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a security man. after a week of high level diplomacy talks over ukraine and in deadlock on our washington claim to russia could try to frame here to justify an invasion. also on a show, germany bricks, a new single day covert case record. but despite the $92000.00 new infections, germany's health minister insist government measures are paying off. and another twisted novak jock of h saga. the tenant star is to be detained after the australian government canceled his visa for a 2nd time. his pursuit of a record breaking grand slam title hangs in the balance. ah, on my mark, thank you so much for your company. we begin this broadcast with new developments and the,

and off between russia and the u. s. over ukraine. tensions the u. s. is now claiming that russia is planning a so called false flag operation in easton ukraine. the aim is to frame ukraine's government in a way that would justify a russian invasion. that's at least according to the white house. it comes after a week of diplomacy between russia and western powers failed to achieve a breakthrough. russian snipers ready for action near the ukrainian border. just some of the military exercises being carried out by moscow, as it continues to threaten its neighbour. russian troops have been massing along the border for weeks. his tensions between the 2 nations grow. these satellite images taken at the beginning of december, had already stoked fears that moscow was planning to invade ukraine. over the last

few days, there's been a flurry of diplomatic activity as the us nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. cities all deliver. it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realize that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. among the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it wants guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper on they have understood that we are not going to wait forever suits. of course,

there are plans to drug it on and on. switches through things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin set purchase in east in ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seem futile. so the listen, shall i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressor country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this when we needed a positive all it as the russian build up of troops continues. it still looks like there's no real sign, a compromise can be reached. let's say get you more analysis now. did of your chief international affairs editor richard walker joins is now, richard,

were these talks doomed from the get go? what layla and i don't think so. i mean, we've had a really intense weak of diplomacy, but it was never really to be expected that you would have some kind of massive breakthrough after these initial meetings. we, if we pull back and have a look at what we have here, as we saw in the report earlier, we've had russia massing troops alongside the border with ukraine. then kind of pinning the presence of those troops on the border to a set of demands making that it's making to the west, which would really kind of re architect the entire security setup of europe. trying to make demands, such as that nato not expand any further to the east or to rule out forever, ukraine joining nato. now this is an incredibly difficult thing for nato to consider. essentially, it crosses a red line because one of the principles of nato, as an alliance of democracies,

is that every sovereign state has the right to choose its own alliances. so these are the kind of positions that went into this week of diplomacy across the table for each other. it from each other in all of these different settings. you have the us and russia bilaterally meeting and geneva, you had nato and russia. and also this, this grouping, the organization for security and cooperation, your of the o. s. e and russia, as well during the course of the week. so essentially what we have in the end of the week is both sides sort of having set out their stores or the russians making these very, very major demands the west by large, staying very united, in rejecting those both sides. now essentially going back home with some thinking to do with some thinking to do in the meantime, richard, germany's foreign minister will travel to moscow. i understand for talks on you creed, what could she possibly hope to achieve? yeah, that's right. so anna, lena, bear, bog,

germany's new foreign minister will be not just going to moscow, but also going to kia to ukraine itself, partly, to present herself as the you foreign minister. but of course, this crisis is going to be absolutely top of the agenda. now there's one thing that the germans really want to achieve, and that is to get to revive one of the diplomatic for formats which had essentially almost died towards the end of it last year, which is called the normandy format. and that is having the french, the germans, the russians, and the ukrainians all around the table as a means of trying to, to find solutions to the conflict over ukraine. now, the germs of the french are very keen to get this back up and running again. but we've also just heard from the ukrainians today that they want to start up talks between the ukrainians, the russians, and the americans. so we could have a certain matter of confusion about what is really the forum to try and make progress in this, in the weeks and months ahead. in a few words, if you can. i mean, is it with the rhetoric being so amped up at times and,

you know, talk about ultimatums and non starters. how difficult will it be to walk back from these respective positions in the weeks to come and avoid a possible military conflict? what it's, it's definitely going to be tough layla. when we look at these, these demands that the russians have made for vladimir putin in particular to make these demands public. and then to walk back from them without losing face is going to be difficult. but that's going to be the us with diplomacy in the weeks ahead for the west to try to persuade him to do exactly that. i did every chief international affairs editor, richard walker. thank you very much. richard jeremy saw record number of new cove in 19 cases on friday with more than 92000 infections. it's joined the list of countries reporting alma chron as the dominant at corona virus. variance are now accounting for over 70 percent of all new cases. with so many new infections demand

