fuel and everything else. but in the third stage, i will see how the united states will tell western europe how to fight in hunger in the cold without gasoline and electricity. and so then explain how the united states will remain on the sidelines will not work out very well. so roughly, i'm just saying, here is the procedure, which there are many more points, i deliberately miss, because they are absolutely not for discussion on our television live. well , almost somehow. well, thanks, andreevich

members of nato, but the most important thing is that still don't give a middle ground don't give western europetells them because they bought a lot of people in western europe with their own money so that they don't speak with the voice of the kremlin, and this voice is heard. well, for war, let's make peace well , let ukraine remain there without its territory, but there will be peace and then fuel in italy or there in france will not cost 2.5 € and everything will be fine, but we must speak and i am very glad that our diplomats, our government no, it won't be a thief, it's 30, let's not do it in the 38th hour. again, that's not when the west turned to hitler. he believed hitler that there could be peace. hitler deceived everyone. we saw how it ended. putin is worse than hitler . lies will not stop for the west and we must not allow the west to believe this bastard on two legs , that's probably what we have now as an example, simple people do not believe in russia and they want to be part of it, they invested, they invested money to be part of the weapons that will destroy russia, russian tank

another shore support up to after, for a european leaders came here in a key of to show that western europe was really a western allies. were really there before ukraine. a gesture of goodwill, a gesture of support, much appreciated here and keep and by ukrainian president, a lot of music in just a few words. emma, of course, has been a groundbreaking do for you. cranky, received you candidate status. what was the reaction? the general reaction to general reaction is of course, also a lot of joy at it at this news. you know, here in key of a lot of people are pro european and now, so let's not forget that this war is also a war against european values against democracy. all, all the things that ukraine has been trying to, to tend to over the past few years, ukraine has undertaken. so many reforms. and of course, there are more to come if it intends to join the european union, but also feeling of relief that all those efforts have paid off with the recommendation by d. u. a commission for the candidacy of ukraine. so lots of relieved lots of jo tonight or this announcement did abuse interrup

korsunsky anthony, who earlier ruled the exarchate of western europe and was in charge of the moscow patriarchy's office for institutions abroad varvara nevskaya vesti. what will this day be remembered for in history? hello on june 8, 1648, the hetman addressed the moscow tsar alexei mikhailovich with a letter. bogdan khmelnytsky, he led the uprising of the zaporizhzhya cossacks and peasants against the polish oppression, all orthodox commoners and the nobility were harassed, khmelnitsky reported the victories of the zaporizhzhya army over the poles under yellow waters and courses, but he understood that he would not stand alone against the commonwealth and asked to accept the zaporizhzhya army he would like to write to the composition of russia, he is not himself the self-dress of such a sovereign in his land, how important is the royal whiteness of the orthodox christian tsar with the union with the russian kingdom took place six years later. this led to war. with poland as a result, moscow returned many lands taken from it in the 14th-15th centuries or lost during the time of trou

there are no problems in the transbalta, too, but the problem is already starting somewhere in western europehe says er, exclusively on the situation with the supply of heavy weapons. invested in western europe, this is so that the imaginary means in all kinds of funds in the form of associations, they bought politics, they did not buy parties. so, uh , they bought business. important european politics. so, let's not be naive, it certainly has an impact on politicians, and the second reason is economic , and the voters in germany and italy are already starting to say, why is this a war in our country now, fuel will cost 2.5 € if in lithuania , everyone says that it doesn't matter how much fuel will cost , but we have to side with ukraine, they won that war, well , italy will say far away, and they, again, are the politicians of italy, they feel this opinion, the third one can be, that's why the forces of old europe can even afraid and i mean in germany, france, i ca n’t even fear the victory of ukraine because it means that it can change the consensus and the balance of power in europe, in th

this war started on february 24th, but in western europe, this could take the form of cyber attacks. for example, it could also take to, for me, in russia, a block mailing europe in terms of energy delivery is even if western europe has taken the steps to to become independent from that energy from which it depended for years for decades. and of course we're seeing unfolding a food crisis that will affect you up for russia continues to block, a sick elation of grain in ukrainian ports. we have no run the other stories related to the war that we're following for you at the sour. they used optical met, has called russia's blockade of ukrainian courts, a war crime that brings the risk of famine. joseph oral made the comments as european union foreign ministers left to discuss the war and food security. millions of tons of ukrainian wheat are currently stuck in ports around the country . moscow has called a move by lithuania to block rail transit between russia and its enclave of kalynne and grad illegal. the area is wedged between nato members, lithuania and poland, colon and grad goods.

