azerbaijan would suggest.he countries that most acutely feel the impact of all of this is slovakia and hungary. is that correct? because they are landlocked. they've got no seaborne input. that's correct. for gas. and viktor orban making his case very clear. and if he does vote against or does not go with the rest within the eu, that could pose a real problem, couldn't it? well, i wouldn't get into the question of how that would work out within the eu and what the effects might be. we have to wait and see. but it's certainly clear that while the eu as a whole and in fact you could say europe as a whole has made tremendous progress in improving infrastructure, making new connections, building terminals for liquefied natural gas and so on and so forth. it's been much more difficult for a number of countries in central and eastern europe to do that, partly because they're landlocked and partly because they're smaller markets. so the scale of the market, compared to the size of the investment and the risk involved

to ship gas from azerbaijan through its network. hungary's prime minister calls for the continued flow of russian gas. america's dominance in the ai market has got a serious challengerfrom china, deepseek emerges as a major disrupter as it becomes the top—rated free app in the us. and flying high. ryanair smashes analysts expectations with its third—quarter profits, but warns there is turbulance ahead in 2025. live from london this is business today, i'm sally bundock. there is growing division within europe on the question of gas security, as ukraine explores whether to allow fresh flows of natural gas from the east into central europe. earlier this, month longstanding arrangements to pipe russian gas came to an end and poland's president has told the bbc it should never be restored. meanwhile, hungary's prime minister viktor orban has threatened to veto eu sanctions on russia is not restored. translation: the question of extending the sanctions i is now on the agenda. i pulled the handbrake and asked european leaders to understand

i was there in azerbaijan in november of 2024 when the air was quite chilled.rtainty because all of these pacts, the united states played such a tremendous role and really sets the tone at these conferences being the historical big emitter. i mean, we are ceding that ground to other countries around the world. it's such a myopic, short sighted decision to really cede that ground and not try to build up the us clean energy infrastructure. we know, for example, that the return on investment for fossil fuel emissions, forfossilfuels has been going down for some time. i mean, this is an area where we should be growing our tentacles, not trying to shrink them. and also, of course, for the next cop summit at the end of this year, this does not bode well at all. and of course, last year part of the issue with cop was the lack of global leaders who were in attendance. absolutely. i was there in azerbaijan in november of 2024 when the air was quite chilled. there was much trepidation and uncertainty because all of these pacts, the united states played such a tremendous

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and in business, europe's energy conundrum, as ukraine works towards a deal to ship gas from azerbaijanhrough its network, hungry�*s prime minister calls for the continued flow of russian gas. hello, and a very warm welcome to the programme. we begin in the middle east — where in the last hour displaced palestinians have begun to return to northern gaza. these are the live pictures from gaza. we have seen long lines of people streaming along the coast road and the towns. some are in vehicles, others carrying their possessions on their back. over the weekend, thousands of palestinians who had hoped to be allowed back home had gathered at the military barrier which had been blocking their route. the israeli authorities had made the return of tens of thousands of palestinians to the north conditional on the release of an israeli civilian hostage, arbel yehud. she wasn't freed on saturday. for other women soldiers were freed then. four other women soldiers were freed then. hamas says it will now release ms yehud and two other hostages on thursday, followed by three more on saturday. in othe

coming up in business, europe's energy conundrum — as ukraine works towards a deal to ship gas from azerbaijanough its network. hungary's prime minister calls for the continued flow of russian gas. hello, i'm lauren taylor. we begin in the middle east — where displaced palestinians are returning to northern gaza. these are the live pictures from gaza. we have seen long lines of people streaming along the coast road — some in vehicles, others carrying their possessions on their back. over the weekend, thousands of palestinians who had hoped to be allowed back home had gathered at the military barrier which had been blocking the route. the israeli authorities had made the return of tens of thousands of palestinians to the north conditional on the release of an israeli civilian hostage. you civilian hostage. can see this sheer scale of the you can see this sheer scale of the numbers of people on the road here. what happened is that by seven o'clock this morning local time, 5am gmt, this is when the crossing open, one which has allowed people to cross on fit. at 90 m, there will be an opening allo

russian gas that is not going to ukraine but going through either the pipeline through turkiye or azerbaijan because the russians themselves have been making alternative arrangements. in have been making alternative arrangements.— have been making alternative arrangements. in general, the diversion away _ arrangements. in general, the diversion away from _ arrangements. in general, the diversion away from russian i arrangements. in general, the | diversion away from russian oil and gas supply is also this actually seen on russia. have these measures had a big impact on russia's economy? the? on russia's economy? they certainly. — on russia's economy? they certainly, they _ on russia's economy? they certainly, they have - on russia's economy? they certainly, they have had - on russia's economy? they certainly, they have had an| certainly, they have had an economic impact in russia. today we see very high inflation there, the value of the rouble has really tumbled. the growth rates were strong because russia has a war economy and it is still making billions of dollars in revenue from hydrocarb

at the latest cop29 event in azerbaijan, it was announced that 44% of the earth's corals are under threatnovations are unfolding and at sydney's taronga zoo, efforts are under way to help. one idea being developed here is to preserve coral for many, many years to come and it's very cool. this is the world's largest cryopreservation bank of living corals. they're freezing them for the future. they have had a pause button pressed on their biological clock, so these cells are frozen in liquid nitrogen, and the temperature of the liquid nitrogen is —i96 degrees celsius. it's very, very cold. so, you can see exactly what we're looking at. wow! i won't pull it out, because we don't want to warm the samples up... yeah, of course, yeah. ..and damage them, but they're sitting nice and safe inside that tank there. they can go up a little bit warmer and not be damaged. uh-huh. but anything above —150, we don't want. right, 0k, well, let's get the lid back on, then, and keep them safe. let's do it. they're frozen in time, but these are living cells that we can thaw out decades, centuries into the fut

