on that note, dr fatih birol, head of the international energy agency, thank you for your time.ons created an inflection point for the future of global oil supply and demand? to find out i spoke to the former global ceo of bp. he is credited with helping to shift the industry's approach to climate change. he now chairs beyond net zero, that is a group that helps companies tackle climate change. thank you for your time. you have met and negotiated with president vladimir putin. when you were the boss of bp. i am wondering have you ever thought that we would be in this situation today? i had an inkling that one day something might happen because of course, oil and energy is both used as a weapon and a shield, both by many people. going back to the �*70s in my career when embargoes on oil to the west created crisis. prices went up and that was the middle east. so it comes and it goes. actually, when i was dealing with president putin, i think there was... they needed us to modernise their oil industry and to demonstrate that foreign investment could actually occur in the new russia

attack the infrastructure, but they have been general conference resolutions at the international atomic energy agency highlighting the need not to attack on the installation. so, so certainly it's part of the sort of international norm, not to target nutritional facilities, but we don't have any specific treat you regulate in that. that's an international energy agency, operates an incident and emergency center. and right now i went in to sort of round the clock of duration to provide assistance to, to crane new to non proliferation expert. go on john over in vienna. thank you very much for joining us. 0 dw, thank you. meanwhile, the exodus, if people flee the war, continues, mainly women and children, as most ukrainian men are required to stay behind and fight. poland is receiving the biggest number of refugees, but are the neighboring countries also taking in people desperate to escape. t w's test about reports. now from this love, a q slovakian border with ukraine. a roof over their heads, even if it's just a tent. and a hot meal here envisioned in inmates crystal vakio. they found shelter from th

safety. authorities say that radiation levels remain unchanged. raphael grossey from the international atomic energy agency address the situation at the plant earlier. it's important to say that all the safety systems of the 6 reactors at the plant where not affect it at all. and that there has been no release of radioactive material. i have indicated to both the russian federation and the ukraine. my availability and disposition to travel to ch are novel as soon as possible so that these 7 crucial pillars are never again compromised. the chief of the i a speaking there with me on the studio is our chief political correspond, melinda, crime, belinda, what did you make of this statement? well, 1st of all, he was at great pains to assure the public that the situation at jeopardy is currently under control. that no safety systems were affected, that the fire had broken out in a training facility rather than in a reactor. and had been brought under control by the fire brigade that works at the site. he also told us that of the 6 water reactors which are there and they make it, by the way, the biggest nuclear f

i will be discussing all of that with the head of the international energy agency, the iea, and the formal boss of oil giant bp. also on the show, with energy prices on the up, the aviation industry is facing a another tough year. so, i speak to the bosses of delta air lines about the cost of flying in 2022. wherever you arejoining me from around the world, once again, a big hello and welcome to the show. events in ukraine are continuing to reverberate around the world. and as the death toll grows, so do the calls for further punitive sanctions to be placed on russia. western allies, well, they have so far acted with unprecedented coordination to hit everything from russia's central bank to its wealthiest individuals. but so far, sanctions on the country's most valuable exports, oil and gas, have been more uneven with europe unwilling, for now at least, to turn off the taps. here is why. russia is the third biggest producer of oil in the world. pumping close to 11 million barrels of the black stuff every day. more than half of its oil exports go to europe. russia is also the world's second

the plans are accompanied by a diplomatic push for the international energy agency to coordinate a globalease by other countries. opec+ may exclude oil production estimates provided by the international energy agency, following months of discussion on both sides. sources say that ministers will discuss the proposal when opec+ meets on thursday. it will change the estimates that appear in the cartel's monthly report which is used to gauge compliance on quotas. president biden vows to invoke cold war era powers to boost production of batteries. the white house is poised to add veteran materials to the list of items covered by the defense production act. it would give mining companies access to an extra $750 million to fund production at existing operations. the motion picture academy has started disciplinary proceedings against will smith for slapping chris rock on stage at the oscars. the group says it will discuss penalties at its next meeting on april 18, which could include suspension, or expulsion from the organization. the academy also said smith was asked to leave their ceremony, but

