expected to be a little bit stronger than the sanctions that we expect, or the sanctions that have been a meet out by the u. k. and the u. s. should take you through some people who are on that list the sig, a showing you the defense minister of foreign ministry spokesman maria the heart of maria is harvey has already said that these sanctions are illegitimate. and her response to this list by the european union, v b bank head, the eager schuval of v b, or an important bank, or course in russia. they also sponsor one of the football team, says come moscow, who have had sanctions that meets it against them via by the u. s. will come to that a little bit later. now, of course, joe biden was one to assign a decree, calling for sanctions against russia. after, after this recognition of the 2 republics as independent after that, of course the, the rest of the west followed suit. now back in the u. k bar, as johnson has had a little bit of a tough time. he's mentioned roman brockovich, of course, famous billionaire who owns chelsea football club. now he said that roman brockovitch was under sanctions. then he said

now when it comes to the comparison that everyone is doing between the u . k. in the you, is there something to the fact that the u. k. is seeing better economic activity then the you or is due to varying restrictions put in place throughout the block right now? when a couple things actually that rachel watches a bit of both. but i would say the u. k. certainly has, haven't had the profits rebound on the figures that you just mentioned earlier on the intro. prove that a couple of things here. the 2nd one was, this is the fastest rebound case ever had. and i think that's where she to not be charge of the extraction, said the u. k. is the fastest growing economy of the g 7 it was, and it's predicted to be also in $22.00. now this is in contrast to companies in that you brought for just italy, which is wait. a lot of that was, was due to the huge come on component of the tourist in tourism industry in italy, but also germany, actually the auto industry that has been sort of a backbone and the strength of the german economy. as volkswagen. h a g, i announced that th

that support hooton's woman. she further mo, we are also banning aero float from the u. k. next, on top of these financial measures and in full concert with united states and the e u, we will introduce new trade restrictions and stringent export controls, similar to those that they in of the u. s. are implementing will bring forward new legislation to ban the export of full dual use items to russia, including a range of high end and critical technological equipment and components in sectors including electronics, telecommunications, and aerospace legislation to implement this will be late early next week. these trade sanctions will constrain russia's military, industrial, and technological capabilities for years to come. we are bringing forward measures on unexplained well photos from the economic crime bill to be introduced before the house rises for easter. and we will set out further detail before easter on the range of policies to be included in the full bill in the next session, including on reforms to companies, house and a register of overseas property ownership. we w

we need to see those words followed up by actions, is vitally important that the u. k. in its nato allies, are prepared for all event humanities. oliver have also commented on a specific narrative of the west's ante, russia hysteria, specific story that's been going around the media claiming that russia has some concrete plans to lay siege to ukrainian cities, set up a puppet government, and even set up camps for disloyal ukrainians. beasts speak with you at super sure, ricky, florida, there is speculation even in some respect to media about some suppose it operation that we're preparing to seize kids and all the other cities of ukraine. both will that some kind of who is being prepared to install a puppet regime. so in the ukrainian capitals. all this is from the narrative of so called highly likely earth as we should include the local. it's also important to keep in mind that for some time now the u. k has been supplying ukraine with some heavy weapons just last month as shipment of n law, anti tank missiles systems. what landed in ukraine and as early as wednesday, we

u. k. embassies in campbell, australia also had a much smaller role where it's much smaller country with that there was a military presence in afghanistan, but obviously compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not, yes, exactly. now basically what my so said to me, and i've heard it in other examples too, is that often the embassies of u. s. and u. k, particularly, was strong arming the afghan government on range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from the countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, or source of mine was saying he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring afghan officials, senior afghan officials to sign these contracts. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts failed, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption. and the 2nd that was a was on. and what's so disappointing here is this may no real accountability at all. there's no real discussion about the role that nation like the u. s. and e k had and their embassies in

