ah, headlines right now here we're not see russia slam switched area over. it's alleged plans to invade ukraine is western officials owed for the citizens to leave the country. a bit media claims that an attack is days away. ah, gas and dozens arrested as french police clamped down on so called freedom convoy, protestors against covey mandates with checkpoints. and ahmed vehicles in central powers, t reports right from the thicket. well, as you can see, the tear gas isn't coming towards us now. launched by the police just behind cuz they were trying to control the crowd. what are you doing? what are you doing? i and the russians in canada as well,

where the freedom convoy movement 1st emerged with a country's prime minister labeling the protesters as fringe extremists. this is the story of a country that got through this pandemic, by being united and a few people shouting and weaving. swastikas does not define who canadians or rushers or figure skating federation claims. camila. viola is innocent of any wrong doing despite her testing positive for a band substance. a hearing on the teenagers case gets underway with certainly been a very busy week here on our team international for the top headlines over the day and of the past 7 days as well. welcome to it. this is the weekly where we highlight our biggest stores. so russia has a slant, but it brands, manufacturer hysteria over ukraine, claiming that a law mister speculation over an imminent invasion is actually giving key of

a pretext to scupper the minced agreements. are a number of countries have now urged the citizens to leave ukraine amid media reports alleging russia will attack on wednesday, moscow, and assist however, it has no designs on ukraine. as saskia taylor now breaks down the latest. as a panic around your crane reaches fever, pitch, the wilds be laying back, so on how it will all play out. it's a very different situation and things can go crazy quickly. so crazy and quickly apparently that people are being told to run while they can. we encourage all american citizens who remain in ukraine to depart immediately. we are in the window when an invasion could begin at any time, should vladimir putin decide to order it. and he might be only 15000 kilometers away from care of all the way over in australia, but even from bad bullying couldn't, could feel the crazy coming. an invasion could begin at any time during the

olympics. any american citizens who remain in ukraine should leave now. the media have also been came to cache in on the hysteria. hyper, every juicy detail about the rush invasion that's been imminent for months after old. p escalation just doesn't bring in the pun, toes, but in all the chaos they just can't seem to agree. let's take but when, for example, now bestbuy go on, politico might have money on this 16 bob little bugs, but a little x on the calendar. on the 15th of this thing, the end of the olympics, the 20th is more likely my team's hoping. it's on our day off, and then there's a whole group who say we might be in for a very long wait because it's pretty much the so not great for tanks. so maybe this eminent invasion will come next christmas when the ground has frozen over again. it's almost as if they all got together and decided to pick a date each, you know,

to cover all the faces and just flawed the news. we can talk about the collusion of the authorities of western countries and the media in order to escalate artificial tension around ukraine by the massive and coordinated publication of false information and geopolitical interests in particular to distract attention from their own aggressive actions. then we get to the how now this is why gets really interesting, the media give off so many options to choose from. would it be a false flag operation? a few helpful says both from the black sea troops from that training exercises embarrass and just how big will the credit go? 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. ah, now this leads us to our question, should we panic head, the ukrainian president decided to pay it safe and baton? keep calm and carry on. what else should it doesn't do?

we have tanks on the streets? no. so when you read media, you get the image that we have troops in the city. people fling. that's not the case. i'm the president of ukraine and i'm based here and i think i know the details better here. but someone really should have told him to look out the window fust with oh no wait. that's a ukrainian vehicle just rumbling around bunning fuel and waiting for that as that imminent threat so imminent. in fact, the ukrainians. all righty. warming up ah . as wild wait with baited breath for the bull key to make the cool. the kremlin says

it's all but waste of money because that will be no invasion but still the war hawks. wait. it's a wonder the foreign ministers patience is wearing thin. those shouldn't teamster. i'm disappointed that we seem to have dialogues between a mute and a dead person. they seem to be listening, but don't hes, 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. but it seems that our british colleagues have the same sol today, from which numerous factors that we sides have bounced. and then again, it could have been, has british counterpart severing to russian cities off from russia. the really pushed him over the edge. you do recognize russia, sovereignty of the roast of unfurnished regions, don't ye? the united kingdom will never recognize russian sovereignty over those regions. poor trust a few short months ago, she was minister for women and qualities. and now she's foreign secretary and

thrown into a crisis before she even had time to google a world map and the she's got how come to the appropriate outfit sorted out though? the good news is if and when the kremlin makes good on its promise to stick to its lane and the rest of the better than gamble as a crying over their losses with nothing to show for the effort they put in at least less trust. we'll have a few nice photographs as a souvenir from the good old days. meanwhile, stateside the u. s. president met with german leader left schoultz, joe biden said the 2 would put up a quote united front during fractures relations with moscow, and threatened to hold the nod stream to gas pipeline. if russia does invade you cray, there will be no longer nor stream to we will bring it into. how will you, how will you do that?

