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they were doing this with ukraine and of course with belarus.this is the first thing an independent nation has to do to establish independence, energy independence from russia, because this is the main presidential and national assembly elections. of a bloody drug war, economic contraction and an acute energy crisis. fifteen months in office. popular with younger voters, he has given the security and lawyer luisa gonzalez, who's aiming to become the country's first female president. will take place in april. our south america correspondent, ione wells, i asked her if it is correct to assume that daniel nobo would really like to remain in power. he took over after his predecessor had to step down to call for him to go. so noboa took over. that swept the country, including an armed attack to introduce emergency measures. he's given the security forces sweeping new powers as a result. overall, last year, the murder rate in ecuador did start to fall slightly, but other violent crimes like kidnappings have continued to rise. recorded in the country.

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. to death at his lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled their power grids from russia and belarusstep towards energy independence. the prime minister next week to call for a statutory public inquiry into what happened. taser, taser! do not move. schizophrenic, was arrested. an independent review of his care prior to the attacks, understood or managed. good morning, everybody. once again, thanks for your attendance. that the authorities, who they say failed their to the prime minister and the rest of the government, make it statutory. to attend, give evidence and tell the truth. of the opposition last year. they will meet him again, this time as prime minister, on wednesday. the precise scope of the inquiry it has promised. he wasn't forced to take anti—psychotic medication, in part because he didn't like needles, and the concerns health care. the families of calocane�*s victims say the findings that the government should react. simon jones, bbc news. england and wales. the invictus games begins in vancouver today — the opening ceremony with his wife meghan. election campaign last

with this, they're linked into a network of soviet era belarus and russia.and for european unity. the estonian prime minister called it historic. the lithuanian prime minister said it would strengthen energy both to the baltic republics and also to the entire eu. and there's a further complication because russia has between lithuania and poland, and that, the link from this network to kaliningrad has also now been turned off. energy island of its own. fine. they've been preparing it for years, and it so it's a very complicated situation. yes. it's extraordinary, isn't it? incredibly isolated, that little enclave. just in terms of the physicality of this, been quite a bit of work. yeah. but this has been years, more than 15 years in the planning. the three baltic nations are now operating in what's to the wider european electrical system. the king and queen hosted a black—tie dinner last night and david beckham and the actor stanley tucci attended cooking methods. sounds delicious. i didn't get my invite. you my invite. thank you for watching news. saturday m

electricity lines with russia. >> and belarus. >> are. >> being dismantled. >> these chains of power lines linking you to hostile neighbors will be a thing of the past. >> the move also means that russia's enclave of kaliningrad has been cut off from the country's power grid. russia says it has ensured kaliningrad has enough electricity to stand alone. i want to turn now to germany, where u.s. president donald trump overshadowed a pre-election debate between the candidates for chancellor, incumbent olaf scholz says europe is prepared to respond quickly if the u.s. imposes tariffs on the european union. as we mentioned earlier, mr. trump is preparing to announce tariffs on many countries this week. scholz also clashed with his conservative rival friedrich merz, over the far right afd party, which was endorsed by president trump's ally elon musk. mertz, who is leading in the polls, blames schulz's policies for fueling the rise of the afd. still to come, china is giving the united states a taste of its own medicine with new retaliatory action against donald trump's tariffs, raising conc

harvey willgoose lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled their power grids from russia and belaruso the country. now on bbc news, it's sportsday.

united art of m. ritz provided mediation on humanitarian efforts to both parties in the conflict while belarus offered a frontage site. first aid on the communications for the prison. the. now with us a i d. under its controls, the white house has noticed that it sites firmly on the c. i a, the entire workforce has reportedly being offered so called biology packages with a view to making sweeping changes across the organization. now a prominent members of the trump team previously took aim at how did the united states agency for international developments rule was shaped by the company us id, which is the front point $5000000000.00 in the funding. those riots, those riots lead to the a to a could a talk against the 1st elect, the democratically elected of the ukraine a most before that comment is over on victoria new and was, you know, the part of the center piece of the economy audiology and who is now a high level official and the state department as a secret call with the us and passenger, which is tape record and is now public, which anybody can go and look up where she is picking the new

