s. u. s. and u. k. embassies in campbell, australia also had a much smaller role where it's much smaller country with there was a military presence in afghanistan, but i was the compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not. yes, exactly. no, basically what my so said to me and i've heard it in other examples too. is it often the embassies of u. s. and u. k. particularly strong arming the afghan government on a range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from their countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, all sorts of mine, was saying that he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring afghan officials, senior afghan officials to sign a contract. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts failed, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption and the fact that there was a was on. and what's so disappointing here is this may no real accountability at all .

u. s. in the u. k. of warren, that russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russian submitted abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. bangalore saxon powers talk of war. russia talks about security. a war that never was where the media is left, where they're going to spice. offer a flurry of predictions that they'd be an invasion of ukraine today. said rushing creek. so we're going to base off the wrapping up rules at the border. well, some a call seem to stop by me the drums of war, the u. s. president, for one who's in 6th thing. the attack remains very real. the prime minister is in denial and is ignoring the science. he might as well be back at the cottage because he's doing non productive or constructive to help this situation. the canadian brother is mounting pressure from empties over decision to emergency power meant the terms of national prices. but instead of response to the project truck drive with.

u. s. and u. k. through their signals, intelligence agencies, the national security agency, and the g. c, h q of quite a bit, but the bigger question here is political will. historically, the u. s. u k, have been much slower to point the finger countries like russia for cyber attacks, most notably in 2016 when it took quite a while for the government to speak up as the cyber attacks around the election took place. it seems that this administration has taken those lessons the heart and they are deliberately moving much, much faster than the u. s. was ever done before. just how dangerous are these cyber attacks, or are they just a nuisance? well right now the, the question the answer is mixed. so as you said, denial of service attacks effectively bring down services. and they're, they're technically simple, but they're really about perception. they're about undermining confidence in the government and at a moment like this that's, that's pretty important. the wiper malware today that you mentioned, which destroys the data on the machine that it infects, were yet to see the full consequenc

u. s. in the u. k. of warned bruship may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion. for their part, the russian submitted abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. bank no saxon powers. talk of war. russia talks about security. this is my son, his c i o . m o. it's my daughter's a pretty warm a no. uh huh. oh, in that there was a couldn't walk over to one of the muddy ma calendar. i'm all she will not the controls. oh. 1 you're welcome back. i'm still here with the renown to most widely distributed independent journalists in the whole of africa. thomas mountain. i've got to ask, since oxfam is reporting drought conditions affecting food security right across africa, and that in the club will south. how is there a tray, a managed to retain food security, amidst, amidst the drought, amidst the climate change conditions. well, reach you. the president reaches very farsighted guy quickly, and he back in 2003, 2004 richer had to 1st to year drop in history back to back. and then in 2008, 2009 there hammered again with a 2 year drop. so the pres

u. k. and the u. s. everybody is talking about a russian invasion of ukraine, except for ukraine and russia are not. i mean, how do you explain yeah, clearly a president zelinski and his cabinet are not singing to the same hymn book. and that has been a source as we read in the press of frustration in the united states. because the rest of the nato allies are predictably following along, like that's about. so, you know, like you say, the bottom line is that there is not going to be an invasion. and that leaves me for me, at least the most important question is, what do we do afterwards? what if worse comes to worst and there's no rush an invasion? i'm going to look, i'm going to look for, for american ford, both. i really don't know how we're going to get out of the situation. i mean, you know, why is it the u. s. in the u. k. spearheading this year because we have had on 2 occasions that we know of publicly then you know, zalinski is not on board is the guy just said here and he's actually pushing back

u. s. and u. k. science rushes clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state rushes actions show, blatant contempt for international law. the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. so we kind of gotten used to these accusations and misinterpretation that russia is a threat, rushes, the aggressor, we've also, we've got usa, this rhetoric and we've also seen the west pays no attention to the increase shelling in the dawn bass region in recent days. and of course, no attention paid to the scenes of violence in the region. of course, it is worth mentioning, as well as president putin is address yesterday did start off with something of a history lecture. when he began that talk, it seems as though the west is something of the same. of course it will be, it is accused russia trying to reins

u. s. the u. k. france and germany. we had made it clear during the 2 plus 4 negotiations that we would not extend nato beyond the ill. we could not therefore offer poland and others membership in nato. you think ben caught an ally would make you humble, but no, sometimes so, so far in twit, the only thing you can do is keep it going. i would like to state once again that neither the 2 plus for agreement nor the nato russia founding act contained promises to russia that nato would not expand to the east. the 2 plus for agreement does not mention this issue at all, and any statements to the contrary do not correspond to reality. the reality of in con, paper of all kindful evidence of video footage. there are only 2 options here, either nato and co, don't know the history of their own military alliance, all the light and the media liked there lie so much. so they spread ups was that written down? where is that? from his window? does the religious. right, right, right, right, right, right, well done. well done, correct. yo

