s. president joe biden to key f following a 50 minute telephone call. heidi joe castro has more from washington on ukraine's comments following that discussion. zalinski invited biden to go to keep in the coming days. quote unquote, because the u. s. presidents present there in the ukrainian capital would be crucial for de escalation again, there is no mention of this and the official read out that came from the white house and we are waiting for a response to that invitation. what we do know from the white house is that this call lasted about an hour, and that biden's set of zalinski that he affirmed that the u. s. allies are ready to respond. he said swiftly and decisively. if russia further is, it's a good aggression against ukraine. ukraine is seeking transparency on russia's military build up. the number of russian forces in belarus is the largest since the end of the cold war. they're engaged in intensive war games. canadian police arrested several people while clearing the remaining cobit 19 protesters and vehicles blocking a bridge on the border between the us and canada. the

it's a very different situation and things can go crazy quickly. heidi joe castro has moved from washington. daisy, this is an interview that president biden gave to nbc news. he said essentially that americans should leave ukraine now because in the case of a russian invasion, he said there would be no scenario that he would order us troops into rescue the stranded americans. because in his words, he said that would be a world war americans and russians shooting at each other. and he said there is no scenario he would allow that to happen. the president's words, echoing a very similar warning issued by the us state department also today, which told american citizens to leave ukraine now using private or commercial means, again, reiterating that the u. s. would not be going in to help americans leave after the fact. if russia does invade, of course this is all coming after us intelligence assessment has found that more than $100000.00 resident troops have a mast near the border with ukraine, with fear that they will achieve full capacity to invade the country by february 15th, which is some

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, where he will meet with military allies. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington in the knees coming up, remembering the face of american support attribute to the nfl hall of fame coach john madden. ah hello, welcome to have a look at the international forecast. got the usual rush of showers across much of southeast asia, received some lively rain recently, around the malay peninsula and northern parts of malaysia, excess of 200 millimeters of rain coming through here, or where to weather. we'll just notice way up into the gulf of thailand, we'll see some heavy rain coming in across much of thailand as we go through wednesday and the usual scattering of showers across a good part of malaysia, indonesia still seeing some heavy downpours. we could see some live, he shows 2 across northern parts of australia, but the story really for australia is the heat. we still have some very high temperatures across western parts of australia. perth, still up into the high thirty's, over the next couple of days, shall was there across the law firm. we have

will staying with that story, heidi joe castro has more from washington on that ukrainian invitation to jo. biting. what's telling is that this detail out of that call came not from the white house, but from the office of the ukrainian president lensky. now, in his read out of the call and his offices read out, it says that the loan ski invited biden to go to keys in the coming days, quote unquote, because the u. s. president present there in the ukraine and capital would be crucial for de escalation again, there is no mention of this and the official read out that came from the white house and we are waiting for a response to that invitation. well, we do know from the white house is that this call lasted about an hour, and that vide instead zalinski that he affirmed that the u. s. allies ready to respond. he said swiftly and decisively. if russia further aggression against ukraine is a recall yesterday, biting, use nearly those same words when he spoke with the president of russia, a lot of you couldn't. and in that call, which was aimed at these de escalate the situation. apparentl

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, or he will meet with military allies. heidi joe castro algae 0, washington. you and secretary general antonio terrace has stepped up, his engagement with both sides in a potential sign of how concerned he is about the risk of conflict. he's our diplomatic at his head, james base. until now the united nations has been pretty much on the side lines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power, bought. the secretary general has now had a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with ukrainian foreign minister and has issued this strong statement do leave no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not a step over the line. it is a dive over a cliff. in short, my appeal is these do not fail the cause of peace. the secretary general was speaking after having lunch with the security council secretary or nor can conflict be avoided. i believe so. the lunch meeting was hosted in the russian mission

that'll disrupt its biggest buyers in the middle east and asia are to do as heidi joe castro reports now from washington. the sanctions mainly target to major russian financial institutions. there is the bank called the v e b, which has been described by white house officials as a crumb ones. piggy bank and there's also the russian military bank. so this would block all transactions involving those 2 institutions. these sanctions also cut off the russian government from market financial markets in the west and starting tomorrow. they would also target russian leads and their families. now what these sanctions do not do is they do not reach to fight to larger russian banks. they do not touch on the energy sector and they do not name of a lot of mere putin himself the russian president as a target of the sanctions. but the white house has said that all of those are still on the table in the event that russia proceeds further with its military invasion of ukraine. invasion is the exact language that was used by president joe biden. he said this was a flagrant violation of international

