sanctions against firms that building the nord stream to gas pipeline but stresses that the project will be completed. israel describes the international criminal court as a political tool after a probe was launched into alleged war crimes in the palestinian territory. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is art international i'm john thomas certainly glad to have you with us. all right there are renewed concerns in the u.k. over the state of the national health service after a woman died in the hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales gilby was left lying on a freezing sidewalk until help arrived the ambulance service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. . what is shadi edwards do

that means large volumes of liquid hydrogen could be transported by nord stream to replace in climate damaging natural gas it's only a dream of the future but climate change is accelerating the process. full malaysian prime minister najib rezai is due to testify for the 1st time over the one m.t.v. scandal iran's of course and for tuesday to begin his defense in the trial over the plundering off malaysia's sovereign wealth funds as he denies the charges is estimated $95000000000.00 was misappropriated from one m.t.v. . and that's all from me and the business team for more business news check out the website. affectionately but as affectionately as you can. put him in the middle of his election campaign. 2000 documentary was filmed for russian television. to turn the camera back on of course the film secretly chronicled a power grab actually everything was precisely planned introduction. featuring top supporting roles to the freedom of russia. and featuring a lead role like you've never seen before. because of the mere fact of marriage to the ends just. find the means. to tins with mrs

that means large volumes of liquid hydrogen could be transported by nord stream to replace in climate damaging natural gas it's only a dream of the future but climate change is accelerating the process. french economy minister. says a u.s. proposal to increase duties on french products in response to attacks on giants technology fronts in france is unacceptable is demanding a unified european response from the european commission if the tires take effect washington had said it could slap additional duties on up to 100 percent on nearly 2 and a half $1000000000.00 worth of french imports like champagne and cheese tires would be a reprisal for a new french digital services tax on companies like google facebook or amazon. check in with our financial correspondents chose to do any event for. france is not the only you country with plans for a digital tax other countries also face similar tariffs. well for instance really been the leader of this effort and after talks is so i think that it makes sense for them to be the 1st to come under scrutiny from the u.s. that there are several other

targeting the nord stream. germany. free europe the energy project completed. waiting hours for. the state of britain's health service has brought into sharp focus we talk to hospital the crisis in the n.h.s. . too much people. through. fear no. grief. for russia president putin. with me in russia tens of thousands of tickets being sold for the passenger service. from moscow to the world places or to international my names you know you're welcome to the program the. following site slumped on russia's nord stream to european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister sergei lavrov has spoken out saying there is no doubt the project will be completed. states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect north stream 2 is the gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea at ov

following sanctions on russia's nord stream to the european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister circular for off a spoken saying there is no doubt the project will be completed when the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect. nord stream 2 is a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea i dove 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year and would supply almost $30000000.00 arseholes eager to the reports now on how europe has defied washington to get affordable russian fuel washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas trees into europe c

lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make your of more reliant on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional ally germany for some of the shades of the cold war . north stream 2 led by state owned guns probably would allow russia to bypass poland and ukraine. u.s. lawmakers say ukraine could lose billions of dollars in transit fees if it is built . washington is tied to exports of u.s. liquefied natural gas as an alternative. it was uncertain whether the measures against the controversial nord stream too would slow the completion of the project . pablo foley las is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo now construction of north stream 2 began in may 28th seen so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. i told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was

lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make your of more reliant on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional ally germany for some of the shades of the cold war . north stream to lead by state owned gaza would allow russia to bypass poland and ukraine. u.s. lawmakers say ukraine could lose billions of dollars in transit fees if it is built . washington is tied to exports of u.s. liquefied natural gas as an alternative. it was uncertain whether the measures against the controversial nord stream too would slow the completion of the project . pablo foley las is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo construction of nord stream 2 began in may 28th seems so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was mentioned the

