u. s. said they would increase exports to try to minimize the looming global food security crisis caused by russia's invasion of ukraine. then came the e u summit. e leaders did agree a deal with biden to buy more liquefied natural gas from the u. s. we will present um a newer chapter in our energy partnership. it is about additional ellen g from the united states for the european union of us replacing the russian. ellen g we have so far an important step forward. 1000 kilometers away from the talks. the war raged on in ukraine. from the capital cave war valorem zalinski sent this message to the world. the war continues, the x off to her or against peaceful people go on one miles already. that long, it breaks my heart, heart of all you brains, and every free person on the planet. that's why i ask you to stand against the war . but back in brussels, every one knows. it will take more than solidarity to bring europe's worst crisis since world war 2. to an end. let's go back to brussels, our bureau chief there, alexander and phenomena standing by far as high. alexander, we are still waiting for that press conference to begin, but we just he

u. s. e u lead is continued this summer and hit a major friction point over whether government should not be allowed to intervene in the market to come energy prices, which is soaring for the citizens. i'll just hours after agreeing on that new energy deal with the e. u. u. s. president joe biden travel to poland. he's now in the capital. warsaw after spending time near the border with ukraine. there he met with polish president, j duda, the southeastern city of jazz. you is the where the u. s. military service, alongside polish troops as part of nato biden will hold more talks with student this weekend on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at a briefing with president duda and military officials, biden was clear about what he thinks is the way forward. the single most important thing that we can do in the ausa is keep democracy, united or opposition, or effort to to devastation occurring in a. ready the legal definition, whoa, has yea

stability has never been more pressing or just hours after agreeing on a new energy deal with the e u. u. s. president joe by and travel to poland, near the border with ukraine, where he met with polish president on j do down in the south eastern city of joshua . it's a home to a u. s. air base where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops, as part of nato. mister vine will next travel on to the polish capital. warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at that very meeting with president duda and military officials, mister bind was clear about what he thinks was the way forward, and what he thinks of latin reputed take lesson. the single most important thing that we can do is keep the democracies united in our opposition, our effort, tokyo devastation occurring in quite frankly, because walk legal definition. well, he was present job i and they're speaking a little while ago now, a ukrainian runner who fled her country last month to day one, the jerusalem marathon and anti nebraska left ukraine with her

stability has never been more pressing on his hours after agreeing on a new energy deal with the e u u. s. prison jo, barn travel to poland near the border with ukraine, where he's meeting with polish president on j do down in the south eastern city of joshua. it's home to a u. s. air base where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops, as part of nato. mister bind will next travel on to the polish capital. warsaw for more talks on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at that meeting with president of judah and a military official, so mr. biden was clear about what he thinks was the way forward. and what he thinks of line reporting. the single most important thing that we can do is keep democracy tonight or opposition. effort to devastation a well your as sir presidential bind speaking moments ago while now ukrainian runner who fled her country last month the to day one that jerusalem marathon valentine, ever at scott fled ukraine with her 11 year old daughter. while her husband, who, incidentally, as also her coach, staye

u. s. president and the commissioner for the e u. i will go to them as soon as we can for now with natasha. thank you very much indeed. lets go to zane bus stop is and just you are in love eve in ukraine and you've got an update for us. but in fact, the same, i'm going to leave you there were no to not go to brussels, where u. s. president joe biden is speaking, let's listening to ban all imports of russian energy. to make it clear, the american people would not be part of subsidizing putin's brutal, unjustified war against people ukraine. at the time, i noted that we were able to take this step when others could not because united states is a net export or energy with a strong domestic interest. and the united states welcomed the european news powerful statement. early this month, committed to rapidly reduces dependence on russian gas. today, we've agreed on an joint game plan toward that goal, while accelerating our progress toward a secure, clean energy future. this initiative focuses on 2 core issues. one helping europe reduces d

e. u. u. s. president joe biden has travelled and has now arrived in poland. near the border with ukraine biden is in the city of g. u y u. s. troops are based, he'll be brief. bear on the humanitarian response to the refugee in flux, and we'll meet with us service members who serve alongside polish troops on saturday. biden will fly to walsall for talks with punish president andre judah. and joining us now from his youth and poland as a correspondent, max under the next president biden has just arrived. tell us what his priorities on his trip to poland. right on. yeah, so for dividing, just for when the moment to go here with your chunk of your base and started his 2nd leg of his trip to europe. um, which is all about showing up supports for nato. uh, but also this particular leg of his trip. his visit to poland as, as the white house put it's a show of solidarity, a show of support. so to a, an ally and a frontline country, namely poland, which is in a vulnerable position right now. a country