s. u. k, and france bombed a civilian ministry for the very 1st time. we're millions face starvation in displacement. this is the financial winners and losers from the grown of ours when demick are becoming clearer will joining me now from newton in england is ox firm, intellectuals, global programs director, lydia goma. thank you so much. lydia, for coming on the i thought the worst humanitarian crisis is the ukraine. if you watch the news, and apparently it isn't as global programs director. and as the rich nations arguably recover from the pandemic. why do you think the u. n claims yemen is the worst humanitarian crisis, not ukraine, which is dominating the media because the, the humanitarian crisis are in. and in fact the conflict in yemen has been going on since 2015. so we're talking about a 7 year conflict, which has had an immense impact on the people of him and has to some extent been forgotten with the many crisis that have come up in the last few years. yet this is one where we see millions of people affected. 9 of the population of young men

u. s. and the u. k. a and in between helene, the, the center of all of this at least the western narrative is ukraine. and again, presidents zalinski has come out and asked even his western backers for evidence of their claims of an imminent invasion. i mean, this is beyond bizarre, it's kafka ask, what is the state of play, george? go ahead. that's a very good question. imagine what it is that the americans and the british in particular are asserted. they are claiming that russia will attack without any kind of publications without issuing a list of demands without an ultimatum, without a list of grievances. just simply an attack out of the blue eye. and you know, which country in the recent past has done just that, of course, nazi germany with barbarossa, which was quite unprecedented in that he was preceded by no demands, no ultimatums, no list of grievances or something. that ross are just going to do this out of the blue. they're going to launch this on provoked attack. and a j sullivan pointed out

u. s. and u. k. described it as a significant escalation china purging dialogue. china is also backing moscow in it's stand off of the west of ukraine. at a meeting in beijing, the russian and chinese leaders announced a strategic partnership and called our nature to end its expansion to the east. katrina, you reports from beijing, vladimir putin and she didn't ping standing shoulder to shoulder, showing what bay describe as an unshakable bond. the leaders of russia and china met ahead of the opening of the winter olympics in beijing. it's the 1st time president she has met a foreign counterpart in person since the beginning of the pandemic, sugar certainly zulu, thoroughly hooked our spirit or friendship and the strategic partnership. her router, the unprecedented levels of jolie is out there. so she went to olympics 80 years ago, we promised to meet again. we have kept that promise. the leaders signed a joint statement, presenting a united front on a range of foreign policy issues. they called for

u. k. in the u. s. you've been promising sanctions against russia and against that, those recognize newly recognized republics. we heard that from joe biden, yesterday, he was want to place bets on february. the 16th just gone not long ago about a dave invasion into ukraine, of course, is imminent invasion as it has been for many months. what we heard in new york as much of the same russian threat russian aggression. we are hearing about sanctions coming from the u. k of call. joe biden has signed a decree imposing sanction targeting the economies of your hands and to net the net regions. rather, we can just get a little bit of what was said at the un security council. just now he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. russia's clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status. as a you and member state rushes actions. show blatant cont

u. s. in the u. k. have warned that russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russians have made it abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. the anglo saxon powers talk of war. russia talks about security. ah, discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, ivan ellen in washington. he's a senior fellow at the independent institute in kingston. we have nichol, i petro, he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island. and here in moscow, we have maxine scoff. he is director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. are a gentleman, cross that rules and effect, that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciated, sir, i would look like it. it's really interesting to me watching this on a month long, eminent invasion, a messaging from the u. k and the u. s. everybody is talking about a russian invasion of ukraine, except for ukraine and

s. u k spearheading this? i mean, everyone else is kind of taking their laying out their roles here. but the, the u. s. new cases, particularly interested even to the point of hoping for some kind of conflict or maybe i'm wrong. go ahead. how do you as to that? well, i don't think they hope hope for conflict. i think they're expecting one and i think they're pushing back on it. and that's, you know, that's leading, i mean, the us is the leader of the alliance, and people look to the united states united states even back during the cold war. was more concerned with other areas than the countries involved. and i think, you know, the, the russian energy and cook is important and that the russians are, have 40 percent export, 40 percent of the europe gas and 25 percent of the oil. so i think, you know, other countries have more mixed here of these things. britain and us are, of course, geographically more separated from, from europe and then rosalind, so they wouldn't, they wouldn't suffer any of the consequences.

