the white house, as a call between joe biden of vladimir putin lasted 50 minutes, biden repeated the threat of sanctions. if moscow invades ukraine. freakin said such move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties between the countries. john hendern as more now from washington, dc. in a 50 minute conversation between us president joe biden and russian president vladimir putin, the 2 sides laid out their diplomatic positions over growing tensions in ukraine. that is where a 100000 russian troops are amassed on the russian side of that border. after that, talk us press secretary for the president gen saki issued a statement saying, quote, president biden urged russia to de escalate tensions with ukraine. he made clear that the united states and its allies and partners will respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. president biden also expressed support for diplomacy. she went on to say that the president reiterated that substantive progress in these dialogues can occur only in an environment of de escalation rather than escalation. then we have the response from the russian

well, as such, talks have now been confirmed with the video cold between joe biden of vladimir putin shut old for tuesday. meanwhile, though, another incident came just a day off in the meeting of the ministers and nato spy plane forced to 2 passenger flies to change course, to avoid a collision over the black sea. russia called it a danger of civil aviation and richard becker from the anti war. anti coalition says there's not russia that's on the march presentation or what's going on from the us side from secretary state. blinking sites is so lacking in credibility and so full of threat since $999.00 just 22 years. the number of countries in nato has almost doubled and its try and fire from the north atlantic, which is what it was called. you know, what it's so it's called the north atlantic treaty organization. but it's clearly the strategy became to surround russia. presentation is false on the part of lincoln. it's not russia that's marching westward and you know, every year surrounding the united states a little bit more or germany or france or britain, or any of the nato countri

joe biden, salt. this is the direct consequence of joe biden, surrendered of vladimir putin on north stream to the tirade occurred as the draft u. s. defense budget for 20. 22. moved off to the senate's, the number of anti russian measures were dropped in the house in its previous form . the bill included a bill of bomb, excuse me, on americans buying russian debt sanctions on nor stream to the senate will vote on the defense budget next week. or t america has been sworn, save the removal of sanctions from the bill indicates that the american president does not want them there. a fairly big deal. consider the fact that obviously when the house version was written, as you mentioned, these sanctions were included. the senate version, they're not included, that's something called reconciliation, where essentially the bill has to match. and so it looks like those sanctions won't be there, which means that the biden administration is actually cutting ties with a lot of the rhetoric of the democratic party right now. in the u. s, which is insistent upon having these kinds of sanction built into the u. s. defen

my headquarters here in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. us president joe biden rushes of vladimir putin knowledge. you to hold a virtual summit shortly as tensions increase ukraine. the united kingdom introduces new travel restrictions to limit the spread of micron diary and will be live at gatwick airport and london. china condemns the u. s. s. decision to impose a diplomatic boy court of the beijing 2022 games as a violation of the elim pick spirit. and end of an era chancellor angle merkel is about to say goodbye after 16 years running europe biggest economy. and i'm sorry if not with a board to later in the news, our end, the legend ben curry edges close to another record. we're coming to you live from our special sci fi era cup studio here in cat. tar. ah, welcome to the news. we start with a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia. soon, presidents joe biden and bladder mir putin are due to start virtual talk focused on russia's troop build up along its border with ukraine. now their affairs in washington, but basco may be planning to invade its neighbour. acc

joe biden's fault. this is the direct consequence of joe biden surrender to vladimir putin on nord stream to that and right came and the draft us defense budget for next year moved up to the senate. it no longer contains anti russia measures in his previous form. the bill included a ban on americans buying russian debt and sanctions on the stream to the senate votes on the defense budget. next week on the america spend, swan says the removal of sanctions from the vill indicates the us president, the woman that a fairly big deal. consider the fact that obviously when the house version was written, as you mentioned, these sanctions were included, the senate version. they're not included, that's something called reconciliation, where essentially the bill has to match. and so it looks like those sanctions won't be there, which means that the biden administration is actually cutting ties with a lot of the rhetoric of the democratic party right now in the u. s, which is insistent upon having these kinds of sanction built into the us defense spending bills. and it's pretty significant for a couple of reasons. one

