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thank you and from all of our colleagues across the networks at msnbc news, thank you for staying up late this. good morning, it is 6 am. this is the rundown making news today. nato leaders to meet and brussels to discuss the war in ukraine. with president biden expected to announce fresh sanctions against russia. ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy calls for a global process. for the russian invasion. but as western leaders meet, a warning from run of russia's top diplomats, that his countries would taint the right
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to use nuclear weapons. >> [inaudible] >> the chancellor says that the government will help found the struggling rallies-ing household bills. as experts suggest, they're facing their biggest drop of living standards of record. and the duke of duchess of cambridge continue to talk to our jamaica. they proved -- it ever stains our history. in the sport, russia banned from the international football league. -- 2028. after it looked like the tournament was about to bmo to the uk islands. and we'll have a fuel run-through of the mornings front and back pages. hello and thanks for being with us. leaders from nato states meeting in brussels today, for an emergency summit.
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the gathering which is mostly by the ukrainian president, volodymyr zelenskyy, is expected to sign off on for new battle groups in eastern europe. it comes as joe biden is expected to announce fresh sanctions on russia warning it is a threats that vladimir putin could use chemical weapons. -- the uk will send an extra six anti-tank missiles in ukraine. and is calling on other western nations to step up in their support. in his -- , president silence he called for global protests in an end to the invasion. witching began a month ago. the ministry of defense says that they are conducting successful counterattacks against russian positions on the outskirts of the capital of kyiv. as u.s. intelligence says that russian forces have stopped making progress towards the city center announced up defensive positions. we report from brussels, and a
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warning, these do contain flashing images from the start. >> joe biden stepped onto european soil at a moments of alarming uncertainty for this continent. given the stakes, given the bloodshed in ukraine. perhaps it's a surprise that the american president has taken this long to travel here to face the russian threat. ahead of him now or three summits, nato, the eu, and the g7. back to back in one day. it is an unprecedented reflection on the current state of peace and security and europe. and here it is, spelled out by propagandists, pundits, connected to the kremlin on russian state tv. [inaudible] hollow threats designed to spook, to create leverage.
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the thing is, who could be sure right now? >> four leaders of the 30 mates oh countries would be forced to confront this extraordinary reality when they meet here in brussels in the hours ahead. that headline will be on the mark-able doubling of the number of nato troops deployed to eastern europe. unknown void will reaction to a reaction that is so unpredictable. but how will president putin react? is it a perhaps perilously provocative? the -- could not clearly answer the biggest questions. >> how does nato defend itself against a nuclear attack? thank you. >> russia must stop its nuclear 's wakening. this is dangerous and in the responsible. >> for now the russian attacks on ukraine remain conventional, but devastating nonetheless. these missiles in footage
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issued by the russian military have only hits ukrainian military targets. sky news is unable to verify all the crime. russia -- 's poland, that it could send a peacekeeping force to ukraine. he had this. >> i hope they know they are talking about. this will be that very confrontation between nato and russia-long forces. that everyone not just wanted to avoid, but said it should not happen to begin with. >> his master, president putin, told officials that russian would continue to supply russia with energy but would charge in rubles. to shore up the plummeting rule and undermined the dollar. the pressure at the eu summit like nations ike germany to cut loose on russian energy. that is so much easier said than done. so many challenges, so many frightening scenarios and above reality, that nothing the west has done so far has ended
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putin's war. -- sky news, nato hq in brussels. >> sam coates has the latest now. >> flying fresh from the spring statement yesterday, to brussels early this morning. he does so have just announced that he will be giving a series of additional help to ukraine. he's sending 6000 missiles to the country to help their efforts of anti-tank and high explosive weapons. plus 25 million pounds in financial backing for ukrainian military. boris johnson spoke again to president zelenskyy yesterday, in that call he promised to press for world leaders, to get them to give more eve lethal aid. more weaponry to ukraine. now -- ukraine is starting to run out of the cleaner things it needs to fight the russians. countries like germany are under particular pressure to
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give more, and bars johnson, who has spoken of on a twice speak we basis with salons ski, sees himself as a voice championing his needs. the question however, is how influential the british prime minister is. he won't be attending the eu counsel today, that possibly is connected for the remarks he made at the six -- where he complained brexit, and the plight of those in ukraine, that apparently upsetting some in the eu. so he will only be attending the nato and g7 portions of what happens in brussels today. but boris johnson feels like his calls for more help in ukraine, is something that needs to be urgently heated by other world leaders. >> well ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy has called for global protests to demand an end to the lush an invasion. president zelenskyy also thank
