not all e u member states back the plant also coming up. it's usually the other way around, an unidentified person crosses south korea is heavily fortified. border into north korea. we'll look at how they might have done it and what's behind this possible defection? ah, i'm mixed by sir. welcome to the program. the european commission has made public a draft law that would label some nuclear energy and gas energy projects as green investments. nuclear power plants do not admit greenhouse graph gases, and they could be counted as environmentally friendly. if there are detailed plans for disposing of radioactive waste safely, the proposal comes just a day after germany shut down 3 of its 6 nuclear power plants for good. and the german environment minister steph lumpkin is calling the project a mistake. it's like a welcome gift at the start of france's e u. presidency. the european commission plans to classify investment in natural gas and nuclear energy as climate friendly, under certain conditions to that and a draft law was sent to e u. mem

u, as is there between various member states. that's right. i mean, probably not as much as you would think of with a issue that seems extremely controversial. here we have the main main players here at germany and france. the 2 biggest and most influential u member states, a germany itself as against nuclear power is facing out nuclear power in germany by the end of 2022. but the german chancellor will or shelter taking more of it seems to be taking more of a conciliatory approach on some other members of the german government are bit more outspoken like robot harbor who just are heard and in the, in the report. but france or the other side is the main driver of a boosting nuclear power. with, with it within the block of the country itself is more than 50 nuclear power plants and they're continuing to building power plants that need money for, for investments, for reform, for, for maintenance, preferably sustainable money and france is not alone. the majority of u. member states have nuclear power plants and they want to continue to operate t

u member states. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? south africa's parliament has been badly damaged in a major fire that has left the national assembly chamber gutted. dozens of 5 fathers were called into battle. the applies which say the plume of smoke rising are the cape town. police say a man is due to appear in court on tuesday, over the place. the fire had already been burning for hours when security guards discovered it at around 6 in the morning. fire crews raced to the scene, but were unable to stop the flames from spreading to the national assembly building where south africa's parliament sits. that is a very sad day for our democracy because parliament is the home of our democracy. and parliament is also as the d g, a keep point of all met as will be investigated. the police have started to investigate the forensic above and here public works easier. we all together, reinforcements were called, and some 65 i just eventually brought the blaze under control, but not before it had done extensive damage. visiting the scene, the

u. member states rely on nuclear energy, especially those a in, in eastern europe that are heavily relied on coal so far. and now when a transfer to nuclear energy. so there's a lot more member states actually pro nuclear energy at the moment. just a handful like luxembourg, austrian portugal with very little political weight. we're against this. okay. met sunday and russell, thanks so much. south korea's military says an unidentified person has crossed into the border across the border into that north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone and surveillance equipment later showed that the person had crossed into north korea. bought a region between the 2 countries, contains millions of land mines and it is one of the most heavily armed places in the world. it's more unless we can frustrate to frank smith, a journalist in sol, the capital of south korea. thanks for joining us. frank. how is it that someone can cross the border? that is considered one of the best defended in the world. how did this happen? well it's definitely not that easy when you move northward in

to that end, a draft law was sent to e u member states. shortly before the new year. the commission believes gas and nuclear power could help smooth the transition into a future based primarily on renewables. france, poland, and the czech republic have been campaigning for more than a year to have nuclear power classified as sustainable. it's no secret that france needs investors to fund renovations to its existing, 56 reactors and to finance new ones. the so called e u. taxonomy is a classification system designed to establish a list of environmentally sustainable activities worthy of investment. listed companies will be obliged to report not only their financial status but their sustainability too. but the debate over nuclear powers green credentials has split the you. germany's economy and climate protection minister horbeth hardback had strong words of criticism for the new bill. d. course one vice receipt of the commission knows what it's doing and in my opinion, it's doing the wrong thing is not a question of forbidding francis use of nuclear power. the french c

