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2nd lever off, told the u. s. there are no plans to invade ukraine despite the $100000.00 plus russian troops at the ukrainian border. also coming up tonight, mounting concern after taliban gunman arrested several women's rights activists in kabul. some act of his say they've been forced to go into hiding to escape a tele bond cracked out an ah, the u. s. singer meet low, best known for his seventy's hit bad out of hell has died at the age of $74.00. will take a look back at his legendary career. ah ah . i bring god to our viewers watching on p b. s. in the united states, into all of you around the world,

it's good to have you with us on this friday, we are ending 2 weeks of high stakes diplomacy. exactly where they began in switzerland today in geneva, u. s. secretary of state entity blinking, and russian foreign minister said a lever of met for 90 minutes to discuss the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. when the talks were over. both the u. s. and russia said there was no change in positions, but a willingness to keep trying diplomacy, no common ground, but no battle grounds either lever of insisting that russia has no plans for an invasion. despite the presence of tens of thousands of russian troops near the ukrainian border at least their talking. but with relations between the us and russia. at an extreme low point, the 2 countries, top diplomats had radically different goals. the u. s. to avoid russian military action in ukraine, we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's border,

that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and the united response from the united states and are partisan allies. russia has said it wants security guarantees from the west, including denying nato membership to ukraine. russian foreign minister sergey laval, said he hoped for a di escalation. we should not go to the su. i spoke frankly about this with tony lincoln's usage, and he agreed that we need to have a more reasonable dialogue. bully rose, i hope that emotions will decrease. although there are no guarantees will suit booths. i to guarantee because you. meanwhile, ukrainians are preparing for an invasion that could come any day. the satellite photos are said to show russian military equipment near the border. tens of thousands of russian troops have also been station nearby. in the east, where any invasion is expected to begin ukrainian soldiers took heart from blinking

european trip. forgot to sign up with an aircraft. i think now when we faced this really tense situation is, is very important for our country, for sure. it shows that we are not alone, that we have support you on with a russian threat. we can count on our forces and our allies power re, selena sewell sees, however, the u. s. has ruled out a military response to any russian invasion. instead, it is outlined a range of possible sanctions. russia says it doesn't want to get bogged down in endless talks with the us. but both sides say they will indeed keep talking. if more do not, i'm joined by thomas graham. he's from the council on foreign relations. he was the senior director for russia on the national security council for former us president george w bush. he joins me tonight from new york. it's good to have you on the program, mr. graham. what would you say today in geneva represents? is it a victory for diplomacy?

well certainly, i think it's a step forward. my. it's clear that the 2 countries want to remain on the diplomatic track, at least for some time going forward and a good frank exchange of use today. the united states has promised written responses to russia's demands in the next week, the russians will reassess and then it will be at least another round up. so yes, i step over the phone with you today. you have suggested that this situation could actually pose a big opportunity to create a new european security order that includes russia. you say that this could help avoid crises like the one we're in, in the future. talk us through that. i mean, what would that look like? well, there are a number of elements to it. first, there is the 1st element is agreement to restrain military activity along the long russian frontier, stretching from the baltic sea to the black sea. this is military transparency,

limited exercises. and so for the 2nd very important element is a, an agreement on a moratorium of nato expansion used to work a moratorium of a specific time frame. that is long enough for the russians to feel that they put off any threat to their security sufficiently to the future to feel comfortable, but short enough so that the united states and nato allies can say credibly that they haven't slammed the door close forever on membership i were so be it. and then the 3rd and i think extremely important element is an agreement on way forward to resolve all of the ongoing and frozen conflicts in the balkans and in the former soviet states. so it's a new order one where both russia is minimal. security needs are met, but also the security needs of our nato allies are satisfy sufficiently well. what

about the sovereignty of ukraine? you have suggested in this moratorium, a temporary block on ukraine joining nato. but isn't that giving in to a key russian demand? well, it's not, again, it's not an infringement on ukraine sovereignty. it's something that gradient themselves would have to agree to. but i feel confident that it, if the united states and russia could come to some sort of agreement, that would lower the temperature. that would give you crane to cues, political space, it needs, in order to focus on a very real, domestic, political and socioeconomic problems. and this is actually a plus for ukraine over the long run. what would that mean? bringing the u. s. ukraine and russia all 3 together to the table for talks. because obviously we, we can't talk about ukraine without ukraine being there to talk to, you know,

