ah, it's been raining heavily for a couple of days in the falls at the thailand peninsula malaysia. and the north is sumatra. spectacular views if you like, under stores and who doesn't. let's be honest. and that's a view in archie, not quite band. actually. just the east, however, the forecast repeat the same sort of thing. the orange center means huge amounts of rain in these thunderstorms, and it's in the same area, so from quality, but north was expect some more flooding. same is true. northern sumatra. the same is also true in java and all point eastwards where the rain looks fairly heavy sustain center. so you might find one or 2 picking up in the far south of the philippines as well. but it's a change of the order in japan southwest. the wind, no snow showers for saturday pop water. carter. there is snow showing itself on the

high ground and north grim maybe just south of the border, but souls actually warmer than you might expect. the average here is about 5 degrees sunshine for most of china. hong kong has recovered considerably outlet, very cold spell that lasted about 4 days, almost back to normal there and we might see 126. no, she has the west side on she was, well, there's been snow recently falling heavily in srinagar and the some more to come on saturday. but on the whole, it's on his way act ah, from international politics to the global pandemic. and everything in between. it did not restart to poor people and pure are plenty promised to ensure the safety of women. what happens the doctor systems are pulled back, that people actually have more feel. why is the u. k. feel hostile to transfer the mysteries do all of this join me if i take on the live,

dismantled misconceptions and the beat the contradiction. hardly get up front on al jazeera. ah ah. again, let's line, remind you the latest developments from ukraine president, one of them is zalinski has appealed to russia for talks. as russian troops closed in on the capital pier, russian tanks have rolled into all the lawn and northern key of people. they have been asked to stay indoors. it's also been fierce fighting between russia and ukraine forces and several cities. and at a military airports, mia kia weapons being distributed among people who want to fight back russia's foreign minister says moscow is not going to occupy ukraine. secular,

rob says the criminal wants to restore democratic order. you ins refugee and can see says the violence has displaced a 100000 ukranian. a european union leaders have agreed to impose sanctions that targets 70 percent of the russian banking market, as well as major state on companies. after close coordination with the white house there be submitted for approval at a meeting to be held in brussels. but the sanction stopped short blocking russia. when the belgian based swift global payment system banks worldwide use it to make secure across the board of payments. britain is pushing to block russia, but the u. s. and you are so far opting not to us president joe barton saying the decision could be reconsidered. dominey cane, join me live now from berlin. so dominic, what's at stake? why is the e u at this point, staying away from blocking russia from swift?

will some in the you want it to happen? let's be clear about lat foot on the other side of the argument. you have country such as germany, particularly with the italians also. and some sources in the german government say there is some consent to from the french government. the reason is because this swift payment system is used to pay for bills as it were, that companies in germany, in italy around the you might have with, with russian companies. and so if you immediately freeze access from russia and russian institutions to the swift payment system than it could potentially throw a really serious spanner in the works as it were for all sorts of transactions, both governmental and from private industry. these are the links with russia and so forth. and that's why you see, as i say, the governments in rome and in berlin having real issues about precisely how they would go about that. interestingly though, here in berlin, here in germany,

the conservative party, which angle america used to be in charge of will her successor as it were an hour mister mouth, said that he thinks that if the issue is raised than germany should be prepared to say yes, russia should not have access to the swift payment system. well that shows you there is now political divide, the new government that's in place only been there for a few months and saying no technical problems. and it could have a really bad impact on the economy here. but also on industry, and then on the other side of the political equation, you have an opposition here, which is relatively powerful saying no, we should be in there. and so that's the way to view this, this current problem with swift. and of course, that element, whether it happens or not, is part of a package that we heard james base, our colleague in brussels. talking about fact that we now believe that the upper

echelons of the russian government are personally going to be targeted by sanctions . the suggestion being that president putin and foreign minister oliver of would have their personal assets are frozen. we wait to see whether that will come through in brussels as being widely reported here in germany though. thanks for that. dominic dominate. kane live 1st there in burly. let's go to ne blocker who's in london for so nice. we just did mentioning that how britton was, was much more strident in its desire to see russia back from, from the swift payment system. what's behind that? yeah, well there is a real sense here. the u. k. the britain perhaps should and could be doing more. there are prominent voices in ukraine asking for things like a no fly zone, a over ukraine. but of course the u. k. along with other nato alliance, members have had to reiterate that if that is the case,

