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is forcibly taking ukrainian children into russia to be adopted and that thousands of other ukrainians are being forced me to puerto from russian occupied areas. you are says, these actions amount to war crimes. keith says as making advances in its counter offensive in russian controlled areas surrounding its 2nd largest city, car killed as far as an offensive launch last week to retake the southern port city of cas on and for the 1st time, ukraine's top military chief has claimed responsibility for a series of attacks on russian air bases on the occupy peninsula of crimea, russian president vladimir putin as accused ukraine of cheating, developing countries out of queen shipments. i sent them to you instead. but last week, ship carrying 23000 tons of ukrainian grain arrived in east africa, which also said that western sanctions has backfired. and they now threatened the whole world. even due until newly harris was up and the sanctions from the west have been an aggressive attempt to get other countries to follow certain models.
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media reports. i feel agents discover the documents during last month search of the former president for dimension washington post where the report surface not identify the country. you'll stay now with all the headlines. i'll be back with more news on our to 0 after inside story. they will ah, it is you prime minister promise is why 2 days ahead list ross takes over from boys johnson after divisive leadership contests. how will she confront the cost of living prices at home and what will be her foreign policy priorities? this is inside story. ah
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hello and welcome to the program. i'm fully back table. britain's new prime minister is taking over at a time of unprecedented challenges at home and abroad. list ross is under pressure to act on the countries cost of living crisis. families fe, soaring grocery and energy bills, as inflation hits a 40 year high. she also needs to manage the you case post breaks it relationship with the european union and the war in ukraine. but our 1st task has been to form a cabinet trust, promoted m p. 's, who supported her during the leadership context against re she's to knock for the 1st time. the government's top 4 rolls are not held by white men. dress held phone calls with the us and ukrainian presidents before facing her 1st session in parliament as leader. she's promising immediate steps to deal with high energy
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class. we can't just deal with today's problem. we can't just put a sticking plaster on it. what we need to do is increase our energy supplies long term, and that is why we will open up more supply in the north sea, which the honorable gentleman as opposed to that is why we won't bail bond nuclear power stations, which the labor party didn't do when they went on, and that is why we will get on with delivering the supply as well as helping people with al jazeera xandra. simmons reports from london. this thrusters had to hit the ground running both at home and internationally. her 1st call with the foreign leader was with vladimir zalinski, the president of ukraine. she reassured him of long term commitment by the u. k. in supporting that war against russia and she attacked vladimir putin saying he was continuing to weapon eyes energy. next came joe biden to you as president. he
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assured her that the special relationship with the u. k. would continue, and he thanked her for her commitment to the ukraine war and to challenge russian aggression. he went on to say though, that the european union at negotiations over northern ireland to get the legislation in place, had to be chased by the new prime minister domestically. she's got a major problem with energy prices with you k families, millions of them really finding it hard going. she's going to announce in the next few days, a new plan for capping the energy bills, right? the way across the country, limiting them to below $3000.00 us dollars in any given year. now this is a colossal commitment over a $100000000000.00 committed to it, which could actually threatened the whole mantra about cutting taxes because somewhere that money has to be found. and it could be found in taxes for the future
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. and that could put her under threat. ah, well let's bring in our guests now in london, ron da. com reader in politics at king's college, london, and director of the university center for british government and politics. in cambridge, lydia craig, head of economics and at the new economic foundation and in brussels, petra's wrestler's secretary general of the european movement international, which is a civil society network promoting close a european integration, a well one, welcome to you all. thank you very much for being on inside story. before we get into the nitty gritty and the details of domestic and foreign policy challenges, i want to ask each one of you 1st, your general view of the new u. k. prime minister. your impressions, if you will, after for a speech rod, let me start with you. what did you think? can she deliver? well, that remains to be seen. i think um, one of the major issues is trust has. she's talking
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a serious the unfavorable circumstances. so while it looks like she them on the face, bits of past positions a large elementary majority, she can do pretty much whatever she wants in terms of legislation. she is a politically very tricky position with an election looming and her party plummeting in the polls. so i was, yes, things are looking quite gloomy from her stars, but it remains to be seen whether she can handle the ground running just all right . lydia, you're fast. can she hit the ground running? can she deliver what's going to be very interesting to see what she actually does. because obviously up until now she's been trying to appeal to a very specific and quite small group of people named the conservative party members. and now will say she needs to appeal to the public at large. we're all ready starting to have pivots. for example, the big emergency energy package that we're expecting tomorrow is, is very, very different to the sorts of things that she's talking about
