as peter oliver. good morning, peter am. i was hearing these claims before christmas that russia was going to invade ukraine before the end of the year. i was the waiting. if and when anything will ever happen, how is the situation as you would assess it at the moment? well, a mid troop deployment send calls for high alerts. what we are seeing is diplomacy still being the number one aim when we saw that's in europe arc on monday, where you for me, ministers were meeting in brussels during that meeting though there was a lot of pressure placed upon the, the german foreign minister and the german government, that's over berlin's decision not to send weapons to ukraine. or the german government though, say they're sticking to their guns if you will, on that particular issue, that they will not be sending weapons to ukraine and they aren't going to change their minds over it. as a d bonus, the gillum cut the federal government, has not changed its position on the supply of arms to ukraine, including the supply of lethal weapons.

but his words sparked and major diplomatic backlash or europe correspondent peter oliver. except the story bikes. admiral k. r. him shown by cause big shocks on saturday evening as he stood down from his role as chief of the german navy. it follows when city made about the russian president vladimir burton and the ongoing tensions between russia, ukraine, and nato. following this fall out from what he said and everything revolving around it, he felt his position had become untenable. i have just asked the federal minister of defense to release me from my duties as inspector of the navy with immediate effect. the thoughtless comments i made in a neon security and military policy or increasingly weighing on my office in order to prevent further damage to the german navy. i consider this a necessary step. the federal minister has accepted my request when it all relates the comments that shone back made while he was in india speaking to a defense think tank. he was speaking about crimea, which he said would remain part of russia also about the russian president. vladimir burto

peter oliver in berlin. well, veteran m p r t, who's george galloway believes we are seeing the law of unintended consequences coming true and say the alliance could see some very challenging times ahead. does a splintering all the european side of the nato alliance. germany has made it plain that it does not support the build up of war materiel in ukraine and does not want a confrontation with russia to turn into a war. they want a new european security architecture that is not led by the nose a by a senile american president, that most people wouldn't send out to the shops for a low for bread, but may well lead his european allies into war with the hypersonic cell more nuclear superpower called russia. so it's all beginning to break apart the law of unintended consequence that they don't hate russia. you know, i made this point you before they hit putins, russia, because putin has dragged russia up from the floor where it was lying, having its pockets picked and restored prestige and respect, self respect

where we can hear from r, t 's correspondents across the world, killer me up and in new york, peter oliver in berlin and our senior cross from rutgers. the of us in the studio with me. let's start with caleb. as you can see and screen there, can you bring us up to speed indeed, what the us secretary of state had to say today? well, antony blank in the us, secretary of state, talked about how a document had been prepared and delivered to russian officials and they were choosing to not make that document public at this time. but this document does address russia's security concerns. now he also emphasized that nato is preparing a separate document, which will be provided on behalf of the nato alliance. and they will address these concerns in a separate way from russia. now the document won't be public, however, anthony blank and did describe how the united states has provided javelin missiles, ammunition defensive security systems, helicopters, and other weaponry to ukraine and how the united states has authorized other nato countries such as stoney, had to do the same thing there were threa

doesn't it, or i've had our berlin, peter oliver, thank you. next out, the father of tennis world, number one novak jock of ich and slammed the treatment of his son by the australian authorities saying their attempt to cancel his visa for not being vaccinated was politically motivated. the star athlete won a court battle eventually upholding his medical exemption. but the australian immigration minister then immediately threatened that the visa can still be revoked . jock a bit, his father told r t that he feels his son has every right to compete in this month's australian open program officially recently released on everything they asked him to do and he received the cost decision that allows him to stay to play tennis. i can't describe it, we never thought our son, the best athlete and tennis player in the world would have had to go through this, especially in such a far away land way. he has already proved himself the best 9 times. it's incredulous in itself that this has happened to him, but it happened and it was in no way related to sport

let's learn more on go straight to berlin right now with peter oliver. peter, a lot of a well should we say issues being raised in the bone to stock? what can you tell us was said well, the german foreign minister on leon babel confirmed that the nod stream to gas pipeline, the runs between russia and germany, was part and is part of what she called a strong package of sanctions. that had been agreed between germany and its allies that could be imposed against russia. should there be an invasion of ukraine? the 10000000000 year road infrastructure project has been controversial for a long time. there was a lot of pressure on berlin to make sure that it was included in sanctions. it does seem that is the way it is right now. not only in a babel confirming, not in the bone, the stock. there's also been an awful lot of pressure on germany fraud. it's e u partners, such as poland and the baltic states on from its nato allies, such as the united kingdom to provide weapons to ukraine. now the german foreign minister said the berlin continues to support ukraine,

