in the baltic sea gas pipeline north. stream 2 is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now there's just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the united states says germany is making itself dependent on russia earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o warned against continuing to build the pipeline this action puts investments or other activities that are related to these russian energy export pipelines at risk of u.s. sanctions it's a clear warning to companies aiding and abetting russia's malign influence projects will not be tolerated get out now or risk the consequences germany has rejected the criticism and says sanctions would be contrary to international law now denmark has given permission for additional vessels to work on the last phase of the pipelin

but denmark has given the green light to the north stream to gas pipeline project to continue with all important undersea pipe laying vessels being put to work the danish energy agency has decided that nord stream to aig also may use pipe lng vessels with anchors in connection with the construction of the north stream 2 pipelines the pipeline is a joint project between russia's gazprom and 5 other european companies when it's finished it will bring an extra 55000000000 cubic meters of gas directly from russia into germany and these particular danish ships are crucial to getting the job completed as we expected the da satisfied our request we will implement the project in accordance with the building permit and environmental impact assessment we continue to consider various options for its completion and in due time we will inform about our plans the reason this specialized equipment is so important is that the pipeline is being laid in some particular waters nothing to do with nautical additions to do with the 50000 tons of chemical weapons that were dumped on the sea floor in the area

of the about the north stream it says quote i think we can put it up here it is north stream is opposed by the us because of concerns that it would increase russia's influence in the region the us resistance to north stream is also influenced by the country's increased production of better gas which gives the u.s. congress economic incentive to resist russia's supply of gas in favor of us shale gas this is what pedia george what does it tell you. that's a pretty good summary the old saw if you're going to take a shot at the king you're better not miss germany is the king of the european economy its sovereignty is not for sale neither is the european union's views of the united states and of course russia is smiling too so this is a very big setback for mike pompeo in particular who's exotic to enormous sway here is on this subject and he's failed the danes who are not intimidated the danes are only 10 percent of the project 90 percent of the pipeline is already done but 10 percent could have scuppered the whole thing on the us might and main into dissuading denmark from the decision the

secretary of state is trying to get denmark to stop work on the north stream to pipeline passing through its waters the pipeline will deliver russian gas to germany. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a man accused of attacking a synagogue in the german city of hollow last october then murdering 2 people has made clear his anti semitic and racist sentiments in his trial as if the gap now stephon be as he is known under german privacy laws said quote he had no problem with religion's but with semitism. the attack on the synagogue took place on non-compliant judaism's holiest day but it failed and step on be is now alleged to have turned his gun on 2 people who have to be nearby. and for more on this trial let's bring in political correspondent thomas sparrow who is in baghdad bergner hala where that trial is taking place thomas walk us through what happened on day one and what we can expect going forward. this is a trial sort of that is being watched closely here in germany but also internationally and that was absolutely clear from the 1st day of the proceedings it was the 1st opport

diplomatic offensive against north stream to chief political editor. spoke to german defense minister. system minus north stream is a project that is also being debated among but also nato member states. too there is concern that germany could become too dependent on russian gas a concern we were able to diffuse but it's also about the concerns and the interests of ukraine and poland which have to be negotiated into the contracts this was in the front when it comes to the u.s. pressure of sanctions and government have the clear position that these are not in accordance with international rules. and the character who conducted that interview joins us now from our politics studio and hillary. isn't just germany's defense minister she's also the chair of chancellor angela merkel so you do your party and a close ally of the chancellor what else did she have to say about the nord stream pipeline. well it's quite clear that the whole question of how countries in the e.u. relate to russia is also an overarching theme of germany's you presidency that is curren

walk on the north stream to pipeline. that's despite having just given the go ahead for the work of 5 russian gas through germany. you're watching live from berlin don't forget you can keep up to date with the news on our website that's coming to. an instagram at. as i've finished energy now back in 15 minutes. ok your distain. corona virus has changed almost everything. how we live. how we spend our free time how we travel. how our company advertisers and creative industries reacting to social distancing. music injures. eco africa. they have a bad reputation but they play a cheap role in the ecosystem. which is a very much important in cleaning up the environment we call them new toys and to come many species are endangered a project to kenya seeks to protect the unloved scavengers that means above all talking to local people eco in africa. in 60 minutes on d w. one continent 700000000 people. with their own personal stories. we explore every day life. with europeans fear and what they hope for. europe. on g.w. . it was

into the details and the growing tech battles between the 2 and there has been a new move in the north stream to pipeline saga unfolding in europe we take you on the ground in berlin to break down the new developments and why the u.s. is pulling out all the stops to halt the project. amid rising social pressure something passionate sports teams are looking to change their mascot but what could the economic consequences look like we take a look at the issue and the sponsors putting pressure on the team to change with a packed show today so let's dive right in. and china is the greatest long term threat to the united states those words are from the f.b.i. director christopher ray who blast the chinese government in a speech made at the hudson institute raise comments about beijing are wide reaching include everything from accusing china of attempting to become the world's only superpower to claiming that china has engaged in a campaign of theft and malign influence now reached the point where the f.b.i. is opening a new china related counterintelligence case about every 10 hours. of the nearly