then the you k and other countries could be drawn into a direct conflict with russia that would oversee trickle article article 5 of the nato alliance of fundamental tax leading potentially to a war escalating across the entire continent. ukraine says we'll look, the war is already happening. his ear on our doorstep. we need help militarily. we need western states serve the fight, shoulder to shoulder with us, but that can't be the case, says ben wallace. no. because there's a lack of will, but because the consequences would be huge and grave. the british government though suggesting that it would still continue to help and some, to some degree, militarily, supporting the flow of arms into the country. but of course not going into any great detail because that's an intelligence terms. been incredibly sensitive and issue to be talking about publicly. but when it comes to swing, that is something that the british government can try to put pressure on. 3 the air, the authorities here will be holding phone calls with g 7 members later,

largely to get everyone on board to cause the, the criminal off from this all important. so cross border payment to scheme been as dominant raise that as some big concerns among european credits is that if the door was a shots when it comes to the flow of cash, then european credit is not gonna get that cash back from, from russia overseas. the moment britain wants to make sure the what is prioritized as the safety and security of ukraine and short term cash flow concerns are no longer the forefront of western economies. mines. nice, thanks for that need barca life is there in london. now us sanctions are also targeting rushes financial system. president joe biden say he wants to impede russia's ability to do business white house correspondent, kimberly how can win on that? after consulting with his national security council in the white house situation room and a virtual meeting with g 7 leaders,

us president joe biden made good on his promise to inflict massive costs on russian president vladimir putin. for invading ukraine. prudence is the aggressor prudent jose this war, and now he and his country will bear the consequences. the new sanction target major russian banks and russian league, and in coordination with allies representing more than half the global economy, are designed to cut off russia from the world financial system. russia, assets and the u. s. are also now frozen. we will limit russia's ability to do business in dollars. euro's pounds and yen export controls to curtail russian high tech imports are also being opposed to cripple russia's military and high tech capabilities. the moves are backed by top, congressional democrats, like senate leaders, chuck sure,

who condemned russia invasion and pledge support for ukraine. ukrainians are tough and resilient. i know they will not give up their country. they will fight fiercely for it. but senate republican leader mitch mcconnell is blaming biden for the crisis. i think the precipitous withdrawal from afghanistan in august was a signal to put and maybe to chinese president, she as well. that america was in retreat across america, demonstrators protested kittens invasion after a generation of fighting in iraq and afghanistan. most americans are war weary. in a recent poll just 26 percent of americans support the u. s. playing a major role in the russian ukraine conflict. binding has promised us troops won't be sent to ukraine. but if the conflict spreads to a nato country,

us soldiers already states europe would be obliged to fight on thursday, fight and reaffirm that commitment to collective native defense. i like that the russian president vladimir putin who speaking now play a different role. and according to our information that we got, we would totally see this. we could see like neo nazi of steam was placing their hammer heavy weaponry just in the central areas of a big cities. i keep in hockey, they planning to attract the fire in return from the russian units. there's a cookie to read that they are acting as terrorists all over the world. they're covering themselves with the civilians are having the chance to blame russians in victims. kelly, this is all happening by the recommendation of the foreign consultants. most of all

american consultants, we'll what was on this one more time, appealed to the soldiers. oh, the ukrainian armed forces do not let the bin there have been there are nationalists to use your wives and your parents a living healed. i think i should say, cannot go your take the power in your own hands. what you'll be talking a better to us, rog and that gang of drug users and criminals who are ruling your cray now or what to praise. the russian soldiers who act heroically and internationally and daily, so successfully resolve the task that by providing security to our people and our fatherland.

or i will just be here and there from the russian president vladimir putin giving a very brief statement there. much of the fire rhetoric that we'd be, we'd been hearing from him over the last couple of days, referring to ukrainians. darrow says as not season and so on. ah, let's go back, let's go to kimberly. now. kimberly, yeah. how can up, why, how's corresponding, genius lived there from, from washington? and so we were just a plain your report earlier on um, the sanctions that the u. s. has announced. and whether there was more, they could have been done, whether, whether the u. s. is keeping it's, it's powder dry and we've just been hearing there from the russian president and a lot of the rhetoric or that he has been delivering. so it doesn't seem as if anything is really going to change at this point in, in, in terms of rushes thinking. so could more have been done by the united states in

terms of punishing russia and to be fair, i. and that is the point that to vladimir putin has been making repeatedly as well as that the rhetoric is also coming from the west. and as you recall in the lead up to this conflict, there had been what to the russian president alleged were a reasonable security proposals that were presented to the united states. and in conjunction with his partners and allies of responses that were exchanged. and i really seemed to go nowhere and, and that has led us to where we are right now. it's also interesting to note that as the russian president was speaking there just now simultaneously, what is also going on right now in the situation room of the white house virtually is that nato leader summit us. so what you have is the west meeting as vladimir putin is very much isolated and conducting this operation. and to that end of the u

