when it comes to nord stream 2, it is a bad project.l principles of european energy security, which is diversification. this is obvious, but germany has a right to believe what is good for them. what i want to emphasise here is that nord stream 2 should have been already completed by now, and yet we're still talking about its eventual completion, so maybe efforts taken by all those who do not believe in this project are actually helping europe to maintain its security. well, you're obviously an optimist, mr foreign minister, but if you were more of a realist, wouldn't you and mr zelensky be honest with your people and say, "you know what, despite our best efforts, the europeans are not going to accept our membership in nato, and, frankly, it's not going to happen"? why don't you say that and be straight with your own people? because it's quite clear it isn't going to happen. you know, i have to be optimist, otherwise i shouldn't be doing thisjob. it's obvious. we have to believe... well, yeah, there's optimism, and then there's fantasy.

we believe that germany and other countries involved in nord stream — their governments are capable enoughme you have to tread a very delicate and difficult line when you appeal to the international community to take actions against the russian state, because vladimir putin is adept at playing the nationalist card. i mean, we see him do it all the time. we see him do it in the context of ukraine and many other matters. but right now, he portrays people like you as puppets of enemies of russia in the western world. 0ur position has been clearfrom the beginning of our activities. we advocate sanctions against individuals involved in crimes of corruption and human rights abuse. we don't have a position on economic sanctions that would impoverish russian people. so, we realise that they may come as the consequences of the actions of russian authorities, but we don't have a position on sanctions other than personal sanctions. but you know what they say in moscow — that people like you are in cahoots with british intelligence, for example. do you have a lot of contact with the british government

congress claim that a new natural gas pipeline connecting russia with germany known as nord stream 2 poses a security threat to europe the us wants the project killed germany and russia do not today noticeably absent among the countries targeted by the new sanctions was nord stream 2 this was the response when a reporter asked did german chancellor merkel seek to keep nord stream 2 off of the same sions list. i don't have any more detail on that i understand the question i would just convey that obviously if there's additional actions taken we certainly preserve the option of putting additional actions and place and it doesn't mean that we don't have more but i don't have any more detail to prove to project to you about any considerations about what sanctions were not were not finalized for more i'm joined now from washington by our correspondent there really needs a more good evening to you carlino when donald trump was president he refused to even criticize russia or president putin is president biden is he making a point with his tough stance on russia in other words trump let the

if you want to know how russia is getting money, it's because germany is paying nord stream 1 and nord stream 2, both, to feed the beast of russia while not paying their nato obligations. we talk about this a lot. but it seems to me that when the pentagon spokesman has a discussion about russia and multiple times says election interference, let's be very clear, what russia did is classic propaganda. there is no evidence that russia interfered in the election. what they did do is interfered in our election discussion. that was largely if not exclusively on social media. it's good old fashioned propaganda where they inflame our debates. they to it in unscrupulous ways. there's no question that russia is a problem and this is the same trick that they always do. to somehow migrate that to elections, there's no evidence that they changed votes or broke into our election system and manipulated the outcome of elections. what they did do on social media is propaganda. but when we talk about substance, neil, when we talk about what the russians are doing and try to get them to say something abo

congress claim that a new natural gas pipeline connecting russia with germany known as nord stream to poses a security threat to europe the u.s. wants the project killed germany and russia do not today noticeably absent among the countries targeted by the new sanctions was nord stream to this was the response when a reporter asked did german chancellor merkel seek to keep nord stream 2 off of the same sions list. i don't have any more detail on that i understand the question i would just convey that obviously if there's additional actions taken we certainly preserve the option of putting additional actions and place and it doesn't mean that we don't have more but i don't have any more detail to prove to project to you about any considerations about what sanctions were not were not finalized all right for more i'm joined from washington by our correspondent there really needs you more good evening to you carlino when donald trump was president he refused to even criticize russia or president putin is president biden is he making a point with his tough stance on russia in other words tr

