oh. 1 a headlines, this are the west changes. it's predicted date of a russian invasion, if you cry enough to february the 16th by all to materialize. pasco says it's all a fabrication so as to whether the escalation ended on february, the 20th, i don't know because we are not the ones who are escalating, we're not doing this fuel prices in the u. k. so or to record highs, leaving already struggling household feeling the squeeze is, bank is collect some, but the biggest thing in recent times, the praise of everything's going on. i don't see any light at the end of the tunnel . one is going out a lot quicker than what it used to. and the canadian prime minister is branded a dictated by opposition. all make is fewer man. so be the use of emergency powers

against protesting truckers. let's remind the prime minister this is canada. here is not a dictator, it's really about the prime minister, a canadian he thinks are acceptable with hello, just gone 5 pm in moscow. you watching international start this out to be some used to steve, because russia has expelled the deputy us ambassador to moscow amid a diplomatic crisis over ukraine and washington, this now said that it will retaliate will earlier russia's top diplomat did mark american media predictions of when russia could invade ukraine. some journalist and i saying is going to happen later this week where neil in picks end after yesterday's bed failed to materialize. less shook 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. a well known 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, but as we heard there from never of no invasion to be seen. that hysteria continues . there was a previous date of a couple of days ago and yesterday too. and now we have a new date for an invasion from the west setting february, the 20th as that dates just from 3. what's going on here? well, talk about changing a goalpost separate, the 15th has come and gone. no invasion, february, the 16th has come and gone, still, no invasion. so what did the west and political establishment on the mainstream need you to on thursday, the 17th apologize and say that the intelligence wasn't worth the paper that it was written on? no, of course not. they started back paddling the 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 will you've heard from us some to from some, tanya, 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 or net price might be unwilling to give a specific date, but that hasn't stopped others from placing new bats and as we heard from la ross, now almost out of thin at the 20th of february, has been plucked now one on which foster co explanation given for this constant postponement of an at the imminent invasion is that president putin is furious that all his previous plots have been foiled, and he absolutely refuses to invade ukraine according to the west schedule. yeah, i'm when we also hit these deadlines have passed with that concert. since we didn't look at the actual facts and the facts, and we've seen footage that russia says it is beginning to pull back those troops

and weapons. well, absolutely. on tuesday, the russian defense ministry announced that it was sending home a considerable chunk of those forces that had been near the border with ukraine because they had wrapped up that drill. and really there was no reason for that. for them to be there anymore. they even publish a campaign footage showing some pretty heavy duty weaponry loaded up on trains, heading back to bass, bought for the people who themselves didn't provide any evidence proving this impending russian invasion. this concrete video wasn't convincing enough, but we haven't seen is evidence of withdrawal that has been claimed by the kremlin . in fact, we've seen continued build off of things like field hospitals. what we're seeing is no meaningful pullback. crisen foods put in place the capacity to act on very short notice. he can pull the trigger, he could pull it today. he could pose tomorrow. we could pull it next week. the forces are there if he wants to renew aggression against ukraine. so russia keeps

its troops out the brought up, it's an aggressor, it starts with turing its troops. it's also an aggressor, it just con when here. an even more outlandish claim that's come out from an un named senior official and washington, which doesn't, particularly by confidence, alleges that this withdrawal is a huge bluff. and in fact, the opposite is going on. the kremlin is fortifying its forces to the tune of around $7000.00 troops and brand new field hospitals. look at all what's being said over the last few hours. some, you know, yes, you say there's a lot of hysteria, but there's no effort then sort of trying deescalate, in terms of talking in front silas, you know, continue with diplomacy. we get is another date. it just seemed a strange situation to be in. i think that is one way of saying it, that's definitely a sense that those propagating the hysteria have almost lost themselves in it. they become hostage the situation that they have created. and just so that they don't have to lose faith by admitting that okay,

we were wrong. that was nothing going on. they continue along this path that they for set themselves on. it really has become a 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. the media seems very keen to go along with this line of wild will. 3 is just around the corner, but there are a few skeptical voices. outback, who are offering support to moscow. the check president for one has made a very interesting observation that this wouldn't be the 1st time the u. s. intelligence has best proved to be useless and it was fake. 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. and on top of all this, i mean ukraine is central,

but when you look at it, it's not benefiting from any of this rhetoric, isn't it? it's economies is permitted people talk, you know, politicians of left the country to they've been told to come back. it's really suffered and it makes you wonder who question he's benefiting from. all this rhetoric that we're hearing from the west. we did the recent words of the former us ambassador to jeremy. that's richard grinnell. a very was mentioning here and he is an insider, someone who knows how the political elite in the us thinks and how it acts. but even he has accused washington of being, quote alarmist and stated that the walk rhetoric coming from the white house isn't and not the quite verifiable. intelligence said, hey, we have even those inside of dc who attending us at this intelligence clearly just isn't that so exactly. it's a legitimate question. why heights? cuz there's daffy not benefiting ukrainians. and why also is the world getting along with that?

