and toei protect that investment with that important important pipeline in the baltic sea than what? they should reconsider the balance of interest to pending resolutions. to determine those german companies that we have other things you want the germans to do. my final point we associate these with europe. putin is the europeans have now woken up and agreed to significant sanctions against them it may suggest to the russians that putin was not calculating the western response in his latest aggression against ukraine. want to show that putin has -- he regards as as weak malleable and accepting of his aggression. it is of our interest to prove him wrong. and if it is important to get the europeans on our side or wouldn't start by insulting the european union. i am just saying. and since the secretary of state criticized so-called brussels bureaucrats yesterday in brussels i would point out that in my experience the brussels bureaucrats a.k.a. the european commission were the people responsible for setting up the successful joint imposition of sanctions by the united states and the eur

once they had that completed an important pipeline in the baltic sea what might they do with that? is just something to think about. i think the germans should reconsider the balance of interest and it would be great if they would suspend nord stream two pending the resolution of russian aggression to the ukraine. again i don't think the time is right to deliberately target german companies of nord stream two as much as i don't like nord stream two because i think the other things who want the germans to do. the final point is we ought to be doing all of these things with europe. it's the message to putin is the europeans have now woken up and agreed to significant sanctions against them it may suggest to the russians that putin was not calculating the western response in his latest aggression against ukraine. want to show that putin has -- he regards as as weak malleable and accepting of his aggression. it is of our interest to prove him wrong. and if it is important to get the europeans on our side or wouldn't start by insulting the european union. i am just saying. and since the

and fisherman used to live in this area because not only located on the river but also close to the baltic sea it's only about twenty kilometers away from here and this is st the maronites church. this stately church is a memorial site for international seafarers who have died at sea a lifeboat commemorates one particularly tragic incident in one thousand nine hundred fifty seven a sailing vessel called the palm sank in the atlantic ocean during a hurricane eighteen men died some were still quite young. son jack will be or st james church is one of five large churches in the center of the town i'll come back later and it's supposed to be a really trying quill here. we'll continue by strolling through loop expressed if we decorated old town. the town hall dates back to the thirteenth century altered over the centuries it combines a variety of architectural styles just across the way i grabbed a chance to treat myself to the taste of christmas which is available in many shapes and sizes. new big mars upin is known the world over need to go is probably the most famous manufacturer. of the bui

baltic sea? >> who wants to take that? are you feeling daring? >> it's an interesting question. >> i will take that. the prospect of russian military defense of the pipelines in the baltic sea, it would be a significant new violation of international law, it would be in an area that nato patrols and is much more present in? i would expect russia to be much more cautious in the frog boiling operations but i wouldn't rule it out. i think that nato has many more cards and this may be something to come back to later. many more cards in the deck. here putin has a really weak hand . not a completely empty hand because the russian military is much stronger and has assets and capabilities it didn't used to. bad place. but i agree with you that it can't be that. and it would be worse eking about how nato or the united states or other european allies similar to our nato members would respond early on to any kind of sign of russia's testing those the waters. and i know that's not entirely satisfactory. >> g

the smartest and safest way to defend our baltic allies is to make sure moscow gets logged down until it decides to leave. that does not involve american troops or nato troops. two if you look at the crisis happening right now, happen on november 25? the first thing to understand is that moscow began a new part of its campaign against ukraine in april when it began to inspect ships coming to and from the ukraine imports. it's remains an important economic area for ukraine. as a result of the inspections the delays in shipping imports an expert from ukraine imports have dropped according to statistics that are readily available 50% according to some firms dealing heavily they told me last week, 66%. either way that's a major hit to ukraine's economy but also for those of you who remember moscow blames whose economic livelihood is threatened by moscow's heavy-handed in moscow. impartial terms a greater number of russians and russian speakers. barely we know it's a cynical game. now what happened on november 25 it was part of russia's tightening of the clamp on dunbar. to come in septemb

also on the show baltic nations like estonia edu leaders in the digital age we ask how can germany hope to catch up. and welcome to do business i want to get jones and berlin good to have you with us now if there was one topic dominating the economy in twenty eighteen it was trade swiss u.s. president donald trump attacking partners in the e.u. as well as canada mexico with whom he signed an updated version of nafta called u s m c a and then of course it was china trump went after the country for its trade imbalance with the u.s. and started a trade spat that ended in tariffs on cost electronics agricultural products and other goods worth billions of dollars over the weekend trump said on twitter the. he has been talking to china's paying about a comprehensive trade deal that progress is being made and on the last trading day of the year chinese stocks ended the session in positive territory for more let's cross over to andrea hang in singapore andrea how much of those gains are actually down to those trade talks between the u.s. and china a lot of it has to do with the chinese china us

