that's their goal. a gas pipeline under construction from russia to the european union three mines almost explosives will spread there, and yet it’s cool that there is a ship in neutral waters in the international fishing zone, presumably accompanying the mines to their presence, there is quite legal in our territorial waters. it is not included, so we can not make any claims against them. so they dropped a mine in neutral waters and are leading them to the gas pipeline. the slope is the shore of the nord stream gas pipeline the shore will become dark in half an hour, if the mines move on their own to destroy the ship, i believe that they have a homing system, and it will be impossible to destroy them in the dark from the air. what do you suggest. i suggest waiting until dark to seize the ship, and get control over the mines to take them to a safe place and destroy them there. strengthening of the financial sovereignty of the country today a new system of payment for russian natural gas for unfriendly countries begins to operate now in safety the russian military evacuate the civilian pop

the third day there has been a meeting at the level of foreign ministers of nato and the european union, and for threethere have been no official statements about what is being decided there, to be honest, i don’t remember , never to 3 days commit foreign ministers were committed, and there was no official information about this, probably something is wrong in the realm of denmark. in addition, when yesterday the united states of america and great britain announced the next round of anti-russian sanctions, uh, it was written in press releases, that the european union has already introduced the fifth package of sanctions against russia, in fact, announced the day before yesterday. the fifth package of sanctions against russia was not introduced in europe. union means something happened there and those leaks that follow from the meeting room they are very few, but some of them are quite eloquent. well , eloquently, for example, a list of tracks, the british foreign secretary, uh, of his youth, an active fighter against the militaristic policies of margaret thatcher, now turned well, after time, into the

european union. we know what is in it, coal is the takeaway measure from this. it will be banned, exports from russia going into the european union. buyers have three months to wind down, tax -- contracts and they will not be able to buy more. that is about 10 billion dollars of exports going to russia will be blocked. it is designed to increase the pain on russia, but i will say that the conversation is quickly moving to oil and gas. today we heard from the head of the european commission and council, saying sooner or later we will have to talk about oil and gas, that is the choreography, and there is huge social pressure especially after those pictures of bucha to tackle oil. everything that we have seen until now, it is clear that this will not be the end, the invasion continues with many other places that have been occupied by russians and europeans know that this is not the end of this and they need to prep already in the face of that. jonathon: you -- lisa: you say they will have the conversation about oil and gas that they have been talking about this for a while, so when do we move about talking about it and hearing from germany and actuall

called do not care, because i 'm sorry, in order to make a final decision of the european union, it is necessary that all three instances of the europarlanki, the european commission, the council of the eu and the heads of state, that is, all 27 member countries. well , what kind of unity is now in the european union? we all know perfectly well the presidency, by the way, look, if now france is doubtful that the macron, who considers it very important to have a dialogue with putin, will now want to abandon russian gas. nevertheless, the anti-russian sanctions are a strong test for our economy the head of the government , mishustin, in his annual report in the state duma called the current situation in russia the most difficult in recent years. 30 years old, but noted that the long-standing plans of the west to tear our economy to shreds did not come true mishustin also turned to foreign business. let's hear from the premier. i would like from this podium. separately, appeal to foreign companies to those who are still thinking of leaving or staying to work in our country. russia is still open for constructive d

to be honest, i don't remember ever in the history of nato or european union ministerial meetings for threemation. there is clearly something serious going on. see. e. on european summit first ursula von derain. uh, famous gynecologist and uh, european commissioner. er, po er, the head of the european commission, she said that there is a fifth package of sanctions, well, the fifth package of sanctions has not been introduced until now. on the other hand, american and british sanctions were introduced, and in press releases about the introduction of british american sanctions, it was written that the fifth package of the european union had already been put into effect. though it hasn't exactly been put into action. nato ministerial summit, while there is information that discussed? china still has information that the minister of foreign affairs of japan is present, which is understandable. if we are talking about nato reorienting itself to the asia-pacific region , there is information that the membership of finland and sweden in nato was discussed, but no information about what was said in

