at home will focus on grain exports and the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plants. another missile strike has been reported on ukraine's 2nd largest city of khaki. since when say 7 people have been killed in russian at taxpayer, the head of the world health organization has said the humanitarian situation and ethiopians. tig ry region is the worst in the world. ted ross at hannon, gabrielle says, says 6000000 people are in need of 810 draws, his form to grey believes the crisis is going unnoticed. in terms of humanitarian crisis, i can tell you that the humanitarian crisis integrates more than you create without in exaggeration. and i say it is many months ago may be the reason is the color of the scheme of the people into gray. i haven't heard been the last 5 few months or several months now. even the head of state talking about that to like condition anywhere in the develop gordon, especially why i think we know a u. s. court has ordered 3 major pharmaceutical companies to pay $650000000.00 for their role. and a years long opioid crisis, a judge in ohio wald, cbs,

it of europe, in my opinion, the us should not miss st. afghans. why the poll people of afghanistan for about 20 years have lived with conflicts hauled ship and suffered poverty? ah, not humble, says he, what else we have demanded at washington, implement the agreements reaching doha. we have not violated any of the points in the agreement so far, but we ask others to fulfill darrell obligations as well. ah ah, one of you who know us sanctions have destroyed afghans. homes made children suffer from famine and literally took the clothes from their backs. only a rare person here can say that they can make clothes for their children and not mentioned the high prices of flower, oil, sugar, and food. and i've also taught him why, if we talk about the sanctions america and poses on our poor and innocent people, they just want to kill people. ah mm . for the lead in the money we want to be seen as ordinary people were not wizards. where people like them all these countries have reached a present level in 30 or 50 years, and they want us to achieve it in o

in france, the river law has all that vanished as an intense heat wave is scorching europe with devastating effects for the regions economy. and more than a year since the fall of the afghan government to the taliban, hundreds of people who worked for the german army remained trapped in afghanistan. we hear from the campaign us and say, germany has broken his promise to get the math class from the big stage to the parade ground. will south korea's military service policy, forced k popular bts to pause their careers? that's what microphones for rifle. ah, i'm gabrielle as well come to the program. you're training of authority, say russian shelling during the night and in the early morning hours on thursday, have killed nearly a dozen people in ukraine's 2nd largest city. hark. if the original governor said at least 7 people were killed and harpoon suburb of salt disco rescue workers are still searching the rubble for more victims. cranium, president vladimir zalinski said the attacks destroyed a block of flats and called it a cynical strike on civil assaulted cub is a large district in the n

turkeys leader. friendship type ottawa on the talks, olivia will focus on grain exports and the safety of europe's largest nuclear power plant to res mo, has more from livid at the other issue that has comment here. the possibility of finding a political solution to this ongoing war. the presence of the turkish presidency is crucial in a way he has tried to have a deal at least twice in the past, between ukrainian and russian. he has failed. this could be the 3rd time he met with resident or of lobby me to put in earlier this month. and so she and he suddenly coming here, hopefully as many people here of the possibly of talking peace. another strike has been reported on ukraine's 2nd largest city of kerchief. on wednesday, 7 people were killed and 16 injured in a russian missile attack on a dormitory. at least $21.00 people, including a prominent cleric, have been killed and a powerful explosion at a mosque in campbell. a hospital says it's treating at least 27 patients. no group has claimed responsibility. israel and turkey are restoring full diplomatic ties of the years of strained relations. i'

that's it from focus on europe for this week. thank you for watching and if you've missed anything or want to share the show online, you can find this broadcast on v w dot com on behalf of the whole team. stay safe and bye for now. with ah, with who into the conflict zone with sebastian? how worry the russia 5 about the progress of the war, of investigative journalist managed to pierce the violent secrecy among them. i'm very proud gotta founder and that is a website with track rushes who can do services. it's really difficult for like a logical plate zone. well, because on the bottom, in 30 minutes on the w in red alert. ah, this isn't just route. this is a red if occasion we're going to have some epic or over water. the water is becoming a scarce commodity earth dying of thirst. but global struggle for water is 75 minutes on d, w o. j. a journey across the entire continent with a variety of cars. so with this, so all the focus, the mover shake is visionaries and made when binding the meaning of modern africa. this is an egg on

