u. k. it's admitted post wretched route, over fishing, running ah, all right, just after 1 pm on wednesday, here in the russian capital, this is our t international. some big stories for you today. let's get straight into them and we do begin the program with breaking news for you. this hour of natural gas price in europe has surged to an all time record. it's now several times higher than it was in the spring. and it took me, put the continent on course for a major energy crisis ahead of the winter heating season, straight to berlin. now with all he's peter, all of a joining us here on the program. peter, so just before christmas and the new year, europeans have been squeezed by brutal gas prices. i mean, is there a straight on so or explanation to this, or is it just politicians and big business playing shenanigans? well, what it is is huge rises on the commodity markets in that's where we've seen these colossal increases in the cost of a natural gas rising to levels that have not been seen pr

u. single markets. trade can move freely across its land border with the republic of island, but nearly 2 years after breakfast at the u. k says that arrangement is not working . the government wants a new deal and it doesn't want the european court of justice as agreed on the bricks it to have oversight of the protocol. the e u is offering to remove some customs checks, but is calling for compromised to will bring in our guests in just a moment. first, this report from andrew simmons in belfast. as the u. k is breakfast minister prepared to speak in portugal, karen sloane was taking a delivery from the irish republic. it's his main supply line now and without it. his delicatessen in northern ireland would be out of business. his main suppliers used to be in the u. k. but the trade board when the r c means he can't rely on them anymore. karen had been hoping that you was about to smooth things out with concessions over regulations on food exporting from the u. k. and streamlined custom checks. but the way the british government is now behaving leaves karen and business people all over northern ireland in doubt how much we

u. k. to this really could see the lights being turned out while you mean it, both the u. k depends on our energy exports. they think they can live alone while also beating up on your own. and given that it doesn't work, the engage an aggressive one. upmanship, we negotiate a commie nicely or 9 months in our shots or not little don't and add to this pretty much perfect storm, a threats that are coming directly from the french fishermen themselves. now we know that boss johnson has already wound the u. k. to, to put the supply issues in the lead up to christmas. that with energy that's with petro, that's also with products in stores. and now french fishermen the same. you know, what, if you do not a proof of fishing license as we are going to block the ports, we'll make sure that there'll be no imports and no exports between europe and the u . k, which really could add to, boris johnson was and those are threats that the u. k. should also take pretty seriously, given that we know that the french one, they like to protest and 2, that have already been tense stand offs in the

u. k. it's over a post bricks it fishing dispute. ah, things are shallow to whiskey reports from paris on a fight that threatens to offend a series of crucial agreements between the 2 neighbors. france could be about to slam the brakes on the relationship with the u. k. as this rover fishing rights is pretty much imploding. last week, the u. k refused the majority of licenses that came from french smaller fishing vessels to fish in its wood. it only approved 12 out of $47.00 as a result of that paris is furious. it's now saying the bilateral agreements that cover everything from security, border control to trade in energy are now under threat because paris says that london simply cannot keep its commitments under the brakes. it deal. bruton does not respect its own signature month after month the u. k. presents new conditions and delays given definite if licenses this cannot be tolerated. we know the u. k is facing this unprecedented energy crisis just like pretty much all of the countries across continental europe. and it could be a

so by applying this kind of pressure, once copies over, it will be interesting to see exactly how the u. k. is going to maneuver itself without doing further damage the population. because of course, if there is any kind of sanctions that are going to be imposed on the u. k, it is ultimately going to affect the british public, whether they're going to be able to get goods in. and of course, the bush johnson has made, of course, many promises that christmas is not going to be affected. maybe if he pushes his luck too much, it might very well be. thank you very much for that update. sonya k go live for us in london from rome, the focus of world leaders will now shift to glasgow as the you in climate summit gets underway. me, the meeting has been described as a make or break moment for the planet. rising temperatures are affecting millions of people with floods. super stones and wildfires causing devastation. our environment, it is a nic clock, has more on what we can expect from the summit in glasgow to say there's a lot at stake here in glasgow is an understatement. the science tells us wha

u. k. e's adamant that must change for more on this story. let's bring in andrew simmons in belfast. thank you for joining us, andrew. it's quite a complicated situation. but what has the u. k. bricks minister been saying to day he obviously wants his northern island protocol changed. he doesn't just want it changed more or less once it ripped up. it was a really caught an extraordinary sequence of, of events with his speech because he started off about talking about the differences between the you, you follow up with britain and saying, you know, it takes to, to actually do things and we want to improve relations and then a few minutes later he was talking about, basically changing a billing recognition. really this, tracy, this, this part of the treaty, or the more than all and protocol, which is a problem. there's no doubt about the major issues involved, which is the slowness of checks, the, the regulations which stop various products from being imported from the u. k. businesses having a really difficult time, especially in the relative christmas and getting their product, sir on really a major issues. but that the g

