quoted him on _ source close to ben wallace quoted him on the — source close to ben wallace quoted himw trying to— him on the front pages tomorrow trying to distance the defence secretary from that. and of course it's dangerous that if there is division — it's dangerous that if there is division in _ it's dangerous that if there is division in the west borisjohnson is under— division in the west borisjohnson is under huge pressure at home and joe biden— is under huge pressure at home and joe biden the president of the us is not faring _ joe biden the president of the us is not faring very well in america and 0laf scholz, about to meet the president of ukraine and then go to moscow— president of ukraine and then go to moscow to — president of ukraine and then go to moscow to meet the president of russia, _ moscow to meet the president of russia, vladimir putin, of course, he is _ russia, vladimir putin, of course, he is new — russia, vladimir putin, of course, he is new. he's onlyjust taken over in the _ he is new. he's onlyjust taken over in the west— he is new. he's onlyjust taken ove

the defence secretary, ben wallace, says it's highly likely vladimir putin will order russian forces ttack ukraine. mr wallace says current diplomatic efforts have "a whiff of munich in the air" — a reference to the efforts to make a peace deal with hitler before world war two. he's now returning to the uk from a family holiday in europe early because of his concerns over "the worsening situation in ukraine". russia now has up to 130,000 troops along its border with ukraine. the kremlin has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. here's our political correspondent charlotte rose. visits to moscow this week by the uk defence secretary ben wallace along with phone calls by the prime minister and us presidentjoe biden seem to have done little to change the minds of russian leaders. and scenes of tanks rolling up to a european border have made some western politicians fearful of history repeating itself. in an interview with the times this morning, mr wallace said the current situation had, "a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west." which many had thought was a reference to atte

britain's defence secretary ben wallace has been having a meeting today.e minister has told ben wallace that the situation in europe is growing increasingly tense. that is by far not our fault. we do not understand the reasons for whipping up the station, but we can see it is growing. this apparently is one of the things said between the two men during their meeting. those are comments from russia's defence minister, saying that the increased tension is absolutely not russia's fault. we note that are about 100,000 russian troops at various points on the border with ukraine. russia denies it is going to invade. just to remind you that the defence secretary ben wallace is due to give a news briefing around half past two hour time. as and when that gets under way, we will bring that gets under way, we will bring that to you. perhaps more on that about 2:30pm. an australian icon, the koala, has now been classed as endangered. the number of koalas have fallen sharply along much of the east coast due to land clearing, bush fires and disease. scientists say the p

the uk defence secretary, ben wallace, has said a russian attack on ukraine is highly likely, comparingatic efforts to the appeasement of nazi germany. he told the sunday times there was a "whiff of munich in the air" , an apparent reference to the 1938 peace deal with hitler. ukraine's ambassador to the uk this morning said the comparison was not helpful. let's take a look at the latest developments. us secretary of state antony blinken has said the "imminent" threat of russian military action in ukrainejustifies evacuating the us embassy in kyiv. his words came after ukraine's president urged calm, saying the biggest enemy was panic. more than a dozen countries have urged their citizens to leave ukraine. there have been further attempts to defuse tensions in the region. in a phone call, presidentjoe biden warned russian leader vladimir putin of "swift and severe costs" if russia sends in troops. with the latest — aruna iyengar reports. a frosty phone call between russia and the us has not yielded much — the two powers a long way apart. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has likened t

in this case it was just ben wallace addressing the press on his own.rike a balance, i think about the current situation. he wasn't saying that he was optimistic that this would all be resolved at the same time he was talking about the fact that he hoped that there might be the possibility of being able to do some form of de—escalation, that having a conversation with russia was something that was crucial at this point. he described before the talks in the preopening remarks that the current relationship between russia and the uk was at 0%. and his alternate had said that they read 0% with a potential to go into the negative. of course, a difficult starting point. ben wallace said afterwards that the relationship was now at more then zero suggesting that things potentially improved during the course of the conversation, having a conversation is better than not is ultimately what he was trying to put across. at the same time knowing, mentioning that this is still something that the uk are concerned about as a potential military action taken by russia. .