congress claim that a new natural gas pipeline connecting russia with germany known as nord stream 2 poses a security threat to europe the u.s. wants the project killed germany and russia do not today noticeably absent among the countries targeted by the new sanctions was nord stream to this was the response when a reporter asked did german chancellor merkel seek to keep nord stream 2 off of the same sions list. i don't have any more to tell him that i understand the question i would just convey that obviously if there's additional actions taken we certainly preserve the option of putting additional actions and place and it doesn't mean that we don't have more but i don't have any more detail to to project to you about any considerations about what sanctions were not were not finalized for more i'm joined now from washington by our correspondent carolina jim moret good evening to you carlino when donald trump was president he refused to even criticize russia or president putin is president biden is he making a point with his tough stance on russia in other words trouble at the kremli

adapt to meet them and we know that president biden has not budged at all in his opposition to the nord stream to natural gas pipeline connecting russia and germany germany remains committed to this pipeline do we have a problem there this is certainly a different difficult issue for the administration for european partners to deal with president biden has me clear that he opposes the plate line and secretary of state lincoln has said that this is a bad deal and the administration also and this is significant pressure from congress to impose further sanctions i'm here peon entities to stop the construction of the pipeline which is almost done i think moving forward this is going to be an issue for the u.s. and europe also because the united states used this as a geo political challenge the pipeline would circumvent pretty pretty created a difficult position and enhance russia's leverage over europe so this is a sticky problem and it's what time is only getting tighter the the greens here in germany they they could have a major election victory coming up in september we know that they are again

lawmaker tells r t that the white house is run by anti european hawks said on the replacing of the nord stream 2 gas pipeline with a dirtier more expensive american gas. a potty rule mongooses come to power in the u.s. this will aggravate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concepts. and from floating breadcrumbs to crying in 0 gravity veteran space travelers talk to us about the joys and challenges of life in orbit ahead of the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight. broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is our chief international and sean thomas certainly glad to have you with us. right now declassified u.s. military files have revealed that islamic states current terrorist in chief previously spent time in american military custody in iraq and while there he apparently revealed crucial secrets on jihadi activities are. picks up the story for us. when islamic state was running rampant all over northern iraq a few years ago the indigenous u.c.d. community was bearing the brunt of the jihadi atrocities perhaps more than anyone else. to believe we'r

and russia do not today noticeably absent among the countries targeted by the new sanctions was nord stream to this was the response when a reporter asked did german chancellor merkel seek to keep north stream 2 off of the same sions list. i don't have any more detail on that i understand the question i would just convey that obviously if there's additional actions taken we certainly preserve the option of putting additional actions and place and it doesn't mean that we don't have more but i don't have any more detail to prove to project to you about any considerations about what sanctions were not were not finalized for more i'm joined now from washington by our correspondent carolina jim moret good evening to you carlino when donald trump was president he refused to even criticize russia or president putin is president biden is he making a point with his tough stance on russia in other words trump let the kremlin get away with lots but i couldn't is holding the kremlin accountable for everything that it has done. well brant let's not forget that russia alleged interference in the 2020 ele

to adapt to meet and we know the president biden has not budged at all in his opposition to the nord stream to natural gas pipeline connecting russia and germany germany remains committed to this pipeline do we have a problem there this is certainly a different difficult issue for the administration for european partners to deal with and president biden has me clear that he opposes the plate line and secretary of state lincoln has said that this is a bad deal and the administration also sees this significant pressure from congress to impose further sanctions i'm here peon entities to stop the construction of the pipeline which is almost done i think moving forward this is going to be an issue for the u.s. and europe also because the united states use this as a geopolitical challenge to play blabbered circumvent pretty pretty created a difficult position and enhance russia's leverage over europe so this is a sticky problem and it's what time is only getting tighter the greens here in germany they they could have a major election victory coming up in september we know that they are against no

