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now it looks most likely that the foreign minister of austria, alexander schellenberg, will be promoted to chancellor in the wake of sebastian court stepping down, his name has been put to the presidents of austria, will be up to him to decide if mister schellenberg gets the nod. to become the next chancellor sebastian courts and putting forwards, alexander schellenberg named said he was the right person to unite the parties in the current ruling coalition to try and keep some semblance of normalcy on going in austria's leadership right now. now sebastian curse, as i say, is denied all the claims may been made against him. there was a lot of calls for him to step down from the chancellor job on friday. he decided not to do it then, but as decided saturday evening that there's no way that he can continue. my land is new beach to go. my country is more important to me than myself. what is needed now is stable conditions. i would therefore like to make room in order to resolve the stalemate, or the fact that sebastian courts will remain as the leader of the center, right. people's party of

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and also karen, i saw a former foreign minister of austria. they gave us staff a spec to some high policy axis clashing with energy security. about 7 years ago. that could have been more supply to do your market wire pipeline that was never built news house during south stream was prevented from being constructed in the summer 2014. and so, so now it seems as if all the ice, all the criticism available is simply directed against the most stream. and it simply doesn't make sense of a real measure taken in terms of making gas as much as well as the contracts allow when we speak of energy weapon, a lot of people, even though those who have been born here, then 73 will all the think of all what, for instance, opechi arab countries use the in the 9th and seventies. we had several instances non supply and non export of oil. this what we can call it something like an an a to weapon. if you want to use that met tougher. but in the current context of the many context, long term delivery castillo complex that exist between the russian federation and var

friends had recorded some better to austria on september 17. foreign minister said we have asked the investor to return with two objectives, improve the relationship with australia and in the future, firmly defend french interests with the implementation of austria's decision to terminate the submarine program. sebastian kurz, the austrian chancellor, is under investigation over claims that government money was used to ensure a positive coverage in a tabloid newspaper. this news comes from the office of austria's chief prosecutors. rates have been carried out in several locations, including two government ministries, as part of the investition. this is the latest legal headache for sebastian kurz and his right-wing party. our correspondent in vienna, antony mills. reporter: there is certainly a remarkable atmosere in australia right now, because we are not talking just about people inside theustrian people's party, of which sebastian kurz is the head. we are not just talking about officials in the finance ministry or the ministry itself, we are

peter, all of it reports or hi, drama, in austria, on saturday evening, survosity and courts standing down as the austrian chancellor, its amidst allegations that have been made against him, of having embezzled public funds, and in that money being used to pay bribes to journalists and pollsters, during his assent to power, now mister could denies all of the allegations that have been leveled against him. he stepped down from this position as chancellor, but will remain as the leader of the austrian people's party. now it looks most likely that the foreign minister of austria, alexander schellenberg, will be promoted to chancellor in the wake of sebastian court stepping down, his name has been put to the president of austria, will be up to him to decide if mister schellenberg gets the nod. to become the at the next chancellor sebastian courts and putting forwards, alexander schellenberg named said he was the right person to unite the parties in the current ruling coalition to try and keep some semblance of normalcy on going in austria's leadership right now. now sebastian curse, as i

i'm fully back to go live from our world headquarters in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. austria, as chancellor sebastian cursed under investigation on suspicion of bribery and corruption, natural gas prices in the e. u and the u. k. jump to a record high. russia says europe is to blame for the crisis. also as our the sand off continues in sudan. their fears, the country may run out of essential goods as protested, continue to shut down a major port and the nobel prize for chemistry honors a green, a way to build molecules and a technique a judge. say these ingenious about pete assembly with your school. the war of words has started ahead of us weakens heavyweight title fight for now, and always a real piece of garbage piece of rubbish. and i'm going to knock in spark out saturday night and i come not white. we'll hear more from tie some fury at these challenger the anti wilder later this news our ah, we begin this news hour with breaking news out of austria, prosecutor is are investigating. and so sebastian curse on suspicion of corruption and bribery his offices were rated earl

the chancellor of austria sebastian kurz,, thatis of austria sebastian kurz,, that is stepping down toht corruption allegations. and porridge with a twist. we speak to the runner—up of the world championships of porridge making. hello and a warm welcome to you. the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement observed with the united states last year. the announcement, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows in afg ha nista n, follows fa ce—to —fa ce in afghanistan, follows face—to—face talks with the us in the capital doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held for friday's bomb blast in kunduz. prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in friday's blast, targeting worshippers from the shia minority. "we are burying the victims next to each other", says this man. "we have no choice. it is a mass grave." the local branch of the islamic state group said one of its suicide bombers had carried out the attack. is and the taliban are fierce rivals but hundreds of is prisoners escaped from jail as the taliban took