e. u. u. s. president joe biden traveled to poland. he's now in the capital war, saw after spending time near the border with ukraine. there he met with polish president on j duda. the southeastern city of gal roof is where the u. s. military serves alongside polish troops as part of nato. bide more whole more talk to do that this weekend on the west military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at a briefing with president, do that, and military officials biden was clear about what he thinks is the way for word. the single most important thing that we can do in the outset is keep the democracies united in our opposition and our effort to curtail devastation that is occurring at the hands of a man who quite frankly, is walker. i think with the legal definition of well it always barbara hazel joins us now from warsaw. barbara, an american president in europe at the time of this war. what kind of message is private ant bite in sending with this visit? the message is absolutely clear. he has particul

u. k. and south korea both announcing they are tightening measures against russia. london saying it will freeze all russian bank assets located in the country . and joining e u and u. s. sanctions against lending giant spare bach and south korea announced monday it would sanction 7 russian banks including spare bog it encourage public and private lenders to suspend their trading of russian state bonds on monday. so announce export restrictions on items that could include computer equipment and semi conductors. and the sanctions against russia have escalated at an almost dizzying pace in recent days. moving from rogers, a targeting individuals and banks to the swift financial messaging system and then rushes central bank reserves. the goal is targeting russia through its economy. a listen to what french finance measure minister, bruno lemaire said tuesday. we'll do some hoops if he guess, yes, the sanctions are effectively give you. the economic and financial sanctions are even frighteningly affective lenny and i do not want there to be any ambiguity on european determination on the subject was an evil. we're going to wage a total economic and financial war on russia

and we reserve the right tempos, further sanctions like to on the e u, the u. s. britain and canada quickly introduce sanctions against russia. russian banks are now excluded from the swift payment system. leading banks have been shut out of western capital markets. russian treasury bonds, and bonds of some companies can no longer be traded. that makes it difficult for the kremlin to refinance its debt. the west has frozen $85000000000.00 worth of russian assets and introduce travel bands. more than 500 people have been affected, including vladimir putin rushes access to computer chips. computers and other high tech products has been blocked. the latest sanctions sent, the russian rouble tumbling more than 30 percent, and the russian central bank more than doubled its key interest rate to 20 percent . some of the countries banks are expected to collapse, and analysts believe the sanctions will cripple the russian economy for years to come. but the full effects could take months or even years. ah, it's been a month since the winter olympics opened in beijing with

first, both the e u and the u. s. have revoked russians favored nation status is a category set under the world trade organizations. and with that gone, countries can now increase towers in quarters on russian goods. the ear is also trying to block russia from getting i m s and world bank loans. it's blocking investments in the energy sector, and it is also banning iron and steel exports from russia. now, the eastern that is meant to deprive russia of billions and ensure your citizens not subsidizing putin is war. but of course, you citizens are subsidizing russia. they are still sending billions that way for oil and gas, and as we just heard that, that will not end for at least 5 years. under these use, you favorite phase out plans. some of the more superficial measures announced europe has now banned exports of luxury goods to russia, and that is supposed to be a direct blow to the russian elise, although presumably the russian elite already have plenty of european toys. the play with at the moment. i imagine they h

and we reserve the right tempos, further sanctions like to on the the e u, the u. s. britain and canada quickly introduce sanctions against russia. russian banks are now excluded from the swift payment system. leading banks have been shut out of western capital markets. russian treasury bonds and bonds of some companies can no longer be traded. that makes it difficult for the kremlin to refinance its debt. the west has frozen $85000000000.00 worth of russian assets and introduced travel bands. more than 500 people have been affected, including vladimir putin. russia has access to computer chips, computers and other high tech products has been blocked. the latest sanctions sent, the russian rouble tumbling more than 30 percent, and the russian central bank more than doubled its key interest rate to 20 percent .