i asked her if europe might soon see inflation as high as the u. k. where price growth right now is in the double digits. well, for some companies in place, and it's much worse than better for others. it's lower, so never it in the you, in the eurozone inflation numbers are not as bad as they are in the u. k. as high as the u. k. however, my sense is that the beginning of the winter will be the tougher spirit ahead, both in terms of inflation rates, but also in terms of economic growth. so my sense is that the toughest time, sorry for yet to come result with these new g d p numbers that europe is still eking out growth, at least in the 2nd quarter. but there are so many concerning signs ahead. is a recession imminent? well actually the you numbers of came out a day about that the new information for the latest quarter are, are not as a, as so pessimistic as a had originally thought for some countries. so i'm thinking here of the netherlands, but also there were the numbers for greece or after a very strong to his spirit, actually quite strong, much st

and europe. and then we will have u.s. july existing home sales data. and tonight separate events about the economic outlook. coming up, manchester united's owners are considering selling a minority stake in the football club. could the richest man be one of them? this is bloomberg. ♪ >> when it comes to the russian assets, we have been instructed by the government to exit these for the time being. they do not really trade, we cannot be certain where they end up. we have not sold them yet. we came into this year underweight and shares, and lest risky bond portfolio, we have taken that underweight. we remain slightly cautious on the outlook. markets do not go down in a straight line. we are uncertain and whether we have seen a bottom or if we will see a continuation. francine: that was norges bank investment management chief executive officer on the state of russian assets, one of the world's largest funds. let's check in on the markets, 52 minutes into the trading day. if you look at the dax, gaining 0.4% where everything else is moving sideways. u.s.

also on the agenda, averting a disaster have europe's largest nuclear power plant in zapper asia, which is under russian control. grain of jap, removed from the earliest you inspected digital antonia goodess hess, all the adapt a new cream together. we will work full clean. our diplomats nuclear scientists and the international atomic energy agency are in constant conduct. they are no walking on sending a mission to south rachelle nuclear power plant. on the absolute transparency and control of the situation at the end on the plan can guarantee it gradually. brooklyn to nuclear safety photo crim state. the international community and the agency alteri the bows lie for us now in levine, where that meeting is going to be happening. theresa, just talk us through what we should expect from this meeting. well, this is a very high level meeting happening here out for turkish president, the united nations secretary general. and of course, the precedents following me to get is happening about 6 months after the war started on the 24th of this month. it's going to be 6 months since the war heari

meantime, trading across europe just getting underway this hour, and the ftse 100 down slightly and in paris there up a quarter of a percent there, a quarter of a point there. and some better news too for the decks. but we will continue to watch it. it is very early. here's a look at how markets crossed asia have fair today. you can see they are all in negative territory, down about 1%. >>> well, americans may be able to get a new booster targeting vba .4 and ba .5 covid strains soon. the white house says the new shots will be available in early to mid september and they are urging everyone to get them. officials say this will prevent the healthcare system from becoming overburdened, as the influenza virus is expected to make a comeback this winter. in the meantime, the centers for disease control and prevention is planning to overhaul how the agency works, so it is better prepared to respond to a public health crisis in the future. cnn's son jay has details. >> i think the overarching scene here is that they were unable to rise to the challenge as much as they could, at times they wer

in europe will no longer buy from. so that limits the supply of fertilizer around the world that's creating those supply chain challenges for producers. we're meeting one of those producers, iowa crop farm, or den. hence, he's working roughly $700.00 acres total. this is considered a small for however, his main challenge this year. yes. the fertilizer shortage. definitely volatile times right now. so i would say the, the supply issues are, is concerning as the price issue. but those things are very much lengthy as the shortage of fertilizer. definitely creates more demand for and, and drives that price up. the big concern is, you know, moving forward in the coming years, is there going to be as, as a situation or a time in which it's not just about pain, a high price, but physically getting the fertilizer that, that scares a lot of us then just putting soybeans down now, he has dedicated $300.00 acres for soybeans this year. a while ago we finished planting corn on 400 acres for that he partially used a new product in