the reminder of all top stories, us president, joe biden, and russian counterpart vladimir putin holding a video call a bit rising tensions about ukraine. washington says it has evidence of moscow pining an invasion which russia denali lease full people have been killed by an explosion in iraq southern city of basra. the blast happened near a hospital. several other people were also injured. and the u. k has implemented the travel restrictions as a result of the new 1900 barriers people traveling that will now need to show a negative test result within 48 hours. the best flight not trying to is wanting relations with the u. s. may be home after washington announced a diplomatic boy cause of next year's winter olympics in beijing. american government officials will not attend the event because of what they call human rights atrocities and genocide. katrina, you has more from beijing off on china's winter olympic uniforms already. and thousands for the vent stuff have been hired, but there will be few guests attending with the games opens engaging in february, the united states has announc

imposing new restrictions and looking for ways to stop the rapid spread of the highly transmissible omicron variant. joe biden and vladimir putin say that they will seek diplomatic solutions to discuss rising tensions over ukraine. >> we miss you, we love you, we thank you. >> those in south africa honor desmond tutu. in one of the biggest chinese lantern festivals right here in europe. a town in southwestern france lights up in spectacular fashion with displays brought in from china. welcome to the program. surgeon covid-19 infections are worrying governments around the globe. many are hastily introducing limits in an effort to prevent the spread of the virus. officials say the omicron variant is driving the latest surge. >> the u.k. has been reporting record-breaking case numbers just like denmark. many countries in europe are seeing unprecedented peaks, the rapid spread of the covid-19 variant. germany case numbers are also rising. masks are especially effective against omicron. this is certainly different here in germany. >> the end of the year can be deceptive. fewer tests were administered. a spike may be seen quartz soon

joe biden's fault. this is the direct consequence of joe biden, to surrender to vladimir putin on north stream to well, that tirade came as the draft u. s. defense budget for next year moved up to the senate. a number of anti rush measures were dropped in the house in his previous form. the bill included, abandon, americans, buying russian debt and sanctions on the stream to the senate will vote on the defense budget next week. on t, america host pence once as the removal of sanctions from the bill indicates the u. s. president doesn't want them the fairly big deal. consider the fact that obviously when the house version was written, as you mentioned, these sanctions were included. the senate version, they're not included, that's something called reconciliation, where essentially the bill has to match. and so it looks like those stations won't be there, which means that the biting administration is actually cutting ties with a lot of the rhetoric of the democratic party right now. in the u. s, which is insistent upon having these kinds of sanction built into these us depend spending bills and it's prett

welcome to the news of a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia has been taking place, presents joe biden and vladimir putin held over 2 hours of virtual talks focused on russia's troop elder prolong the border with ukraine. now the roof is in washington, but moscow may be planning to invade its neighbour. according to us, intelligence is preparing an attack early next year, and is amassed $70000.00 troops near the border. russia has denied any plans for an invasion of ukrainian describes the accusations of hysteria. president putin wants to guarantee from the west that ukraine will not join nato and biden has urged the escalation while warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place on his be working with allies to prepare such measures. well, study by we have charl, stratford and eastern ukraine. bernard smith is standing by in the russian capital, moscow defenseless cross over to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins, who joins me from washington, d. c. and of course that meeting did go on for some time. kimberly, we knew it would, but we do. we have any details about what was said n

he was president joe biden and rushes of vladimir putin nod you to hold a virtual summit shortly as tensions increase over ukraine. the united kingdom produces new travel restrictions to limit the spread of microns area and will be live at gatwick. airport near london, china condense, the u. s. s. decision to impose a diplomatic boy called the beijing 2022 games as a violation of the lympics.

spoken for the 2nd time this month and a bit to de escalate tension of ukraine. whitehouse as a call between joe biden and vladimir putin loss of 50 minutes. biden repeated the threat of sanctions if moscow invades ukraine, who responded that such move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties between the countries. the former president of south korea has been released from jail park. good, hey, has served almost 5 years of a more than 20 year prison sentence for corruption. president main giant gave the 69 year old a special pardon last week. and countries have started celebrating the new year in me to fashion the fireworks were cancelled in new zealand due to cape 19. and a light show was put on instead to welcome in 2020 to go to that headlines. more news coming up right after al jazeera correspondent. ah ah, am talk my name. i'm an online journalist. i am married and have a 4 year old daughter. lou, i grew up in sweden, but ameritron by origin. oh, it was while making a web to comment to fall to 0. about female genital mutilation. that i realize how deeply rooted it is in many cultures, including my own, ah, family