senate has backed sanctions on the nord stream 2 gas pipeline meaning that the measures now have passed both houses of the u.s. congress the u.s. wants to stop construction of the pipeline under the baltic sea which will transport russian natural gas directly to germany it's supposed to start operating in the coming months the u.s. says that the project will increase rushed. as political influence here in europe u.s. sanctions could be met by retaliatory measures from the european countries invested in the pipeline and that includes german. art for more let's go to our correspondent in washington public he's on the story for us tonight good evening to you pablo so we've got a construction of nord stream to you which began in may of 2018 so it's kind of late for the threat of sanctions to become real why are u.s. lawmakers planning to slap sanctions on these companies now. hi brad well essentially this measure is part of a huge annual defense spending package for 20 twentieth's called the national defense authorization act and congress and the senate have passed it with ease and it's now

so let's move to another over a headline stories following sanctions slow down russia's nord stream to european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister a circular for office spoke a lot saying there is no doubt the project will be completed. so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect. sir you love rothwell nord stream 2 it's a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea it's over a 1000 kilometers long and will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year let's just translate that that means $30000000.00 high schools will be supplied he gets a dollar from ports navajo europe has the from washington to get affordable russian fuel washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the us 2020

when it comes to nord stream ii and it's not about ukraine. it's much bigger issue. it's about strategic balance in europe. it is about energy security of europe. it's about the balance in central europe and western balkan and more in the broader sense is about energy security as such. so ukraine is only one part of the puzzle of nord stream ii and i appreciate the house we expect this act, the sanctions, we expect the senate to pass, to support it. the president to sign it. and most importantly, the sanctions should be, the company that is now as we speak laying pipes for nord stream ii should realize that it should cease its operations immediately. this will be the task -- not a task a part of the work that our politics in washington has to be. the russians realize the risks and they are doing their best to lay the last by this as possible before sanctions become effective. on nato, eu is not really on the agenda of my visit, but nato is. and on nato, all we are asking is a very simple ambition. we want nato to be ambitious towards ukraine. we do not only want to r

when it comes to nord stream ii and it's not about ukraine. it's much bigger issue. it's about strategic balance in europe. it is about energy security of europe. it's about the balance in central europe and western countries and more in the broader sense it's about energy security as such. so ukraine is only one part of the puzzle of nord stream ii your and i appreciate the house, we expect this act, he sanctions, we expect the senate to pass, to support it. the president to cite it. and most importantly, the sanctions should be, the company that is now as we speak laying pipes for nord stream ii should realize that it should cease its operations immediately. .. and doing their best to lay the last pipe as soon as possible. on nato, that was not on the agenda of my visit. in nato, they are asking a simple ambition. we want nato to be ambitious toward ukraine. we do not only want to receive support from nato but we are contributing to nato operations, stepping up our efforts in afghanistan and elsewhere as we are in dialogue with nato in another part of the story. we

stream 2 gas pipeline sergey lavrov said the move undermines the sovereignty of european nations and he stressed that the project will be completed despite washington's attempts to block it to the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interest in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated in the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self respect look at nordstrom to is the 2nd stage of a pipeline network linking russia to germany through the baltic sea once completed the system will transport up to 55000000000 cubic meters of russian natural gas per year to europe or to 0 design of takes a closer look at how the project has caused a rift between europe and the us. washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas trees into europe currently under

interests then in opposing nord stream to. oh officially. the usa is trying to protect its european partners that's the official stance but as you know many policies under president trump have a certain economic aspect to them and the u.s. is the number one producer of fossil fuels and they do certainly want to sell their liquefied natural gas to europe so there's a certain business angle to all of this and if you will you can understand this also as a fight between russia and the united states over the european gas market or correspond overselling on the story for us in washington tonight oliver as always thank you all right let's take this story now to our parliamentary studios here in berlin our correspondent max 1000000 a coach that joins is maximiliano what kind of reactions have we been seeing so far here in the german capital. yes here in berlin reactions to the u.s. . a bill has been rather sharply said we've had by the german foreign minister heiko must that european energy policy is decided in europe not united states and not of th

sanctions targeting firms involved in the nord stream to gas pipeline project but stresses that it will be completed despite of washington's interference. and the diplomatic terror israel directs a barrage of bitter criticism of the international criminal court over plans to investigate alleged war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories. broadcasting live. international i'm sean thomas certainly glad to do with us. and there are renewed concerns in the u.k. over the state of the national health service after a woman died in hospital of a cardiac arrest following what her family says was a 6 hour wait for an ambulance having broken her foot outside her home in south wales donna gilby was left lying on the freezing sidewalk until help arrived the service has apologized for the long delay but also emphasized that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. are his shoddy edw

