we want to be part of the wow ah ah, gas prices in europe hit a new record with german government warning people to prepare for a close to freezing month. meanwhile, the countries energy regulator has yet to grant an operating license to the now fully completed nord stream, to gas pipeline. white house declassified as a report revealing its suspected for years that the mystery sounds and supposedly attacking us government staff abroad were not unknown russian weapons, but chirping. crickets and poland chooses the e. u. of blackmail for threatening to withhold cache from regions that don't recognize l g b t writes, we get some reaction on that against are she's had the right to not come out. now

typically everyone has despised you are being union should find another way i believe that the european union should not interfere with what's happening and pulling it off with our broadcast, live direct from our studios in moscow. this is art international. i'm john thomas . certainly glad to have you with us. now with winter, just around the corner in europe, record gas prices continue to sweep the continent, but germany is still yet to grad certification to north stream to the gas pipeline is technically completed, but still needs permission to operate from the german energy regulator. here's our tease, a potential remembered the times when bitcoin prices were setting one record after another and every one was going, wow, when is this going to stop? well, this is a very rough comparison, but this is pretty much,

very similar to what's been happening to the prices for natural gas in europe. at this point, when it comes to the gas futures in europe, 1000 cubic meters of natural gas is currently worth around $1200.00. and this is a historic record. but unless you are a crypto enthusiast, the price of bait coin really for now isn't something that is affecting the everyday lives of every one. but for now, european households are inevitably dependent on the price of natural gas and how difficult the situation is at this point for european consumers is reflected in this ad, which is being played in germany at this point. have a look. i did

it while european gas in power supply and demand hangs in the balance. the major participants in the market are looking to rushes north stream to project as a sign of hope. the project is intended for direct natural gas deliveries from russia to the german northern coast, and it could double the flow of russian natural gas to europe. however, it has not been certified yet, even though it's technically complete, that process has begun at the beginning of september, but it could take up months or even more than that. first, it's the german energy regulator that needs to give the project the green light. and then a draft is passed on to the european commission. and we've already heard from one of the major players on the market that because of this bureaucracy, it could be that north stream to may not help european consumers this season. the

certification of the pipeline, as far as i know will be so light, it will probably not be able to help was out this winter now or what it comes to gas from the russian energy giant has been increasing exports. and we can name loads of the european countries from romania to greece, finland, italy at the exports are growing even though previous the it was gas from that was being accused of this. 3 surgeon, gas prices, but the, the russian companies saying, just give us the certification, give us the infrastructure, and we are ready to send extra deliveries of natural gas to europe. so it could be up to the bureaucracy and it looks like the ball is a now the earpiece, bureaucrats court. so to say gas from is waiting for this certification of north

stream to brussels accuses gas prom, of manipulating supplies and prices at a time of urgent need. but the russian energy firm insists it is still meeting all of its contractual obligations in their entirety. a former austrian foreign minister told us that you states only have themselves to blame e, you customer must only compare our customers among many of us, we are competing with china with india is doing it for. so sometimes they pay simply higher prices, as lack of planning. it's mismanagement, i would say energy politics has also to do with securing supply with affordable prices with bringing anna chief to the customer. and here we have seen mismanagement that we have been focusing only on moving out of forsythe, not anymore allowing companies tool to invest and foster let, but it's a completely whole made dilemma. it's definitely not that the russians are not

delivering dell, that russian energy companies, such a gust from fulfilling that contract. but the issue is many fault and the, the situation that we are in is long and a cheap transmission. and in an energy transition, you cannot seem to move out of anything without moving into something. and this has been the case in germany. meanwhile, as germany tries to ramp up its use of renewable energy, one of the world's largest manufacturers of wind power plants have suspended operations of 19 turbines in the country. that's after a 2000000 euro turbine, by hamburg based nordics collapsed in a forest in western germany just hours before it was supposed to be officially launched this week. luckily no one was injured when the 240 meter tall structure, including its massive rotor blades, abruptly toppled over. officials are now trying to determine how it happened.

