dependency on russian oil and gas, the e u and vials and massive planned to hon as the wind in the north sea. ah, i'm all i was like ok, thanks for joining us. turkey has blocked talks on finland and sweden joining nato . both nordic nations have not formally submitted membership bits. you members need unanimous agreement from all 30 current members, but turkey has said no turkish president, wretched. tie up, edwin accused as finland and sweden of harbouring kurdish terrorists and other disputes is of a sophisticated weaponry for turkey. the issue could actually be about us fighter jets. turkey was dropped from the f 35 advanced fighter jet development program in 2019 this was part of the us sanctions packet imposed on the country after it bought a russian air defense system. many believe anchor is now hoping to pressure the u. s. and to selling it new f. 16 fighter jets instead. an extremely controversial topic in washington. another issue in 2019 sweden halted weapons deliveries to turkey after it attacked kurdish people's defense units in northern syria and launched and offensive there. a

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the u unveils a massive plant to harness the wind in the north sea. ah. i manuscripts mckinnon. welcome to the program. russia says that nearly a 1000 ukrainian fights is that the as of style still works in mario paul, have now surrendered. most have been taken to a prison colony in russian controlled territory. while the injured are in hospital, moscow says, you cried hopes to get the soldiers back in a prisoner swat, but some russian will make has a calling for them to go on trial for war crimes. ukraine says it's still trying to evacuate the remaining fighters from the plant. and we can bring in max sanda, who is reporting for us from keith max. is that any progress at all? you can tell us about an in swapping ukrainian soldiers evacuated from b as a style plant for russian prisoners of war. right on. yeah. so there is a lot of a lot of uncertainty of not to say secrecy regarding the fates of the members of the as of regiment, the ro held up on the us. so still works for the last 10 weeks or so. so we heard these on reconfirmed reports by the russian side, that about a 1000 f

the big question is that we have to expend the offshore wind industry all over the north sea that we have to connect each other that we can make a common business out of it. and we understand that this snarled time for industrialization. the declaration of intent will soon be followed by concrete projects. concern for the environment is one incentive, but europe also wants to rid itself of dependence on russian oil and gas as quickly as possible. the european commissioners explained how it will work. the re power e u plans are a mix of ideas and concrete regulatory proposals. one of the most important points, speeding up the approval process. veneta re doke about topic deployment. a few of us that he's an elephant in that room, getting a permit might take as long as 9 years for wind, and up to 4 years for a solar projects. so this is time that we do not have in the future. the approval of such projects should be possible within a year. alongside wind power, solar energy will also be prioritized. we're proposing a solar rooftop obligation for commercial and public buildings as of 2025

_, ., burden on all players in the north sea. ~ ., ., ., ., sea.vestment that _ sea. what impact could that have on the very investment that rishi - sea. what impact could that have on the very investment that rishi sunak is trying to stimulate?— is trying to stimulate? hopefully hither is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices _ is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices is _ is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices is going _ is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices is going to - is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices is going to be - is trying to stimulate? hopefully higher prices is going to be a - higher prices is going to be a strong incentive for companies to invest, particularly in the uk, because historically there has been a good relationship between the government in the industry, particularly if you look at other countries around the world, but if you go to increase the tax burden the capital is likely to go elsewhere, so i think that without the tax, pricing is going to be strong enough for these compa

what does it mean in practice for north sea oil? in practice, they will be less investment. to produce less and less over time, it will only happen faster if less wells are drilled and there is less activity. it leads to less taxes in the long—term, and also fewerjobs. it taxes in the long-term, and also fewerjobs.— taxes in the long-term, and also fewerjobs. also fewer “obs. it is possible that the also fewerjobs. it is possible that the energy _ also fewerjobs. it is possible that the energy price - also fewerjobs. it is possible that the energy price will- also fewerjobs. it is possible | that the energy price will have to go up again. 0riginally, this was billed as a windfall tax, you could see the chancellor clearly very cha ncellor clearly very u ncomforta ble chancellor clearly very uncomfortable with chris mason defining it as a windfall tax now. how convinced is the industry that anything lackawanna? there's a long day for 2025 oil and gas producers, but i think the energy sector should be concerned — a further windfall tax will come and when energy prices are again