ben wallace came across very _ your thoughts? ben wallace came across very well _ your thoughts?ainians with the special equipment to the uk has sent to ukraine and so he wanted to send an assuring message to his russian counterparts as well. i think he also emphasised the importance of keeping communication open, both diplomatically and also in the area of defence, like having the red phone so they can have clear communication. we know this is an era of disinformation and that is a very key channel of communication to keep open so there is no misunderstanding. and i think he highly emphasised the need to de—escalate tensions. when you have so many soldiers, 130,000 soldiers, there is a chance that there could be a mistake made. this could lead to unintended consequences, even though the russians have reassured him that they are not going to invade ukraine when you have so many soldiers doing exercises, there is also a danger there could be some misunderstanding. and i think that his emphasis on the minsk agreement, some journalists pointed out his emphasis on the minsk agreement

they've been making incursions into this supposedly free country, and i think ben wallace frankly isng to say that we have collectively failed. but i'm not sure that this desperate last—ditch to form alliances will be helped by his comments. let’s look at the telegraph. john, we'll turn to you for that one. russia plot attack to provoke war. false flag, the words used byjoe biden. and i can't help thinking about what we heard from president zelensky, saying the best friend for enemies is panic in our country. ijust wonder whether what we're hearing is creating that panic. yes. wonder whether what we're hearing is creating that panic.— creating that panic. yes, it's all talk coming _ creating that panic. yes, it's all talk coming from _ creating that panic. yes, it's all talk coming from the _ creating that panic. yes, it's all talk coming from the united . creating that panic. yes, it's all. talk coming from the united states and reported in many papers. seen as wednesday. _ and reported in many papers. seen as wednesday, this is what the us believe~ — wednesday, this is what the us

the defence secretary, ben wallace, has likened to these diplomatic efforts to appeasement during thesays the reality is that russia is highly likely to invade ukraine and warns that russia's military presence on ukraine's borders is so large they could launch an offensive at any time. but russia does have over 100,000 troops amassed on ukraine's borders. it accuses nato of not taking its security concerns seriously and wants the defence block to promise never to admit ukraine to its membership. russia has tried to play down the threat of its military presence, saying the us is whipping up hysteria over an imminent invasion. war can take an unpredictable path, and we think if russia does act in the way that we fear it will, it will bring tremendous hardship and greater insecurity into the heart of europe, and that is a concern to all of us. there are fears that russia may initiate a so—called "false flag" operation. this might involve attacks on pro—russian groups in ukraine to create a pretext for an invasion. he has shown that russia will not be ignored. don't forget that only six m

we don't know if that's going to happen, we have to wait to see if that comes true, but ben wallace ishe dramatic response so far to the run—up to a ward would of course the allies allowed adolf hitler to invade and take control of part of slovakia. and the application is diplomacy is not working and he does not believe it is lucky to prevent conflict, that's not entirely certain from this report what he thinks should be happening instead. he's usually referring things that happen at some point in the past, for example in 2014 when russia invaded crimea and perhaps he is arguing that the response by the west at that point was not good enough. but in terms of what the west can actually do today to be tougher with russia than it is, i'm not sure that ben wallace makes that clear. we do know that us president and the french president and others had been speaking to vladimir putin today and issued some really tough warnings about the impact if russia does invade ukraine but the fact is the western powers, the uk, the us and the rest of europe are not willing to directly get involved in thi

here, the defence secretary ben wallace has caused controversy, by suggesting that current diplomatic had �*a whiff of munich' about them — a reference to a peace deal made with hitler before the second world war. russia now has up to 130,000 troops along ukraine's border, although moscow has said in repeated statements that there are no plans to invade. ukraine's ambassador to britain criticised mr wallace's remarks, saying it wasn't the best time to offend partners. here's our political correspondentjonathan blake. taking steps to bring russia back from the brink. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has been holding talks in moscow this week to avoid a possible russian invasion of ukraine. russia denies it is planning for that, but with more troops moving to its border with the country some fear diplomacy may be futile. in an interview with the sunday times, ben wallace said the current situation had a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west. a reference to attempts in the german city to appease hitler before world war ii. some saw it as criticism of allies taking a softer

