anders: i don't know. it is a possibility. political --nly a military alliance, it is a political alliance a stone values. reckless behavior of north korea is a global threat. that includes nato. how do you see a response right now given sanctions don't seem to stop the regime from provoking the last -- west? anders: i have to say directly that there are only bad military solution. -- solutions. we should we can to find the nomadic solutions. china is the only nation on the earth that could put sufficient pressure on tim john kuhn. -- tim john kuhn. jung un. mark: what if they just fired a m?ssile on walmart -- gua anders: you cannot say in advance it would be. case, they in that nato council would have to meet decided this would trigger article 5. mark: i wish we had an hour. thank you for joining us. is the former prime minister of denmark. where are the ultra rich investing western mark -- investing? that is fantastic. let's come back to new york and get the first word news. courtney: federal officials are one that the sout

i want to echo the statements of my friend terry anders of anders and anders. it's getting close to a year since i think the process was initiated. it was december 9 when commissioner ellis and the commission had a hearing about how to have a plan to lead to this day. so it's really exciting, commissioner torres, we went through all the opportunities and all the scale of investments that ratepayers are making and the communicate to get all sorts of community benefits around work and environmental impact mitigation and through the presentation here from masud and the work of your very skilled consultants, bernita davis and i think you had your whole staff participate as a comprehensive process with arlen, tommy, carolyn and your ever steady general manager harrington. we've seen him at all kinds of hearings. the board of supervisors, almost three or four hearings, including land use yesterday was another hearing. this is really a product of a really tremendous process. some of the highlights -- and i actually didn't check to see if the executive summary included

anders: thank you.t we saw with nord stream was a stark reminder that someone has the intent and capability to do this. we have also seen a lot of drone activity. the combination of the nord stream and the drone activity made us increase the security level. we have nato allies helping us patrol around the installations particularly the pipelines. we do everything we can to make sure we keep the people safe that work on these installations. francine: and you are confident that can be done? anders: there is great collaboration among the different countries. the governments and the companies are working with the oil and gas in norway. we are doing everything we can to make sure we can have safe and efficient energy to europe. francine: there is a lot of talk about changing the european gas markets. were we so wrong to rely on spot prices? do we need longer-term gas fixtures? anders: the big problem with the market at the moment is there is a lack of energy. gas -- we need to find the combination of reducin

anders: absolutely.still in the air -- we are still hearing about ukraine from the europeans. it is still a big issue. we are not going to forget it. nato secretary-general's have called for a stronger nato presence in the baltic countries and in the eastern european countries. we are definitely not forgetting that. meanwhile, putin is wasting money in the middle east. he is trying to protect the naval base there, and he has got to protect assad. tom: what would henry kissinger do? pro, at our as a diplomacy now is radically different from the time of dr. kissinger, or are we moved on to some new evolution? -- what wehink are seeing now is that our military is trying to balance against china as opposed to -- we are balancing against about. we are rallying the allies in europe to defend against putin. we are rallying the allies in asia to run against china. tom: thank you so much. this has been a great two days in a row. anders corr with core analytics. an update on international relations. william nyehou

we can talk about this at some length, anders. do not believe democracy is fragile, does require careful stewardship and constant vigilance. i've been encouraged in private conversations with european allies who are taking their responsibility seriously and we had a discussion earlier this week, we debated what democracies ought to be engaged in, and that's overdue. that is precisely the great we should have. it was a good meeting and we will continue with the europeans on china. meanwhile, positive steps about, a new alliance on china , substantial comprise of european leaders and adding new denmark tested up to the ccp attempt to censor danish newspapers. the united kingdom moving toward securing its networks from huawei. the sweed have closed all of confucius institutes that reside on their soil. anders, successors in brussels recently gave visionary remarks about the alliance to stand up for a world known of freedom and democracy to counter china's maligned influence. i will end here so anders could speak. we all know, democra

alexander -- anders behring breivik shot her in the leg, but she survived.s it is important that he was found unfit to have a trial. she hopes justice will be done. >> there are those days and i am really sad, but i try not to think so much about it. but i am thinking that if i think about it too much, then he wins. in i am not letting him win. >> the trial will be an ordeal for survival's and relatives of the victims. privet's lawyers says the mass murder plans to tell the court he regrets not going further with his killing campaign. >> for more, let's go live to our correspondent. first of all, this unexpected finding really throws this case into a spin, doesn't it? >> it does. i mean, you have two conflicting psychiatric reports. one claiming his paranoid schizophrenic. and the one from today that says he is not psychotic. this opens now for the prosecution to change the current indictment, which recommends that he be sent to a mental institution. instead, now the can change that to a 21-year sentence in prison. >> quite a difference. how have the family'

