troops in eastern europe. nato will deploy ships and fighter jets as more ammunition continues to arrive in ukraine from the u.s. 80 tons arrived over the weekend according to officials. officials continue to insist there will be no preempative sanctions against russia. >> the purpose of the sanctions is to deter russian aggression f. they are triggered now, you lose the deterrent effect. the alliance is looking at important measures to take in the event of further russian aggression. >> this is drawing criticism from lawmakers. >> i think president biden bears a lot of the blame. vladamir putin saw joe biden's debacle in afghanistan, vladamir putin thinks times is here and this matters to the american people. it is dangerous when you allow adversaries like russia and china and iran to upend the status quo and we have strongly-worded speeches. >> ukrainian officials estimate 120,000 russian troops masked along their border, back to you. >> carley: live in kiev, thank you. robert charles, former secretary of st

towards the ukraine border, the us puts thousands of troops on standby for potential deployment to eastern europe. new party problems for borisjohnson, downing street admits holding birthday events for the pm during lockdown, but denies breaking any rules. announcing a coup on state tv. burkina faso�*s military detains the president, closes the borders and suspends the constitution. and taking the temperature in beijing, what's it like to host the winter olympics amid some of the world's toughest covid restrictions? it's 9:00am in singapore and eight in the evening in washington where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us—based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato's presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital kyiv. bell rings this is

it's essentially moving great military forces to eastern europe. it's, it's, it's made this announcement quite clearly on the nato website. ships fighter jets. how would you 1st react to that news? i think this is playing with fire. the gore. question is the expansion of nato, or do you, graham? and if that problem is evolved, everything else falls in place, and i'm always surprised why finland and sweden would remain out of natal during the fall when the soviet union was very strong and is fed was the 1st off over the world and continue to be outside the to the why can't there be an understanding around ukraine? why is the west, especially the not just is pushing for grants, membership of natal. now if on this there can be a fundamental in understanding then i think the best of what is happening is totally unnecessary and will lead to more and more tensions and conflict which will have a fall out on the rest of the world, including our country. and the i will be taken away from other danger that are developing from my point of view in asia. so tha

forces to eastern europe? >> it's a decision that could come as soon as this week. what we do know, as of today, president biden hasn't made a final decision about that. behind the scenes they are getting the specifics ready in case he makes call to bolster u.s. forces in eastern ooum to increase the troop presence as they are playing behind the scenes for what that would look like. the concern in the administration is that an invasion could be imminent. right now, russia is not only de-escalating, they are adding force capability to the border. >> reporter: moments ago, president biden phoning as the crisis in ukraine escalates. >> we can't get into the mind of president putin. we are seeing the preparations they are making at the border. >> reporter: biden consulting the leaders of germany, france, the united kingdom, poland, nato and the european commission as he debates sending thousands more of u.s. troops to eastern europe. >> what we're telling them to do is to be ready to go on a shorter time line than what they were before. we are not deploying them now. we

not into national the us put 8500 troops on high alert pentagon, so say ready for deployment in eastern europe. if russia attacks ukraine white moscow continuing to say it still has no such plan with a british government municipal quit while slamming their prime ministers, quote lamentable track record and tackling claims of the massive fraud and the government. covey loans were heating out a julian assange. when's the right to appeal to the supreme court to prevent his extradition to america on espionage charges? the ruling has been welcomed by his family and support. and what happened in court today is precisely what we want it to happen. but we are far from achieving justice in this case, because julian has been incarcerated for so long and he should not have been a single day in prison. me busy busy here on a monday evening in moscow, some big hitting headlines. few tonight. welcome to them. some news just in right here at ortiz, national, the pentagon has a know that it's putting 8500 american troops on high alert to counter the supposed threat from russia. pentagon spokesman, john coby s

some other nato countries, however, sending fighter jets to eastern europe, as well as ships to eastern europe. so, the buildup there continues. the pentagon, however, and the u.s. government making it clear it is still a diplomacy first that is still what the u.s. and what nato would like to see here. the problem is, don, if you look at the map, if you look at where -- where forces are placed and if you look at the rhetoric, i don't know that anybody here believes that deescalation is coming imminently here even if diplomacy is -- is still on the table. there are some discussions between nato allies and russia later-this week. u.s. and nato allies in constant communication. but it is not a situation here where the u.s. thinks that it's time to pull forces back. quite the opposite at the moment. >> a situation very volatile and we will be paying attention. oren liebermann, thank you very much. appreciate that. >>> as many as 8,500 u.s. troops on heightened alert for a possible deployment to eastern europe. how is vladimir putin going to react to that? that's the question. >> this is rea

