so latvia is asking the u.s.ilitary presence to deter russia and you actually had asked the secretary of state about this. what did he have to say? >> well, he said that the commitment, kristen, to both ukraine, which is under threat from russia and to latvia, which also as a nato member feels this russian threat because of military exercises on its border, that the commitment is iron clad. but i also asked him about ukraine's president's allegation that russia has attempted a coup against his government. here's what he had to say. >> do you have an assessment about the claim of an attempted coup? >> so here's one thing i can tell you is that we have seen russia's playbook many times over. part of that playbook is to attempt to create and manufacture so-called provocation as justification for something that russia is planning to do all along. >> now, a latvian journalist asked blinken what do you say to skeptics and smaller allies like ukraine who look at what the u.s. did with the, as he put it, messy withdrawal

then, nato foreign ministers meet in latvia as tension escalates between russia and ukraine with warn the horizon. and we look at the gas pipeline despite canada's crackdown. >> don't touch me. >> don't touch her. >> get your hands off of her. get your hands off of her. >> you are under arrest. >> all of that and more, coming up. welcome to -- welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.o , the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the world health oanization is warning the omicron coronavirus variants poses a very high risk to nations and could set off new waves of infection, especially in areas with low vaccination rates. on monday, the who director general thanked lears in southern africa for sounding the alarm over the new variant and called for a global treaty to prevent, prepare for, and respond to future pandemics. >> the world needs a new accord on pandemics. our current system this incentivizes countries from alerng others to threats that will inevitably land on their shoulders. amy: the world health organization has criticized travel bans against southern africa. on monday, mo

fellow eu countries latvia and lithuania have seen a surge.ia said soldiers to the rder region because of reports 500 migrants are heading there. lithuania parliament voted to allow its border guards to use proportionate physical violence and mental coercion to prevent migrants mentoring, although it is unclear what that means. here is the european commissioner again on other measures the eu is taking. >> the president spoke yesterday on the phone with the prime minister's of poland, lithuania and latvia to express the eu's solidarity and discuss possible support measures. the president called on member states to approve extended sanctions against the belarusian authorities. she also announced the exploration of measures against third country allies that are active in human trafficking. ross: we can inspect additional sanctions. his allegation is the belarusian president is flying migrants to belarus, in some cases from countries like syria, iran and tar, and then directing those people to the border with poland. the eu says the president is d

the lionesses face austria and latvia later this month.ere bright used to play for the doncaster belles before moving to chelsea — a fact which hasn't been lost on bright. it's crazy, especially going back to a place that's very close to my heart and somewhere where it all began for me, really. so, yeah, to go and be able to go back there and for my family to be in the crowd and just to be given that opportunity is one that i'm very proud of. the tottenham chairman, daniel levy, says the club has to improve its business in the transfer window. but spending could prove tough for new manager, antonio conte, on new players. the club has published its financial results for the year ending injune, and they've made pre—tax losses of £80 million as a result of the pandemic. since opening the new stadium over two years ago, the club spent almost £400 million on players, and in a statement alongside the results, levy said: the results, levy said, "player spending is no guarantee of success, "and ourfocus must be on improved recruitment, coaching, "

the way now, along with latvia and i now, along with latvia and poland, she a border with belarus.e minister has accused the leader of president lukashenko to allow people to cross into the eu, this in event for eu sanctions. more than 4000 cross—seam delivery rainier in june and july. 0ver cross—seam delivery rainier in june and july. over 3000 are awaiting for asylum to be processed. they are held in centres like this, under the new measures, freedom to communicate will now be restricted. translation: ~ .. restricted. translation: ., i, translation: we face a hybrid attack, an unconventional- attack, an unconventional attack, an unconventional attack were unfortunately children are being pushed to the foreground. they are being manipulated and we have to evaluate this very rationally. this is the scene little mania is trying to avert. colin's order with belarus and hundreds of migrants converge, living in makeshift camps and temperatures are freezing. some have died. there are children and babies. many have not eaten for days, all hoping to get into the eu. aruna iyengar, bbc new