. - go, anders. go, anders! go, anders! - come on, anders! - i thought that was gonna be it. this is a lot of swimming. - yeah, i mean-- - how much longer do we have to watch this? this is boring. - wanna smoke some weed? - yes, i will do anything besides watch these two naked dudes swim. - all right, everybody stay right where you are. - oh...no--no running. - stop! - no running. - hey, tell everybody that we threw this party. all right, let's go, anders, you got this. - you versus you. oh, all right. - hey. ow. - okay. jesus. - did i win? - kicked off campus. - wow, i did not see that coming. - whatever, man. who wants to live in the dorms anyways? it sucks. now we can party like last night every night. i'm gonna drink and have sex so much i'm probably gonna puke out my dick! - yeah. - yeah! - yeah, okay, well, living off-campus is expensive. we might as well check out one of these jobs. hello. - hello. - oh, hi, guys. i hope you'll consider applying to telamericorp. you know, telemarketing can be a very lucrative part-time job for a student. - ha ha, no, thanks. - yeah. i

anders: we have energy, a plan for security to europe.ing to produce energy from 2030 and onwards. it is hard to compete. this year we will start a field in this area focusing on how we can have expiration's activity in these areas. the activity is quite high. tom: i want to review on something, the valuation gap between european oil and gas and u.s. counterparts. do you think that closes soon? you expect the gap to reduce? anders: it is difficult to say, investors will decide. i want to ensure we are delivering oil and gas higher production efficiency, making our business more resilient in demonstrating high value to investors. and i'm sure that would fit the right price our stock. tom: thank you, indeed. on the back of earnings. other stories making the news, pedro sanchez is considering resigning due to the attacks in recent weeks as a court launched an inquiry targeting his wife for influence peddling. they halted all public duties and announced a decision on april 29. secretary of state antony blinken has raised concerns over trade i

anders: absolutely. russia turned into a democracy, which it could have easily happened, then we would not be fighting it right now. two democracies have never fought each other in world history. that is a fact. tom: let's continue our conversation. coming up on "market makers ", jeffrey smith. ♪ tom: good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." tom keene, brendan greeley with us as well. here is vonnie quinn with top headlines. vonnie: the senate failed to extend after senator rand paul used procedural methods to delay -- senate majority leader mitch mcconnell urged the senate to keep the spy programs in place. senator mcconnell: we should not be disarming unilaterally as our enemies grow more sophisticated and aggressive. we should not be doing so is part of a campaign of demagoguery and disinformation launched in the weight of the unlawful actions of edward snowden. vonnie: edward snowden was the nsa contractor who revealed details on how information was being collected on americans. time is runn

anders: good morning to you. we are presenting our strongest results in 2012 this quarter and this is driven by both strong operational performance but also driven by the commodity prices. as you mentioned, the gas prices in the quarter have risen by -- they have risen quite sharply and that is contribute into our results. manus: on that, how much higher do you see these gas prices going? let's start there. we squeeze across europe. how much higher can we go? will this price i can door -- hike indoor? -- will this price hike endure? anders: if we have a very mild winter, we might balance this at the end of the winter but if we are entering into a normal winter or cold winter, we do see that there will be continued high prices but the level is very difficult because we are seeing the gas prices are very volatile every day but we think with a normal winter, cold winter, gas prices will remain high. we have also seen that for this quarter. it has enabled us to provide strong cash flow. 9.3 billion u.s. dollars in ca