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i asked her if europe might soon see inflation as high as the u. k. where price growth right now is in the double digits. well, sort of for some countries in place, and it's much worse than that. her for others, it's lower, so never it in the you and the eurozone inflation numbers are not as bad as they are in the u. k. as high as the u. k. however, my sense is that at the beginning of the winter will be the tougher spirit ahead, both in terms of inflation rates, but also in terms of economic growth. so my sense is that the toughest time, sorry, but yet to come result with these new g d p numbers that europe is still eking out growth, at least in the 2nd quarter. but there are so many concerning signs ahead. is a recession imminent? well actually the new numbers and came out a day about and the new information for the latest quarter are not as the as said, pessimistic as i had originally thought for some countries. so i'm thinking here of the netherlands, but also there were the numbers from greece, or after a very strong to his spirit, actually quite

burning natural gas to supply not just the united states butte every one of our allies inhe western europe. so h they won't have to count on vladimir putin for e the lifeblood of their economy. of course,cors your safetyee and security . f that's also a key part of the commitment to america. that means securing our southern border, stopping the spread of fentanyll and heroin, flooding into this country, locking up violent criminals, getting rid of these no bail laws and defundingnd and dismantling police departments and no more lax prosecutions. citieses and states have got to be held accountable for lettingn these criminals back out on the street. we need tohe savee towns, safe cities all across america. and don't forget your kids. they've got to be protected. and that means you need, as a parent, parental rights and your child's education. and you ought not worry about being investigated as a domestic terrorist. if you go to a school board meeting and speak out on behalf of age appropriate materials being taught your kids. and by the way, those schoolsdi ought to be teaching, reading,ng

i want to affirm to you that we have no greater ally in europe, broadly defined than the u.k.. i can tell you my son actually deployed for eight months on the hms queen elizabeth. they took a marine contingent of pilots out with them. he was landing on that deck, day in and day out. it is an extraordinary relationship and you all deserve to know, operation iraqi freedom, it is absolutely true to say what we differ in and politics, agenda, when we go, u.k. goes. we will always be grateful to you. convey my regards. [applause] >> one more. young lady. >> thank you. i am with the utilities. i want to thank you for your commitment to the new hampshire being first in the nation. i have to live your 22 years and it is part of the fabric of our state -- i have lived here 22 years and it is part of the fabric of our state. one of the issues i was wondering if you could touch on is we are energy -- is where energy fits in? where do you stand on energy issues? >> i went by it real fast. if you go to advancing american freedom you will see we spent a lot of time on it. our organizations a

hello and welcome to focus on europe is good to have you with us today. the warn ukraine has been going on for about half a year now, and the russian attacks are not letting up. artillery continues to rain down in eastern and southern ukraine with russia's president putin maintaining his goal of taking the don bass region. ukraine, meanwhile, is publicly documenting what it says are war crimes against that citizens. all while ramping up its counter offensive. ukrainian soldiers by the hundreds of thousands, are fighting fiercely against the russian invaders, and their resilience have surprised many. but with rushes military might. they have lost significant ground. ever since heavy weapons began arriving from western allies, though the ukrainian army has counter attacked, including in the south what their initial gains in the occupied cares and region have shown is that this war will be a long and bitter one. ukrainian forces have dug in deep here in the steps of southern ukraine between nikolai of an ass on and they have russian forces in their sites. si