senate had has voted to impose sanctions on companies working on the controversial nord stream 2 gas pipeline that will link russia and germany the measures now await the signature of president donald trump before becoming law the bill aims to halt further construction of the nearly $10000000000.10 euro under the ball $10000000000.00 rather a $10000000000.00 euro pipeline project under the baltic sea the project will double undersea shipments of russian natural gas to germany or bypassing ukraine u.s. lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make europe more reliance on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional allies germany. over the 2nd time this month the eiffel tower in paris has been forced to close because the staff who operated have gone on strike for the closures part of a long running national dispute over pension benefits president manuel mccall wants to overhaul a pension system that allows train drivers and other people under special pension regimes to retire while they're still in their fifty's a stri

lash out at us sanctions targeting of russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany with berlin amounts to interference in domestic affairs. inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of june distorts the facts. all right broadcasting live direct from our studios in moscow this is our international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us as we recap the week's top story. russia's investigative committee has released to the identity of the gunmen who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was 39 year old. man need who lived in the region he killed in f.s.b. officer before being shot and killed himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. because usually when you get to the end with her it's 3 sounds we needed here realize that we shou

naturally the russian side always insists that nord stream too wasn't built to bypass ukraine like nord stream one but i believe that's exactly why. as special ships lay pipeline sections just a few kilometers off the german baltic sea coast resistance is coming from the u.s. they're planning sanctions possibly to include those operating the vessels instead of natural gas from russia the usa wants to sell its liquid gas there's also opposition to the pipeline in poland its antitrust authority has led to $20000000.00 fine on north stream to use financing company reportedly because the proper documents went submitted my opinion notion to cannot be stopped because it's so. it's. developing in the way that actually make it possible to put a hold now however there is a chance to take the profit the ability over to project down to gas from the well to operate normally to harder ply payday in lithuania the baltic country gets its liquefied natural gas by ship from qatar poland has signed contracts with the us for liquefied gas both countries want to free themselves from dependence on russia. b

senate's approved sanctions bill targeting companies involved in the nord stream to pipeline project again trouble with continued the measure aimed to disrupt russia's efforts to increase the supply of gas to europe is expected to be sawed into law by president later this week so it could be big news over the coming days of the printers across ok it's been kicking around for a bit but now it's taken one step further take us through it what's in this bill or what's the problem well kevin this has been another milestone in america's mission to protect europe from russia's natural gas and you have and you may want to ask the ilya what are you talking about because either you countries do need russia natural gas just to keep warm well let me explain how washington see it here's the deal from the american standpoint if the russian natural gas is delivered to western europe through all pipelines through countries like poland ukraine it's all fine by the way once russia's starts playing its new pipelines elsewhere this immediately causes a meltdown in government offices in kiev and warsaw.

for its sanctions on europe's nord stream 2 gas pipeline president donald trump has imposed the sanctions against north stream to last friday in a bill signed friday by the white house wants to block the completion of the pipeline which will allow russia to deliver gas to germany directly via the baltic sea washington says ukraine will lose billions in transit fees if nord stream too is built a buyer shares climbed to a 14 month high today rally comes after the us government filed court papers backing the company in its appeal against a us court judgement that link the firm's we kill or round up to cancer the environmental protection agency says the product which contains glyphosate doesn't cause cancer as has been alleged that supports buyers argument that only regulators have the authority to print cancer warning labels some experts see the reversal of the decision as a signal that other similar claims may also face legal hurdles and for more on this let's go now to bards in frankfurt. good to see you there what does this mean what does this the support from the u.s. government mean for

senate head of has voted to impose sanctions on companies working on the controversial nord stream 2 gas pipeline that will link russia and germany the measures now await the signature of president donald trump before becoming law the bill aims to halt further construction of the nearly $10000000000.10 euro under the ball fillion route a $10000000000.00 euro pipeline project under the baltic sea the project will double undersea shipments of russian natural gas to germany or bypassing ukraine u.s. lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make europe more reliance on its neighbor in the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional ally germany. over the 2nd time this month the eiffel tower in paris has been forced to close because the staff who operate it have gone on strike for the closures part of a long running national dispute over pension benefits president manuel mccall wants to overhaul a pension system that allows train drivers and other people under special pension regimes to retire while they're still in their fifty's the stri

