the u. k. is announcing the largest to most of the package of economic sanctions that russia has ever seen with new financial measures . we're taking new powers to target russian finance. in addition to the banks we've already sanctioned this week to day, in concert with united states, we are imposing a foe asset freeze on the t b. more broadly. these powers, when we're labeled us totally to exclude russian banks from the u. k. financial system, which is of course by far the largest in europe, stopping them from accessing sterling and clearing payments through the u. k. m with around half of russia's trade. currently in u. s. dollars and study. i'm pleased to tell the house that the united states is taking similar measures. and these powers would also enable us to ban russian state and private companies from raising funds in the u. k. banning dealing with their securities and making lows to them. we will limit the amount of money that russian nationals will be able to deposit in that u. k. bank

here in the u. k. weighing in despite the prime minister saying it's not the job of politicians to weigh in in such matters. and if they do so well, the u. k. would be as bad as russia, but 2 things really are quite striking in order 1st. i see the fact that according far too to be shut down in the 1st place. quite a sip specifically about free speech as a fundamental principle, the u. k. hells itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the right to tell all sides of the same story, any current thing, the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just accepting of the u. k. government line. secondly, though, for that matter, is this an issue of state sponsorship because if it is an issue of state sponsorship, then we have to look at the b, b. c. that too is sponsored by the state. by the way, just to mention last year when china band, the bbc world service that was early last year in 2021, the u. k. government slammed that move as an unacceptable tailing of media freedom . they w

and u. k. embassies in campbell, australia, or else he had a much smaller role where it's much smaller country with that there was a military presence in afghanistan, but obviously compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not. yes, exactly. no, basically what my so said to me and i've heard it in other examples too, is that often the embassies of u. s. and u. k particularly was strong arming the afghan government on a range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from the countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, all sorts of mine, was saying that he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring african officials, senior afghan officials to sign a contract. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts failed, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption and the fact that there was a was on. and what so disappointing here is there's no real accountabil

what's really pushing this recovery from the u and u. k. after the crown barrier will pleasure back to you again, brenda and rachel. couple of things here are actually the massive monetary and fiscal stimulus package that the u. k. government quickly. and that to quickly relate in response to the variance that is actually credited naturally about 20 percent of the u. k. g d p. that was one of the largest stimulus packages in the entire world. and as i mentioned mentioned, it was rapid. in addition, the high vaccination rate, again the n a that was a very rapid rollout of those nations. and also actually i actually am inventory level help because there was so many concerns as to like check from the e u l. the board of crisis issues that the e with very well stopped with a huge backlog of in, of inventory. and that actually help for those 3 factors combined as well as actually pull donovan and he's the to the point of mr. u. b. s wealth management and he said it also shows on the come really had people prepare versus other people were able to

the u. k. economy increased by one percent in the 4th quarter despite the emergence of the army. current cove at various british finance minister issues to knock saying the economy. quote, proved remarkably resilient for morning calls over to london and our correspondent, big mass bigot. tell us it's just, this is just a rebound from a cove it crash, or is there more to these figures the government and receive soon as you have mentioned had c is a c. it of course as a vindication for their cove. it measures, for example, for the 400000000000 packets are package that was available for, for the economy by the chancellor. but all say for the fairly i'm, well, i wouldn't say lax but they, you k was always bit ahead of the curve when it came to eating restrictions and in the european context. so for example, at the moment, there virtually no restrictions in the u. k. c. so the government will see it as of indication of, for their policies. however, it is of course, in the context of, of the u. k. ha

so as we hear there from the u. k in u. s. representatives that emergency meeting much more of the same rhetoric, more russian aggression and the promise of sanctions. we just heard from the u. s. representative. linda thomas greenfield. debating the fact that these are at peacekeepers sent from russia into the regions said we know exactly what the yes, what she means by that. what we're seeing is more attention paid to this rhetoric than there is to attention paid to events unfolding that such as violence and the increasing shelling towards the dawn valley region. another point to pick up on in thomas greenfield, greenfield, rather, linda thomas greenfield. i should say it's not thomas greenfield. a is the fact that she mentioned this, this history repeating itself and the president putin began his address of the nation yesterday by giving a long history lesson. and she mentioned that that is going appointed, pointing back to, to, to the beginning of the soviet union. and the president, putin is pushing for more imperialis