well, let's get the bigger picture here from our europe, corresponding, peter oliver in berlin. peter, you can price is a must a security concern for, for europe, from both sides or across the continent really, can you give us the latest in terms of international develop? and so on the various threats demands, perhaps being made to well, a lot depends on what is in what we presume is the written reply to russia. security demands the john sullivan, the u. s. somebody we presume has just dropped off the russian foreign ministry in moscow. i think it's safe to assume i know we should never assume, but i think it is fairly safe to see that that is what he's been doing. that's where he's been this wednesday evening. i think particularly when you look at the fact that secretary of state anthony blinking is set to take to stage any minute now in washington to give his remarks, we presume about exactly what they've handed over to the russian side, mid around 7 pm in around 40 minutes, so we were expecting to hear a in brussels from yen stalsen bird, the nato secretary general. and of cou

of very different causes when it comes to them trying to snuff out this latest wave of coven 19 peter oliver, while with a micron taking hold in the world. some countries such as denmark, they've begun administering a 4th faxing, now spokesperson for the world health organization was on the program earlier and talk just through the latest developments and indeed what's in front of us. well, what we see leaks is, is a critical increase in number of confessions around the world. and as we see on current becoming a dominant variance, we have seen in one week 50000000 newly factions, which is the absolute director, is the beginning of 50 percent increase from the previous sleep. so the sheer number of infections will bring more people to hospitals, even though one crew may prove less your disease then don't previous variance, but these numbers are low. we will need more pressure on how system. so it is very dangerous situations. the country are trying to find the best way to, to reduce the risk of transmission. we know what needs to be done. so we hope that people have not been oxygenated, will

peter oliver takes a closer look at the international context of this meeting in geneva. the search for a diplomatic solution to the ongoing tensions between russia and nato, comes back to the shores of lake geneva and the heads of his meeting with russian foreign minister, sir. gala rove the us secretary of state anthony blinking has been putting america's message to its partners directly before coming to switzerland. the u. s. foreign policy chief within lynn for full way talks with representatives of germany, france, and the united kingdom. russia is entitled to protect itself in the united states in europe, are prepared to discuss russia, security concerns and how we can address them in a reciprocal way. while the secretary of state look to protect one voice from the 4 nations that had taken part in the talks, as he gave those remarks alongside the german 4 minister, the french president, emanuel micron told the european parliament earlier in the week that europe needs to come to its own arrangements with russia, parallel to those of nato and the united states. it's g

with more, here's our europe corresponded peter oliver, the run, the birth date, the location for the traditional job and new year's celebration. it's also home to an annual fireworks extravaganza. the it's about the only place you'll see them lighting up the night. sky is the country rings in 2022. as the german government has found their private sale, as part of the last round of covert measures brought in at the start of december. it's hard to knock the reasoning behind the decision, les and hawk firewood displays between midnight and the early hours. less calls to the emergency services. also less people mixing and gathering those above on the sale of fireworks. doesn't mean no fireworks. people have been popping over the poland to stucco for fireworks are part of new year's eve. it's a tradition to set them off and it would be a shame if it didn't happen. while german paths may be rejoicing at the prospect of less frightening fireworks shops, selling them in poland and making hay. while this particular song shines at the moment because of the band in germany, we have about 300 cu

his art is peter oliver. tough times the european diplomacy, hearing berlin, many of the decisions made by chancellor on actual government hobbins being running on the same lines as friends and partners in london and washington. the german foreign minister is also not convinced there's an immediate sign of ukraine joining the nato alliance. everyone knows that this is not on the agenda at the moment, including russia. the people of ukraine want to live in peace and security. many have been separated from their families for years due to the conflict in the don boss. that's what the matter is about. not in imminent entry into nato. another area where germany isn't following the lead of the u. k. in us is when it comes to the evacuation of stuff from embassies in kiev. berlin say's it would just further to stabilize the situation on the ground in ukraine. of course, we continuously check the security situation in different places around the world, including in ukraine. like, how would you partners, we have currently decided not to reduce the embassy stuff in case germany has come under a l

