art and reynolds will return to the foreign office. -- margin reynolds will return to the foreign office. it was interesting -- martin reynolds will return to the foreign office. she soon asked sought to distance himself -- rishi sunak sought to distance himself. a vote of no-confidence requires 54. the bbc are reporting we currently stand at 17. notable is the chair of the defense select committee. johnson is being investigated by the police for the release of the few great reports were unequivocally damming. things might get worse manus: manus: in may. thank you very -- and things like get worse in may. manus: to the winter on the backs, the opening ceremony takes place in beijing. some of the world's leaders are taking advantage of the event for their own political powers, some could say. kurumi mori is in the bubble at the chinese capital. what can we expect from the opening ceremony? kurumi: the opening ceremony is happening tonight within a few hours. the shuttles are leaving. it is definitely happening. all eyes are on vladimir putin who will be the highest profile yet at tonight'

the foreign office urges british nationals to leave the country immediately while commercial means aretill available. in other news, the search is on for the replacement as commissioner of the uk's largest police force. on the secretary says the successor will face immediate challenges to address the culture and behaviour of the met officers. growth continues for businesses after covid—i9 with the economic performance better—than—expected. despite omicron, the economy was remarkably resilient and we were the fastest growing economy of the g7 and forecasted to be the fastest growing economy this year. six. growing economy this year. six months after his sun shot dead five people, we talked to mark davidson about his sorrow for the victims families. russia has got the troops and plates and urges all us citizens to leave the country within the next 48 hours. national security advisers as the administration didn't know if the administration didn't know if the final decision had been made yet but that the kremlin was looking for a pretext to justify an invasion which he said could start wit

we also know today the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office, although the foreign office, as that's not to excel hand, at least not yet. smith, trust, the foreign secretary. she's also been speaking today and she's urging every single british national in ukraine to come home immediately. so from london, it's a very quick and big reaction today with the prime minister saying we last brace ourselves for war diminishing any hope of diplomacy effectively the u. k. has spoken out in solidarity with ukraine and spoken out against what it is perceiving as a russian aggression. specifically, with this barrage of sanctions imposed ashuelot and z host of going on a route on our t think schools to banner child run counter to britain's traditions of free speech . no such a long history of free speech speakers corner. but they're the labor leader. once or r t to be shut down, not only in britain, but all around the world, that means artie france id, spanish, argy america, righty. france. i mean, they do so really audi german. all of them have to be shut down all around the worl

the foreign office says it is not in a position to help british citizens with their plans.ance in the face of a gathering storm, a rare display of public feeling at a time when russia is menacing their borders, staff are leaving embassies and foreigners are being told to get out. i have to analyse all the information which we have. touring the south, ukraine's president seemed frustrated by apocalyptic warnings coming from washington. and the truth is that we have different information and now the best friend for enemies, there is panic in our country. and all this information makes only for panic, it doesn't help us. russia's war games in belarus are now under way. this, american officials warn, is how an assault on ukraine could begin. moscow still says it has no plans to invade. joe biden and vladimir putin spent an hour on the phone tonight, joe biden told the russian leader that if it launched after the invasion of ukraine us and its allies which have swift and decisive action. let's join our north america editor, sarah smith, in washington. what signs are there that d

our visit to the british foreign office, as diplomatic talks turn frosty.ere any sign, though, that vladimir putin wants to de-escalate? fears for the queen. de prince charles tests positive for covid, two days after visiting the 95-year-old monarch. tonight, what the palace is saying about the queen's health. documents, down the drain? tonight, the shocking accusation that president trump clogged the white house toilet by flushing papers. "eye on america." our series tonight looks at the road to recovery after that devastating tornado outbreak in kentucky two months ago. bob saget's cause of death. what his family says led to the 65-year-old comedian's death. and tonight, a story about dreaming big-- this 11-year-old girl's letter to the president about why she wants to be his supreme court justice pick. this is the "cbs evening news" with norah o'donnell, reporting tonight from london. >> o'donnell: good evening to our viewers in the west and thank you for joining us. tonight we're here in london watching the largest troop deployments in europe since worl

