a jewel, tmj to i'm disappointed that we seem to have dialogue between a meet and a deaf person. the top diplomats of russia and the u. k. appeared to have found no common ground on regional security concerns. i made escalating tension 5 ukraine. i think that urgent works in moscow. russia figure skating teen weights for on doping allegations at the winter olympics, the i r. c. call the pure speculation, or the probes on going the athletes victory metals hung in the ballads. also ahead . why you wouldn't politicize the pandemic? why you would try to stigmatize canadians. why? what do you do to this, to a country that is already suffering and deeply damaged by so many of his policy, a canadian prime minister to take the barrows of criticism for his aggressive

stance against fancy vaccine mandate demonstrators. as a protest dentist, it's 13th day with hello and welcome. this is our to international with the latest world news update. it's great to have you with us this hour. now, russia's foreign minister says moscow's concerns expressed to british counts. partley's trust fell on deaf ears as they met in moscow to discuss rising tension. so the ukraine and the u. caste threat to impose, quote, the toughest sanctions against moscow ortiz don't court has the story. those jewel and tim still, i am disappointed that we seem to have dialogue between a meeks and a deaf person. they seem to be listening, but don't hare. almost detailed explanations have fallen on rough ground. they say that russia is waiting for the soil to freeze. and become like a stone so that tanks can pass safely into ukrainian territory. it seems that our

british colleagues have the same sol today, from which numerous factors that we cited have bounced. few people, if any, would call thursday's meeting, a productive one. at the top of the agenda, of course, were the proposals for security guarantees that moscow had put forward back in mid december. the main point of contention being that russia's asking nato not to move any farther eastward, specifically into the countries of georgia and specifically here ukraine. this is something that washington and nato have refused to do. and at the press conference lab, rob said that the west is negotiating exclusively on nato centric terms, and that they're unwilling to compromise. and simply that rush has been cheated for years when it comes to its national security and with relation to nato. now this also comes as the western media continues to carry out its campaign of hysteria around a legit plans for russian invasion of ukraine. this is something that live rob

again reiterated. what moscow has said time and time again, that it has no plans to invade. anyone, it simply doesn't want you crane to become a member state of nato. now on that point, lever of also said that kid has become actually a geopolitical pawn in a western game. to destabilize russia, let's take a listen, what he said, you do munitions up with them, okay. you're gam, apparently, a western colleagues need presidency lensky only as a tool to pull russia out of balance. none seem interested in what he thinks. negative consequences from oldest hysteria are impacting ukraine's economy in the national budget. the us 3 of the, of the studio. now as for trust, she said that her goal in moscow was to make as much progress as possible for a diplomatic solution. but right from the get go, she started accusing russia of being aggressive and of trying to undermine what she called ukrainian democracy. most shocking of all though is that she demanded that russia prove that it's not being aggressive. talk about guilty until proven innocent minister lateral has said to me to day that russia have no plans to

invade you crank. we need to see these words filleted up by act, since it's vitally important that the u. k. in its nato allies are prepared for all event humanities. oliver have also commented on a specific narrative of the west's ante, russia hysteria, specific story that's been going around the media claiming that russia has some concrete plans to lay siege to ukrainian cities, set up a puppet government, and even set of camps were disloyal ukrainians, beasts speak with you at superficial fricky fruit, there is speculation of and all the other cities of ukraine, both will that some kind of who is being prepared to install a puppet regime. so in the ukrainian capital, all this is from the narrative of so called highly likely earth as re city credit alike. it's also important to keep in mind that for some time now the u. k. has been supplying ukraine with some heavy weapons just last month. a shipment of

n law anti tank missiles systems we landed in ukraine and as early as wednesday, we actually saw another shipment of anti tank missiles systems of fall into the hands of the ukrainian military. now, while the u. k says that these are purely for defensive purposes. who knows what these weapons could be used for once they're in the hands of the ukrainian military, especially after a meeting like this one. let me while as they talk, diplomats were trying to maintain peace in moscow. british prime minister bars johnson met with the head of nato in brussels as the u. k. plans to boost its military presence in eastern europe. our teeth shot at was dusty reports. even though british officials are wanting russia to stop the cold war rhetoric, it seems the more of was, is really happening in the west between nato and indeed, boris johnson in that joint press conference earlier today, the number of russian forces is going up. the warning time for a possible attack is going down. this is probably the most dangerous moment. i