furious firefighters are the latest sector of the french population, refusing to bow to mandatory covered vaccine laws. almost $200.00 in the south of the country have been suspended without pay and told they can only return to work once they are jabbed or to show davinsky reports. now getting a sense of what the resistance is here from key work is across france to the idea of not just the obligatory vaccination, but then showing that you've been vaccinated by the use of this health past. this is a health pass which you show not only for some places of work, but also for cafes, restaurants, bars, cinemas, cultural places to show that you've either had to vaccination shots a if it's pfizer or astrazeneca, or the one if it's the johnson and johnson, all that you've had a recent test that shows that you cove it negative, but for these key workers there have to show that they are w vaccinated to be able to continue to work. however, in the southeast of france,

in region, just above the city of niece, almost 200 firefighters, have since been suspended because their refusal outright to comply with this new regime. they have said, we're not showing you whether or not we've been vaccinated to. we don't know if they've even been vaccinated. this is more for them about the idea that they are refused likely, according to the new regulations without pay as well. at now, just to give you a sense of how many individuals that is at this is about 13 percent of all of the firefighters in this particular region. so you can imagine that that is likely to have a pretty big impact. it's not the 1st time that firefighters have shown resistance to this idea of the health pass. we know that some unions even took a case to the european court of human rights in august. they may have failed, but the union says it's going to continue to fight for the cause. the aim is not at all to increase the number of strikers or protesters,

but to protect staff who do not wish to be vaccinated and who are waiting for a solution. it's not just firefighters, either. this is something that is impacting other key workers, such as health workers. here in france, we understand that there are around 20000 medical staff. this could be doctors, nurses, care, staff caregivers who have been suspended since this obligation to show that you've vaccinated car came into force on september 15th. however, while there are 2700000 workers in the health sector here in france, and you might think, oh, well, you know, 20000 isn't not. many unions have told us that every member of staff that is lost, every member of staff that is not working, that has a wider impact, an impact on the services that they're able to offer, as well as other staff who continue to work. and we've heard that while originate as health pastors only supposed to be in place until about november 15th,

the government is already muted. the suggestion that it could be looking at legislating to make that health pass obligatory up until the summer of 2022. she can imagine if people have been angry up until this point, this is likely to only solidify that and get even more if that goes ahead to the south caucasus. and another turbulent twist for the small nation of george's larger than life. a former president mikhail sucker she really me was arrested on friday hours after returning to the country from exile. apparently, for the 1st time in 8 years, the georgian prime minister had vowed to arrest him. if he returned aren't he's done quarter explains why soccer shirley's back and why the authorities want him while he is facing some hefty prison time, that's for sure. and now the prosecutor's office is saying that they're investigating him for the additional offense of illegally crossing the border in the country. now we have to remember that the former george and president has,

has been living in ukraine since 2013. that was after his 9 years of power back in georgia, a kia gave him citizenship. he was even the governor of odessa for, for a quite a while there. but during his time in ukraine, he was actually accused of several crimes back in georgia, 2 of which he was a convicted of in absentia. now those crimes are the killing of the head of the united georgian banks, foreign department, and the killing of a government deputy, which together have earned him 9 years in prison. and we also heard from the prosecutor's office that this sentence is not up for appeal. now the controversy surrounding suckers really actually doesn't and there it was his administration that was power in power when war broke out in the region back in 2008 soccer really tried to accuse russia of instigating this war. but actually, the international community has really has recognized that the responsibility actually lies with him. in the missions view, it was julia which triggered off the wall when it's attacked. syn valley in south

city with heavy artillery on the nights of the 7th to the 8th of august, 2008. now why would soccer really return to a country in which she's a wanted man? well, he actually announced his plans earlier in the week on facebook, claiming he was, he would return and quote, take part in saving georgia. now interestingly enough, this coincides with local elections that are going on there in which his former party is challenging. the current ruling administration, but as of now we've heard from his lawyer, he says that he cannot get in touch with suckers. really. the georgian ambassador to ukraine has been summoned for more information on to what's going on. so the events surrounding the store are really developing quickly and will be on top of it as they develop for my georgia regional lawmaker and caucuses, political expert sought ne, but korea thinks soccer really has a particular goal in mind, bolstered by strong support. the man who caused so much pain for hundreds of

thousands of george's thought if he was invincible, the man, no too great displaying so much covered this while he was running the country. good and may be kind of the goal was to create another riot. chaos in the country, that's how he survived. the government of georgia has no choice to keep him in prison. according to the law. some individuals who love to see their old friend already come them as a criminal minded georgia courts. i think that was the the major hope he had while taking this reckless decision. you're watching archie international still the come in the program, the mysterious buzzing syndrome that left american diplomats and embassy staff sick,

covert russian weapons were blamed. but a declassified us report suggests a much more natural explanation as our team reports under short breaks they, with all those driven by drillers, shaped by 10 percent of those with there's sinks, we dare to ask ah