troops to eastern europe? >> i'll be moving u.s. to eastern europe and the nato countries in the near term. >> reporter: so there we heard from the president talking about that near term timeline. it wasn't just him. top u.s. generals chimed in. before the president, we heard from chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general milley talking about the grave situation, laying out a really grave warning. he said if russia did invade ukraine, that it would be horrific, and it would have terrible results for ukraine and result in significant casualties. he was talking to reporters on friday. he said about the russia buildup, it's larger than before and it feels different. there we heard from all top u.s. officials in that effort trying to dissuade russia from any more aggressive behavior. >> and, jasmine, that assessment from general milley, a different assessment than from president volodymyr zelensky. he doesn't think it's that dangerous. what can you tell us about that? >> reporter: it put them at odds. president biden and president z

correspondent: have you decided how soon you would move into eastern europe -- troops into eastern europen: i will move u.s. troops to eastern europe and nato countries in the near term. judy: earlier today, ukrainian president vladimir zelensky downplayed fears of an eminent war between ukraine and russia, urging the west not to panic over the escalating situation at the border. meanwhile, russia's foreign minister said moscow does not want a war, but he also warned the west not to trample on his country's security interest after the u.s. delivered its response to pressure on the ukraine crisis. foreign minister: wgot the answers the day before yesterday written and western style, making things as clear as mud but as i've said before, there are rational kernels regarding peripheral issues. judy: spoke with --president putin spoke with president macron today and spoke about unmet demands. following all of these developments. what president biden said a few minutes ago caught our attention. tell us what is behind these comments. nick: the u.s. has put 8,500 troops on heightened alert, prep

that is why we would be in favor of troops in the ground in the baltics and eastern europe. ern european countries are very aligned with the united states. there is no friction on that front. they agree that they have to go big on sanctions and that putin is aggressive and they do not want to connect eastern europe with russia. the other thing i would note is that going back to the point of weapons and military facilitating weapons going into ukraine, a lot of diplomacy going on between the u.s. and eastern european countries which are very aligned. jonathan: team coverage from both sides of the atlantic. you brought up the crude issue, in and around 85. use oil as a hedge for ukraine tensions and on the energy equity side of things, i will talk about that a little later, on the s&p 500, that sector of more than 12 percent, a massive run. tom: we didn't get out to 90, but 90 is not 89. jonathan: coming up the cio of asset management. downplay 3% on the nasdaq 100. -- down by percent on the nasdaq 100. from new york on radio and tv, this is bloomberg. ♪ every day in business b

s. president says he'll move some troops for eastern europe tensions escalate russia over ukraine. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is out as they are a lie from doha. also coming up after a year of talks, argentina, the international monetary fund reach a landmark deal on restructuring around $44000000000.00 of debt. west africa as main regional block suspends burkina faso membership after this week's military coup but stopped short of imposing sanctions. and we looked at why police in london have moved to limit references to lockdown gatherings in downing street in choir report on the party gates go. ah, the pentagon says a full scale invasion of ukraine by russia would be her rick. but there's still time to avoid war through diplomacy. the u. s. military's top 2 officials had been addressing weeks of rising tensions and eastern europe after russia deployed more than a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine. particle hate reports. another sign of how serious the u. s. thinks the threat rush opposes to ukraine. you, as president announced he's moving us forces to the region. whe

now the us is putting troops on alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. they've also sent military hardware to ukraine, to beef up to fans. what about germany? berlin says it will provide key f, a field hospital next month, but will not provide military gear to its ally. can you talk to our international audience? about berlin stands when it comes to exporting arms abroad. that's right. burden has an onset. i would finance a field hospital for, for ukraine and corporation with sonia germany traditionally asked hesitate and this new german government, more so than that, maybe past governments to provide arms transfers into conflicts owns and it certainly cons. ukraine has 4 or 4 time now called kicked on given the ongoing russian aggression against your credit cards. we see no indication that we will revise that that's, that's been some progress in this new german coalition government to coalesce around the same message when it comes to putting all measures on the table to, to deter every rational impression against the queen. but this has sort of raised s