pursue its own interest. right? well, it doesn't mean that your friend needs to be physically in the room every time the united states and russia talks about your crime. i think united states has to give up that pretense the united states is going to consult very closely with ukraine is going to consult very closely with our nato allies. in fact, we saw that this week, secretary of state anthony lincoln began, is european tour with a meeting in your brain with president lensky, his counterparts. foreign minister then went to berlin to meet with ki, i nato allies before proceeding to geneva for talk with a lot that i think is the appropriate way to conduct a set of negotiations. the united states taking the lead on behalf of both nato and you and our ukranian partners, thomas green with the council on foreign relations. mr. graham, we appreciate your insights tonight. thank you. thank you. want to take the story now to andre court and he's director of the russian international affairs council.

it's good to see you again mr. corter off. let me ask you, what do you see when you see what happened in geneva today? is this a victory for diplomacy? well, it might be victory, but definitely it's not as flesh and success are they exchanged to use and that's good that they still talk to each other the level of the heads of diplomatic services. but we have not observed and it's significant progress. and the meeting also indicated that the priorities of the 2 sites are divergent, not can urgent secretary blinking these focused on the situation that on ukraine, while means to love offer insists on security guarantees for russia. both sides a have an opportunity to avoid a discussion of moscow can argue that whatever it does within its borders, it's a,

it's is own domestic business. so it doesn't have to discuss it with anyone else, including united states. while the united states can argue that to, to discuss the, the security guarantees from the nater alliance without other nay to member states sitting at the table. it's a inappropriate and a washington is not ready to do that. when you say that down russia, you can do what it wants to it with its troops in its own territory, but that's not what the kremlin wants from ukraine. the kremlin wants written guarantees that ukraine will not join nato. i mean that's eating into the sovereignty of kiya vision. well, i think that the physician in moscow and it's up to you to judge where the it is, where i draw their own position, is that the sort of ukraine is limited. ukraine device on the live support system provided by the with it doesn't have

a tony mccormick issues and therefore it's better to talk not to keep but other to those forms. so, so of keith, who have the final route. that when you say the sovereignty of ukraine is limited, are you in agreement with what we've heard from vladimir putin in the past, where he has told us presidents that ukraine is not a real country? well, you know, you are often about my positions or positions of but hasn't booted. what do you agree with president putin? no, i think that we should take you pain as a sovereign country. but as a country in a very difficult position, it has to make concessions. it has that to look for compromises. and definitely in certain ways it does limit that in what it can do, you know, present a few came, for example, is in a position to implement that means agreements in fool. these are the limits ation of the ukrainian sovereignty in a way it is. but we should understand the circumstances in each of the ukrainian

latisha castile. albert, or one more question. mr. of course, i don't you think the, the, the limitations in what ukraine can do is a direct result of having a 100000 russian troops right at its back doorstep. well, that's probably right, but the russian position is that it wants to do tour a military action of ukraine in the east. ukraine might be tempted to use military power in order to resolve the don't boss problem. and this is exactly what the rush is trying to prevent. ok, andre court, not the director of the russian international affairs council misquoted, we appreciate your time and your insights to night. thank you. let's take a look down some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world. russia, iran in china are holding joint military drills in the indian ocean. it's the 3rd year. the 3 nations have meant to strengthen ties through combined strategic

exercises spokesperson for the drill, says the goal is to expand multilateral cooperation and to support world peace. so called disarming state has launched one of its biggest attacks in syria since it was defeated there in 20. 19 the militant group targeted the gray run prison in kurdish controlled northeastern syria. that's where thousands of i as fighters are being held report say that dozens of bias fighters have escaped. the health minister for yemen, hootie rebels is, has 70 detainees were killed in air strikes. carried out by the saudi lead pro government coalition, humanitarian groups say several children and civilians were also killed. the strikes targeted a prison, a telecommunications hub, and destroyed buildings into cities. doctors, local hospitals say they are overwhelmed with injured victims to gone. and now where the government says it's launched an investigation into