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the world for their support, the stress, the toll that the world is taking on his country. >> i think everyone who acts in support of ukraine, in support of freedom but the war continues. the war against peaceful people go on. one month already, that long! it breaks my heart. the heart of all ukrainians! and every free person on the planet! >> now a top josh diplomat says that russia retains the rights to use nuclear weapons if provoked by nato. he also said that his country is not committing more crimes despite the evidence. -- >> this is one of the very few places left in new york with this man would still be welcome. it is here at the russian mission to the un, where it's leading diplomats have their
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speeches. where they work out how on earth to defend the defensible. >> vladimir putin's spokesperson says that russia retains the right to use nuclear weapons to defend the country. whatever that may be from. >> if russia's provoked by nato, if they are attacked by nato, i do not know. we are in nuclear power. why not? >> you think that is a legitimate thing to be saying? then >> i don't think it's a lie thing to say. but it's not the right thing to threaten russia, and to try to interfere. so, when you're dealing with a nuclear power, of course you have to calculate all of the possible outcomes of your behavior. that's when i want to say. >> but is russia committing more crimes in ukraine? >> i don't think we are committing war crimes in ukraine. of course it's not up to me to assess, i'm not there, you are not there. you're looking at the media, the videos that could be fake news. >> are you saying that the civilian hospitals, theaters,
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have not been targeted? >> no. they were not targeted. and you know it very well. we said it from the very beginning, that our military is not a threat for the civilian population in ukraine. >> can i show you what the u.s. believes as warcrimes? >> these are pictures taken by our colleagues in the associated press. these are apartments on fire. in mariupol. hit by russian missiles. how do you know >> how do you know it's russian missiles? >> it's your suggestion that the ukrainians are -- >> i can tell you, it can easily come from ukraine. from the center of the city. it happened in kharkiv, mariupol. because there only -- . a lot of cases that i'm reporting are from ukrainian missiles themselves. >> i'm asking, with respect. that is preposterous! this amount of destruction! >> i think it is quite logical! not preposterous.
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>> mr. poly and scheme may not believe that russia is guilty of warcrimes, but the u.s. says they are. the international criminal court will ultimately decide. but with every mild claim he made by his diplomats, russia becomes increasingly isolated. martha kellner, sky news, new york. >> madeleine albright, the first female u.s. secretary of state, died of cancer on the age of 85. among those paying tribute where the former president bill clinton, who chose her as america's top diplomat in 1996. she shared in that capacity for the last four years of his administration. changes the covid sick they rules are being introduced today, anybody with the process will have to wait until day four to claim statutory sick pay. the self isolation payment is coming to an end as well. the government has been accused
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of playing flask and lose to with public money when it handed out covid-19 testing contracts. they found that officials failed to document key decisions when buying test by rand ox. but the watchdog said there's no ideas to suggest that they were -- improperly. and the justice came up with a series of changes to the tax system, to address the cost of living. it comes when they see that the uk is -- . rages are failing to keep weight pace with rising prices. so what does this announcement do first troubling families? take a look. well the first big goals is the cut fuel duty by five pence. that will be in place until march of next year. people who install heat bombs and inside the panels in their homes will pay the 80 for the next five years. calls to cancel insurance
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contributions, but the threshold that people start paying will be increased by 3000 pounds by july. and their future tax cuts saying that there are -- by 2024. joining me now is skies political correspondent, margaret morning to you. as all of these things in your spring statement, after the challenger has finished speaking, the buds put their heads together and -- >> pretty much so, come ali, the morning after the spring statement i think one growing statistic really stands out. it's from the official budget forecaster. they say that britain is facing the biggest drop in living standards since the 1950s. because of all the challenges, including liars-ing inflation. and one of the challenges it did announce was a number of tax cuts. all of it is not quite what it seems. some of them are cut to taxes he's announced, but haven't
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even been levied yet. that's the national insurance right that will now affect a lot fewer people. and that comes in from july. and he announced a cutting income tax, but it won't come for another two years. so he's trying to burnish his reputation as a tax cut or, but that will take a long time to work through. and it's been on the fact that some people will really struggle because they're on fixed incomes, people with benefits. some pensioners. people who are public sector workers. they did not get very much in yesterday's budget in terms of relief at all. and that may be flippant for the chancellor down the track. now, the overwhelming impression in the newspapers this morning is that he could have gone further and faster. and a lot of severe conservatives that as well whether it was on cutting taxes are giving more relief to the poorest people, that the chancellor did bank a lot of the morning that he got in from hiring expected tax revenues.