so sebastian could no longer the chancellor of austria. he denies all of the claims that are being made against him, but he will no longer be leading the country correspondent peter oliver with fair, with that one for us. thank you. the problems continued to mount for crisis at lebanon, the countries now. so for the total power outage after the 2 biggest power stations, i ran out of feel local journalist linda tommy takes us through the latest developments. nothing is improving. the economic situation is still spiraling downwards. on the power situation and lebanon, the fuel crisis keeps getting worse. and now it's true that cues in front of gas stations have significantly decreased, but now with a shortage of fuel that we are facing nowadays, this is quite, i mean, it could, it could resume. i mean, those cues in front of gas stations could definitely resume at any moment. this is what every single citizen in this country is fearing. but even worse than this, power outages are looming and the rise and we're talking about a complete blacko

the chancellor of austria, sebastian kurz, says he's stepping down to fight corruption allegations. porridge with a twist: we will speak to the runner—up of the world porridge making championships. and one of 2021's most anticipated boxing bouts takes place in las vegas as tyson fury and deontay wilder meet for a third time. everyone welcome to you. tell a man says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. —— the taliban says it will observe a peace agreement negotiated with the united states last year. the announcement, which includes a pledge to prevent al-qaeda from operating in afghanistan, follows face—to—face talks with the us in the qatari capital doha. meanwhile, mass funerals have been held across afghanistan for victims of friday's bomb blast in kunduz. secunder kermani reports. prayers and tears for the dead. up to 80 people are now said to have died in friday's blast, targeting worshippers from the shia minority. "we are burying the victims next to each other" says this man. "we have no choice. it is a mass grave." the local branch of

but i think he is generally popular in austria.ence with our body was possibly facing a vote of on tuesday which would have dissolved the government and he says he has done this for his country and not for himself because, obviously we are still emerging from the pandemic and the economic recovery has onlyjust begun and i think we need stability in austria. so that is his reasoning behind stepping down, he is doing it for his country and for the stability in his country. good to have you with us on bbc news. the headlines. fa ce—to —fa ce news. the headlines. face—to—face talks have taken place in doha between senior us and taliban officials as those funerals are held in afghanistan for the victims of friday's blast. lebanon has been plunged into darkness again after the electricity grid shutdown leaving the entire country without power. the outgoing check prime minister has congratulated the opposition for winning the opposition's parliamentary election but said he would still try to form a government if asked. his governing party

but the move hasn't stopped us. politicians from blaming moscow for the crisis and austria's leaders, sebastian kurtz, quit submitted allegations of embezzlement and bribery. ah oh, we're good evening to russia live from ortiz, world news, age q. mosca. are you watching the weekly with me, kevin? oh, and it's a round up of the top stories of the last 7 days. and as you heard there than in the week just gone, we march 20 years since the us led invasion of afghanistan, which overthrew the taliban. and now in the wake of the west and pull out many issues still have not been resolved, not least while the taliban is offered to hand over a suburb in love and was rejected by then by the bush administration to decades of war followed with countless lives lost on that the end of it all. the militants back in charge are seen a correspondence in cobble and asked what had been achieved. the afghan born and is just shy of its its 20th anniversary, the, the war, a vengeance that was launched by the united states as revenge for 911 and quickly morphed into something else. one of the most protracted

according to you and data, the 2020 austria has more than 40000 afghan refugees. the 2nd biggest number off the gym and they haven't, i mean, discussed the she with violence by refugees and time justice is handed down the panel guests. most people saying it's far too lenient because the guy, even if you spend 10 months in behind bars, he's a huge danger for the public. he has a lot of problems and they canceled comp you sold to was in 10 months behind the bar. they said, and he will get psychological treatment after that. he will get it, but he will be at lodge when he's all told to prison. and i don't sing, he will just be cured because he has a few hours, was a psychotherapist, sexual assault and abuse. are not excusable, there has to be better prevention. there have to be no steps of education in school, but off grown ups. asthma, i think punishment is wrong way, but punishment alone doesn't test. so we have to have a more holistic attempt and we really have to prevent that these cases happen again. this is of course, political, correct argumentation, but it ha