i oh, come back. this is art international. now the u. s. state department has declassified a 2018 document indicating that enigmatic noises supposedly plaguing us spies and diplomats abroad were actually just local insects. but that admission did not stop

the u. s. establishment and media from spinning into a frenzy that the sounds actually came from mystical russian weaponry. kevin, no one got the details from marty's constantine. rosco. well, according to recently emerged a documentary, this whole story might be just a big conspiracy theory. and it, what's really interesting here is that, ah, cricket chirping might have been falsely taken up for the sound of this science fiction weapon on this whole mishap actually triggered the whole thing. we believe the recorded sounds are mechanical or biological in origin, rather than electronic. the most likely source is the indies, short tail cricket. the recorded odo signal is with high confidence, not produced by the nonlinear detection of high pow radio frequency or ultrasound pulses. while it all started back in 2016, a with a 21 usaa service members in cuba when they experienced this medical symptoms including ah, had ache, dizziness of fatigue on nausea, anxiety,

cognitive difficulties in memory laws. and then, similar cases were reported in china in 2018 and then in some other countries. while there have been speculations in the american media, and they often were backed by their cia sources, dads out the russians or the chinese have come up with this cotton edge. never seen before. weapon that targets us service members around the globe, causing this, ah, vicious injuries brushes behind sonic attacks. that led to brain. injuries of u. s embassy personnel communications intercepts and suggest that the russian intelligence agency was involved. now russia is the leading suspect nbc news has learned, according to 3 u. s. officials, the main suspect of the intelligence agencies, russia did it. well, one of the things that sparked this exact suspicion was this in a weird noise. heard. and that recorded by you as diplomats in cuba before they felt ill. and while now it turns out that this could have been just rowdy insects and not necessarily the super weapons. ah,

what's also interesting is that it's not actually the 1st time this has been noticed in 2019 to american re surgeries, herani similar analysis. and they looked into the same recording concluded that this were crickets, not something allison. some reason their findings were brushed aside in this conspiracy theory to con a life of it's own some of the mystery. so the think it's crickets, whether drove the people crackers at the end of the day. but you don't know as to speed saying that these people to say they went through some, some pretty em the heavy symptoms did have that booster. not really sure. why then? sure. so the symptoms are for real and in the same report that di shoots down this microwave weapon theory actually confirms that audio as personnel may have been suffering from some mass mental disorders. a possible explanation for the reports of symptoms is psychogenic illness. jason, believe such psychogenic effects may serve to explain important components of their

port at symptoms and mid september, the cuban, a group of cuban a researcher is also announced data. the claims of secret sonic weapons were not scientifically acceptable, and they attributed the symptoms to you are what they called a mass psychosis on the part of usaa service members. now, whatever caused this mysterious illness, it apparently has become a big thing, an issue for the american diplomat serving abroad because we know that there have been around 200 incidents of havana syndrome, stiff date. and just last week, us lawmakers passed the how think american victims afflicted by neurological attacks act, or havana act which actually is given the cia are millions of dollars to compensate? the personnel affected new fisher in the major volcanic eruption in the canary islands is raising further fears for residence. on the la paloma lava flows are advancing towards the islands. biggest town having forced the evacuation of

villages in their path for 2 weeks now. now there are also warnings that the toxic gas created when the lava hits sea water could spread to continental europe. a 1000 buildings have been damaged the spanish territory with more than 6000 people fleeing their homes. yeah, island has been declared a disaster zone. russia's 1st royal wedding in more than a century has taken place at a lavish ceremony in saint petersburg, grand duke george mahalo, which romanov, a descendant of the russian imperial family, tied the knot with his italian fiance, his the grandson of the last emperor's 1st cousin, who fled the country and declared himself ruler in exile after the 917 revolution ended the monarchy. with all the low down on the right, royal event hears yourself. well, it is certainly a 1st for russia in many, many years in over a century. of course, that's because the groom, the duke here he is coming from the he's

a descendant of the russian royal bloodline. but that's not the only thing monarchical about this wedding. it is also the number of guests hundreds of people have decided to, well attend the ceremony. some figures very, very colorful, which is already quite royal in scale and lavish, but also many european aristocrats, dukes, and even the last king of bulgaria decided, well to come and wish the noon with some luck. and if i may say, so, the crowning jewel of this wedding as well is the venue, of course, it's the saint ice axe cathedral, a well as an historic church, one of the most beautiful in all of russia. and well, quite very well associated with the russian royal blood line. so yeah, it is a sight truly to behold. but well, this as all things royal against this wedding was not without its controversies, because the main question is to is as to how much claim on the throne the groom

