military delivery to ukraine from a particular need to members be turner can be united states, b, u k. they would love to demonstrate. i mean, i've got to stand and the creation of this all course grouping when the united states basically decide the for themselves or to do the same. and i'm going to stand. and i think both of those events brought rush and leadership to conclusion that this is right time to start to discuss with americans how to probably transform the role of need to be insecurity. why? why not make america? because america started to look weak in their eyes, is that it? they thought they could apply more pressure, not they're not, not, not. no, no, no, it's not about the weakness, it's about priorities. america is strong and i think no one denies it. but priorities on changing the nature as aligns is always the less prioritized for the us. now in the iraq of a big confrontation with china. which means that probably the general basic view on how to arrange european security and the international security. it might change. it's not about the weakness at all. what if moscow do

u. k. they say they want to be aligned on this put into place. many of our viewers may be asking, why not a bigger bang? now, the reason is that you want to have a coordinated staged plan so that if action escalates, the punishment can escalate. and also so that you have a clear relation between actions and sanctions. ok, in order also to be able to remove them. if russia steps down. so limited sanctions now and perhaps more later. well, definitely more later if the situation escalates. i'm with the crane or chief political correspondent, thanks so much. this is catch up on some other stories making headlines around the world today. columbia's top court has voted to decriminalize abortion in the 1st 24 weeks of pregnancy. it's a victory for abortion rights activists who had sued to have the procedure removed from the penal code. columbia joins a growing list of latin american countries to liberalize access to abortion. in brazil, a memorial mass has been held for the victims of a landslide that was triggered by heavy rains a week ago, or than 180

u. k. they then arrived here and suffered racism, not just, not just from the state but on the streets as well through the 60 seventy's eighty's all the way up until today. basically. that's the thing with race and immigration in britain, the tube and so closely entwined. and it's when thought was speaking about, there's a fear in this country, the country is going to be swamped by people of a different culture. swamp swap, you know, we, we know what that's a different color. that's exactly what it was. you know, and off the back of that and those appeals to nativism and to nationalism. she wins the sentinel in general election, it gets her into power. then she brings in the new liberal revolution in the, in the eighty's which completely transforms a country. and it's when we had the, you know, privatization of industry, we had deregulation of, of the economy. we changed from a welfare state to this market lead, stay. it wasn't just politics and economics. it was, you know, society and culture i

u. k. they simply think all of this robust tool can all of these latest threats of sanctions and so on and so forth. simply trying to distract and deflect from what's going on in westminster, all of the part to gate scandals. plus it hasn't gone unnoticed with the british media to with many, a headline, including bars. johnson's roman empire is fooling. it's only a matter of time until birth. johnson's out and even that this government is the west in history. what i will say turn to the presentation is, as i said, it is. i think we really want to step back of the brain. russian, someone they bring the end of the party british from is the birth johnson on the brink leg, this chorus on the brink, labor store, my head in late is told of the party shock a going to party game incredibly stupid scandal maker for his johnson. his job through grace is down in free behavior. it's difficult to justify florence johnson to we can but party time bob to influence ukraine crisis defense. she wants yes. want yo

u. k, they all seem to be trying to flex their power with sanction. that aim to cut off russian officials and companies from their access to us dollar transactions or even global trade markets. but are they likely to have much of an effect given that russia has spent years working to protect itself from actions just like bes, as we understood back when these sanctions began. and i'm thinking of only as far back as the 19 ninety's because it's been going on almost continuously since then. the answer to your really good question is an unambiguous. no. did russia withdraw from the crimea after 2014, when big sanctions were levied? know that the chinese change their international or local or domestic economic activities after trumpet them with tariffs and trade, war and sanctions. no. these activities are now routine and the ways to get around them and to escape them are equally routine. and i think most americans, if you ask yourself a simple question, how do you think we as a people would be affected if something we did for our national security was the

