direct talks with the united states, a new format of normandy, including the united states, the o. s. c, e, the organization for security and corporation euro, which was found a decades ago to prevent exactly what is going right on. right on right now between russia and the united states and europe, all of those talks are happening at the same time. and we heard of both the distress that it's important to exploit all of those avenues, while at the same time preparing for the worst. now he critics are saying patricky ukraine is saying that germany is not doing enough, not agreeing to deliver weapons directly at the same time. europe here today trying to demonstrate a very much united front when it comes to those talks and negotiating with russia. mikayla in recent days, a lot of criticism has been levied against germany for its ambivalent position on this topic. how is the government reacted to rebukes at times that it cannot stay out of this conflict? well, it says it doesn't want to stay out of this content. we saw all sorts argue and he was asked again to day and why germany wasn

to that end, the conversations in geneva, the trilateral contact group, and the normandy format. on nonintervention, we reiterate the importance of respecting the sovereignty, unity, and territorial integrity of ukraine. in full adherence to international law, the united nations charter, and resolution 2625 of the general assembly. hence, it falls to this security council to determine as applicable the existence of an act of aggression. in accordance with general assembly resolutions 3314. added to what i have just stated, this principle is further bolstered by the principle of full settlement of disputes. they have the duty to settle their disputes by peaceful means, as established in international law. mexico has upheld and will continue to uphold diplomacy above force. and diplomatic power for this particular case remains open. they have not been exhausted. madam president, whether where -- where there is no doubt is with regard to the responsibility of this council to make its due preventive effort to act, as warranted by the circumstances and i firmly believe that in holding

as we just heard the normandy format of talks is set to happen in paris on wednesday. it is a meeting of representatives from ukraine, russia, france, and germany. the format has been revived due to these latest tensions over ukraine . but what exactly is the normandy format? take a look. a small gesture, but a big breakthrough. a handshake between russian president vladimir putin and his then ukranian counterpart, petro parish, ankle. it was the normandy formats, 1st success, and their 1st set down summit in the bellow, russian capital, minsk, in february 2015. the talks helped some men to cease fire, an eastern ukraine, which had been locked in a civil war between russian backed separatists and government troops. thousands had already died in the fighting talks and perish in october 2015. set a time table for new elections in eastern ukraine. but the fighting didn't stop with frequent violations of the ceasefire. since then, leaders of the 4 normandy format countries have spoken on the phone and occasionally met and passion, or sent their top diplomats. december 2019

new round of normandy format talks. these are the talks that essentially bring together russia and ukraine under french and german oversight, so to speak. um they did talk for eight hours jessica. does that offer any reason to be optimistic that there might be a diplomatic solution? that certainly is germany's line? uh they repeat like a mantra that the only solution here is has got to be diplomatic i agree to an extent. of course it's it's always good news when the channels for dialogue are open. everyone is still coming to the table because all parties in this conflict know that war is in no one's interest this however begs the question then, why did vladimir putin send over 100,000 troops to the ukrainian border, what does he want here? um you mentioned earlier, uh liberal values this is not a question right now of values. this is a question of sovereignty and the rule of law ukraine is an independent sovereign nation and russia is currently threatening it. so this is the issue at stake. um it's not a question of of

i mean thought and a normandy form, it has not yielded substantial results. all sides are not happy with what they feel . it's all flaw. certainly russia is ukraine. is that still broiling crisis and france and germany and have now been in a position a to, to play a meaningful role? as russia has been a building up and withdrawing forces along the ukrainian border last spring. and now we see the bill up and that russia is engaged in again and which started in november and december of lossing is continued. we see i'm substantial formation is off of russian forces along the ukrainian border and circle meant of ukraine. and one can certainly hope that, that the normandy of for form as well can be revived. and it looked at out about the back focus trying. but i'm not optimistic that her engagement with, with ukraine you lead us and russia lead as well. will your results in the coming days when you le, let's stick with the ukrainian leaders for a moment? i'm wondering how much credibility germany has right now in key of germany has not been in favor of supplying u

in this context we welcome session including under the minsk agreement and the normandy format. from the recently concluded meeting in paris under the normandy format we also welcome the unconditional observance of the july 2020 cease-fire and reaffirmation of minsk agreements as the basis of work under the ongoing normandy format in particular commitment of all sides to reduce disagreement on the way forward. we also welcome the agreement to meet in berlin in two weeks. we urge all parties to continue to engage through all diplomatic channels, and to keep working as to free a limitation of the minsk package. quite and constructive diplomacy -- any steps that increase tension they best be awarded by all sides in a larger interest of peace and security. more than 20,000 indians, students and nationals live and study in different parts of ukraine including in its border areas. the well-being of indian national is a priority to us. madam president, i reiterate our call for the peaceful resolution of the situation by sustained diplomatic efforts to ensure all sides are resolved thro