according to you and data for 2020 austria has more than 40000 afghan refugees. the 2nd base number off to germany. kevin, i discussed the issue of violence by refugees and how justice is handed. dan, with a panel of guests. most people seeing it's far too lenient because the guy, even if you spend 10 months in behind bars, he's a huge danger for the public. he has a lot of problems and a console comp to solve was in 10 months behind the bar. they say that he will get psychological treatment after that, he will get that, but he will be a lot when he's out of prison. and i don't think he will just be cute, because he has a few hours, was a psychotherapist, textual assault, and abuse, or not excusable. they have to be better prevention. they have to be a cation in school, but of grownups as well. and i think punishment is one way, but punishment alone doesn't test. so we have to have a more holistic attempt and we really have to prevent that these cases happen again. this is of course, political, correct argumentation. yeah. but it has nothing to do with facts and

austria's chancellor resigned in the face of accusations.ent milo zeman was hospitalized hours after andrej babis suffered a shock election loss. in poland, people took to the streets to show their support for continued e.u. membership. there is plenty going on in central and eastern europe. to take us through that, we have the full bloomberg team in attendance. michael winfrey is in prague. let's get to all three of our expert voices. michael, let me come to you first. andre babbage, the story out of the czech republic, is he going to stay in power? >> it is looking increasingly unlikely. he narrowly lost the election and his opponents are now working with their potential coalition partners. to create a new government. that decision lies with zeman, who was rushed to the hospital yesterday. it is becoming more difficult for babis to hang on. tom: we have a new leader in austria in light of this corruption scandal. what is going on? , >> >> it started wednesday with prosecutors rating offices in vienna. it culminated saturday with him resign

i think he is generally quite popular in austria.ed his innocence throughout and he was possibly facing a vote of no confidence on tuesday, which would have dissolved the government, and he says he has done this for his country and not himself. obviously we are still coming out of the pandemic, the economic recovery has onlyjust begun and we need stability in austria, so that is his reasoning behind standing down, he is doing it for the stability of the country. the czech election has been won by a coalition of three opposition parties, narrowly edging out the party of the billionaire turned prime minister an dray ba bish. his campaign was hit with accusations of corruption and mismanaging the covid crisis. rob cameron is in prague. it is an unexpected outcome, i think, and no—one really foresaw that this coalition of three opposition parties — a conservative party, christian democrat party and a liberal party — would edge ahead of andrej babis's party, a centrist and populist party. it has been at the centre of government for the pa

in austria, chancellor sebastian kurtz is taking a tough stand. some crimes committed by migrants along with a resistance to accept any more asylum seekers or string authorities have also said that they were forced to bring to pull afghan seems requests for asylum, fail, coding to you and data for 2020 or 3 has more than 40000 afghan refugees the 2nd biggest number after germany. kevin, i discussed the issue of violence by refugees and how justice is handed dang, with a panel of guests. a model rapes, a 7 year old girl. he has a lot of problems and a console comp. you solved was in 10 months behind the bar, they said that he will get psychological treatment after that, he will get that. but he will be at lodge when he is all told to prism. and i don't sing, he will. ready just be cured because he has a few hours, was a psychotherapists. it has to be tackled with manny status. for example. there has to be better pre mansion there have to be the steps of education in school, but off grownups as well. that have to be steps of tara p and head for the

according to un date of the 2020 austria has more than 40000 afghan refugees, the 2nd biggest number after germany. we also asked our panel about the issue of violence by refugees taught at general, probably a problem. it's especially at my rogue problem. it's also the sort of people that come, it's not the poor starving rural people coming, but it's people with some cash from the cities. they're mostly comments asylum seekers here. and they often are involved in crimes and petty crimes in our own countries. if you look at the case of migration, 1st of all, if we don't ask the natal states for example, we don't conduct an was like enough german or like in syria, people wouldn't have to leave their countries if people come and live in our. busy countries, of course they have to have a good education if we take them and then we have to give them the possibility to work. and of course we have as well if people can traumatize from wall of countries where there's law there that lead us political oppression, we have to give them some kind of therapy as well. it's not enough just to give th

i think he is generally quite popular in austria.he was possibly facing a vote of no confidence on tuesday, which would have dissolved the government, and he says he has done this for his country and not himself. obviously we are still coming out of the pandemic, the economic recovery has onlyjust begun and we need stability in austria, so that is his reasoning behind standing down, he is doing it for the stability of the country. a surprise victory in the czech republic election. to parties will now control the majority and ask the president to trust them with forming a new government. a previously he said he would give the chance to the prime minister, despite little prospect of success. he was rob cameron with more. this weekend together, a conservative —— a coalition of three parties as well as a second opposition alliance between local mayors and the pirate party. together they have deprived andre barber's of a majority and a result that few predicted. 0n result that few predicted. on saturday night they were celebrating. the ma

