sanctions against firms that building the nord stream to gas pipeline but stresses that the project will be completed. israel describes the international criminal court as a political tool after a probe was launched into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territory. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right there are renewed concerns in the u.k. over the state of the national health service after a woman died in the hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales gilby was left lying on a freezing sidewalk until help arrived the ambulance service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. . what is shadi edwards do

it was like naturally the russian side always insists that nord stream too wasn't built to bypass ukraine like north stream one but i believe that's exactly why dr fool and special ships they pipeline sections just a few kilometers off the german baltic sea coast resistance is coming from the us they are planning sanctions possibly to include those operating the vessels instead of natural gas from russia the usa wants to sell its liquid gas. there's also opposition to the pipeline in poland it's anti trust authority has levied a $20000000.00 fine under its string to use financing company reportedly because the proper documents were and submit it in my opinion you cannot be stopped because it's so. it's. developing into a way to actually make it possible to put a halt now however there is a chance to take the profit that ability over to project down and to. well to operate nose into heart or the north stream to pipeline could also be used to transport hydrogen instead of natural gas experts like no months a climate killing greenhouse gases can be avoided that way. when you know. you know i

loop mean in the german state of mecklenburg for parma this is where the 1200 kilometer long nord stream to pipeline reaches the german baltic sea coast soon natural gas from russia will be flowing towards western europe north stream 2 will circumvent ukraine gas market expert hike with no man says there's a very clear reason for building the pipeline. it was like naturally the russian side always insists that nord stream too wasn't built to bypass ukraine like north stream one but i believe that's exactly why dr sue and special ships they pipeline sections just a few kilometers off the german baltic sea coast resistance is coming from the us they are planning sanctions possibly to include those operating the vessels instead of natural gas from russia the usa wants to sell its liquid gas. there's also opposition to the pipeline in poland it's anti trust the authority has levied a $20000000.00 fine stream to financing company reportedly because the proper documents were and submit it in my opinion no since you cannot be stopped because it's so. it's. developing into a way to actually make

following sanctions on russia's nord stream to the european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister circular for off a spoken saying there is no doubt the project will be completed when the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect. nord stream 2 is a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea i dove 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year and would supply almost $30000000.00 arseholes eager to the reports now on how europe has defied washington to get affordable russian fuel washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas trees into europe c

targeting the nord stream. germany. free europe the energy project completed. waiting hours for. the state of britain's health service has brought into sharp focus we talk to hospital the crisis in the n.h.s. . too much people. through. fear no. grief. for russia president putin. with me in russia tens of thousands of tickets being sold for the passenger service. from moscow to the world places or to international my names you know you're welcome to the program the. following site slumped on russia's nord stream to european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister sergei lavrov has spoken out saying there is no doubt the project will be completed. states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect north stream 2 is the gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea at ov

it was uncertain whether the measures against the controversial nord stream too would slow the completion of the project . pablo foley las is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo now construction of north stream 2 began in may 28th seen so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. i told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was mentioned there you know probably by the end of week but it's not known yet and the aim is basically to stop the further construction of this pipeline under the baltic sea which is worth you know over $10000000000.00 and what will happen is that it will double the shipments of russian natural gas to germany now as soon as it is signed it is expected that the president will sign it the administration would then have 60 days to identify companies or individuals who are providing services on the pipeline

lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make your of more reliant on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional ally germany for some of the shades of the cold war . north stream to lead by state owned gaza would allow russia to bypass poland and ukraine. u.s. lawmakers say ukraine could lose billions of dollars in transit fees if it is built . washington is tied to exports of u.s. liquefied natural gas as an alternative. it was uncertain whether the measures against the controversial nord stream too would slow the completion of the project . pablo foley las is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo construction of nord stream 2 began in may 28th seems so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was mentioned the

