foreign and defense ministers are defending talks held in slovenia.are discussing setting up a european rapid reaction force. germany is calling for coalitions of the willing, saying groups of eu countries should be able to form military coalitions. standing by at those toxins slovenia is dw's brussels bureau chief. the withdrawal from afghanistan has been described as a wake-up call for the european union. is the eu going to learn from that experience? >> well, i have to say that many ministers that we spoke with told us how frustrated they were to see what was happening in afghanistan. as you said, the european union was not able to secure the airport in kabul without the help of the u.s. military. they had to rely on them. many told us it is now time to change it. now it is time for the european union to develop new capabilities to speed up the decision-making process and that they are ready for a more assertive defense and security policy. we have this proposal on the table proposed by the germans. they are trying to work on that to find out wheth

so 1st of all, how do you read this meeting that is going on in blood in slovenia? do you think your opinions of finally going to make a much bigger and sizable, common european army or force at least, you know, i think the meeting obviously is triggered by a crisis with crisis comes opportunity. and i do think the europeans feel that the afghanistan withdrawal both the haste in which it was conducted in the lack of transparency that the u. s. provided it in terms of decision essentially hoisting the decision on the europeans, sparks a reflection point for the europe. and i think they're clearly understand there's been a lack of days. it will effort to accelerate european defense planning for a standing european army standing capabilities. ready in joint development on research. so i do think that this app, ganna stand moment is an opportunity for the europeans to accelerate their own planning. now again, i think this is something that has been in the works for several years, and it is something that will take decades to finalize. but i think you're going to see mor

conversations among european leaders about becoming less reliant on american military meeting in slovenia. to discuss the crisis looked at the e u rapid reaction force. we do not know the such joke, political event to grasp that you must twice for greater decision making to autonomy and greater capacity for action throughout europe in union city's list to protect interest, to defend in the values. and there was space to national order to promote. and of course, we cannot each know to i teach development in the world. we do not meet more strategic to be chose. we want to be stronger and more influential, because we want to have greater impact. and because we want to strengthen alliances . oh gosh, martha has more from paris. ahead of the european union council was talking at a conference in slovenia when he made those comments. and basically what he has been say is that you must learn lessons from the afghan style crisis, namely that i can no longer necessarily rely on the united states that you heard that show. michelle saying that the you must become more will one, the more independent w

he joins us by skype from paris to so model one, i guess, the discussions going on in slovenia right now. demonstrate that, that concern that we saw that you repeat the concern we saw flare up during the, the donald trump era, about america's reliability. that hasn't gone away on the by no, it has not. and clearly they are opinions and they are opinion in particular have been quite good at exploiting crises of various kinds in order to sort of consolidate their european union. having said that, i have been associated with the european thing, thanks for a good quarter of a century. now, if we're, every time i heard something about common defense and military deployment of sort, i would have been a millionaire by now. there's been talk about such a joint military operations and a neuro corps and so on, so forth. same submitted on an court got together and the 1980s through sheer rock and shoulder onto shoulder and cozy up to today with micro and merkle. he's always been french. german attempts at uniting europeans under some sort of military structures or some sort in order to create s

. >> people have been meeting in slovenia to discuss how to deal with the taliban.oreign ministers from the member states have announced conditions for engagement with the incoming government in afghanistan. u.s. authorities evacuated the country after the taliban takeover last month but have signaled a will to reestablish relations if the new rule meets certain criteria, respecting human rights and crackdown on terror groups which want to use the country as a base. germany says the eu will only start sending aid if the taliban make good. >> they have made many remarks in recent days but we do not want to measure the taliban and this new government by their words but by their actions. whether we resume sending aid is a question that will be decided by their actions in afghanistan. >> other stories around the world, in new zealand, police have shot dead a man who wounded six people in a knife attack in an auckland supermarket. it has been under round-the-clock police surveillance. protesters gathered in thailand's capital. -- his opponents accuse him of mismanaging c

showed a comfortable win for tottenham hotspur over slovenia inside.re his first. england captain den sealing a 90 minute hat trick for that at the end, his 13 for the club. spurs first victory in the group stages. phil foden and ollie watkins have been named in gareth southgate's england squad for the up coming world cup qualifiers against andorra and hungary next month. foden returns having missed the last matches in september because of injury the same applies for the aston villa forward 0llie watkins, who southgate said came close to making his squad for the european championship. ac milan defender fikayio tomoroi is also included along with arsenal goalkeeper aaron ramsdale in place of nick pope. manchester united defender harry maguire misses out through injury along with liverpool defender trent alexander—arnold. we've got to it now push each time to we are together we got to push performance every day on the training pitch. yes, we've kept some stability which i think is right. but every player in that team and in that squad knows that there is

