russians are very innovative in the black sea. they are inventing new ways of doing hybrid war and we need to be very much proactive. when i say "we," i mean all countries in the black sea area. we need some coherent approaches for the black sea and i think the u.s. and u.k. could be leaders in that for sure. we still are going to nato. many things could be done obviously in a collaboration between the u.s. and ukraine. i would like to highlight a couple most important ones. as support for the nato integration for ukraine, that would be absolutely huge if that can be accelerated with the new administration. we received the opportunity of partner status. it is a quite ambiguous term and it could be filled with many different instruments depending on how country's -- how many friends they have in nato. that had true meaning and better ways to integrate into nato is something that is a clear priority. generally the further integration until the membership plan and so on. that support would be really recommended. thank you very much.

has emerged with the black sea world feasting. coming crisis with this intensity. we should. everyone is contributing. but we also know that this crisis will not go on forever the challenges created the response has been must so many good people are helping us. it makes us feel very proud that we're in it together. is your media a reflection of reality. in a world transformed. what will make you feel safer. tyson nation will community. are you going the wrong way or are you being led to. direct. what is true what's his face. in the world corrupted you need to descend. join us in the depths. or remain in the shallows. well that much across after all these are considered tremendous we're discussing some real mints. ok let's go back to diva here in moscow. a a figure a russian citizen has been profiled quite a bit in western media over the last few months and as we speak right now there are protests in moscow and i would imagine other major cities here and it's all focused on a gentleman named alexi. who is not only explain to her audiences and explain why western audiences are

. 0ne billion—dollar mansion on the black sea.arrested and his team announced was he has no interest in committing suicide and if anything happens to him physically, it would be the result of other people. he wants to live and he wants to continue the fight for as long as it takes.— as it takes. right. yuval weber. _ as it takes. right. yuval weber. we _ as it takes. right. yuval weber, we may- as it takes. right. yuval weber, we may be - as it takes. right. yuval l weber, we may be talking as it takes. right. yuval - weber, we may be talking to you again, by the sound of it. thank you very much for that. thank you very much for that. thank you. do thank you very much for that. thank vom— thank you. do stay with us if you can- _ tributes for captain sir tom moore, who has died at the age 100. he'll be remembered for raising tens of millions of pounds for the uk's national health service. this is the moment that millions in iran had been waiting for. after his long years in exile, the first hesitant steps of ayatollah khomeini on i

to spend than they did back in 2013 and then there is this russia a $1350000000.00 palace on the black sea now valmy released this video as he flew back to moscow and he claims the palace was built for president putin it's $17691.00 square metres it's got 2 helicopter pads and. hockey rink a secret tunnel leading up to the sea of ali says it is the biggest residence in the whole of russia all of that would have been uncomfortable viewing for the kremlin though it did deny the property belonged to putin but it did raise many other questions ones that have been around for more than a decade as part of leaked diplomatic papers and investigations by western intelligence agencies in short how rich is russia's president well let's just start with his last financial disclosure that was 2018 persian said he had a salary of $8600000.00 rubles which is about 115000 dollars that is his official salary his military pension interest and investment gains but there was a claim back in 2007 from the russian political analyst stanislav skee that putin effectively controlled holdings in the energy companies

putin has built himself a palatial castle on the black sea at the pump -- at the cost of public funds. alexey navalny is a really interesting individual. he has been involved in russian politics for many years. he is an attorney by training. he is only 44. he has ambitions and would love to run for office that -- by the russian -- has been presented prevented so by the russian authorities. they are motivated by any legal basis as far as european courts are concerned. it really raises questions. over the summer he was traveling in siberia. he was later found to have been poisoned by a nerve agent we know the russians have used in the past, in the u.k. he recovered from that, in germany and just returned to russia about two weeks ago and was arrested immediately. now there have been all these protests in support of him and in support of a more democratic russia. personally, they understand what he stands for, and that is for in russia that is more equal, that is less corrupt, and that works for its people and not for the people of the top. host: now we read this morning that his wife is

himself against accusations leveled at him by alexei now viney that allegedly he owns a palace by the black sea he actually went on state t.v. recently and denied those accusations so it seems that these mass protests and the movement essentially that has been. galvanizing or that that has been forming around alexei now viney in recent weeks that's enough of a threat to the kremlin that they can't ignore it anymore and we thank you very much that was our correspondent emily sure win there. the u.n. security council is preparing to meet in emergency session to discuss the military coup. governments around the world have. seizure of power the u.s. is threatening to re-impose sanctions to try to force the generals to stand. for were defacto leader has been detained and hundreds of officials are confined inside government housing compounds. calm amidst the political storm. people in the city of adjusting to a new reality of military rule a state of emergency has been declared for one year. despite calls for resistance by former defacto leader aung sang suu kyi residents of me on mars the largest ci

