but hubig, now germany is in quite urgent need to substitute russian gas because of the worn ukraine, and he's looking for other sources of the fossil fuel. now israel has a big stock of this gas and fields that have been found around 10 years ago, off the coast of israel, and is ready to export this gas. but for the moment, infrastructure to bring the gas to europe is not there. there are plans to build pipelines across the mediterranean, their plans to build ellen g terminals to get the gas from israel to europe. but habit has make clear that these plans won't bring gas to europe and germany specifically quick enough. it will take too long to build the infrastructure to get the gas there. and that will be at a time point when germany will already want to have started to move away from gas and shifting more towards renewables. but habit may clear that the region is at the center of a push for more renewable energy's. he says he believes that cooperation between these states and countries that sometimes don't really see i to, i can be promoted through the development of renewable ener

planned for when the government sees a high risk of long term supply shortages of gas economy, mr. hubig. speaking on the topic earlier today, he put phase 2 into effect, which does allow utility companies to pass on high gas prices to customers. with the goal of forcing down demand for gas. but good morning this from our political correspondent, hans bronte has this sounds like a serious situation. is it? yes it is. i think for the economy minnes, as i say, the gas is becoming a scarce come out. model is a fairly drastic phrase. and for the government to raise an alarm and official alarm, the focus at the moment is on saving as much gas as possible. now to get it into storage so that there might may be enough available for the winter for heating in winter later this year. so it's not a single yet that the market is no longer functioning. in fact, the emphasis is that there is gas available on the market, but obviously with russian gas becoming much less available all over europe. the everybody is looking towards new supplies towards alternative supplies and that's been raising prices. a

the german government has set itself the target of ending coal burning by 2030 bucks on to hubig plan. some more bold coal power stations could be reactivated for a limited period. at least germany would burn more of its mass, live night reserves, and also import hard coal from abroad. a drastic step, but according to her back part of the way to confrontation between the west and russia. this is, this is a kind of arm wrestle where initially poochie and has had longer. this doesn't mean that with increased effort, we can't develop a strong ground in stock and become can. the plan also foresees paying industry to reduce it gas consumption. and perhaps even encouraging germans to endure low temperatures in their homes. the one idea is not on the cards, extending the life of germany's 3 remaining nuclear power stations. they are still due to be switched off at the end of this year. let's take a quick look now at some other stories making headlines at this hour. texas public safety chief is told the state senate hearing that the police responds to the of all the school shooting was a quot

mr. hubig speaking on the topic earlier today, he put phase 2 into effect which does allow utility companies to pass on high gas prices to customers with the goal of for.

but under hubig plan, some more bold coal power stations could be reactivated for a limited period. at least germany would burn more of its mass, live night reserves, and also import hard coal from abroad. a drastic step, but according to her back part of the way, the confrontation between the west and russia, which is so this is a kind of arm wrestle where initially poochie and has had longer on this doesn't mean that with increased effort we can't develop a stronger interest i can become going. the plan also foresees paying industry to reduce it gas consumption. and perhaps even encouraging germans to endure low temperatures in their homes. the one idea is not on the cards, extending the life of gemini is 3 remaining nuclear power stations. they are still due to be switched off that the end of this year. let's take a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. flood waters have inundated more of bangladesh after days of intense rain. access to essentials has been cut off in the still at region, which is seeing its worth flooding in more than a century

you, that is hubig but don't worry because our allies are cheering biden as he also spells out u.s.ufacturing. >> president biden: just facilitated a new partnership between two american firms and that government and angola to invest $2 billion in building a new solar project in angola. it is a partnership that will help angola me its climate goals. >> laura: of course our allies are up front about all of this. after all, you america have a lot to atone for especially under trump. when our economy was far outpatient europe pickup. remember when we were energy independent? no inflation. families connection go on vacation. people were pretty optimistic. that made the elite especially that euro elite miserable. if americans could be so free and prosperous, it was only a matter of time before their own people demanded by the results them and europe. just look at the troubled mccrone -- trouble macron is having now. biden is going to give them anything they want and he will ask zero in return. the time has come for republicans to ask themselves, which countries are truly allies of the un