat during friday. prayers. katya lopez hurry on, has more. ah, a suicide bomb attack in the biggest, most in the city of herat, among the dead, a high profile religious scholar with close ties to the taliban. mcgee brockman, i'm sorry,

had reportedly met the deputy prime minister in another part of the city shortly before the bombing a year into a new government in afghanistan. analysts say the attack is the strike against the taliban. the matter of betty, a deep concern for the government as well that you're losing such kind of figures. you know, i'm willing, would you be the one, i'm sorry, was one of the key figures. he was one of the elite soccer society. the mask was full of worshippers when the bomb was said needed outside a nearby hospital. people wait for news of loved ones. so the door to live with. it was around 1240 in the afternoon. we got a call about the attack and sent out ambulances to the iraqi. we removed deed bodies and transported the wounded out of a power struggle with i saw this fueling insecurity in afghanistan and threatened to undermine the authority of the government already facing an economic crisis. and sanctions attacks against high profile figures will post yet another challenge for

the taliban cartier lo fissile the young rogers era f b. i agent c. search to form a. u. s. president. donald trump's home last month found dozens of empty folders marked as classified as, according to newly released, a court document that gave an inventory of the $33.00 boxes recovered inventory details what was actually obtained in the f. b. i search and includes 18 top secret government documents. $54.00 classify the secret, and another $31.00 deemed confidential. $48.00 to emptied folders with classified banners were also collected along with more than $10000.00 the government documents without classification. there's also $42.00 empty folders marked returned to staff and $25.00 books of article hang joins us now from washington, d. c. so patty potentially, how damming is this potentially very damning.

just to take a step back here. let's go over what happened. so the trump lawyers went to a judge and a couple weeks after the f. b, i searched mar largo, and they said they wanted a special master. basically that's an outside party to review the documents. what a lot of legal experts said that didn't make much sense because they waited so long government agent's told the court, look, we already read every thing and it allowed the justice department, which doesn't give press conferences on ongoing cases. it allowed them to basically make the argument of why they did that search in great detail and you just went over the huge numbers of classified top secret documents that they were found. now, one of the things i think that stood out most in this affidavit is that the justice department said this process is part of an ongoing process in an active criminal investigation. so when the search 1st happened, some people wondered, well was,

as the justice department is trying to get those classified documents back to where they belong. but no, the justice department here is saying this is an active criminal investigation hinting that there could be some arrests. so you went over the numbers, one of the things that's going to be the most striking is those $48.00 empty folders with classified marking. so when you have a classified government document, it doesn't just sit there by itself. it goes into a color coded folder. so that you know exactly what level of classification there is. so what was supposed to be in those folders? that's gonna be a big question. perhaps they're able to match it with some of the loose classified documents they found. but it's going to, if they can't, they're going to be the question of where are those other classify documents. this could lead to further searches of the president's property. but also because the severity, the sheer number and now we know exactly where all of these documents were, they were in his office. they were in the storage area that really lays bare the

claim. the trump's lawyers may in court just yesterday. they said, look, this is nothing different than just forgetting to return a library book. again, those are huge numbers of the nation's most closely held secrets, and the affidavit shows that they were held happy. they were basically stored happ hazard lee, along with magazine articles and newspaper clippings and an unsecured location to show what a big deal that is when you're talking about classified information in the united states government, not everybody gets to see them. you have to go through a very long vetting process to be able to access that. and all classified information is held in what is called a skiff. so for example, if i go to the pentagon and i need to in any way going into the skiff, they have to remove their cell phone, put it in a special lock box. and those rooms are designed so that there can be no eavesdropping these very, very top secret documents were held in basically a public, a private club. so that also raises big questions. trump also could have complicated

