we favour energy security of europe. we want to work collaboratively with them, with countries in europe, and with the european union for that case in order to ensure that there would be no jumps like the current one... if you are so determined to send that message, why is it that according to the international energy agency, russia is providing less gas to europe today than it did before the coronavirus pandemic, and the iea believes russia could "definitely do more to increase gas availability to europe." why aren't you? gazprom have in fact started pumping out from its reserves into the pipelines to stabilise the market. i believe the demand skyrocketed against the background of very slow winds that, in many ways, negatively affected renewables, especially in northern europe and in great britain, for that case, in the uk. i am not an expert here. i do recognise that there are such sentiments widely spread out, but i would also refer to it as an element of what we believe is an in—and—out information war that west

it supplies 40% of the natural gas going into europe. there's deep concern in europe about the leverage that gives moscow. are you prepared right now to alleviate those concerns? very much so. in fact, this is exactly what we have done in recent days and weeks, including with direct and personal involvement of president putin, who spoke very forcefully in favour of doing maximum on the part of russia to stabilise this market. we are the most secure, reliable and forward—looking supplier of natural energy to europe. we have always been such a supplier and we will continuously work to this end. we invite all the colleagues in the european union and beyond, including our neighbours, to recognise this simple fact — we favour energy security of europe. we want to work collaboratively with them, with countries in europe, and with the european union for that case in order to ensure that there will be no jumps like the current one. but if you're so determined to send that message, why is it that, according to the international energy agency,

in europe, 20% of all the cars are electric cars. and this would mean that we are going to soon see oil demand peak and slowly decline. those countries better prepare themselves for the next chapter of the energy world. otherwise, they may well be left behind and not ready for the next chapter of the global energy economy. so when, for example, australia's resources minister, keith pitt, says, "coal, oil and gas are going to continue to be a big part of australia's energy mix," when the energy and oil ministries in saudi arabia make it clear that they are going to continue to invest and develop their oil resources — you say they're swimming against the tide of history, do you? i believe that a new global energy economy is emerging around the world. it is not only driven by the wish of saving the planet, because technology is going in that way, and those countries who are investing in coal or other fossil fuels may well be taking a big risk, in my view. how much does american leadership matter in all of this? we haven't discussed am

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you know that the problems you've got are in europe, notjust with china and india. but what do they want? and what do we want, collectively? do we want to be successful in the fight against climate change or not? do we want to reach carbon neutrality by 2050 or not? that's the question. if they don't want to reach that agreement and if they don't want to reach that common political and social goal, well, they have to be clear about that. we are, with emmanuel macron, very clear on our political determination to reach carbon neutrality no later than 2050. just one single fact, when we are looking at the emission of c02, it is 60g per kilowatt hour in france because we are relying on nuclear energy. it is more than 400g per c02 in germany. which country is the most efficient? you say, you know, we've laid out our plan to get to net zero and we are sticking to it. your problem and your embarrassment is that the french courts havejudged in recent months that you're not sticking to it. they've given your government only another 12 months to improve its record and to actu

now, he has big ambitions to make france the greenest, the most dynamic economy in europe. that is a handy election slogan, but is it credible? minister bruno le maire, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. minister, you came to this economy and finance ministry with big plans for structural reform. has the covid crisis destroyed those ambitions? i would say that it has destroyed no ambition. we will stick to the path of reforms. we have started the mandate of emmanuel macron with key reforms for the french economy, especially the reforms on taxation. we have reduced the level of taxation for french smes, for french people, by 50 billion euros. we have introduced reforms for the simplification of the life of the smes. then came this huge crisis, and i think this is the most important crisis since 1929 that we've lived in europe, in the western world, in china, in india, everywhere in the world. i think that we took the right decisions to face this crisis, all together, the uk and all the european countries took the right decisions to face the crisis, and now we have a very solid

"we have never put it into question in europe." there's a slight differing of tone, isn't there, within the eu now? no, no. the quote of shal michele is correct. this alliance is necessary, including to face the new challenges in the world, including to face the terrorism in the world. precisely because we need this alliance, we need trust between us, and we need a balance and shared discussion between us, which is not the case today. so the two codes are correct, in my view. in terms of the impact of the aukus deal on british—french bilateral relations, what do you think that will be? because we've had borisjohnson say to president macron, "plene en grep" — "get a grip on things" — and that the french has nothing to worry about, but the french have been very dismissive of the british, saying they're irrelevant in this deal, the fifth wheel in the carriage. i don't want to answer to the provocation of the politics of mrjohnson, frankly speaking. i think the situation is much more serious because of the respect of the treaty a

