it s also struggled for years with pro russian rebels. moldova s president said hosting the summit, just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in chisinau for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many ye
alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondent jenny hill is in chisinau, and has more on the summit. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow forfuel, forfinance, and whilst its government leans heavily to the west, it s desperate to join the eu, there is a region, transnistria, which is in the hands of pro russian separatists. there are still russian troops there. it s a hangover from the soviet era and the way in which it ended in this part of the world. so for those european leaders who gathered in that rural castle today was about sending a me
moldova s president said hosting the summit just 20km from ukraine s border, was a show of solidarity with kyiv. president zelensky has been at the gathering where he emphasised once again that ukraine should be allowed to join both nato and the eu urgently. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tear it apart, should be a full member of the eu and nato. and there are only two alternatives to this either an open war or creeping russian occupation. our correspondentjenny hill is in kishi no for us. today was largely about symbolism, as is often the case with this kind of summit. it s no accident that those european leaders chose to meet here in moldova. of all of ukraine s neighbours, it arguably has the most reason to feel vulnerable in the wake of vladimir putin s full scale invasion of ukraine. moldova is a former soviet state. it s wedged between ukraine and the eu. for many years it s been heavily dependent on moscow for fuel, forf
thriving in one of the world s toughest environments, we meet the greenland communities on the frontline of climate change. a lot of places in greenland have a record and rain. nowadays, we never know how the weather is going to be. bother! i do hate shoddy work. and dame angela lansbury, one of the stars of hollywood s golden age, has died at the age of 96. welcome to the programme. we will begin welcome to the programme. we will begin with what is going on on will begin with what is going on on financial markets. the pound has fallen sharply after the head of the bank of england announced an end to its emergency interventions in to the pension industry. the bed was made to support the pension the bed was made to support the pension industry. the bank had been buying government bonds to help stabilise the market, but andrew bailey says the support will stop on friday, despite calls to extend it. our economics editor faisal islam reports. the problems in uk financial mark
Going on on chinese electric vehicles and the problems of lack of reciprocity in terms of access to public markets. I dont think that france should be expected to move on that. On the contrary, on the anti dumping investigation on brandy, i think that the line of argument on the french side will be that it does not make sense to dump a luxury product on which one has a quasi monopoly. But i think what france seeks with the trip is really balance, inviting von der leyen and stoltz even, if Chancellor Scholz even takes the invitation, tells you that france prioritises eu unity on these issues and that this visit will not be primarily about French Business interests in china such as nuclear energy, Luxury Products or agricultural products. We will keep you up to date with any new developing lines coming from that meeting. The danish giant maersk says disruption to Container Traffic in the red sea is worsening because drone and missile attacks on ships by Yemens Houthi rebels are reaching