one followup on justin's question on nord stream. nord stream was approved to be one of the sanctions. did chancellor merkel advocate for that to be left off the list? can you give a sense of why it didn't end up being part of the sanctions today? >> i don't have any more detail on that. obviously if there are additional actions taken, we certainly preserve the option of putting additional actions in place and it doesn't mean we won't have more. but i don't have any more detail on why sanctions were or were not finalized. >> next week is the earth day climate change summit. can you give us any sort of a preview on your plans to release the u.s. target for emissions by 2030, when can we expect to see that? >> it's going to be a full week next week. let me see if we can get you more previewing by tomorrow. we're still finalizing the specifics. i just don't have anything to provide to you at this moment. go ahead. hi, laura. >> hi, thanks. a question from earlier, immigrant and refugee advocates say they can't recall a time when a presi

the same goes for germany, especially calls to stop th nord stream 2 pipeline.he pipeline is clearly in germany's interest in the u.s. has no business interfering in it. >> joe biden kept his word. in a way, america's back. we see with great satisfaction that many decisions have been ken that will make a dierence. the united states is back in the paris climate accords. >> what joe biden is a surprise. creating more jobs, investing in infrastructure, prioritizing sustainable development. it shows he really wants to regain people's trust in politics. >> president biden is ready to listen, despite all the opposing interests lined up against him. in that, he is completely unlike his predecessor. it's a huge advantage to be able to talk to someone who is open and receptive. instead of someone who always gave the impression that he kept a loaded gun in his drawer. brent: that's some of the views from here in berlin. let's get some views now from across the big pond. let's go to washington, d.c. we know that president biden's first 100 days in office have been full of

lawmaker tells r t that the white house is run by anti european hawks said on the replacing of the nord stream to gas pipeline with a dirtier more expensive american gas. a potty rule mongoose has come to power in the us this will activate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concepts. and from floating breadcrumbs to crying in 0 gravity veteran space travelers talk to us about.

the white house is run by anti european hawks set on replacing nord stream 2 with dirtier more expensive american gas a member of germany's foreign affairs committee has told r.t. . the party of blue mongooses come to power in the us this will aggravate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concepts.

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didn't feed on the the in jonathan americal in the past has regarded nord stream too as a matter of energy policy not a matter of geopolitics do you hear her beginning to shift her stance there. there is a number of items that berlin is increasingly concerned about one is clearly the situation on the border with ukraine where the chancellor has been clear about the need to deescalate and to step back but i also think the situation with the with leading opposition figure valby is also of deep concern should germany the fact that right now he cannot get the metal to medical attention that he needs he is one of over several 100 political prisoners in russia right now so i think there's a whole host of actions that russia does russia has taken there are deep concern to the german government nordstrom to is one of those issues that's been on the table between transatlantic allies it's something that i know that the biting administration cares deeply about president biden said that he opposes north stream to the u.s. congress has spoken loudly on this and so there is a potential on both sides if

lawmaker tells our to you that the white house is run by anti european hawks set on replacing the nord stream to gas pipeline with dirtier more expensive american gas. a policy of lemongrass has come to power in the us this will our great big problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concepts. and ahead of the 60th anniversary of the 1st manned space flight the international space station welcomes a new 3 man crew who soyuz inspiration docked on friday.

didn't feed on the the in jonathan americal in the past has regarded nord stream too as a matter of energy policy not a matter of geopolitics do you hear her beginning to shift her stance there. there is a number of items that berlin is increasingly concerned about one is clearly the situation on the border with ukraine where the chancellor has been clear about the need to deescalate and to step back but i also think the situation with with leading opposition figure valby is also of deep concern should germany the fact that right now he cannot get the middle of medical attention that he needs he is one of over several 100 political prisoners in russia right now so i think there's a whole host of actions that russia does russia has taken there are deep concern to the german government nordstrom to is one of those issues that's been on the table between transatlantic allies it's something that i know that the biting administration cares deeply about president biden has said that he opposes north stream to the u.s. congress has spoken loudly on this and so there is a potential on both sides i