would say that in the course of the next few days in what is the biggest security crisis that europe has facebook for decades at the day, i agreed with the secretary general, a package of support sending troops claims and ships to defend nato from north to south 350 troops to poland. already there is a 100 in the country and a 1000 more troops to be made available to nato. so troops already on the move and the prime minister certainly didn't rule out sending even more if a need when be on the east in front. he also says, asserting has off the father support in the united kingdom are ready to then provide with that support. meanwhile, of the nato secretary general, he's considering the possibility of moving even into romania, putting troops in romania, particularly near the black sea and looking to increase its presence in poland. we

know bars, johnston is now in poland, talking to leave. is that about the situation to but it's not just boots on the ground. this also talks of sanctions. of course, the government now says it's ready to publish a legislation on possible russian sanctions that includes new powers to talk at individuals or entities. they're linked to the russian states than the government seems to think that they can become law without any parliamentary approval or even any scrutiny. so it says only feels like the tensions are on the rise. all the while. of course, it's important to reiterate, the russia has always denied any vision of an invasion of crane. so in terms of boris johnson been on the one hand, he speaks of d escalating and that the move towards diplomacy is all about talking. we know he's sending delegates to moscow on the other hand, far as johnson in the united kingdom are committing to sending troops to the region, uneven heavy economic sanctions as well. well, let's get some more thoughts and insight on this. now in cross live to

international affairs commentator, marco garza, thank you so much for joining us on the program. a pleasure to see you. can we take any pull the tips from both talk between lab robin trust in moscow today. what is difficult to see? what we can by nature, surely formal, designed to really think on the part that you take governance position is trapped as an antidote to weasel words from prism macro and other words for your leadership hooks in the situation. that seems to be intention going to no serious negotiation . or the susan foremost elaborate made it very clear that they do the same thing internally next to the private channel. nothing really to say about this except for agreements i thought it would be in a better frame of mind than these of being one has no real reason to think it would be i think i love common thing in the media conference that he just feels like he's

not being heard like russia is not being heard. how in line with the talk, do you think the message from forest johnson speaking in brussels was well, i think everything is designed to be on message. the message is, is, this is a crisis, a major crisis. we have to be strong, we are being strong escalades for the whole idea of over of manufacturing prices, which seems to be, is to allow for some of a measure of intention. we go back to previous situations where crises have a manufacturer that uses attack, those sovereign countries which the west now claims to be the whole thing in this particular instance. so really, it may be that the plan here is a time for any kind of reaction from russia. any kind of russian, no of the bases. but would, you could rush way, you know, went away from your well away from suits for you. any other rational range of your

field energy, security, one that was suits us, which ultimately maintenance visions in washington and the discussion that made so really about the us nature is what it's members are us is it's main member decision the us decide that goes so does the us have an interest in the north street to going ahead and label relationships in russia and germany. and, you know, those used to be all to break down to be unstable. so with that situation will provoke instability. now, with historical crisis and such a confusing message, isn't it that nato sending out to moscow and indeed the rest of the world when he's claiming it one piece of people dialogue and get the same time it's boosting his troops presence near russia. how hypocritical is that? when i went to west iraq got to be the biggest. oh, it does. it does. a really,

really important thing here is russia. what's going on in russia? ukraine, russia inch to the security i made. so i was interested in the ukraine nature of a base. i have massage, 5 minutes for me. that's really what the ultimate achievement would be as far as military planning is concerned. so that's what the banks are actually responsible to simply allow that to happen. so if this question does generates a real crisis then that those are the state leases and moscow for his part has been very consistent. it's claiming it does not plan through invade ukraine. never has, and he's actually worried about nato's expansion. but, you know, nato is unwilling to compromise. so what guarantees could moscow gets at this point? i think the, the key thing here is, is a fact we may so us hiding umbrella of being to the us is your

