this is a little but the atmosphere in belgium.de brabander, for those listeners here who may not be familiar with the origins and evolution of nato, could you talk a little bit about the reason why nato was created and especially why it shows following the collapse of the soviet bloc to expand? >>ell, nato -- it was first created in 1949, it to keep the russians out, the germans down, and the united states in. that is a very famous phrase often used. of cours the russia bloc was established years later when laissez when truman gave his speech in 1947, let's say, that makes the difference the start of the cold war. it was always with accompanying what i call the propaganda of we have to be careful from russia, russia will invade us. similar to what happens now. and after, i think was that in the program today, but going further in the 1990's when the soviet union also became dissolved and 10 states coming out of it, many in mainstream politics thought nato was not needed anymore, but nato -- just the opposite happened. nato reinven

and looking in the shadows, how an exhibit in belgium is exposing men to the sexual harassment experiences of women. ah, ukraine's president says he's been told that wednesday will be the day russia invades moscow has denied it. has any such plans, a defiant blood of me as the lensky has declared wednesday, a day of national unity urging ukrainians to show that patriotism. but i was up that statement rattled, market savanski is off as clarified that the president was only referring to media reports from kev is natasha butler. we have to be right after days of calling for call me ukraine and downplayed west warnings of an imminent invasion. a change of telling some precedent fellow to make the lensky in an address to very nice young william the wolf. dora 7 bless us. we're being threatened by a big law and a date of military invasion has been scheduled once again. it is not for the 1st time, a war is being conducted systematically against us on all fronts. on the military front, the military contingency has increased around our borders. allison on the diplomatic front, they are trying to de

an exhibition is underway in belgium to explain to men what it's like for women to be harassed. and as julian wolf reports, it's not only opening eyes but hearts and minds as well. drawing back the curtains on what some women experience every day. she shop titled masculine poetry, this our project aims to explain to men what it is like for women to be subjected to sexual harassment. this husband and wife and 2 of the artists behind the exhibition say it's inspired. 8 by experiences their daughter had growing up in the south of france noon, if you suppose you put a zoom. we made this project for men, and we realized that it had an enormous impact on women too. for mentors realization for women, the fields are allowed to talk. i think what we interesting would be to have teenagers go through it as well today. because at that age they learn this behavior . it enabled them to understand, and afterwards we need to beats between men and women so that the world changes so that there is a change of behavior along visitors are led through a dark and tunnel lined with sounds and images of

across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted.ad a very lucky escape when a crane collapsed. whilst sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it is forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. number ten's confirmed that borisjohnson has submitted his answers to a police questionnaire relating to gatherings held at downing street during lockdown. the prime minister was one of more than 50 people given a week to complete the form by the metropolitan police who are investigating around a dozen events. the questionnaire has the same legal status as information given in a police interview under caution. anyone found to have breached the regulations is liable for a fine. this is bbc news — a reminder of our headlines... president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade ukraine — with an attack on kyiv expected in the coming days. storm eunice leaves a trail of death and destruction in the uk

a man died in belgium afterfalling from his boat. anna holligan reports from the hague.y day at the beach. this was scheveningen on the edge of the hague. coastal areas felt the full force of storm eunice, with gusts of up to 130 km/h. the dutch meteorological association declared a code red emergency, which lasted well into the evening. just listen to that gale. this football stadium has heard some roars, but none as ferocious as eunice. schools and universities closed early to ensure students could get home while the bike paths were still safe. most people realised it was best not to ride. across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted, and patients in this hospital had a very lucky escape when a crane collapsed. while sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it's forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. this is bbc news. a reminder of our headlines: president biden says he's convinced vladimir putin has made the decision to invade