app plans to boost the trans atlantic alliances. easton defenses against russia also coming up western europe prices for blistering. hey, this weekend. spanish fi thought is already battling blazes, sparked by the latest heath way. ah, i'm anthony. how'd walk into the program? you lead us from germany, france, italy and romania have travelled to ukraine's capital keith to meet with president vladimir. so let's keep the for a you latest told the ukrainian president, europe stance united in support of his country. and they also behind fast tracking ukraine for a u candidate status. the cities in the ruins of cave suburb, our pin, europe's leaders. so for themselves, the devastation of the was impossible. the heads of france, germany and italy, met with romanian president to 2 of the suburb where heavy fighting and alleged war crimes. so many civilians killed their 1st visit to ukraine since russia invaded was a chance to show europe support and counter criticism over the speed and scale of their responses. look up at the vulgarity in europe is by your side of football. it will remain so for as

is far from of western europe to support ukraine, but in poland there is a certain disappointmentt, well, it may not be disappointment, but, well, there is a bit of indifference, incomprehensibility of why, uh, other countries, members of the european union of western europe, do not understand the need to accept ukraine into the european union and provide ukraine needs even more help, which it needs, and the poles - well, they understand and try not to fold their hands and continue to work with europe to convince it in the future. this is approximately the tone of the evaluations of these trips by polish politicians, including the president of poland to the countries of southern europe, which personally affected me, i liked that during this tour he gave interviews to foreign media in which he criticized german chancellor olaf schulz and french president emmanuel macron for their calls to putin, or did anyone talk to hitler during the second world war, asked dud rhetorically in order to save the dictator's face. well, let's recall that earlier the prime minister of estonia also cal

a lesson that still stands true to day of parts of western europe. a pricing for crippling hate this weekend with some temperatures in some areas expected to rise above 40 degrees celsius. 5 fathers in spain are already battling a series of forest fires, brought on by the soaring temperatures. smoke rises over the spanish countryside as multiple forest fires erupt across catalonia. spain has been sweltering under severe temperatures for almost a week. the earliest, some a heat wave in over 40 years. the country is already battling severe droughts brought on by an unusually dry winter and spring. now, surging temperatures have sparked a series of blazes that fire fighters of struggling to contain. and experts worn that the heat wave is spreading. neighboring france is bracing for weekend temperatures as high as 38 degrees. $10.00 to $15.00 degrees higher than the seasonal average. alyssa, but upon yeah, it's not the 1st drought, nor the 1st heat wave in southwestern france. but we've never seen such an early and intense heat wave in june. before going

do you get the impression that western europe is happy to sacrifice don barza crimea? if it puts a stop to the wall, no, i get the sense that western europe believes that the ukrainian government are, are the principal negotiators. they have been the ones fighting. they've been the ones dying that been the one suffering. and it was very clear when the french president, the italian prime minister, the german chancellor and the romanian president for fun, all showed up and key of last week. and they all made it very clear that any negotiation that will ever occur with putin will be led by the ukrainians. and that is, of course, the appropriate position. not yet said in an interview to d, w to a colleague or find a new mexico to conference, that russia wants to find ways to divide nato. what you're saying is russia has failed. that's right. russia has actually putin has succeeded in uniting and strengthening nato's. it nato and ways that american presidents had only dreamed of . i mean, trump failed biden failed. obama failed. they couldn't get the germans to spend 2 per

the russian lobby in western europe is extremely strong and effective for this there are several reasons, firstly, the russian disinformation ecosystem is incredibly effective with tools such as the rush tudey satellite and social media that the putin regime was able to spread lie and manipulate information in western european countries, very, very many people in western europe do not understand the judges of the putin regime, they do not even know that there is no political position in russia at all, they do not know that the putin regime does not accept the sovereignty of its neighbors, such as belarus, ukraine, moldova , georgia, armenia, they they do not know that in such countries as the central african republic and other small countries putin's regime uses mercenaries, for example from the wagner group, to commit atrocities , they do not know where, i repeat again the russian disinformation tools are extremely ineffective, for example, you should know that many people in the western european political class are still convinced that the orange revolution of 2004 in ukraine was inspi

