u. k. seem to be operating independently of ne, to hear that divisions inside the block. oh, no doubt, no doubt. and the u. s. and the u. k. since world war 2, especially the u. k. a few years afterwards, especially after their misadventure is more against egypt and $956.00. the, the ruling ally in, in the united kingdom decided they have a position as the junior partner of the united states. and so they operate that way . they operated that way and regard to the iraq war, 2003, when there was a position within there. there's a lot of there's a lot of differences they had to do with huge amounts of money. the contracts for our summer, but they also have to do with what i think it's called inter, into realist rivalry between the us and frank taking that most of that plays out in africa. but it also is playing out to do richard becca. and he will activist at coalition. mr. becker, thank you very much indeed for your time. thank you. and we're now moving to the heart of moscow and our special coverage of the force coming elementary election voting will be held over 3 days. it

u. k. seems to be the chosen partner rather than france and all of this. and there's also a monetary issue in, in regard to this, the previous speaker mentioned, you know, this idea of selling weapon system. so i think france would like to have these contracts, but we see now there's a political as well as the military in defense security cooperation. so i just really chose france because it wasn't seen as so frightening, i guess, in regard to the neighborhood. but now the strategic landscape has changed dramatically. and so countries really feel that they need to work with not many power, like friends, param, major power, like the united states. okay. which time would you agree with that is france or i will use the way to relevant them rather than to looted no, i think well, certainly certainly not irrelevant. and we know all about manual agenda for not only from the french, how, when the union, in the opinion, even being more autonomous, having the capability to use the power of the single market to be more strategic, thomas in the world and to look afte

u k doesn't seem to have suffered quite as much of an indignity if you like, least diplomatically speaking is the u. s. and stillia have what's the reaction in the u. k to all of this? well, i think the reaction in the u. k. depends on ready which parts of the cohens area you're looking at and how they feel about france and how they feel about the current british government. there are sections of society and political life in the u. k. that likes getting out the nose is the french and therefore is, i think, amused by what's been going on. certainly thing. so the french being a little over hysterical throwing that toys out of the prime box. i'd say there are a great many people here who also think that the french have been very hard done by and this new situation. and that's the, the deal that's been done between the united states, the u. k. and australia. although it has advantages for the certainly has not perhaps been the best handled. and the french could be considered to be rightly aggrieved to having lost numerous things. they've lost a very lucrative arguments deal, a multi $10000000

u. k. u. s. so it seems that they're pick me that on the international stage when it comes to defense issue turns i do want to dig into some of the pacific stuff and just a moment as plenty to discuss that. but nicholas, i want to bring you in here because we're talking about you political well, not just in terms of finding the money to do all of this, but also in terms of spending it on the right things and also dealing with the whole nature issue. so in your mind, nicholas, what's actually holding the thought on there are a couple of things. one of them is be mentioned by both my colleagues already, which is the fear of duplication between the resort, where to go into a show the results of my go into the you. i'm a little bit skeptical about this. to be honest, because actually this is, these are resorts that are going to be used one way or the other anyway. and i'm not sure it makes such a big difference which helps people are wearing when they're, when they're under a particular taking a particular missi

u. k. at his diplomatic that seems to have escaped some censure from france. i was this playing out in the u. k. well, the u. k is not having its french ambassador recalled in the same way that the united states and the australians have done. but that doesn't mean that the french are happy with the role the united kingdom has played. and in this deal, they have essentially fed through the foreign ministry, the 3 for a minister that the u. k. is nothing more than i kind of vassal state of the united states as to how this is playing out in the u. k. i think this is being seen as perhaps the french being a little bit hysterical about things as throwing their toys out of the prime to a certain extent. but you have to acknowledge that france has been really, really thrown under the bus and this, and i think in the u. k, that view is not being ignored. they can see that this was a big deal for france. they can see that this is a humiliation for macro and, and they can see that this throws french strategy in the indo pacific region into disarray. so the rivalry betwee