across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted.pe when a crane collapsed. whilst sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it is forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. stay with us on bbc news — still to come... more bad blood for brangelina — brad pitt sues angelina jolie over the ownership of a french vineyard. nine years and 15,000 deaths after going into afghanistan, the last soviet troops were finally coming home — the withdrawal completed in good order, but the army defeated in the task it had been sent to perform. malcolm has been murdered. that has a terrible effect for the morale of the people. i'm terrified of the repercussions in the streets. one wonders who is next. as the airlift got under way, there was no let—up in the eruption itself. lava streams from a vent low in the crater flow down to the sea on the east of the island, away from the town for the time being. it could start flowing again at any t

turkey, belgium, and crucially, german . ~ ., turkey, belgium, and crucially, germany-— germany. of ukraine we — germany. with the invasion of ukraine we have _ germany. with the invasion of ukraine we have entered - germany. with the invasion of ukraine we have entered a - germany. with the invasion of| ukraine we have entered a new germany. with the invasion of- ukraine we have entered a new era. since the second world war, germany has not sent weapons into conflict zones. not any more. new chancellor olaf scholz tweeted we are... he told germans there were no other choices on the list of weaponry continues to expand. javelin anti—tank guided missiles from the uk, the us under estonia, drones from turkey and germany's policy shift means countries which have german—made weapons can share those as well. the extra support has been noted. on friday, president zelensky said ukraine was being left alone but on saturday night he tweeted, keep it up, chancellor olaf scholz, the anti—war coalition in action. but there is a challenge here, getting military aid into ukraine is more compli

we'll get the latest from the u.k., netherlands and belgium. police in theanadian capital move in on protesters after a three-week blockade by groups opposing vaccine mandates. heo and welcome. if you're on bees in the u.s. -- on pbs in the u.s. or around the world. the crisis over ukraine continues with reports of a second day of shelling in the east of the country. ukraine has accused russia of launching a campaign of mass disinformation. after pro-russian rebels said they were evacuating civilians for fear of a ukrainian attack. western leaders have been meeting at the munich security conference and said, again, that the clashes in eastern ukraine could be used as a pretext for a russian invasion. our chief international correspondt is in munich and sent this report. reporter: the closest to war in europe for years. these shots only fired in russia's naval exercises, in the black sea. but so close to ukraine's southern coast. and so much bigger than ukraine's own fleet. a shot across the bow to kiev. and a country now surrounded by moscow's

across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted.al had a very lucky escape when a crane collapsed. whilst sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it is forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. a former french soldier has been sentenced to life in prison for abducting and murdering an eight—year—old girl in a case that has horrified france. nordahl lelandais confessed to killing maelys de araujo who disappeared in august 2017 from a wedding in eastern france. the trial came months after lelandai was jailed for another murder. aru na iyengar reports. the three week trial in grenoble to getjustice for eight—year—old maelys de araujo, murdered in august 2017, has gripped france. waiting for the sentencing, her mother and sister. at the start of the trial, 39—year—old nordahl lelandais said he killed maelys involuntarily. later, he admitted his actions were deliberate. the former soldier and dog handler was given a life

deaths were reported in the netherlands, belgium, britain, ireland, and poland.e chief in ottawa has said significant progress has been made in clearing unlawful protests from the streets of the canadian capital — but the operation is not over yet. he defended the police use of pepper spray and stun grenades as they had faced aggressive resistance. those are your headlines from the bbc. a woman from west london says she's overcome hurdles to play football after bowel cancer.

are no longer welcome in, in belgium, and that in this minister's belief, it should not be taboo for his country's government to consider cancelling or issuing no more visas to any russian citizens going to belgium, but by far the strongest of the reactions that i've just outlined there is that for mr. shots, cuz it is he who basically canceled the gnawed stream to gas pipeline. when 1st the issue was raised as it were yesterday when there were incursions. but now that there is, in his view, full aggression taking place by russians in ukraine. he says this is putin's war and he's now going to pay the price for it. in so far as sanctions is concerned. dominic, i want a white not to talk about nato, actually. i can see em. i can see the podium actually in brussels. i guess sandstone bank is probably gonna be giving a statement sometime soon. baptists are yet. there it is. so what bring you that one when it happens. yes. stilton berg when he speaks. but there is a written statement, at least, which says we condemn in the strongest possible terms. russia's horrifying attack on ukraine, w