england's game with austria will open the event at old trafford on the 6th ofjuly, with the final atmatch. she's through to the quarterfinals at the transylvania 0pen after beating romania's ana bogden in straight sets. the 18—year—old brit now has two wins in romania so far, her first on the women's atp tour. she's the third seed in cluj, and while there are no crowds at the tournament, raducanu has enjoyed plenty of support. herfather is romanian and her grandmother lives in bucharest. the world number 23 produced a composed display to win 6—3, 6—4 and will face another teenager, sixth seed marta kostyuk of ukraine, next. so, raducanu on a roll, but cameron norrie is out of the vienna open at the second round stage. he took the first set, but lost in three to the canadian sixth seed felix auger aliassime. yorkshire cricket club say that no action will be taken against any of its staff following allegations of racism made by theirformer player azeem rafiq. that's despite the club apologising to rafiq last month and accepting an independent investigation's findings that he had been a

with the green party in austria.vative politics and progressive politics is what they're looking at and looking to. all of that puts it into question. the larger concern here, kim, is because the center right parties are able to galvanize both the left and the right, does that mean moving towards more extreme far right parties for those in the voting public who can't find a relevant center right party for them? a lot of questions about politics at large here. for now, austria looking for someone to lead after kurtz. >> all right. thank you so much. we appreciate it. >>> an airline passenger was taken into custody saturday after a security incident forced a plane to make an emergency landing at new york's laguardia airport. social media video shows people standing on the tarmac and law enforcement responding but it isn't clear whether the video shows the passenger placed in kun did i. other travelers alerted the fly crew and passenger about the suspicious and erratic behavior. they're monitoring the situation. there's

but this has larger implications beyond austria. i'll tell you why.z is a very young, charismatic, conservative figure at a time that conservative parties across europe are struggling to get votes, especially among young people. at age 31, in 2017 kurz was one of the youngest democratically elected leaders in the world. he's seen as bringing a fresh face to conservatism. i'm going to point to germany in particular. the christian democratic union, the party of angela merkel, i was in berlin when they lost in the polls. a stunning defeat. and the concern for that party and other conservative center right parties is that young people are leaning towards more progressive parties, more green parties. so chancellor kurz was seen as someone who could really bring this conservative movement forward to the future. that puts all of this in question, of course, and it asks, what is the future of austria? also, at large, what is the future of conservative parties across europe? if they can't continue to gallivanize young people and continue to meet the agendas of

supplies, but the move hasn't stopped us. politicians from blaming moscow for the crisis and her austria is leaders, sebastian kurtz quits hamid's allegations of embezzlement. a bribery ah oh i they're gonna have to do life. marty's will use age q is just tune for pm in moscow. you watching the weekly, i'll run to put the top stores employee of the last 7 days. my name's kevin owen. so this week we marked 20 years since the us led invasion of afghanistan, which i was through the taliban. and now in the wake of the western pull out, many issues have not been resolved, not least while the taliban offered to hand over a sum of been. lawton was rejected by the bush administration. 2 decades of war followed with countless lives loss. and at the end of it all, the militants were back in charge again. i'll see the correspondents in kabul and i'll see what's really been achieved. the afghan born and it's just shy of it's it's 20th anniversary, the. the war, a vengeance that was launched by the united states as revenge for 911, and quickly morphed into something else. one of the most protracted c

anticorru ption prosecutors and austria anticorruption prosecutors and austria have put sebastian coateser people are under investigation as well. reports and austria suggest the enquiry relates to his austrian people's party trying to bribe media outlets to publish favourable opinion polls. a spokesperson for his party says it is the victim of a politically motivated campaign. american online platform twitch, which allows gamers to live stream themselves playing computer games, has confirmed its been hacked. a trove of information was posted on line by an anonymous hacker who said they wanted to foster more disruption and competition in the on line video streaming space. well, the company is urging its users to change their passwords but does not believe they were compromised. so what was revealed? pay records revealing the multimillion dollar earnings of some of its top streamers, some of the source code that runs the platform's up some games, and that alone has led the bbc�*s cyber reported to say this could be the biggest ever data hack but there are fears there is more to come after