folders. it's marching all the necessary, the, the main things that ukraine is simply magician the illusion of the thinking, the middle of all this talk of, of ukraine. it's right to the, to defend. it would not be anything. we're not for the facts that nature plans the implement. it's a military strategy on ukrainian territory. i say major, how did you clean this ukraine? only a few seconds ago now it was from you. great. so i don't think the claims are under any illusions that they are subject to a western affection or in the west and nothing but trouble, not just from the 201314 previous generations era's the, the well what cavities you saw the started from the west and not from the

russian, because of course, a, russia, ukraine, historically was something very important to have a strong emotional motional told you, right. well, that doesn't mean you have an affinity in, in the west describe the regression is quite the opposite. the russians will not be included into a peaceful, stable relationship with a peaceful play recruiting on their door. and the way to do that is to be escalate the situation on the edge of ukraine in the don't the escalade recreating energy to withdraw rush into the label to withdrawal. then we can get the reason for later michelle to be coming in. and they said, we join us fable, the space between make and russia. that's what would be a good plan. many thanks for joining us on the program today. international affairs commentator, marco garza, thank you. thank you. now the canadian prime minister being grilled in parliament, the capital remains gripped by moscow vaccine. monday, protests,

opposition and peace, that governments extremely negative response to the movement is only widens the divide between the public and the states. it seems the prime minister has got a little too comfortable with using the force of government rather than trusting canadian so speaker on what day this month will all travel advisories be lifted, the support of the conservative party of canada for people barricading our streets and our border crossings is harming businesses is harming. 8 canadian for putting food on the table, and more divided than ever before. can the prime minister tell canadians why he would put aside the pandemic? why he would try to stigmatize canadians? why, why did you do this to a country that is already suffering and deeply damaged by so many of his policies, canadians, loudly and clearly in the last election. that science and vaccination was the way

through. they gave us in this house a mandate to move forward on that and we did for almost 2 years. now, canadians have borne the yoke of loss uncertainty and lack of hope. the backs of canadians are about to break. canadians are miserable because of the prime minister . we want to know on what date the mandates will end here. well, authorities have arrested more than 20 people on opened nearly 80 criminal cases in connection with the demonstrations. the one truck we spoke to is adamant that the public's perception of the rallies is broadly positive. together, the majority of the residents of all i know that i have spoken to personally, are overwhelmingly in support of us being here. many, many auto residents have walked up and down the street pass my truck. many have stopped to talk to me and like 99 percent is not hire of

them all. thank us for being here. they support us. they ask if we need anything. we are well fed, we have lots of fuel, a nice lady that lives just down the road, came to me a few days ago. asked if i needed anything. and i said, well, i could do some laundry being done. so she took all my laundry. when all watched it folded it and returned it the next day, it's things like that that are happening throughout every day. it's just over whelming some canadian politicians anne's campaign groups are also siding with the protesters. calling on the government need to negotiate out east on hardy reports from altura. a group of total companies here in ottawa that are contracted with the city have refused to tow the remaining big rigs and trucks that have been parked here in canada as capital city, as part of the so called freedom convoy, protest saying no, are not the ones to be asked to do that some of these companies even expressing

support for the ongoing protest. now it started january 28th and 29th. when a convoy a truckers converged upon ottawa in protest of the mandatory vaccination measures, a canadas mandatory vaccination measures for truckers. but since then, it's really more into a greater a much larger protest having to do with canadas overall cove at 19 restrictions and even has spark debate, political debate about canada's freedom of assembly and protest and even freedom of speech. now. so canadian officials have called for the protest to be stopped immediately for police to take more heavy handed approach, some calling this a seditious, seditious act, an act of sedition, even an insurrection and occupation there. there are there, here, peacefully, the, everybody that went out here with their families and this is the most peace, peaceful protest you that you could ever be a part of. there's barbecues, of free foods, there's free coffee. there's bounty castles, there's people with little wagons, with their kids, there's it's, it's, it's a,

it's, it's turned into a much bigger movement of canadians, all coming to one place and uniting for a common purpose of they want the freedoms back. i am electrician and i'm an ex truck driver and this has been a very peaceful the police have been good. you could feel the change in them. maybe friday night saturday you could tell that they would, they've been instructed to reserve themselves. don't be so happy. don't be supportive, you could see the change in to police soon. it was a very negative change. and that's unfortunate because i've been here over week, i've been here since last friday and has been nothing but peaceful here. nothing loopy. but protesters we talk to have really bristled at the analogy of naziism in white supremacy, saying that while some extremist types have shown up here, they have been to leave that dis, does not. they do not represent the overall protest again, which is about canada's coven. 19 measures and overall restrictions, question is how much longer is this continue? will discontinue police have stepped up their enforcement measures essentially trying to cut off the supply,