e. u has signed a deal with a u. s. to help secure more natural gas and when itself, off russian imports. it's one of many steps now being taken in the you to cut economic ties with moscow, but experts believe it will take years to build an energy infrastructure that doesn't rely on russian energy supplies. pipelines still bringing russian gas into the e. you around 40 percent of europe's gas consumption comes from russia, which is why you leaders haven't been able to agree a ban on imports as a way of trying to force moscow to end the war in ukraine. but what they did do the summit in brussels, attended by president biden, is a great deal to buy more gas from the u. s. last year. and i think for humbling business, we need to work toward developing infrastructure, which will allow us a greater capacity to move gas where we needed to see them both of often. that means we have taken a conscious decision to better connect national networks, exidine lender gift on turn, under the plan is to increase imports from america by

and we reserve the right tempos further sanctions i to on the, the e u, the u. s. britain and canada quickly introduce sanctions against russia. russian banks are now excluded from the swift payment system. leading banks have been shut out of western capital markets, russian treasury bonds, and bonds of some companies can no longer be traded. that makes it difficult for the kremlin to refinance its debt. the west that's frozen, $85000000000.00 worth of russian assets and introduced travel bands. more than 500 people have been affected, including vladimir putin. russia has access to computer chips, computers and other high tech products has been blocked. the latest sanctions sent, the russian rouble tumbling more than 30 percent, and the russian central bank more than doubled its key interest rate to 20 percent . some of the countries banks are expected to collapse, and analysts believe the sanctions will cripple the russian economy for years to come. but the full effects could take months or even years. ah, it's been a month since the winter olympics opened in bei

u. s. e. u lead is continued the summit and hit a major friction point over whether government should not be allowed to intervene in the market to come energy prices, which is soaring for their citizens. doubly correspondent simon young sent us his assessment of the deal between the e. u and the u. s. well, this is all part of a, a shift away from dependence on russian energy sources. we've seen the german economy minister, robert har back going to the gulf to sign deals with countries there on energy supply. and he's also saying, by the way, that the reliance on russian coal will come down by half in the next few weeks. and he expects a reliance on russian energy of russian. the oil excuse me, from germany at to be virtually ended by the middle of 2024, as he seeing all these kind of positive signals. people say we can do without rushing russian oil and gas when we need to w political correspondent simon young. now ukraine's neighbors that slovakia has been one of the country's most affected by

e. u and the u. s. evans targeted the material with sanctions global buyers, frenzied to look for alternative sources, sending prices through the roof. on february 24th, the day of the invasion nichol reached the already high price of $26000.00 per ton . in early march pricing started rising steadily. spike into $100000.00 on march 8th before settling at $80000.00 burton. the london metal exchange which sets global prices for industrial nickel, halted all transactions for the whole week. with an unprecedented decision, it also canceled all traits from march 8, capping the price at $48000.00. the nickel crisis sent sparks flying through the whole industry. chinese ty comes young wanda, who bet on michael price is falling. now has to find a way to bailout his company in schon holding, as it struggles to cover short positions worth around $8000000000.00. the pressure on the industry so high that even vladimir baton in the head of russian mining giant nor nickel fell the urge to common in an interview with

e. u and u. s. are mulling, putting a stop to buying the countries oil according to the us secretary of state. while france is considering freezing the assets of more than $500.00 people allegedly linked to the kremlin. now it's not just soldiers putting their lives at risk on the front line and the conflict army paramedics of a vital role to play too. but our t cross moment maria phenomena has spoken to one know, a former ukrainian military medic who's left so disillusioned with what was going on. she quit to live a simple life at home, fighting attacking, advancing, capturing ground. that's how the military moves forward. but what happens next is perhaps even more important clearance. this is what the army has to do in every village they take control of, they check every street. every house especially destroyed to make sure there are no explosives to come and tactic by the ukrainian armies to mine areas. they retreat from this one is already cleared. but what's also crucial is the careful tracking

to w correspondence i'm and young, send us his assessment of the deal between the e u and the u. s. let's have a listen. well, this is all part of a, a shift away from dependence on russian energy sources. we've seen the german economy minister about how back going to the gulf to assign deals with countries, their own energy supply. and he's also saying, by the way, that writ, reliance on russian coal will come down by half in the next few weeks. and he expects a reliance on russian energy of russian oil, excuse me, from germany at 2 b virtually ended by the middle of 2024. as he seeing all these kind of positive signals. and people say we can do without russian, russian, oil and gas. when we need to that's all for me for now. up next as well, stories the week and report. thank you so much for your company. i a man with the memories of a woman. oh, only from syria is born in a female body. forced into marriage. great escape.