delta variant and rising cases, adding several locations to albania, belize, grenada, serbia and slovenia. you avoid all international travel until fully vaccinated but also check your covid requirements ahead of time so you can make sure you can come home. >>> giants fans one step down. first team in baseball to clinch a postseason birth. things didn't stay close against the padres. brandon bell a four inning home run. giants win 9-1. break out the champagne. the earliest they've clenched a spot in friz history and still have to win the division but they're 2 1/2 games ahead of the dodgers. don't forget this friday the giants take on the braves on nbcbayarea.com. come starts at 6:30. a fun one to watch. >>> fans allowed in vegas for the first time for real games, in overtime, brian edwards' catch gave the raiders what they after the hand shake the hug, the call was reversed. >> what. >> then they lost the ball on an interception but they ended up getting it back on fumble. derek be carr found a wide open to give them a win. another fun one to watch. coming up next on "today in the bay,"

the head of the european union council was talking at a conference in slovenia when he made those comments. and basically, what he has been say is that the, you must learn lessons from the afghanistan crisis, namely that i can no longer necessarily rely on the united states that you heard that show. michelle saying that the you must become more with this more independence when it comes to defense when it comes to security. and his comments basically echo those that we've heard for the foreign policy chief use that burrell can recently say that it is clear to those in the european union that the u. s. is disengaging with the international, see more and more. and that is why many in the you and now calling for the european union to become a lot more independent, as i said in terms of defense and security will, burrell is due to address m p 's members of the european parliament. and he is expected, of course, to talk about us getting them and coming up then we'll hear from some of the thousands of african refugees and camp in italy way through the start. a new life. miss riley's is restrictio

i watched the slovenia game that they played on friday night, and it's a very organised team, very difficultat the formation — whether it be a back for her back five, i know they'll be organised and not make things easy for us. —— back for or back five. the other three home nations all play tomorrow — and the england manager sarina wiegman has been talking today about the proposal to stage the world cup every two years. she's against the idea, saying "players are not robots". fifa will be holding a summit with its member associations and various fans groups at the end of the month. they say that there is a broad consensus that the international men's and women's calendar needs to be "reformed and improved" and fifa's head of global development, arsene wenger is in favour of a world cup every other year. wiegman most certainly is not. i wouldn't do it. why is that? because i think it's not good for the players, for their welfare. in europe, we are very organised. we have good competitions. we have the euros, then the olympics. then you have the world cup, which are major tournaments for us fr

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concerns in slovenia about energy costs to all-time highs.nd warns short time -- short-term solutions are needed to support the shift. global news 24 hours a day, on air and on bloomberg quicktake, powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. i'm vonnie quinn. this is bloomberg. shery: ecuador says it does not see a shock for emerging-market countries from potential fed policy changes, as the country aims to complete trade agreements with the world's 20 biggest economies last year. i spoke to the president about the keenly watched the decision. flexibly increased in interest rates we can expect in the near future by the fed -- >> the increase in interest rates we expect in the near future by the fed would not only affect ecuador but all emerging markets. i do not think it will be a shock. they will do it with prudence in a gradual way that will affect emerging markets and within them, ecuador, without a doubt. i believe countries like ecuador are still attractive for investment. i would dare say the added ret

in fact in terms of health care outcomes were more on car then slovenia and the czech republic then webe told of ever increasing sons into a system that i personally believe is fundamentally broken. it's so enormous now with well over i broken. it's so enormous now with well overi million people working at it. the most single individual let alone any has been in place for a few months is really able to comprehend or manage it. the fundamental problem is that even if the funding constraints and the nhs are real, and a fully tax funded system health funding systems are always going to be political decisions. and that means that they will always be at the behest of which of a politician, which of a political party it might be in power at any given time. i would advocate for a very different funding model altogether for a for a very different funding model altogetherfor a health for a very different funding model altogether for a health care service was up one never allows market forces, competition and that would hopefully see us have patient outcomes that are more similar to say a countr

i watched the game, the slovenia game _ i watched the game, the slovenia game they played on friday nighteam played estonia last week. when i was team played estonia last week. when i was at _ team played estonia last week. when i was at the _ team played estonia last week. when i was at the stadium, i was looking at the _ i was at the stadium, i was looking at the formation whether it be about four or— at the formation whether it be about four or about five but i do know they— four or about five but i do know they will— four or about five but i do know they will be organised and will not make _ they will be organised and will not make things easy for us. england�*s women have been struggling in the third one—dayer against new zealand at leicester�*s grace road. they were put into bat and were on the back foot from the start. both openers went cheaply, and captain heather knight also fell to the bowling of lea tahuhu. charlie dean was tahuhu�*s fifth wicket. at that stage, england were 78—7 offjust 22 overs. the one positive was katherine brunt. she dug in on her return to the side and wa

showed a comfortable win for tottenham hotspur over slovenia inside.den and ollie watkins have been named in gareth southgate's england squad for the up coming world cup qualifiers against andorra and hungary next month. foden returns having missed the last matches in september because of injury the same applies for the aston villa forward ollie watkins, who southgate said came close to making his squad for the european championship. ac milan defender fikayio tomoroi is also included along with arsenal goalkeeper aaron ramsdale in place of nick pope. manchester united defender harry maguire misses out we've got to now push each time to we are together we got to push performance every day on the training pitch. yes, we've kept some stability which i think is right. but every player in that team and in that squad knows that there is a huge competition for places. and i think that's driving some of the performances that we have. a west brom supporter has been jailed for racially abusing a footballer online, in what is believed to be the first time an imme

