the treasure map for modern globetrotters and for some of europe's wykard breaking sights and know also in book form. ah ah, business need of you news live from berlin. the european union outlines of fresh package of sanctions against russia. they include sweeping new trade restrictions at a cap on the price of oil. the new is also targeting officials responsible for the sham referendums, held in eastern new crate or p and leaders blame,

sabotaged for 3 leaks and underwater pipelines, spewing gas into the baltic sea. now, scientists, the detective explosion along the affected north stream pipelines. moscow says it's not to blame and also once answered hurricane ian bears down in florida with winds of up to 250 kilometers in our millions of people have been told to flee the storm. expected to make landfall in the coming out. ah, i'm gabelle. as well come to the program. the european union says it wants to hit russia with new biting sanctions, targeting trade, rushes, military and people who organized the annexation votes and parts of occupied ukraine. the you said it wants russia to pay a price for escalating the crisis by holding the sham referendums. you commission

president, also a fun the line explained why additional sanctions unnecessary. i funny and it rush us economy even more. so we propose sweeping new import bands on russian products. this will keep russian products out of the european market and deprive russia of an additional 70000000000 euros in revenues. were also proposing to extend the list of products that cannot be exported to russia any more. was the from the line as speaking, the analysts cross over to our russel's beer, chiefly some a phenomenon, some strong words there from the european commission president was lafond line. what do you make of her statement? well, i think it's fair to say that the european commission was under a lot of pressure to come forward with their proposal for new sanctions. they have been working on that for quite

a while. the discussions were going back and forth and i think the decision was made today that today is the right day to announce this proposal after russia pushed through were to those sham referendums and after they declared today at that said 99 percent of fir, the people there were in favor of joining russia, so i think it was important for it was a funder lined to send a strong message to the kremlin that the european union is, sir, keeping up the pressure that they are determined to make the russian regime pay for the escalation of the invasion of ukraine, and of course she has a president of the european commission wanted to show that she is providing the leadership that the european union needs. now, previous actions have not really shown the desired effect. and yet the e u as volume further and tougher trade restrictions at individual blacklisting. so i think that makes sense. well,

i think that sanctions imposed by the european union do have an effect on a russian economy. and we saw it for instance, at their car industry or that has come to a hold all knows because of the sanctions, but of course they take time. and today today's announcement was about toughening a trade restrictions about closing the existing loopholes. so that is a very important and we also have to straight stress that they are pin commissioners of walking a tight rope here because of course they want to keep up the pressure on the russian regime. but they also understand that sanctions imposed against russia are also hurting the european economies are just to look at the soaring energy prices at the inflation. and of course they need all member states to be on board with their proposal. you mentioned the energy crisis, there may be you will also implement the g sevens or price cap preferred countries . how will that work? well,

that is the key question here. answer the questions also. will it work at all? because what the european commission is saying is that they are laying their their framework for such a price. a cab. the european union has decided to impose a ban on all russian seaborne oil by the end of the year. but they want to make sure that if their prices go up, that other countries will not pay too much so that put in still has enough money to continue with the war. however, we see that some countries like china and india already are getting a discount from russia just to, to make sure that they are buying russian oil. so all that is very complicated, and there are a lot of questions that the european commission still needs to answer our brussels beautiful at some of a mom and there. thank you, holl example. now the results of the so called referendums,

held in for regions of ukraine occupied by russia ah, in officials installed by moscow say between 87 and 99 percent of residents voted yes to being annexed by the russian federation. some separate as leaders have already formerly request, that incorporation ukraine's president has vowed to defend all his country's territory and to force russian troops out of the occupied zones of clothes and denette. as the results of the so called referendum came in for the russian backed authorities, it was a day they'd been waiting for, for years. visited of them got them. we were dreaming about this in 2014. and then we were making history ideally, and that's what this is im up to day we live in historic days. we are reuniting with our big motherland murphy with great russia, really gay, or se, according to officials in the 4 occupied regions. and overwhelming majority of

votes were cast in favor of russian annexation with a high turn out. but ukrainians who recently fled those areas tell a very different story. also said that the results were nicely drawn up on paper, but in reality, people didn't photographic on the turn out, wasn't that large. those people are very much opposed to the referendum. no one wants to join russia, no one, not the school. and with that, with this pressure, people are scared to what will yes, cognition them. but i saw members of the voting commission filling and ballads themselves while sitting in their cars. i thought with my own eyes, they did the same in their voting districts, eat them with, i know my relatives, my friends, so you no one vote it and you don't the whole a so low. what the clipper this is what the referendum is. is this what free will is walking around with assault rifles and making others sign ballads?