u and u. k. traffic common to place. so it's our welcome news for now, but it's definitely not plain sailing with the a u. k. economy in the larger context. now to some of the other mobile business stories making news. the white house is warning the chip in history to diversify its supply chain and kate, in case russia retaliate against, threaten us export curve by blocking access to a central materials in many companies. and the semiconductor industry purchase metals and earth from russia and ukraine. california regulators are suing tesla, alleging the e car maker has been discriminating and black employees at the san francisco bay area factory where most of its vehicles are made. the suit alleges the plant is a racially segregated workplace where black workers are subjected to racial slurs and discriminated against and job assignments. and yeah, and it's really are close to signing a trade pact covering manufacturing education and other key sectors. trade talks received to push after the united states, australia, japan,

the u. k. of course, calling for diplomacy based dialogue, but at the same time sending more troops to poland. well, if you will take on love, it syndic more. the ropes to the campus which are so called new members of nato, is prohibited by the following agreements between the russian leader by the founding act. they did 1997, which does not allow the appearance of nuclear weapons and major troops on the day of new countries. now they are increasing troops in the baltics and in poland. and this will lead us to destruction over the left. both of their last agreement that is restraining this type of work. the music teachers miss andre colin, russia's ambassador to the u. k. thank you very much for sparing us some time today . we really appreciate it. okay, i'm ready. thanks to you for joining us here on all t international. we'll be back in just a few minutes. the top of the i see them. ah ah ah mm oh, oh so many different surprises. you know, such as sufficient rod not quite to make those organs

u and u. k. traffic come into place. so it's our welcome news for now, but it's definitely not plain sailing with the a u. k. economy in the larger context burg martin london. thank you. now, 2 years ago, m u s. e car maker tesla started building a factory outside of berlin. it is now ready to start rolling out new cars. but production is yet to start necessary permits buyer authorities are still pending. environmental robes and local residents had voiced concerns. for example, over the water consumption of the factory tesla ski factory outside berlin, the assembly lines are already warmed up, but authorities have yet to give the final go ahead. they're about to do so. but at a nearby lake, protesters are getting ready to voiced the concern. they worry about teslas, enormous water needs. and fear drinking water here could soon be in short supply. and that could effect not only this small town in brandenburg, but also the near by capital city monthly louisville. and you see it in the dry forest and says the berliner, i hav

the u. k. economy grew by one percent and the 4th quarter, despite the emergence of the omar, con, covariance, british finance minister issue student acts as the economy proved remarkably resilient. and earlier we spoke to d. w as bare good math and london about the victory lap their british government has been taking since that beacon nomic report came out the government and receive sooner. g, as mentioned, had c is a c. it of course as of indication for their cove. it measures, for example, for the 400000000000 package, a package that was available for for the economy by the chancellor. but also for the fairly or well i wouldn't say lax but they you k was always bit ahead of the curve when it came to easing restrictions are in the european context. so for example, at the moment overtly no restrictions in the u. k. c. so the government will see it as of indication of, for their policies. however, it is of course, in the context of, of the u. k. having suffered enormously independent make, had

the british broadcasting regulate to have in the u. k. telling it to take action against this channel. now, um is an independent body, but it does have the power to fine or even revoke the license to broadcast. here in the u. k. of come has already said it is going to investigate. examine complaints about ortiz coverage, specifically about at the crisis in ukraine as a priority. so it is keeping a close eye on us then, but it's simply not good enough for the government. the government wants to see this channel taken off that because as the letter reads, r t, as part of russia's global this information campaign. and that it's essential the u . k. limits russia spread of state propaganda at home. so it is interesting to see a cabinet member, a high, high, high politician here in the u. k. weighing and despite the problem is the same. it's not as a job on politicians to weigh in such matters and if they do so well, the u. k. would be as bad as russia, but 2 things really are quite striking in all of this fancy. the fact that i'm calling for

the u. k. and australia called all cars. and just a quick reminder for you basically its main purpose. is it for the us and the u. k . to help australia to bolster its capability, including in the nucleus, fear. so both nations, russia and china have called this worrisome and that it is undermining regional and indeed global security. but it wasn't just politics that was on the table. business was discussed as well. brushes, energy, john gas prone, has signed a deal according to which it will ship a $100000000.00 metric tons of gas to china through catholic stone. so again, the big development russian energy companies are already seeing a rise in their stock prices following this piece of new. but again, the initial meeting between the 2 leaders. it didn't, it didn't last long. and after that i'm approved and then changing things. they left the entourage behind and they proceeded to have pets. i said to just the 2 of them over lunch and what is yet to come. let them know that to witness the opening ceremony of the winter olym

