turning entire groups every, you know, topic, every conversation, - every person or organisation latvia, where i'm reporting from, was once part of the soviet union, with a shared border with russia, but nowadays is a staunch member of nato. and its changing society, when it was forced to move out of moscow i, donald john trump, do solemnly swear... president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal russia will keep all or most of the territory it's captured, and ukraine won't be allowed tojoin nato for a long time, that'd be victory of a kind for president putin, he was lucky to survive an attempted coup but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour? here in riga, still, he's in power. he doesn't have any plausible opposition. it seems like russian forces so, like, he has some territorial gains. whether it means that his winning now allows him to stay in power because, as we have seen working inside the country, russia is an amazing place to make sure that puti

lithuania, latvia and estonia have de—coupled south africa's president cyril ramaphosa says his countryriticised south africa's land laws and froze american aid to the country. hello thanks for being with us. both sides have expressed concerns for the health of those involved in the fifth exchange of the gaza ceasefire deal. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has expressed shock at what he described released by hamas. suffered severe weight loss. today in ramallah were in need of medical care and seven were taken straight to hospital. 16 hostages and 566 prisoners have been freed since the ceasefire. wyre davies reports from tel aviv. for the families of the three hostages held for 490 this date was the one they'd been waiting for. amid a show of force from hamas fighters, as the minibus carrying ali sharabi, ohad ben—ami watching from their tel aviv home, sarabhai's family but as the three emerged looking gaunt and weak, shadows of their former selves, celebration turned to shock. translation: it's mixed feelings. i he looks thin. at tel aviv�*s hostages square, the realit

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latvia, where i'm reporting from, with a shared border with russia, which will help me answer my questionsut russia's war and its changing society, based itself here in riga in the wake of russia's invasion of ukraine. president trump used to say he'd sort out the war in ukraine within 2a hours of coming into office. that was never going to happen, of course, but getting a peace deal will certainly be one of his big concerns. his supporters have made the outlines pretty clear. for a long time, or maybe at all. who took the decision to invade back in february 2022 he was lucky to survive an attempted coup and he's had to recruit prisoners, north koreans and iran's drone technicians just in order to keep going. but has the war now turned decisively in putin's favour? here in riga, i turned to the bbc news russian correspondent still, he's in power. it seems nothing threatens him back at home, back in moscow. if vladimir putin makes a deal with trump and with ukraine, this peaceful outcome of this invasion, he... ..obviously he keeps the crimea peninsula. whether it means that his winning now

telecommunications, electricity, or fuel lines, have been disruptive between sweden and finland, estonia, latvia, lithuania, and germany didn't lose june. us identity was on board the fest german vessel taking part in the nature operation as it sets off into the voltage see from the northern german coast. the crew of this german worship are preparing for a new mission. apparently there being deployed at short notice as part of the new nato operation called the baltic century. for the next 8 weeks, the vessel with its crew of around 60 will petrol, the baltic sea. their aim is to deter and confront any threats to critical underwater infrastructure, such as data cables and gas pipelines. are you putting a $300.00 outside into the deployment zone? i bel reboot, contribute to the terrans by monitoring the sea area without a sense, as like a radar of optical sense of such as cameras and of cause. binoculars, which are still important, you will observe. the merchant ships paused by it. we will take a look at other worship sense, uh, setting around and we will paint a picture of the situation and shed

latvia, estonia, and lithuania disconnected their electricity that serves most of the rest of the europeanto our europe regional editor, danny aeberhard, is across this and told us more. for a long time been warning of that. and obviously when russia launched its invasion, first of crimea and then the full scale invasion of ukraine, it became clear just how powerful a weapon energy blackmail was. republics are essentially severing further from their soviet past. with this, they're linked into a network of soviet era belarus and russia. they've switched those off today. so the eu's foreign policy chief, she said it's a victory for freedom and for european unity. the estonian prime minister called it historic. the lithuanian prime minister said it would strengthen energy both to the baltic republics and also to the entire eu. and there's a further complication because russia has between lithuania and poland, and that, the link from this network to kaliningrad has also now been turned off. energy island of its own. fine. they've been preparing it for years, and it so it's a very complicated s

on saturday, lithuania, latvia and estonia disconnected alongside the three baltic leaders, who'd justelectricity systems were now synchronised with the main european grid through poland. of lithuania, gitanas nauseda. moments ago i received great of baltic states the baltic states electricity system _ the baltic states electricity system to _ the baltic states electricity system to the _ the baltic states electricity system to the continentall system to thematlnental _ w- system to thematlnental _ system has - system tome! _ system has been european system has been this is moment. marking the of a lon- 'ourney for =ez n-a. similarly, von der leyen emphasised the historical today history is made. we connect _ today history is made. we connect the baltic states to european e e-* = 15-2 electricity grid. it is the lines _ electricity grid. it is the lines with russia belarus lines with russia and belarus are dismantled. these 75 24—— chains of power lines linking you to — chains of power lines linking. you to _ will you to hostile neighbodr. -'.. a you to hostile neighboursmll i m— you t