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energy if it does not immediately change course the twelve hundred kilometer route runs under the baltic sea the pipeline will be able to supply to european markets giving russian alternative to bypass existing pipelines running through ukraine with which it has poor relations poland and the baltic states are against the project saying it will damage their economies and leave them vulnerable to russia the pipeline cries permission from scandinavian countries as it will pass through their international waters feelin's and sweden have already agreed but denmark the last country to approve is hesitant we have been pressured from all thought and we are from a very small country russia have been more more aggressive they have annexed crimea . actually waging war as we say against ukraine and then actually also building up militarily against the baltic states were among our one of our dearest and closest friends denmark doesn't need the gas its energy policy calls for self-sufficiency by the year two thousand and fifty but it doesn't want to damage relations with its neighboring countries eith

the prospect of russian military defense of the pipelines in the baltic sea. you know, it would be a significant new violation of international law. it would be in the area that nato controls and is much more present in. i think i would expect russia to be much more cautious in the frog oiling operation, but i wouldn't rule it out. i think nato has many more cards in its may be something we can come back to later, many more cards in the deck. putin has a really weak and. not a completely empty hand because the russian military is much stronger and has assets and capabilities it didn't used to. but i wouldn't expect that to be -- that's not on the top of the list of my top 10 worries of a russian military move would put nato in a bad place. but a agree with you it can't be ruled out and it would be worse thinking about how nato or the united states or other european allies including sweden and finland who aren't members should respond early on to any kind of sign of russia testing the waters for that kind of operation. i know it's not entirely jury, but that's

and this album contains sketches majoring of a cation by the baltic the gallery of starch provides avery private view of a well known artist who loved more than anything to discover the world around him and his bicycle. is a must during the pre-christian seesmic read the book is the so-called living advent calendar from the first to the twenty fourth of december a crowd of curious people gather by a different have to birdhouse every day he gets a stand spy. plane she insists it's a cinch to touch the. deaf ear. then everyone is treated to a short story from the city's history in this case about the judas of a night watchman. and finally there's a seasonal reward for the children to help shorten the wait until christmas. difficult. now it's time for all week leave your a video we're happy to receive the footage of your travels this is this is video was submitted by swe phone from singapore it's a record of his trip to japan taken in tokyo kyoto and the island of mia jima. we want to know your favorite place to go on vacation send us your videos you can upload them at d.f.w. dot com sl

where does the baltic fleet have to go to get to the battlefield? coaste way down the west of africa, around into the indian ocean, and open to the battlefield theatre. at which point it faces a fleet that has been in shipyards for months, getting better. at the same time the russians are steaming 18,000 miles on it short maintenance, fuel, and training. you can imagine what the outcome of the battle in may of 1905. utter destruction, much worse than you would see at jutland. that is why the battle makes into debates to this day. about oneas talking of our other presidents, he u.s. naval services during world war i. he got into a tussle as a junior officer with mahan, the writer of many books and articles about the design of ships at the battle of the strait. whether it is better to have ships with all big guns or a mode of guns. one reason i admire him was he admitted defeat in this debate to a junior officer. the junior officer says he made it out with all big gunships whereas mahan likes mixed batteries and ended up saying i am just a historian n

led western military power all the way to russia's borders and it's on russia's borders now in the baltic states in ukraine what did they think russia's reaction was going to be well ok fine put all your weapons on our border or we'll forget about the german invasion in one hundred forty one we don't have any memory of russia didn't move any power anywhere so much of what's happened has been a reaction of russia and of europe to the expansion of nato that's the original sense now there have been other of its and you could say well russia reacted on watchfully maybe so but i would argue. in response to all this talk that putin is an aggressive foreign policy leader that on the contrary he's a reactive leader and in fact i was in moscow two weeks ago i get there a couple three times a year and everywhere i would say in the serious policy class in moscow putin is criticized for being too reactive not anticipating what the west was going to do i think that's you know historians will write the this will at least last fourteen or fifteen years you know that's interesting when you mention you kn

in the possibility of accidental conflict which we see now whether it's nato on the borders of the baltics in ukraine or in syria and about twenty six who were hurt do you think people like you who are outspoken public figures about the reason not about being friends with my ship but about you know reasonable relations with russia at that house to stay safe i think we were heard we had eminent people like former ambassador jack matlock who was about souter during the reagan years we had former senators we had intellectual leaders we had political and social economic leaders it's very hard to be heard these days sophie but if one doesn't try the role of the nation is to be an alternative dissenting voice and to foster not policed debate and i think that's critical in these times because we've had a degradation of debate. you know it's one thing that pains me and i think you followed this is that those who call for better relations with russia are sometimes called pro russian now or in times always thirty minutes yet and i know you know people and two people one a democrat one republican i r

