producers toward a collective investment to secure stability and global energy spice. this will be, this will want gas prices. i want to limit the pain. the american people are feeling the gas pump. this is critical to me. in the last few days, i've been in constant contact with europe leaders, including with ukrainian pressures. the lensky vice president harris met in person with the leaders in germany over the weekend. at the munich conference, including president lisky. at every step, we have shown the united states and our allies and partners are working in unison, which he hasn't been counting on mr. pruitt or you 9 in our support of ukraine. we are united in our opposition to russian aggression and were united and resolved to defend our nato alliance. and were united in our understanding of the urgency is seriousness of the threat. russia is making the global pieces stability. yesterday, the world heard clearly. the full extent of latin roof food and twisted rewrite of

history going back more than a century as he waxed eloquently knowing that well, i'm not going to do nothing and put remarks indicate any interest in pursuing a real dialogue on european security in the year 2022, he directly attacked ukraine's right to exist. he indirectly threatened territorial formerly held by russia, including nations today or thriving democracies and members of nato. explicitly threatened war unless his extreme demands were met. and there is no question that russia is the aggression. so we're clear about the challenges we're facing. nonetheless, there is still trying to avert the worst case scenario that will bring on top suffering to millions of people if they move as suggested. united states and our allies and partners remain open to diplomacy. if it is serious,

when all said and done, we're going to judge russia by, it's actually not his words. and whatever russia does next, we're ready to respond with unity. clarity in conviction. and probably have more to say about this is mrs. removes on. i'm hoping diplomacy is still available. thank you very much. the right to just hear from the president joe biden announcing a 1st challenge of sanctions on to lodge russian financial institutions. he also spoke about preventing russia from being able to raise capital in, in debt in western debt markets. he said that the sanctions will include and will also target russian elites and their family members. but you also described this as being the beginning of russian invasion of ukraine. but interestingly, he also said that his administration is looking at taking measures to,

to mitigate the risks of this and to protect us citizens and consumers. because it is likely to affect them due to rising energy prices. and of course, you have already seen a reaction and financial markets to these latest developments that's going to alan fish. now he's wandering all of this from the white house. i know we've heard this in statements from previous us officials, alan, but how significant is it that the president said, 1st of all, that this is an invasion of ukraine and that it's only the beginning but it is clear that the the see what of letting me put in is done, and you remember on friday, joe biden said that he thought vladimir putin had made the decision to invade ukraine. there he was saying he hopes he's wrong, and he hopes that price by presenting a united front, they're essentially that they're calling vladimir putin's bluff. i mean, i spoke to a russian expert late last night and they said look, person has done exactly what he wanted to do. he's taken

a small step and essentially challenged the west to react. i'm wondering if they would react in unison. he perhaps didn't bank on there being a united front as far as the americans are concerned. so putting this 1st trone show of sanctions in place as a warning to vladimir put not to go any further. but the reality is, joe biden has been talking about sanctions for months and hasn't deterred vladimir putin from taking the action that he's taken. it followed very much the pattern that we were talking about just before joe biden appeared, that there is going to be sanctions on financial institutions. there is going to be that the lack of access for russia to, to services, sovereign debt in western markets. and further it's targeting high was individuals, those who are close to vladimir putin. but as we were also saying he's not throwing the kitchen sink at vladimir putin quite yet. he believes that there's still a diplomatic or from an interestingly enough, he didn't mentioned pulling his secretary of state away from the plan meeting with

said guy lovegrove on thursday. it appears that that will still go ahead if it is in the words of joe biden. genuine, to try and reach some sort of diplomatic settlement. so he's leaving himself a bit of wiggle room there. he was under pressure from both republicans and democrats to do more that there will be those who think this doesn't go far enough, but he certainly left him room to, to build up sanctions. if he feels that vladimir put does not respond to this latest round of action against him. interesting that he'll say, pointed out that this way is likely to reward has been and affecting global financial markets and also in energy prices. what is the view of the american public to this, the sanction that in this, this punitive action against russia? how is, how is this being view? what is that public opinion like? did joe biden is well aware that one of his greatest political liabilities is

rising inflation. and the rising cost of everything here in the united states and from petrol gas at the pumps, to food in the stores and his brit laying the grown saying look, what we're doing here is defending freedom and defending freedom. sometimes cost money. he is telling america essentially brace yourselves. there could be shortages of energy, particularly through oil and gas. know he's been criticized the last couple of hours by former president donald trump, who said the under him at the united states was energy independent for the 1st time . isn't quite right, but it shows that at the joe biden is aware that there are it is here where he can be attack. certainly when he insist that there's not going to be any american troops fighting in ukraine that will play well. remember, this was a man who pulled the united states out of afghanistan after 20 years. he does not want to get involved in another foreign war. but it's interesting that he sending

