the eu is sincerely grateful for the decision of the eu regarding the provision of emergency macro-financial assistance to ukraine in the amount of up to nine billion euros, we have already received the first billion euros from this amount, which has become significant supporting ukraine in these difficult times, we count on the fastest possible payment of the second and third tranches of this assistance package, which is important for us. today, we also discussed joint steps to integrate ukraine into the internal market of the european union. called energy, customs, transport, digital and economic visa-free, and despite all the challenges , we can talk about the achieved results today i would like to thank you for the received invitation to join the convention on the common transit regime and the convention on simplification of formalities and trade in goods. ukraine has already completed the internal procedures and is ready to join the customs visa-free program as of october 1 of this year. today, we also signed agreements on the accession of ukraine to cooperation programs with the eu and

nicole: so now the eu is working on a price c for russian gas.re all memr states on the same page there? >> no, i do not think so. unfortunately that was a brilliant idea -- there is no capitalism, socialism, or communism in europe. sellers don't exist. i can't understand how any regulatory body of the you can change the terms of a commercial contract between a seller and a buyer. so, i think it's not going to work. nicole: so this is a good idea you say, but in practice, it would not work in europe if there were price caps, either on gas or oil? then why are we doing this? >> well, i'm afraid that this is just rhetoric. and, well, good intentions without any foundation in any practical measures. it would be much more efficient to continue these sanctions, which are prescribed in package number six of sanctions against russia, which is the full embargo on imports of russian crude oil, which started in december, and a full embargo in the eu on russian petroleum products start in march of next year. it would hurt the russianudget and the russian ec

at that time the eu was stronger, _ within the eu mat?tronger, now we _ within the eu mat? at that time the eu was stronger, now we do - within the eu mat? at that time the eu was stronger, now we do not - within the eu mat? at that time the | eu was stronger, now we do not have angela merkel, there is only emmanuel macron leading, the uk left, so there is a problem within the european governance. at that time, the spread was over 500 points. now the italian government has many fronts to manage. that can be a positive tool for any government to use to calm the protest. sofia bettiza is a reporter for the bbc world service and she's been following the trends. a lot of this has played out on social media. you have been looking at the reaction on social media, what do you see in terms of reaction online? ., ., ., , ., online? you are right, lots of leaders from _ online? you are right, lots of leaders from different - online? you are right, lots of. leaders from different political parties have been active on tiktok, facebook, but nothing fr

high representative of the eu dear mr.mmissioners dear ladies and gentlemen i am glad to be here i am personally glad for the personal meetings with our european partners and grateful for today's fruitful meeting of the association council, which is already the eighth. the price for its independence and for our european choice, at the same time this is the first meeting of the association council in a new status for ukraine ukraine is grateful to the eu for the historic decision to provide candidate status for our country. thank you for this decision of the eu member states. it was a real demonstration of solidarity with ukraine and a sign of recognition that ukrainians belong to the european family. to the council of the association and it is our civilizational choice to be europeans to be part of europe, the ukrainian people have demonstrated strong solidarity for the sake of the european future, and the authorities of ukraine will make every effort efforts so that our country's path to full eu membership was also quick

well as some other countries and remember that a0% bigger of eu gas imports from russia? for major solutions to a major problem and on friday eu energy ministers are going to be discussing those proposals further. ., ~ discussing those proposals further. ., ,, , ., discussing those proposals further. ., ,, ., further. thank you for following _ further. thank you for following it _ further. thank you for following it for - further. thank you for following it for us. - let's turn to california now, which is grappling with a heat wave, and emergency crews are fighting numerous wildfires. temperatures are forecast to remain high in the coming days. the heatwave has left thousands of households without power, and people are being told to conserve energy. sophie long is in los angeles for us. well, we are now into day five of an intense heatwave here in california which has pushed temperatures way up into triple digits in fahrenheit and above aa celsius, smashing records for this time of year. and the stifling heat continues long after the sun goes down, which is putting massiv

and on friday, eu energy ministers are going to be discussing those proposals further.of the country is under water and more than 1,300 people have died due to the floods. authorities say waters on the country's largest lake have begun to recede following concerns that lake manchar in sindh province could burst its banks. pumza fihlani reports from islamabad. sindh province is still drowning. it has not rained for days, but most of the land remains waterlogged. on the shoreline, the boats are still coming. the dangers of manchar lake have been contained for now, authorities say. its banks were deliberately breached to protect urban areas and what remains of the damaged infrastructure there. but the threat is not over, and rescue teams are now working on evacuating thousands stranded in their villages. 125,000 people have been affected by the overflow of water. the people whose homes were sacrificed have been left with nothing. translation: my brother just died in my village because of the water that came. we thought we were going to be able to save him, but we couldn't.