may be loathed by politicians across the us but denmark has given the green light to the north stream to gas pipeline project to come to new with all important undersea pipe playing vessels being put to work the danish energy agency has decided that north stream to a.g.d. also may use pipe playing vessels with anchors in connection with the construction of the north stream to pipelines the pipeline is a joint project between russia's gazprom and 5 other european companies when it's finished. it will bring an extra 55000000000 cubic meters of gas directly from russia into germany and these particular danish ships are crucial to getting the job completed as we expected the da satisfied our request we will implement the project in accordance with the building permit and environmental impact assessment we continue to consider various options for its completion and in due time we will inform about our plans the reason this specialized equipment is so important is that the pipeline is being laid in some particularly choppy waters nothing to do with nautical conditions more to do with the $5

secretary of state mike bump aoe is visiting denmark to try to persuade him to stop walk on the north stream to gas pipeline bossing through its waters denmark has just given the go ahead for the work but to get the danes to change their minds the u.s. believes the pipeline would make germany too dependent on russian gas. now last week pump warned companies involved in the project they would be subject to u.s. penalties if they didn't hold their work. on the baltic sea gas pipe. line nord stream too is still moving forward albeit slowly the u.s. has threatened sanctions for companies participating in the project so right now there is just one russian ship laying the pipes for the remaining 160 kilometers the pipeline runs parallel to the north stream one pipeline from russia to germany 1200 kilometers across the baltic once complete it will allow russia to supply double the current volume of gas the united states says germany is making itself dependent on russia earlier this month u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o warned against continuing to build the pipeline this action puts investmen

rich in raw materials but denmark rejected the proposal another point of contention could be the north stream 2 baltic sea pipeline which runs through danish waters. and sanctions towards companies involved in the project the us is wary of russia's growing influence in europe. for more i'm joined by claudia conferred the face of energy economics and sustainability of the german institute for economic research good to have you with us please explain why is the us objecting this pipeline. why the u.s. is obviously concerned disturbingly enough exclusively with his own economic interests the usa wants to sell its own fracking to europe to the european market and the possible highest prices and the gas market the international gas market is saturated there is an oversupply and u.s. fracking gas is comparatively expensive and also environmental harmful but the usa and needs europe as a by our country and with this new pipeline us the north stream pipeline us fracking gas what not no longer needed and even less needed in europe but this is obviously why they are against it ok so their business inte

near the all the supply of natural gas to central europe it's the east built on loans to germany north stream long now there's an old stream to the understood street which is the sultan bought lonny partly these are intended clearly this is a far away from the pipelines that went through ukraine but they're also a economic the economic construction which makes sense but as we hear it and for russia russia has lots of gas which he wants to sell central europe specially has need of gas which he wants to vote like what is now happening is that the united states is increasingly. against these economic developments and he's trying to block in the street just as he says trying to gloss why way in britain because he's trying to impose the law just. all the members of the western alliance he doesn't quote straight china doesn't want to thank the russia it wants to shake only with the united states all with each other and to separate themselves from the launching world and that exists in full is openness lee provoking a very strong reaction in just me because it is going to be a blow to those germany'

germany via the baltic sea bypassing traditional transit countries like ukraine the construction of north stream to began in may of 2018 you're sanctioned slapped on vessels and companies involved in the project have temporarily halted work on it and response moscow said that it was ready to complete the pipeline on its own using its own ships but now washington is tightening the restrictions and evil local european politicians are in the crosshairs frank cox again feels that the u.s. is political threats or demands are hurting international relations. it's just regarding the ships i have always said that we will not allow anyone to tell us what ships can come through our port and dock on our shores we will not allow the u.s. to dictate what vessels can anchor in our port. i don't think we need protection from russia for decades our region has had great economic relations with russia but the european sanctions have halted this i think it is very important that in these difficult times we continue to communicate with each other rather than send threats the covert 19 pandemic has led to a global c

let's go back to alex in london we have this major diplomatic brouhaha are heating up over the north stream pipeline thing the gas line gas line from russia to germany the germans are still are dating in their heels here give us the background of the story mites and or well i don't stream is the latest pint law and it's being built between russia which used to be very clear the albeit supply of natural gas to central europe it's the east built on lines to germany north stream one now there's an old street suit in this tight street which is sultan bought lonny partly these are intended clearly this is a far away from the pipelines that went through ukraine but they're also a economic the economic construction which makes sense but as we hear it and for russia russia has lots of gas which he wants to sell central europe specially has need of gas which he wants to vote like what is now happening is that the united states is increasingly acting against these economic developments and he's trying to block in the street just as he has tried to block why way in britain because he's trying to impos