for months, thousands have been entering the block through bella. ruth, at 1st via lithuania and latvia, now mainly through poland. the eu has accused belarus in leader, alexander lucas shanker. of orchestrating wave upon wave of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers. in retaliation they say, for sanctions it imposed on his government over its violent crackdowns on the opposition court. in the middle of this brinkman ship, those attempting to escape the harsh conditions. they find themselves in with no shelter and being steered towards poland by bela risky and state border officials. some had taken the chance of the hearing that bella was in travel agents was selling these invitations to the you only to find themselves surviving for weeks in the forest. the border, poland, and belarus. give us the cuts are they? they provide everything then. but when you say when, when you said to them, ok, i want to go to men take, i want to go, i want to go back to my country. so then they said, no, you go to go on, they put the gun to our heads. when we were, when, when we said we need to go to mi

i'll show me he's at the national meeting in latvia. de la, i know this meeting has been on the cards for some time, but they've got some very urgent tissues to cover now. yes, in fact we're seeing a more press in a subject now these the today on russia, there's been a mention by almost every one of the ministers. he especially the secretary general of the nato, a yonce dalton, berrigan as well as the secretary of state of the united states. antony blinkin is also been what salton beg said, would be a heavy prize for russia to bay if it continues to a build up military force on the ukraine eastern borders. and they have mentioned also that the nato, in all of its activities, either the military buildup of the may of the nato in eastern europe or both in the baltic and black seas. it's only for the purpose of defense. he has mentioned that a few times actually, both in his doorstep and also in his statement during the riga security summit. so these are this issue of how to deal with this build up. it was mentioned by both bar is the u. s. and the nato, and as well as these also the ide

that's the kind of proposal that some been put together in latvia so you can see how countries across europe are very worried. thank you, paul, for that pole barn and live in london. well, among those countries badly have, by the pandemic, his full gary at the least fascinated country and the european union with fewer than one 3rd of its adults fully vaccinated and its response has been effected by political uncertainty. the polls have just closed in bulgaria, in the 3rd parliamentary vote there this year, many are concerned about widespread corruption and its impact on the economy. let's go live to join a whole who's in sophia for join us. so i understand that the 1st exit polls coming out, what are they showing? well, an election and election process really brought about by anti corruption demonstrations last year in which the number one issue for many, many people was corruption. many people wanting to see an end to the damage wrought by more than a decade of rule by boy co boris of his center. right, good party. people wanting to smash, opened wide circles of patronage that have t

the lionesses face austria and latvia later this month.began for me, really. so, yeah, to go and be able to go back there and for my family to be in the crowd and just to be given that opportunity is one that i'm very proud of. the tottenham chairman, daniel levy, says the club has to improve its business in the transfer window. but spending could prove tough for new manager, antonio conte, on new players. the club has published its financial results for the year ending injune, and they've made pre—tax losses of £80 million as a result of the pandemic. since opening the new stadium over two years ago, the club spent almost £400 million on players, and in a statement alongside the results, levy said, "player spending is no guarantee of success, "and ourfocus must be on improved recruitment, coaching, "fitness and a competitive mindset." the body set up to examine discrimination in cricket says that more than 2000 people have come forward in the past two weeks to share their experiences. the independent commission for equity in cricket launc

zone, that is when little green men start pouring across the border from russia into with a whiny or latvia, when, finally, things heat up in the taiwan straits, when there is an elevated risk of warfare between the united states, russia, and china, we know from sci research that in stressful times. boston marathon bombings, horrific hurricane events -- americans turn to social media as the well, the bad guys are going to exploit that. and exploit the tendency of americans to want to stay on social media platforms that are conveying fear mongering on content. that is bread-and-butter for them. we need to get ready for a situation in which the american public is looking at social media, china and russia are using that to try to shape u.s. behavior, not only by influencing ict by reaching oute in the situation room, in the white house, with personalized messaging in order to shape their views, and above all to threaten the united states with punishment unless we abandon our allies. on we have to get ready for them also to move from the dark gray zone into an initial period of conflict, where

fellow eu counties latvia and lithuania have also seen a surge.to its border region with belarus , because of reports 500 migrants are heading to the area. earlier the lithuanian parliament voted to allow its border guards to use �*mental coercion�* and proportionate physical violence to prevent migrants from entering. here�*s the european commission again on other measures europe is taking. president von der leyen spoke yesterday on the phone with the prime ministers of poland, lithuania and latvia to express the eu�*s solidarity and to discuss possible support measures. the president called on member states to approve extended sanctions against the belarussian authorities, and she also announced the exploration of measures against third country airlines that are active in human trafficking. so additional eu sanctions. it�*s allegation is this: belarussian president alexander lukashenko — is flying migrants to belarus — possibly from a number of countries including syria, iran and qatar and then directing them to the belarussian border with polan