but the move hasn't stopped us. politicians from blaming moscow for the crisis, had austria's leaders, sebastian cuts, quit semi delegations of embezzlement and bribery. ah, hello, there live marty's world news aged to moscow. you watching the weekly from us, surrounded by the top stories of the last 7 days we brought you. it's kevin o' in here with you this hour. and 1st this week we march 20 years. and since the us led invasion of afghanistan, which overthrew the taliban. and now in the wake of the west and pull out many issues have not been resolved. not least why the taliban offered to hand over a summer. been loudon was rejected. back then by the bush administration, 2 decades of war followed with countless lives lost. and at the end of it, all, the militants are back in charge. ok senior correspondence in cobble and asked what has really been achieved the afghan born and is just shy of it's it's 20th anniversary, the the war a vengeance that was launched by the united states as revenge for 911 and quickly morphed into something else. one of the most protracted conflicts in moder

but the move hasn't stopped us politicians from fleming moscow for the crisis and austria's leaders, sebastian kurtz quits made allegations of embezzlement to gripe re ah, oh i there were a good evening life. marty's will do use h q. moscow. he watching the weekly. i'll run to put the top stories we brought you over the last 7 days on. i'm kevin owen. this week that has mentioned, we marked 20 years since the us led invasion of afghanistan, which overthrew the taliban. and now in the wake of the western polite, many issues still have not been resolved far from it. not least why the taliban offer to hand over a summer. ben loudon was rejected. back then by the bush administration, 2 decades of war followed with countless lives lost. and at the end of it, all the militants back in charge. again, i've seen a correspondence in cobble and asked what really had been achieved the afghan war. and it's just shy of it's it's 20th anniversary, the, the war a vengeance that was launched by the united states as revenge for 911 and quickly morphed into something else. one of the most protracted co

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he says the chancellor's reservations show that a system of checks and balances is working in austria when the good thing is that this is not enough for repairing. ready regime apparently it's a western type democratic system in which it has we can see now of the system of checks and balances work pretty well. otherwise this regime. ready quotes the old to make it have one person show one not of people's party. that fault. he used to be before he came the chancellor. this is still the good news that everything works according to the constitution. and there is a system off the separation of powers still kind of works that the traditional system does its job. and most importantly, the free media can do what we expect free media to do in a situation like this. in forces of launched a new round of air and ground strikes against to grow rebels. the attacks took place in the i'm harvard region, the to gray people's liberation front has been fighting pro government forces in the north the last 11 months. so i will get you as an independent journalist. he says ethiopian troops have been plann

believe in austria of the jurisdiction and of lawmakers is that a minor can't be corrected in prison behind bars, but only through societies, through psychology, through integration, through job and so on. so it's nothing surprising. it's shocking when you see the deed and what's coming out. but it's only shocking because it had got a lot of publicity in general, it's a matter the austrian lawmakers have to sink over if they really agree to such lenient sentence to people that are such a danger for society. martin told her, looking over the border there in germany, from hamburg, where you are today. your thoughts about yes, 1st of all, i would like to express my feeling for the affected family. and i hope i really hope that they find help to find a way to handle this trauma that has been caused there for 1st. and then sexual assault and abuse are not excusable. and unfortunately, they are only present in our societies in central europe. i went through the statistics, austria and germany, and it's the same. 75 percent of all women have been sexual. harris about 30 percent have been ex

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so we start with breaking news out of austria way. prosecutors are investigating chancellor sebastian curse on suspicion of corruption and bribery. his officers were rated earlier as part of the investigation. the accusations involve a $1500000.00 deal that prosecutors believe was made to gain the chancellor positive media coverage in a tomboy. dominic cane has a neat is from berlin. this is all about the suspicion of corruption that has been placed as it were at the door of the chancellor sebastian courts. it refers to the activity of a particular tabloid newspaper in austria during the course of the past few years. but specifically, what's under investigation is what took place between the 20162018. this is the suggestion. the suspicion indeed that prosecutors are working under is that mister courts and all the 9 other people involved in this investigation, the people being investigated were involved in the commission of certain offenses around bribery, specifically it is alleged, and it is suspected by prosecutors that mister kurtz and others brought influence on the editorial boar

coming out of austria on saturday night. yes, sebastian courts steps aside as chancellor of the country. alexander schellenberg, the foreign minister, he was the foreign minister. it will be the, the chancellor from here on out, he'll be taking over. now this is all down to a, a corruption and bribery scandal that's beamed swirling around sebastian courts for a while. now, mr. courts denies all of the allegations that are against him, that he was involved in the embezzlement of public money. that was then used to bribe journalists and pollsters during his meteoric rise to to power. and what we have heard from sebastian kurtz though as him say that this was something he had to do in stepping aside from the role of chancellor. but that he will continue to fight against these allegations together. i'm in newton, my land is nearby sticker. my country is more important to me than myself. what is needed now is stable conditions. i would therefore like to make room in order to resolve the stalemate or kurtz will remain as the leade

