k was one of the biggest defense providers and they were trying to think of a way for the e, u and u. k. to continue to work together. but because of what just happened, it's clear that the u. k is working far more closely with the u. s. and australia. so i think that you was kind of reeling from that as well. and today, at the much touted europeans in the pacific strategy, all of the questions, all of them were about the new strategic outcomes, the u. k. u. s. so it seems that they're pick me that on the international stage when it comes to defense issues. teresa, i do want to dig into some of the pacific stuff in just a moment as plenty to discuss that. but nicholas, i want to bring you in here because we're talking about you political well, not just in terms of finding the money to do all of this, but also in terms of spending it on the right things and also dealing with the whole nature issue. so in your mind, nicholas was actually holding the phone on there are a couple of things. one of them is be mentioned by both my colleagues already, which is the fear of duplication between

if the e u judges that the taliban behavior is, is being meeting a benchmark. it's standards. laurie, the international assistance is all conditional. what more did the pharmacist have to say about that? well, i think they have several concerns and probably points one and 2 on that list of concerns is that i've got to stand and go back to being a platform or a base for the export of what the european union would consider to be terrorism. to other countries, the other thing that the was very concerned about is that there isn't a huge back sliding of afghanistan's commitment to internationally recognized human rights standards. those are probably the 2 main things that the was concerned about. but there are other things as well. there are things like the flow of people out of afghanistan, the you, although it is their housing, or basically making home to those who want to flee a kind of song at the moment. it does not want to see huge accidents of people from afghanistan, like it's sort of 5 to 10 years ago when the situation in syria deteriorating rapidly. and t

u. k. of stub through in the back in australia still a v e readers are still really over what the biden and ministration did of ghana, stan. and now paris has been stunned by washington's announcement of a new partnership with australia and the u. k. called all because, but haven't the u. s. the u. k. and all these been calls allies for ages? what's the problem? well, thanks to august, australia will now be hooked up with us technology to build nuclear submarines while france waves goodbye to its own multi 1000000000 dollar contract to build 12 diesel subs for camera. now, for some damage control by senior american officials, after that deal was to repeat ode. there are a range of partnerships that include the french and some partnerships that don't. and they have partnerships with other countries that don't include us. that is part of how global diplomacy works are such words enough to calm the fury in paris, which is even called of a gala, at the french embassy in washington to celebrate historic ties with the u. s. good question. anyway, the french government has shown they're not willin

and the e. u. published ed strategy for cooperation in the in the pacific, clearly stating the intention not to worse in relations with china. contradicting the apparent intentions of august, the e. u will also pursue its multifaceted engagement with china, engaging bilaterally to promote solutions to come and challenges when it comes to neighboring countries. new zealand doesn't want australian nuclear subs anywhere near its waters. stria has today voluntarily and secretly entered into a nuclear by defense, the military pac with 2 nuclear weapons site. is that an it guy parades, no stability, and for pacing corporation in the world. there are a wide, original concern, indonesia, the pacific, new zealand. many other players are looking in a, the disbelief or anger or at least concerned about a position for not having gone through all that. let me just show you part of how the australian prime minister introduced barcus. we must now take our partnership to a new level, a partnership that seeks to e

there are those in the u gen creek class, again, revisiting the possibility of a pan e. u. army. what's happening to all that nato unity we are constantly reminded out also why does washington stay in syria after being defeated? enough canister. the discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess to send me well we in budapest, he's a pod cast for the gabble which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow were joined by to me 3, bob, which is a political analyst and editor at you know, it's me internet media project or a gentleman, cross talk rules and effects. that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciate it. okay, it's going to georgia in budapest. i guess none of us are surprised george that we hear talk of a e u army in the wake of the exit humiliating exit from our anason. but this isn't something that we've, we've heard for the 1st time. this has been popping up left and right.

