for the first time, they are focusing on lithuania's border with poland.ussia is expected to carryut its own exercises i september simulating an armed conflict with nato. nato secretary-general attended the wargames today. speaking to dw's terry schultz, he said the increased nato presence in the region is because of recent russian aggression. he also addressed u.s. concerns that russia ha europe has not bg its weight when it comes to collective defens. >> we are standing i lithuania, which has a german led battle group. is this a case where the europeans are stepped up and taking more responsibility in european defense? >> the battle groups that nato has deployed is an example of how both europe and north america are stepping up together. we have germany being a lead nation in lithuania forne of the battle groups, but we also have canada and the u.s. being lead nations for battle groups in poland and latvia. i think the important message we are sending with these battle groups is that europe and north america are standing together, and that is the best wa

georgia and to estonia and lithuania and it with the funding of that execution in number 157 for the state partnership program and amendment number 198 to require a briefing on the unmanned aerial support in support of humanitarian assistance is there a further discussion on an en bloc package number two?. >> i will take just a couple of minutes to thank you in the ranking member to rename the department of navy to be navy and marine corps and i want to say to those don't ever give up on your fight. we have not won this yet but having a marine base in my

stjohnstone need to score at least twice in lithuania next week after losing their first round qualifyingedged a thrilling match against st helens by 2a points to 22 to move up to second in the super league table. the rhinos ran in four tries at headingly, ryan hall claiming the final one for his seventh of the season. they survived a late fightback to dent st helens hopes of finishing in the top four. what a weekend ahead for the british and irish lions. warren gatland says he's had to make some big calls, arguably the biggest opting to select the ireland fly half jonny sexton and owen farrell in his starting line up for the must win second test against new zealand, it's the first time the pair have started together on tour. to give the side some more attacking strength. farrell comes in to replace ben teo at inside centre in what some will see as a gamble, with the duo having spent such little playing time together. this is the team in full. sam warburton returns to the side. katie gornall has been assesing teh selection from wellington. katie gornall has been assesing the selection fro

so we went to the commissioner for health and food safety a former health minister in lithuania question. of course you can. follow. the present. states. dispense with it. for over an hour the commissioner attempted to pull the wool over our eyes. in spite of all the reports by experts which for twenty five years have warned the authorities about the dangers and i trust. you know all this. it's just your blood sense. since the possibility of how does the. flow into c.n.n. to do how do you move. this possible parents is good. i just saw. all decisions in lines of procedures. like this isn't like if i build big. union oh but i'm not kidding of european union i mean this story has been so going on for so long now known silent as it started as it started shows that all stand in safety a line in this case is why europe lost against denmark in the european court of justice in this story i don't know very khandaan says. don't or don't need more info to mention the us i am not one who knows evidence and. so let's look at the facts mr commissioner. denmark wanted to limit the use of nitrites the

so we went to the commissioner for health and food safety a former health minister in lithuania question. of course. for our institutions. follow. the present crossfire. sponsored it. for over an hour the commissioner attempted to pull the wool over our eyes. in spite of all the reports by experts which for twenty five years have warned the authorities about the dangers of nitrite. think there are enough you know all this. it's just your blood sense. since the possibility of. flow into c.n.n. to do how to move. this possible parents is good decisions are just sort of all decisions. like this isn't like if i. knew i knew oh. i mean this story. started to get started as a starter shows that almost. saved your life in this case why. last. story. so let's look at the facts mr commissioner. denmark wanted to limit the use of nitrites the european commission was against it and in two thousand and three in court the danes won in the name of the protection of public health. and i am very happy about european court decisions than european court. probably is but i want to do it to me that santa an

its wait staff come from bulgaria, hungary and lithuania.his is monika's first season here, but she's been to britain often. monika: when i came here this time it was something different than the airport. they asked me a few questions, like why i came here. reporter: konstantin is another of the 10 non-british, eu nationals working at glenfinnan house. last year he was a bartender. now he's working his way up to deputy hotel manager. he thinks britain needs workers like him. konstantin: if that happens with all the eu workers here at the same time, i think there's gonna be a rebellion or something. beause i don't think that the british economy can exist without the eu workers here. they don't have the people to sustain the economy. reporter: manja says without workers from the continent, they might as well close down. what about her personally? manja: well, i could apply for british citizenship as well. i kind of hope i don't have to. i kind of hope everything will still be in place, and that things and laws are put in place for european cit

