because the north stream project. is important and it's in the interests of europe and i think through with it. they continue and it's the journalists i think mr president. why. and if i can have. them i push and ghosts. and. pushing for us. to sign on to thank recently we've seen their rise in tensions over the joint comprehensive plan of action comics what could russia do to save their deal. to do this. one despite that agreement to stay alive so what should be done to make that happen and on my 2nd question. what does europe expect from brush it do you think that russia will say that agreement. we. i've always supported this see. this deal and we've worked on it with our partners. the key role in signing this treaty was played by iran and south and by the united states and we were close so we helped. in the process is we're reaching an agreement. and so we deserve. it is regrettable that. this deal is collapsing because we always good for maintaining in some way after the signing of the deal that action is going to

tensions between the united states and germany are on the rise over the north stream to gas pipeline insists that it will be countered by washington. meetings of america is acting in this case like germany is its colony this is something i don't want to happen and we need to prevent this at all costs billions co-hosting an energy conference with the use approach to rushing gas on the agenda peter all of the reports from the event. been hearing here at this gas conference in berlin is that europe germany is where in particular needs a reliable source of energy that comes not from coal not from nuclear that the idea here in germany is to get away from well with nuclear by 2022 in coal by the end of 2030 s but the end of the 2030 s. gas they say is the only way forward however what we are seeing is big opposition to that particularly coming from the united states senator ted cruz of texas has put forward a bill which could see extra sanctions put in place on those companies that are currently building the nord stream to pipeline in the baltic sea and it's not just from them that we've h

and germany are on the rise over the north stream 2 gas pipeline but berlin says it won't be cowed by washington's threats. america is acting in this case like germany is its colony thus this is something i don't want to happen and we need to prevent this it costs berlin is currently hosting an energy conference with the approach to russian gas high on the agenda we are all verb reports from the event. been hearing here at this gas conference in berlin is that europe germany is where in particular needs a reliable source of energy that comes not from coal not from nuclear that the idea here in germany is to get away from well with nuclear by 2022 in coal by the end of 2030 s but the end of the 2030 s. gas they say is the only way forward however what we are seeing is big opposition to that particularly coming from the united states senator ted cruz of texas has put forward a bill which could see extra sanctions put in place on those companies that are currently building the nord stream to pipeline in the baltic sea and it's not just from them that we've heard this criticism also the a

will sanction people that get involved with north stream to. from american point of view that by a blow is not just transporting gas but president cruise sanctions. well we've also heard from another u.s. ambassador here in europe that somebody to gordon sunderland who's the ambassador to the european union earlier he was speaking to a crowd in brussels in which he said there was that europe should source its energy from democratic sources not undemocratic sources like russia i put that to you where ernst he was certainly unequivocal in his response saying it was absolute nonsense but ultimately what we're hearing from here at the gas conference in berlin is that no matter what pressures put on by the united states this is a deal that is going to get done it's a project that's going to get finished it may well end up upsetting some people along the way but billions of already being invested in it it is required for germany to meet its energy needs as it looks to move away from fossil fuels like coal and also move away from nuclear power they're

warning that's well pulls no punches sanctions are coming if you continue to be involved with north stream to from american point of view the bio blown is not just drones boards and gas but president cruise sanctions while grinnell isn't the only u.s. ambassador that's been having an outspoken say on this the u.s. ambassador to the european union gordon sunderland also suggested the europe should even suggest he directly said that europe's should source its energy from democratic sources not democratic ones pointing a finger directly at russia while he was saying that now i spoke to 2 close ernst who's a member of the bundestag heavily involved in the committee that looks into north stream to from here in germany and he said statements like this were absolute rubbish does was become is what angers me most here is that german companies and other european companies that want to build this pipeline being threatened i'm told they won't be able to do business in the u.s. if they take part these are extra territorial sanctions that go beyond the u.s. they go against international law and in my o

energy secretary rick perry says legislation that places sanctions on a controversial north stream to pipeline project will be enacted in the not too distant future secretary perry noticeably chose to make the prediction about the russia germany pipeline in kiev while attending the inauguration of new ukrainian president will lot of mere zelinsky mr perry flatly flatly predicted north stream to sanctions legislation quote is going to the president and he will sign it according to reuters mr perry's host the new president mr selenski called for mr perry to push for increased sanctions those sanctions if and acted would add to an existing list of significant u.s. sanctions against russia but comments from officials of all involved in the north stream to project seem intended to convey an attitude somewhere between and concerned in keeping an eye on it. the u.s. imposed sanctions against the venezuelan government has had an enormous negative impact on the country's economy the measures derived of it to private about access to international financial support and investment and its oil sec