compare that to what the european union is offering, just over three billion, so this country is asking believes that it will spend at least 20,000, 20 billion euros on helping, on helping support the refugees coming to this country. a huge, huge effort. bear in mind that so many people have already come here but bear in mind that people are still coming. evenjust this morning when we were here very early in the morning, a young woman had come, she had just spent the night travelling across from over the border here to poland and she had come here to find out what she is meant to do next, she wanted to move on to the czech republic and she just wanted to move on and she was wondering how her next process is. all the time, people are coming, and this country has been really rallying around and doing its absolute best but if you think about the sheer volume of numbers, over four million people, according to the un, have left ukraine, and that number will continue to grow as the volatility, as the fighting continues in ukraine. this place is geared up but of course it all depends on how ma

three days. e nato european union, at the level of foreign ministers discussed.sia do badly, uh, the fifth package of european union sanctions has been agreed? uh, ask him show how it looks like a ban on imports of coal wood cement fertilizer and seafood and alcohol. yes, that is, crab caviar and vodka are excluded from the diet of europeans. the ban on the sale of securities banknotes restrictions against morozko's transport companies assets of key russian banks, and so on and so forth and so on up to the ban on russian ships from entering the ports of the european union. vasilyevich, i did not expect, perhaps, only that they would accept a ban on the entry of russian ships into their ports. everything else is logical. why because behind this there may be a retaliatory measure that will simply kill a whole number of economies, and i'm still thinking, and how will they say. eh, carry nickel or platinum, uh, on dog sleds, or something, they leave reservations that those resources that are especially valuable, they have the right to receive them by russian ships, b

only the united states but also from the entire collective west including the european union, and the continuation of such a three-single, i would say policy, yes, the imposition of sanctions against russia growing the supply of weapons to ukraine and indeed today the baidan announced that a new package of military assistance to ukraine for 800 million dollars will be provided, and it will include military helicopters and armored personnel carriers and so on, germany anna lena berberg, and announced the other day about that it is necessary to supply ukraine with heavy weapons and the third today. a-a deputy foreign minister of russia a oleg syra molotov said that there is a very big risk, and the commission of a terrorist attack by ukraine with the use of chemical weapons, which can be brought to ukraine from outside and we know the story with white helmets, the story in syria a and even a nuclear warhead. yes, some kind of nuclear device, which, according to the russian foreign ministry , can also be, uh, imported. and to ukraine, ah from the outside, leonid petrovich, when we put it all together, yes, that is,

said here several times that my personal opinion is that the united states has just three competitors yes the european uniona what is better than pushing the european union and russia against their foreheads and thus have free, as it were, access to the fact that deal with china like this, uh, how would they find in the european union a very prudent fertile ground to push you. why? because they feel everything? that is , they have this inferiority complex. i'm not talking about almost the entire european union, but still the whole new part, that is, here are all the former e from the warsaw pact, there and so on. well, what are we going to deny that they really have an inferiority complex, but they had it back in soviet times , and even more so now. maxim anatolievich the oil market is very dodgy, of course, it will find such schemes that would lead to another thing, so that gradually its years of these schemes will still decrease and decrease, because those who consciously in america in the european commission have taken the bone soul of the russian economy . they understand all this, so they will deliver

we also saw european coal jumping to a three week high on reports of the european union banning importsssia. remember, those russian imports account for about half of the continent's imports, so that would be a huge chunk of supply. we continue to see grain prices -- corn and wheat surged mor ethan 20% since the start of the war in ukraine. it is not just the war in ukraine that is affecting global grain supplies. drought in the u.s. also plays a part, with just a third of america's winter wheat crops in good or excellent condition. so, how much is the pressure from ukraine, the pressure from the u.s. drought situation affecting the grain space? >> it's putting a lot of pressure on the grain space. just when everyone is focused on russia and ukraine and the loss of a quarter of the world grain trades. we now have worsening conditions in the u.s. which do not look good at all. they are as bad -- they are worse than the drought conditions we saw in 2012, which was pretty bad. so it is not looking good. there is a lot of pressure on grain in the world at the moment. haidi: what about the a

at the head of the research, three us citizens and one representative of the european union , the headquarters was located in kiev with branches in kharkov, lvov, as well as in georgia, moldova and azerbaijan, money issued by washington was distributed through kiev. managed to master $ 350 million and issued assignments in recent years, several hundred dual- purpose studies have been carried out, formally in the field of medicine or veterinary medicine. bacteria and viruses capable of becoming weapons have barely been studied. many of them are aimed to study potential agents of biological weapons, tolaremia plague and pathogens of economically significant infections pathogenic influenza, african, swine fever directly in the interests of the military department, the center funded projects p364 444 and 781 aimed at studying the spread of pathogens of dangerous infections through insect vectors. wild birds, bats. there is evidence that a significant part of the research has been devoted to the possibility of spreading infections such as cholera and in through waterways. ukraine, the dnieper dunai