lithuania, latvia, ireland, italy... alphabetical order going that way...gdom? and there it is. ironically, seeing as we're talking about brexit, right next to the european union flag. i guess after the uk leaves, the european union, this flag will be taken out of this cupboard. i don't where it's going to go. the eu didn't know where it was going after the brexit vote. it was already reeling from the migration and euro crises and the rise of eurosceptics, like france's marine le pen. 12 months on, and it feels really different here. there's a new eu self—confidence in the air. and why? well, a lid has been put on the migrant crisis, and we have seen the eurosceptics squashed the polls, notably in france. as for the shock of brexit, farfrom ripping the eu apart, it's given normally bickering european countries into each other‘s arms, forming a united front. for now at least. what about how the eu now views the uk? has to changed ? there has been utter astonishment since the general election at the disarray in the uk. and they believe this chaos in british p

that his intercepted up to thirty two russian military aircraft in just the past week nato ally lithuania has acknowledged most of the russian flights were to the russian enclave of college grads and did not penetrate nato air space. a new isis leader has emerged in northern afghanistan ozzy's ola is the son of a used baghdad hadi leader he was reportedly released from the infamous a bog room prison last year. has forced locals in the area in the region in afghanistan to fight for isis our reporter marut gaza the op is in afghanistan in the heart of the action the territory where ozzy zillah has been operating he has that story tonight. he owned this desert and those mountains lays islamic states newest caliph it the realm of warlord as azula he stars himself as a warrior of god others call him a heretic cruel and heartless. has murdered so many and besieged even more there is no end to his killing at least twenty five members of my family could people's heads off their legs arms and fingers some victims i couldn't recognize because of what they did to their faces i lost my son everyone l

they both boxed a playerfrom lithuania, and there is luke maccormack who got his victory.ers and a great story. is this a surprise? that many in the 19 year history of the european championship? isa championship? is a prize money thing about rio and the games, at the olympics, 11 boxers went to real and nine of them turned professional. the team england squad has been decimated to be honest. to get this team to now, a young and brilliant team. it has been a marvellous achievement by eve ryo ne been a marvellous achievement by everyone and a fantastic display. thank you to coming in. finals on the bbc sport website from 2pm tomorrow. keep up—to—date with all that. during women's sport week we've met many at the top of their game. today we're going back to where it starts — school. a recent study found girls are turning their backs on exercise before the age of nine. by then only about half the number of girls as boys manage the recommended amount of physical activity a day. we set businesswoman and campaigning mother—of—two kate hardcastle the task of finding out why and wh

you need your engineering london,o be based in which is expensive to do, or can philippines,o the lithuaniarich pool of talent, and it is cheap to come by. talent canlk of the be here in the united kingdom and they are headquartered here, but they look to estonia, where they are current owners and founders of the business. so they are looking at talent to come from abroad, and this is also what is slightly worrying. this is where some of the leading lights in u.k. and u.s. technology gather, like david cameron, the x u.k. prime minister, and a lot of people i am talking to are saying that they are worried about eu talent currently based in the u.k. wanting to go back home. the pound is falling in value, they worry about what they need to do to regain their visas, and investors are saying you know, it is not such of -- such a problem when you have the u.s. and india to call upon, but i numberech talent is the one priority for these businesses in the u.k.. can they get enough of it here, particularly with the brexit and postelection uncertainty? you so much for giving us that context from lon

or could you look into the , theppines, lithuania eastern block countries, where we know there is a richent and that is cheap to come by? the bulk of the talent is in the united kingdom, but they also look to estonia, where the current owners come from a rich lease. this is what is slightly worrying. i was at a founders forum, where leading -- leaders in the u.k. and the u.s. assemble. a lot of people i am talking to her saying, they're worried about e.u. talent currently based in the u.k. wanting to go back home. the pound is fallen in value, they are worried about repaying their visas and citizenship. all the time, maybe -- many saying, it is not a problem. there are other talent polls to call upon. but i think tech talent is a number one priority for those founding businesses in the u.k.. can they get the most amid frexit uncertainty? thank you for giving us that update from london. co-owner of the tampa bay lightning broadening -- broadening into key sports. -- e-sports. decision,the fed rate we sit down with blackrock. that is this friday at 12:00 p.m. in new york. this is bloomberg