no. com because it's separate from the rest of the u. k. as as you know, it was an ongoing campaign by nationalists and those island back by the republic of ireland to achieve in the long run the united ireland the majority in no, absolutely. don't want to be completely their want and in the i received your step or 2 in the direction before it's enough for them to to union the single item. and it will be, it will be a post. and therefore it's undermining the provider agreement. and the protocol itself says to support the private agreement, it's absolutely posing serious social disruption. no as central to to, to do that. and this, this needs to be sorted out and they sold it out so that the majority of both communities in northern ireland. let's see this summer something is satisfactory. i think almost everyone agrees that the single market has to be protected. but the have to be some, some means of a stopping illegal goods getting into the republic about where there are other ways of doing that. sort of trying to crack and not and it needs

we take on us politics and society and that's the bottom line. breaks it troubles escalate between the u. k and b, e u. both sides agree. customs checks in northern islands simply aren't working, but they don't agree on the solution. is this a dispute about trade or politics and could it risk the peace in northern ireland? this is inside story. ah hello and welcome to the program today with me, pete adobe. now when the u. k, left the european union, both sides agreed to a set of trade rules known as the northern island protocol. goods from britain, a checked at ports in northern island. the province remains in the e u single market. so trade can move freely across its land border with the republic of ireland. but nearly 2 years after breakfast, the u. k says that arrangement is not working. the government wants a new deal and it doesn't want the european court of justice as agreed on the bricks. it to have oversight of the protocol. the e you is offering to remove some customs checks, but is calling for compromise to will bring in our guests in just a moment. first, this report from andrew

u. k. has said that it is ready to retaliate. do you believe that if this drags on the u. k, would take retaliatory measures and if so, what could those measures look like? well, i think the british government is, is very key not to specify what they might be. the british government doesn't want to make this problem see much more serious. and it actually is for the french and peter, and suggestive already trying to cut off electricity. not only to the channels, those are 2 mainland tv where they have it and to connect to it also threatened to go so on customs, texas. they threatened benson, shell fishing boats from, from your k boats known is this, these all very strong threats and out of all proportion to the problem as it exists . so i think the u. k. government would have to respond in some ways, but obviously phones will respond as well. or if it go slower, tally on the, on, try, getting it to, to friends of companies will merely go elsewhere. go, go to rotterdam at work. and campbell lloyd, i think right through the friendship process would be try to avoid things to be

u. k. something that proved politically toxic equal there who favor the region remaining part of the u. k. feel they're being set apart from the rest of the country and fear it would boost those who want to join island. unlike the rest of the u. k, northern ireland must follow e. you rules on standards with a european court of justice overseeing dispute. under simmons travel to belfast in northern ireland to see what effect aroused having as the u. k is bricks, it minister prepared to speak in portugal. kieran sloane was taking a delivery from the irish republic. it's his main supply line now and without it. his delicatessen. in northern ireland will be out of business. his main suppliers used to be in the u. k, but the trade board were in the irish. c means he can't rely on them any more. karen had been hoping the you was about to smooth things out with concessions over regulations on food exported from the u. k. and streamlined custom checks, but the way the british government is now behaving leaves karen and business people all over northern ireland in doubt. how much with lack of it her until now he along with many others, never realize the role of the e

bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over this particular spot . it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose bankers it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if forest johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep, please say american human rights activists on former lawyer, steven danziger, has been sentenced to 6 months in prison on charges of criminal contempt. he had earlier wage the decades long crusade on behalf of ecuadorian farmers and indigenous people against chevron. during that time he won a $9500000000.00 judgment against the old giant in ecuador over pollution in the countries reinforced. the reason i'm locked up is bec

u. k. and to add to the complicated process, northern ireland must follow e. you rules as a condition of briggs. it overseen by the european court of justice. the u. k. is adamant that must change, adams and andrew simmons reports from belfast. as the case, breakfast minister prepared to speak in portugal, karen sloane was taking a delivery from the irish republic. it says main supply line now and without it, his delicatessen in northern ireland will be out of business. his main supplies used to be in the u. k. but the trade board in the r c means he can't rely on them any more. karen had been hoping that you was about to smooth things out with concessions over regulations on food exports from the u. k. and streamlined custom checks, but the way the british government is now behaving leaves karen and business people all over northern ireland. how much of a her until now he along with many others, never realize the role of the european court of justice was an issue in the post bricks of crisis. no, i was thinking about it was bracket and you know, protocol and this is all you hear and you know and a

bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over at this particular spot. it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose baggers, it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if boys chunks and has some really tough decisions to make. he's essentially caught between the devil and the deep, please say 221 here in moscow. still i had on the program, a disbarred american lawyer is loved with a prison sentence for criminal contempt. years after winning a case for ecuadorian villagers against oil giant chevron more and that's on plenty more. besides the shortest of brick blue ah . let's see. on the internet, the allows only be problems and much was ok to invite everybody's lloyd. that wasn't a glitch. that was

u. k. its genetic sequence has been detected in a growing number of new infections, but as yet there is no evidence to suggest that spreads more easily than the original delta, which is already highly contagious. u. k. infection rates have been growing despite strong vaccination numbers. those are the headlines witness is up. next on al jazeera, china has been very strategic. the way to expanding is reach an indian ocean. what is it? and we bring you the stories and developments for the rapidly changing the world we live in without the international aid. what do you think is going to happen? the kind of common counting the coast on al jazeera? i mean, you know, i will, chinese from in the rain. of course is know, china has been going to us. we can only show the same favor in. i don't know it do me. i i said i don't have enough because i believe in babylon. ah, i will be done nissan. almost 30 years toggle apple m r i a m by. i don't know mother last year i already made one. the one that i'm put

u. k. it's a, an island. it is a very reliance on the that the culture of fishing and it doesn't necessarily register in a big way in terms of the economy. but so the, it's a proud island nation and they pushed this hard. now, traditionally going way back years and years there have been dispute between the french and the british. but now the british are imposing what they regard the as their, their own independent rules that have been agreed. but no, the french say there are not agreeing to it. and this is it, as i say in danger of getting much more out of control. not only is there the issue with this, sir. 15 out of 47 applications getting through. there has been an even bigger extent in the the, the island of jersey, which is a dependent dependency on britain. the jersey is a, is a country that, that is a place that the french are threatening with power restrictions, electric power restrictions, in fact, the whole of the u. k. possibly. and that is one of other aspects to what the french could throw at brit

u. k, it's the kaiser report. ah ah, with oh, so you see this statistic that 90 percent of the well the cell by 10 percent of the population and they added trillions of dollars to their network. since the pandemic one would look out on to the american landscape and look at all the wonderful innovation, these folks have brought people to their lives. oh, wait, hold on. life expectancy is down into mortality is up watson income gap between widening genie coefficient looks terrible. death of despair are exploding, so i think it's natural to conclude that all this money printing is not feeding. ameristock or c is back that fading. attack us dr. see rule by the least qualify with i'm action redundancy. we're going underground on budget day in london. coming up with a show is boris johnson's, u. k. government and gaap, $26.00, leading the well to extinction. we ask an adviser on the environment to some of the world's largest companies, jonathan pores, and with the most significant multinational climate events in years j

u. k prime minister barak johnson paying tribute to u. k. politician at david amos. it was frankly stabbed on friday in what reddish police are describing as a terrorist incident. as we heard from our correspondent word challenge, u. k. prime minister was joined by the leader of the opposition and other members of the government in a show of support. the 69 year old david amos was making members of the public at a church in the essex town of lee, on see in his constituency when he was attacked. at 25 year old has been arrested on suspicion of murder. and there is now a terrorism investigation, so we will renew more updates as they come to hand. but it does say, joe saying pictures of the u. k. prime minister, paying tribute to david amos ok still ahead on al jazeera. it's really scary to think that your baby baby health could be compromised. families are left relying on a river after fuel contaminates the water supply of a remote canadian arctic community. on the red carpet, famous producers, actors and directors will gather to promote their cinema and africans. biggest

lateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over this particular spat . it saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose bankers it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if forest johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep. please say facebook is in damage control load following claims of spreading hate. and the vision, an employee turned whistleblower testified before the u. s. senate on tuesday after leaking a trove of company documents and a lengthy response on his page to that c e. o. mark zuckerberg denied prioritizing money over the platform to users. we care deeply about issues like safety, well being and mental health. it's difficult to

u. k, it breaks, administer talked of tearing up the protocol that's created. trade checks between great britain and northern ireland. the u. k says it will engage fully and constructively with the e. u, but wants to see significant change. and simmons has worn out from belfast. the british government isn't happy, nor are the main powers here in northern islands assembly. but the european union executive has gone all the way it can, it would seem to try and smooth out this seaboard a crisis. this was the message from brussels b, this robust package of practical imaginative solutions. we can continue to implement the protocols on ireland, northern ireland for the benefit of all communities on the grounds. it not only semen stability and sporadic stability, and in these festival ingredient for the local economy to flourish. that also pays the way for and has the opportunities. but nevertheless, the leader of the main pro british unionist party here at the northern ireland assembly had this to say, it still leaves in place and i receive border. there will still be checks on the movement of

