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as the opposition calls for his resignation. also in the news top, russian officials meet nato representatives in brussels as tension continues over russia's trip build up on the border with ukraine. covered 19 fatigue are turning point to the pandemic. we look for answers. i'm in the coals to treat karen of ours is just another infection. north korea amounts as a successful test launch of a hypersonic missile as leader kim jong. when urge is his command is to show more military muscle and his phone of a joke which has admitted to not isolating for a positive test, the coverage 19 last month and a social media post the tennis well, number one accepted, it made an error of judgements ah, it's little after 1 pm in london with the u. k. prime minister has apologized for attending what he says, he understood to be

a work event or it's johnson still facing calls to resign with the leader of the opposition labor party criticizing his account is untrue. it follows evidence of government garden party during the height of a cove at 19 lockdown back in may of 2020. it was a leak to e mail, which showed johnson's aid advising a 100 government staff for drinks. mrs. b, i have learned enough to know that there were things we simply did not get right. and i must take responsibility. number 10 is a big department. with the gardener's extent, as an extension of the office, which has been in constant use because of the role of fresh air and stopping the virus. and when i went into that garden, just after 6 on the 20th of may, 2020, to find groups of stock before going back into my office 25 minutes later to continue working. i believed implicitly that this was

a work event. nothing bob, following this once a day in london, everything the prime minister said just then not dame. it is hard to say it washing with either the opposition or the british public to be fair. it is come out in the headlines that you heard, the prime minister apologizing. he didn't really say what he was apologizing for. but he went on to acknowledge the great sacrifices that the british public had made, particularly during spring 2020. and around that time in the 1st locked down, when people weren't allowed to visit relatives who were dying in care homes in hospitals, they weren't allowed to attend funerals and things which have really made many people here. very upset by what's being reported about that garden party van. as you say, he offered an explanation of what happens and why he was there. will witnesses have

told or press outlets here in the u. k. that he was there with his are now wife carry that he was in their words, glad handing people. there were dozens of his colleagues in that garden. there were tables with alcoholic drinks laid on her. and now he is saying he didn't realize that it was a party we're the leader of the opposition care stammer, had said that, that excuse is so ridiculous, it's offensive. and he has called on the prime minister to do the decent thing and resign. he's not the only person saying it, but he's perhaps the most forceful right now. we got the time of putting forth a series of ridiculous denials, which he knows run through a clear breach of the ministerial cone. that code says ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation. the party's over prime minister. the only question is will the british public kick him out?

we'll is party, kick him out or we'll do the decent thing and resign. yes. let him hear sound the makes the point there will his party came out a feel that might actually be the key going forward. how much internal pressure are there is on bars? johnson from the conservative party? it absolutely is crucial because we're, we're not in the run up to a general election or some of his own party. his own conservative m p. 's did say before prime minister questions that if he attended the garden party, then his situation would be untenable. boys johnson's just told us that he was there, but he said that he was there following the rules. he didn't realize that it was a party, he said, but technically it was within the guidelines. the guidelines as his culture secretary are outlined to the public that very same day in may. 2020 said that

apart from your own household, you could not meet more than one person in and outdoor setting. these were reportedly 40 people in close proximity with boris johnson going round chatting to people. it's very, very difficult to see how this is going to convince any body amongst a general public amongst his mpg. will they be pressured by more people who say that they stuck to the rose and had to go through terrible hardships at that time? probably will they turn against him? it's hard to say, opinion polls have shown a great some, been a popularity ratings for the prime minister, but he saying people should wait for the end of it castigation by a senior civil server that could take some time. there could also be an investigation by the metropolitan police who are in touch with the cabinet office. so that may, if you want to be cynical by the prime minister some time before, he has to really address this in detail again. but of course,

the opposition about to try to keep up the pressure that in barbers outside the house of parliament in westminster, london. thank you. nadine. our other main story today. the high stakes security talks in brussels as tensions persist over the russian troops build up on ukraine's border. we've got the nato russia council meeting for the 1st time in 3 years. efforts to deescalate the situation or ongoing with fears. russia could invade ukraine. moscow looking for guarantees that nato would not accept its neighbour as a member or 2 correspondence covering this one hour natasha butler are in paris and will be with you shortly. natasha to talk more about the nato side of things. first, also jabari. in moscow, i believe the talks have gone on a bit longer than expected. is that being taken as a good sign? well it could be, we'll have to see when they come out in the press conference due to be held shortly, what they say. but certainly the general consensus here is that the fact that