she was tough with the eu during negotiations for brexit. she was confrontational at times with brussels. are we going to see continuity when it comes to brexit, or a change? lydia: i certainly hope we will see a change because i think everybody loses from the current situation with regards to brussels. the u.k. continues to suffer. you look at something like business investment, it has been down since the brexit referendum. it is still down and a lot of that has to do with the uncertainty, and so much of the brexit negotiations still to be worked out. we are already paying the price, plus like others have emphasized, while the u.k. may literally be an island, we are certainly not economically an island. we will see this because the eu has big problems potentially coming this winter with energy shortages, possibly blackouts, etc.. that's going to have lots of ripple effects through supply chains because our economies are so interlinked. it's going to be -- yeah, i hope to see liz truss working in a more constructive way with the european uni

i thoughts on what this means for eu, uk relations?— eu, uk relations?u, uk relations? i would say first of all that _ eu, uk relations? i would say first of all that her _ first of all that her appointment has been welcomed and a bit of a fascination for her. there have been a lot of comments saying, she was on the third page of all major european newspapers, so i think the government, cabinets more generally would say the public opinion look at the cabinet in a less baggage with the european union, probably more pragmatic approach, and perhaps in the next weeks and months more trust could be built between the uk and the eu. that is what. .. between the uk and the eu. that is what... ., , between the uk and the eu. that is what... . , .,, ., is what... that is the hope of course- _ is what... that is the hope of course- but _ is what... that is the hope of course. but it _ is what. .. that is the hope of course. but it will— is what... that is the hope of course. but it will not - is what... that is the hope of course. but it will not be - is what... th

in essence, the eu legislature calls on the council of the eu to launch a procedure that can to attractions against budapest , namely the deprivation of the right to vote in the european institutions, which hungary has repeatedly used by stalling, in particular, decisions are needed, well, with the latter wanted, for example, to block the extension of anti-russian sanctions, this is a procedure that should be repeated every six months, and hungary wanted three russian oligarchs who are considered by the eu to be involved in the invasion to be removed from the blacklists, and in the end withdrew this demand, the sanctions were extended today without excesses , hungary edited in the summer and the plumbing package number six and having obtained an exception for russian pipeline oil with his veto. viktor urban, who is called vladimir putin's lawyer in the eu, generally said that sanctions are ineffective and primarily harm the european union. at the time, urban did not condemn russia's actions in syria, its annexation of crimea, and did not criticize putin. like the rest of his western col

now the eu countries it varies from 6 to twenty percent unthinkable for the continent .ity bills exceed the average monthly salary in 16 of the 207 eu countries, the head of the european commission. the ursula foundation said that in six months the eu could end up depending on russian energy resources to save europe should norway, according to the fund, until february this year, 40% of gas imports to the eu from russia are now supposedly. only nine percent. however , they are not sure of the correctness of honor foresud, not only we are with you, but she herself see german law already. they are holding a master class, how to wash your hands correctly and economically, the next step will probably be video tutorials on how to wash yourself with one wet napkin and tips on how to have dinner without turning on the light of your impudence, and warsaw , after the poles presented a trillion bill to the germans, they remembered that the polish czechoslovakian border. in the fifties they drew something wrong. as the building of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth is spelled . rais

ukrainian refugees and the same amount for the reconstruction of schools destroyed by racists, the eu also promises when ukrainian companies leave the european market to increase the sanctions pressure on russia and actively rebuild ukraine after the victory over the enemy, i want to thank you for making the decision to allocate a tranche of 5 billion financial aid from the european union . regarding social benefits and assistance to ukrainians well, i want to congratulate ukraine on its military successes at the front. i know these successes will continue, i cannot help but note the bravery of ukrainian soldiers and this success is inspiring not only ukrainians, but also your foreign friends who will help you as much as you need. well , it is destroyed by 80% of almost 50,000 inhabitants , there are no more than 10 izyum left, as of this moment , the largest city in kharkiv oblast, which was liberated during a rapid counteroffensive operation by the ukrainian military the rest were thrown away from the city several tens of kilometers beyond the oskil river, instead, in izyum itself a

of the rule of law in the country . in april, informed hungary about decisions and risks for the eutic violations in the state order system, imperfect settlement of conflicts of interest, little progress of investigations into cases related to the misuse of eu funds as well as deficiencies in the anti-corruption infrastructure, in july the european commission warned budapest about what awaits it if it does not take measures to correct the situation and even launched the so-called conditionality mechanism, which can freeze part of the aid if the financial the interests of the eu will be at risk as a result of the european union proposed to suspend 65% of the financial obligations that were foreseen in the framework of the regional development operation, equal to the amount of 7.5 billion euro, the decision of the european commission on money for hungary was preceded by a resolution of the european parliament adopted on september 15, according to which democracy and basic rights in hungary have significantly deteriorated since 2018, as reported on the euro parliament website, parliame