u. s. france, japan and the u. k, but china has called on the us to engage in dialogue with north korea. yes, i diplomatic editor james bass. she didn't, judy of, she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his equestrian skills riding at speed on a white horse. but it is the speed of progress, his country's making, its nuclear weapons, and miss all programs. it's warring diplomats. there were 9 miss are launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it clear he felt there was a vicious circle and the u. s. needed to do more invoking the summits that president trump had held with the korean leader in 20182019. they should come up with more attractive and more practical, more flexible approaches, policies and actions. we have all seen, we have all seen w

u. s. the u. k. and australia. it's called elk us. and just a quick reminder for you basically its main purpose. is it for the u. s. and the u . k, to help australia to bolster its capability, including in the nucleus, fear. so both nations, russia and china have called this worrisome and that it is undermining regional and indeed global security. but it wasn't just politics that was on the table. business was discussed as well. brushes, energy, john gas room has signed a deal according to which it will ship a $100000000.00 metric tons of gas to china through cassock stuff. so again, the big development russian energy companies are already seeing a rise in their stock prices following this piece of new. but again, this is the initial meeting between the 2 lead as it didn't. it didn't last long. and after that, vladimir putin and changing things. they left their entourage behind and they proceeded to have a ted talks just the 2 of them over lunch and what is yet to come. vladimir putin is said to witness the opening ceremony of the wint

s. u. k. and e. u to russia may amount to $700000000.00 because of the 3 and a half 1000000 barrels of russian oil. $350000000.00 of oil and refined products. $250000000.00, russian natural gas to learn a medium called new. absolutely. right. and we are seeing the numbers going through the roof. you're absolutely right. we are seeing numbers at the moment, going to the roof oil going through the roof. the ruble went down. it seems to have boyd itself back up to a certain extent, but action returns to the host of our program going on to ground. i wish i had more time. i don't see you soon. what is important to understand the men's agreements applies to both sides of the crate and conflict to withdraw weapons from the front line. now thousands of civilians live in the so called gray zone as well on whitting witnesses and ultimately victims of the ongoing conflict. we're going to bring you their stories right now. here in archie international. it's worth having a good watch. in a gray zone. inhabitants h

s. u k, announcing a raft of sanctions against russia following the deliberations between european leaders in brussels. i just a very short time ago, i crossed live to correspondent pool asleep. while they set the spelling out in some kind of spiral, they are growing with the u. k. imposing harsh sanctions on russia. they've now imposed an extra travel van in terms of not only russian aircraft not being allowed to land here, but also private chess. at the same time v t b bank, the 2nd largest state own bank and a number of other russian banks have also been sanctioned. the u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in that country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and beat bella was ambassador to london has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned. for supporting rushes, military moves, the opposition leader has said that more sanctions are necessary, as one of the members of parliament from his party ha

u. s. and u. k. seriously, there war of words is dangerous and reckless. the rest of nato and even ukraine are much more restraint. but there's a count of deborah ukraine. it will be a conflict washington in london, english. he promot welcome back. i'm still here with professor charles cap, john senior fellow and director of european studies at the council of foreign relations, and form a special assistant to you as president barack obama. vladimir putin was elected democratically and of course you, as you know, the russians are very quick to talk about human rights and about guantanamo bay, still being opened. you mentioned sanctions. do you believe this sort of economic warfare is good travel bands as it freezes? mastercard, visa, blacklist, i think that was around your time. it was around 500 entities between 200-2021. do you s treasury's has 933 percent increase would impact the sanctions have on russia? well, you know, biden has, has explicitly stated that no us combat troops are going to ukraine, that the united states, as they know partners are not

s. u k. and you purchases of russian energy will equal $330000000.00 in just 124 hour period. so that's a real lever, but i should add an important signal from this morning was when chance german chancellor schultz announced that nordstrom too, would be put on the back burner. so that sent an important message to the rest of the member states that that they were sincere about sanctions. but that won't hurt because it's not really been used yet. it hasn't been certified. so it's a signal that they want to have intense sanctions. but this is the 1st trench of sanctions because the big debate now is how they actually invaded, or the going into regions that were previously occupied by russian proxy troops. so i think the kremlin has deliberately this rather opaque, and so this must be like, stepped sanction. so there was a big debate about what has actually happened. right, right. well talking about energy as you're just brought up. i wanted to ask about that because that's really been a major pain point for europeans this winter. now we're seeing oil and gas prices jumping today