they're actually talking is a positive step. but there is not a lot of expectation that anything substantial will come from these side discussions that have been ongoing. now in rad brussels in the earlier this week in geneva. and there's another meeting scheduled in vienna on thursday. but this is significant because of the russian delegation is led by a number of high ranking officials from the country's foreign and defense ministry, including russia's former ambassador to nato, as well as the deputy or foreign minister from russia. alexander grosso, who has said that this is a important time in russia nieto relations and that russia is committed to j continuing and discussions about the security of its neighbors. and they've said that they're very clear about their position that they cannot tolerate. an expansion of nato to include ukraine,

nor any other country for that matter. and that to the discussions about you, russian troops. building up near the border with ukraine is says something that is not up for negotiations or discussions in terms of russia, believing that this is a sovereign and move on their part. they're free to move their troops wherever they want to within their own territory. but it's certainly important to note the russian position that they are asking for concrete guarantees from the americans that ukraine or any other country will not join nato. and that's something the americans have said. that is certainly a non starter there. there is no country that can say who can and cannot join nato . ok, thanks, dalso talk to you again soon. once we hear from yen stolberg just quickly checking in with the tester butler as well in paris. natasha. this is a russia nicer counsel nato russia council told there was the russia us tools more recently, which really didn't bring us anything. is there any been really different you

well, it doesn't, seems i really a monday there were talks between us and rushers. you say no breakthrough, and a few people are expecting a breakthrough for these talks. it is a key meeting this week in a week of or other meetings, or aimed diffusing the a crane crisis. we have russia. senior negotiators are meeting with nato members, but the problem is the 2 sides are very marge, are stuck in their positions. if you like, deeply entrenched in their opinions on one side. russia saying that he doesn't want nato to continue with it's eastwards, expansion is certainly does not want ukraine to become a later member on the other nato of cor, saying it is up to nato at which countries become members will not. and certainly not something that the kremlin should be dictating so the 2 sides do not seem to be

finding any common ground. and the nato secretary general before going into the meeting said that the best result he hoped for was an agreement to continue talks like he certainly setting the bar rather low. we know that there are other talks this week already scheduled. he's perhaps thinking of more talks in the future, perhaps a strategy in a way that those talks would allow more time for the escalation, at least talks are better than nothing. but certainly we're not hearing anyone talking about major breakthroughs at this stage. natasha buck was in paris. thank you, natasha. just to expand on what we've heard from her correspondence. the president putin has told nato not to cross its red lines on ukraine, which include the former soviet bloc. jo, a country joining the organization, rushes concerned about what it sees as a relentless expansion of nato. eastwards over the last 2 decades. in 1998, a membership in europe was still confined to the traditional cold war allies. but beginning the following year series of countries joined the alliance,

including many former soviet bloc nations, such as poland, bulgaria, and hungary. after moscow we go to talk to andre cotton of who's director general of the russian international affairs council. thank you for your time, sir. when we look at that history, russia's position is understandable that it would be concerned about nato's expansion. however, how can russia tell nato you can't take ukraine and you can't take anymore. people in russia is surely cannot dictate that to nato. well, that's right. definitely each can to the right to doing any alliance it would like to, but these move a security problems for the neighbors. it's neighbors also free in the choice, all the actions. and this is not when we

see jason, but lucy station, ukraine is moving close. it is likely to mobilize resources border. and in the end of the day, both sides elected loose, which implies that the for other ways to provide for you and probing nature of the only game in town. especially if you're the navy is not ready to train anytime soon anyway. so in your view, is there any chance or how, how, how could russia back down from this? russia has all these troops on the, on the ukraine border, which is what nato is concerned about. is vladimir putin, the kind of man likely to, to back down from that? what might he do? what could he do? well, as far as the concentration of jolts is concerned, the position is that it's not about potential aggression. it's about the terrorists

. they want to tour you cream, to use an military for in order to resolve the problem. and this is the commitment you made the payment on the computer. so i think that one of the ways to get out of the situation would be very clear signal to keep the rest is not going to boil ukraine in a military solution don't about and that would allow you to escalate without. ready losing faith, we're talked a lot about how there is very little expected from these talks. is it a, can we take it as a positive that they are at least talking in the 1st place? well, i think that given the current situation, definitely dialect is better than needed. and of course, so the question is whether they can claim success even if they each

