A full inquiry underway there is talk of criminal charges if indeed the source of this leak is discovered on the basis of breaches of the official secrecy act but for the moment thats met that may well be where it lies until of course theres a new Prime Minister possibly in 2 weeks time well definitely in 2 weeks time who takes a rather different view and decides to get rid of mr derek in favor of another ambassador as hes means of repairing the damage if you like and leave it there thanks so much jonah. Plenty more still ahead on the news hour including tears for the innocents the u. N. Condemns the rising number of children killed in syria. Fighting breaks out as a murder journalist is laid to rest in haiti amid sport kenya makes its case to become a destination for the worlds best valley drivers. Benighted nations is concerned about the growing number of children being killed in the war in rebel held areas of syria it live in Hama Province is a being bombarded for a further month Sy
Providing any evidence for us claims that russia is preparing a false flag attack as a pretext to invade ukraine. The western media taking aim at beijing as major powers, boy called the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, which are getting on the way in china with we are live at a 100 countries worldwide. Its your news on asi international and we saw the program with some breaking news for you right now. Here its the russian president Vladimir Putin. His chinese count about gigi, ping, they have together urged nato to stop its expansion. They want a failure to do so. Well just aggravate a cold war mentality. So reporting from beijing with the latest now its eager to start off. Well, a friendly and cordial outcome from the meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and his chinese counterpart teaching thing was kinda expected. But to find out that the to lead is the i to, i own so many things on so many topics and well discuss the ones that was somewhat remarkable, i shou
Providing any evidence for us claims that russia is preparing a false flag attack as a pretext to invade ukraine. The western media taking aim at beijing as major powers, boy called the Opening Ceremony of the Winter Olympics, which are getting on the way in china with we are live at a 100 countries worldwide. Its your news on asi international and we saw the program with some breaking news for you right now. Here its the russian president Vladimir Putin. His chinese count about gigi, ping, they have together urged nato to stop its expansion. They want a failure to do so. Well just aggravate a cold war mentality. So reporting from beijing with the latest now its eager to start off. Well, a friendly and cordial outcome from the meeting between the russian president Vladimir Putin and his chinese counterpart teaching thing was kinda expected. But to find out that the to lead is the i to, i own so many things on so many topics and well discuss the ones that was somewhat remarkable, i shou
Myself from one family or heating it. This is another increase. Theres another burden governments with live worldwide. Its R T International in moscow with me Rural Research from the entire new team. Here it is good to have you with us. Well, i lavish Opening Ceremony has just drawn to a close in beijing for that of a 2022 Winter Olympics. But rather than celebrating a global sporting event, certain western commentators seem to have war and politics on their mind. Oh dear. Oh dear, lets learn more. Jessica taylor in the studio. Now. Saskia, sports and politics were, you know, theres supposed to be totally separate entities here, but in beijing is that what were saying . What if you thought that some things are beyond politicization, you would in fact be wrong at the Winter Olympics in beijing have officially kicked off and re so far they have been a sight to behold. Weve seen some pretty dazzling mesmerizing bold, colorful displays and performances, which of course matches the mood. Th
policy making principle putting business first, not military power well, suddenly it looked like weakness. chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so, has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. well, it s great to be here. let s start with the war in ukraine. i think there s no doubt that putin s invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i don t think so. but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we would continue using cheap russian natural gas. and it was also based in a kind of historic, should i say, historic experience that although russia was a competitor and an enemy in the cold war, it was always also, in economic terms, a quite reliable partner. and i think that was somehow, you know, seen as a constant policy. and we did n