and and because she was in a hospital ship when they arrived at normandy at omaha beach. she was then needed to help with the medical teams to go onshore and help to ferry back the injured soldiers back on board the ship for treatment it meant she was one of the very very few journalists who actually was set foot on omaha beach. on that normandy coastline at the beginning of the invasion and she certainly out scooped her husband ernest. yeah who was on board one of the little assault crafts and making up stories about how he had personally liberated from all right? and i think all of them. you know when they came across. hardship or suffering even when? it wasn't their job. they they would try and help. i mean, i think that was one of the well, one of the many harrowing things about being a journalist then and now is you find yourself in a situation where? a huge numbers of people are or hungry or injured. and you kind of do what you can and it's a tiny amount, but i don't think any of them lost it none of them became hardened. to the suffering of individuals and and i th

the ritchie boys landed on the beaches of normandy on d-day, and helped liberate paris. they crossed into germany with the allied armies and witnessed the horrors of the nazi concentration camps. all the while, they tracked down evidence and interrogated nazi criminals, later tried at nuremberg. it was also in europe that some of them, like guy stern, learned what had happened to the families they left behind. >> this is it. they're on the beach. >> wertheim: by the summer of 1944, german troops in normandy were outnumbered and overpowered. the allies liberated paris in august. >> the date was august 25. >> wertheim: and drove nazi troops out of france. but hitler was determined to continue the war. in the ardennes region of belgium, the germans mounted a massive counteroffensive, which became known as "the battle of the bulge." i see a tent in the background of that photo right in front of yu. >> stern: yes, that's my interrogation tent. >> wertheim: so, this is you on the job. you're in belgium? >> stern: yes, doing my job interrogating. right. >> wertheim: amid the ch

format. flew in from the recently concluded meeting in paris under the normandy format. we also welcome the unconditional observance of the july 2020 ceasefire and re formation of minced agreements as the basis of work under the ongoing normandy format. in particular, commitment of all sides to reduce disagreements on the way forward. they also welcome their agreement to meet and berlin in 2 weeks. be urged all parties to continue to engage through all diplomatic channels and to keep working towards the full implementation of the men's package. quite and constructive legitimacy. the need of the are any steps that increased tension may best be avoided by all sides in the lives of interest of securing international peace and security. more than $20000.00 indian students and nationals live and study in different parts of the crane, including in its border areas. the well being of indian national is a priority to us. i am president, i reiterate our call for the peaceful resolution of the situation by sincere and sustained diplomatic efforts to ensure that concerns of all sid

>> i mean, so far the normandy format has not yielded substantial results.ll sides are not happy with what they have yielded so far. russia, andkraine is still embroiled icrisis and france and germany have not been in a position to play a meaningful le as russia has been building up and draing forces along the ukrainn bordelast spring and now we see them build up, that russia is engaged in again wch stted in vember and december of last year and continue to see substantial formations of russian forces along the ukraian border. and circumvent of ukraine. one can certainly hope that the normandy format will, can be revived and it is good that she is trying but i am not optimistic that her -- meeting with russian and ukrainian leaders will yield results. brent: let's stick with the ukrainian beauteous. -- the ukrainian leaders. i wonder how much credibility germany has in kiev. germany has not been supplying ukrainian serious weapon he. germany has refuse to kill the north stream pipeline that connects it to russia. how do you go to kiev with those facts on the

new round of normandy format talks. these are the talks that essentially bring together russia and ukraine under french and german oversight, so to speak. they did talk for 8 hours. jessica, does that offer any reason to be optimistic that there might be a diplomatic solution? that certainly is germany's line. they repeat like a mantra that the only solution here is, has got to be diplomatic. i agree to an extent, of course it's, it's always good news when the channels for dialogue are open, everyone is still coming to the table because all parties in this conflict know that war is in no one's interest. this however, begged the question, then why did vladimir putin send over 100000 troops to the ukrainian border? what does he want here? you mentioned earlier, a liberal values. this is not a question right now of values. this is a question of sovereignty and the rule of law, ukraine is an independent sovereign nation, and russia is currently threatening it. so this is the issue at stake. i'm. it's not a question of eastw