attack the infrastructure, but they have been general conference resolutions and the international atomic energy agency highlighting the need not to attack on the installation. so. so certainly it's part of the sort of international norm not to target nutritional facilities. but we don't have any specific treat you regulate that. that's that international energy agency operates an incident and emergency center. and right now i went into sort of round the clock of duration to provide assistance to non proliferation expert. go hi john over in vienna. thank you very much for joining us here. and d, w. thank you. messages seeing the boy in ukraine, on arriving in germany every day that travelling, however, they can with special buses and trains, bringing people from border areas to cities, including berlin authorities, in the capital say more than 6000 refugees have arrived at berlin's mains train station on thursday alone, our reporter loveday right was there and sent us this report. ah, a journey people never thought that half to make thousands of refugees arriving at balance main train station. among th

international energy agency warned that global energy security is under threat after russia's invasionukraine. the dramatic price moves will be top of the agenda as opec-plus meets later today. goldman sachs believes oil can go as high as $150 a barrel -- $115 a barrel. >> the energy trade is going to be disrupted. >> this is an enormous amount of oil that has the potential to be disrupted. >> if you start using -- you need to keep that. >> we have done it before, it did not make a huge impact over the long haul. >> [indiscernible] >> i think you were going to see in effect a sanction on russian energy just by the market actor. >> [indiscernible] >> we would like to be engaged with the administration. i think when they first came into office, they had a whole host of priorities with the pandemic, the economy, and engagement with their industry was not one of their priorities. dani: joining us now is the head of commodity strategy. fantastic to have you on today. oil markets, commodity markets responding to sanctions in russia despite the carveout in those sanctions for the energy, the

meantime, the international energy agency says an oil supply shock could be coming.nd in russia slumps and major oil companies, trading houses and shipping companies reject its exports. l eleni giokos is in dubai. let's talk about this oil supply shock that is coming, and the uk's boris johnson in the gulf looking to secure oil splice. >> absolutely. look, the warning from the international energy agency of an oil supply shock is absolutely going to speak. the market is going to speak, and it's going to be reflected in what the oil price will be doing going forward. you've got to look at supply/demand dynamics. british prime minister boris johnson in town meeting with the crown prince of abu dhabi, and the crown prince of saudi arabia, natural a bid to increase oil supply from these two countries. these the only two countries, the uae and saudi arabia that have excess capacity to try and plug some of the hole that is going to be created by the removal of russian oil and gas out of the market. now there has been no public pledge to do so, and it's far more complicated

the international energy agency said an oil supply shom may be coming.ssia may be forced to limit the output by 30% as demand slumps and trading houses and shipping companies reject that. it is your region, isn't it, that would be forced to step in to make up for shortage of supply from russia. >> reporter: absolutely. that's the hope. that's the anticipation because it's the uae and saudi arabia that has currently excess capacity that they can tap into to alleviate the shortfall or deficit. the international energy agency talking about an oil shock is creating so much concern about what it would mean for the oil price which has been extremely volatile over the past few weeks since the start of the war, but that is the issue, that the volatility is showing there's a lot of speculation, max, in that oil price. how much does it really have to do with supply and demand? that is the stance of the opec countries that they say in terms of fundamentals, supply is actually in, you know, sort of unison with what they see on the demand front. some companies are, f

start. >>> so, as global energy crisis emerges, exacerbated by russia's war in ukraine, the international energy agencyd the world need to consider making changes to help slash demand for oil. >> yeah. the energy watchdog released several recommendations which include working only three-day work weeks if possible. matt egan has more. >> reporter: boris and christian, the iea is sounding the alarm about a global energy crisis caused by russia's invasion of ukraine. here's a sampling of some of the proposals in this emergency energy plan. lower speed limits on highways by at least 6 miles per hour, work at home up to three days a week, car-free sundays in cities, using high-speed and nighttime trains instead of planes, avoiding business air travel when possible. how realistic are these proposals? that's another question. it's easy to see how this could be very unpopular with the public, be very disruptive to society just as people are trying to get back to normal after covid and it could slow down the economy. but the iea is saying that all of that is better than the alternative, which would be skyrocket