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that's because a lot of them expected by the end of this year, with an uncertain outlet particularly on ukraine and any rising costs, the chancellor may be forced by then to give people more relieved by what's going to be a very severe squeeze on living standards. so what he announced a national insurance, on fuel, is not nothing, not tinkering. but whether to meet the scale of the challenge. >> that is the big question. thank you for now. all right let's give you a reminder of our top stories. world leaders are preparing an emergency summit as president joe biden is expected to announce more sanctions on russia. as russia -- to the united nations. he says that his country has no right to use relief all weapons as outlined by nato. by outlining his squint statement, the chancellor says but we will be struggling, but experts say that the uk is facing the biggest drop in living standards since --
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standards since - >> let's take you through the morning's front pages. and they are all dominated by the spring statement from yesterday. the budget they say, no heat. the chancellor has not gone far enough to help struggling families. the telegraph, they have that quote that the biggest fall in living standards. filling up his -- for petrol. biggest hits to living standards since the age of rationing is the headline. similar take in the times and they have also been there on the side bar. missiles sent by the uk to help the war effort in ukraine. the daily express, they report on the forgotten millions, what about us? says the paper, millions of
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people have been missed out by the chancellor. which is picked up by the daily mirror. they characterize as thanks for nothing. the guardian the cost of living surges in rishi sunak sweeps. we finish up with the daily mail. now slash taxes even further. if you want to see those front pages and read the stories do scan the qr code you see. it will take you to our website while you will find the press review. the duke of cambridge has expressed his profound sorrow about the slave trade, adding it forever stains our history. prince william was speaking in jamaica, his words come after -- was greeted by protests. skies royal correspondent has more on that story. espondent ha>> anticipation wase
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duke and duchess of cambridge arrived at the appropriately named king's house. 1953 was when the queen first came here, when jamaica was still a british colony. now all eyes on her grandson, under pressure to apologize for the painful past. >> i strongly agree with my father, the prince of wales, who said in barbados last year, that the appalling atrocities of slavery are forever straining our history. i want to express my profound sorrow, slavery was abhorrent. and it should never have happened. while the pain runs deep jamaica continues to forge its future, with a determination, courage, and fortitude. >> father sean was one of those who wrote an open letter asking william to acknowledge the royal family's role in the slave trade. he was left disappointed.
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>> it's always disappointing when responsibility is not taken, for certain actions. certainly this is not just any actions, its crimes against humanity. >> earlier in the day in a surprisingly blood meeting in front of the cameras. prime minister andrew had already alluded to the protests. >> we are moving on, we intend to [inaudible] >> his ambitions also clear that jamaica should cut ties with the royal family. the royals don't think the republic debate is one for them. there is no way that prince william could ignore the issue of slavery. it was always unlikely he was going to go further than his father even though there will be those disappointed he didn't mention reparations. in a sign of how much his words
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did matter to him, he was keen there were no leaks and they were heard from him first. william and kate have been left in no doubt, they are forming a new kind of relationship with jamaica. this tour was never going to solve all of the issues at play but it has amplified the voices of those demanding change. sky news, kingston, jamaica. >> let's take a look at what's coming up in the next couple of hours here on sky news. just after seven, jane will be speaking to the chancellor rishi sunak about the spring statement. and whether he went far enough to help hardworking families. she will be speaking to -- for their take. then at a quarter past 12, john stoltenberg is going to give a news conference from brussels. and at around one, the leaders of the g7 are scheduled to meet. full coverage of that throughout the day here on sky news. still to come on the early run
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peter will go before a joint hearing of the transport and business committees over the legality of the dismissals. after the prime minister says it appears to him that the firm had broken the law. lloyd's banking group and the bank of scotland and halifax as to shut 60 branches across the uk. due to the increasing popularity of online and mobile banking. it will try and find new rules for the 124 staff members whose jobs are now at risk. the food and drink company nestle is halting the sales of some of his non essential products in russia. including kit kats, and as quick. it has been criticized by president zelenskyy to continuing to operate in russia. despite other multinational suspending their business operations. let's have a look through the markets, we will start over in asia. the exchanges there, a mixed picture as you can see. the -- and positive territory.