i think that the, the, the issue with main martin is also for the e u and u. s. if they want to, it's trying kind of clamped down on trying to improve human rights to the countries . they don't have as much leverages mine mas, asian neighbors. so china and taiwan, they're by far the biggest source of investment, the biggest market for is exports. and so unless you get those 2 countries on board, it's unlikely that they, that the sanctions are going to have much of it impacts. i think what will probably happen is instead of selling the, or the gas 2 or 3 european company though though, so it's your donation one instead. and that brings us my so my next question is going to be, is this recognition that the sanctions imposed thus far have not had the impact the wasted hope? precisely for that point that you mention because the biggest trading partners while they're in asia, not in the west. yeah, i think so. so it makes sense when you're introducing sanctions to ratchet up the pressure. gradually sheila introduced some thanks a lot long after the the military q year

u. k. u. s. and e. u. switzerland has taken the unprecedented step of imposing sanctions against russia. well, the measures have a big impact on oligarchy, former swiss banker and wiki leaks. whistleblower rudolph. elmer says he has serious doubts to re she's one of the world's most expensive places and that's in no small part due to russian oligarchy. happy to invest their money here. rudolph, elma, used to be a tough banker at the venerable. it's very spank you leo spare. today he is a critic of these financial institutions who came to international prominence as a wiki leaks whistleblower in this right. on the lake, while a lot of money is invested in switzerland because banking secrecy protects the oligarchs. we have a strict secrecy law. guy halted because it's the government politicians and the judiciary support this because it is a huge source of income for this with a date for you, then try to stop rushes, brutal war against ukraine has put world wide pressure on switzerland to respond. it's likely one of the reasons why the government here has back the sanctions saying russian o

these decisions were made by specific people in the iow say the e u, the u. s. and the u. k, which is not part of the you any more. it's clear that certain people are behind these decisions and those deprived of competitive scores will channel that bitterness in their direction. when it is yes, that president putin as often insisted that russia only acts to defend itself against the hostile actions of the west. and then a recent interviews you said that our country has enough might put our enemies in that place, which implies that russia has considered some kind of retaliation in the event of aggression. what exactly did you mean by that mister medford? i have of slim lou, little listening with cross opinion monthly. we both know exactly what i meant. russia is not your average country, it's a permanent member of the un security council. and as a side note, let me say that all the ill conceived plans to try and remove us from the security council. a completely groundless book, this would go against the un charter and the entirety of international law. for that matter, we'r

e u. the u. s. britain and canada quickly introduce sanctions against russia. russian banks are now excluded from the swift payment system. leading banks have been shut out of western capital markets. russian treasury bonds, and bonds of some companies can no longer be traded. that makes it difficult for the kremlin to refinance it's debt. the west that's frozen, $85000000000.00 worth of russian assets and introduce travel bands. more than 500 people have been affected, including vladimir putin rushes access to computer chips. computers and other high tech products has been blocked. the latest sanctions sent, the russian rouble tumbling more than 30 percent, and the russian central bank more than doubled its key interest rate to 20 percent . some of the countries banks are expected to collapse, and analysts believe the sanctions will cripple the russian economy for years to come. but the full effects could take months or even years. ah, it's been a month since the winter olympics opened in beijing

u. k. announce new sanctions over on to wealthy russian individuals . trust also praised the cooperation between london and its allies. thus far. we've worked with the u. s. e. u and g 7 to capital funding for pin's war machine, kicking russian banks out to the financial system. we will say shut our ass base to russian planes. and we're fast forwarding sanctions against rationale galks, the british government has faced criticism over already existing sanctions. london had only 9 wealthy russians under sanctions, saying legal complexities slow the government from doing more. in the u. officials have also found that carrying out sanctions can be complicated, even when the yachts themselves are hard to fine. take a look. luxurious yachts are a common sight in hamburg, but these tarps cover a special one. the deal bar worth 800000000 euros is an especially impressive ship as seen in this marketing clip. it belongs to russian oligarch, alisha was man of who has been sanctioned by the you. he's seen as a confidant of russian president vladimir putin was small of says he's been unfairly vilified and will fight the accusations. the german government had carefully plan

e n. c quarter. thank you very much for the have a great we can. yes. as we heard the war in ukraine is rippling around the global economy. the u. s. e u and u. k. have all sanctioned russia, but there are no sanctions coming from turkey. now there's pressure on wretched tie up air to want to change that as the head of a nato country. he has to live up to the policies of the western military alliance . but his careful not to alienate his russian counterpart vladimir putin. economically, there's a lot at stake for turkey. it's done, most famous. i us, sophia, one of the cities most important tourist destinations. last year, 4 and a half 1000000 russians visited turkey, more than from any other country. but now with the russian warren ukraine, bringing sanctions against russia, turkish hotel and restaurant owners expect for tourism revenues to drop significantly. the russians keep us alive here in istanbul, and at the again see when they're not coming. we're off worse. it's a fact that fewer russians will come, and that will be tough on turkey, it's economy already in distress. economists are worried the value of the rubel has dropped. so for russ