just ahead here all but he's off artists in belgium, through the mirror to men. hold what a woman goes through when harassed by them. that is force. a limbic official is reveal details of couple of 8 of us doping defense sunday with out of the rest of the days action, and a few minutes ah. with full ah. time to the latest his center. thank you very much. adrian wallen, olympic official, has revealed details of camilla valley of as a doping defense. it's claimed contamination with her grandfather's heart medication could have resulted in the russian's case as positive tests. but eva will be back in action later this tuesday in the women's individual competition. on monday, a sports quarter said the 15 year old that should be allowed to compete at these games, despite failing a doping test and a pre olympic event investigation into that possible offense. that could take months to reach a conclusion. agreement was a confirmation. richard hufton with poto for rentals 50. even if you're almost 50, but you had to pour you butin services in your body of the time of comp

belgium's remco evenepoel won the stage to take the overall lead ahead of tomorrow's final day.horse last won the ascot chase but fakir d'oudairies, lived up to his billing as pre—race favourite, taking advantage of the soft ground. mark walsh rode him to victory by a length and three—quarters for trainerjoseph o'brien. and only three horses out of a field of 11 finished a gruelling grand national trial at haydock park, won by the 7—2 favourite, the galloping bear, ridden by benjones for somerset—based ben clarke, who's in his first full season as a trainer. to the winter olympics now, and there's just one day left, of the action in beijing. and team gb are finally off the mark thanks to the men's curling team, who just missed out on gold. it was a tight, tense encounter against sweden, but they come away from the games with a silver. our senior sports news reporter laura scott reports. bittersweet smiles, knowing only too well what could have been, if sweden hadn't been on fire on the ice. this had been billed as a clash of curling's titans. onto that one, onto the other one...

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teenager shots by his ready forces during demonstrations in the occupied west bank analysis. artists in belgium, show the mirror to men on what a woman goes through when being harassed. ah, joan, as chancellor has met ukraine's president laudermill zalinski and the latest diplomatic pushed by the west to avert, i feared russian invasion of ukraine. i'll have shalt says he expects clear steps towards de escalation from russia. he's actually heading to moscow to talk to vladimir putin on tuesday and ukraine's president said to, but despite the pressure coming from the kremlin, his country is still seeking night membership. my with you know, alias said though nice for our future alliance's our ambitions, you know, very well that this is our wishy, but apart from that, there is a war in the east and we believe that nato membership will ensure our security on 5th hold on will start often, we encourage russia to use these offers of discussion as we emphasize again in any case of military escalation. we have agreed with our allies and we are ready to undertake and implement very serious sanctions. the

across the border in belgium, transport services were also disrupted.in this hospital had a very lucky escape when a crane collapsed. whilst sunday is expected to bring some calm, another storm is on the horizon. it is forecast to hit while the netherlands is still clearing up the carnage caused by eunice. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. the former minnesota police officer who killed duante wright — a black driver — when she confused her handgun for her taser, has been sentenced to two years in prison. kim potter was convicted of first degree manslaughter for shooting 20—year—old daunte wright outside the city of minneapolis. his death came as another white police officer was standing trialfor the murder of george floyd, and sparked several days of demonstrations. we can now speak to reverend pamela ngunjiri who's co—director of racial justice at the minnesota council of churches. thank you for being with us. what do you make of this sentence? i what do you make of this sentence?— what do you make of this sentence? . , ., ., sentence? i was asked

