the decision has been taken that the 2nd e, u, u. s. trade and technology council summit taking place near paris. the 2 sides say though each aim to boost domestic production and provide the maximum possible subsidies to the industry. officials are also planning joint measures against cyber attacks, especially from russia. in china. and i correspondent, in paris on your found the car has been speaking to you, competition commission and margaret of a stair. she asked about the new plans to shore up semiconductor supplies as the work we do on their semiconductors. to fully understand why did we have the shortage to work together for the future to make sure that we remain strong. because i think that's a main task in the do politics of to day. that like minded partners, that we work much closer together than what we have done before. i go to the stair was speaking to our correspondent sonton sonia found the car, alaska, mo, from sonya, i asked her why the meeting in paris had particular importance this year. the u. s . you trade and tec

u. c the u. s. the e u and the u. n. have all packed calls for a full investigation into her kelly. let's take a look now at some other stories making headlines around the world. north korean leader, king john own, has described the coven 19 outbreak in his country as a great disaster. the country reported 21 deaths from the disease on friday. the state news agency says more than 280000 people are being treated for cove in 1000 symptoms. a massive fire in the office building in an office building in new delhi, excuse me, as killed at least 26 people, dozens more were injured. lee said they were looking into what may have caused the place and that the owner of the complex has been arrested. the funeral has taken place of the president of the united arab emirates, shake a died on friday at the age of $73.00. he had ruled the gulf states since 22004. the government has declared a 40 day morning period. the bundle league wraps up this weekend and there are tense battles ahead at both the top and bottom of the league, her berlin, and stood got a bolt hoping to secure safety from relegati

in most parts of the u. e. u. leaders in brussels reached an unexpected breakthrough on the 6th sanctions package just around midnight column. so should now be able to finalize a ban on almost 90 percent of all russian oil inputs by the end of the year with the embargo. a move that had been proposed by the commission weeks ago. and the ukranian president had urged leaders to finally make, keep, or don't do. you've roba, my europe must show strength with you, because only russia perceives power as an arguments. it is time, but it is time for you to be not separate, not fragments, but one hope mil lumpkin, i given him. ceiling. however, member states are still not entirely united on the issue that you plans to cut russian oil transported by see only a concession made in order to get hungary on board. hungarian prime minister victor, oregon has formed close ties with russia in the past, making the country heavily dependent on russian energy. hungary will be able to continue to receive oil by pipeline for now. the

so essentially there isn't that what this e u u. s. counselors is all about competing with will you right, rob? i think china is really the elephant in the room. you know, the biden administration tends to see the trade in technology council as a platform to, to kind of combine you and us economic and military my to, to counter china's a missions. many of the initiatives of wisconsin were initially directed to china, but if you look at the joint statement that was released today in paris, there's hardly any mention of china so, so that there is a real disconnect there. and i think one of the other problems is that you has a completely different approach. officials in the you are always keen to stress that this council is all about working together and is not directed at any one country. but i think the fact remains that many of the things discussed today, you know, whether it's supply chain, semiconductors, even europe's green transition. china does tend to play outside role in these areas . you know, just to give you one example. c

it unilaterally and the u. e. u doesn't know what to do. you know, it's lost and then the point that market was making about these preposterous new coalitions or security deals that britain is making with send them and sweden that also undermines hugely on it. it makes you look as though it's almost a sort of peripheral player. if you like, you know, parents just to the whole plan. very interesting though. just a few days ago you transform minister was talking in terms of the possibly cheating you praying about a next session deal. when you're going at some point. did that follow because of macro comments a few days, or to say that it might take a decade for ukraine to join? you know, i think there's tension between ukraine on union, on the one side, you know, the european union might know scenario where you crime it signs a piece to russia to soon before that you actually have this objective new object as i believe, are to use the projects of the war with russia in frame to create this new to speed europe, which michael run, the french wil