this is where the north stream the project is born right here. the heartbeat of the ship it's like a kid you know just this gentleman controls the pieces the poles the kings the route. one makes the solitary 5 like vessel real think the odds of them are about the fact that to get the r.v. here right on board. the 5 tanks you have to be protected well and tested. just imagine you are a real shopaholic you love going to all kinds of the stores but then i hand out comes out what you do is you swipe look for the best thing push the button and your shipment is ready so probably you're going to change your shopping habits a little bit but what if someone forces you not to do it this is probably not a perfect analogy but it does explain what's happening with the north's 32 project if you will not supplying someone else will but in the end. we still would only guess it was. it's because we decided to have a guess where this project is low in washington they want american companies to sell liquefied natural gas to europe and send it there on ships and ame

the agenda today relations with china and especially with the company while way relations on the north stream a gas pipeline between russia and germany again and again the us tired take is maximum pressure whereas the german approach as outlined by chancellor merkel is multilateral cooperation try to understand the other side's perspective these are true truly diametrically opposite visions and in fact it's very hard to see how they can be recreated inside simply by friendly words about the importance of transatlantic relations all right melinda crane thank you so much. now some of the other stories making news around the world high water and fast currents in the danube hampering efforts to reach the sightseeing boat that sank in budapest 2 days ago soldiers are building a diving platform but warn it may be days before they reach the wreck 21 south korean tourists who were on the boat all still missing. police in the city of xerox say a 60 year old swiss man killed $23.00 male hostages after a 3 hour standoff with police the nationalities of the women on yet known gun bottoms is relatively ra

the agenda today relations with china and especially with the company while way relations on the north stream gas pipeline between russia and germany again and again the us tired take is maximum pressure whereas the german approach as outlined by chancellor merkel is multilateral cooperation try to understand the other side's perspective these are true truly diametrically opposite visions and in fact it's very hard to see how they can be recruited inside simply by friendly words about the importance of transatlantic relations all right melinda crane thank you so much . of some of the other stories making news around the world a south korean newspaper is reporting that north korea executed its nuclear on going to the united states came shop troll was a senior negotiator at the failed hanoi summit with u.s. president donald trump is not been no confirmation of that report. high water and fast currents in the danube hampering efforts to reach the sightseeing boat the sign can be to pass 2 days ago soldiers all building a diving platform but warn it's may be days before they reach the wreck 21 so

a role in geopolitics we all remember of the a wave of criticism over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy doctoring the updated version of that document was finalized back in november last year but quincy dance elise signed on the very same day mike pohnpei all made his 1st visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state international economist octomom to solid maces the russian energy industry so for most whether the sanctions stop the president putin's doctrine doctrine is very important for the future of energy and of russia and for the future of russia's exports as well russia is now number one exporter of that in the world at the same time and i share is the biggest producer of oil in the world to remain in ahead of other countries and the incredible national threats are out of the continuous u.s. sanctions however gosh an economy managed to would stand the a

against german interests just to get votes from for example east european parties when he says that north stream to pipeline should be stopped as it has been finished now and it's in strong german interest to continue with this work so this is alarming their system has failed. the u.s. president has ordered his trade chief to lead the punitive tar of all remaining imports from china that's on top of friday's dramatic tuck cycle around $200000000000.00 worth of goods from america's top trading partner now the latest penalties come despite donald trump's claims that washington and beijing held positive talks this week aimed at settling their differences over the course of the past 2 days the united states and china have held candid and constructive conversations on the status of the trade relationship between both countries although both sides intend to push ahead with the negotiations beijing has said the latest u.s. move will be met with countermeasures china's also rejected america's claims it didn't stick to our earlier trade commitments. the economics professor richard roth suspects donald tr

quite a role in geopolitics we all remember of the wave of criticism over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy doctoring the updated version of that document was finalized back in november of last year but sit down to lease signed the very same day mike pompeo made his 1st visit to russia as the us secretary of state. ok thanks for staying with auntie international this evening to stick around if you can call if we care it will bring you latest updates and offer them. that. will show in the face of the names of. if we ever needed an anti-war movement it's obviously now trying to hyper aggressive foreign policy faces little resistance in the mainstream media in fact numerous liberal news outlets function as a cheering section for the president where is the moral outrage. more there and. spend saturday night jallow what i do as a mascot they had no problem. if it. were