um, 1st of all, how significant is this deal between the e u and the u. s? it is an important deal alone because it's a sign of unity that the us and that you show today because it demonstrates that they're closed, they're united when it comes to their stands towards russia. also along the fact that joe biden to you as president, sat with a u. m e leaders a yesterday and also a day and discussed with them. and they came to the steel. they did their struct, his steel shows is shows a sign of unity and they have 15000000000 cubic meters of liquid natural gas l n g is and not a lot when it comes to the amount of gas that a rush added. lloyd to the european union, but it is also not nothing. while the ellen hanging from the usb enough to replace rush and gas supplies. no, the answer is very simple. no, definitely not because it's only 110th of the amount that are of the russian guest that you usually address at delivery to the european union, a 155 cubic meters per year and 2021. so it's only a drop, a simple, but it's a start. and also the us said there will de

e. u and the u. s. evans targeted the material with sanctions global buyers, frenzied to look for alternative sources, sending prices through the roof on february 24th. the day of the invasion nichol reached the already high price of $26000.00 per tonne. in early march pricing started rising steadily spike into $100000.00 on march 8th before settling at $80000.00 burton. the london metal exchange, which sets global prices for industrial nickel, halted all transactions for the whole week. with an unprecedented decision. it also canceled old trades from march 8, capping the price at $48000.00. the nickel crazes sent sparks flying through the whole industry. chinese ty comes young wanda, who bet on nickel price is falling, now has to find a way to bail out his company. he shot holding as it struggles to cover short positions worth around $8000000000.00. the pressure on the industry so high that even vladimir baton in the head of russian mining giant nor nickel felt the urge to common in an interview with r

chief that alexandra phenomena. alexandra, tell us how significant is the steel between the e u and the u. s. while the deal is significant, no doubt about that. the united states and the european union are showing that they are united and ready to take on the challenges that both sides are facing. their are deepening, their energy partnership, promising to produce more renewable energy through use greenhouse gases, gas emissions. and of course, the most important aspect of this partnership is the you asked, promising to deliver at least 15000000000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to europe, to in this year, to help you out to be less dependent on russian gas. however, we have to say that that suggests 10 percent of russia of what russia is delivering every year, so it is not going to be enough. however, every thing can bad is aimed at helping europe be less dependent on russian gas and stabilize the markets is welcome here and the run up to the sun. many observe as expected, biden would try to pressure the you to follow the u. s. as lead and cut off a russian gas and ports completely

u. s. and e. u in recent weeks was many fired from their jobs, asked to leave their universities or simply insulted for being russian. we spoke with borgia mulch, a senior writer at r t, who says that western powers only follow their own democratic principles when they see them. well that's the thing if you regard, if you define democracy as the ancient opinions you as to that yes, freedom of speech would be a thing. but unfortunately, over the past several years in the west, what they define is democracy, something called our democracy, which translates in practice, into rule by whoever declares themselves to be democrats. i haven't seen anything like this is the 1990 s campaign, vilifying the serbs in yugoslavia. in fact, it's probably just a carbon copy of the same campaign except dealing with russians that you know, much bigger country, much more numerous people are much more influential. lovely. but it seems like to people they're managing the narratives in the west have basically just copied t

e. u and the u. s. evans targeted the material with sanctions global buyers, frenzied to look for alternative sources, sending prices through the roof on february 24th. the day of the invasion, nickel rich, the already high price of $26000.00 per ton. in early march pricing started rising steadily spike into $100000.00 on march 8th before settling at $80000.00 per t on the london medal exchange. which sets global prices for industrial nickel, halted all transactions for the whole week. with an unprecedented decision. it also canceled old trades from march 8, capping the price at $48000.00. the nickel crazes sent sparks flying through the whole industry. chinese ty comes young wanda, who bet on michael price is falling, now has to find a way to bailout his company since sean holden, as it struggles to cover short positions worth around $8000000000.00. the pressure on the industry is so high that even vladimir baton in the head of russian mining giant nor nickel fell the urge to common in an interview wit