sure. key than it's western allies have denounced the referendums as a legal and illegitimate say forced out on you that is forcing the occupied territories cannot even be called an imitation of a referendum. and yet we will ock to protect our people in the hassan region. in these parisha region in dom boss, emmy currently occupied areas of the hockey region funding crimea. if cromwell, the u. s. is un representative said washington would ask the un security council to condemn the vote solution where the resolution ordering russia to withdraw from ukraine jam referenda cause. but with moscow having a veto on the council, there's no chance of the resolution passing treats it with the sham votes out of the way that now it's up to president putin just how foster he wants to complete the final step you an annexing the occupied territories and escalating his 7 month

old war once again. now let's bring in berlin carrasco rodriguez. she's a senior investigator at the center for information resilience as an organization that combats disinformation. she joins us from london villainy. workers highlighted the ways ukrainian civilians are forced to participate in the russian occupation. aren't they forced to give up their own country for the very survival? yes, indeed. thank you. yes, the smith ran the be shamrock randall. i just the next stage of a public consolidation strategy that started from the one. so the center point for mission resilience, we have been investigating rushes, make me says for our consolidation and you by there we have some particular person we've come across like over 200 data points or open source evidence that shows that since the beginning of the conversation russia has been implementing several, unlike anything to be a reality with 2 proposals. first is just like to build a, the,

the fake idea off let you see all the occupational ministration in occupied air. and then the 2nd is a core thing i'm forcing cranium. phoebe, are you creating citizens leaving the milky by the area to hold up or 8 am to accept the new reality. got a russia eating. therefore, these for friends are just like another step in a political simulations try the house. been a happening seems that nothing nations make any sense for question half being direct like we're speaking here about 4 abductions of people. this is the pension. so we have all sorts of chambers like people being abducted and then like in direct for example, the door to door b. c, especially to frame people a, asking them to get the rush and passports. so when you have like russian officials knocking on your door, asking you to get the rush and you have no choice. now,

it's not just adults. we're hearing that children are also being used by the occupying forces. how well children are being used to visually, well i think that is more like children are being manipulated in order to convey an image, right. i could kill going on our call talk for manipulation because they, they have these kind of like people treat me to will not really t. so they are easy to just like it to be as to just for the message. so this is 111 hand to be are being used to going to be useful group on the, on the other hand, ok, base source are manipulating the memories of children by including for example, purposes that pro invasion propaganda in the new school year program. we know that some textbooks have been placed now instead of a mean history textbook, they have russian history textbooks. so yeah, children are right now in

a very efficiently are used for that. but i think this is very important, but they are also consuming propaganda and the memories are being made up. the were, be months later. now you have studied the methods that russia uses to spread misinformation. what can be done to counter it briefly if you can what can we does country? well basically just like continuing like explosives. i am very keen on pre banking, right? like now that we have not just struck the decent dresser just not only doing the sign, but also doing work time when you're doing not too late audiences and we need to expose now what they are doing and before day to day to the next. just like like preempt and just like released information before ahead. they think they do the same, then it's a strategy based on what we know. so that are going to be exposed to the information manipulation. i just like our aware that this is this for the use of

the are going to the ceiling online for them, cuz i guess seen investigative center for information resilience in london. thank you very much. thank you very much. a european union leader se leaks on the north stream pipelines a work caused by sabotage scientists have recorded under c explosions around the lines connecting russia and germany large plumes of gas on our leaking into the baltic sea, though there are no claim. so for responsibility, poland says the leaks mock than escalation and the worn ukraine. a kremlin spokesman says it would be quote, stupid, and absurd to blame russia for the attack fuel spilling out into the baltic sea. afterward, the youth top diplomat, joseph burrell. say's is a likely oct of sabotage. b to an old stream pipelines linked russia and germany. 3 red dots, mac,