nord stream too has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear the pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european let me and which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law his soon as possible. gonna depends largely on the rise imports to feed its people shipping and over a 1000000 metric tons yet now the country wants to produce all the rise of consumes itself inside 3 years that's an ambitious plan but there is help and sodium led by the alliance for green revolution in africa with funding from german development bank k s w is helping farmers boost production with improved revised seeds and farming methods 63 year old mohammad isa haku is one of over 100000 smallholder farmers benefiting from the development banks program with access to improved rice seeds and better f

lawmakers say nord stream too will channel billions of dollars in revenues to moscow and make your of more reliant on its neighbor the legislation is a rare challenge to traditional ally germany for some of the shades of the cold war . north stream to lead by state owned gaza would allow russia to bypass poland and ukraine. u.s. lawmakers say ukraine could lose billions of dollars in transit fees if it is built . washington is tied to exports of u.s. liquefied natural gas as an alternative. it was uncertain whether the measures against the controversial north stream too would slow the completion of the project . pablo foley n.e.'s is covering the story for us from washington hi pablo construction of nord stream 2 began in may 28th seems so why is it now that u.s. lawmakers are planning sanctions on it. i told me it well the measure is actually part of a basically huge annual defense spending package known as the national defense authorization act now congress and the senate have passed it you know with a lot of ease we'll say and then president trump is expected to sign it was mention

sanctions on nord stream two gas lines will not hinder its construction they decline to say how it would be finished and decline to provide a timeline for the launch of this project and say it's too early to speak about retaliatory steps against the u.s., but such actions will not remain unanswered. so most certainly leaving the door open for retaliatory measures against the u.s one feature of the u.s.'s decision to move forward with sanctions is that sticks out to me is that u.s. lawmakers in both houses overwhelmingly supported these sanctions, the approval of these sanctions and to have bipartisan support for any issue in the u.s. is a very difficult task to come by, so clearly fairly unified view from the u.s. with regards to how to proceed here. >> so, the clock is now ticking 60 days for the u.s. to identify individuals and companies that are working to supply services to the construction of the nord stream 2 project and once those people and companies are identified there's 30 days to unwind some of those activities. the heat is on from the u.s. side the question i want to raise,

sanctions on the nord stream to pipeline with so-called climate tariffs against washington u.s. president donald trump signed the bipartisan sanctions bill on friday the u.s. wants to block completion of the pipeline which will allow russia to deliver gas to germany directly via the baltic sea washington says ukraine will lose billions in transit fees if nord stream to which bypasses the country is built. a saying in germany buyer shares climbed to a 14 month high today rally comes after the us government filed court papers backing the company in its appeal against the us court judgement that linked the firm's weed killer roundup to cancer the environmental protection agency says the product which contains life is safe doesn't cause cancer as has been alleged that supports buyers argument that only regulators have the authority to print cancer warning labels some experts see the reversal of the decision as a signal that other claims against fire may also now face legal hurdles. and earlier i asked our correspondent in frankfurt only bards what the u.s. government support means f

sanctions on the nord stream to pipeline with so-called climate tariffs against washington u.s. president donald trump signed the bipartisan sanctions bill on friday the u.s. wants to block completion of the pipeline which will allow russia to deliver gas to germany directly via the baltic sea washington says ukraine will lose billions in transit fees if nord stream to which bypasses the country is built. a saying in germany buyer shares climbed to a 14 month high today rally comes after the us government filed court papers backing the company in its appeal against the us court judgement that linked the firm's weed killer round up to cancer the environmental protection agency says the product which contains life is safe doesn't cause cancer as has been alleged that supports buyers argument that only regulators have the authority to print cancer warning labels some experts see the reversal of the decision as a signal that other claims against fire may also now face legal hurdles. and earlier i asked our correspondent in frankfurt only bards what the u.s. government support means

