ah, ah, the headlines this are the west changes. it predicted date of a russian invasion if you cry enough to february, the 16th failed to materialize. moscow says it's all the fabrication. i'm not sure . look as to whether the escalation will end on february. the 20th, i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating, we're not doing this. so to come fuel prices in the u. k. so to record highs, leaving already struggling households failing, squeezes bank is collect some of the biggest bonuses seen in recent times, the various things going on. i don't see any larry at the end of the tunnel. one is going out a lot quicker than what we used on the canadian prime ministers, branded a dictator by opposition, lawmakers is fewer remains over the use of an emergency power against pro testing

truck. let's remind the prime minister. this is canada. this is not at this really about the prime minister taking a sledgehammer, comedians keeping star unacceptable. mm hm. hello, good afternoon. just gone for o'clock in moscow. you're watching art international . my rush is talk. diplomat has smoked the american made his predictions of when russia could invade ukraine. some journalist and i saying is going to happen later this week when the olympics end. after yesterday's bet, failed to materialize. not sure the rules as to whether the escalation will end on february, the 20th. i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating. we're not doing this politico. well, no news outlet reporting about what is happening on the russian ukrainian border, citing some supposedly reliable sources. said that what did not take place

yesterday will begin on february the 20th that there will be an invasion. ok, let's talk more about this now and speak with ascii. taylor or correspondent. he's following all the developments on this story and there are plenty of them every single day tasking, no invasion, plenty of his theory continues. and now we have a new date potentially. the west says that russia plans to invade february the 20th is we heard from mr. leverett there? what's going on? we'll talk about changing goalpost february. the 15th came and went no invasion factory. the 16th came went still no invasion. so what did the western political establishment and mainstream me to do on thursday, the 17th apologize and say you actually are intelligence wasn't what the paper it was written on. no, of course not. they started back pedaling. 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 what you've heard from us 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. funny how he says that i put a date in it, but the leaks of the 15th and 16th allegedly came from within the white house. well, exactly, but you know, you, at least you could argue that price has lost his lesson because he's now being courted. he's not putting a date on it, others, unfortunately, apparently not humiliated enough by false prophecies. they've decided to place new bets and out of been as so gay laptops that they just plucked the 20th of february, one with fossil explanation given for why this imminent invasions being constantly postponed, is that president putin is on a furious that every time they've unveiled his desired date, he keeps shifting it because he simply refuses on principle to invade ukraine on

the west schedule. when you look at it to it, is it, it is, see, it feels like a circus because on the one hand they say these indefinite dates is going to happen . so everybody wait for it to happen. it doesn't happen. but when you look at the facts and see what it's actually happening, we see video footage of, of russian troops and heavy weapons being withdraw watson. i'm not sure what must be so frustrating for moscow. because on tuesday, we heard the russian defense ministry come out and said, we've wrapped up drills near the border with ukraine. our troops really have no reason to be there anymore. so we're going to be withdrawing considerable size of them. and then on top of that, just so that everyone would feel certain that they were telling the truth, they published even footage, like you said, a heavy duty weapon reloaded off on trains returning to base. but apparently, no one was convinced can quite, i run it given that those people themselves claim that that was going to be an impending attack, but never provided any evidence they sent you. does that trust us?

and here evidence is provided me said no, it's not good enough when you, when you present this evidence and people say, these are the facts as we see them right now. the hysteria and the rhetoric doesn't died and doesn't. in fact we just see the opposite. it seems to get ramped up. well, absolutely. so before we had to do, let's listen to exactly what they was saying about how they just simply didn't believe what moscow was selling. well we haven't seen is evidence of withdrawal that has been claimed by the criminal and in fact we've seen continued build off of things like field hospitals. what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback. present pollutants 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. so russia keeps its troops by the border . it's an aggressor withdraw his troops. it's still an aggressive, it just can't win, but a party box not enough. now even more outlandish claims are coming from an unnamed