k. defense secretary ben wallace is in moscow and is meeting his russian counterpart sager show he called ukraine sworn minister for his point has told al jazeera russia's insistence that they talk directly to the separatist as part of the minsk process. is unacceptable. earlier, separatist leader accuse key eval, phrasing mistakes by moving military hardware. what al jazeera is, child stratford is in concave, where he spoke to the ukranian foreign minister about efforts to try to ease tensions. to me to collaborate here in car cave, you'll be attending a national security council meeting laser. we understand we spoke to him earlier, put a number of questions to him. one of the big things that he said was that the, the west really needs to, as he described it, change its logic. he said that so the logic that there should be any kind of concessions given by ukraine in this crisis needs to change. it is russia, the aggressor that needs to make those concessions. he also spoke to us about some meetings he had with the organization for security and cooperation in europe. that's the monitoring

and so ben wallace held a briefing for the media following that meeting and die. he highlighted some of the key points that they had, the 2 men discussed. he said that he believes russia strongly, it does not have any intentions of invading ukraine. but he said it's also a matter of showing that rather than just saying you had said the truth build up along the border was who are still very much concerned. and he said, if russia decides to invade ukraine, that would be kind of struck tragic and catastrophic. consequences such, but at the same time, the defense secretary of the british defense secretary says that there's still a room for dialogue between the 2 sides, even though the relations have been an all time low. and of course, that was highlighted by the foreign secretary visit on thursday liz trust. and her russian counterpart survey law for all really had a very difficult meeting where the 2 didn't even really address each other. circuit live. rob said it was like speaking to a death person during their hour and a half session. and he said that the british

and also we continue to hope for the best and ben wallace was in moscow yesterday and had a very frankconversation and both sides have to believe we are listening to each other and believing each other if talks are to proceed and over the weekend on the first part of next week there will be a lot of people trying to have those conversations and that is the only way we come out of this conflict and i really hope it works. just in terms of british citizens in the ukraine, what happened in afghanistan was not long ago and that presumably will be informing decisions being taken around when a warning that goes to citizens to leave and what might happen if they become trapped. in the event of conflict. what would happen if uk citizens are stuck if there is a conflict. president biden has said american troops would not going to take out american citizens. you american troops would not going to take out american citizens.- take out american citizens. you are riaht take out american citizens. you are ri . ht to take out american citizens. you are right to raise _ take out american citizens. you

in the uk, the defence secretary ben wallace has drawn parallels with the diplomatic efforts that tookthe second world war. jonathan blake has more. taking steps to bring russia back from the brink. the defence secretary, ben wallace, has been holding talks in moscow this week to avoid a possible russian invasion of ukraine. russia denies it is planning for that, but with more troops moving to its border with the country some fear diplomacy may be futile. in an interview with the sunday times, ben wallace said the current situation had a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west. a reference to attempts in the german city to appease hitler before world war ii. some saw it as criticism of allies taking a softer approach. a cabinet colleague disagreed. the comparison ben was drawing on, i know the comparison, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time weren't really interested in... who is he directing this to? the point ben is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome but he is expressing a fear that

that's the assessment of the defence secretary ben wallace — comparing some western diplomatic effortsasement of nazi germany. the us evacuates most of its embassy staff in kyiv as it expects that a russian military incusion could come �*any day'. an nhs doctor is arrested on suspicion of child sexual assault, following complaints about examinations of two girls at a hospital in dudley. 13 people are injured after a mezzanine floor collapses at a pub in east london. and switzerland holds a referendum on whether to ban tobacco advertising anywhere young people might see it. now on bbc news, it's time for the travel show with rajan datar. in the past few decades, the skyline of doha, qatar's capital city, has changed beyond recognition. the discovery of oil in the 1930s, and then natural gas in the early 1970s, marked a seismic change in the fortunes of qatar. and at a turbocharged pace, qatar's hopes, dreams and buildings have risen high above the desert sands. since this small but mighty gulf nation won the right to host the fifa world cup back in 2010, it has spent billions on state—o

visits to moscow this week by the uk defence secretary ben wallace along with phone calls by the primeand us presidentjoe biden seem to have done little to change the minds of russian leaders. and scenes of tanks rolling up to a european border have made some western politicians fearful of history repeating itself. in an interview with the times this morning, mr wallace said the current situation had, "a whiff of munich in the air from some in the west." which many had thought was a reference to attempts by european leaders to appease hitler before the second world war. but it's been stressed that he still believes attempts at diplomacy to de—escalate the situation are important. his cabinet colleague was asked to clarify his remarks. he's not talking about appeasement. i think the comparison ben was drawing, i know the comparison he was drawing, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time were not really interested in. is he directing this at france, germany? no, no, the point he is making is that we are all working on this to find a

