hello and welcome. the uk is today taking delivery of liquefied natural gas, or lng, shipped all the way from australia. it s part of europe s preparations for the winter at a time when gas supplies from russia are under threat because of the war in ukraine. the uk is home to three of the largest lng terminals in europe, and this delivery could be consumed across europe. australia doesn t usually sell gas this far afield, and it s signalled that it might have to limit its exports because of its own supply problems. joining me now is james huckstepp, head of emea gas analytics, s&p global commodity insights. thanks very much for being with us today, james. how much of a problem solver is this shipment? problem solver is this shiment? , , , shipment? the shipment is really part shipment? the shipment is really part of shipment? the shipment is really part of what - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we - shipment? the shipment is really part of what we have | rea
welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. and this is riga, the capital of the small baltic state of latvia, which was liberated from moscow s rule some three decades ago, and which is now braced for a new era of confrontation with russia. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine reminded latvians of the russian threat. it also stoked internal tensions because a quarter of latvia s population is ethnic russian, and this country relies heavily on russian gas supplies. well, my guest today is latvia s prime minister, kristjanis karins. just how vulnerable is latvia? prime minister kristjanis karins, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. vladimir putin s invasion of ukraine happened six months ago. right now, here in latvia, has that war raised the level of fear to new heights? what the war has done has raised the level of mobilisation. so the first effect was the mobilisation from the grassroots, people rallying to the support of ukraine citizens, ordinary people coming together, asking
Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. And we start today of course with our world lead. And a new warning about the rapidly deteriorating humanitarian crisis in gaza. Today u. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken returned to israel after meeting with multiple allies throughout the middle east. Trying to get a humanitarian corridor open for innocents to evacuate from gaza before israel ramps up attacks on hamas. Right now israel is pointing the civilians toward the Southern Gate into egypt, known as the Rafah Crossing which is still clowes. Video shows dozens families including babies waiting next to locked gates. A u. S. Government memo showed more than 250 u. S. Citizens in Southern Gaza waiting for the crossing to open. And earlier reports suggested that it was the Egyptian Government to open the gate when i pressed Jake Sullivan on this issue yesterday, he blamed the closure on on altogether different group. The egyptians have in fact agreed to allow americans to depart to get safe p