u k. the u. s. and australia, a defense deal, which seemed to be fine to in secret power, said they'd have no idea that it was happening. it also brought about the end of this submarine contract that camera had signed with frauds, all of that made frauds absolutely furious. well, the french president emanuel macro off to the person during the press conference with the great prime minister said that the office packed, in fact, was assigned to your appearance. they simply need to do more to look off to their own interests, particularly when it comes to defense. or ne surgery have stepped up patrols near cos of o's border crossings with salvia in an effort to de escalate. the ongoing license plate dispute, their ethnic subs living in northern cost of have been holding protests by blocking roads earlier this week after costs of a band, the entry of cars with savvy and license plate services. president says he considers that decision by cost of a criminal action. right now there are more than $10000000.00 children out of school in niger area because of a lack of facilities, a lack of teachers and ongoing co

likely, but a global pandemic within this follows and 18 months spending a bonanza due to the 900 seem the u. k national debt spiral. and the 1st year of the pandemic, the government borrowed $300000000000.00 pounds, a large part of that was to fund the workers thought scheme or something called tuesdays tax hike. a difficult but responsible decision needed to fix funding shortfall and health and social we're beginning the biggest catch up program in the history of the chess. the levy will share the cost as fairly, as possible between people and businesses. because we all benefit from a well supported and a chest and all businesses benefit from a healthy workforce. the shuttle work in pensions. secretary, jonathan reynolds, reacting to the prime minister, essentially. 3 saying the way the government tries to frame this issue of, for example, people living longer and having healthier lives and insensitive way of dealing with what are very real issues for the elderly when it comes to their pensions, to government cases of the photo data and the pandemic have produced a statistical aberration i re

u k, the u. s. and australia, a defense deal which seemed to be signed in secret paris says they have no idea that it was happening. it also brought about the end of this submarine contract that camper had signed with frauds. all of that made frauds absolutely furious. well, the french present emanuel macro off to the person during the press conference with the great prime minister said that the arc is packed, in fact, was assigned to your appearance. that they simply need to do more to look off to their own interests, particularly when it comes to defense. you heard micro that saying that the u. s. in the past decade is pretty much drifted away from europe in many ways. and that is why europe needed to be more told him, as he said, it's not just about defense. it is also about the you gaining more respect. well, michael also said that he would be talking to j bite in mid october, looking for ways to improve a relationship that has been battered. he hopes to meet boys, and later in the month, the french ambassador will be returning to the united states on wednesday. and my call also address the issue

u k, the u. s. and australia, a defense deal, which seemed to be fine to in secret paris says it had no idea that it was happening. it also brought about the end of this submarine contract that camper had signed with frauds, all of that made frauds absolutely furious while the french present emanuel macro off to the person during the press conference with the greek prime minister said that the office packed, in fact was assigned to your appearance that they simply need to do more to look off to their own interests, particularly when it comes to defense. the u. s. says a short range missile test by north korea is a threat to the internet. community of missiles fine on tuesday. young young sam baset to the united nations, told the general assembly that nobody could deny the right to test weapons. kim, song called on the us to give off it's hostile policy towards the north. my young, if the year was to see the accordion was the most prolonged and long lasting warning board come to an end. and if it is really desirous of a piece of re consolation on the korean peninsula, they should take the 1st step to

it seems that the u . k. is i fall safe haven, other than countries that they are fleeing from. hence this latest influx of asylum seekers here in the united kingdom. but perhaps now the home secretary should trench tack, considering the numbers are not going down belong segment of the north stream to gas pipeline linking russia to germany was welded in the baltic sea on monday. it's been completed just at a time when europe is expecting a wind to search in gas demand. peter oliver has law 3 years in the making and not without a bumper to along the road. the final piece of the old stream to gas pipeline has been welded into place. the final to the place is the 200500 and 58th and $2011000000000.00 gym. so once the tops are turned on, it will bring side berry in gas via the russian port of luca, under the baltic sea right here to germany. the mayor of the seaside town where the pipeline arrives in europe, who doubles up as a life. god says the energy project brings not only gas, but money and jobs as well. bec

it seems that the u . k. is still a fall safe haven either the countries that they are fleeing from. hence this latest influx of asylum seekers here in the united kingdom, but perhaps now the home secretary should change tact, considering the numbers are not coming down. ortiz shelly edward's dusty life in london. thank. shut him. after a lengthy legal bustle, one of america's largest confederate statues has been torn down on the 6 and a half meter told bronze casts of general robert e. lee had towered over richmond in the state of virginia for 130 years plans to remove it. for an instant, june, last year, during re show justice protest and the week of george floyd's death, or for the move face legal challenges from locals, who said it was a raising history. the monument to the u. s. civil war general was the largest remaining and most recognizable confederate stuff in the country. other similar ones had already been taken to elsewhere enrichment, which was the capital of the secessionist states in the 19th c