senior official in washington doesn't really inspire confidence, which alleged that this withdrawal is in fact a huge loss. i'm not quite sure fortifying its forces to the tune of 7000 troops and even building a field hospital. so is there a way then, in terms of de escalation on a diplomatic solution, because we always have that may be tied on the end. we want to diplomatic solution, but that's always after they've given some quite severe rhetoric about what's going on. i definitely have the sense that those who are propagating this hysteria of almost lost themselves and they become hostage to it. they just can't lose faith by admitting that we were wrong. there was nothing else that nefarious going on. so they have to continue along this path to war that they seem to be going towards. it's a real catch 22 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. well, the media seems so keen to go along with this wild will 3, it's just around the corner line, but there are a few skeptical voices outside one to mention the check present. made a very interesting observation that this wouldn't be the 1st time that us intelligence best had proved to be useless. and it was, i think 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 their 3rd bluff. the 1st was with a rack. the 2nd was with afghan, a stand. well, the 3rd is now. so he's benefiting from his dunston sassy because we know ukraine. it's economy suffered. we know that, you know, many business latest political members at the lee that they've also left the country in the starting to trickle back. but it doesn't seem that ukraine is

benefiting from the western stance over there. so which, i've not always a question that you have to ask when you're talking about political games like this . i mean, in recent days, a former us on boston, germany, that's richard quinn out. he's spoken out and i think has was provide a really fascinating insight. i mean, he is an inside to, he knows how the political elite in the u. s. think how they active being and he's seen, he stopped behind those tables. i've seen discussions i had even he has a keys, washington of quote, being alarmist and he states about this war rhetoric that's coming out of the white house and not the quote isn't verifiable intelligence. so basically it sounds like, even in p c, no one's buying it. so i think it's a very legitimate question to ask. like you said, who is benefiting from it? why the height may be the nato chief has given the game away. moscow has made it clear that it is prepared to contest the fundamental principles that have underpinned our security for decades. and to do so by using force.

i regret to say that this is the new normal in europe. therefore, to day ministers decided to develop options for further strengthen nathan to turn on the fence including to consider establishing new natal buffy groups in central and eastern and southeastern europe. funny how he should use the phrase and you normal? yes, i think it's a very telling phrase as well. i mean, this is a new normal thought. i think very convenient for the nato alliance involves new combine units. it involves both. the defense is close to rushes, borders. i mean, if we're being cynical, the imminent russian invasion, the fabled one provides a perfect excuse for the great militarization of europe. and it's basically silenced all those people who are new and recent month. what question is whether or not the military lives had out lived its purpose. so suddenly nature has been

rejected. it's got a reason to live. it now needs to survive in order to keep russia bay. it's almost like the cold was returned. and here i think the u. s. lawmaker were a couple of years there, made a very interesting comment about how we need to fly the native flag high around russia, basically sounds like a noose. and i think that's almost the rhetoric that we're getting from from stilton bog to. so nature's got the green light to expire. meanwhile, state side, joe biden is apparently going to off more than $770000000000.00 for the $223.00 divides budget. i mean, thought it's just an extraordinary sum on, by the way. it is 8 times what russia spends one. i mean, while we always have them say yes, but we want to diplomatic solution, which seems to create a mixed message. i think that it's definitely true or not sure how faxing up your army and deploying and expanding into closer and closer to russia can be constituted as, as diplomacy. but that is clearly the parallel universe that nato is living in old

. while moscow is here, say, look, we have a wanted, if you to sit down with us and discuss our concerns about having nathan launch, pad and misses just across the board from us. in short, it wanted to find a diplomatic situation, was considered an existential security concern. but that don't seem to be many takers for diplomacy at the moment. but as our colleague mark downstairs was exploring, all might not yet be lost. moscow has been busy, busy, busy these past few weeks, almost every day. at this point, the a president who a prime minister was foreign minister flies into moscow for talks. and they all want what's good for them, which is of course, only 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 by doing this is about more than