belgium's leading art museum has returned a painting that it's held for more than seventy years — afterthere are still many works of art that have yet to be returned to the descendants of their original owners. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. in a mountain cave, herman goering's secret treasure trove was located by american soldiers. nobody knows how much art was looted by the nazis. thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of paintings and sculptures. the original owners, dead or missing. but decades later, at least one work of art is going back to where it belongs. flowers by the german artist lovis corinth was the province of erin meyer when they left behind before they fled to belgium then britain before the war began. but returning it to the descendants was not an easy task. the family doesn't have an image of the painting and i assume they know it comes from the meier family, so both parties have to come together to make a connection. this entire exhibition is of works likely to have been stolen by the nazis and many museums and galleries have been criticised for not doing enough to re

deaths were reported in the netherlands, belgium, britain, ireland and poland.oming up on sport today in 50 minutes�* time, we bring you the latest on the penultimate day in beijing where new zealand have won their second winter olympic gold medal. hello and welcome if you're watching in the uk or around the world. tensions remain high in eastern ukraine, where clashes have continued between government forces and russia— backed separatists. two ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the latest violence. separatists in donetsk and luhansk have ordered a full military mobilisation, saying they fear they will be attacked. it comes as ukraine's president has said his country would protect itself from russia — with or without support from its partners. paul adams has the latest from kyiv. no need to panic yet — a country already at war for eight years still somehow taking this crisis in its stride. i'm not scared, but my friends, some of them nervous a little, but i don't think that we will have a war. but some say conflict is coming. in areas controlled by pro—russi

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the victims were struck by falling trees and flying debris in britain, ireland, the netherlands, belgiumraps. four people were killed by falling trunks, including someone riding a bicycle. coastal areas experienced the most intense winds, with gusts of up to 90 mph. this was scheveningen, on the edge of the hague. the highest code red weather warning has been lifted, for now. this is just one garden in one city, but people are clearing up scenes like these and far, far worse right across the netherlands this lunchtime. over the border in belgium, 80 mph winds sent the tip of a crane crashing through the roof of a hospital in tournai. according to local media, none of the patients were killed, but some were injured. across the continent, storm eunice will remain in the memories long after these winds have subsided. anna holligan, bbc news in the hague. across the uk, 150,000 households remain they were struck by falling trees and flying without power and many train services are still disrupted a day after storm eunice killed three people. insurance pay—outs for the damage from the worst s

france and belgium banned the protests.rotesters there are opposed to the vaccination pass required to enter restaurants, bars and public spaces. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come -- as efforts continue to diffuse tensions in ukraine, fears of hybrid warfare, where conventional warfare merges with cyber attacks. ♪ >> voting has begun in india's most populous state. the chief minister is a close friend othe prime minister, with this election a key test of the hindu nationalist party. rajini: in terms of scale, in india's most populous state, more than 240 million people live here, bigger than the entire country of brazil. it has a huge will politically and is seen as a bellwether for the entire country. people are seeing this as a referendum on the hindu bjp's ideology. this election has become litmus test for that agenda. will people want another term or not? this comes in the context of growing hindu nationalism across the country. all in the backdrop of india being a secular nation. ♪ laura: in afgh

from brussels, belgium, this is about 20 minutes. sec. gen. stoltenberg: prime minister, dear boris, welcome back to nato headquarters. it is always a pleasure to have you here. and many thanks also to the united kingdom for being a strong and staunch ally, which really contributes to our collective defense in many different ways. we have just addressed russia's military build-up in and around ukraine. russia has already massed well over 100,000 combat-ready troops. with heavy equipment, missiles, and key enablers such as command and control and medical units. russia's deployment in belarus, which is the biggest since the end of the cold war. this is a dangerous moment for european security. the number of russian forces is going up. the warning time for a possible attack is going down. nato is not a threat to russia. but we must be prepared for the worst, while remaining strongly committed to finding a political solution. the u.k. is playing a leading role. delivering both militarily and diplomatically. i welcome your offer of more troops, shi

