as i say e.u. governments the european central bank they will say they needed to bail out banks as a priority and now there will be saying to you there's a 750000000000 euro euro recovery fund to help achieve the 50 percent poverty reduction. well. that's an important initiative but each are not be focused on the reduction of quality at all in fact the e.u. has deployed a series of instruments under the next generation e.u. under that framework if you wish and so the investments will be for the greening of the economy about 37 percent of becoming president facility should take it to that and 20 percent should go to digitalisation of the economy but there's no target sets for investment in in social cohesion and therefore we must hope that the member states will make this a priority in the national plans they submit to receive funding from the e.u. but there's no rush here way to measure the impact on policy on the reduction of inequalities no plan for social cohesion i don't know what. arguably pro

and serbia are doing far better with the e.u. failed so badly. well we don't practice national at goodison because when you compare our procedures here americans the americans have us 1st still this policy no vaccination produced in us this leaving the us even canada is getting fix a nation from europe so we are ready to help others others do not so that's why we should stick to our approach about liability to the big pharmaceutical companies over the question that we trust in our a.m.a. no fast crew for off the scenes in europe so fair and proper assessment there are rules and that is bringing also a little bit of delay so i think we should stick to this principle decisions but in the next the coming weeks the key question is the role of because production bill increase and then the member states must be prepared for for this role you call it a little bit of a delay when the united kingdom for example has nearly given vaccine to nearly a 3rd of his its population i should think we couldn't take it take this lightly can we. well you there are sev

the e.u.'s goal is to keep communication channels open as their foreign representatives to visit moscow and there are some opportunities for cooperation during his meeting with russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov the e.u. representative you know several said the russian vaccine sputnik movie was just one of them but neither side has any illusions about the low point their relations have hit and the elephant in the room is alex enough i think respect they have conveyed to me. i want to. get. release. over this by. russia's foreign minister argues the e.u. is behaving more and more like the us always threatening with new sanctions. with the most we've become accustomed to these unilateral and illegitimate measures and we have adjusted our positions accordingly we assume to the e.u. is no longer a reliable partner. but europe. elsewhere in moscow journalist waited outside a district court during a hearing in another trial against me he is accused of slandering a war veteran for rail reportedly

little too late the e.u. commission faces harsh criticism for its vaccine roll out orders in the name of the $27.00 member states have been placed with several companies but only a few of them can deliver and eastern european countries seem to want to save money and france wants to prioritize its own drug companies. the commission blames pharma companies for delay deliveries. the companies on the other hand claim limited production capacity is responsible. who is to blame for the e use vaccine dilemma. let me put that question straightaway to dr mchenry coupled with a question or a criticism that we're often hearing at the moment in regard to the negotiations between the e.u. commission and the pharmaceutical companies some critics are saying that the e.u. prioritized cost over speed of delivery do you think that's right and even if it did would there be some justification to that. i would say we know today it wasn't right but it was justified because countries poorer countries in the european union couldn't

within the e.u. will manage to pass the new pact on migration and asylum will depend on its member states but they are as far away from reaching a consensus as they were 5 years ago. and when it comes to migration 5 years of agonizing debate have shown that there's nothing left to say all that's left now to be honest is different sides insisting they were right who made the right call in 2015 those who wanted to close the borders or those who wanted to show humanity simply i hope we will manage to cut through this gordian knot and admit that both sides have valid points and we were in a situation where this migration policy has been blocked for several years and that in my view means that those that have the lowest ambition on migration has actually been able to set a standard and we are paying a price for the trust between member states who are paying a price when it comes to solidarity between member states and migrants are paying a price for the idea behind moria has failed but what will happen wi