, belarus of flying in thousands of migrants and pushing them to cross into poland. lithuania and latvia in retaliation for sanctions is he appears prime minister abbey are mad, says you leaders, troops on the battlefield from tuesday as they fight rebel forces in the northern tiger. i region, tens of thousands of people are believed to be killed since the conflict began last year. i b as asked more citizens to join him on the front line, argued with them. closing arguments in the allied aubrey murder trial is set to resume on tuesday after the jury was sent home for the night. 3 white men stand accused of killing the 25 year old black man. while he was out jogging last year. the suspects chased him with their trucks through a georgia neighborhood. one of them testified that he saw aubrey as a threat and acted in self defense. and wisconsin police have arrested a man who drove a car into a christmas parade on sunday, killing at least 5 people. 39 year old daryl brooks will be charged with intentional homicide. the police say it was not a terror attack, and the suspect was fleeing the sce

. >> desecration of the border, a belarus with poland, but also lithuania and latvia, is deeply concerningkashenko's regime used vulnerable people as means to pressure other countries. it is cynical and inhumane. nato stands in full solidarity with all affected allies. we remain vigilant and stand ready to further help our allies. anchor: while iraqi's return for belarus say they not only faced horrific conditions but were tricked by smugglers who took advantage of their desperation. reporting from -- correspondent: he used to live in the displacement camp in the kurdish region of northern iraq. she had gone there after her home in syria it was destroyed in the fight against iso. she paid a smuggling ring to get to europe and is back in another displacement camp after leaving belarus on every patriot and flight. she shows video of her time at the border with poland. she says the experience was horrific. >> we moved to turkey say for a month and got a visa for belarus, so we went there and stayed in the city for date support setting off into the woods. we were supposed to meet up with a smu

next we turn to latvia another eu country bordering belarus. 0ksana antonenko is in the capital, rigaountry? good evening. at this moment, the situation - country? good evening. at this moment, the situation at - country? good evening. at this moment, the situation at the l country? good evening. at this - moment, the situation at the border between latvia and belarus is quiet and there are concerns about lithuanian and belarusian border after about 500 people were reported by local lithuanian media to be escorted by belarusian authorities from the polish border to the lithuanian border. lithuanian border guards say they can hear trucks moving along the border but they don�*t see any crowds of any cancer at the moment. —— crowds all camps at the moment. —— crowds all camps at the moment. —— crowds all camps at the moment. -- crowds all camps at the moment-— at the moment. what is the latvian government — at the moment. what is the latvian government strategy _ at the moment. what is the latvian government strategy at _ at the moment. what is the latvian government strategy at the - at

but it's not clear who'll replace her as skipper for their games against austria and latvia this monthhere with us, so we're just taking our time to make that decision and then talk to the squad first. chelsea striker sam kerr has extended her contract at the club for another two years. the australianjoined in 2019 and won the league with chelsea last season. she's scored 39 goals in 47 appearances. kerr said, "i think the club gives me every opportunity to succeed as a player. i can't see myself going anywhere else in the world or leaving europe, having what i have at chelsea." derby county are now 18 points from safety in the championship after being given a further nine point penalty for breaches of the league's accounting rules. the club had already been docked 12 points after going into administration. the rams are now almost certain to be relegated to league one, and a further three—point penalty will apply if they breach the league's profitability and sustainability rules. freddie steward has described scoring his first try for england as the best moment of his life. it came aga