the international atomic energy agency says essential equipment at the facility hasn't been effected while the plant is near the town of anna go. dar area is shaded red near by are controlled by russia and it's separatist allies. give you a sense of the danger. earlier ukraine's foreign minister tweeted, he said the russian army is firing from all sides upon parisha nuclear power plant . the largest nuclear plant in europe. fire has already broken out. if it blows up, it will be 10 times larger than channel. russians must immediately cease, fire allow fire fighters in and establish a security zone. for the incident was discussed during a phone call between the us and ukrainian presidents will have more than that shortly from john henderson, washington d. c. but 1st step vastly in the bid in western ukraine. describe a tense situation but unfolded throughout the night. an extremely dangerous situation, of course, at the top of the shop plans in the south of ukraine. it's one of the 50 nuclear power plants ukraine has. so, of course, and the atomic international atomic energy agency ha

international atomic en agency the international atomic energy agency chief says the project outhit al the safety systems _ of any radioactive material. all the safety systems of _ of any radioactive material. all the safety systems of all _ of any radioactive material. all the safety systems of all the _ of any radioactive material. all the safety systems of all the six - safety systems of all the six reactors at the plant were not affected. at all. mariupol has become a city under seige as power and water

the international energy agency wants to release 60000000 barrels of crude oil reserves. that's about 4 percent of all, emergency reserves, a one and a half 1000000000 barrels. meanwhile, western oil companies continue to scale down their operations in russia. b, p. the biggest foreign investor in russia said it's abandoning it's 20 percent stake and state oil company ross enough at a cost of up to $25000000000.00. also oil change. so now says it's ending in cooperation with gas prom and key oil and gas projects. italy's any is joining so and b p traditionally neutral switzerland. well that's all the sanctions that the e u has already imposed on russia over its invasion of ukraine. switzerland has a band 5 oligarchy, close to russian president vladimir putin from entering the country. sporting sanctions against russia have led to a run on german team. shaka soccer jerseys in the city of gals and kitchen demand for shirts of the club rose after the 2nd division team dropped. the russian state owned energy giant gas prom as its main sponsor. the sweetest furniture giant ike

attack the infrastructure, but they have been general conference resolutions and the international atomic energy agency highlighting the need not to attack on the installation. so, so certainly it's part of the sort of international norm not to target nutritional facilities. but we don't have any specific treat you regulate that. that said international the g. c operates and incident and emergency center. and right now we went into sort of round the clock or duration to provide assistance to crane non proliferation expert. go hi john. over in vienna, thank you very much for joining us. 0 d w. thank you. meanwhile the exit is people fleeing the war continues mainly women and children, as most ukrainian men are required to stay behind and fight. poland is receiving the biggest number of it for g, so far, but other neighboring countries are also taking in people who are desperate to escape the w. a revolts from the vacuum border with ukraine. a roof over their heads. even if it's just a tent and a hot meal here, envision initiates crystal vakio. they found shelter from the attacks of the russian army in t

the big boss, the executive director of the international energy agency spoke to me a little earlierict demand. always good to see you and thank you for your time. let's start with this, is oil at $100 a barrel? is that the new normal now? i think when you — the new normal now? i think when you look— the new normal now? i think when you look at _ the new normal now? i think when you look at the - when you look at the fundamentals just before the crisis, i would say, it was a very high number but, given the fact that we are seeing the invasion of ukraine by russia sending shockwaves around the oil market, i think the $100 we are experiencing today may not be the highest price we will see in the weeks to come. find see in the weeks to come. and how much _ see in the weeks to come. and how much will _ see in the weeks to come. and how much will these _ see in the weeks to come. and how much will these higher oil prices dent and hurt the global economy at a time when we are already seeing consumer prices and pretty much everything rising at an unprecedented rate? , , ., rate? currently we

german car maker doesn't see supply constraints easing until the 2nd half of 2020 to the international energy agency has cut its world oil demand forecasts 420222 just under 100000000 barrels a day, it fears a global supply shock due to sanctions levied against russia. although the energy sector is excluded from those sanctions. major oil companies have stop doing business with the country. the german ministry has warned against using anti virus software made by moscow based ca spit, ca, sperski lab. it says the firm software could be exploited by russia for a cyber attack. ca, sperski says it doesn't carry out attacks. in 2017 the u. s. band, it's government agencies from using software made by the russian company 80000000000 euros over a decade in tell says it's new expansion plans across europe will help satisfy the con, it's hunger for computer chips at the center of its plants as the germans city of magda. burge, a future site of 2 major semiconductor factors. right now it's just a field next to the outer band, south of mac to book, but soon, construction workers will begin works on to into fac