had to come out last week and talk about the accusations against him of owning this hollis on the black sea those were accusations leveled at him by alex lining in the video on you tube usually putin and also other politicians here just ignore it. and even many opposition protests they just simply ignore them they don't talk about them now we've seen politicians of the highest level including by the mere putin and day including. the former president who's in the security council now talking about the protests saying that they're just radicals that there aren't that many people on the streets and we've heard state t.v. saying the same thing so this is really something that the kremlin now has to deal with and they're going to be looking for strategies of how to contain these protests and how to prevent them going forward. these protests of course or linked to the opposition leader alexei no. clear yet what's going to become of him he's in jail right. that's the $1000000.00 question at the moment and i think that's probably a question that's being discussed. on the highest level as well becau

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jellyfish is native to the east coast of the us ships presumably carry them as stowaways to the black sea in the 1980s from there they've spread to the caspian sea the mediterranean and or northern europe. the creatures also called sea wall not due to their shape may look in conspicuous but they pose a huge challenge oh yeah spurs wants to know if the ecosystem here is holding up limits nish time is not the problem with non-native species is that they don't belong. there only labeled invasive if they start to change the ecosystem. because of stanford and the problem with the walnuts is that they're extremely efficient credit. i don't know how much they generate a mucous that's invisible to most other organisms. they only notice the danger when it's too late and they're caught up in a sea wall that sticky fell. i mean ups us and get bigger jellyfish can filter 450 liters of water a day. and they consume 80 to 90 percent of the living creatures the plankton increase in that water. and planktonic 61 years of. marine biologist coston rise is looking into the impact of non-native species on th

— put in's power, a edifice on the black sea with a and extraordinary wealth _ black sea with a a positive — simply and he knows there is a positive country and there have been photos _ positive country and there have been photos that have exploded and it is the difference between now and the previous _ the difference between now and the previous potus and i was there in 2011 for— previous potus and i was there in 2011 for the — previous potus and i was there in 2011 for the last loss of her tests and people talk to whether he matters — and people talk to whether he matters this personally simply and he knows — matters this personally simply and he knows there is a positive country and there _ he knows there is a positive country and there have been photos that have exptoded _ and there have been photos that have exploded and it is the difference between — exploded and it is the difference between now and the previous potus and i between now and the previous potus and i was _ between now and the previous potus and i was there in 2011 for the last loss and i was there in 2011 for

lukashenko for a winter sport meeting in sochi the pair went skiing and rode snowmobiles in the black sea resort afterwards lucas chink a thank persian for supporting hillary is financially. in israel thousands of volunteers are working to clean up a massive oil spill votes for speeches to close authority authorities are investigating the source of the spill which has affected wildlife such as totals and seabirds it's been described as one of israel's worst ecological disasters. champions league football and on tuesday night by munich will play their 1st competitive match ever against the taliban side lot c.-o. who have reached the knockout phase of europe's top club competition for the 1st time in 21 years by and have won 6 titles in the last 9 months but will need to avoid the mistakes that led them to stumble in their last 2 games by a munich have been coming face to face with their weaknesses in recent days they don't have the same depth in their squad as last season which has become more of an issue with players missing time due to positive coronavirus tests. travelling during a pand

for a winter sports field meeting in soft sheen the pair went skiing and rode snowmobiles in the black sea resort when they were warmed up lukas shanker thanks putin for supporting belarus financially. foreign ministers of the european union have agreed to impose sanctions on 4 senior russian officials who they say are responsible for sending opposition leader alexei novell need to prison now these sanctions are expected to be formally approved by the e.u. next month russia has called the move quote unlawful on that matter that. i like saying that. protesters in brussels reading aloud just some of the names of the nearly 400 people they say are behind bars in russia for political reasons. they gathered outside the european council headquarters ahead of monday's meeting to demand the e.u. . inside it was one of those names in particular which sparked the e.u. into action the jailing of opposition leader alexina violently. in response to events around. we're rich or political that we've been doing. measures against those responsible for his arrest and sentencing and persecution. the decision