kremlin says president putin told biden it was wrong to put all of the responsibility on russia's shoulders for the current tensions. following reaction from moscow. >> vladimir putin told joeen that responsibility should not be shifted to russia because nato is making attempts to take control of ukraine. pretty much everything that has been telegraphed about the meeting between biden and putin, what they were going to talk about, it is clear they touched on these topics, not just ukraine but cybercrime, both parties we are told agreed to discuss their readiness to continue practical cooperation on combating cybercrime. but it was ukraine the dominated the meeting. he also told biden he wanted guarantees the defense of strike systems would not be deployed in countries close to russia. he says nato is building its military infrastructure near russia's borders and putin says he expressed concerns about the allegedly provocative actions toward ukraine regions controlled by russian backed separatists. kremlin -- it considers what is going on in ukraine as an internal problem and does not want nato to get involved in what is happening in the ukraine and he wants assurances. from

of russia and the us hold crisis talks triggered by tensions over ukraine. joe biden raises the threat of sanctions against moscow, while vladimir putin calls for diplomacy and slams calves attempts to undermine piece talk. a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others and a public services center. hope frances slams the e. u for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language, likening its actions to the nazi dictatorship. ah, a broadcasting lie from the russian capital. this is.

remarkable to survive a president of russia and the us hold crisis talks triggered by tensions over ukraine . joe biden raises the threat of sanctions against moscow, while vladimir putin calls for diplomacy and slams key as attempts to undermine piece. talk with a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others in a public services center. and pope francis slams the you for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language, likening its actions to the quote nazi dictatorship bozier world news headlines for this hour on behalf of archie international. thanks a lot for watching. and we hope to see you again soon and ah.

of leaders. ah, the going tensions between russia and ukraine are expected to dominate talks between us president joe biden, and vladimir putin. the main focus of the virtual meeting will be russia's troop, build up at the ukraine border. but our fears that moscow may invade its neighbour according to us intelligence. it's preparing an attack alley next year, and it's a master, some $70000.00 forces. russia denies any plans for an invasion and has described the accusations as hysteria. president putin once a guarantee from the west that ukraine will not join nato. joe biden is expected to urge de escalation or warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place, he's been working with allies to prepare sanctions, bonner smithson, moscow. we're gonna get more from him in a couple of minutes. but 1st, let's hear from our white house correspondent kimberly hoggard who's in washington dc. what the u. s. hopes to gain is some sort of pathway to diplomacy. it's very clear from the statements coming out of the biden administration in recent days that that is the desired path. so what we saw in the last 24 hours was the u. s.

. >>> at the request of the russian government, joe biden and vladimir putin will speak by phone thursdaybout the build up of russian military forces on ukraine's border. ♪ >>> live from cnn center, this is "cnn newsroom" with john vors. >>> welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. the beginning of the pandemic's third calendar year is days away with daily covid infections at all-time highs averaging more than a million a day worldwide according to johns hopkins university. for the first time the united states averaging more than 300,000 new cases a day, the highest number since the pandemic began and more than any other country in the world. there's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the new omicron variant, but there is agreement that the numbers are certain to rise. while 2021 was the year of the vaccine with national immunization programs begin in many countries, the death toll from covid compared to the year before without vaccines has almost doubled. according to data again from johns hopkins university and the w.h.o., more than 1.8 million people died fr

following reaction from moscow. vladimir putin told joe biden, that responsibility should not be shifted to russia because nato is making danger. attempts to take control of ukraine. pretty much everything that has been telegraphed about the meeting between joe biden, vladimir putin, what they were going to talk about. it's clear that they touched on these topics, not just you crane, but also cyber crime. both parties were told and agreed to discuss their readiness to continue practical cooperation on combating cyber crime. but it was ukraine dominated. the meeting that i made. putin also told joe biden that he wanted guarantees that offensive strike systems would not be deployed in countries close to russia. he says that nato is building up its military infrastructure near russia's borders. and vladimir putin says he express concerns about kids allegedly provocative actions toward ukrainian regions controlled by russian backed separatists. the kremlin considers what's going on in ukraine as an internal problem. and he does not want nato to get involved, ultimately in what is happening in ukraine. and he doesn't want, he wants assurances, we don't know if