so just here on tuesday, we heard that the international energy agency is actually opening up some of the strategic reserves. but obviously that is not doing the trick. so it seems to be quite limited. what the u. s. government and its allies can do at this point. what about us oil companies? is there any relieved that they can provide by starting up drilling and in the western regions of us? well, actually i've seen a stories that term some of the african companies, for example m a texas are holding beck's up production. so to wait until the prices are rising even further. but talking about fracking, i mean that's where a lot of the oil is coming from here in the united states, especially from the permian basin in texas and in a new mexico. and the, the tricky thing was fracking as your concept switch. so as rick, so on and off, so it's probably going to take some time before the us, sir, companies. so the big gum oil majors can really start pumping or an enormous additional amount of oil. so it's probably going to take some time against quarter in new york falling as high oil prices

the international energy agency wants to release the 60000000 barrels of crude oil reserves. that's about 4 percent of all emergency reserves of one and a half 1000000000 barrels. meanwhile, western oil companies continue to scale down their operations in russia, italy's, any now joining shell and b p for more or less bringing dw ashtosh, pan de who has his eyes on the could market. ashatash. oil and gas trade has been left out of sanctions by the west so far. why our price is still rising. like this, a lot of to is to do with what he does not find a sanctioning a fire or schepers with somebody doing it because they don't want a, any sort of additional damage. so much green light on grounds and precisely doing it on the fact that they don't want to be seen on the wrong side of sanctions. so that is a major factor that is driving the price is higher because even when and why is that a massive discount to the brand benchmark? still, then you take it for the russian or, and then the cheaper is what they do. ship the russian on asking for you. now, the united states and dozens of

energy station in euro's in the past few minutes, local authorities have declared that the situation at the plant has been brought under control. but not long before that in a tweets the international atomic energy agency, the i h. e. a said it was aware of reports of shelling at these upper is the nuclear power plant and it is in contact with ukrainian authorities about the situation as goes out. is there a step thus? and she is in livermore, in weston ukraine, step talk us through exactly what you've heard about what has happened at this power plant in the last hour or so. but a potentially very dangerous situation at the plant in the south of ukraine. and it just came after a warnings from the international atomic energy agency that, of course, it is a war and now in ukraine and the country has 15 nuclear plants and there is a potential risk. and the foreign minister tweeted an hour ago that there was a fire and one of the reactors and the reactor was under renovation, but there was still nuclear fuel inside. so there was a shooting going on shelling. there were shells falling on the nuclear power plant shop alisha in the south and the fire fire just couldn't extinguish the fire because the fighting

the head of the international atomic energy agency has confirmed that there is no radiation. that's all special coverage off the war and ukraine on gout l 1st in berlin. i'll have more just a few minutes out to talk off the hour. but before that, let's give a moment to those who amid all those this suffering, try to create some beauty o, watching pictures from poland border with your insurer . ah ah . 5 ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah, ah you know good shape with ever me listen piece with her own a virus full with 2 years of challenges. now there's a new treatment for long covert. oh, we're learning to live with the virus, and yet there is still a lot of research to be done. oh, are driven by merciless read. others are facing the destruction gaggle and the invaders came to presently. they shut down the native. today think equipment is trying to destroy the indigenous people with a large scale burton unplanned grabbers are exploiting. b, amazon rain forest. indigenous peoples are now bravely opposing them because it's not only the earth's brain logs that are dying to the rein

the international atomic energy agency is that the equipment in the plant is still functioning. air strikes have taken place north of kyiv. president putin has claimed his military campaign is on track. ukraine's president has appealed for further military aid. washington is turning up the pressure, imposing sanctions on oligarchs and associates of the russian leader. the uk's also taken further action against two oligarchs, the former russian deputy and associates.