and anders breivik says he admits to killing 77 people but not guilty. >> totally innocent, i acknowledge the action but i do not pleeled guilty. >> hello welcome to the world of news and opinion. also in the program, 18 hours that shook kabul. more international observers arrive in syria. they open talks with the government about access to areas of conflict. early morning in washington and 1:00 in the afternoon in oslow where the trial of anders breivik is underway. reviving memories of the day last july when he killed 77 people in a bomb attack and shooting degree. breivik has admitted to the killing but denied responsibility. he made a far right wing salute. his first word? well, he refused to recognize the court saying it had obtained its mandate from political parties but support multiculturalism. we can go straight to the course now where the case has returned after a lunch break. this is the prosecutor making his opening statement. that's been going on for some hours today. let's just listen to what he has to say. >> when the police investigated or checked mr. breivik's computer, t

this is the farm 100 miles north of the capital that anders breivik rented. he could accumulate fertilizer to make his bombs. police have now detonated a cache of explosives. the relaxed society of norway has been jolted into a state of high alert. the central station of oslo was evacuated after a suspicious suitcase was spotted on a bus. >> it does not have any connection at all as far as we know. this is a suspicious situation which we are watching. >> with several government buildings, including the prime minister's office shattered by anders breivik's bomb, one cabinet minister showed her determination to get back to work. >> looking out at the damaged building -- hard feelings. >> of the physical and emotional rebuilding will take many years. >> joining me now from oxford is the director of radicalism and new media group at the university of northampton. thank you very much for joining me. ne wolfm "loan terrorism" -- tell me what it is about. >> a number of the arian nations came up with the concept of leaderless resistance, the best way to avoid detect

no right wing salute for anders breivik after its lawyers intervened. he said he began planning the massacre in 2006. it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 p.m. in the afternoon in damascus, where the u.n. observers find themselves unable to carry out their mission as they had hoped to. notably, unable to visit the city of homs. u.n. secretary general ban ki- moon has said syria is in breach of the week-old peace plan. nicolas sarkozy compared events in homs to the fate of libya under colonel gaddafi. jim muir. >> despite the regime's crackdown, the finance keeps erupting, even in the heart of damascus. protesters frequently disrupt major streets with roadblocks. it has a nuisance value, stopping traffic for a few minutes. it will hardly bring the regime to its knees. the tiny handful of the u.n. observers still on the ground, still in single figures, cannot monitor events are around the country. an agreement with the government on their operating procedures has not yet been pinned down. both sides say it is close. this is the bigges

the thing is, anders, there _ military means. the thing is, anders, there are _ military means.re are no - military means. the thing is, l anders, there are no effective restraint on benjamin netanyahu at the moment. israeli opinion is behind him in lebanon, he has ignored all demands for a ceasefire in gaza with impunity, it would seem the best thing to do right now is work of humanitarian crisis. £31 work of humanitarian crisis. of course, the us policy on israel is deeply— course, the us policy on israel is deeply conflicted, and it causes _ is deeply conflicted, and it causes a _ is deeply conflicted, and it causes a lot of trouble for the credibility of the us that it does — credibility of the us that it does everything for israel regardless of what israel does. it is very— regardless of what israel does. it is very reluctant to do similar— it is very reluctant to do similar things for ukraine. which _ similar things for ukraine. which is _ similar things for ukraine. which is behaving much better, much _ which is behaving much better, much more in line with us desires _ mu

anders: it is part of our investment. a good portfolio, this is something we do investing in a good company in an industry we know well, it is premium, a part of our strategy, not in addition but apart, investing in a good company and our projects. tom: you set a goal of -- of 12 and 16 gigawatts of online capacity. are you going to need to raise capex? anders: actually this investment in or stead gave us more, so we see toward 2030 toward the target of 12-16 or less. 12-16 will be met if we find enough profitable projects. so if we have to choose we will always choose profit. tom: ok, i -- i wonder if investors will welcome that because if i -- if i want to invest i would just invest in them. what would you say to investors who -- who may not want exposure? >> we are long-term supportive investors. always long-term investor with industrial focus, able to create long-term value. tom: yeah, ok, ok. whether this is a precursor, is -- is that the signal we should be taking? anders: we have seen investment, a lower investment