music chunks as the battle for control of your brains. industrial hard, bland rages, all plus western europe, braces for blistering, heat this week at spanish firefighters are already battling blazes parked by one of the earliest summer feet waves ever ah hello and terry martin, thanks for being with us. germany, france, italy, and romania say they back putting ukraine on the past track for you candidacy. their expression of solidarity came during an unprecedented meeting of the poor leaders with ukrainian president laudermill zalinski in key. if the european commission is due to make its recommendation on ukraine's status later today, the cities in the ruins of cave suburb, our pin, europe's leaders so for themselves, the devastation of the was impossible. the heads of france, germany and italy, met with romania as president to 2 of the suburb where heavy fighting and alleged war crimes. so many civilians killed their 1st visit to ukraine. since russia invaded was a chance to show europe support and counter criticism over the speed and scale of their responses. law bit of a good day in euro

european political elites and is it possible to weaken its influence now the russian lobby in western europe is extremely strong and effective for this there are several reasons for this, firstly, the russian disinformation ecosystem is incredibly effective with such tools as russia's satellite satellite and social networks regime putin could spread lies and manipulate information in western european countries, many, many people in western europe do not understand the judges of the putin regime, they even they do not know that there is no political position in russia at all, they do not know that the putin regime does not accept the sovereignty of its neighbors, such as belarus , ukraine, moldova, georgia, armenia, they do not know that in such countries as the central african republic and small countries, the putin regime uses mercenaries, for example, from the wagner group for to commit all these atrocities, they do not know where, i repeat once again, the russian means of disinformation are usually effective, for example, you should know that in the western european political class many p

the heat wave in western europe has led to a sharp increase in electricity consumption and increasedral gas for the power plant. this only exacerbates the fuel shortage caused by the consequences of anti-russian sanctions. new shelling in the bryansk region , this morning the ukrainian side attacked the village of suzimka , the governor of the region, alexander bogomas, announced this on his telegram channel . the camouflaged positions of ukrainian militants were destroyed by a hurricane multiple rocket launcher, data on their whereabouts were obtained during aerial reconnaissance using an orlan unmanned aerial vehicle. and then get down to business the artillerymen took over. correction of fire and fixation and destruction of the goals of majesty also with the use of drones. after completing combat missions. i a change of position was carried out in order to exclude return fire from the apu. we hit enemy artillery command posts, primarily high-explosive fragmentation shells. here are the minimum ranges of 10 km, it seems that the errors have increased further heavily. he manages peo

meanwhile, parts of western europe experience an extreme heatwave.ranslation: the situation could even get worse, could cause damage to fauna, to agriculture, - to everything. — already, there is no more water. the british transport secretary accuses union leaders of "punishing millions of innocent people" by pressing ahead with rail strikes later this week. america becomes the first country in the world to approve covid vaccines for babies. hello and welcome to bbc news. polling stations have opened across france in the final round of voting for parliamentary elections. at stake is control of the 577—seat national assembly, where the liberal party founded by president emmanuel macron has held sway for the last five years. but, president macron�*s candidates are facing strong opposition in the form of an alliance of left—wing parties. i'm joined now by our correspondent hugh schofield. only two months since emmanuel macron won the presidency convincingly, much of a challenge that he face this time round? it is that he face this time round? it is a bi

even if western europe has taken steps to become independent from that energy from which it depended r years, decades. and of course we are seeing unfolding a food crisis that will affect europe as russia continues to block the circulation of rain in ukrainian ports. brent: let's talk about what is going on in the front lines. fighting is raging in eastern ukraine. what is the situation like for the residents who are still living there? emmanuelle: we're getting reports from a very dire situation. in sievierodonetsk, the few handful of civilians who are still remaining out of the 100,000 that used to live there before the war do not have access to electricity, no access to any running water anymore. and there's more than 300 civilians still stuck in a chemical plant. and this is the only place still held by ukrainian forces. this is unfortunately reminding us of this standoff between the russian forces and ukrainian forces of the steel plant in mariupol. so a very dire situation there, and the sister city of sievierodonetsk, where people are also continuously shelled by the russian ar