again at a time when e. u. member states are also struggling to meet the funding commitments in nato as well. so that could be a why did your political backlash than just that of china and when grown reaction to the story on the streets of paris for you see, but when you finally, this is not the 1st time that united states has taken contracts from last year very good, the bad because we do not respect anyone to act like them off the thing if front on the same plane taken or they would like to see if the current president is better than a represents a lot of money, but a lot of jobs. but it would be better for making things, but it's a little just on us, i suppose. and the other hand, which allowed them to bring the cars to make it up. marines, no person to see that a contract has been broken, happened to us and always paragraph included, but it must be just the job. you have to have a good reason. you'll find a standard correctly the united states is a competitor for so of course it's not a good thing that they

now the e u ombudsman. she's very keen to take a look into this further and find out exactly what was said. the message coming from the e u commission was they don't keep any record of what they call short lived communications . the decision to record a certain piece of information in the administration's document management system should, according to law, not be dependent on the medium b at a letter and email a text or instant message. but on its content will at the time the deal was done. it was said to have been very much down to the personal diplomacy of a you commission president pers lafond the line at secuity whopping 1800000000 doses of their cove at 19 vaccine. and it was absolutely essential because it took up the slack that had been left after the collapse of the deal with vaccine manufacture astrazeneca to provide jobs to the european union. for a month, miss vaughan de line had been exchanging texts and calls with albert buller, the chief executive of pfizer. another vaccine supplies the block

and that's why the sausage was difficult because southern on his part of the e. u and northern on staying with the u. k. now, when it comes is ongoing conflict. we heard 2 weeks ago, irish prime minister, michael martin, said he believed the issues over northern island could be resolved with the right political will if he referred to it. yeah. so what is it going to take for the situation to get worked out for once and for all, do we have until christmas, or do we have the political will for the it's a very, very complex issue. a couple of things that have been talked about a few things. number one, don't forget the swiss. on the e, you have an agreement with the swiss and switzerland is right in the heart of europe, and they've always managed to deal with the rest of europe. and with the you, those agreements could be given an extended every single one of them to the british right to the, to the u. k. and when i say u. k, i mean northern ireland as well. and those are called a sanatorium photo sanitary regulations. and those pertain to everything veterinary and th

and there was a lot of talk about ending a very important e u. u. s. cooperation schemes. for example, the upcoming technology cooperation council was going to be cancelled because the french were so upset. but i think we should be careful not to complete, complete france with the e u, because it's a bilateral trade issue. and it's not that everyone in the us necessarily supporting france on this. ok, a manual. do you agree with that? particularly the bit about sending extra help to the hell. the statement said that the president biden reaffirms the strategic importance of france and the european engagement in the pacific region of the u. s. is going to supply extra help. the french lead anti terrorist operations in this a hell. is that going to be enough to put kate france? absolutely not. these are words. this is absolutely not good or expecting. president biden did not. i think comply to totally, to what france or assistant person found. so expecting, of course, he used to diplomatic words of having better consultations. but does that mean that fans would be engaged wit

i believe that the construction of no dream to is contrary to the interests of the e. u as a whole. now, despite all that opposition, the project is complete, and the russian form as spokesperson has said that there is nothing to stop it at this point and has urged countries not to interfere or make any obstacles to authoration in the future. and the pipeline is now fully operational. technically all the pieces have been connected, but now it's just the waiting certification. and it's expected that by the end of the year, it will start delivering gas to germany. when we talked about the completion of the pipeline with a member of germany's governing c d u policy, as well as a german economist and publisher does skip this. it is possible to interprets in different ways who was interested in using this commercial economic project, which is essentially aimed at ensuring reliable gas supply for political purposes. and what interests were being pursued from the point of view of ensuring the reliability of supplies. it is important that this project was nevertheless implemented and i am g

the countries foreign minister has the e. u. to let in any one, we've had this picnic the job, the blocks medicines washed over b. m a is dragging its feet on approval despite most of some marino's population. already having gold, the russian shot was settled and split v d to delays in the supply of n. mae approved vac. since for more than 2 months, despite resigned agreements. and we believe that europe in institutions obliged to recognize the freedom of movement of anyone who has antibodies to cove at 19, regardless of the type of shot, almost 20000 people to the sun. marino's population has been in ok. lated with nick v. but the inability to move freely is particularly problematic, as the land looks nations entirely surrounded by e. u. member states. equally, i didn't use conference russia and some reno's top diplomats railed again, the policy is ation on the job. maps with russia has delivered the sputnik the vaccines in san marino for the vaccination of population are on the collaboration and really help to improve epidemio

that hammons out e u policy. i spoke to mr burrell about the issue, and even sighted his own words, including a very unacceptable phrase that the e u. does not distinguish the regime in moscow and the russian people i saw he felt awkward when he heard this from me. but i hope these were just words, not his actual thought was even now there was also discussion of the possibility of a prisoner exchange for some americans that are being held in russia and some russians that are being held in the united states. there was also talk of the question of israel and palestine very wide ranging press conference held in the press room of the un headquarters in manhattan. but all eyes will be on the general assembly hall, because that is where the remarks, the foreign minister will give to the assembled un general assembly body. they're coming up very shortly. that is where we will hear the formal address of russia to the un general assembly. so that's what people are waiting to hear from next in the aftermath of that press c

there are those in the u gen creek class, again, revisiting the possibility of a pan e u army was.