the customs controls were due to start injuly, they've already been put off three times since the uk left the european union the extra red tape will further disrupt supply chains and add to rising inflation. 0ur economics editor faisal islam explains. boris johnson's brexit borisjohnson�*s brexit deal prioritised independence for the uk over rules and standards and immigration policy, and the natural result of that was a more distant trade relationship with our major trading partner, europe. the european union applied the extra red tape and paperwork and checks that comes with this new arrangement on day one, january of last year, and that has applied to uk exporters stop investors about coming the other way, it's about eu imports into the uk. they have been delayed three times and what we had today effectively was a further delay of at least a year and a half but the government hopes that by then we will have in place a digitised world trade border for the entire globe which effectively means it doesn't have to come in place at all, so the consequence, that is the positive motivation for it. more concernin

the european union has granted ukrainian refugees up to three years to stay and work throughout its 27 member nations . they will also receive social welfare and access to housing, medical treatment and schools. this is confirmation week in washington. president biden supreme court nominee judge catania brown jackson faces a procedural vote today. the senate judiciary committee is meeting to vote on judge jackson's confirmation. the 22 member panel is evenly divided between democrats and republicans is expected to vote along party lines. a split vote means her nomination will still go to the full senate for confirmation, though without a recommendation from the judiciary committee. judge jackson is expected to be confirmed by the full senate and become the first black woman to said on the united states supreme court. the cruise ship that's suddenly cut its trip short and left 1600 passengers in san francisco is now out of the bay area. why officials with princess cruises say they made the abrupt decision. also, gas prices continue to drop around the country. but are they going down rig

now the european union has granted ukrainian refugees up to three years to stay and work throughout its 27 member nations will also receive social welfare access to housing medical treatment in schools. unseasonably warm temperatures are expected this weekend that has firefighters getting ready for potential wildfires. some areas in the bay area could see temperatures in the upper eighties to even low nineties. and firefighters tell us they do expect another early and dangerous fire season fire season, which they remind us really last all year long now in california, but they say right now there's already a lot of dry vegetation out there, and it's only going to get drier. firefighters are reminding people to prepare now and make sure there's enough defensible space around their homes. right now. this is a story for great skiers like ali rasmus, the sierra at tahoe ski resort is opening this weekend only for a big celebration. the last year, the cow door fire badly damaged the resort kept it close while recruits were making repairs. but it's opening this saturday and sunday to skiers an

three military warehouses and a car garage were hit in the assault. the european unionondemed what it called the "indiscriminate and illegal shelling of civilians" the south african government has declared a state of disaster in response to floods in kwazulu—natal province. ten thousand soldiers are being deployed to the region as part of the relief effort. rainstorms and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. at least 60 people are believed to be still missing. more than 11,000 people, including some volunteers, who signed up to help deliver covid—19 vaccinations now have permanent roles with the nhs in england. they include former airline cabin crew members, gym managers and chefs. anisa kadri reports. by helping to deliver the covid vaccination programme, people like kazeem felt they were making history. he was previously a gym manager before adding vaccinator and now assistant service manager at guy's and st thomas nhs foundation trust to his cv. if you had asked me about three years ago, would i be working under the health sector? i probably would have said no

minister said now, that thanks to a special operation in ukraine, three tasks were solved: the first rally ukraine rally the european unionion and revive nato, that is, you understand, we thought that the brain of nato died by the macron himself, yes, for his words, apparently you understand, and in fact his minister of foreign affairs corrects him, therefore, if now for them, god forbid, collapse, this is the whole idea that they are on the other side and stand, that is, i understand the story. we are on the other side of history. that is, this is seryozha yes, well, it's just all superfluous. actually. this described the final battle to get evil, that is, none. that is, how would you decide to retreat , there is nowhere for anyone to retreat, of course, but here it is being decided now, in general. everything, of course, everything from the side. how many ropes do not see each other, the end will be, therefore, these are the voices that now sound like a dissident. yes, some kind of marginal, so to speak, they will break through, they will break through, because i hope so, i also vote for it all the same. here, yes, a ro