we're hearing some of that tit for tat, the e u and the u. k. u both saying though that these heavy financial sanctions are not just at the economy, but also financial services and systems, are there to hobble the russian economy. this is what the british prime minister barak johnson had to say, and also the european commission president ursula, vom delane the u. k. as in nancy, the largest, and most of your package of economic actions, the russia has ever see with new financial measures, we're taking new powers to target russian finance. in addition to the banks, we've already sanctioned these powers. when will they will not totally to exclude russian banks from the u. k. financial system, which is of course by far the largest in europe, stopping them from accessing sterling and clearing payments through the u. k. now we have to meet the moment. we will hold the kremlin accountable the package of massive and targeted sanctions. european leaders approved tonight clearly demonstrates that this package includes financial sanctions that cut rush us

u. k. that's not the same though an island where a man has been killed by a falling tree. he was out trying to clear storm. deborah, when that happens, the ambulance services in the u. k being swamped, though in south central england there have declared a critical incident t to the demand on emergency services and disruption from storm eunice the red warning. so that have been in place across parts of the country, the south, east london, the south west and south wales. those of all past now. and we're now moving into amber situations. authorities in the brazilian city, a better policy have warned of more heavy rain just days after deadly flash floods . at least 117 people were killed when flooding caused landslides that destroyed several homes. on tuesday, dozens of people still missing the rescue teams continued to play daybreak. the hope of finding survivors. having garza, i was at home 2 days ago and all of a sudden the storm came and overwhelmed us. it felt so unreal at the time and money flow swept the gym here 1st and then to the gas station over there. we lost a lot

so i think it's not having such a huge effect, but of course, the fact that the u. k is no longer at the u table. does mean that it's semi detached from the discussions that are going on there. and it's certainly a source of huge regret to all of the other you a member that he left it, they're not involved in these discussions. and the very active leaving did sort of open up a sense of the west simply not being as cohesive as it used to be. that there are certain divisions even if they may not directly apply to what's happening here. tell us more about where ukraine stands. now we heard yesterday about reserves being cold up, our reporter mathias building a who's had told me that he'd spoken to a young woman who retrained herself. she was a chemist and is now a soldier. and it's also just been called up this morning. where does ukraine stand with its forces as opposed to russia? well, certainly we've seen a lot of these efforts by the ukranian to show that, you know, they, they really want to fight that they want to defend their country. and it goes beyond even what y

u. k. would be as bad as russia, the 2 things really are quite striking in order 1st, i see the fact that cooling fox to be shut down in the 1st place, quite a sip. so specifically about free speech as a fundamental principle. the u. k. held itself on the fundamental principles of free speech, the right to tell all sides of the same story, any current thing, the british public to engage in critical thinking and not just accepting of the u. k. government line. secondly, though, for that matter, is this an issue of state sponsorship because if it is an issue of state sponsorship, then we have to look at the b, b. c dot to is sponsored by the state. by the way, just to mention last year when china band, the bbc world service that was early last year in 2021, the u. k. government slammed that move as an unacceptable tailing of media freedom . they with the headlines at the time. so it does seem somewhat a hypocritical at this point, of course has now released the statement confirming it will not hesitate to step in and take action where necessary. recognizing the serious nature of the crisis in ukrai

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

by the way, just to mention last year when china band, the bbc world service that was early last year in 2021, the u. k. government slammed that move as an unacceptable tailing of media freedom . they with the headlines at the time. so it does seem somewhat a hypocritical at this point, of course has now released the statement confirming it will not hesitate to step in and take action where necessary. recognizing the serious nature of the crisis in ukraine. we have been keeping the situation under close review and have already stepped up. our oversight of coverage of these events by broadcast is in the u. k. we are expediting complaints in this area is a matter of urgency and we will not hesitate to take swift action when necessary. well, it statement goes on to say, and i read it is acceptable for board causes to present issues from a particular perspective, provided alternative views and opinions are also represented. so it seemed as only one condition. and that is that coverage can't be one sided propaganda. make of that what you will, but ultimately, any channel here in the united kingdom, whether

and then yes, that thought of being goes harder than the ones drawn up by the u. k. and the us just a bottle that the e u chief is said that these sanctions have been drawn up to hurt russia. this asset freezes and travel bands and prohibition on making funds available to 7027 rather high profile russian entities that incidentally born for every member you states, just take you through some of the most high profile, the sig, a show you do. the defense minister maria's, however, the spokesman spokeswoman rather for the foreign ministry, she has labeled the sanctions as illegitimate course. they target anybody who had anything to do materialistic or otherwise with the supporting the independence of your hands. and then yes. and there's also going to be restrictions on the russian government ability to raise funds in e u markets, the expectation as well. these sanctions of the will be more sanctions, foreign ministers of the e. you will be meeting on friday and saturday. some members of the e, you said to be wanting big bang sanctions. we can only guess what that means,