well, the goal of sending military reinforcements to eastern europe would be to provide to ference's and to re assure european allies that the u. s. is on their side, but as for now or a healer, there has been no suggestion. u. s. troops would deploy to ukraine or take, pardon any combat rolls. this still is part of the diplomatic game or flexing muscles. but having that said, there is no question. the developments are really worrying us president joe biden, owls a spoke to european allies. but what do we know about that coal? well, one of the core questions was under which circumstances, nato would be willing to take military actions. so how do they define an invasion from russia are, for example, cyber attacks already an invasion. what about political interferences, or where do they draw the red line? and the 2nd important topic are sanctions, sanctions might be much more harmful for europe than for this is for the united for the united states, especially germany because of its dependency of the russian gas. now the e u has emphasized that diplomacy should take priority and all of

britain is considering sending hundreds more troops to bolster the defences of nato allies in eastern europeild—up of russian forces on ukraine's border. the prime minister, borisjohnson says he's ordered the armed forces to prepare to deploy across europe next week. russia has massed around 100—thousand troops — as well as tanks, artillery and missiles — near ukraine's border, but denies it plans to invade the former soviet republic. our defence correspondent, jonathan beale, reports. britain already has more than 800 troops in estonia as part of nato�*s response to reassure allies after russia's invasion of crimea in 2014. now, borisjohnson says he is considering doubling that number in the baltic state and sending more military hardware, including long—range artillery rockets, to bolster the defences on nato�*s eastern flank. rafjets based in cyprus could fly nato air policing missions over bulgaria and romania. tensions have already been rising in the black sea, where last summer, hms defender was harassed by russian ships and aircraft. the royal navy could send warships to patrol these

the conflict. meanwhile, the head with nato said the alliance would reinforces deployments in eastern europe, with troops, ships, and fighter jets. a response said yes, store to boat to the deteriorating security situation. we are considering to further enhance or persons in eastern port with arms. this could include the appointment of additional late or battled groups. the move by nato has angered the kremlin. it denies accusations by western how is that it is planning an attack kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pet scave said me the info and we are seeing statements from the north atlantic alliance about more troops, pushing forces and assets on to the eastern flank. it is all causing tensions to rise. i'd like to point out, it is not because of what we rochelle are doing. it's all happening because of what nato and the united states, so green and the information they are spreading. and key of the u. s. and u. k began the withdrawal of some diplomats families and non essential workers from the city, although the embassies will remain open. the reduction of empathy staff. another sign though, wi

university is also get also coming up shoring up defenses. nato sends more ships and place to eastern europe as pierce world. russia could invade ukraine. moscow which uses the alliance of escalating the crisis over a possible attack, but continues its own military build up at the border. plus celebrations in burkina faso in mid reports. the country president is being held by rebel soldiers . the mutiny comes a day after demonstrations calling for the president to reside. as a court in britain says, wiki weeks founder julian, sancha is allowed to appeal against a ruling saying he can be extradited to the united states to face charges of espionage on layla. how can we start with breaking news as we come on the year one person has reportedly been killed and several others have been injured in a shooting in the german city of heidelberg, according to police and assailants shot at people in a lecture hall at heidelberg university before killing himself, one of the victims has died of the injuries in the hospital. the attacker is said to have been a student at the university. did it before that?

ah, nato says it's sending reinforcements to eastern europe as fears grow or about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. moscow accuses the west of hysteria. ah, i'm about to say this is al jazeera life and doha also coming up a co attempt appears to be underway in burkina. faso soldiers have detained the president. former lebanese primary suicide hardy says he's stepping away from political life and calls on his party to boycott the upcoming election. and the former cafe pope admits he gave false testimony to a child sexual abuse inquiry. ah, nato is expanding its military presence in eastern europe with more ships and fighter jets and pushing forces on standby as russia accuses their line. so escalating tensions or we ukraine? european foreign ministers meeting in brussels, say they're ready to impose never before seen sanctions. if russia attacks ukraine, russia has mast an estimate of 100000 troops near ukraine, but rejects western allegations that have plans an invasion. we are considering to further enhance our presence in the eastern part of the lions. this could include the