so we, nobody expect the most to come from those efforts in terms of the normandy format, which also involves germany as making up the 4th party. however, we are expecting this week, the us to send written responses to moscow's demands about nato. benito, 14 net positions and the future membership of the lions. as i said earlier, the key thing is, america has already said those demands and nonstarter, so really is unclear war america can put on the table. the russia would accept or even carry on talking about journals, j cordell in moscow. thank you for your insights. ok, that's the view in moscow. let's get the view from kiev now with our bureau chief, my ts billing a i m a t s. we heard the voices in moscow. there isn't that much concern, at least, doesn't appear to be that much concern on the streets. and we saw the kremlin spokesperson again to the accusing the west of hysteria. how does that look in here? how worried are people there that, that a conflict really is imminent? where people have, of course, when observing miss a lot closer than maybe people in moscow because of cou

well, there are a talk scheduled tomorrow in the so called normandy format on a diplomatic level. the normandy format is a series of talks between russia, ukraine, as you said, and also france and germany about essentially the peace process in, in ukraine. there has, after all, been a war going on there for several years. and from the russian point of view, i think in a way this is a side issue. ah, you know, you, you, these normandy talks have been going on for a long time from the russian point of view. they are kind of stalled. we heard last week the russian foreign minister saying that the, that the ukrainian side is at fault for the fact that they've stalled that it's the ukrainian side that is big breaking piece agreements. that's the general position there on the norman detox. and from the russian point of view, yes, we're happy to talk about ukraine. but the main thing that they want to talk about is these written guarantees that there will be no more nato expansion. they want to keep talking with the west. and i think these talks, tomorrow are assigned for that, but reall

and also you mentioned it, babylon wants to revive what's called the normandy format. and this was a diplomatic talks between 4 countries, russia, ukraine, france, and germany, which were aimed at implementing these agreements called the minsk agreements with some of you may remember agreements that were aimed at resolving the conflict in east and ukraine. it goes back now many years. now the germans want to get this, these talks back on track. they're hoping that at least if they can start them on a low level, talking about relatively low levels. she was, they can build a groundwork for, for making further progress. but there certainly are skeptics out there who say the normandy format over many years fail to resolve the issues. and it wouldn't be up to dealing with the scale of even greater issues facing is now. now the u. s. is warning that russia is planning a so called fall slack attack. can you give us any more details about that? yeah, i mean, it really is striking statements from the u. s. at the end of last week and with the white house saying this, quote, a c

well, if we look at the diplomatic efforts looking ahead, the so called normandy format, that's russia, ukraine, france, and germany. they are set for talks on wednesday. what do you think moscow's position is going to be going into those negotiations? has that position changed? moscow physician hasn't changed from the very beginning. moscow outlined it demands back in december. that is the legal guarantee that ukraine doesn't during nato, and the rolling back of the alliance. his forces. this was seen as a broad new european security packed of russia wanted. now the normandy format is very, very closely concentrated on the situation in easton, ukraine with these breakaway republics. and the separate is territory. and president micron. a said this evening that the focus on those kind of discussions will be on the humanitarian efforts. so we, nobody expect the most come from those efforts in terms of the normandy format, which also involves germany as making up the 4th party. however, we are expecting this week the us who to send written responses to moscow's demands about nato. benito,

more talks to take place with this normandy format in berlin into weeks time. we will stay on all development's for you. next, joe biden says he will stand by a pledge to propose a black woman on the supreme court. the time could be now as justice breyer is said to retire at the current term and. he is the oldest current member of the court. the supreme court is tipped politically towards republicans. former president trump appointed three new supreme court justices with republican leanings. >> first of all, it's not going to change the conservative majority that you just mentioned. it will not change up the political makeup of the court. it could change the way the court is seen as representing the population of the united states, because if you think about it, so far in the history of the united states there have been 115 supreme court justices. only seven of those have not been white men. that is important because when joe biden was a candidate running for the presidency, he said if you got the opportunity, he would like to nominate a black woman. he is like

format, and they're trying to do their best in minsk process and normandy process.e official berlin. i will hope that they will understood, or understand, sorry, what is going on in reality. now, minister, you are a former member of the soviet armed forces. i dare say that you feel you understand the mind—set in moscow quite well. so, i'm going to ask you this — do you understand why vladimir putin regards nato's presence on russia's flank as such a grave danger to russia's long—term security? i think that civilised world is still playing chess, according to zbigniew brzezinski, with the russians. but the russians are playing poker with you and using the bluffing tactics. i know russians very well. they're very pragmatic. they're raising the stakes. but for vladimir putin, who has written an article suggesting that historically ukraine and russia are one nation, who has also said it is absolutely unacceptable for nato to be putting more military forces into the former soviet space, and who says that if nato were to offer ukraine membership, that would be a fundament