now the european union has granted ukrainian refugees up to three years to stay and work throughout its 27 member nations will also receive social security, cheryl so welfare and access to housing medical treatment. and schools. all right, thomas world nine here in the bay area, steve says this is probably this day will be the coolest day for awhile. right well, we'll go from cool to hot back to cool all in seven days. mr clark. yes that is correct. here. let me let me get my shoulder. take your time. i'm ready now. okay, now your system is clipping us to the north end . it is producing some rain, but not not in our forecast zone, luiz, not mine, but at least near the oregon border. you can see that system right there, so we'll get some partly cloudy skies mostly cloudy to the north. a lot of cloud cover coming in. so cooler today. as you can see this cloud cover. it's more vocal zonal flow west to east but so little cooler today clouds north a little bit more sun south. some patchy fog out there, not a lot, but there's a little bit and temperatures sixties and also seventies. they're p

three military warehouses and a car garage were hit in the assault. the european unionf civilians" the south african government has declared a state of disaster in response to floods in kwazulu—natal province. 10,000 soldiers are being deployed to the region as part

. >> well, customs officials in finland have confiscated three shipments of russian art worth $46 million under european unionrned to russia last weekend after being exhibited abroad. finland says they qualify as luxury goods under eu sanctions and this seizure is normal operations but a russian politician was quoted on state media as saying it was theft. those customs officials in finland have said the artwork will be stored safely and they will be stored for some time. it seems. let's go back to lynda kinkade at cnn world headquarters there in atlanta and just go back to the interview you did with the young 26-year-old. that is a young man who was the youngest elected member of the ukrainian parliament who has now basically taken up a rifle to defend his country, and never thought he would be put in that situation. and if you look at his face and his words, this -- this is a young man who has aged incredibly in -- in just a month. >> yeah, he really has. heartbreaking, hearing him speak about the loss of his -- his girlfriend of ten years. good to have you with us, john vause, from lviv. we will see you at

said now, that thanks to the special operation in ukraine, three tasks have been solved: the first is to unite ukraine to unite the european unionhought that the brain of nato died macron himself, so to speak for his words, apparently you understand and are actually correcting him by his foreign minister, therefore, if now for them god forbid collapse, this is the whole idea that they are standing on the other side, that is, i understand the story. we are on the other side of history. that is, these are earrings, when, well, it's just that everything is lost. actually, it described the final battle, of course, none. that is, how would you decide to retreat no one has nowhere, of course, but here and now everything is decided in general, of course, well, everything, from the outside, how many ropes do not see? finally, it will be, therefore , these voices. which now sounds like a dissident. yes, some kind of marginal, so to speak, they will break through, they will break through, because i hope so, i also vote for it all the same. here, yes, a rope or like a droplet, but we are obliged to work like this, really sergey mikhailovic

three military warehouses and a car garage were hit in the assault. the european union condemed what it called the "indiscriminate and illegal shelling of civilians" the south african government has declared a state of disaster in response to floods in kwazulu—natal province. ten thousand soldiers are being deployed to the region as part of the relief effort. rainstorms and mudslides have killed more than 400 people. at least sixty people are believed to be still missing. now on bbc news, 20 years on from its release, bbc sport's miriam walker—khan looks at the impact the film bend it like beckham had on audiences. it's not fair, the boys never have to come home and help. i wonder if i had an arranged marriage, would i get someone who'd let me play football whenever i wanted? who are you talking to? music: move on up by curtis mayfield. bend it like beckham was a huge success and it made history as the highest grossing film about football. # hush now, child. my mum probably hates the film because we've watched it that many times. there are so many elements of it that ar

three military warehouses and a car garage were hit in the assault. the european union condemned what it called the "indiscriminate and illegal shelling of civilians" the south african government has declared a state of disaster in response to floods in kwazulu—natal province. 10,000 soldiers are being deployed to the region as part of the relief effort. now on bbc news, it's hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i'm stephen sackur. what i find funny, you might find offensive. comedy challenges taste and convention and it can rouse strong reaction, as we saw at this year's 0scars when a joke earned comedian chris rock a slap in the face from the actor will smith. my guest today has spent more than 25 years finding laughs in sometimes unlikely places, 0mid djalili was born in london to iranian parents. he has thrived as a cross culture comedic chameleon, but is it possible to be funny without being mean? 0mid djalili, welcome to hardtalk. stephen sackur, my friend, my fellow presenter in the business of show, man who is so unbelievably good looking and thin that he walks into s