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and fans across the glove themes can expect some strong support here in kat with a spotlight now on europe. can france claim back to back? welcome victories or will poacher golds christiana, rinaldo finally get his hands on the trophy. the well can't count. on al jazeera, sears for miles is on the go and me tonight, out is there is only a mobile app, is that this is where we dissects, analyze. with algae, there is a mobile app available in your favorite app. still just set for it and tapped made a new app from al jazeera new at you. think of it? ah, hello, i'm down jordan in dough with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al jazeera, israel and turkey are restoring full diplomatic ties. after years of tensions, both countries will be re appointing their ambassadors. the turkish foreign minister says that despite the moved turkey would not be abandoning its support for the palestinians, russell said has more now from his stumble breakthrough announced it to be from his drive to prime minister, yet le pete at the final moment for the 2.

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dani: this is "bloomberg daybreak: europe." these are the stories that set your agenda. manus: the need to slow the rate hike. also, the risks of tightening too far as inflation becomes entrenched. china taxes and forecasts warning a crash and covid lockdown could weigh on demand. risk off, fed angst. china sentiment sending asian stocks in u.s. futures lower. treasuries in the dollar climate. -- and the dollar climb. i just realized the flight did not get back in until this morning. good morning. dani: good morning. i thought you're going to say a miscalculation of bond yields. there was a bit of a rebate to yesterday's market session. it started out a bit negative. let me take you into these markets. some of the worst of it was after those minutes which continue to take the same tone that jay powell did where he did talk about slowing down the rate hikes and seeing what effects they have. we are looking at the asia-pacific session that is down. european stocks are down this morning. it is up pretty significantly. future 100 -- ftse 100 is down. inflation numbers in the

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the exercises are taking place after several incidents of shunning at europe's biggest nuclear power plant. even moscow blame each other for attacks on the russian control facility. ukraine's energy minister says his government is very worried about the safety of a site. of course we are concerned that's for sure, and this is the patient. we see that this situation from the when they start throwing from a b p of august, it's changed dramatically. and of course we're concerned. that's why we're here. that's why we created this group. that's why we're wolf in the everyday communication with and we speak to our international partners. nato says it will boost peacekeeping numbers in the balkans as tensions rise between serbia and kosovo. they launched as chief and stilton. but as hell, a crisis talks with both leaders to try to avert fresh conflict in the region. relations have been strained since the end of july, when kosovo declared that serbia identity documents and car number plates would not be valid. served minority and cost of a reacted by putting up road blocks and firing guns in

well established in europe. so i think that that pattern really carries on and i think that it really continues especially with the founding of these later more more specialized museums, too. hmm well in the spirit of history and dialogue, i think we should open it up to our brilliant audience. we have a number of questions bubbling away. please add yours in the next couple of minutes and read we're just going to dive in so that's great. first up. do you have a favorite old cabinet or museum that still exists in some form today for visiting? oh that's such an interesting question. i would say. you know, i would say that i've really appreciated a lot of you know, recent territorial projects that that are kind of thinking explicitly about this history and tradition. so, you know, i think about the british museum they have their enlightenment gallery where they've you know brought together a lot of the the collections from the 18th century. i you know when i was there several years ago, i spent a lot of time, you k

but how much you've been, you mentioned in a storage report about from noon eastern europe, begonia cuba, virginia with no shows on the people throughout the country. a with 2014 was a watershed in the history of modern ukraine. the countries agricultural western industrial east have always differed in outlook language and traditions. conflicts and contradictions exist thing for decades. turned into civil strife and then war it and maybe get to saying enough doesn't use like i mean state comptroller, dumpster diving i couldn't use most okay. it was output and then it will show a claim. it does have to say leaking a euro, my dance movement, which again, is a struggle for ukraine's integration to the european union. rapid leaving it to was nationalist thinking. and radical groups began to play a leading role in my dad. i, with social studies studied ski. look at the more than what she was on the normal push it. all key was gotcha fall on the schedule. pretty much got muscular when the he luck. we ask for michelle lawson get not naming. yeah, you will just on the claim in your computer syst