very limited to for example, even they're able to restore the nato russia council. the able to establish mil to mil dial it between moscow and that would already be an accomplishment whether this accomplishment is enough or not. we don't know. sorry about that. thanks. we're just testing and i pad here actually. sorry. thank you for your time . andre quote, and for talking to us about russia and nato now an explosion is rocks somalis, capital market tissue, killing. at least 10 people, including 5 security offices, authority, say cobb on target a day security convoy. the group elisha barb says it carried out the attack on a road leading to the airport. right, so what are we 15 minutes past? azusa is what's coming up. the u. s. reports more corona virus, hospital admissions, and ever before. as president biden defends,

the government's response to the latest surge at the scene of a massacre will be in some far a state in nigeria where the government is promising action. after the killing of 200 people and your sports news and frustrating starts to the africa cup of nations for egypt and livable strike a mohammed seller. and he will have that story in a month. right. you as president joe biden, defending his administration's response to the surgeon, army court cases, infections averaging 3 quarters of a 1000000 a day, and more people are now in hospital with coven 19 than ever before. now let's show you this graph, the total number of cov patience ah, in hospital, in many countries you can see how high the united states is bare and how much it's gone up in the last few days. yes, it's got a population that's much bigger than any of these other countries down here, and they are all trending outputs as well. but really,

the situation in the united states, far more serious as far as hospitalizations go, ben, others, it's certainly at the p. i then it's peak her for this time last year as well. and as the strain on the health care system as well, compounded by staff shortages and hospital workers becoming infected, petty calhane has more common in another new coven record in the us. more than 145000 people hospitalized with the virus. i'm still u. s. president joe biden is sounding optimistic. i'm confident we're on the right track. back to the polls show. much of the country disagree. one problem casting this is boston and here in missouri long lines to get a test and results are taking longer to come back very where we've been, it's been a lot like this is we're testing looks like in most of the country. the other option at home tests, but they are expensive and really hard to find. same with masks,

the government says i'm a crohn means everyone needs better masks if you can find and afford them. so some local government have begun giving en route. i was just going to get the mask. i can't find anyone and was like ok lightly by just so expensive. oh, take 2 or 3 weeks to get on. at this senate hearing the focus was supposed to be on how to make it all better. but it often got contentious with republicans launching personal attacks on the nation's chief cobit adviser, who says he is receiving death threats because of it. so i ask myself, what, why would sen want to do this? so go to that ran poll website and you see fire doc, the voucher with a little box that says contribute here. you can do 5 dollars, 10 dollars, 20 dollars a $100.00. so you are making a tanis traffic epidemic. so your political gang. so here's the problem, case numbers are extremely high,

but hospitalizations usually follow those by about 3 weeks. and hospitals are already stretched this one several times as i did simply tell ambulance drivers don't come here, we're just quite out of beds. the bind administration says they're ramping up the production of medicines, math tests, but those are weeks, maybe months away. and the situation is getting worse by the day. and after saying it wouldn't be needed. authorities admit they are working on a vaccine for the amazon very it and working on others that could work on the next variant that comes after that. i'm a crown isn't likely not to be the last curve ball. this virus throws in us nearly 2 years on and once again, hospitals are stretched, lives are being lost and every day new signs that life is far from returning to normal. petty clean al jazeera, maryland. and yet there are some are doing that normal is achievable if we change

our thinking. the spanish prime minister petra sanchez wants to move away from detail tracking of cove at 19 cases and instead start treating it as an endemic rather than a pandemic. now, to be fair, he's got to point because case numbers on their own can skew the reality. you've also got to think about case numbers and testing and hospitalizations and deaths to get a full picture. now, thanks to our world and data at oxford university, which we use a lot here, we are able to start doing that on just the one graph by looking at proportion. so this is spain itself and for all our graphs, the baseline, it's here, okay, it's this 100 percent mark back then the peak, all 4 metrics that is cases hospitalizations. i see you admissions and debts. we're all at a page that was a year ago basically. now, yes, cases, you just get rid of that cases have gone up massively. right? then out 250 percent of what they were bought from a similar point going down there, hospital admissions. and i see you admissions and confirm debts are all far lower.