if e u member countries can't agree on a life and death issue like this, what's the point of the you only of that you level, you can manage this as polish security, inflict water cannon, and tear gas on refugees or their border with bella. bruce, what happened to the ears, much vaunted values, and what reforms are needed? also the trouble with facebook and the need for a revamped nato all on conflict on ah gibber house that welcome to conflict zone. let's talk 1st about the migrants who drowned last week since asked the crisis of the moment it is, would you think this is going to be the catalyst for some new european policies on migration? i hope so because this tragedy in the, in the not see or is sir not 3rd, not the 1st tragedy. and we have seen so many a casualty, sir. a treasure this in the mediterranean. now this is happening here or in the, on the north sea. so i hope it is a catalyst to finally to have a common or european migration policy or a because it's already more than 20 years, that we are talking about the common migration policy. and it never happened because a commo

u. member states, but also against states outside the european union hope basically worldwide. also, there appears in all your and candidate white glove mclaren, gift of for climate law. suits, do exist world wide, but world wide is always a shortened formula here. there are no climates lawsuits in china yet. so, and as far as i know, there are none in russia and similar regimes. so the climate law suits are now still a phenomenon of rule of law. community liquor combined via commercials is climate protection is a global problem and, and climate protection requires very, very big solutions. we are dealing here with a problem that demands the restructuring of industrial society. and this major transformation is not something that can be driven by individual coach rulings tried on unlike being and the environmental law field always a tales that you lose often. but i believe right now there is the wind is blowing from behind me. the interest of stakeholders in the industry has shifted very much in not only in germany, but also elsewhere. the investment community has a different se

u. member states get more than 40 percent of their gas from russia. far behind in 2nd place comes norway, with amir, 16 percent. and in 3rd and 4th place algeria and cut out of other supply the rest german chancellor, all of sholtes met, norway's prime minister una scott stood on wednesday in berlin. if attentions with russia escalate, germany once norway to increase its gas output to make up for some of the shortfalls, this is 0 also put in c r. i see very great potential for future co operations and would like to see an even better, deeper, broader energy partnership with norway in october, a new pipeline cold baltic pipe will pump gas from norway to poland. and from there to neighboring countries, it'll deliver at 10000000000 cubic meters of gas annually. but that's just one 5th of what nord stream one from russia delivers to germany right now. but it's one step towards reducing europe's dependency on russia's gas fields. now to some of the other global business stories making news, us treasury secretary, janet jaelyn, has renewed her call for a world wide corporate minimum tax rate a

u. member states. european far ride parties have held a summit in madrid, hosted by the spanish walks party. among delegates attending the 2 day gathering were hungarian prime minister victo alban, polish prime minister, monte usual abbey etzky, and french far right leader. mother the pen. december. the parties discussed joined welt on sovereignty and immigration issues in the european parliament. but stopped short of striking a formal alliance. sergio montela has agreed to serve as 2nd term as italy's president. he was asked by leaders of the ruling parties to stay on as head of state after they failed to reach an agreement on a candidate who could secure broad support from parliamentarians and regional representatives. germany's green party has elected new leaders to cap off. it's 2 day conference in berlin. delegates select edited caught a lung deputy co leader of the greens and omit newly for member of the committee on foreign affairs. as well as electing new leaders. a conference is meant to reassure members, the party is capable of steering germany in the right direction, following a

the german food and agricultural ministry says other e u members are taking similar steps and the green parties, grassroots hope, their new agriculture minister will introduce other changes like this. and so help me, i hope that agriculture minister jim erst, amir will ultimately act as an advocate for animal rights and not just focus on economic interests. he should ensure that the animals are kept properly and have good living conditions. germany is the 1st country in the world to band the mass calling of mill chicks resounded domains, darlena messy has become the latest footballer to test positive for corona virus. the forward got the news while on vacation in his home town of assario and argentina. he's among 4 p s d players. it test positive with several other top european clubs, including by and munich, liverpool and barcelona. also badly affected going to the slopes now and the snowboard slope style world cup, as concluded in calgary, canada, japan's coma marashi won gold in the women's competition for 17 year old morass. a . this was her 1st ever slope style victory on the world