president say that they have agreed they are against a major energy project here in europe the nord stream 2 pipeline is scheduled to go online in just weeks and will begin pumping natural gas from russia to germany a direct line through the baltic sea that bypasses ukraine and poland the u.s. says 'd it is a security risk for europe and nato because it increases the continent's dependence on russia trump has threatened to torpedo the deal with sanctions today the german foreign minister told washington to basically butt out of european energy policy supporters of nord stream they say that the u.s. is using foreign policy to force europe to ditch russia and become a consumer of u.s. liquefied natural gas. the u.s. plans to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline project that includes german as well as other european companies the penalties include travel bans and asset freezes companies continuing with north stream 2 could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u.s. u.s. lawmakers fear the pipeline could give moscow greater leverage over the germa

let's just break down what we're speaking about the nord stream to gas pipeline once completed will supply germany with russian gas fired the baltic sea out over 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year that's enough to supply $30000000.00 households he has been looking at her group as the fight the us to get affordable russian through. washington has weaponized sanctions its official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas into europe currently under construction the united states commands all our european partners who have taken a strong stand against north stream 2 and we commend others to do the same germany is totally controlled by russia because they will get it from 60 to 70 percent of their energy from russia and a new pipeline this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy we don't want your energy supplies to be defended and. to be fair washington has been backed in

naturally the russian side always insists that nord stream too wasn't built to bypass ukraine like nord stream one but i believe that's exactly why. as special ships lay pipeline sections just a few kilometers off the german baltic sea coast resistance is coming from the u.s. they're planning sanctions possibly to include those operating the vessels instead of natural gas from russia the usa wants to sell its liquid gas there's also opposition to the pipeline in poland its anti trust authority has led a $20000000.00 fine on north stream to use financing company reportedly because the proper documents went submitted my opinion notion to cannot be stopped because it's so. it's. in the way that actually make it impossible to put a hold now however there is a chance to take the profit the visibility of it project down to gas from the well to operate normally to harder ply payday in lithuania the baltic country gets its liquefied natural gas by ship from qatar poland has signed contracts with the us for liquefied gas both countries want to free themselves from dependence on russia. but takin

president say that they agree they are against a major energy project here in europe the nord stream 2 pipeline is scheduled to go online in just weeks and will begin pumping natural gas from russia to germany a direct line through the baltic sea that bypasses ukraine and poland the u.s. says 'd it is a security risk for europe and nato because it increases the continent's dependence on russia trump has threatened to torpedo the deal with sanctions today the german foreign minister told washington to basically butt out of european energy policy supporters of nord stream they say that the u.s. is using foreign policy to force europe to detroit and become a consumer of u.s. liquefied natural gas. the u.s. plans to impose sanctions on companies and individuals involved in the pipeline project that includes german as well as other european companies the penalties include travel bans and asset freezes companies continuing with north stream 2 could find themselves cut off from doing business in the u.s. u.s. lawmakers fear the pipeline could give moscow greater leverage over the german and

nord stream to has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear the pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european let me and which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law this soon as possible. our political correspondent simon young is covering this story for us and he joins us for more hi simon tell us more about some of the reactions that you've seen here in berlin this morning. here's to me as you mentioned there's been some reaction from german business is the head of the german russian chamber of commerce is calling for retaliate 3 sanctions if the u.s. impose these measures and there's also been supposed to call reaction we have the spokeswoman for peta out my he's the economics minister here this morning saying that they regret the decision of the u.s. house of

stream one which is of course already operating through nord stream too which is in the final stages of completion there's a new pipeline going to turkey to turkey could supply russian gas to turkey in them through turkey to the souls in europe the russians have also hugely strengthened their leverage by opening a gas pipeline to china so they're no longer is dependent on european customers as they were for the sales of their gas and of course there are people in like emanuel knock on france who are becoming extremely nervous about this closer ever closer proximity between russia and china and with germany calling the teacher in. recession and contraction you see a whole delegation of german business leaders coming to moscow pleading essentially for peace in ukraine so that the political obstacles can be sorted so this situation has changed we think europeans the problem is it doesn't seem to have changed so much with the ukrainians and it doesn't seem to have changed so much if at all with the americans where ukraine has now become as we know through the m.p.'s. when a domestic the