particularly fuel and gas that being delivered by volunteers to the truckers in order to basically starve them out as one a protest her describe did and squeeze them out of here. also finds, had been increased, but for now, the protest continues how much longer, whether this political debate and dissension last for weeks, if not months, will that remains to be seen. but the protest very much continues here. in ottawa, john hoodie, r t. a pasta who's attended to protests told auntie that the crank down on the convoy is both unconstitutional and undemocratic. the mayor of ottawa is determined to start the convoy, whatever it takes, the police chief said. if anyone or any of his offers just wouldn't give any of the conway people, water, or food. he would not hesitate to start and the criminal investigation. so that all started and it's kind of turned into a mockery here of the ottawa police because they were yanking jerry cans out of people's towns that were filling their trucks and taking their diesel fuel away.

well, the convoy people that are here standing up for god given freedom, they all went to the stores and all got a jury can and walking around the town with jerry can stuff the puppy or thing for the police to run after i guess they figure they each one to have one of what is happening right now with the government tracking down like they are, is so anti democracy and is so anti constitutional against our bill of rights. it is so anti, what our prime minister has been running on for years said he hears every minority . and of course he call this the small fringe minority. the only conclusion we came to is this minority must be too large for him. all the bridges over passes were filled with people that inspired so, so many people only here nationally. but worldwide right now, worldwide there is, there is convoys happening everywhere. encouraged by events in canada and t. bank's protests have taken hold in new zealand,

where people have also stood up against mandatory co, evident occupations. the more than 50 arrests were made as officers cleared, protest this who accounts house at the parliament building in wellington minor injuries were reported an extra 150 officers being pulled in to control the crown. but campaign in front of police response, a complete publication, and a disgrace. well, the situation in canada is also inspired from a large convoy of trucks on the supporters were blocked from leading into the capital by police. a protest out from the southern france of the plan to converge on paris and brussels. they want an end to unpopular vaccine passes, record the quiet to enter restaurants and other public areas. let's close life to paris correspond to show that the ben sky. now, charlotte, lovely to see what all these french protest is specifically calling for. and what

plans do they have? well, if not yet arrived in paris, but the plan is for these convoys that are coming from across the country to descend on the capital over the weekend. but before they've even had chance to do that, the authorities here in paris have said that any protests over the weekend will be strictly forbidden. the idea some have said is for them to try and power lies. the city, like we've seen over in canada, taking the momentum from that and bringing it here to france. what they have said is that they want to come here to protest against the cove. it 19 regulations and as we know, thousands upon thousands already in convoys that left as early as wednesday morning from the south, the fonts from the west, from the north, and the all planning to be here late on friday evening for that protest that was scheduled by them, the undeclared, the authorities on a saturday parish though,

is ready to stop them and has been bitten any of the rallies from taking place due to the risk that this gathering could disrupt the public order. the police department has decided to prohibit such demonstrations from friday, february 11th, 2022 through monday, february 14th, 2022. well just like their counterparts in canada, these so called freedom convoys. are he to protest against the covert 19 restrictions? they being provoked by now almost 2 years of people facing knocked downs with strict sions whether or not they've been vaccinated and they are pretty furious. but their demands are also extending beyond that. in fact, they're extending into the territory that we saw with the yellow fasts, which 1st sprung onto the scene here in faults, back in 2018, they're asking for more money to be spent on public services and also for their to

be the citizens referendum. initiative which would mean that individuals would be able to vote on issues across the country as and when they turn up, they say that that would be returned to a more secure form of democracy. what the trying to do is to capitalize will not movement at the moment which resource starting canada, but it's now spread across the rest of the world. everyone who's been vaccinated has had health problems. what we want is for the journalist, the media to finally tell the truth. we're supporting the freedom convoy. we're so glad to see this happening in canada and now in europe in the world. we're here to support all of those who are speaking out in support of our freedoms. so when i had to do my duty during the locked down, i went to work and i caught coven there. i was one of the heroes back then. but now i'm not even treated like a citizen. i don't understand how we went from that side to this one