that's essentially what it is, right to the u. k, saying they wouldn't be able to trade in pounds or dollars. and then let's talk about what the united states wants to do. so it seems like it's kind of been lead to what the u. s. is looking at doing sanction wise, is they would essentially try to block any kind of corresponding actions with russian banks. and us banks essentially, meaning they're gonna cut russia off of the swift swift system. now, for viewers of this show, you guys have heard this term a lot lately, right? the swift banking system. we talk about quite a bit. that is essentially what the, by the ministration is indicating that they're going to do that if they're russia, invades ukraine or now possibly as a result of even recognizing these 2 provinces. what we might see happen is the u. s. attempting to cut off russian banks from access to the international system, the swift banking system. and that, of course, brings us full circle back to the conversation that we've had so many times on the show about crypto curren

k. u as a you nation armed israeli air strikes on one of the oldest cities in the world this week, damascus. why is israeli spyware apparently targeting human rights watch? we speak to the h r w human rights investigator allegedly attacked by pegasus bowlers. hm. all coming up in today's going underground. but 1st, while circled mainstream media here focuses on a mysterious imminent russian invasion of ukraine and the n devoris johnson. in recent days, the u. k government pledged an extra 97000000 pounds and aid to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. afghanistan with over 22000000 threatened with starvation and reports of children and organs being sold in exchange for food. what now for the country that defeated britain, the u. s. i had such a high cost. joining me now from afghanistan's capital cobble is the spokesperson for you and hcr afghanistan. peter kessler. thank you so much. sure. pete, of her, coming on. i mean, the foreign secretary here says the u. k continues to prov

there has been a lot of reaction here in the u. k. downing street has said that there is nothing off the table when it comes to ukraine. but on the other hand, we have heard from the defense secretary who has reiterated again that the u. k. will not be putting boots on the ground in ukraine, also saying that they will not support a no fly zone that this will only lead to war. at the same time, the foreign secretary lead trust is undertaking around of shuttle diplomacy to try and convince other european capitals to follow what's been termed the nuclear option of sanctions. in other words, the british support for taking russia off the swift international monetary system. but earlier, the e, you refuse to adopt this? at the same time, the armed force minister has said that there are a 1000 british troops on standby in neighboring countries to ukraine to assist with humanitarian relief. and here they talking primarily about refugees that might arise as and if people flee that country always, jonathan has impose the largest ever sanctions

johnson, but are they going to put the trust once again in the u. k. government to get the most of the effects in the d, u. b unionism generally, and the b u p in particular, thrown themselves at the feet of the british prime minister. and the bar us thrown them on the bus a couple of times already and will do so again, you know, bar assign a bar us. and we know how unprincipled is we basically, if you start from self and the union, mr. and chris thought he would play them along when a suit someone's needs them that i think the problem i have is that, that the d u. p in particular, are trying to cling to a version of the british empire that exists at a 100 years ago. 1920 or even before it undocked, there's tempting to recreate that on that can't be recreated the word just moved on . and that's the difficulty we hear that. a lot of these people are refusing to recognise the 21st century. and the koreans problem far as the long term because until they wake up and smell the coffee at the 21st century, we're all at a loss. we're all at a significant stag

in the u. k. we are expediting complaints in this area is a matter of urgency and we will not hesitate to take swift action when necessary. well, it statement goes on to say, and i read it is acceptable for board causes to present issues from a particular perspective, provided alternative views and opinions are also represented. so it seems as only one condition and that is that coverage can't be one sided propaganda. make of that what you will, but ultimately, any channel here in the united kingdom, whether that is sky news, the b, b, c channel for i t and whatever it is, you name it all t is also playing by exactly the same off. com rules. earlier we heard from ortiz deputy editor in chief on a balcony, and she says the charlies operating in full compliance with u. k. broadcast rules. what i have seen, and again, this is all the news or dropping. basically, there's any update every minute. but from what i have seen, they have made comments to other media outlets. they're reviewing. i guess the l

the budapest memorandum between russia and the u. k. and the u. s, guaranteed is the little guarantee or other provided guarantees of security to ukraine as a non nuclear state. the standard guarantees that are provided to any non nuclear state. they bought the best memorandum does not oblige russia or the u. k. or the u . s. b u r. to acknowledge all of the to, to, to go to accept the coo, but that was carried out by neo nazis and various other marginal groups in ukraine . beckett, 2014. and this budapest memorandum that was also signed by ukraine and france. in addition to the members i've mentioned, it's you that was the calls on it, demands that all members of this memorandum will do not violate any of the o is c, a principals including the principle for respecting and protecting? are you doing minorities, national minorities and ethnic minorities humorist, nobody is going to impose on us on the need to acknowledge an unconstitutional regime? go to go against all that agreements we have signed and then you. but if they say that the actions of