the german food and agricultural ministry says other e u members are taking similar steps and the green parties, grassroots hope, their new agriculture minister will enter. deuce other changes like this? it's awesome. yeah, i hope that agriculture minister jim erst, amir will ultimately act as an advocate for animal rights and not just focus on economic interests, should ensure that the animals are kept properly and have good living conditions. germany is the 1st country in the world to band the mass calling of male chicks. violence has broken out drying protests against crone virus restrictions in the netherlands. thousands of people turned out in amsterdam to demonstrate against the national lockdown that to $37.00 measures are essential because the omar crime, marion, is spreading even more rapidly than feared. they say no to the lockdown, no, to the government's measures. what is their limit? this demonstrator asks, it's just the latest demonstration in the netherlands against the government's curves, aimed at stopping omicron, police band. the protest that didn't stop people from t

u. member states. and actually interestingly, in that phone, in that press conference with joseph burrell, he indicated that the europeans who were joined by on, on this meeting by secretary of state anthony blinking, we're not convinced by the u. s. s. decision to pull the families of embassy staff in kevin ukraine out if they wanted to go. staff still have to a choice to stay. but he said it wasn't in jonesborough that it wasn't an evacuation and they weren't convinced that you country's need to do so with continuing to see these sort of slight divisions and positions and actions. and i think joe biden, the u. s. president, who is obviously the strongest player in this new russia, in the u. s. of a c being mega nuclear, our nation's. he's going to want to try and make sure that there's european leaders that are joining him to italy, france, u. k. germany, poland, and the head of nato, and the to you, presidents are of the commission and the council. he's going to try, i think, to try and get everybod

u. member, poland is working on a permanent security fence along its frontier with bella ruth, for months now thousands of migrants have been trying to reach the european union via that route. poland says the wall is a justified response to the crisis, but critics say it's a barrier for genuine asylum seekers. the foundation for a border wall is dug into the frozen ground along the polish belly ruffian border. the 1st stage for a 5 meter high steel fence with motion detectors, poland barrier to prevent people from crossing whatever these fence is being erected for safety reasons. so that we don't have to fear any further provocation from belarus. details of the exact route of the fence are being kept secret. every day between 20 and 50 undocumented people tried across the border say polish border gods. that significantly less than a few months ago. there met by almost 10000 polish soldiers and gods, and loudspeakers blaring in different languages. the polish buddha is closed. this is the end of your journey go back to minsk. but refugee 8 organizations believe the more than 360000000 euro

what happened with or curse you lose system to shoot a futile so we have seen that some of the e u members sending signals to there is a need to form a strategic autonomy when it comes to resolving security matters in them. but at the same time, she just grew. the e. u pal will use a very resolute lobby that to least counteract any attempts to separate themselves from nato when it comes to security issues. and they insist that nato is a key to security or cooper in europe. who is it? those are the questions that need to be resolved in between those structures. and we are not greatly concerned by the fact who exactly is going to lead the negotiations. if those negotiations will be helmed by the united states anyway, it is on the united states that suited the security policy depends on the security policy in europe and in other parts of the globe build where you, where nato is trying to establish its role. regardless of the initial mission, this organization needs one in the united states was of movies, occlusal york, you may have managed to issue, refused to go back to their leading, domina

u. member in good standing is being threatened with dismemberment by an aggressive neighbor.ember, germany reached huge destruction to ukraine mainly in belarus, not russia, during the cond worldar. you have a duty to reserve the peace in europe. >> a former polish foreign minister joining us on our program, thank you for sharing your insights with us today. >> my pleasure. >> and sudan, scores of protesters have been killed by security forces since the military coup last october. m and traders week in the capital to demand justice for the victims and two were shot dead. by the danger, more people are taking to the streets, increasing pressure on the regime. our correspondent reports from khartoum. >> a call for action from demonstrators in to don's capital -- sudan's capital. since the military coup in october, people have taken to the streets calling for democracy. >> i want the civilian government to return to power. the military turned back the clock because they do not want a civilian and democratic government. they raped women, they killed revolutionaries. with our prot