exactly. since the project and control of the project is within germany's control, we will, i promise you will be able to do well, officials in germany have repeatedly stressed the importance of russian gas for the countries energy needs. they've called for an end to the political dispute over the pipeline, saying it has nothing to do with politics. however, with the latest stant of intensifying germany is apparently making a u time, the earl rasmussen of the eurasia center told us who he thinks has the most to lose by killing the gas pipeline project. europe potentially would see hurt more by these for sanctions and russian and russia would probably do counter thanking justifiably, new, also, nordstrom ended for me, would have been the initiative to do that. they would have a cancellation fee. it's all, i'm sure is liabilities related to that, jeremy. so it will be

a big block of the german economy. we don't have the l and g to actually provide. my understanding is not sufficient supply of gas anywhere in the world to make up what's provided through through russia and f, f. the costs. the price would be extremely, even if you did replace the supplies coming from the pipeline. it be streamlined costly. i don't think russia has any branson based, right. so it's the mostly nato. you pay in the us that are the ones that are advocating based rallies in solidarity with canadian truckers protesting coven restrictions have gone global in the french capital. for example, over 32000 people hit the streets for a so called freedom convoy demonstration things that did get touchy with protesters breaching police lines and blocking traffic with offices, resorting to check ass. ah

mm. with, as we understand 54 people were arrested with one person reportedly heard in scuffles with police. a thousands of officers have been deployed in paris. correspondence, charlotte whiskey sent us this report right from the thick of the unrest. well, as you can. ready see, the tear gas isn't coming towards us now. launched by the police just behind as they were trying to control the crowd, the crowds attempting to run up the steps and to be able to get past this police comb. boy, that is trying to keep everything in order. would you have to move further now because my gas is coming towards us. as you can see, big, big clouds are moving along with the police here forming

a barrel cage. and they are trying to separate the crowd down, the rest of the crowd has moved all the way back to away from that plume of chia guess that was launched by the police in attempts to control the situation. now you may be aware that the freedom convoy, the so called freedom convoy, was banned by the authorities here in paris. therefore, thousands of vehicles all camped out around the gates of the city because they were not allowed to enter. since friday there has been a massive police operation to troy in stock. march is like this taking place, but we heard from the french prime minister on friday that anybody trying to block the roads in paris would feel the severe consequences of the law. so what is all of us are backed? well, as we boring canada, the freedom convoy is

a march for liberties people, hey, demanding an end to the vaccine pass. this is a pass that regulate who can and who called going to places like restaurants and cafes depending on whether they just recovered from coverage or whether they have been fully vaccinated in front. and as a result of that, there remained several 1000000 individuals across wrong. she was unvaccinated and furious if you yeah, we have been told that in march or april they will abolish health passes. there was that to encourage us to vote. there are a lot of things that need to change to improve the country. so the government should stop taking people for fools around legal rights and freedoms of being violated. we have the right to work to spend and be taxed for you guys, but all the price is going up not to mention the ridiculous health rules you also. he drives me crazy to see what's going on until the pasco, to, to almost everything is banned now, but we still have the right to protest. it's the only right we have left. so that's

the des moines. but this is gone much further than not what we are seeing, a demand similar to that. what we heard from the yellow vestos back in 2018. that is an issue with purchasing power in france and they want more money spent on public services at this convoy it's been relatively calm. however, we have seen small incursions between the protesters and the police as they truly make their way through paris. meanwhile, in canada, where the freedom convoy movement initially emerged, a stand off is currently unfolding at the country's biggest border crossing with america. a security forces trying to clear the ambassador bridge where truckers a blocking that of the ontario side and the province has declared a state of emergency when it's about a quarter past 1 in the morning now and the capital ottawa, crowds of protesters have been defined, government please to disperse by staging, a rally, turn party just outside the parliament. earlier we spoke with

a supporter of the movement who has been tough flipping under strict covert measures and that the movement is peaceful for 2 years myself and many like me have endured financial losses and economic hardship. we have endured this for 2 years because of these unreasonable mandates that have never been justified would resonate so deeply about this is that we share love, we're throwing the movement in love me and we're peaceful. and that's a message that can easily go global when law enforcement attempts to get active with pro chester is what it does is it strengthens the resolve of the protesters. with that being sad, this group is determined to move forward in peace. and anybody who does not behave in a peaceful manner is not associated with this group. and so law enforcement has been