or france has said its government admitting that he understands that there is this unease over these ongoing restrictions. and it has been suggested that the restrictions at least here could end as early as the end of march. however, we have also heard from the european union that the health past, the digital pass that is in place at the moment, could now be extended until the summer of 2023, that's over a year from now. and that is really likely to anger many individuals, as we said, these convoys at the moment heading towards paris, where they say they are still in tending, despite the fact that has been banned, to hold those rallies in the capital. but they do face tough action if they do that, the authorities have said that they could be severe fines and even prison sentences handed out to anybody, particularly the organizers, if they break that ban on the protests over the weekend. but the plan is to come to

paris and then to head to brussels for monday. when we know that convoys from other countries in europe are also heading into the belgium capital. once again, to show their protest, their anger against these coven 19 restrictions. and the question now many may be asking, given that there is this overlap with some of the demands with what we saw from the yellow vests over the last few years as to whether this is the new convoys in protest. could really wreck havoc, perhaps not just here in france, but actually could extend out of the countries in europe to indeed, and whatever happens over the next few days, we'll be covering it here on our see international. charlotte, thanks very much for that authority shall davinsky. ah, now there is an anxious weight for ever spawns from the international olympic committee regarding reports of a case of doping at its figure skating team. a staley morning briefing on thursday the io see called those reports pure speculation. and so that won't comment on

a probe was ongoing over where the team skating sensation, kimberly valley ever failed. a drug test 2 months ago, across developments flores in beijing, his alexia ers have sky. we were expecting a statement by the international olympic committee at 1 pm local time. now we only official information or are the official comments we've heard so far, came from the spokesperson of the i o. c. mark. adam said, thursday mornings press briefing, where he explicitly said that this was a legal case and even addressing a direct question about whether this was a doping case or doping allegation, he said that for now everything doping related remains purely aisd speculation. and that is as far as mr. adams went with his comments, said that we need to wait. we needed to wait until the official statement by o, by the i o c. and that will be a separate statement again, which we have been already waiting for several hours. still no word whatsoever. the a room must have it. and again i stress that this is room us. there's nothing

official yet that the i figure skater in question is camille of oliva of r o. c team. who was absolutely stella, only ice last weekend, winning gold with the russian figure skating team. but for the 1st time in olympic gangs history, the metal ceremony has now been postponed for almost 4 days now. and this is of course, causing a lot of speculation. a lot of for reporting false reporting as well fake news. last night, several media outlets jumped the gun with some absolutely ludicrous statements. so obviously this is creating a very unhealthy situation here. but again, if we come back to the official statements and there are very few of those so far, we also heard from the spokesperson of the russian figure skating union, who told us that camille of oliva was not suspended from the participation at these olympic games in beijing, she will continue but dissipating yet moreover, by eva herself, a 15 year old skate, i took to the ice this morning in

a training session, which is already a good sign that she is allowed to participate. so this might not be a doping case. after all, but what it is, eventually we are yet to find out. meanwhile, we've already been receiving words of support for camille of oliva in this very difficult situation, including that from a former olympic athletes list. listen, sex. talent appears once in a lifetime. camille, i believe is program at the european championships made me want the short program to be a little longer. what a wonderful skater if her performance didn't inspire the whole world to take a figure skating? i don't know. what would it is a case of some complexity definitely, 1st and foremost, because the metal ceremony is now being delayed for an unprecedented amount of time . secondly, because we are still waiting for lee now statement for several hours now. it still hasn't been produced by now the i o c,

but the talk of the town and i spoke to both ex figure skaters, and journalists and experts available at the venue that this may be already delivering a very serious stole psychologically on the russian ice figure. skating team and the whole r o c olympic team in general. for instance i, i can only assume this is related, but during the male figure skating performance this morning, all 3 of our o c's status fell during that performance. is it so something you see every day when all members of the team managed to, you know, mess up their performances. so it might be the case of the team already going through a very serious psychological situation here. but of course, we are anxiously waiting for any statement from the i o. c. this situation is expected to be result during this day and of course i'll be keeping you updated with all the news in beijing as soon as i get it.