since the start of the war, within the e u, it is a vocal support of sanctions against russia. but the central european country, like many others on the continent, is heavily dependent on russian energy. and there are serious concerns here about how secure that supplies energy took, reduce important topic right now and our dependence on russia, or is that of huge for us. so it's a really enormous sir, independence failing of rational gas and oil, and turn, we have to find a solution for all of us about 30 trick republic knows this would be, have been possible only solidarity of all your countries. but e u countries are increasingly drifting apart on how to respond to russia's invasion of ukraine. people i've spoken to here in prague favor continued support for ukraine, and a hot line on russia. they say this country's history being occupied by the soviet union has a lot to do with it. but the sentiment isn't the same across the union. and so a big part of this presidency for the check republic will be to keep the e you united going forward. some say that the timing, the chick r

according to the latest official reports, both the e u and the u. s. have sent over $10000000000.00 worth of military a to ukraine since the war erupted. we've talked to people in italy and spain, who believed that their government's actions only exacerbate the crisis. diana novel, italy, as again in crisis from the political point of view. absolutely. we are not a country that can afford to support a war, neither in economic terms nor in social and civil terms, our constitution repudiate war. i repeat it. i believe that we must develop actions to end the war, not to make a continue. i believe that european countries and my country, italy should not give ukraine more weapons. those of you what i find absolutely scandalous as the enormous increase in the military budget in a situation of generalized crisis that we all find ourselves. a huge increase in the military budget, and this is to satisfy the wishes of nato bafflement. the e. u has been feeling the conflict for a long time. either. i know the history i have heard about what has been happening in

do you think the e u brussels ever expected? the kind of blow back that those restrictions created was not in their thinking at all. probably now i don't think that they, these people think these things through because they're already been sold the energy problems in the e. u, even before february, the 24th. and basically, the europeans have been relying on renewables to replace the bill that they know getting off the ground. so they expect that the renewable to take the place of the fuel. so that was the problem. then they failed to sign the contract with russia, referring to gamble, everything on the market. that was a gamble. and so now they've, they're closing expansions. i think the europeans are just make one disastrous mistake after another. and now that goes into this mess. all was a pleasure to have you on the program, george global analyst and rider dr. george zamarelli. thank you. can let's move to south asia, the resignation letter of sure. like as president has been received by the countries, parliamentary speaker f

and the e u, we commits itself to green energy. after all, the e u expensive gas demands to for 30 percent by 2030. then what european companies will leave and nations on the african continent will be left behind with dumped production facilities and reduced marcus. all this has pushed african needed to call out the sudden interest in the evening as a double standard, that perpetuates the waste exploitation of this region. they sending out a simple message. we are not your gas station. they cannot just come and say we need your gas or buy your gas and we'll take it to europe. they need to give something back to us. so it's not just about abandoning those green energy models at the drop of the hatch. it's about equal partnerships. at view of continues to not practise what is preaches, and critics say resort to its old colonialist mindset. is it any surprise that african novel, china, not waste, as the greatest to ally after all, the multi $1000000.00 projects have improved the lives of local from providing bridges to hospitals to in

while e u. member states have agreed an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption. people across the continent, a bracing themselves for a tough wind ahead. as we mentioned earlier, e u energy ministers are meeting now in brussels, where the trying to reach an agreement on rationing natural gas this winter. now, even before russia's latest gas cut, the e u had been working on a draft law that would require member states to cut demand for natural gas by 15 percent between august and next march. other remain significant disagreements over the details with several european countries heavily dependent on natural gas supplies from russia. and tell us more about all of this, we are joined from brussels by dw correspondent christine manuel. hi christine. now and e ministers. they're meeting to a group today to agree on this emergency proposal to curb gas usage. what more can you tell us about today's meeting? that's right. onion, as you've highlighted on the initial planned by the commission or would have done more effectively, it would have given the commission the powers

b, e u agrees to reduce gas consumption and prepare for a total of minutes to sign up to production targets to safe reserves for the winter rushes slashes, deliveries, germany's energy minister, calls it economic warfare. great. find his battle for a 6th day to down a massive wildfire is consuming, vast stretches of protected forest endangering wild life, and they habitat and sweet and take on england. in the semi final of 2022 euros. the hosts are hungry for their 3rd european championship final. they have a sold out crowd in sheffield behind them. ah, i'm been visible and welcome. the european union has agreed to cut back on natural gas at an emergency meeting in brussels. russia is slashing deliveries. moscow saying it needs to carry up maintenance work on a key pipeline and that a complete stoppage is not on the cards. e, you officials don't believe either statement. member states reaching a deal to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15 percent for next month. as europe's energy ministers met in brussels on tuesday, the urgency of the challenge they faced had become increasingly obvi

