To a field in south africa. A very warm welcome to the programme. Vladimir putin says russia s relationship with the us has deteriorated to its lowest point in recent years. Mr putin made the comments ahead of his meeting withjoe biden on wednesday. The us president is expected to take a tough stance amid warnings at monday s nato summit, that russia remains the biggest security risk to western allies. Courtney bembridge has this report. Nato leaders have made it clear they see russia as the biggest threat. Next, president biden will meet vladimir putin one on one. I shared to their allies that what i ll convey to president putin, that i m not looking for conflict with russia, but that we will respond if russia continues its harmful activities. To which president putin says this. Translation: as far as nato, | i have said on many occasions, this is a cold war relic. It s something that was born in the cold war era. I m not sure why it still continues to exist. Russia was mentioned more
properties are due to end. could there be a possible slump? we have a packed business half hour, so let s get stuck in. starting with the oil industry, it has faced vast losses over the past years the global economy slump, but it has a bigger, more long term problem than the pandemic, and thatis problem than the pandemic, and that is how to reinvent itself for a future without fossil fuels. in the next hour or so, shell will announce its green strategy for the coming decades. it has pledged to be net zero in terms of carbon emissions by 2050, or sooner, so it has less than three decades at the very most to make some huge changes. shell has promised one quarter of all of its spending will be on low carbon energy by 2025, amounting to about $5 billion a year. is it enough, though? rival, bp, says it will slash oil and gas production by 40% by the end of this decade as it moves into renewable energy. and shell is thought to be unwilling to give up its lucrative oil business so q
christmas is reassuring people gci’oss christmas is reassuring people across the world his essential journey will not be stopped by a virus. hello to you. after years of to and fro and nine months of actual tour, the uk and the european union seem to be close finally to striking a post brexit trade deal. british cabinet ministers were summoned for a conference call with the primer so late on wednesday evening and any announcement is likely to be held over to a thursday morning press conference. talks have continued for the night. the final text is said to be about 2000 pages. with the view from london and brussels, here are our correspondents nick eardley and kevin connolly. the talks are going to go on for a few hours yet. we know they are into the nitty gritty. it is really crossing tees and dotting the eyes. the latest we heard is that it is likely to be included in the next few hours and it looks like it will be the morning before we know for sure that the deal is done.
pivotal races across the country that could determine what the future holds for both parties. we re following a very tight race in virginia. and an extremely consequential race in new york city and more. and moments away from a cdc panel vote on whether children ages 5 to 11 should be eligible for a covid-19 vaccine. shots in arms could start as soon as tomorrow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re live in scotland tonight following three major stories, including president biden speaking out just moments ago on the last day of the united nations global climate summit here that he s participating in. but back at home his sweeping plan to spend trillions of dollars on overhauling the u.s. social safety net is at an inflection point right now. cnn chief white house correspondent katitlan collins s here to bring us all the breaking coverage. the president spoke a
mixing and matching your covid vaccines. experts also now tracking a new delta variant spinoff, but so far they see no reason for alarm. and virginia s terry mcauliffe gets a little help from his friends. tonight vice president harris tries to rally the democratic base. saturday former president obama hits the trail, this as the polls show that governor s race in virginia neck and neck. we begin though with the president. tonight he ll step up his efforts to sell his sweeping agenda directly to you, the american people, taking questions from voters at a cnn town hall live in baltimore. it is a fascinating and consequential moment. it is hard to sell a package that is still tbd because of big differences in the democratic family so as the president tells the voters asking the questions and those of you watching at home he ll also be trying to sell his favorite pieces of the plan and persuade democratic lawmakers it is time to make the tough decisions needed to make a deal. t