more troops to baltic nations, saying that they will fight to defend their nato allies. and that is why he is taking such a step. but he's aware that it's popularity, which is already lagging in the polls. it could well take a hit if the ordinary people on the streets of the united states start to suffer because at cheer, price is start to go down. the market start to react. food becomes much more expensive, harder to get. and of course, of gas prices, petrol prices go up and go up significantly. they've already risen in the last year . he really doesn't need them to what much more. right. and as you say, the current of ours pandemic, as well as inflation and rising prices affecting ordinary americans. and that has also affected the opinion polls and where the president stands on that. how much concern is that within his party about the way this could impact midterm? elections then i is, i think the,

the democratic party are hoping that come november. we'll have a different story to tell, but they've got to start telling that story. quite soon. what they will do is stand up and say, look, we have joe biden, who is willing to stand up against vladimir putin. what's unfortunate for joe biden is that 2 years ago to the d yesterday on president's day when he was just candidate biden, he put out a tweet saying that vladimir putin would be reluctant to confront him because he's the only leader that's ever gone to, to talk with lie to me or put in, well, that tweet didn't age particularly well given that it was on president. stay on the monday that vladimir putin decided that he was going to extend russia's spirit of influence into ukraine. it's certainly that the democrats will be hoping that there's a long time between now and the mid terms and realize it could hit them. but they're hoping that if a joe biden can somehow her for niggle, some sort of

a diplomatic solution to this without there being an extended period of increase cost for americans, then people might view him favorably and think, well, here's a guy we can trust with a foreign policy, and that's certainly something that we want to do with our president. and alan, very difficult question to answer the movie, speaking at the last few days about the prospects for diplomacy. and it is certainly that the window seems to be narrowing, as russia has taken steps to escalate the situation. if that meeting does take place between sexy stake, thinkin' russian, foreign minister, what approach might be americans take his illness? it's all very difficult him see. based on some kind of interpretation of what type of what russian president does next. i mean, joe biden is said that if the russians crossed the border, they've been meeting with, with antony,

blinking. perhaps the reality know is that they can't afford not to have the meeting because otherwise there is nothing to deter vladimir putin from pushing on . and the americans want to be seen to be pulling every lever, making sure that they are trying every possible avenue to get a diplomatic solution that way they can continue to paint the russians very much as the aggressors on this. so i is, i was a betting man which i'm not, i would put money on onto the blink. and he said, guy lover, or facing off at some point in geneva on thursday. is that likely then to translate into a summit between the 2 leaders. i think that is less likely, but certainly until he blinkin will be hoping that he can go and meet, said guy, lovegrove and see what guarantees do you need? no, he's already said that there is no way they will say that ukraine cannot ever apply for membership of nato. but perhaps maybe that is the possibility that we have no

plans to admit the ukraine into ukraine and to nato in the next 10 years. that might be something but, but remember, both sides think they hold all the cards at the moment. vladimir putin thinks that he is doing the right thing for russia. and he has a right on his side because he keeps quoting from international agreements with his the americans believe that the russian economy is not isolated, an insulated enough from drastic international sanctions. and they believe that vladimir burton doesn't want to have an extended period where his economy is suffering. all right, thank you so much from the white house, alan fisher reporting to thank you. alan will in our development european union farm and it is of unanimously agreed to impose new sanctions against russia and measures target banks. the defense industry and politicians invited to repair the deployment of russian trips with target, the ability of the russia and the state and government to access to our capital and

financial marketing services. limiting the financing offer their policies through limiting the axis of the s of rain that go off. and i shall march sanctions that has been approved by unanimity of the members stage were hurt russia, and he would hurt a lot of that and remarks earlier from the head of nater installed him back, said that there was evidence of russian troops moving into combat formations. to attack ukraine, every indication is that the russia continues to plan for a full scale attack on ukraine. ah, we see the ongoing military buildup. they promised to step back, but their heart continued to step up. and we'll see that the more or more older forces are moving out of the camps, are in

a combat formations and ready to strike. and we'll see the ongoing publications in don boss on the different the falls flag operations where they tried to create the pretext for them to thank well we had an announcement from biden, there about us sanctions. and so of all the, the action that we've seen. so far, germany's announcement about posing that nord stream to pipeline might be the most grave and he is why germany gets more than half of its gas supplies from russia. the russian old stream to is meant to operate from west in siberia to germany, by passing the traditional route through ukraine. it's been criticized from the outset by critics concerned about europe. been dependent on gas from russia, or the world's biggest gas supplies have been meeting in cattle. meanwhile, to discuss the crisis in ukraine, emron khan is there the door declaration at the end of the gas exports. his summit was very clear on several points mentioning the need for uninterrupted

