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americans top diplomat in key f with a promise of solidarity and more weapons. secretary of state antony blake and declares unwavering support for key of in wards that russia could quickly double the number of troops on its border with you. great also can make up more aid and help on its way to tonga. as new images emerge, revealing the devastation from last weekend's volcanic eruption, and soon army plus british prime minister boris johnson in the political fight of his life, the party gates scandal, as his fellow conservative in parliament outrage. you sat there too long for all the good you have done in the name of god. go ah lu. i'm bring gov. it's good to have you with us on this wednesday. we begin with the u . s. secretary of state at the start of a 3 day diplomatic sprint here in europe aimed at preventing

a war in ukraine to day. antony blinkin was in kiya where he urged western countries to remain united in the face of what he called relentless russian aggression during a visit. the key f for talks with ukrainian president walden is zalinski blake, and also accused moscow of trying to undermine ukraine's democracy and its society . he says that washington is committed to protecting ukraine by d, escalating tensions with moscow. lincoln will be here in berlin tomorrow for talks with his german, british, and french counterparts providing cheaper we've offered to, although the ultimate goal is piece, not war blinking, warned russia again today that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by nashville to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and it's why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time,

we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine. earlier i spoke with steven piper, he's a former us diplomat. he's now a senior fellow at the brookings institution. and we spoke about washington's diplomatic strategy and how the u. s. and its allies can prevent aggression from moscow. i think russia has tried to frame this crisis as nato russia, but it's really about ukraine. so it's a good thing that secretary lincoln was there to underscore american and western support for ukraine, but also to talk about more american defense supplies as a way to help the ukrainians better have their keep, improve their capability to defend themselves. in the event of a russian attack,

and that's part of an effort to deter and dissuade moscow from attacking in the 1st place. i think that the message that needs to be sent to the russians is that, well, there are some issues that can be negotiated like the questions on strike systems in europe or exercises. ah, that the west is not going to say now, even though there is no enthusiasm within native now for putting you can on a membership track. nato is not going to allow russia to dictate a change in policy where data would say we will never enlarge again. and then to reiterate that should the russians use military force against ukraine, there will be very painful at consequences including economic sanctions, greater merit with greater western military assistance to ukraine. and also steps by needed afford a fi or a defense position on the eastern flank. stephen fly for a former us diplomats with the brookings institution, speaking with me earlier. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world

. a court in ukraine has rejected an appeal by public prosecutors to detain. former president petro portia, inca ruley means the 56 year old will remain free while being investigated for treason. thousands of supporters rallied outside the court house to day for xico denies the charges. he says they are politically motivated. a belgian court have sentenced the leader of a human trafficking ring to 15 years in prison. in connection with the death of 39 vietnamese migrants victims suffocated while being smuggled in the back of a truck driven from belgium to the u. k. in the summer of 2019 the french actor, gasper julio, has died in a skiing accident. william became famous for appearing in chanel perfume ads, as well as film and various television roles. eventually becoming a top french actor. most recently, he had a leading role to the upcoming marvel series moon night. it was only 37 years of

health officials in tonga say the country's international airport has now been cleared of ash after last weekend's volcanic eruption into nami. that means that flights carrying crucial supplies could begin arriving in the country of soon as thursday. the international community has begun stepping up 8 efforts. china says it's willing to help the country rebuild. new zealand and australia are also shipping supplies to the year. the ash from this volcano is everywhere. it has fogged the skies of the pacific islands of tonga, and it has fallen back on to the ground, mixing in with the water supply contaminating it. the erection has wiped out some diligence completely. we also have arms these one particular i am known as mongo and this is one of the lower like islands and those that the actual site are all the homes on the island have been destroyed and damaged and

they are great. b as a safety and the islands ships from australia and new zealand are on their way to tonga, bringing much needed relief, including barrels of clean drinking water. but the ships have thousands of kilometers to cover. one estimation was that they could be there as early as friday, which is encouraging use. of course, as earl has already been mentioned, we don't know what the shipping lanes look like. and so we want to of course, proceed with that. of course, in as we get closer to the, to the own, tango was cut off from the world for several days after the eruption. families worried about their relatives on the island. the worse here is always that you're not going to see the people that you love him. i'm yes, that's the worst he now phone network for slowly springing back to life and lifting the fog on how damaged tango really is. oh, i'm joined now by katie greenwood,

she's the pacific hed international federation of the red cross and red crescent society. she's in fiji tonight. it's good to have you on the program. i know that you have been able to make contact with your colleagues in tonga and what are they telling you about the situation on the ground there? well, there's mixed news coming out of toner this morning. it is very good news that we have been able to finally make contact with our team who we hadn't previously spoken to since saturday afternoon when the erection took place. so it was a very emotional buying call that we had with them to hear how they've been going on. the grounds, what they've been doing in terms of providing a relief supplies to the tongue and people. but there's also some sad news, some devastating news that has come out of some recognizance trips that have gone out to some of those small, a low lying assholes that has found that most of the structures on 3 of those