. s. president has made good on his promise to levy very tough and financial punishing sanctions against flattery. putin, for this invasion of ukraine as it continues to advance. but, ah, there has been criticism that these have not gone far enough. and in fact, did to have the deterrent of fact that the vice president comma harris had indicated they were designed to do when she met at the security conference with world leaders and munich earlier in the week. that is exactly what she said would be the case. but when we finally saw these sanctions are what they did. woodman, the words of the deputy national security adviser to leap, saying is that they were not designed to disrupt russia's energy exports, but instead to degrade them over the long term. now, the reason we understand for this is for a number of reasons. number one, the united states and its partners and allies believes that there could still be room for diplomacy. should vladimir putin ratchet down the operations that are

currently in effect of that leave that maneuverability could also ratchet up, if things get worse. but the other reason has a lot to do with what's happening inside the united states, and that is high inflation. and low poll numbers for the u. s. president. right now, who's fighting inflation as a result of recovery from the coven pandemic? what we've got are now for the 1st time, some of the highest prices for gasoline, $6.00 per gallon in the u. s. state of california by u. s. standards that is very high and the sanctions would have potentially push that number even higher. that would not play well for this us president. we should also point out that americans are war weary. a minority of americans support this u. s. involvement in any form or fashion of the russia ukraine conflict. so the u. s. president doesn't have americans on his side with regard to this. and so that's another reason that we saw what could be determined as not the maximum effect

sanctions than initially the united states had been threatening. kimberly, thanks i. kimberly, how can life in washington for so now russia's attacks on ukraine pose a challenge for china, the chinese government refusing to condemn the military action. and while the west imposes sanctions, china is boosting the russian economy by importing wheat. katrina, you reports from beijing less than a month after chinese president. she didn't ping met vladimir putin. russia's lead a lot, the most aggressive attack in europe for decades. the china's leaders have refused to condemn the invasion or use the word invasion at all. or now and he, she would, she'd hack the ukrainian issue has other very complicated historical backgrounds. today, it may not be what any of us want. so we hope that all parties will work together to give peace a chance, look in the queue way. china is criticizing birth,

united states for exacerbating tensions and nato for ignoring what it says or rushes legitimate security concerns. china also says sanctions are ineffective and orderly harm. the general population or china feels very strongly that the u. s. is trying to circle it and contain it. ah, russia feels the same way. ah, the combined pressure on both of them have to push them together. and there's no question about that. so at this juncture, they feel that they are up against the us and its allies. paging has repeated its claims of non interference, the affairs of other countries. it would provide moscow with military support, but it has been bolstering trade, such as increasing imports of russian wheat. you don't go and throw a lifeline to russia in the middle of a period when they're inviting another country that is simply unacceptable. but this doesn't mean china condones rushes attack on ukraine. it also has good ties with kill and relies on strong trade with europe. aging must balance it's

friendship with moscow while maintaining relations with the west for the sake of its long term economic and strategic interests. where china clearly supports moscow in terms of trade, in economic sense, in ideology, but won't actually, you know, kind of violate western sanctions. ah, the, you know, to, to, to, to physically help i think that situation will remain. and that's what must go expects. on the same day, russian forces invaded ukraine, 9 chinese fighter jets and to tie one's edge fed soon. some analysts have drawn comparisons between ukraine and the self ruled island claimed by china. a link chinese officials deny katrina u l t a 0 paging ukraine has asked turkey to shut the bus for us and dogs in el to block rushing warships. turkey can close the c route between the mediterranean and the black sea. if it feels threatened, she has already moved

a fleet of warships and tank landing vessels from bases in northern russia to attack ukraine from the black sea and the sea of as well. other russian warships have been spotted off the coast of syria in the eastern mediterranean turkey shares the black sea with russia and ukraine, and has a good relationship with both turkey has yet to respond to ukraine's request to shut russian access to the black sea center console. has more than that from miss trumbull. because turkey has a strong relations with both countries, ukraine and russia. everything is critical at the say, at the stage for encore and the turkish government, that's why they have been trying to take very cautious step in their oversell statements written or oral statements. and, ah, this is what present ardon said a week ago. he said, tricky can neither you up on the ukraine, nor on russia because turkey has strong economic ties with those 2 countries. so

this is a critical stage and turkey has some strategic cooperation with russia, a complicated relationship in syria and libya. despite a turkey, there is a prominent nato ally, however, this international treaty that was signed 1936. the monster convention gives turkey a ride to shut down. it's a straight or the darden owls and the boss for straits air to the war ships entering in black c a. but for this to be enact intact. tricky must be defining the incident as war. so what is going on between ukraine and russia must be defined as war a by the turkish authorities. and on the way back from kazakhstan, turkish, a foreign minister made the cho shoulder told reporters that a, the experts at the foreign ministry are now evaluating the situation. so what is going going between russia and ukraine? is it an invasion?