his case if this is in fact a criminal investigation. so you remember that f b i picture where they standard practice, they take things out of the container, they lay them out on the floor, they take pictures of it. i trump responded on his social media saying the f b. i wanted to make it look like i scatter documents all over the floor. in fact, those were in containers in my office. so not quite the defense. he thinks that is because he's basically admitting that he knew that he had classified documents in his office, which is against the law. so we still haven't heard about this special master, but a really could come down as early as this afternoon in washington dc forest. patty cohen, thank you. meanwhile, us president joe biden has lost a scathing attack on donald trump, and the republicans who support him. said that trump as his backers oppose a threat to the very foundations of the united states. a white house correspondent kimberly huck speaking from philadelphia,

the city known as the birthplace of american democracy, president joe biden delivered a prime time address, declaring the us democratic values are under assault. i've come to this place where it all began to speak as plainly as i can to the nation about the threats we face using sharp and combat of language. biden targeted his political rival by name repeatedly former president, donald trump. 5 and has called trump make america great again or mega republican followers, semi fascists, donald trump, the miger republicans representative stream ism that threatened the very foundations of our republic was just 8 weeks until voters go to the polls for mid term congressional elections. and trump. now, the focus of a criminal investigation into alleged mis handling of classified documents biden

sending a message that a vote in november for some opposition republicans is a danger to democracy. but republicans fired back with their own speech. president biden has chosen to divide, demean, disparage his fellow americans. why? simply because they disagree with his policies. they accused by then a weapon, i think the federal government, to eliminate his political opposition. joe biden, to politicize department of justice launched, arrayed on the home of his top political rival, donald trump, that is an assault on democracy. republicans also accused bitin of miss handling the economy and being soft on immigration, their issues that in recent months caused biden's approval ratings to plummet. the white house helps this forceful rebuke of tromp and his followers will turn things

around. there are dangers around us. we cannot allow to prevail. we hear you've heard it more and more talk about violence as an acceptable political tool in this country. it's not said sharpening his attacks on for president trump. president bivens approval ratings have been rising. it's momentum he hopes will help his democratic party retain control of congress come voting day in november. kimberly, how can al jazeera the white house boundary. gillespie is an associate professor the department all of a political science at emory university, joins us live from atlanta, georgia by scott. welcome to the program. so the rhetoric really seems to be ratcheting up well, we're getting close to election day and labor day to the us holidays upon us. and

so it's not uncommon, or the campaigns to really go into full speed after labor day will be on, on, on monday. you know, i think what was surprising was to hear president by an come out. so we're slowly and try to sell the notion of the football and see between what democrats are doing to try to mobilize their based support. and what he argues, republicans have done in the last 2 years to mobilize their base. so is this just about the, you know, coming mid term elections or does it go further than that? i think it goes farther than that. there certainly are campaign elements here. be by an administration on the democratic party in general have been seeking to capitalize on the legislative gains that have come in the late summer here in the united states. so if we look at bill back better from the spring, but looking at the health care and climate bill that passed in july and looking at some of the other achievements, the student loan forgiveness, there's a,

a push to create a cohesive message that's going to resonate with democratic voters and get them excited to turn out to vote. but we also can't ignore the fact that america is struggling with how to reckon with the events of january 6th. and the elements of the big lie that donald trump is still perpetuating in the united states, where he says that he actually won the 2020 election. and this is important from a campaign standpoint because a number of trump allies who believe the big lie and who are, could be in position to actually act on on those types of. # suppositions are running for office is like governor or secretary of state where they would actually be in charge of elections and they would actually have the responsibility of certifying elections. and so there are legitimate questions about whether or not some of these people would accept the results of elections in which members of their party lose. i, you know, despite the overwhelming evidence that might suggest an electoral loss and certify election regardless of over the andra. gillespie, washington

d. c. thank you very much for your insights. thank you for duncan deposed for person. go to buy a pack that has returned to the country as a back, so it was in the self imposed exile in thailand. off he fled a serge, an anti government protest in july, and that we'll have more on that as we get it. g 7, finance ministers have agreed to set a price cap on russian oil. the group made the announcement on friday. i think it will revisit the price as necessary. moscow says it will stop selling oil to countries that agree to a price limit. gemini has admitted its not yet ready to completely replace its russian energy supply. when it comes, as it rushes gas from, says it will not resume gas flow through the nord street, one pipeline, to germany. after 3 days shut down. the company says an oil equals detected and repairs are needed. but european commission says the move is under fallacious

