judy finally that west europe has come to an —— do you think finally that west europe has come to anust how much of a threat remains in moscow? yes, they have. we do see how fundamentally for example, germany has changed the policy and decisions they've it's a clear testament that they have understood that they undermined the concerns of a neighbouring country towards putin and his regime. commissioner kadri simson, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. temperatures on sunday weren't quite as high as saturday's, but still not bad. in the spring sunshine, we got to 15 degrees in porthmadog, north west wales. that was the warmest spot in the country. and looking at the weather over the next few days, more of that spring sunshine is on the way. it will become warmer. mostly dry, but there's just a few isolated showers to watch out for as the week goes by. high pressure, then, still dominating the picture. that stays to the east of us. this little curl of cloud is associated with a pool of cooler air, and that has showers within it. now, what happens o

do you think finally that west europe has come to an understanding ofjust how much of a threat remains. we do see how fundamentally for example, germany has changed the policy and decisions they've made. it's a clear testament that they have understood that they undermined the concerns of a neighbouring country towards putin and his regime. commissioner kadri simson, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. it is another fine day, brought by a large area of high pressure. 0n the satellite picture, you can see the clouds rotating around this big high. just fringing on the western parts of the uk. and a bit of cloud rotating into parts of the southeast and east anglia. not completely sunny everywhere, but for most of us. the temperatures will have maxed out at 10 degrees on the north sea coast. it is chilly in the wind out of the east. around western parts of the country, highs of 13 possibly. it will be a chilly evening this evening and a frost developing. here is the forecast. clear skies and light winds across many central areas. could be cloudy for a time along th

judy finally that west europe has come to an understanding ofjust how much of a threat remains in moscow. we do see how fundamentally for example, germany has changed the policy and decisions they've it's a clear testament that they have understood that they undermined the concerns of a neighbouring country towards putin and his regime. commissioner kadri simson, thank you very much indeed for being on hardtalk. thank you. hello there. the weather is really settling down. there's going to be a lot of dry weather, probably, for the next week or so. now, on thursday, we saw more cloud mainly across northern parts of the uk, giving us a few showers. but we're going to see less of this and more of this — blue skies over the next few days, very colourful picture there in the centre of london. now, this was the cloud that gave us the rain on wednesday. that's well out of the way. this cloud is not really reaching our shores, and the speckle cloud, the showers in the north in scotland are tending to fade away. so, with clear skies, light winds, it is going to be a chilly start to friday morning

can i ask you about what you think the us, nato, the west, europe ausmat response should be here? help to give to ukraine right now? what the west is doing is very effective. we have sent thousands of weapons, they are clearly having an effect on the battlefield, in addition, the aircraft missiles and a wide variety of equipment, and allows the ukrainians to stay in the war, keep supplied to equip these militias that are now training, and firstly, the russians have dried down their supplies, they are not getting new equipment, everything they lose, it cannot be replaced, so that i was on the side of the ukrainians. it that i was on the side of the ukrainians.— ukrainians. it is difficult, i see what _ ukrainians. it is difficult, i see what you _ ukrainians. it is difficult, i see what you are - ukrainians. it is difficult, i see what you are saying, l ukrainians. it is difficult, i. see what you are saying, the counterpoint is you look at mariupol and what has happened there. of russians could replicate that in other cities, it is hard to see how any country can withstand that. t

comes from exporting oil and gas and other industrial materials and coal, most of which goes to the west europe, into the u. s. but also the significant amount goes to asia, so it's kind of hard to break it down as to what the impact of oil oil export ban to europe and to the u. s. would be because of course, oil would, would also continue flow to asia, presumably would be paid for. and then the question is whether or not, or there could a major export gas, for example, is a much more valuable export to russia. what would happen to district materials call, who eat another other products. so if it was just oil only, it would have put the dent in rushes cash flow, but it wouldn't be financially catastrophic. ok for the united states for the united states. if they turned off the russian oil supply, what implications would it have there and how easy would it be or not? well, i guess the thing that you know, we're not hearing our politicians on perfecting on is that russian oil is different to the oil coming out of the gulf. it's a heavier oil. the reason the us imports about 700000 barrels a day of

