ah, ah ah, this is, do you have any news live from berlin? the risk high, the threat immediate, that's a top us officials, latest warning about russia's plans to invade ukraine divided administration as urging americans to leave ukraine now saying there will be no rescue with hostilities. begin. also coming up france bands, freedom convoys as hundreds of protesters opposing corona virus restrictions had to paris. driven by what's happening in canada and australia's calls are endangered. the government warns at their numbers have dropped dramatically over the past

decade. ah, i'm william, go craft. welcome to the program. the risk is high enough, the threat is immediate enough. that is how us national security advisor jake sullivan described russia's plans to invade ukraine. the by the administration has not presented specific evidence of an imminent invasion and was clear that does not know if one will happen, but with russian troops at war ships, war, gaming within range of its smaller neighbour western allies are more concerned than ever that the window to attack is now more activity on all sides of the ukraine conflict. russia's ministry of defense released footage of navy ships arriving in sylvester pole bay on the black sea. in the russian annexed crimean peninsula. they're here taking part in large scale landing drills. the situation

makes many ukrainians uneasy. it's not a pleasant feeling. believe me, to understand that you and circled by the russian troops from bella, wish 1000 kilometers more than 1000 from the east. and the last couple of days, sir, russia actually close to the entire a z o c. and the, the particles to blake seed actually excess graham ports to the black sea. the united states wanted citizens out of harm's way immediately president joe biden has urged all americans to leave ukraine. if a russian attack on ukraine proceeds, it is likely to begin with ariel bombing and missile attacks that could obviously kill civilians without regard to their nationality. a subsequent ground invasion would involve the onslaught of

a massive force with virtually no notice communications to arrange. a departure could be severed and commercial. transit halted, while civilians pack up security forces are coming in the other direction. around a 1000 us soldiers arrived in poland to add to the $4000.00 service members already stationed there. and on romania as black sea coast, a 1000 strong strike forest rolled in from the u. s. base and germany. nato secretary general was there when they arrived. he spoke of the importance of boots on the ground as a deterrent to russia's military build up, which he called unjustified. so the combination of military buildup, threatening rhetoric on a track record of using force against neighbors. of course that's the reason for being seniors are concerned and being a vigilant, aren't ready also to react if they once again use force against

ukraine. hall told us hasn't sent ground forces to ukraine. it continues to supply weapons to the beleaguered country. part of a $200000000.00 security package meant to keep this crisis from escalating into an outright conflict. let's get more now for that. i'm joined by michael cambridge. he was a state department, russian, ukraine analysts during the obama administration, and is now a history professor at the catholic university of america. after cambridge. welcome back to do you have, you can see you even in these very pressing times. the rhetoric coming out of the white house from blink and bite in jake sullivan. it's, it's really quite urgent. what do you see as having actually changed recently? that's been causing this very dire kind of statements. well, 3 things. you have intensification of, of the military build up,

including in the black sea that of naval component into it. and that's really proceeding rapidly. secondly, you have the failure, so to speak of the diplomacy. it really hasn't yielded all that much. you have the last talk between pain and russia yesterday on a resolution to the situation that crane. and thirdly, i'm presuming here at the intelligence pointing of the direction in beijing. so let's come off the back of that 3rd point. presumably, the intelligence is pointing to that, but we haven't seen any evidence. does the us have a credibility problem when it's trying to press its case of urgency? it may only time will, but you see that many foreign embassies are removing their staff, european union, israel netherlands, several other countries are moving their staff from. so either they are following the lead of us or they are getting similar intelligence. sure. and aside from,

you know, withdrawing personnel from embassies, what impact does this kind of talk coming from the white house from the u. s. i have on the course of events as moscow might be hearing it. well 1st i think president biden is trying to prepare the american and european population for what may be coming. on the other hand, you're seeing an intricate game where by releasing this intelligence publicly, what i think us is trying to do is to preempt threats and actions or to prevent the possibility of the sort of flag a russian scenario where they would come up with cost to go to war and the blame on the cradle. i think this is an attempt to get out ahead of that and to prevent that from happening right now to be clear, not releasing intelligence, but certainly expressing deep concern about what they're seeing. there are no risk other risks here because you're talking with us back and forth in this game that they're playing or their risk, or how they're calibrating the kind of messages that they're sending out. one risk

that they may be getting better, a certain amount of misinformation from the russian side. again, you told me time would tell him that in that respect. and of course it doesn't make a move. you know, i think that there will be great anger on the part of the opinion government and exactly just a moment ago would reflect very badly on the credibility of the us boys in this, in this crisis. but the signs on the ground pointing in a rather ominous direction. all right, we will wait and see, of course all of us are holding our breaths. michael kim, edge. thank you very much for joining us. thank you for having me. and for more we spoke to fiona hill, 8 russia, expert and former u. s. intelligence officer, our washington d. c. bureau chief unit poll, spoke to her earlier, and he'll explained what the worst case scenario might be. even if moscow doesn't invade. it's not just the invasion, it's that this, you know, the invasion doesn't happen, but we keep in this tension on