now it's a similar story in the u. k as well. the see the graphics and actually i draw your attention to this point here. the highly successful vaccination role as meant there is always been some good separation sort of this area between the number of confirmed cases, the green line, and all those other metrics. and you've got israel as well, which was one of the 1st countries to offer a boost to shot. and they managed to bring everything down. are looking at this point. ah, this was before army kron hit, obviously, but they managed to really in a, bring all of those metrics down quite well. so does all of this back up? what prime minister sanchez was suggesting? well, let's go to barcelona. speak to jeff lazarus, who's head of the health risk systems research group at the pasadena institute for global health. i've laid up the data there and i guess that's the argument that the prime minister says. debts hospitalizations they are going down, but they still exist, don't they? and it's hard to just sort of turn off on them and say ok,

now it's an endemic that's exactly right. i understand the prime minister's perspective, but this is not an endemic situation. yeah, maybe comment back right now. the reason cases is epidemic. and since that's occurring in somebody countries, we got a global epidemic, you know, hospitalization, so people going into intensive care units and n. s are lower, they're high and they're increasing. i've been able to visit a few hospitals in madrid and, and the northern region of tabio in the past even yesterday in madrid and their hospitals are filling up. and what's that doing? what that's doing is actually displacing other operations and other procedures test diagnosis. and so on that they would want to carry out. so the situation is quite critical. so even though everybody knows somebody, or many people who have who 19 or, and recently, and it's been very mild,

the sheer number of cases means that there are large numbers in hospital. we saw the situation in the u. s which has a record number one hospital. many western european countries have higher numbers. i think that's what's really saving us right now as well as the booster. well out as well as people taking individual writing. this is bonnie: this is what i wanted to try to understand because you know, those graphs i just showed and i sent them to you earlier to have a look at as well. they show how effective vaccines can be, that you can get this many new cases, but you can have fewer hospitalizations and debts. but then, you know, you heard our report from patty in the us saying that hospitalizations are all time high there. is that just because it's not enough vaccination, or is there some other factor going on? i think it's mainly about numbers of people vaccinated, but also we heard that it's difficult to get a test. so people are waiting longer. so one of the successes we've had in western

europe and other countries is earlier diagnosis and getting earlier. and you can start taking care of people before they need to be hospitalized for before they need to go into an i c. u. so you said it could be endemic at some point. i mean, how long is a piece of string right now? i don't think any of us thought we'd still be in this position 2 years later. what is the sort of prospect you have for maybe the next? not in our 6 months or so, or do we, are we just at the mercy of, of different variance and, and of the unknown? yeah, i mean it's, it's a bit of a technical distinction. what we're seeing now are we in the academic, and at some point one we need to say is here to stay on the question is, is how do we control? and we end up like how threats were able to have normal economic social governance situation. and not be facing the sort of catastrophic

situation we have every time there's, there's a new way, i think we ought to be quite telling. well, no, there's new variance. variance occur. the mutations occur when there's widespread transmission in the community situation right now. we also need to understand if there's been waiting a muted you previous infection or, or vaccinations again, you know how we are in the on. i mean, at that point i think we'll know this. and then maybe we can control that more or we can expect more of these academic ways. jeff lazarus, always a pleasure talking to you. thank you for your time. thank you. i. north korea is climbing a successful launch of another hypersonic missile state media released images of leader kim jong and observing the 2nd launch and less than a week. hypersonic missiles can more easily avoid detection and deception than ballistic ones. kim said his new year's aim was to improve north korea's defenses.

what exactly makes these hypersonic weapons different? will spades a big factor? hypersonic missiles fly towards targets at low altitudes and can travel more than 5 times the speed of sound. we're talking 6000 kilometers plus an hour. the main difference though is they can be rapidly maneuvered after they've launched on like ballistic missiles, hypersonic weapons, don't follow a pre determined path. the trajectory can be altered, which means they difficult to stop. all of these things, the speed, the agility, the low altitude, they make it difficult for ground based radar systems to detect them. china, russia, and the u. s. i leaders and hypersonic weapons and several other countries including japan, germany, france, and india are reportedly investing in them. or the u. s. says north korea's weapons program as a threats to the international community and that dialogue is the only way forward . the launch clearly does highlight the dc life destabilizing impact of the

dpr k. solicit weapons for s, i. e. it violates multiple human security council resolutions. it poses a threat to the d. p. r k. as neighbors are in to the broader international community, we continue to call in the pure k, at, to refrain from further further provocations and importantly, to engage in sustained an sustained and substantive dialogue at what we have been open to. and in fact, calling for for some time now, his bone young chick who is a research fellow at the institute for north korean studies that yon se university . he says it's time to take north korea's improvements in weapons technology. seriously. the world has consistently underestimate the ingenuity of. busy a korean scientist and weapon development. and that lady is the true test fighting miss or prove that the north koreans are really determined to