imagine if there is a problem between european countries, like germany and lithuania, or any think theyrydo you would shut the border or discuss it in the european union and see the mistakes, and take necessary actions? none of this happened. the big problem, the americans, the allies for both sides, they on how to handle the problem. they should be more fair to look at the problem and try to see if there is something to be solved. charlie: two questions. do you believe the studies are behind this? sheikh hamad al-thani: we announced, not just believe. they announced this. until now, i know something, but ,he size, the magnitude of this it's not justified. charlie: what is the united states doing, and has the united states changed its position since the initial announcement of this effort to isolate? president trump said in the rose garden conference that the saudi led action against qatar was hard but necessary. clearly has staked his lot with the studies in the battle against iran, but then you have the secretary of state who has seemed to want to mediate, seems to want to figure out a

he went to brussels, the headquarters in nato, lithuania to kind of reassure the people in the baltics the american commitment. charlie: you just said he is a quote machine? [laughter] mr. filkins: it makes my job easier. charlie: let's take "on your one, young shoulders rest of the hopes of mankind. be the hunter, not the hunted. the polite, be professional, but always have a plan to kill everyone you meet." is that why he is called mad dog? mr. filkins: funny about that nickname, i do not think much cares for it. i asked everybody where it had come from and nobody knew. i think it is a misnomer. it does not really fit him, frankly. he does have this colorful reputation, and his language sometimes is extraordinary and wonderful, but he, you know, he is a marine on one hand, very, very aggressive. on the other hand, he is a very thoughtful, well read student of history. charlie: a kind of scholar. mr. filkins: yeah. what makes them really interesting are those things, the interplay of those two sides of him. charlie: what is his relationship with president trump? mr. filkins: i think i

it's pre jessica, people here from eastern european countries from lithuania or irish or italian or polish. we turn the river green here in chicago. i lived here twice and taught at the greatest most beautiful downtown in america in chicago. and -- amen. and some of the most vibrant black communities in this country, egg nick communities as well -- ethnic communities as well. the thing is to the ethnicities -- people will say i'm not white i'm italian and irish and polish, but in america in the crucible of race, thoseth is in advertise are pulverize -- ethnicities are pull veryized in the whiteness. james ball win taj but it as a fiction, racial identity. all of them are fictions and use they're useful or destructive fixes the. the ways in which we try to grapple with the world around us. we're not born with a sense of what it means to be white encoded in our genes. there's no dna genetically speaking that that's transmittible, predated on biological determinism and the destiny in your jeans, or lee jeans or whatever oneow chose to wear today but it is something we make of that is race in

we know that the baltic republics, estonia, latvia, lithuania, have been subject of cyber intrusions.ally believed it comes from russia. i'm sure there are others as well. really by contrast around the world we've seen thousands of attacks on commercial enterprises. i think a lot of them by russia, china, iran, north korea, there are a lot of culprits out there but we need to know more exactly what was intended here and really what the appropriate response ought to be. melissa: what would nato do if they banned together say this is war, we'll do something about it, what does that mean? >> i think this goes to an important conceptual point. take as hypothetical, that is a nato member is the subject of a russian cyberattack. say the facts on this are clear so there is no dispute about that. if it is intended as we judge it to be the equivalent of a military attack i think article v is properly invoked but i don't think the nato response should be limited to a corresponding cyberattack. one way to create structures of he deterrents that dissuade russia or others from conducting cyber att

lithuania, latvia. it's about what does mr. putin think, that's deterrence.t has been second half undermined because they're talking about the very concept we want the russians to believe, that we will all work together. >> well, and the key thing here is the president leaving out, refusing to say that the very core of nato, what it's all about, an attack on one nato member will be considered an attack on all. that's the red bheetieating hea nato that's kept the peace for well over half a century. i'm reminded that when president trump does these things, it's inexplicable to me. he's not dumb as dirt, despite some of the things he does. he has some intelligence. but nato took a long time to build and in a paraphrase of sam ray burn, anybody can knock down a barn. it takes a real carpenter to build one. here we had something built and president trump is tearing it down. and smiling are the russians and putin and the chinese. they love this. >> the vice president is reaffirming america's commitment or this administration's commitment to nato. is he trying to cl