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a few weeks ago. so i think she is going to have to backtrack a lot of what she said and her conservative leadership campaign. and it'll be interesting to see exactly what she, petro specialize in brussels. how does the rest of your view less trust? what do they make of her vision of the u. k? talk well after bodies, jonathan bees and my lin off the comic premier sheep. things cannot get worse for people here. brushes are concerned. having said that, bring this all these have the tendency to surprise us and have done so over the past few years, especially since you're k decided to leave you. so people are hoping for the best, but they're expecting the worse. ok, rod. now let's get into the details of it, of course, a long and costly to do list for less stress. the most pressing issue, as we heard domestically is of course, to help people cope with a huge rise in energy prices. the cost of living crisis. but this energy crisis,
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of course, is not just affecting britain, but the whole of europe given what's happening in ukraine right now. do you think britain underly stress is better place to deal with it than other european countries? with the energy crisis that remains to be seen again, we won't know until tomorrow, some specifics of what this trust is going to come up with. i think what we can save you some confidence is this is the immediate around that she's facing. so we saw in primacy questions today when she faced kids. the 1st time, the question over precisely who is ultimately going to pay for and be benefit from this trust measures is the call back around night or is giving way. i think less trust is immediately paying quite a big gamble that she will be able to cut through the electorate with her, with the major mediately, olivia has is absolutely true, but i want to underline that she's a very difficult point in everything from talking to her own political party, to talk to the country at large company and what
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a difficult transition. what does the country at large make of her rod not just, you know, conservative voters but, but all over the country as a whole. what do they think of her? well, not withstanding the fact that she isn't hugely well known among the country large, at least on harrison to other members, johnson with exceptional and use cut through the country. she, her number is a not found test it, i think, you know, in comparison to case tom on questions over who would make the best means that she is around him, puts down most measures. so not fantastic at the moment. got a lot of grounds make up. all right, libya coming back to the energy crisis. one of the plans, at least until, you know, she was elected seemed to be that there be some kind of freeze on energy bills. how, how will that be paid for? and what would that entail? yes, so there's been a lot of rumor about how, how it will be paid full. but some people i'm suggesting that it might be paid for
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by loans to energy companies, which would mean because energy companies would put up household bills and for possibly up to 20 years afterwards to be able to kind of recoup these costs. it could mean prolonging the paying on households for quite a long time. will they oversee producing that pain in the future with a lot of people particularly criticizing the facts that it doesn't seem like there are any plans to increase the winning full tax on oil and gas produces to make sure that they pay for the contribution is they're able say so there's been a lot criticism of baffling suggestion that maybe it will be paid for by a bar a future taxation that's, i mean, that certainly seems like potentially a more progressive alternative as long as you go progress track system. you know, at least it's, it is the, the burden is falling more on the wealthy by would say,
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if she's going to be partially boring, large amounts to fund some of the tax cuts that she's been talking about, right. the be helpful from cost living perspective. i'm not going to ask you about that. i mean, during the campaign, her opponent said that this would be political suicide, electro suicide. but yet here she is. is this package of tax tax cuts that she's offering that she's announcing? and lydia, is that, is that going to help people with low incomes? no, i mean they're all the ones that we've had in being mood says, are ruled. i would say fairly on taxes and are often going benefit a lot wealthy people who don't need the help more in the case. for example, corporation tax corporations, a making profit rather than those that are struggling. so know that the tax cuts in my opinion are very, very cool, you're boring and this is going to have to be a big support package. so having waste, like you know, what was never a good thing,
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but it's a sticky, bad thing in times of crisis when a large rescue package is needed and may be needed for many years. and people are talking about this crisis going on until maybe end of 2024, possibly long petros in brussels, less trust. and the, and u. k. general has worked well with the you on issues like support for ukraine, for example, the e right now as a whole is trying to find common ground and means of stabilizing these energy prices across the block. can they work with a u. k. on this? there is genuine desire for cuba brushes in capitals across the continent to cooperate with the k. because as you pointed out, the challenges we are facing common and they require a joint reaction and which is why also it's imperative that, that this trust and you prime minister at adoption motor, conciliatory, and constructive on duty here election campaign. even those who was trying to