we see the west, europe, america stepping up and delivering significant sanctions that are really startingrt russia. russia is trying to calculate their response. is there a danger that we are cornering russia and as a result, their way forward is likely to become increasingly aggressive? is that what we are now seeing on the ground? oksana: i think it's a very good question, of course. indeed we are seeing a much more aggressive rhetoric coming out of russia. in terms of their actions, yes. we are seeing a potential shift into the beginning of what they call phase two of their military operation. we see very large numbers of weapons and equipment and troops moving towards ukraine and the e -- f kyiv -- capital of kyiv with the possibility for severe casualties in an attack on the capital. at the same time we are also seeing that russia has reached out to ukraine. these talks as you know have not really delivered an outcome so far, but by all understanding they were substantial in terms of the planning. the rhetoric is harsh, but perhaps not so much on the ground. kailey: if i could jump i

, the scenario, what will happen, even one reactor attacked, we will have exposure, so all the west, europe and all northern europe would be under the start of a radiation attack and need to move all the people from this area. so this is not the war of just russia against ukraine now. it is a war against the whole of europe and -- [ audio cutting out ] >> alina sotnik is the adviser to the deputy prime minister of ukraine. we'll get back in touch with her shortly. joining me is ivo dolder, former ambassador to nato during the obamaed aadministration. ambassador you hear from olena about the difficulty in containing basic issues like not blowing up a nuclear plant or evacuating those people who are in those areas that have now fallen under russian control. one of the things olina was saying they continue to need help from the west. you are a former u.s. ambassador to nato. nato is on high alert, we're in a nato country now that i'm broadcasting from. what is it nato can do to prevent what we're watching unfold? >> in theory it can intervene directly into the conflict. it has military capabil

you do expect voices in europe in the west to be heard when it comes to criticizing the move. i mean, this is silent thing, the opposition. we understand that this is happening under martial law. however, still, it's a very serious move, but the thing is that there was actually 0 reaction from the west, from europe. and this is something that's being pointed out by politicians here in russia. europe, for its part, is hiding its head in the sand. we were right to leave the european council. what is the point of this organization if it does not fulfill its main task? when it stands aside while observing obvious violations of ukrainian citizens writes. zelinski has finally figured out the intricacies of true democracy, the most democratic president in modern ukraine has taken another step towards western ideals of democracy. this isn't, of course, the 1st time that the lensky has been accused of gagging. the opposition is that while the solve this isn't always about political parties. after the my done cool in 2014, i can remind you that key of then the activities of the communis

global power declines come in china ascends, power shifts from the west -- europe and the united statestoward asia, and what we are witnessing is an historic change that is -- i say by 2030, by the endf this decade, it will become clear that u.s. global power has shifted to beijing and the eurasian landmass, and they are the new global hegemon. constructing aew kind of world order. a kind of transactional order of mutual communities. amy: we will leave it there but it is our land discussion that we will continue. alfred mccoy is a professor of history at the university of wisconsin-madison. author of numerous books, most recently, "to govern the globe: world orders and catastrophic change." we will link to your piece in the nation "russia and china, together at last." coming up, we go to western sahara for an exclusive interview with the leading sarawhi human rights attorney who has been under house arrest for almost 500 days. a group of u.s. activists have just broken the siege on her home. stay with us. ♪♪ [music break] amy: "bord de mer" by the saharawi band group doueh. this is demo