are in an alliance with japan at that time, they close the suez canal, and where does the baltic lead have to go to get to the battlefield? all the way down the west coast of africa, around into the indian ocean, through the south china sea and up into the battle theater. faces a point it japanese navy combined fleet that has been sitting in shipyards for some months, getting better. are moving 80,000 miles on very short fuel and to g.ining -- and terrainin you can imagine what that is, under destruction. battle one reason the makes it into strategic debates even to this day. the fact that somebody was talking about ws ends at the break, one of our other presidents, admiral sims commended -- during world war i. he got into a tussle as a junior a writer of many, many books and articles about the design of ships at the battles of toshiba straight. whether it is good to have battleships with big guns, or a mixed artillery. it was a wonderful back and forth, but when reason i admire mahan is he admitted defeat in this debate to a junior officer. the junior officer says he made it out with

energy if it does not immediately change course the twelve hundred kilometer route runs under the baltic sea the pipeline will be able to supply to european markets giving russian alternative to bypass existing pipelines running through ukraine with which it has poor relations poland and the baltic states are against a project saying it will damage their economies and leave them vulnerable to russia the pipeline cries permission from scandinavian countries as it will pass through their international waters feelings in sweden have already agreed but denmark the last country to approve is hesitant we have been pressured from all thought and we are very small countries russia have been more and more aggressive they have annexed crimea. actually waging war as we say against ukraine and then actually also building up militarily against the baltic states were among our one of our dearest and closest friends denmark doesn't need the gas its energy policy calls for self-sufficiency by the year two thousand and fifty but it doesn't want to damage relations with its neighboring countries either th

but they're on the wrong side of the baltic as far as the baltic statement's concerned.but there is going to have to be some form of immediate trip wire. now, that could be strengthened by the use of airborne forces. but to drop aeroborn forces on their own -- airborne forces on their own far ahead would be fairly rash. my old regiment is out this at the moment as part of the forward troops with both the poles and the others. interestingly, going back to the polish general, of course, it's been called quite rightly the saws bow sky brigade named in his honor. but i'm be, i'm sure, hearing quite a bit more about that when i get to poland in january. enter i'm sure. we have time for one more. this lady. >> hello. i just wanted to just make a quick comment for people who are interested in seeing the actual sites. arnhem has a very great, a very good museum, and you can walk the bridge. and a little note of interest for americans, walter cronkite flew in a glider pilot, in a glider. he was the pilot. he was in with the other men inside the glider mane into nigh men, i think

he defeats the far eastern squadron of the russian navy in the fall of 1904, he wants to send the baltic fleet all the way around . >> the british are in alliance with japan, they close the suez canal and where did the baltic fleet have to go to get to the battlefield. all the way down the west coast of africa into the indian ocean to the south china sea into the battle theater at which point it faces a japanese navy combined fleet sitting at shipyards for some months, getting better and at the same time the russians are steaming on short maintenance on fuel and training. you can imagine what the outcome of the battle was in may 1905, a distraction, much worse than what you saw in 1916. that is one reason the battle makes it into strategic debates even today. i was talking at the break and one of our other presidents, admiral sims commanded u.s. naval forces during world war i. he got into a tussle as a junior officer, the big guy, the writer of many books and articles. about the design of ships at the battle of to shema straight or whether to have a few bigger guns and smaller guns . ul

economy is struggling to adapt to the digital age unlike a study a small a you member state of the baltics has become a major digital hub. and is still only at coding has been part of the national curriculum for years these children are learning how to program their own music software and games. highspeed wife eye is ubiquitous in the country in fact the government declared internet access to rice as far back as the year two thousand. here in germany on the other hand universal high speed internet still feels like a distant dream especially in rural areas. is the sort of germany is largely covered by forests some twenty percent in fact. so before we start delivering foxes and birds with high speed internet we need to do our homework and locate the villages and rural areas that don't have sufficient coverage that would be the next step. should be. a next step that critics say has been far too long in coming they say germany's lack of digital infrastructure could prove a major barrier to business in the future. fastest broadband internet it's. produced some big names and to make sure they ca

in fact, all the way from russia, across the baltic, southern scandinavia, the north sea.you will feel those temperatures dipping away as we go through the week. in fact, let's take a look at london. you can see on monday it's 10 degrees, by wednesday, it's eight, and on thursday and friday around five or six degrees. and at times pretty cloudy too so it will feel cold. bye— bye. welcome to bbc news — broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: a top executive in the huawei fraud case, meng wanzhou, seeks bail, saying she's innocent, unwell and won't run away. britain's prime minister insists there will be a brexit vote in parliament on tuesday, despite her own supporters calling for a delay. a 26—year—old man appears in court in new zealand, charged with murdering a british backpacker on a round—the—world trip. and a special report from the us—mexican border, where cuts in legal migration have caused a surge in the illegal variety. is here that the property developing nations clashes with the wealth