the pair went skiing and rode snowmobiles in the black sea resort, and when they were warmed up, lukashenkohanked putin for supporting belarus financially. british prime minister boris johnson has set out plans for easing coronavirus restrictions in england. measures will be lifted in four steps, starting with the reopening of schools on march 8. johnson says the threat from the virus remains substantial. he said the route out of lockdown should be cautious, but irreversible. let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic. the death toll in the united states is expected to pass 500,000 today. u.s. president joe biden will mark the grim milestone with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the white house. slovakia has called on other european union countries to help with its quote, tragic coronavirus situation. slovakia's foreign minister has requested an advance vaccine shipment as the country battles a record number of cases. and the world's biggest vaccine maker, india's serum institute, says it has been told to prioritize its production of the astra

cloud in fact is a big system developing here the cold air that's coming out of europe across the black sea is going to start to generate yet more snow in turkey has already fallen in greece and then the cold air comes across the mediterranean it turns into a storm system you've seen this time and time again this is a late winter one it will hit northern egypt quite badly and then the levant was rain and snow more or less from the golan heights northwards and the significance of those like to be in turkey of course we eventually get rain readings moving through iraq and hitching north and saudi and it probably expand beyond that but we've gone as far as wednesday that will do for the alexandra's forecast reflects anywhere on the coast of the mediterranean so need a gale northwest drug zandra winds a pretty poor conditions there will be flooding here that it improves slowly gautami get to friday. similar conditions actually are about to happen in mozambique the wind a different direction it's look a fairly strong southerly through maputo and these mostly circulation trying to develop in the

aleksei now viney in you tube investigation that he apparently owens allegedly owns a palace on the black sea he came out and denied that state t.v. has been saying that the protests weren't that big the kremlin spokesperson has been calling the protesters who came out over the weekend hooligans but the fact is that we have for the last 2 weeks seen mass protests with thousands of people taking to the streets across the country which is unusual usually protests are just focused in moscow and st petersburg and i think that really is a threat to putin especially because people say this is not just about any this is about corruption and this is very much about the man in the kremlin himself and we thank you very much correspondent emily sure when there and as emily was speaking we saw what appeared to be several people being detained outside the courthouse in moscow what were election of bonnie is currently in a sheering he could face several years in jail and we'll keep you updated on the tails on that story as they become available now the u.n. security council is preparing to meet in emergenc

lukashenko for a winter sport filled meeting in sochi the pair with skiing and rode snowmobiles in the black sea resort and when they were warmed up the think putin for supporting bella ruse financial british prime minister boris johnson have set out plans for easing coronavirus restrictions in england measures will be lifted in 4 steps starting with the reopening of schools on march 8th johnson says the threat from the virus remains substantial he said the route out of lockdown should be cautious but irreversible. our let's take a look now at some of the other developments in the pandemic the death toll in the united states is expected to pass 500000 today u.s. president joe biden will mark the grim milestone with a moment of silence and candle lighting ceremony at the white house so vikki has called on other european union countries to help with its quote tragic coronavirus situation so lucky as foreign minister has requested an advance vaccine shipment as the country battles a record number of cases and the world's biggest banks the maker india's serum institute says it's been told to priorit

health officials now calling for alternative solutions for europe notably through russia sputnik the black sea. state of new york funny releases data revealing an almost doubling of coronavirus deaths of care home residents coming up we talked to the daughter of one victim. of the morning here now so good morning from russia this 8th of february this is out international week ever knowing for the next 30 minutes great over the long 1st president of the european commission calling for countries to stop competing and to come together to beat the virus it marks a u. turn on its previous run with the u.k. over vaccine supplies. comments coming as the e.u. changes its june 2 moves toward russia's very covert shot which leading western study is showing to be more than 90 percent effective. the old confrontational mindset has arrived think for instance about could 916th some countries see the quest for a vixen as a race amounts global power is like this piece race in the 1960 s. this is an illusion the only race is against the virus and the virus is spreading faster than ever before as the phone the

it's like to russia's black sea. chief how much of. that. hello i'm richard gives britain you're at the listening post where we don't cover the news we cover the way the news is covered here are the media stories we're examining this week alexei in the fall and a form of journalism that has ignited political protests across russia australia wants google and facebook to pay up for the news content they search out and put online the games people play the pentagon including the video games industry is proving to be a useful ally for the american military and passive aggressive emails. sent with the kindest of regards. russia watchers are keeping a close eye on moscow and a developing story in which something has got to give will it be the new protest movement the biggest the country has seen in years tens of thousands on the streets of moscow alone demanding changes at the kremlin will it be alexina valving the jailed opposition figure who called for the demonstrations having survived an apparently state sanctioned poisoning of all name has bee