a massive explosion. they killed over a dozen people and destroyed scores of homes on thursday. police a. the blast occurred when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle near the southwestern town. of bug, so a deafening blast, ah, a village reduced to rubble. ah, in a desperate scramble to salvage survivors, the people of a p a t watching in horror as dead bodies and debris covered the ground. police fear the death toll could climb his emergency teams come through the wreckage. on friday, vice president mama do but whoo! mia visited the scene, immediate disaster. they fell as yesterday and not only be full. busy day when we need to hear an empty befell that wall

of gun, while the government is scrambling to provide 8 valves to cover the costs of hospital bills, the opposition is calling for an impartial investigation into the incident. police say the explosion happened when a motorcycle crashed into a truck, karen explosive to the nearby. she ran a gold mine. the motorcyclist died the truck driver was able to flee before the truck exploded. meanwhile, witnesses said the driver prevented an even greater tragedy by alerting in nearby school just in time for teachers to with the students to safety. with their homes and ruins. many families have been put up and makes, if shelters. authorities are calling on nearby towns. so been up there doors to the survivors. you're watching the w new so to come on the spanish island of la palmer, the volcanic danger may be over, but mountains of ash still stand between residents and

a return. her normal will have that story in just a moment. 5 women have reportedly been arrested in cobble after a group of men claiming to be totally bond officials were seen breaking down the door of a female activist home tama zarina by your body yonder was among a number of women protesting against the mandating of the job over the weekend, the arrest team, just hours after the campaigner published a video on social media calling for help. the taliban have imposed a number of crackdowns on women since they toppled the civilian government. last august. we've got more of that now from mario baton. he, she is an afghan journalist and a women's rights activist. she joins me now from his temple. it's good to have you on the program. be 1st of all with his story. do you have any more information

about the women detained by the taliban? do we know where they are and what condition there it thank you so much and thank you so much for covering this and the attack, the talk on a tax on a civic a space and also protests is alarming. and it's also a contrary to the all promises they have committed to the international community that they would respect and they were and promised to their woman vice and human rights in an honest on. so that shows that how they are like, how they are now, what, how the router action is tolbert lumens, who has the rise to get out on the street and a calling and asking for their basic rights that they want to go to school. the want to have rights to have a little participation within the community and also and to have and have a war please, and go to the workplace and do have some kind of contribution in the community. yeah. at to now, so far we don't have any information about those 3 females that have been there

didn't stand by the tall a bond. and 2 days ago and it broke. and as you mentioned, the broken to the doors on the winter got into their houses and got there and the females out. and we don't know where they are now. and the talked into and on place if they want to really shows that they in actions that they believes on, on the values on human rights. and also human human rights principles. the need to emmy that you release them and also send it back to their houses and also own in imminently. do you need to release them? you don't. i love the situation. what the horror and the families were white about him and also the african peoples. all the ask and woman's floor like is seeing the volume you showing up on us on my end with me. um. so let me just if you could stand by because we got another report here, we want to show another example of how the the taliban rules of everyday life are

becoming even more and more bizarre. take a look, store fronts look different under 12 on rule clothing shop owners have received an order to be head. their female mannequins desperate for customers . they use decapitated displays to attract female shoppers. that the taliban told us that these heads were against charee law. it's a bit like when they blew it, but a heads. so i was forced to remove them. as the order came from natal yvonne's ministry at virtue in the city of herat, it has angered many shoppers, some are even refusing to comply with it. for shopkeeper fi, armine, this is not just about the mannequins after the. he is deeply skeptical of to taliban promise to got women more rights than in their previous rule after they get

them and they don't get e, it says all of this is just the beginning. now it's cutting off the heads up, display many kings, but they will go further. some more you will see they will forbid even more things to women that they will do exactly as they did 20 years ago when they were in power . many can only anticipate what the taliban will order. next journalist marya natal, he is with the mario that is a bizarre and disturbing report. we just sold their mannequins being the capitated on orders from the tally. bon me, this is not encouraging. is it? this tells us that the taliban, you know, with, with each bit of resistance that the taliban encounters they're pushing even further. is there any way to stop this spiral to the bottom? yes, yes, of course we expect from the international community we expect our allies who have