is it a war or is it a military intervention? or an annexation? refugees from ukraine are arriving in slovakia by car and train the government. there is lifted all corona virus restrictions for ukrainians escaping rushes attack and will open more border crossings if necessary. ah, blind is good, but i hope everything will okay. and one to week may be coming back at home because we're not in my building. 05. yeah. now i leave this. so what i can do for brita, drew with her friends will come for us and then we'll see what will happen in ukraine. nobody knows what will happen next. a protest is in australia and new zealand have joined the outraged russians invasion of ukraine. thousands of demonstrators in sydney, demanding more government action against russia. and new zealand protest is picketed. the russian embassy kept to wellington, demanding the kremlin,

and the war russians invasion is forcing changes in the world. a sport softballs presented gemini ashes here. so it's more about that and how many united have now reacted while have them a short time ago, the premier league football club announced i have cancelled that 10 years sponsorship deal with russia's national airline aero fault. the airline had been united official carriers since 2013, and they used it to take them to europe in games that it was thought to be less more than $53000000.00. united did not fly with every flock to spain. this week came with athletic madrid in the champions league, u. k. government has found a re flux from landing in britain. the international olympic committee has us organizations to relocate or council events plant in russia, batteries, european football, governing body have already done that stripping russia of the champions league final. europe's most prestigious club game was due to be held in some petersburg on may 28th. but is now being moved to stop the prompts in paris for the french

president and manuel mackerel for his commitment. have much moved to france at a time of unparalleled crisis. your wife, as also defined russian and ukrainian club and national teams and european competitions ought to play home games that neutral venue. but a decision is still to be made on wildcat qualifies. that ceases betsy russia due to a poland and a walcott payoff in moscow. next month, with sweet and uncheck republic also in line to possibly play in russia. the 3 countries of britain as joint left the same games should not be played. the pisa expresses hope for a rapid cessation of hostilities and for peace in ukraine. these are condemns as well. the use of force by russia and ukraine, and any type of violence to resolve conflicts. formula one has canceled the

seasons russian grown prey. the race was due to be held on september 25th in thought g. but f one says it is now impossible to hold the rice in the current circumstances and hopes for a swift and peaceful resolution to the present situation. football continued across europe on thursday with clubs, the players and fans showing the support for ukraine. barcelona natalie players held up a banner, which red stopped wool before they kicked off the your roof leak match in italy and check fight slavic prog made ukraine. defendant terrorist capture robber captain, for their game with turkish club fun about say in the european competition, flavio players will say, we'll shut bearing the message. we stand with ukraine, finish ice hockey, team yogurt. how think he have pulled out of the russian league as a result? of the situation in ukraine, the team was scheduled to feature in the playoff next week. the ukranian men's basketball 5 found the strength to play world cup, qualifying brain plasm software up to the news of their country been invaded and

scrambled to find out if their relatives were safe by their son game against spain and camp scheduled for this weekend. there was no relation from michael globe in the morning. everybody was like i said, i'm go to find the energy while in the m b a, the sacramento kings, i'm the denver nuggets held a moment of silence and it shows with the people of the crime, sacramento, alex, len, one of the 2 active ukrainian players in the league russian tennis play andre rube life has made an appeal for peace and unity. the number 7 was off about the russian faculty following his quarter final victory at the do by championships. in this one with you really the, my much is what's important. so it's not about my much house affect me because

what's happening is much more terrible. and like i said, you realize how important is to have peace in the world and to respect each other, no matter what. and to be united fellow russian donnelly, medford will replace no joke of it. just the wilds, the top ranked my play on monday. that's off the joke of itself. it is surprise. the feet in dubai. method of says his mind has been focused on events, back home, miss mall and sit on the stand that dennis sometimes is not that important. and definitely a lot of feelings when i woke up the novel close and actually before the match. i didn't even know that, so i'm going to become number one. if he loses no matter what, ah, so them, lot of messages and i understood that it's happening more emotions. and that's why sports now j will have more later. thanks janet. and that is 8 south from my me getting away. they will be here in a couple of minutes with our continuing coverage to the russian attack on euclid.

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