peter oliver, thank you. we discussed the situation with maximilian craw and then the p from the alternative a german party on formal austrian foreign minister carried ne. so it is that there is simply no was ability of to, to pronounce opinions to have some sort of opinions. i don't see here for the mistake in as it is pronounced by the german media buddies, nationally, by and large. i mean, where is the crime scene to turn that into something like breaking international use that to turn it into headline is like really everybody i would say a simply, every fraction of a very cumbersome situation. the war long have taken over. there is an atmosphere within the parliament and then everyone wants to have to even tougher sanctions against russia. and at least really prepare for war. daniel, have a real soldier and he says that is nonsense. and of course, they are very angry on him because he is making clear to everyone. so thinking on that yet your entire russian says it man long ring has nothing to do with real

his peter oliver nato members have said that they are prepared to send military hardware on personnel to the east of the alliance to bulk up their presents. there, denmark, spain, france, the netherlands of all said that they are going to commit or are prepared to commit to military hardware or personnel to eastern countries in nato. we've also heard from the united states who said that they are looking into possibilities of sending more of their personnel to the east of the nato alliance. this all comes as we are seeing a big meeting of e. u foreign ministers take place at the moment in brussels at that meeting, they are going to be discussing what to do about the ongoing situation and the tensions coming about between russia, ukraine, nato. and of course, the e u, which finds itself right on the side of all of this that's going on. what we have seen so far, developers that the united states and the united kingdom of both said that they're going to pull certain personnel and families of personnel out of their embassies in ukraine so far from the a used talk. foreign policy chief, the

he's peter oliver reports from jenny bye so wraps up here in geneva, and we've now got a much clearer picture of exactly how both the us and russian side see these talks having gone. we heard from said again after off the russian foreign minister, who describe them as useful and constructive. we heard from anthony blink in the u . s. secretary of state who said that they were frank, an substances we'll start with the russian foreign minister said gala for of low. he was 1st to give his press conference after the meeting wrapped up. he said that washington had promised to provide an answer in writing to security concerns that had been presented by moscow to their u. s. partners. now he said that these weren't just security concerns focusing on ukraine. they were for the wider european area. he said that the future of these talks would depend on the response from the united states there. but he said that the diplomatic doors pretty much remained open. it's worth pointing out, there was no major movement on any of the, the big sticking points during and these talk certainly what the repr

here's our correspondence, peter oliver. an awful lot going on on monday concerning nato troop movements and planned movements as well. what we can expect is that there will be more nato troops arriving in the east of europe. later on monday, us time, they'll be a coal between the u. s. president and european leaders. but earlier, we heard pretty much confirmation of this from the nato secretary general. again, salton beg, nathan, will not compromise on court principles. we stand for the right of each nation to choose his own allowances. on naples door remains open. we are considering it to further enhance our presence in eastern part of the alliance. this could include the deployment of additional nate or battle groups, while those navy wargames continue in the mediterranean involving the ag yet the american aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. harry truman. we've also heard on monday from france, denmark, the netherlands, and spain who've all either committed or said they're considering committing moving military hardware or tro

with countries urging different responses to the situation on the border parties corresponding peter oliver has more. you for a ministers met on monday in brussels and they hadn't plenty to talk about not least a potential 1320000000 financial package that could be heading to ukraine. it needs approval by member states and the u. parliament. before we can really talk about that though, what we did here for certain from joseph brownlow, the chief or foreign policy bought from the e. u, is that they won't be a pull out for embassy staff and their families from e. u embassies. we had seen a move like not from the u. k. and us over the last few days sector, lincoln's his dollars that he was not an evacuation. he was just letting to people, there was one not crucial. the staff are free to decide to leave the country. i don't think there is a need for us to do any kind of a precautionary measure from defined to reorder number of our staff and there been managing agree. it looks like we could see more nato troops heading it to the east and borders of the alliance. the nato secretary general. you i

when it comes to them trying to snuff out this latest wave of coven 19 peter oliver. and italy's cupboard pass is also harder to obtain now with a negative test, no longer enough to get it. restrictions are pushing some italians to break the law and date with one nurse recently arrested for issuing fake job certificates. ah. and with, as adults and health care professional, i'm disheartened, i've been putting my private life aside for 2 years, just like all my colleagues as well to deal with the pandemic. for this reason, seeing these things happening is really sad. ah ah ah ah ah, we were away that this police investigation was not over. i really hope that with this arrest we can put an end to this sad story. i am very disappointed even angry . it is difficult to understand how a person who's worked for many years in hospitals and healthcare can do such things . not injecting the vaccine as a crime. it is if a priest does not believe in god. mm . with all may chrome taking hold or on the globe country such as denmark have begun? administering a 4th vaccine this by le