anchor: austria has a new chancellor.e was appointed monday after his predecessor quit in the face of corruption allegations. he comes from the same conservative party, and shortly after taking up the post, pledged to work closely with kurz. reporter: a seasoned diplomat loyal to his predecessor, he was sworn in as the new austrian chancellor monday just 48 hours after kurz announced his resignation amid corruption allegations. in his first news conference as chancellor, he defended kurz. >> i will work closely with sebastian kurz. i consider the allegations false and in the end, it will turn out there is no truth to them. reporter: despite stepping down from the top job, kurz will stay on as party leader and its top leader in parliament. that will allow him to continue controlling policy and become a so-called shadow chancellor, somethg kurz denied on twitter. >> one thing is clear, i am not a shadow chancellor. in the coming days i will be working at full speed to ensure an orderly handover. in thursday -- on thursday,

so the concern here for austria is, yes, what happens next in terms of leadership but also across the region at large when you're looking at the face of conservatism in europe, kurtz was one of the key figures. now what happens next can these movements fit into the new demands for a climate driven agenda, an agenda that is progressive but be able to meet the demands from the right for a more conservative move? without kurtz, a lot of questions being asked there, kim. >> we'll have to see if this has any wider implications. thank you so much. appreciate it. >>> still ahead on cnn, waving executive privilege. the white house says congress can have access to a trove of documents from the trump administration as the white house investigates the january 6th attack on the capitol but republican senate minority leader says he won't help resolve debt ceiling issues in the future. that story ahead on "cnn newsroom." stay with us. and a pivoting flexballde, fivs to get virtually every hair on the first stroke. look good, game good. gillette. bipolar depression. it made me feel like i was trappe

when still ahead on al jazeera, the investigation into austria is chancellors. sebastian, kids whose be accused of bribery and corruption, and the bell tolls for by jojo's political create more than once behind the resignation of peruse, prime minister. ah, it's another beautiful sunny day at 35000 feet. the weather sponsored by cattle airways voted world's best air line of 2021. is right in the south and is right in the north. these 2 areas are coming together, squeezing out the heat. that was quite present. great, and for example, some degrees, reveries still, but it is cooling down, largely because this injection moisture means is more cloud in the sky and rain from shanghai down to hong kong. it's now dry and beijing and temperatures here about where they should be. and the revolving storm here in the sea of japan is like to brings a rain to hawkeye. there are northern han, shibley's, not significant is left the korean peninsula. laughter drive the few on shore showers. things don't change very much on friday except this orange street k, which is heavy rain on its way to hong kon

and emory pay field sense if a gemini party and carry can assault a form up foreign minister for austria. they both gave us their perspectives on how politics in their view was clashing with energy security. about 7 years ago that could have been more supply to the market wire pipeline that was never billed them . you ouster in south stream was prevented from being constructed in the summer of 2014. and so now it seems as if all the ice, all the criticism available is simply directed against the most stream. and it simply doesn't make sense of a real matches take in, in terms of making gas as much as well as that the contracts allow when we speak of energy weapon, a lot of people, even though those who have been born here, then 73 will always think of all what, for instance, opechi arab countries use in the 1970s. we had to separate instances non supply and non export of oil. this what we can call it in like an, an a to weapon if you want to use that matter. but in the current context of the many contracts, long term delivery gas delivery contracts that exist between the russian federati

it's an international standing. natasha butler, al jazeera brideau, sabina prosecutors in austria and investigating chancellor sebastian courts on suspicion of corruption and bribery caught his offices were rated as part of the investigation, including the conservative party headquarters in vienna. it's alleged a $1500000.00 payment was made to secure positive media coverage at the chancellor in a tabloid, publication court says people's party has denied the allegations. prominent cain is foreign developments from the german capital belin. the central suspicion that investigators in vienna are working towards is that chancellor courts over the course of the last 4 to 5 years, going back before he became chancellor, was involved in a scheme whereby federal funding was funneled to a particular newspaper in return for it. putting preferential coverage of mister courts and his people's party in it's newspapers. specifically that opinion polls appeared in the newspaper which shared preferential light on mister colts in his party. now the point here is that investigators who said they are a