the profits they make in the north sea, the u.k.rofits now going to be taxed in extra time if you like. there is also attack exemption -- a tax exemption for --. these are companies that generate electricity and in a world where you are trying to transition away from oil and gas and more towards electric, you might think, why would you want to put taxes on this kind of industry? that's something the treasury is still reckoning with. these businesses have been making good profit as a result of higher prices of energy, but what does that mean and what do we do about that if you want to get your hands on some of those profits? it raises a lot of interesting questions about where the tax state comes from, alex. alix: we mentioned some of the names that got downgraded because of the impact. we are joined by the wood mackenzie senior vice president, who joins us now. this year, what kind of profits are these big oil majors like bp looking at? what are your estimates showing? >> for the north sea production, which is where we have been loo

this is a goal that we have said as european as european union than the not the north sea is the place where we can have large scale generation of electricity in offshore wind parks, in the large capacities that we need. and we can do that in a way which is cost effective to day. steve, the checklist or germany's economy and climate minister robert hardback was also at that meeting. as being with the w correspondent, julius, how daily he underscore the importance of this joint initiative. this is really the exception of thing today that we're not planning european grid alone and not turning a hydrogen back from interest on such up turning power plants of solving talks together. so this is, this is the new momentum we really need this situation. there have been reports that negotiations with katara regarding ellen gee, terminals have hit some problems because of the length of contracts and things like that. do you have any comments regarding those negotiation? not? i have a comment, but i can't go too deep into the negotiations because the companies are really doing the negotiations. bu

well, 1st of all, that will be areas in the north sea and other places that should never have wind farms. there are protected areas that should continue to be totally protected from fishery and from offshore wind. but what we can see right now is some of the results coming back is actually telling us that it could be good for biodiversity. if you have wind farms and the fundament and the sandy bit areas, they can create that best environment for plants and fish. and other animals in the sea. so i will not say for sure that this is bad to buy a t that could turn out to be good if we're planning green energy and good environment for the fish at the same time. thank you so much for joining us for christian johnson from the green part demo. ah, the u. s. a soccer federation has reached an agreement to which will say it's men's and women's team and research teams receive equal pay. the deal which runs until the end of 2026 also creates a mechanism for sharing prize money from tournaments like the world cup american women have consistently out before their male counterparts at major tournament

the big question is that we have to expend the offshore wind industry all over the north sea that we have to connect each other that we can make a common business out of it. and we understand that this snarled time for industrialization. the declaration of intent will soon be followed by concrete projects. concern for the environment is one incentive, but europe also wants to rid itself of dependence on russian oil and gas as quickly as possible. the european commissioners explained how it will work. the re power e u plans are a mix of ideas and concrete regulatory proposals. one of the most important points, speeding up the approval process. veneta re doke out topic deployment. a few of us that he's an elephant in that room, getting a permit might take as long as 9 years for wind, and up to 4 years for a solar projects. so this is time that they do not have in the future. the approval of such projects should be possible within a year. alongside wind power, solar energy will also be prioritized. we're proposing a solar rooftop obligation for commercial and public buildings as of 2025

because you hear the north sea, you think oil, gas, and that's kind of old fuels.s not like new fuels. well, we've been clear throughout our work on the energy strategy this year that we really, really want and need oil and gas as a transition fuel to get us to net zero. there are few more passionate advocates of net zero than myself in government. i think it's something which is economically and environmentally logical, but we're not going to get there in a single bound. it's a 30—year commitment, and in order to maximise our chances of getting there at minimum cost and disruption, we are going to need north sea oil and gas. just to come back to adam's first point now. i guess there will be some people thinking, why does it take the government so long to get to where it's going to end up? so labour and the liberal democrats have been going, "windfall tax, windfall tax, windfall tax, windfall tax." and there have been ministers, the business secretary, one of them, is going, "whoa, whoa, no windfall tax." and then it felt like this inevitable plod towards a windfal