the e.u. or the far east to illustrate his point of money said someone cannot be pregnant or let's not speak with david coburn david remember all of the european parliament for scotland joining us today from parr it's good to see you david does mccrone have a point there or does the u.k. need to make a choice over its friends who is going to be 1st in the line to do deals with. well let's put this way one of our own prime ministers in the 19th century law mustard said that britain has no prominent friends only prominent interests well i'm going to read with that i'm our government went to curricula of effort and money to get the vaccines ahead of time to book the vaccines and also british science it's what create these seeds so always say we'd like to get our people vaccinated for us but it's in everyone's interests that everyone is much needed but european union have made an absolute honks of the of this of this of this vaccine business and the these should have ordered but it will which incl

brent: we caught up with the e.u.'s migration commissioner, does europe have a plan. >> commissioner isn't the lack of functioning policies also creating this situation that we are seeing here and also on borders? >> i don't think so. but there is important message that migration is something that all member states have to manage. if there is a huge pressure and solidarity, but all member states have to manage migration and you have the proper systems in place. and this is my message. you have to manage migration and seek out the proper systems and processes to make sure that you can do it in an orderly way. >> we have seen difficulties in the european union. after the fire and also now the traditions are not the best actually. >> i agree on that. there are a lot more things that have to be done on the greek islands and that will set up a special task force. when i took office a year ago, 42 thousand mige grants and now 70,000 and still too many but we have been doing a lot. we are relocating and unaccompanied minors t

the e.u. top diplomat insisted he had to find out face to face the kremlin's views on relations with the blog zis european union at this stage is an apartment but you know to russia expelled 3 e.u. diplomats while burrell was there which he admits he only learned from social media after heavy criticism for his passive performance next to lever office laceration of the e.u. burrell says he's now convinced russian authorities are not interested in rob. danson. as in korea no they are not that led burrell to promise concrete proposals on tougher measures it will be for the member states to decide the next step but yes this could to impute sanctions the e.u. already has a wide range of sanctions on russian individuals and entities related for example to moscow's illegal 2014 annexation of crimea for supporting separatist activities in eastern ukraine and a for involvement in the august poisoning of alexina vani but the subsequent jailing of no volley after his return to russia as well as police br

the e.u. is acting more like the u.s., always threatening new sanctions. we have become accustomed to unilateral and illegitimate measures and we have adjusted our positions accordingly. we assume the e.u. is no longer a reliable partner. elsewhere in moscow, journalists waited outside a district court during a hearing in another trial against navalny. he is accused of slandering a war veteran. he reportedly saw it and meeting with the kremlin critic, but it is unsure if he can see him before his departure saturday. phil: those diplomatic expulsions overshadowed a virtual defense of security council meeting between the leaders of germany and france friday afternoon, the first meeting between angela merkel and emmanuel macron since joe biden took office. the leaders have been pushing differing solutions toward worsening relations with russia. both condemned russia's actions. here is angela merkel -- >> during our meeting, we were also informed about the expulsion of german, swedish and polish d

little too late the e.u. commission faces harsh criticism for its vaccine roll out orders in the name of the $27.00 member states have been placed with several companies but only a few of them can deliver and eastern european countries seem to want to save money and france wants to prioritize its own drug companies. the commission blames pharma companies for delay deliveries. the companies on the other hand claim limited production capacity is responsible. who is to blame for the e use vaccine dilemma. let me put that question straightaway to dr mchenry coupled with a question or a criticism that we're often hearing at the moment in regard to the negotiations between the e.u. commission and the pharmaceutical companies some critics are saying that the e.u. prioritized cost over speed of delivery do you think that's right and even if it did would there be some justification to that. i would say we know today it wasn't right but it was justified moment because countries poorer countries in the european union co

little too late the e.u. commission faces harsh criticism for its vaccine roll out orders in the name of the $27.00 member states have been placed with several companies but only a few of them can deliver and eastern european countries seem to want to save money and france wants to prioritize its own drug companies. the commission blames pharma companies for delay deliveries. the companies on the other hand claim limited production capacity is responsible. who is to blame for the e use vaccine dilemma. let me put that question straightaway to dr coupled with a question or a criticism that we're often hearing at the moment in regard to the negotiations between the e.u. commission and the pharmaceutical companies some critics are saying that the e.u. prioritized cost over speed of delivery do you think that's right and even if it did would there be some justification to that. would say we know today it wasn't right but it was justified that moment because countries poorer countries in the european union couldn'