attending the sochi dialogue forum in the russian resort town said austria is not going to leave the north stream to project an austrian oil and gas corporation o.m.b. especially. be an energy giant in austria is one of 5 energy firms partnering with russian state energy company. plans to build nord stream to the others are n.d. of france dutch shell and winter's haul and unit per of germany. the austrian leader also notably listed current developments surrounding iran alongside russia e.u. relations on the agenda for his talks with russian president vladimir putin. time now for a quick break but just on the other side markets continue to be on shaky ground but transpacific trade relations may be getting even worse going forward especially in the tech sector professor richard. take a look under the cover of the chinese economy and their relation and their economic relations with the u.s. in the wake of a trade war and those who go to break here the numbers at the closing bell. on the. server to do things are very very clear right. away your. son what do you how much. do you. you know world big mo

quite a role in geopolitics we all remember of the wave of criticism over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy dr in the updated version of that document was finalized back in november last year but coincidentally signed on the very same day mike pompeo made his 1st visit to russia as the us secretary of state. we've killer giant month isn't broiled in a privacy scandal after a french media outlet claims the company was gathering information on influential anti pesticide activists without their consent french authorities have now started a probe after a complaint by lamont newspaper. from the. just to get off you does give us sort of the force of the force they offer us to do being. the french paper claims the so-called month center file dates back to 2016 and contains some 200 names they include journalists and politicians who've been critical of the company alleges

has been talking in depth to kremlin spokesman dmitri peskov he explained why in particular the north stream 2 gas pipeline project which is expected to come online next year has got washington worried the full interview as here on monday. huge international project. that we've seen out of the project is being and did before it started. well that is being performed for for the benefit of those countries supplying natural gas and receiving natural. the project there would be a very significant contribution for energy security of your and the project that is a huge competitor and very serious competitor for american gas producers and suppliers. so instead that the main reason of course instead of fair. competition. they prefer to react and wild west time. so they just show the gun and they say that no no you guys here in europe you're going to buy our natural gas and we don't care that it is at least 30 percent more expensive . than the gas coming from the russians. and the prime minister is called into question the findings of the dutch led investigation into the downing of malaysian airlines

germany interests just to get votes from that for example east european parties when he says that north stream to pipeline should be stopped as it has been finished now and it's in strong german interest to continue with this work so this is alarming this system has failed. ok to another closely following today a military source in pakistan sees a security guard has been killed after several gunman stormed a 5 star hotel in the south of the country earlier i got an update from international terrorism expert zebari. in islamabad. nibble just on the russian army be as a has taken this response ability distribute brief background according to the pakistani chinese relationship that is the chinese baucus tanny economic order door to the 600 kilometer long corridor and god there is the center point or the n.t. point of that forward so that was a very obvious target of the terrorist activity that was there but according to the recent of bush that are coming in and now the police and the armed forces have quarter not the area and the action istream going on around 95 percent of the area has been clea

over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy doctoring as the updated version of that document was finalized back in november last year but quincy down to lease signed on the very same day mike pohnpei all made his 1st visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state oil analyst salomé says the russian energy industry has so far managed to weather the weather the sanctions still. the president putin's doctrine doctrine is very important for the future of energy and of russia and for the future of russia's exports as well russia is now the number one exporter of that in the world at the same time and i share is the biggest producer of oil in the world to remain ahead of other countries and the incredible rationale threats are out of the continuous u.s. sanctions however your national economy managed to witness stand the adverse effect of sanctions and get action e

a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany has passed a key milestone 50 percent of north stream too has now been completed are too silly to track again exclusive access to one of the vessels laying the pipeline along the baltic sea but. there you have it what's probably going to be the longest spaghetti strength in the wall the making its way through the seawater and the pace is. a lot. so we're protecting germany we're protecting friends we're taking hold of the special and numerous other countries go out and make a high point. to be honest the fun of to think it over but we have quite a little political view shouldn't really be under the deal gave me to someone else we still were guests. acim is just into us and now in the newsroom at least 2 people have been killed and over 80 injured by a roof collapse at a bar in southwest china and unknown number of people are trapped under the rubble the search and rescue operation is underway the cause of that disaster so far unknown of course our newsroom is keeping at rest of the situation and we will keep you updated if we get more in

the agenda today relations with china and especially with the company while way relations on the north stream gas pipeline between russia and germany again and again the u.s. tire tick is maximum pressure whereas the german approach as outlined by chancellor merkel is multilateral cooperation try to understand the other side's perspective these are true truly diametrically opposite visions and in fact it's very hard to see how they can be recurrent inside simply by friendly words about the importance of transatlantic relations all right melinda crane thank you so much. and for more on the trade aspect of this i'm joined by cliff it coonan from business a clip of thanks for joining us now both china and the u.s. are presenting themselves here as winning the trade war so who's right well in a way they're they're both right because the 2 biggest economies in the world they both have a lot of cards to play the u.s. is bigger and it is more powerful so. introduce a lot more tower of so far china is introducing more tower. so at the moment they're kind of neck and neck but the i think overall the f