biden is about to appoint a special envoy with the sole task of killing off the construction of nord stream to a major gas pipeline linking russia to europe but a member of the german parliament's foreign affairs committee believes those efforts are doomed to failure waldemar hurt spoke to r.t. . a party rule mongooses come to power in the us this will aggravate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concept but we have no other choice the project has been approved by all the authorities and it is fully financed if we don't finish it for whatever reason we will lose billions of euros we will also not be able to guarantee our energy security the project will be finished but it's not clear what compromises will have to be made i know that the resistance is also commercial because the us wants the liquefied natural gas market for itself and wants to supply liquefied natural gas to europe even though american liquefied natural gas is much more expensive and environmentally unacceptable it is to see an expensive but that is not both partners the us had already dubbed the pr

plans to appoint a special envoy to kill the nord stream to energy projects the pipeline would bring billions of cubic meters of gas to europe but the white house's vetting former ukrainian gas executive a most hochstein and a last ditch opposition bid. is traveling with foreign minister sergei lavrov on a trip to kazakstan reports on his robust response. there have been reports that the united states army pointing a special envoy to europe with one thing stopping the north stream to project down just to remind a north stream to is a gas pipeline going from russia via sea bed into germany now if this is appointed their goal will be traveling across europe talking to european leaders like in germany for example or denmark and convincing them to stop the construction russia's top diplomat sergey lavrov has commented on this strategy on this potential step that the united states might take he did not mince his words have a listen. even a structure like the council already publishes material criticizing the united states' absolute deadlock strategy over russia which does not produce any

hello again russian european firms are advancing what the final stages of the nord stream to gas pipeline this spike us sanctions but no the company behind the project sees it's come up against the more covert form of pressure or picks up the story. well never a quiet day for the north stream to pipeline with just a few dozen kilometers to go until the project is fully completed in recent days we've seen heightened activity around the primary building site that's just off the coast of denmark military and civilian vessels have been caught on camera as of helicopters and planes now a representative of north stream too says that these belong to foreign governments who are no way involved in the project and therefore have absolutely no business being bad for him that means that there's only one way that such maneuvers can be interpreted. these are clearly planned and prepared provocations with the use of fission vessels and worships as well as submarines and aircraft in order to obstruct the implementation of an economic project it is perhaps the 1st case of these kind in history. so clearly

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the white house is run by anti european hoax set on replacing nord stream 2 with dirtier more expensive american gas and the germans foreign minister as foreign affairs committee has told r.t. . a part to blame on this is come to power in the us this will our great big problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concern. as soyuz spacecraft successfully makes its way to the international space station just days ahead of the 60th anniversary of human spaceflight. very warm welcome you watching r.t. international with me in a key area. of the leadoff islamic state was a u.s. military president who quote sounds like a bird in jail revealing secrets on the terror group that allowed western forces to kill quote high value harvests the revelations come from 53 previously confidential interrogation reports with more details on what they reveal his artie's in it for trying. when islamic state was running rampant all over northern iraq a few years ago the indigenous u.c.d. community was bearing the brunt of the jihadi atrocities perhaps more than anyone else has. to do with. the rin

openness in the form of government was a complete failure but at least it was not clear and what about nord stream too should that project be killed. i personally think it should be kept but what the german government could at least through is saying that they are not politically supporting it and in if the chancellor was saying that she doesn't support the troops act this would be an important political stance the true test also economy impact on the. stock markets rating of just one component let me just ask you before we run out of time the protests in russia over the imprisonment of alexina volley what did they say about whether mir putin how should germany react to what's essentially a domestic russian issue this is a domestic russian issue for sure and even not influence or we can rest and events and. as we are interested in the country but of course you know really closely following and interested in what's happening in russia but one sentence more if somebody is closer than it was internationally. illegal substance of china google often like no bitch this is not an internal issue of any co