it seems that the u . k. is the fall safe haven, either the countries that they are fleeing from, hence this latest influx of asylum seekers here in the united kingdom. but perhaps now the home secretary should trench tack, considering the numbers are not coming down. frances top court has upheld charges against a cement company for funding. terrorism le fall, she's accused of paying $30000000.00 euros. did you had groups in syria to keeping separations running? so i live in ski in paris has been following developments. jackie's ations was paid almost 13000000 years to a number of militant groups in syria during the conflict, including 2, she's allocation state back to 2013, 2014. when the fours made the payments are legible to try and keep it so many company continuing to be able to operate in the country. now, the furniture is also accused of buying pet from to a middle man, which is proven would be indirect violation of you in ball goes now for as try to have some of the allegations against the course with

u. k. have announced new indo pacific security alliance. it seems the strategy to counter china's implants in the region will good morning, orchestra alliance involves corporation in cyber and underwater. defense. australia also gets new nuclear power submarines with american and british help. august will bring together our sellers. our scientists and our industries maintain and expand our age and military capabilities and critical technology such as cyber artificial intelligence, quantum technologies, and undersea domains. now, as the key project under archive, we are launching consultations with australia acquisition of conventionally our nuclear powered submarine. more details are emerging about wednesdays. miss are launched by north korea state media say a new train mounted massage system was tested. south korea reported its own testers hours later in a sign of escalating tensions. the government to the philippines says it will not cooperate with an investigation by the international criminal court into it so called war drugs. the icpc approved

u. k. their email addresses were leaked. it seems that a mass letters sent by the ministry asking for updates about the current situation . but some hit reply or not revealed to email addresses even locations in some places, photos, and other personal information were also exposed. spokesperson said the ministry was sorry, an investigation has been launched into a data breach of information from the afghan relocations assistance policy team. we apologize to everyone impacted by this breach and working hard to ensure it does not happen again. the ministry of defense takes it's information and data handling responsibilities very seriously. but it's not the 1st british mistake that's put afghans at risk when you k stuff hurry to evacuate their africa mission. they left behind documents that identified africans who worked for britain alone with their families. despite the for an office stating that they've made every effort to destroy sensitive material, the u. s. 2 is also being criticized for putting lives at risk during the front with

it seems that the u. k. is still far safe haven other than countries that they are fleeing from. hence this latest influx of asylum seekers here in the united kingdom. but perhaps now the home secretary should change tact, considering the numbers are not going down. any program in san francisco wants to pay a small group of people not to commit crimes. critics call giving cash to criminals, but other say it's a path towards preventing violence or to correspond it. natasha. sweet. explains for human rights commission in san francisco is launching a pilot programs that take effect next month. well heading out money really help quite crime and gun violence. in particular, like much of the country, san francisco's economy is still feeling the effects of the pandemic locked downs while a popular tourist destination. a lack of international travelers is impacting the golden city. but what about it safety? city leaders are closely i'm gun violence and are promoting a small initiative to help combat it. the human ri

u. k. to rescue the dog. and those don't seem had more read you the he would be. and then our sort of bimbo parliament. tom took a hot nita was crying, translate is being left there. all those collaborated. meanwhile, the british government has defended the size of its power, saying they are based on illegal principles and reflect local customs and practice, and who will actually as chris 9. hm. meanwhile, says the government has been before front of disastrous military intervention. you know, what worries asked is the lessons haven't been learn. boris johnson is continuing to be push a very aggressive intervention foreign policy. the whole garbled britain really after afghanistan, after iraq, after syria and libya, yemen. they need one to stand these kind of for a minute. change mentions only cause more, more disaster only make the world more unstable. only make the world more bullets. i'll create a great deal of hatred against the western powers amongst large numbers of people and, and it's a policy that has failed and we need to have an accounting of that fact.