strengthen the national defense capability. as he was announced in the 8th party congress last january, january, 2021. so all of these are part of the grant plan to strengthen it's capable of a, with a long term plan. so the bad news is that this is not going to be the last time that we're going to witness the north koreans testing their weapons. north koreans are moving ahead on its own schedule until it reaches the goal set by the midterm military capability development. this post is a great threat to the national security of staff because the type of hypersonic mythical by north korea can reach from capital city of north korea hung out to saw the capital city of south korea within 1000000. so it'll be increasingly

difficult, or they just think of them deployed in south korea to have a complete and reliable b cell defense. right, before we grab a break on the news, i, here's the weather with rob. when i looked like snow, it was as cold as snow, but it wasn't snow. this line of showers left on the dunes to the west of medina. this view here, just a very big hey, osha and extensive as you can see. but the sand in the background. yes, it doesn't tend to snow that far, so it's nose in the north, the saudi, in the hills of lebanon, for example, and jordan. and it may well do that the next day or so. there is another system the eastern met, as you can see with snow in turkey. the whole system is moving slowly eastwards, cold, wind behind any but 2 degrees. ne, establish be some snow here as well. majority is going to be further inland. shower right down the coast towards no major. there's a possibility. flash flooding once again in alexandria is to picture on friday the

system move south and slowly east was leaving nice weather behind and quality weather in turkey because it's all moved east was through iraq, into iraq. huge amounts of stuff on into the mountains here, where the rain shares on this line running down through saturday and possibly further south. by the time we get to south days, maybe we're looking at forecast the doha. for example. we've got shells for saturday and sunday, the temperature dropping down to again only 20 the normally on monday in the news ahead violence of the border between columbia and venezuela, ritz reaching new levels to a truce without groups breaks down. also the unemployment crisis in india gross despite the government saying the economy is bouncing back and in sport, one of the breakout, 10 of starts of 2021. that started 2022 equally good form ah, joined the debates,

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ah, this is the news all from al jazeera and these are the top stories to k prime and subarus. johnson's apologized for attending a gathering that broke sharon of ours locked angles. he says he understood it to be a work offense. lead email revealed a 100 government staff or invited for drinks at a garden in downing street senior nato and russian officials are still meeting in brussels in an attempt to deescalate months, arise, and tension russia once guarantees ukraine will not join the alliance while nato is concerned about a build up of russian troops on the cranes border. and north korea is claiming the successful launch of another hypersonic missile state media released images of

leader kim jong and observing the 2nd launch in less than a week straight to brussels. now yen stolen berg is the secretary general of nato, to convene to day russia brace the proposals that they published in december aim that addressing their security concerns. these include the monster to stop admitting and the new members to nato and to withdraw forces from east than alice alice on their side, reaffirmed naples open door policy and the ride for each nation to choose its own security arrangements. allows made clear that they will not denounce that ability to protect and defend each other, including with presence of troops in the eastern part of the alliance.

at the same time, both russia and nato allies express the need to resume dialogue and to explore a schedule for of future meetings. ne dollars are ready to meet again with or show to have discussions in greater detail to put concrete proposals on the table and to seek constructive outcomes. in particular, i'll, i would like to discuss concrete ways to increase the transparency domains or exercises to prevent dangers, military incidence, and a deuce space and cyber threats. i'll, i so also offered to look at arm's control, disarmament and non proliferation. including to address reciprocal limitations on miss arts and to address new care policies. on lines of

communications, nato allies are interested in looking at ways to improve civil and military communication channels. and the possibility of re establishing our respective offices in moscow and in brussels. now dallas are clear eyed about the prospects for progress in these talks. they express serious concern about the russian military build up in the wrong ukraine, and called on russia to immediately de escalate the situation. and to respect the sovereignty until atoria integrity, all its neighbors. they also called on russia to refrain from aggressive force, pull, string, and malign activities directed against allies and abide by all its international obligations and commitments. and this means that our

dialogue, or all this means that our dialogue is difficult, but even more necessary. ne darlise stressed that they will make every effort to find a political way forward. also welcomed the bilateral consultations between the united states and russia. and tomorrow's meeting. although see, these are opportunities for constructive engagement, which should not be missed in the interest of security in europe. and without them ready to take your questions. okay, we'll go to see and then in the federal sentence, miss, thank you miss sector, and i am alex mark gardner from cnn. these talks did go a little bit longer today. could you tell us what specific issues prolonged these talks and nato allies have repeatedly rejected russia's demand that ukraine never

