angela stent, thank you _ your report. angela stent, thank you very _ your report. and wales, according to official figures, but the government is still facing the challenge of how to persuade more than four million people in the uk to take up the offer of a vaccine. bbc analysis shows that younger people continue to be the most reluctant to be fully vaccinated, with almost a third of 18— to 29—year—olds not having had the first two jabs. our health editor hugh pym reports. a vaccination campaign with a difference. and you could end up with long covid, which is no fun. team halo videos have had more than 250 million views. please don't play this russian roulette with your life. they're focused on debunking vaccine misinformation. let's talk about long covid. dr bnar talabani is one expert working on the project from her home in cardiff. she aims to reassure people that the vaccine is safe. evelyn, whose identity we're protecting, is in her 30s and lives in southern scotland. she has a family history of rheumatoid arthritis and although she wants the jab, she is worr

angela stent. the conflict in yemen after at least seventy people were killed in an air strike by the saudi—led coalition that supports the government. here's our international correspondent, orla guerin — and a warning, some viewers may find her report upsetting. another dawn in yemen. more destruction revealed in the cold light of day. prisoners were held here by houthi rebels, including african migrants just trying to transit through yemen. some were among the dead. in sa'dah province, the houthi heartland, they dug for survivors with their bare hands. but this was a massive air strike — the death toll is still climbing. the saudi—led coalition, which is backed by britain, says it will investigate fully. after a night of devastating strikes, the un secretary general criticised both the houthis, who carried out an attack on monday, and the coalition. any bombardment that targets civilians, or that is not careful enough to protect civilians, is of course also unacceptable. what we need is to stop

angela stent, center for eurasian, russian and foreign studies. richard, you are hearing about the talks between the u.s. and russia. what are you seeing from where you are? >> reporter: we're seeing a very stark contrast. the ukranian government has been remarkably silent about all of this. president walensky has not been out in front. yes, over the last several weeks we've heard him speak about the crisis, he's been out to the front wearing a uniform once or twice. but generally they have been very quiet about all of this, almost pretending that it isn't happening. that position from the government is striking many ukranians as a bit odd. perhaps they think he's trying to be stoic, trying not to show fear, that he and ukraine aren't cowering even though russia very obviously has 100,000-plus troops and heavy equipment on three sides of the board. -- border. when you get to the troops and talk to the front, they're very much aware of it. they say whatever happens happens, they're defending themselves and they're not taking the russians' actions s

we're also joined by angela stent senior advisor for the center for eurasian, russian studies at georgetownto what you're hearing about at least lowering the temperature here. >> reporter: well, lowering the temperature for now. the talks were, quote, frank, candid, so they were tense, but they haven't moved off their positions, their basic positions. blinken has agreed -- secretary blinken has agreed to respond in writing as foreign minister lavrov is demanding to the vladimir putin proposal, the treaty proposal, that would require basically tearing up the nato charter, which angela knows so well having worked for admiral stavridis, basically reversing decades of nato doctrine since the nato expansion and that's not going to happen. it's a nonstarter. so in writing they may say so, but they'll also according to blinken's comments to me, they're going to propose ways in which the two sides can work together on missiles, on confidence building, tests, mutual, you know, military exercises. so that there is better communication, more transparency. now, that has been suggested before, but they'

in her latest book putin's world russia against the west and with the rest, professor angela stent analyzes what is motivated. vladimir putin, especially in his foreign policy, professors did, is a former us national intelligence officer for russia in eurasia. she told in georgetown university school of foreign service. she's a fellow at the brookings institution and she is my guest this evening professor said it's good to have you on the day as far as we know. nothing has changed on the ground following today's un security council meeting. do you think today's meeting will make a difference at all? i think it was very important to have the meeting today because this is not just a crisis between russia and the u. s. in europe, this is a crisis, it can have global ramifications if that's a bore. so it's very important to present it to the world, to all of the other countries, to listen to this and to take in what it means to have a large neighbor threatened to invade a country for no apparent reason. i don't know whether it's going to move anything forward. actually, china is going to back r

tom: splitting nato, and this is angela stent writing in foreign affairs on the putin doctrine, whatctrine that will allow for a fracture of nato? george: natural gas. russia is supplying almost all of germany's natural gas. if germany joins with nato, it risks having a rush cutoff of natural gas. if on the other hand it does not come it goes against the grain of the united states, the british, and other players. what putin is doing is grading a situation with his lock on natural gas where the germans are in a position and are likely to split from the west and resisting the russians, or at least to the extent of not cooperating in building defense. lisa: and other nations we might ask about popularity. does it even matter if this move is popular among the rank-and-file russians? george: at this point, popularity does not matter anywhere. you notice in the united states everybody is quiet about it. the germans are opposed to any operation. the british are deep into it. each is following their natural -- their national interests. the decisions will be made quickly and rapidly. no one w

angela stent is a professor at georgetown university — and a former national intelligence officer forl intelligence council. it thank you very much indeed for joining us here on the bbc. we appreciated. if you were advising the west, what would you be telling them to do now?— them to do now? well, i think we have to continue _ them to do now? well, i think we have to continue doing _ them to do now? well, i think we have to continue doing what - them to do now? well, i think we have to continue doing what they | have to continue doing what they are doing. you have to hold the door open for diplomacy, and that is my link and will be leading tomorrow in geneva. i thank you have to make it very clear that there will be massive sanctions if there is russian military incursion into the ukraine. i'm glad that president biden has clarified that even if it is not that the russians go to kyiv or tried to take more of the southeastern region, there will be very severe financial sanctions. the third part of that, of course, is assisting ukraine, as he said, it's assisting ukraine, as he said, it