s. president says he will move troops to eastern europe. ah. and come all santa maria here and over with the world news from al jazeera west africa, regional block eco us is suspended bikini faso, to put pressure on the new military rulers ahead of talks. also a lifeline for argentina. a landmark deal with the international monetary fund will allow it to restructure billions of dollars a debt. and one of the biggest jewelry hosts of all time, the trial opens in germany for a group accused of stealing a $126000000.00 worth of diamonds. ah, there, i mean for diplomacy, but preparing for conflict looks like the approach from the united states right now over ukraine. president joe biden has announced a small number of american troops will be deployed to eastern europe soon. even as has top military officials called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. hattie calhoun reports now from washington. another sign of how serious the u. s. thinks the threat rush opposes to ukraine. the u. s. president announced he's moving us forces to the r

necessary to protect and defend them all our allies. native says it's sending reinforcements to eastern europe is 5th grove of the russian invasion of ukraine. us to put troops on stand by thousands of canadian trunk drivers, converge on the capitol also against the federal bank teen mandate. ah, so the un secretary general has condemned the military cubic kena fafsa and his voice concern for president rooker bori. the military says it sees power and depose the president whose whereabouts presently unknown. earlier his party said he had survived in assassination attempt as nicholas huck. now reports after days of gunfire, anti government protectors cheer at the sight of what is left of the presidential motorcade. for foster special forces turned their weapons against the president, security detail. several people were wounded. what's going on here right now? nothing's going well. we expected a lot from president rock and he's only disappointed people. more you appointment always with the new government, but he was the real problem for the president's party, this was an attempted assassination

so what they would do is they would send them to eastern europe to nato countries. the president said pretty clearly that he has no intention of sending us troops into ukraine. we do know that there are about 200 members of the florida national guard that go in and have for years rotating in and out, trying to train up your ukranian forces. but of course, the pentagon would have a plan to get them out, and also embassy officials, if it does, in fact come to an invasion. one of the interesting things has been in the last couple of weeks when you hear from pentagon officials and they're looking at the satellite evidence on the ground. the general consensus was that the russians didn't have enough troops to actually take over the entire country of ukraine. they said maybe they could take over sections of it, but not necessarily all of it, but we heard very clearly from not only the secretary of defense, but the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff as you just heard, that they believe now with the artillery, with the air power with the soldiers, the troops that you've

troops on heightened alert for possible deployment to eastern europe. how is vladimir putin going to react to that? that is the question. >> this is really just about telling these units be ready because if you get called we're going to need you to be able to deploy in a shorter period of time than what you probably are right now. ibertymutual.com so you only pay for what you need. isn't that right limu? limu? limu? sorry, one sec. doug blows several different whistles. doug blows several different whistles. [a vulture squawks.] there he is. only pay for what you need. ♪liberty, liberty, liberty, liberty♪ is now a good time for a flare-up? enough, crohn's! for adults with moderate to severe crohn's or ulcerative colitis, stelara® can provide relief, and is the first approved medication to reduce inflammation on and below the surface of the intestine in uc. you, getting on that flight? back off, uc! stelara® may increase your risk of infections, some serious, and cancer. before treatment, get tested for tb. tell your doctor if you have an infection, flu-

s. puts 8500 troops on heightened alert or pulse mall deployment to eastern europe. the pentagon calls it a signal to russia, as the ukraine crisis escalates. ah . hello em, terry martin, thanks for joining us. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush at the africa cup of patients in cameron, the incident took place at the entrance to the old embers stadium in the capital, yonder, reports indicate crowds tried to force their way into the stadium to watch cameron's national team play commer of the game. what ahead on schedule with fans inside the stadium. unaware of the deadly seems out. so with this now, from where in cameroon is correspondent, blaze a young place. thanks for joining us. tell us more about what happened there. in yonder last night. oh, very sadly for carol, molly, i do say can we just be running this too because he was qualified for the next stage. a game against. busy homer and i thought we saw on the ground is that these people try to force your way into the stadium a die. so we got those figures, but what a residence and of