after weeks of infighting, e e u. member states reach a compromise that will allow some russian oil to keep flowing. it's being described as the best deal they could get. also coming up, russian forces pushed deeper into the eastern ukrainian city of sierra to desk authorities fear the city could meet the same fate as mary opal which rushes bombardment all but flat. ah, and welcome to our viewers around the world. i'm michael o, coo european union leaders have been meeting for 2nd day to coordinate their response to russia's war on ukraine. we're waiting for their closing remark shortly, and we'll bring you those statements live. but 1st, this look at the partial ban on russian oil imports. they agreed to on monday and a compromise described by estonia as the best we could get. among the 27 main member states, oil pumped from russian fields is no longer welcome. in most parts of the u. e u leaders in brussels reached an unexpected breakthrough on the 6th sanctions package just around midnight column. so should now be

of the weeks of in fighting e u. member states reach a compromise that will allow some oil to keep flowing. still, you leaders are highlighted as a blow to financing rushes warmer she also coming on. brushing forces are pushing deeper into the eastern ukraine, the ukrainian city of sierra road donuts authorities, fear the city could meet the same faith as mario bold, which rushes bombardment or but flat and investigating war crimes. ukrainian prosecutors meet with i. c. c. officials to coordinate their work, but holding perpetrators to account could get harder as more areas come on, the russian control. ah, i'm glad elf is welcome to the program. european union leaders have agreed to a partial ban on russian oil imports. that's the toughest sanctions imposed on russia since the invasion of ukraine. the deal is the result of difficult negotiations and more member states that ended in concessions to some you countries, which are heavily dependent on russian oil. oil pumped from russian fields is no longer welcome. in m

the e. u had been discussing an oil embargo for weeks, is russia prepared for this? while the russia has been preparing in terms of making declarations about the opportunity to reroute the flows over us and oil or east or to change now or be to south mark to india. but in fact, the transportation capacity is who china, our field, 100 percent. it is impossible to increase exports over us in the oil to change. maybe a couple of 10 on there is, will be loaded additionally in some, both the courts or lexi for. but this does not make the wither and an additional 3 or 4, or maybe even 5 them for a year or 2 chairs, which receive a $1000000.00 over us and oil every year. it is a very microscopic course and which is not going to replace of the western oil flow and india where the competition was sour, dairy, the iraq and kuwait and the united arab emirates is very heavy, is not going to absorb more than 6 or 7000000 tons of russian oil for a year, and this is absolutely not enough to replace the european market. i want to get back to that, but what i'm hearing you say essent

when thinking about the e. u. one doesn't know whether to laugh or cry when it says it's united over the issue of ukraine. it is not. it says it doesn't want to fight russia, but in fact, is a co belligerent on the side of ukraine is determined to deeply damage rushes economy . but in doing so, damage is itself, ah, cross stocking the e u, i'm joined by my guess. marco gassett in london, he's an international affairs commentator in prague. we have brad blankenship. he is a columnist at c g t n, a freelance reporter push in law as well as a r t contributor and a mirror cash we custom roster. martin j. he's an award winning journalist, an commentator. all right, gentlemen, cross stock rolls in fact that much. i mean, you can jump in any time you want. now is appreciate a martin. i start out by saying, i don't know if i should laugh or cry when it comes to the e. u. i think that should be familiar to you because i was a title of an article you wrote a few days ago. why did you write it? go ahead because we were just

on her ladder, u e u. a deep ella tex, he had a shabby economist shipped and a ferry yet daddy here while ever you're at the ella that the same as you'd walk the hammy cluster mounted as to her feet that hid it. well my there, nick fioma joya. jerry, jerry ma, household for the federal, the sub ha lakin warden drama. what the lord j. m i a z the and come seen elf. manella could. so when look, telephone while the seller. lemme me act that if you'll be my hus holla for sebastian lid. delilah. anna la hillis did. you're hey, borden, o'clock one was so i did. and you devereaux, i'm her. i knew ok. saw ma'am i can level of web daily is the moderate heavy. he and when i was head physically, i am what a net loss a leon and muslim in ear, i will. and yet they careful. while i shot both of them now. hm. well i could the, the thought that i snarled chabad in malaise. im gonna take careful a bad that then the thought about as children and the damage i why and that led above that upside element, magellan. rather men.