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_ for the colourful language and ben wallace obviously was in the scott's car himself— wallace obviouslye has been known to make a few— car himself and he has been known to make a few comments like this before — make a few comments like this before. he obviously a few days ago was reported to us that there was a whiff of— was reported to us that there was a whiff of munich in the air referencing the fact that the suggestion that the european countries were not being strong enough — countries were not being strong enough in — countries were not being strong enough in their approach to russia and the _ enough in their approach to russia and the policy of not taking a firm enough _ and the policy of not taking a firm enough stance against nazism in the i930s~ so— enough stance against nazism in the i930s~ so i_ enough stance against nazism in the 1930s. so i think he will be quite happy— 1930s. so i think he will be quite happy that this has been reported in this way— happy that this has been reported in this way and the russians really enjoyed talking and this kind of language anyway. i do

let's just take you to ben wallace who's talking inside the u. k. pass a common, the defense secretary. let's get a sense of what the politicians and the prime minister, of course, clearly and his foreign secretary list trust countries who has had conversations with moscow about what's going on in ukraine. think about the direction of travel, of this ongoing crisis from holding area to potential launch locations, or the indicators point to increasing numbers on readiness of russian horses. and not to surprising, so many of us the pledge to withdrawal russian troops and battery at the end of the joint military rail. drill on the 20th, and february was not carried out. and the exercise of not being extended until further notice, complimenting this treat build up, has been a prolific proliferation. full flag operations propaganda stuns, and russian news outlets carrying fictitious allegations. these are not the actions of the russian government fulfilling its repeated declarations that it has no intention of invading you crave. in fact, we've seen o

a ben wallace who's a former soldier, went as far as suggesting the u. k. could even fight russia and when, claiming it did just that. the crimean war by the way, we can speak with maximilian craw, a member of the european parliament, representing the alternative germany party. welcome to the program. it's great to see you this afternoon. you've been listening to the reports just now from both us and correspondence. we have to assume that ben wallace wasn't being entirely serious when he said that britain could kick rushes back side. but i guess it a pretty dangerous words on thing. i mean, obviously, and of course you have to ask, but this is the right way to what you late, but i mean, or do i have to criticize a lot on the rich position i've, i'm sure this is multi official, a british position, at least here in germany, even those are the most with the popes there we will not go to a new eastern front. so they do this early as they are, as the reason and the justification for, for sanction. but even the rest of phillips don't want to to do it to the front

ben wallace was saying, actually, cooperation had gone from below zero to above zero, or about zero toot huge progress. whether it has been enough, the next few days will show, but this is the first time we have seen the united states actually put a timeframe on when they think the invasion could occur, and we are seeing us media — well—informed reports — saying that the invasion could occur in the next few days. diplomacy, neutrality for ukraine — i think that time is up. interesting, clive, latika's thinking in terms of diplomacy. what is your view on that? the situation outlined by the white house is very dangerous. the white house warning of what they call false—flag incidents where russia tries to blame ukraine for starting military action. but do you think this rhetoric, this brinkmanship, if you want to call it that, is part of the natural evolution of the diplomacy in this process? ukraine is a huge country which, if the russians - do invade, are going to have to subdue. i and to do that, you need to have the right assets, | and they can move from belarus, straight down the roa