u. s. and the u. k. have declared a diplomatic boycott over, schumann writes issues and wilson competitors, but no ministers or officials. meanwhile, organizers have threatened athletes with punishment for any behavior or expression that they deem in breach of chinese law, and will expect the io see to rigorously enforce its own rules limiting protests. they shaw the out, even if they're not in the olympic charter. there are very strict rules, so for the middle ceremonies and during the competitions, political protests are not permitted. on other occasions, like at press conferences or during interviews or on personal platforms, the athletes are free to express their opinions. but the athletes must be responsible for what they say. orient you got as you sound far do to covey athletes and journalists will be kept insecure bubbles, while no spectator tickets will be sold to the public. organizers say health and safety are paramount, bela, of course covey counter measures are still on top of our agenda. we

u. s. and the u. k. to stage fake chemical incidence and syria, in order to create a pretext for the u. s. u k. and france to bomb the country. so frankly, i think this is for us consumption. i don't think it's going to fool any of nato's european allies, but it is reckless. and it is, in my opinion, stupid because it's so flagrantly false that the u. s. can't even provide the evidence of their own claims. so do you expect any reaction in ukraine? so this latest allegation, obviously, we had bloody mid lensky previously, basically asking the ways to calm down to the tone down it's rhetoric. indeed, i think that one of the major reasons that jen, saki has had to walk back the word imminent regarding a possible russia they claimed russian military invasion of ukraine. so lensky was, i had a press conference at and said that this was counter productive to the interest of ukraine. it wasn't about to happen. and so i think that the us and the white house looked completely deranged and out of place. and this kind of, this kind of disconnect between the us and its allies, makes for the rest of

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u. s. and u. k. taking the lead, however, not all major members are on board, even ukraine is attempting to dampen expectations of an armed conflict with russia . washington in london, get their way with welcome back. thousands of russian soldiers are now in belarus for a large scale military exercise. the 2 nations are moving to bolster their alliance amid tensions with nato in ukraine. our correspondent constantino scott went to the center of the action. ah, while the military maneuvers in valley road are in full swing and as you can probably see behind my back there, is it tang column that is rolling towards it, firing positions. now elsewhere on this training ground, which is by the way, located next to the bowers polish border. we're going to see aviation motorized, infantry units, paratrooper. so all in all this is going to be a pretty intensive action pag day. both for rushes and bowel bruce's military. now, this is a combat readiness task of a joint russian by russian task force, the military

s. u k. seems to be pretty effective and they definitely slowed down the rest of the bonds. you read when you read russian miniature, unless they seem pretty shocked at how slow this is going. they thought they could just have some kind of blitz and get to kid within a day or $2.10 ukrainian government in tax all fleeing out of q. if that hasn't happened. and lots of russian troops being taken prisoner, lots of these tanks, images everywhere on social media here of destroyed tanks and also lots of ukrainians. i was just in a youth center today where you had a dozen young people. it's a 100 making camouflage, knitting, collecting food and equipment for the troops. it also refugees heading west from here. so if, if blood region was trying to demoralize ukrainians, it seems like teaching just the next fall. and again, nerves are, i guess, a constant for the people, but just quickly on nights the most nervous times during an invasion. definitely, and we've been spending a lot of our time in bomb raid shelters, in this case where we are in just this blocks, stella and just to giv

s. u k. some other major financial sectors, it's still an open question whether retail cbc will be widespread, but i think if or when they do emerge, it's not necessarily the case, but they'll sort of be a war with crypto currencies. i think we'll see, you know, the average person in their digital wallet of the future carrying around, you know, cdc as well as crypto currencies. and so i think it all just points to a very different type of digitally enabled financial sector that will be emerging over the coming decade and beyond. and what about the issues of privacy when it comes to government issued digital currency is like the you know, can central banks, can the chinese government cut off people's access to the digital currency if they don't like their political activities or even criminal gangs? yeah, well, i mean, certainly there's been a lot of question raised about whether china deploying a cdc might use or to engage in math surveillance of, of citizens financial activity. i mean, i do

u. s. europe, the u. k has been investing, but that's starting to change some want as it is. i mean, there's been, has they been more local investment, more recently from african investors themselves? well, fundamentally, this, the whole ecosystem is driven by african entrepreneurs and they're really and building out these business model. 2 thirds of the venture capital coming into the region has some ties the united states. so there's bill that focus, but the early stage funds that are investing in the feed around many of them are african and we can't forget the friends and family the back beyond or north at the early stages in their, in their development of their businesses. and we've seen fintech e commerce health care as the shining stars. why is that? well, there was always a lot of value to unlock across the region through digitization. and there was a lot of friction in moving money across a region that, that's broken into 54 different country. and so because of that fragmentation, the historical fragmentation of the continent into so many countries, you have a need to