lithuania and latvia have also seen a rise in illegal crossings from belarus.his is an only about belarus and the eu, it's about russia.— is an only about belarus and the eu, it's about russia. translation: this attack with the _ it's about russia. translation: this attack with the back _ it's about russia. translation: this attack with the back which _ attack with the back which lukashenko has conducted has its mastermind in moscow. the mastermind is president— mastermind in moscow. the mastermind is president putin.— is president putin. others disagree with that saying — is president putin. others disagree with that saying this _ is president putin. others disagree with that saying this is _ is president putin. others disagree with that saying this is simply - with that saying this is simply lukashenko taking revenge for eu sanctions on belarus. and whether russia is or isn't the mastermind, it certainly involved in this crisis. vladimir putin spoken to angela merkel on the phone twice perhaps mischievously he's offering to mediate. this analyst argues this i

from belarus come from the middle east and africa they mainly attempted to pause through poland, latviand lithuania. the migrants are reportedly being helped to goat the border with the e.u. after flying into mi, nsk. poland beefed up its security and is accused of violating the international rite to asylum by pushing migrants back into the belarus. riot groups have krit sized them for their treatment of the migrant who are dealing with cold temperatures, a lack of food and medical help. let's bring in our guests inside the show. the director of analysis at that time warsawiness you too. in moscow, the lead expert at that time center for actual politics. and peter is editor of brussels report.e.u. let's start with liliana. what is the perspective from warsaw? did you see that belarus is deliberately is using these migrants? >> first of all, i would like to thank you for the invitation to the program. >> i will answer the question, yes, yes. belarus is rues using those people to design the situation. first of all, poland has always been working for free belarus rues. for us the bella rus

latvia reimposed a lockdown last month.ublic and most private gatherings have been banned, and people can only shop for essential goods. estonia has canceled all public events and stop gatherings for nonvaccinated people. those who have been fully vaccinated must wear a mask indoors. from saturday, people in the netherlands have begun to wear masks in public areas and show vaccination passes to enter museums and gyms. belgium has also reimposed max wearing -- mask wearing and encourage people to work remotely after infections reached her highest level in a year. let's bring in our guest. we have the professor of emerging infectious diseases at london's school of hygiene and tropical medicine. in birmingham, u.k., lawrence young, and infectious disease specialist. and the head of the department of infectious diseases at the university of -- how different is this scenario we are seeing in europe compared to the scenarios we saw in the early days of the pandemic? >> the situation is similar but also quite different. last year,

latvia, lithuania, and poland. you have all seen the images which are cause for concern. spoke to vladimir putin today and asked him to appeal to president lukashenko. because people are being used. they are victims of an inhumane policy and something must be done about it. brent: let's pull in our political correspondent. what do we know about this phone conversation? >> german leaders and angela merkel, they have been using stronger words in recent days to refer to what is happening. also toward belarus. that was clear from angela merkel when she spoke to vladimir putin earlier today. her spokesman referring to that phone call and within the eu, there is an understanding that she is on her way out, that her influence might be waning. it is also clear that one area in which she can't play a role is by talking to vladimir putin, a leader with whom she has had a working relationship throughout her career as chancellor. both leaders have differences, but angela merkel has stressed time and time again the importance of having channels of communication with russia and there i

acting like a gangster boss dumping thousands of migrants at the border with poland, lithuania and latviabelarus is denying any responsibility. we'll get the latest tonight from our correspondent at the border region. also coming up, germans in the eastern state of saxon protesting new restrictions on the unvaccinated, but with surging coronavirus case numbers, more restrictions are now more likely to come. and the pandemic impacting german football, a national team player has tested positive for covid-19. plus france returns 26 african art works more than a century after they were looted during the colonial era. i'm brent goff, our viewers on pbs in the united states and to all of you around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with that border crisis at the doorstep of the united nations, hundreds of migrants stuck at the border between belarus and poland are about to spend another cold night without spelter amid a standoff between the two countries. belarus says it will not stop migrants who are trying to cross its borders into the european union and poland which is a member of the e.u