u. k. that could be an abrupt reversal to a controversial toby policy on the cards that government say that oh, think again about the vaccine mandate for health care work is in england. as it grapples with severe hospitals, staff shortages, while vaccinations remain our very best line of defense against covert 19, i believe that it is no longer proportionate to require vaccination as a condition of deployment through spectrum. the policy had initially sparked massive outrages about $80000.00 and a chest workers, all still unvaccinated, and estimated. $40000.00 stars have already quit over the policy since november nurse naomi ben. it's believes the mandate infringed personal choices. it was bordering on quite dangerous. you know, taken away the choice for the health care workers. you know, there's lots resistance around the decision to actually make the faxing mandatory for health care professionals. i think it's important to look at some of the options. it's important that i keep up to date wit

he has given the british support saying that the u. k. is exploring sending further defense of support to ukraine. and that this russian or so called russian invasion could begin in hours. well meanwhile, the syrian foreign minister has taken a different line, expressing solidarity with the don. yes. can lugens people's republics and supporting rushes decision. yesterday, president putin made a statement that constitutes an important milestone in world history. the syrian, our republic fully supports the decoration by the russian president. it is the only way to respond to western countries supportive terrorism. they use a policy of force wherever they want, alongside soft power to change the situation in the world, in the interest of the heck emily. and while the west complains about russia alleged violation of international agreements, moscow has its own ax to grind a claims. it was given a promise that nato would not move the east and that this promise was broken. digging into that dispute haze. ortiz dusky taylor politics is a touchy g

u. k, is pretty united on that opinion as well. they say that russia's actions pays the way for a full scale. so what exactly is that support and, or jobs? and just last night spoke to president lensky of ukraine, assuring him of this support today we had from the ukrainian back to, to the united kingdom. and he specifically said, what you need is economic support so that ukraine can then defend itself today. far as johnson in the house of commons reiterates this unwavering support, he reminded the house that person has done everything possible training 22000 troops, and sending 2000 weapons back in january. and is now saying that the united kingdom will do even more, and will even more troops to nato members safe on the eastern flank. we also know today the russian ambassador has been summoned to the foreign office, although the foreign office says that's not to expel him. at least not yet miss trust, the foreign secretary, she's also been speaking today and she's doing every single british national and ukraine to come home and me

and it comes in the wake of his foreign secretary lives truss saying that the u. k. government were ready to pass new legislation that would enable them to pass sanctions on more russian businesses and more russian business men against what they say would be an attempt to deter russia from any attempt at invading the ukraine. but that something which moscow has strenuously denied time and time again saying that there is no intention whatsoever for russia to credit to invade the ukraine. the leader of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down. i don't feel under threats at all. if we get into sanctions with russia, we will be in a position where it damages many of our businesses, many, perhaps tens of thousands of people lose their jobs here in this country. the simple fact is, this is all i think being ran up by our prime minister barak johnson to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held always illegal parties. 10 downing street, while the rest of us were only knocked down a my child has a painted report into the party. a sca

ukraine for saw meetings that it comes in the wake of his foreign secretary list truss saying that the u. k. government were ready to pass new legislation that would enable them to pass sanctions on more russian businesses and more russian, businessman against what they say would be an attempt to deter russia from any attempt at invading the ukraine. but that something which moscow has strenuously denied time and time again saying that there is no intention whatsoever for russia to inquire to invade the ukraine. the leader of ukraine is telling the west to sort of wind all this down. i don't feel under stress at all if we getting to sanctions with rafa, we'll be in a position where it damages many of our businesses. many, perhaps tens of thousands of people would lose their jobs here in this country. the simple fact is, this is all i think, being ramped up by a prime minister barak johnson to distract attention from the scandal he's involved in that he held wholly to legal parties at 10 downing street while so restless, rolling knocked them. well, as mentioned, this is all, as the prime min