u. k. they will just get back to you, but shortly the families are calling this outcome. obviously something positive they're saying is going to prevent the next sandy hook. do you think the settlement in any way makes such sure, tragedies less likely in future? well, i certainly think those that make and sell these type of weapons will think twice of the impact of what they do. however, the problem is already there in the u. s. i think that there are so many guns in society that it's difficult to say this having a huge impact a day. this is the 1st settlement to all of its kind, quite a historic and event here. and do you see this opening up the floodgates and encouraging a barrows of legal actions against going to make is victims of out of my say things . well, i think you have to examine 1st what kind of gun was used. it's sandy hook compared with what kind of gun is used in the typical american shooting that isn't, you know, a robbery that kind of thing. and the answer is that the a are 15, the military style weapon, what they indirectly call an assault weapon is used

u. k, they were discussing this weeks ago. so put in new was what's, what's coming but tell i mean, so then that gets russia will be penalize no matter what. tell us about the penalties. well, i mean obviously what would diplomacy be without sanctions? it's become a favorite foreign policy tune of so many nation so much say that the u. s. government has its own department dedicated to suction to show you how mainstream it's the. com. i mean, you are what they were quoting for president finance during the conference. so we can say we need preemptive infection, right now. hasn't done anything before. well, that section that anyway, use joseph ro also want to go ahead and recognize intended, going to be united western approach. i mean, everything's on the table, have possibly the notes from to pipeline that might come to an end, potentially cutting off financial system coming, harris will set the conference said that this is going to be an unprecedented packet to function. it seems everything like i said, is on the table, but i t

u. k will be frozen, they will be banned from travel. they're not a bow, a correspondent in our london you sent to following along with us. i did a little bit of quick research on one of those individuals. cannady, tim jenko, who is the 6th richest person in russia. i plus these 5 banks bars, johnson going after the money? that's right. come on. he is going after the money of very specific people, as he said, it's just are $3.00 individuals and 5 russian banks. so it is fairly limited. now, britain is trying to send out the message right now that it's clear what's happening is a full invasion of ukrainian sovereign territory. there you heard it from boris johnson himself. he said that the deployment of russian troops into those breakaway regions, under the guise of being peacekeepers, basically amounted to in his words, a renewed invasion. there is distance now between the british governments assessment and that of the european union, which at the moment has not said outright that they do think this is a full invasion, which is the scena

they try, they being the u. s. australia u. k. tried to exploit those resources which are worth anywhere between $1.00 to $4.00 trillion us dollars. and in short, they didn't get very far. the country was at war. there was massive corruption. and the question i really was looking at for this declassified australia and they classify u k. investigation. but also in my work on disaster capitalism is what was the reason behind these countries trying to extract the mean was on the one hand, yes, i want to make money. trump was a big fan of the resources he actually opened. they said, this is maybe a way i could support the afghan war. american corporations could make money from the resources. and i reported a number of british and australian, large corporations, and individuals who tried mostly on successfully to make deals with the afghan government for taliban took over in 2021. to sign deals to try to extract these resources. and the sad reality is that if any of those deals had actually gone through, the only way to extract those re

u. k. they also have instituted bands making extremely hard for travel between russia and the rest of the world because of the geography because you have to cross europe and that's a further isolation of present patients. government. okay, thank you so much. st. phases reporting from brussels. let's look at all of this in a little bit more detail with all leg enough of. he's a senior analyst for russia with the international crisis group. he's joining us from moscow. welcome to al jazeera. so the e u has now announced that it will be tightening sanctions on on russia. what do you expect the russian reaction to be to this latest announcements and the latest round of sanctions? i think horses reactions is that they don't pay a lot of attention. the sanctions and the yes they say that sanction sized elation, but i think are the sanctions of the main. think about the sanctions that they don't and plans for the decision making process. i mean rushes, a miniature decision making process. of course, th

they call an illegal decision. and then lastly, the reaction from the u. k. 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

u. k, and they discussed reinforcing nato's defensive positioning in eastern europe were warranty route between ukraine and russia, and even as we speak now, the u. s. defense secretary is heading to belgium, where he will be meeting face to face with military allies as part of nato. of course, all of this happening while the white house is still emphasizing that, as you said, peter diplomacy is still possible and they still see that there is a way to end this conflict without any bullets being fired. heidi, thank you so much. hi. did you account for talking to stay out of washington for the secretary general and soon a terrorist spoke to the ukranian and the russian foreign ministers, his diplomatic editor, james bays, on those talks. until now, the united nations has been pretty much on the sidelines of this crisis. the un secretary general knows that russia is a permanent member of the un security council with veto power bought. the secretary general has now had a phone conversation with the russian foreign minister and with the ukrainian foreign minister and is issued. this strong st