the marshall plan called for investment, worth billions to help rebuild western europe. the plan help stabilize european democracies and economies went to day with ukraine under attack from russia. there are calls for a new marshal plan. what we are looking for is not just simply re but ation what was broken, bought to actually create a plan. you got to get about muscle plan that to beal bringing us to kind of go just more if our alliance with european union and just 7 states economies and also help us to jump and dos to, to leap into the future. and my next guest is jonathan. can't. jonathan is a senior fellow at the german marshall fund of the united states in washington d. c. to night. he joins me from istanbul in turkey. jonathan, good to have you back on the show. i'm glad i'm glad that you had time for us tonight because your employer puts you in a position to offer one of the best perspective when we talk about the legacy of the marshall plan. me. this is a big anniversary this week. what has been on your mind the most? i think just the, the enormity of what the u

some western countries are pressing harder for peace talks. to end this war in europe, the unity shown in the 1st weeks of the russian invasion, that unity starting to show some fishers. it's given way to discord over weapons deliveries and punitive measures against moscow. what will bring an end to the conflict? what are the possible pathways to piece? did we use, christine, what reports? tonight? russia's new stated objective of taking control of ukraine's industrial hot land is now within its reach. in the battle for the east and done baths, region, russia's armed forces are gaining ground. some of ukraine's best fighters are here, but for all they tactical skill and morale, they're simply out gun away from the theatre of the war. some observers say the tide could turn in ukraine's favor if the west delivers heavy weapons to ukraine quickly. but those cause are increasingly being met with both willingness and resistance among ukraine's allies. the e. u is split into camps with some calling for more weapons for ukraine, and others wanting an immediate end to the figh

this means that we need to go further , we need to build new routes that are further away from western europe to southern europe to the ports of the southern countries, well, accordingly, this will also mean new difficulties with laying out those logistics, since it is very difficult to do everything in europe, in general, europeans are very slow, very inert, and in general, we see that well , people who are doing well. they do not want me, but there are advantages in this in terms of quality this fuel is better western fuel than russian belarusian, in fact there are standards for fuel and fuel even and even before the war and imported oil products and even those produced at ukrainian factories, they met all european quality standards, so to say that in there will be some kind of quality jump there or some changes. well, i can’t syria, but i can’t or can’t the european union, as a result of the fuel shortage and price increase, introduce some restrictions on the export of god forbid fuel to other countries, in particular to ukraine, unfortunately, it’s us, it’s already i see, for example, in

anton a week of protest in western europe began with belgium brussels 80,000 people rallied against the growth. prices marchers demanded to repeal the law, which limits the indexation of salaries in the current year. it will amount to 0.4% with an expected inflation of 8% belgium supported the embargo on the supply of russian oil and secured record prices for gasoline over 2 euros per liter. instead of helping its own citizens, the country spent 76 million euros on weapons for the kiev regime. in this, belgium is trying to keep up with its partners in the european union in ministries. we discussed with the ministers our military assistance, which is funded from the european foundation and the efforts of all eu member states to support ukraine for as long as necessary, at the same time we continue to call for a ceasefire in order to be able to withdraw ukrainian grain to supply weapons and at the same time call for a ceasefire ministers. and the affairs of the eu countries do not seem to see any contradiction in this. just as they turn a blind eye to the desire of brussels, contrary to i

consistently misreing for the continen or how the continent understands about what is happening in western europe. thank you. very powerful message there to europe vladimir ti is clearly of the essence, particularly in the area of of the food shortages who, if anyone could actually exercise influence on vladimir poutine uh, china turkey. there are various candidates out there. um, i'm not sure there's someone out there who can influence vladimir sporting decisions because he's deciding on himself. so, but he's kind of in his mind. he's very pragmatic awhile state man. so there must be someone who can, are good to him, not try to influence him, but to try to negotiate to hisomehow. i know it sounds completely unrealistic. i know it sounds completely outside of the sword, but at some point, as long as putin in the power in kremlin, there must be some way to communicate to them. i know it's very it sounds not really realistic because we are on the way to blaming each other. we blame europe, blame russia ukraine. international russian blames everyone and it's a blame game with without any any kind of