here may be the native chief might have 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, today, man is decided to develop options for further string from may through the turns on the firms. including to consider establishing new nathan buffer groups in simple eastern and south eastern europe. for all the talk of the escalation, 2 keywords, less than that, new normal. yes. and not in the cove. it's a sense, a very telling phrase. and i think regardless of what stole to bug bomb said about it being regretful, i'm not entirely convinced that is how he feels. because a new normal means, new nato come by units and boasted defenses close to rush,

it turned out to be very convenient for an alliance that was really had flight lost its way and people were saying that maybe it doesn't need to exist anymore. if we're being cynical, the, as the imminent russian invasion provide it to perfect excuse for the heightened militarization of europe. and like i said, breathe, new life into nato. and here i will always remember the words of us dip provide lawmaker a couple of years ago, who came out and said, we need to fly. the nato fly high around russia from all corners, only like a noose. so nato is now effectively been given the green light to expand. meanwhile, state site, president biden apparently is looking for more than $770000000000.00 for the 2023 defense budget. which by the way, is 8 times more than russia spending on defense. and yet, of course, it's rush of the aggressor. it is a strange thing to claim to be a huge fan of diplomacy. but then, of course, fatten up your army an inch closer and closer to russia. all the while moscow is

here saying that it only ever wanted to have a serious conversation about nato missiles being deploy just a couple of minutes away. and she wanted to find a diplomatic solution to it's very serious security concerns. but that don't seem to be many takers for diplomacy at the moment. sassy taylor, they're speaking to me a bit earlier now with some phonetic diplomacy taking place almost every day in recent weeks. artie senior correspondent would have guessed it, takes a look now at 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 point the a president who a prime minister was foreign minister flies into moscow for talks. and the old one, 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 biden. 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 a pandemic record, lou approval ratings and midterm elections. this year, a crisis over ukraine is seemingly god sent for him. a chance to 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 pulleys and 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 britain'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 separate has said chechnya and her condemnation of separatist and ukraine. how answer was, i don't want to talk about it. thank you for your visit. foreign secretary, the stackable, 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

mac rod, frances peacemaker. he came to fix it all and seems to think that it may have succeeded. he may, putin was suddenly ab wheat. the muzzle equals to day. we are where both the services of the situation and of the urgent need and 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. cause he has other motives to 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 shots, his 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 austin. i expressly agree that the diplomatic options are far from exhaustion. items shelters established himself as 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. it's not just because all i suppose in threat of a russian invasion, which i think has been greatly of a blend,

but rather because they are biden administration is under such enormous pressure. it is losing popularity and it must do some thing to recover a position of credibility before the midterm elections in the united states for congress. so to is permitted to johnson in the united kingdom, where he faces impending challenges to his leadership of prison. mac crawling france faces an upcoming election within a few months. and in germany we see the, the new chancellor really facing a different kind of concerned, a real concern for germany. and that is, that us, russian confrontation could jeopardize the supply of russian natural gas through the north stream. to pipeline ukraine's economic situation is such that it

could never hope to enjoin the european union, which was once thought of as a solution to the ukraine. so problems, there was more of course, the brazilian president yesterday, the italian foreign minister today and, and will to come, which is now causing anger in the united states. senators are outraged, and people who sparked fed and found this hysteria. baton ever elusive invasion are now angry. the people are trying to stop it here. the fundamental reality now every day you got another global leader, theresa, president of brazil. yes. there was 0 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 them inside a russia. the tragedy here is 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, were against the of their will. russia has just published its response to the u. s . on security guarantees in the texas state that there will be no russian invasion of ukraine, although it does warn that if washington refuses to negotiate on russia's security demands, the kremlin will have to respond, including through the use of military technical means. in addition, the document contains an automated to for nato to end all military involvement in ukraine and demand for american troops to pull back from areas near russia's

borders, including the baltic region that new search your state. now, british households are feeling the squeezed with petrol prices an all time high, and overall, inflation continuing to saw, it's a different story. they, for bankers because they are raking in some of the biggest bonuses in a decade. and that's only adding to the public's frustration because because i know that from working in a school, we are definitely not getting the region tracy's that covers the cost of my living . potentially. i think i live by myself and i just having him do a fair on my daily today lies the price of everything's gone. i don't see any light at the end of the tunnel is it's no wonder a poll conducted by a burton biggest breakdown organization found just over 40 percent of literacy,

finding other ways to get around without cigarettes helping more than 50 percent. the low income drivers motorists feel that they're being priced off the roads, so obviously affected me. it's affected my pockets. i run the business. so it affected me big time because obviously money is going out a lot quicker than what used to when you have given income coming in. and then obviously you get to the end of the month and then your budget for petro each be 20 side. i think it should be, it's already feel crisis 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 supplies from russia to europe may be interrupted if sanctions are imposed on russia. if the west is threatened to practice, financial markets could go into freefall. the oil price is rising due to tension between russia, the world's 3rd biggest oil producer and ukraine,