belgium's remco evenepoel won the stage to take the overall lead ahead of tomorrow's final day.airies lived up to his billing as pre—race favourite, taking advantage of the soft ground. mark walsh rode him to victory by a length and three—quarters for trainerjoseph o'brien. and only three horses out of a field of ii finished a gruelling grand national trial at haydock park, won by the 7—2 favourite, the galloping bear, ridden by ben jones for somerset—based ben clarke, who's in his first full season as a trainer. keely hodgkinson picked up around £1,800 for breaking the 800 metres british record at the indoor grand prix in birmingham. the 19—year—old olympic silver medallist from manchester, finished in1 minute 57.21 seconds, to take half a second off jemma's reekie's record. there were also british indoor records for zac shaw and paralympic champion thomas young in the mixed class paraathletics 60 metres, with shaw edging out his gb team mate young. and after 21 years, paula radcliffe's british half marathon record has been broken. eilish mccolgan is the woman who's done it, he

australia, asia, north and south america from said captured half of africa and half of indo china. belgium possessed congo. germany had colonies in africa, asia, south america, and osi anya, italy established colonies in somalia, ethiopia, libya and eritrea. the was spanish colonies in south america and africa. portugal occupied colonies several times, its own size and population. the usa also kept up with the europeans. and so by the early 20th century, most of the world was divided between a few colonial nations. p. what was going on in the colonies as well known and documented millions of ruined lives from slavery. ruthless and remorseless exploitation of the phone of british diplomat, professor of political ideas and also william melanson has studied europe's colonial system. and the reason for its rise and fall only one main thing is important for knox, ism internationally speaking, that is that nations or that states that are allowed to do anything, all the master races. and then you have the minor nations who are the slave for the europeans. this, these were indians africans, a hitl

is belgium, happy to pay any price for economic growth? and i need to hourly seat of the $30.00 or 40 years. we've been swindled by the multi nationals until now. it was mostly u. s. companies. now we going to try it with the chinese last, they're taking advantage of the fact that we have high unemployment and a desperate for foreign investors. like to close it. in 2021, 2 of the top 10 tech companies were chinese. another soon joined them by dance, the parent company of tick tock known as doe yin. in chinese. the platform known for short videos, has raced ahead of the u. s. competition thanks to a successful recipe on continent ago, it was they were able to improve the algorithm based on a much better understanding of our online behavior. on darwin also, china has an insanely large online community and low digital privacy. lum asked that i thought that led to an algorithm that significantly better recognizing what we want to watch next. next, on one or 2 talked has only been on the world wide market since 2018, but has already been downlo

the deal was brokered in 2018 by belgium's king philip seen here with jack. bah, founder of ali baba, the closeness between state and company is typical for china. says digital expert caf on con up. well let's now the story to a numb. it's increased significantly in the last year or because of the expansion of so called party cells. a tide sands and marty cells are effectively communist party representatives installed within various private sector corporations and but especially in the tech sector, belie party functionaries are also working within ali baba, profit and politics combined to serve the party while only as former finance minister doesn't see any danger in this situation? gender luca, java fiddler luck. i don't want to be an advocate for authoritarians updates. will jell global trade is a reality? and i prefer for exchange to take place between democratic countries, but i'm not naive. i don't believe we live in a world where we're essentially good and only good could. that would be wonderful. but it's not the reality. the peers with that. is it simply online trade or chines

i love how you go deeper and look at belgium, say.9 private percent -- 7.9 5% inflation, it must be belgium. how big a shock is this? jordan: it is a big shock for economists and the ecb, who have been very focused on a german base effect that was going to kick in in january, and we got that, but those forecasts had not just looked to energy prices, the cpi could -- the ppi situation. as you say, belgium was the canadian -- was the canary in the coal mine. that had another explosive rise higher in cpi. i was on holiday last week, watching from a distance the markets from my phone. the ecb had turned more hawkish, earlier than i expected. i thought they were doing q2 for you because of that inflation number, it has brought all of this forward. the question is, do you buy europe here? it has moved already. jonathan: the ecb wanted to the whole lot weaker. they went into negative territory on the depot rates. they did not turn back. that story could change. we could have a positive interest rate at the ecb, maybe in the next 12, 18 month