news the e.u. announces new sanctions against russia over the case of opposition figure. 8 months for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for all. infiltrating russian language media leaks documents suggest the u.k. government sought to boost the negative coverage and weaken russia. in moscow as a 3rd russian registered in the. training course the tells employees to quote. live from moscow this is the international money bright welcome news this hour 1st the decided to expand sanctions against russian citizens in sentencing kremlin critic alexina valmy is currently serving 2 years 8 months for breaching the terms of a suspended sentence for all. to revenge around a situation of need to not only. we reach a political ribbon to impose grist to give measures against those chris principle for his arrest and sentencing and persecution. and for doing that the 1st time ever remake usual to be in union global human gretsch regime to descend but we know that there will be sanctions we don't know exa

while the e.u. commission is under pressure to pass on the pressure to the companies that need to fulfill the contracts they have agreed with brussels that is one part of the picture and that is what many heads and states of government have asked the commission to do on the other hand when it comes to the rollout this is mainly in the hands of member states themselves and that is why the commission this time reminded member states that in the 2nd quarter of this year a lot more vaccines will come and that member states need to get ready to hit the ground running and build the infrastructure to actually get the shots and the jobs into people's arms and care we know that some of these vaccine makers it is astra zeneca they have told the european union that there will be delays in delivery what kind of pressure or we're looking at coming from the e.u. on these drug makers. that's a really difficult one because the e.u. commission fully realizes that lawsuits won't solve the problem they will drag on fo

what about the timing of our best the e.u. is currently losing lives every day to severe vaccine shortages and it's looking increasingly likely that they'll need russia's help with that why ramp up tensions right now is a. good question and i am stunned myself because. we really have good reasons to work together and it was also pronounced by mr borrero. he paid a statement regarding maybe some sort of concerted action on importing the next and if i have correctly understood him so at least i mean there's a strong bilateral interest that various countries hungary was harshly scolded by the european commission because they already ordered 5 several months ago and other countries are thinking of doing seoul so if i may refer to a russian drama. a recent view. it goes if i corrected to remember. clear law gets me good lord. so you're never going to do well to want to you will drink from one day and there are lots of common ties really have to work on. we've been speaking with myself former foreign minister of austria thank you fo

now e.u. foreign ministers are meeting to discuss whether to slap fresh sanctions on russia over the jailing of opposition leader alexa in a volley all signs point to the e.u. taking a tough stance this latest move to punish the kremlin follows what some called a disastrous trip to moscow by the block's foreign policy chief yourself what a. he used top diplomat insisted he had to find out face to face the kremlin's views on relations with the bloc zis european union at this stage is an unreliable partner whom but you know to russia expelled 3 e.u. diplomats while burrell was there which he admits he only learned from social media after heavy criticism for his passive performance next to lever office laceration of the e.u. burrell says he's now convinced russian authorities are not interested in rob. dance. as in korea no. they are not that led burrell to promise concrete proposals on tougher measures it will be for the member states to decide the next step but yes this could include sanctions

instead the e.u. is sort of going it alone and a lot of that is down to the fact that china has developed this economic muscle because of the pandemic and it was all about quantities of pharmaceuticals medical equipment personal protective equipment and medical supplies from china as a direct result of the pandemic which is really boosted imports and up trend looks set to continue so i think in broad terms of how democrats really accelerate the chinese business as given the kind of influence that it would have taken it was probably going to happen anyway but it definitely would have taken considerably longer had had it not been for the pandemic so beyond the pandemic how are chinese investments translating into political influence in europe. well one thing was i spent 15 years in china as a correspondent every year annually every year the german government would arrive with the huge trade delegation and it was just really obvious to see and to close links between trade and political influence and i th