by belarus at first through lithuanian yeah and latvia and now through poland. the e.u. accuses the polish leader of orchestrateing waves of migrants and refugees for sanctions imposed on his government for violent crackdowns on his opposition. he accuses poland of military intimidation. >> well, excuse me. we both have a military background. we understand that being in a war with the poor people on the polish-bella russian border is in tank columns. we know it's some sort of drill or intimidationful we face it without anxiety. >> on monday, poland said it withstood attempts for migrants trying to force their way through the border. [speaking foreign language] >> who would think, two, three months oohing that we would be dealing with action that is would be characterized by human shields? what we can see today are new methods and you are a bastion against them. >> germany is urging e.u. member states to do more so far there's been little coordinated action from the e.u., though that might be changing. >> president called on member states to approve expended sanctions aga

there are also migrants on the borders of lithuania and latvia. conditions are dire.e freezing, many are running out of food and water. poland said it found the bodies of seven migrants on its side of the border. belarus has also reported deaths. nick beake is close to the area. >> this is one of many checkpoints you see along the poland-belarus mortar where cars -- border where cars are being searched. in the distance is belarus. people coming through our subject to checks. in this spot, or in the distance, is the place for polish authorities say the biggest attempt to cross the border took place. apparently they have detained 150 people. we are hearing between 2000 and 4000 are stuck in the area between the countries. >> the european union claims alexander lukashenko is taking revenge for eu sanctions over rights abuses in belarus. he is taking revenge by helping migrants get tourist visas, come to belarus, then head to the border. the eu points to comments he made when he threatened to flood the eu with migrants. he said, we stopped drugs and migrants, now you will

became the highest goal—scorer in the history of the national team while they were 20—0 winners over latvia previous mark of 46 for her country. and it got even better when, just after the half—time interval, the 32—year—old completed her hat—trick. and when lauren hemp scored her fourth of the night, which was england's 20th, it surpassed their previous best of 13—0 against hungary in 2005. conversely, in group b, scotland suffered their heaviest defeat in more than ten years. they were hammered 8—0 by spain in seville in a match that saw them with just three shots compared to the hosts' 37. while in group i, wales remain second after losing 2—0 to france, both goals coming in stoppage time at the end of each half. to the men's game, and ten—man newcastle drew 1—1 with norwich in a premier league relegation clash at stjames park. newcastle had ciaran clark sent off after nine minutes but went ahead in the second half through a callum wilson penalty. it was magpies manager eddie howe's first game in his new club's dugout and he'll have been disappointed when teemu pukki equalised with 11 mi

for months, thousands have been entering the block through belarus, first via lithuania and latvia, now mainly through poland. the eu has accused belarusan leader lukashenko of orchestrating wave after wave of undocumented migrants and asylum-seekers. in retaliation, they say, for sanctions imposed on his government over its violent crackdowns on the opposition. cause and the middle of this brinkmanship, those attempting to escape the harsh conditions they find themselves in with no shelter are being steered toward poland by a belarusian state -- by belarusian state border officials. some had taken the risk after hearing belarusian travel agents were selling visas to the eu only to find themselves surviving for weeks in the forests that border poland and belarus. >> they provide everything. when you say to them, ok, i want to go back to my country, it is so dangerous, they say go to poland. they put the gun to our heads. when we say we need to go -- reporter: poland's government has refused help from the eu frontier agency's fight reports by polish border guards of hostile behavior and

the few area and latvia in retaliation for sanctions ukrainian troops have conducted military drills as phase of a possible attack. grow the head of military intelligence has more than 92000 russian troops of mast near to ukraine's borders preparing for an attack. but russia dismissed the suggestion and says it's alarmed that ukraine is building up its own forces. the or state of georgia closing arguments are on the way in the amount aubrey murder trial. 3 white men stand accused of killing the 25 year old black man. while he was out jogging last year. the suspects chased him with their trucks through a georgia neighbourhood. one of them testify that he saw aubrey as a threat and acted in self defense. and wisconsin, police say they will charge a man with intentional homicide. after a cow pluck, car plowed into a christmas parade on sunday, killing 5 people that he 9 year old darryl brooks has been named as the driver. official said, incident was not a terror attack and that bruce had been fleeing the scene of another incident. while the 40 people were also injured, as we talked, sto