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appeal to and not all section of the relation at people who are paying close attention here, likely most speak english and describing the president of france are supposed to be full. and also communicating fairly good for a patient. and message is when it comes to the you hasn't been helpful that has really made people have a low expectations and it will make cooperation harder. so it's imperative that the soon at least try to communicate messages that are based on the need to be neutral. trust because people is also in the british government separately as he was perceived quite hostile towards the european rod. which version do you think? which version of less trusty i think the european union is going to get her critic say that she's cavalry used opposition to the northern island protocol and, and the us south to gone a support within the conservative party. do you think she'll dive down the
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temperature now that she's been elected? most likely, i want to thank you. least trust is no longer campaigning. she's going to be confronted by the realities of government, but particularly the reality government in crisis. i think her options are going to be limited, she will have to just develop some or consider a, b, c. exactly. when that happens mediately, i think the fiscal costs, all of us just try to. ready europe become a parents, i think that will be when you see the points, but yeah, i think if nothing else please trust is a flexible politician. i mean, you can say the certainty throughout her career as she has changed positions openly repeatedly. so i think um, yeah, absolutely, it was a very different kind of figure. do you agree with that? lydia? i mean, she was very tough with the you during negotiations for, for rex it. she was a tough. negotiate a confrontational,
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even at times with brussels. are we going to see continuity when it comes to to breakfast, or are we going to see a change as the wrong thing? well, i certainly hope that we will see a change because i think, you know, everybody loses from the current situation with regard to brussels. the u. k definitely continues to suffer. for example, if you look at something like business investments, it's been down since the breakfast referendum. it's still down on a lot of that is to do with the uncertainty and so much of the breakfast negotiation still to be worked out. so we're all ready paying the price plus, you know, like, as of emphasized, well, you can literally be in a hunt when we're certainly not economically an island. i think we're going to see this actually over the winter. it's going to be really how much homes the u. k, because obviously the u has, has big problems potentially coming this, this wednesday with, with energy show at shows is possibly black house better. and that's going to have
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lots of ripple effects for the u. k. economy through supply chain is because our economy is also in length. so i think it's going to be yeah, i very much hope to see this truck working in a much more constructive way with the european union. petro on the northern island protocol, which has been really the heart of the dispute with the european union. where, where do you see things going? and what sort of flexibility is there from brussels on this issue? are they likely to give will give up a little bit just to be on the same page as very low stress in the british government bossa the e u. leadership of a you institutions, but also see prime ministers ahead of state in most number stays. have said that there is, of course, desire to work out any difficulties that might need from the protocol. or there is no appetite, renegotiate, reopen disagreement. people here are cautious,
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how difficult negotiations, where and how difficult pieces that we needed to call to address. and they don't ways to go back to the start and negotiate again. there is appetite to find solutions to difficulties about that, but i need to be reciprocated. we john needs to demonstrate the desire, the 1st and foremost respect. they agreements that the her signed up to, and then constructively, not with brickman, see in mind engage into finding solutions. and unfortunately, we have seen or successive prime minister said from comment on all the way to really stressed, to, failing to adopt a confrontational stance. not appreciating the, the size he was said, but actually being victim to, i don't know in my days when it comes to dealing with you and that doesn't play very well over here. as you alluded to earlier during the campaign, when she was asked about future relations with french fries and demand you to my call, she said that the jury was still out. do think that was
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a diplomatic mistake. do you think she'll change her attitude when dealing with other leaders? certainly was it was in diplomatic language. let's just say that and you raise a lot of eyebrows because even if you're in an election campaign, even if you're trying to appeal to the galleries and get a cheap laugh, you are, you know, you are rehearsing to be a statesman prime minister. and this kind of language settling kind of stone. and he wants to adopt that aspires to the nation like the gate. so it has left a sour taste in the mouth among people over here. but never the less, you know, they're grownups that have the hearts keen and i, mr. micro abrasion micro demonstrated shortly after the statement. he didn't take it personally, that he's general desire to engage and work together with britain and hoping that there will be actually the people who will grow up and engage as adults. all right,
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right. i want to come to you and talk about another domestic issue, and that is well domestic keeping the union together. northern ireland and scotland threatening to break away, will she be able to do is to keep the union to get well, that's one of the questions. i mean, certainly it's going to be high on the agenda. i think the scott is national park. c opening list, trust premier ship, we can expect to see pressure coming from them. i think the one of the reasons why the less likely in the immediate future is that none of the major parties say is a li, viable policy tool berry. i'm just at least in, in england, and so yeah, not mediately, i didn't can see. it doesn't rise on the agenda. i think it's going to be very but other things, and let's look at least trusted in boxes, is probably the worst in boxes. any incoming prime minister in living memory, you know, living crisis, we got