attack the infrastructure, but they have been general conference resolutions and the international atomic energy agency highlighting the need not to attack on the installation so. so certainly it's part of the sort of international norm, not to target nutritional facilities, but we don't have any specific treat you regulate that. that's a g. c operator, and incident and emergency center. and right now we went into sort of round the clock or duration to provide assistance to crane non proliferation expert. go whoa, hodge on over in vienna. thank you very much for joining us, 0 d w. thank you all over ukraine. it's of course civilians bearing the brunt of other the attacks full, those in frontline cities live mario full. the situation is worsening. for many, the humanitarian corridor may come to light. a warning or a following report contains some disturbing images. another shell hits murray. you pull as medics wait for the next call. but with phone services knocked out in parts of the city. they don't always know where to go. often they go door to door, searching for anyone injured and in need of treatm

international atomic energy agency says essentially equipment at the plant hasn't been affected. your way booking, lifestyle or europeans, please wake up to tell you politicians, russian troops shooting out a nuclear power plant in ukraine as upper regia, a nuclear power plant. and then see if you have in a honda, there are 6 nuclear reactors there. the 6 will blow into noble. it was one reactor which exploded only one way or the nuclear facility is near the town of the n. a godaddy area is shaded. red nearby are controlled by russia and it's separatist allies. but the incident was discussed during a phone call between the ukrainian and american presidents. we'll have more on that shortly from john hendrick in washington, d. c, but 1st steadfast and in the vivian western ukraine, describes the 10th situation that unfolded throughout the night. an extremely dangerous situation, of course, that this operation planned in the south of ukraine. it's one of the 50 nuclear power power plants ukraine has. so of course, the atomic international atomic energy agency had already warned abou

that was very interesting. hearing from other groups, any turn in staying with oil, the international energy agency has cut its world oil demand forecast 420222 just under a 100000000 barrels a day. it fears a global supply shock due to sanctions levied against russia. the world biggest oils exporter, although the energy sector is excluded from those sanctions. major oil companies are stop doing business with the country. while the i e. a, it says it expects oil demand to increase and production to fall. it warns its forecast could change due to the war. but let's take a quick check on the other business stories making news today. b m w is want investors that conflict and ukraine could negatively affect its business for the current year. the company expects lower profit margins due to production and supply disruptions. the global chip shortage will still play a role as the german comic a dozen c supply control constraints easing until the 2nd half of 2020 to italy is accelerating its investments in renewables to free itself from russian gas. by 2025 . the government has approved 60 wind farms on la

so just here on tuesday, we heard that the international energy agency is actually opening up some of the strategic reserves. but obviously that is not doing the trick. so it seems to be quite limited to what the us government and its allies can do at this point. what about us oil companies? is there any relief that they can provide by starting up drilling in the western regions of the us? well, actually i've seen stories that some of the freaking companies, for example, texas are holding back some production. so to wait until the prices are rising even further, but talking about fricking. i mean that's where a lot of the oil is coming from here in the united states, especially from the permian basin in texas and in new mexico. and the tricky thing was fracking, it's your concept switch, so it's rick, them on and off. so it's probably going to take some time before the us the company . so the big oil majors can really start pumping in enormous additional amount of oil. so it's probably going to take some time or a quarter in new york falling as high oil prices. thank you. let's go now

attack new infrastructure, but they have been general conference resolutions and the international atomic energy agency highlighting the need not to attack on the installation so. so certainly it's part of the sort of international norm, not to target nutritional facilities, but we don't have any specific treaty regulating that. that's an international going to g, g. c operates and incident and emergency center. and right now, i went in to sort of round the clock of duration to provide assistance to, to crane non proliferation expert. go on john over in vienna. thank you very much for joining us. 0 d w. thank you. me. while the russian government has introduced drastic new measures to clamped down on descent as opposition to the war is growing among russians. on friday morning, the parliament passed legislation legislation banning the spread of information critical of russia's war or russia. military violations could carry up to 15 years in prison, free speech advocates warning that this will dramatically increase censorship. also the countries media watchdog as restricted access to d, w b, b, c, and o

still hugely important to ukraine's electricity supply, and according to figures from the international energy agencycity generation. a little earlier, my colleague spoke to ukraine cosmic energy minister, who told him ukrainian staff are still running the plant but russian forces are surrounding the perimeter. so, at this stage, the firemen managed to stop the fire. of course, we also hear that the system is not affected at this time, and the level of radiation is normal, but i must say that of course we understand the risk and we already announce, our president already announced, that this is a real nuclear terrorism, what has happened, because they really, they shell directly to the station, they shell directly, they know what they did, but of course, you know, the question here is also, we are not happy that we discussed this in this framework, but we mention that the situation is really much more difficult than it even appears, because we are talking about six units, and it is true that zaporizhzhia is the biggest in europe, but despite that, zaporizhzhia station, we also have storage of nuclear