politicians that who said, environmental activist is completely out of place in the country's foreign office, but as close live to corresponded pizza only by in berlin. now pizza, always get to see you will. can you tell us about the latest appointment and what we action the thing. jennifer morgan, she's the heads of greenpeace international and she's moving into a new role in the german foreign ministry. she'll be germany's climate secretary of state. she is an american citizen, jennifer morgan. she has lived in berlin for a while, and we understand that she's either currently applying or about to apply for german citizenship. what she will be doing is being charged with shaping germany's climate policy in the, the realm of foreign policy as well as all of that know she's being put into this role by german foreign minister annually. and the bulk of the german foreign ministers. very pleased to have her woman is kenneth made lives. i don't know of anyone else in the world who has so much expertise, network and credibility and international climate policy. and the fact that we can now count j

our diplomatic correspondent, james landale is at the foreign office.lating crisis? ~ ., , . ., a sense now of the escalating crisis? ~ . , . ., ., , ., crisis? what is clear now is that the united _ crisis? what is clear now is that the united states _ crisis? what is clear now is that the united states believes - crisis? what is clear now is that the united states believes that| crisis? what is clear now is that. the united states believes that if russia is going to invade the ukraine, it is likely to happen in the next couple of days, they say that not because they know vladimir putin has made a decision and they say they don't know that, but it is based on an assessment of their intelligence they are getting on the ground and the increasing number of russian troops and the disposition of those forces, the chatter about false pretext for an invasion and misinformation and cyber attacks, things like that, all of which are pointing in one direction. that is why the foreign office is advising the british nationals in the crane to leave if they want, whi

got londonjoin the northern ireland, the foreign office got london join the best of the day�*swhere we should be for this stage at 7—11 c but parts of scotland and east of scotland, east anglia, a few showers in the west which continue through a night and some guy is developing for many in between the showers with a northerly wind kicking and temperatures dropping so across parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland, we could see a touch of frost into tomorrow. for tomorrow, this is the pressure, how to get to the north sea, ridge of high pressure follows link in its wake so the... we have become fewer. lots of outbreaks of rain here and there were brightening up and sunny spells for northern ireland some of the dry weather, some parts of scotland. wintry with a covering of sleet and snow in places and even though temperatures may show at 5—9, 10 celsius on thermometers, the strength of the wind will make it feel colder. and tuesday, after a chilly start, is now first thing across the hills of scotland, followed through to northern ireland and england and through

we also know today the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office, although the foreign office says that's not to expel him. at least not yet miss trust, the foreign secretary, she's also been speaking today and she's doing every single british national and ukraine to come home and mediately. so from london, it's a very quick and big reaction today with the prime minister saying we love brace ourselves for war diminishing any hope of dim plumas see effectively the u. k. has spoken out until the dark with ukraine and spoken out against what it is perceiving as a russian aggression, specifically with this barge of sanctions imposed or sharp. i was asked to lie from london analyses, paul, asleep in berlin, both of you. thank you. that's a stay in london now and join actually return. see the host of our team program going underground greatly. say you this afternoon. it's it seems that labor lead kissed armor is now saying the u. k. and its allies should bad r t of a rushes recognition of the dawn basset seems whether sanctions or ante russia rhetoric option seem to have no b

the foreign office is saying that when it should be alerts, a boot or whatever happens going through. even if russia draws back as a troops, the threats will remain below they're making proper sions for the future. even further, our note troops in russia will always be accused of creating a threat to the fornia russian. this is all the suits to happening against the background school growing military and the military technical presence either. so you will, and that expansion of military infrastructure you prefer to britain is now saying that they will double that, that troops in the stony actually in the military equipment such as tanks and armored vehicles. am i to subway and the united states permanent representative at the un preference to a provided.

the foreign office internet, saying that they are _ foreign office internet, saying that they are expectingthe sanctions to go much further in that they could hit the _ go much further in that they could hit the oligarchs in the uk and interests _ hit the oligarchs in the uk and interests in the uk and had tech investments and it comes time were already. _ investments and it comes time were already, they're announcing that it will not _ already, they're announcing that it will not only target individuals and individuals families and the recognition sending children to school— recognition sending children to school in — recognition sending children to school in western countries and pushing — school in western countries and pushing the name of adult children and senior— pushing the name of adult children and senior people have used and they had to— and senior people have used and they had to go— and senior people have used and they had to go after and boris johnson said today— had to go after and boris johnson said today that they had to do that action— said today that they had to do that ac

