tour, has been to london, has been to paris, and now he will appeal to eu leaders more widely for more help withjets and long range eu leaders more widely for more help with jets and long range weapons to bolster kyiv s defences against the expected spring offensive. almost a year to the day that russia invaded ukraine. let s listen the welcome given to president zelensky in brussels. applause we are here today on this historic occasion to welcome the president of ukraine, volodymyr zelensky, to the european parliament. this is an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary moment, an extraordinary time. it has been almost one year since the brutal, illegal invasion of sovereign ukraine by russia. in all that time, mr president, your leadership has inspired your people, inspired every corner of the globe. when the world thinks of ukraine, they think of heroes, fighting the odds. of david beating goliath, they think of the icons of snake island, the warriors of mariupol, the libera
europe is descending into poverty. did you know that? someone told you that? so the most advanced continent on the planet, the birthplacerta of western civilization,ce our civilization is getting much poorer very quickly. it s moving backward at high speed just a year ago,st ay europe was a modern place.ea for example, the overwhelminge r majority of europeans heatedwhle their homes with natural gas as modern people do in germany,l the continent s richest country, only about six percent of households, most of them6% o rural, heated with cord wood and you would expect that givena that again, germany is a moderna industrialny country with centrl heating and indoor plumbing and all the other trappings of a society that has moved beyonda the medieval period. year, only about six percent of germans used% of wood to heat their homes. but that has changed dramatically. demand for firewood in germany has risen so fast that there is none left to buy. you can t get it so desperate. ger
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The sacrifices made to ensure that you will always have a vote. And our election gurus in the studio this evening, for this last Election Wrap of the campaign, are Caroline Crampton, the Assistant Editor at the new statesman, and tim shipman, whos Political Editor at the sunday times. Lets bring you up to date with the latest developments from the last day on the campaign trail. The leaders treated the British Public to a re run of their best hits today, trotting out plenty of old favourites from their political phrasebooks. After seven weeks of campaigning, theresa may told voters she still needs help with her brexit hand to become the strongest leader of them all. Every vote for me is a vote to strengthen my brexit hand. And a vote for a fairer and more Prosperous Britain for us all. Jeremy corbyn set his sights closer to his london home, visiting watford, harrow and islington to emphasise that his manifesto is for the many. Im proud of this document, for the many, not the few. Im ve
President trump is stepping up the pace here in washington. The oil and car sectors were both in his sights today. Mr trump is urging a new strategy for two very prominent american industries. The new administration is making big changes to americas stand on both energy and the environment. This morning, the president signed two Executive Orders to move ahead on a pair of Controversial Oil pipelines, known as the keystone xl and dakota access. Both had been stalled by the Obama Administration because of environmental concerns. Senatorjohn barrasso from wyoming is part of the Republican Leadership and he sits on the energy and the environment committees. I spoke to him a brief time ago about these new Executive Orders and President Trumps busy first couple of days. It looks like these signings this morning on the pipelines, thatjobs are going to win. I believe it is not one or the other, i think we can have clean air, clean water, clean land and still a healthy economy. The Obama Admini