bring in some cloud and perhaps some patchy rain later in the day, but perhaps not as chilly for the north seao monday, we keep that north—west/south—east split, at least on monday, with the best of the drier, brighter weather across parts of england and wales. the strong sunshine, as we'll see this weekend when it comes out, but perhaps something heavier rain—wise coming into scotland and to northern ireland. so, it's still looking unsettled as we head into next week, and why? that's because we've got low pressure dominating towards the north. even further south, some of these weather fronts could brush in some rain from time to time. the detail is uncertain, but it looks as if it will be wetter further north and windier, potentially, with the driest weather further south. but even here, we might see a little bit of rain as well. as ever, you can keep up to date on the website. this is bbc world news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: in ukraine, a further 50 civilians are evacuated from the mariupol steelworks that's been under attack by russian forces. the white house announces a new $150 m

possible by also bringing cross florida corporation to and you will ever take, for example, on the north sea of europe. and what is happening there last week we had for you are p member states joining forces to harness the energy of offshore wind. and they decided to quadruple the offshore wind capacity by 2013. that will mean wind farms in the north sea will cover the annual energy consumption of more than $50000000.00 homes. this is roughly one quarter of all european households. this is the right way to go. renewable energy is basically our.

north—westerly, which stays with us on tuesday, that low pressure is just meandering up into the north seatern coastal areas, but as i say, what we will find, because of the north—westerly in monday and tuesday and the start of wednesday, we get some cooler air drifting its way southwards for the middle part of the week. so, tuesday's detail, the northwesterly is with us for much of the time, bringing further showers are longer spells of rain. there will be strong sunshine in between but only 15 to 18, which is average for this time of year. it will be quite a breezy day and it will be potentially windy on wednesday, for the time of year, anyway, as these weather fronts rattle in the time of year, anyway, as these weatherfronts rattle in bringing in more rain. it is a lot like it will be a wash—out but there will be heavy showers developing on the weather front as it moves its way eastwards. a pretty windy day, gusts of up to 30, a0 miles an hour, pretty breezy further south, too. as we move away from wednesday, we start to see the arrival of that high pressure in from the south and west s

our low pressure of the weekend will drift into the north sea and the wind direction will change, hencencertainty as to far north the rain's going to come on that next area of low pressure moving up from france. but certainly a lot of showers around across many parts of the uk. could be a little bit heavy and thundery in places, and then potentialfor quite a bit of cloud rolling into southern and eastern areas with some more persistent rain as well during the course of the day. temperatures will be held down into the high teens, really, for the most part. where we see some sunshine, 17 or 18 celsius. further north, it's a showery picture and a little bit cooler than it has been through the weekend as well. that area of low pressure, then, through monday night pushes its rain across other central and eastern areas. by tuesday, it's still hanging around in the north sea, feeding northwesterly winds in, feeding the showers. that northwesterly wind means it'll feel quite cool for most of us, the showers, as you can see, particularly prevalent across central and eastern parts of the uk. stil

the low pressure that's been with us throughout the weekend is drifting into the north sea, so providinglow pressure is drifting up from france, bringing some outbreaks of rain. so an unsettled—looking picture, really. the uncertainty lies in how far north and west the rain will come as it drifts up from france. there will be some heavy bursts in there as well. some of the showers in the north during the day could be accompanied by the odd rumble of thunder as well. but one thing we'll notice is it will be cooler because of the changing wind direction, coming down from the west or the northwest, several degrees down on those of sunday, particularly in the south. now, that area of low pressure, then, is expected to drift northwards, so bringing rain with it across eastern areas through the night monday and into tuesday as well, just hanging around, giving another showery day in these areas, the northwesterly breeze keeping things cool. and there will be showers further west as well, with a fairly unstable atmosphere around here. 16—18, so around the average for the time of year. it will s