so of course, and the atomic international atomic energy agency had already warned about the potential dangers of these nuclear plants in a war zone. and then just a day later, we know that there has been a fire and one of the 6 reactors of the plan, it was a react and it was still under renovation. but there was nuclear fuel inside. so potentially could have been radiation, not levels increase, but what we know now in the last hour or so, the ukrainian, the government has said that the radiation levels are still a normal. so and it was a great to relieve of course, it was quite an intense situation in the last couple of hours. there was fire shelling at the at the plant shelves were falling on the plan. we could see images of the fire and the foreign minister as you sat cold on the russians to stop firing, because firefighters couldn't extinguish the fires. and this, of course, could have a potential really catastrophic effect. he said 10 times larger even than the channel explosion at the plant in 1986, which basically blew radiation all over europe. yeah, stuff as we're talking to m

ourselves, members of the international energy agency combining to release 60 million barrels of oil and it only goes up. even making up the russian oil, math favors the iea. neil: there is a lot of speculation that president biden might say no more imports of russian oil, taking russian oil off the market. neil: absolutely. stuart: that is why the oil is at 105, 106, but i can't explain what you're saying, 60 million barrels of oil going on to the market. you would have thought it brought it down but it didn't. neil: to make up, to your fine point it would make up for the lost russian oil but obviously they're looking at things escalating. as you said the flight to quality, interest rates. people want to buy a home, refinance the one they're already in, have a second chance here but outside of that, man, it is scary stuff. stuart: it is. neil: thank you, my friend. great show. i will try to follow your great lead here. the dow down about 670 points but look at oil as stuart been saying here up better than 10 bucks. this is on news, stuart right to point it out, right for president t

with ukrainian president zelenskyy, plus a consortium of 30 countries that make up the international energy agency, released 60 million barrels of oil. >> all right. thank you. >> as these tensions continue to escalate, we wanted to talk to someone who knows what's at play on that international stage. this morning i spoke with a former deputy secretary general rose. she said while russians are gaining ground, their troops are encountering some issues. >> i do think the russians will try to up their game, shock and awe. they're continuing to try to drive as hard and violently as they can but they are suffering logistical problems. they're out of food, out of fuel. i read about one shop keeper in ukraine said exhausted boys came in. these guys are conscripts. they hadn't eaten in several days and they were tired and exhausted. so the russians have not planned perfectly for this operation. but they've still got a lot of fire power to throw at ukraine. >> as 660,000 people flee ukraine, medical supplies are running low. she implores the u.s. to continue to send humanitarian aid to the country amid the

the international atomic energy agency says it's concerned about reports ukrainian authorities are havingontacting staff at nuclear plants now under russian control. and — time out for tik tok — as the social networking giant suspends live—streaming in russia. it's nine in the morning in singapore, and three am in kyiv where the ukrainian army has been reinforcing its defences as the russian military continues its attacks to the north of the capital. soldiers have been digging trenches and blocking roads with anti—tank obstacles. the towns of bucha, hostomel and irpin have been under heavy bombardment. civilians trying to flee the fighting have been killed by russian mortar fire. the bbc�*sjeremy bowen has spent the day in nearby irpin — and i must warn you, there are some distressing details and images in his report. russian shelling might break ukraine's will to fight but not yet. they had to keep moving. until the last minute these families have hung on, leaving your home even in a war is a giant step. they are heading towards the capital, still almost untouched but only about ten mile

so, and we actually heard from the international atomic energy agency earlier today. this is when the, the troops actually approaching the power plants. earlier in the day, the director general of the i a saying the situation was critical. he actually called on the military forces on the ground to refrain from violence near the site . i mean, how, how worrying is it that, that, that we've heard from them intervening in this way? well, he is telling you the obvious, these plans were never designed to be in a worse cell. and they are not capable of dealing with the vulnerabilities that are inherent with being in a fire zone where you know, why, you know, shells and missiles can shatter the concrete protection of the buildings. i mention the main containment building and the, the, the spent fuel ponds. you have, you have to keep all of those items cool. and therefore all power equipment moves the pumps and moves water. if you have those, you have a problem and even though the electricity goes in, these plants has to be constant. cut that electricity off, you have problem