again rates in europe are at zero they need to be adjusted to neutral, neutral is at about one, there is some work to be done by the cbd, and it's not going to be damaging for a while. —— cbd. let's get some of the day's other news. a federaljudge in the united states has ordered three retail pharmacy giants to pay more than $650 million to address the damage done by the opioid epidemic. the ruling comes after a jury in cleveland, 0hio, found that walmart, cvs and walgreens helped fuel the crisis by oversupplying addictive painkillers in two counties in the state of ohio. the latest report released by the us commerce department showed retail spending held steady injuly. us consumers shifted savings from falling petrol prices to purchases on other goods, including, furniture, electronics and appliances. consumer spending makes up about two—thirds of the us economy and shoppers have maintained spending despite facing the highest annual us inflation in four decades. passengers face disruption as rail services are hit by more strikes in the uk today. unions are staging their latest

now village life is enriched by the young families who want to stay focused on europe. that 30 minutes on dw with the journey across the entire continent with a variety of cod, so would on this. so the focus, the move is shake as visionaries and make it when bonnie, the meaning of modern africa this is an egg and d, w. departure into the room. today. this means flying to a foreign planet. in the 16th century, it meant being a captain and setting sale to discover a route the world famous c. voyager of ferdinand of magellan. i'd rather erase linked to military interest rate leads to political and military facilities, but also linked to many financial choices and adventure full of hardships, dangers and death 3 years. and that wouldn't change the world forever. my jillions journey around the world, starting september 7th on d. w. ah, this is d w. news, and these are our top stories. german chancellor off, shall it says he is disgusted. what he described as, quote outrageous remarks made by the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas during a visit to berlin at a tuesday press con

like here in paris, it's badly needed, but europe's having to get used to heavy downpours. travelers on the metro had to contend with flooded stations, metty or false reported that one months worth of rain fell in the space of an hour at scotch the banquet. oh and the sky also opened in london with parts of the u. k . capitol experiencing flash flooding. thunderstorms are expected in england and wales, and with a dry soil, almost impenetrable. in areas people are being wants to watch out for further flooding. nadine barbara al jazeera, heavy rains and flooding of till that these 200 people in sedan, dozens of villages have been destroyed. the government says the floods of cause more damage and the state can handle on his ears. he morgan has more furniture here . some item fare and had the alley is trying to collect what he can from his home. it was damaged and left submerged by heavy rains and torrential floods in a manner again. in sedans, da, 0, state law market, lashara, blah. you hi la, you. hi, we now don't have any food or water. the floods came in the middle of the not well, i

russia took control of the nuclear plant, the biggest in europe, in early march. and there's recently been heavy shelling at and around the site, with both sides blaming each other for the attacks. our correspondent james waterhouse reports from zaporizhzhia city. ukraine's vast, rich landscape, full of produce, industry, but still under threat. we are being taken to see preparations for a worst—case scenario. if you want to get anywhere quickly these days, this is how you do it. we are travelling very low to stay out of range of russian missiles and aircraft. you get a real sense ofjust how vast this country is. in zaporizhzhia, they are training for a crisis which some fear could be more serious than the chernobyl nuclear disaster, the worst ever. the region's power plant further south has been under russian control since early march and officials say the situation is approaching critical. it's changed dramatically, and of course we are concerned. that's why we are here, that's why we created this group, that's why we are involved in everyday communication wit