were e u states unified in their response? well, at the beginning of this meeting this morning though, there was no that sense of unity. we have seen countries like portugal and poland as well as countries from central europe as hungry that there in fact even threatened to go on its own and have its own separate agreements with russia. because the you handled through the commission, all the agreements in terms of the power supplies and the energy supplies in general. so that he was able to come this agreement after kind of conceding the, the part where it comes to mandatory cuts. it said that these are, these cuts will not be imposed her for the countries that has their own a special needs as cited in the statement. and at the same time, it also gave the option that if 5 countries or 5 members of the you ask for this cuts to be imposed, that will also happen. so it was that mid point that the, you, a, you know, has been able to reach are just there a few, a few minutes before the start of your, the press conference in which th

oh, there are fresh concerns in e. u. after rush a hole sit at the flow of gas through the notes tree worn pipeline to germany for 10 days. that is due to scheduled maintenance. germany's vice chancellor says european countries need to agree to tighten a belt in an attempt to get through expected shortages. however, the pipelines maintenance was agreed by all sides in advance on will last until the 21st of july. no stream one flows directly from russia to germany through the baltic sea and his a key energy pipeline for berlin. last month, russia reduced the pipelines capacity by 40 percent of to saying that some he hardware needed for the gus roots is being held up by western sanctions. the pipeline accounts for around half of germany's gas import oxy contributes a ritual. marston has more mustered german economy minister, robert havoc express concerns de russia when his gas applies as a political weapon. amid the program maintenance shut down of the north stream, one pipeline which normally transports gas from russia to

for the e. u has been feeling the conflict for a long time. i know the history, i have heard about what has been happening in ukraine since 2014. i know that don bass lugens can all the territories where the russian speaking population lives, which has been suffering for 8 years, were constantly bomb. and i don't think that the e u sending weapons to the country leads to conflict mitigation courses. i believe that trying to stop the war with the instruments of war is not the best way because it seems to me that europe has already proved that it has other international instruments to stop the war. i mean, diplomatic and other methods, but i don't think guns against guns is the way out. and yes, i think that the war would have already ended if europe was looking for an alternative solution. most political commentators, john brick, mont, believe european leaders don't care about civilians being killed by the weapons they are providing. well, i think the thought was in the beginning was to have a change in victory, as i said, the collapse of the r

so roger is turning down the gas, it appears the e. u has now reached some consensus around cutting its gas consumption going into winter. but you believe both sides have a part to play in getting to this point. oh dave, all so far, the economic or the sanctions to large extent, one side of the west puts more and more sanctions on russia. now obviously this could be interpreted as a form of sanctions against the west. so for minutes, they've been waiting for how russia will retaliate them, as always tends to be some surprise when russia retired. but that being said, i think russia opened sanctions in the energy sector and go to the dramatic extent, completely cutting off your guess because this could percent thrush as being an unreliable energy fire. and if you're one of the largest integer energy suppliers in the world, you have an interest in having certain trust and reliability. so for this reason, i think ross are more more relies on exploiting certain excuse and such as you know, if there's time for a for, for doing some repairs or

while e u member states have agreed an emergency plan to reduce gas consumption. people across the continent, bracing themselves for a tough winter ahead and for more no less we can bring in d w. 's political correspondent emanuel assures morning emma, so we've got germany and the rest of the eas saying they want to work together to save gas. but i mean, how easy is that gonna be? can you tell us a bit more about this plan? morning? i mean, yes, well, you have to keep in mind 12 e, u member states, a get russian got to know stream one. and for them it is crucial that they come to an agreement as to how to counter these dependency. oh, so for each member states, they have to agree to an emergency gas plan. this has been done to have, they've agreed on a draft is going to be discussed today. this includes the voluntary 15 percent reduction of natural gas consumption. this will occur between august this year to march next year. they also want to create together and make counties to tweak a block wide alert eve. there is a widespread gas shortage to out the continent.