and just on the latest comments from the u. k. defense secretary thing but u. k will not hesitate to send combat troops to ukraine not makes quite a change, doesn't it from simply training or, or military equipment. yeah. do you think that designed to send some sort of message so moscow? well, i do, but i get some help to be honest with you. i mean, yeah, russia don't shoot, alters on, on, on the boat that, and, you know, the frankly, i small number pretty tripped neither here nor there. i don't. so don't worry. i mean a sentence because you've got a nature band difference between 72. so nature country where you, where you have been military lions. another come to be part of nature. so i think we're, we're finding that people are actually accelerating this matter way when both sides to calm down a little bit. and that does seem to be a bit of a recurring theme, doesn't it? of russia of moscow saying the west isn't listening to its concerns to it, sort of a story and we had similar sentiments and beat off the, the meeting today with the case for on foreign minist

the u. k. and other countries will be judged by the people of ukraine and the world on how we respond and how we help since 2015, the u. k. his trained over 22000 ukrainian military personnel and provide the 2200000 pounds worth of normally through military equipment to ukraine. 2 weeks ago, we sent anti tank weaponry to strengthen ukraine's defenses. and today i've announced to for the 88000000 pounds of u. k. funding to support good governance and energy independence in ukraine. this will both, both your efforts, philadelphia and those of others to build a free and prosperous ukranian society. free of align influences alongside the countries. we are also preparing a package of sanctions and all the measures to be enacted. the moment the 1st russian tow cat crosses further into ukrainian territory and we have done a listen. pedal is not as a show of hostility towards russia, but as a demonstration that we will always stand up for freedom and democracy and ukrainian sovereignty in the face of ag

when will they will not totally to exclude russian banks from the u. k. financial them, which is of course by far the largest in you're stopping them from accessing sterling and clearing payments through the u. k. now we're looking here at a 10 point sanctions package that includes acid freezes on some major russian banks, including the 2nd largest state own bank which is known as the t b. major russian companies are also no longer be able to access or raise finance in britian. at the same time, the russian airline era thought will no longer be able to operate and land in the u . k. the sanctions also include the suspension of dual export licenses to russia, and at the same time the export of some high take goods. also yesterday in front of downing street, there was a protest by ukrainians, many of them clad in the ukrainian colors. hundreds of people gathered there and they expressed their anger against the russian military operation. and also court on the u. k. to not only impose sanctions, but many of them also wanting burton to send in military assis

barbara would, would of course, the, the u. k. representatives saying that there will be sanctions from the u. k, as we've seen from the us already. now, it is important to know rather funny that sir vladimir putin in his address to the nation yesterday began with something of a history lesson. it seems that the, the west is that taken a leaf out of his book, of course, when they were talking about the u. s. i saw in the fact that the russia wants to, again rebuild the soviet union. that was the bogeyman for the west threatening and for all that time and threatening the world as it were this time and the u. s. representative thomas greenfield, linda thomas greenfield. that is when even further. busy and actually mentioned the russian empire as a point of reference to the president, putin asserted that russia today has a rightful claim to all territories, all territories from the russian empire. the same russian empire from before, the soviet union from over a 100 years ago. that includes all of ukraine in essence to didn't want t

the u. k. held itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the rights to tell all sides of the same story, any courage the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just accepting of the u. k. government line. secondly, though, for that matter, is this an issue of state sponsorship because if it is an issue of state sponsorship, then we have to look at the b, b. c. that too is sponsored by the state. by the way, just to mention last year when china band, the bbc world service that was early last year in 2021, the u. k. government slammed that move as an unacceptable tailing of media freedom . they were the headlines at the time. so it does seem somewhat a hypocritical at this point, of course has now released the statement confirming it will not hesitate to step in and take action where necessary. recognizing the serious nature of the crisis in ukraine. we have been keeping the situation under close review and have already stepped up our oversight of coverage of these even

or are they going to put the, the trust once again in the u. k. government to get them out of the fix, o d u b unionism generally in the b u. p. in particular, throw themselves at the feet of the british prime minister on to borrow since thrown them under the bus a couple of times already on will do so again, you know, borrow assign who bought us. and we know how unprincipled is you know, we basically had said that we start from self and the unionists are an afterthought. he would play them along when it suits him when he needs them. but i, i think the problem i have is that, that the d u p in particular, are trying to cling to a version of the british empire that existed a 100 years ago. 1020, or even before it. i'm not thinking there's tempting to recreate that and that can't be recreated the words moved on. and that's the difficulty we have here that a lot of these people are refusing to recognize the 21st century on the lot that creates problem for us in the long term. because until they wake up and spend the coffee at the 21st century, we're