senate has backed sanctions on the nord stream 2 gas pipeline meaning that the measures now have passed both houses of the u.s. congress the u.s. wants to stop construction of the pipeline under the baltic sea which will transport russian natural gas directly to germany it's supposed to start operating in the coming months the u.s. says that the project will increase rushed. as political influence here in europe u.s. sanctions could be met by retaliatory measures from the european countries invested in the pipeline and that includes german. art for more let's go to our correspondent in washington public he's on the story for us tonight good evening to you pablo so we've got a construction of nord stream to you which began in may of 2018 so it's kind of late for the threat of sanctions to become real why are u.s. lawmakers planning to slap sanctions on these companies now. hi brad well essentially this measure is part of a huge annual defense spending package for 20 twentieth's called the national defense authorization act and congress and the senate have passed it with ease and it's now

when it comes to nord stream ii and it's not about ukraine. it's much bigger issue. it's about strategic balance in europe. it is about energy security of europe. it's about the balance in central europe and western countries and more in the broader sense it's about energy security as such. so ukraine is only one part of the puzzle of nord stream ii your and i appreciate the house, we expect this act, he sanctions, we expect the senate to pass, to support it. the president to cite it. and most importantly, the sanctions should be, the company that is now as we speak laying pipes for nord stream ii should realize that it should cease its operations immediately. .. and doing their best to lay the last pipe as soon as possible. on nato, that was not on the agenda of my visit. in nato, they are asking a simple ambition. we want nato to be ambitious toward ukraine. we do not only want to receive support from nato but we are contributing to nato operations, stepping up our efforts in afghanistan and elsewhere as we are in dialogue with nato in another part of the story. we

interests then in opposing nord stream to. oh officially. the usa is trying to protect its european partners that's the official stance but as you know many policies under president trump have a certain economic aspect to them and the u.s. is the number one producer of fossil fuels and they do certainly want to sell their liquefied natural gas to europe so there's a certain business angle to all of this and if you will you can understand this also as a fight between russia and the united states over the european gas market or correspond overselling on the story for us in washington tonight oliver as always thank you all right let's take this story now to our parliamentary studios here in berlin our correspondent max 1000000 a coach that joins is maximiliano what kind of reactions have we been seeing so far here in the german capital. yes here in berlin reactions to the u.s. . a bill has been rather sharply said we've had by the german foreign minister heiko must that european energy policy is decided in europe not united states and not of th

sanctions targeting firms involved in the nord stream to gas pipeline project but stresses that it will be completed despite of washington's interference. and the diplomatic terror israel directs a barrage of bitter criticism of the international criminal court over plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories. broadcasting live. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to do with us. and there are renewed concerns in the u.k. over the state of the national health service after a woman died in hospital of a cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales donna gilby was left lying on the freezing sidewalk until help arrived the service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. are his shoddy edw

the united states a decision to impose sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline sergey lavrov said the move undermines the sovereignty of european nations and he stressed that the project will be completed despite washington's attempts to block it to the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interest in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated in the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect look at nordstrom to is the 2nd stage of a pipeline network linking russia to germany through the baltic sea once completed the system will transport up to 55000000000 cubic meters of russian natural gas per year to europe or to 0 design of takes a closer look at how the project has caused a rift between europe and the us. washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in

sanctions targeting companies involved in russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany berlin and brussels say that america should mind its own business and foreign minister sergey lavrov added that russia will respond to washington's move . and convince the north stream to as well as turks stream will be completed so extremist set for launch in just 2 or 3 weeks will respond to sanctions but in a way in which we will not harm ourselves but we will definitely respond of course we will keep in mind when developing our relations i'm surprised that politicians reach such decisions which give no credit to high profile political figures the german government has regretfully taken into account that sanctions against north stream to and turks stream in. by the u.s. congress they think german and european companies and tantamount to interference in our domestic affairs. the 1200 kilometer long nord stream to is being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea it will allow russia to increase gas exports to germany and europe and supply enough gas to power almost 30000000 household