you, as president joe biden says, he will send american troops to eastern europe, is ukrainian counterparts authority, as lensky is wanting, the west, not to stoke tensions with russia. he says, western warnings of a russian invasion, a hurting his country. also coming up a river and came yeah, hold a grim secrets. authorities and local residents are trying to find out who was dumping dead bodies in the water, but they have more questions than answers. and we go to catholics, dogs, largest city, a lottie offer. it was rocked by a week of deadly unrest. the city is rebuilding but trusted. the government might never recover. ah! hello that i'm really mohammed. yes, president joe biden says he will boost nato's presence in eastern europe to deter russia from invading ukraine. u. s. defense was, have warned that russia has deployed enough forces to invade all of the country calling moscow's trip, builds up something not seen since the cold war. yes, the president. i will review for future europe vedo countries in the near term. not long while there are conflicting messages coming from washingto

and nato is expanding its military presence in eastern europe, leading of the kremlin to accuse it of escalating tensions. now, britain, spy, master boys johnston has denied a report. he attended yet another social gathering in breach of covered 19 locked on walls. it's claimed johnson's wife threw him a surprise birthday party during the 1st lockdown in june of 2020. the prime minister's office says it was a brief gathering that lasted less than 10 minutes. or as johnson is under pressure after a series of revelations about lockdown breaches, need baka has more on these made his allegations of locked on parties of the prime minister's residence at 10 downing street. apparently, 2 parties are alleged to have taken place on june. the 19th 2020, when the country was under strict lockdown, the 1st relating to an apparent surprise party, organized by carry johnson his wife at 2 pm on the afternoon of the 19th of june. it number 10 has come back saying that that was. busy a very brief event on the tail end of a meeting that prime minister johnson only attended for 10 minutes or so. the 2nd

downing street is considering sending more uk troops and military hardware to eastern europe, as nato weighs up options to increase pressure on russia. here in the uk, the prime minister and the chancellor commit to going ahead with the planned rise in national insurance contributions. storm malik batters northern britain, leaving two people dead. thousands are without power as forecasters warn of further high winds tomorrow. historic blizzards in the united states as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. the medical trial which is throwing new light on why some people experience breathlessness after covid. and one of the biggest stars in world sport, quarterback tom brady is retiring from the nfl after 22 seasons and 7 superbowl titles. hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. we start with developments on ukraine — and britain says it's preparing a series of diplomatic and military initiatives in europe next week, in the wake of growing tensions with russia. borisjohnson has issued a statement saying the uk is willing to double its

the alliance is sending more ships and fighter jets to bolster defenses in eastern europe. the european union says it is ready to impose, quote, never seen before economic sanctions. if russia decides to invade ukraine, you foreign ministers meeting in brussels, say they want to double financial assistance to ukraine, who is also holding talks via video with the u. s. secretary state around a $100000.00 russian troops have mast at ukraine's borders over recent months. the kremlin denies plans of an impending invasion. brussels correspond jack paris could join us now. he is covering the foreign ministers meeting. jack, our diplomats in brussels, where you are still talking up diplomacy as the solution to this, the ongoing crisis. well, that's certainly what they want. as the solution layla, nobody in brussels or in any of the nato member allies really wants open conflict obviously. but what they're becoming increasingly aware of is that it's becoming even more of a tense situation. we've heard from a number of the foreign ministers of the european union today saying that the

but the danger of thatis eastern europe.e kremlin�*s narrative that the west threatens russia's national security and that is sparks more muscle—flexing by moscow and more instability. having said that, i think the kremlin could see that that the one thing muscle is bad for is the financial markets. we saw russian stocks falling sharply, the currency fell against the dollar and the dollar and the pound and that adds to a sense that many people are concerned about where all of this is leading. concerned about where all of this is leadinu. . ~ concerned about where all of this is leadinu. ., ~ i. people arriving in the uk from abroad will no longer have to take covid tests if they are fully vaccinated. the changes will come in on 11 february, in time for the half—term break. rules have also been eased for unvaccinated travellers, who will no longer have to take a day 8 test or self—isolate. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has the details. even a day of less than glorious weather couldn't dampen the mood of tourism busi