is a strategic partner for america the e.u. coordinates its fall policy and defense policy making with the americans alexina valley is a tool that the americans are using against the russians and i believe the americans i hope to scotch no strings or the germans have kept so they counsel i will not allow that to happen so that is a good indication that the e.u. will try. draw each of the 5 you merican stones from italy the americans all the dominant force in the e.u. that's the problem you know george and he the argument coming out of washington that we are trump and now we're leading into the bite when was that run russia will have them ally in the dominate influence over europe's energy policy but i mean if you step back and say well no you won't be the europeans you want the europeans to buy your american liquefied natural gas so you will be reliant upon american but he's an american boy and policy i mean if you step back here it's pretty obvious that obviously a big mirror i mean gassed is a company that has shareholders th

divisions are growing among e.u. members over vaccine struggle restrictions and a possible immunization passport loss leaders will meet online to finally find a coordinated response to the prawn a virus prices today. for the public eye for more than a century rediscovered vincit fungal painting that's finally about to go up for auction. it's good to have you with us the kurdish dominated administration in north east syria is struggling to hold off a comeback by the so-called islamic state syria's coldish kurdish forces were instrumental in taking back control of i as hell territories now the militias fighters are regrouping in the region especially around the town of deer of zoar and in the whole prison camp the kurds say they have been left to fend for themselves. when abdel-hamid sets off for dare as all fear travels with him. the 43 year old father depends on his job as a bus driver to support his family but he risks his life on every journey. every day they find 2 or 3 dead bodies here people being kidnapped kill

the e.u. had put additional sanctions on hold and while lover of stressed that russia wanted to improve relations he did not mince words. we have got used to the fact as i have already mentioned that the e.u. more and more often uses one sided restrictions which are not based on any legitimacy at this stage we have to assume that the e.u. is an unreliable partner. not done with throughout the visit was barely over when the diplomats were expelled and despite all efforts to improve communication some actions speak louder than words. so how will the european union respond to the expulsions of some of its diplomats from russia earlier we put that question to bruno letter a senior fellow at the german marshall fund. well i think 1st of all we need to understand that the events today were not a coincidence this is really russia showing its muscle telling the look what we can do we can expel your diplomats of certain you member states even though the top foreign affairs chief of the e.u. is with doe

wide vaccination program production shortfalls and other stumbling blocks have left the e.u. trailing behind countries like the united kingdom and lead to growing impatience among its leaders. couple of enough because the european commission should exploit the economic power of the e.u. to put pressure on the huge corporations. from ramping up vaccine production to closer coordination a lot is on the table a lot is on the table taken out to prosperity for alexander outfought nama who is following those talks good to see you alexander are in leaders in damage control mode because a lot of people lost their cool about the slow vaccination rollout. yes indeed and i think it's true that the leaders are under extreme pressure to present concrete progress in managing their pandemic that it's why many of them will be looking to the european commission and to for answers to questions like for example what is the european commission doing to speed up the rollout within the european union and how is the european commission going to prevent any more delays in distribution but unfortunat

out of the e.u. use one for all and all for one vaccine procurement program in fact they've already received in budapest the 1st tranche of their 2000000 doses of sputnik v. that they had on order it's expected that the czech republic will be the next e.u. member state to follow suit the sputnik v. vaccine is set to receive its approval here in the european union at some point in february all right thanks for bringing us some speed there was harming your absurd home as well with the technical problems we have there on the line from peter will trying to sort of for next. well talk here it means italy remains one of the worst hit covert hotspots in europe now one italian regions bringing in a strict lockdown again after registering its 1st case of the more contagious british mutation it's thought to be spreading faster than other strains with fears it could the worst in the situation across the rest of the country like the rest of the e.u. italy suffering vaccine shortages in italy got its 1st batch of