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the pound currently trading slightly down. and -- the price of brent crude continues to rise. $122.15 per barrel. that -- let's look at the business pages will start with the financial times. focusing in on rishi sunak's spring statement. saying that he has pocketed basically a windfall, he had 20 billion pounds worth of headroom. but didn't use all of it to try and east of the cost of living crisis. the daily telegraph has a spring statement special, which a picture of rishi sunak with a spring and his step. they say inflation under the war in ukraine take their toll on growth. and the front page of the times business section, says rishi sunak missed a chance to rebuild britain's economy.
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doing too little too late. let's take a look at today's weather. the next few days will be mainly settled, there will be plenty of sunshine. do be aware that air pollution levels will be high. it's mostly sunny and chilly now, but there is an extensive ground frost in the countryside. the west of ireland, northern ireland and western scotland are colder. the morning will be dry and sunny for most people, the northwest will stay quite cloudy with a chance of a few scattered showers. i won't be quite as warm as yesterday. northern and western parts will see more sunshine through the afternoon. but there will be a few showers, mainly over northern ireland, and northern scotland. northeast england may catch the odd shower to. still to come on the early rundown. it's all eyes on brussels as nato leaders prepare to discuss the war in ukraine.
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watching the early run. down on the main news this morning, world leaders -- with joe biden expected to announce further sanctions on russia. as russians deputy ambassador
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to the united nations tells sky news, his country has the right to use nuclear weapons if provoked by -- . here, the chancellor says that the government will have families who struggle with the cost of living. but experts with ukraine said they're facing the biggest drop in standards on record. -- prince william explain says his profound sorrow for horrors of the slave trade. and russia puts forward a surprise last minute bid to host euro 2028, after it looked like the tournament was going to the uk. well leaders from nato member states will meet in brussels today firm urgency submit. the gathering will be addressed by ladylike from ukraine by president volodymyr zelenskyy. the group is expected to sign off the formation of four new battle groups for eastern europe. it comes as president biden is
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expected to announce fresh sanctions on russia. warning that there is a real risk that putin is going to use chemical weapon. let's look at what's going on this morning. boris johnson is rushing an extra 6000 missiles to ukraine. he's calling on western nations to increase their support for the war effort. it is nightly address, president zelenskyy called for -- an end for the the russian invasion which -- . the uk's ministry of defence says that ukrainian forces are carrying out successful counterattacks against russia's positions. in towns on the outskirts of kyiv. as u.s. intelligence says that russian forces have stopped making progress towards the city center themselves that-ing up defensive positions. guys mark stone reports from brussels and a warning that his reports contained flashy images from the start. >> joe biden stepped onto
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european soil at a moments of alarming uncertainty for this continent. given the stakes, the bloodshed in ukraine, perhaps it's a surprise that the american president has taken this on. to travel here, to face the russian threat. ahead of him now are three summit, nato, the eu, and the g7 back to back in one day. it is an unprecedented reflection on the current state of peace and security in europe. and here it is, sells out by propagandists, palm debts, connected to the kremlin on russian state tv. [inaudible] hollow threats designed to smooth, to create leverage. the thing is who can be sure right now? the leaders of the 30 minute tow member countries will be forced to confront this reality
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when they meet here in brussels in the hours ahead. the headline will be a remarkable doubling of the number of nato troops deployed to eastern europe. an unavoidable reaction to a russian aggression that is so unpredictable. but how will president putin react? is it perhaps previously productive? the -- whose tenure will be extended to provide continuity cannot answer the biggest questions. >> how does nato defend itself against an interior attack? thank you. >> russia must stop its nuclear saber reckoning. this is dangerous and irresponsible. >> for now the russian attacks on ukraine remain conventional, but devastating nonetheless. these nestles and footage by the russian military, apparently hate ukrainian military targets. we are unable to verify the
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claim. russia's force was preempting nato announcements on the suggestion from poland that it could suggest a peacekeeping -- . i hope they know they are talking about. >> this will be a very confrontation between russia and nato are armed forces. that everyone not only wanted to avoid, but said it should not begin. >> on tv, putin told officials that it would continue to supply the world with energy but charging euro. -- there will be pressure at the eu summit on nations like germany to cut loose from russian energy. but that is so much easier said than done. so many challenges, so many frightening scenarios, and a blunt reality that nothing the west has done so far has ended putin's war. mark stone, sky news, at the nato hq in brussels. >> when the ukrainian president