has jumped for p. c. r. testing by getting a test can be a long wait. these people are waiting to excess, one of berlin's 11 senate funded test centers. the only place is in the german capital where people can get a free p, c r test, under certain conditions. the high risk of infection warning on their so called corona up at positive rapid test. or if they've been formerly identified as a contact person of someone infected. in this case, most people i infected that most of them are so vaccinated and show little to no symptoms. the i can, i had a robot only on my cobit app and my girlfriend tested positive unvaccinated and got the booster. but of course i'm worried. i think the berlin city government is not prepared for the current, steep rise in infections and they could have grows open more tests centers on to kinetic math at central enough anon, non. so we got a quick test from the pharmacy that was positive to switch those vaccinated by that,

but i wasn't due for my 2nd job until next week until troubling us and i had a positive task yesterday there wait, your is way too long. it should go much quicker. nowadays, everything should go away quicker in this entire queue or people say for 12 hours. i'm really not happy about a service from this, nor swisher. the center alone is doing over 800 tests a day. that are other ways to get tested in private facilities here. dar neither accuse no waiting time. if you're willing to pay for it. he labord, i'm the cover to take the, the laboratories only have a certain capacity of it. we do our best to work with them. if it is at the moment that the moment it's quiet, good wig him. yeah, of course it's january, but there will certainly be spikes again in february. he'll be during the winter break or during the easter holiday. so what's the fear in was with those sam will surely be difficult. again heard really human. despite the situation,

the government is confident that it's handling the crisis well and better than other countries in so good i so feeling on the little bed to many other european countries, the p. c. r testing capacity and germany is rather high. in my opinion, we have no shortages here in that regard. of course, we're now in a situation where we're approaching the systems full capacity will be on the far last, the sustain, son braden with infections to you to the army crown of area and on the rise. germany is bracing again for challenging weeks ahead. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. the office of british prime minister boars, johnson has apologized to the wrong royal family after revelations of more staff parties, while the country was under lockdown. mister johnson is facing growing pressure to resign over the events which are under investigation. it's emerged to gatherings

took place last last april on the night before the funeral of the queen's husband, prince philip protests against uneasiness present. i said, have been met with water cannon and arrest by the police. the demonstrations decrease in defiance of the government's poet. 19 restrictions or testers are angry over the president, suspension of parliament and attempts to rewrite the constitution, which they say amounts to a cou. a powerful earthquake has hit indonesia main island of java producing strong tremors in parts of the capital of jakarta. the 6.6 magnitude quake caused extensive damage to buildings. but so far there are no reports of casualties. the australian government has canceled no van jacket, which is these up for a 2nd time. the tennis world number one is due to be taken into the custody of immigration officials in a matter of hours, his pursuit of

a record breaking 21st grand slam title. now hangs on a last ditch court appeal. just days before he's a striding open title. defense was due to begin novick, jock of it's trained on center court, still waiting for the australian government's decision. it came late in the day in australia and landed with seismic impact. this trading minister for immigration, alex hawk cancelled mr. jack witcher's visa on health and good order grounds. and on the basis he concluded it was in the public interest to do so. it's now unclear whether this was no, vic, jock, of which his last appearance on center court in melbourne this year. that will be established when an appeal against his 2nd visa cancellation lance, back in the legal court on sunday. before that he will be taken into some form of detention by a strengthen border force officials. however, the judge and respective lawyers interpret the use of legal language in melbourne

on the streets of belgrade. the people's judgment is clear. that of all did on i'm disgusted to some i'm angry because i did not expect that they would treat the best tennis player like this. i think he did not deserve this. the near the forger talk on it or is serbs, australia no longer exists. if you have a cousin or a river that you should just forget about them. and so a drama for the ages continues in melbourne. the final chapter of a legal fight that may shape sporting history. before we go, we have these pictures for you of some rare snow lepers conservationist say they were recorded as part of a year long observation project in tibet. in addition to the snow leopard cameras also confirm the presence of other endangered species that are alive and well in their natural mountain habitat.

some good news. you're watching. i did a renewal reminder now of the top story that we are covering right now. germany has joined the list of countries reporting on the problem as the dominant current virus variant. now, accounting for over 70 percent of all new cases. as according to the countries disease prevention center, the robert car institute and russian foreign minister, 2nd, laboratories demanding a written response from the us and nato to it's security demands over the alliances eastwards expansion. the call comes after a week of high level diplomacy that has produced no tangible results or east tensions over russia's presence on the border of ukraine on layla. how can berlin and extend away interest but globally.