anders: i cannot speculate in the market.am looking at -- and how we can improve that for the long-term. said, we maintain our guidance. the results are very much within line of our expectation. in: you have done very well the united states. you are making big orders in the united states, anders. do you worry about what is happening politically in the united states? is there a cost to you further down the road? do you think the opportunity will be as big in the united states going forward under donald trump? anders: i would say that -- i states, whatunited drives the market is the current structure. believe, and i think the rest of the market does, that it will stay in place, and it will bring the driver in the market up to 23. we do not expect any changes there. i am really happy with the performance in the u.s.. we have not changed our outlook for the u.s. market overall. a good inflow for the end of last year and we saw a good order inflow in the beginning of this year. guy: it is interesting you talk about that. that was

anders: good morning.ly, we have record response this quarter, and because of the record results in 2021, a proposed increase in the share buyback from $1.2 billion to $5 billion in addition to the $.20 per share and extraordinary dividend for the fourth quarter of $.20 per share per quarter as well. this is because of the good results. it is because of the high oil and gas prices but due to solid operations. we increased our production by more than 3% in 2021. and in particular in gas we increase production by 16.5% in the fourth quarter of 2021. dani: how long do you see energy prices staying is elevated as they are? anders: it is always hard to predict oil and gas prices, but the fundamentals that we see at the moment, it has been invested not enough in oil and gas. we see that there are low inventories in the oil and in the gas. there are geopolitical tensions, ukraine, russia, iran and the u.s. and the european gas market because of extremely low inventories, this needs to be filled up over the summer

i am sure anders behring breivik himself will be very disappointed about this verdict. he considers himself a very sane and intelligent man who has succeeded in an act of war. >> we will leave it there. thank you very much. josef stalin's daughter has died at the age of 85 in the united states after suffering from cancer. svetlana alliluyeva was born in .oscow in 197 she took her mother's name. at the height of the cold war, she defected from the soviet union and defected to the united states, changing her name to lana peters. she describes her father as a moral and spiritual monster. an author, historian, an academic who has written extensively on the history of soviet russia and currently a professor of russian history at oxford. thank you for being with us. she did announce her father. nonetheless, do you think she ever really truly escaped the time of being the daughter of a despot? >> i do not think so. she had a terrible early time with him. he wanted to dominate which boyfriends she had. one of them was sent off to forced resettlement just to get him out of the w

if the court agrees, anders behring breivik will face psychiatric care instead of jail. >> anders behringeivik may be a mass murder, the court- appointed psychiatrists are certain that he is criminally insane. two psychiatrists conducted a total of 13 interviews with anders behring breivik. the report was printed by prosecutors today, and is 243 pages. the unanimous conclusion reached at the end of the process was that -- >> first, the individual was psychotic at the time he committed the crimes. second, the individual was psychotic during the subsequent investigations. >> anders behring breivik had developed paranoid schizophrenia and inhabited his own delusional universe. >> he believed that he was one of the knights templar and that his group would take power in europe. and that he himself would one day be crowned king of norway. >> to achieve that end, he detonated a bomb on the oslo government district in july, killing eight people. later that day, he shot dead another 69 at a youth camp on an island. >> all right, now the talk about the euro saga. >> the finance ministers at their w

anders corr and michael holland with us.ontinue on these important topics. >> coming up, we will discuss hacking and our twitter question of the day has to do with that. is there a company you trust with your data? tweet us @bsurveillance ♪ >> good morning, everyone. "bloomberg surveillance." keene, four day work week. i am tom keene and scarlet fu. for the hour,ost michael holland of holiday company, director of the china fund. we also have with us anders corr of corr analytics. mike, what is the business impact on china on hong kong? you'll be heading to the chinese city in two weeks. >> it is not good. that is an understatement. if it gets to be several hundred thousand protesters in the streets in the next few weeks, that will be more than unpleasant. it will be disruptive for the central government in beijing. they have lots of things to consider including that they have given -- anders' description of putin before issuing his chops. he is absolutely a strong guy and he is showing the hong kong people if you think you a

we will speak to ceo anders opedal later in the show. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> demand will have to weaken and labor market conditions may have to soften more to begin to see progress. in that world, it wouldn't be appropriate to cut rates. the u.s. banking system is sound and resilient. conditions have broadly improved since march. those have now all been resolved. it is essential that the debt ceiling be raised in a timely way so the u.s. government can repay all of its bills when they are due. it would be uncharted territory and the consequences to the u.s. economy would be highly uncertain and could be quite adverse. the case of avoiding recession is in my view more likely. it is possible we will have what i hope will be a mild recession. we are strongly committed to returning inflation to our 2% objective. inflation will not come down so quickly, it will take some time. manus: jay powell speaking at the fomc press conference yesterday about the state of the u.s. economy, banking, and inflation. jeffrey cleveland is the chief economist