the places where the leaks were detected. even though the pipelines are not currently delivering rushing gas to europe. they're still full of fuel. up to 100000000 cubic meters of gas is spewing from the pipelines every hour. with no way of closing them, the leagues could continue until the pipes are empty. european leaders say they're fairly certain about the calls of the leaks. oh, sounds good. we have swedish intelligence, but we also have received information from denmark. and based on this, we concluded that this is probably a deliberate act. it is probably a case, a sabotage. the acetone feel gull met sabotage. the kremlin has also suggested foul play. she just knew jay's creature near them. no option can be ruled out right now it's clear that there is damage to the pipeline. so we can't exclude any version of events regarding the reason for this, you know,

before the results of the official investigation. if we're doing these creatures which coker to renew the e u has 5 retaliation for any attack on the energy network. the leaks are expected to last for at least in the week. and only then can investigations begin. and we can now talk to energy analyst, macau critique in and i hope he can tell us a bit more about this story. now. will we ever know with certainty the cause of these leaks and who's behind it? it is very difficult to say right now because i think that official investigation will show whether the explosions occurred outside the pipelines or. busy inside the pipelines, there is a chance that the gus broom, which has technical beans to launch so gold biggs or big lifts into the pipe to

control the condition of the pipeline. could oh, well, make the explosions to the itself. ah, well guest room is definitely interested in uh, finding some sort of were pretext for a void in defiance of for breaking the contracts with european guest consumer suggest promo decreased guest supply earlier and the some of the consumers decided that they will go to the court arbitration and charge guest param with the billions of euros or fines because of the breach of the contract. and now if gasper improves, that it was a natural calamity or act of a war and gasp. room was not to blame then that gasper will not have to pay all that money to the consumers. as a very interesting theory, but russia has rejected suggestions that it is behind the leak that has applied the

united states even was responsible. what do you think is more likely? well, i think i can look to see any interest of the united states or even the ukraine explored in those pipelines. ukraine has pipelines of its own and it also suffers from the degrees and flow over us on gas. now in the flow of gas is about one quarter over the amount that guess from the borough, missed your cream to turn the transfer across the ukraine in territory. and ukraine is also eager to charge you guys pro with some well retaliation for the breach of the contract. and gas for says right now that it is going to stop the deliveries of gas to europe across ukraine because it does not want to pay the transfer the transit texas to your crate. and so i don't think that

are in this situation, the greatness would be interested in such a sub act of sub with now no way is already improving security. i've, it's offshore energy facilities. how worried should european energy companies and governments really be about the security of their energy infrastructure? yes, i think that's a very important issue because we see now that some of the pipelines that exist in germany, for example, a steel belong to companies which are subsidiaries of gas barrel and gas from steel can control the secure the safety of operations and the security of maintenance, and those pipelines and e for it is for over that guest pro was to blame for explosions. then i think it would be very wise to take precautionary measures and to keep guess promo officials as far away from vital infrastructure as possible.

energy analysts mika co taking their thank you very much for your inciting. thank you. time now to have a look at some of the other news from around the world in brief, north korea as far to short range ballistic missiles off its east coast. on the eve of us, vice president kamala harris's trip to sol, that's according to south korean officials. the reported launch comes days after south korea and the united states began staging, joint military drills of the korean peninsula. east coast typhoon noro has made landfall in vietnam, bringing a heavy rains and winds of more than a 100 kilometers broad airports. schools and offices are closed and hundreds of thousands have been evacuated. noro has been downgraded to a tropical storm, but residents are being warned to stay alert for landslides and flooding.