really has here. because his, his relationship with sar nicholas, the 2nd russia's last czar who, along with all of his family, including his children, was well put to death by a firing squad on the orders of while the communist revolutionaries back all the way back in 1918. so this duke, the groom, here he is the great grandson of the cousin of nicholas the 2nd russia's last zak. and that cousin will he kind of abdicated and he even pledged allegiance to the revolutionary authorities back in 1917, only to change his mind later in exile in europe. but whatever controversies is the rest about this wedding, well there still, it will let the experts to decide as to what to do with them. and we will wish the newly weds the best of luck. of course. poland. justice minister says that the countries being blackmailed by the you by threatening to withdraw funds in regions

that fail to recognize l g b t not rights. now for districts have already backed down and revoked policies that discriminate against the gay community. last month, the european commission told the regions that it would withhold more than $120000000.00 euros if the declarations remained in force. and during the summer, brussels initiated legal action against poland for alleged violations of l. g b t writes, but not everyone is happy with the e intervention. mitchell versus you'll notice i believe that the european union should not interfere with what's happening and pulling it off. they should not act like that, especially if the city deserves that money and should be given it handled ease and sanctions of his type should not be imposed. i think the european union is right. how government is very homophobic. i agree with europe. the city authorities have the right to not to promote analogy between everyone has this rise nubian union should find another way of them. the voice of i'm not a sign of pro l g

b t zones. but on the other hand, everyone has a right to their own life communion and a part of the european union. it is very unfair. such things should not be combined . here is the man and here's the money. they're completely separate matters. i think nothing should be done by force. if there is no such need in poland, you do not have to force anything local governors justified there. you turn saying that they are not ready to be accountable for the financial loss. one expert we heard from told us that such an approach by the you to maintain unity in the block is a path to dictatorship. every local power should act according to the wheel. and i have a lot of a degree of power, especially in this case, especially in this case. so, you know, i'm not entering into the subject them not to not talking about lesbian gauge on gender, and saw them talking about the general view, the general principles that should be well respected by the european union. the,

i'll, lest the european union wants to become a south assault, or talk or see, or dictatorship, i think is a very democratic choice. i think the informa common discount is like poland, local municipalities, local provinces. so local powers, they have power enough, according to the constitution to act are called into they will, i think it is something which is completely legitimated and should be understood and should be allowed also the saddle or the does it for me, this are i will be back in about, let's say 34 and a half minutes with a look at your headlines. this is art international, say with oh,

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well welcome to sophie co visionaries. me sophie shepherd, not to feel that others are enjoying a better life than you are missing a trick. well, we all feel this way, time to time, and it turns out science has a name for it. well, today i talked to venture capitalist and the man who actually coined the term, the fear of missing out, patrick mcginnis. patrick mcginnis, venture capitalists, and the 1st fomo sap names known to science as he calls himself, patrick rates, have you in our show? hi. hey sophie, it's a great to be here. all right, so even though the word is catchy and quite famous by now, it would still be nice to fill our here zane. so briefly, what exactly is firma which stands for fear of missing out? is it a syndrome? is it a condition? what is it?

so was an anxiety that is caused by the fear that there is something better happening out in the world than what you're doing right now. combined with a fear of being excluded from a beneficial collective experience and sort of group thing going on that you're seeing happening. and you're not a part of all right. and you are saying that you are the 1st thermo sapiens known to men. how come before you there were non when the word fomo didn't exist before i came along. so i actually invented the word for mo, when i was a student in harvard business school way back in 2003, if you can believe it. of course, these feelings are part of the human experience all the way back to the earliest humans. but we didn't need the word phone until, i guess the social media came along in my word was just invented and it's sort of perfectly synced up with the, with the spread of the internet and social media. ok. i'm just a question that just came up in my how did you make any money on samo?

wow. hm. now i have made me think we have made some money on bubble i. i do a lot of speaking to companies, individuals. i've written a book called peer missing. i have a podcast called almost happens. but i, you know, even though i have trademark the term, almost the end, the, the reality is that like when you coin a word you, nobody sends you checks in the mails. you just have to get the joy that they're the, the actual joy of just seeing your word used i guess is sort of has to be the reward for you a lot of times. so here is another one firma really just a fancy word for and we, and you just came up with a, i mean, what's the difference between envy? and so the difference is that when you have pho, you know, i think it's envy is one of the things that goes all the way back to like the earliest humans you think about like the bible right.