the automotive industry, what deals are concluded at the forum in vladivostok schengen deadlock the eu suspends the visa facilitation agreement regime with russia and the baltic countries actually closes its land borders to the russians. deadline due to heat in switzerland you can go to jail for too high a temperature at home. the president called vladimir putin a nonsense on limiting prices for russian energy resources , the president spoke at the plenary session of the eastern economic forum, which is taking place these days in vladivostok, the speech of the head of state was very emotional and touched on key topics of the current international agenda. putin said that the west your hands are short to cut russia's decision on energy, but you are answering the vole on visa restrictions. russia will not be working near vladivostok my colleague roman sobolev is in touch with us live roman well, we are waiting for all the details. yes , ilya, well, as the organizers of this forum considered, in the countries that are represented here on the discussion platforms, a total of 3 billion peopl

kate: as the eu and u.s.ting ties with russia, moscow has been increasingly looking to some of the countries that are attending this summit to fill the gap. china and india in particular have and buy a much more russian oil, natural gas, and cold since the war -- and coal since the war in ukraine started. in february, just 1% of oil imported by india came from russia, but by june, that had jumped to 18%. russia has also become china's top supplier of crude oil around 18% of imports made in june this year compared to 15% a year rlier. similar pterns hav emergedn natural gas and coal. moscow has reportedly been offering steep discounts in energy exports to countries still willing to do business with. a new report shows unprecedented growth in renewable electricity in 17 countries across southeast and eastern europe, the caucasus, and central asia. but these economies, many of which have historical long-standing ties to russia, could see progress undermined by the war in ukraine. i have been speaking to the exec

april, they appointed a minister, tibor navracsics, whose job is effectively to negotiate with the euhungary does just enough to satisfy the eu in order to get all the funds that that hungary is due in the coming seven years. so this is very serious indeed for the government here in hungary. that report came on the same day as new abortion rules came into effect. pregnant women will have to prove they've seen a definitive sign of life from the foetus, such as hearing its heartbeat, before requesting a termination. several doctors and opposition politicians have protested, and human rights groups have called it an attempt to traumatise women seeking an abortion. let's hear from nick on this. under hungarian law, i think since the year 1953, abortion has been available on demand in hungary up until the 12th week of pregnancy. nothing has changed on that. but what this new regulation, which just came into force today, means is that from now on, the doctor must, as you say, allow the woman or is instructed to... he has to or she has to tell the woman, allow them to listen, for example, to

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today, my view on the trendy fun of the eu countries sanctions against russia and belarus, who needs them? so , they are scary, as they are painted? who is their real author, will they collapse our economy, and is it the goal, let's first go about why all around in recent years the chains have exploded and something is being divided on the earth , the sixth dominant technological order is being established. this is a new erotechnology. the first one started 260 years ago and over the years it has been five long steps away from handmade watermills. people came to atomic energy has become the main resource of the fifth previous technological order, and the products of new types of materials, genetic engineering and space exploration in the sixth, upcoming or development of the goal focuses on a person from whom the employer can survive maximum productivity. now the locomotive of the global economy. interesting nanobionics, super-high-speed internet, stem cells growing spare human organs and oni robots, and in the development of such technologies, two leaders are china and the united st

foreign ministers of eu member states are meeting.r to limit russians ' entry to europe. this has been discussed in the countries for a long time. the eu and this is something that is closely monitored in the kremlin itself. from there, the day before, they even conveyed the threats voiced by putin's spokesman dmytro piskov , saying that if the european union does this, then moscow will respond quickly , causing outrage not only among politicians. among ordinary citizens and well-known bloggers, as well as among well-known propagandists, one of the first to speak out was the owner of hiv arrested in italy, the well-known kremlin propagandist volodymyr solovyov, he is not a home we take real estate from those who have come to us, we have little property in our own territory, we forbid it, speak russian, and you, who are you, and others will follow him, and russia will drop fewer bombs on ukraine. no, of course , rome is in the league. and it's not for nothing, just in february, the first russian tanks in the old world went to ukraine,

of course, there are countries that became eu members a long time ago, and they deservedly became euers because they were economically strong enough for two the strongest economic republics of the former yugoslavia e at the same time, what i see now is that serbia is using this situation with kosovo with a potential escalation in kosovo in order to continue negotiations for eu accession and me so it seems that at least according to the statements made by the european rail union, in particular, that in fact they managed to use this moment and they have a chance to integrate into the eu through an accelerated process. now, i would like to pay attention to the message from the main the ukrainian intelligence agency, the ukrainian peninsula of crimea is known for its autumn velvet season, so we ask all residents to urgently inform us of the most popular places to visit, namely the exact location of deployment points and residential addresses of the occupying forces, it is desirable to geo-link with the coordinates of the residence of the leadership of the occupying forces, it is desirabl

