Energy infrastructure in ukraine has been a key target of russian air strikes. I ll speak to maxim timchenko of ukraine s energy giant dtek about keeping the lights on and the people safe whilst under attack from russia. Wherever in the world you rejoining us from, welcome to the programme. Now, at the beginning of september this year, the heads of the uk and american foreign intelligence services wrote an unprecedented article, saying that stability of the world was under threat in a way not seen since the cold war, and since then, there s been even more instability. Those in the industry call it a permacrisis, a sense that the world is lurching from one extreme event, such as the covid pandemic, to another the multiple international conflicts. In the middle east, fighting, bombing and fatalities on multiple fronts. In europe, russia s invasion of ukraine rages on into its third year, and the threat of that escalating is now seen as greater than ever before, with fighting now on bot
welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. president zelensky says he will continue to push allies to send tanks to ukraine after a meeting of 50 countries ended earlier with no agreement on the issue. ukraine says the tanks are needed to break the deadlock in the war. germany which hosted the meeting is under pressure to allow its leopard 2 tanks to be exported to ukraine. the new german defence minister says no decision has been made, but he added that berlin would not stand in the way of exports if its allies decided to act together. the uk has commited to sending 1a challenger ii tanks to the frontline. russia has warned that such a move would mark an extremely dangerous esculation. escalation. here s our europe correspondentjessica parker. this is what kyiv wants, but can t yet have. german made leopard tanks, to help defend and reclaim its territory from russia. britain has gone first in sending western main battle tanks, but it is a fract
equal fourth warmest on record, and quite alarmingly with only two months to go we are on track for one of the warmest years on record. some of the warmest years on record. some of us need rain, but only northern ireland were substantially above normal. there will be some over the next 2a hours, but it is the wind that will feature tomorrow night. widespread gales, and potentialfor disruptive and damaging gusts of wind. all linked into this area of cloud. that s a developing area of low pressure. a gap between that and the showers we have at the moment. lively showers this evening. they are clearing off, clearing skies, a few showers later on in the south and west. most will become dry and clear. not the coldest mornings tomorrow morning, two or three degrees in parts of rural scotland, but a bright start for many ahead of this. an area of low pressure i was mentioning. it will be slowly pushing from the west. the wind picking up through the day. for many, the driest and brig
Sentiment this morning . Australian shares have opened lower on the Escalatin Lower on the escalating tensions. Oil prices expected to rise at the start of the asia trading day. Although a lot of this has been priced in. On friday oil prices were at a six month high. Thats because investors really expected that iran would retaliate on that suspected Israeli Attack at the beginning of the month. Traders say any gains will depend on the scale of israels response. I think will see volatility, i think think will see volatility, i think that will be on the framework for that is a word to be some framework for that is a word to be some sort of counter move by israel be some sort of counter move by israel i be some sort of counter move by israel i think that would rock it markets very much to the upside it markets very much to the upside is it markets very much to the upside is far as crude oil in the upside is far as crude oil in the us upside is far as crude oil in the us dollar as a safe h