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volodymyr zelenskyy is calling for bullet protests, to demand an end to the russian invasion. speaking in english, president zelenskyy thanked the world for support, but stresses the toll the war has taken. >> i think everyone who acts in support of ukraine, in support of freedom. but the work continues! the -- against peaceful people go on. one month already! that long! it breaks my heart! hearts of all ukrainians! and every three person on the planet! >> top russian diplomat just told sky news that russia contends the rights to use the nuclear weapons a provoked by nato. the un ambassador to the -- says that his country is not committing war crimes in ukraine. >> this is one of few places left in new york where this man
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would still be welcome, it's here at the russian missile into the u.s. and, where it's leading diplomats right there speeches. and they figure out how on earth to defend the indefensible. >> vladimir putin's personal spokesperson says that russia retains the right to use nuclear weapons to defend the country. whatever that may be, from whatever -- >> if russia is by nato, if russia's attacked by nato, i do not know. we are nuclear power. why not? >> you think that is a legitimate thing to be saying? >> i don't think it's the right thing to be saying but it is not the right thing to threaten russia. and to try to interfere. so, when you're dealing with the nuclear power, of course you have to calculate all the possible outcomes of your behavior. that is when i'm going to say. >> but is russia committing more crimes in ukraine? >> i don't think we're committing more crimes in ukraine. of course it's not up to me to assess. i'm not there, you are not there. you're looking at the videos,
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you're looking at the many videos that are considered to be fake news. >> are you saying that civilian homes, programs, hospitals, theaters, have not been targeted? >> they were not targeted. and you know it's very well. we said that from the very beginning. that our military is not for civilian population in ukraine. >> can i show you what i believe is evidence of war crimes? these are people -- pictures taken by our colleagues in the associated press. these are apartments on fire in mariupol. hip iraq and missiles. >> how do you know it's machine missiles? there is self-defense -- >> what is your suggestion -- that >> it can easily come from ukraine, from the central of the city, it happened in kharkiv, mariupol. because they have their own missile launchers. and all in a lot of cases that i know, you can report it from ukrainians themselves.
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>> ambassador, with respect, i think that's preposterous. the amount of idea that this amount of destruction. >> mister police and skier may not believe that russia is guilty of warcrimes, but the u.s. says they are. the international criminal called will ultimately decide. but with every word world claim being done by its diplomats, russia becomes increasingly isolated on the world stage. martha kellner, sky news, new york. >> we'll return to our other menus this morning. the reaction from the chancellor says that it is is that the government is on the side of hardworking families. but critics say that the statement didn't go far enough. let's bring in chris leslie, and now the debt collector for the association of that collection. thank you for being with us this morning. i presume that you think that the chancellor did not go far enough with what he announced yesterday? >> well we're in a difficult
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situation. and no previous chancellor have not face this level of -- and this moved from pandemic mode to the cost of living crisis. it depends who are the beneficiaries of some of the decisions he's making. people who are passing petrol stations and seeing the -- . and would welcome that. and certainly, those people who weren't expecting the national insurance change coming in the last few weeks. and we'll actually have that dampened, because there's an increase in the national insurance. which will help fully -- but, if you are in the assisted benefits, they are gonna go up by 3.1%. with inflation, cost of living, doubled attitudes to present. -- police will often society are not gonna be well near off of
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the package that went on yesterday to upset the car. but of course, those who tend to fight those inflationary cough. >> what should be done meant to help police well off in the society in your opinion? >> well, it's always worth asking what would you do if you're chancellor yourself? i think you have to do something through the benefit system. and it is tough because public finances are not necessarily in the greatest place. but of course, inflation means that the coffins of the treasury will temporarily be better, because some of the revenue and income tax will -- the government also has a service the national debt. so there is not any easy choices for the chancellor. but i think you have to try and direct as it goes to the -- itself. the government did a little bit to the grand through local
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authorities, which is much greater, but that involves a lot of applications. and a very complicated process. so i think the benefit system is probably where that injection of support needs to go. but the chancellor will be thinking, well, once you mix change like that, can you ever reign it back? is it reserve reversible? it can be kind of tricky too -- . and i think a lot of these changes, it's quite interesting, he's made some time committed changes. so, does anybody really believe that you can find the -- to see possibly go back up in march next year? i think it is pretty difficult. once you giving it away, fareed chancellor than to undermine that. >> yeah, do you think he's left himself a little bit of space? there are many people saying that you have to come back to the house in the next few months to perhaps do even more. because the situations happening in the better?