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this morning gmtv said ben wallace meant neither of those things.uk ambassador found this morning, you have to be careful what you say when things are this sense. let's speak to our correspondent. james waterhouse is in the capital, kyiv. does it feel like you are in a city, a country, getting ready for war? no. reason being, this landscape is fairly representative. it is a crisp morning here. iwill tell you fairly representative. it is a crisp morning here. i will tell you what there are not. there are not soldiers stranding on street corners, there are not sandbags being piled up, there are not military checkpoints, it is not deserted. people are going to work as normal this morning. they are going for a cap of coffee or breakfast or meeting a friend or getting on the bus. there are no visible preparations at least for an invasion. the story at the moment is still political. and the hope is that it stays that way. for a while now we have seen the separation and language, with the us, the west, has warned about an impending invasion, the ukrainian

and to be clear that includes during the olympics you can defense minister ben wallace as talks and moscow with the russian defense minister survey, chicago world constructive. and frank chicago says ties between the 2 nations are close to 0. ukraine's pharmacist told alta 0 that russia's insistence that they talk directly to the separatists as part of the minsk processes unacceptable. earlier, a separatist leader accuse key of, of raising the stakes by moving military hardware. when natasha butler is live for us now in key f. so the u. s. president's telling us citizens to get out of ukraine . i understand there's some moves elsewhere as well. what's going on? yes, that's right. the dutch embassy in key advising its citizens to leave ukraine if they can, if they are non essential, a stall. we also understand from recalls on dutch radio that the dutch embassy would move its counselor services to a city if in the west or you cray not, that is not going to be making the ukrainian government very happy indeed because they have spent much of the day trying to down play the u. s. president j. b

in an interview with the sunday times, ben wallace said the current situation had a whiff of munich inme in the west — a reference to attempts in the german city to appease hitler before world war ii. some saw it as criticism of allies taking a softer approach. a cabinet colleague disagreed. he's not talking about appeasement. i think the comparison ben was drawing on — i know the comparison he was drawing on — was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time weren't really interested in... and is he directing this at france, at germany? who is he directing this to? no, no, no, the point ben is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome, but he is expressing the fear that russia may not be as genuine around that diplomatic outcome and the diplomatic engagement as we hope they are. labour says it shares the government's concern. it is immensely serious and nobody should be naive about what russia is up to and the scale of the troops amassing on the ukraine border. and that's why i think there has to be this extremely

the defence secretary ben wallace is meeting his russian counterpart in moscow, as part of diplomaticrican citizens to leave the country, and warned that he won't send troops to rescue them if russia invades. moscow denies that it's planning an invasion, despite sending about 100,000 troops to the region. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams reports. a moment of ceremony before yet another round of negotiations. ben wallace, the first defence secretary to visit moscow in 21 years, paying respects at the tomb of the unknown soldier. britain among a host of countries warning that war over ukraine would come at a terrible cost. no sign of de—escalation yet. if anything, the reverse. satellite images from this week showing the extent of russia's build—up. in crimea, western russia and belarus. washington saying, again, that the danger is real and imminent. as we said before, we are in a window when an invasion could begin at any time. and to be clear, that includes during the olympics. across eastern europe, more gestures of support for anxious allies, 350 royal marines arriving in pol

in an interview with the sunday times, ben wallace said the current situation had a whiff of munich inir from some in the west. a reference to attempts in the german city to appease hitler before world war ii. some saw it as criticism of allies taking a softer approach. a cabinet colleague disagreed. the comparison ben was drawing on, i know the comparison, it was around the attempts for a diplomatic outcome that it turned out adversaries at the time weren't really interested in... who is he directing this to? the point ben is making is that we are all working on this to find a diplomatic outcome but he is expressing a fear that russia might not be as genuine around the diplomatic engagement as they say we are. labour says it shares the government's concerns. it is immensely serious and nobody should be naive about what russia is up to and the scale of the troops amassing on the ukraine border. that's why i think there has to be this strong and swift and severe economic sanctions, financial sanctions, looking at the energy sector. drawing a parallel with events in world war ii is bound