it's a landscape that stretches across europe's north sea coast and is protected by national parks in denmark in germany. it's incredibly rich in flora and fauna is i'm leaving the room. now. ackerman is worried about drilling plans, hazardous and so. so these are risks that personally make me very, very fearful. these are real fears this that there would be long lasting damage done to our island foundation to angst it. another time when sea levels are rising items are in a now we're digging something out, but the let us just not sustainable. he grabbed the hint was up to swear. niche toppa borkam thrives from tourism, which comes because of its nature and not just the title flats but clean expansive beaches. an island population of 5000 can swell to as many as 35000 people during high season. the regional government in hanover had outright rejected drilling. now it supports the project saying that the war has made it necessary. the gas drilling firm, one dea's projects, there are 60000000000 cubic meters of natural gas in the reserve which straddles the dutch porter. the platform wil

the w's stephen beardsley, reports from the island of borkam in the north sea. for more than 3 decades, i'll bet, as ackerman has guided school classes and tourists into the title flats here. it's a landscape that stretches across europe's north sea coast and is protected by national parks in denmark, in germany. it's incredibly rich in flora and fauna. he's unavailable, him. now ackerman is worried about drilling plans as well, doesn't so so, so these are risks that personally make me very, very fearful. these are real fears this, that there would be long lasting damage done to our island foundation to angst it. another time when sea levels are rising, i'm on the now we're digging something out, but the not is just not sustainable. he got the hint was up to swear. in his talk, ball borkam thrives from tourism, which comes because of its nature and not just the title flats but clean expansive beaches. an island population of 5000 can swell to as many as 35000 people during high season. the regional government in hanover had outright rejected drilling. now it sup

bring in some cloud and perhaps some patchy rain later in the day, but perhaps not as chilly for the north seather ahead into monday, we keep that north—west/south—east split, at least on monday, with the best of the drier, brighter weather across parts of england and wales. the strong sunshine as we'll see this weekend when it comes out, but perhaps something heavier rain—wise coming into scotland and to northern ireland. so, it's still looking unsettled as we head into next week, and why? that's because we've got low pressure dominating towards the north. even further south, some of these weather fronts could brush in some rain from time to time. the detail is uncertain, but it looks as if it will be wetter further north and windier, potentially, with the driest weather further south. but even here, we might see a little bit of rain as well. as ever, you can keep to date, up to date, on the website. this is bbc news. i'm tim willcox. our top stories: in ukraine, a further 50 civilians are evacuated from the mariupol steelworks that's been under attack by russian forces. —— by russian forces

a little cooler in the north sea coast. 0n 18—20 c. a little cooler in the north sea coast.tuesday. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. sinn fein are on course for an historic victory in the northern ireland assembly election. the republican party looks set to win the most seats for the first time, as the second round of counting is under way.

our low pressure of the weekend will drift into the north sea and the wind direction will change, hence area of low pressure moving up from france. but certainly a lot of showers around across many parts of the uk. could be a little bit heavy and thundery in places, and then potentialfor quite a bit of cloud rolling into southern and eastern areas with some more persistent rain as well during the course of the day. temperatures will be held down into the high teens, really, for the most part. where we see some sunshine, 17 or 18 celsius. further north, it's a showery picture and a little bit cooler than it has been through the weekend as well. that area of low pressure, then, through monday night pushes its rain across other central and eastern areas. by tuesday, it's still hanging around in the north sea, feeding northwesterly winds in, feeding the showers. that northwesterly wind means it'll feel quite cool for most of us, the showers, as you can see, particularly prevalent across central and eastern parts of the uk. still could be quite heavy here. and temperatures, as i say, around