>> i think on the investigation i have very surprised when it comes down to it washington and europe would force a showdown with iran and say you have to provide truthful answers before the deal can be reinvented. they set a president in 2015. they got away with it then. i think in tehran this says unless the probe is closed they will not restart a new deal. to your point, it does seem a very tough position. he said there is no political solution. at the same time, what is he realistically able to do with the board of governors? i am still asking contacts whether they think there is more he could do. whether he could say we will revisit the questions. i don't see any other option. if he is really gung ho about it but to resign. i don't think that is likely to happen. he may try to -- the case has been closed for him. it is troubling for efforts. it is a state sponsor of terrorism we know for a fact because the nuclear archives had a crash nuclear weapons program. they plan to keep it going and they would be able to get away with it. they could continue progress on weaponization and d

the late twentieth century a new wave of immigrants from southern and eastern europe, italians and jews. you might think at how you and, there's going to be a natural religious connection between the irish with the irish but that didn't play out in terms of nrcs, the alliance was more with jews than italians. not like a common faith could overcome ethnic divisions in the church. increased the rivalry to some degree but the demographics of new york were changing, new immigrants were coming in. what was nrcs to do. historians made a contrast between east coast urban politics and the midwest saying the irish on the east coast were more tribal, less willing to bring in other ethnic groups where in the midwest like chicago, a big tense in terms of ethnic groups there is some truth to that but in plunkett's own account nrcs sees the new immigrants, particularly jewish immigrants and religion is not a biter for the. every person represents a vote, he says i don't care if you're republican or democrat i will help you if i can get your vote. when it comes to immigrants i don't care what your eth

nuclear disaster response drills. exercises are taking place after several incidents of shelling at europe's biggest nuclear power plant, both keys and moscow them each other for attacks on the russian controlled facility . so those were the headlines that he's continues here on al jazeera after war, hotels stretching thanks for watching. bye for now. talk to al jazeera. we ask for the rebound you speak of is clearly coming at a high cost for airlines and the industry. what's going wrong? we listen, you were part of the, i'm struggling in the 19 seventy's if you have any regrets. no, we meet with global news makers, i'm talk about the stories that matter on al jazeera. ready ah, the commodore hotel was safe and then you went out into a very grave civil war. another commodore. there's a marvellous javier, a . if a comment hadn't been there, the israel invasion would not have been so well. i it was a great use and overall, was this godfather of the journalist is of no sound ah, the next room i was in was underground in a tiny, filthy, dirty prison cell, basically as a hostage. ah to ah, she we

russia took control of the nuclear plant — the biggest in europe — in early march, and there's recently been heavy shelling there. a huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the centre of the afghan capital, kabul, killing at least three people. it's thought to have happened during evening prayers. us republican liz cheney is bouncing back from her primary defeat, saying she's thinking about running for president. the congresswoman is one of donald trump's fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand—picked by mr trump. she says she'll make a decision in the coming months. now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i'm stephen sackur. london prides itself on being a culture capital. this city buzzes with creativity. now artistic trends come and go, of course, but my guest today has retained his status as the godfather of pop art for some six decades. sir peter blake came to fame in the 1960s. he is still painting today. so what keeps his creativity alive? sir peter blake, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. are you still creating, painting, doing the collage every day? do you

i'm in europe. northern most count please. ah, for a time in the long mary much alive, dw channel, your guy to with recognizing where exactly. it was fun and i have learned a lot our culture history, all their d. w. travel extremely worth a visit. ah, ah, europe not as growth in the 2nd quarter, but how long will last clouds are gathering on the economic horizon as energy prices skyrocket. and the war in ukraine continues, could recession be around the corner? also on our show, the supersonic passenger jet attempts to come back, major airlines are already putting in orders for a plane that right now only exists on paper and uruguay has turned renewables into a trade advantage. but it's common to steep price for households across the country . blown welcome to the show, i'm see from beardsley in berlin. is the european union entering towards recession . the question today, as the block released new growth figures for april to june, output for the quarter increased by 6 tenths of a present compared to the 1st 3 months of the yea

the current branch, known in russia as the crimea bridge is the longest structure of its kind in europe and is used by civilians, tourists, and for the transportation of everyday goods. it was opened in 20183 years after a referendum in which crimea is voted to join russia. despite being a lifeline for civilians, ukrainian officials have publicly called for the bridge to be destroyed. such statements come after last week's powerful explosions at military sites with the russian defense ministry calling the blas acts of sabotage, while kia has not formerly admitted involvement. geopolitical analysts and former us marine john mark doogan believes ukraine does not have the sophistication to attack the bridge alone. i think they would do it in a minute if they could. and you know, they don't really care about who would happen to be on or under that bridge at the moment whether it be civilians or even refugees coming out of crimea. they don't care. and i think they'll hit any targeted the they can, i don't think america would say, go ahead and use your missiles to strike schools in donnette.

