ah, ah, from ot this, our russia says u. s. officials have hypnotized themselves into believing their own false hood over a russian evasion of ukraine. that didn't happen. federal prices in britain sort of record highs, leaving already struggling households revealing the squeeze. those bankers collect some of the biggest bonuses seen in recent times. the price of everything's gone. i don't see any light. at the end of the tunnel, one is going house a lot quicker than what was used for the american media continues its own floor against russian figure skating star, criminal valley. eva, we look at similar cases of us athletes testing positive for performance enhancing drugs. i good to happy with this,

this 1st i just turned 11. i am here in moscow. i'm calling bray on these are the big stories were across for you this hour a day after wrongly predicting that russia would invade neighboring ukraine. u. s. officials are now scrambling to cover up for the epic fail, still insisting they'd guess right. even though there hasn't been any military action. if something doesn't come to pass, it doesn't necessarily mean that what we've been warning of is wrong. i don't think you've heard us from any podium i point to a specific day of an invasion. i think we'll, you've heard from us some from some time now is to make the point that what the russian federation has put in place or the capabilities that would need to order an attack. at any time. the russians are not foolish enough to embark on an operation that will do them more harm than good. as for the u. s. secret services, this is the 3rd bluff. the 1st was with the rack. the 2nd was with afghanistan. well, the 3rd is now rushes adamantly denied any intention to invade ukraine with the

defense ministry releasing video of tanks returning to their bases after concluding military drills. western politicians doubling down on their claims though, saying they don't see a withdrawal, and insists that russia is on the brink of conducting an invasion. what we're seeing is no, are meaningful. pull that crescent wounds put in place. the capacity to act on very short notice. he can pull the trigger, he could pull it today, he could pull tomorrow. he could pull it next week. the forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against ukraine. it is obvious that the fly will, of the anti russian hysteria spun in the united states does not allow american colleagues to look at things objectively. self hypnosis about the inevitability of the russian attack persists or with some frenetic diplomacy taking place almost every day in recent weeks out, a senior correspondent reg, as dave takes a look next of the steps that western leaders have taken in regard to the ongoing ukraine. tensions moscow has been busy, busy, busy these past few weeks, almost every day at this border. a president who prime minister was foreign

minister flies into moscow for talks. and they all want what's good for them, which is of course, certainly natural. one of them have something to win and something to lose. take the states american officials, hoping back and forth putin's phone calls with biden. this is about more than just rush, an ukraine smart standing for what we believe in for the future. we want for our world, for liberty, for liberty, the right of countless countries to choose their own destiny and the right of people to determine their own futures. no self respecting american president has ever refused the opportunity to give a pretty little motivational speech, but biden isn't just in it for the cliches. his presidency is at stake. the highest inflation and 40 years disaster with a pandemic record,

lew approval ratings and midterm elections. this year, a crisis over ukraine is seemingly god sent for him, a chance to distract the masses and a chance for those speeches. great britain has led the crew save if a hysterical crusade against russia. the british media has been 2nd only to the americans and the number of invasion dates that they have set. and what missed? well is it still the case that an invasion could be imminent? and it is highly likely what we are doing is pursuing the passive deterrents diplomacy. neither did many britton's, like what she had to say. and fact some ended up questioning her competence. she mixed up ukrainian and russian provinces sounded much like an answering machine with pre prepared comments. i know i was there when i even asked her about britain

support for separatists in chechnya and her condemnation of separatists and ukraine . how and so was, i don't want to talk about it. thank you for your visit. foreign secretary, in the stable, of course, the british prime minister has enough trouble at home. johnson's very rule is being questioned with a new confidence votes in the works. he needs to look strong, emanuel macro, sans as peacemaker. he came to fix it all and seems to think that he may have succeeded. he may, newton would certainly add weight to muzzle equals to day we are, we're both at the seriousness of the situation and of the urgent need in the interest of all to find the pos towards the preservation of peace and stability in europe. and i deeply believe that there is still time the historical and strategic dialogue that we have built together over the last few years can help. and is in this context that we have indeed decided to meet today in moscow. course,

he has other motives too. not that he doesn't want piece, but he wants a cherry on top. he hasn't forgot about britain and america backstabbing him over astray, leon submarines. and it's more than that chancellor merkel is gone. frances assumed presidency of the european union. what better time to replace germany as the top dog in europe will he has to do is show his skills, show that frances, as significant weight on the international stage, showed that the world, even putin listened dame and of course berlin. this was chancellor's shots, as desk, they say a staring match with putin, which of course it wasn't. germans are generally a pragmatic loss. they prefer negotiations rather than speeches. in asked with the diplomatic options are far from exhausted. the task now must be to work resolutely