concierge general and annette sky set up in 2014 will be temporarily relocated to live in the foreign office. also a she's a travel warning germans who are there are urged to consider leaving the country on . and let's bring in d. w. cheap international. richard walker for more. welcome, richard. you watch the whole press conference. can you walk us through the more with their box it? yeah, well, i mean, a babel described the situation in ukraine at the moment and around ukraine as precarious and emphasized that rather than the de escalation, that western powers have been trying to achieve. in recent weeks of diplomacy, really intense shuttle diplomacy going on. rather, the opposite has been taking place and she referred specifically to exercises russian exercises involving 30000 troops that have been taking place or just begun recently in belarus, to the north of ukraine. also there naval exercises taking place in the black sea to the south. you will have russian troops a mass to the east. so really ukraine surrounded on 3 sides by varying degrees of russian military activity. bab, box comm

it's interesting because you left the country after the warning was issued by the german foreign office and i imagine many other german business people and people for many other countries. i've also been forced to leave and you say that that is not disrupting things significantly. and that you believe it's just business as usual. you know, let guess back chile, the lessons we learn. so bend on me because we are all know we used how to do business from any part of the world without any problem because we just switch on online and here we are. so i have daily contact with my was my stuff i had to leave but, but this is just more formal cause of insurance reasons because there is no insurance coverage. if you do not falling, these are the se in these call, all these other demand to leave the country. and so, if that's a situation at the moment, what are the prospect's going ahead? if we do see things increasing intention on you, your members partners must be making contingency plans. i imagine. yes, that's what i said in the beginning, we are all doing or contingent and we are preparing fo

cons you at general and donnette set up in 2014 will be temporarily relocated to live with the foreign office. also a, she's a travel warning germans who are there are urged to consider leaving the country. and for more on this we are going to go straight to ukraine to be joined by the w correspondence. he has been in the capital kit mathias, germany, as we just heard joining the list of countries, telling us citizens to leave ukraine as soon as possible, or the germans, they're likely to evacuate. well, the foreign minister has said, who is going to evacuate from the government, run organizations. that means the embassy with withdraw all non essential stuff, families, et cetera. so will the german organizations, the economic corporation, they will also withdraw stuff. some would, will stay, but many of them will be withdrawn and all the companies will go through the same process, deciding who will stay. many people will bring their families out, so expect many people to return, at least temporarily, to germany. that does not mean that everybody will be out. some people also want to stay, but

the foreign office says it is not in a position to help british citizens with their plans. and otherforeign nationals figure out how best to leave ukraine, embassies here in kyiv are beginning to shut down. at the british embassy, the ambassador tweeted this morning "i am staying in kyiv and continue to work there with a core team." russia �*s war games in belarus are now well under way. this american officials warn is how an assault on ukraine could begin. moscow still says it has no plans to invade, but there's lot the russians can do without ever setting foot inside ukraine. ., ,., , ., ., without ever setting foot inside ukraine. ., , ukraine. the reason you have seen such a shift — ukraine. the reason you have seen such a shift in _ ukraine. the reason you have seen such a shift in messaging - ukraine. the reason you have seen such a shift in messaging from - such a shift in messaging from western governments do their citizens in ukraine in the last hours is that the russian troop build—up has now reached such a point that, with no notice, it is possible that an attack

our concert general and annette's set up in 2014 will be temporarily relocated to lavet to foreign office also issues a travel warning germans who are there are urged to consider leaving the country. and for more on this is bringing d w chief international editor richard walker. can you talk us through this warning a little bit more yet? nick. so alina bab described the situation at the moment in ukraine as precarious, saying that there is no de escalation. the de escalation, the germans and the rest of the west have been pushing for diplomatic channels in recent weeks. but rather the opposite and referring to the fact that there are large military exercises going on at the moment by 30000 russian troops in belarus . there are also naval exercises going on around the port of savannah to pole in crimea, which the russians of course, annexed back in 2014. so pointing to this and this really timing in with, with warnings that we've had from the united states yesterday, that it does appear that some kind of military action could be imminent. so an alina burbock saying, on the basis of this th

the foreign office will say that they are intending to ratchet up those sanctions if putin goes furtherhich everyone seems to expect him to do and he did as much this afternoon, but, with things being announced as they are, people are clearly feeling it does not go far enough. are clearly feeling it does not go far enough-— are clearly feeling it does not go far enou:h. . ~ , ,., are clearly feeling it does not go far enou:h. . �* , ,., ., far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers _ far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers are _ far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers are doing _ far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers are doing a - far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers are doing a lot - far enough. kieran andries, some of the later papers are doing a lot of i the later papers are doing a lot of angles on that, but with this guardian story, the secretary general of nato has said this is the biggest security threat to a generation or so. how is the uk dealing with this?— dealing with this? well, stark warninus dealing with t