somewhat active near parliament. but there is really, i haven't witnessed any conflicts between protesters. if justin trudeau was a person of integrity, he would come out and he would talk to various leaders in the freedom movement, including the leaders of the freedom convoy. that would be if he was a person of integrity who truly was interested in democratic rule. as we had a son, dozens of arrests have already been made and more than a 1000 fines issued with police sometimes resorting to force or what are you doing? what do you do like oh, yeah, the 78 year old man of this video was obtained off to hong king in support of the freedom convoy protest. his hands were reportedly bruised during the rest. one canadian police officers accused the government of ignoring the fundamental rights

of citizens, saying as a police officer, he can no longer follow orders any more. what is happening in ottawa, with the clear political influence on the police to physically exert political will on peaceful protesters is so very wrong on so many levels. i was just following orders is no longer an excuse. it is time to stand up in speech owed by refusing to preach your fellow citizens fundamental charter rights. you signed up to help people stand with your fellow canadians and say enough is enough. the best protests broke out off of the canadian government introduced vaccine mandates. but truck drivers crossing the border with america around 15 percent of canadian drivers, ira unvaccinated ortiz and john hud now reported the atmosphere during the protests has been predominantly peaceful and naturally resembles that of a carnival or like

a dance party. then better protest right now. i mean, to be honest with you, which is really been the case over the last few days. look auto. a police say that the situation is volatile. the protesters here are the truckers determined. if one thing is true, it's that the supporters of this protest and those that are here are determined, they're determined for their voices and their demands to be heard as far as volatility. we know that police have made some arrest, but overall it's been a very like over the weekend there were balancing castles. here, there are families coming here. i described it as almost like a winter carnival type festival. the point of the protest is basically it started with truckers converging upon the city here, january 28th, and auto fighting against mandatory vaccinations. for the trucking industry, it's really more into a much greater protest over canada's coven 19 restrictions. and now a pretty fiery and intense debate about canada's freedom of speech. freedom of assembly, freedom of protest, rules and policies. there's a very difficult situation and how do you get all these trucks?

hundreds of big rigs with trailers. how do you move them out of the city? if they have no plans on leaving local tow truck companies have said you're not using us. we have to work with these guys. we don't want to be seen doing this. and some of even told me we stand in support of these trucker. so it's a very, very difficult situation for police and luck. the majority of the protesters we've talked to, we've talked to many including trackers say i have really maintain that this is a peaceful protests supporters, men, women, children continue to come here from all over the country, but none the less vac said protesters maintain. this is a peaceful organization, it's a peaceful demonstration. still. canadian officials, including the prime minister and other federal and local officials, have lambasted the ongoing movement, the ongoing protest, and the pastor protesters including one ottawa city council member. here's what he, she had to say a carney referred to it as sedition today. i think that's exactly what it is. this

is theresa, really an insurrection? it's a, it's an attack on our democracy. it's an attack on our federal government. we've seen similar convoys in the united kingdom and france and australia, new zealand. we're also hearing about chatter and talk about something similar potentially happening in the united states. a convoy, maybe even stretching from california, going to washington, d. c, possibly disrupting the super bowl, or even president joe biden state of the union speech on march 1st. that remains to be seen. but one thing is very clear. this protest continues here on the ground. in ottawa and other parts of canada. health officials were defending the whole cove, its set of restrictions are citing the number of infections in the country. the canadian prime minister has accused of freedom convoy protesters of trying to derail the country's economy and the countries democracy as well. going so far as to label these demonstrators and protesters as well thought of

a fringe group of extremists. this is a story of a country that got through this pandemic, by being united and a few people shouting and waving. swastikas does not define who canadian when a member of the regional parliament which governs author worst, as the federal government, accusations of violence off fabricated. and jo authorities actions unconstitutional . no, it's absolutely awesome. it's a fabrication. it's a pretext for what's actually our government. it's to me, this is a very peaceful, friendly, energetic festival and winter carnival that is a 2 purposely distort and fabricate fabricate that dishes. in any means violent or dangerous is wholly reprehensible. but it

does provide them to cover to what you actually do, even that is in the to, to talk against our cost to ship and removing all the checks and balances, all political and government afford. that's what is happening here in candidate for many canadians. very, very difficult for many chinese to believe that our government would act in such a reprehensible and such a destructive man just to keep your character a hearing on russian figure skater camila as doping case is expected to start on sunday. the court of arbitration for sport will decide whether she can actually carry on competing at the beijing winter olympics. it's of course, after she tested positive for a band, a substance back in december. rushers are figures. getting federation is adamant that she's innocent. the russian figure skating federation doesn't doubt the