been made a lot of efforts for the past 20 years to make sure to keep and also to maintain and also to preserve the values of woman rights and human principle in i'm on a on we need expect we need expect to morrow in norway meetings that when day international allies and international communities getting together and talking about honest on we need them to, to talk about human rights on human rights and want to stop on the table while they are talking about in the recognition of the taller one and other aspects of the governing at kennedy, we shouldn't be surprised about the brutal action of the tall one. we have a better experience and back in 1995. so we have experienced that how they sure himself we should in and we shouldn't be surprised for that because the no one has not change. of course, the other identity has not changed, but we need, we expect, and we need this on the delta

t off day international community human rights in institutions. and also the taught of on to, to preserve as well as respects on the human values are human rights and human. we will give them a nice enough one. so we will do that. we will get this morning. we will definitely will, will get that message out. we appreciate you helping report on this important story . mario a talk, he thank you. i want it just that it chalk a sentence and they want to show and actions that the believe on value of human rights. the have to immediately release the tease there between female or test or that they didn't hand them 2 years ago. we will definitely get that else. that has been definitely been heard more and thank you very much, we appreciate it. thank you so much. thank you. so much back well, it has been almost a month since the volcano when the spanish island of hama was declared no longer active. 7000 residents who were evacuated have now been allowed to return home,

but after 85 days a violent eruptions, they are faced with a difficult task of cleaning away the ash, which many fear could disrupt their lives for years to come. 08 was the longest volcanic eruption in the history of la palmer. and while the danger might be over, life is far from normal as a marathon cleanup operation continues. 80 rolled sabina leal has returned home for the 1st time in 4 months. his house buried in 3 meet a piles of ash. oh, i'll find a couple of friends to help me clean this up and upstairs to we are going to see if we can get the car out. first, i'm going to try clean up a pot of the house every tout yet. then when i come back,

i will live upstairs. when there is electricity and walter. but you miguel only lay a little yellow as another local resident plows through the remnants of the volcano . she fears it will take years to fully return to normal if the level this isn't very big problem, people think that when they clean up this is over and we can now enter our home. look where the volcano is, when there's a stone and wind, it will be blown back again. it's already built out if there's criticism to for the lack of assistance. yeah. but in my head, the problem is, this is my thing, the more you remove, the more you see if you're powerless aiming for this. yeah. but even if i don't know where the people are, where the help is, i don't understand anything in the know with authorities have offered to help the vulnerable to the oh yeah. but most faith months of heavy labor in the struggle to

make their homes habitable. once again, one of the biggest voices in rock music has fallen silent. the singer, known as meat loaf, has died at the age of 74. he sold more than a 100000000 records in a career that spanned 6 decades. la, oh us sing. a meat loaf died on thursday at the age of 74. i was finger whose real name was marvin lee a day initially pursued a career in musicals and 1st attracted wider attention as eddy in the rocky horror show it to be a best known album. back

out of hell came in 1977. it's so 43000000 copies. ah, the hit followed by his career, suffered times due to truck related problems and disputes with the right to of his hit songs. jim steinman, he was happiest on stage performing for his loyal and devoted fans. that's easy. the fact that they have bought tickets come to shows. and the majority of my loved one, i'm done. that's been the best present then you can ever get. ah, now the big man of the rock bennet has gone. but the music lead zone. ah, ah, oh

t mm. me loves dead at 74. is a reminder the tom stories were following for you? you a secretary of state, anthony blink, and in his russian counterparts he leverage evergreen to keep working, to ease tensions over ukraine. it talks in geneva, russia repeated its denial that it's planning to invade ukraine, while the u. s. said it would respond in riding to moscow security demands by next week. you're watching the w news after a short break. i'll be back to take you through the day tonight at the u. s. in russia agreed to talk some more. and what the cia has discovered about the havana syndrome will be right back with

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