shows that the us german relation is not a real relation of french just let us talk about the north stream pipeline because this pipeline means that germany can get. cheap energy from russia the us which weren't too still much more expensive to germany and it is just a point of competition well the construction of north dream 2 began in may of 2018 u.s. sanctions did slap on their souls and companies involved in the project has temporarily halted work on it but moscow says that in the worst case scenario it is ready to complete the pipeline on its own so let's get more analysis now from the calmest and publisher dr i can hear me very welcome thanks for coming on the e.u. is against this germany is clearly against the sanctions to you i just wondered is there anything they can do about this what sort of counter measures could they sort of put in place themselves. quote there are quite a few of measurements they could put against this as you know europe america is trying to get their business everywhere into the world so the most harmful point for america is if american interests in europe a

sanctions over his involvement in the north stream to project details on that story and more after this. join me. on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us in the world of politics this i'm show business i'll see you then. no shots. actually. is to. switch your thirst for. china japan and america. the top 3 economies of the world yes so now they are like the tonic plates from moving away so that would be seismically significant. doesn't sound like a friendly cooperative globalized world and they. welcome back we now have more for you on a developing situation and the ukrainian city of poltava where man is holding a police officer hostage and this threaten to detonate a grenade for more on this recross live to our citizenry or from the ocean what do we know at this point. how it all started when police in ukraine's northeastern city of poltava as you said tried to detain a man suspected of hijacking a call of a sudden the suspect grabbed one of the officers and was holding him tight while threatening to set off a grenade we heard that from ukraine's deputy interior minister who a

sanctions against north stream too could block just looking at the figures here around 700000000 euro in vestment for this pipeline could the project be left incomplete. no i don't think so it's all 700000000 euros for the for the kilometer from both of the project all in all it's 212. 1000000000 euros and i think the project completed it's not only a question of by the it's a question of florida t. of europe of that money and i think it should be completed until a merkel say it should be completed to germany and partly it doesn't consider north stream to a threat to its energy security your thoughts on the divergence between what's happening in berlin and washington. the question of threat to. the summer and it. should be decided in germany or. in europe and ok and one. so i think. of course there is a. dependence if you will get the cars from from russia but on the other hand russia is dependent from europe as well if they look at the gas and this kind of cooperation we had during the years of the cold war and this was not a bad thought i think it's dependent relation but not a thre

the trumpet ministration on bit of a government we're talking about trade we're talking about north stream when we're talking about some international treaties there are time and time again problems between both governments and the fact that those troops are being withdrawn or at least that's the plan that the u.s. has presented that means that it's another very difficult moment for that bilateral relationship it is seen also in a way as a punishment here in germany in particular if you can say what donald trump must rest on various occasions that he believes germany is quote delinquent. as ever thomas thanks very much for the. let's get you brief now some of the other stories making the news today the u.s. administration has agreed to gradually withdraw all federal police from the city of portland oregon after weeks of clashes with protesters local authorities have criticized their presence saying it made matters worse washington says the offices are needed to protect federal court buildings. arrested for students for alleged offenses under the territories new national security law they'r

into the details and the growing tech battles between the 2 and there has been a new move in the north stream to pipeline saga unfolding in europe we take you on the ground in berlin to break down the new developments and why the u.s. is pulling out all the stops to halt the project. amid rising social pressure it's something special sports teams are looking to change their mascots but what could the economic consequences look like we take a look at the issue and the sponsors putting pressure on the team to change with a packed show today so let's dive right in. and china is the greatest long term threat to the united states those words are from the f.b.i. director christopher ray who bless the chinese government in a speech made at the hudson institute race comments about beijing. our wide reaching include everything from accusing china of attempting to become the world's only superpower to claiming that china has engaged in a campaign of theft and malign influence is now reached the point where the f.b.i. is opening a new china related counterintelligence case about every 10 hours of the ne

authorization act which imposes further sanctions against companies and vault in the construction of the north stream to pipeline washington has already imposed sanctions in the past to prevent its completion and declare the project a threat to european security that pipeline is aimed at pumping natural gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea bypassing traditional transit countries like ukraine the construction of northeastern 2 began in may of 2018 year sanctions slapped on vessels and companies involved in the project have temporarily halted work on it and response moscow said that it was ready to complete the pipeline on its own using its own ships but now washington is tightening the restrictions and even local and european politicians are in the crosshairs frank cox again feels that the u.s. is political threats and demands are hurting international relations. yes you should just regarding the ships i have always said that we will not allow anyone to tell us what ships can come through our ports and dock on our shores and will not allow us to dictate what vessels can anchor in our port. i