russia took control of the nuclear plant — the biggest in europe — in early march, and there's recently been heavy shelling at and around the site, with both sides blaming the other for the attacks. our correspondent james waterhouse reports from zaporizhzhia city. ukraine's vast, rich landscape, full of produce, industry, but still under threat. we are being taken to see preparations for a worst—case scenario. if you want to get anywhere quickly these days, this is how you do it. we are travelling very low to stay out of range of russian missiles and aircraft. you get a real sense ofjust how vast this country is. in zaporizhzhia, they are training for a crisis which some fear could be more serious than the chernobyl nuclear disaster, the worst ever. the region's power plant further south has been under russian control since early march and officials say the situation is approaching critical. it's changed dramatically, and of course we are concerned. that's why we are here, that's why we created this group, that's why we are involved in everyday communication with this. translation: i

the exercises are taking place after several incidents of shilling at europe's biggest nuclear power plant. both kiva, moscow, blame each other, attacks against the russian control facility. your claims energy administer says his government's very concerned about safety at the site. of course, we are concerned that that's for sure and, and, and that this is sufficient. we see that this situation from the when they start throwing from of the piece of august, it's changed dramatically. and of course we're content. that's why we're here. that's why we're great with this group. that's why we walk in everyday communication with and we speak to our international partners. now as tensions rise between serbia and customer, nato says it will boost peacekeeping numbers in the region and take any measures necessary to ensure peace. the alliance is chief installed in burg as hell. crisis talks with both leaders to try to avert fresh conflict and the balkans relations have been strained since the end of july. when crossover declared that serbian identity documents and car number plates would not

the majority are in europe, mostly in the u.k. we are generally not as impacted in these areas. when we need to comply, we will. when we have to apply for a license, we do what other companies do. emily: what is your view on the supply chain and how the covid restrictions in china will continue to impact -- continue to impact the supply? rene: it is hard to predict because the shutdowns are sudden. they don't come with much warning. it does not take a lot for a section of the country to shut down and the next thing you know, you cannot get a port open and ship product. i think the supply chain perturbations are with us for a while. the world was very accustomed to the old normal. the world was flat. we had epic, no skirmishes cross-border. we live in a different time. think it will exist for a while. emily: what does that change, the business, to navigate that, or can you? rene: we don't build products. we license ip. we ship blueprints to companies who build chips. emily: what about your customers? rene: we're watching very closely. we want to make sure we can apply the product

like here in paris, it's badly needed, but europe's having to get used to heavier town pause. travelers on the metro had to contend with flooded stations. material falls reported that one months worth of rain fell in the space of an hour. astonished to back with oh and the sky also opened in london with parts of the u. k. capital experiencing flush flooding. thunderstorms are expected in england and wales and with the dry soil, almost impenetrable. in areas people are being wants to watch out for further flooding. nadine baba al jazeera ah this is al jazeera, these, your top stories. 3 major u. s. pharmacy chains have been ordered to pay $650000000.00 to t counties. in the state of a higher. i court found pharmacies run by c vs walmart than walgreen's help craze. a public nuisance by over supplying addictive pain pills. us and jordan reports the 3 retailers were, were sued by the counties of our lake. and trumbull, that's east of our co of cleveland, the largest city in ohio, and a jury back in november are almost 9 months ago. found the 3 retailers guilty of basically dumping opioid me