u. k. that's planning something our, the u. s. playing something that they are trying to vacuum, their diplomatic personnel now. so no, we do not advise our, our diplomatic staff to leave their posts. so i don't know what our anglo saxon counterparts. i want to do sure what they intend to do. and today we've spend a lot of time trying to explain it to earn as trus, a, what service our troops are doing on our own territory that has so concerning to the west rulership got through russell, there are pretty well hundreds, hundreds of thousands of troops of foreign troops in the baltic states recently have heard bullet johnson that sir. the troops should also be sent to romania and bulgaria were yeah, so these are churches of other countries. but for russian troops they are based on russian territory. so this be a liberal apollo kind of line on us. we've heard throughout the entire conversation . i'd like to know who knew ruin. no haggling, why gloves our colleagues are so indoctrinated when they approach the issues of security on t

that include the u. s. france, japan, and the u. k. that china has called on the u. s. to show more flexibility if it wants to break through with north korea or from out diplomatic editor james base. she needed, and judy of she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his question skills riding at speed on a white horse, but it is the speed of progress his country's making with its nuclear weapons and miss all programs, it's warring diplomats. there were 9 miss, i'll launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it clear he felt there was a vicious circle and the u. s. needed to do more invoking the summits that president trump had held with the korean leader in 20182019. they should come up with more attractive and more practical, more flexible approaches, policies and actions. we have all seen where have

and it's absolutely vital that the u. k. government should a step up now a, bring together our friends and partners in the west in the way that we are prepared to package. if you could, is that we have them, as you know, we've intensified them now and the, the package that we're bringing forward. the, the new legislation will enable us to pinpoint the commercial interests of russia strategic, commercial interests of russia in a very, a direct way as well as individual rushing of commercial interests. and i think it's vital. but in moscow they understand that there will be automaticity in the way that we apply these, these sanctions. so that the minute there is a further incursion into a sovereign ukrainian territory than those sanctions i will apply. and i know that that's also the, the position of our american allies. and what we're hoping is it will be the, the general position. and that's what we're working to achieve. but we're also doing what we can to strengthen ukraine's ability to, to resist. and that's why they sen

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this to them people, they really are a form of collective punishment again, is that to them people still to come the u. k. thankfully following americans example and threatening washer with heart sanctions. i've attentions with ukraine they with as this now as we get some exclusive insight into this from russia and pass that to the u. k. that's coming up in just a minute. ah ah, ah. mm ah, bring you the very latest every out the day. this is all i know everyone here with the mediterranean is the world's most over fish. see unsustainable exploitation of its fish, dogs, which marine biodiversity undergoing threat a lesson, the quote, our special guest on the system. we got our system. i'm not going to put any cookie careful for a tech and want to put our lives despite the promise is to end over fishing by 2020. the situation is changing to slow. well, i'm very disappointed with the position that they've basically not in public interests. they also do know in the mid interest of the officials, the only interest of the fishery lobby on the face of the only ones in danger. the fisherman also at risk of losing

that's the u. k. plans to boosted military presence in eastern europe or the shot it was that the report you know, british officials or warning russia to stop the cold war rhetoric. it seems more of was, is really happening in the west between nato and indeed, boris johnson in joint press conference earlier today, the number of russian forces is going up. the warning time for a possible attack is going down. this is probably the most dangerous moment. i would say, and then in the course of the next few days in what is the biggest security crisis that europe has facebook for decades. and today i agreed with the secretary general, a package of support sending troops claims and ships to defend nato from north to south. 350 troops to poland. already there's a 100 in the country and a 1000 more troops to be made available to nato. so troops already on the move and the prime minister certainly didn't rule out sending even more if a need when it be on the eastern front. he also says asserting it has also fu