of ukraine. joe biden repeated the threat of sanctions at moscow invades ukraine. vladimir putin responded that such a move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties in the us state of colorado. hundreds of homes have been destroyed after wildfires driven by high winds in gulf to cities near denver being described as a life threatening situation. tens of thousands of people have been told to evacuate immediately. a group of refugees who spent days at sea at a damaged boat have been rescued by indonesian authorities. the boat was towed by a navy ship off the coast of archie, province, $100.00. 5 people, mainly women and children in box, and the port city is claimed. ok, but they've been given temporary accommodation. they have been trying to reach malaysian or human rights group as accusing government forces in northwest min, mom of killing civilians and destroying their homes. john video which matches the satellite images, shows smoke billowing from the ton of time playing in chin state. the military hasn't commented on the allegations or the chang reports from the me. a mar border fires burn in th

of russia and the us hold crisis talks triggered by tensions over ukraine. joe biden raises the threat of sanctions against moscow, while vladimir putin calls for diplomacy and slammed cubes, attempts to undermine piece talk. a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others in a public services center. and hope frances slams the you for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language, likening its actions to the nazi dictatorship ah, a broadcasting live from the russian capital. this is our to international, my name is donald quarter. welcome to the program. vladimir putin and joe biden have concluded a 2 hour video call focusing on fears of a military escalation in ukraine. the kremlin and the white house have revealed the key talking points. ortiz saskia taylor can tell us more. there was a lot of hype around the school, but at the same time, very low expectations. and any major breakthrough would happen and not indeed seems to be the case here. after that phone call in which a number of issues was raised ranging from cyber warfare to strategic stability, to regional issues such as iran. both sides have come out with s

. >> a harsh picture as manufacturers of covid test kits are struggling to keep up with demand. >> presidents joe biden and vladimir putin are speaking by phone about the russian troop will dove in ukraine. new rounds of talks, as the kremlin is stepping up calls for security guarantees, holding tests of hypersonic missiles to underscore its demands. the next round of talks set for the second of january in virginia. >> front and center in the conversation will be the situation at the ukrainian border. we have seen the russian side. the russian presint, vladimir putin, really putting out exactly what his demands were, what his country's demands were. among us, you mentioned those security -- very legally binding security guarantees. part of it is also asking nato to specifically and openly and publicly say that they will not give nato membership to countries like ukraine, but also other former soviet countries, like georgia, for example, to also ask nato and the united states very specifically to stop doing these military trainings, these military elements and bringing them on that eastern flank, that border with or betwe

just looking at some of the headlines, it looks like as a bit of disappointment in joe biden, they were expecting him to be tough on vladimir putin instead die in those 1st meetings. i 1st minutes of the meetings and said they saw a friendly smile, a wave, and pretty will, was just greetings, mr. president. hello. unfortunately, i saw myself. we didn't get to see one of the g 20 o next time we may redo it in person. so for a few harsh critics out there that was really all tantamount to treachery, certainly wasn't bite and living up to his promise to put all that pressure on vladimir putin. i asked for what the cool look like because really that's where we can talk about the moment until we got word from the russian side. we've been told that it was strictly one on one that even interpreters were indifferent. a separate rooms, but then we got to got a photograph of the white house situational situation room in which we can clearly see the fight and was flanked by 4 officials, including the sect of state, or antony blinker. by contrast, the image of vladimir putin doesn't indeed seem to just that he was by himself, and you might ha

guy: we will get a readout of the call from presidents joe biden and vladimir putin. icks into gear. back of india out with a decision, back of canada. all out with decisions. in germany, the new german chancellor will be sworn in. christine lagarde is speaking for the fifth european systemic risk board. alyx: i'm looking forward to gamestop. guy: i'm curious to see what's going to happen there. if people are piling back into the stock story, i want to know if that's going to be a catalyst. we will continue on bloomberg television and radio after this. this is bloomberg. ♪ >> from the world politics to the world of business, this is "balance of power" with david westin. ♪ david: from bloomberg world headquarters in new york to our television and radio audiences worldwide, welcome to "balance of power." president biden is still holding that video conference call with russian president vladimir putin. we turn now to our white house correspondent josh wingrove. we don't have a read out yet of what came out of it, but going into it, what were we expecting? josh: we expect