nord stream to has the potential to double the amount of russian gas imported by germany the country needs more gas as a stable source of energy when it stops using coal and nuclear power. democrat and republican lawmakers in the u.s. fear that pipeline could give moscow greater political leverage over germany and the entire european union which the u.s. senate is expected to approve the bill by the end of the week and president trump said on wednesday that he will sign it into law this soon as possible. and our political correspondent simon young is covering this story for us he joins us for more hi simon tell us what some of the reactions here in berlin have been so far. see me there's been some political reaction we've had a tweet from michael moss the foreign minister he says that europe's energy policy is decided in europe not in the u.s. and we reject interference from outside that's pretty clear it's in line with what we heard from the economics ministry. he was saying that they regret the decision by the u.s. house of representatives and you know they don't want into foreign

this hour 1st following sanctions on russia's nord stream 2 european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister sergei lavrov has spoken out saying there's no doubt the project will be completed. so there will still youths so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self-respect. nordstrom too is a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea and over a 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000 cubic meters of gasping in to supply almost 30000000 households it goes to a lot of reports now on the how europe has defied america to get affordable russian fuel. washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber ops sanctions are in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russ

stream nord stream to that's a disaster that gets europe hoped on putin's gas needle so let's just listen to how a u.s. congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund russian military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 national defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream to that is a brand new pipeline project that is by the way it's almost complete and it is intended for direct natural gas deliveries from somewhere outside st petersburg to northern germany and we're talking about these companies these are by far not only russia and there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for these supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair competition i

stream one which is of course already operating through nord stream too which is in the final stages of completion there's a new pipeline going to turkey to turkey could supply russian gas to turkey in them through turkey to the souls in europe the russians have also hugely strengthened their leverage by opening a gas pipeline to china so they're no longer is dependent on european customers as they were for the sales of their gas and of course there are people in like emanuel knock on france who are becoming extremely nervous about this closer ever closer proximity between russia and china and with germany calling the teacher ring. in recession and contraction you see a whole delegation of german business leaders coming to moscow pleading essentially for peace in ukraine so that the political obstacles can be sorted so this situation has changed with the europeans the problem is it doesn't seem to have changed so much with the ukrainians and it doesn't seem to have changed so much at all with the americans where ukraine has now become as we know through the impeachment a domestic pol

plans to punish companies working on the nord stream to gas pipeline from russia to germany lawmakers in washington approved sanctions earlier this week they say the pipeline will make europe more dependent on russia germany accuses washington of meddling in european affairs. you know russia and germany are working together on the nord stream to project but the 2 countries are also mired in an escalating diplomatic row over the murder of a georgian is citizen here in berlin. the german ambassador was summoned to the foreign ministry in moscow on thursday morning to be told that russia was expelling 2 german diplomats they have 7 days to leave the country the kremlin says know the reasons why. much of the diplomats are being expelled as a forced retaliatory measure this measure is unavoidable as 2 of our diplomats were expelled we consider that decision by berlin absolutely baseless we disagree with it so this is the inevitable response to. the spat is over the killing in august of that kind of congo shrilly a georgian who fought for the separatists in the chechen war he was shot in th

stream but some of the central european countries in particular poland are against it they feel that they're being 5 past and of course there's an aspect of this also that feeds into the ukraine russia conflict as well because previously ukraine was the main transit current straight country for russian gas exports simon thank you very much state of the political correspondent simon young. now let's catch up on some other stories making news around the world today israel is heading for an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months on thursday the israeli parliament voted to dissolve itself after the government failed to form a new government the country will hold new elections in march. new shares defense ministry has confirmed that suspected islam missed militants killed 71 soldiers near the mali border a nighttime ambush on a military camp in the country's southwest also injured 12 troops and several more are missing the so-called islamic state have long been active in the area. clashes have erupted in beirut after supporters of lebanon's 2 main shiite groups tried to attack a group of

