welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the president of the european commission says sabotage was the cause of rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe. ursula von der leyen warned of the strongest possible response if active european energy insfrastructure is attacked. seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nordstream 1 is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nordstream 2. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornholm. i just want to show you these pictures from denmark s defence command, which show bubbles on the surface of the baltic sea above the pipelines they report the largest patch of sea disturbance is 1km wide. well, earlier, the polish prime minister went a step further and linked the incidents to the situation in ukraine. translation: we do not yet know the details of what happened - bu
and little ceremony, the prince and princess of wales make their first official visit to the principality. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the president of the european commission has said sabotage was the cause of rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe. ursula von der leyen has warned of the strongest possible response if active european energy insfrastructure is attacked. earlier, ukraine accused russia of causing the leaks in what it described as a terrorist attack . nordstream 1 and 2, which carry supplies under the baltic sea, are not currently operational, but do still contain gas. here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nordstream correspondent, james landale. one and nord streé 2 nordstream one and nord stream 2 are due to pipelines that ring gas from russia to germany. that bring gas. they are the largest pipelines of their kind in the world. but look at this, significant disturbance to the
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the president of the european commission has said rare gas leaks in two major pipelines connecting russia and europe were the result of sabotage. ursula von der leyen has warned of the strongest possible response if active european energy infrastructure is attacked. earlier, ukraine accused russia of causing the leaks in what it described as a terrorist attack . here s our diplomatic correspondent, james landale. nord stream 1 and nord stream 2 are huge pipelines that bring gas from russia to germany, 700 miles along under the baltic. they are the largest pipelines of their kind in the world. but look at this, significant disturbance to the sea near denmark, caused by leaking gas, it is thought. the danish military say this area of turbulence was more than half a mile wide and shipping is being kept out of the area. the gas is leaking here near a danish island, bornholm, it is thought there are a couple of le
after the storm system devastates cuba. welcome to bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. the leaders of denmark, sweden and poland say that rare gas leaks that have hit the nordstream pipelines seismologists reported underwater explosions just before the leaks. nord stream one is leaking at two points, a day after a similar leak affected its sister pipeline, nord stream two. the danish authorities have warned ships to avoid the area near the island of bornholm. i just want to show you these pictures from denmark s defence command, which show bubbles on the surface of the baltic sea above the pipelines they report the largest patch of sea disturbance is 1km wide. well earlier the polish prime minister, went a step further and linked the incidents to the situation in ukraine. translation: we do not yet know the details of what happened - but we clearly see that this is an act of sabotage. this is an act that probably signals a new phase in the escalat
those areas will never be recognised by the west. the international monetary fund has urged the uk government to rethink its economic policies, saying the package of measures set out by the chancellor, kwasi kwarteng, last week is likely to increase inequality. in an unusually outspoken statement, it also says: given elevated inflation pressures in many countries, including the uk, we do not recommend large and untargeted fiscal packages at this juncture as it is important that fiscal policy does not work at cross purposes to monetary policy. the uk treasury insists it will push ahead with the plans despite a slump in the value of the pound, and warnings of further sharp rises in interest rates. uk banks and building societies are already withdrawing mortage deals, with almost all lenders pulling the deals they had on offer last week. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, reports.