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
Welcome to this Special Edition of hannity. Im pete hegseth in for sean. And we begin with Breaking News just moments ago, maines Secretary Of State. Her name is shannon bellows. All you have to do is remember that for 15 minutes. Thats how long her fame is going to last. She just unilaterally she just unilaterally president ial primary ballotllot in pending appeal. Why did she do that . Sh the way he inflamed his supporters back january of 2021. Well, here she is palling joe around with joe biden a few months ago. But im sure, political bias had nothing to do with her decision. St s it just so happens that she was, one of the three Biden Electors in the state of maine in 2020. Shes not a lawyer. Never graduated from law school. But right after her announcement, she rushed straight on to msnbc just a few minutes ago to brag about her election meddling. Trump now has five daysp to challenge this bizarre decisionhas fi maines superiorz court. The Trump Campaign says itarre o will quickly
over the last couple of hours in the middle east. middle east hamas says its deputy leader has been killed in an explosion in lebanon. hezbollah says his kidding will not go unanswered . saleh al arouri was deputy chairman of hamas s political bureau but is also known to have been deeply involved in its military affairs. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by many western governments. this is the aftermath of the explosion thought to be hamas office in beirut. reports six people killed. local media have described this as an israeli drone attack. the bbc hasn t verified that. the israeli military has told the bbc that it will not comment on reports in the foreign media. the un has described the beirut strike as extremely worrying . a spokesperson for the un secretary general. we know that the secretary general urges all parties to exercise maximum restraint and take urgent steps to de escalate tensions in the region. i mean, he was very clear in mentioning that th
welcome to this special edition of hannity . i m pete hegseth in for sean. and we begin with breaking news just moments ago, maine s secretary of state. her name is shannon bellows. all you have to do is remember that for 15 minutes. that s how long her fame is going to last. she just unilaterally she just unilaterally presidential primary ballotllot in pending appeal. why did she do that? sh the way he inflamed his supporters back january of 2021. well, here she is palling joe around with joe biden a few months ago. but i m sure, political bias had nothing to do with her decision. st s it just so happens that she was, one of the three biden electors in the state of maine in 2020. she s not a lawyer. never graduated from law school. but right after her announcement, she rushed straight on to msnbc just a few minutes ago to brag about her election meddling. trump now has five daysp to challenge this bizarre decisionhas fi maine s superiorz court. the trump campaign sa
uk prime minister rishi sunak arrived a short while ago. he was greeted by moldovan president maia sandu. and once all of the more than a0 leaders of countries and various organisations had all made it to the venue, mimi castle, they posed for what s known as the family photo. but as you d expect, with plenty to talk about, they didn t stand still for long. you may have seen ukraine s president volodymyr zelensky there standing out through his choice of military fatigues over a suit. he was among the first to arrive earlier this morning and he was also given the first opportunity to address the gathering, warning that russia is an aggressor and needs to be stopped. he said that apart from peace there are only two options for countries which are not in the eu and nato war or russian occupation. every european country that borders russia and that does not want russia to tell them apart should be a former member of the eu and nato. there are only two alternatives to these,