the air is being polluted as it comes across north west europe and we are having to the pollution, butup through the atmosphere and we do not really have temperatures that high for any length of time and instead of the pollution getting mixed and dispersed through 12 kilometres of the atmosphere, it stays stuck as low as one or two kilometres bringing hazy skies and high levels of pollution. we have more of that to come towards the end of the week and another chilly start to the day, friday morning with patchy frost around, first thing in the morning, friday anotherfine patchy frost around, first thing in the morning, friday another fine day with hazy spells of sunshine across the board, in the far north of scotland, pick a cloud, the patch of light rain, pushing into shetland from time to time, temperature share about 9 degrees, not especially warm compared to the work that will be widespread. there is no great change in the forecast, even into the weekend, high pressure is beginning to sit further west, they're probably still be high levels of air pollution mixed in with this air mas

maybe not putting themselves in nato but actually having some other security guarantees from the west and europe. the russians so far have not backed off their original positions. that is something the west does say they have clear visibility into. putin, while they have been conducting these talks with the ukrainians, they are still bombing cities in ukraine. they have not deescalated in any meaningful way. they are unlikely to until they get what they want. this is what officials tell us. there is not a lot of optimism about the state of these negotiations not only because they have so much visibility. one european defense official called it a i bit of a dark avenue right now. but they see no signs from vladimir putin that he is actually taking any steps during these talks to deescalate the situation, laura. >> all right. natasha, thank you for that. >>> today president biden meets with top business leaders to talk about the u.s. response to russia's invasion to ukraine as oil companies are raking huge profit by the double hit of ukraine and inflation. huge profits in focus here even before th

the united states and the west, europe, have targeted these oligarchs, extraordinarily wealthy russiansis because the united states and think these people are close to him. you said at this point he's not close to anybody. he has been increasingly isolated the last couple of months. what do you mean? . >> that's true. we know that he was rather isolated in his mind-set. but especially after the pandemic, after the summer of 2020, he has become much mosh isolated and much more paranoid than he has ever been. and he's actually really not listening to anyone on the country. the situation where all of his advisers, the inner circle, or his old friends are trying to guess what he wants them to say, and they are trying to mimic his words, his thoughts, his point of view. so, yeah, he's pretty -- he's rather alone in his planning. but at the same time, i must say that in the beginning, like up after the first crimean war -- after the first ukrainian war in 2014, the first sanctions were directed to those big russian oligarchs, big money. and many of those oligarchs were close to probably in th

the u.s., the west, europe, are now effectively isolating the russian economy to some degree.g lethal assistance more and more which made a difference on the battlefield, the anti-tank weapons, antiaircraft weapons, but some are frustrated and some might wonder why can't the u.s. do more, why can't it take out part of this 40-mile convoy? of course that would put u.s. and russian forces head to head, might lead to greater escalation. is there more that the u.s. and the west can do and might it be doing more on the ground? >> i suspect the latter. i suspect there is on the clandestine basis a lot of support being provided to the ukrainians. normally in the area of logistics and supplies of weaponry. and, you know, how we get that into ukraine i'm sure there is very robust intelligence sharing with ukrainians, and i couldn't help but think about what a couple squadrons of ra-10s, ground attack aircraft could do with that column, which doesn't reflect very good convoy security practices, just bunching up those vehicles like that. that's a target rich environment. so i'm sure ther

it is absolutely like the west, europe, u.k., u.s., canada, and other countries need to continue to doe with what biden also said, that sanctions alone will not bring an end to the war, there are multiple other factors. putin's decisions, and their own right, are going to be very important. that $1 billion in humanitarian aid are so desperately needed in ukraine. certainly thinking ofways to support ukrainians by further military aid is what we need. residents lindsay specifically asked today for takes and jets. -- president zelenskyy specifically asked for tanks and jets. this is really what is necessary to save lives. >> do you think we are really going to see a nato country provide ukraine with tanks and jets? as much as i am sure every single one of them wants to do that, wouldn't it be seen as entering the conflict directly against russia? prof. onuch: i think it is possible. i don't think it's not possible. so far, the u.s., u.k., and other countries have already provided a great deal of legal aid to ukraine. we are slitting hairs when deciding that a tank is not defensive suppor

