l. s. and china is more in the sight of russia and his conflict. oh, you know, i think many opec countries know that the big customers of the future are no longer the u. s. or europe as insulin, but china, not the high energy prices are also good for countries like norway, which is rich and oil and gas. the current crisis is expected to earn the nordic country, an extra $150000000000.00 euros this year. and the warren ukraine has european nations, especially germany, austria and italy such and desperately for a replacement to natural gas imported from russia. there are frantic colds for produces like the netherlands to extract more, but drilling for gas was controversial. that even before the current crisis, local say it's caused earthquakes, wrecking the homes in the process. how reporter stephen beardsley went to groaning and in the netherlands to investigate. st. lawrence merrick is giving me a tour of his house. earthquakes are tearing it apart. in 2014, everything was repaired, everything was fine again. so after 2014, it happened. everything

s. japan and india for regional security talks in tokyo, the so called quad countries are focusing on the potential threat from china. the key issue is the security of taiwan. l. u. s. present, joe biden has said washington's decades long stance toward taiwan, remains unchanged. biden's clarification comes a day after he told reporters at the quad summit unto care that he would use force to defend taiwan from any attack by china. china regards democratic island as part of its territory. beijing was quick to hit back. president biden was welcomed with full honors for his 1st visit as head of state to japan, the united states most important post war ally in asia, talks of prime minister for mucus. she does focused on regional security a mid, china's growing power in the aftermath of russia's invasion of its neighbor ukraine . the issue of possible chinese aggression against taiwan has taken on greater urgency for at a news conference, president biden was asked how the u. s. would respond, are you willing to get involved militarily to defend taiwan if it comes to that? yes, you are. as a commitment, we made a reaction from beijing was swift. don't help him if on

and asian leaders meeting here hope to head off. by sending a message to china and that is that the combined military muscle of the u.s. and its allies, not the l whjapan,s formidable force. >> elizabeth palmer. thank you. >>> the battle for ukraine, grinding into the third month of ukraine ruling out any cease-fire that would force it to give up territory to moscow. russian shelling hit an oil refinery sending toxic smoke into the air. it's part of the pounding of the country that is taking on kremlin forces narrowng their objectives and concentrating their attack. deborah patta is in kharkiv. >> reporter: nothing is sacred in ukraine and nowhere is safe. the fighting in the eastern town of donetsk is so intense that sunday mass was held in the church basement. russian forces are pounding donbas a in kharkiv where ukrainians forced russian troops to retreat, there is concern that they are gearing up for another offensive. the nearest russian strong hold here in sukini is just two miles down this road. this is a key position for ukraine to hold, that's why they're fighting tooth and nail to keep russia away. leading the charge, deputy commander kapa. we

course that we welcome china's desire for involvement with a c s t l, because we have the same approaches on many issues. they have the same views on security, both globally and regionally. china has a very balanced and independent position in global politics is worthy of respect. and therefore, we welcome it's aspiration. but we are open for interaction and cooperation with china. the c s t o formed 2 decades ago, and it consists of post soviet estates in eurasia, including bell roofs. armenia, tragic, stung, curious, done, and context on faced with unrest that broke out in january conflicts, downs, government requested c. s t o assistants to fend off what caused sounds. president says was a threat to the country sovereignty from tens of thousands of alleged terrorists of cfo, deployed some $2500.00 troops to guard key facilities in cars exam, though it was only in a few cities and for less than 2 weeks after the meeting with his chinese counterpart on wednesday, stanislaus is us discredited western attempts to divide the kremlin from its eastern allies. to keep up with care, we know about these attempts to spark some kind of discord or drive a wedge between

l does. and china is more in the sight of russia and has conflict. tito, i think many opec countries know that the big customers of the future, i no longer the u. s. or europe as insulin, but china, not the high energy prices are also good for countries like norway, which is rich in oil and gas. the current crisis is expected to earn the nordic country, an extra $150000000000.00 euros this year. and the war in ukraine has european nations, especially germany, austria and italy, searching desperately for a replacement to natural gas imported from russia. there are frantic colds for producers like the netherlands to extract more. but drilling for gas was controversial. that even before the current crisis, local say it's caused earthquakes, wrecking the homes. in the process and report a stephen beardsley went to groaning and in the netherlands to investigate. lawrence merrick is giving me a tour of his house. earthquakes are tearing it apart. in 2014, everything was repaired, everything was fine again. so after 2014, it happened. everything again, that you get this crick's. cracks in the window, frames in the wall, in the glass panes themselves. no