a swing at north north stream me and also he's come out very loudly about china here in let me quote you something he said here it's really quite interesting to me china ripped off our prized intellectual property and trade secrets costing millions of jobs across america really tiny did i thought i thought american corporations did that maybe i got this wrong about well you're 1st of all you're right about this i mean it was american corporations who decided shouldn't send their facts to reste china just to china by the way to make. indonesia talk cause of places that's supposed to be you know their business decisions america is the latter free enterprise all through all that's the idea anyway but seriously all pay is speech extremely troubling and very very i mean it's. unbelievably aggressive in its language. paints a picture of china which is so dark i mean i'm not going to say i didn't read just the mail your. earlier though oh i don't well quite without its 8th clearly. into not just us all to do polls between chandran the us is clearly more than just jobs the least use of that

trumpet ministration and i'm going to calls government we're talking about trade we're talking about north stream when we're talking about some international treaties there are time and time again problems between both governments and the fact that those troops are being withdrawn or at least that's the plan that the u.s. has presented that means that it's another very difficult moment for the bilateral relationship it is seen also in a way as a punishment here in germany in particular if you what donald trump must stress on various occasions that he believes germany is quote delinquent. as ever thomas thanks very much for the. in other news today chinese telecoms giant wall way has become the world's largest manufacturer of mobile phones korean market research company dallas while way over took its main rival samsung in the 2nd word this year analysts say china's early recovery from the pandemic reinvigorated its domestic market where it sells more than 70 percent of its phones. airbus has posted a quarterly loss of 1900000000 euros playmaker says the coronavirus pandemic has presented the indus

and germany over the north stream. may be a factor in this but donald trump said he'd be withdrawing forces from foreign fields i'm glad to say this is one election campaign promise he's keeping all right dan i'll give you the last word there. well according to esper the the there are only pulling troops out of germany in order to redeploy them in poland and in the in the baltic states as well and the valving us polish alliances is very dangerous poland is in the storage area and country vehemently anti semitic castle at fundamentalist. really are far right wing hard yet this is america's newest friend eastern europe and also polled of course 'd is fiercely hostile to russia so i think that in the end we actually may see a ratcheting up of tensions with russia right and lowering all right we'll keep our eyes peeled for that dam is our george galloway gentlemen thank you for being with us. and a bridge over in a lake at a lake in arizona partially collapsed after a freight train derailed and then caught fire this happen

always been very on bombastic i would say in the last few days here he's taken a swing at north north stream me and also he's come out very loudly about china here in let me quote you something he said here it's really quite interesting to me china ripped off our intellectual property and trade secrets caused millions of jobs across america really tiny did i thought i thought american corporations did that maybe i got this wrong our head out well your 1st of all you're right about this i mean it was a merry go race so i just didn't send the facts of east china just to china by the way to make. indonesia to all kinds of places that's supposed to be you know their business decisions america wrist the land of free enterprise all through all that's the idea anyway but seriously. ok is speech extraordinary troubling and very very concerning i mean it's. unbelievably aggressive in its language 8 paints a picture of china which is so dark i mean i i'm not going to say i did just mail your. oh i don't look quite but i mean it's clean eating into not just us all to do full spectrum chandran the u.s.

state mike pompei was announcement has angered germany which has invested billions of euro in the north stream to pipeline. this action puts investments or other activities that are related to these russian energy export pipelines at risk of u.s. sanctions it's a clear warning to companies aiding and abetting russia's malign influence projects will not be tolerated get out now or risk the consequences the united states tramples free and fair competition under its feet and freely uses sanctions to promote its own economic interests the european union has no choice but to respond appropriately to this attempted like. disembarked around here nordstrom to is the 2nd leg of a network pumping gas from russia to germany via the baltic sea it's being financed by major european energy firms along with russia's gal's problem and is expected to be ready at the end of this year germany has repeatedly voice that anger at the threat of u.s. sanctions describing it as interference in the country's internal affairs on the operator of nord stream to have this to say. the efforts to hinder this important work r

is pressuring and pressurising germany to resolve issues like north stream to germany gets 70 percent of its gas from russia it doesn't seem compatible for the u.s. to be spending an awful lot of money protecting and guarding germany from any beijing from washington are going to happen. and it costs a lot of money to have troops in germany so there is a troop there there is a discussion around having troops going to poland and ukraine steps below being redeployed which we must keep with the us we can focus too much on them on germany county just because of its power just finally and briefly how would you describe the state of of trade in economic relations between between the us and europe right now it can get well i wonder if the nuances can get. covered up by donald trump and the things he says about europe's terrible it treats america terribly germany doesn't pay its dues to nato all these sorts of things. clearly relations with the us and the australian the trade and and the loss of the tech stocks are front and center of that i think what you have seen or what you are seeing is p