they've mainly attempted to pass through poland latvia in lithuania, to reach the rest of the continent. the migrants are reportedly being helped by bell russian authorities to get to the border with the e. u. off the flying into minsk, poland beefed up its security and is accused of violating the international right to asylum by pushing migrants back into the roof. rights groups have criticized poland and barrows for that treatment of the migrants who are dealing with cold temperatures, the lack of food and medical help. the let's bring in our guests into the show. now i have joining us from warsaw liliana smith. she's the director of analysis at the wolf or institute in moscow. big ole, which is lead experts at the center for actual politics and in brussels. pierre, to clap a is editor of brussels report dot e. you welcome to all, let's start with liliana. so what is the perspective from warsaw do they see that batteries is deliberately using these migrants to put political pressure on countries like poland. says, well, i would like to thank you for the invitation to the program and d

belarus remain sealed with a heavy security presence in lafayette, with the winnie and poland -- latviathuania and poland. some have abandoned their attempt to enter the eu, heading to minsk. they will board a flight heading to baghdad. in the northern iraqi city, most of the passengers were from the region near the border with turkey. many had been stranded at the poland belarus order for more than a week before giving up on reaching the eu. reporting from the airport. >> as they arrive you can see exhaustion in their faces. while some are glad to be home, others so they will return. >> i'm going back, i'm ready to try 100 times again. next summer i intended to go. >> they released a statement blaming people for smuggling iraqis into belarus. it is to crackdown. they have arrested 10 members of the criminal smuggling gang in the last 10 days. some turning thursday described a horrific experience. >> the situation is so bad, smugglers are using people. i have seen people dying before my eyes. i will not try to travel again. i will not go. >> a lot of these people have sold everything th

one reason countries like romania and latvia are bearing the brunt-- far fewer people have been vaccinatedurope, says the world health organization's hans klugger. >> i recently came from portugal, which has the highest vaccination uptick in the world, 85%. but still people are adhering to the three ws-- wear the mask, watch the distance, wash your hands. >> reporter: yet even that is not enough. germany's infection rate has soared to its highest level since the start of the pandemic, despite the fact that close to 70% of germans have been fully vaccinated. and hard-hit russia today hit a new daily record in covid deaths one day after the country ended a strict nine-day shutdown. covid-19 has proven to be a persistent enemy, mounting yet another attack with the peak of winter on the way. transmission rates had been climbing here in the u.k., too, norah, but a couple of weeks ago they began to drop off. now scientists are hopeful this current wave peaked in october,, norah, but a couple of and britain may be over the worst of it. >> o'donnell: charlie d'agata, thank you. all right, all this

today, poland's prime minister said his country along with border nations lithuania and latvia were consideringalks with nato to address the border crisis. for more national and international news, visit pbs.org/newshour. >> sreenivasan: in august, the world's attention refocused on afghanistan as the taliban suddenly took control of the capital city of kabul and the u.s.-backed vernment fell. in the chaotic last days of the u.s. presence in the country, nearly 130,000 people were airlifted from afghanistan, including more than 50,000 afghans who will be resettled in the united states. as many as 100 of those afghan refugees are now arriving in maine. i spoke with charles mugabe, a counselor with the non-profit organization catholic charities here in portland, about what the most recent refugees are facing and about his own experiences. what are the kind of first things that you're working on and what's on the to do list for them? >> so our very first to do is to pick them up from the airport. you know, bring winter clothes. if they have a relative here already, we go with the relatives with in

growing tension between russia and ukraine are set to dominate a meeting of nato foreign ministers in latvia. here has accused moscow of mobilizing tens of thousands of soldiers near its border. seas far monitor say there's been a significant increase in fighting between brush and backed separatists and the ukrainian military. charles stratford reports from the front line with the ukrainian military near the village of the n. pouring rain pitch black. this is a front line trench eastern ukraine. we follow ukrainian army soldier moleed to sal over paul. pick with mud. filming using night vision, or trenches like these that snake hundreds of kilometers across a conflict zone, in which more than 14000 people been killed. you sound that machine, gun, bol echoes through the blackness. so in the last 10 minutes, sounds like a lot more smooth homes are coming from the direction of don, yet gambled. the commanders taking us up to a ford homes lation post. that is a lot closer to separatist positions. we reach the observation post with 3 soldiers stand in the cold. they are nervous until us to keep o