along with oil production, raining 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 exception to go up even more. chris is facing the biggest squeeze on income since the ninety's, as inflation increased to 5.5 percent 30 year high. 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 thing 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 caught playing the bank good 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 well. 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 chapter, i said you cannot be in any way justify their pay package. better luck getting the

bonuses, but just the government is probably the most common government we've ever seen. company, this country make no mistake about that, so that doesn't help i'd but if you got government washed, talk to pay his money on silly schemes. corruption, then you're going to get into trouble anyway. and then 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 to sing fits always triple due to source cost of crude oil, allowing them to jack up the prices at pumps even more. so fueling the cost of living crisis. well, in power fuel, chuck edwards, 7040 london. that will position all. mike isn't canada, have branded the prime minister dictator. they are furious. it just in 3 days for triggering emergency powers to deal with truck is resisting k with faxing mandates

. my the prime minister. this is canada. this is not a 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 emergencies, and now across the country, releases of jurisdiction have the tools necessary to keep people say he has politicized his 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've been harassing and intimidating frontline work. yes. there are people involved in frontline legal blockades. but the vast majority of

canadians continue to stand alongside each other and supported other 2 thirds of canadians are united because they want an end to mandates and walk downs and their races massage as a fringe who take up space and he said, shouldn't be tolerated if it's really about the prime minister, taking a sledge hammer to canadians, and he thinks are unacceptable. the emergencies act accuse me does allow the canadian government to ban public gatherings and priest bank accounts for up to 30 days is design. i'll just call for team is please, this is going to only be in vote. it is a national crisis, not against piece were demonstrations, the so called freedom convoy has mostly been just that though. will they prime minister today? and his government insist they are disrupting the economy. i canadian police have started handing out leaflets to protest is in downtown or to, we're ordering them to disperse. the notice says that any body obstructing the

street is committing a criminal offense and could be arrested and charged, but protest is in the capital. do 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 at the drivers here are very determined. i mean, many of them have already lost their jobs or their, their businesses are struggling and they're prepared to, to, to stand here in until the end. they call us that were destructive and a threat to society. but no, it's not us walking around. we're not the ones, drones suffer cars that were not the ones that hurt people's lives. were another ones making a mess of people's lives. we gotta stick, you know,

did we get some changes? do we get the freedom back? well, the protests are up to last month. i vaccine requirement for cross border truckers to move the latest snowball into broader anti government unrest. russia's r o c team has just won gold in the women's figure skating competition the winter olympics on a ship back of a why the judges for the fullest performance in the free skate, will they the event has been overshadowed by a doping scandal involving another. russia stop for miss camilla value. so let's get more now and go back and speak with our correspondent, baron lexia. chev scanned good evening to lexi and i looked before the games. i suppose everybody was saying that believe it was the favorite for this. but considering the pressure she was under, it's no surprise that she crumbled today and didn't finish the podium until well, you can definitely say that she was considered

a strong favorites before the game. she was considered a strong favorite going into today's performance because she was leading the table off to her tuesday's performance here. but have to say it's a bit of a mixed feeling for all of us. here on the one hand team r o c has now claimed gold and silver because of a flawless performance by on the sheet about cobra. now raining olympic champion, adding to her well championship. recently, also, alexander that those of the 1st woman in figure skating to do 5 quads in want performance. this is a world record in itself. also flawless performance there. so they are 1st and 2nd respectively. but on a personal note of horse, of course, that the watching now camila leave a perform and full as many as 3 times during her performance. this is probably the worst performance from her in a very long while. she's a multiple reco, colder. she is considered one of the best, i think, escaped us in the world and seeing that kind of performance knowing the kind of pressure she has been under for the last 10 days. that was really,

really hot to watch. moreover, she did not end up on the pedestal, she ended the competition and 4th place, which means that there will be an awards ceremony, a full fledged awards ceremony because i'd like to remind 2 of you was that try to the competition. the i o. c said it will not hold a metal ceremony if, believe a was anywhere between the 1st and the 3rd place. so obviously it's a very mixed result. but i'm, we only have to feel really, really bad for camila leave a here. although you know, a large a control oversee with the medal ceremony has now been averted. some can say this is a positive as well. and at the end of the day it's a golden sill of what's he morrow. see, and of course we'll be watching closely how this situation develops because there will be obviously an investigation into values case. i'd like to remind that it seem a metal team, gold metal for russia, which one earlier is still in the balance as well because of those doping allegations. of course i'm monitoring the story very close to here in beijing. yeah

. okay, well thanks for the update. their election, it was lexi, i'm a chef ski reporting back from china. and thank you for watching. just coming out to her past 5 in the afternoon here in moscow. could that be company will from us in 30 ah, with bring you the very latest every out the day. this is, are no fun. everyone here with

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