yourself if my memory serves me, the combined gdp of the three baltic countries, uh, is less than one percent of the total the gdp of the european unioncapita is somewhere around sixty percent. recent european difficult. no, it means that with our country and two friends can be used, something else is important, but you understand, steinmeier was forbidden to eat steinmeier. well , i'm sorry, president of the federal republic of germany yes, but whatever one may say, this is the leading country of the european union . what can it say? that these are small countries, but very aggressive, very passionate. well, the slaves are more. oh who else a few words ahead, they are trying today . there is such an expression mal bug. yes, smelly. but you can’t argue here, that’s why germany is in this way in germany and spit on them, uh, poland is naturally more today the main ally of eastern europe in europe, and it has long had ambitious plans. poland is generally a lot, so he wants a lot of german things. uh, listen, well, not today, not even yesterday, has been hatching its ambitious plans for several centenary and now is a great time to revive

yourself, if my memory serves me right, the total gdp of the three baltic countries, but is less than one percent of the total gdp of the european union of per capita, there are somewhere around 60% of the last european in what difficulties with our country and other things can be used, but you understand steinmeir was forbidden to eat, because i have excuse the president of the federal republic of germany yes, whatever one may say, this is the leading country of the european union, this is shit, it's shit in the face in the face. what can it say? what are these small countries, but very aggressive, very passionate, well, driven more, oh, a few more words ahead, they are trying today hmm to start to rule the ball in the european union , you know, we have such an expression here in the country small bug smelly. but you can't argue here, that's why germany is thus germany and spit on them. uh, poland is naturally more today the main ally of eastern europe in europe, but it has long had ambitious plans. poland is generally a lot, so the german wants a lot of things. uh, listen, well, not today, not even yesterday, their ambitious plans h

of france within nato and within the european union , spoke in favor of supporting lipoen, in the second round , most of the other candidates who scored two or threeting the macron, but there is no direct dependence, what all these voices will go, according to the calls. here is how the press evaluates the further struggle. and there quarrels, the next 2 weeks do not let the opponent go. see the french edition, lemon writes that the results of the first round showed a conflict between the managers and workers of the city and the periphery of the idea of ​​​​european, integration and national sovereignty, and another popular french newspaper figaro believes that the outcome of the new vote. it is not yet possible to determine the british times, also according to the second round will be more intense than 5 years ago, let me remind you that in 2017 makron easily with a double advantage, in the second round he was ahead of his rival, then it was 66 to 33. the american edition of the wall street journal also offers to closely follow the events in the next two weeks. indeed, in the middle of march, the incumbent president also had a double lead from li

in that list you just| took us three, one of them were strengthening the european union.eu to go if it was down to him. in practical terms, what to strengthening the eu mean for the presidents? for a terms, what to strengthening the eu mean for the presidents?— mean for the presidents? for a long time he has — mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked _ mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked about _ mean for the presidents? for a long time he has talked about making . mean for the presidents? for a long | time he has talked about making the european union more independent. i refer to that in my report. in terms of food production, energy production, and in terms of defence. at the time it was seen as quite controversial. did he want some kind of european defence force to replace nato? that is nonsense, just not possible. the eu does still rely very much on washington, particularly now after the russian invasion of ukraine. emmanuel macron wants to build the eu's defences, much more pooling of resources between individual member states, to comp

three, brother, he is not particularly hiding. well , it looks like it might be in estonia, well, somewhere in the european union well, igor, igor’sel, he is there, it seems that he was involved in some economic issues , but at the same time you need to understand that founders. so there was oleg revin. there is an analy who is apparently a daughter. here is igor leovin, which means, uh, a very interesting person. and on the one hand it is nowhere to be found, on the other hand. she's practically everywhere you talk to. here it controlled all international operations. but just to understand. in this complex, arranged family contract, the contributors began too late the first understanding that something was clearly wrong with the anchor and gl came only in 2018. customers who are somewhere around 16 years old and tried to withdraw money, namely the principal amount of non-interest principal and especially those who tried to do it right away. entirely here they faced problems and really some of them with difficulty, but they took it out, and some even couldn’t take it out. i decided, probably, the time has come, we’ll see, we’ll ob