interests then in opposing nord stream to. well fishley. the usa is trying to protect its european partners that's the official stance but as you know many policies under president trump have a certain economic aspect to them and the u.s. is the number one producer of fossil fuels and they do certainly want to sell their liquefied natural gas to europe so there's a certain business angle to all of this and if you will you can understand this also as a fight between russia and the united states over the european gas market or corresponding overselling on the story for us in washington tonight all over as always thank you all rights let's take this story now to our parliamentary studios here in berlin our correspondent max 1000000 a coach that joins is maximiliano what kind of reactions have we been seeing so far here in the german capital. yes here in berlin reactions to the u.s. . a bill has been rather sharply said we've heard by the german foreign minister haiku among us that european energy policy is decided here of no united states and

targeting firms involved in the nord stream gas pipeline project but stresses that it will be completed the spike washington's interview. president put the official perch bridge. part about ongoing efforts to strengthen ties between the crimean peninsula and their russian. every are tuning in from right across the world this hour welcome to moscow international the names you know of your company. there have been renewed concerns in the u.k. over the states in national health service after a woman died in hospital of cardiac arrest following what her family say was a 6 hour wait for a number once broken her foot outside her home inside wales. was left lying on a freezing pavement until help eventually arrives the ambulance service has apologized for the lengthy delay but also said that the n.h.s. is under enormous strain. we are sorry that our response took longer than we would have liked on this occasion lengthy waits for an ambulance or a sign of pressures across the whole unscheduled care system not just in wales but across the u.k. . the. closer look at the trends of the rough the ch

following sanctions slumped on russia's nord stream to european gas pipeline by the united states foreign minister a circular office spoke annoyed saying there's no doubt the project will be completed. so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated in the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their selves reassured that film she is going to look at your stream too is a gas pipeline being built from russia to germany through the baltic sea i don't for a 1000 kilometers long it will be capable of transferring 55000000000 cubic meters of gas per year that's enough to supply $30000000.00 households he goes to the last reports no one hug or oppose the fide the us to get affordable russian fuel washington has weaponized sanctions it's official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions are in the us 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination

stream to gas pipeline sergey lavrov said the move undermines the sovereignty of european nations and he stressed that the project will be completed despite washington's attempts to block it. in the states so it will be finished despite all these threats i am convinced that 1st of all the europeans understand their commercial interests in terms of ensuring long term energy security secondly of course they were humiliated and the words we heard from the german side show that our european partners still have their self-respect. nordstrom too is the 2nd stage of a pipeline network linking russia to germany through the baltic sea once completed the system will transport up to 55000000000 cubic meters of russian natural gas per year to europe or he could take a closer look at how the project has caused a rift between europe and of the u.s. washington has weaponized sanctions its official along with spending on nukes the army and cyber sanctions in the u.s. 2020 military budget it started in mission for the year the elimination of one of russia's gas trees into europe currently under constr

senate has approved think sions on the nord stream to pipeline president trump says he'll sign the bill into law religion is accusing washington of meddling could this be the start of the transatlantic sanctions we were also coming up the pope border's a major change in the catholic church leaving no place to hide 1st sex abusers pope francis has removed the cover of people secrecy meaning victims of sexual abuse will be able to go to the police to report the crime without fear of excommunication from the church and tear gas on the streets of france as unions take their strikes in protest against pension reforms into a 13th day the president seems determined to press ahead with the plan and pakistan's former military ruler pervez musharraf is a sentence to death after a court finds him guilty of treason will exile save him from the ultimate punishment. i bring off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and all around the world welcome we start with problems in the pipeline between germany and the united states the u.s. senate today has backed sanction. on the nord stream 2 gas pi

lash out at us sanctions targeting russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany with berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of distorts the fun. of this is our national thomas certainly it's. now russia's investigative committee has released to the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening now the shooter was 39 year old if gainey menu of who lived in the moscow region he killed in f.s.b. officer before being shot dead himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. with your children when you get to the end with her strange sounds we needed to realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the street shouting go back go back. to the signals