to become many e.u. citizens are raring to get their shots and frustrated at the e.u. slow rollout of vaccines hungary decided to go it alone importing shots from russia and china other eastern e.u. members are urging the european commission to put pressure on the huge companies that have contracts with. ursula funder lion the president of the commission get their message she announced a new deal with us for my diana and faster delivery. we need to enable and. the regulatory approval. training site we need to further upscale mass production of new vaccines but also of existing vaccines. she also said and new commission project called the hair incubator has been created to boost research and to detect viruses variants. because we need to know more about the many possible facets of this virus to be able to combat to combat it . second if necessary science has to adapt the existing vaccines so we have to focus the research 3rd time and we need well organized clinical trials to have evidence the evidence proved data fast and that is why we are launching today a european cl

anchor: the e.u. is under pressure after a series of diplomatic blunders when dealing with vaccine shortages. we will take a closer look at what happened. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and everyone watching on bbc world news. the u.s. is threatening to take action against the burmese military after it seized power in a coup in myanmar. the country's de facto leader is under arrest. she won in landslide elections, but the army sayshat win was fraudulent. it is 2:30 in the morning in myanmar. aung san suu kyi and other senior figures were detained in the capital in the early hours of monday. one of the raids was captured on video. this is original mb was arrest was live-streamed on facebook i her husband. the president of myanmar was also arrested. next came this announcement on military control tv claiming that power had been handed to the head of the armed forces. within hours, soldiers arrived on the streets and set up roadblocks. a year-long state of emergency was being declared nationall

to play a major role in the world stage wake up call that finally prompted e.u. member states and yourself to to adopt a more realistic and principled russian foreign policy and to move toward sanctions finally among others the inclusion of human rights for late just under sanctions least and to suspension of north stream 2 which is contrary to european and issues security police so you could see headlines saying that burrell was bested that he was humiliated and everything and that sort of tone but this quiet loud choir of voices you know calling a calling burrell will names and just calling him a failure it was interrupted by one irish member of the european parliament and she pointed out that essentially the book is just looking for weeks q. says looking for pretexts to slap more sanctions on russia and that they are politicizing the case again against the lexan of all the in russia not moscow she said that essentially had this happened anyplace else in the world the e.u. wouldn't even talk about it have a listen. imus happy as anybody else to stand up for any

little too late the e.u. commission faces harsh criticism for its vaccine roll out orders in the name of the $27.00 member states have been placed with several companies but only a few of them can deliver and eastern european countries seem to want to save money and france wants to prioritize its own drug companies. the commission blames pharma companies for delay deliveries. the companies on the other hand claim limited production capacity is responsible. who is to blame for the e use vaccine dilemma. let me put that question straightaway to dr mchenry coupled with a question or a criticism that we're often hearing at the moment in regard to the negotiations between the e.u. commission and the pharmaceutical companies some critics are saying that the e.u. prioritized cost over speed of delivery do you think that's right and even if it did would there be some justification to that. i would say we know today it wasn't right but it was justified moment because countries poorer countries in the european union co

the ongoing route between the e.u. and u.k. a bastard seneca vaccines intensifies with france and germany proposing penalties if the company gives the u.k. preferential treatment. 7 a fresh wave of demonstrations bret's frog's over a controversial new security bill a french police union claims a legal loophole is giving the radical testers a get out of jail free card. for the shoot to do to. see bruce who is willing to teach you so this is the bridge just to the minute and put them on the house to respond to this is illusory she's going to still see this never seem to love to go to the black lives much of movement is nominated for a nobel peace prize for its fight against racial inequality despite outbreaks of violence and looting and some of its rowdy we put the proposal up for debate. you have a movement where people whether they represent the. black businesses 25 people were killed last summer just around the world not just in the united states this is a most warranted inducer billboard for sure. just gone 10 am her