just russian. 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 the pandemic record lou 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 say this 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 were mist full. 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 into play. missy. neither did many britons 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 separate has said chechnya and her condemnation of separatists in ukraine. how answer was, i don't want to talk about it. thank you for your visit. foreign secretary, understandable? 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, frances peacemaker, he came to fix it all and seems to think that he may have succeeded. he may, putin was certainly ab wheat. so muzzled equals to day. we are where both the services of the situation and of the urgent need and interest of all to find the past to which 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. cause he has other motives too. not that he doesn't want peace, 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 asked to do is show his skills, show that france is a significant weight on the international stage show that the world, even putin listened dame and of course berlin. this was chancellor schultz is dest, they say a staring match with putin, which, of course, it wasn't germans. generally, a pragmatic lot they prefer negotiations rather than speeches in aust, with the diplomatic options are far from exhausted by 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 as in any case, a good sign charles 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 as 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 more to come, which is now causing anger. and the united states senators are outraged. and people who sparked said then find this hysteria. but an ever elusive invasion. and now angry, the 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 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 is entirely lost.

it's lost in the ambitions of world leaders and the hunt for ratings and clicks 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 the hawks would be strengthened and people like or as johnson and joe biden, her quite weak domestically in terms of their politics at home will to stand up. and when the russians pull out and say we should do russia blinked guten blinked, which stood firm thank retreated and we've won. and that will they helped us international and our national particular domestic standing, sir. it was a risky policy and hawks of winning our to, unfortunately politically in the west on this issue. that british house,

how's the feeling squeezed at the moment with petrol prices in all time high and overall, inflation continuing to saw. it's a different story. they for bankers because they are raking in some of their biggest bonuses in a decade, and that's only adding to the public frustration using the coaches with cost of living. i know that from working in a school, we are definitely not getting the wage increases that covers the cost of my living . potentially, i'm a 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 the end of the tunnel is. it's no wonder a poll conducted by a britain's biggest breakdown organization found just over 40 percent of motorists are finding other ways to get around with that. think it's helping more than 50

percent. the low income drivers motorists feel that they're being priced off the road. obviously affected me, it's 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 to have income coming in. and then obviously you get to the ends of the month and then your budget in for petro each each week. so i think it should be, it is pretty high. fuel prices at the pump is 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 attentions 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 from even worse, right? as pump prices look certain to go up even more. chris was facing the biggest squeeze on income since the ninety's, as inflation increased to 5.5 percent 30 year high. but 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 sing it as a kick in the team. people were getting rewarded fantastic bonuses, except for not doing very much. of course, people partly jealous as well. i me, you got like the banking for taking as much as i can out of the system. but from a society viewpoint, it's quite clear that we got far 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, let allow giving them bonuses,

but jobs and government is probably the most common government we've ever seen. company 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 silly schemes, corruption, then you've got 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 saw just bankers, banking the cash. you can launch a supermarket to seeing proof. it's always triple due to storing costs of crude oil, allowing them to jack up the prices at pumps even more. so to answer what fueling the cost of living prices? well, in pounds fuel shot edward saturday party london that will position all makers in canada have branded the prime minister dictator the furious adjustment tree day for triggering emergency powers to deal with truck is resisting k v faxing mandates to my the prime minister. this is canada,

this is not a dictator. i gasoline on embers. things are d escalating as we speak. so why is the prime minister using this hammer on canadians? isn't it true? he's doing it just to save his own political skin. the threshold was met with the emergency, zach and now across the country. releases of jurisdiction have the tools necessary to keep people say he has politicize this pandemic and divided canadians at a time when we should be working together. when we should be supporting one another . his lack of leadership has divided stigmatized and traumatized canadians. yes, there have been people who been harassing and intimidating frontline work. yes, there are people involved in frontline, illegal blockades. but the vast majority of canadians continue to stand alongside