need ukraine which had been left out of the pipeline deal will keep working together to stop the nord stream to project that undermines your creates economic and strategic security we do not want our european friends to fall prey to the kind of political and economic manipulation russia has attempted in ukraine since it cast off its soviet shackles it would create another tool for the kremlin to use russia's energy resources to divide europe and undermine and destabilize ukraine it was almost like russia listened because hours before sanctions hit north stream 2 construction moscow and kiev shook hands on a gas transit deal so europe all out winds from the pipeline both economically and geopolitically seeing russia and ukraine finally touch base again and this statement by the u.s. envoy to germany hasn't aged well at all currently there is a lot of talk in germany about doing more for europe and we believe that when it comes to north stream 2 we have taken an extremely pro european position washington's crocodile tears are not fooling anyone anymore trying to maintain a compassionate

stream one which is of course already operating through nord stream too which is in the final stages of completion there's a new pipeline going to turkey to turkey could supply russian gas to turkey in them through turkey to the souls in europe and the russians have also hugely strengthened their leverage by opening a gas pipeline to china so they're no longer is dependent on european customers as they were for the sales of their gas and of course there are people in like emmanuel knock on france who are becoming extremely nervous about this close ever closer proximity between russia and china and with germany calling the teacher ring. recession and contraction you see a whole delegation of german business leaders coming to moscow pleading essentially for peace in ukraine so that the political obstacles can be sorted so this situation has changed with the europeans the problem is it doesn't seem to have changed so much with the ukrainians and it doesn't seem to have changed so much at all with the americans where ukraine has now become as we know through the impeachment a domestic po

sanctions targeting russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to germany with berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w. saying its final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of goma distorts the facts. from our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program says. russia's investigative committee has released to the identity of the gunman who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening it was shooter was 39 year old to give any man year old who lives in moscow region he killed and f.s.b. officer before being shot and killed himself another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured and the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. because usually when you get to the end with her it's 3 sounds we needed here realize that we should hide then we heard someone in the s

sanctions targeting russia's nord stream 2 gas pipeline to germany with berlin saying it amounts to interference in domestic affairs. and another inspector breaks ranks from the global chemical weapons watchdog the o.p.c. w saying it's a final report on the alleged attack in the syrian city of duma distorts the facts . are broadcasting live to read for our studios in moscow recapping the week's top stories with our weekly program this is r.t. . and russia's investigative committee has released of the identity of the gunmen who opened fire outside the headquarters of the federal security service building in central moscow on thursday evening the shooter was a 39 year old man year old who lived in the moscow region he killed and have a speed officer before being shot and killed himself and another officer later died in the hospital 5 other people including one civilian were injured and the investigation into possible motives is still ongoing here's a quick reminder of what happened that evening. with recently means it's the end we've heard. 3 sounds we needed to realize that we should hide it then

stream and war north stream 2 that's a disaster that gets europe hoped on putin's gas needle so let's just listen to how a u.s. congressman who was behind the sanctions put it last week this pipeline if completed. would make europe even more dependent on russian energy would generate billions of dollars for putin billions of dollars that would fund russian military aggression so we have learned that the us 2020 national defense authorization act includes a bill that would penalize the companies that are involved in the construction of nord stream to that is a brand new pipeline project that is by the way it's almost complete and it is intended for direct natural gas deliveries from somewhere outside st petersburg to northern germany and we're talking about these companies these are by far not only russia and there are plenty of german businesses that are who are involved because it is indeed in the interest of european consumers to get a new more reliable more direct route for these supplies now when it comes to the officials in moscow they have been blaming the americans for unfair c

we've got construction of nord stream 2, which began in 2018, so it's kind of late for the threat of sanctions to become real. why are u.s. lawmakers planning to slap sanctions on these companies now? pablo: essentially, this measure is part of a huge annual defense spending package for 2020, calllled the natioional defense authororization a act. congngress and the senate haveve passed i it witeasese, andnd its now, as you said, presidenent trump, who has to sign it. the aim is to stop further construction of this pipelinee under the babaltic sea, which is worth over $10 billion and essentially the idea is that it will double shipments of russian natural gas to germany. the thing about this is as soon as it is signened, the t trump administstration wouldld have 60 days to identify companies and individuals providing services on the pipeline or they would be sanctioned, but what i think is important to note is that thisis has not really had a lot of tractition here in the united states today because, of course, the focus is very much on the impeachment votote against president trump i