belgium giving workers the option of a four-day workweek. still got to work your hours, but you do it over four instead of five, and you can turn off your so-called work devises without fear of reprisal and ignore messages from work. doesn't that sound brilliant? tom: i like it. i think it can be a format we can work with. i think maria tadeo is ace on this. tom: i imagine she gets -- jonathan: i imagine she gets relocated pretty quickly when she starts to offer four days. what do you think if the market changed to a four day week? lisa: i think a lot of people like it, but then a lot of people work a 50 day. jonathan: this market -- a fifth day. jonathan: this market unchanged. the data 90 minutes away. tom: it has been a real dearth of headlines out of ukraine today. that was certainly the mover yesterday. i thought the press conference was extraordinary. but what we do have is a follow-on to the united kingdom stunner of higher inflation, and that is if you have higher inflation, will people buy things? retail sales coming up, important.

the 2 main ones were located in belgium and france. it was at these companies that the fraud took place. the whole meat was transformed into beef by the simple magic of a label, the wholesale assault, the fake mincemeat to a luxembourg manufacturer of ready meals. these fake products were then distributed to hundreds of supermarkets. ah, yeah, villa has possibly heated a circular dedicated to the security the best son autoglass is krishawna navea and sheila, the end of last year it hold on the quantity phenomenal, come sadie caught on the battle economy economy to know this wilful neglect infuriated stuff. lucy, who says it shamed the whole industry, he worked for 20 years as a traitor for several major european food processing groups. off the horse gate as the scandal was later called, he turned whistleblower who's got on it said the sweat the new school year will hope was a lot easier. minimum sank easily. she knew one, and i may andres clearly motel him on to see if he said to have or mathematically make gonna save it. if you don't

over the border in belgium, 80 mile an hour winds sent to the tip of a crane crashing through the roofedia, none of the patients were killed, but some were injured. across the continent, storm eunice will remain in the memories long after these winds have subsided. the netherlands is taking a breath and bracing for storm franklin, which is forecast to hit tomorrow. anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. to get more on the situation where you live, tune into your local bbc radio station — you can find details of your nearest station on bbc sounds. and for a picture across the country head to bbc.co.uk/news. the prime minister has warned that any russian invasion of ukraine would see the destruction of a democratic state. speaking in the last hour at the annual munich security conference, borisjohnson said nato and its allies were united at "a moment of extreme danger". they could not allow themselves to be blackmailed by russia. ukraine says it is concerned by the worsening situation in the conflict zone on its eastern border. russia has today claimed shells have been fired onto its ter

over the border in belgium, 80 mile an hour winds sent the tip of a crane crashing through the roof ofe patients were killed, but some were injured. across the continent, storm eunice will remain in the memories long after these winds have subsided. the netherlands is taking a breath and bracing for storm franklin, which is forecast to hit tomorrow. anna holligan, bbc news in the hague. two people are in hospital after the helicopter they were flying in crashed into the sea off miami in florida. early reports suggest the helicopter lost engine power, but that the pilot was able to steer away from people on the beach, even as the helicopter fell. the federal aviation authority and the national transportation board are to investigate. graham howell was in the water when the helicopter crashed. he told us what happened. the event itself is something you would see only in a movie. we were in the water vacationing 30—50 yards from where the helicopter meant the water and thinking about what was going to the minds of the pilot and passengers and that helicopter is something amazing. the heli