join anybody? do you acknowledged that there are divisions among the allies over ukraine's a session to nato, and that ukraine likely will never will likely, will not join those nato any time soon. thank you. we have a frank, an open discussion on a wide range of issues. of course her focusing on the tensions that difficult is in a rounded korean and a, an allah is also of course, again expressed a deep concern about the continued russian military build up along the borders of ukraine on the combined, the, ah, ah, with a threatening rhetoric from the russian side on the russian track record, a willingness to use force against neighbors. of course, allies are concerned and we are clear about the challenges we face women. i'll sit down and russia and try to find a political away forward. but the meeting was useful. ah not think that the, especially when the tensions are high,

it is even more important does the meets and at all alice on russia meet and sit on the same table and address the issues are over a concern i owe on membership and the natives open door all alice are united on the core principle that each and every nation has the right to chooses off off. this is enshrined in, in a lot of fundamental documents, many different documents which are the foundation for european security. and therefore, all i still agree that sir, it is sir, only ukraine and 30 allies that can decide when ukraine is ready to become an aidan member. no one else has anything to say. and of course, russia doesn't have a veto on the weather or, or you can come a call, a natal member. allies are ready to support ukraine or on this path towards

membership. helping to implement reforms modernize the on forces to meet natal standards. and then at the end of the day, it has to be nasal allies, an ukraine, and that the sides are on membership. okay, we'll go to task in the 2nd row. thank you very much. and in the brother thus incision said, mister secretary general, or it seems you have at least slight progress on the issue of far, but he's, production is a do consider that after this of talks, or it may be isabel in the future to moved over this new treat chair or limits and there use or for miss styles or in europe offensive missile system. yeah . was a name dollars made declared in the meeting that we are ready to schedule a pseudo. so meetings addressing a wide range of different different topics, including me, science, and reciprocal that if fireball limits on miss ours, sir,

in europe, ah oh, from the russian side. and they made it clear that they are not ready. they're not ready to day to agree on such a schedule or meetings. i think you should ask them a to explore or through to, to expand their position more in detail. but at least i welcome that there is a general willingness and support of the at the out of dialogue. a ne dollars are also medicare, that we are ready to put concrete proposals on the table and to discuss the risk reduction transparency. but also arms control, including the reciprocal of, at a 5 all are limits on the, on long term resource. but let me know that we are in this situation because russia violated the ion of treaty, we had the bad, we had to treat the banning all intermediate range weapons dual capable

conventional and nuclear. and it was really a cornerstone of arms control and, and rush hour started to deploy miss ice in europe in violation of that treaty. so the reason why we are we are, is that the treated a band misses all in the mid range range misses. conventional and nuclear. non treaty has collapsed ever since the mice they call solver extensive russian ah, violations deployments of miss odds in, in violation of the treaty. so. so we are headed to c thong. we support arms control. i know it's possible to reach agreements about that. then of course, we need verifiable and balanced limitations. both on klein shall on, on nuclear forces it to the national is a guess of ukraine. the back have meters from cornerstone usage ancy of ukraine.

it's looks like that the, a, one of the aims of the new russian pres, so for european security ease to divert the attention from already exist in violations of international law, including occupational for crimea, including a confession of for certain areas. odin done boss on the for eyes, the presence also in moldova meal to presence in moldova, in georgia. so my question is, if for elias preserve unity in that 2nd stances, iran falls issues and avi, a going to continue to solve it. and that won't shut, follow up if i, my russia demands some kind of a guarantees of fraud mon nato and usa. but what kind of fun guarantees nato would like to see from the side of russia in terms of security. thank you. the russia has, so the military forces sung in georgia in

a crowd in, in ukraine, in crimea, on all single door on these forces, sir, are there without their consent of the goldman? so these countries there are uninvited, on not welcomed and her ne dollars alls in the meeting to day and colon mercial to withdraw those forces and to respect that a total integrity on sovereignty of georgia or ukraine, or moldova. and again, this is for the mental principles or to respect the boarders over all countries for peace and security in europe. i need to ours, i read the thing, gauging dialogue, russia, but will not compromise on core principles. will not compromise on the sovereignty until the total integrity of every nation in europe on you will not compromise on the right sir, or for all countries to do to choose an impulse, including what kind of security arrangements i want to be bottled. i normally

compromise are on the right for allies to protect and defend each other. then i would, what would i say? raced with russia to day was actually a wide range of different issues. focus was on the crane and the implications for european security about of course it is of concern data. what the miller build up. we see in iran, ukraine, and that build opens up continuous and dark is pato, a pattern where russia has used force the ends in different countries on the where russia has also use cyber against they do analyze, we have seen the use of chemical weapons on european territory and her annual see the turn. russia is so i will as oppressive against the democratic opposition at home. so i'm nato engages in these talks and the dialogue in good faith. we are ready to sit down and discuss substance records of proposals on the table. concrete proposals and then, and then at the same time we,