of the eu government, truth or fake? >> swedish voters had the right wing block with an influential role on social media networks. this news has caused an outpouring of reactions, particularly with this video right here shared mainly amongst french-speaking users on twitter that sympathized with the anti-immigration swedish party. we see several women dressed in black avails, waving flags around with words of arabic. it has accumulated over 300,000 views on twitter. these twitter users claim what we see in the video are islamist demonstrating against the rise of what they call the far right, against the victory of the right . more tweets right here once they show up. but how can we confirm the veracity of these tweets? first thing we do is check the geolocation of the post. and we were able to confirm the video we saw on the post took place in a coastal city in southern sweden. another clue for the geolocation, these figures right here, this sculpture we saw in the background of the videos posted on twitter, we were able

the eu is said to hold an energy crisis meeting on friday. on the agenda will be a price cap on russian gas pipe to europe along with reform to the eu electricity market pricing rules in which gas prices weigh heavily even on cheaper renewables. >> in the medium-term, a third goal is to reform the electricity market. we must complete the european electricity network and increase the number of european electricity connections so that it can flow efficiently between countries. today, it has a price of ultra city on the european market as far too dependent on marginal contributions, particularly for gas which countries like ours is not normal. as a price of electricity does not in fact reflect -- the price of electricity does not reflect production costs. >> finland's economy minister has called it a moment for the european industry. in particularly, utility companies limited by price caps on much they contort customers while forced to pay wholesale gas prices. the p and governments are rushing out multibillion euro bailout packages to avoid col

their long march , the european commission intends to exercise control of the people's will in the eu real democracy. the miraculous baptized the belarusian borders, in which regional centers and for how long the relic will stop tell us? on the protection of the native land, the benefits for belarus from membership in the sco in relations with china and the upcoming negotiations with putin, not only the head of state spoke about this in khatyn the day before to journalists, who traditionally did not miss the opportunity to ask sharp questions like this, but the president stated that opponents are trying to mobilize to cling to and develop the thesis they say that in belarus it is possible to mobilize by analogy with russia, with his answer, alexander lukashenko clearly placed the accents there will be no mobilization. it's a lie, short clear. this is a lie. we are not going to mobilize. we don’t need it that they are trying to throw this bridge over us and say, well, we will mobilize. they don't answer it. they need to create a situation. they are trying in every possible way to catch

against this background, the eu sanctions look more and more sad, madness. the west continues to help set new records in europe. so inflation in the eurozone. last month summer has risen to 10% according to eurostat. and this is a new absolute record for the eu countries, the anti-rating is still led by the baltic countries estonia 25.2% in latvia and lithuania, the increase in the general level of prices for goods and services exceeded 21%. by the way, the double-digit figure has already been recorded in 15 eu countries under threat and europe's main economy in germany expects an economic downturn, which will worsen in the winter months. this was stated by the central bank of the country, let me remind you, for the sake of economy, some local enterprises have already begun to stop production. crisis crisis the supply of arms to ukraine itself has become on schedule. it is known that the german ministry of defense will provide the country with four more self-propelled howitzers, bringing their total number to 14 28 tanks, and slovenia will transfer it, altho

as for the forecasts for europe , the eu can survive this winter.ut here are the main risks, where to get gas and at what price fall precisely on the next 2 years, do russian and european analysts agree on this? well, vladimir thank you vladimir kobyakov and about the eu attempts to introduce a ceiling on prices for russian gas and the possible consequences of this step. the first residents of the new microdistrict in mariupol received the keys to their apartments today. the houses were built in a short time by russian specialists months ago. this place was an open field. and now there are three five-story buildings with 278 apartments. at the first stage, it is planned to build twelve houses by the end of this year. restoring the housing stock in mariupol is one of the priorities of the authorities. the city development plan provides for its restoration within three years, in addition to residential buildings. there will be dozens new social facilities, kindergartens, schools , hospitals, svyatoslav gurden. i talked with the newcomers four-year-old

and we will see you — kingdom and the eu is vital.e you again at _ kingdom and the eu is vital. and we will see you again at half— kingdom and the eu is vital. and we will see you again at half past - kingdom and the eu is vital. and we will see you again at half past 11 - will see you again at half past 11 and thank you very much. it's could buy from us are now in sport is coming up next. —— goodbye. whales are teetering on the brink of relegation and lead group 84 after losing 2—1 in brussels this evening. and when theirfinal losing 2—1 in brussels this evening. and when their final group match on poland and sunday and i'll be the final game before qatar november. mcgregor was watching this one for us. as of this match, robert paige compared his injury rabbit squad to a box or having to fight with one arm behind their back. the fact that belgium landed the first significant blow would not have helped. kevin controlled, compose, clinical. the midfielder was again involved with a home site dealt with their lead and in a role reversalf