the e.u. position these are the iran and its nuclear ambitions a 1000000000 or otherwise has always been that it favors anything that can bring the j c p a that agreement that was reached between iran and the world's major powers many years ago now if it can keep that going then the e.u. pretty much endorsers what is what is just been agrees we know that high costs the foreign minister of germany one of the countries that was an original signatory to that deal but we know he's at this meeting he will be briefing his colleagues about what's been talked about and what can what people can expect to happen in the course of the next 3 months perhaps course of the rest of this year and also the french foreign minister will be taking part in this conference again france also a key signatory to the deal which agreed in 2015 and which was then repudiated by the trumpet ministration several years ago now so clearly from the e.u. specific they want any kind of rapprochement any kind of dates and anything

but rather if the e.u. initiate that russia will and should be ready for that it clearly is frustrated and this frustration it stems from from his meeting with the use foreign policy chief joseph barrelled and even moscow some about a week ago and in general as the as this visit happened it was quiet unremarkable i should say it was blood almost business as usual sergei lavrov clarified moscow's in reiterated moscow's position that the if these swap at this swapping of the suspended sentence for a real one for legs in a valley it's an internal matter russia views it as an internal matter but at the same time jewels of burrell called on russia to release the kremlin critic and world saying that this case is politically motivated is politically charged. and according to. the e.u. diplomats in including jobs are borel. being strong armed into a tough into an unreasonably tough position on russia essentially they are stripped the ability and the opportunity to do their job of diplomacy here's how he put it. orc

and while the e.u. keeps up its demands for a host of reforms china's loans come with no strings attached its message democracy isn't a prerequisite for economic growth. was one rogue schism that china invests much more in many other european countries and nato members than serbia chinese goods are coming in via ports in the north sea. book and rotterdam. they all live from him bones from.

this is news live from berlin e.u. russia ties understrength on a visit to moscow the european union's top diplomat calls the jailing of kremlin critic alexei navalny a low point involving is now on trial again this time for defamation. meanwhile they protested in moscow and now they are paying the price will speak to friends and relatives of those arrested in protests supporting opposition leader a lesson on it also coming up and merkel is back america is back diplomacy is back at the center of our foreign policy. president joe biden announces a reversal of trunks on their 1st agenda. and fleeing the war only to find even more suffering bitter cold and the pandemic make like even harder for syria's refugees sheltering in the province would meet a family whose efforts to keep warm ended in tragedy. i'm susan was going to it's good to have you with us in moscow the european union's top diplomat has said that the e.u.'s ties with russia are under severe strain after the imprisonment of kremlin critic alexis of all me mad

and the e.u. well it was down to $671000000000.00 from $746000000000.00 in 2019 so for more on all of this let's go ahead and bring in professor richard wolfe host of economic update and author of the sickness is the system when capitalism fails to save us from pandemics or itself hillary for which president of strome our global business development consultant thank you both for joining us today hilary i want to start with you what's the takeaway from the news regarding china becoming the biggest trading partner with the e.u. is this kind of a flash in the pan or should we expect this trend to continue or pleasure to be back here again brant a couple of things then tons of takeaways and i don't think this is going to stop anytime soon there are a number of reasons for it of course this being 5.6 percent increase in imports into china of european actually mostly luxury goods a lot of european cars but b.m.w. is dom less. but european luxury goods in the design of brands that they so crave a lot of

news live from berlin european union is placing its bets on vaccine passports e.u. leaders agree on the need for a coronavirus vaccination certificates german chancellor merkel says they could be ready in time for people to take their summer holiday is also kind of. amnesty international says it has evidence of the worst atrocities yet against civilians into g.o.p.'s to great region he says troops from eritrea and supplant. thing. as welcome to the program we'll bring you those stories in a moment but 1st we have breaking news coming in from nigeria gunman there have a ducted several 100 schoolgirls in what is the latest mass kidnapping in the region the abduction happened at a boarding school in some far a state in the early hours of friday eyewitnesses have told local media that hundreds of armed men attacked security guards before they took the girls groups known locally as bandits have been ramping up attacks on schools and kidnappings in recent months. before i'm not joined by w.'s tomi oladipo who's been based in and covered nigeria for many years what do we k