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." -- murder anders breivik. was it skill or just cash i and the british premier ships? it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 2:00 in the afternoon in athens. emergency coalition government in the aftermath of the inconclusive elections. the prospect of greece's leaving the euro seems more likely. even some central banks are thinking what was once unthinkable. bar business correspondent reports. >> those headed to work in athens this morning were faced with more depressing headlines. drama, said this one. the most likely outcome is for further elections and even less of a mandate for austerity. that would leave greece well out of step with the imf and the eurozone, but even more certain to leave the euro. >> [speaking foreign language] >> i am very scared that they will not be able to succeed because i'm afraid the the politicians have other things on their minds. >> it's not going to prove anything to the greek people. it's not going to get anything back to us. >> we're not going to agree on a government. we are probably going to elections. europe will st

the attorney for anders breivik is looking into the document he published online.sherrie johnson is here with details we learned overnight. >> reporter: all new this morning, we have learned that royal court says crown princess merit stepbrother way as mong those killed. we learned that french police are raiding the house of the father of anders breivik who has his first court date today. he is charged with a car bombing friday that killed 7 people and savage shooting spree at the youth camp where the dead are being counted. under 100 people were killed but the number is expected to rise because there's some missing. hours before the attack, he posted a political manifesto online talking about muslim immigration to europe and urges cult ram conservatives to embrace martyr dom and confessed to the attacks and survivors are dazed by the brush with death. >> i could feel the warmth from the barrel when he pulled the trigger. >> in his head, they were necessary. >> reporter: now police in norway say anders breivik had ammunition left and victims bodies are being recove

anders behring breivik has pleaded not guilty to killing 77 people last july. over the next few months, the court will determine the state of breivik's mental health and whether he will be sent to prison or a mental institution. >> anders behring breivik began his trial with a defiant salute. the right wing extremist refused to recognize the court's authority, because, as he put it, the norwegian state supports multiculturalism. july 22 last year, he killed eight people with a car bomb in central oslo. then he traveled to nearby utoeya island where he methodically shot teenagers dead. it was the deadliest single attack in norway since world war ii, a massacre breivik has confessed to. but he pleaded not guilty. he said he was acting in self- defense. survivors and families of the victims are following the proceedings closely. when the shooting spree occurred, she was -- he was taking part in a camp. >> it was as a disaster -- a disaster. it is more a relief to see he did not have the powers he once had over us. >> prosecutors have charged him with terrorism and

by placing anders breivik in confinement, they had violated article three.ng 21 years for terrorism and mass murder ha, he has suffered in human treatment. >> he has to be allowed to have contact with other people. the isolation, that he does not have contact with other prisoners, has to stop. >> in july 2011, anders breivik killed 77 people in all slow and on an island, the worst act of violence that norway had seen since the second world war. since his sentencing, anders breivik has been kept in a facility like this one. he has no access to the internet. >> we were surprised by the sentence, and don't agree with it. we looked at the facts, solitary confinement was well justified. >> on the streets of oslo, many people found the sentence and comprehensible. >> i think he got what he deserved. >> i am not surprised by the decision, but of course it is disturbing. >> it is a shame that he still gets so much space. >> the public prosecutor's office will decide in the next few days if it will appeal the decision. >> you are watching "dw news" live from berlin.

