>> hello you are watching "france 24." these are the headlines at 10 p.m. paris time. the threats posed by russia and china dominate the gathering of nato leaders. president biden says moscow and beijing are seeking to drive a wedge in transatlantic solidarity but the alliance says it does not want a new cold war. we will have more from a correspondent in washington in a matter of minutes. liisrael's new coalition government gets down to work a day after bringing benjamin netanyahu's 12 year grip on the premiership to an end.

he's already vowing to topple this fresh lineup. it's sensible to wait just a little longer. that is what the british prime minister says as boris johnson delays a long anticipated lifting of covid-19 restrictions in england. this, with the delta variants accounting for 90% of infections across the u.k. ♪ thomas: the u.s. president has been facing the cameras at the latest gathering of nato leaders in brussels. joe biden has made itlear that the aligned stands together and his leaders have agreed to renew and to strengthen their democracies. biden is also said that

washington's commitment to article v of the nato treaty is "rock solid and unshakable." president biden: nato stands together. that is how we met every other threat in the past. it' sour greatest strength as we meet our challenges of the future and there are many. and everyone, everyone in this room today understood the shared appreciation quite frankly that america is back. thomas: let's get another update from our correspondent. as we've heard time and again from mr. biden, america is apparently back. >> yes, that's been pretty much the foreign policy message ever since joe biden took office, and he has been really repeating that message ever since he arrived in europe, starting with the meeting of the g7 and again

now during this meeting with nato leaders. and he is repeating that message over and over again, because, of course, he wants to rn the page on the donald trump america first policy, and really ruild the trust back -- thtat many fel the west lost during those four years under donald trump. when it comes to european allies, especially. and in general on the world stage. so, joe biden insisted that not only was america back on the world stage, on the diplomatic stage america would be invved in what is going on in the world, but he also wanted to get the message that allies -- could trust to the united states to stand by them, to deal with all of those global tillage is -- global challenges. it is a two-way street. "we are back.

and you can trust us that when we say we will be there, we will actually be there." joe biden insisted that brewery section -- the reception to that message was good. he found that world leaders were happy to see the united states back in the club as french president emmanuel macron said. thomas: mr. biden's 8 day tour continues. with talks with the russian president and geneva following today's discussions with the turkish counterpart. >> yes,ussia has been really in the spotlight ever since joe biden aived in europe. the name russia, the name vladimir putin, has been repeated on and on a -- during this latest press conference almost every single question was about that meeting

between joe biden and vladimir putin. this trip is building up to that meeting between the u.s. and the russian president. and joe biden, in a way, the timing of that meeting with vladimir putin coming after thosmeetings, the g7, the nato ,the e.u. leaders, all of that is building up to that meeting with vladimir putin, because joe biden wants to show the russian president that he is not coming just as the united states president, but he has the backing of all of these world leaders that he has met. heepeated it again today, that a lot of the leaders who have spoken out have said they were extremely happy that joe biden was meeting with vladimir putin, but he alsonsiste on the fact that he met with different leaders, especially european leaders, as well as the eastern flank, the progress -- the b ucharest nine, separately. that is a way to show the i

united front especially in europe to deal wh russia. joe biden was trying to really give out that message to vladimir putin that he is coming there as the u.s. president but with the backing of the europeans, as they go on to that very important meeting. even though joe biden reiterated the same message she has had since taking office that he does not want conflict with russia. he wants to be able to have a predictable relationship with russia bu if russia, esn't play ball, does not do the things at the u.s. finds ok, then the u.s. will return. that is the message she will give to the russian president. thomas: moving on the crown prince of bahrain is the latest were leader to offer his congratulations to the new prime minister of israel. bennett neftali will hold the premiership for the next two