well, i don't think there could be any response to the decision made by the u. e. u. on the other side, moscow. ready will of course, find some other countries that are ready to import the russian oil. it says that the israeli chinese radio other countries are ready. so i think what the european countries are doing, the shooting themselves at the leg, because russia has provided around 30 percent of crew royal to the european countries. and i think i don't imagine nowhere or at what price those countries will get oil from, from what countries may be the united. ready states would provide your credit card countries with crude oil, but again, what will be the price so. so you think that that moscow can easily make up for all of the revenue. it's going to get from e countries using other countries in china, in india and places in asia. well, ok, it's a canonical process if someone doesn't want to buy. so no one can make these countries this person to buy. so russia will just, as i mentioned briefly. ready will just try to find the other countries to import the oil i used

c the u. s . the e u and the u. n. have o back calls for a full investigation into kelly. at before we got his reminder of the top story, we're following for the sal, ukrainian forces appear close to climbing, victory of rushes, attempt to take the 2nd largest city hockey. western military analysts say russian troops were withdrawing from areas around the city due to limited reinforcements, and he pretty encountered an attack a fit for now coming up as long as means football tennis that has been struggling, that the women are the best in europe after the break before with it's not a question of whether the next crisis will come, but only when and how the media will deal with it. how can we stay focused on what is important shaping to morrow now. exploring.

it unilaterally and the u. e. u doesn't know what to do. you know, it's lost and then the point that market was making about these preposterous new coalitions or security deals that britain is making when sending and sweden that also undermines usually, you know, it makes you look as though it's almost a sort of peripheral player. if you like, you know, parents just to the whole plan. very interesting though. just a few days ago, you, french foreign minister was talking in terms of the, you possibly teaching you praying about a next session deal. when you're going at some point. did that follow? because of macros comments a few days or to say that it might take a decade for ukraine to join. you know, i think there's tension between ukraine on union, on the one side, you know, the european union might know scenario you crime it signs a piece to russia to soon before that you actually have this objective new object is i believe, to use the projects of the war with russian frame to create this new to speak europe, which michael will run, the f

so the e u is slowly becoming more and more undemocratic. and i think that we might end up, i hope not, of course, that even speaking against the e. u by e. u citizens, it would become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that, that state while some new states have pushed to for a cease fire in ukraine, others have lashed out against those contacts with russia. with more on how baltic states have been putting immense pressure on german and french leaders and even suggested prolonging the war years are t contributor rachel marston, french president, a man or in that home and german chancellor, olaf schultz are facing pressure from baltic state officials over a perceived lack of appetite for continued conflict with russia over ukraine. it's not the 1st time that the baltic countries have tried calling the shots for the you . the representatives in brussels have her team the counter, including by the chief diplomat jones, the brill to engage with russia after a press conference alongside russian foreign minister of survey law in moscow.

u by e. u citizens, it wouldn't become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that that state, amid a grave economic crisis in soaring inflation, the planet to consume less energy in an effort to secure independence from britain, oil and gas. the gulf reduction has grown from a previously promised 9 percent to 13 percent. not according to the commission, president energy savings are the quickest and the cheapest way to address the current energy crisis. we will therefore increase the energy efficiency target for 2030, from 9 percent to 13 percent. this is just one of the proposals under the new e u. v power plan introduced in an effort to reduce dependence on russian fossil fuels. and these promise to allocate an additional $300000000000.00 euros to achieve its goal, which will go towards importing more resources from other countries, cutting economic expenses, and a swifter transition to green energy. this is all happening amid exorbitant inflation, which is 3 times higher than the european bangs targets that's affects all european hous