you have the absolute right to become a member of the eu as soon as possible. we hope that ukraine will soon give the final words to the terrible russian aggression to the russian troops, and therefore we will immediately move on to the next steps of the european integration process. that's why you were skeptical, because you didn't see such efforts on the part of ukraine, you are actually skeptical. but i see that there is a strong civil society, that these are very good people who wanted your country to improve in terms of the fight against corruption and institutional changes, and to move towards an honest and fair society, there are many rich and poor people, if you want to create a european society, you need to change the tax system , distribute taxes in such a way that they are received by those who really needs to be outraged by embezzlement of funds, because if the european union supports ukraine in its recovery, then a lot of investments will flow into ukraine, but if our taxpayers do not know who ultimately benefits from these funds, they will lose in

that's already the problem with a lot of eu spending. so i would say if the european union is so concerned about the rule of law in certain member states, in organized crime getting their hands on all that money, perhaps they should you know, start reducing these funds. when we are talking about that, eu institutions are never that enthusiastic. they are keen on those funds. hazem: i'm going to give the last one to cecelia. it is worth remembering italian governments generally do not have a long life. the average government last 20 months. what are the prospects for this one? do you expect the same theme to continue? cecilia: they have a chance to be more stable compared to other coalitions because for one, they are much more homogeneous than the last coalitions italy saw in power. if i can just add something about conditionality and disbursement of funds, the problem with covid recovery in general was that the plan was an emergency situation, there was no room, no time to negotiate conditionality for italy or other countries. let's reme

is the eu worth it? to finance this sabotage.about this matter, should we lower the level of categoricalness on our part, well, if it concerns our national interests? us they are really difficult and they have not been in the last year or in the last five years , that is, yes, it is enough, sometimes with critical periods, but we are neighboring countries and like it or not, hungary is really like this icc now and the members nato also needs to take this into account, so use it as a bilateral format, again, diplomacy is not only communicating with those with whom you feel comfortable and share someone's opinion, but diplomacy is also a tool to achieve your goals under any conditions. to use brussels eh i mean the level of the european union really they have much stronger influence both on the hunchback personally and on the government of hungary directly and we see what is t- such actions they have their results and what concerns uh, the previous question about the exit of a potential well, hungary is not great britain, no matter

do you think the eu is ready for a - think the eu is ready for a winter without coldstream?am? it�*s going to be challenging, storages up to 80 or 90% which is a success, that is only by paying the highest price, the challenge will come next year, once the storage has been used up once the storage has been used up this winter, to mitigate the lack of volume from russia, the same process will have to happen through next summer, higher prices will have to be paid to attract liquefied natural gas, and to attract those volumes to refill storage for the winter for 23, 2a, those volumes to refill storage for the winterfor 23, 2a, it all depends upon what temperatures will be through the winter and what windspeed will happen through the winter because we rely on renewable power is well, any shortfalls there will be taken up by gas—fired power generation, we are looking at a tough winter with demand increasing the gas and heating and power generation stop. certainly a lot of unknowns. _ to france now — where carmaker citroen have unveiled what they think is the future of motoring. t

asked that there will be no comment on the statement of the leaders of the european union, and the eucials really did not respond to the speech of urban, which has already gained publicity in the media. this was the annual traditional meeting of the hungarian political and establishment in the local village received an invitation from the urban party , i.e. the ruling party , and the hungarian government media were also present there, but they did not quote the prime minister's recitation of his speech made public by the hungarian service of radio liberty from the words of other participants of the meeting, well, actually the war was in the focus of attention of prime minister urbana and this is quite predictable . and in the direction of peace negotiations with it well, here he announced specific geopolitical forecasts about how long the war will last and what will happen as a result of this, well, listen, so to speak, and we talked first-hand with a colleague who i actually got it quotes from the closed meeting of orbán, the guests, parts of the industry, the most interesting thing

the eu urgently needs coal, fertilizer chemicals and many, many other products, according to the agency. bloomberg is about preparing europe for winter. well, therefore, the sanctions are going to be softened promptly. in relation to a fairly wide range of goods, and against this background actually manual energy crisis in europe surfaced green. they, too, are now trying to shift all responsibility for failures and failures to russia in fact. this is the result being promoted. they are the same politicians who exacerbated germany's dependence on russian gas. german expert evgeny schmidt is sure of this. according to him, the strongest european economy simultaneously abandoned the reliable safety of nuclear energy and became a victim of green idealology. green power industry. it was a popularist slogan, which, thanks to, which the current government came to power, that is, the green and social democrats adopted the slogan to save , uh, the climate on the planet. uh, by, uh, switching to renewable energy, the lies that were fed to the layman were fed to the voter in order to come to power