years before handing over the baton to the foreign minister labid who forged this diverse coalition a party that was approved by a narrow margin in the knesset. that brought the curtain down on benjamin netanyahu's 12 year stint in office. he took part in a brief handover meeting this monday afternoon with mr. bennet before then presiding on the first meeting of his new opposition. let's take a listen. >> [speaking hebrew] >> this fraudulent government will fall quickly and i will tell you what. three things united. hatred, exclusion and domination. those are the three thrings which had-- things that has swept away any principles. a government with so many contradictions can never stay together with such hatred, one cannot keep a government all the time.. thomas: for more we can speak to

a senior fellow at the israel democracy institute. he's also a faculty member, sorry are of the political science department of the hebrew university of jerusalem. thank you for being with us. l's start by talking about this new coalition that has just had its first date in office in israel -- first day in office. it is a jumbled mix of political bedfellows. how well will they were together? >> this would be not be easy. they have to look for a common done nominator. they are so different. in terms of foreign affairs policy, in terms of security, in terms of social economic policies from left to right, religion and state, there are also a lot of differences. so, this is a coalition of very different parties. i think e only place in the world in which this is the norm actually is switzerland.

israel was never switzerland in this sense. this is a new experiment. thomas: already from the new prime minister bennett neftali where you are calling for unity, to heal divisions. that is a huge domestic task he is setting himself. what are his chances of success? >> the chances of success are, i mean, a few factors. first is that benjamin netanyahu is staying in the system. says he will stay. he will serve as the glue for all the other foes that are, belong to the anti-netanyahu coalition or prefers to join the coalition because they do not believe in netanyahu's pmises. that's one glue. the other is the personal relationship between the leaders of the eight different parties, have to look for things that are

common to them. investing in the health system, investing in the public transportation -- in jerusalem is really backward. investing in the arab sector in terms of resources, economic resources, welfare, and law and order. all of these things are essential. if they would look, each of them to pull to their ideology they will not be able to hold on. thomas: you mentioned benjamin netanyahu. he has been quick to label this new coalition as being "a dangerous and fraudulent, fraudulent leftist government," one he's ke-- he keen to topple. >> netanyahu is still waiting. he is still hoping that he, the

next milestone is within more or less 100 days. we have the government must pass a budget. we did not have a budget for the last two and a half years, in which we had four elections for the government must pass a budget with the authority of 61 members out of 120 members of the legislature, the knesset. if they are not able to do it, there will be a new election. netanyahu has started this milestone. and at least until them he would -- until then he would have the opposition. thomas: in your own opinion, of course, israel has seen months even years of political instability with election after election being held. do you personally feel this monday could herald the end of all that precariousness? >> well, you know, i think many people in israel, even those that do not support these specific coalition hope that we

will have some time, some time to rest between one election to the other. this -- was too much. the good news is that israel is a democracy, and you change the government only through election. but four elections in two years is really too much. and i think many people will hope that this will: -- this coalition will hold, at least in some of the tensions - heal some of the tensions and election time is of course a time where tensions are becoming higher. and just multiplied four times. so it is time for rest, a time for stable government. as you already pointed out, it is a government -- this government is really challenging. this type of coalition. thomas: thank you so much for being with us on "france 24." >> you are most welcome. thomas: moving on.

now is not the time to east off the -- ease off the accelerator. that is what the british prime minister said in the battle against the coronavirus. the worrying spread of the delta variant. in one weeks time, all covid-19 restrictions were meant to end in england. now boris johnson and his government think that the reopening should be delayed by four more weeks until july 19th. the prime minister says that britain is seeing cases growing by roughly 64% each week. and the number of patients in intensive care units are also rising. let's take a listen to just a little bit of what mr. johnson has told the nation. prime minister johnson: i cannot say that we have met all our four tests for proceeding with step 4 on. june 21 i think it is sensible to wait just a little longer. and we will bring forward our

target to give every adult in this country a first dose by the 19th of delight. thomas: earlier we spoke to our london correspondent. and this is what she had to say about the prime ministers addressed with englanders now having to wait a little bit longer for normality to return. >> it is an unwelcome announcement but it was really an expected announcement. why? because there have been heavy hints from ministers over the last two weeks to ten days, and even more heavy hints early on today and h- leaking to the media. the speaker of the house is not happy. the government and the prime minister, boris johnson, need to make these announcements in the house of commons. the people who directly affected by this are the population, because it affects all kinds of jobs and lives.