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>> no, i mean we were told that there is only roland budget a year. but this wasn't nearly as spring statements updated for statistic. the current climate means that we're having budgets every six months. and we will definitely have another big one in october. he's also guard and -- the general election, in 2024. that's where you have the dangling of the income tax. you have this flight in congress message of taxes going down potentially in the future, but of course the tax changes are definitely upwards in the short term. and, that will be very tough. that one message that i think will resonate especially for society, is that line in budget responsibility. seeing that living standards are going to be falling by the largest amount from i think 66 years, since 1956. and it is gonna be hard. but the chances quite a few
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things up his sleeve for november. it's gonna be very difficult period. but that reason, when the weather gets colder, the gas goes up, the electricity bills go up. that's when you're gonna need a response. so i think he's piecing himself in terms of the choices that he has. >> okay, chris, to prepare your time this morning. thank you for being with us. now the taliban in afghanistan say the girls will not be allowed to attend secondary school. since taliban took control of the countries in august of next year, they have claimed that girls would go to school, when they had a security situation in -- . well six year old could you show was expected to go to school, yesterday minutes away from lining up with her classmates, when she was told she would have to leave. >> it was like a day of mourning. and it was a very sad day. it was like losing a loved one. everyone was crying. the girls were hugging, and
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crying, and saying goodbye. i wanted to be a doctor, even though i knew it would be difficult. i like doctors like -- but now i can't do anything. my futures ruined. >> madeleine albright, the first female u.s. secretary of state has died of cancer at age of 85. normally will pave tributes with the formula -- as america's top diplomat in 1996. she served in that capacity for the last four years in his administration. changes to covid sick pay rules or to come in today. anybody who has the virus who will have to wait until day four to be able to claim the statutory sick pay while the 500 pound isolation payment will also come to an end. the government has been accused of trying to play fasten news with public money as it handed out covid-19 testing contracts. the national office said officials failed to document key decisions when buying cars
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from -- but the russia says that there is no evidence to suggest that contracts were awarded improperly. a reminder now, of our top stories. world leaders are preparing an emergency summit in brussels. as joe biden is expected to announce more sanctions against russia. russia's deputy ambassador to the nation says that his country has the right to use nuclear weapons when provoked. and the chancellor assessing the government wore, will help struggling families. but experts say that uk is facing its drop since the -- on record. e the -- on record. >> all right let's have another look at the mornings newspapers, we will start off with the metro. they are focused on the speech, you can see the headline there no heat. households have to choose between keeping their heating on or feeding themselves. the daily telegraph now.
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they've got a quote from the office for budget responsibility saying that the uk can expect of the biggest fall in a living standards on record. same line picked up by the eye, they say it's the biggest hit since the age of rationing. university graduates face student loan interest. racing to 35 billion pounds, four extra tax cuts. the times have the same story there. peaceful since the 50s. and they report there on the side bar that there are an extra 6000 missiles headed to ukraine. from the uk. to the express, they call on the chancellor to do more for the forgotten millions who are left behind from the chancellor's budget. the mirror, they characterize it thanks for nothing rishi sunak. not enough in there to help families struggling with the cost of living. picked up by the guardian, cost
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of living surges, the poorest. >> -- >> brussels [inaudible] >> the leaders will focus on our support to ukraine. allies have provided support for several years and we have stepped up with more military support financial support. to help ukraine uphold its right for self-defense. nato's core task is to protect and defend our allies. we have increased our presence in the eastern part of the alliance. nato leaders today will address the need for a reset on the terms and defense in the longer term. and the first step is the
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establishment of -- the eastern part of the alliance in bulgaria, romania, hungary. we need to do more and therefore need to invest more and there's a new sense of urgency. i expect the leaders will agree to accelerate the investments in defense to meet the pledge we have made a cure -- to advance more into the fence. i they have made announcements on investing more in defense. the meeting today will demonstrate the importance of north america and europe's standing together. facing this crisis and we are the strongest alliance and the world. as long as we stand together we are also safe. >> with cnbc.