a more permanent basis. and that the whole idea of the security predictability, you know, your poll free at peace is gone. and he basically put in his saying the last that he is, were, you know, we prospered on our terms are an acceptable to russia. and so that whole idea of russia integrating into europe in some fashion, having closer economic, social and political ties with europe is out the window. and that now we're 1st thing, an overtly hostile russia that has also now joined in with china. because what we have seen in the recent agreement with a president she on puts in, in beijing as the chinese telling the russians at the very least. we've got your bach, we don't like nato natural enlargement either. we so you don't like united states, not really specifically about europe as a major market because for china that still important. but the china and russia now very much tied together. now let's turn to some other stories making news right now . yes, president joe biden assign an executive order,

freeing up to $3500000000.00 of frozen afghan reserves to help the afghan people without giving the taliban rulers access to the funds. other frozen assets will be used to support us. victims of terrors. 30 countries have committed to protect the world's oceans from harmful human activity. the initiative drawn up at a summit on france's atlantic coast targets. plastic pollution in particular, business and political leaders have promised more action to clean up the seas and preserve marine life. a court in canada has said, authorities may remove protesting truckers who have blocked the busiest border crossing in the u. s. it says the truckers must leave the ambassador bridge by saturday evening dais. demonstrations against vaccine mandates. fort drivers have paralyzed cross border trade and the truckers protest in canada has sparked a copy copy copy cat action in france. thousands of protests as are heading for

paris in so called freedom con voice. the city has banned demonstration sang the risk, the public order is too high. but opponents of grown of irish restrictions are determined to reach the capital. french police are preparing for anything. as convoys of demonstrators descend on paris, members of the self styled freedom convoys are hoping to blockade roads in the capital to protest against coven measures. many have been inspired by similar truck protests in canada, which have shut down central ottawa and cut off border crossings into the us. but the french convoys a made up of a range of vehicles, driven by citizens who fed up with frances coven restrictions this, you know what a full, i'm here to defend all of our freedoms. and i'm especially against the vaccine policy. of course, an old q archives, whatever they are, and on, i'm out there, douglas fed up with the dictatorship they've imposed on as the 2 years. and it's

important to support people in this movement. while frances vaccine past is a common source of anger, demonstrate as represent a mix of causes, rising energy prices are another major issue. an echo of the yellow vista protests that rocked the country in 2018 and 19 with presidential elections only a few months away. the french government has expressed some sympathy with protesters, but it doesn't want the movement hijacked by political opponents. the government also eased restrictions further on friday, announcing that mosques will no longer be required indoors from the end of february . but for many making the long drive towards paris, it's too little too late. yesterday and government has officially alyssa corollas, as endangered. the native marsupials are fighting to survive. bush fires, land clearance, and droughts,

conservation of fear. there are now fewer than 100000 co. allah's left in the while . it was the defining image of australia's bush fires in 2019. a corolla encircled by flames. before a quick thinking bystander comes to the rescue. thousands of callers were caught up in that year's devastating fire season. left homeless or treated for dehydration and burns, it was a clarion call for action. so coming out of those fires, i asked my scientific experts to really examine whether the qual, as listing, as you said on the endangered spaces list, needed to move up a notch. and today's announcement is that it has, which is all about priority conservation for this extraordinary marsupial. on top of the fires, the creatures are threatened by disease. half the population has chlamydia,

growing towns and cities to have eaten away at their habitat. the endangered classification means to get more protection under planning laws. conservationist t, it's critical. we tighten in over 810000 animals and well over 10000 of those are co olives. they're a very specialized creature and an animal that is unfortunately under unprecedented threat. last month, the government announced $43000000.00 euros and additional funding to protect them . we're investing in the world leading science in looking after our kuala populations. and we are also investing heavily in education, so ensure not only the public to understand how they can care, but also importantly, veterinarians, right across the country. environmental groups have welcome the endangered species recognition, but they accused the government of ignoring a decade of warnings. nonetheless, the hope less will now be

a turning point for these iconic creatures. at the winter olympics and beijing christopher greater became germany's 1st gold medalist in the skeleton. a sport similar to luge, but one which sees writers plummet, head 1st down, an ice track at high speed. germany has long dominated the loose and won a clean sweep of golds this year to go to a stunning performance which saw him finish streaks ahead of compatriot. actual young seized, the country extend its influence in the sliding wintry sports and a bonus league a match day. 22 kicked off with a battle for european qualification. though cologne didn't put up much of a fight as hosts, leipzig coasted to victory. chris doff and cocoa scored the pick of the goals. leipzig, top score claimed his 11th of the season with

a superbly taken free kick. the game ended $31.00 to the host's leapfrog cologne, and the table after a big victory in the race for champions lea qualification. and you're watching the w news. that's all for now. up next, crypto currency commercials take center stage at the super vault. business has more for you. c. as in every day for us and for our planet. global ideas is on its way to bring you more conservation. how do we make cities greener? how can we protect animals in their habitats? what to do with all our waste? we can make a difference.