. >> reporter: but others like these drivers in slovenia weren't so keane. -- keen. [ speaking foreigne ] >> reporter: covid-19 disrupted the examination process for tens of thousands of potential heavy vehicle operators in the uk. now the government has decided to try and ease the backlog by fast tracking the qualification process. here at this driving school on the outskirts of london, that means they're busier than they've ever been. he is a 29-year-old wanting to be a truck driver. why? >> just the opportunity of earning money is the main thing. it's very flexible within my family life. for an english person to be doing it, i think it's a big must and big need. i do try to tell people who i've grown up with do it. >> reporter: until joe and many others like him can get goods around the uk, customer patience is another thing that's in short supply. >>> well, isa, the scene, too, at this west london fuel is calmer than the last five days that i've been reporting on this fuel crisis. but there is a sense that this is only a temporary measure that the government has managed to alleviat

we rank 22nd in the world, behind latvia, slovenia and the democratic republic of congo in testingamariants. people are concerned about the dangers and the side effects of vaccines. so when he says 80 million are still not vaccinated and many are frustrated, what's your reaction to that, andy? >> well, you know, i agree with dr. makary. i think he's ignoring the fact that a lot of those people in the 80 million probably have natural immunity which is probably better than the advantagehe seen, and the delta variant, the research i've seen, it's not more deadly. given the number of people that have been vaccinated, we've actually got the death rate and hospitalizations downat from whe they were at the peak of the original covid virus. so, look, this -- a lot of -- this covid thing has been political from the beginning, a lot of this is political, and i'm aur little surprised presidt biden went this far because i think what he's doing is going to have a negative impact on employment which is already a big problem for him. so, look, i think he's trying to do the best he can, but i just d

so she is standing there in this abandoned coal mine in shanksville and slovenia. assuming the terrorists meant to crash the plane and the particular field which is not a bad assumption if the only facts you have that morning are that of the other two planes hit the world trade center and the other one hit the pentagon and then there's this one. so she is standing there scared because she doesn't know what is buried under the field of the government has that the terrorists are trying to blow up. and she also knows that there were two planes that hit the world trade center so she is standing there scared looking into the sky looking for the other planes that are coming to crash into that field. this was all she knew at the time and for much of the day, none of us understood why united airlines flight 93 had crashed. we didn't really even understand that day whether it had crashed or whether it had been shut down. the story of the shoot down orders sort of ends up being its own fascinating window into that day. vice president cheney is rushed into that bunker under t

that they or a family member will become infected that number has roughly doubled since june >>> in sloveniausands protesting tough anti-covid measures in the small european country. riot police fired tear gas and water cannons to control the crowd. they have suspended the use of the johnson & johnson vaccine following the death of a 20 year old who received a shot. >>> on the news, backlash from youtube, deleting posts and accounts with anti-vaccine content. that's tonight at 7:00 eastern kelley, back to you. >> thank you very much >>> affirm joins the likes of paypal, lose and motors powers up and one department stores giant billboard blunder. it is all coming up in today's rapid fire in a moment before we go to break it is spanish heritage month we are highlighting business leaders and our own employees. here is chair elect. >> the united states bank of commerce proudly represents more than 5 million hispanic-owned businesses across the country and our pride comes from knowing the positive contribution these businesses make and their role in driving equitable and sustainable economic reco

later today eu economics and financial services gather in slovenia for an informal meeting.eopolitical themes, president biden held a phone call with xi jinping urging him to cooperate on key issues as washington said it is growing increasingly frustrated with what it sees as beijing's lack of engagement. for more we are joined by bruce einhorn who has been following the details of this exchange. what did they talk about? what have we learned? >> we know they spoke for 90 minutes. they spoke about a range of issues, including some where the white house says there were agreements, some where interests diverged. in that first category, they spoke about climate change, the second category, the much bigger one where interests diverge, there were discussions about things like hong kong, human rights, trade. potentially even the pandemic, because china has been upset about calls in the u.s. to investigate the origins of the virus. that is something that is a contentious issue as well. mark: good afternoon. the factor that there was this call has been taken positively by markets. i

_ i watched the game, the slovenia game that they played on friday night, _ game that they played on they are not going to make things easy for us. england�*s women have been struggling in the third one—dayer against new zealand at leicester�*s grace road. they were put into bat and were on the back foot from the start. both openers went cheaply and captain heather knight also fell to the bowling of lea tahuhu. charlie dean was tahuhu�*s fifth wicket, at that stage england were 78 for 7 offjust 22 overs. the one positive was katherine brunt, she dug in on her return to the side and was left stranded on 49 as england were bowled out for 178 in the last few minutes, and they would have taken that after making such a terrible start. eddiejones has challenged some of his more experienced players to up their game if they�*re to be a part of the rugby world cup in two years�* time. the england head coach has left out some key players from the 45 man training squad named today. billy and mako vunipola, jamie george, george ford have all been excluded. the harlequins star marcus smith who ma