honesty and integrity of its athlete. we will make every effort to clarify the circumstances of what happened and will provide the athlete with the necessary comprehensive assistance and support before and after december 25 in 2021. the athlete repeatedly took doping tests, including engaging during the figure skating turn. not all the results were negative. we do have at least some confirmation of what is going on behind the scenes here because it's never been the case in the history of the olympic games when a metal ceremony has been delayed for more than 5 days. now 1st and foremost, the doping sample which was tested positive was obtained from camila lever. on december 25th in st. petersburg, russia during the russian, i sig, escaping championship. which of course of leave a one comfortably and that a, by that in short hope dissipation in the olympic games that most bizarre part of the story is that the positive results came back on february 8 and

a half to explain here that since a rou sada, is rendered as noncom blind by the world anti doping agency, rasa had to send the sample to an accredited laboratory. that laboratory happens to be a laboratory in stockholm, sweden. so the biggest question here is as to why it took more than a month and a half to produce a result from that probe which was taken on december 25th. something which even the head of the russian lynn became he just thinks law was nichol stressed in his address address a just early on i have serious questions about the time that passed between the 25th of december when the sample was submitted in st. petersburg, on the 8th of february when it was made public, according to the international standards for what a laboratories the deadline for uploading the a sample is 20 days from the receipt of the sample in the laboratory. the fact that it took almost a month to get from st. petersburg to stockholm looks very strange. this rate is very serious questions for me. oh, law the doping, tess,

both in europe and here in beijing. all of them were negative. that was something confirmed by both the olympic committee and by the russian skating union. another hugely important point to understand here is that when the positive result came back again on february, 8th, rou sada, was following the international protocol and immediately suspended. believe from further participation in olympic games, but the athlete filed an appeal and asked for an expedited process. and on february 9th rou, sada, allowed valinda to continue her participation in the olympic games. now both the international skating union and the international olympic committee have filed an appeal against ro, side as decision to allow volley. we're to participate in the games. and this is something that needs to be resolved by february 15th, the latest. that is what and female i skate is, will take to the rank in beijing to compete for the metals. here we talk in here, not just about any, any skates. are we talking about one of the most talented skaters on the planet who

wowed the crowds? both the sports related and ordinary, you know, common lovers of sport with our performance last weekend. it was a historical performance for the 1st woman ever in the history of olympic gains to do a double quad on the ice. and don't forget, she is 15 years of age and i have to tell you it's both hard breaking to think what is running through. i had i in any case there could be, ah, it could not be as bad as we all think. it is val, eva is a minus, she is just 15 years of age. so under water protocol, she's considered as a protective person. so if any punishment comes away, if she's found complicit of deliberately taking this medication and not informing the authorities of any medical re reason for that than a punishment in her case may be lightened. deprivation of metals from the russian olympic team is not even considered at the moment. this is an individual case at which could even be result after the beijing olympics is oba. we spoke with

international lawyer lucien bologna. he says the test results were released too late. but he also gives us a possible forecast of what he thinks might be the fall out of this case. here. it's not really about the doping case as such because this will be dealt later on and we do not even know if there is a positive sample test. i think there is not yet because the information was given on the very, very late i must say. and that means it actually has to the right to request to be so. so if there is a confusion, positive test is not yet even decided. that means the court reform to ration for support can only assess what will be perhaps the likelihood in their mind. what will happen with this case, which day will not be able to decide themselves? the only thing they can decide ease suspension for the next event,

which will be the 15th december rent or not. and i think given, given the hor, tension and the big effects that we have such as suspension, they should be very careful in determining this. and while the doping case investigation was still ongoing, the i o c repeatedly asked the media not to speculate about it. that certainly didn't stop cnn from pouncing on the allegations. cnn has confirmed that the only minor on that team is the 15 year old camila vi ever seen. it has learned that a russian figure skater has failed a drug test, and that person is a minor russian olympic athlete, supposedly tested positive as am i supposed to be surprised if you watch this and i don't suggest anybody does. but if you want to see absolutely the most biased

a unconfirmed speculation. first of all, she's a minor. and the last i check one of the reasons for the a leg. she had secrecy to protect a 15 year old and we know everything we know this traumatized the we know the drug, we know her name. oh but, but by the way, she's a minor to imagine the pressure of anybody to be the olympics. imagine then be 15 years old, but imagine that you are right now in the, in the crosshairs of this media microscope. and you theoretically haven't been accused of anything. it's almost as though, and i'm merely speculating because after all, see it and love speculation. so i'm going to speculate, it's almost like saying, listen, if you enjoy your time here speaking on behalf of say, the, this olympic event. it would really behoove you to say as much as you can to insinuate to imply to basically impugn and,

and indict russia based on nothing. let's face it, they have found russia guilty by virtue of some body of evidence. we have not been made privy to. it's despicable war. there we are. wrapping up his ours newscast of the weekly there with lion. or thanks for sharing a time with us on this sunday ly from moscow with archie international. we're back soon with more of the stories of the past. a. with christine to lick, shave, done, suddenly, yet whose natural reason?

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