that quite nice. so 8 in the form of weapons and non lethal aid will soon be provided by the u. k. to ukraine. and the russian government has accused the british defense, secretary of mythologized, the 19th century, try me in war and getting a fax model that's off the band was reached back into history. this is just the u. k. could fight russia. and when by the way it is consistent publication as far as concern ever since the fall of the soviet union when there was talk about helping russia. in fact, what, what was actually happened is consistent attempts to try and sort of clamp down a russia, push the boundaries back, incorporate many former soviet countries into the nato and was talk quite recently of bringing the ukraine into nato. is there is a consistent hypocrisy in the way that russia is treated by comparison. if you think of china, china and it's doing all sorts of things that the westwood saying is, is unacceptable. but in fact nothing happens in the way of sanctions fall from it. that is more business been done that has been done with russia as a matter to us. i see trying to stop sh

to ensure that the discussions between the u. k. government, on the e, are much more constructive and positive, which we do not feel that they are at those mean at the north assembly. an executive cannot meet because the 1st minister zane assault of the minister is any ne deputy minister automatic. they resigns as well. but it does mean that they minister isn't there, and the assembly and all their arguments can continue with the legislative work done on the papers are not and so on. when i catch on it at westminster, i'm thank very much on it, and it's not the right way to govern, but it is a methodology that we have in place to try and address by, by help leon. okay, construct an ordinary political issue. well, you might suggest it to the prime minister of them shot and i had no, i know, i know you might very well do that. but i was interested in when i asked you about the protocol, you go immediately to practicality because you, i strong reputation as a pragmatic politician, you talk about the economy and what your businesses ar

see now he argues that the u. k. sanctions on russian bangs, he says that misguided, he says they'll just end up hurting the wrong people. the dice was the big headline figures v t be the 2nd biggest bank in russia, full asset freeze in britain. maybe there'll be some going to legal action by v d. b, a ban on a raising sovereign debt. i'm not sure whether any of the politicians currently in the house of commons understand that russia has reserves of 630000000000 dollars estimated in foreign reserves, that the debt markets for russia haven't been. then they're not that necessary to the russian economy are all, be it that the j b, morgan funds say in emerging markets, there emerging bond market 6 percent of it is in russian bonds. the 4 x version is 3 percent. i have no word from j. b morgan or any these funds that they want to reduce that amount because the oil prices are spiking. so while the rich seem to be doing ok, and while her rusher of course is doing okay, in terms of reserves from the oil, the poor bear the

surprise that we see the usual suspects who have played that role in the ukraine crisis over the past months received from matt, from the west, the u. k. in the u. s. you've been promising sanctions against russia and against that, those recognize newly recognized republics. we heard that from joe biden, yesterday, he was want to place bets on february. the 16th just gone not long ago about a dave invasion into ukraine, of course, is imminent invasion as it has been for many months. what we heard in new york as much of the same russian threat russian aggression. we are hearing about sanctions coming from the u. k of call. joe biden has signed a decree imposing sanction targeting the economies of your hands and to net the net regions. rather, we can just get a little bit of what was said at the un security council. just now he has since announced that he will place russian troops in these regions. he calls them peacekeepers. this is nonsense. we know what they really are. russia's clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status. as a you and member state rushes actions. sho

u. k. that governments throughout the west and both started to discuss treating on record like the flute of relaxing social restrictions despite so in case numbers and of living alongside divided. so it's almost controversial in the her community that the pot to worldwide vaccination program has failed to provide. or is it a collective bite of wishful thinking, which could lead humanity open to further new and more deadly radiance? today we ask to talk doctors, doctor, and we could see in south africa, i'm professor human coming in the u. k. both with hands on experience of corporate patients for their of you on whether or not crohn is proving a blessing or the cause. but christ, do you treat the most i message is in response to i special show last think. celebrating scotlands national by robert brains. first from india by who said really enjoyed this episode. and while i always knew robbie burns was recognized and celebration worldwide underestimated it. when i listened to billy case history of

u. k. that governments throughout the west and both started to discuss treating on record like the flute of relaxing social restrictions despite. so in case numbers aren't of living alongside divided. so it's on a controversy in the her community that the pot she worldwide vaccination program has failed to provide. or is it a collective base of wishful thinking, which could lead humanity open to further new and more deadly variance? today we ask to talk doctors, doctor, and we could see in south africa, i'm professor human coming in the u. k. both with hands on experience of corporate patients for their of you on whether a crown is proving a blessing or a curse. but 1st, do you treat the most i message is in response to i special show last think. celebrating scotlands national by robert brains. first from india by who says really enjoyed this episode. and while i always knew robbie burns is recognized and celebrated worldwide underestimated it. when i listened to billy case history of robbie bur