u. member states around sanctions. and also in initiating the so called minced process of talks between ukraine and russia. so what's changed? the government right now we have an as p d lead government, and the s p d let's remember is traditionally very russia friendly gal toleta. the former as p d chancellor. sits in the board of directors of gus prom and one of the leading proponents of north stream 2. and this project, should it be canceled, should the german government openly declare that it will be void if russia invades ukraine? this will have a real domestic political fall out for the s p d for chancellor schultz, his party. and these are the issues right now. unfortunately, and the internal debates in germany that's are being placed over our international obligations to lead on security and peace in europe. michelle, you say it's all about the showdown between russia and the u. s. so does anything germany could do actually matter? would it make a difference? oh yes, it would make a huge difference simply becaus

for some e u member states, the problems of one euro's own member also brought the currency almost to a point of crashing down his john sa roblis. with that story from athens. it was a moment of enormous pride, greek prime minister cost assuming this made the country's 1st euro withdrawal from an atm inside the bank of greece, signaling the countries change over from the drachma a decade. long process of lowering budget deficits and double digit inflation had enabled grease to meet eurozone criteria. and the trade off was credibility in international markets. greece could now borrow at 5 percent interest down from 25 percent. but there was a problem, governments over borrowed and largely to buy votes. it financed increase of government consumption spending. ah, hirings, in the public sector, increases spectacular, in some cases, increases of salaries when the subprime mortgage crisis hit us banks in 2007 lenders began to look more closely at bar. it was balance sheets, especially in the european south. current accounting balances that had been built than the net foreign debt that had

the german food and agricultural ministry says other e u members are taking similar steps and the green parties, grassroots hope, their new agriculture minister will introduce other changes like this. awesome. yeah, i hope that agriculture minister jim erst, amir will ultimately act as an advocate for animal rights and not just focus on economic interests. he should ensure that the animals are kept properly and have good living conditions. germany is the 1st country in the world to band the mass calling of male chicks. the reason is they fight against global terrorism has shifted increasingly to the saw held region of africa. authorities in mauritania have taken to a traditional form of transport as part of their anti terrorism efforts, will help from the european union. they've resurrected a 100 year old nomadic police force known as the chemical. this is the latest approach in the fight against jihad is terrorists in mauritania. a traditional solution to a modern problem. the mahari national guard or a police unit recruited from local nomads. their camels are their most important tool

u. member lithuania. it agreed, the taiwanese diplomatic office in the capital vilios would bear the name taiwan and not chinese taipei. beijing considers taiwan to be part of its territory. now the e. u is accusing china of holding up exports from lithuania at its border. these measures are a threat to the integrity of the eel, single market sale. fix that enter, you trade and you supply chains and say, hell, a negative effect on your industry. this is why we are stepping forward to defend a use rights. and to date, we are bringing the case of to the w t o julie today and the when he should come true. and he, the issue between china and lithuania is a political one not. and he cannot make one when the situation is the result of lithuania acting in bad faith. that hurts chinese interests. it's not a matter of china exerting pressure. on lithuania, it's a bilateral issue between the 2 countries and not something between china and the again, the shoppers in turkey can't look forward to lower prices anytime s

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and on the other hand, you have b, e u member states. you on monday, said that they would be keeping their embassies unless staff in place as to take them. i would do more harm than good sex to the blank and has told us that he was nothing evacuation. he was just letting to people to watch when not crucial the staff are afraid to decide to leave the country. i don't think that is a need for us to though i mean k nava pick or should we measure from defined to be or the number of our staff and dad benjamin engine. okay. i'm either very clearly in the counsel at this moment, i see no reason ha, forced to pull out our diplomatic stuff. and i think your, our presence all diplomatic presence and cube is absolutely key because what we're seeing seeking is of diplomatic solutions and diplomas on the growler quite a bit. while the u. s. president joe biden has placed 8 and a half 1000 us troops on high alerted bases at home in america for potential deployment to europe. should the situation well, should the tensions increase. we're also seeing la

u. member states. germany also pledged that by 2030. no one should have to be living on the streets any way in europe. recap of this, how credible is that to convey the message that things will suddenly be different and better in the next 4 years with the new coalition and all of sholtes as chancellor better as, as we, it's like the climate agreements. we can't backtrack and discuss shortly afterwards, whether you really meant them or not, had the goal it so should no longer be up for discussion only how to achieve it. we will soon have a clear statistical basis for it and it needs to be the last of its kind that from then on. the curve can only trans down more than one up fine. as a slab is missing, spiting of pepsi. i think basically 2 things have to happen, and 1st we have to start managing homelessness. we need to solve it. first, cat business can only be done when we stop seeing the loss of a home as an individual problem and rather see it as a social problem and take social responsibility for it and the good of the die that would

