jenny hill reports from duisburg. germany thought this was the fuel of the past.s russia restricts its gas, germany is seeking other sources of energy and that includes firing up old coal power stations. so, martina's barges are busy, but she sees the damage done by vladimir putin's gas war. translation: of course it's good i for us that we are transporting l so much coal, but it's a fine line because industry here might have to shut down soon if the gas runs out. few here trust russia. but germany relied on its gas. it's painfully exposed. russian gas powered this country's economy. going without it, industry leaders warn, could have catastrophic consequences, perhaps even trigger a recession.

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jenny hill, bbc news, duisburg. and jennyjoins us live now from duisburg.ng at what, 30—40%, no imminent risk of a shortage but, of course, we are not in the winter yet. well, unfortunately, the gas supply may be working but our technology to jenny isn't. we will try to return to her later in the programme. in the meantime, a line of breaking news coming to us from italy. mario draggy has formally resigned as italy's prime minister. his resignation has been accepted by the italian president —— mario draghi. he will remain in office as caretaker prime minister for the time being. eventually this will bring about elections. our colleagues in the bureau in rome will advise that those elections will advise that those elections will likely be called for the autumn. the breaking news, the italian prime minister mario draghi, has formally resigned as italy's prime minister but will remain in office as caretakerfor prime minister but will remain in office as caretaker for the time being. more on that later in the programme. russia says its military focus in ukraine

jenny hill, bbc news, duisburg. the head of the cia says vladimir putin is hoping to grind down ukraine militarily after narrowing his strategic aims. william burns also said there was no intelligence that president putin, who is due to turn 70 this year, is unstable or in bad health. here's our security corrrespondent, gordon corera. he insists ukraine is not a real country. he insists ukraine is not a real count . ~ ., ., , country. ukraine the “udge to be weekend country. ukraine the 'udge to be weekend fall h country. ukraine the judge to be weekend fall quickly. _ country. ukraine the judge to be weekend fall quickly. quick- country. ukraine the judge to be weekend fall quickly. quick and | weekend fall quickly. quick and decisive victory at minimal cost. european leaders who he sought to be distracted by their own political transitions. and he believed he would build of sanctions proved economy. . he would build of sanctions proved economy- -_ would build of sanctions proved econom . . ., , , economy. . he had

jenny hill, bbc news, duisburg.conomic collapse and restoring order after months of mass protests. but many protest leaders have expressed disappointment at mr wickremasinghe's elevation, making it clear that they will continue with their demonstrations. 0ur correspondent, anbarasan ethirajan has been giving us the latest from the capital, colombo. a sense of disappointment and dismay by the protesters here, and as you can see, there are hardly any protesters that the main protest site here in colombo. they had already urged the political parties not to support him, but despite that, he got 134 votes in parliament, with a 52—vote majority. that is quite a huge majority, and no one expected that he could get so many votes in such a short time. so, he managed it, but the irony is he came with the support of a governing alliance, which is rajapaksa's party, and so people are questioning how far he is linked with the rajapaksas, though last night he denied that he was linked to them, and he claimed that he had been doin