energy supply, pushing the idea, the gas is a cleaner, much more sustainable energy, talking about the environment. and talking about making sure that the people who need gas are able to get it. and from the people who are able to export it, the one big elephant in the room that really wasn't taught about publicly at all, was the crisis in europe and that ukraine. however, backstage behind closed doors. it was a big talking point amongst all of the gas exporters. now it wasn't really about the politics they weren't really discussing. our what the situation in ukraine might lead to was about. if you gas supplies are interrupted into western europe. how does the gases exporters deal with that? now kat are of the record, her resources in the ministry of foreign affairs and told us that actually are appealing to western european nations and to be able to appeal to their colleagues

in that context within the asian nations to try and step up that supply the category, energy minister, however, had this to say, i think fundamentally the, you know, when you talk about the ukraine issue and, and the european issue, people have been bouncing around that cup out of can supply and, and replace her, you know, the russian gas i've, i've stated this officially, before i'm in russia, i think it's 3040 percent of the supply to europe. there is no single country that can't replace that kind of volume. so once again that the country energy minister that really reiterating or that it's up to the western nations to be able to source energy supplies, not just from one country, brought from several countries. but given that ukraine wasn't mentioned publicly, however, it was talked about throughout this forum. it's difficult to say where this is going to go next. that's down to politics. this conference here was about the

technical aspect that if they needed to get gas into western europe, how would they do it? ah, no, i focused on some of the other stories, making headlines now and depak astonished, but political differences with india site allow a large shipment of food for people in afghanistan through its territory. india is sending 50 tons of wheat in response to afghanistan's humanitarian crisis. it's a rare moments as the 2 countries making an effort to work together. elizabeth bronnan was with the convoy as it left india atari, while the border between india and pakistan as the 1st of the trucks carrying wheat, all 50 of them begin to depart. and now this delivery has been months in the making india 1st send the proposal to pakistan in october last year. pack of found,

approved it in november, but transportation had been a sticking point. is lama bob wanted the weight to be transported and pakistani trucks and the a wanted to say it's trucks. the compromise has been to use afghan trucks with afghan drivers. now this delivery is really significant because they have been no trade or travel relations between india and pakistan. and 2 and a half years since india suspended bilateral trade pakistan brothers suspended bilateral trade with india after new deli revoked and data minister, push me as autonomy in 2019 both of them missions and deli, and islam above have been significantly downsize to what low high commission is present and either and so the world food program has also played a part in program in this deal, which is so very important for the afghan people. the w. f. p says, 9000000 afghans are just one step away from famine. with the u. n, saying that if the font has the highest number of people in emergency food,

they emergency food need, with more than 24000000 people in humanitarian. the people in new zealand say they've been attacked with a stinging substance during the latest protests against vaccine mandates. the car was driven towards police road blocks near parliament in the capital. wellington, 1500 people have joined a camp set up 2 weeks ago. they've dug a vegetable garden and set up a tent for child care and use even certain workers, including teachers, doctors, nurses, police, and military personnel must be vaccinated. demonstrations started to oppose that mandate, but his widen to include other anti government protested as well. well, in hong kong, the territory has been implementing it's tough is covered $900.00 measures, yet it battles and expansion rise and infections. all its residents will have compulsory tests. this starts next month. everyone test positive,

including those with no symptoms. we'll have to isolate research of predicting cases could pass $180000.00 each day less than 2 weeks ago. the same model is we're expecting a peak of $28000.00 cases. the health system has already been overwhelmed and the government is planning to build a temporary hospital will in south korea, health officials, they're wanting, it could be a quarter of a 1000000 daily cases of covert by next month. that countries experiencing the same kind of such as other parts of the world, but it's adopted a policy of living with the virus instead of trying to eradicate it. while the bride reports now from sol, driven by the army, kron variance, the recent surgeon, cobra 19. in south korea has been both exponential and alarming from under 5000 new cases. the day just over a month ago, the country has been hitting over a $100000.00 new cases per day. but it's another way in this country of 52000000 people. the total number of infections has risen from 1000000 to 2000000 in about 2

weeks. it means that in and around the greater metropolitan area of sol, which is how to half the country's population, long lines of testing centers on now the norm. but thankfully, due to a high vaccination rates, we have not been seeing the same rise in serious illness and hospitalizations. the vaccines have been holding up and south korea. it seems, has taken the same view with many european countries and the us. but now is the time to tough it out until live with the virus. and the number of cases is increasing rapidly, but i think we are taking a course that we have to follow if we are to reach the post coffee, 19 era. the country is learning to adapt to a new reality. south korea has been an early pioneer of such pandemic, beating measures as track and trace using the gps on your phone to warn of a possible contact or to make sure that you're isolating as you're meant to be. but