furtherwest there are showers down the north sea coast.est it calms down a little bit and it gets drier and clearer. temperatures a little lower on the nightjust gone. there is the low in the north sea on tuesday and showers are swirling on the outside. particularly across the eastern side of the uk, some grey and damp weather. then it will brighten up quite nicely, and the sun will help develop some of those clouds and down will come the outburst through the afternoon, with a fresh north—westerly wind. a chance of just about anywhere getting wed on tuesday and temperatures mid to high teens at best. wednesday is another area of low pressure and this one is coming in from the atlantic and this will bring some quite strong winds as well. rain particularly across the northern half of the uk and more short lived further south. the wind is definitely a feature for wednesday. gusts of 35 to 45 miles an hour in some spots. in terms of the temperatures, still struggling with that slightly more unsettled weather. hang on in there if you are after

and temperatures generally between 18 and 20 degrees, a little cooler for some north sea coasts. ould bring highs of 22 degrees, some rain further north and west, and it will turn a little cooler for most of us by tuesday. today is the 15th anniversary of the rotary young citizen award which celebrates remarkable young people across great britain and ireland who have made an outstanding contribution to their community and taken on important responsibilities at a very young age. this year introduces the first—ever young environmentalist award and the child of courage award, honouring two youngsters who are helping make a difference to others despite having to face extreme health problems and difficulties themselves. let's speak now to 17—year—old areeb who is one of this year's winner, she won the child of courage award after her battle with covid—i9. areeb, it is wonderful to have you with us here on bbc news. many, many congratulations first of all. if we move on to what happened to you, just wondered what this award means to you. just wondered what this award means to ou. ~ , .

began in rhineland palatinate crossed north rind, westphalia in the netherlands, and ended at the north sea coast. in 2021. this part of the li mess, the former roman border fortifications was to clad a unesco wild heritage site. the wet lemurs has been added to 2 frontier sections already named as wild heritage sites. one is hadrian wall and the anti war in britain. the other, the upper germanic and racine lea mess it begins south of bomb and runs 550 kilometers blue. starting in hagen's book, the limb as follows. another river, the danube from bavaria through austria and finally to bulgaria. they sanction is also a unesco welled heritage site since 2021 ah . in cologne, i dropped by the romano germanic museum. it exhibits the archaeological heritage of the city and its environs with an emphasis on the roman iran staff member captain. jessica shows me route with that. what role de cologne play good as cologne was, in fact, the capital of the province. good man. yeah, inferior. so it was the administrative center, the governor who administered the entire province resided here, which is why

years ago, the roman empire stretched from the atlantic ocean to asia minor and from africa to the north sea. part of the border ran along the river right up to $30000.00 soldiers was stationed on it, facing the germanic tribes. the wet, slim as, as the frontier is known, began in rhineland, palatinate crossed north rind, west bailey and the netherlands, and ended at the north sea coast in 2021. this part of the li mess, the former roman border fortifications was to clad a unesco welled heritage site. the wet lemurs has been added to 2 frontier sections already named as wild heritage sites. one is hadrian war and the anti war in britain. the other, the upper germanic, and racine lea mess it begins south of bomb and runs 550 kilometers blue starting in reagan's book the limb as follows. another river, the danube, from bavaria through austria and finally to bulgaria. their section is also a unesco. well, heritage side since 2021 ah, ah. in cologne, i dropped by the romano germanic museum. it exhibits the archaeological heritage of the city and its environs with an emphasis on the roman iraq st