russia took control of the nuclear plant — the biggest in europe — in early march and there's recently been heavy shelling there. a huge explosion has ripped through a mosque in the centre of the afghan capital kabul, killing at least three people. it's thought to have happened during evening prayers. us republican, liz cheney, is bouncing back from her primary defeat, saying she's thinking about running for president. the congresswoman is one of donald trump's fiercest critics, and lost to a candidate hand—picked by mr trump. now on bbc news — click. this week, we're getting in tune with nature. yeah, we're having a high—tech chat with our plants. i love that you're breaking it down to talking to plants, because a lot of people do that in their own greenhouses. but what do you do when your grapes aren't happy? paul's looking at how vineyards are adapting to climate change. right, so shall we...? shall we give it a taste? of course, yes. and forget fences. this is the new way to keep your cows from moo—ving too far. in a month's time, the traditional european harvest will be co

the necessary things in europe, mozambique. we will pay off this support after some years. so because it's not to re support right now, we will see the big movement for to western country is here in more than the this is not the most and we can the applicant for too much. this is not only the for the gus running, no, this is not going to get to running. this is the one to be for control of the all african countries does cementing as new colonial in africa. another crack emerges and european unity as warsaw has accused. berlin of running the e like an oligarchy. here's our t contributor rachel marston with the details. well, as germany's economy, which is heavily dependent on cheap russian gas get set to bear the brunt of the european union's anti russian sanctions, the top beneficiaries, within the block of germany's financial largest are kicking berlin wallets down for some strange reason. polish officials keep banging on about what they say, our secret plans being cooked up by russia and germany against poland. christoph sole

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verge of the energy crisis, i don't know what it would look like, energy bills are skyrocketing in europe, u.k., germany, and governments are acting to take the burden from consumers. this boils down to the issue of investment i think there has been under, chronic underinvestment for several years. it has taken as to where we are today. that is the major issue. that requires a holistic solution. can't be solved by saint opec that we need to produce more. we are in a dichotomy. there is a statement that calls on opec to back and responsible way to ensure supplies to the world, but it asks for reduction or stopping funding of fossil fuel investments, so how can you have the two? >> the transition, do we need to passively accept that energy transition is delayed, not denied? >> defining transition is the first key step. that is one. have we transitioned out of the use of coal? the world uses coal. we have to agree under the definition of energy transition. i don't thank transition says we should stop using oil gas for fossil fuels. i think we should collectively work together with technology

evaluation we have a contract allowing to yous take an international expert to bring best of practices from europe and asia and condition dato ensure we are doing this design and proceeding with the best advice. >> moving to the project schedule. we are targeting now fall of 23. basically, we anticipate that it is from the point we issue the rfp we look at a year. between having the bids out and getting them evaluated. we are trying to fall of this year. ntp a year after that. we are looking at 18 months of design and that is where now the suppliers brought on board we community with the engineers and start to work oust a lot of the details that are beyond conceptual. they bring that to the pilot. the pilot phase has a detail design they look at civil work in terms what are they going to dig up and where the wires ago. and the main part of the pilot two parts that the pilot they are also conducive to the rest of the project. one the installing of servers downtown. and they will install the way side equipment in that location on embarcadero and third and fit 219 fords with the train control equipme

with that, we're getting into the range of what a medium family in europe could afford. jamie, i think the challenge for you is different, isn't it? in many ways, it's overpromise, really. a lot is said about autonomous vehicles, about what we can hope to have. they're not even legal in most countries of the moment. so, you're the chief scientist at wayve. set some realistic expectations here — what can i realistically expect to see in the medium—term future before we get to the bit where the robots take over the world? so, you're absolutely right. there have been many- unrealistic expectations set by names that you will all have heard of, saying it'sjust - around the corner, it's| just around the corner. that is simply not how it's i going to be, it's going to be a gradual transition. and it will take time. i would liken it to the - transition between the horse and cart and the automobile 100 or years ago or so, right? - it happened pretty quicklyl in the grand scale of things but, incrementally, day on day, it was sort of a gradual - process but accelerated - as th

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