pretences and confirms rushes unreliability as a supplier. well, let's bring in then. iris is the found an editor in chief of the n e in tele news. this is focused media outlet. he joins us from berlin. thanks for being with us. so how serious is this latest energy development you think? well, it's serious in the sense that it's just you by the crime in the going to use the energy expos, oil and gas, both in order to punish the west for the sanctions that's been imposed in practical terms. the pipeline was versus the shuttle already in. so much as it was reduced in june for 2 to 40 percent and then again in july 20 percent. and is telling i think the gas problems announced that they come across yet another technical detail. another technical problem with one of the turbines in the port of i am pumping station the key one and it turned off completely because they shut it down 3 days

for maintenance work and it comes on the same day. the g 7th come out with this oil price cap mechanism, and that's a serious threat to russia if they can make that work because will, is the main export is the one the end of the money that the spent $60000000000.00 on oil. and only about $30000000000.00 on gas. the difference is, is that oil is easier to replace because it comes by ships. and so you buy in the middle east, for example, whereas gas comes through pipelines and you can move them. and the threat is that there's not going to be any gas over the winter, and that will cause a huge energy crisis, because you simply can't replace all of the russian gas. and now the no strain one is being closed down. you know, that's what they're threatening is going to give you a really difficult time with the windsor with the energy crisis and what are your pain countries going to have to do to try and reduce their reliance on russian energy where they've been working hard. i mean, here in germany the,

the people actually ready to the message and gas consumption is gone down by 10 to 15 percent, which is already quite a spectacular achievement. at the same time this week, the gas tanks in europe reached 80 percent capacity, which is a full month ahead of the deadline that the was $84.00, which is also very encouraging. the trouble is that the gas tanks in europe and the other 2 small and it means that you, although that helps them in german tanks last 2 months, tiny bit, 2 months. but it means that you still need some import or gas in order to get through the whole winter. and what we're facing now with the gas that we have in reserve is. but if it's a miles wind serve, we can probably squeak through without rushing gas. if it's cold winter, then that's going to cause a crisis and that is very drastic. that means you're going to have energy rationing . it means that the factories will be asked to work at half speed,

and it's going to be very painful indeed. and really, it depends on the weather now. and how difficult to position does germany find itself. and in particular, germany's berry expose is not the most exposed. the, it's the hungry, the most exposed is looking at possibly a 2 percent of g d p contraction. if this crisis gets worse, whereas the others, 6 percent and 6 percent is a full blown economic crisis. but germany is, is also the hub to distribution to the rest of europe and half the gas, the influences re export it into the system european wide. and the volumes that come into germany by far the largest, so it's the key node for arriving. the gas comes from north stream is one of the 3 main pipelines in that rise directly in germany. so it's very much in the front line and the government here is clearly very, very concerned. i mean, they've been been going on about it. they've been lost

a huge social awareness campaign on, on german media to make people realize that this is a problem. and at the same time, the cost of energy is gone, soaring to $34.00 times normal. and that's already causing some descent protests amongst the people. however, i think at this point the german people are still on board with the whole we have time with ukraine and deal with this. but it's going to be very difficult. and i say the cutting off the gas completely closing daniel stream. one completely is part of the mind games that the kremlin is playing here because in their interest what they're trying to do is keep us in permanent, almost crisis and keep everybody worries and the effect that has on the prices. prices are up tenfold and i think that's the main weapon and so there stoking this uncertainty with actions that we've seen today like cutting off 10 to 10 in this pipeline, often saving well they've been iris that we appreciate your time. thank you.