obviously with the e. u and russia, but i actually want to start with poland with you because there is this energy crisis is coming in the u. k. and the you, if they don't already have one, doesn't pull and have a right to try and keep the polish power system stable, which is what they're saying, why they're not going to abide by the court order. well, i mean in the broader thing of the e u, they have rules and regulations on that. we don't have the state dispos have the right to to do that. technically, the quarter, the use those laws, they're going to try to get around it. but they went into this union, scotty and you know, that, that said that we're all in and we're all sharing. the other issue, of course, is call versus natural gas versus nuclear. and in the rest of the e u, as they have closed down nucular power plants, which by the way, today are safer than, than you know, walking outside the street on the grass. and then the wind stop blowing north sea. and all of a sudden people are realizing, gosh,

i did not add the stereo towards china, e u states feeling like they were left, hung out to dry, the u. s. and u. k. and making decisions without consulting their friends with nato's ongoing friendship. crisis airing it's member states dirty laundry. many are finding it hard to see a strong united future for the west over 7 decade long military alliance. nato was considered by franz a month ago, year to go by president my whole as brain dead. a brain dead alliance, best strong words within nato. they want to revise the concept, he's teaching concepts and bring it back actually to the north atlantic. because if you follow america, nato will soon be in the pacific, cruising around china with us. this is not the way nature was conceived and it shouldn't be there. europeans should not be in that region of the world. markets said repeatedly that we should enlarge our vision any desperately look to something to do. that's the reality. you know, we are in that. i mean, maintain what's in the scanner. stuff is in iraq. to train the forces, that's the limits of the extension. this is not the n

and all of this comes, of course, as the e. u is about to head into the winter when of course, more people are likely to use things like gas to heat their homes or do their basic cooking. now, the issue is many fold. it's to do with the, with a here in europe at the moment. it's to do with low storage is at the moment when it comes to gas, just to give you a sense that the price is been rising rapidly since april. and that's because it's been below the pre panoramic level of the amount of storage of gas that's been available as a type of reserve. so generally, pre pandemic, we would have seen about 84 percent full storage of gas reserves that's now down to around 71 percent. meaning that, you know, many people are fearing that they may not be enough gas to get through the wind t. as a result of that, we're seeing that wholesale price increase, and then of course that will be passed on to consumers. you would think now the e u has been struggling to import gas from a market such as asia. and so as a result of that, there is this h

mostly syrian refugees and 2015. america has also been credited with keeping the e u together during more than a decade of crises. she also played a critical role in tackling the european and global financial crisis between 20072009. ah. well, let's now bring in our guests. in hamburg, we have mona l omari. she's a rice in an activist focusing on social justice in berlin. we have over a broken political analyst and also professor of political science at stanford university in berlin. and in london, a week, a franca, a senior policy fellow at the european council on foreign relations. i will welcome to you all. thanks so much for joining us today. now as we've been saying anglo michael remains incredibly popular in germany, and if she was around again, she probably when hands down. so i wanted to start with who might succeed heads a see a very close race to close to court at the moment. i think almost within the era margin here and to remind you is this is an election for the bonus struggle, the parliament not actually the chancellor itself. and i see we are looking at a potential 3 p

i'm with the international is written to the e. u. and also if you came to say that it deeply concerned about the type of language that you was using when it talks about protecting its borders. but you also how's it says another solution. this is daniel cower has money in front of the taliban by saying, look, if you keep to certain conditions, if you protect the white women, if you allow girls to school, we will give you money and funding towards humanitarian assistance in the country. rebuilding the country, all of facebook does come with those conditions in the you commission is today thing off that press conference, we will have to wait and see if those positions are met. the money will not be forthcoming before they met. despite all of the discussions today, we know that some european countries offer that they also will not be taking any more migrant refugees from amazon. was the steam of the ultimate when it comes to admission. my position is well, moon. i think that nothing much has changed, especially because austria has done t