all deals and all business with russia us but as well as european union blocked only some russian banks from swift. only seven banks out of three hundred. most of russian banks are doing their business with the civilized world, but russia is not a civilized country so cut them back . your your companies should also take some actions. there are american companies that still work in russia like colgate. how how do you feel about, you know, brushing your teeth in the morning, understanding you are helping a company that pays taxes in russia, taxes which go to buy bullets and missiles which will kill yet another ukrainian civilians and children away from their companies. but the most important thing the most important thing and i'm finishing here the most important thing is that americans see not and american presidents should finally send to ukraine heavy weapons, jets andanks even jets and tanks were sent to ukraine during the very first week of large scale invasion butcher massacre will never happen. we could fight back russians and kick them out of our country immediately like during the week or two. but this war is going on fo

european union solidarity trust fund. it will be important from all partners to coordinate their support for ukraine's budget needs. we are working toward three phases of the recovery effort of relief. recovery and resilience and i know many around the table are working in those efforts as the war continues. we will work to build confidence in ukraine's financial, monetary, and since -- fiscal institutions, fostering stability as we go forward. in six to eight month -- eight months after peace, we believe a reconstruction of connectivity, such as transport -- and digital should be addressed. reinforcing the macro fiscal capacity, rebuilding cities and households and strengthening the agricultural and physical sectors. -- it must end now. rebuilding will take hard work, determination and struggle but i remain optimistic with our collective support, ukraine can achieve a brighter future. i want to say thank you and turned to my friend and colleague, imf managing director, to give her remarks. >> thank you very much. thank you for organizing this meeting. i cannot think of a more important gathering than this one. why? because the unthinkable ha

expose many countries of the european union boris johnson today approached an important mark in his political career. he has been prime minister of great britain for almost three years for a thousand days. it's time for the authorities to take stock, in an hour the entire british press has been actively and actively engaged in recent weeks . johnson is trying to become hardly the leader of the anti-russian movement in europe, trying to make himself a leader, also in wartime. here are just the inhabitants of the kingdom of the former london mayor. the eccentric is called a lagoon and a jester lisa herzen johnson's thousand days over his residence a foreign flag, he speaks about ukraine as often as about england sends military aid for 350 million pounds to kiev, while in his own country a center for food aid to the poor is asked to protect the population from starvation and poverty, so that no one doubts the interests. what country does he represent to his name in social networks, the abbreviation uk united kingdom was added; the united kingdom came out a little in ukrainian. boris dzhantsanyuk johnson it turns out i would say a wave, backhand, that is, it leads

european union. alena, who is a translator, left russia the day after russia began its assault on ukraine. she's staying with friends in helsinki. but her visa expires in threet, and it'sncertain whether she will be able to remain in finland. she's deeply shocked by what has happened. alena: i am crying and not sleeping since it all started. that's how i feel. i feel -- i am pretty sure that i'm not going back. i am not sure that i will be able to live with this fear. reporter: in russia, criticizing the war can land you in jail. which is why more and more russians are leaving the country. finland has welcomed them with open arms. more and more people here have come to see russian president vladimir putin as a threat to finland, too. finland shares a 1300-kilometer border with russia. before, finland was proud of its neutrality. now, for the first time ever, a majority of finns support joining nato. >> what's the alternative? why not? >> i think it's important to try d avoid panic. but we also need to realize that are new parameters that we may have to deal with now. reporter: the finnish government does not want to cause alarm, but the country has gone on h

european union. alena, who is a translator, left russia the day after russia began its assault on ukraine. she's staying with friends in helsinki. but her visa expires in three, and it'sncertain whether she will be able to remain in finland. she's deeply shocked by what has happened. alena: i am crying and not sleeping since it all started. that's how i feel. i feel -- i am pretty sure that i'm not going back. i am not sure that i will be able to live with this fear. reporter: in russia, criticizing the war can land you in jail. which is why more and more russians are leaving the country. finland has welcomed them with open arms. more and more people here have come to see russian president vladimir putin as a threat to finland, too. finland shares a 1300-kilometer border with russia. before, finland was proud of its neutrality. now, for the first time ever, a majority of finns support joining nato. >> what's the alternative? why not? >> i think it's important to try anavoid panic. but we also need to realize that are new parameters that we may have to deal with now. reporter: the finnish government does not want to cause alarm, but the country has gone on hi