just a few facts as we're seeing them being reported from the international atomic energy agency. they say the situation is under control, that the fire broke out in a training facility, not in a reactor in the director general, i probably will be hearing this from him. says that nonetheless, it is obviously a matter of severe danger. we're or to spread to a reactor. it seems, however, that most of the reactors at the plant have been taken offline. there are 6 so called pressure eyes, water reactors, here that's a different design from chernobyl. viewed as a safer design with concrete containers around the reactors. nonetheless, let's just stop and think of 6 reactors, 5 apparently offline. that means very little power being produced at this plant, which is a whole other situation of concern, of course, because we have many people in ukraine dependent on the power from this plant who clearly now are seeing reduced perhaps no power in their very cold home. so that's another matter of what we've also heard is that the i e, a, as the world's essentially a nuclear power regulator, is

international atomic agency on the world watchdog, if you will, they contacted their ukrainian colleagues who said that the fire hasn't affected absolutely any of the essential infrastructure. this of listen. ukraine regulator tells international atomic energy agency. there has been no change reported in radiation levels, episode or asia nuclear power plant site. ukraine tells international atomic energy agency that fire at sight of his opp or asia nuclear power plant has not affected essential equipment, plant personnel taking, mitigate, or reactions. of course. so the reports about 5 a fire, the nuclear power plants were very alarming to the rest of the world. of course, everybody remembers chernobyl. and of course everybody drew parallels with that. so once the report about the fire began as surfacing on this friday morning, i prompted all kinds of bullets to politicians to spread panic without really delving into what actually happened and what, what's actually going on there. now we have a u. s. u k. they even cold for an urgent security council meeting on this incidence. and that despite all the reports from the ukraine's emergencies ministry that they have everything under control. and there is no threat of a nuclear kind of consolid

cold snap could cause asian countries to hold on to the promised fuel for estimates by the international energy agencydemand reduction measures and its introduction of renewable energy sources, the best thing the eu could aim for is to reduce dependence on russian gas by a third this year. brussels hopes for a reduction of 2/3. europeans will have to buy gas for rubles in the european union, they are resisting, probably, the inevitable german economy minister habib says that this is a violation of existing contracts, it is curious what people who tell us about this they took and stole from us, for example, 300 billion dollars in violation of any contracts. the slavic prime minister, jansha, said that no one in europe would pay rubles for gas to the choice of the european union, while there is no within four days, gazprom must develop a certain system that will allow the transition to rubles, peskov said in the kremlin that the nuances of gas supplies to unfriendly countries are still being worked out, but russia will definitely not engage in charity work, listen. you know there's a market in in southe

agency concerned of that aspect? >> well, the international atomic energy agency only has mandates for the peaceful use of nuclear energynational community need to be concerned because russia along with the united states if you remember president biden renewed the new s.t.a.r.t. treaty in february this year, and this limits russia and the u.s. to 1,550 strategic nuclear warheads. but both russia and the u.s. have more than that and the concern is russia may have up to 2,000 short-range nuclear weapons that would be a concern for european countries, and like the u.s., russia also maintains strategic nuclear forces are ready to launch and this is concerning if nato, u.s. and russian forces come into close proximity in ukraine, then we have dangers of an accidental or preemptive launch. >> very concerning on all fronts. tariq rauf, thank you for your expertise. >>> coming up next here this morning, as ukrainians flee their country in numbers not seen since world war ii, some are arriving in tijuana, mexico, but having a hard time getting help from the u.s. once they're there. we'll have more details on this after the break

during the session, the director general of the international atomic energy agency said no reactors were damaged in the attack. currently, there are no safety concerns. this is one hour and 40 minutes. amb. nusseibeh: good morning. the 8986th meeting of the security council is called to order. a provisional agenda for this meeting is from the permanent representative of ukraine's address to the security counsel. the agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of ukraine to participate in this meeting. it is so decided. in accordance with rule 39 of the council provisional rules of procedure, i invite the following to participate in this meeting, rosemary dicarlo, the under secretary general for political and peace billing affairs, and rafael mariano grossi, the general of the international atomic energy agency, who is participating as you will see from the screen on an airplane, and we hope the connection will hold. it is so decided. the council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. i now g