this is a historic moment, marking the end of a long journey for lithuania, latvia and estonia.ct the baltic states to our continental are being dismantled. neighbours will be a thing of the past. this is freedom. freedom from threats. i spoke to franak viacorka, a nonresident fellow journalist from belarus. he also works as an advisor for the belarusian it's truly a big, big deal. basically, baltic states, they said bye—bye to russia so, today, baltic states can celebrate. which concern me — that belarus did not connect. belarus will do the same step and will connect to well, arguably, at the moment when it comes to lukashenko, he is very much in the palm of putin. like he would never use energy to blackmail neighbouring nations or other nations that use russian energy supplies, thinking of gas as well, do you believe him? dependent on russian energy, on gas, oil, electrical energy. and this was the tool basically to put pressure on political leaders. and they do it especially with baltic states. they were doing this with ukraine and of course with belarus. but in belarus, they

the integration of the baltic states lithuania, latvia ursula von der leyen said the chains of powerg of the past. ms von der leyen was speaking in vilnius, baltic leaders. the plans for this move away from russian and belarusian grids has been discussed for decades but gained momentum after russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. ursula von der leyen emphasised the historical let's have a listen. today, history is made. european electricity grid. are being dismantled. this is freedom. freedom from blackmails. it's truly a big, big deal. and the soviet past because this connection, dependent on russia. for cyber attacks in many countries and in many regions. the only thing belarus appeared on the other side, and i hope one day belarus will do the same step and will connect to people have been marching in spain to protest housing the sa investors are in. they sayainvestors are prioritised amid those a 77 a place 77 aplace live. 77 declared housing 7 declared housing to be banners declared housing to be a right and privilege. it's the biggest annual sporting event the american

in an anti—knife crime march after the fatal stabbing of 15—year—old harvey willgoose lithuania, latviaonia have de—coupled their power grids from russia and belarus, in a step towards energy independence. country won't be bullied — after us president donald trump criticised south africa's land laws and froze american aid to the country. now on bbc news, it's sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm gavin ramjaun. and warren gatland in the six nations, after losing to italy. england are up against the favourites, france, with the match into the closing stages — who has the edge in twickenham. and it was always a long—shot. leyton orient came close to a famous fa cup upset against manchester city, but couldn't quite see it through. england have booked their place in netball�*s nations cup final, as they beat uganda at the copper box arena. ilona maher stars for the bears, in the west country win over exeter. but we start with another superb set of fixtures in the six nations. the team just can't seem to buy a win at the moment — to italy in today's six nations encounter. two defea

it's a big week in the baltics of latvia, stoney, lithuanian, or cutting off their electrical grid from their former soviet partners, russia and bella roofs. that's right, brand, it's great to be here. and it is a frankly historic week. right now we're seeing that the baltic states are ready to finally after many years of preparation. and some of this was already being prepared when i was back in the state department of doing diplomacy, energy, diplomacy, directly with those 3 baltic countries. they're trying to get away from the old rail network, the uh, bellows, rush, or lafayette with we need to. sonya network. that was the soviet era electricity grid on, in synchronized, finally with the european grid. and that's really important for cyber and physical security of energy infrastructure. and it's also something that we saw that had to happen within 48 hours with respect to ukraine, as russia was massing at the border before it's a full scale invasion of ukraine in 2022. now the premiums did this, synchronization very, very rapidly. the baltic states simply didn't have to do it as fas

q.. .. . .qq the integration of the baltic states lithuania, latvia, networks of russia and belarus on0s. baltic countries to move away from the russian supplier. from the soviet union. and i remember the time already, the first thing and, at that time, poland stepped in. so it's kind of symbolic and practical, and concrete that "synchronisation" of the electric power grid station system. and it is important for practical, concrete security and it has played fast and loose, using the energy let's flip this on its head. well, first of all, it's the image issue. because let's not forget that, you know, at the beginning on russian energy. and all this has been brought up by the crazy aggressive this synchronisation on its own, because it will no longer have the luxury of being connected to mother russia, so to speak. and, mr pszczel, just briefly, if you can, does this really bolster european security then? well, it does, because dependence on russia is bad for security. their connections — is an understanding internationally that this is the right way to go, about as long as russia remai

the you says the box chief diplomat. tie a callous all because 3 former soviet satellite states, latvia, lithuania and her home country. estonia, where she previously served as prime minister are all swapping out there historically reliable russian electricity for a system regulated by the folks in brussels whose recent energy security strategies have included. dressing in sweaters like a turtle and recommending groups, showers in russia can no longer use energy as a tool of blackmail. this is a victory for freedom and european unity. maybe she could point to exactly where on the map of europe, russia supposedly touch the you on wanted lead by black mailing it with electricity . because if that were really the case, it's pretty weird how the officials of these countries like callous. i felt completely free to bad. most russia non stop like someone trash talking their toxic acts while still stealing their netflix password, or like customers who leave scaling yelp and google reviews online, but then still show up every morning like, hey, same table 3 ality is that these baltic countries i