problems versifying the way it's fuel gets to western european countries through new pipelines like nord stream north stream too that's a disaster that gets europe hoped on putin's gas needle so let's just listen to how a u.s. congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week. as a pipeline if completed would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund the russian military aggression. so we have learned that the us 2020 national defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream to that is a brand new pipeline project that is by the way it's almost complete and it is intended for direct natural gas deliveries from somewhere outside st petersburg to northern germany and we're talking about these companies these are by far not only russia and there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for the supplies no

senate had has voted to impose sanctions on companies working on the controversial nord stream 2 gas pipeline that will link russia and germany the measures now await the signature of president donald trump before becoming law the bill aims to halt further construction of the nearly $10000000000.10 euro under the ball $10000000000.00 rather a $10000000000.00 euro pipeline project under the baltic sea the project will double undersea shipments of russian natural gas to germany or bypassing ukraine u.s. lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make europe more reliance on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional allies germany. over the 2nd time this month the eiffel tower in paris has been forced to close because the staff who operated have gone on strike for the closures part of a long running national dispute over pension benefits president manuel mccall wants to overhaul a pension system that allows train drivers and other people under special pension regimes to retire while they're still in their fifty's a stri

naturally the russian side always insists that nord stream too wasn't built to bypass ukraine like nord stream one but i believe that's exactly why. as special ships lay pipeline sections just a few kilometers off the german baltic sea coast resistance is coming from the u.s. they're planning sanctions possibly to include those operating the vessels instead of natural gas from russia the usa wants to sell its liquid gas there's also opposition to the pipeline in poland its antitrust authority has led to $20000000.00 fine on north stream to use financing company reportedly because the proper documents went submitted my opinion notion to cannot be stopped because it's so. it's. developing in the way that actually make it possible to put a hold now however there is a chance to take the profit the ability over to project down to gas from the well to operate normally to harder ply payday in lithuania the baltic country gets its liquefied natural gas by ship from qatar poland has signed contracts with the us for liquefied gas both countries want to free themselves from dependence on russia. b

sanctions on nord stream two gas lines will not hinder its construction they decline to say how it wouldfinished and decline to provide a timeline for the launch of this project and say it's too early to speak about retaliatory steps against the u.s., but such actions will not remain unanswered. so most certainly leaving the door open for retaliatory measures against the u.s one feature of the u.s.'s decision to move forward with sanctions is that sticks out to me is that u.s. lawmakers in both houses overwhelmingly supported these sanctions, the approval of these sanctions and to have bipartisan support for any issue in the u.s. is a very difficult task to come by, so clearly fairly unified view from the u.s. with regards to how to proceed here. >> so, the clock is now ticking 60 days for the u.s. to identify individuals and companies that are working to supply services to the construction of the nord stream 2 project and once those people and companies are identified there's 30 days to unwind some of those activities. the heat is on from the u.s. side the question i want to raise, clea

let's just break down what we're speaking about the nord stream to gas pipeline once completed will supply germany with russian gas fired the baltic sea out over 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year that's enough to supply $30000000.00 households he has been looking at her group as the fight the us to get affordable russian through. washington has weaponized sanctions its official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas into europe currently under construction the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream 2 and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they will get it from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy we don't want your energy supplies to be defended and. to be fair washington has been backed in

for its sanctions on europe's nord stream 2 gas pipeline president donald trump has imposed the sanctions against north stream to last friday in a bill signed friday by the white house wants to block the completion of the pipeline which will allow russia to deliver gas to germany directly via the baltic sea washington says ukraine will lose billions in transit fees if nord stream too is built a buyer shares climbed to a 14 month high today rally comes after the us government filed court papers backing the company in its appeal against a us court judgement that link the firm's we kill or round up to cancer the environmental protection agency says the product which contains glyphosate doesn't cause cancer as has been alleged that supports buyers argument that only regulators have the authority to print cancer warning labels some experts see the reversal of the decision as a signal that other similar claims may also face legal hurdles and for more on this let's go now to bards in frankfurt. good to see you there what does this mean what does this the support from the u.s. government mean for

