might be rishi sunak, will be appointing her cabinet, and beyond that, those ministers at this level, and i think she will want, as far as possible, her own people, and maybe thatis possible, her own people, and maybe that is what lord harrington has come to the conclusion of here. i think he has suggested he has spoken to both the leadership contenders. tony for the moment, thank you very much. the first lady of ukraine has urged people in the uk who are worried about rising energy costs to think about the ukrainians who have been killed in the russian invasion. it comes a day after moscow suspended gas supplies to germany, through the nord stream i pipeline. speaking to the bbc s laura kuennsberg, olena zelenska, the wife of president zelensky, said she had sympathy with people in britain but said ukraine was paying a heavier price. translation: the prices are going up . in ukraine as well but, in addition, i our people get killed. so when you start counting pennies on your bank acco
through the nord stream i pipeline, so energy prices are elevated across the european union, including in the czech republic but, frankly, everywhere and also, i believe, in britain. that s not popular. i think that in the short term, russia has a lot of leverage over the european union because it can control the prices byjust cutting off supply. however, over the medium term, russia is the loser here. the european union is getting quite serious about cutting off its dependency on russian oil and gas, and it will be able to do that in a few years but, of course, it can t happen immediately and so, russia is trying to play its best hand and remind everybody that they re still needed and try to shift opinion somehow in a country which has turned quite against russia overall. people in certain parts ofjackson, mississippi have told bbc news they aren t being supplied with free
correspondent, tony bonsignore. meanwhile, in germany, the chancellor, 0laf scholz, has just announced $65 billion worth of new measures to help people and businesses hit by soaring energy costs linked to the war in ukraine. the plan includes extra payments to pensioners, students and those on benefits. germany s government is also planning to raise billions of dollars to mitigate energy bills, with a windfall tax on energy company profits. the measures come two days after russia said it was suspending gas exports through the nord stream i pipeline which supplies germany indefinitely. ukraine s first lady, 0lena zelenska has also been speaking to laura kuenssberg. in an interview recorded in kyiv, mrs zelenska said the economic impact of the war in ukraine may be tough on its allies, but although britons are having to count pennies, ukrainians are counting casualties. translation: we hear that energy is getting pricier, that life is getting pricier,
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on whether he will run in 202a. tonight with the context, stefanie brown james, co founder of collective pac, the group campaigning for equal representation in american politics, and tom peck, the political sketch writer at the independent. hello, warm welcome to the programme. vladimir putin is in a much better position to weather a fall in gas revenues than the eu is to survive a shortfall in supply. to prove that point, the russian energy giant gazprom will tomorrow make another decisive cut in the gas it sends through the nord stream i pipeline. it will flow at 20% of its capacity. that will ensure germany in particular will not have enough gas to replenish its depleted winter storage. and so today an emergency meeting in brussels eu energy ministers reluctantly agreed to reduce the demand for natural gas by 15% this winter. here s the eu announcement. today, we are sending a strong