the e u commission lowering its growth forecast today by almost a full percentage points of brussels. now protecting g d p growth of 1.5 percent next year. that's down from a spring estimate of 2.3 percent. a behind the change is higher than expected price growth. the you now says inflation driven by storing energy costs. as a consequence of the warren, ukraine will be considerably higher than expected this year, as was next year. right. enjoy now by dw brussels correspond marina strauss, and also by maria de meritus. she's the interim director of the brutal think tank and brussels. welcome to you both, maria. i want to start with you were talking about lower growth as well as ramp it . inflation. isn't that a dangerous mix for some you members? how concerned should we be? it is indeed a dangerous makes us very awkward position to dane, where policies that are honest make us have to take and decisions they have to make will actually pulling over the directions. but that's the reality. we are having inflation that is coming in finally from to begin with from energy prices. unless we lo

that was proposed over a week ago that really caused half of that plan was rejected by a number of e u. member states. it would have seen the commission take control over the situation in a way, ab be in a position to, to mandate those cuts and dictates to, to you. members how to ration a gas supply at, in their own countries that was widely rejected by number of countries. and so this version and its current form has only been rejected out by hungry. but bear in mind to get you at these concession, these exemptions that i talked about and have been faked in there, which effectively give a lifeline to, to any you member state at any given time to be able to exercise some level of exemption. and so in terms of what the e u is, is showing today, it is of course, something that they can say will united over. but in truth, it was difficult getting to this point. and anybody can tell you, this is a significantly watered down version of what the commission intended cruising this and the war, of course, are going to isolate raj, a long term, but short term it's european solving most absolutel

i mean, it shows that the economic system pushed forward by the e u and the u. s. which is basically neoconservatism plus neoliberalism. chose that they really don't care about their own people. actually, they could not care less about the impact on their people. and we wait for our activists and progressive friends in the north to actually start having discussions . you know, inequality is cold for class, but why can't we say that there's a class war going on here? well, well, we'll talk more about that after a short break, but the time b i, we have to take it. we will be back in just a few moments session. ah ah ah ah ah welcome back to well, the president react sale researcher for the south african chapter, hold the southern and east african trade institute, react before the break. we were discussing the implications of this conflict, the, as well as the globalized economic and political system for russia, for europe, for the united states. now let's turn our attention to africa and i recently came across a great quote from i q one does a playwright and boys and

national climate emergency which would further cut the energy supplies to the already shortage stricken e u. u. s. journalist manila chant explains, speaking outside of a former coal plant, turned wind power project over in somerset massachusetts. us president joe biden. call all the climate change a code read for humanity. he promised to take executive action to combat the climate crisis, but has so far stopped short of saying that he would declare this, a state of emergency climate changes emerge. and in the coming weeks, i'm going to use the power i have as president to turn these words in a formal official government actions through the appropriate proclamations, executive orders and regulatory power. the president, although many of his allies in congress are urging him to do so because this would unlock dozens of presidential powers available to him to take sweeping, real meaningful action to help get the, the u. s. 2 net 0 carbon emissions by the year 2030. now those powers would include things like halting the 2015 obama era crude oil exports b. u. s. up until 2015 for many decades d

as germany seek solidarity from other e u. member states in its attempts to ration gas import, hungry, prime minister continues to oppose an embargo on russian fuel. hungary have so far found ways to reach agreement with you on all anti russian sanctions. however, now we are up against a wall called the gas embargo. i suggest that the countries of the community do not try to fight against it. i don't think i'm the only one who shares this view. meanwhile, germany's economy minister continues to insist. the e u is united in the face of gas supply shortages from russia. his statement came on tuesday when you governments deliberate it over draft european law that would require member states to ration gas to protect countries from supply cuts. the main proposal was to reduce consumption by 15 percent with mandatory moves across the block if necessary. however, while germany, italy and some other member states rely heavily on russian imports, countries like spain, portugal and greece are less dependent. eventually, b, e u, supposed

instead, they're going to try downloading the pain on to citizens of e u. member states by asking to cut their consumption by 15 percent starting august 1st and into next year to make it through the winter. assuming that there is a full disruption of rush and gas, we need to save gas to fill our gas storage is faster. and to do so, we have to reduce our gas consumption. it's an a front to sovereign decision making that portugal, greece and spain have already overly rejected. the government does not agree in principle with the commissions proposal for a 15 percent reduction in natural gas consumption. meanwhile, hungry is 40 head with negotiations of new gas supply deals with russia as its top diplomat headed to moscow this week, rather than being an issue of the you versus russia, it is turned out to be more along the lines of the you against self. as pragmatists square off against the idealogues amid the sanctions. meanwhile, the hungarian parliament has continued to distance itself from the east duns by passing a resolution that curves brussels power and