she's keen to revive for way peace talks in the normandy format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. my 1st guest to night is constance at stilton mueller. she is an international relations analyst, and she holds me fritz stand chair at the brookings institution. she joins us tonight from washington. constance, it's good to have you. on the day, i want to begin by asking you as someone who comes from germany who experienced those winds of change back in 1989 is vladimir putin. is he asking europe and the world with his demands to act as if the berlin wall never fell? hi, brent, and thanks for having me on a thanks for reminding me of my age as well. but no, you're quite right. the. i think that to anybody who read the 2 draft agreements that the kremlin put in front of the white house and nato just before christmas, had to conclude that what the kremlin is pursuing here. what leading to put in is pursuing here is no longer just neutrality. or finland is ation for ukraine, but something much, much larger. and it is really the rolling back of the democratic transformation

andrea shacks is the 70 year old lives on a peninsula normandy, northern france, that is well known for its natural beauty. and for its high number of nuclear facilities, france derives about 70 percent of its electricity from nuclear plants like this one here in flam, or will it f electricity of france. a largely state own company operates these nuclear plants and says they're safe and strictly monitored. predicts like andrea shock, think differently. brutal for the older nuclear power plants get, the higher the risk of accidents, you really cannot say they are infallible food. finally, nuclear power plants produce nuclear waste. 100 holder's vehicle receiver. easy here in la. ugh, close to the activists. tom town, a plant process as nuclear waste. the factory is the regions biggest employer at this local debate on further investments in nuclear power residents also bring up the huge risks. but the company's spokesman says, nuclear is better than garza and carbon facility. we're facing a climate emergency and global warming. and even if nuclear power was not designed for this purpose,

the anniversary of d-day in 2014 in normandy to discuss the war in eastern ukraine at the time. philip >> those talks for peace continue thank you. >>> british tabloids are having a field day with the latest boris johnson scandal after learning of another gathering in which the prime minister apparently flaunted covid restrictions this one was johnson's birthday party on june 19, 2020, celebrated with cake at 10 downing street it is the fifth such covid rule busting event johnson has been accused of personally attending. the story was broken by britishixetv the prime minister's confirmed the report saying, quote, a group of staff working in number 10 that day gathered briefly in a cabinet room after a meeting to wish the prime minister a happy birthday he was there for less than 10 minutes. >>> federal investigators say they executed a search warrant at the chicago headquarters of the national pop up testing chain called center for covid control. the company faces a variety of consumer complaints. in addition to the feds, illinois, colorado, minnesota and oregon are investigatin

the 4 way normandy format has been used repeatedly since russia's annexation of ukraine's crimean peninsula in 2014. also to night, washington has delivered it's written response to russia, security demands. we don't know the exact details of this latter, but we do know that the u. s. and its allies have not budged on some demands, like keeping the door open to nato membership for ukraine. the letter is the latest step in the ongoing diplomacy over fears of a russian invasion. here's what the u. s. secretary of state had to say. to day bass for sullivan delivered our written response in moscow. all told it sets out a serious diplomatic, bradford, should russia choose? the document we've delivered includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principled and pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals for areas where we may be able to find common ground. i expect to speak to foreign minister lever off in the coming days after moscow has had a chance to read the paper and is ready to di

does the ukrainian leadership believe that this normandy format will lead to something constructive? i think with the ukranian government, it's important that this is one of the few formants where they are at the table. it's germany, france, russia, and ukraine. it's basically the only formal way russian and ukrainian counterparts at least officially talk to each other. so there is, of course, it's of course, important for ukraine, although the biggest stakeholder, at least from moscow's view, is not at the table. that would be the u. s. it's hard to imagine what could be achieved, but talking is better than shooting the ukraine. a foreign minister mathias said today that russia has not assembled a sufficient forces to launch an eminence full scale invasion of ukraine. what is the signaling here? squalid c signaling to the population to stay calm. it's very hard to say that they have been also a very mixed signals from the ukranian government. the president has addressed last week, the nation telling them to stay, carmen, that no danger is imminent. and the next day he said that the

and that normandy format meeting took place in paris. the next to all of those. nobody format meetings taking place here in berlin. the what they were saying was, dialogue must prevail and manual micron say he would never give up on dialogue when it came to this particular issue. so diplomacy looking like it is winning out at the moment. however, it doesn't seem like russia is going to get the answers. it was looking for either from the united states, although we don't know that or certainly it seems from what yen stalsen burke had to say coming out of brussels from nato. meanwhile, us politicians are raising the panic level over ukraine. republican congressman ted board has written to the secretary of state saying, given the fact that the biden administration stranded an unknown number of americans in afghanistan, i write to you with extreme concern for the fate of american citizens in ukraine. thus at the white house press, secretary, gen sock, he ruled out an american evacuation from the country. and the idea has been widely ridiculed on late night shows, orga