The International Energy agency has revealed that lng now makes up 35 of europes energy supplies, not far off the 40 contribution that russia made before it was sanctioned over ukraine. Joining me now is ben mcwilliams, whos an Affiliate Fellow at bruegel. Thank you very much for being with us today. What are your concerns about where gas prices could go if these workers do indeed strike . This is certainly a concern, but to be clear up front, nothing comparable to last year. The position we are in is that, as you mentioned, as russian Pipeline Supplies have been cut over the last 12 months, the eu and uk have become more dependent on liquefied national gas. Natural gas. Australia typically supplies asia. If it were cut to asian consumers, we would see asian consumers turning around and looking to qatar and competing with european buyers there, which would in turn have some Knock On Effect on prices. As it had last week, 40 increase from around 30 to 36 euros just nothing like close to
Of the worst hit area has been searched for bodies. John sudworth has this report from maui. These boats are now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering why there was no help centre. Where are the resources . Why are we taking supplies on the boat instead of a helicopter . We do this because they have do. fin helicopter . We do this because they have do. . ,. ,. , have do. An hour into the Ourney And The Devastation H have do. An hour into the journey and the devastation along have do. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out the landscape above the town where the grass is burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the island, picking up speed on the way down the mountainside and then picking up sparks fr
Significantly after the worst wildfires to hit an american state in more than a century. Our North America correspondent John Sudworth reports from the island. Vital supplies being loaded onto a boat that would normally be taking tourists whale watching. Theyre now making multiple daily trips into the Disaster Zone with a growing sense of frustration. We are all wondering, why was there no help sent from oahu . Pearl harbor is a 20 minute flight away, right . Why are the limited resources of police on this island left alone . Where is the support for them . Why are we taking supplies on a boat instead of helicopter . We do this because we have to. An hour into the journey and the devastation along the shoreline comes into view. We can quite clearly see the town of lahaina now and you can make out is the blackened landscape above the town where the grass was burning and what happened with the Hurricane Blowing away off to the south, the pressure brought the wind over the top of the isla
Reporter on the ground in maui, helena humphrey. Helena, youve been following the developments for us there, bring us up to date with the latest. Im here on the road to lahaina. This is as close as we can get to the community full up can get to the community full up and what i want to show you right now is the scene here. If we just move over here i want to give you a picture of these dry conditions here on the island of maui. You can see the dry grass, the drought here, which has been a persistent problem for many months. You can also see the high winds. In these high winds really have been an issue in fanning those flames and they are leading to more concerns, ever present concerns from authorities about the prospect for flareups in these places. Im going to move out of the way so you can look over my shoulder here. What you can see is this is the last Police Check Point here on the road to lahaina here, everyone on the road he is stopped and asked questions about why they are going
Bryne is a small place, but a warm place, a place where everyone knows each other. The people in bryne, in time kommune, in the jaeren, as we call it here, is, yeah, friendly people, but working, hard working people. Bryne is the biggest place in an area called jaeren, which is a very agriculture heavy place, theres a lot of farms. Right outside of the city, you can see green grass everywhere, so were very proud that we have so many good, hard working farmers. We can get the best food on the table and being strong as erling only 12,000 lives here. People quite friendly, but quiet. We wont use ten words i or if one word is sufficient, or even a meaningful pause. You can see that in erling. He doesnt speak long sentences, and thats normal here. Growing up in bryne is very much about football. Its basically been the one thing that this town is all about. The Football Team bryne were in the top divisionl for a very long time, they finished second twice in the 805, they won the cup in 1987.