but nato says it's bolstering it's deterrence in eastern europe. so how does all of that fit together? that's right soon. the, well, at this point nobody really knows what russian or russian president vladimir putin plans to do, or maybe he already has decided to invade ukraine, secretary of state and in the blink and said yesterday in an interview with abc that united states is taking this step by step and is evaluating the situation every day new. so with the latest developments they mainly want to show that they would be ready to react to a possible invasion our washington bureau chief in his pole with the ladies there. thank you so much. we can get a round up of some other stories. now. germany's chancellor, olaf schwartz will visit washington in february. it will be his 1st trip to the u. s. capital since taking over from england. michael since taking office shawls has traveled to paris and brussels. a date for the washington visit has not yet been set. british prime minister boris johnson held a birthday party during england's 1st cove at 19

where have you decided how soon you would be moving you extra eastern europe? i'll will review us through for europe in the nato countries in the near term. not a lot, he's likely talking about the 8500 troops that were put on stand by to deploy most headed to bolster nato's quick reaction force. but he's also said he has no intention of sending us troops to ukraine. and a new tone from the pentagon, with more than 100000 russian troops on your cranes border. the top military leader say russia has enough force to take over ukraine. given the type of forces arrayed the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if that was on leashed on ukraine, it would be significant, very significant, and it would result in a significant amount of casualties. and you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads, and so on and so forth. it would be horrified, it would be terrible. design, ukrainian president vote. amir zalinski is trying to reassure his people said, we've seen russian b

let's ta ke let's take a look at the situation in eastern europe, now.s it's preparing a series of diplomatic and military initiatives in europe next week, in the wake of growing tensions with russia. the prime minister, borisjohnson, has issued a statement saying the uk is willing to double its nato troop contingent in the baltic states and eastern europe, as well as send defensive weapons to estonia. mrjohnson is also due to go to eastern europe in the coming days as part of diplomatic efforts to prevent russia invading ukraine. 0ur political correspondent jonathan blake explained the uk response to the crisis in ukraine. what we have tonight is some more detail on what boris johnson said to mps in the house of commons a few days ago, and it was that britain was prepared to deploy troops to protect nato allies in europe if russia invades ukraine. it seems this possible move to double the number of uk forces in estonia, which currently stands at around 900 or so, so that would put it at around 2000, would be a pre—emptive move, not necessarily in respon

the pentagon is ready to send a small contingent of troops to eastern europe. he can order his troops, roy, he can choose dialogue and diplomacy. whatever he decides. united states will stand with our allies and partners. so fresh and troops move in. russia will pay an immediate economic price, even if that means ukrainians were pay a much heavier, $1.00 in the short term. and patty joins us live now from washington dc parties. our president biden says he'll be deploying a small number of us troops to eastern europe and nato countries in the near term. what more do we know? well we know that he was coming back from a visit to pennsylvania reporters talk to him and he was getting off air force one and they specifically asked, are you going to be sending us troops to the area? and he said, yes, we are going to be doing that in the near term. not very money, but we will be doing that to res. likely. referring to the 8500 us troops that have been put on high alert and they were told that they were likely going to be sent to basically bolster up. what is nato's quic

ah, nato says it's sending reinforcements to eastern europe as fairs draw about a possible russian invasion of ukraine. moscow accuses the west of hysteria. ah, i'm robinson. this is on the 0 alive from doha. also coming up a coup attempt appears to be underway in burkina faso soldiers have detained the president or milanese prime minister sal. how did he says he's stepping away from political life and calls in his party to boycott the upcoming election? on the former catholic pulpit mix, he gave false testimony to a child sexual abuse inquiry. ah, nato is expanding his military presence in eastern europe with more ships and fighter jet son, putting forces on standby, as russia accuses the alliance of escalating tensions over ukraine. european foreign ministers meeting in brussels, say they are ready to impose never before seen sanctions. if russia attacks ukraine, russia's masts an estimated 100000 troops near ukraine, but rejects western allegations that had plans and invasion. b e has placed $1300000000.00 and assistance for key f. i am announcing a new financial assistance package to th