three times a day. they will also give you money. well, as it were, what they are waiting for there, as welcome guests, in fact , for the european unionthey are nothing are different. as the representatives of germany have already said from the same syrian or arab refugees, of whom there are quite a lot today in the territory of the european union, the current migration crisis is called exceptional, its consequences are difficult to predict, since it continues and continues to grow experts. they already note the growth of nationalist and far-right sentiments in the eu countries. the wave of ukrainian refugees has a different effect on the member states of the european union . ukrainians in hundreds of millions of zlotys, which in the future will become. billions, and the german municipalities have calculated that one refugee costs the budget 3,500 euros, in order to somehow reduce the burden on the host countries, the council of the european union decided to allocate 17 billion euros from anti-poverty funds, however, only financial support, to some especially zealous patriots , an insufficiently active part of ukrainian citizens came

european union that are now blocked. it means that the coal ban, the way that it is going to work, buyers will be given three months to windown their coal contracts and after that they will not able to sell -- sign deals. key technology also with this new sanctions package. francine: president zelenskyy also accusing russia of unspeakable atrocities. can peace talks between russia and ukraine continue? maria: they were supposed to happen this week and they were supposed to be ongoing and the idea that both sides were still working on a diplomatic path but if you listened yesterday to president zelenskyy, he had a harsh words saying that this is not just war crimes, this is genocide. russia hates everything that rut -- that ukraine stands for. this is a campaign handled by the anglo-saxon media so inevitably this is going to make peace talks very difficult and we are very far from a cease fire. ukrainians say they are now preparing for a major attack on the east of the country. this is a statement from the donbas area. the city of mariupol has now been destroyed to the ground, various serious concerns about the fate that re

metal products, and the european union must work together with the united states of america to close the whole of the stars, and i do not hope that already in the next two or three serious measures will be taken to prevent lukashenka and podilsk products from entering the western markets franyk a and i want to ask you another question about lukashenko's rhetoric, how has it changed , and how has he started behaving like this. at least with regard to what you as a belarusian journalist notice because it is more visible to you after the west and the usa began to more actively provide ukraine with military aid. no, it has not changed, we see what is going on. they narrated they say that poland and lithuania are a threat to belarus , that they are deploying their troops, and that is why we need to prepare for the great war. they are preparing society for this war, and now ukraine is an enemy along with nato countries, so he tried several times to play the role of a fireman , knowing the city of the arsonist, become a fireman, it's not me, it's putin who started the war, but i will. now this war , this conflict is extinguished, but he didn't succeed in anything . nai

european union. we are building the digital economy. we are moving forward. russia is moving backwards and trying to drag all the other three countries with them. this is exactly the point we are fighting and this is exactly why we will be standing firmly because it's not where we want to go. >> kiera, thank you very much for taking the time to speak with us and please stay safe, kiera. >>> yeah, no more masks! whew! >> masks are still optional for employees, customers. >> well, the u.s. mask mandate you saw for public transportation is no longer in effect. the centers for disease control overstepped its authority by enacting it. major airlines made masks optional but some warn there could be confusion since the ruling took them by surprise. not at all agencies are lifting the mandate. >> reporter: this was one of the last major mask mandates. it was slated to end in two weeks on may 3rd. now by order of the u.s. district judge in florida, she said that goes beyond the cdc's authority and now the white house has confirmed that the transportation mask mandate is no longer in effect pending a federal review. this was required

european union solidarity trust fund. ebrd's resilience package. it will be important for all parties to continue coordinating their support for ukraine's budget needs. we are working toward three phases of the recovery effort of relief. recovery and resilience, and i know many around the table are working in those efforts as the war continues. we will work to build confidence in ukraine's financial, monetary, and fiscal institutions, fostering currency stability as we go forward. in the six to eight months after peace, we believe the reconstruction of essential infrastructure connectivity should be urgently addressed. then over the medium-term, reinforcing the macro fiscal capacity, rebuilding cities and households, and strengthening the agriculture and business sectors. the war has been devastating for ukraine's people and its economy, and it must end now. rebuilding will take hard work, determination, and struggle, but i remain optimistic with our collective support, ukraine can achieve a brighter future. with that, i want to say thank you and turn to my friend and colleague, the imf managing director, to give her remarks. >> thank you very much, david. thank you for organiz