ben wallace was frustrated, but he _ air because i understand ben wallace was frustrated, but he and threatening us, and maybe hejust wants us to collapse under this sort of pressure of economic and other problems, that would be the perfect plan, but we are not giving in to him. , . , ., , him. the perception in moscow is that the west _ him. the perception in moscow is that the west is _ him. the perception in moscow is that the west is deliberately - that the west is deliberately portraying moscow in this light and ever dramatising the situation. president zelensky is saying he's not even certain that it is based on anything, so it is ukraine in the middle of this? is anything, so it is ukraine in the middle of this?— middle of this? is president zelensky is _ middle of this? is president zelensky is saying - middle of this? is president zelensky is saying that - middle of this? is president zelensky is saying that this | middle of this? is president. zelensky is saying that this is middle of this? is president - zelensky is saying that this is not something new, there is not somet

k. defense minister ben wallace says talks and moscow with the russian defense minister. so gay shall go well, constructive and frank should go said ties between the 2 nations were close to 0. the grains fought a minister as told al jazeera, that russia's insistence that we talk directly to the separatists as part of the minsk process is unacceptable. earlier, a separatist leader accused kiev of raising the stakes by moving military hardware . our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker, is joining me live now at. kimberly, let's just talk 1st of all about that phone call. do we have any idea what has been said? well, we know that the purpose of the call was coordination. and to that end, well, the united states continues to pursue the capabilities and how to respond. should the russian president decide to invade ukraine? something that you heard the secretary of state there just moments ago saying the united states believes is imminent. that there is still this belief that there is this possibility of diplomacy, this dual track, as it's been called deterrence and dipl

ben wallace, the you case, defense minister is there. i think i referred to him earlier on as the us searching the started clearly he does not in the u. k. defense minister, the you cares. foreign minister didn't have a very successful visit when she talked to saga lovegrove yesterday. what, any idea how this might go? well, already it seems to be a little bit better as the defense minister, the russian defense minister. i met with his british counterpart just a short while ago, and the 2 men read out their opening statements and the russian defense minister as sir gay. sure go said that to russia will reply to the u. s. and nato security responses that they've received over the past few weeks. and at the rising military and political tensions that are ongoing is not as the fault of russia. and that russia is really asking for its own security demands to be addressed. and that's also the russian defense minister said that they want some answers from the british defense secretary about the number of british troops that are in kiev trainin

0bviously, ben wallace has come out with an interesting line on this. with our nato alliance partners. what this really has been as the wife of nato falling apart which probably started with joe which probably started withjoe biden which probably started with joe biden pulling the which probably started withjoe biden pulling the american troops out of afghanistan without consulting last year. and now, it feels like there are many prolonged consultations going on across a very long table. everybody representing themselves individually rather than us talking in the united way and presenting a united front. at the very least, i don't know if it is appeasement, but we have given russian intelligence a very clear insight into what is happening between the partners in nato currently. and how that will help them, how that may aid their intentions across the coming years starting with ukraine but going the sunday telegraph takes the aspect of what is being saying is a conflict is inevitable and the suggestion of a false flag attack by russia to provoke war. att

but uk defence secretary ben wallace says around a50 russian troops have been killed.sident zelensky has pleaded to the international community to do more and appealed to russia for a ceasefire. he also said he would not leave kyiv, even though he knows he is a target. jonah fisher has the latest. this was the night after the day when everything changed for ukraine and for europe. explosions above the capital, kyiv. a city of three million under attack, but fighting back. air defences appear to have shot something, possiblya missile, down. the morning light shows damage to an apartment block where the debris fell. safety now means going underground. metro stations becoming bomb shelters as russia turns on its neighbour. ukraine's beleaguered president, now in military clothes, addressed the nation. for i am out 4am russian forces for i am out loam russian forces struck, for i am out 4am russian forces struck. they _ for i am out 4am russian forces struck, they do _ for i am out 4am russian forces struck, they do not _ for i am out 4am russian forces struck, they do not

and in other news, the times says that the defence secretary, ben wallace, will fly to moscow tomorrownew package of sanctions in an attempt to persuade russia to step back from a war over ukraine. let us begin. let's start with you, joe. we'rejust let us begin. let's start with you, joe. we're just going to let us begin. let's start with you, joe. we'rejust going to kick let us begin. let's start with you, joe. we're just going to kick off with the guardian. it's a striking front page. it's a big move because there's so much at stake not only with a series of scandals and controversies, but also because they're about the political —— particular situation right now. this was a perfect _ particular situation right now. ti 3 was a perfect storm for cressida dick in many ways. once sadiq khan made it clear or implied that he was going to withdraw his confidence in her, and i think her position became too untenable and she had to resign. of course, it'sjust too untenable and she had to resign. of course, it's just not the individuals that have occurred that have damaged her reputation and