u. k. that dropped though of controversy of scandal. it does beg the question without the queen would there be such support for the monarchy in the u. k. andrew simmons al jazeera london, senegal has won the africa cup of nations after beating egypt in the final and penalties. seneca one for 2 and the shoot out after both sides fail to scorn extra time. the final was played and cameron's capital yonder, but thousands of fans gathered into car to watch the match is the 1st time seneca has won the africa cup of nations with his al jazeera. and these are the top stories. the u. s. continues to reinforces military bases in eastern europe and with fairs of a rush, an invasion of ukraine. the credit denies it has any such plans. meanwhile, ukraine is playing down the threat of russian troops along its borders and is calling for a diplomatic solution. we believe that there is a very interesting possibility that vladimir putin will order an attack on ukraine . it could take a number of different forms. it could happen as soon as tomorrow, or it

u. p. the democratic union is coffee, it's target is the so called northern ireland protocol, a device that keeps northern ireland both in the u. k. and for trade purposes in the e. u. single markets at the same time. complicated. yeah, very. but the aim was simple enough to prevent the hard border.

u. k. that ukraine may consider as a concession and a giving up its nato membership. we know this statement by the foreign minister that this was the wrong interpretation that the ambassador meant something else. what is your opinion? and the question to the chancellor and germany is the only country. so if it is germany, germany is at one with the u. s. and europe a is germany ready to give up nordstrom to i am just, i am grateful if you, if you don't mind, i will answer 1st. i will start from the end of august. all the eyes was, cannot be dotted yet, unfortunately, because unfortunately, not everything is up to ukraine, ukraine's ambition as to the european union as a strengthening its border, as its future alliances. and our ambitions are, you know, very well that this is our wish. but apart from the fact that this is our wish, and there is a war in the east, we understand that membership of nato is a condition of our security. and this is enshrined in ukraine's legislation and constitution. but if we were to dot all the eyes, we know what the answers would be and t

that was not a good point. there's more trouble in the u. k. for boris johnson, as a primary school students appear to have turned on him with a barrel of letters, criticising his leadership as prime minister, particularly that he hosted parties during a cove. it locked down. the u. k. is education secretary, a member of johnson's conservative party fight back saying school children shouldn't be encouraged to take sides on political matters. while there is a clear need for schools to address political issues in the classroom from time to time, this must not be done in a partisan way. no school should be encouraging young people to pin their colors to a political mast. the school with a so students were told to compose the letters as part of a task, teaching critical writing skills. they were informed about bars johnson so cool party gates scandal, which has landed the prime minister in hot water with calls even for me during party for him to resign. the school has emphasized that the students were encouraged to develop critical thinking skills a

it's going to ban russia from accessing that in the u . k. but it doesn't seem for the moment as if the you will follow seat on that are but of the restrictions for russian nationals in the u. k. will include the amount of money that they're able to hold in banks there and also access to russian banks to the u. k. economic system at boris johnson saying that this would essentially really put the pressure on russia. and ursula vaughan delay and also saying that these were wide ranging sanctions that would be painful the occasion onto the largest most of your package of economic sanctions. the russia has oversee with new financial measures. we're taking new powers to target russian finance. in addition to the banks, we've already sanctioned these pounds, reuben us totally to exclude russian banks from the u. k. financial system, which is of course by far the largest in europe, stopping them from accessing stowing and clearing payments through the u. k. the european union stands united to night. european leaders were fully aligned in condemning t

the ukrainian foreign minister echoed his was, i know that in the u. k, boris johnson said that the west still must stick together because moscow is giving off mixed signals. i've also seen a few john nist complain about how the kremlin is not withdrawing the heavy duty stuff. just thousands of troops and tanks. it seems russia just can't win. it keeps troops at the board as it's an aggressor. it withdraws its troops and it still could pounce at any moment now. so if there was any hope that this apocalyptic winter is coming, rhetoric that's really been flaunting, the information is fair over the last few weeks would come to an end. perhaps we should have known that, let's just remind ourselves for the highlights. what can you tell us about reports that you as intelligence believes russia is considering wednesday for an attack, we cannot perfectly predict the day an invasion could began a major military action could begin by russia and ukraine any day now? well, it's still the case that an invasion could be imminent, and it is highly likely. i would just

