chancellor olaf scholz promised dramatic change. my guest is the state secretary for economic cooperation niels annen. so has germany got a new strategic vision? niels annen, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. pleasure. it is great to be here. let s start with the war in ukraine. i think there is no doubt that putin s invasion of ukraine shocked germany. would it be fair to say it has also destabilised germany? no, i don t think so but it certainly shocked germany because a lot of our economic model was based on the assumption that we would continue using cheap russian natural gas and it was also based in a kind of historic, i want to say historic experience that although russia was a competitor and an enemy in the cold war, it was always also in economic terms quite a reliable partner. i think that was somehow, you know, is seen as a constant policy, and we did not really realise that it is not the soviet union anymore, it is a brutal dictator and an unpredictable dictator. but
today, following the firm s takeover by elon musk. prince william has announced the finalists for his global we are going to find a solution is to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize . good morning and welcome to the bbc news channel. the government could delay or scrap major energy and transport projects as it tries to rein in public spending a spokesperson said we are reviewing every major project . the treasury is due to reveal its tax and spending plans under the new prime minister rishi sunak in the autumn statement on the 17th of november. the bbc understands that plans for a new nuclear power plant called sizewell c in suffolk are under review borisjohnson pledged £700 million for the project in september, with a call to go nuclear and go large . a high speed rail line promised by liz truss for the north of england could also be scaled back. the government is also expected to try t
[explosions] jesse tonight israel will begin to exact revenge. The Ground Operations against hamas in gaza has begun. Israeli infantry and armored divisions rolling into the strip to avenge the slaughter of 1300 innocent israeli civilians. Welltrained israeli Combat Specialists are conducting their first operational raids searching for hostages, gathering intelligence and neutralizing terrorists. Hamas is no you on the defensive. Israel has ordered a full evacuation of Northern Gaza telling a million Palestinian Civilians leave immediately or become Collateral Damage. Hamas is ordering all palestinians to stay put, making their own people into Human Shields. The terrorists will not be subdued easily. Theyre still launching hundreds of rockets into israel. Hamas rockets not surgical strikes. These are indiscripple and in ba rages that land in is really neighbors and on israeli highways. These random rockets terrorize israeli minds in population centers. Israels air campaign is drastical
And you will be forced to submit to military or political pressure, but because your territory and sovereignty will be fully restored. Mr zelensky wont return home just yet. Already hes had a full schedule in the us, as he presses for more international support. On monday, he visited ukrainian soldiers undergoing rehabilitation here, in new york. On the sidelines of the General Assembly, hell also meet with various Heads Of States and officials. Then on thursday, zelensky is expected to travel to washington to meet us President Joe Biden as well as leaders of congress. Mr zelensky also dismissed efforts to broker a peace deal without ukraines involvement, characterizing russia as an unreliable partner and saying, evil cannot be trusted. In his address to the General Assembly, mr biden also took aim at the kremlin. If we allow ukraine to be carved up is the independence of any nation secure . I would respectfully suggest the answer is no. We have to stand up to this naked aggression tod
the 80th anniversary of d-day landings at omaha beach. on this day in 1944 more than 160,000 troops landed along a 50-mile stretch of french shoreline. they took the fight to germany s nazi forces. to this day it remains the largest seaborne invasion in history widely regarded as the moment allied forces began turning the tide in world war ii. many heads of state and world leaders are now attending this ceremony. that s what is playing out on the left side of your screen. today, including president biden, you will see others who you recognize and, of course, the president of the republic of france is there along with his wife, the macrons, we ll take you there when the ceremony begins. there is a lot to get to today and with this in the forefront, so much history, so much forged in the name of freedom and our fighters at the forefront, too. we honor them, we thank them, we keep them in our minds this hour and we will cover this the moment it begins. there is a reenactment of