and when i'm just saying it gets the sputnik the job while on tour in moscow is that the russian black sea is registered in the country. welcome to our international just on the 7 o'clock here in moscow britain's government appears to be behind a multi-million pound push to quote weaken the russian state documents allege that london hopes to boost negative coverage of the country by seeking journalists and contract is to infiltrate russian media. as the story. the plan was or it is simple enough the british government and its agencies recruit independent media sometimes even desired and direct their programming manage that in order to and i quote weaken the russian state it's all in the leaked papers the foreign and commonwealth office is looking for an implementor or consortium to scope design deliver and evaluate a program of interventions that will enhance the skills and capacity or for us and journalists this project will support a wider regional her majesty's government program to counter the russian government's narrative and domination of the media and information space so there's e

day those badge of the russian black sea has arrived it will be great help for all citizens certainly all of us will take the shot we hope other badges will arrive in gaza as well otherwise the street will simply crack under the pressure of the condemned. according to the health ministry the 2000 doses which have been shipped are intended for individuals in poor health and medical personnel dealing with coronavirus infected patients in intensive care units and emergency services staff but a lot of it is the program will get underway on sunday morning in 2 senses in order to cover all the provinces of girls the vaccination campaign will go on until a lot of jabs the health ministry affirms that the russian vaccine is one of the best and most effective among international analogs the russian vaccine will help cope with the consequences of the pandemic affecting medical facilities due to a lack of capacity in. receipt of other batches something facts in the near future which will allow us to inoculate the whole population express our deepest gratitude to russia to its president governmen

further north that's where the rather more active weather is some rain sleet and snow between the black sea and the caspian south of rain bad main rain bad it is looking fine and dry for the u.a.e. full amman and also for yemen fine and tried to it took apart so 1st somalia chance of some showers sent to central areas of ethiopia and some as a weather for a time into central parts of kenya joining up with the show is that we have across eastern pos off tanzania what's the weather now in the process of pulling away from mozambique as have tropical cyclones slides out into the cooler waters of the southern indian ocean. at ways when freedom of the press is under threat demonstrators and journalists are dealing with internet outages police intimidation and charges of his edition a mistake line becomes the default the media namely develop new kinds of images that he did not give to these guys and just how do you create a new system makes it hard for people to know what's real and what's not step outside the mainstream to shift the focus covering the way the news discovered the listening posts o

brussels now calls to stop a black sea walls amid chronic job shortages the pushing to approve russia with western studies found to be more than 90 percent efficient. the state of new york finally releases data revealing an almost doubling of coronavirus deaths in care homes. visits the russian i.t. company helping us social media network powerless. by google amazon following the capital of. the past of liberty freedom of speech and democracy. to shut down whatever they want and basically seeing the great american filed. the international. news this hour 1st the european commission president is calling on countries to stop competing and work together to tackle. with britain have a vaccine supply while the e.u. considers authorizing russia's. which are needed western studies shown to be more than 90 percent effective. the old confrontational mindset has arrived think for instance about could 916th some countries see the quest for a vixen as a race amounts global power is like this piece race in the 1960 s. this is an illusion the only race is against the virus and the virus is spreadin

other the soviet union people remember it so these chicks like belgium has a mansion next to the black sea they don't walk with the people who have any experience and who have a need to know to chill russian history but for the teenagers like boys and girls 141516 years of age they don't know that so they watch the video the air they join each other know these dog and other social networks there are some grown up people telling them or it's going to be cool who is going to be interested in going to challenge the police you know come to the pushkin square is going to be fun and they show up thinking that it's going to be fun because we haven't seen but he's violence and we haven't seen real street violence in russia for many years rush essentially a much more peaceful country in that sense than france or germany and also look at the context you know or kate the west is so enraged. of all people most of all to come out of moscow the pushkin square at which moment in problems you can log all it off to see circle ok in the evening they have a curfew of between 6 pm and 6 am even though i may n

