of why people in former soviet republics like georgia and moldova are feeling a bit vulnerable after putin s invasion of ukraine. georgia is probably the most exposed country in the world to russian aggression. moscow has troops stationed about 30km from where i m standing here in the heart of the capital, tbilisi. 1a years ago, russia gave military support to separatists in two regions, south ossetia and abkhazia. there was a five day war between these separatists and georgian forces in which hundreds died and thousands were displaced. moscow recognises both south ossetia and abkhazia as independent republics and is believed to keep thousands of troops there, much like the pro russian territory of transnistria in moldova. these are among europe s frozen conflicts, and there are fears that as long as the war continues in ukraine, especially in the breakaway republics of donetsk and luhansk, there ll be a risk of escalation. is president putin trying to build a new iron curtai
that she was the kindest, most compassionate and most tenacious person i have ever met . now it s time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. a fine afternoon for the north of scotland and eastern england but even in central and western parts of the uk there will be dry weather around. the breeze is bringing passing showers. they will move quite quickly but the odd heavier one is possible. they are more frequent the further west you are. close to an area of low pressure off the coast of ireland and it is here across ireland, particularly western ireland, that we will see persistent areas of rain. 22 in northern ireland and eastern parts of england. only about 16 or 17 in the west. where the breeze continues to freshen for the night, cloud and longer spells of rain across ireland and south west scotland, north west england, north west wales by the end of the night. elsewhere, rain clears and clear skies to take us into start to sunday and some southern and eastern
Problem or solution . To discuss that question, im joined in this studio by Mekonnen Mesghena with the Heinrich Boll foundation here in berlin. Mekonnen says trade, development, migration and refugees are all on the agenda in hamburg, but africa with its 1. 2 billion people is almost absent. It verges he says on neo colonialism. Also with us is irwin collier, economics professor at the john f. Kennedy institutes Berlin Free University who argues it is better to have a regular forum like this for coordinating responses for shared problems than to wait until crisis build up and become manifest. And a warm welcome also goes to dagmar delmer, who writes on development and the Environmental Issues and africa with the berlinbased tagesspiegel. Dagmar says the g20 wants companies to invest more in africa, but private money cannot solve the institutional problems so prevalent on the african continent. Thank you, once again, all three of you for being here with me on quadriga. I would like to b
Problem or solution . To discuss that question, im joined in this studio by Mekonnen Mesghena with the Heinrich Boll foundation here in berlin. Mekonnen says trade, development, migration and refugees are all on the agenda in hamburg, but africa with its 1. 2 billion people is almost absent. It verges he says on neo colonialism. Also with us is irwin collier, economics professor at the john f. Kennedy institutes Berlin Free University who argues it is better to have a regular forum like this for coordinating responses for shared problems than to wait until crisis build up and become manifest. And a warm welcome also goes to dagmar delmer, who writes on development and the Environmental Issues and africa with the berlinbased tagesspiegel. Dagmar says the g20 wants companies to invest more in africa, but private money cannot solve the institutional problems so prevalent on the african continent. Thank you, once again, all three of you for being here with me on quadriga. I would like to b
Problem or solution . To discuss that question, im joined in this studio by Mekonnen Mesghena with the Heinrich Boll foundation here in berlin. Mekonnen says trade, development, migration and refugees are all on the agenda in hamburg, but africa with its 1. 2 billion people is almost absent. It verges he says on neo colonialism. Also with us is irwin collier, economics professor at the john f. Kennedy institutes Berlin Free University who argues it is better to have a regular forum like this for coordinating responses for shared problems than to wait until crisis build up and become manifest. And a warm welcome also goes to dagmar delmer, who writes on development and the Environmental Issues and africa with the berlinbased tagesspiegel. Dagmar says the g20 wants companies to invest more in africa, but private money cannot solve the institutional problems so prevalent on the african continent. Thank you, once again, all three of you for being here with me on quadriga. I would like to b