businesses are fearful of further heavy losses. they have incurred terrible losses. some have even had to close, of course, in the last 16 months. others are hanging on by a thread. and the trade body is threatening legal action. so there is real concern as far as business and the economy is concerned, and livelihoods, because this capacity limits, all kinds of things, whether it is the -- pubs, sports, and as i said, nightclubs. there is some thought of legal action, but others it is a very short time to plan. t today, was going to be the announcement o when is the announcement about next monday? that's doesn't give businesses much time to turn around. they've hired extra people and done training and change their air conditioning units to adapt to the very strict conditions in place. thomas: time now for some

business news on "france 24" w ith kate moody in the studio. as nato discusses security, cybersecurity is emerging as a top priority. kate: we are hearing about the same potential culprits in this region as we have been hearing in other areas of security, both russia and china could represent a threat to cybersecurity in europe and north america. that's the statement from nato as it attempted a new cyber defense policy. criminal groups with ties to russia conducted ransomware attack's on a member of high-profile targets, including u.s. oilfield, meat processing firm jbs and the irish health system. nato say would increase intelligence sharing and defenses to protect the people in the private sector from what he described as " a complex and destructive and ever more frequent cyber threats." those threats have been most recently illustrated by ransomware incidents and other

malicious cyber activity targeting critical infrastructure and democratic institutions which might have real systemic offense and cause significant harm. take a listen to joe biden earlier. president biden: we also endorsed the new cyber defense policy. nato's first in the past seven years. to improve the collective ability to defend against counter threats from state and nonstate actors against our networks and our critical infrastructure. >> we take a look today's trading action. new records for both the s&p 500 and the nasdaq. the dow jones paring back sharper losses, closed down .2 5%. big marcus mover is going to be the u.s. federal reserve which kicks off a two day policy meeting tuesday. investors will look for a shift in monetary policy in monetary policy response declining inflation. curly we saw mixed close for the major european indices. -- earlier.

shares of phillips fell 4% after recalling some of his ventilator parts. french energy giant edf has tried to calm concerns about a leak and a nuclear power plant which is co-owns in cha. report says the american government is assessing warnings of an imminent radiological threat at this nuclear power plant. edf said gas had been deliberately released within acceptable limits. i operators willt-- edf has requested more information from its chinese partner. the company is confirmed that two of its sites could be closed because of potential safety issues before the deadline of 2030. it's been 10 days since nigeria's government blocked twitter in a row over statement by the country's president. many small and medium-sized farms that relied on the platform to connect with

customers says that their businesses are suffering. >> she was selling more than 1000 your of shoes and handbags on twitter every week before the site was suspended by the nigerian government earlier this month. now she does not know how she will get by. >> i have not been able to post -- not been able to reach out to my existing customers. not been put imag -- been able to put images of the stock. i feel very distraught. >> she's just one of many whose business have been affected. the potential loss in revenue caused by the suspension puts the economic growth and development of crime in africa's most populous country, hitting young nigerian tardis with unemployment at 5%. one survey estimates that just under.40 millions nigerians use twitter 20% for business advertisements and 18% to look for

opportunities. parliament joins the minority caucus says the suspension is costing nigerians billions. and speaking to "france 24" last week the government was steadfast in his condemnation of twitter's removal of the post by the president. >> we are a sovereign nation. we will not be sitting back and allowing any reply from -- any platform in the world to cause a war within our country where we with -- we just need to have our -- respected. >> the suspension was announced two days after twitter removed the presidents post and invoked members of nigeria's civil war. kate: you can see that interview with nigeria's foreign minister. thomas: kate moddy with business news. thank you very much. moving on. today's report takes us to america's lone star state.