is only possible by also bringing cross florida corporation to a new level take for example, the north sea of europe. and what is happening there last week we had for you or please member states joining forces to harness the energy of offshore wind. and they decided to quadruple their offshore wind capacity by 2030. that will mean wind farms in the north sea will cover the annual energy consumption of more than $50000000.00 homes. this is roughly one quarter of all european households. this is the right way to go. renewable energy is basically our spring board towards nana 0. c o 2 emissions. and it is good for the climate. but it is also good for our independence and for security of energy supply. the same is true for the diversification of our gas supply. this is another pillar of power. as you, as we speak, europe is concluding new arrangements with reliable, trustworthy suppliers all over the world. in march, i agreed to as president biden, to significantly step up a lunch deliveries from the united states to the european union. the amount will replace around about one 3rd of the russi

here's sunday, high pressure still in charge, butjust starting to drift out towards the north sea. this low pressure makes inroads. so, on sunday, i think increasing amounts of cloud out towards the north—west. i think more than anything, it's hazy skies. elsewhere, scattered fairweather clouds with light winds, temperatures inland up to around 18—19 degrees, on the north sea coast, a bit fresher there, closer to m degrees. now, here's monday. that weather front really does push in across northern ireland and into scotland, so some wet and breezy weather at times here. but across the midlands, east anglia and the south east, it's going to be a fine monday with sunshine and quite warm, too. given some sunshine, temperatures could get up to around 21 degrees. now, here's the outlook for next week. now, you will notice that the breeze is mostly coming off the atlantic, so it's not going to be all that warm. still temperatures probably in the high teens, just about 20 degrees across the south, but the thinking is that elsewhere across the country, it will be a good deal cooler with freq

but here in val himself and on the north sea, environmental concerns are dampening the mood the coast is home to the harbor porpoise, a protected species, conservation of say, the ellen, geez, in danger the sea animals. so they are going to take legal action lavender sluggishly was of course, the boring of the world that we hear right now. how to causes vibrations, underwater that can disturb, porpoise habitat, zebra, fine. but the main threat to them is actually the fisheries and nuts. right now there might be driven away from the area, but this can be adequately cop and it was marine conservation elsewhere for them. i'm also liber time. the politicians are keen to avoid delays to their ellen g plans. their priority is ensuring the country can meet its gasoline and reduce its dependence on russian gas. long as you'll know, oil and gas has made some russians extraordinarily rich. we've all seen pictures of the oligarchy, super yacht sailing clear blue waters. but the business arrangements of many wealthy russians can be far from transparent. their operations can be protected under a v

ah, germany's 1st floating liquefied natural gas terminal is under construction on the north sea coast will help the country when itself, off rush and gas is ellen. g, the solution to the gas crisis? oh, a lot of unique and onyx minister who about ha back hope so. he's the last to embark on the boat from bill. hm. softened to what's currently germany's number one energy project, the ellen g terminal. it's a momentous day. over 100 reporters have gathered to hear harvey announced the government's ambitious. ellen g plans intended to reduce germany's dependence on russian gas than ever did being a good image of if our work on this scale continues of this pace. and if all goes well, then by the end of the year, we'll be operating to ellen, g terminals via floating storage and re gas vacation unit 5. we can replace about a quarter of the gas that we get from russia home as it's in other countries. we're better prepared to reduce dependency on russian gas and already operate ellen g terminals. germany is one of the few european countries without any and a scrambling to get up to speed. on p

bring in some cloud and perhaps some patchy rain later in the day, but perhaps not as chilly for the north seaday, with the best of the drier, brighter weather across parts of england and wales. the strong sunshine as we'll see this weekend when it comes out, but perhaps something heavier rain—wise coming into scotland and to northern ireland. so, it's still looking unsettled as we head into next week, and why? that's because we've got low pressure dominating towards the north. even further south, some of these weather fronts could brush in some rain from time to time. the detail is uncertain, but it looks as if it will be with the driest weather further south. but even here, we might see a little bit of rain as well. as ever, you can keep to date, up to date, on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines: a further 50 civilians have been evacuated from the azovstal steelworks, in the besieged ukrainian city of mariupol. the figure was confirmed separately by the ukrainian deputy prime minister, and russia's ministry of defence — which said women, the elderly and 11 children were among those