ben wallace says talks in moscow with the russian defense minister, sir, sugar war constructive. and frank chicago says ties between the 2 nations. were close to 0, the kremlin said it will respond soon to proposals from the u. s. un nato. yes, president joe biden has signed an executive order to unfreeze $7000000000.00 in afghan reserves. half of that will go towards humanitarian efforts in afghanistan. the other half towards relatives of victims of $911.00 and not that attacks by on groups. finland's announced the purchase of dozens of fighter jets from the u. s. and a deal was $9000000000.00, as government says is buying the $64.00 warplanes as part of a long term defense plant and not in response to the ongoing standoff between russia and the west. indonesia is ordered, $42.00 war plains, from france, and an $8000000000.00 deal to upgrade its aging air force in, in asia, also once american war planes. but while the deal has been approved in washington and hasn't been finalized, the you and the secretary general is calling all parties in libya to prioritize stability in the co

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the british defence secretary ben wallace is meeting his russian counterpart in moscow later today asin ukraine from the massed forces of the russian army and the reason for that is very simple. ukraine is a very large country, 1a million people. although the russians could undoubtedly defeat the ukrainian military, that would take some considerable time. the ukrainians are very patriotic and even if part of their country is occupied by russia, they will have an internal insurgency and russia will get bogged down for weeks, months and years to come. i think the real threat is not so much a general invasion on every side of the border, i think what is much more risky is a more limited by the military incursion somewhere near the black sea to try to link up with crimea, orjust general harassment of the ukrainians for quite a considerable time to come. president putin's constant refrain is i have no intention of invading ukraine. he is highly unlikely to say he was about to invade. but why put that many troops on the border of a neighbouring country? when these troops were moved there a

ben wallace, who is still on his feetin ben wallace, who is still on his feet in the house of commons. . preparation and time. you don'tjust wander in and start chatting. no. soj wander in and start chatting. no. so there's that — wander in and start chatting. no. so there's that point. _ wander in and start chatting. no. so there's that point. it _ wander in and start chatting. no. so there's that point. it doesn't - wander in and start chatting. no. so there's that point. it doesn't mean l there's that point. it doesn't mean it will never happen. the crucial point with the summit as this. us, and russian foreign ministers are meeting later this week, does the chat about this by sometime? does it hold off military action for another few days? so that potential things could come down. that's the question, immediately. we could come down. that's the question, immediately. i've 'ust in an interview— question, immediately. i've 'ust in an interview with i question, immediately. i've 'ust in an interview with the fi question, immediately. i'vejust in an interview with the chairman - questi

that was the uk defence secretary ben wallace speaking.d that the us is speaking. he has said that the us is cord needed with allies and partners on how to best share energy reserves in the event of any disruption to the russian pipeline that carries natural gas through to europe. he said the us and the eu were determined to protect the gas supply to prevent people dying from any cutoffs by russia's natural gas to europe. if they return to speaking about the situation regarding ukraine, we will of course collected at press conference for you. caroline davies is in moscow for us. what's the mood around these negotiations, particularly the conversation happening between president putin and president macron of france? in president putin and president macron of france? , ., . of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard _ of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard from _ of france? in terms of the leg which we have heard from both _ of france? in terms of the leg which l we have heard from both presidents, at the moment it has be

we're joined now by the defence secretary, ben wallace. morning te, mr wallace. where are we?is casualties and ukrainians are putting up a very strong fight. shire putting up a very strong fight. are ou putting up a very strong fight. are you surprised by the strength of the resistance ukrainian people have been shelling? t resistance ukrainian people have been shelling?— resistance ukrainian people have been shellinu? , . :, been shelling? i personally am not. i visited been shelling? i personally am not. i visited that _ been shelling? i personally am not. i visited that country _ been shelling? i personally am not. i visited that country five _ been shelling? i personally am not. i visited that country five times - been shelling? i personally am not. i visited that country five times as l i visited that country five times as a minister and secretary of state. they absolutely believe in their country of ukraine. what we are seeing is the result of a miscalculation by president putin. he convinced himself they were waiting to be liberated by the great leader of russia and tha