k, and the e u. it states that goods coming from the u. k. must go through customs 1st before entering northern ireland, the e. u wants to keep it as the 2 powers negotiate locals of belfast are finding themselves in a bench. normally would have a way, figurines or franchises been either quite limited and what we can guess our che suppliers we with they were to live in barbara and britain. so they're in england and they would import them from all over europe and amps and the directly the us. much of his time and energy is spent varying about customs, paperwork and bureaucracy. he has to pass on the high price of bringing the cheese in to his customers. it was much easier in the past. or you could just call a company out place your order on it was here within a couple of days now it's taken really long. this issue is driving a vege between u k and e you. the 2 can't seem to agree on the specifics of the trade route, connecting them the d u b party. once the agreement scrapped the damage in a harmful impact the protocol. it continues to have a

u by e. u citizens, it would become a criminal offense. i hope we don't be sure that, that state the number of nato soldiers stationed near russia's borders has reached 40000. that's nearly 10 times more than it was before the war in ukraine. nieto has been bolstering its eastern positions after the ukraine conflict corrupted. 3 months ago and finland, which borders russia as well as sweden have asked to join the western military alliance. moscow has continually emphasized for decades that nato expansion is a red line. meanwhile, turkey has refused to allow finland and sweden to join a don't and that has caused a widening to within the block with the president of a fellow member state croatia. now also speaking out against the potential a session of the 2 nordic countries creation president, iran milan of which wants to his country's parliament to vote against the proposed nato expansion. as western countries have failed to help creations resolved their political disputes with neighboring bosnia and herzegovina. milan, which also has said

u. c the u. s. the e u and the u. n. have o back calls for full investigation into her kelly w's. jerusalem corresponded tanya kramer was at st. joseph's hospital when police began firing. she told me what she experienced. oh wow, was absolutely shocking. scene stare at st. joseph hospital, we were actually reporting from there. we were standing outside the gate. there was already a heavy police presence that had cordoned off the street surrounding the hospital. and once to casket actually appeared the police and rushed into the courtyard, which is also the main entrance to the hospital. and we heard stun grenades because at the same time then mounted police was just this. where a pushing against the people are outstanding outside and dispersing them in the street be also saw, you know, they were taking down many of the palestinian flags before morning, had waved palestinian flags. now d is where the police had said in a statement afterwards said nationalistic tans and stones western prompting the police to rush in. but

there could be any responses to the decision made by the u. e. u. on the outside the must. ready ready of course find some other countries that are ready to import the rational oil. it said that in days. ready the chinese, right, the other countries ready? so i think what the european countries are doing, they're shooting themselves of the leg because russia has provided around 30 percent of gruel to the european countries and i think i don't imagine. ready where or at what price those countries will get oil from, from what countries may be the united states. ready would provide the european countries with crude oil. busy but again, what will be the price so no one can make these countries the person to buy. so russia will just, as i mentioned previously, we'll just try to find the other countries to import the oil i use to engage raise it to buy. ready russian oil changes ready to buy. ready russian oil other countries are. ready to buy the russian oil asian country basically. so this is the decision made by a european union. so we, you, of course, where we are, we look at

and the u. s. the e u. the u. k. generally speaking, have done their best to shelve any united nations report about human rights violations in the policy and occupy a territory. so the outcome looks samba in a way or another. yes, i see that argument and i also agree with that. you know, the problem is addressing the root cause of this situation. there are 2 things to, to comments. i like to make here on the one hand and the case of shearing must investigated. as we have said, independently, on the other hand, he's teaching a lesson violence on an impunity only brings to violence. so in the abuse we need to zoom out from, from the specificity of the situation. and i really encourage the actors, you know, the political actors, you mentioned to stop using an ad hoc, an emergency you many time in wrestling when approaching the mission of palestine. the situation occupies palestine is not debt to the emergency. if, if, unless we have a standing as a man made one except political reality dominated by one spread abuses and