u. k. energy supply green. thank you so much, steve. seem for coming on the show, quasi quadrant used to come on this job or st. john's was government minister, we know it's a british problem because even though the white house, the question was specifically and peculiarly a british energy crisis. i know that there have been some calls and some talks with the government. how do you see the energy crisis? is we broach christmas. ultimately, i think every single day the enterprise is getting was the whole market is increasing day by day. and as much as the song, our appreciation, the crisis discussions affecting the entire well thought due to the preschool backs and it's been marked out in the u. k. i mean quality quoting bar ministry is talk about on your printer, real capitalism on this program. and i'm sure you've been listening to the british government's position, which is that it's the fault of electricity providers like yourself, presumably who haven't hedged properly and therefore haven't planned properly. and your entire business model is a full, not british strategic energy security planning. yes. so th

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u. k. you trying to cherry pick was it wouldn't seem from the you now mission volunteer is telling a very different story. something for the presidency, hearing from elections, take place in about a level and the things he is saying is shocking. many events in the south yesterday he talked about leaving out more fluid in europe. it was one to many is doing and when it came to migration and what he has to say, we cannot do all this without having regained our legal sovereignty. being permanently frightened by a ruling or a condemnation at the level of the european court of justice. so the european convention on human rights, or by an interpretation by our own judicial institutions, the reaction as i was in fact, some people were so shocked about these comments. they thought that this was fake news. how could someone like me? should vanya see such things, there is a junior european affairs mistake level. paul said that he couldn't believe that somebody who was truly committed to you will, will be able to say such things. others suggested the mission volunteer had essentially included the entire caree

k, the u. s. is just another example. it seems to me of how out of touch our political leaders all and not dealing with the real issues, the real problems that are confronting everyday people. i'm afraid to say that both new labor and the certainly the conservatives see all public service. this is a cash cow for the private sector. and so that's what we've seen joy, this kind of crisis. lisa, the source of issues, i think the britain butcher issues, the politicians is certainly labor politicians ought to be focusing on. and yet we seem to have this, this cozy consensus going to go into it is yet another example that nuclear proliferation is the key is to almost all again for himself to agree with the prime minister. it's a disgrace that is going to cost you how the different, what all view, but if the question is only 5 years since david cabin was falling over themselves, the candle up to the, the chinese and the course technically part a massive investment and chinese nuclear technology whitelist. little tediously exporting nucle

u. k. then europe decides to keep funding fossil fuel projects until 2027. it seems to go against the blogs policy, regina greenhouse gas emissions, will have a look at that in more detail just after the break. the long long when i would show the wrong one, i'll just don't rule out the thing because the after an engagement equals the trail when so many find themselves world far as we choose to look for common ground now where we receive so many inputs on a daily basis that are completely, i'm related to reality. so think about how and social media filters, and they basically present themselves in very unrealistic way. and so we come out of fomo, there is and be involved more than that. it's about being sort of envious or something. it may not exist. and it's also really tied to the fact that as humans, we want to be part of the crowd. ah ah, hello again. you without you now, despite british and french attempts to tackle the migrant crossings on the english channel, the number of boats reaching u. k has doubled since last year. britain has nie, reportedly to threatene

seem to only be making things worse. the fact that wind farms are useless when there's no wind is a big problem for the likes of the u. k. for example, where they're supposed to produce around 20 percent of the country's energy supply . so it's back to dirtier forms of power. they do less than that, we need to learn that fossil fuels are still needed in the energy mix in order to back up renewable energy. because if we continue to remove all the bases capacity that is coming from sources like gas called a nuclear, without having something that is like come backups the intermittency of wind and solar. then we will be having tight situations of the ones we are experiencing at the moment. take the current unreliability of wind and solar at the increased demand and low supply of coal and natural gas throughout the continent. plus all the carbon permit fees for coal producers. and you've got a perfect recipe for energy crisis, but somehow no one side coming. not a good start for what the likes of ursula underlines they will be defining era for environmentalism. it just attention to welcome you to this conference on the make

u. k. industry, liam, seeing an attempt to contact basing our u. k. correspondent, shabby edwards. she is following developments. well, put it this way for the french, it seems like australia was only with a fraud until a better deal offer came along, which invariably it has australia originally asked france to help with its submarine mission, but has now walked away. and walking away also comes with scrapping a 90000000 year road deal. instead, australia now wants to assign this tax with the united kingdom and the united states, which for the french, they say it's a stop in the back. the will do the jungle. france has just been reminded this bitter truth by the way, the u. s. and the u. k of stopped her in the back in australia. phil v, the american choice to exclude the european ally and partner such as franz from restructuring partnership with australia at the time when we are facing unprecedented challenges in the in the pacific region shows a lack of coherence that france can only note and regret. 7 said, australia has signed this security parks with the united kingdom and the united states overgrown and consent over china and its regional dominant onto