we have to be prepared for that to distance. nope. so that, that draw shall, once again chooses confrontation and therefore we also medicaid at the and use of force against ukraine. i will be a severe and serious a strategic mistake by russian or the hope severed, ah, consequences on russia will. how to pay a high price there to political thanks very much. secretary general david hurst horn with politico. i wonder if you can tell us if you are allies responded to russia's historic grievances about nato's role, for example in yugoslavia or in libya. and if you're able to reassure them that nato, in fact is not a threat. given russia's view that there are countries where leaders were removed from power even killed or that don't exist anymore, partly because of nato's intervention. nato is a defensive alliance,

and we have never forced old co or coerced any nation into our lines. so this idea that, for instance, a nathan large amount is aggressive, absolutely not true. and nathan launched meant has been a cornerstone for the spread of democracy and freedom across europe. because sir, countries that were formerly part of the warsaw pact or the soviet union, the ash of freely to independent democratic processes, chosen to join nato. and many of those allies were in the room to day and state that the sector bath that they didn't, they didn't, as they went into native because the wanted to be part of a defensive minister alliance that, that provides this security a 2nd and a several countries which are, are part so her formula was like, well stated very clearly that that you know, you were slightly broke down. not because of natal. there were internal

reasons why it was far broke down. natal came in much later based on the you and mandate to stop atrocities in boston as de rolling up the whole idea that need to use military force to change borders on the balkans is wrong. the boarders informed me, it was all about changed because of internal reasons informing you was abo, and actually we had several people from these countries. montenegro cray shall, sylvania at the table, telling that story and they know that it was not natal, but actually internal. oh, her conflicts within there was like that that led to the demise of yugoslavia. yes . nato and then, but that was to stop atrocities or to to protect people and to stop her for instance. so oh, what to saw are taking place in, in,

in 7 it's on or under so, so yeah, that's the then then the, then on lived on while it was a place you on monday and let the rules to remind you that in the beginning that was not, it was a naples 1st, it was a european initiative or, and, and after some time, and you to p and allies are all for help from they thought then they went in and supported you to be in our lives, in the efforts in libya. but it was based on it based on you had another argument, it's i tongue thank you. and felton berg is the secretary general of nato following the nato russia council talks today, said nato was ready to engage in dialogue. but we will not compromise on core principles. let's go straight to our correspondence. on this one is natasha butler in paris, or who we will be with shortly. but starting with dorsey jabari now in moscow. so

kind of all as predicted, wasn't it that the talks did go on a bit longer, but that nothing really came out of it? no, as certainly not. and the secretary general said that russia raise their proposals and their demands. i think that's very telling the words he chose to use um and that nato also and its members made their position very clear to russia. it doesn't seem like they reached any kind of an agreement or but what was important is that they've continued to talk. and he said that it was time to re establish offices in moscow and brussels between russia and nato. and of course, that a relationship really fell apart in october of last year. and because nato decided, they said that the members that were working in the organization from the russian

government were actually intelligence officers. so of russia, withdrew its members and reduced it's relationship with nato. and the secretary general say, now it is time that they re establish offices in these 2 cities. and he went on to say that there, they would want to have more meetings. they want to continue this dialogue. and that is a position of the allies as well. they don't want this to be a meeting that will just be happening this one time. and another 3 years will go by . since the last time these 2 sides met was in 2019, the secretary nato secretary general also said that they called and russia to immediately deescalate their military presence alongside that border with ukraine. and that our dialogue was difficult, but even more necessary. now, given the current climates that they're in, okay, thanks daughter, natasha. but look over in paris, your take as well or from the,

the note or perspective or it's, it's the way in stoughton book said we weren't compromised on coal principles. and that's the fundamental, isn't it? the russia is going after a co principal, something which noted is won't be moved on. yes, that's right. the fact that her russia wants a nato a to not include ukraine one day in its alliance, is something that is unacceptable to nato. because nato says that it has every right to pick and choose or which country at once in its alliance. let me look that this is the fundamental problem of this meeting. and it was made very clear you'd have to say by in stoughton berg, that although you have 2 sides, russia and nato, who seem to have agreed, he said to at least continue talking to continue with dialogue. ultimately neither of them seemed to have found any other common ground. they are both firmly stuck in