and the e u economies. in fact, we have seen sir, several russian managers, members of the board and ceo's resign now from their positions so that those companies are no longer affiliated with them. a very similar measure now to have a very similar step taken by russia taken by the russian president, hungary is foreign minister, has claimed his country as being unfairly attacked over its stunts on russian energy supplies. we're looking at this issue solely from the perspective of hungarian national interests. we're not interested in what the east till the west think about it. the real security of supplies is an issue for us because it's currently physically impossible to run the hungarian economy without russian oil minister as c r 2 also pointed out that hungry against iran, 65 percent of its oil from most from budapest, confirmed earlier. it won't back on embargo on russian energy and could veto a u sanctions on the countries. oil industry hungry was also among the 1st european countries to agree to allow

because the e u and the u. s. they already have very similar to the list of the same nature of russian business men of russian companies that are in fact toxic for the u. s. and the e u. economies. in fact, we have seen several russian managers, members of the board and ceos resigned from that position so that those companies are no longer affiliated with them. a very similar measure now to have very similar step taken by russia taken by the russian president. thanks very much for taking this through all of our cheese shit and hungry. foreign minister has claimed his country as being unfairly attacked over its stumps on russian energy supplies. we're looking at this issue solely from the perspective of hungarian national interests. we're not interested in what the still the west think about it. the real security of supplies is an issue for us because it's currently physically impossible to run the hungarian economy without russian oil. the minister also pointed, i've been hungry, denser, and 65 percent of its oil

now this raises the spectre of an all out to trade war between the u. k and the e u. a prospect that has been dismissed by the british prime minister parish johnson. i don't think that is likely, but what we have to fix is the, the problems with the non political situation where you can't get the executive up and running. right now in the past we've done all sorts of things to, to fix that. we need to address the problems with the protocol. what actually evolves is getting rid of some relatively minor barriers to trade. and i think they're good common sense, pragmatic solutions. we to work with our friends to achieve it. so maybe this is all shouting and the deal will be done in the end. let's talk to anton speed jack, who's a senior fellow, they tony blair institute where he specializes in u k. u relations. he joins us from london. welcome to the w. explain to was why it would matter if the u. k. i chose to walk away from this deal unilaterally. thanks for having me. i think it's really important to take a step back here and go back to the also 2019. when the agreeme

be able to qualify to join the e u. and that a new block kind of in between block could bring them closer to the you know, this evening the french president joined german chancellor. oh, shoals at the iconic brandenburg gay that you see right there, of which was lit up in the colors of the ukranian flat. the french president is visiting germany for the 1st time since winning his reelection earlier. he was welcomed with military honors at the chancellor. re we asked our chief political editor mcculloch hofner about microns proposal of a new e u light membership possibility for states like ukraine. yes, well this debate about to tier and different speed. european union is almost as old as actually is all the european union itself, which is to be called european community. and what in my my call is proposing is a european political community that would allow ukraine to get closer to the european union within a saucer time frame than what he mapped out. and that was years potentially decades . and that's how long it has tak

the u. s. and e. you created the counsel at the advent of the, by the administration, seeing it, seeing it as a kind of vehicle for closer cooperation after especially devise a period under u. s. president trump, of the war. and ukraine has made it even more important or correspond in paris when you found a car caught up with you competition commissioner migrate for stocker at the summit was what she said. commissioner sale, thank you for joining us. the eel us trade and technology council is meeting for the 2nd time. it comes almost 3 months after the russian invasion of ukraine. how has the war changed the councils? by oddities, the war has changed europe, but it is also changed the world. ah, now we have the suit suit i, a crisis i, in many countries, people see fruit in very short supply. so every one is also realizing that these are global metis. so the trade and technology council, of course, focuses on supply change on a how information is being used, a weaponized around the planet. what can we