studio: that was the british foreign office minister speaking l foreign office minister speaking there shortly. the sanctions put in place against russia have come from the united states, the uk and germany. the eu is cutting off russia boss my access to their banks and financial markets as well as banning trade from the two rebel held regions —— russia's access. ian murray is the shadow secretary in scotland. there are many calls for the british government to do more now because in the view of president biden this is already an invasion? it the view of president biden this is already an invasion?— already an invasion? it is. if you listen to the _ already an invasion? it is. if you listen to the words _ already an invasion? it is. if you listen to the words of _ already an invasion? it is. if you listen to the words of the - already an invasion? it is. if you i listen to the words of the ukrainian foreign minister that you just broadcast at the general assembly, you hear the stark warnings that the international community must act now and not make mistakes of the past. this is notjust

our visit to the british foreign office, as diplomatic talks turn frosty., though, that vladimir putin wants to de-escalate?

yes, on the front page - of most newspapers tomorrow morning, the warning from the foreign office tellingn ukraine to get out for the clearly the intelligence is telling notjust america and other western allies that it looks as though russia has decided as we have long suspected to invade ukraine and it's no longer safe for british nationals to be there. and borisjohnson had a very sobering call with other world leaders this evening and it looks as though an invasion could take place within days with america it has, subsequently and said they don't think, contradicting reports here, they don't think russia has finally made up his mind. or president putin has finally made up his mind but certainly there's a lot of chatter now, i think this is all but inevitable. so it's not a safe place for british nationals to be so they are told to come home. yes urging travel by commercial— are told to come home. yes urging travel by commercial means - are told to come home. yes urging travel by commercial means while | travel by commercial means while they remain available. certainly the suggestion tha

rory stewart was one of borisjohnson�*s ministers in the foreign office. he�*s a staunch critic.s because it suits him, sometimes because he wants to make people happy. but basically, he says whatever he thinks he needs to say on a particular occasion to make it through the day. in the run—up to partygate, the prime minister was already fending off questions about his integrity. who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat? he should know i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. it turns out that wasn�*t the full story. this is interior designer lulu lytle, seen here using her own home to promote her designs. her company had been paid £112,000 to do up the prime minister�*s downing street flat. are you worried about . the investigation, prime minister? who coughed up for the flat, sir? j the renovation was initially paid for by a conservative party donor. it wasn�*t declared, leaving borisjohnson open to claims of corruption. he said he knew nothing about it. by the time that was revealed not to be true, the prime minister had tried to

rory stewart was one of borisjohnson�*s ministers in the foreign office. he's a staunch critic.nship with the truth, for many different reasons. sometimes because it suits him, sometimes because he wants to make people happy. but basically, he says whatever he thinks he needs to say on a particular occasion to make it through the day. in the run—up to partygate, the prime minister was already fending off questions about his integrity. who initially paid for the redecoration of his downing street flat? he should know i paid for downing street refurbishment personally, mr speaker. it turns out that wasn't the full story. this is interior designer lulu lytle, seen here using her own home to promote her designs. her company had been paid £112,000 to do up the prime minister's downing street flat. are you worried about . the investigation, prime minister? who coughed up for the flat, sir? j the renovation was initially paid for by a conservative party donor. it wasn't declared, leaving borisjohnson open to claims of corruption. he said he knew nothing about it. by the time that was r

the foreign office is not relocated, the embassy at further west in the country. and as 2 weeks ago advise for u. k. national should leave ukraine by all means possible. the ministry of defense will continue to monitor action, support, ukrainian defensive effort, and contribute to nato's response measures. we continue to have the speaker president and will relent and pull back from an invasion. but we must refer to the consequences if he does not. i will, as i have continued to be, as i have done for the last few weeks, both in the chamber and colleague online thank you. know to, to shut the sectors that job nearly as well as the u. k. defense secretary taking you through where the u. k. government thinks they are right now in their relationship with let me put in and everyone else involved in what's going on on that crucially important area that border area in and near and around ukraine that he baba monitoring that for us out of london. so nadine, 1st off of that breakdown, not pulling his punches at all and reminding everyone not least the russians look, you si