the fundamental fact of this escalating situation in eastern europe — escalating situation in easternategic interest for nato but it is — vital strategic interest for nato but it is for russia, any russian government, for reasons of geography and history. _ government, for reasons of geography and history, which means that the stand-off. — and history, which means that the stand—off, much more is at stake for the russians— stand—off, much more is at stake for the russians than the west, which means— the russians than the west, which means vladimir putin is prepared to id means vladimir putin is prepared to go further— means vladimir putin is prepared to go further and risk more. the west is not _ go further and risk more. the west is not going — go further and risk more. the west is not going to use military force, in my— is not going to use military force, in my view, — is not going to use military force, in my view, because it is divided. many— in my view, because it is divided. many countries but above all germany, are dependent on russian -as germany, are dependent on russian gas

also, nato would have to withdraw their troops and their weapons from eastern europe and russia. they would not be bound by any reciprocal measures. russia is also asking us to withdraw their nuclear weapons from europe without any constraint on russia's considerable, one has to say, or arsenal of comparable weapons. these all shows that nato is most likely not going to agree on this things that russia is asking for. and one interesting interpretation though, is that mr. put in could be counting on the west to dismiss his demands in order to have a products to, to invade ukraine. and to reason to do that. and i guess that does lead to, to sort of hinted at the risk of conflict. how great is it? we have seen that all sides are quite pessimistic and have already said how they would react if there is really no breakthrough. after this dialogue this negotiations dense oldenburg, for example, the secretary general of nato, and said at that, and i quote him, the alliance is prepared for a new armed conflict in europe should talks with russia frail and also sergey lever off has been quit

even if those talks with the west on security in eastern europe went the wrong way. and he said to be, well, don't link it with the talks because they're separate things. and so i put the question again, are there any circumstances in which russian will enter ukraine? he said no, there aren't in a long answer. and then at the end of the long answer, he added. but of course, if there are provocations, then anything is possible. so i don't think the russian position has changed in any way. what countries like ukraine, like poland. now lithuania, baron buster, speaking to the security council on behalf of the baltic states, what they want. is it clear guarantee that russia is not going to launch minute traction? and the proof they say for that will be for russia to start disbanding, those forces that they say surrounded around ukraine, a $100000.00 troops. currently, according to the us ambassador with $30000.00, they believe going to be in bella roost, the russian ambassador making clear that he doesn't believe those figures are accurate. he said rushes, never announce

the headlines you as president joe biden says, he will be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe. the pentagon put around 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on stand by after russia deployed more than 100000 soldiers on its border with ukraine. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. given the type of forces that are arrayed, the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if that was unleashed on ukraine, it would be significant, very significant. and it would result in a significant amount of casualties. and you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads and so on and so forth. it would be horrified, it would be terrible. and it's not necessary. and we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here. the west african blocking co op says suspended, picking a font size membership following the crew. on monday, a group had stopped short of imposing new sanctions, though, as there are talks coming up with him in attrition to on saturday. argentina has rea

ukraine border, the pentagon puts thousands of us troops on standby for a potential deployment to eastern europe. a coup in burkina faso. the country's army removes the president, closes the borders and suspended the constitution. so exciting! really? and assessing the temperature in beijing — how do people there feel about hosting the winter olympics amidst some of the world's toughest covid restrictions? live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it's newsday. it's 7am in the morning in singapore and ”pm in london, where the prime minister's office has admitted that staff at downing street gathered to wish borisjohnson a happy birthday during the first pandemic lockdown injune 2020. it's the latest in a string of revelations about parties held there or in other government departments during coronavirus restrictions. a spokesperson for mrjohnson said he'd been at the gathering for less than ten minutes. mrjohnson is facing widespread public outrage and calls to resign, including from some within his own conservative party. with the latest on the prime minister's troubles, here's our p

is considering deploying troops to nato member states in eastern europe. how you expect the kremlin to react to that? yes. so if the, if the criminal was serious about what he wanted in terms of pushing back nato forces, this provocation has, has really caught the exact opposite. you say, nature is really, bowstring is 4 cities really given a new life to the native alliance. and we've seen all the leaders of nato and, or 30 countries express solidarity with, with ukraine over this issue. so the thing is in, in moscow, this become self fulfilling because moscow will now point and indeed is pointing to the latest deployment. this latest sending of troops is putting the so called battle groups on standby, as preparations for potential nato offensive, or nathan provocations or nato support to kiev in trying to take back some of those breakaway republics, and ukraine that are supported by russia, pac separatists. russia has pointed to this as an aggressive move by nato, and said, well, if need to be serious about the escalating, why is it now moving troops towa