it probably will come down to money and the e. u has said that it suspending at the moment is development assistance to the african government. although it has pledged about $1400000000.00 worth in money over the next $3.00 or 5 years. that is the kind of thing that might make a difference to the taliban. we certainly interesting, over the coming days, weeks and months. thank you for that update, rory rory johns live for us in london. the us says it lifted a total of more than $120000.00 people from cobble from any afghans who applied for a special visa, including interpreters and worked with american forces have been left behind someday. that would be 10. as i tried to get to the airport, charlotte balance has moved. this woman was an interpreter for the us department of state and defense enough canister. first 5 years. she tried and failed to get a lifted. that makes me hopeless because we serve for the youth government. they say the social media, we are helping our allies. how many of your allies have been evacuated? she says she

it all comes again at a time when e. u. member states are also struggling to meet the funding commitments in nato as well. so it seems like that could be a white, a geo political back class backlash than just that of china. jedi, thanks for taking us through all of us. a lot of interesting points raise their u. k. correspondence. shelby edwards dusty. let's go through some of the things with luke. repay independent journalist speaking to us from brussels, always good to have you in the program. look. can we talk about the, the wider impact here that the you, for instance, say's it wasn't informed about this new deal. why would they be kept out of such significant security discussion? well, there is no, you are not the fan. you know, our countries like germany, like the u. k, that was in europe until recently, all from our exporting weapons. and they don't tell their all of their friends within the european union of our sales because they're all competing with each other in on this issue of the submarines, germany and sweden

if the e u was to make it easy for the u. k, and we've mentioned this before. there are many other countries that would want to me. so the e, you fundamentally wants to make it difficult for the british, but doesn't eventually one side have to back down and say, you know, you say when you lay this out, you go the u. k. doesn't want to do this, right? you doesn't want to do that, totally understandable. that's why we negotiate. that's why we come to an agreement . does one of the side of the bench we have to back down? you would think so eventually one side is going to have to an eyeball. i've always maintained this. i've always maintained that when you look at the manufacturers and you look at the tradespeople throughout europe. and i've always said this about the german con manufacturers. if you look at se mercedes, and you look at the german called manufacturers and the white goods coming out of germany, the u. k is a huge market for them. there's a lot, a lot of pressure all ankle america on all the german politicians to just say let's make an agreement to yo

it's probably time to pause and reset our e u u. s. relationship. what we're seeing that has made a lot of things more difficult, and i'm afraid things will remain more difficult for a while. we understand very well the anger of our french friends. what was decided that the way this decision came about is irritating. it is sobering and not only for france. now, what's interesting is that after joe biden spoke on the official schedule of the un general assembly, we were supposed to be hearing from french president macross who was going to give a pre recorded statement. however, that pre recorded address from the french leader has been cancelled. france has not given an official reason for this decision, but many are looking on and saying that this is related to the new tension between the united states and france related to the office deal. now, china has also denounced the off steel saying that it is an escalation leading to a kind of new cold war war war. the us u. k. s. trading nuclear submarine collaboration has seriously undermined regional peac

the, the discuss these issues and more, i'm joined by my guess, george m u l e. in budapest, he's a pod, castro, the gabble which can be found on youtube and locals. and here in moscow were joined by dmitri babich. he is a political analyst and editor at, you know, it's me internet media project. right. gentleman, cross talk rules and effects. that means you can jump anytime you want, and i always appreciate it. okay, it's going to georgia in budapest. i guess none of us are surprised george that we here talk of a e u army in the wake of the exit humiliating exit from our anason. but this isn't something that we've, we've heard for the 1st time. this has been popping up, left and right. and there are though, if it's make the claim which i think has created this, is this brussels looking for another power grab at the expense of others, particularly the united states. but then you have the atlanta system, it will have even more power to push back. i mean, i'm not really sure if it's a meaningful conversation, but we're talking about a b.

there's also been global concern with disapproval from the e u and u n. well, they've.

so that the 6 the e u. is particularly worried about on surprising that they're putting in place some time to restrictions for american tourists. however, you may not face one of those tied to restrictions if indeed you are fully vaccinated. but as we know, it's not just the house implications, but there are other implications to was 50000000 americans a year visited europe before this con demick can pump billions of pounds into the european economy as well. thing says, all of that the united states has yet to reopen its own borders to e u tourism. but it's not just america alone just to mention all for israel cost of a leopard, non montenegro on no face at the border restriction in europe as well. but for the travel industry, all of it is pretty much bad news. it's huge trouble. yes. to get sex for the very much all you please hit one of the hardest throughout the whole you know, just in terms of waiting to reopen. yes. again, but also having with the constant rule changes in europe. and mine also has come