mr grinnell's recent comments are indeed rather unusual for diplomatic custom. i assume he will turn this into a positive. it is good. there are good reasons to criticize nord stream too and to look at it critically of the kind of on the other hand it can't be that mr grinnell operates as a mouthpiece for one of mr trump's political agendas instead he should restrict himself to maintaining diplomatic conventions but he's had a problem with this since his arrival in germany and in some there has mr grinnell doesn't otherwise a tear to diplomatic conventions and that's why it is not really surprising and i think this must be rejected even if it really is possible to debate the content we also believe that not stream to is not useful and energy policy and it isn't acceptable in few of our is in european partners. a survey by the british business lobby group c.b.i. shows demand for britain's financial services sector has dropped for the first time in five years uncertainty over briggs have cited as the reason only last week the head of the city of london corporation

well then mr grinnell the u.s. ambassador to germany is really known to be a man with his strong rhetoric and he's also a close buddy of the us president if these sanctions are really going to happen that's really difficult to say investors here are also little bit divided about this issue according to the u.s. congress is already working behind closed doors on a possible draft if this would be really the case companies and you just said it not just here in germany but also around europe could be hit very hard to be already received a statement from the german foreign minister he says that he also does not appreciate these kind of commons and says that this pipeline project is very crucial for the european energy sector it's not the first time that the u.s. ambassador has tried intervening yeah you're right it's not the first time this is happening last year grinnell was also very clear in an interview and stated that german companies which would continue to do business with iran could face sanctions as well and ju

security in europe and ukraine and i can just give you another quote from what he's been saying mr grinnell says i request on behalf of my government and a your company consider the danger this project represents to european energy security as well as the reputational costs. and sanctions risks associated with it so a pretty strong language i think there from the top diplomat north stream through this pipeline project worth billions of euros it's already underway construction is underway why would the u.s. want to impose sanctions on the firms that are building it what does the how does the u.s. stand to gain from that well i mean the u.s. like some european countries it has to be said has has as i mentioned got these criticisms to teach it criticism essentially of this project they say that it means of the russia will have more power more leverage that it will operate to the disadvantage in particular of ukraine through which much russian gas currently flows to europe and it will essentially reward putin's russia or is the american see it for you know for the pressure and the bad behavior

scorn for that what else is riling the germans all the while he has got it he's got a track record mr grinnell just as soon as he took up the job of the ambassador in berlin he yet within a week was annoying people here because he said he tweeted that german companies should still doing business in iran immediately that was seen as a sort of pretty tough intervention in relation to the wrong question he's also said that he sees one of his talks as empowering europe's right wing governments so some pretty controversial statements that he's made in the past as you might expect from a close confidant of donald trump simon thank you so much t w political correspondent simon yo. now almost thirty years on from the deadly hillsborough stadium disaster in england the police commander who was in charge faces trial starting today hillsborough remains the worst stadium related disasters in english history where a fatal crush inside the stadium left ninety six liverpool supporters dead the trial comes after a long term pain to fight police coverup david duncan field was the commander on the day of the tr

scorn for that what else is riling the germans on and why he has got it he could a track record mr grinnell just as soon as he took up the job of the ambassador in berlin he yet within a week was annoying people here because he said he tweeted that jim companies should still doing business in iran immediately that was seen as a sort of pretty tough intervention in relation to the iran question and he's also said that he sees one of his talks as empowering europe's right wing governments so some pretty controversial statements that he's made in the past as you might expect from a close confidant of donald trump simon thank you so much t w political correspondent simon young the australian open tennis tournament is underway and former champion maria sharapova has shown no mercy against british qualifier harriet dart sharp over one six six love in just over an hour meantime germany's really count the number two seed cruised easily past libyan ias paulo not how it's all about won the tournament in two thousand and sixteen on the men's side world number two rafael nadal struggled against austral