put 8500 troops on heightened alert for a possible deployment to eastern europe. the pentagon calls of the signal to russia as the ukraine crisis, escalations plus a student opens pirate. germany's heidelberg university, the 18 year old man shoots dead, one woman and interest several other people before killing himself. and china has been pursuing a 0 coated policy, locking down cities with tens of millions of people. will the highly infectious omicron variant force beijing to change tack, especially given the upcoming olympics. ah hello, i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush at the african cup of nations in cameron. the incident took place at the entrance to the olympic stadium in the capital yell wounded reports indicate crowds tried to force their way into the stadium to watch cameron's national team play commerce. the game went ahead on schedule, with fans inside on aware of the stadium. all of the deadly scenes going on outside the stadium with us now from where in cameroon is correspondent,

tensions after washington orders more than $8000.00 troops to ready for a potential deployment to eastern europe. and snow causes massive disruption and the turkish city of it's gone ball and leads passengers stranded at the airport. also a small victory for human rights activists. i see australia open tennis tournament, but who with and where it hangs. why ah, am abby core boss and welcome to the program. british police are and castigating allegations that prime minister boris johnson. how the birthday party and june 2020, that breached colbert 19 lockdown restrictions. it is the latest in a string of allegations that british media are calling the party gate scandal in reference to multiple parties. how that downing street while the rest of the country was in lockdown. johnson now face is perhaps the biggest political crisis of his prime minister ship as he calls for his resignation. increase his spokesman says johnson will quote, fully cooperate with the investigation not to go straight to london. our dw corresponded beard moss, is standing by and covering the story for us beer get another day

downing street is considering sending more british troops and military hardware to eastern europe, as nato weighs up options to increase pressure on russia. the medical trial which is throwing new light on why some people experience breathlessness after covid. ash barty wins the australian open tennis to become first home winner in 44 years. and, reports that one of the biggest stars in world sport, quarterback tom brady is to retire from the nfl after 22 seasons and seven super bowl titles. hello and welcome to the programme. america's east coast is being battered by the first major blizzard it the region in four years. experts warn of historic snowfall in some places and flood warnings have been issued near the coast. tens of thousands of power outages have been reported and more than 6,000 flights have been cancelled. here's our north america correspondent, peter bowes. a blanket of snow covers times square in new york city, the streets largely deserted as most people hunkered down at home. this has been a colossal storm, a warm cyclone as it is known as not be a combination of hea

but the idea that they are weighing preemptively to station additional forces in eastern europe to head off any russian incursion against ukraine is definitely a pivot from the biden administration's previous position that it did not want to do anything that might provoke ukraine. the biden administration now thinking that we're beyond that now, it's a little too late for that. now they have to think about defending allies in the region. >> an important distinction, these are not u.s. forces going to ukraine to fight russian troops. it's going to u.s. nato allies to shore them up in the case of future threats against them. >> this was part of your reporting as well. in response you have the prime minister of estonia saying she would like to see u.s. troop presence there permanently, clearly this having a major impact. on the stock market as well, the russian stock market experiencing another major selloff. let's go to moscow where nic robertson is there. 20 russian navy vessels have set out into the baltic sea for drills, this as the kremlin is expecting to get wrat ten response to its

that is it's concerned not only about war in ukraine but about war in ukraine spreading into eastern europe and so it wants to reassure eastern flank allies, it wants to reassure n.a.t.o. part of that is giving u.s. troops over to n.a.t.o. command to reinforce that eastern flank along the russian border and at the same time n.a.t.o. countries are trying to do the same, inforce with french with dutch, jets, with soldiers, moving to eastern europe to really try and make the message to putin career that, regardless of what happens in ukraine, we are -- we being the west, we being n.a.t.o. -- are able to deter you and send you a message about how strong we feel about the number of troops that need to be in eastern europe and our commitment to defend our n.a.t.o. allies. >> woodruff: so, nick, we reported what the ukrainian president is saying, telling the west not to panic, but the pentagon had something to say today. tell us about that. >> reporter: what's interesting here, the pentagon, u.s. and kyiv really aren't on the same page when it comes to the threat. from the u.s. perspective, they s