Pressure to respond with unprecedented strength by canceling or pausing the nearly completed north stream to gas pipeline with russia my guest this week is germanys Deputy Foreign minister kneel down and its a time for a tougher stance against authoritarians in russia and beyond even if there is a financial cost. German minister of state meals on and welcome to conflicts appear to have few. Tests confirm that alexina volley was poisoned with the military grade chemical weapon no he took the german chancellor she has demanded answers from russia she says the following they are very difficult questions that only the russian government can answer and must answer. Russian response has been defiant will there be kneeling for sanctions well i still hope that we can prevent this but this is entirely the russian governments decision and i have to say i want to be very clear very very disappointed about that reaction because instead of making clear what happened and to cooperate in an investiga
Brussels summit in after concerns grow. Leaders are there to discuss china and belarus. The Fourth Quarter starts with a after its worst ever outage. It says a hardware breakdown is to blame. Good morning, everybody. Some breaking news coming through at the 7 00 hour. Lets go to the closing space and h m. We had these numbers in the middle of september. Pretax profit numbers from the business. Further detail here. 48. 9 . Liquidity remains good according to the Closing Company and they say september sales decreased by 5 in local currency. Many stores have local restrictions limiting opening hours. They currently have 166 stores that are still closed. Given the global stretch of the business, perhaps that is something of an achievement. That is the latest from h m. Get to rollsroyce. We have some breaking news coming through. Proposing a recapitalization to start with a bond offering. One billion pounds bond offering. Be 200 pounds. Ll proceeds. Raise growth they are getting support fro
Deputy foreign minister kneels on it is it time for a tougher stance against authoritarians in russia and beyond even if there is a financial cost. German minister of state meals on and welcome to conflicts appear to have few. Tests confirm that alexina volley was poisoned with the military grade chemical weapon know who took the german chancellor she has demanded answers from russia she says the following they are very difficult questions that only the russian government can answer and must answer the russian response has been defiant will there be meaningful sanctions. Well i still hope that we can prevent this but this is entirely the russian governments decision and i have to say i want to be very clear very very disappointed about that reaction because instead of making clear what happened and to cooperate in an investigation we are seeing the old scheme you know of misleading information of counter accusations so if that is the spirit of the russian government then im afraid we a
Investigate this in a transparent and. The e. U. Steps up the pressure on russia as the kremlin rejects german allegations that opposition figure alexina valley was poisoned. A boost for the leader of. The russian Prime Minister restrained supporters Alexander Lukashenko grapples with a serious political crisis. At a quarter of a century after the bay went online find out how its founder is backing efforts to rein in and break up tech giants and then sport contrasting fortunes that for the top see that the u. S. Open Novak Djokovic to round 3 but carolina has been knocked out. U. S. President donald trump appears to have backed away from earlier comments that voters should try to cost. Ballots twice in a series of tweets he clarified that voters should vote by mail as early as possible and then go to a polling station to check that its been counted a day earlier he suggested voting twice by mail and in person to put anti fraud systems to the test lets go straight to our White House Cor
Beethoven is for. Beethoven is for. Beethoven 2020. 50th anniversary here on. China has declared victory over the corona virus following 9 whirlwind months for 1st responders scientists and Party Officials after denying the severity of the virus and than initially under reporting numbers beijing now says that it can keep the pandemic at bay. For normal chinese life and community are slowly edging back to normal. But chinas success is impossible for most nations to mimic so overwhelming is the communist partys grip on its population. And while the heroic narrative may resonate domestically abroad theres skepticism and discomfort over the blurring line between propaganda and leadership on the global stage. Chinas handling of the coronavirus separating substance from show. Low and welcome to georgia 19 special im Stephen Beardsley in berlin its good to have you with us a china has seen both failures and successes and its response to a pandemic began within its own borders beijings officia