. -- has in new york, has a hub in amsterdam, people working in latvia, in georgia, in berlin. that is the kind of soup that is journalism, the kind of interpersonal and professional communication. it is almost lacking. it is not materially lacking but it is hugely diminished. all the more valuable is an opportunity to analyze russian independent journalism as a whole. before i see the floor -- before i cede the floor to questions, i want to relate this to what is happening in this country right now. in the last two weeks, we have seen the disappearance of information, on a scale that we haven't seen at this rate, we never saw it in russia. just to name a few things that have happened. we have seen federal agencies remove information. we have seen the white house remove information, we have seen the cdc remove information. we have seen the cdc recall articles that had already been submitted for publication. we have seen universities much less visibly remove information. for example, universities have been removing information about d.e.i. programs from their website. we have se

let's flip this on its - head, - talk i the benefits head, you talk to the benefits to estonia, latvia offallpitis’ " 7' ” offallpit isthe 7' of all, it is the image first of all, it is the image it is the current not seem much does not seem to carry much but it is another hard let's it is another hard hit. let's not forget at the beginning of the the ukrainians have the year, the ukrainians have the year, the ukrainians have the transit stopped the transit agreement with russia to —— the occu pa nt of occupant of the kremlin current occupant of the kremlin does not seem to care. russia lost some of the income has lost some of the income does not to care. for does not seem to care. for this is bad it's russia, this is bad it's standing on the way it is standing en. the way it is , ~ , , . also, it another perceived. also, it is another nail in the �* european nail in the coffin for european independent on russian and independent on russian energy and all this has been 7 up by crazy, brought up by the crazy, aggressive and minister of militaristic policies of putin himself. he's the one

iran has on a in new york has has a sort of hub in amsterdam, has people working still in riga, in latvia, has people working in belarusian has people in berlin. and so that's, you know, the kind of soup that that is journalism, the kind of interpersonal and professional communication is almost lacking. it's not entirely lacking, but it's again, hugely diminished. and so all the more valuable is an opportunity to analyze russian independent journalism as a whole. before i see the florida questions, i want to do the obvious thing, which is to relate this to what's happening in this country now that in the last two weeks we have seen in the disappearance of information on a scale that we hadn't even seen, i mean, at this rate, on the scale we never saw russia the just to name a few things that have happened. right. we have seen federal remove information. we've seen the white house remove information we've seen the cdc remove information. we've seen the cdc recall articles that had already been submitted for publication. and we have seen universities much less visibly remove information. fo

. >> to estonia, latvia and lithuania completed a switch from russia's electricity grid to the u.s. it's being hailed as one of the final breaks with the soviet era. european commission president ursula von der leyen hailed the move. today. history is made. >> we connect the baltic. states to our continental european electricity grid. electricity lines with russia. >> and belarus. >> are. >> being dismantled. >> these chains of power lines linking you to hostile neighbors will be a thing of the past. >> the move also means that russia's enclave of kaliningrad has been cut off from the country's power grid. russia says it has ensured kaliningrad has enough electricity to stand alone. i want to turn now to germany, where u.s. president donald trump overshadowed a pre-election debate between the candidates for chancellor, incumbent olaf scholz says europe is prepared to respond quickly if the u.s. imposes tariffs on the european union. as we mentioned earlier, mr. trump is preparing to announce tariffs on many countries this week. scholz also clashed with his conservative rival friedri

just hours ago, estonia, lithuania and latvia synchronized their newly independent power grid with theopean union's grid. this comes just one day after the three former soviet republics simultaneously disconnected from electrical grid controlled by russia. the three countries are, for some of the most vocal opponents of russia's war in ukraine. in about half an hour or an hour and a half, voters in ecuador will start going to the polls. in a presidential election defined by drug related violence and widespread energy blackouts. current president daniel noboa was elected in 2023 after his predecessor resigned, dissolved congress and triggered new elections to avoid impeachment. obama faces a rematch against political rival luis gonzalez, a leftist politician who's running on a platform to, quote, revive ecuador. international observers have been dispatched to monitor the vote. on saturday, ecuador's electoral council distributed election kits and heightened law enforcement presence around the country to ensure today's vote runs peacefully. all right. coming up. avian flu is killing bird

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