out of a scheduled video call between the russian and american presidents, a senior us official has a joe biden will want vladimir putinconsequences if he should decide to invade the ukraine. the white house has been working with european allies to co—ordinate a strong response. intelligence reports indicate in the past few weeks russia has amassed tens of thousands of troops on the border with ukraine, and it has pondered fears of an invasion early next year. call it what you will, a primitive strike, a vaccine mandate. eitherway, primitive strike, a vaccine mandate. either way, the message for new yorkers is clear. even if you are in the private sector, you have to get vaccinated if you want to go to work. the mayor of new york announced workers have until december 27 to have the jab. this is our all and if it stopped rising cases of covid—i9 is new variant has been gaining a foothold. it is time. this is how we put health and safety first, by ensuring that there is a vaccine mandate that reaches everyone, universally in the private sector. a lot of folks say they believe in vaccination, but they are not quite sure h

of foreign policy experience, his longstanding relationships with key european leaders to address putin's brinksmanship that's unfolding right now? >> well, you know, in the case of their relationship specifically, joe biden and vladimir putin have a very low level of trust. i remember flying to ukraine actually with then-vice president biden in 2014 having a conversation with him on the flight home in which he expressed the fact he had never trusted this guy and i'm paraphrasing there. he told the story about how he met with him in the kremlin and said i looked into his eyes and didn't see a soul. so they are coming from a point where they know each other. they don't trust each other. and kaitlan raised a crucial point. this is also about the rest of europe. how is president biden going to draw on these other relationships? the united states has a lot of strong relationships in europe, and he can bring that to bear as a threat in effect against vladimir putin to say, if you do this, you will go into the deep freeze. you become a pariah and you don't want that. that's one of the things he has up his sleeve. >> jeff, the ukrainian defense minister predicts, and i'm quoting now, a bloody massacre if russia decides to in

agency said after this meeting ended that there, it looks like the likelihood of a summit meeting between joe biden and vladimir putin is possible in the coming days. so we're seeing a repeat of the scenario we had in the summer, where russia built up, its troops along the border with ukraine. 2 months later, joe biden announce, is going to have a meeting with vladimir putin as not long after that. the 2 men meet in geneva, this time if there is a meeting, it will surely be held virtually. but the point is that the russians have been talking up for the possibility of this meeting. and it seems now that it might be actually happening. very interesting, bernard smith, with all the latest forest from moscow. thank you. valid. now, the international olympic committee has held a 2nd video call with chinese tennis player portray, amid concerns for her while being they've confirmed hung safety in a statement that was released on thursday. the form and double, while number one accused a politician of sexual assault, then wasn't seen in public for weeks. the w t. a meanwhile has suspended all of its tournaments in china as a

russia's military build up on the border with ukraine will be the top focus of video league talks between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday. south africa's president has criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the omicron variant. several rum oppose, also accused western governments of failing to deliver coven 19 vaccines that they promised to the african continent. what the mayor of new york city is announced, plans to make coven 19 vaccinations, compulsory for all workers in the private sector. it's the most sweeping corona virus related measure of any state or big us city. bill diblasio also said that children aged between 5 and 11, will soon need at least one vaccine dose to enter restaurants and theaters are those are the headlines now and i was a 0. let's get you back to witness. thought wouldn't allow me. one of those little kids have been talking about lemme dates. i'm a new tenant one. within a kilowatt laskey little me away on the middle of it told me live your doctor wasn't with a lot lower than what i got i'm you know, otherwise i would've been good to go down on my end.

russia's military build up on the border with ukraine will be the top focus of video link talks between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday, south africa as president has criticized sweeping travel bands imposed on his country because of the over kron variant. so rom, oppose also accused western governments of failing to deliver coven 19 vaccines that they promised to the african continent. the mayor of new york city has announced plans to make covey maintain vaccinations, compulsory for all workers in the private sector. it's most sweeping corona virus related measure of any state or us city. bill diblasio also said that children aged between 5 and 11, will soon need at least one vaccine dose to enter restaurants in theaters cases in new york. arising, there were concerns over the spread of the on the cong variant. a south african crew members suspected of being infected with the on the cross variant is among the 17 cases of coven 19 found a u. s. cruise ship. it left new orleans in the last week of november and made stops in belize, honduras, and mexico before returning some passengers complained they weren'