and at the same time, the foreign office also declares that no matter what happens, we must be on guard. if russia withdraws, it's true, the threat will not disappear. the brits for the future already being laid. the topic is being habit forever and ever. while the leaders of russia and batteries have both voiced alarm v crane's apparent attempts to escalate the situation in the dawn bass, they gave a joint press conference here in moscow within the last few hours with no one that his fasfa type. well, alex on de luca sancho, just the latest had to take to make a flying visit to moscow. quite literally. we did see his helicopter taken off from inside the kremlin, off today's 2 and a half hour talked, wrapped up. now he got him at 210 and did meet very recently in the some box, but of course, friday me think comes amid great attention all around russia. now the friendship between moscow and min because come on to increase me and recon days i'm not is because at the moment the 2 countries are engaged in joint training drills. cool. but i like to call 2022. i'm in fact just sat down bass.

across western parts of scotland, through the afternoon and to the north of northern ireland, the foreign officend wind is light as he was strong to gale—force across southern parts. the wind is coming from a general southerly direction, but where we should be for this stage at 7—11 c but parts of scotland and east of scotland, east anglia, a few showers in the west which continue through a night and some guy is developing for many in between the showers with a northerly wind kicking and temperatures dropping so across parts of central and southern scotland, northern ireland, we could see a touch of frost into tomorrow. for tomorrow, this is the pressure, how to get to the north sea, ridge of high pressure follows link in its wake so the... we have become fewer. lots of outbreaks of rain here and there were brightening up and sunny spells for northern ireland some of the dry weather, some parts of scotland. wintry with a covering of sleet and snow in places and even though temperatures may show at 5—9, 10 celsius on thermometers, the strength of the wind will make it feel colder. and tuesday, af

propaganda when it comes to security agreements in, in europe, you know, a form a specialized foreign office. david clark says it's bad. we got ourselves into a situation now where our ability to respond to what putin is doing is damaged by wounds inflicted ourselves politically. this is not a government that's well place to take a lead. the current immediate domestic convicts is of a government in trouble. a government with a track record, frankly, of engineering, sensational news interventions in order to distract and reflect from their own difficulties. lever also said that the evacuation diplomatic stove could mean a full flag that was echoing the american accusations of a russian full flag that could kick off conflict. yeah, well, both sides really are accusing the other of exploiting domestic difficulties. and there's an element of truth. i mean, when, when, when, when david clark, i think you quoted says it's johnson's or difficulties have weakened our ability, what does our me, oh, you are. i mean, britain hasn't got any, any huge ro there. he's talking on behalf of nature. at the sa

what the foreign office is calling the largest ever a sanctions regime against russia in the circumstances. but russia did take military action families trust as talked about any further invasion. now those m new sanctions are not ready. the opposition here as queried why it's being reported that they should be brought forward by the end of this month. but they so puts more pressure on on lives truss. and on the british government to look like it's doing something as alongside its european allies, under nato. now less trust is in russia for a 2 day visit meeting. the foreign minister, boris johnson on thursday travels to poland to meet the prime minister and president. but crucially also then goes to brussels to meet the secretary general of the nato alliance and britain, very keen to show that it is standing firm with the us. and the key partner in the nato alliance in of messaging. but also in terms of committing troops. the u. k, his is sending 350 more soldiers to the border between poland and barrows. now they've mainly been taking, trying to help the efforts to deal with the refugee

again, alicia, recently grant where what we've seen foreign office documents published online as that talked about undermining russian, influencing the in russian media, russian non governmental, organizational, non commercial organizations. what's not by using the bbc and reuters and other organizations. how true are these documents? are they real? this is my 1st question i'm. my 2nd question is, are the u. k said, that's why russia is building up its forces its troops, sir, in the near the ukrainian borders. although these troops are on the territory of russia. while you k military vessels are currently stationed in the black sea denotes do you not think that these are aggressive actions by the u. k as well? there is no doubt that the stationing, although over a 100000 troops on the ukrainian border, is directly put in place to threaten ukraine. and this is not the only action that we've seen by the russian authorities. we've seen cyber attacks and we've seen other attempts to undermine the activities of a sovereign nation. despite the fact the russia signed up to the 1994 budapest