this is a wine, the defense ministers of neighboring lithuania is stony and latvia, who say, incidents involving migraines could spill elevate from military domain. and the bar that now airports have now, as the temperatures plunge, they try to keep warm as best they can men, women, children huddling around fires. these scenes were filled by bella roses, telegraph news agency, near the border with poems bell roof says there are more than 2000 refugees and migrants camped out here with more, arriving all the time. on thursday, some of them got to speak to the representative of the united nations refugee agency in bella, luce, sweetwater, order coverages. the situation is catherine dropping it and it'll be more catastrophic in the day. i think, ya, tomorrow. therefore, we must be doing something. yo, we've started to provide humanitarian aid by the red cross and we'll continue to do that the several days as me, chris, the official said the you and would help anyone who wants to return home to do so. but demand for that may well be minimal. poland, which release this footage says there ar

with the promise of entering the eu, then transported to its borders with poland, and lithuania, and latvialose to the polish border. by day, the scale of this migrant crisis becomes clear. belarus's border with poland transformed into a camp for those desperate to get to europe. tonight, for the first time, belarusian border guards agreed to take us into the camp, right up to the border. behind the barbed wire, the european union, just metres away. many here are kurds from the middle east. the eu believes that belarus helped them get here, that the country is facilitating illegal migration into europe — revenge for sanctions. but poland won't let them in. we are like homeless, we don't have any place to stay there. it is about whether it's too cold, we just collect fire and burning trees to make our bodies heat. but still we hope, we never give up. we've been told there are more than 2000 people in this camp, living in pretty basic conditions. this story is a very human drama, but the backdrop, that's geopolitics. the migrant crisis is ratcheting up east—west tension. near the border, para

some countries of announced new measures. latvia was the 1st e you nation to reimpose locked out last month. all. busy public and most private gatherings have been banned and people can only shop for essential goods. estonia has counselled all public events and stopped gatherings for known, vaccinated people. those have been fully vaccinated, must wear masks in doors, and from saturday, people in the netherlands, something to wear masks in public areas, and show vaccination passes to enter museums. and jims, belgium, as also reimpose mosque wearing and encourage people to work remotely after infections. they're hit the highest level in a year. the ok, let's bring in our guests in the sun, switzerland. we have of these will dismiss that she's professor emerging infectious diseases, a london school of hygiene and tropical medicine and birmingham in the u. k. lawrence young. he's an infectious diseases specialist at what university presented in poland, murray, or gunshot. she's head of the department of infectious diseases at the university of zillow. now go to a warm welcome to each of

the lionesses recorded their biggest ever win, against latvia, 20—0, and white was one of four playersliverpool footballer, ray kennedy, has died at the age of 70. commentator: what a marvelous goal! with liverpool he won three european cups and five league titles between 1974 and 1982. kennedy also made 17 appearances for england. he was diagnosed with parkinson's disease in 1984. josephine baker, the american—born singer and activist, who settled in france in the 1920s has been honoured at the pantheon, the burial place of some of france's greatest heroes. president macron praised her commitment to civil rights and her role in the resistance during the second world war. josephine baker is the first black woman to be granted such an honour by the french authorities as our correspondent lucy williamson reports. idealist and idol, singer and spy. josephine baker, adored by paris a century ago, was the star of france again today. her symbolic coffin made its way towards the pantheon carrying handfuls of earth from the four corners of her life — paris, missouri, monaco, where she's buried

eastern european nations with lower vaccination rates like latvia and russia were among the first tostrictions, but even the netherlands with a vaccination rate above 80% has reintroduced a partial lockdown for at least three weeks. and germany is also weighing up new restrictions. courtney bembridge, bbc news. let's have a look at what other countries are doing in terms of taking further steps to get their populations vaccinated. across the eu, countries have introduced variations on israel's �*green pass' scheme where people need to show they've been vaccinated before being allowed into indoor venues. in singapore, from 8 december any unvaccinated covid—19 patients who require hospital treatment will have to pay for it themselves — previously the state had been covering the cost. and in the uk, everyone working in a care home must be vaccinated. they are also stepping up measures to see those working in the national health service to be vaccinated as well. meanwhile in new zealand, teachers will now be banned from the classroom if they have not been vaccinated. the measure is part