you were born in 1920 in transylvania in central europe. you moved to the united states with your family when you were a little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, a kind of rags to riches story, because it was discovered that you were highly intelligent, and you were put on a fast track to harvard law school. we arrived in america. my parents were young immigrants, fleeing persecution and poverty, no money, no skills, no language, and lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father, who had been trained as a shoemaker, but they didn't need any boots made in new york, there were no cowboys, but the owner of the building offered us the opportunity to sleep in the cellar, and my father would be the janitor, and that's where we began, and that's where my memory begins, in a high crime density area, known, for good reason, as hell's kitchen. there was a lot of crimes there. is that what excited your interest in law, and pursuing a career in law? well, it did it excite my interest in not being on the criminal side, i mean,

looking around in europe and also the other countries of america and finding a lot of families my father has ruined, has killed part of the stanley's, ——has ruined, has killed part of those familes, i cannot forgive him. never. do you ever wonder whether you might have had a better, happier, more positive life if you had found a different way to deal with what is after all your father's terrible crime, not yours? yes, but this crime, you could say it was my father, but the crimes of belonging and demolishing societies and demolishing families and killing innocent children, this is what...it�*s the victims, it's not my father. my father did it and my father gave all of the signatures for death penalties, for all this kind of stuff. he was responsible by law, by the german lot, he was a deputy of hitler in poland, so every desk ——he was a deputy of hitler in poland, so every death camp he was responsible for. the true power was with hitler, that's for sure, but he was responsible. with you talking to me, when you ask me these questions, as he can see, maybe in the redness of my f

investing heavily in the developing world, but we're also investing in north america, we're investing in europe, we're investing in australia, you know? so, really, thank you forjust letting me speak one more moment. the beauty of green energy and green hydrogen is that you can get it from home. britain doesn't have to import it. it can get it from home. australia can have all its energy from home. so can the drc. so can central asia, so can north america. listen, there's no question you speak with great passion. it is a very exciting vision that you are offering to the world — a truly clean, renewable energy which we all, every country, doesn't matter what natural resources you've got, every country could tap into it. i get it, it's exciting — but isn't the truth that you, like your whole government and nation in australia, are betting the farm on future technologies because you don't want to face present—day realities — that actually what would make a difference today, for example, is a carbon tax, a pollution tax, which you and your government in australia have always shied away from

where the air has come from — it�*s obviously cooled, but it�*s still pretty balmy over this part of europe. now this is what it looks like early in the morning — there is some rain around, a wet start to the day in east anglia and the southeast, lots of heavy showers approaching cornwall, devon, parts of wales too. in fact, these are heavy, thundershowers — and through the morning and into the afternoon, they could bring gusts of wind, as well, but some sunny spells, so quite a changeable day for england and wales. but for northern ireland and most of scotland, it should be dry and bright — but notice in the northwest highlands here, somewhat weather come the afternoon. so i say mild again, 18 celsius expected in the southeast and east anglia. now into the week, or thursday onwards, it�*ll turn quite a bit colder — in fact, a reversal in the wind direction is expected wednesday into thursday. in fact, around this area of low pressure, the winds will start to come in from the north. now right now at this moment, the winds are coming in from the south to southwest. on thursday, the

he helped liberate the death camps of europe while serving in the us army, does he believe that the nuremberg trials have made genocide and other crimes against humanity most likely to be committed in the world today? ben ferencz, welcome to hardtalk. you were born in 1920 in transylvania and you moved to united states and when you are little baby. you really epitomise the american dream, the rags to riches story and it was discovered that you are highly intelligent and put on the fast track to harvard law school. ~ . ~ u, school. we arrived in america and my parents _ school. we arrived in america and my parents are _ school. we arrived in america and my parents are young - and my parents are young immigrants, fleeing persecution and poverty, no money, no skills, no language. and lucky to have some friendly new yorker offer us, my father who had been trained as a shoemaker but needed new boots, but there are no cowboys. the owner of the building and given the opportunity to sleep in the cellar and my father would be the janitor and that's where we began and that's where my memory begins and

gas shortages across europe. this morning from the united states. ~ ., ., , states. we have long been concerned _ states. we have long been concerned about _ states. we have long been concerned about russia . states. we have long been i concerned about russia using energy as a tool of coercion and a political weapon. we've seen it happen before and we'll see it happen again. the us senate agrees to lift the country's debt ceiling for two months, avoiding a default on the country's national debt. an illustrious career and now the biggest prize of all. we speak to tanzania's new mobile laureate. and the environmental