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, or he will meet with military allies. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. few and 2nd general antonio perez spoke to the ukrainian or russian foreign ministers. here's our diplomatic as a james, based on those talks. until now, the united nations has been pretty much on the sidelines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power, bought. the secretary general has now had a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with the ukranian foreign minister and is issued this strong statement. you will have no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not a step over the line. it is a vive, over the cliff. in short, my appeal is these. do not fail the cause of peace. the secretary general was speaking off to having lunch with the security council. secretary general can conflict be avoided? i believe so. the lunch meeting was hosted in the russian mission to the united nations. russia just happens th

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, or he will meet with military allies, heidi joe castro algae 0 washington. meanwhile, the u. s. has offered ukraine, a sovereign loan guarantee of up to a $1000000000.00, meaning it will step in if i can't make it that obligations the section of state the blank and says it will help stabilize ukraine's economy, which he says is straining from the tension with russia germany is also offering a loan of $170000000.00 to me in a thought of which is a professor of politics at the ethnic business school in singapore. he says this loan gives ukraine some breathing room. it is very significant because the country is in the dire straits from the economic point of view. they have to spend very much money on defense and to prepare for maybe that the invasion coming from russia . so any money coming from the welcome to them, they can difficult be difficult time stop something such as i am asked for the war the bank. so it is by laterally. different countries such as the united states or germany are giving them some money. ukraine is not going to work

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, where he will meet with military allies, heidi joe castro algae 0 washington. joining us now on the program, steven nick, sees the regional director for eurasia of the international republican institute. he's in washington. steven nicks, welcome back 3 to 0. if there is to be a diplomatic breakthrough, what form might it take? well, it's very clear that mr. brewton has signaled his willingness to continue to engage in negotiations. now that could be a positive sign. it could be that he's engaging in negotiations. salami slicing, continuing to try to negotiate, to try to gain further concessions from the west. so he remains to be seen whether these are real negotiations or are designed to merely of delay the invasion that he has said he might undertake. while he continues to slice away at the west physician was your reading of how the biden administration specifically has been framing this, particularly over the past 36 hours because there was this awkward conversation this time yesterday between mr biden and mr. zelinski, the ukrainian premi

as actively engaging and seeking that diplomatic solution. heidi, thank you very much, heidi joe castro. they're talking to live out of washington. well, the un secretary general into any good terrorists spoke to the ukranian and the russian foreign ministers. he has diplomatic editor, james, based on those talks. until now the united nations has been pretty much on the sidelines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power, bought. the secretary general has now had a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with the ukrainian foreign minister and is issued this strong statement. you will have no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not stepped over the line. it is a vice over the cliff in shorts. my appeal is these. do not fail the cause of peace. the secretary general was speaking after having lunch with the security council secretary or nor can conflict be avoided. i believe. so. the lunch meeting was hosted in the russian mission t

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, or he will meet with military allies. heidi joe castro algae 0. washington un secretary general antonio cherish has stepped up, his engagement with both sides in a potential sign of how concerned he is about the risk of conflict is on diplomatic . it's james base. until now, the united nations has been pretty much on the side lines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power bought. the secretary general has now had a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with ukrainian foreign minister and as issued this strong statement do leave no stone unturned in the search for a peaceful solution. abandoning diplomacy for confrontation is not a step over the line. it is a vive, over the cliff. in short, my appeal is these do not fail the cause of peace. the secretary general was speaking after having lunch with the security council. secretary general can conflict be avoided? i believe so. the lunch meeting was hosted in the russian mission to the unite