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a collapsing and you've got the ongoing war and you crave so many other things. i think you're going to squeeze out. so i think it will be an issue, but not into probably off to the next general election. that's going to be not in the media. what about her ability to reunite the conservative party? well, this would be the question. the cabinets. not always. yes, been designed to reach out to critics. she's very much being promoting people who kind of strong this quarter from primarily they have the right thing of the party. her job will be to kind of secure a broad coalition within the elementary policy. i think at 1st a parents in parliament did that to an extent. she landed a punch or 2 own kids. sama, the question will be once you get into the 1st couple of weeks, couple of months of payments. it. will she be able to keep that going in the face
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of a seriously perilous electoral situation? not always the special days in libya, as you talked about. and this really seems to be high on the agenda for her, at least reporting for foreign policy vision. it seems will be focused on boosting the british economy, right, as he said, so do you, do you then expect any changes diverging from boys johnson government at all on china? for example, we've got quasi quite staying as a new chancellor. what changes do you expect to see? are we going to see continuity when it comes to economic policies and relationships with china? for example, trading partners? yeah, i'm not, i mean i've, i've, i've not seen an enormous amount of kind of rumor intel on that for me. so i'm not sure. i mean, i think the theory about to see what she actually does. but just to kind of go back to the previous point about will she be able to unite the conservative party?
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i think from an economic perspective, it's going to be very interesting because obviously lots of the tax cuts. but she is advocating that a large number of conservative views being a very inflationary also because she's committed to these tax cuts. she's going to have to have big rescue package through large amounts of borrowing. and a lot of conservatives are going to be picking a view that has been very, very on services. so i think she's gone and no less challenge to bring the conservative party together on some of the big kind of economic changes that are going to happen. because it's going to be a very different treasury to the treasury that was wrong on the bar, strong some. all right, so you think domestic issues really are going to be her focus as she's taught her term as a prime minister? it, let me come to you now. petro seen brussels as a foreign secretary, she promoted global britain seeking to strengthen the u. k. role in international politics. how did she do van?
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and how do you think she's going to do, taking the u. k. heading under her leadership where she going to go on issues like china, for example, ukraine. the relationship with russia very easy contradiction in them. bishan 2 for global britain and the distance that the news trucks and numbers. and because we have taken from the closest neighbor, they're more intimate trading partner in the european union. so they're, they're all about proven, certainly goes through europe. and then if, if the strike is to be true to that vision, the 1st thing that you should do is ensure close and constructive relationships with a european union in europe and nation say. and you can record that probably now has been relatively poor as about the breeding as a whole. hardly any trade agreements, anything the agreement that the case has actually signed. we're just rolling over the existing agreements that the j enjoy. as a member of the european union,
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and those new trade agreements were far from a beneficiary for the u. k. self. so record was poor and fees to continue down the basic intellectually dishonest and effect position. a global future exists far away from the closest neighbor and trading partner. then i don't expect my success. the key ease in re engaging with you to be on union constructively, building across economic and political relationship. because our challenges are common and only join solutions can actually get us out of the current deal political situation that we're in, rod to london. what about the so called special relationship with the u. s. person biden has been critical over the northern ireland protocol issue, where, where do you see the relationship with washington having so continue as the primarily embarrass johnson always use shoes. relations with america bigger,
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i suspect least trust is going to do the same, in part because it's a break with europe in tennessee. i think you're right. i think i don't think it can be to the same extent from the us, of least least not because not on the pros. oh, at least on july issues resolved. i think it is can be one of those things that will be in the background will be one of the many competing issues for agenda. i think she's going to be obviously the 1st couple of months with crisis after crisis . this won't be one of them. others is that along to do lists at home for sure. thank you so much for a very interesting conversation. thank you. to all 3 of you, haven't they. com, lydia creek. petro specialist. thank you very much and thank you for watching. you can always watch this program again any time by visiting our website at al jazeera dot com for further discussion. go to our facebook page that facebook dot com forward slash a j inside story. you can of course,
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