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i want to get a sense from you of nato's understanding of president putin's actual mental state at this point. but we understand of course is even his central bank governor is trying to leave her post. and he is seeing some defection a fuel from his and her circle. what is your sense of his mental state at this point? >> president putin has made a great mistake. and that is to launch a war, to wage war against an independent sovereign nation. he has underestimated the strength of the ukrainian people the bravery of the ukrainian people and to the armed forces. and therefore they're meeting much more resistance than they expected. we need in order to address the actions that we see russia is
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doing in ukraine. that's the reason why we have significantly stepped up support to ukraine. and why we have increased presence of nato troops in the eastern part of the alliance. we do so to be able to respond and address any threat or any challenge to our security. and what kind of decisions and what kind of -- decisions they may make in knots moscow i will not speculate. >> are you worried about a nuclear threat? >> [inaudible] nato allies provide significant military support to ukraine. nato allies are trained tens of thousands of ukrainian soldiers. who are now on the front line fighting against invading russian forces. the ukrainian aren't me is much
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better equipped and much better trained, much better commanded now than in 2014. and the combination of training and support from nato allied countries and bravery under courage of the ukrainian armed forces. it's enabling the ukrainians to really resist and actually fight back if the invading russian army. we provide ukraine also with advanced air defense systems. with anti tank weapons, with ammunition and fuel. as allies are providing many different types of support. but we have also made it clear that we will not send in in nato troops on the ground or nato planes in the air. we do that because we have a responsibility to ensure that this conflict does not escalate beyond ukraine. that will cause even more suffering. even more death. and to declare a no-fly zone
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over ukraine, it means we need to impose it, and to impose a no-fly zone means that we need to massively attack russian air defense systems. in russia, and belarus, and and ukraine. and also be ready to shoot down russian planes. and then the risk for a full fledged war between nato and russia will be very high. and that will cause more death and more destruction. >> you mentioned yesterday that of chemical weapons are used in ukraine could have a direct impact in nato countries. could this be considered an attack on a nato ally? >> i will not speculate beyond saying the following. any use of chemical weapons would change the nature of the conflict. it will be a blatant violation of international law. and it will have widespread and severe consequences.
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this seriousness of using chemical weapons of course becomes even more obvious knowing that there is a risk always for contamination, for that chemical agents that are spread over bigger areas. so this will be a catastrophe for the people of ukraine but of course there is also risk that we can see the spread of chemical agents into nato territory. i will not speculate beyond the fact that nato is always ready to defend, to protect, and to react to any type of attack on a nato ally country. >> how concerned are you about china's role in this and the second question, what does the new military posture of nato mean in terms of national defense spending? >> national defense spending i see a new sense of urgency
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among allies. they all understand that since we now need to do more we faced the most serious crisis and a generation. therefore need to invest more in our security. the allies understand is the only way to do that is to allocate more for national defense budget. and i expect allies to agree to accelerate the implementation of the commitments we have made to invest more in a defense. and i welcome the decision for -- by germany to spend 2% of gdp on defense. this will make a difference because germany has such a big economy. so the increased investments by germany makes a difference for the whole alliance. we call on china to join the rest of the world in clearly condemning the russian innovation of ukraine. not to provide political support, neither to provide any
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kind of material support to the russian invasion of ukraine. >> -- today would you say yes? >> i believe the decision to the leaders to decide. i don't have any further comments. >> would you call what is happening in ukraine now for a genocide? and if so what kind of responsibility does nato have to improve it? >> nato is providing unprecedented support to ukraine. how telling them to defend themselves. nato allies are also imposing unprecedented sanctions -- >> nato secretary general jens tulsan bergh. laying out there will be another for battle groups going to member states.
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to bolster deterrence against russia. there's a nato summit to be held later on today. coming up [inaudible]
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world leaders are meeting in brussels this morning for an extraordinary nato some of it. at least one month on from the invasion of ukraine. uk forest a additional 6 million pounds to ukraine, and to step up their support. joe biden is expected to use the summit to announce new

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