refueling because of the huge queues at the councils to use personal transport less often, the international energy agencyn highways by 10 km/h. we see gas prices and themselves. i think we are reducing the speed and consumption of fish by the french. has risen in price. the germans are twice advised to save on heating, drink water from the tap, buy only seasonal vegetables and fruits, and in general look at the goods on the stock, as the federal government wants to take russia to economic starvation. we should stop supplying low-cost natural gas via nord stream and nord stream 2 economy minister is negotiating arab gas supplies, a violation of human rights. in the monarchy all of a sudden cease to play the role of ladies and gentlemen more double standards from the federal government.

the international energy agency wants to release 60000000 barrels of crude oil reserves. that's about 4 percent of all, emergency reserves, one and a half 1000000000 barrels. meanwhile, western oil companies continue to scale down their operations in russia. b, p. the biggest foreign investor in russia said it's abandoning it's 20 percent stake and state oil company ross enough at a cost of up to $25000000000.00. also oil change so now says it's ending its cooperation with gas prom and key oil and gas projects. italy's any is joining so and b p traditionally neutral switzerland. well that's all the sanctions that the e u has already imposed on russia over its invasion of ukraine. switzerland has a band 5 oligarchy, close to russian president vladimir putin from entering the country. sporting sanctions against russia have led to a run on german team. shaka soccer jerseys in the city of gals and kitchen demand for shirts of the club rose after the 2nd division team dropped. the russian state owned energy giant gas prom as its main sponsor. the sweetest furniture giant ikea

all members of the international energy agency agree to release 60 million barrels of oil to send a message to markets that there will be no supply shortages. dan: what is happening in ukraine will be a significant part of joe biden's official state of the union address which begins in less than an hour. liz kreutz is here with more. the president is expected to make a big announcement tonight? >> he is. the president is expected to announce the u.s. will ban russian carriers from its airspace. this is a major step and something the ukrainian president has been urging the u.s. to do. much of this speech will deal with the situation in ukraine. the white house says the president will directly call out vladimir putin by name. he will say putin thought his invasion would divide the west and nato, but that he was wrong. additionally, the president is going to talk about the other issue, inflation and the economy. >> bottom line is, the president is going to focus on reducing costs to people, addressing the issue in ukraine, and building out supply chains for manufacturing the technologies that

lucas tomlinson tweeted today from the international energy agency.n staff continue operating the largest nuclear plant in europe. but management under orders from commander of russian forces guarding the plants six nuclear reactors. russian forces guarding six nuclear reactors. dagen: i have that statement from the international atomic energy agency in front of me. the ukrainian staff at zaporizhzhia are required to seek approval for any operation from the russians even maintenance. adding to that another problem. ukraine reported russian forces have switched off global networks and internet so reliable information from the site cannot be obtained through normal channels of communication. there is a threat. we talked about yesterday that the russians there screw up unintentionally and cause a nuclear disaster. alicia: right. too that point and joey's point. none of this -- all of this is happening within the borders of ukraine. but the impact of the disaster are immediately felt felt elsewhere and everywhere. sean: you would think if you could attack

and mister rafael, mariano grosse, director general of the international atomic energy agency. who is participating, as you will see from the screen on an aeroplane, and we hope the connection will hold. it is so decided the security council will now begin its consideration of item 2 of the agenda. i now give the floor to ms. rosemary decarlo. madam president, the secretary general is gravely concerned by the escalating fighting throughout ukraine. ukrainian cities are to day under siege and facing repeated attacks over 1000000 ukrainians have already crossed ukraine's borders and have been welcomed by their european neighbors. we applaud such solidarity and support every one seeking refuge should be afforded protection without any form of discrimination . millions of ukrainians who remain in the country are being subjected to heavy, often indiscriminate bombardment and shelling. there are thousands of casualties and their number is growing. the u. n. is significantly increasing its humanitarian assistance in ukraine to respond to the escalating crisis. madam president, the sec