so certainly rather an awkward response at a time when europe and the west is trying to present a verysm or comment from number 10 in response, but the prime minister has been out today with an interview to the sunday times saying that in his latest call, he would like to see countries like china, who are remaining neutral at the moment, to stop sitting on the fence and come out to condemn russia's invasion of ukraine. but we'll watch this space to see if number 10 do issue any kind of statement in response to the growing criticism that he is receiving for the comments. let's get more on the refugees leaving ukraine to find safety in other countries. i'm joined now by the bbc�*s nick thorpe who's in siret, romania. what is the situation there today, nick? ~ , , ., ., nick? well, this is one of the bi est nick? well, this is one of the biggest border _ nick? well, this is one of the biggest border crossings - nick? well, this is one of the biggest border crossings i - nick? well, this is one of the | biggest border crossings i had nick? well, this is one of the - biggest border crossing

and hungary, and there were a couple of players in the east europe that were not to the like of west europe. they're not like to europe in general, because internally they're going above and beyond what european rules, what european court of justice would mandate as to what are europe, p and values. but clearly the brain tragedy have taken us in a whole new place where now poland is the at the 4 of the west, the nato's dealings and weavings if you will, with ukraine. so pulling this out there. now it's the most important base for foreign foreign american nitro troops. and in fact, there is some serious thinking now about making those those temporary basses permanent. it'll tell you about the u. s. in as part of europe upon stepping up efforts against russia in, on all of those different front soft power, hard power and so on. is there the longer this goes on? is there an increased risk of a miscalculation here, that the russians will, will take some of this the wrong way times us could get worse lutely, you know, we say when it comes to start to g, you can have all the strategies in the wor

and the west, europe, is shutting off the entire financial system in russia from the west. so in other words, even if you want to buy russian stocks, who is going to hold it for you? the banks are going to be holding those stocks for you as a custodian. and how are you going to get the money out? the ruble is in big trouble. they don't want to trade with the -- i would say you just got to forget about russia for at least maybe a year it depends on what happens in ukraine. but it doesn't look good it's not a good idea to get into russia now >> that's for sure mark, thank you for your time today and joining us >> thank you >>> joining me with mobius capital partners >>> the third round of talks between russia and ukraine in belarus have concluded with ukraine saying that no significant results on a truce and cease fire have been accomplished let's get to kayla in washington with the latest today. >> reporter: perhaps that's not surprising considering that what russia was asking for in those cease fire talks were all nonstarters for the west expectations are low for any future

ukraine and the leveling of kharkiv we saw earlier seems to have resonated with people in the west, and europe in particular. why do you think that is? guest: this is a little different from the others. what we have to say is at the moment, on the large part of ukraine, a large number of people do have a cell phone and film everything they can. it is almost live on social networks. this is the first war we can see which is live, a live stream, live tweeted on social networks. all these videos are analyzed and fact-check. you have a large community of people analyzing these videos and are able to verify everything. so this is super complicated to push some propaganda and some disinformation. we are seeing some effort to create a trend and we can see some operations on russia on a very specific case. you can see some video, some false description, but as you said, the main part of what you can see on satellite at the moment [crosstalk] anchor: president putin has threatened invoking russians nuclear arsenal as a warning to the united states and the west and its allies to stay out of this war. ho

west. they expected to see a divided europe, maybe a week into nato. we have even seen neutral countries like switzerland traditionally neutral actually join in on sanctions of the banks and also, we have seen neutral countries like sweden said lethal aid to ukraine. so the world is changing and i think china job better wake up to what is happening and that is the idea of a third wave. there is law and there is against law. so either they support the international community and the united nations and what they have signed up to. in addition to that, beijing also signed an agreement to guarantee ukraine's sovereignty. it was a side agreement along with the budapest memorandum in 1984. so the prc is not honoring their agreement there either. so i think that it's all nice to say these things diplomatically, but what are they really doing? i think now is the time. and i think the meeting that will take place in rome will really show whether china is actually ready to do something or if they're just going to talk about it. mohammed: is there a lot of concer