russia invade its neighbor ukraine, something rushes repeatedly denied, intending to do that is peter oliver reports on how it's all lead to divisions within one to corporation. president zora milan of ich making so many century comments on tuesday. he said that if there is a conflict between ukraine and russia, he would order the croatian troops to pull out of deployments that they're involved in with nato. now this was a statement that's not only unlikely to have gone down particularly well in nato headquarters. it's also unlikely to gone down particularly well in ukraine either because mr. melana, which also went on to say that the 2014 might done revolution in ukraine was a coo. and he said that ukraine had absolutely no business in joining nato. not only will we not send troops, but if there is an escalation, we will withdraw. every last corporation, soldier, everything is happening on moscow's doorsteps. it is necessary for an arrangement to be found that will take into account russia's security interests. i worked in the european council when the democratically elected president young

to peter oliver. you're a correspondent who has been following in on, i think, in stoughton berg, nate, whose secretary general has been speaking may be wrapped up. no, peter, but giving really the view on the continent in terms of international developments from, from brussels. give us a sense of what's being said, there are on watson is being demanded. well, if that's a u. s. response to russia's security demands reflects what installed in burg to say, i don't think it is going to make good reading for the russian side. and it's going to contain a lot of nose, particularly when it came to the discussion on a path to join. as nato puts it, all nato expansion is. it's called just about everywhere else. he installed in book said that they wouldn't compromise on bath. he did say, however, in a big key crux of what he had to say was about a willingness to continue talks. diplomacy very much at the, the roots of what the nato secretary general had to put forward. he said that there was a string of proposal

peter oliver, vice admiral k. r. him shown by has stood down from his position as the chief of the german navy. it follows comments that he made about russian president vladimir putin and the ongoing tensions between russia, ukraine, and nate. so following those comments being made public, he said he felt his position had become untenable. i have just asked the federal minister of defense to release me from my duties as inspector of the navy with immediate effect. the thought was comments i made in india and security and military policy are increasingly weighing on my office in order to prevent further damage to the german navy. i considered as a necessary staff, the federal minister has accepted my request. it all comes back to comments that show man made while he was in india, addressing a think tank though he was speaking about crimea, which he said would remain a part of russia. and also about the russian president vladimir putin who he said, demanded respect and probably should be given respect is probably pu

our europe correspondent peter oliver, is in berlin. he's got the latest for the german foreign minister, elinor bare, bog confirmed that the gnawed stream 2 gas pipeline, the runs between russia and germany was part and is part of the what she called a strong package of sanctions that had been agreed between germany and its allies that could be imposed against russia, should there be an invasion of ukraine? the 10000000000 your robe infrastructure project has been controversial for a long time. there was a lot of pressure on berlin to make sure that it was included in sanctions. it does seem that is the way it is right now in anna lynn about confirming that in the bundle stack. and there's also been an awful lot of pressure on germany from it's e u partners such as poland and the baltic states and from it's nato allies. such as the united kingdom to provide weapons to ukraine. now, the german foreign minister said that berlin continues to support ukraine, but absolutely no way would there be weaponry, sent from germany to that country

allies with countries urging different responses to the situation on that board up the ortiz at peter oliver has more on this now. wild troop deployment sand high alerts are being su. diplomacy remains the number one goal when it comes to finding a solution to these tensions between russia and nato. on monday we saw a series of meetings between e. u. foreign ministers take place in brussels during that meeting. germany came under an awful lot of pressure. this is over the berlin government's decision not to send weaponry to ukraine. as a di bonus, the gillum at the federal government has not changed its position on the supply of arms to ukraine, including the supply of lethal weapons and in view of the conflict in ukraine, it will not issue a permit for the supply of military weapons ina where there are 2 very different messages coming out of the nato camp when it comes to the situation on the ground in ukraine. on the one hand, you've got the united kingdom and the united states who have both withdrawn some embassy staff and their families from their diplomatic embassies in ukraine. on the