openness in the form of government was a complete failure but at least it wasn't clear and what about nord stream too should that project be killed. i personally think it should be kept but what the german government could at least through is saying that they are not politically supporting it and in if the chancellor was saying that she doesn't support the true take this will be an important political stance the true test also economy impact when the. stock markets rating of just one company let me just ask you before we run out of time the protests in russia over the imprisonment of alexina volley what did they say about whether we're putin and how should germany react to what's essentially a domestic russian issue this is a domestic russian issue for sure and even not influence or we can trust and events and. as we're interested in the country level corp we really closely following and interested in what's happening in russia but one sometimes more if somebody is closer than it was internationally. illegal substance of china google often like move it sure this is not an internal issue of any co

event american president said something those days i think are over and we're seeing it around the nord stream pipeline and there certainly is a lot of stake care act 1.3 consider professor richard well thank you so much for your time. thank you. could facial recognition be the next technology coming to an airport near you it's an idea that's been considered for years with many privacy advocates warning against it but in the age of coded 19 the lack of contact it could provide is being seen as an advantage by a california city looking to get in on the latest technology archies natasha's we has a story. less hassles is a better way of living so i think this will be an awesome procedure if it goes through and makes life easy for everybody but san francisco international airport and united airlines are teaming up and their program does just that it's offering a futuristic and fast check in at the airports the 1st in the u.s. the slow touch biometric unable to system is currently being tested on select a mastic flights passengers participating in the program link their driver's license to their fa

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the white house is run by anti european hawks set on replacing nord stream 2 with dirtier more expensive american gas a member of germany's foreign affairs committee has told r.t. . the part to blame on this is come to power in the u.s. this will aggravate the problem on the european continent this fits into biden's concepts. and soyuz spacecraft successfully makes its way to the international space station just days ahead of the 60th anniversary on c.n.n. spaceflight we speak to industry leaders on the next milestone in the stars. extra 50 years we will also see as a 1st manned old woman just surface of mars space will be really just another continent for us. very good morning to you it's 8 am here in moscow and you're watching r.t. international with me the. leader of islamic state was a u.s. military prison are you quote sound like a bird in jail was feeling secrets on the terror group that allowed western forces to kill quote high value to harvests the revelations come from 53 previously confidential interrogation reports with more details on what they reveal his artie's for trying.

that they could have a major election victory coming up in september we know that they are against nord stream 2 they are much tougher would be much tougher they say on china and russia then chancellor merkel has ever been would president biden would he be happy to see a green german government. yeah i think there are a lot of positive aspects of the greens foreign policy platforms exactly on these issues as you mentioned but i did united states and thereby ministration is going to look to work with germany regards to what the coalition government looks like come september elections germany is a key partner for the united states and europe is the most powerful country in europe and regardless of who is and how of the government after chancellor merkel the united states is going to look to partner with all rights tori's house and research director for the project on europe and the transatlantic relationship at harvard university torie it's good to have you back on the show we appreciate your time and your insights tonight thank you very. well when joe biden took office in january the pandemic w

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the administration to move forward on impmenting the congressionally mandated sanctions against nord stream 2, this pipeline designed to keep western europe addicted to russian energy. those are things that can have a real impact short of military action, which nobody wants to see. >> you enlisted after 9/11. you served in iraq and afghanistan. and you have called president biden's afghan withdrawal of our remaining, you know, less than 3,000 troops, which is, by the way, about the number that the u.s. military maintains in spain, a grave mistake. tell me, what is your major concern? about a full withdrawal and not leaving any troops behind to advise or support the afghan military? >> well, in the very short answer, my biggest fear is that the afghan government's going to collapse and we're going to have a repeat of what we saw in iraq and have to return. the longer answer is, we are, even though it's slower than we'd like, we are doing in afghanistan exactly what we set out to do. we started with a hundred thousand troops at points in time. we're down to 2,500. we said that we wanted the a