and on on russia for gas by building north stream is something that perplexes those of us who are looking at it from so you so you agree with the troubled ministration that the pipeline deal should be x. well i don't think it's just the trump administration who thinks that i think the the administration's already europe think that i mean it's it's very few administrations that don't think that it's a it's a obvious thing that that if you have russia which is a country that uses all of its power as leverage and has used gas as a weapon and it's turned off the gas on numerous occasions to fight with its neighbors all of a sudden become more dependent on russian gas seems to be the to meed to be something that i don't understand what standing in the way of germany passing the vagueness yet here i think at this point anything is standing the way so so for 4 or 5 years ago there was this idea that we need to like let's just calm down and and try to understand these people better let's not provoke them they we can work together putin has proven that that he is a menace to the world and i think

against german interests just to get votes from for example east european parties when he says that north stream to pipeline should be stopped as it has been finished now and it's in strong german interest to continue with this work so it's quite dysfunctional this way of thinking of their candidate for their previous president of the commission what about the people that said this current system has benefits is supposed to make election campaigning more dynamic more engaging does they are is it was the idea behind it but we could see in fact that in germany for example it polls only 26 percent of the surveyed people say that they know a monthly ybor and even that kind of york might turn off $24.00 germany was far more known to people with 35 percent even though his party's much smaller so it didn't really work out it didn't really reach out to the people and i have seen a recent poll on tiger's takeshita online where only 16 percent of the people said would be the best candidate or 2 moments was 17 percent and 66 percent to 3rd of the people sat none of them would be a good appropriate presiden

role in the geopolitics we all remember a away vote for criticism over the construction off a north stream a 2 pipeline project that plans to deliver russia's natural gas to germany now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a bill to impose sanctions on russia over of this particular project now coming back to the energy a doctrine the updated version of that document was approved by the russian president back in november of last year but couldn't see down to signed on the same day my ponytail made his 1st visit to russia as the u.s. secretary of state. medina thank you for bringing us that report. we bring you again a live pictures from sochi international airport the u.s. secretary of state's plane has just landed and we're hoping to catch him coming off of the plane. now the top of the agenda for the talks that will be happening today between the russian and u.s. . secretaries of state of course iran nuclear deal is going to be at the top of their agenda on what to discuss the u.s. of course pulled out of that deal a year ago and last week said it would also ditch

quite a role in geopolitics we all remember of the wave of criticism over the construction of the north stream to pipeline which plans to deliver russia's natural gas to draw many now lately it was reported that 2 u.s. senators are working over a new bill to impose sanctions on russia over this particular project coming back to the energy dr in the updated version of that document was finalized back in november of last year but coincidentally signed the very same day mike pompeo made his 1st visit to russia as the us secretary of state international economist octomom duesler most is the russian energy industry so for most where the sanctions . the.

senate suggesting that companies and individuals working on north stream you could have their absence frozen and they could even receive traveled parents to the u.s. can i do buy them from the ship do a job and if so why do we all need guns. and we it has to come from somewhere when you hear these kind of things are you ever worried or do you ever think about it. to be honest i try not to think about it i mean we apply all over the world. political view shouldn't really come in at the end of the day we've all got a job to do but no matter what there you have it what's probably going to be the longest to get the string and the world is making its way into the seawater and the pace is. kilometers of day when this kind of performance the team is expecting the project will be complete by the end of this year. are 29 minutes we'll be back with a look at your headlines this is our 2 international. welcome to self and calm sophie shevardnadze he knows how to hunt down a masterpiece lost for decades no matter if it's decorating some but his backyard or hidden beneath the murky waters of the u

the north stream to project a gas pipeline that's intended to pump russian gas to europe by way of the baltic sea has passed an important milestone with over 50 percent of the construction work now completed we got exclusive access to one of the vessels laying the pipeline. the seeds somewhere in between in helsinki and st petersburg and i have a vow to show you something that could cause a real scuffle between germany and its european coach and the us it is a real gas pipes to get to the ship. this is where the industry the project is born right here. the heartbeat of the ship to change the channel and controls the pieces the forms the kings the route. one makes the solitary 5 like vessel real think the odds of them are about the fact that to get the army here right on board. 5 tanks you have to be protected well and tested. just imagine you are a real shopaholic you love going to all kinds of stores but then i hand out comes out what you do is you swipe look for the best thing push the button and your shipment is ready so probably you're going to change your shopping habits a little