that uncertainty as to whether we would defend latvia, lithuania, ukraine, allows moscow to make threats they did this morning against sweden saying they would take military action if they joined nato. >> anothernteresting thing, donald trump called kim jong-un a smart cookie. >> translator: as long as the law of the strong is in place, we'll see problems like the one in dprk. small countries see no other option to ensure their security than holding nuclear weapons. this is what abuse of power leads to. so he has painted north korea's weaponry as a symptom or, from u.s. belligerence. >> he is saying that everything that has happened since 1954, at the end of the second korean war, is a natural cause of what would happen with the united states coming up against a very small power. and that they would want to secure themselves. that to a certain extent is true. the question that it brings to mind is, what would russia do about this if north korea does a surface detonation of a five, ten, 20 kiloton weapon. if they really have it. or if they get icbm capacitiful are we going to see russia a

he went to brussels, headquarters of nato went to lithuania to kind of reassure that the people in thealtics about the american commitment. >> you just said he is a quote machine let's just take one. on your young soldiers he's talking to-- on your young shoulders, be the hunter, not the hunted, be polite, professional, but always have a chance to-- every one you meet. >> is that why he is called mad dog too. >> i canned everybody wrrk did it come from, nobody knew, he disernl didn't make it up so i think it's really kind ever a misnomer, and it gunt really fit him, like he does have this very colorful reputation, and his language sometimes is extraordinary, and wonderful, but he's a marine on one hand, very, very aggressive, but on the other hand, he's a very thoughtful well-read student of history, and so. >> a scholar. >> what makes him really interesting is are both those things. the interplay of those two sides. >> what is the relationship with president trump? >> i think it's really good. i think my sense is is that the president has said to mattis and the generals, more generall

imagine if there is a problem between the european and another-- between germany and lithuania or any small country and the european community. do you think they will shut the border or they will go on and discuss it in the european union and see who has mistakes and they will take the necessary action. none of these happen. and the big problem that the americans which they are ally for both sides, they are not clear in their way how to handle the problem between-- they should be more fair to look at the problem, and to try to see if there is something to be solved. >> rose: two questions and i want to move the aspects of this. do you believe the saudis are behind this? >> they announce, not i believe, they announce themselve and the emiratei, they announce. >> rose: there's two. >> yeah, they announced this. up until now, okay, i know something, but the size, the magnitude of this which they did, it is not justified. >> what is the united states doing and have the united states changed its position since the initial announcement of the this effort to isolate. because president trump

at the administration's urging, others have stepped up their game, such as latvia, lithuania and romania. but others have farther to go. this resolution calls on nato members to meet these commitments while also reaffirming our commitment to nato and to the article 5 provision for collective defense. i urge my colleagues to join me in support of this resolution and i reserve the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from california reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. engel: thank you, mr. speaker. i rise in strong support of this measure and i yield myself as much time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he may consume. mr. engel: let me start by thanking the leaders on both sides of the aisle who work to bridge this measure forward. speaker ryan and -- bring this measure forward. speaker ryan and ms. pelosi. the minority whip, mr. hoyer, and my friend from california, our chair of the committee on foreign affairs, ed royce. mr. speaker, nato has been the most effective alliance of the 20th a

or members of the ukrainian parliament who were invited to lithuania. what happens to lithuanians in the parliament? they get hacked into. ukraine itself was targeted by russian hackers more than 6500 times over a two-month period. and most recently russia tried to undermine elections in france. for years our allies have been subjected to russian aggression and invasions, but they are undeterred, unwilling to give up on that which they naught so hard for. -- they fought so hard for. independence, freedom, democracy. so this is not just about defending our own democracy as we look at these russian sanctions that are before us today, as we look at the investigation that's ongoing, looking at the interference in our election. it is ab -- it is about defending a democratic way of life in democracies across the world. it is not just about the simple word election or the simple word democracy. it is not just about one candidate or one political party. as senator rubio has noted, the next time it will be the other party. no, this is about our constitution. it