the ongoing route between the e.u. and u.k. vosges article vaccines intensifies with front of job any proposing and all teens if the company gives the u.k. any preferential treatment. a fresh wave of demonstrations grants from for a controversial new security bill hot sauce a french police union claims the needle new poll is giving right to protest this get out of jail. on the black life not to meet what is nominated for a nobel peace prize for its fight against racial inequality house despite outbreaks of violence a new check of some of its roddy's we put the proposal to debate. where people whether they represent the. porch work businesses 25 people were killed last summer. just around the world not just in the united states this is the most warranted in history that we're. making sure you never miss a story this is auto international from moscow a far cry from. well let's get started so as europe continues to struggle with new corona virus strains on a tough slope down much as people across the continent to becoming increasi

so you get a sense that the e.u. is still a lot more shy to apply pressure to those companies into really set down some clear rules there at the same time as some kind of silver lining on the horizon she ducked the question i also asked her when there would be sufficient vaccinations here in germany to also think about easing those restrictions for those people who had been vaccinated and i think that's what was a lot of fun that line means that it's up to every individual state what they do with such a passport once it's actually there at least a promise it is in the pipeline it's certain that by the summer it will be interesting to see if you have the summer people with vaccination passports going on vacation other people who are still waiting to be vaccinated what does that mean in terms of the pharmaceutical companies who have told the european union that they will be late in delivering the back scenes that they have promised. well we got a lot as already mentioned an export the export ban and how that will come

or his progeny so gerri what impacts are we hoping to see or is the e.u. hoping to see by taking these sanctions moves against these 4 people this is a really important move brant because it's the 1st time the e.u. is using its global human rights mechanism to punish perpetrators of human rights abuses so of course they hope that the direct message is that you can't simply poison your political opponents you can't detain 11000 people simply for expressing their political views it remains to be seen whether russia does anything differently because of it it may just ignore this at the same time the e.u. says consistently that it wants to have a better relationship with russia that it wants to return to a constructive relationship but it doesn't look like the things are going in that direction and you know we heard earlier that russia was threatening to break off all ties with the european union if there are these new sanctions i mean is that a realistic threat. we may well hear more bluster from the kremlin along those lines they certainly will be very unhap

e.u. foreign ministers have agreed to new sanctions against russia over the jailing of opposition leader alex cena valmy sanctions will be imposed on 4 senior russian officials the e.u. says it's a signal that debate and protest must be allowed in russia the kremlin has called the move disappointing and unlawful. the e.u. has also agreed to drop saying.

commerce between china and the e.u. is projected to increase at the close of last year the 2 reached a new trade deal but many economists say caution is still needed even as economic ties become stronger china is still discriminating against foreign companies in the awarding of contracts stealing intellectual property and copying products. now china is now that used biggest trading partner this may not come as a surprise but it raises questions as to europe's trading policy and joining me for war is the w.'s clifford kuhn and. of course you know china very well you've lived and worked there for many years what's this shift in trade mean for beijing well this is a big win for the communist party which runs china they've been actively courting europe for many years now and in the last couple of years they've had to deal with the u.s. trade war and they've also had a lot of pressure because of the coronavirus and of a lot of its overseas markets have suffered so in those terms it's a big win for the for for china and it's

why is the e.u. so slow alexandra because they want to have a common approach they want everybody to be on board and at the beginning of the pandemic the thinking was ok we don't have enough vaccines or the vaccination at the beginning of the vaccination process the thinking was that we don't have enough vaccine so why should we right now talk about about a vaccine passports but now the pressure is increasing with member states such as greece for example austria really saying we need to be on top of this topic right now we need to move forward so i think that it's also going to be a huge topic for today's meeting alexander phenomena. thank you. the spanish capital madrid is under fewer lockdown measures than many other european cities but care homes have kept tight restrictions on their residents movements getting vaccinated has allowed them to trade pensioners in our next report to finally venture out on a trip and they made sure it was a special. service have today is cause for celebration. for a 9

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