we've gotten to know a lot about that today. >> did anders breivik also gets what he wanted today? there was a smile. a killer relished his moment. >> the radical muslim preacher is back in custody. the british government makes a new attempt to deport him to jordan to face terrorism charges. he appeared before the special immigration appeals commission on tuesday. the deportation was blocked in january by the european court of human rights. evidence obtained by torture might be used against them. >> it was early afternoon with a man whose praised osama bin laden suddenly emerged from his home in a london suburb. for legal reasons, we cannot identify the house. he said to be a figure of influence for extremist. he was back under arrest. the u.k. authorities were beginning moved to deport him. he was on his way to a legal hearing. within hours, the home secretary was telling the comments that a deal had been done with jordan, paving the way for him to be sent back there to stand trial. >> british courts that -- have found that he is a risk to our national security and he should be de

anders: it is a difficult situation at the moment.irst of all, we have the supply crunch that we saw actually before the war in ukraine, then the war is adding to this will european countries try to transition away from russian oil and gas. so that is why it is so important. all i can do is ensure at equinor we try to provide as much energy as possible and we are trying to invest in the future to do our part to contribute to the energy crisis being reduced. dani: setting aside what you have already done, if there were to be a full embargo of russian energy to the west, what impact would that have on your business? anders: for our business, we wouldn't necessarily have a big impact but for european businesses it would be dramatic. we see a lot of gas is used in european industry and i think we will see european industry will have to close down and losing jobs, etc. so i think it is important that europe continues to diversify in terms of gas, to ensure, and diversify where we source gas from but also diversify in terms of different ene

anders breivik killed 77 people last summer and today he told a quorum he would do it all again. he said he carried out the killings to defend his country and his actions were motivated by goodness, not people. our europe correspondent is in the norwegian capital and starts our coverage tonight. notoriouss most killer was driven to court on schedule as one of his defense team also arrived. >> the most important thing today is that he gets to explain why he did what he did. >> once more, he punched out a salute. this, as far as he is concerned at least, was to be his day. his voice, his words, his own twisted justification. slowly, deliberately, he appeared around the court, resting his eyes for a moment on the public gallery, looking to see who was to be his audience. the cameras were asked to leave. anders breivik walked calmly and slowly to the stand, clutching a 13 pages of the print out statement he had written. "i have carried out the most spectacular and sophisticated attack on europe since the second world war. i acted out of goodness, not evil. these were pre-emptive atta

libby and whereas anders anders lee over here. looks like you're taking the social distancing thing a little too far through what about kareem abdul-jabbar. tell me about the assault on clean air laws what bear claws no i just say really i'm fine i want to talk about the clean air act the trumpet ministration is taking on california's attorney general in court to beat back the state's waiver that allows california to set their emission standards at a stricter rate than the federal government's that sounds like a good thing for them they'd be allowed to regulate emissions on their own if it is going to keep their heads up their look wait this waiver is bad news for the auto industry that's why the national highway traffic safety administration has begged the e.p.a. to revoke it they argue that california was illegally using emission standards as a way to split the national vehicle market in 2 by forcing manufacturers to sell more fuel efficient vehicles not only in california but also in the dozen plus other states that were follow

anders: c+.d some conflict in the middle east in terms of going to saudi arabia specifically and not approaching the muslim world as a whole, including iran. in terms of europe, he's had a flail. he's been rejected by merkel, macron, and he has done one attemptingh, he is to push europe to spend the 2% of its gdp on defense, that is something that is very important from a u.s. perspective, and a to fully backusal nato is an attempt to hit a hard bargaining position that is going to enforce or encourage europe to strengthen its defense spending. that is a plus. mark: he said it was a home run. he went obviously talk is on book in that. because he stood up in the new nato building and he is outspoken on his fellow partners' defense commitments. as we approach the end of the trip, it seems like the beginning part was the easier. look at the climate accord. let's get to a man who is an expert in commodities. what sort of disaster will it be, harry, and we're going to hear this week because trump didn

this now there's a french national is thought to be going because he failed in his bid to succeed anders who of course is a german national now investors have worried about how the management changes will invite political interference as of course both france and germany want to see airbus become a european vehicle against chinese and american competitors and they both want their own people to do it now some investors would actually prefer that anders is succeeded by by a person that is neither french nor german perhaps someone less considerate of national interests in talking about that is that really some speculation of any names floating around do we do we know any preferences in terms of succession well we already know who is supposed to succeed because you know that's given me far i'm very sorry from a french pronunciation but it's thought that giving the giving of bridges position to him what pave the way so that he could eventually take over enders position next year but of course we don't have any confirmation of that yet yeah yeah and i mean the stepping down by april twenty nin