in the city of on demand demonstrations have been taking place across the country against the military takeover in october and years. president joe biden, and russian president vladimir putin of health a 2nd finkel this month, which lasted 15 minutes to believe, to discuss the increasing tensions over ukraine. but it has emerged of the destruction of a town and men laws northwest caused by foreign cars and artillery, launched by the military rights group say its further evidence of the armies brutal suppression of its opponents. the campaign in chins date has been taken place since september, causing thousands to flee tony chamber. fortunately tie me in my border fires burn and the hill top town of tent along and chin state northwest and mamma. the destruction caused by artillery shells and fires set by mamma's military, appear part of a concerted policy of scorched earth. most of the towns, $10000.00 residents, have fled across the nearby border and to india. powerless to do anything to save their homes. others fled chin state for the simple reason. they couldn't find anything to eat in the creek. i mean, but especially in my 2 p, there was a here food shortage. the peopl

with the south of headlines her annotate, joe biden, is accused by republicans of surrendering to vladimir putin by dropping russia punishments from a defense built. in the meantime, democrats of drafting what they're calling the mother of old sanction targeting moscow. and it all comes off of the president of russia and the united states held crisis talks ultimately triggered by tensions over ukraine. also in the program, we speak to an afghan family that found a loss taught low during august. us with a droll, when desperate parents would, is handing their kids to western soldiers and any bit to get them out of afghanistan. do it. and suddenly i saw this baby on the ground crying and paid. it was too hot. the baby was just wearing a shirt so it was difficult for me to leave him that.

let us know what you think of participatory economic ah ah, joe biden is accused by republicans of surrendering to vladimir putin by dropping russia punishments from a distance bill. debit breaths, a drafting what day a town think as the mother of all sanctions targeting mosque. now this comes after the president of russia and united states had health crisis talks triggered by tension. so when you pray. in other news, we speak to an afghan family that found a loss to todd last year. in august, celtic us withdrawal when desperate parents were handling their children over to western soldiers in a bit to get them out of afghanistan. do it suddenly i saw this baby on the ground crying in pain was too hot and the baby was just wearing a shirt. so it was difficult.

a high stakes meeting between the leaders of the us and russia has been taking place. presidents, joe biden, and vladimir putin have been holding virtual talks focused on russia's troop build up along its border with ukraine. their affairs in washington that moscow may be planning to invade its neighbor. and according to the u. s. intelligence, it's preparing an attack early next year, and as amassed $70000.00 troops near the border. russia denies any plans of an invasion of ukraine and describes the accusations as hysteria, president and wants to guarantee from the west that ukraine will not join nato and bug is expected to urge de escalation while warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place and he's been working with allies to prepare for such measures, but as smith is in moscow, i was speaking to him in a few moments time, but pheasants cross over to a white house correspond kimberly hawkins, who's in washington dc. and kimberly, what we have been waiting for is news to emerge from this meeting, but we think it's gonna take some time. absolutely. the u. s. president already underway in terms

of the atlantic worried kremlin is planning an invasion. u.s. president joe biden and western president vladimir putinpped up two hours of denies t is planning to attack. biden told putin the u.s. would respond with strong economic and other measures if russia invades ukraine. after the talks, biden assured ukraine's yet -- ukraine's president of his support and briefed european allies including germany and france. >> joint military exercises with the ukrainian and u.s. armies and the black sea. images like these anger russian president putin and this before a video summit with u.s. president biden where putin wants a promise that ukraine will not join nato. >> we will insist on concrete agreements to rule out the possibility of nato expanding further east and deploying weapon systems that threaten us close to russian territory. correspondent: whether ukraine would be offered membership is not clear about more than half of ukrainians favor it. pres. putin: nato is like a protective shield. whoever wants to conquer will think twice before acting. correspondent: nato would move ukraine forward internati