jeremy, you spent a large part of your career when you were in the foreign office dealing with russianseran foreign minister who has held the position for, i think, for 18 years now. do you think, though, that the russian leadership at the moment is detterable, it is beatable, it is persuadable that, regardless of western strength, western unity — because you could argue that there has been a greater sense of western unity than some had imagined, that there has been greater agreement about sanctions, there's been an awful lot of diplomacy going on, and yet the russians have carried on and on what they have done. do you think they can be persuaded? i do, and we could have averted what happened but they fundamentally interpreted what happened, for example, after the murder of alexander litvinenko in london — that horrific poisoning — we huffed and we puffed and then a few years later both the government in britain and the united states said they wanted to do a reset of relations and give the russians another chance. crosstalk. it was one bjohnson who went to try and have that reset with l

at the same time, the nato secretary general states that they have the foreign office also declared that no matter what happened, we must be on god. if russia withdraws is true, the threat will not disappear good ago. the bricks for the future are already being lazy. the topic is being habit forever and ever. no police. canadian authorities have launched a crackdown on freedom convoy demonstrators. hundreds of officers in riot gear. some carrying automatic weapons broke up crowds in ottawa while mounted police were also called into action to route out. any trouble makers, some utilizing purpose there ah ah oh i. 7 protested resisting rest more forcefully taken away by officers with several pinned to the ground before being handcuffed among them. movement organizers, the interim auto of police chief noted in his statement that a number of arrests were made while the capital was reclaimed. we began making arrest the key individuals who were responsible for organizing these unlawful activities this morning, public order units and a significant number of officers were deployed to support our

and since we're here in london we went to the british foreign office today and spoke with james cleverly the u.k. minister for europe. he told us if russia invades ukraine they will face a quagmire and russian troops will, in his words, go home in body bags. in moscow today, your foreign secretary was walked out on by her russian counterpart, sergey lavrov. he said she was upent listening to him. it looks like the diplomatic talks are not going well. >> well, the fact that liz got a bit of a frosty reception in moscow is unsurprising because she was saying things that they don't really want to hear. >> o'donnell: like what? well, she's taken a really very very clear message that their actions are unacceptable. i really hope that russian listens. >> o'donnell: is there any sign, though, that vladimir putin wants to deescalate? >> well, sadly, we are not seeing any of the things that we would want to see, we're not hearing any of the things that we would want to hear. >> o'donnell: given where the number of troops are, there are so many russian troops in belarus, that vladimir putin could

we also know today the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign off, although the foreign office says that's not to expel him. at least not yet. smith trusts the foreign secretary. she's also been speaking today and she's doing every single british national in ukraine to come home and mediately. so from london, it's a very quick and big reaction today with the prime minister saying we must brace ourselves for war diminishing any hopes of didn't plo missy. effectively the u. k. has spoken out until the dark with ukraine and spoken out against is perceiving as a russian aggression, specifically with this barge of sanctions imposed just on the 20 past the hour here at moscow or reminded now of our breaking news for youth this hour. at the opera house of russia's parliament has just approved the president's request to deploy russian troops abroad. the supplies only to so called peacekeeping forces. it comes off to the low house, the state duma, ratified treaties of military and economic cooperation with a don. it's can lugens republics. it's off the lot of my food and recognize them

shadow for us on defence, we get high—level briefings from the ministry of defence officials, foreign office intelligence services, and you are immediately impressed by the details and the expertise, and clearly, when borisjohnson says the situation is pretty grim, he is right about that, and it's very worrying, because we haven't seen anything like this really since the end of the cold war. we all want diplomacy to work, and we have seen a lot of shuttle diplomacy this week, with macron in russia and shorts in washington and boris in poland, so there is a lot going on to try and de—escalate this but, at the same time, the truth is, while we are speaking, that 100,000 troops has grown. i wonder where the real view is for you and keir starmer of nato. is it the view from the last election campaign, under jeremy corbyn, or is it the view now? there is a big change. we did have a commitment to nato in our last manifesto, but clearlyjeremy corbyn himself had a history in relation to nato, and i understand he is at an event tonight... plan, yes, stop the war event. where he is questioning nato, a

we also know the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office today, bought some confirmation from downing street that's not to expel him. although, who knows, let's trust the foreign secretary, then she's advising all british national to return back from ukraine as soon as possible. so effectively, it's all happening here in the united kingdom today in the house of commons. the u . k. has spoken it, standing in solidarity with ukraine and standing up against it perceives as russian aggression and of course has now impose these very severe sanctions shot. you. thank you. now as the west, the media and politicians are rounding on russia over the recognition or the don bass republics. china is basically taking a bit of a neutral stall and that's a joint benjamin child. now, professor at the paris school of technology and business that coming on the program here, when i see great to see you today, we were looking at a fairly moderate position from china with the latest crisis in ukraine, neither really supporting nor condemning rushes recognition of those republics, how would you