alexei navalny released that video, which showed a vast palace on the black sea worth, it seems, $1 billiondent putin. now, it's not a question of what i make of that — it's a question of what more than 20 million russians who have watched that video online make of it. do you think russians are prepared to live in a system which, to so many of them, looks deeply corrupt? stephen, i already told you, the west needs to learn to really understand russia the way it is and not try to paint it black. i think we all have to recognise the great russian economic recovery from the fall of the soviet union that has taken place. we have to be honest, the majority of the russians strongly and unequivocally support president putin, and that's just a reality. and west needs to learn to live with this reality and find areas to work together with russia, such as health care, such as fighting terrorism, and this is where the focus of efforts should be, because if we always have negative attitude to russia, it doesn't lead to any compromises, doesn't lead to any solution, and, frankly, makes situation much wo

moscow as well as around 2 degrees celsius but some places the frying pan and snow down towards the black sea bulk area pushing across parts of grace through the a bowl can spit so there we go with sunshine slow start for many with fog and frost ac special but off quickly but we're getting up to around 10 celsius there for cross the british isles a $48.00 in paris to see bad jealous of some showers just rolling across spain and portugal over the next couple of days want to see showers to across the eastern side of the med it's right into the might see a few showers and is that wintry mix continuing that across that eastern side of a year of course know that africa really is fine and dry but we have got some shall as pushing across the far north of morocco. and one man's dream to transport what's happening is from europe and fly them over his beloved country. in a nation reeling from decades of finance. about $500.00 resumes for a full scale research can an international team of pilots get this man's dream off the ground we need to save about a loan on al-jazeera. the earth the east. time afte

time we come to sunday that wetter weather that wintry weather just making its way down across the black sea into northern parts of turkey belgrade at that stage around 10 degrees celsius might even see a shower what's here into the med will see wanted to show was there into parts of southern greece wanted to show was to make in the way across northern possum rock or over the next couple of days and 20 dry brighter behind. frank assessments the world is on a. strong that model fabian is that a fair assessment you catastrophic. to white valuable back say informed opinion should we be buying big oil ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines the inside story. al-jazeera these are the top stories this hour u.s. president joe biden says there will be significant changes to the relationship with saudi arabia this is after the release of a declassified intelligence report accusing crown prince mohammed bin salman of approving the plan to capture or kill journalist jamal khashoggi. right po

central and southern parts of iraq further north some snow just around georgia just spinning off the black sea further south delhi staying fine a drive with plenty of sunshine that sunshine stretching down into a good part of somalia one of 2 showers stand towards victoria want to see showers there just around rome one the pushing into brew and they will see some heavy a shower was 2 to seizing across southern parts of tanzania but the really wet weather over the next couple of days that's going to be coming in across zambia and zimbabwe you can see this little clutch of storms just around the border southern parts of zambia seeing some very heavy rain then through saturday pushing a little further south which into by sunday more than parts of zimbabwe up towards the northwest as in bob where we could see some localized flooding so that's certainly want to watch over the next couple of days the showers continue there through monday. sponsored paul cuts at ways. to own just their own we heard so tell us all when a case where us from his home in compensated civilians when we listen to the only m

northern parts of saudi arabia i know just some wintry weather just around the caucasus between the black sea and the caspian sea south of the rain band that we have into saudi arabia it doesn't find and try for the most part you might just catch a shower typical western parts of yemen and the possibility of that cloud just stretching its way into central parts of ethiopia so what's the weather there just into northern areas of tanzania maybe pushing across into parts of mozambique we will see some wet weather too into southern areas of zimbabwe for a time well swaddle looking rather unsettled along with the east the south africa. frank assessments the world is on the brink of a catastrophic model failure is that a fair assessment it would be a catastrophic failure to twice as valuable back saying informed opinions should we be buying bit coy ultimately it will be sovereigns and governments who are buying this that is the direction this is all headed in-depth analysis of the day's global headlines inside story on our. this is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories for you this hour ni

a jury in situ leader has launched its vaccination campaign using the black sea for months now the city's hospitals have been infection hotspots but today we are witnessing the beginning of the elimination of this virus which started spreading across the country from here. we are proud of the health care workers from our province and through all of it because we are at the front line of the battle against the virus. so far we have vaccinated about 30 patients and none of them had any complications have. health which is the elderly in chronically ill people have been given priority and vaccination it will take several months to the next need. percent of the country's population of 44000000 there were out there without the scientific commission has developed criteria to select a vaccine is the 1st safety or her as putting 1st place among the vaccine studied by the commission should ask the algerian people they expect the vaccinations to be effective you only do the day has come when the state has brought a civic seen it wasn't unexpected we need it the government spends billions but people