and courageously towards a peaceful resolution for this crisis that we are now hearing some troops are being withdrawn, is in any case, a good size schoultz has established himself was the new chancellor. he was tough, he was frank and he wants an end to the endless comparisons between him and angular merkel. everything he does is compared to what she would have done, michael leash merkel that he wants out of her shadow. there was more, of course, the brazilian president yesterday, the italian foreign minister to then and will to come, which is now causing anger. and the united states senators are outraged, and people who sparked said and signed this hysteria. but an ever elusive invasion a now angry that people are trying to stop it here the fundamental reality now every day you got another global leader, today's the president of brazil yesterday. it was, you know, germany just,

every day it's a parade of world leaders flying to moscow is making this guy looked at this indispensable global leader that everyone's begging please don't do this. please don't do that if playing right into his hands domestically, in terms of helping him inside a russia the tragedy here ease that the conflict in ukraine, the civil war in which thousands have died and, and more dying, his entirely lost. it's lost in the ambitions of world leaders and the hunt for ratings and cliques by the media and the machinations of thing tags and so called experts who have so far gotten everything wrong. if there is any good that has come out of this, it is that the world has once again reinvented diplomacy. let's hope that it lasts . risk of this whole thing was, talks would be strengthened and people like, where is johnson and joe biden, who quite weak domestically in terms of their politics at home will to stand up.

and when the russians pull out and say, we should to russia blinked. guten blinked, which stood firm thank retreated and we've won. and that will they hope the international and their national ticket, their domestic standing, sir, it was a risky policy and the hawks of winning are to unfortunately, politically in the west on this issue. how far are the headline stories in this more bad news for british households? petro price is there have sought to record highs on top of already increased living cost, rising energy prices, and significant cuts to welfare. but while brits are struggling bank as a celebrating collecting some of the biggest bonuses seen in over a decade and frustrations growing among the public. he's not going to court is with the cost of living. i know that from walking in a school, we are definitely not getting the wage increases that covers the cost of my life. in particular, every single pin, say i live by myself, and it's very difficult. it's having an annuity fair. on my daily to day,

like the price of everything's gone up. i don't see any lights that end of the tunnel. it's no wonder a poll conducted by a britain's biggest breakdown organization found just over 40 percent of motorists, of finding other ways to get around with that figure, hoping more than 50 percent the low income drivers mattress feel that they're being priced off the road. so obviously affected me has affected my pockets, i run the business, so it affected me a big time because obviously money's going out a lot quicker than what we've used to when you have income coming in. and then obviously you get to the end of the month and then your budget in for petro each be 20. so i think it should be a pretty high fuel prices at the pump, driven by the wholesale price of energy, which is shut up with many critics pointing to tensions between russia and ukraine

. oil and gas applies from russia to europe, maybe interrupted if sanctions are imposed on russia. if the west but it's threatened to practice, financial markets could go into free full. the oil price is rising due to tensions between russia, the world's 3rd biggest oil producer and ukraine, along with oil production going out of kilter with demand as the world emerges from the pandemic. as a result, dr. is in the u. k. could be in for an even worse ride as pump prices look, search and go up even more. chris, facing the biggest squeeze on income, says that the while the majority struggle to make ends meet bankers are collecting their biggest bonuses as the 2008 financial crash. leaving many ordinary workers frustrated with many seeing as a kick in the t. people getting rewarded, fantastic bonuses, etc, for not doing very much. of course people partly jealous as well. i me, you got like the budget for taking as much as i can out of the system. but from

a society viewpoint, it's quite clear that we got all too many people overpaid and not performing that one. i think objects to people that get good salaries that are actually performing and doing something useful. but it seems to me that look at your bank share prices, you cannot in any way justify their pay package that allowed keeping the bonus. it is a government is probably the most in called government. we've ever seen companies this country make no mistake about that. so that doesn't help either. if you got governments that washed, cut to pay his money on city schemes, corruption, they're going to get into trouble anyway. i've been put pressure on the bank of england to print the money to pay for it. oh, i just thought just bankers, banking the cash. you can launch a supermarket, the scene for fits always triple you to soft cost of crude oil, allowing them to jack up the price is at pumps even more. so what fueling the cost of living prices? well, in pounds, fuel shot edwards, such the party london,

russian figure skating stokum in a valley. eva is set to compete again later this this day. despite the doping scandals that surround her. i'll teach alexi ever chef ski reports next from beijing and draws some parallels to similar doping obligations among us athletes. and there is the evening, camille of oliva alexander bruce of our and on the sheet about cova, russian figure skaters will continue their fight for olympic medals. here in beijing and camille of oliva, in the middle of a doping allegation, a raining supreme at the top off the table here, the media are still on the frenzy. thereupon dates and commentators who report and tweet about val eva almost some daily basis suggesting that she should not even be here. and some even go as far as saying that the entire r o c team should be disqualified from this olympics and further olympics in the next 8. yes, that is despite nothing has yet been proven, the investigation will continue. and the i o. c. andrew sought