michelle has said that countries like poland, lithuania and latvia, who's all asked for funding to help them build for the infrastructure that they should really be granted that it needs to be looked at. and that the legality of the money being used to for the ends that it is well within the rights to do that. now, if you look at the, the borders of these countries, particularly lithuania and poland, you're looking at 700 kilometers. also a border between lithuania and valerie, around 400 kilometers between poland and valerie huge projects that would be required to build border walls or fences along those. and sha michelle seems to be backing those nations bid to try and get funding in order to allow them to do that about the physical infrastructure in order to protect the border. based on an opinion of the lead you sort of the talking, it's legally possible based on the legal framework at the level to science infrastructure. this is a decision that needs to be taken by the commission, but in any to the legal opinion of the children is very clear. and we will see what will be just the d

this way near and latvia, the block says it's lucca. shank was revenge for sanctions imposed on bella. ruth, after it's brutal cracked down on democracy protesters cease fire monitor is that say there has been a significant increase in fighting between russian back separatists and the ukrainian military since rushes troops build up near the border. moscow denies any plan to invade ukraine, calling the allegations hysterical and malicious. shall stratford reports now near the village of wood. yeah, now on the front line with the ukrainian military pouring rain pitch black. this is a front line trench east and ukraine. we follow ukrainian army soldier who leads us along the pav with mud. filming using night vision, there are trenches like these that snake hundreds of kilometers across a conflict zone in which more than 14000 people have been killed. you sound that machine gun bar echoes through the blackness. so in the last 10 minutes, sounds like a lot more smooth homes are coming from the direction of daniel called the commander's taking us up to a ford observation post. it is a lot c

because in fact poland is a country that protects the eastern border such as lithuania and latvia.fact there is a whole european union that is a target of these actions. we are hearing from these migrants that are crossing that they do not want to remain in poland or lithuania, they want to move further west. mostly to germany, to netherlands and other western countries. we do know that thousands indeed have already entered germany illegally. again, very quickly, is there a danger of some kind of military confrontation between belarus and poland? on this border? certainly this outcome that mister lukashenko would welcome because he intends to escalate so he has forces already creating a very tense situation. we have heard shots on the other side of the border, so far there were shots in the air and we didn't see any situations where people would be attacked by belarusian forces. but it is very likely we will see these tensions escalated. we're probably going to see more and larger groups that would be pushed towards the border with the attempt to cross it at once. in order to creat

my sense, what you've got at the moments is poland, lithuania and latvia, doing the rounds of e u. member states in order to drum up support for them receiving cash to allow them to build borders on it. e. e. use frontiers, particularly with fellow roost. we've seen a meeting between the polish foreign minister in the austrian minister in which col, near hum at the austrian minister came out of it, furious with the e u commission that they're refusing to give countries like poland this money in order to allow them to bills or border infrastructure saying, ursula on the line was repeating mistakes that had been made in the past when it came to in fluxes of people trying to get in to the european union. iowa correspondent, their thoughts too, from political analyst, gilbert doctorow. he told us the latest suggestions by you officials to fund border walls exposes hypocrisy on the blocks policymaking. we have such a double think. we have such abuse of values. when donald trump was attempting to build his war on the mexican court, all of progressive humanity came out against him in this

no former month, thousands of feet entering the plot through better roost at 1st by lithuania and latvia. now may need 3 pollings, the e u accuse is better. russian leader, alexander lucas shanker, of orchestrating ways of migrants and refugees in retaliation for sanctions imposed on his government for violent crackdowns on the opposition. on monday, poland said it had withstood attempts by migrants to force their way across the border. or 30 of accused batteries have tried to spark a major confrontation and mobilizing soldiers and close the border crossing. prime minister mateusz more of it, ski has been visiting troops. who would think 23 months ago that we will be dealing with actions that are characterized by the use of human shields. look a shame because machine uses civilian weapons in a hybrid wall. what we can see today, a new methods, and you are a passing against the nova mental but potent authorities have been accused of illegal behavior to forcibly transporting people. they've caught back across the border rather than offering humanitarian assistance and the chance to apply f