so the e u has already lost. i would say one quarter of its original hot, originally the heart of the you, is it or the germany, france, and england and england left in the brakes. and the official language of the english is thereby become basically obsolete. because the, the, the big english chunk is gone and, and there may be other attrition. there may be other breaks. it's like a fax it for france. france is becoming increasingly wanted. president mccaul was probably the leader with the greatest foresight already at the ambassadors conference on 27 august 2019. that's over 3 years. basically said that the, the era of western had germany over the world has ended. and he warned, isn't best for those 2 to become to, to get acquainted with the thought that there are other powers that we are, that we have moved into a multi polar world all ready long before the military operation. you correct? all right, doctor andre thomas house and german attorney and law professor in south africa. thanks again for joining us on

e. u has announced sanctions on the russian private military company wagner as the church of the wagner group, as we know, had 1st to have helped us in ukraine. the british defense ministry says more than a 1000 fighters from russian private military contractor. the wagner group are being deployed to the country. russian massive. wagner is recruiting, and is making it known. and not just them give to, has learned to fear the world's most talked about. and enigmatic private military. competing with the whistling sound you heard was not an audio artifact. that was the sound of you . fabian cluster, my rockets disgorging hundreds of band appear to have one minds which characteristically flutter down to the ground. stand by the ottawa anti personnel mind convention which ukraine each party to for weeks now they have attempted to stall, or at least slow the orchestra's advance by carpet form in the countryside with band butterfly mines and other things besides his. her supplies left behind by u

that's after hungry held up the implementation of the e. u 6th. sanctions package against russia due to energy concerns off sholtes has. busy called the move selfish and says the veto right, should be scrapped if the block is to remain a global power. we simply can no longer afford national vetoes, for example, in foreign policy. if we want to continue to be heard in a world of competing great powers. so there's a troubling you trend, bouncing around the european union echo chamber last month. you commission president ursula voluntarily and said that she has no time for debate when it comes to foreign policy of the blocks member states. on the foreign affairs, i'm deeply convinced that it is not sustainable that the european union is not able to take a position because of one blocking and critical files and the speed at which things happen. the world wants to hear the european voice. the speed is too high to constantly or too often not be heard and seen because of the blocking of one here that plebeians of europe. president ursula has no time

and the e. u is conveying some extraordinary energy session on the matter. in this regard i simply wanda, there are rules which provides secure operation to the pipeline. did i get it right that we are being urged to violate the rules as particular german representatives are doing? as far as i'm concerned, germans are famous for being committed to rules. how can they call for the violation of rules on which depends the security of people when it comes to the north stream to it is completely ready to make up for the demands of europe, which needs this particular fuel. however, it's close for purely political reasons. for the children now sergey oliver was speaking from uganda during the 3rd leg of his african tor ugandan president phrased russia as a partner in its struggle against colonialism. and in a joint press conference, both men can from the refusal to contribute to the polarization of the world window of the cold war. one day the us mail question, are you perused? or for a was a should you must, you mustn't come when did you where do you think my, my

b e u agrees to reduce gas consumption and prepare for a total cutoff. ministers sign up to production targets to safe reserves for the winter. russia says it's flashing it's deliveries. germany's energy minutes that calls it economic wall. rush announces plans to withdraw from the international space station. it plans to build its own instead. and could things like these become the new normal and eastern parts of germany? look at the big scramble to adapt to a big dry as climate change tightens its grip. ah, i've been fissile and welcome. the european union is agreed to come back on natural gas at an emergency meeting in brussels, proseries slashing deliveries. moscow saying it needs to carry up maintenance work on a key pipeline. and that a complete stoppage is not on the cards. you officials don't believe either statement, member states reaching a deal to voluntarily reduce gas consumption by 15 percent from next month. as europe's energy ministers met in brussels on tuesday, the urgency of the challenge they faced had become increasingly obvious. russia's announcement this week tha

time to sit down and talk with the french president, hosting saudi arabia, crown prince, and his 1st e u trip. since a scandal over a high profile journalist killing human rights advocates lash out at mac wrong for wooing the prince to get energy deals. also this out through areas of one in russia, extreme postal environmental norman criteria with teen oil and gas fields or what it is covered and more coming for being one of the biggest all projects in going will and j sector and r t takes an exclusive look at russia's newest energy project, which flies in the face of a reported price cap on russian oil imports by g 7 countries. and another u. s. sen urges nancy pelosi to proceed with her scheduled trip to taiwan, despite growing threats from china to take forceful measures if the us house speaker follows through on her plan with well there you're watching r t international on donald quarter. welcome to the program. and now on to our top story, france is the latest you country to woo saudi arabia's crown prince, who is in paris for talks that says european leaders are desperately seeking