harvey willgoose lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled their power grids from russia and belarusp towards energy independence. country won't be bullied — after us president donald trump criticised south africa's land laws and froze american aid to the country. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. and warren gatland in the six nations, after losing to italy. england are up against the favourites, france, with the match into the closing stages — who has the edge in twickenham. and it was always a long—shot. leyton orient came close to a famous fa cup upset against manchester city, but couldn't quite see it through. england have booked their place in netball�*s nations cup final, as they beat uganda at the copper box arena. ilona maher stars for the bears, in the west country win over exeter. but we start with another superb set of fixtures in the six nations. the team just can't seem to buy a win at the moment — to italy in today's six nations encounter. two defeats in two for them now — and it's hard to see how they can pull themselv

q.. .. . .qq the integration of the baltic states lithuania, latvia, networks of russia and belarus on0s. baltic countries to move away from the russian supplier. from the soviet union. and i remember the time already, the first thing and, at that time, poland stepped in. so it's kind of symbolic and practical, and concrete that "synchronisation" of the electric power grid station system. and it is important for practical, concrete security and it has played fast and loose, using the energy let's flip this on its head. well, first of all, it's the image issue. because let's not forget that, you know, at the beginning on russian energy. and all this has been brought up by the crazy aggressive this synchronisation on its own, because it will no longer have the luxury of being connected to mother russia, so to speak. and, mr pszczel, just briefly, if you can, does this really bolster european security then? well, it does, because dependence on russia is bad for security. their connections — is an understanding internationally that this is the right way to go, about as long as russia remai

intelligence cooperation board on the way, am i 6 trained separate to those to be dropped into wisdom belarus? nicholas good. i'd see one moment to finish up plans a blog and is the one that's been signed. that's cool. a full thumbs up. let's click across the key concept of media. so use of what i was wondering, but it, but it actually was ready to do the personal opinion with this quote. it took her to him there, place to, you know, to see if uh, just sent to you or what it is. but i will talk to you to do for sure. he's actually get that most of them were still quite a trick kind of thing. is that going to kind of do not for you until not c s k e on just a sticker twitter. what do you live at the interesting leave with the style of the great country i'll take? well, which is prime minister. winston churchill issued a statement in support of the soviet union. the statement from official london with a bonus government in exile without having anybody task operating system. let's say it's cool. so you just by way in this that's of interest to you to just kind of think us all as best. i look for

confirmed each side exchanged 150 prisoners of war and that the freed russians were currently in belarusndon. one of the big stories there tonight, scientists hope a mix of artificial intelligence with human expertise will help decipher ancient scrolls. the artifacts were car donized by volcanic eruption 2,000 years ago. today researchers announced the rejennings ration of the image of inside of these one of crease scrolls held at oxford university. just some of the beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ i can see clearly now the rain has gone ♪ i can see all obstacles in mye way ♪ she thinks her flaky, gray patches are all people see. ♪ otezla is the #1 prescribed pill to treat plaque psoriasis. over here! otezla can help you get clearer skin and reduce itching and flaking. doctors have been prescribing otezla for over a decade. otezla is also approved to treat psoriatic arthritis. don't use otezla if you're allergic to it. get medical help right away if you have trouble breathing or swallowing, swelling of the face, lips, tongue, throat or arms. severe diarrhea, nausea or v

you have an enormous border around ukraine going up on the east and then over on the north, up by belarus to protect that. how do you protect the, the, the existing line of the lines that exist right now? how do you protect that? then? what do you do with sanctions? do you lease get rid of sanctions? if so, how quickly? and then we have this issue, which might be the best positive thing of all with these rare earth elements. that could be a deal and could be very attractive to the united states, obviously, and perhaps to ukraine. so that would be one positive. but i'd have to say the the real questions, the more negative side of this, the difficult side is really tough. >> many thanks to jill dougherty there for her analysis on the conflict in ukraine. and still to come, china hits back with new retaliatory action against donald trump's tariffs, raising concerns of an all out trade war. back with that and more in just a moment. >> nothing is. >> what it seems in the lockerbie story. >> lockerbie, the bombing of pan am flight 103 premieres next sunday at nine. >> on the itch and rash. >> o