like, and america is one hundred percent stands behind ukraine and if ukraine , uh, left, if western europe broke ukraine , as they tried to break the previous president with the minsk agreements, how is it, how will they be, how will they break ukraine again with that the new minsk, minsk 3, then it will be a loss for the united states in the combination . ukraine has 100% of the united states behind its shoulders. so, you think that the actions of the ukrainian authorities do not give grounds, but the actions of the western partners of france, germany, and italy are the basis for such a warning. in particular taking into account the fact that the leaders of these countries are planning a visit to ukraine this week, did i understand you correctly, as i see it, as i see this report in the press in the ukrainian press that those three leaders are coming just on the eve of the meeting where they are supposed to discuss should there be an announcement whether ukraine will be a candidate for the eeu and so on? immediately i thought that they had already come to persuade the ukrainian government

we certainly don't have such problems in poland . in western europe where people want to help and the state says well you know, let’s go, maybe it’s not necessary here, the spaniards want to transfer leopard tanks to ukraine, germany is blocking them. what do you think, why is it so, even if he is talking about the situation with the supply of heavy weapons? not their war, well, you know , there are a lot of such cases, we did some kind of engineering investigation about how much putin and the cream invested in western europe, this is an imaginary means of all kinds of funds association forums, they bought politics, they didn't buy parties, so they bought business. and you, their boards of directors, were already very important european politicians. so, let's not be naive . yes, the voters there in germany and italy are already starting to say, why is this a war for us now, fuel will cost two and a half euros if everything is said in lithuania, it doesn't matter how much fuel will cost, but we must protect ukraine to win this war, well, italy is far away, and they, again, are the poli

the ukraine and population is paying with its blog, this war started on february 24th, but in western europe, this could take the form of cyber attacks. for example, it could also take to, for me, in russia, a block mailing europe in terms of energy delivery is even if western europe has taken the steps to to become independent from that energy from which it depended for years for decades. and of course we're seeing unfolding a food crisis that will affect europe, as russia continues to block a simulation of grain in ukrainian ports. and among we'll, let's talk about what's going on on the front winds. fighting is raging and eastern ukraine. do we know what is the situation like for the residents who are still living the well, we're getting reports from a very dire situation, especially in new hampshire in the cities are set up and, and leave the sounds considered on yes. the few, the handful of civilians which are still remaining out of the 100000 that used to leave there before the war where they don't have access to electricity, no access to running water anymore. and there's over 300 or

vladimir putin has a much better measure of the men in high office here in western europe than our leaders have of him. he's been in this game for a very long time. he's much more experienced in psyops and psychological psychological operations. yeah, i mean our leaders have zero experience in this and this is a tactical weakness that russia is also playing with putin knows that the egos of our leaders can be manipulated for his aims. he also knows that the fears of our voters and our democracies are for him, a weapon he can use by spreading fear in the population. he can ensure that our democratic institutions and leaders have to respond to those fears and the number one thing that our leaders in western europe would need to do to assuage those fears is have a clear conversation with the public with the people of germany of france and all across europe to help them understand why this is happening what russia's strategy is and what we are doing to counter it. but instead, unfortunately, especially in the case of chancellor shorts, he walked right into the trap and he spread the fear himse

chris, esther demand, the government's withdraw, its new recruitment policy for the military and western europe sweltering under an unusually early wave. scientists are blaming climate change. ah hello. we start in brazil. that's where a human remains. shonda in the amazon rain forest have been confirmed as missing british journalists. don phillips. authorities have yet to identify other remains thought to belong to indigenous expert. bruno perrera, who was traveling with phillips investigator, say, a suspecting class that he has confessed to killing the men and burring them in the rain forest. they've also arrested the mans. brother, monica panik ever has the latest from rio de janeiro, people from their shoddy valley. they say that this is part of a bigger picture. it's not just to local fishermen killing to people. it's just, it's a part of a bigger ah crime scene where there are drug cartels involved when there's a lot of legal activity going on. and the government has turned a blind eye to wit, which has made it possible for these kinds of crimes to be committed. remains of both people are

its new recruitment policy for the military western europe swelled, has made an unusually early heat way. which meteorologist say is a sign of wants to come ah hello and welcome to the program. will ukraine's bid to join the european union has had a major boost with the european commission recommending that it's an moldova be granted candidate status. the 1st step of many, in a lengthy process before full status within the you can be achieved. all 27 member states will need to approve ukraine's candidate status as a summit. next week, the u commission says in return, ukraine must introduce reforms and respect. international law commission chief r c. lawanda lion says ukrainians have shown they are ready to die for the european dream. in the view of the commission, ukraine has clearly demonstrated the country's aspiration and the country's determination to live up to european values and standards. ukraine before the war had already embarked on its way towards the european union for 8 years now. it had already been gradually moving closer to ours union. well, it could take many years f