now, i heidi joe castro in washington, and i suppose the u. s. wanting to perhaps strengthen the package of measures and outs yesterday. that's our mariam. and the white house was clear that it wanted to wait for germany to take action 1st, which we did yesterday in suspending this north stream to pipeline project. and if you recall, this is actually a reversal for the white house for, but the bite administration was just a year ago, had pulled back on on suspending this project. because at the time biden had said that this pipeline which connects russia and germany to deliver critical natural gas from russia to germany. he said that this project had been too far along the time. well now it's completely billed. it hasn't been turned on yet. but biden's as now given hooton's actions and ukraine, he said that the russian president has given the world overwhelming incentive to distance itself from russian gas. now, while this is happening, the us treasury department is also in discussion thinking about and ready another set of sanctions. this wil

s. defense secretary is now headed to belgium, where he will meet with military allies, heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the rest of the raised years is ahead of the usa, including come trading beginning in what's expected to be so of careers, tightest presidential election in years. and then in sport, one of america's most influential figures is remembered a tribute to the multi talented drama ah, it prisons washing dissident alexi novel. they is on trial once again. this time charged with fraud. at its insulting a world war, 2 veteran is accused of embezzling funds from his now banned anti corruption foundation. the only narrowly survived a murder attempt with the chemical agent lovett chalk in 2020. he's already serving a 2 year sentence for allegedly violating conditions, imposed in another criminal case. alexi more a v f is a russia specialist and associate professor of national security and strategic studies of australia's kirkland university. he says, the timing of this trial is clearly deliberate. the eyes of the world and certainly the west is on your grain then on the wi

partners will respond in the united and decisive way the world will hold russia accountable. heidi joe castro. now in washington. d. c. respect to you, 1st of all, haughty as i know, it's coming up 6 in the morning and you've been up all night to report for us. take us through more of what joe biden said, and again, it's like i ask, needs before in london about british reaction, these leaders talk about the science of response. is there any indication of what that might be? and now we will soon find out as president biden is expected to again address the american nation live at around noon time here in washington. and that is when he is expected to announce what the severe sanctions really entail. likely they will mirror what we will see reflected from the you. we've heard those bigger ideas floating around as, as more financial blocks on bigger blank, bigger banks in russia, perhaps going after putting himself as a target of the sanctions and his closest associates. and something that russia is unable to really insulate itself against our export bands. the u. s. possibly going to band the ex

not joe biden said, if that happens, he won't send troops and to rescue americans who are fleeing high. did you, castro is live for us in washington, d. c, with the very latest. and heidi, the president, very clear on his instructions to nationals living in ukraine. that's right, president joe biden's message to those us citizens in ukraine is to get out. now he said there is no scenario in which he could order us troops to rescue stranded americans in the case of a russian invasion because it would be in his words, quote, world war americans and russians starting to shoot at each other. this as follows. after the us state department already ordered the evacuation of all non government workers from the embassy last month. and now the state department has also made it clear to remaining us citizens. that now is the time to depart ukraine on private or commercial means adding that in the event of a russian invasion, the u. s. would not be able to evacuate us citizens from anywhere in ukraine. that message, again reiterated by the u. s. president. you know, it's alone, but that's why what i've asked is american citizens should leave should leave. now we're dealing with on

jump up by 27 percent. president joe biden says full cost or inflation will ease though by the end of the year. why did your castro joins us live now from washington? and heidi, i have to say, this is something that we're seeing in many countries not east here in the u. k, with people having to pay more for basic goods, including food and electricity. how is the rise in the cost of living affecting americans? shamira i'm here in the us. it's the fact that this is the biggest and fastest price increase that many people have ever seen in their lifetimes and 40 years. and americans are seeing it in every sector of the economy. in particular, electric bills are 27 percent over the past year. there's also price increases, of course, in gasoline, in rent, in clothing and medical care costs, and a stroll down any grocery. i'll makes it more than visible that prices are going up, particularly as a last month and makes good seeing the biggest price increases. and as we are seeing inflation rise in the us, you're also seeing polling numbers for president joe biden plummeting with just 40 percent of americans now approving of his performance in the oval office that's d