today in the ukrainian premier, who is now with during his visit to brussels, he promised that the eupport ukraine as much as necessary with weapons and money with us live from the capital of the eu radio liberty correspondent zoryana stepanenko zoryanchko congratulations, why did the prime minister go to brussels and what will he leave with greetings, hello. well, you know that there is a tradition of the lips of the brussels euroquarter to cling to the european institution and the flag of the guest country from which the blue-yellow flag is received here today at the building of the european commission , and at this moment the presidential office also receives the prime minister of the country which, despite the war, continues to grow closer to the european union in many of industries, as denys shmyhal announced his visit to brussels, today they are checking how far the parties have progressed in the implementation of the association agreement, which essentially provides for the approximation of ukrainian legislation to the european one has been completed by 65%, the prime minister

people, deputy chairman of the committee on the approximation of the legislation of ukraine to the eus the broadcast . good evening. greetings sincerely, glory to ukraine glory to ukraine glory and glory to the heroes, european integration as you said, well, please tell me whether the arrival of the daryan fund can be considered a kind of verification how is ukraine preparing to join the eu? does it fulfill its obligations, for example, you know, just recently, well, the president's office, we were on a separate visit with our icelandic colleague, betrayal of europe , but we have a certain understanding . made this visit in a very timely manner, why is it rather than a homework check, which, as you noted in the short story, ukraine performs very quickly and progressively, well, the ukrainian parliament definitely votes every week about 15 laws that relate to the direction of european integration, but here, rather , our proposals, requirements and joint actions also apply, and this was not in the plot, i will add 8 sanctions package, it will be heavy, it will be energy, it will be gas,

measures two and three combined would allow governments in the eu to take a share of the profits andevenue energy companies are cashing in as prices go up. this will make billions of euros available to fund the government -- fund the support governments are providing their citizens to get through the winter. >> all measures remain mandatory. they will also remain impactful. it is now crucial to implement the steps quickly so they can start having an -- having the intended effect. >> russia is also trying to compensate for the uneven national responses to the crisis, which has seen richer eu countries outspend poorer ones in handing out cash to consumers and companies. according to the measures agreed upon in brussels, eu capitals have put together rescue packages to give a pipeline to households and businesses. as is the nature of things, some states are able to do more than others, and that is creating tensions. >> there's a bit of a race, especially from industry consumers, to say to governments, give me money because somebody else in europe is out competing me. we have to stop tha

my guest is ivanna klympush—tsintsadze, chair of the ukrainian parliament's eu integration committee.'s threats undermine support for kyiv? ivanna klympush—tsintsadze mp, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for inviting me. it's a pleasure to have you on the show. i just wonder that if you have any mixed feelings about the speed and the scale of ukrainian battlefield successes in recent days, given that the response from putin in moscow appears to be a very significant escalation of his military commitment. definitely, you're putting it right. it is about escalation and readiness to escalate that we are seeing in the speech that was delivered by putin. and we see that he is probably trying to address several audiences, from my perspective, both internal and the russian federation trying to, not to accept that he is basically losing to ukrainian armed forces, but is trying to present this war is a war against the west, against nato countries and is basically trying to ensure that he is fighting the war with the whole west saying to the west that that probably, threatening the west and looki

road map for joining the eu at the end of this year.ister also noted that the stability of our state during armed aggression russia is increasing such visa-free visas with the eu as energy, economic, transport and customs. at the same time, he added that sanctions against the aggressor country need to be strengthened, the strengthening of the defense capabilities of our military and the expansion of sanctions pressure on russia are two key factors for our joint victory. i am grateful for the adoption of the seventh package of sanctions. at the same time, we are calling on our partners. increase pressure on the aggressor state primarily through such measures as the introduction of a full energy embargo and the shutdown of all russian and belarusian banks from the world system will continue to support ukraine despite any threats and blackmail from russia, said the eu high representative for foreign affairs and security policy, jose borel, he noted ukraine's progress in the field of reforms and in implementing the recommendations of the eu

in may, the eu agreed to stop importing russian oil by sea by the end of this year.ut other countries, such as india and china have no such plans currently. >> we also know that certain developing countries still need some russian oil supplies. low prices. this oil price cap will help reduce russia's revenues on one hand and it will keep the global market for energy at stable on the other hand. >> it took the eu four weeks to prove its last rounds -- approve its last round of sanctions. they are due to discuss the latest proposals on friday. marc: iran's president has been forced to address the nation after a 12th night of violence and demonstrations in some 80 cities. it began with the death in police custody of a 2year-old woman arrested over a headscarf. they died on september 13. iran's morality paris's -- morality police arrested her for loosely contravening strict rules imposed by male leaders. iran's president has spoken on state television. let's bring in for analysis the u.n. special reporter on human rights in iran. thank you very much for joining us. can i