of military hardware near its borders. anchor: in june, joe biden and vladimir putin held their first summit. e just a couple of months after a russian troop build along the border of ukraine. now, here is another buildup, and a kremlin says it is holding stock -- talks with the white house about another possible summit. the biden administration says it does not know of any plans, but it does say it has been holding talks with russian officials about ukraine. anchor: still ahead on al jazeera, the first black woman inducted into the pantheon. why france has planted an artist and civil rights activist its highest honor. the fifa arab cup is underway in qatar with stadiums for next year's world cup open. ♪ >> look forward to brighter skies. >> away we go with your weather story. we have this intensifying radiancy, pushing rain into -- and in days to come, it will be under an amber alert, 100-200 ml of rain and some might go into new delhi toward thursday. off to the southeast of asia, it will take you east of the philippines with the storm looking to steer toward the north so not impacting line-

look for common ground ah, top headlines here wenatchee international joe biden is accused by republicans of surrendering to vladimir putin by dropping russia punishments from a defense bill. while democrats of drafting what they're calling the mother of old sanctions targeting moscow, it all comes off to the president of russia, and the u. s. held crisis told is triggered by tensions over ukraine. also in the program, we speak to an afghan family that found a loss called la during ogre's, chaotic us withdrawal when desperate parents were handing the children to western soldiers just to get them out of afghanistan. suddenly i saw this baby on the ground crying in pain. was to haunt the baby was just wearing a shirt so it was difficult.

of ukraine. joe biden repeated the threat of sanctions if moscow and bates, ukraine, vladimir putin responded that such move could lead to a complete breakdown of ties between the countries. more than $100.00 ranger refugees who spent almost a month to drift at sea in a damaged boat. and now in quarantine in indonesia, they will be moved into temporary housing. once health checks have been completed in asia, initially planned to turn the boat away, but allowed it to land after international prussia. the former president of south korea has been released from jail park. good, hey, has served almost 5 years of more than 20 year prison sentence for corruption and countries have started celebrating the new year in utah fashion. the fire was canceled in new zealand due to cave at 19, and a light show that was put on instead to welcome in 2022 celebrations around the world to being impacted of course, by the pandemic. what was 5 and a half 1000000 people have been killed since a virus was 1st reported in the chinese city of wu han, 2 years ago. your state headlines more news coming up here on out 0. how

of 60 votes, that means ten republicans would have to get on board. congress has until next wednesday to address the debt limit as joe biden taking on vladimir putin as we talked about, thousands of russian troops on the boarder with ukraine. the president's message here to putin, just barely saying things we do not do in 2014 we are prepared to do now if putin decides to invade ukraine. compare that to the disgraceful performance that cozied up next to putin and took his word over the intelligence committee saying he didn't believe to see any reason russia was behind the interference. watch this. >> my people came to me, dan coats came to me and some others and said they think it's russia. i have president putin. he just said it's not russia. i will say this, i don't see any reason why it would be. >> and while president biden is locked in a faceoff with russia, china is already mad about his diplomatic boycott of the 2022 winter olympics in beijing over china's human rights violations. but as the president confronts two international rivals here at home, americans are finally getting some relief. finally. right? good news, people. we talk so much ab

a senior us official has said joe biden will warn vladimir putin of the severe economic consequencesith european allies to co ordinate a strong response. i'm joined now by evelyn farkas, former deputy assistant secretary of defense for russia, ukraine and asia in the us government. it's wonderful to have you on newsday, evelyn. want to start by asking you, how serious you think the current situation is? well, it is very serious and isolated a number of reasons. obviously there are almost 100,000 troops on the border with ukraine and in crimea, not just the number of troops but the types of military capability that the russian government has at its disposal is also alarming, but more importantly i would say is the rhetoric coming out of the kremlin. the recent paper that vladimir putin issued which was a river onjust vladimir putin issued which was a river on just revisionist to look at russian and ukrainian history. all of that telegraphs to me that he is serious and then finally i would add he has got a domestic problem and unfortunately this all goes back to regime survival for vla

of russia and the us hold crisis talks triggered by tensions over ukraine. joe biden raises the threat of sanctions against moscow, while vladimir putin calls for diplomacy and slams key of attempts to undermine piece. talk with a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others in the public services center. and pope francis slams the you for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language, likening its actions to the quote nazi dictatorship was your world news headlines for this hour on behalf of archie international. thanks a lot for watching. and we hope to see you again soon and ah, hi max kaiser, this is the kaiser report. last a talk about stacy max. one thing you can learn from history is that the elite, when everything starts to go wrong, but they always do is blame the people. right? says 2016 we've seen. of course, the people be deemed deplorable. they are deplorable people who deserve all the stuff coming to them because of the co it locked down. for example . well, as kaiser report has been warning, inflation as roaring is no longer transitory. it's almost permanent right? well, us treasury secretary, yellen,