ben wallace, at a press conference going on just a few minutes ago was asked this question. told you that russia has no intention of invading. do you believe him? and the british defense secretary said, look, i take his word but look at what's happening on the ground. 130,000 troops. he said this is not a normal posture for military training. his concern that, really, the window is shutting down for diplomacy and the frostiness in the room between defense secretaries today gave you all you needed to know about that. >> nic, thank you so much for that. joining me, adam smith, the chairman of the house armed services committee. thank you for being here. one thing we're also seeing, russian troops continue to build up on the border. we're also seeing, as the nato secretary general has discussed, more troops heading over, u.s. troops and others, heading over to eastern europe to support nato allies and the secretary j general has kind of previewed this. let me play what he said. >> if russia wants less nato in eastern part, the aggressive actions are leading to the exact opposit

and in other news, the times says that the defence secretary ben wallace will fly to moscow tomorrowckage of sanctions in an attempt to persuade russia to step back from a war over ukraine. 0k, from a war over ukraine. let us begin. we're going start 0k, let us begin. we're going to start with the guardian. lucy, if i could kick off with you. one story has broken in the last few hours. their headline talking about the toxic culture failings in the mets. this was a bit of a shock because cressida dick had been very defiant this morning —— the mert. although i don't know whether the resignation is a stock or the timing. resignation is a stock or the timinu. ,, . . , timing. she had received multiple calls to no timing. she had received multiple calls to go over— timing. she had received multiple calls to go over the _ timing. she had received multiple calls to go over the last _ timing. she had received multiple calls to go over the last month, . timing. she had received multiple l calls to go over the last month, and when her contract was renewed about six months ago for an extra two

a few weeks ago, ben wallace, the defence - of war. . a few weeks ago, ben - wallace, the defence secretary says there was a whiff of munich 1938 about all of this. just to go back in history at that time, adolf hitler called the land part of germany and he wanted to unite the 3 million german speakers in czechoslovakia he thought were part of a greater germany. if you look at that speech and the speech we had that speech and the speech we had that night from president putin, there was something more than a whiff of munich 1938 about it. let’s whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see, i whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see. i have — whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see. i have just _ whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see, i have just come _ whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see, i have just come from - whiff of munich 1938 about it. let's see, i have just come from munich the munich— see, i have just come from munich the munich security conference and where _ the munich security conference and where western leaders and nat

we spoke to ben wallace earlier, the defence secretary.d sanctions was one thing they talked about and other ways the uk could offer practical assistance. we know boots on the ground are not an option but the uk has been talking about potentially sending equipment to help. president zelensky was told by borisjohnson that to help. president zelensky was told by boris johnson that the to help. president zelensky was told by borisjohnson that the uk was willing on ukraine and full of admiration for the bravery of its forces. the prime minister said it was a key objective of the uk government that president putin should fail in what he is trying to do. jenny was talking about protests, anti—war protest in russia, which came up in this call between borisjohnson and president zelensky. the ukrainian leader saying western leaders should encourage protests to take place in russia over the next days. the latest we are hearing from the uk government through the ukrainian government is there has been heavy losses on both sides, the ukrainian and russ

defence minister ben wallace.warned about how the situation could escalate very quickly if people miscalculate. and that is the scene in the house of commons for you. i think that maybe james heapey back on his feet, yes, it is, and we can listen in. the honourable gentleman is absolutely right, there are a whole range of satellite phones, most obviously, that provide the resilience to functioning of a ukrainian government, military, and perhaps in time, resistance, when they are operating in an electronically denied environment with all the possibility of cyber attacks and everything else that made the functioning of ukrainian government ever harder. we are very aware of that requirement. likewise, medical supplies and other things we are working on. the honourable gentleman saw me wince, i'm afraid, that the cyber operations are a matter for the attorney general and government minister, not something i will comment about at the dispatch box. and they asked about removing russia from the swift system. he will app