Asking europe to open the pipeline, or the ap called claims like those baseless, while brookings called them kremlin narratives. but iflistenat the you listen te the administration was warning just months earlier, just you canearlier, understand why we came to that conclusion. now, here was a statedepart department spokesperson, ned price, on januarmey twenty six , 2020 two. i want to be very clear . if russia invades ukraine one way or another, nord stream two will not move forward. we want to be very clear about that.y or and the very next day, under secretary of state victoria nuland repeated the threat.o i want to be clear with you today. if russia invades ukraine, one way or another, nord stream two will not move forward. how do you how can you say thatn for sure? wheroue is your confidence comeo from? i m not going to getin into the specifics here. into thetoday, but we will work with germany to ensure that thethe pipeline does not move
- this is the more you know like you ve never seen it before. - these are real talks. - real experiences. - used to spark real action. - join me and others. - as we get personal about making an impact. seven . that s eight hundred three four one nine eight fou r seven . remember, it was back in septemberer of last year that there were a series of underwater explosions that compromise the nord stream two gas pipeline that delivered gas between russiad and the eu. now, immediately, the biden pentagon rejected anypipe suggestion. but alit the angle we weren t so sure. numbe let s play out two indisputable facts. number one , experts numb agree thatperts only a government could have blown the nord stream pipelines. no to the destruction h represents a major setback to russia, which has been
Conditions and trends in scotland and feeling cold out there to save at least five to 9 degrees with the brings and it will feel cold. the end of the week looks try with a nice looking day on friday and crowding the necklace. russian forces are moving into eastern ukraine and the united states wants a full scale invasion of the country is imminent and the secretary general of the united nations says the world is in a moment of parallel. we meet in the greatest crisis in recent years and certainly in my time as secretary general. ukraine declares a state of emergency and calls up reservists to join the army as it braces for a possible invasion. president biden announces us sanctions on the company overseeing construction of the nord stream two gas pipeline, as western nations coordinate action against russia.
Into the next stage, haven t we? the sanctions are being laid out in front of president putin. in your view, laid out in front of president putin. in yourview, are laid out in front of president putin. in your view, are they strong enough? i putin. in your view, are they strong enough? putin. in your view, are they strong enough? i think it is a aood strong enough? i think it is a good first strong enough? i think it is a good first step strong enough? i think it is a good first step from - strong enough? i think it is a l good first step from president biden and other nato allies. these are far stronger sanctions than putin may have expected after i would say you re really going into eastern ukraine . i think putin probably expected we would spend a few days or weeks arguing about whether this was arguing about whether this was a real invasion all whether it merited a strong response and i think he got his answer today from germany and from the united states in particular. i uni
Conditions and trends in scotland and feeling cold out there to save at least five to 9 degrees with the brings and it will feel cold. the end of the week looks try with a nice looking day on friday and crowding the necklace. russian forces are moving into eastern ukraine and the united states wants a full scale invasion of the country is imminent and the secretary general of the united nations says the world is in a moment of parallel. we meet in the greatest crisis in recent years and certainly in my time as secretary general. ukraine declares a state of emergency and calls up reservists to join the army as it braces for a possible invasion. president biden announces us sanctions on the company overseeing construction of the nord stream two gas pipeline, as western nations coordinate action against russia.
Market and people are trying to stock up preserve inventory is to head off the risk of. the suspension to head off the risk of. the suspension of to head off the risk of. the suspension of the - to head off the risk of. the suspension of the nord stream two gas pipeline, germany will not certified at the moment, how much will that hit russia given it is not up and running yet? it is taking away something they were expecting rather than as a source of income they already had? this is a pipeline income they already had? this is a pipeline where income they already had? ti 3 is a pipeline where they have sunk a lot of investment together with some european partners. it is a direct route for delivering the new gas into the european market but we also have to remember that this did not really represent a huge volume of gas that russian was expecting to sell to europe. it was more about diverging existing supply routes away from ukraine and into poland, for example and what this mean
The former education secretary, gavin williamson, also held a christmas party last year for staff, despite covid rules. it s beginning to look a lot like last christmas. that s the headline in the i which reports on a predicted 80,000 cases of 0micron and delta daily, towards the end of december. according to the telegraph, the government is drawing up plans for working from home around christmas, to slow the spread of the 0micron variant. the times reports that cabinet ministers are split on the potential use of vaccine passports, as they weigh up the possible need to move to the government s plan b a different story on the front page of the financial times. it says the us is putting pressure on germany to block russia s nord stream two gas pipeline, in the event that moscow invades ukraine. of course that pipeline is already held up by regulation in germany. we will hear more from him on that story. johnston under fire as number ten video fuels anger over christmas party. ten video
$6 billion. the agreement would need the support of nearly all the states. smoke from the huge wild fires burning on the west coast of america has drifted all the way across the continent to cast a haze over the east coast. officials in new york issued warnings for pregnant women and elderly due to poor quality with cities as far apart as washington and toronto also affected. the disgraced former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has appeared in court in los angeles where he pleaded not guilty to 11 charges of sexual assault. he had been extradited to california from new york where he is serving a 23 year prison sentence for rape. the united states has reached a deal with germany to allow completion of the controversial $11 billion nord stream two gas pipeline. the project will double russian gas exports to germany. there have been concerns over moscow using the energy is leveraged to exert political control in europe. as
Part of the deal, germany has committed to take steps including sanctions to prevent that from happening. david willis, our correspondent join us now from washington. david, why is the united states involved in whether or not a gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not? in gas pipeline in europe gets to go ahead or not? go ahead or not? in actual fact, go ahead or not? in actual fact. ben. go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last- go ahead or not? in actual fact, ben, the last three l fact, ben, the last three american administrations have all expressed their dislike of the nord stream two gas pipeline. they believed it potentially gives russia too much leverage and control over european energy supplies the simple reason that it will take gas directly from russia to germany, bypassing the ukraine and poland. now, in an act of pragmatism, i think you could say, president biden has said that he is willing to waive sanctions that h
A fire tears through the training camp in rio based on flamingo killing at least ten. also on the program for growing shock artists isto thailand s king says she will enter the race to be the country s next prime minister but of course still has to decide if she can drop. class models international film festival itself director and or not a share of the kindness of strangers opens the event the first of several films by women directors in this year s competition. france and germany have reached a compromise over the controversial nord stream two gas pipeline the project by russian state energy firm got from would deliver gas to germany under the baltic