each other and supported each other. 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and locked down. i said they're great. this massage, nestle, a fringe, who called take up space and he said, shouldn't be tolerated. isn't this really about the prime minister taking a sledge hammer to canadians that he thinks are unacceptable. what emergencies act is a lie the canadian government to ban public gatherings and praise bank accounts for up to 30 days. it is designed to only be invoked if there is a national crisis, not against peaceful demonstrations, so called freedom convoy has mostly dug been just that although prime minister trudeau and his government do insist they are disrupting the economy. now canadian place if started handing out leaflets to protest is in downtown ottawa, ordering them to disperse. the notice says that anybody obstructing streets is committing a criminal offense and could be arrested in charge. but protests in the capital say

that they are determined to stay. we are here in peaceful, lawful protest seeking the restoration of our fundamental rights and freedoms. all canadians should be surprised no matter your political opinions that the federal government has resorted to such an extreme and authoritarian measure like the emergencies act. the drivers here are very determined, i mean, many of them have already lost their jobs. their, their businesses are struggling, and they're prepared to, to stand here until the end. they call us that were destructive and a threat to society. but you know, it's not us walking around, we're not the one throwing stuff. the tires were not the ones i heard people's lives were another ones making him as to people's lives. we gotta fix, you know, we get some changes. do we get the freedom back? when the protest interrupt last month's over vaccine requirements across the board

or truckers, the movement like to snowboard it's a broader anti government unrest. not just a few minutes time the russian figure skating star kimler believer will take to the ice in the winter olympics. she does currently rank 1st 2 and the women singles competition. the beijing games believe was played to compete by the court of arbitration for sport after it had been revealed that she tested positive for band substance back in december. a result only report dough shortly after she secured, secured gold for the r o c team in beijing, we spoke to award winning sportswriter. alan abrahamson who is covering the games. he says that the u. s. so he's using the scandal to advance his own interests. awards like russia, doping scandal are red meat for the, for the western press. and, you know, all of this is run into all the events for happening for g a blood world. 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 in our world. every single person deserves to be have to have there is treated on the merits. 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 answer is probably no, there is a 0 to be gain, a screaming for punishment before all the facts read, but it's just trying to, to advance american another interest at the expense of russia. there's no point us, but some have been making comparisons to you ever. us athletes in similar positions, kristin shallow been a gymnast tested positive for band substance in 2016, emerge. she took it by accident drinking contaminated puerto. she was cleared and

allied to compete in the 2016 summer olympics. and abraham's and again says so there's a disconcerting degree of hypocrisy in high. the us is reacting to value his case. we in the united states managed to have an amazing amount of the oxy. sometimes rachel sanctimonious apocryphal when it comes to doping. if it was an american 15 year old in a dock, she would and across that was her america could be screaming to the heavens to have all the process that that was afforded under the rules of this an american teenager . this just happened to be a russian teenager, so people are just screaming like crazy. we in the united states, manage somehow to have a willful blindness. they will for ignorance when it comes to american athletes who sheet we, she, capitalistic way. we find very, very clever,

very super amazing corporate ways. i guarantee that if we had a statement 3 of sport, it would be the best, most financed, and most amazing way to cheat ever. i guarantee i case that brings you up today for not just coming up to half past 4 in the afternoon here in moscow. will see you again in about 30. ah, what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have. it's crazy confrontation, let it be an arms race is on, often very dramatic development. only personally, i'm going to resist. i don't see how that strategy will be successfully, very difficult time. time to sit down and talk. the world is driven by dreamers shaped bankers. and those

with theirs sinks, we dare to ask ah well, come to the alex salmon. sure. when we return to you keep politics. to examine the latest twists and turns in northern ireland, as

a province has no force minister and nor executive, but storm. it continues to sit as a zombie assembly panting the upcoming elections in me. po, given, designed as a democratic union, as 1st minister earlier this month in protest over the post breaks at administrative board in the i do see, however, amid mountain crisis in downing cit, the economy, and in europe, the 1st ministers, dramatic gesture passed by all but unnoticed and yet the potential consequences of a brick don't in the northern ireland protocol, not just for northern ireland, but for bricks it breton, i, extraordinary. one, the worst case scenario. it could lead to the disintegration of institutions established by the peace accords of 20 years ago. and see britain plunged into an ordeal, breaks it on to day with me to democratic genius and p.