with the sheer numbers of new cases that is no longer viable the government instead relying upon such things as voluntary isolating or the use of home testing kids which have now flooded the pharmacies across the country. and of course, still relying upon the trustee mosque in a country that still remains pretty much fully mosque. as we get into year 3. at this panoramic madagascar is bracing for a 4th tropical storm and has many weeks, almost 300000 people have already been affected by sight. but sir, i to other tropical storms just this month. tens of thousands of those are still homeless or they're living in damaged buildings. and at least $138.00 people have been killed, fight clone and nazi is expected to bring winds of up to 200 kilometers. and now it's the same areas that would devastated by that. so right. well, italy's coast guard is rescued. nearly 600 people packed into overcrowded fishing boats. they sent out distress school in rough seas. one body was found during the

rescue off the southern italian coast. people have not been deterred by freezing winter temperatures, though in the mediterranean, more than 200 have died or have disappeared trying to reach here this year. now 3 men in the usa of georgia and found guilty of federal hate crimes for killing a murder aubrey. 2 years ago, 3 white men were convicted of murder last year, the chasing down and shooting opry. the prosecution set, the men killed him because of his race, that defense claim. they chased him down because they believed he had committed crimes in the neighborhood. father and son, greg and travis and michael was sentenced to life without parole. while william bryan received a life sentence with the possibility of parole officer 30 years, we want to go to mexico. now journalists are asking the president to stop attacking them. they say his weekly verbal abuse is leading to more violent attacks against media workers. 5 john list of already been killed so far this?

yeah, money rapids has more in this now from mexico city. these amber. these are news professionals in mexico, protesting violence against journalists. the protests of mark a rift between journalists and mexico's president under this manuel lopez over the other one of the infant during a press conference with the president reporters staged a silent demonstration over the growing list of slain journalists, hulsey in his in a musket and was happy in it, but as he didn't, we would like to abstain from asking questions. mister president, lisa said, because the principal killers of us generals that are public servants. i was born in your critics of president lopez over other see that at a time where being a journalist in mexico is becoming more dangerous. the president has instead broadened verbal attacks against reporters. many have also objected to a special press conference. the president holds every wednesday, where he names and shames journalists, who are often critical of his administration, calling them sell outs and mercenaries in for the either. the president needs to

hear the voice of the journalist, skilled most of us do not agree. he uses his daily news conference to generalize about journalists. society believes them because he's the president, and he's creating this idea that most journalists are sell outs and work in the interest of some obscure agenda, maybe some odd, but most of us who work every day in the streets a doing it because it's al vacation. lamazzo most recently president lopez over at other targeted gallows load it the molar a news presenter who previously reported on the lifestyle the president son by attacking, loaded them all as journalistic integrity. so norris, is it bigger these, that it is not the kind of journalist you mentioned who has the noble job of informing the citizens and criticized bad public servants? no, this is something else. in mexico, journalists already face threats from organized crime and corrupt government

officials. transparency advocates say president lopez over others, rhetoric is only making the situation worse. it seems like you are in the power of voice because he is the president. right. and he's not only manipulating the public opinion, but he's also use in public fun like money for these conferences to directly. i did my best to criminalize the press in the country. i mean, outside of like a work done to be, your only thing is, is he that again, for his part, president lopez over the board has promised there would be justice in the cases of violence against journalists, human rights advocates in mexico have condemned president lopez over our daughter's rhetoric toward journalists calling his weekly press conference in illegitimate use of power, adding that the president should focus on curbing violence instead of stigmatizing those who exercise freedom of expression. there have been at least 30 journalists

killed in mexico since the start of lopez, but others presidency and at least 12 are currently listed as disappeared. though the mexican government says federal protection for members of the press has increased. human rights advocates argue the worsening murder. rate of news professionals across the country tells a different story. manuel, up a low al jazeera mexico city. just keeping across our top story this ours, well, we've been hearing from you as president joe biden in the past. 50 minutes, he announced a string of sanctions against russia in response to russian president vladimir putin. recognition of the independence of the broken regions of the hands can done . the ask i'd in said a russian invasion of ukraine is just beginning and that there would be more sanctions to come. he said in upper rationale and take more territory by force in my view. and if we listen to a speech last night, and many of you did, i know he's, he's setting up a rationale to go much further. this is the beginning of

a russian invasion of ukraine as he indicated and asked permission to be able to do from his doom. so let's begin to. so i'm going to begin to impose sanctions response. far beyond the steps we in our allies in partners implemented in 2014. and if russia goes further with this invasion, we stand prepared to go further. as with sanctions, who in the lord's name, this prudent thing gives him the right to declare new, so call countries on territory the belonged to his neighbors. this flagrant violation of international law and demands of firm response from the national community. well, of course not came after the russians recognized the independence of those break way regions. and it has also been an authorization to deploy troops to the region as are going to bring you much more coverage and analysis and

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