u. k. that is because not only are china and argentine and talking about financial and infrastructure agreements, but china has also publicly supported argentina's claim to the south american islands known as the falklands or the mall venus, as they are known in argentina. the agreement was made following a meeting between argentinian president alberto fernandez and chinese president choosing paying during the beijing olympics now as part of the deal. china showed it support for argentina's claim to the falkland, while fernandez back china is one china policy which claims taiwan as its own. so how does the latest agreement stand impact tensions in the region? well, let's bring in, boom. both spend on an christy. i to discuss christie. we'll start with you here. what can you tell us about the disruption caused by the signing in this agreement? and did this come as a surprise at all? i mean, it's going to cause some disruptions as the core of the belt and road initiative is to enhance financial su

that's being got in the area. we've, we've heard it from the u. k. prime minister paras johnston, also from the french president manual macro. and there seems to be this and i'm intrigued to know why they've chosen this figure of 10 days. there seems to be this consensus saying, look, mr. zalinski, if you can hang on for 10 days, russia will in effect either not pull the plug on what it's done to date so far, but it might begin to turn away from the worst case scenario. is it why 10 days? and is that a possible scenario? i think there's some optimism there though you in 10 days we will know many things . one will know if russia is able to actually complete this operational plan. within 10 days there's the 2 things going to happen to the russians. they're going to completely expend themselves and culminate, or they're going to accomplish their objectives. and then we move in to the next phase of this operation, which is what does a russian occupation look like? and what does a russian installation of a new ukranian government look like? so i think th

he has given the british support saying that the u. k. is exploring sending further defensive support to ukraine. and that, that russian or so called russian invasion could begin in ours situation looking increasingly 10th of the hours go by mode. paula, thanks for bringing us that update to our tea correspondence leak into his life from berlin, polis leer. and we discussed the situation with daniel mcadams, the executive director of the wrong paul appeased institute. he says the current crisis was entirely avoidable. what happened today completely, completely blows out of the water, weeks and weeks of the u. s. administration st. a full scale russian invasion of ukraine is coming. it's eminent, it's coming, it'll be next thursday. and boris johnson said, i think yesterday, this will be on a scale of world war 2. we're seeing something very, very different. they've all been proven wrong again and again, and this is a big one. but again, they'll never be blamed for it. brewton has announced that he did a russian piece keeper force is going

the joe and his johnson, they saying that to b u. k is exploring, sending further defensive support ukraine. he spoke via telephone last night with the ukranian president in which he said that they will also going to be imposing a significant package of sanctions. and that he predicts a russian invasion could begin in the coming hours. so overall a lot of anger and also just may alarm and concern. thanks very much for that update us. our team correspondent, paula slid, given us the use side of things. i think he will be speaking to in the coming out of i'm sure with the flare up and selling people continue to flee from dumbass into russia. more than $61000.00 have already crossed the border. one of our q e, the being offered medical in psychological support after they cross the border, they gathering enroll stove and from ben 9 trying to carrying refugees have departed, taking them to other russian regions. on quarter reports from the roster regions, main rail station where evacuees are arriving daily by the thousands around 10000 don

but we must accept that these measures by the u. k and our allies. draconian sanctions. rinsing out dirty money, the intensification of nato's defense is fortifying our ukrainian friends. they may not be enough to deter russian aggression, and it is therefore vital that we learn the lessons of 2040. whatever happens in the next few days in weeks, we cannot allow european countries to be blackmailed by russia. we cannot allow the threat of russian aggression to change the security architecture of europe. we cannot commit a new yalta, a new division of our continent into spheres of influence. and we must now wean ourselves of dependence on putin's oil and gas. and i understand the, the costs and the complexities of this effort. and the fact that ease easier said than dance. i'm grateful to chancellor sholtes his assurances about node stream too . but the lessons of the last few years and of gaz problems, obvious manipulation of european gas supply cannot be ignored. we must ensure that by making full useful, tentative supplies and techn