they do appear to be in tune with what europe is saying, the west is_ tune with what europe is sayingnerally about their approach _ west is saying generally about their approach to russia, but when it comes— approach to russia, but when it comes to — approach to russia, but when it comes to this energy supply issue, it's very— comes to this energy supply issue, it's very difficult for them. we certainty— it's very difficult for them. we certainly aren't hearing from germany— certainly aren't hearing from germany a shift in the way they might— germany a shift in the way they might be — germany a shift in the way they might be able to do things. boris johnson is — might be able to do things. boris johnson is saying perhaps we can took at _ johnson is saying perhaps we can look at other supplies, being more reliant— look at other supplies, being more reliant ourselves, perhaps we will look reliant ourselves, perhaps we will took to _ reliant ourselves, perhaps we will took to the — reliant ourselves, perhaps we will look to the north sea and, asjohn said before, perhaps to renewables. bu

as we move from monday into tuesday, warmer air continues to push up from the west of europe and it willt as the warmth builds it may trigger a few very isolated showers. nothing too widespread but it is worth bearing in mind. temperatures are likely to peak into the mid to high teens in many places. that story will continue through the week ahead and we could see temperatures once again back up to 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit, way above where they should be for this time of year. this is bbc world news, i'm lucy hockings. the headlines: ukrainian authorities say russia has bombed a school in mariupol where around 400 people were sheltering. president zelensky says moscow has committed war crimes in the city. fleeing the war across the danube river between ukraine and romania — we follow those searching for a safer life. the duke and duchess of cambridge arrive in belize as part of their tour of the caribbean to mark the queen's platinum jubilee. we'll have more on the war in ukraine in a moment, but first let's have a look at some other stories. at least six people have been killed in belg

it has economic interest with west big markets in europe and the u. s. but at the same time, it has this arrangement with russia, so they are trying to speak out to both sides of their mouth. you could say, and you heard theresa there, talk about this tight rope the china is having to walk right now. it does appear that beijing is split between supporting moscow and condemning the war. what are the options right now for chinese leaders? well, i think china has been very clear on this, and i think traces engaging and a little bit of fallacious thinking of nice relations argumentation here in that, i think china absolutely has called for a peaceful resolution to the situation. ukraine condemning russia would be choosing the side. and i think what the situation really leads as why we, i believe, has multiple times is really cool restraint not to exacerbate situation. we need to recognize to that. certainly, china, like russia, like many other countries around the world, face a very challenging situation in dealing with a violent and really gets a frantic so

have to replace russian gas, this is 80 billion cubic meters coming from russia to the north-west of europeied gas, europe competes for it with other parts of the world, that is, it will have to outbid prices in the asian speech market with a powerful blow to the competitiveness of german goods, which is just provided by cheap russian pipeline gas, burgomaster, hamburg and this city, one of the centers of german industrial production, warns of cut-offs in coal and gas shortages will lead to major production disruptions and therefore the damage from the embargo to us of such a situation is much greater than the damage to russia meanwhile the united states and the european union carried out the first meetings of the so-called high-level dialogue on russia, the purpose of such meetings is to coordinate efforts for the economic isolation of our country, but a side effect of such activities. they are already talking at the imf sanctions against russia threaten to undermine the dominance of the us dollar. we are already seeing this when some countries are rethinking the currency that is used in t

an offer that gas to the west cannot refuse now only for rubles europe must decide right now this is deli and i dmitry kiselyov good evening. watch now. collective west actually drew a line under the reliability of their currencies and the united states of america announced the eu. uh, in principle, the current default on its obligations to russia is now gas. we will give the west only for rubles, judging by the first shock reaction, europe faces a choice, whether europe is smart enough to soberly assess the new reality will have to be decided right now. this is a crater from a recent shelling. the battle for donbass is getting tougher 5-6, maybe the cars were shot and yes, they fought off more people who cleaned up and hid behind the civilian population. so don't i feel like i can't do it anymore. this is horror, and a thousand civilians are used by the nazis, as if living in a good mood, our cause is right, our military correspondents work in the most dangerous areas in cramped quarters. don't be offended. why the west chose ukraine as a bullet of battle with russia ukraine has alwa

