Latest / Early Edition with Ryan Bridge / Gavin Gray: UK Correspondent on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania leave from Russia's electricity grid, a British couple home murder, and the auctioned-off first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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Gavin Gray: UK Correspondent on Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania leave from Russia's electricity grid, a British couple home murder, and the auctioned-off first edition Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: International Correspondence with ins and Eye Insurance Peace of Mind
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  Speaker 1: for New Zealand business. Kevin Gray joins us from the UK. Kevin, Hello,
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  Speaker 1: Hi there, Andrew. Congratulations on beating France and rugby. That
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  Speaker 1: was a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: Ah, thank you. It's slightly exciting.
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  Speaker 1: Let's talk serious stuff. Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania on the coast.
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  Speaker 1: They have finally and they left the Soviet Union a
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  Speaker 1: while ago, they have finally decided to stop taking the
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  Speaker 1: Soviet Union's power.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, this sounds pretty minor, doesn't it? Minor stuff? But
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  Speaker 2: actually I suggested as the lead story because frankly, this
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  Speaker 2: is a major landmark change of direction, the direction in
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  Speaker 2: which these countries are facing. As you said, they were
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  Speaker 2: all part of the former USSR, but now Estonia, Latvia
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  Speaker 2: and Lithuania, who have continued to get their electricity through Russia,
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  Speaker 2: are now switching off this weekend still Sunday afternoon here
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  Speaker 2: and adjoining the European Union network. They will now be
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  Speaker 2: connected up to the energy sources through Poland. Why does
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  Speaker 2: that matter? Will in the past, even though they haven't
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  Speaker 2: been taking much electricity from Russia over the last couple
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  Speaker 2: of years, it is still thought to be that dependence
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  Speaker 2: and a hold over those countries that Russia continue to
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  Speaker 2: have and threats some would say from the Kremlin about
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  Speaker 2: what might happen if they fall out of line. Well,
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  Speaker 2: now that energy line has been switched off from Russia
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  Speaker 2: and turned on from Poland. Local residents were told to
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  Speaker 2: charge devices, stock up on food and water prepare as
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  Speaker 2: if it was a severe weather forecast, because they weren't
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  Speaker 2: quite sure how smoothly andrew it was going to be
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  Speaker 2: in effect. Though it's all gone pretty well at the moment,
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  Speaker 2: and certainly now it is going to be perhaps a
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  Speaker 2: change of face, and now even more that they're in NATO,
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  Speaker 2: perhaps a move towards johining the European Union, as.
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  Speaker 1: That will make Fla to be even more angry.
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  Speaker 2: Now.
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  Speaker 1: I was interested in this story about a British couple
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  Speaker 1: who have found murdered in their home in France. At
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  Speaker 1: those times called jets, they've been retired and they seem
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  Speaker 1: completely mild and ordinary. That will was a murdered suicide.
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  Speaker 1: What the hell happen? But now this suggestion, now there's
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  Speaker 1: a suggestion it's a professional hit.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, not confirmed by the police. Post Mortem examinations are
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  Speaker 2: being carried out in about twenty hours time Monday, French time.
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  Speaker 2: And well, this has been a mystery. It's certainly a
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  Speaker 2: double murder. The retired couple had gone from the UK
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  Speaker 2: to seek quieter life in the south of France, but
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  Speaker 2: then all of a sudden they were discovered. It is
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  Speaker 2: reported that the wife's body, Dawn Searle, was found naked
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  Speaker 2: and outside, with jewelry scattered beside her. Andrew Searle is
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  Speaker 2: reported this is not confirmed. Andrew but reported to have
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  Speaker 2: been found inside, gagged and hanging. Now why apart from bizarre,
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  Speaker 2: the initial thoughts were a burglary gone wrong. Why is
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  Speaker 2: this raised interest? Well, it now reveals that the Hull
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  Speaker 2: Andrew Searle used to be a major figure in fighting
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  Speaker 2: organized crime finances. He was an investigator in looking at
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  Speaker 2: the money made by organized crime in the UK and
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  Speaker 2: all of a sudden, of course, that has led to
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  Speaker 2: fears that this might have been a hit, a paid
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  Speaker 2: for killing from the UK but taking place in France.
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  Speaker 2: Now we don't know, but there are reports that his
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  Speaker 2: body wore marks of being injured, perhaps even darres tortured.
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  Speaker 2: Horrific for the son and daughter who remain in the
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  Speaker 2: UK hearing this, I don't want to jump the gun,
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  Speaker 2: as I said, post mortem examination in a few hours time,
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  Speaker 2: but certainly the fact that somebody is so prominent in
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  Speaker 2: looking at anti bribery fraud all those sorts of things
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  Speaker 2: should have been murdered in this way without seeming there
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  Speaker 2: to be any motive at all has generated lots of
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  Speaker 2: rumors on social media.
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  Speaker 1: Geting great from the UK, I thank you for your time.
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