must ukraine is a democracy, a member of the u. n. in good standing, a member of the o. c. u. crated has russian security guarantees. budapest, memorandum of 1994 under which ukraine gave up. what was then the 3rd largest nuclear arsenal in return for these guarantees which, which russia has already broken? well, i have to ask you about what russia says here, because it actually says that the u. s. and nato are the aggressors here and not russia itself, by expanding its eastward presence by stationing troops and sending arms are to eastern member states. so what's your response to that? well, at the nature summit, i've already mentioned that germany vetoed giving ukraine a membership action plan. and nothing has happened about that since then. except that russia has invaded ga, russia has taken over crimea. russia has invaded dunbar. russia has installed iskander, a nuclear tipped missiles with arranged to reach you in berlin. and russia has shot down that malaysian airliner with citizens on it. so actually, it should be us that should be asking russia for security guarantee

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u. a is one of the 2 main members. so i press the ambassador, your defense under law has to be proportionate. does it not? and the president, the counsel, no way speaking in a national cack capacity, said the attack that took place and said that was on the accept what you have heard today. and you will know, following the work of the council, that this is rare. what you have heard today is the unanimous condemnation by the security council against the terrorist attack against the united arab emirates on monday, the 17th of john, i'm not asking you about that. i'm asking about your response and whether it was proportionate given that at least 60 people have died, maybe as many as i'd like to refer to the coalition statement on that matter. but i also like to affirm here that the coalition undertakes to abide by international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticized the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on

u. s. employees and ordered the departure of many family members of embassy personnel from ukraine. this was a decision based on one factor only. the safety and security of our colleagues in their families and given the continued massive build up a russian forces on ukraine's borders, which has many indications of preparations for an invasion. these steps were the prudent wants to take. i want to be clear that our embassy and heave will remain open and we continue to maintain a robust presence to provide diplomatic, economic and security support to you. great. the state department is also issued an updated travel advisory due to the potential for security conditions to deter it rapidly. and without warning, if russia invades or commits other destabilizing actions inside ukraine, our message now for any americans, ukraine, is to strongly consider leaving, using commercial or other privately available transportation options. these options remain readily available. and the embassy may extend loans to those who can't afford the cost of a commercial ticket. while the state department wil

member. a, i'm absolutely aware of these to be, you know, says walker invaded because you said you want to talk about invasions about using division. nobody wants a u. s. intervention, but it to know this candidates are members of the cia warning against that there was a way even left wing and the all him. chris, how can you explain that? i you say that one of the marcia in there, all of them are part of an individual like dora. maria tay is, was a terrorist. she bomb buildings and she had trucks of armed bandits. the u. s. would put those individuals in jail or maybe they wouldn't because we have the case of january 6. but no people was allowed to lead a violent coup against a democratically elected. ready government, as we saw in 2018, but they resisted that proxy war. michael, let me ask you at his inauguration, president ortega announced in nicaragua and china. i just signed a series of strategic agreements that would include officially incorporating nicaragua into beijing's global belt and wrote initiative as well as other trade programs. how much do you think that's going to help nicaragua, and how much does that concern the united states? we

u. a is one of the 2 main members. so i pressed the ambassadors, your defense under law has to be proportionate. does it not? and the president of the council away speaking in a national catholic capacity, said the attack that took place in saddam was on accept what you have heard today. and you will know following the work of the council that this is rare. what you have heard today is the unanimous condemnation by the security council against the terrorist attack against the united arab emirates on monday, the 17th of january middle school, that i'm asking about your response, and whether it was proportionate, given that at least 60 people have died maybe as many as i'd like to refer you to the coalition statement on that matter. but i also like to affirm here that the coalition undertakes to abide by international law and proportionate response in all its military operations. human rights groups have criticize the security council's approach as one sided. the council did issue a statement, but again, only on the dron