khaki that we saw in chancery for surlier, it seems to have resonated more with people in the west in europe. in particular. why do you think that is these 12 is a little bit a differ from users because. 4 what we have to say is that at the moment internet, the internet is still up on, on the loud bulk of the, of you printing. and so a labs and number of people do have a cell phone on the film. every things i can do and all the video of the label and most in life on telecom networks on v c. the 1st we can see which is that lives at a live stream live tweeted on social networks on this. all the videos and the life fact checked on you have a large community of internet east people are doing organ insurance which are. 4 analyzing these be able to verify everything you are looking like on. so this is to get complicated to live digits back. complicated to push young from pull from some information. so we still, we are seeing some, i don't wish to push to, to create a trend around the end of the supposed to be sure that we can see some, some operation on lucia on the, on, on some very specific cas

not just for ukraine but also for the west of europe perhaps the rest of the world.ring and former intelligence officer in defense agency matt shoemaker. he did his phd in nuclear war strategy, which is critical in this case and thank you for coming on tonight. but i want your take on maybe what said was in the intentional attack on this nuclear power plant in ukraine. >> trace, it is good to see you again. it is clear from strategic importance from the nuclear power plant that they are going for critical infrastructure at this point. they intended and willfully attacked the nuclear power plant itself, despite the resistance ukraine put up. it is clear they are shifting tactics from specific attacks on government and military facilities and now they are going after largely strategic civilian facilities. >> trace: but i wonder because the russian also know upper ratio power plant like all over the world, power plants are very protective and very encased in . these things are tough -- it is very difficult to preach that. so i'm wondering if part of this is, if part of

and he's basically of course, directing his words to the west to europe, who he accuses off standing by and watching while his country is being bombarded. every single new air strikes basically makes europe losing face, and that's how ukrainians see it. here. mario paul has of course, taking a really huge, told during this war, more than a 1000 people have died or even before the strike on the maternity hospital. nearly 50 people were buried in a mass grave. and tell us what's happening. know where you are in the capital. well, in extreme 10 situation here in the capital, russian forces are closing and we have heard explosions, artillery, fire air strikes during the whole day in all kinds of old parts of the city in the north, in the east. and even in the south where there was a book to be safe for us, if you only way out at the moment, for people who still want to flee to the capital. but also the only way in for supplies for food, for anything people who are still in the capital need and also for the troops who are fighting here. so if this circle is going to be route, if the holes

as we move from monday into tuesday, warmer air continues to push up from the west of europe and it willo as we move into tuesday, dry, settled and sunny, but as the warmth builds it may trigger a few very isolated showers. nothing too widespread but it is worth bearing in mind. temperatures are likely to peak into the mid to high teens in many places. that story will continue through the week ahead and we could see temperatures once again back up to 20 degrees, 68 fahrenheit, way above where they should be for this time of year. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm shaun ley. our top stories: ukrainian authorities say russia has bombed a school in mariupol where around 400 people were sheltering. president zelensky says moscow has committed war crimes in the city. translation: to do this to - a peaceful city that the occupiers did to it is a terror that will be remembered for centuries to come. iamjames i am james reynolds at the main train station in lviv in western ukraine. we will bring you the very latest from inside this country. flee