, the expansion of black lists and export control, and our sources in the diplomatic circles of the euing the ceiling on the value of russian oil, these restrictions have long been trying to push through the countries of the group of seven. well, the ban on the import of russian diamonds, consultations will start tomorrow in the middle of the eu and whether russians trying to escape german mobilization deserve humanitarian visas the political forces that are part of the government coalition offer to provide them with asylum in latvia, the day before it said it would not. and lithuania is in solidarity here, people had enough time to decide what position they take in this war. i would not understand such a situation when we let people into lithuania for humanitarian reasons only because that the war was ok for them when you see it on tv sitting on the couch and it became not ok when your government and your shoigu invited you to join the army and offered to participate in this war with your physical body, obviously the decision will be made by each the eu member state at the national le

now all eu citizens are actually paying a penalty surcharge to the cost.e initiative of the faction, fidas, we are launching a national consultation on the issue of sanctions for everyone. i ask you to express your opinion, because only by common efforts. we can put an end to the increase in the price of energy, but for now, gas prices are rising the day before. they added 10%. for a thousand cubic meters they ask for more than 2,000 dollars, following the rise in gas prices for electricity, the prime minister of slovakia said that this could kill his financial aid 5 billion euros strain gas prices. so on wednesday, a rally against the government was held in the capital of the czech republic, just like in brussels, washington continues to follow the course of sanctions on this wall street journal, new restrictions can be placed on the settlement depository and other financial institutions. however, when considering sanctions against gazprombank, the united states will take into account that one has to pay for oil somehow and preferably for oil is such a ne

and hopein already members and the eu and hope in nato as a strong and capable member. i may interrupt. _ capable member. ifi may interrupt, president - capable member. ifi may. interrupt, president zelensky seemed to abandon the nato objective and so, that surely is wishful thinking? i objective and so, that surely is wishful thinking?- objective and so, that surely is wishful thinking? i think he kind of changed _ is wishful thinking? i think he kind of changed his _ is wishful thinking? i think he kind of changed his mind - is wishful thinking? i think he | kind of changed his mind back to the ukrainian constitution which foresees the strategic goal to become nato members and from my perspective, i don't see any other security guarantee neither fruit ukraine are basically for nato. besides ukrainejoining nato and are basically for nato. besides ukraine joining nato and that will make both actors, both ukraine and nato much stronger from my perspective that's the only way, i don't believe many fig leaves budapest memorandums or other arrangements that will be discusse

he promised the eu will support ukraine as much as necessary with weapons and money with us live fromhe capital of the eu, radio liberty correspondent zoryana stepanenko zoryanchko congratulations, why did the prime minister go to brussels and what will he bring with him? greetings hello, you know there is such a tradition in the brussels euroquarter to cling to the european institutions and the flag the guests from the country from which the blue-yellow flag on the building of the european commission is accepted here today, and at this moment the prime minister of the country which, despite the war, continues to grow closer to the european union in many fields, announces his visit to brussels . in the implementation of the association agreement, which essentially provides for the approximation of ukrainian legislation to european legislation , 65% has been implemented, the prime minister said after a meeting with european colleagues, the day's meeting was sealed today, by signing and deepening cooperation in the customs and tax fields, ukrainian businesses have been given access to e

should hide from the eu direct subsidies to hungary in the amount of 40 billion euros ms., please, you know. well, this is not the first time that hungary has already started such tenders. in fact, in june , such a discussion began within the european commission within the european union about the change of voting, yes, as if there was a qualified majority and there was no country of the right-wing branch. such statements of the member states of the european union well, they are getting closer to such a decision, especially those related to international political issues, ah , what, hmm, orban understands who he is fueled by, how he is fueled, and who he is ideologically, and this is really already the european union. if he had realized the threat from the middle and it's just that ukraine is currently such a-ah, i will try to be a model of a civilizational aspect of a-ah that stands up for whom european values ​​and now the european union is returning to its values ​​and understands that it is necessary to change and reform the procedures in order to be effective, operati

it is a disruption at the eu level.om: joining us now is seema shah, chief strategist at principal global investors. thank you for joining us. you say that things are aligned for a perfect market storm. where does energy top. the global economy is faced with a number of difficult challenges with energy. it does mean that europe, despite all of the impressive actions it is trying to provide for families and businesses, is simply not going to be enough to stave off a significant downturn. a lot of question marks like around how the ecb will react to this, so there are a lot of challenges ahead of europe. francine: how tough will the challenges be? we are now possibly talking -- this is for the u.k., but i do not know how ugly it will be for second and third round effects. are the markets already pricing that in? seema: the fundamentals are particularly dire. what we are seeing is that analysts have become bearish in their earnings expectations. there are a lot of concerns increasingly priced into the market. valuations ac