belgium's leading art museum has returned a painting that it's held for more than 70 years after it wasn frankfurt in 1938. throughout europe there are still many works of art that have yet to be returned to the descendants of their original owners. the bbc�*s tim allman reports. ina mountain in a mountain cave, herman goering's secret treasure trove was located by american soldiers. nobody knows how much art was looted by the nazis. thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of paintings and sculptures. the original owners, dead or missing. but decades later, at least one work of art is going back to where it belongs. flowers by the german artist loveless corinth was the province of erin for meyer when they left behind before they fled to belgium then britain before the war began. but returning it to the descendants was not an easy task. it's not easy. the family doesn't have an image of the painting and i assume they know it comes from the meier family, so both parties have to come together to make a connection. this entire exhibition is of works likely to have been stolen by the nazis and

the 2 main ones were located in belgium and france. it was that these companies that the fraud took place. the host meet was transformed into beef by the simple magic of a label. the wholesalers sold the fake mincemeat to a luxemburg manufacturer of ready meals these fake products with then distributed to hundreds of supermarket. ah, yeah, villa has possibly did a circular study played cute. the secular cheesy beth sun, auto glass is krishawna navea and sheila day and we'll have you on it, hold on the quantity finnow men that come sadly caught on the battle like luis economy till now. this wilful neglect, infuriated stuff blue. se, who says it shamed the whole industry. he worked for 20 years as a traitor for several major european food processing groups. after horse gate, as the scandal was later called, he turned whistleblower, whose? cuz often they said they switched the new school year. the hope was a hockey, though minimum sank easily. she knew one, and i may andres, clearly motel him on to see if he needs a double methodically ma

comments came during a news conference at the headquarters in brussels belgium. it is about 10 minutes. >> good morning. nato defense ministers will meet today and tomorrow, facing critical challenges for the european security. we have heard signs from moscow about the president committing to dip a medic efforts, and so far, we have not seen any de-escalation of the ground or the country as russia continues its military buildup. we are not receiving any response to our written document or written proposals that we sent to russia on the sixth of january, outlining that we are ready to sit down. to discuss to find a political path forward. we will continue to convey -- we are ready to sit down, and discuss with them. at the same time, we are prepared for the worst. if russia once again invades the ukraine, they will pay high price. and we will continue to expose them to make it hard for them to conduct aggressive actions against the ukraine. we believe that russia holds engaged in meaningful dialogue to diplomacy instead of confrontation. we are ready to sit down a

deaths were also reported in the netherlands, belgium and ireland, with most of the victims crushed bye reports from bristol in south west england. the sea state along the south coast was frightening. the isle of wight recorded a gust of 122 mph. in hampshire, a man in his 20s died when the van he was in hit a tree. the driver was also seriously injured. oh, my gosh! oh, my gosh. oh, my gosh! and it wasn'tjust trees falling. that is the spire of st thomas�*s church in wells being destroyed. near bristol, a speed limit on the m4 prince of wales bridge wasn't enough to keep traffic moving. for what's thought to be the first time ever, both bridges here across the severn estuary are closed because of the high winds. but the severe flood warnings here have now expired. thankfully, the worst—case scenario wasn't realised. temporary flood defences were not tested. but authorities say it isn't over yet. today, as serious as it is, and it is really a serious, severe event today, but on the back of this, we have more rain coming, so there could be possibility of fruther flooding as the week pan

in belgium, demonstrators, there were joined by others from france, holland, and germany, to demand a hold to cover restrictions by europe's governments. the messages leave us alone. we are peaceful. we will leave you alone. we are not accepting any japs any more. and israel, a convoy of trucks drove the main highway from tel aviv to jerusalem, heading for the parliament building. we all support canada and support the truckers con v that went up 2 or 2 and we do hear the same critics of accused the so called freedom convoys of having little popular support. but authorities are aware of the disruption. even small protest can cause and like canada, i know examining what actions are available to keep roads, bridges, and supply lines open. alan fisher, i'll just either washington unvaccinated work as about the age of 15. italy won't have access to their workplace from tuesday. it's an extension of the governance green pass health certificate, which is required to access most public venues. employees in the private and public sectors will have to show proof of vaccination against coven 19