u. k. it was only to certain options and to pounds i just happens and all of them in the united states were, were abuse. we just abuse. so if it was, if it was utilized and executed for what it was written up, work and a 100 percent, if it oversight was proper on it. and i think would be a great tool. i think that, but we just, we always take something that's, that's meant to be some way. and we just, we water it down and we abuse it. it's about giving who has access was a day to store and also destroying data with installments on it, or making sure those safeguards in place. and that's why i said, you need judicial scrutiny. what's to make it say that it doesn't go all the way down to again, the lowest common denominator, which is a citizen and a detective, or a st. cops shriek up as a bad day. and he wants to go through all the backlog of your activity for last 6 months and charge you for a crime that you committed 34 months ago. the british government is using the army to keep petrol statio

u. k, and amazon have so far, refused to comment, was spoke with for m, i 5 intelligence officer, an image shown who things imposes on u. k. sovereignty. i find it astonishing that the most secret national security information contained by m i 5 and i 6 and g t h king can be outside to a private corporation based within another nation. fate. i mean, they've always, always made such a huge issue of every bit of information. they've got to keep themselves. they've got various laws to protect us information again. whistleblower, for example, like the official secret and yet now they just handing over all this information to a foreign corporation. it does not make sense. it's just an out sourcing of british national sovereignty that is going on here. and it would say, well, alex america, there are friends, but we've seen time and time again over the last 20 years, at least when the war terrorist started how they can manipulate an abuse intelligence behind the scenes and also have hon. that intelligence can be, in this aspect, when it comes to national security and high grade intelligence and protecting agent lives and ongoing operations. to outsourc

bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over this particular spot . it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its methodology and it will sort of go from there or limp from there. the reality is though, in this pros, bags it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if forest johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep blue sea. meanwhile, their attentions evolving france on the other side of the world as well after a senior delegation from paris arrived in taiwan for an official visit, much to the younger beijing relations between taiwan and china. curly, the most str and in decades, john of is taiwan, has his own territory and opposes taipei having any diplomatic exchanges with any foreign countries. france, though remains defiant about

u. k. it autumn, winter time. it is absolutely necessary. demonstration that is wrapping up here behind me. the streets were further clearing away. the stage was a people's assembly against austerity and it was over a 1000 people here raising concerns about the way the government is going about this, particularly with the universal credit. that was a 20 pound uplift that was given to people on very low income's. it's now being taken away just as just at the same time as prices rising. cost of living is going up. inflation is now over 3 percent here in the u. k. and the flood generally very worried about a very cold, a very miserable winter for some of the most vulnerable people and u. k. society. ok, now it is very clear on saying we can go back to what he calls the broken model before brings it. but what solutions is he offering any solutions going forward and how to deal with shortages of key goods in the supermarkets or, or fuel? what petrol stations what is essentially say, hold with me, paul, strong. he's in u

bilateral trades has also asked for the european commission to take a much tougher stance when it comes to the u. k. over this and other issues. the u commission though, isn't sort of really wanting to get into the murky waters over at this particular spot. it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain its methodology and it will sort of go from that or limp from that. the reality is though, in this prose bankers it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if boris johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deeply se. okay, that wraps it up for this news. i think he company called it back with updates in 30 minutes. ah ah. it's open, i think the most basic, but i still, i believe we did. who bought i bought a dial from our company for deed on your way. but i don't recall additions to athletes and movies. does the musicals does it seems every big name in the world has been here? let's see over ms. you can look up a booklet you who

u. k, it was only to send an offices and the pounds i just happens and all of them in the united states were, were abuse we just to be with. so if it was, if it was utilized and executed for what it was written up more than a 100 percent, if it oversight was proper on it, then i think would be a great tool. i think that, but we just, we always take something that's, that's meant to be some way and we just, we water it down and we abuse it. it's about giving who has access as a data store and also destroying data with collins and making sure those safeguards in place. and that's why i said, you need judicial scrutiny. what's to make it to say that it doesn't go all the way down to again, the lowest common denominator, which is the citizen and detective, or a street cop, shriek up as a bad day, and he wants to go through all the backlog of your activity for last 6 months and charge you for a crime that you committed 34 months ago. poland is in a collision course for the brussels. a sort of also top court ruled that some european union laws clash with the countries consultation. and the tim