we've got to understand what happened in places like belarus and elsewhere and turkey.f the things that gives me the most hope over the last week is that people are starting to show up in three dimensions at the treasury building across the state of hawaii, across the country. it's not the resistance. it's not going to be pink hats again. it's not going to be the same vibe. but there is a citizen movement now to take our country back. and once we're starting to see each other, we're starting to think, okay, it's going to take people in the legislative branch fighting. it's going to take smarter political operatives. it's going to take people in the media. it's going to take people in the civil service refusing to obey illegal orders. and it's going to take citizens everywhere supporting all of those efforts. >> well. >> your fury and your alarm on this led you to say that democrats needed to be doing more than they were already doing. they need to be taking more extreme measures. you have been pushing your own party to take the kind of steps that you're taking tonight w

something that -- so that, you know, there's europeans would say that's not a free and fair election in belarus and then another say it's free and fair, our monitors were there. that floods the kind of -- or muddies the basis for asserting what's actually going on. so we see active moves of authoritarian government to cooperate in this way. and of course, my fear, you can see, is that if we're going to attack the democratic rule of law internationally and international unions and attack even things regime neutral like the united nations, after all, does have all kinds of countries in it, isn't the next step to actively cooperate with dictators to help our own leaders stay in power, perhaps in violation of our constitutional law. that's what i'm watching these days and i'm very interested to listen to the next discussion. >> thank you, tom. we'll next turn to the senior researcher for institute of legal research as she's written broadly on latin american constitutionalism and the recent book, women, gender and constitutionalism in latin america. >> thank you, thank you so much. it was great to p

if there were happening in belarus, we would be like, ah, creeping autocracy, right? if in a middle eastern country, we would know what this was. so i think you're really hitting the right point as it relates to public service, and i think about the united states military, which has been always, always a bastion for inte integration, right? mr. murphy: all sorts of integration. mr. schatz: all sorts of integration. now we're sdieting some people are not eligible to serve. not because they can't meet the requirements, but because somebody finds it weird. we're going back not five years, but 20 or 30. by the way, this anti-dei and anti-woke thing, i want to drill down on it for a moment. if what you don't like is like the whole consultancy, someone comes into your workplace with a powerpoint and makes us feel guilty for your personal ethnic backgrounds, i've been in some of those meetings. there is a lot of eye rolling and they do not increase diversity, equity, and inclusion. there's a lot of people who got frustrated with dei because when they think of it, they think

they gave $1.5 million for, quote, art for inclusion of people with disabilities in belarus. another $3.9 million for lgbt causes in macedonia. $8.3 million for equity and inclusion education in nepal. i could go all night. and many of my colleagues are upset, they're really mad at mr. musk. hell, i think we ought to give him a medal. all he's doing is what president trump said he was going to do. president trump said he's going to audit the spending. so, trump goes and hires musk, again, with a top-secret security clearance. nobody can quibble with his intelligence. the guy's as smart as einstein's cousin. he's a very successful businessman. some say he's the richest guy in the world. and he's doing the auditing. and man, he's finding a lot of stuff. i call it spending porn. now, i'm not saying everything that usaid does is wasted. but i'm saying a lot of it is, a hell of a lot of it is. and we ought to be on the floor of this united states senate thanking mr. musk. and we ought to be asking him to go through every agency and look at everybody's budget, everybody's budget. t

to do democracy work, to support freedom fighters who are fighting against autocrats in venezuela, belarusunited states stronger. we want to defeat our adversaries so that we can have our economic progress sustained through trade. the tariffs. again, why would you take on your allies? you should put pressure on china. you should put pressure on russia, iran, north korea. the targets are wrong. we need we need, frankly, canada and mexico to ally with us against the adversaries china, russia, etc. so it's all backwards and counterproductive. and of course, the american consumers will suffer. >> well, american consumers will suffer. exactly. there will be inflation. but you know, molly, let's just put us to the side. the moral concerns, there are grave moral concerns about what's happening with u.s. aid. but let's. just talk strategy for a second on two things. 1 or 3 things. i've got three things really quickly. one, on shutting down u.s. aid. i mean, we use our u.s. aid, as i said before, to help us with soft power, to help us strategically, to help us chase down al qaeda, to help us get in