hurricane ian has begun battering the west coast of florida forecast to say in, strengthened to an extremely dangerous category for storm as it approached the coast. millions of residents there have been advised to urgently leave their homes . how can even hit cuba late on tuesday, killing at least 2 people, and knocking out electricity supply across the whole island. plunged into darkness in the wake of hurricane ian cubans in havana and all across the country were left without electricity. after the country's entire power, great collapse following the storm western cuba took the brunt of the hurricane with a storm pounding the region for more than 5 hours. many residents have been left with next to nothing. he okay, come out. we terrified to see what we have here. we don't even know what to do.

everything has been shattered. look at the states of they hung lonnie tobacco farms in the western, pina del rio region where much of the tobacco for cube is iconic and economically important. garza produced has been devastated after sweeping across cuba and the gulf of mexico. ian is gaining strength and will hit florida on wednesday before heading not to georgia, bringing further flooding in downtown miami infrastructure. he's already buckling and authorities at driving home. the message about the dangers ahead. it's potentially that it could data could make landfall as a category 5, but clearly this is a very powerful major hurricane out is going to have major impacts both on impact and southwest florida. but then as a continues to work through the state,

it is going to have major, major impacts in terms of wind, in terms of rain, in terms of flooding, wave lungful expected within hours. there's an e v, silence on the gloomy streets of america's sunshine state. in iran, at least 76 people have been killed in the crackdown on protest so far because that's according to human rights groups. the protest sparked by the death of 22 year old marcia armine and police custody, are the largest to anti government protests in iran since 2009 d w spigot. mars met with a nobel peace prize without an iranian political activist sharing her body. she shared her thoughts on why this time the protest could lead to change that to do with the struggle of the people and iran is also sheer, any body struggle. we are meeting the nobel peace prize winner in london, where she lives in exile the day she senses there is

a change in the air is low, so there is a possibility of overthrowing the regime. the protest i have taken place in over 100 different places. last summer and the demonstrators are diverse, young owners, and from very different walks of life ishamley to shes had protests. she tells us a different this time. people are unified in their revolt against human rights violations. many are also very poor. after decades of sentence, must sally all unlike previous protests, yet people aren't passive when they are beaten by the security forces. the respond by beating the security forces as well. again, contact mcclellan could i, prison. the lawyer, an activist, says the international community must do more to help the iranians. now, what, as of they just talk of the law. we don't want words we want act on it is are as long as there is repression. they should recorder ambassadors from iran, customer and please at the perpetrators were involved in killing these people.

please add them to your list of sanctions. i truly certainly said she says the westward even use the talks on restoring the nuclear deal, to put pressure on the regime. alyssa mirage over enough. it is necessary to talk about human rights violations and nuclear issues together. don't just talk about the nuclear issues, but include the human rights violations and those were hooked up over budget. her friends keep her updated about events in her home country. they send her videos after yet another night of protests. 1 man, as it on one hand, i find it very upsetting and heart wrenching as hush. on the other hand, i'm very proud to see how courageous my people are offering this protest. let's him out the week. it was um, it's another water singer. after many,

he is an exile sheer in a body is finally daring to hope that things will change in her beloved iran. let's have looked at some more news from around the world in brief palestinian officials say at least 4 people have been killed during an israeli raid in the occupied westbank. israel's army only confirmed the death of 2 palestinians who they say were suspected of carrying out a toxin. israel, the spring grades in the west bank have intensified since the saudi arabia's crown prince. mom had been sa, mom has been named prime minister that supposed that is traditionally held by the king. prince is already seen as the kingdoms defacto ruler. however, his father officially remains monarchs. mohammed been summon previously served as defense minister in cadillac. escalade places in

switzerland have re registered their highest mel plate since records begun over a century ago. new study by the monitoring body. glenn mos shows swift glaciers have lost 6 percent of the total volume this year. temperatures in switzerland are rising around twice the global average. he want cdw news. he is a reminder of the top story that we're covering for you. at this hour. european union has outlined a fresh package of sanctions against russia. includes sweeping new trade restrictions at a cap on the price of oil. b. u is also targeting officials responsible for the sham referendums held in easton. and reminder, you can always get the w news on the go. just download our app from google play all from the app stole. that will give you access to all the latest news from around

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