a both confirmed that camille of oliver still hasn't opened her b sample. and that is the usually the procedure if an athlete wants to establish his or her innocence. and again, that hasn't been an obstacle for a number of funded. some commentators who've seemed to have completely forgotten about the presumption of innocence and went ballistic on camille oliver, which is a sharp contrast to many other doping allegation, cases in the past including those where those accused were found innocent and not guilty in taking bds. probably the most amble case like that is that of an 18 year old us artistic gymnast kiersten shall de been, who in 2016 was found to have been tested positive with h. c. t z. a substance on the water prohibited a substances list. it was later revealed, according to the u. s. anti doping agency that she may have taking it by an accident by drinking a water straight from the 4 set. and eventually shall to been,

was allowed to take part in the 2016 olympics, becoming part of the historical u. s. gymnastic, steam. the have indeed been bizarre cases when athletes were tested, positive for illegal substances and ended up basically without major punishment. citing some abnormalities and reasons which should make little sense. for instance, one norwegian skia claimed that she was contaminated with a lip. and not just a nice skier, we're talking here. it's a 3 time. and now 4 time olympic champion, in fact, over the last several years, have been dozens of cases like that in the u. s. alone. where athletes were tested, positive for certain substances on the prohibited list of p d, 's by water, and ended up still being clear at all receiving very short suspension. and in this case, the head of the u. s. anti doping agency, treva sty guard is particularly bewildering. to listen to because in the case of

a shell de been, he was basically citing irregularities, abnormalities as if nothing had happened. and in the case of camilla valley. but he's out with pitchforks already saying that the entire anti doping system is at fault. and that will leave a definite, they should not have competed at the olympics. so definitely enough the, the city and what is supposed to be an event of premier sports and competition on the pitch, not off the badge, but tonight of course, camilla leave and other russian figure skaters. i'll take him to the ice, i will be there, and i'll be watching, and i will keep you updated on everything happening here in beijing, alexia s. s e r t reporting from beijing, and china. ok, let's pick up on some of what alexi was saying that we can go live now to alan abraham son award winning sports writer who's in beijing also covering the games. welcome to our t. you've covered a lot of lympics over the years. how would you assess how the authorities have been handling the doping scandal around camilla valley? ava i, thanks for having me on your show already is are handling this isn't

a completely normal and straightforward process. let me say from the outset. this is mike 12 olympics 12 and with this is a matter of due process and fairness involving a 15 year old girl. let me say this temper emphasis is a straight forward case involving due process and fairness involving a 15 year old girl or elect. i had to look at your article on your website. 3 was spoke new talks a bit about america's holier than thou attitude when it comes to doping. what maria, thoughts on that? just explain that to us. so 1st of all, let me just say i've been to rust going and i'm being there, but i'm proud to be in america. let me just say that going to american law school. i'm a member of the california bar exam, the vice president united states, and i want to be exact same law school. i'm 2 years ahead of her. but you know,

we in the united states managed to have an amazing amount of oxy, sometimes righteous and sanctimonious. apocryphal, when it comes to doping, none of our major leaves or signers to the world anti doping code. some of our biggest baseball stars, as far as well. we met with them and you all have all the 15 year old girl. over the years and farm stronger force and what was to try the, the biggest shooting organization. iowa hamilton won gold at the time trial $12004.00 claim that he had a banish and twin when he was in his mother's womb. and of course, was complete. the f floyd land us a tested positive at the, to the 6 tour de france. marian jones, she was the star of the games was proven to, after lying about for years to go on and on and on and on. like somehow

we in the united states ma'am, have a very short memory about these other things. i don't know. i wonder if you could just hold your microphone away from your colors rather rubbing if they were having a little trouble hearing what you're saying. can i ask you about this because beyond just rivalry and sporting competition, you've got allegations thrown out, come in a valley a but just saying cheat doping. and yet when it comes to us, athletes failing drug says there's a lightness of touch. just thinking about what alexi mentioned earlier regarding christian sheldon. yeah, i think this is one of these deals where a lateness of touch was a very elegant and very sweet way to put it. we in the united states man is somehow to have a willful blindness, a willful ignorance when it comes to. ready american athletes who sheet, you know, the, one of the main issue is that we in the united states still have a state ministry of support. for your viewers. there is no state ministry. there's