meanwhile, on saturday, ukraine's president zelensky said his country was prepared to transit gas from azerbaijanas a solution to countries such as hungary and other landlocked countries such as slovakia. it's an issue that's exercising governments across europe — and the subject tops the agenda of eu foreign ministers who meet today in brussels to discuss gas transit through ukraine. now let's focus on al, because there's a new player on the block which is causing shockwaves throughout the industry. chinese startup deepseek has overtaken chatgpt to become the top—rated free app available on apple's app store in the us. the news has sent nadsaq futures tumbling, with deepseek claiming its ai model is cheaper than its amercian rivals. 0ur asia business correspondent suranjana tewari has more. asia actually up on the buzz around deep sea after it soared to the top spot on apple's app store. now, deep seek, as you mentioned, is a chinese company. and last week it rolled out a free assistant, which uses lower cost chips and less data. now, that could challenge a widespread bet in financial markets th

that the representation we have from our diplomatic corps, my dear friend, ambassador ibrahim from azerbaijan, but also our dcm from the israeli dcm, benjamin, the israeli embassy as well. so we have muslim majority countries, we have the jewish all welcoming that clarity from the united states and so huge opportunity to work with all of our partners, allies in the region and and further president goals. and so i you know, everyone's hopeful that there will be additional abraham accords style agreements those can start all sorts of different ways maybe between countries that already have normalization with israel, but not that kind of agreement. and of course, the sort of mothership would be an israel saudi support that in whatever form it comes, it would simply be a good thing for humanity. have the keeper of the two mosques you know make peace with the prime minister of israel. i think that that just to even be able to talk about that openly was something we couldn't do eight years ago. so progress on that front it did i think the burden is on all of us who care about this relationship to c

any of his immediate successors and you have to wonder what the point of it was when he went to azerbaijaner high profile leaders there. many leaders he's met on the circuit have waning influence. justin trudeau in the news today, joe on his way out so as i say you have the chancellor visiting china this week and interestingly we have not yet had a decision on who will represent the u.k. at his inauguration. >> we are monitoring that china visit as well by the chancellor and other members. lizzy burden, thank you. now to some other stories making the news this monday. a u.k. minister is coming under growing scrutiny after reports she was given a central london property by a developer associated with bangladesh's former government. the financial times reports they received a -- an apartment in 2004 and a spokesperson said any suggestion that it is linked to support could be categorically wrong -- would be categorically wrong. and u.k. business confidence has dropped to its lowest level since liz truss's miniature budget more than two years ago according to a survey. in the majority of firms

azerbaijan's president says the aircraft was hit by fire from the ground and rendered uncontrollablean president putin apologized but stopped short of saying moscow is responsible. live look at london, one of the big stories there tonight. taking stock of the flock. the london zoo doing annual head count which includes two new baby gorillas. the information will be shared with zoos around the world to help manage breeding programs for endangered species. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back ♪ hunt you down ♪ eat you alive ♪ just like animals ♪ like animals ♪ ♪ (sigh) (snoring) if you struggle with cpap... you should check out inspire. honey? inspire. sleep apnea innovation. learn more and view important safety information at inspiresleep.com here's to getting better with age. here's to beating these two every thursday. help fuel today with boost high protein, complete nutrition you need, and the flavor you love. so, here's to now... now available: boost max! that is their question. and nobody knows shoppers better than shopify. the undisputed

to transit gas from azerbaijan to europe.ch as hungary and other landlocked countries such as slovakia. it's an issue that's exercising governments right across europe, and the subject will top the agenda of eu nord economics editor that nord stream gas pipeline's use beyond 2022 should be put beyond 2022 should be put beyond use so that germany, for example, would not be tempted to restore russian supplies to boost its own struggling economy. translation: i economy. translation: , ., translation: i believe that the nord translation: i believe that the nerd stream _ translation: i believe that the nord stream gas _ translation: i believe that the nord stream gas pipeline - translation: i believe that the nord stream gas pipeline shouldj nord stream gas pipeline should be dismantled. and i also want to say that it was donald trump who stopped the construction of nord stream 2. that was precisely his decision. he imposed sanctions on those companies who were involved in the construction of nord stream backin the construction of

or gas that would be titled as coming from azerbaijan.t. from pipelini whereby ukraine arrangement whereby ukraine would be serving as a transit country for gas from azerbaijan, or gas that would be titled as coming from azerbaijan. it is a more complex deal than a simple swap between russia and azerbaijan would suggest. from pipelines to shipping because the global shipping industry is described as the lifeblood of the global economy. it moves 90% of world trade but its geopolitical tensions have risen so to have dangers to the industry and the hundreds of thousands of people who work on it. one particular issue highlighted today his vessel abandonment, stuff like this where ships and crews are deserted by the inspectors to visit chips around the world, international maritime organisation and the international labour organisation and our numbers are the best we have ever had, thatis are the best we have ever had, that is the good news. the bad news is there are serial noncompliance by a number of ship owners. the presentation on your scr