the u. k. maintains strong lines of communication with russia in order to avoid miscalculation or the risk of inadvertent escalations or to continue speak. wrigley to my ukrainian defense counterpart minister wrote the call as we continue to report the armed forces of ukraine. since 2015, the u. k is responded alongside the likes of sweden and canada to russia's previous enigma occupational crimea, defense capability building including training under fall and as i know for the last month with the speaker, we took the decision to also provide legal aid to ukraine. this now means that alongside the united states, canada stony radia and the netherlands united kingdom has not just spoken, but acted. i'm pleased with the assets being made by range of european leaders, including president macro, to find a way for him, as we must remain resolute in our commitment to nato's formal response to the russian draw treaties, which all nature members signed up to intimidation and aggression. however, must no

the u. k. bringing in sanctions targeting a number of russian banks, but not the very largest russian banks. and also targeting some individuals that was very much in tune with what the europeans were doing as well. so. so i think it's not having such a huge effect, but of course, the fact that the u. k is no longer at the u table. does mean that it's semi detached from the discussions that are going on there. and it's certainly a source of huge regret to all of the other you a member that he left it, they're not involved in these discussions. and the very active leaving did sort of open up a sense of the west simply not being as cohesive as it used to be. that there are certain divisions even if they may not directly apply to what's happening here. tell us more about where ukraine stands. now we heard yesterday about reserves being cold up, our reporter mathias building a who's had told me that he'd spoken to a young woman who retrained herself. she was a chemist and is now a soldier. and it'

i was watching the u. k. media this morning of the really going off the food and land bossing him even saying that the notice should be punished or the harshest level possible. they're even saying that prudence, personal finances, should be seized in the wake of this military incursion in ukraine. paula: tell us more about the case reaction. well, certainly what we have seen here in the u. k. is the slapping of what the british prime minister bars johnson cause the largest sanctions ever on the russian president vladimir putin and a host of others. we know, for example, that bank subbing targeted at the same time, pushes kosa circle and wealthy russians who either live or have business here in the u. k. take a lesson which will design the u. k. as in nancy, the largest to most of your package of economic sanctions, the russia has oversee with new financial measures. we're taking new powers to target russian finance. in addition to the banks, we've already sanctioned these powers when they will not totally to

k. u. s. armed aerial bombardment, our britons s a s in syria, and how many women and children were killed by jo biden's forces. last week we speak to dr. bettina siobhan, a top adviser to syria's president, bashar la side of the syria, renews ties across the arab world. and signs on to china's belton road. and can we trust scotland yard currently investigating a battle u. k. p. m, boss johnson, to be fair? we ask someone who is at one point london's most senior asian woman officer who is suing the metropolitan police. after inquiries of called it institutionally racist, and institutionally corrupt, all of them all coming up and today's going underground. but 1st, after 11 years of war, syria has been the chessboard for geopolitical and neighboring rivalries. however, there are signs of the war and syria could be reaching its end game with increased diplomatic engagement between arab states and the assad government alongside china, offering relief from us sanctions. alternatively, as the cl

why is the u. k, so hostile to train the mysteries, all of us join me if i take on the live dismantled misconceptions and meet the contradiction, carmen get up put on al jazeera. ah, this is al jazeera ah hello, i'm fully battle with this is in use our on al jazeera, alive from our headquarters in doha, coming up in the next 60 minutes. a war in ukraine would be disastrous for the russian and ukrainian people. and for europeans security, the u. k. foreign secretary is russia to take the path of diplomacy, but moscow warns any ultimatum on ukraine is a road to know where this comes. as russia begins, joined military drills with bella rules near its border with ukraine. also this, our, i warning about food shortages in somalia as the worst route, you know, decade effects, agriculture production and russian figure skater camila valley ava is back on the ice at the beijing winter olympics. a made report just tested positive for a band substance abuse. he to similar to the sports claims here of action to

and u. k. science rushes clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state rushes actions show, blatant contempt for international law. the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. so we kind of gotten used to these accusations and misinterpretation that russia is a threat, rushes, the aggressor, we've also, we've got usa, this rhetoric and we've also seen the west pays no attention to the increase shelling in the dawn bass region in recent days. and of course, no attention paid to the scenes of violence in the region. of course, it is worth mentioning, as well as president putin is address yesterday did start off with something of a history lecture. when he began that talk, it seems as though the west is something of the same. of course it will be, it is accused russia trying to reins