anders: no.ked eight, a military solution -- when it comes to islam asked ic state, itislam is a military solution. that is why we need a reinforced fight and a coordinated fight .gainst islamic state this is also about showing to our partners in the region that the west is a credible and reliable partner. if the west is disengaged or is theeived to disengage, vacuum will be filled by the bad guys. anders, it is jonathan in london. we discussed how economic trouble was a response to foreign policy. is that situation over the month after that discussion getting worse and not better? anders: it is absolutely getting worse. the whole situation is not only complex, but i would say a disaster. that is why we need a new strategy, both politically and militarily. vonnie: does that strategy mean allowing bashar al-assad to stay in power for the time being, or not? thats: it is clear to me cannot be seen as an integrated part of a long-term solution. short-term? about otherwise we will not have rush on bo

with us now is anders court. welcome. anders: thank you for having me. i suppose not entirely like china, the government has to walk a fine line between esa and prosperity. what can saudi arabia afford to peace? still maintain anders: i think to bring down some of its expenses, they may cut some services. they may cut some capital expenditures. i don't think you are going to see massive social expenditure decreases. they need to maintain stability. is crucial, especially in the age of isis. al qaeda has targeted the kingdom as a place they would like to infiltrate in the future. michael: how much money do saudi arabia have? pup and is much oil as they can and try to retain market share, the reserves have come down a lot. what they are selling right now cannot cover their expenses. their budget was at a record last year. they've got to bring down their budget to satisfy international investors. we should see some decreases. it's going to be slow. they may increase their borrowing. about: what do we know the king and his advisers? are they cautious? will t

anders behring breivik a thirty two year old norwegian arrested earlier has confessed to both the shooting on new toy island and the bombing in central oslo peace because of links to a far right organization and was strongly opposed to immigration and islam. and other news we're covering r t as greece's credit ratings are threatened with being downgraded in washington takes a step toward defaulting on its national debt hard to gauge just public opinion on both sides of the had left. two am in moscow good to have you with us here on r t our top story police have charged a man for friday's shooting spree at a norwegian youth camp that's so far left eighty seven dead thirty two year old anders behring breivik was arrested at the scene of the attack on a new toilet island the rampage happened just hours after the oslo bombing that killed at least seven for which he's also been charged he reportedly traveled to the island in police uniform and asked people to gather around him before gunning them down an extraordinary picture has emerged from friday's horrific events an act of desperation as a

. >> anders will offer the rebuttal. each team will have three minutes. >> this is a debate we need to have. first of all, what kind of a power is russia today? you seem to suggest that we don't know what russia wants. isis very clear that russia a revisionist power. president putin has said and that the end of the soviet union was the greatest geopolitical catastrophe in the last century. article saying 1939,itler was good until when he gathered the lands of austria, the sudetenland peacefully. this is the most official newspaper we see in russia today. what has happened is that putin speech onde a grand the importance of a russian speaking people in that it must be brought together. , how can we stop putin? there are two answers. one is that we stop them with war, which inevitably is happening now. so little has been done to stop them. or we really throw in everything, in terms of sanctions, in order to stop them. can we stop them with sanctions? i am not sure. i would certainly try to do something, rather than talking

it was anders who took the widely circulated photograph of the earth. prime minister of denmark frederikson, an outspoken supporter of support for the kiev regime, was attacked. it is reported that she was beaten by an unknown man in one of the squares of the danish capital. the politician’s health is not in danger; she escaped with fright, but was very shocked, as stated in the government office. and now the situation in the middle east. israel continues to apply. the set used drones, anti-ship and ballistic missiles, they made it clear that this was also a response to the us and british strikes on the province of hadeidah. a pensioner is dedicated to our senior loved ones. convenient loans, excellent deposits, in the branch and online, special conditions, special relationships, one of my friends is getting ready for a new party, i need more modest costumes, dad, we’ve run out of internet, and minutes too, and dad will now activate the megafamily service, unite up to three numbers for free get bonuses gigabytes every month, only in a megaphone, thanks