they may be on europe or whatever, and we get into a war and it's not hard to see a thrust into the baltic countries for example, waiting to see what the nato response is and we don't have enough to stop them from taking over the baltic countries, so now they're in and now we've got to get them out and digging them out is a lot harder than getting them in. that may require a significant use of the u.s. military and nato assets. he then decides to use tactical nuclear weapons under his new doctrine of escalate to deescalate meaning i'm going to show them that i'm willing to use nuclear weapons and i'll basically challenge them to decide whether they are, too. well today we have very, we have nuclear weapons that can cause an enormous amount of destruction. all over russia. but when we don't have except in one case, is a dialable weapon or a very low-yield weapons or other kinds of weapons, like a lot of radiation as opposed to blast capability. nerds a type of weapon to use in that context to prevent us from escalating all the way up to the big weapon. that's an area i think we need a lot m

in fact, all the way from russia, across the baltic, southern scandinavia, the north sea.p right across the uk. not desperately cold, but you will feel those temperatures dipping away as we go through the week. in fact, let's take a look at london. you can see on monday it's 10 degrees, by wednesday, it's eight, then on thursday and friday, around five or six degrees. and at times pretty cloudy too so it will feel cold. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast, with dan walker and steph mcgovern. our headlines today: the suspect in the case of murdered british backpacker grace millane appears in court. new zealand's prime minister gives a tearful apology to the family. your daughter should have been safe here, and she wasn't, and i'm sorry for that. theresa may comes under intense pressure to delay tomorrow's crucial vote on brexit, as she makes a final push to win over wavering mps. wales is one of the biggest recipients of eu funding, but voted narrowly to leave. i'm in the busy port of holyhead to find out how what happens in westminster could have an impact here.

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he grew up on the baltic coast and met and. this is where he still feels at home with his family.almost isn't the top when i was when i come back home after traveling to all these huge metropolitan cities from this crazy lifestyle from all the important overstimulation i can just kick back and there's nothing around. and you can just gaze at the fields it's just gorgeous peace and quiet that i need to recharge my batteries. in the spring of twenty eighteen felix yen revealed that he's attracted to men as well as women in an interview for the weekly newspaper site the d.j. described himself as bisexual and said he dreams of finding the person he can share his life with whether that's a man or woman. who has been endorsing for sadie's bands since twenty six posing for the german car brand in brochures and visiting the team at a motor racing event in austin texas. even took the wheel himself for a commercial. the public feel it was pretty similar to the private lives because i'm not trying to give you. come up with. that i want to be young just. hasn't disclosed how much he earns thr

very much are against any moves in and the arms control framework if you talk to states like the baltic states they say look we're already in the line of fire maybe it's good for us that the united states advances along with russia so there's it's really a polarizing issue inside the alliance and i think we'll see some some pretty serious discussions on this today ok and we'll find out later today from brussels from teri schultz what those discussions are looking like thanks very much from outer. check in with some the other stories making the news this hour french government will reportedly suspend the planned fuel tax increases in the wake of the violent protests that we've been seeing against. an unnamed government sources prime minister edward philippe will announce the suspension layers during. israel's army says it has begun destroying tunnels built by the his block militant group the tunnels are said to sneak into northern israel from lebanon she had militant and political organization has won has launched attacks from lebanon on on israel in the past often with the support of ar

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where does the baltic fleet have to go to get to the battlefield? all the way down the west coast of africa, up into the battle theater, at which point it faces a japanese imperial combined fleet that's been sitting in shipyards for some months, refitting, training, getting better, at the same time when the russians are steaming 18,000 miles on very short maintenance and very short fuel and training. you can imagine what the outcome of that battle at the strait is in may of 1905. utter destruction. much worse than what you would see at jutland in 1916. and that's one reason the battle of the strait makes it into strategic debates even to this day. somebody was talking about w.s. simms at the break. one of our other presidents, admiral simms commanded u.s. naval forces in europe in world war i. he got into a tussle as a junior officer with mahan, who is the writer of many books and articles, about the design of ships at the battle of tsushinima strait. it's kind of interesting, it was a wonderful back and forth, but ultimately, and one reason i admir

on the europeans alone they want to have the americans in europe that's true for example for the baltic countries it's true for poland and. yeah ok i mean i don't think i don't think anyone i don't think anyone is talking about cutting the ties between cura but america completely but it you know light of the recent events at people are saying maybe it's time for europe to be more independent and not completely dependent on their economic or political decisions when it comes to the president of the america is what do you think more independent i'm not saying completely independent or completely cutting the ties with america but more independent. well you see when i was in office. as national security advisor to the chancellor kohl. at the beginning we faced a reveal a tough cold war they had to be in your country and nato. this was the time of the top with quick decision and deploying. middle way and nuclear systems in europe and in your country and. even in theory is that time the time it's hard. to tell the americans what the our interests are at that time versus the reagan was in offi