european countries. wholesale prices are 4a8% higher than they were a year ago. experts say that s significant. we actually saw an all time record high being traded today, at more than 220 euros a megawatt hour compared to the usual trading range, which is below a0 euros a megawatt hour over the last five years. this is what s contributing to those higher prices. what you re looking at here is a map of the nord stream pipelines, which move russian gas into europe through germany. eu countries have blocked the use of nord stream 2, which would ve boosted capacity. they did it in response to russia s invasion of ukraine. this week, russian gas giant gazprom said it would cut gas supplies on the other pipeline down to about one fifth of capacity that s half the current rate. russia says it s necessary for maintenance. but many aren t buying this explanation. overnight, ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky repeated his call for more sanctions against moscow. let s hearfrom him. transla
government ever was. but in this scenic part of the country, they re facing a resistance movement. a small band of guerrillas, led by former army soldiers, is launching attacks here in andarab, as well as in neighbouring panjshir province, where they recently managed to bring down a taliban helicopter. it s hard to get a sense of the true scale of the fighting. the resistance exaggerate their strength, whilst the taliban outright deny their presence. translation: you can see yourself, we only have a small military presence here. there are no problems. i was told of at least one ambush on a taliban vehicle in this valley. translation: that| was a long time ago. we carried out some operations in the mountains, and now there is nothing.
that happens everywhere in the world. accompanied by taliban fighters at all times, it was hard to gauge what locals really think. many we contacted secretly strongly oppose the taliban, but some also criticised the resistance forces. we managed to speak to one of their commanders. surely there s no actual chance of you defeating the taliban, so what s the point in continuing the violence? translation: our fight - is forjustice, for brotherhood, equality and for the real islam, not the islam of the taliban, which defames the religion. 0urfight is for the rights of our sisters. the prophet muhammad said education is compulsory for both men and women. the taliban s insurgency over the past two decades was, in part, fuelled by anger at aggressive raids and the killing of civilians by international forces