islands have been completely wiped out. and destroyed the death toll, the rise slightly yesterday as well. so it is mixed used today. katie, did they tell you in this conversation exactly what the experienced? i mean, from the moment the volcano erupted until all contact was lost with the rest of the world. yes, absolutely. the very small context that we had on saturday afternoon was immediately after the huge eruption. and once the nami warning had been issued and when we spoke to a team member at that point in time for 5 minutes, she was running up and down the hill, kind of in the capital there, making sure that people could get to the limited available hi a ground was very scary. people had been living with the smaller russians, they spokane since november, december last year was a very big shock on saturday afternoon. the magnitude of that erection and the

unprecedented nature of the pacific wide army that was treated. so it's very frightening situation that we've been telling us about the work that they've been doing, distributing essential relate supplies, claim what have being the number one priority at my mit for the population that really does rely on that rain water. and also they have 2 people on the recognizance ship that lift from, from the government and provision out to those low lying assholes. we'll hear more details of their experience in the coming days. but the initial reports are certainly devastating. and you, did you get the impression to this 1st conversation that, that these people are still in a state of shock. we know mother natural disasters that we've covered around the world that in those 1st hours it's not 1st days after the event. people are maybe acting in a fog,

if you will. did you get that impression in your talk with certainly and because of the unprecedented nature nature of that erection, i think that shock is there, that, that surprise, that all that you just spoke about. did the adrenalin, that key scene also we see in the 1st few days of a disaster like the adrenalin for, for survival is instinct really kicks in, carries people through what we see now as in the cycle of disasters that starts to happen is that people start to come down from that adrenalin and they really looking around them and being able to for the 1st time, capture that sense of the exact ramifications personally for them and for tongue as a country overall on the kind of infrastructure damage that they might have suffered. so now is really the critical window for when people are most active in terms of being able to understand the bigger picture of all of these different

ramifications and start to act on short, medium and long term plans for recovery. we certainly do wish you all the success and all the best in the work you're doing important work. katie greenwood with the international federation of the red cross and red crescent. katie, thank you. thanks so much for the impact of the toll go. volcanic eruption and tsunami has been truly global, even causing a devastating oil spill of 11000 kilometers away in peru. officials have sealed off beaches near the capitol, lima, after they were hit by the spill, the rupture and soon ami sit waves of course, the pacific. so strong that they moved a tanker as it was off loading, causing the oil spill to the u. k. now, where boys johnson is finding to stay on as prime minister after revelations about boozy gatherings held in his downing street residence. as millions were enduring,

coven 19 locked elves. johnson facing mounting pressure to quit from the opposition, from his own conservatives, and from ordinary citizens. after the drinks parties to hang over in parliament bars, johnson defied colds to resign from his political opponents. most likely it's no time for him to resign. here ma'am, is the speaker, but what i can tell her is, as i said to his last week, i apologize sincerely for any misjudgments that were made to continue. johnson as apologize for tending bring your own booth gatherings, but said he told it was a work event and wasn't told to was against the rules. he sitting tight for now, but even his tory peers may try to asked him, one lawmaker defected to the labor opposition and his party's former breakfast minister urge him to resign yourself there to law for all the good you have done in the name of god, go as the political storm continued in the house of commons,

johnson announced the end of covert 19 measures introduced to car the rapid spread of the arm across variant. some people were skeptical about the timing and felt was meant to distract from his current political woes. m. o vane, cynical, i think his baby book for his johnson feels he's about to be upstairs and that he wants to offer the public something maybe among health workers in particular. there was anger at the idea of the government boozing while they fought the virus. ah, 100 asian related. yeah, anyway. well, we're sitting now says, and we does the think back. why city we by england, we're working hides as anger grows. johnson, we'll now hope that an inquiry is ordered into the downing street parties, plus a bit of luck can help save his job. now we've got something very cool to show you, and i mean very, very cool. hundreds of

a russian orthodox christians in the city of co blanca, have him plunging into icy water to celebrate epiphany. the ritual commemorates the baptism of jesus in the jordan river, which i think we can say was probably not quite this cold. although it may not look like it, a bone chilling bath is believed to be good for you. wonder if it works against oma cross. you watch the w news, his reminder, the top story we're following for you. you a secretary of state entity blinking, declaring america's unwavering support for ukraine. all he talks with ukrainian president volta me, of zalinski, secretary of lincoln, as in kiya to part of the diplomatic push aimed at preventing a russian invasion of youth. great. watching the w news that makes d w business news with chelsea delays to ground. she will be right back hold people in trucks injured when trying to

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