no federal minister sport united states. and so people say, well, we can't cheat the same way. russia might or name another country, but that's because to we, she capitalistic way, we find very, very clever, very super amazing corporate ways to sheet. i guarantee that if we had a statement 3 of sport, it would be best, most financed, and most amazing way to cheat ever. i guarantee you, when you put words like russian athletes next to doping scandal, it's click by gold for the news media even before any decisions be made by a course. humanly this just cast a pole over the games which should be celebrated for athletic prowess. well, i mean part of the problem, of course, you can use a connotative neutral word like challenge set or problem. is it of course a words like russia, doping scandal or red meat for the,

for the western press. and you know, all of this is run into all the events for happening for g world. but in after world, in our world, every single person deserves to be have to have their is treated on the merits. and i said this, not everybody. if it was an american 15 year old in a dock, she would and across that was her america would be screaming. heavens, screaming to the heavens to have all the process that that was afforded under the rules of this american teenager. this just happened 3 washington major. so people are just screaming like crazy. you know, we have a history of going back to the salem witch trials, not sure it's the nature of our country to have you know, mobs and pitchforks, and you can just choose playing all over the place. very cautious,

just 15. so that makes her a protected person. so presumably in the ongoing investigation that mean legal lessons are asked of the people around her rather than south. so how does that affect the case the house should be she be treated? well, 1st of all, we need to see what the sample turns out to probably think of argument of the sample shows the president presence of gmc is for because it's a protective person. the evidence or standards of the burden that she has approved will be different. think about the 15 year old girls that, you know, do you think that they have the agency to say to their coach or physio their dog or their trainer? no, i'm not going to take the no, i'm not going to do that. the answers probably. so if the answer is she probably doesn't have significant fall for whatever's in her system. could after very different about, you know, someone who's 18 or 21 or 24. then i think the focus should rightly stress this, right? they shift the ducks in her so i think this could and should be a very significant case from the entourage around camilla volleyball. i mean,

i really, really should be with those premier, your calls for punishment even before the investigation case is complete. what's to be gained by doing that? just political fights. there's 0, there is a 0 to be gain, a screaming for punishment before all the facts read that, that's just, you know, and you say, mr. turn that are in the park before the horse. and it's just trying to, to advance american another interested the expense of russia is there's no point not otherwise. because you know, more math needs have got large teams around them. how much are the athletes in control of what that being given when they're going through training? i mean, imagine i, my, my children are just now the other 2 years when they were 15, who had a coach or whatever. were they to say, no, i'm not going to do this ideas laughable. no, no, it does. whether it's

a show the safe. i know them off way or you name it over to you. does that when you're 15 years old. now, officials and some athletes from the us of made their disappointment clear over even allowing her to compete. why is that? because they're american and it's easy to complain about russia. i think that's the answer. and because it's, if he wants to get the score political points, it's very, very, very easy to be thanked ammonia and to be rachel said to be just mental, but there is 0 point in our world in being judgmental for you have the facts. nobody likes to be charged before all the facts read. if it was, if the situation was reversed, would you be judged before the facts around? no, you would not. and you'd find that all ridges just generally al alan. what can be done to stop such situations happening again? it does feel like a bit of a cat and mouse game at time. this isn't why i think one of the big problems here.

and again, we need to wait for the fax to come in as why. why at the stock home ab, which went there on the 21st. why was it not returned until february 8th? that's a long time what he's saying. there's a procedure. and if, in fact, because look into that, the staffing levels were cut back to the black lab because of cockburn. ok. that's a fair answer, but need to know the answer to those things actually. oh, that's a long time. yeah. well, i get to enjoy the rest of the games. i'm really appreciate you joining us on our tea. my pleasure. thank if mankind. ah. okay, let's go back to our top story. several attacks by ukrainian military forces have been reported this thursday morning and the country's war torn east. we can go live to ortiz, from lancaster of who's in eastern ukraine's don't ask region right now robin ab, i would you describe the situation at the moment. oh we've been hearing

a report so all a morning that there has been the shelling all across the front line between the self proclaimed people's republic of the network and the the ukranian. a military i'm right now situated in the center of the city. we haven't heard anything here. if you can see, people are going about their business. the, the cars are a driving around us safely. everything is fine here in a sense or, but i've been talking to a few friends of mine who live closer to the front line and they said yes indeed that they've been hearing the sounds to offer artillery. now a little bit earlier in the day, a representative from the people's a militia of the self proclaimed anesco republic. well, he said that's a ukrainian military had intensified of firing along the front lines and everything is pointing to the fact that there are preparing and offensive are also

a little bit earlier in the day. we heard from the o. s. c monitoring emission here in jeanette kanza. they have also said that sir, ah, of the situation had intensified the along the front lines and they said that they came to that conclusion. i'd say hearing reports from both sides of the conflict here and announced it right. keep us posted, we'll check back in with you later for now. so remind culture of in east ukraine. thank you. i have that is all we've got time for this hour. we'll keep you posted on developments both in the ukraine and them around the world as well. live from moscow. this is kathy ah, with

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