sanctions on the nord stream to pipeline with so-called climate tariffs against washington u.s. president donald trump signed the bipartisan sanctions bill on friday the u.s. wants to block completion of the pipeline which will allow russia to deliver gas to germany directly via the baltic sea washington says ukraine will lose billions in transit fees if nord stream to which bypasses the country is built. a saying in germany buyer shares climbed to a 14 month high today rally comes after the us government filed court papers backing the company in its appeal against the us court judgement that linked the firm's weed killer roundup to cancer the environmental protection agency says the product which contains life is safe doesn't cause cancer as has been alleged that supports buyers argument that only regulators have the authority to print cancer warning labels some experts see the reversal of the decision as a signal that other claims against fire may also now face legal hurdles. and earlier i asked our correspondent in frankfurt only bards what the u.s. government support means f

plans to punish companies working on the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany lawmakers in washington approved sanctions earlier this week they say the pipeline will make europe more dependent on russia germany accuses washington of meddling in european affairs. you know russia and germany are working together on the nord stream to project but the 2 countries are also mired in an escalating diplomatic row over the murder of a georgian is citizen here in berlin. the german ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow on thursday morning to be told that russia was expelling 2 german diplomats they have 7 days to leave the country the kremlin says know the reasons why. much of the diplomats are being expelled as a forced retaliatory measure this measure is unavoidable as 2 of our diplomats were expelled we consider that decision by berlin absolutely baseless we disagree with it so this is the inevitable response to. the spat is over the killing in august of that kind of congo shrilly a georgian who fought for the separatists in the chechen war he was shot in th

would would make germany a hostage of russia people here in europe here in germany who support nord stream say that's really not true that in fact the dependency really works the other way russia needs foreign currency that it would earn from this project and that's why it's very keen to get it completed and people also point out that russia even during the ups and downs of the cold war was always a reliable supplier of energy to western europe at that time so people have also pointed out that perhaps the u.s. has got a secondary motive namely to increase the chances of being able to sell its liquefied natural gas its l n g to european markets which it would very much like to do although some industry experts here say that l.n.g. from america is too expensive well north stream to this pipeline project it is controversial and not just from a u.s. perspective it has opponents here in europe too doesn't it. why did it has spent the year pin nations to a degree countries like germany and the netherlands really support nord stream but some of the central european countries in particular poland

nord stream too has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear the pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european let me and which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law his soon as possible. gonna depends largely on the rise imports to feed its people shipping and over a 1000000 metric tons yet now the country wants to produce all the rise of consumes itself inside 3 years that's an ambitious plan but there is help and sodium led by the alliance for green revolution in africa with funding from german development bank k s w is helping farmers boost production with improved revised seeds and farming methods 63 year old mohammad isa haku is one of over 100000 smallholder farmers benefiting from the development banks program with access to improved rice seeds and better f

president say that they have agreed they are against a major energy project here in europe the nord stream 2 pipeline is scheduled to go online in just weeks and will begin pumping natural gas from russia to germany a direct line through the baltic sea that bypasses ukraine and poland the u.s. says 'd it is a security risk for europe and nato because it increases the continent's dependence on russia trump has threatened to torpedo the deal with sanctions today the german foreign minister told washington to basically butt out of european energy policy supporters of nord stream they say that the u.s. is using foreign policy to force europe to ditch russia and become a consumer of u.s. liquefied natural gas. the u.s. plans to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline project that includes german as well as other european companies the penalties include travel bans and asset freezes companies continuing with north stream 2 could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u.s. u.s. lawmakers fear the pipeline could give moscow greater leverage over the germa

targeting firms involved in the nord stream gas pipeline project but stresses that it will be completed the spike washington's interview. president put the official perch bridge. part about ongoing efforts to strengthen ties between the crimean peninsula and their russian. every are tuning in from right across the world this hour welcome to moscow international the names you know of your company. there have been renewed concerns in the u.k. over the states in national health service after a woman died in hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family say was a 6 hour wait for a number once broken her foot outside her home inside wales. was left lying on a freezing pavement until help eventually arrives the ambulance service has apologized for the lengthy delay but also said that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. . the. closer look at the trends of the rough the ch