and now on to our top story, france is the latest e u country to woo saudi arabia's crown prince, who is in paris for talks that says european leaders are desperately seeking alternative energy suppliers to replace russian imports. however, human rights watch dogs are crying foul over the cording of the saudi prince. a washington based group called democracy for the arab world and now has filed a criminal complaint against the top saudi official, the organization, which was established by slain journalist jamal ca, shoji is urging paris to investigate the saudi prince over his a legit role in the 2018 killing of the founder. the dawn watch dog that tracks human rights violations in gulf countries and promotes democracy, says been, sol mon should be stripped of diplomatic immunity, as he isn't officially the one who rules saudi arabia. 2 other advocate groups have reportedly supported the initiative against the prince. and earlier amnesty international even criticized france for hosting the saudi official. i feel profoundly troubled by the visit because of what it means for our world.

u. s. and e, you were blocking poor countries from public stockpiling or food so that they can pay to for emergencies. and then when it comes into context of the ukrainian rule, they're all supportive of the african position. they block us from storing grain, you know, so that they can make profit from higher prices, yet they pretend to care for african countries. it's ridiculous. well, it's probably because they also want to keep it for themselves. there's green supplies, and i think this is one of the very unique features of the ukranian crisis. is that absolutely well, he can not only came home to roost, but it came home pretty soon and not only the poorest countries of the south that have to deal now when they arriving with fuel prices. but also the developing the world has to deal with certain insecurity. shortage is energy high. political as it in the united states had of the i could only trim election i one day if you think that the west may have miscalculated what it was getting itself in

and e u companies dominating international trade in coffee and grains. you know, people like car deal and then you have others like monsanto and buy on fertilizers and so on. so they seemed rather the argument that we said money printing the scores, the inflation no, it's also monopolization, as well as a ranch interests and people who are simply taking advantage of the crisis so that they can raise prices. and this is very indicative of the problem of rising inequality. i mean, it's shows that the economic system pushed forward by the e u and the u. s. which is basically neoconservatism plus neoliberalism shows that they really don't care about their own people. actually, they could not care less about the impact on their people. and we wait for our activists and progressive friends in the north to actually start having discussions . you know, inequality is cold for class, but why can't we say that there's a class war going on here? well, well, we'll talk more about that after a short break, but the time being i have to take it will be back in just a fe

and e. u companies dominating international trade in coffee and grains. you know, people like car deal and then you have others like monsanto and by on fertilizers and so on. so they seemed rather the argument that we say it's money printing that's caused the inflation. no, it's also monopolization, as well as a ranch interests and people who are simply taking advantage of the crisis so that they can raise prices. and this is very indicative of the problem of rising inequality. i mean, it shows that the economic system pushed forward by the e u and the u. s. which is basically neoconservatism plus neoliberalism shows that they really don't care about. they own people, actually, they could not care less about the impact on their people. and we wait for our activists and progressive friends in the north to actually start having discussions in our inequality is cold for class. but why can't we say that there's a class war going on? yeah, well, well, we'll talk more about that after a short break. but between b i, we have to take it, we will be back in just a

our priority is to continue working together with our e. u partners and allies, to and reliance on russian oil and gas. it's possible that post brags it u. k is faring better than it's you neighbors, a spokesman for the you case, national grid power network doesn't foresee any energy shortages. the u. k has been well supplied with gas throughout the year, with reliable supplies coming in from the u. k. is north, siri sources and from norway, but even evoking this last resort of restocking u. k. gas at the expense of the you kind of flies in the face of all the u. k. governments talk of how western nations are all unwavering in their unity and solidarity in support of ukraine. they are facing real real pressures. they are having to source energy from elsewhere, but they are doing it. they are making the effort. they are making the sacrifice. that's because they see that the price of freedom is worth paying. this is something that it's worth a standing up for together, but the, you would totally understand the need for the u. k. to take care of

u. s. and e, you were blocking poor countries from public stockpiling or food so that they can cater for emergencies. and then when it comes into context of the ukrainian rule, they're all supportive of the african position that block us from storing grain, you know, so that they can make profit from higher prices, yet they pretend to care for african countries. it's ridiculous. well, it's probably because they also want to keep it for themselves. there's green supplies, and i think this is one of the very unique features of the ukranian crisis. is that absolutely well, he can not only came home to roost, but it came home pretty soon, and it's not only the poorest countries of the south that have to deal now with the rising foot and fuel prices. but also the developing, the developed world has to deal with certain insecurity, shortage is energy hikes, political as it is in the united states. i had of the, i could only trim election i one day if you think that the west may have miscalculated what