anders: there are a couple of investors. matt: one guy from munich.livia: he is the 95th richest guy. anders: it's a sad freak show. in cyprus, it looks like a pirate ship. the only thing putin is missing is his eye patch. this is not a place you want to invest. olivia: why is he doing this now? ethan: my sense is that he is being backed into a corner and this is his way of handling it. it is a useful public relations endeavor. charlie rose being there gives a kind of legitimacy. matt: it reminded me of "the interview." ethan: they hoped this would be the daovsvos of the east. anders: this is now davos. matt: you see the older political leaders in the audience. olivia: you saw that shell struck a big deal with them. ethan: it's not a complet zero. matt: what is your take away as far as what we can expect from the greek-russian relationship? is tsiipros running to russia for a lifeline? anders: russia cannot afford to bail out greece. what was interesting is what you did not see. tsipros did not make a wholehearted appeal to be pro-russian. he is talki

. >> reporter: anders breivik admitted at the first closed door hearing on monday that he carried out the attacks on friday. a bombing in central oslo and a shooting spree at the youth camp run by the governoring neighbor party on an island. at a news conference after the hearing, the judge says the suspect aimed to save europe from the muslim takeover and deal a blow to the governing labor party. n >> i think the whole nation and the whole world think he's done something wrong. and nothing can justify it. >> reporter: an investigation will mainly focus on whether anders breivik acted alone or if he had help. investigators searched the polish company where the suspect may have purchased explosive materials. the attack occurred suddenly in peaceful norway. people are hoping there will be more information as soon as possible. nhk world, from oslo. >>> japan's nuclear safety commission has called for stronger measures to protect nuclear power plants against terror attacks. on monday, the commission held a meeting with nuclear experts to approve a draft report that draws on the lessons of

tonight in our team's mass killer anders breivik tries to defend his sanity to give credence to his murderous extremism with fears that his anti islamic ideology has taken root elsewhere in europe. could russia be joining the international anti rainy and r.t. has an exclusive interview with moscow's top general on the alleged nuclear threat from to run. syrian border security reportedly repelled qatari and saudi backed extremists filtering in from iraq as the peace envoy strengthens calls for an urgent expansion of the un monitors squad. and security officer alexander litvinenko was not killed by a russian m.p. andre lugovoy who's passed a british lie detector test in a case still driving a wedge between moscow and london. and it's now eight pm here in moscow and our top story can first mass murderer anders breivik has used wednesday's testimony to try and convince judges that he was sane when he killed seventy seven people last july the right wing extremist wants his ideology to be taken seriously rather than considered the ramblings of a madman but as are his i have a bennett reports now th

speaks of guests, anders bouvin saw profits rise for handelsbanken. he will be in later in a half hour's time. if you have questions for the handelsbanken ceo, send them th. it's a first on cnbc, that's around 10:45 cet or 9:45 from the uk. you can e-mail the show, we're on twitter as well. you can find me directly at @louisabojesen. we need to take a short break. >>> coming up, fixed income heaven for goldman sachs, what was an impressive performance for lender's fic business. we'll be back in a couple minutes. guess what guys, i switched to sprint. sprint? i'm hearing good things about the network. all the networks are great now. we're talking within a 1% difference in reliability of each other. and, sprint saves you 50% on most current national carrier rates. save money on your phone bill, invest it in your small business. wouldn't you love more customers? i would definitely love some new customers. sprint will help you add customers and cut your costs. switch your business to sprint and save 50% on most current verizon, at&t and t-mobile rates. do

this is their self-confessed killer, anders breivik. today the lawyer defending him described him as insane. >> this whole says indicates that's insane. >> if you asked him if he's insane, what would he say? >> he's in a war and the rest of the world, especially the western world, don't understand his point of view. that in 60 years time we all will understand him. >> he called breivik very cold and was asked if he showed any remorse. >> he says that he is sorry that he had to do this, but it was necessary to start the revolution in the western world. >> an exchange of text messages between a teenaged girl who was hiding behind a rock on the island and her mother has been released by the family. the police are here, she says. but her mother warns, the person shooting is said to be in police uniform. be careful. what happens to you now? the girl replies, "we do not know." can you talk now, asks her mother? no, he's still shooting, replies the girl. she did survive the massacre. and this is part, just part, of norway's response to all tha