when you think of the texas -- but this sudden swathe of the u.s. is flying the flag for renewable energy. in this bastian of the republican party, the green push is more to do with cash than it has to do with climate. >> oin high winds these turbines can spend at 290 kilometers an hour. teaxas is also one of the windiest regions. ross is a third generation farmer. >> since 1932, our family has been here. >> in 206-- 2006,3 d term -- wind turbines that were built on his farm. >> in the summertime they use the shade to get out of the heat. it's funny when the shadow walks

across the past you can see the cattle move. >> standing at 110 meters high these winter months belong to electric companies who rent out the land. he makes $5,000 per turbine which adds up to 20% of the farm's total revenue. >>ny time you're in agriculture you're always looking for additional sources of revenue. and the win turbines seem to make sense. they do not take a lot of your land. pays some bills. >> west texas is prone to drought but revenue from the wind industry has helped several struggling farmers keep their land. in this deep in public and state the financial argument has easily outweighed opposition for those worried about the impact on the landscape. >> the wind energy business is pretty new for this area. so, we're helping diversify not only our sources of revenue here for our ourselves but diversify the energy production for the

united states and for the world. >> the country's top oil producing state is also now it's to wind energy producing. the lone star state has more than 30,000 megawatts of wind capacity. if texas were country, it would be the six largest wind energy producer in the world. for roger, a leading lawyer, renewable energy developed in texas because the market there is not subject to federal regulations. >> like the wild west in the old days where you can simile stake out a claim, get your lease, you do not to have to get any permits. you sell it to the local populace, and get some tax benefits in the local taxing authorities. and start -- you start building. you do not have the redtape you do in other states so texas has just boomed continuously. in our practice from the

beginning until now. >> this renewable energy boom has had a real impact on the local economy. >> the wind companies have been taxed. so it's increased our tax base from in 2000, $435 million to today over$3 billion. which resulted in jobs, hotels, restaurants. >> with thousands of new jobs available, the wind industry has become an appealing career path. in sweetwater, the texas state technical college is offering a program to train future technicians. >> i remember you hold it down until he gets -- then you release it and then you check it again. and then you turn it off to set it. i am tching the udents how to work the high t orque machine, for torquing bolts in the turbine. >> employment in wind turbine

service technicians is projected to grow about 60% by 2029. for the students, it's the promise of a stable professional future. >> just a growing field. that is why i -- it is always going to be there to have jobs. i think the way are going right -- we are going right now is not very great for the atmosphere and stuff, that we are doing. it would definitely help make everything noble. >> ng has also bet on wind as the future of the industry by investing in renewable energy in the states. diameter.tor is 140 meters the larger the diamine and the more wind you can catch. >> in 2020, despite the panmic at the company developed six new windfarms in the u.s., like this one near dallas. >> the actual generator is at the top? >> yes. >> then it is feeding it down into this -- >> through the cabs down

into here. >> with three turbines it serves the needs of cities as well as major companies like walmart, amazon, and microsoft. about a quarter of the electricity of texas comes from wind. that share is expected to keep growing. >> for companies to keep continuing down this path of energy transition, moving into renewables, the cost per megawatt hour has to be competitive. now, you can look around and see that the investment that we make in these huge windfarms is very significant. one of the things that is important for that development over time is the availability of investment tax credits by the u.s. government. but the biden fitness ration has put some strong and important goals out there. - the biden administration has put some goals out. one thing we see compared to 10 years ago is a real surge in interest in de carbon icing. >> joe biden's trillion dollar

denver structure proposal includes billions of dollars for newell energy. so far democrats and republicans have not been able to -- let alone vote the bill through congress. >> it is time for quick break. i'll be back with more world news. stay tuned to "france 24" ♪

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