at the moment. .. .. ~' have in western europe at the moment. . have in western europe at theaccordingly. we had a big warning _ take action accordingly. we had a big warning in — take action accordingly. we had a big warning in 2003, _ take action accordingly. we had a big warning in 2003, with i take action accordingly. we had a big warning in 2003, with this i take action accordingly. we had a i big warning in 2003, with this huge heatwave in western europe, so governments did something, we have plans, but they are plans for 2003 type of heatwave. now, we have heatwaves in june, type of heatwave. now, we have heatwaves injune, in september, so we have to also protect children and teachers in the schools. the schools are not well isolated right now. so, it is actually crucial that we take this problem seriously. so, we have a lot to do, the result of the feedback that can expect from agriculture as well but the first one is really human health. i wanted to talk about — one is really human health. i wanted to talk about that _ one is really human health. i wanted to talk abou

units , the star wars program was being developed and the deployment of medium-range missiles in western europeas being prepared. this militant speech by reagan is called the evil empire speech, escalating tensions. it went on for several years and the world was teetering on the brink of a hot nuclear conflict. only at the beginning of perestroika did the ussr put forward initiatives that returned us relations to normal course. that was the day in history. it is no coincidence that the missile of the governor of the fan classification is called satan, this is a real weapon of doomsday sarmat will be even more powerful this missile can provide a trajectory around the earth. almost 6,000 people of the missile troops are at combat posts every minute. to date, this is the vision behind the rocket technology. it is quite obvious that the share of nuclear energy should grow and not less than two times. but what about nuclear waste gives the opportunity to completely new way to ensure the use of this is not waste. it's not trash. this is an element of further work. quite in demand. the volumes of this

but western europe in north america, it's the price of gasoline, f. and if it goes too high, that it becomes politically untenable for the president, the chancellor, and that they have to take actions to relieve consumer pocket book pressure. there's no talk about sacrifice. no, there's no talk about principles. now, at that level, germany is the richest country in europe. we are the 4th largest economy in the world, and we are also the 4th largest weapons producer in the world. if this country rooted in the history of the war, we were freed, we have a democracy because the allied troops and so many members of resistance forces fought against our fascist government in the 900 thirty's and forty's. if we'd germany are not willing to put our money and our military capacity, where our morals extensively are, than we have truly betrayed everything, the federal republic stands for. and this is unfortunately, the lesson and the message that's being heard loud and clear and q. and by our allies across eastern and central europe, they have seen that germany i

and the number one thing that our leaders in western europe would need to do to us watch those fears, is have a clear conversation with the public, with the people of germany, of france in all across europe, to help them understand why this is happening. what russia strategy is and what we're doing to counter it. but instead unfortunately, especially in the case of chancellor shots, he walked right into the trap and he spread the fear himself even further. let me just briefly, if you would go staff come back to the situation in don bass and how it translates essentially into concrete, a tactical goals. so if this mantra that we often hear from e u in nato leaders, that ukraine cannot lose this war, that putin cannot win this war. what would that look like? territorially, are we talking about needing to push the russians back to the status quo ante on february 23rd, or are we talking about pushing them all the way out of crimea? for example, i'm actually pushing done back to february 23rd would be the minimum requirement to tell putin or to manifest the situation that i wore for aggres

and we're seeing that now with what's happening in western europe. but also, the american people are suffering and why should they suffer from the sanctions? why should they tolerate this? you know, we don't have baby formula in this country. there will be food shortages here. why is that acceptable to the american babe? the sanctions are hurting people. that's who it's hurting people in russia. people in europe, people in the united states and international security summit in singapore has been overshadowed by a controversy. after a prominent us was such, a falsely accused the chinese delegation of walking. now, during a speech by ukraine's precedence at the event, a tweet washington base political analyst olivia came, the chinese officials had left the hall during a tall civil ms. landscape speech, however, apparently lay to deleted her post last month during the babylon world economy for him. us congressmen, michael mccaul showed a picture of what he called the chinese delegation, refusing to stand up during an evasion office. and steve speech was