was not anymore i mean today today the gas is going to increasingly pass through germany through nord stream one which is of course already operating through nord stream too which is in the final stages of completion there's a new pipeline going to turkey to turkey could supply russian gas to turkey in them through turkey to the souls in europe the russians have also hugely strengthened their leverage by opening a gas pipeline to china so they're no longer is dependent on european customers as they were for the sales of their gas and of course there are people in like emanuel knock on france who are becoming extremely nervous about this closer ever closer proximity between russia and china and with germany calling the teacher ring. in recession and contraction you see a whole delegation of german business leaders coming to moscow pleading essentially for peace in ukraine so that the political obstacles can be sorted so this situation has changed with the europeans the problem is it doesn't seem to have changed so much with the ukrainians and it doesn't seem to have changed so much at all wit

nord stream to has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear the pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european let me and which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law this soon as possible. our political correspondent simon young is covering this story for us and he joins us for more hi simon tell us more about some of the reactions that you've seen here in berlin this morning. here's to me as you mentioned there's been some reaction from german business is the head of the german russian chamber of commerce is calling for retaliate 3 sanctions if the u.s. impose these measures and there's also been supposed to call reaction we have the spokeswoman for peta out my he's the economics minister here this morning saying that they regret the decision of the u.s. house of

nord stream to has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear that pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european union which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law this soon as possible. and our political correspondent simon young is covering this story for us he joins us for more hi simon tell us what some of the reactions here in berlin have been so far. see me there's been some political reaction we've had a tweet from michael moss the foreign minister he says that europe's energy policy is decided in europe not in the u.s. and we reject interference from outside that's pretty clear it's in line with what we heard from the economics ministry. he was saying that they regret the decision by the u.s. house of representatives and you know they don't want into foreign

senate has approved think sions on the nord stream to pipeline president trump says he'll sign the bill into law religion is accusing washington of meddling could this be the start of the transatlantic sanctions we were also coming up the pope border's a major change in the catholic church leaving no place to hide 1st sex abusers pope francis has removed the cover of people secrecy meaning victims of sexual abuse will be able to go to the police to report the crime without fear of excommunication from the church and tear gas on the streets of france as unions take their strikes in protest against pension reforms into a 13th day the president seems determined to press ahead with the plan and pakistan's former military ruler pervez musharraf is a sentence to death after a court finds him guilty of treason will exile save him from the ultimate punishment. i bring off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start with problems in the pipeline between germany and the united states the u.s. senate today has backed sanction. on the nord stream 2 gas pi

the united states decision to impose sanctions on companies involved in the construction of the nord stream to gas pipeline so he says the move undermines the sovereignty of european nations and the stress of the project will be completed anyway despite washington's attempts to thwart it took over more states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that the 1st europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated in the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their selves. good if you look at all the stream to gas pipeline was completed is said to supply germany with russian gas by the baltic sea but over a 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year to europe that's enough to supply $30000000.00 households it goes down off next night examines the dispute over the project right now and europe's defiance of the u.s. so for it to. washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spendin

need ukraine which had been left out of the pipeline deal will keep working together to stop the nord stream 2 project that undermines ukraine's economic and strategic security we do not want our european friends to fall prey to the kind of political and economic manipulation russia has attempted in ukraine since it cast off its soviet shackles it would create another tool for the kremlin to use russia's energy resources to divide europe and undermine and destabilize ukraine it was almost like russia listened because hours before sanctions hit north stream 2 construction mosco and shook hands on a gas transit deal so europe all out winds from the pipeline both economically and geopolitically seeing russia and ukraine finally touch base again and this statement by the u.s. envoy to germany hasn't aged well at all. currently there is a lot of talk in germany about doing more for europe and we believe that when it comes to north stream 2 we have taken an extremely pro european position washington's crocodile tears are not fooling anyone anymore trying to maintain a compassionate fetes pretendin