defense system is three installations of a multiple launch rocket system, as well as nine strongholds and 59 areas of concentration of ukrainian military equipment. the european unionroved a new package of sanctions against russia, already the fifth in a row, measures provide for a ban deliveries of quantum computers and jet fuel to our country. in addition, yes will stop importing coal and timber from russia, and from august our ships will be banned from entering european ports, and restrictions will apply to russian and belarusian motor transport companies. truth. exception made for the transport of certain goods and speech, medicines and food, the financial sector announced a complete ban on the transactions of four of our banks. well, today is the sanctions list. updated by japan, it was included in sberbank and alpha-bank still introduced a ban on a new investment in russia well, against this background, the news came, from our central bank, the key balance was reduced immediately by 300 basis points from 20 to 17%. as noted in the central bank, the external conditions for our economy remain difficult ; stopped growing, in addition, the rate of price growth sl

three basis points, approaching 290. >> today, president biden hosting a call with the leaders of france, germany, romania, and the u.k. in the european union the focus will be how do they proceed with the war in ukraine as it takes a new tack. what i find interesting is that gas prices, natural gas prices, in the euro region have come down to near where they were before the conflict. how much do people put pricing out any kind of increase in the bans on russian gas imports? leak at chicago fed president charlie evans, the latest in the roster of fed speak, speaking with economic club of new york. here's what i am watching -- longer-term inflation expectations have risen to the highest levels going back to 2014. this is based on the 5 year forwards rate given rates. even if the fed opens up rate hikes are increasingly aggressive, people do not think it will be enough to curtail longer-term inflation trends. also today, earnings continue. 15% of s&p companies reporting this week, 69 companies. netflix reports after the bell. i will allow you both to rant about the idea of people cutting streaming services, because we are seeing that. netflix

three baltic states also announced they would be boycotting russian gas becoming the first european nations to do so. the european unionas. and according to the eu's own foreign policy chief it spent about $45 billion since russia invaded ukraine. ukrainian officials meanwhile have been telling the world to consider every dollar spent on russian energy is a dollar that will help fund russia's unprovoked war with president volodymyr zelenskyy calling for a fuel embargo and saying quite plainly that the delay is costing lives. quote, how many more ukrainian men, how many more ukrainian women, the russian military will have time to kill in order for you, certain politicians, and we know who you are, to find some determination. end quote. joining me is the global energy expert who has written the book on how the struggle over energy can cause tension between nations. he served on the u.s. secretary energy advisory board under four presidents, the vice chair of ihs market, he's also a pulitzer prize winning author. daniel, thank you for being with us. i want to ask you, are there enough countries that are not the eu or not

three consecutive terms since 2010 , addressing supporters in budapest, orban said that he will win the national elections. even brussels will have to admit the attitude of the hungarian government with the european unionnd escalated against the backdrop of events in ukraine when budapest refused to support all anti-russian sanctions. we will remember this victory until the end of our lives. we have never had so many opponents we had to fight with a huge number of opponents local left international left wing bureaucrats from brussels with all the money and institutions of the surus empire international media and even the president of ukraine parliamentary presidential elections were held the day before in serbia ballot counting has not yet been completed, but aleksandar vučić leads by a huge margin and thus sets a new record in the political history of serbia for the second time in a row, winning the presidential election. in the first round, his party is leading in the parliamentary elections, alexander vučić. he promised to maintain the neutrality of serbia and friendly relations with russia , despite external pressure, categorically rejected, he and the country's entry into any military blocs and al

three basis points. from new york, this is bloomberg. ritika: keeping up-to-date with news from around the world. for the first time the european union has targeted russia's crucial energy revenues. the block agreed to ban russian coal imports and japan may follow. it is the fifth round of eu sanctions since russia invaded ukraine. it also includes a ban on russian trucks and ships from entering the eu. the war in ukraine is entering a new phase six weeks after vladimir putin launched the invasion. ukraine may have just weeks to acquire new weapons. russian forces are expected to regroup after being pushed out of the area around kyiv. meanwhile dozens of refugees were killed after russians allegedly filed -- fired a missile at a train station. russian central bank unexpectedly cut its key interest rate the most in two decades. the rate went from 20% to 17%. that is a sign of confidence the central bank can reverse some of the monetary tightening it imposed after the invasion. janet yellen is counting on the support of corporate america for a global tax deal. big business is nowhere near backing the plan. bloomberg spoke to executives