i once again remind you of some breaking news now, should i because deposed a former president, got by roger packs, has returned to the country and packs. it was in a self imposed exile in thailand of the fled. a surgeon anti government protest in july were joined by me now fernandez in colombo, over the phone summer. now, what more can you tell us to do have confirmation that the former president go to roger fox has returned to the country. it's literally within the last few minutes that he arrived at the country's international airport, i did speak to the minister of public security who was on hand to welcome the former president. and he confirmed that he's currently at the sort of the v i p lounge of the port drivers clearing formalities and that he has indeed

returned. and what are the risks here then how should rankins lucky to react? well, in the sense, the man sort of cry that led up to those protest a few weeks ago that so that until morning exhibit of good departure from the country, he literally fled on the military and full flight to them. all. those was the mood at that stage. people had at the end of a very frustrating time where the. b in cry was going to go home from the presidency and that is where to reach to christian know where you had the huge crowd, literally surround the president, official residents, overriding it, and by those, those kind of a jama, taken care of the scene. but since then, obviously a lot of happen, we have now

a new president installed after roger fox sent in his resignation after leaving the country. so in terms of the people obviously, that he's very much that sort of the anger of what happened, where the country had been allowed to fall. and lot of that sort of punishment restoration was directed the former president. but now that he has left office down the wrongs internationally, i found him pretty much checked me to in terms of where he could go and pretty much hadn't having a few options and being forced to head back to show lanka for the protest movement . it is not something that they called for sort of in and that they wanted to personally hom, him or anything like that. it was more to see him leave the presidency. so what

many people say that he will come back to, you know, basically lives in his private residence. he is this, you don't consider them to have that right? is what many people say. so the expectation is. 3 that he will, at least for the short term in terms of what we're hearing. now go back to the interim. rather, the 8 go back to his private residence and to, to keep things quite quiet. the i did speak to at the airport, who confirmed his arrival said he seems quite relaxed. he's happy to be back. so that's, that's what we're reading in terms of the mood at the time. kind of now fernandez for now. thank you. well, so the head hair on the al jazeera, the formula one well chant hits problems at his home grand prix in the netherlands .

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jackie, less things that happens on times. now for all, shall claire is gone quickest. in 2nd practice, the head of sundays, such formidable grown pre champs lead him extra stuff. and while he hit problems during the 1st session at his home, rice, something to give a rental car broke down. if it is 7 lamps, and he ended up walking back to the pit lane thing did get his car going for 2nd practice. but he was only a fast this the fro repair of claire and color son leading the way the stefano of the $93.00 point lead in the title stand. next. emily football club said any spending record in the transfer window that closed on monday, more than $2000000000.00 spent on new plays english club spending more than spangler league lease area and the gym and the combined one lakedale. so got on foot pier america bomb young going to chelsea from barcelona. we know very relevant to get with robot us, very keen to come back to premier leak and we're very happy that we could make it

happen. he to live us normally everywhere where he played the live deliver goes, but more important delivery also speed and work right against the ball. and so it's a big package. little football. so the ranks of the signing of utsa mellow from my events is to present midfielder joining the club on a season at long lone dale for now. why can you loan a player i guess because it didn't bug 100 percent and you went to us. but i see the rather as a positive because the potential is still there. be play opposite different to, to you over. and we all thought that could fit pretty well. so that's why were you to please and take a look at this stunning near catch from a major league baseball game. some haggerty is the saddle mariners flying and speak protective netting to catch the ball initially. couch was given as he had the ball under control in his god before spelling it. but on review it,

it was this her hours to paula, just touch the nets before he calls it. the mariner still would consume secure a comfortable southern, nothing when against the detroit. okay, more from a little later on, but that is how the sport is looking for now. kerry, it was a good attend. thanks sandy. thank you very much, cindy. that's it from a this nisa ne backup. we'll be back with more of the day developments. just a few moments. ah mm hm. which site is willing keyless or control? what does a new forever proxy war mean for america and nato,

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