a more unified europe, a more unified west. we see unity among the people who are gathering in cities and large crowds around the world, even in russia to demonstrate their support for the people of ukraine. and the battle between democracy and autocracies. democracies are rising to the moment, and the world is clearly choosing the side of peace and security. >> pamela, i think, look, we've heard the democracy versus autocracy frame that the president laid out tonight many times over the course of the last 13 or 14 months. it's kind of a core message of both his campaign and his presidency. but it was the line a couple of lines before that where he said it shouldn't have taken a tragedy like this to kind of rattle people. but now they're seeing it very clearly that i think the president really wanted to get across. there is an understanding inside the white house, and i think with the president that they need to explain why the pillars of kind of western democracy, of norms and laws that have guided almost the entire world for

we've seen some dramatically colored skies across the south west of europe. thanks to the horrid dust, the scene blown out of the north of africa, coloring the skies in the iberian peninsula and stretching as far as southern france. so the ski slopes here coated in that orange dust. now we are expecting those plumes to stretch up as far north as the low countries and possibly southern parts of england in the days to come. but storm seely caea will continue to bring the heavy rain to coastal areas of spain. we could see some flooding here, and those wet and windy conditions extend out across the mediterranean, edging into morocco as well. we could see some heaviest falls in algeria by the time we get into friday. but that rain extends further north as well across france and the low countries. by the time we get to friday though, it will skirt away east and we will see the large spells of sunshine in places like paris. it clears up further east for the balkans. much of the winter weather, extending out to the black sea is going to get wet to for grease and west

and i think this speaks to what you were saying that the, the, the west nato, europe, they are still limited in what they can actually physically do. absolutely, and you couldn't, you couldn't have chosen a better sound bites. come out to underline what i was just saying earlier. it's kind of paradoxical in a way that the west nato europeans leaders do want to do something and they are quite angry about the fact that putin could have done what he did or is doing an ukraine. but there is little they can do about it because ukraine is not an ether. remember, i would, i would, i would wonder what they could do, even if it was a little numbered. but i'm not gonna even go into that assumption. clearly they cannot do much about it. and clearly they are trying to make different arguments. and clearly they are right in condemning, i think a, you know, an invasion or all of our, of our european countries of ukraine. what they don't talk to our about is how much the west, how much the nato, a members nudged ukraine into confronting russia. how much the incited ukraine against russia, how much

still, our main goal in this confrontation with the americans, the west and europe is to force them tore they cannot pay in rubles to unfreeze our money, that is , after all. how do you understand our tactics strategy, whatever. i generally believe the official statement. maybe it's not fashionable like that, but we were not announced. that's about the fact that we demand the unfreezing of our international reserves. yeah we do not say not everything is a stolen day. we are talking completely different guys and the dollar and the euro that we will receive from you will be in danger every minute, so please pay the ruble, that is, the strategic rate for rubles, the strategic rate for rubles. this, firstly, qualitatively increases the efficiency of using the currency, inside the country the oligarchs will be able to buy yachts on them only with the permission of the russian state. at least within, so to speak, some companies. and secondly, this is an increase in the stability of the currency market to the extent that they exist within the country, how will this happen? let's just, let's l

but also as a trusted source of that thing, does the west and europe should not be blackmailed by russia should actually actively boy called russian energy companies and hoping that could fill a new vacuum of theory. that sounds good, particularly as obviously from a business perspective. obviously that would be a good deal for the authorities. but in reality, to fill a void of roughly 30 percent of europe's energy needs something that could be a lot more difficult than impacts than it is in theory. aside from that, you spoke of the fact that obviously there is a significant muslim ukrainian population. and here, obviously addressing a muslim country hosting that forum said that he was hoping that when normal don comes the whole month in a week or so that would feel peace and hopefully that the and canons with go silent. he likened what he was happy. what was happening in mary or poll saying that unless the international community intervene, then it will be the same as a level obviously, for when syria got corporate bonds, essentially by the russians and destroyed completely. but then ag