will prevail. russia says nato has deployed a significant amount of military hardware near its borders. in june, joe biden and vladimir putin held their 1st summit. it came just a couple of months after a russian troop of build up along the border with ukraine. now here's another build up and the kremlin says it's holding behind the scenes talks with the white house about another possible summit. the bible administration says it doesn't know of any plans, but it does say it's been holding talks with russian officials about you. cray, bernice smith, al jazeera, moscow, european diplomats, have urged duran to show it serious about salvaging the 2015 nuclear deal. on tuesday, representatives from russia, china and germany, france and the u. k. met with iranian officials in vienna, around one sanctions lifted. he returned to limits on its nuclear program. joseph jabari has been monitoring the talks from the austrian capital. nothing is agreed upon until everything is great. those are the words from new england deputy foreign minister, alibaba who was leading the reigning delegation here in vienna. you said that so they will con

civilized a the presidents of russia and the united states hold crisis talks triggered over tensions over ukraine. joe biden raises the threat of sanctions against moscow while vladimir putin calls for diplomacy and slam ski abs attempts to undermine piece talk. a gunman is arrested in southern moscow after killing 2 people and injuring for others and a public services center. and pope francis slams the you for trying to enforce supposedly inclusive language. lincoln likening its actions to the quote nazi dictatorship ah to i am here in the russian capital in your watching rti international. i'm your host donald quarter. well.

between russia and ukraine are expected to dominate talks between you as president joe biden and vladimir putin. the main focus of the virtual meeting will be russia's troop, build up at the ukraine border than our fears that moscow may invade it's neighbor, according to us, intelligence is preparing an attack early next year, and it's a mass, some 70000 forces. russia denies any plans for an invasion and has described the accusations as hysteria. president putin, once a guarantee from the west, ukraine will not join nato. leyden is expected to urge de escalation by warning of economic consequences. if an attack takes place, he's been working with allies to prepare sanctions, or banners smith is in moscow. we're going to be speaking to him in just a few minutes. but 1st let's go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawker, who's in washington, dc. kimberly were at a point where relations between russia and the u. s. are particularly bad. what can the us hope to gain out of this over the u. s. hopes to gain is some sort of pathway to diplomacy. it's very clear from the statements coming out of the biden admi

and it did eventually change course ukraine was the main topic of discussion between vladimir putin and joe biden. on tuesday, us president pointed out that he called the threatening nature of russian troop movements near the ukrainian border and said severe sanctions were being drawn up. moscow though insists it can move its troops wherever it wants to on its own territory, while saying its nato, that is making the dangerous moves the kremlin spokes person talk to r t about how nato's actions are being regarded in russia. could you see jeanette intuitive, which is rhetoric is coming from the u. s. and e u leaders sounds pretty aggressive . we see plenty of fake news about russia allegedly planning an aggressive invasion . at the same time, no one talks to kia, non warns cube against even thinking of a military intervention in the millions when the guns conflict. now moving in on that issue and you might, you know, we need that need. so you're taking an extremely aggressive issue, or they all say they don't accept any red line back. and they say that nato will do what everyone wants, that it will

of the taliban takeover. lyse doucet, bbc news. vladimir putin has told joe bidennced effective dialogue between moscow and washington is possible. the white house said washington was prepared to discuss moscow's concerns but stressed it was also ready to respond with severe sanctions if russia invaded ukraine again. mr putin said talks must be based on mutual respect and consideration of each other�*s national interests. a coroner has given a verdict at the inquest into the death of the liverpool women's hospital bomber, emad al swealmeen. a narrative conclusion was reached that al swealmean died in a taxi in front of the hospital, from an explosion and subsequent fire caused by an improvised explosive device which he had carried into the vehicle. it said that he'd manufactured the device with murderous intent. china has hit out at the us, canada and the eu, after they condemned the arrest of seven hong kong journalists on wednesday as part of china's wider crackdown on press freedom in the region. a foreign ministry spokesperson said the criticism was �*irrespons