u. s. and u. k. taking the lead. however, not all made from members on board, even ukraine is attempting to dampen expectations of an armed conflict with russia . will washington in london get their way? oh no one else seemed wrong when all 3, just a sheep out disdain becomes the advocate and engagement equals the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart, we choose to look so common ground. ah well come to the alec salmon. sure. where we examine whether the highly infectious or more convenient of novel corona virus is surely proving a blessing in disguise. when the african sciences discovered on a convenient, late last year, they quickly followed up with empirical and detailed clinical observations that the vedic since my old and its impact compared with us delta arrival. however, it was only when their findings were confirmed by 2 studies in the u. k. that governments throughout the west and both started to discuss treating on record like the flute of relaxing social restrictions despite so in case numbers a

u. s. and the u. k. and the nato more broadly is beginning to recognize that russia actually has some legitimate security interests. and that's the good thing that's come out from this. go ahead fair. well, this is something they've always known, whether they're recognizing it now or not. but from the very beginning, this was aimed at both trying to put a straight jacket, ratcheting up all the nato alliance and forcing them into an aggressive sanctioned blocking the north stream to blocking other forms of trade. ah, and it, and it is still not past as a danger. i really don't know that if a false flag of provocation this much build up is very dangerous. and it was all based on claiming that russian troops were moving within russia within their own borders. i mean, is that while they're not at the same time nato as an aggressive us commanded military alliance, was pumping more and more troops, a equipment naval maneuvers into the black sea sea of ross. i'm really one area after another and all of that is

u. s. in the u. k. and no one including the united states, actually close their embassy in moscow. and when i, when i was telling, i think was ukrainian president who continued public comments. asking the wes please toll down your rhetoric. and instead of warning his own citizens to prepare for this invasion at the time, an exact date that us intelligence leaked, it was going to happen. he told them to enjoy a day of unity. in fact, the country taking the most aggressive steps regarding this invasion was the united states. and as the tradition has gone with this administration, those were mainly in the use of words, a warning of attack threats, a very harsh sanctions, and the promise of more us taxpayer dollars in aid. but even as a russia confirmed troops were being moved, following their completion of the exercises, western media and the president still continue to push this fear of an eminent invasion saying troops are just being shifted and the aren't knighted states is still so competent, an invasi

s. u. k. seriously. there war words as dangerous and reckless. the rest of nato and even ukraine are much more restraint. but there's a comp, deborah ukraine. it will be a conflict. washington in london, england promote with both or the abuse. it is, or city lpn, q t locus, or leave me a lost cause. if you are the music is your part the demila. and do you know the meal said we'd never say the perio. glad said, did bruce do something please? band may operate on i was use the showroom. all all isn't it will band of on jewelry that she'll was empty. she lives or she would receive lashing keeble mean you have to stuff additional each with me. soon terrified but exemplified should she. ready but exemplary thanks luck. thanks luck. law julius took demo. see stuff i think suck. yes. id like you provide me with a quote. you probably made like a quote for the dos you could send it to ship and if you need to move them back down there. i mean sir, my name is erica. i am here. it's a, a quick comment. is that with him? so i'll be setting this up for you for

u. k. and the u. s. of also at followed in that motion with freezing the assets of president putin and said gay law from the u. s. has actually taken this a step further. it's actually imposing a travel ban on the pair to following a television, a telephone conversation, a president biden held with a european commission president ursula of underline. and an alignment with the decision by our european allies. united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister leverage and members of the russian national security team. now, individual countries within the e u are also taking their own measures. for example, poland, the czech republic and bulgaria have decided to not allow russian aircraft to fly over its air space, new land at its airports. and the czech republic has also said it's going to stop issuing residency permits to russians. now the e u is also saying that it's mulling a 3rd round of possible sanctions, and this could include the swift international payment system at

u. s. and the u. k. and we can get a little bit of what was said in the un security council from the us and u. k. side rushes clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state. russia's actions show blatant contempt for international law. the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. thanks for coming in, danny armstrong. now we got reaction from a spike co in the 2020 libertarian us vice presidential candidate. he said western involvement and the crisis will only make things worse. that i think that vladimir putin is the head of state of one of the least militarily, one of the largest powers on, on the planet. and of a, one of the, one of the larger economy, the former member of the ga and, and i'm, i'm sure this does weigh heavily. i'm not sure that anything that can potentially lead to a hot mi