supplying less markets to asia, and other growth markets of asia and more of that oil will go west into europessian oil, if you cannot come to europe or in less of a volume, it will flow back east to fill the asian markets instead. we will have at least six months of disruption as the trade flows sort themselves out because it takes time for oil to get from the port to the consumer and it will take time for probably six months to get those trade flows realigned. months to get those trade flows realiuned. ., ~ months to get those trade flows realiuned. . ~ i. realigned. thank you, we appreciate _ realigned. thank you, we appreciate the _ realigned. thank you, we appreciate the analysis. | the european commission has outlined a new energy roadmap designed to cut reliance on russian gas by two thirds in just a year. the plan envisages ending reliance on all russian fossil fuels well before 2030. in the short term, gas should be sourced from the us and africa while some countries may need to use more coal in the months ahead. ben king has the details. russian gas has kept europe warm for many deca

i mean, i think the clears indication of the, you know, the units in the west particular europe is the fact that germany and number of other countries who are on the receiving end of getting russian gas. i really convinced, and i decided to, to stop, to stop getting the gas at some point to get independent from russia. and if you look at the russian business model, so say this still relies on the export of, of gas and oil. and if you, if you're withdrawing this well, the basis the fundamentals actually off this business model than this going to, to be a big deal for, for russia. casino with us from munich today. we appreciate your time. so thank you . if you will, indian students caught up after rushes, invasion of ukraine of just began arriving back in new delhi and possibly be told that the airport now in delhi, probably what's happening when about a couple of hours were expecting to fly to land over here at the airport was the thought of an ongoing operation by the engine government to get about 20000 indian students that study in your cajuns on the largest group all fall into one o

europe at all. and after the cold war ended, we hoped russia would move west and embrace democracy. cast. russia and europe are separate. the europeans are going to have to say look, we took some chances with russia. we did some things we now regret like the nord stream pipeline. but we're going the wean ourselves off of russian oil. we're going to wean ourselves off of the ill gained dollars oligarch buying penthouses in paris, and they're going to really separate from russia now. and it's going to isolate russia. it's going to make life for ordinary russians not very pleasant. but i think we'll see russia and europe part way in a way that we almost never have seen before that will last for the rest of the century. >> i appreciate a history there. i read a biography of katherine the crate a few years ago. i never expected it to be quite this relevant. over the past few years we've seen this erosion of democracy, a march toward authoritarian regimes. how has putin's war changed that calculus? >> i think europe has finally woken up, alicia. so europe has been in denial about vladimir

extremely crippling sanctions, and as i mentioned before, china's economy is more integrated into the west and europehan russia's, so this could cause china to realize that it would need to think through things. another conclusion frankly is it is not necessarily a foregone conclusion that a large military force can go into a smaller region and expect to roll over the local population. we have seen real resistance by the ukrainians in pushing back on russia. rishaad: very quickly, we have the chinese foreign minister going to india for a visit. i'm sure ukraine will be on top of things here. india seems to have a similar stance vis-a-vis russia as the chinese do. what do you make of that, and does it bring china and india closer together as a consequence? >> well, china and india still have their tensions and their conflict along the border has really, you know, hardened india's view towards china, and i think they see the situation with russia -- they both have abstained from condemning russia, but on the other hand, i think the chinese are much further out on a limb here, given the fact that the ch

it really points to the huge cultural divide between the east and the west of europe. the eastern european say we are a single slavic people and these are our brothers and we have to support them in every way we can stop lisa: how much discussion is there in washington, d.c. about writing air support or the aircraft to ukrainians to fight that they are requesting? >> it's been a bit of an obsession. the mig 29th from poland's are still parked in that country and there is a big move on capitol hill to push the administration back into considering this after the pentagon said no. make 29th would go from poland somehow to ukraine and it's unclear what that path would be. there is a bipartisan group of 50 lawmakers who sent a letter to the administration demanding they take a look at this and provide the jets. as we hear from president zelensky tomorrow, he will address a joint session of congress tomorrow which is quite rare since he asked for the opportunity. it's expected he will make another pass at this and ask lawmakers and the world will be watching. that could crea