this was the penultimate stage on the way to joining the eu, however, brussels put forward a number of requirements that kyiv must fulfill in order to preserve the application and complete of european integration procedures, this is judicial reform , the fight against corruption and money laundering, the introduction of an anti-oligarchic law, the improvement of legislation on national minorities and audiovisual rights, the ukrainian authorities declare that currently two-thirds of the tasks set by the european commission have already been completed, the rest will be completed by the end of the year, prime minister denys myhal promised and declared the ambitious goal of ukraine to go all the way to joining the european union in record time in the next two years, no country has prepared a questionnaire of 9,000 pages in total, the first the second part, we did it in three weeks, and moreover, no country applied for candidacy and after 120 days did not receive candidate status. we have already drawn a map of how we will conduct the negotiations . - there are bottlenecks in these negotiat

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the eu in brussels the day before and how is ukraine's fulfillment of the obligations assumed by these seven points in general, and what they said to work on, you know, i was very positively surprised because we are so prime minister and the pit was prepared in such a way that we now have nothing, we will now say no, we have fulfilled everything for you there, we are not ready to take on additional obligations, but this dialogue was much more positive than we expected, and the european commission confirmed the implementation of the recommendation regarding the appointment of prosecutors, sap confirmed the successful launch of the competition for the selection of the director of nabu confirmed that they support the adoption of the law on media and all other recommendations that are actually in this list and also directly in at the time of the negotiations, the parliament voted on some more important bills regarding the selection of judges of the constitutional court and the fight against finn on the issue of terrorism, and in fact the recommendations or expectations of the european unio

the head of the european commission, ursula fondor lein, said that the eu can get rid of dependence onsian energy carriers, already six months earlier they said that it would take at least 10 years to save europe, according to ursula’s plan, norway should, according to fonderland february this year, 40% of gas imports it was supposedly coming from russia now. it's only 9%. however, the correctness of the calculation of the nozzle is uncertain, not only us, well, she herself is a german frau. look, in all seriousness, they are conducting a master class, how to properly and economically wash your hands, the next step, probably, will be video tutorials on wiping ursula with a cloth of your buttock crease. well, the stories about how the dinner does not turn on the light of their impudence is absolutely fine now and shava after the poles presented a trillion bill to the germans. they remembered that polish czechoslovak border. in the fifties , they drew it somehow wrong, according to the publication of the polish-lithuanian commonwealth, the polish authorities resumed discussion of the iss

and what are your main fears about ukraine's accession to the eu ?olicy is informational anti-corruption and actually as a representative of the profile committee i can say that one of those basic and exactly seven demands eh it was a draft law about national minorities eh actually in our committee we have been preparing one of the versions for a long time and it is really problematic issue a problematic issue that concerns its agreement with national minorities of conformity precisely in european legislation and this is actually what concerns my work profile. we continue this activity and accordingly i hope that we we will still go to the final, the agreed text of the bill and the national minorities regarding the broadcasting of the rada well, how can the voters find out what is happening in general in the highest legislative body of the country? even during martial law, why can the rada tv channel really create resolutions there, but it can be busy there eh news , give some kind of analytical information materials aimed at the implementation of de

purely populist , the official called for breaking any links between gas and electricity prices in the eu, such calls do not correspond to market realities. europe to increase lng purchases the share of wind and solar energy has not increased significantly and gas still plays a critical role in power generation. and at the end of the issue, i will remind exchange rate for today dollar 60 rubles. 37 kop. euro 60 21 about the economy, until further sports news will be presented by alexander abramov sash good morning maria daniil medvedev finished his speech in new york. tell us the details damash medvedev flew out of the us open, lost to an australian, a certain kirillius, he is at the 1/8 final stage. i’ll return to tennis , we’ll start with football, the country’s champion and leader of the season petersburg zenith won another victory over spartak the night before the teams met in moscow as part of the eighth round premier league. the first half passed with the advantage of zenit, but spartak scored in the 21st minute , alexander sobolev scored his second goal of the season. in the scorin

russian citizens should not enter the eu under the simplified scheme being an eu tourist is not somepension of the visa facilitation agreement means that russian citizens will no longer have privileged access to the eu . increased to 80 euros instead of the previous 35. new price in rubles, approximately 5.000, the embassy has the right to require additional documents. o multiple entry visa. now rather an exception to the rule, despite the tough innovations. visa guarantees are no priority only for travelers. as they put it in an official document with vital goals, they included relatives of european citizens, truck drivers, and, oddly enough , journalists, however, from a valid schengen passport. now problems may arise, the european commission recommended that the eu member review the permits issued earlier today. by the way, they have almost. million russians, western countries will be able to revoke a visa, right at the border, for abstract reasons, member states must be strict about reviewing valid short-stay visas already issued to russian citizens if it becomes apparent that th