the french government says it needs more licenses for its fishermen, u. k. waters, or it may impose sanctions. it is very disappointing to see the comments that came from france yesterday. we believe visa, disappointing, and disproportionate and not what we'd expect from a close ally and partner the measures being threatened did not appear to be compatible with the trade in co operation agreement or wider international law. and if carried through will be met with an appropriate and calibrated response point on so, so it's time for us to get respect to i stand by the facts. we issued threats and pursued dialogue until now, since allowed our fishermen to have a bit of a half of the fishing licenses, we have to also see the glass half full, but that's not enough and not acceptable at all. so now we need to speak the language of strength. since that seems to be the only thing the smartest government understands to complain. and re, simmons has more from london. there is an intent on the part of the french at so really shows britain it means business over the is

u. k as a non trustworthy partner. because having dial back as it were, the success of all of the trade agreement that they signed. initially the u. k. had said that this was a tremendous agreement that it was paid paving the way for normal relations. but now since then, especially with the brakes that minister david frost as well, they've said that says plenty wrong with that agreement. so really the u. k is not really carrying a lot of favor in terms of trustworthiness with the european union front being of course absolutely central to the european union itself is not going to sort of bend towards any demands that the united kingdom is going to make at this moment. certainly, these issues now moving on and hundreds of migrants have disembarked from a turkish flagged congress ship in greece. the vessels carrying about 400 people when it sent out a distress signal on friday after its engines failed. the migration ministry says 6 passengers have now been detained for questioning. greece is one of the main routes into the use of migrants and refugees

it's saying what it's going to do is to ask the u. k. can explain it's methodology and it will sort of go from there or limp from that. the reality is though, in this pros, bags it will as the issue surrounding that are beginning to bite. there is a real threat coming from france at the moment, and it does seem as if forest johnson has some really tough decisions to make. he is essentially caught between the devil and the deep. please say you are their attentions evolving. france on the other side of the world as well after a senior delegation from paris or out in taiwan for an official visit, much to beijing, anger, relations between so on in china, currently other strains for decades. china is taiwan as its own territory and opposes side bay having any diplomatic exchanges with any foreign countries. france, though remains defiant about the visit. french senators, as members of a french state institution, should of course observe this principle and refrain from any form of official contact with the taiwanese authorities. french parliame

it's a red line, whereas the u. k is pushing hard on it, but what's going on with the people on the ground business? people seem to be thinking, well, this is good news where we can look forward to this. but on the other hand, if that's now going to be the big stand off with your what, what, what's gonna happen with the e u and the u. k. relations, could it get much more bumpy than it's been already? with me right now is seamus lanny from logistics you k, you're pretty well qualified to tell us what is like on the ground. what's your response to these promising noise is coming from brussels. it's hugely encouraging . today really, andre, i think it's beyond what we were expecting myself and colleagues from the business community we've been speaking to the e u and the u. k. government, over several months only a couple of weeks ago, i met my theft coverage. i outlined the problems of the northern i am protocol and was no secret. there were problems with the protocol, there's benefits and we want to build new benefits.

u. k, it is a freight and it is fabricated, you know, especially to time by time we as of this kind of fabricated information last the as a bit, john has the story to tell integrity during the 40 for the car will. and this victory war is a number of countries in the world. in this regard, they have begun to spread hard misinformation again and the aim is to damage the atmosphere of class between that as of a janet people, i'm president. how are you? ok, how to say to this double as ice station in azerbaijan, but i think these at times will not work because your home ali is not only the president of us, but is also the separate commander in chief of victor. is county and such slanders cannot cast a shadow over is image of joining us from back. who thank you for your time. thank you. thank you. on to other news, at least 13 people have been killed in an explosion in afghanistan's capital capital. the bombing target at the entrance of the 2nd largest mosque in the city and memorial services being held there for the mother of the town about spokesman. that the home, which i hate some of in job it has

u. k. it's it says it would be an error election of duty if the u. k. was not in a position to strike back against these rogue states. plus it's been on this trajectory for some time now. in fact, the national cyber force has been in operation. it was established since at least november of 2020. but what we do know is in the past few months now in 2021, a british officials have been hinting at who these hostile states really are. namely russia and china. russia has combined military and no military means to alter the map, attempting to change the balance of power and undermining the cohesion of all societies through disinformation, russia, and china, and gaining a decisive advantage in inflammation h military technologies. now all of this was discussed earlier in the year in the government's integrated review, which provides a strategic threat assessment. the main takeaway really was a movement away from the traditional forms of wool fam, like soldiers and tanks and guns on a shift towards cybersecurity and technology. now at the top of that threat, asse