is there lots of people from lithuania ? i think so. i'm the only lithuanian.ool, there's a sense this election is farfrom decided. with days to go, some still haven't made up their minds. which way do you think then? you just don't know? i honestly don't know now. others after much thought are turning back to what they know best. seven years i haven't bothered because i don't agree with none of it but i'm not a hypocrite. but this year i was borderline, but i'm labour again now. you're going to keep voting labour. would it be the first time that you two are thinking about a vote for the conservatives and theresa may? iam. lam. i mean, i voted to come out. how would your dad feel about you considering a conservative vote? he'd turn in his grave. he would. he'd turn in his grave. probably turn me out. jerame reid reporting. he is ever so polite. latest news and sport on the way, let's bring you the weather first. rain is very much a feature of the weather. you can see the brighter colours, where persistent rain has been going from scotland, down the spine of the

the german minister of defense was explaining to me how one of their soldiers deployed to lithuania and was alleged to have raped a lithuanian girl. story.ely made up trying to undercut the cohesion of story. trying to undercut the cohesion of nato. i'm pointing out this is a military problem. it is accepted as a military problem and we are working it. i think we have a long ways to go up against this rather imaginative enemy we have. sen. mccain: i have some additional questions. >> i wanted to follow-up on the north korea discussion briefly. mr. secretary, general dunford, i know your korean war history buffs. i heard you talk about the korean war. yesterday in your testimony, general dunford you talked about potential conflict on the korean peninsula. seoul residents would face casualties. in a testimony a couple of weeks ago about the conflict on the korean peninsula would be like. mr. secretary, you mentioned the threat thatloping the north koreans present in terms of an intercontinental ballistic missile. you stated it was the policy of the trump administration to prevent them fro

in lithuania, 100 citizen cyber sleuths link up digitally. they call the daily skirmishes elves versus trolls. france and britain have successfully pressured facebook to dismantle tens of thousands of fake accounts and has doubled to 6,000 number of monitors empowered to remove defamatory and hate-filled posts. all of this is -- i mean, it's amazing. i think that you all have been dealing with this, and it says here, in latvia has undertaken to defer russian muddling since it broke free. i think it goes back to what you just had said. they have been controlling their people by misinforming them, by basically not giving them the facts, giving them what they want them to know. when you all broke, when latvia broke in 1991, you were able at that time to set your people free by the truth. have you been able to -- have any insurgency into russia getting the truth in there, using their own weapons against them, their own networks against them? >> well, none of the governments that i know of have made a decision to do that. our civic society groups

senator.er a german ministry of defense was explaining to me how one of their soldiers deployed to lithuania i think it was, was alleged to have raped a lithuanian girl. here comes the german bad soldiers in, completely made up story trying to undercut the cohesion of native. i'm just pointing out that this is a military problem. it's accepted as a military problem and we are working it. i think we've got a long ways to go up against this rather imaginative enemy that we've got. >> thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator sullivan has some additional questions. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to follow up on the north korea discussion briefly. mr. secretary, general dunford, i know you're korean war history. i forget talk about the korean war. as a matter fact, yesterday in your house armed services testimony, general dunford, you talked about potential conflict on the korean peninsula. solar residents would face casually is unlike anything we've seen in 60 or 70 years. general milley had similar testimony a couple weeks ago before this committee about what the conflict on the korean peninsu

regarding audit standards to reaffirm support to the democratic republic of georgia and to estonia and lithuania and it with the funding of that execution in number 157 for the state partnership program and amendment number 198 to require a briefing on the unmanned aerial support in support of humanitarian assistance is there a further discussion on an en bloc package number two?. >> i will take just a couple of minutes to thank you in the ranking member to rename the department of navy to be navy and marine corps and i want to say to those don't ever give up on your fight. we have not won this yet but having a marine base in my district but with of horror in iraq i have one family say to me congressman and we are proud to be part of the one fighting team of the navy and marine corps so these letters that i received to save the department of navy washington d.c. with some type of navy flag in the corner but the name of the marine and united states marine corps that is all the never said we have the congress of 111 congress 425 house members to sign the bill that year and pat roberts himself a ma