and at the same time, the foreign office also declared that no matter what happens, we must be on guard. if russia withdraws its troops, the threat will not disappear. the brits for the future already being laid that topic is being habit forever and ever. are the leaders of russia and better? and so both voice lama ukraine's apparent attempts to escalate the situation in the bus. they gave a joint press conference here in moscow on friday afternoon, or he's asking taylor has more alex on to lucas shanker. just the latest head of state to make a flying visit to moscow. quite literally, we did see his helicopter taken off from the kremlin just behind me all to those 2 and a half hour talks wrapped up. now he had brought him a putin did. in fact, meet recently only in december, but friday's meeting comes in a much tense context. and that is because the historic friendship between minsk and moscow has come under increasing scrutiny since the 2 countries are currently holding joint military drills. cool. i like to resolve 2022. on fact, before the talks that got started, they hugged they sho

what the foreign office is calling the largest ever sanctions regime against russia. in the circumstances that russia did take military action, this trust has talked about any invasion. now, those new sanctions are not ready. the opposition here has queried why it's being reported that they should be brought forward by the end of this month. but they so puts more pressure on on lives truss and on the british government to look like it's doing something along side it's european allies, under nato, now live trusted in russia for a 2 day visit meeting. the foreign minister boris johnson on thursday travels to poland to meet the prime minister president. but crucially also then goes to brussels to meet the secretary general of the nato alliance in britain. very keen to show that it is standing firm with the us. natasha butler's following development from kiev. dmitri clover are giving a press conference sir in kiev, and he went over a couple of points. really. he said, 1st of all, in terms of the situation along caves along ukraine's border, he said that it was calm. it w

and at the same time, the foreign office also declares that no matter what happens, we must be on guard. if russia withdraws its troops, the threat will not disappear. the brits for the future already being laid. the topic is being habit forever and ever. oh, okay, well let's discuss all of this a bit further. now. bring in russia analysts martin mccauley. he joins us from the u. k. mark, and always good to to you. let's start with that joint press conference that we heard just a few minutes ago. from mr. pace and mr. lucas shank from better race. both showing a united front on the crisis in ukraine and also talking about the pressure that runs from the west. how do you think the west is going to view that and they will see it just as a continuation of russian politics. does he augment that this is an information wall in the west and some people in the west say it's an information wall and therefore russia and rows are really seeing the same song. they're very, very joint. they're very close and charm and they are in fact say exactly the same thing as you would expect. and for a western

and at the same time, the foreign office also declared that no matter what happened, we must be on guard. if russia withdraws its troops, the threat will not disappear, go the bricks for the future are already being lazy. the topic is being habit forever and ever. no police. earlier this week, the u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking claimed russia was planning a chemical attack in ukraine either real or fake as a pretext for an invasion. president biden repeated his claim that an invasion will happen in the next several days. meanwhile, anonymous us intelligence officials have been quoted in the washington post as saying the russian pullback from ukraine border is just a ruse to deceive the west. you heard from karen krakowski, a retired us air force, lieutenant colonel. she said, some people in government have vested interest in storing the crisis. we just don't have any evidence to support what the state department and what joe biden is saying . he is, he is treating germany and the ukranian leadership, very arrogantly, very authoritarian. you know, as an authoritarian telling th

and at the same time, because the foreign office also declared that no matter what we must be on guard. if russia withdraws, it's true, the threat will not disappear. go the brits for the future already being late. the topic is being habit forever and ever. no political canadian, please have tried to break up a protest camp in the country's capital and the rest of the several truck drivers demonstrating against covey vaccine mandate. we saw more val, 4 boxes with our load all the all the believe with optic. but why not get ready? morning, there's over a 150 last leave guard prison transport wagon. there's 6 bus and get ready to load guys up, build up symbolizes unlawful. operates, and unlawful order. because this is not an emergency. i know that not of late that up to do more levels of parliament, they cannot act on that. they are acting lawfully. and they are acting under unlawful orders. protesters resisting arrest. we're forcefully taken away by officers with several pinned to the ground before being handcuffed. the 1st one was protest leader chris barber, who has also searched befo