their positions. of course, against oxen burg saying we are nato members of called on russia to deescalate, we are very clear, i t said about russia's possible intentions. and what he means there is a, perhaps the kremlin is intending to attack ukraine if the kremlin was to do that. he said, we would a retaliate or hard. we know that there are certain measures already being discussed on the table, for example, financial sanctions. so all of these things have been said, but they've all been said before. so you install to berg, very much repeating nato's position. it seems that the russians repeated their position and it seems they don't seem to have made much progress beyond that. ok, thank you for the natasha butler in paris on the year night. her russia talks busy day and we'll walk you through with andy. thank you so much come, i will never joke of it has admitted not isolating after testing positive recovery 19 last month and a social media post the tennis world,

number one accepted maiden era of judgments. dr. rich said he met with a journalist 2 days after the positive test. he went on to blame his agent for making a mistake on his visa application. i was, i had him as a rival in australia for the 2nd straight day job, which has been out practicing at melbourne park the unvaccinated planet still hoping to compete at next week's australian open reporter sarah clark is covering the case for his in australia. says the story fall from over. no joke of ich release. the stipend in a bit to explain a timeline of covered 19 tests in december and put to rest what he describes as misinformation. on his instagram account, he said he did attend a children's awards event in serbia on december 17th after testing positive. but it says he only received the p. c. r test results out of the event. at the time job which says he was asymptomatic and felt good. but he did acknowledge an error of judgement when he did a face to face interview the following day when he knew he was positive on

reflection, he says this should had been rescheduled. junker, which also admitted that a member of his team, took the wrong box on his astride and travelled declaration document. when he arrived in australia last week, the declaration stated he had not travelled 14 days prior to his arrival when he had in fact flown from serbia despite the world's number one tennis player can see that this was a human error and not deliberate jock of it. could still be deported from australia and have a 2nd visa cancelled. that decision lies in the hands of the immigration minister alex hawk. he says he still considering the australian government's position. now the australian open actually starts next monday in melbourne with the drawer set to take place on thursday. all ticket holders age 12 and over must be fully vaccinated against covered 19 o. have a valid medical exemption, as is apparently the case for juke of which the city has gone through 6 locked downs during the pandemic. and many locals are frustrated by jock of each his behavior i say,

because we're trying to do the basin just to make just hold on concerns, just manipulate with these, saying that he's feeling the full wrong on can be one rule for one. and one of the other, when we've all been my tablet vaccination to kid that jobs, he shouldn't have been given a visa until we knew exactly what his status was and what he's been doing. but equally, you know, once he's here, i wasn't really very polite to just walk him up. i don't like his arrogance. i don't fit, i feel he's come across as he's above it all. but it does feel like we've stepped up on our side. and it's a, it's a bit of a mess or most plaza going through a rathermore orthodox approach to their australian open preparations. well, number 10 on the ship, all looking thing good for the change in beat to time women champion, patrick a bit of a and the 2nd round of the sidney tennis classic. 20. 21. a bit of

a breakout for you for she want her 1st full title and reach the last faith. wimbledon. i've learned a lot for my wins for my losses. and i'm really want to, it's like it's like, i'm curious to see what my level could be like right now. i know that i have it in market. i know that can be to anyone. i'm just trying to be more patient and continue winning. nigeria made a big impression at the africa cup of nations. they beat 7th time champions, egypt and that group the opener. the decisive moment of the game coming from college, not show the left, the city play putting nigeria head on the half hour. nigeria aiming for full continental title, the one seat it's ma'am and sell. i couldn't rescue his country. it finished one nail to nigeria, whatever it is, not a week's at all is a respected side close by one of the top coaches in a world you know, and then one of the best will as an award also in that team. so you can see the

weak side is a very strong side. we walk to heart danger, tactically, physically, also, and give the boys who a lot of confidence. it was clear. first off, we just went up on the beach and we have a very, very but 1st off, the nitrate in the team, they start strong. they start to control the game very early. what any other game in that group to any of us? i wonder how they felt to be down in the field of pell i saw his h 2nd minute spoke. k saved. and his team somehow couldn't convert the rebound down, appearing and told him a 1st time in a decade. mill mill, the phone score. and this one i'm running champions algeria out of frustrating star, so that campaign helped a go las drop by sierra leone in group 8. there is a c, l g area. extending that and beaten runs a $35.00 senior international edging. ever closer to italy's world record of $37.00

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head of nato says, significant differences remain. after meeting with top russian officials tension continues over russia's troops build up.