u. k for holding gold deposits, that as well. a desperate always seemed to last turn. lucy newman. there apologies for that. well, as we mentioned before, present madura began speaking at us. president joe biden has announced his country will donate half a 1000000000 more doses of the fines of ac seem to developing nations. he made the pledge of virtual cobit 19 summit on the sidelines of the un general assembly. additional doses will see the total u. s. commitment on vaccine sharing exceed 1000000000 doses. drove audiences that will be shipped by this time next year. united states is buying another half 1000000000 doses of pfizer to donate to low and middle income countries around the world. this is another half 1000000000 doses that will all be shipped by this time next year and brings our total commitment to a donation of donated vaccines over $1100000000.00 vaccines to be donated. put another way for every one shot we've administered to dayton america. we have now committed to do 3 shots to the rest of the world. for us, we'll send it, send back the back to the united states to

u. k. government minister graham shafts on friday morning . but that message doesn't seem to be getting through to the motorists, particularly down here in the south east of england. as you can see at this p p station, there is a large q of traffic trying to get into this for caught rest. some of the petrol stations have actually run out of patience of some motorists. there have been tempers lowering on the 4 course as well. as some motorists try to take a shortcut on jump ahead of those who've waited a lot longer. the issue at the core of all of this seems to be a shortage, not a fuel. that is secure according to the government and to the motoring organizations. but a shortage of hgtv heavy goods drivers needed to transport that you're here to the petrol station, some 100000 drivers. we are short over here in the u. k. according to figures from the road haulage association. now, the grants grand shops, the government minister, has said he will move heaven and earth to ensure that supplies are replenished here on the for court. but it's not been helped by some tabloid medi

u. k. government has launched its reserve tank. a fleet has, britain continues to rage over petro shortages. it has spark chaos. it seems in the country this week as people panic by fuel and it's also seen violence to the pump with a man in london, apparently confronting a driver while holding a knife. the problem is i while the massive keys am panic buying kicked off last week after oil firm b, p warned it would have temporarily close some of its petrol stations due to a lack of glory drive. the party boy can join the keys at the pump. this is, this is pachel crisis time and the day has come the finally need some petros in my car. so i am going to go and try and find some now i'm on a bit less than a quarter of a tank. definitely less than quarter of a tank close to kind of dangerously low on patch roll. first thing we're doing, by the way, as a little aside, is picking up from jerry can or from my friend who is pregnant and has run out of petro. this is the find the stuff that's going to get you beat enough that a petrol station going to be like read rags to both social media has really fed this christ that there is a

so it's just seems that russell phobia is on the rise again. the u. k. and the european commission dismissing russia's state duper elections as an democratic while alleging suppression of opposition candidates. as of now, just a small fraction of the votes, remain to be counted. what we have seen in the case of russia over the last few days in terms of do my elections and also regional elections is that these elections have taken place in an atmosphere of intimidating critical and independent voices. and these elections took place without credible international observation. and we taken all of our independent and reliable sources reporting serious violation during the world. the doom or elections represent a serious step back for democratic freedoms in russia, the measures taken by the russian authorities to marginalize civil society, silence independent media, and exclude genuine opposition. candidates from participating in the elections undermine political plurality and at odds with the international commitments that russia have signed up to. united. r

it seems as well even proposed paying other governments such as the u. k. to help lift americans and confirm to the general mark, millie, chair of the u. s. joint chiefs of staff had made the decision to not open the gate . can you confirm? general milly was mentioned by name as the leader that is condemning them to death . yes, i can confirm that mentioned by name. the picture that coming from those conversations is in stark contrast to the narrative. from the bye didn't ministration white has kept insisting that the situation was under control and that no american citizens would be left behind. what we are doing every single minute of every single hour of every single day is working to create safe passage for all civilians, including the afghans who work for us to the airport to get them on planes and get them out. i think they are responsible say americans are stranded, they are not. we are committed to bringing americans who want to come home homes. we completed one of the biggest err lists in history. extraordinary success of this mission was due to th