tom keatinge. — will play a critical part. tom keatinge, thank _ will play a critical part.keatinge, thank you so much. will play a critical part. tom keatinge, thank you so much. let's get more on the controversial ignored stream to pipeline which was put on hold today by germany's chancellor —— ignored stream to. it has been in place... german historian and expert on modern russia who drivesjoins historian and expert on modern russia who drives joins us live. let's look at nord stream two first. i think this was breaking news today, and some people have been surprised that, finally, the german chancellor was speaking openly about nord stream two, and that he stopped the procedure of licensing and opening the pipeline. this was a very important decision and i think it has something to do with the shock that people have been shocked by... these are history lectures and hate speed of putin yesterday, we have just... hate speed of putin yesterday, we havejust... the hate speed of putin yesterday, we have just... the chancellor has been, one week ago, and moscow talking about s

thank you very much to tom keatinge. in decades, around 155,000 homes are still without power. three people were killed in the ferocious gales of storm eunice yesterday. tonight there's still major disruption to train services across the country, and the severn bridge remains shut. insurance payouts for damage could reach up to £350 million, according to one estimate. and there are more weather warnings in place for tomorrow — a less—severe yellow wind warning for most of the uk, with heavy rain also expected in north west england. danny savage has the latest. it has been a day of assessing storm damage right across the country. in brentwood in essex, a 400—year—old oak tree came crashing down on a family home, causing extensive damage. all of us were working from home. it was about 11.30 yesterday morning, probably the height of the wind speed, i would say. we just felt the house move and that was a big gust of wind, and seconds later, the tree just crashed into the house and we were covered in dust and just general deb

let's get more on that — tom keatinge is director of the centre for financial crime and security studiesspecialising in defence and security. here's what he makes of the west's response so far. the western allies have learned their lesson from 2014, which is you need to make it very clear in advance what these sanctions will be. we're trying to deter vladimir putin. in 2014, the sanctions came after he had acted, so all these messages we're hearing — whether it's from the foreign secretary, the prime minister, lindsey graham there, kamala harris today as well — are really important because there needs to be absolutely no question that should he cross the line, then these sanctions will be massive. so lindsey graham and kamala harris speaking in very broad strokes in some ways. could you break it down for our viewers on how it might actually affect somebody like mr putin, for example? and i suppose it may affect regular russians, too. yeah, so helpfully, the uk has published what the sanctions regime would look like. so not the names, but the sectors and the types of people they would go

tom keatinge is director of the centre for financial crime and security studies at the royal united servicesan think—tank specialising in defence and security. how do you feel we are hearing some of the statements made by the us and nato allies about how they were, at mr putin if he does, in fact invade question about how effective do you think they may be? i question about how effective do you think they may be?— think they may be? i think the western allies _ think they may be? i think the western allies have _ think they may be? i think the western allies have learned i think they may be? i think the i western allies have learned their lesson from 2014 which is you need to make it very clear in advance what the sanctions will be. we are trying to deter vladimir putin. in 2014, the sanctions came after he had acted, so all these messages we heeding are really important because there needs to be absolutely no question that should he cross the line, then at the sanctions will be massive. so lindsey graham and kamala harris speaking in a broad strokes in some ways. could you break it down for

let's speak to tom keatinge, from the royal united services institute, a nonpartisan think—tank specialisinghy it _ sanctions on russian regime? that is possibly the reason why it is - possibly the reason why it is possible to impose meaningful function of the russian regime. we have a 25 years of working russian money of all descriptions to the uk and it is here in spades and therefore, we obviously have a leverage, one of the few levers the uk does have, alongside military assistance, we have a lever which we can pull and frankly should have pulled previously. [10 can pull and frankly should have pulled previously.— pulled previously. do over this money is? _ pulled previously. do over this money is? how _ pulled previously. do over this money is? how can _ pulled previously. do over this money is? how can we - pulled previously. do over this money is? how can we track. pulled previously. do over this money is? how can we track it pulled previously. do over this - money is? how can we track it down? how can we stop the laundering of russian money in this country? there are assets. — russia