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

u. k. weighing in despite the prime minister saying it's not the job of politicians to weigh in in such matters. and if they do so well, the u. k. would be as bad as russia, 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

u. k. so they want to be removed and the british government also wants to protocol changed because they didn't realize it at the time i seriously affected was going to house. and since last september, the d u. p. have been threatening to put on the executives. if the protocol wasn't radically changed or indeed removed, which is what they really want. and that didn't happen there because he hasn't been successful. and the leader of the d u. p kept making these threats and come to the point where if he hadn't carried the money, it was going to be a laughingstock. so that's what happened yesterday and they pulled on the executive . well, there are many local set of implications to this. one of the international implications if the northern and protocol is well, you made it very clear that they, they did this in mid a clear in november. but if british act unilaterally and scrapper protocol, then the you will scrap the whole trade in cooperation. arrangement that was signed in 2020 and that is resulted

u. k. say they are moving to block, he, russian bangs from accessing the swift payment system while threatening more measures in the future. however, notably the west appears to be skirting around rushes, energy sector, given how much they still rely on it. so joining us now the best way to co host christy. i know christy break this one down for us. what sparks to move by russia central bank to more than double interest rate. yeah, the re height is designed to offset increased risk approval, depreciation and inflation. so this was an attempt to defend the currency on the back of a slew of new sanctions and penalties imposed on russia by europe and the u. s. and this follows the central bank orders to him. now halt foreigners is to sell russian security in an effort to contain this market fall out. the rubel fell as far as 30 percent from friday's close before pairing some losses. but it's still down roughly 20 percent against the dollar in the last year. and the bank also said that it would be freeing about $8.00, a $1000000000.00 in local reserves to boost the quantity. so all of these dramati

u. k, and e u and they to align stone at quickly. the situation will be incredibly complicated and sanctions will be less effective than they hope they will be if they don't act immediately need. thank you very much. the bulk of the, with the breaking done for us, what's going on in london amongst the political leaders there in the a capital. let's bring in. alexander bretzkey is a senior political analyst, 4 fine m news website. he's also a political scholar at memo, that's an international think tank. he joyce's from moscow, alexander protects get you been waiting there a long time, sir. we do appreciate you standing by to talk to was here on our continuing coverage of what's going on in eastern ukraine question. one is stage one for vladimir putin creating some sort of rump ukraine. light buffer zone slash protectorate going from crimea across to law, hands up to door nets and encompassing the don bass region there. where all the fighting is going on in east and ukraine at the moment. that's, that's definitely may be his goal, his

is 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

u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in that country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and beat bella was ambassador to london has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned. for supporting russia's military moves, the opposition leader has said that more sanctions are necessary, as one of the members of parliament from his party has started receiving death threats for search for criticizing and speaking out against nato expansion. the prime minister by his johnson earlier recorded a twitter video in which he called for an end to what he has termed a crisis. it was also an opportunity for him to show off his knowledge of the russian and ukrainian languages. putin's actions are leading to complete isolation for russia, shunned by the rest of the international community, hit by immense economic sanctions and facing a needless and bloody war. these already costing countless lies from innocent ukrainians to your russian soldiers who will never see their families again. and to my russian friends, your

u k, were doing it is very low cost to them. they have no skin in the game except for they want everybody else to fight with. and they want russia, obviously to be isolated in europe. let me go to scott right now. it's got where do we go from this now? because i keep pounding away it rushes demands have not been met. so this isn't far from over. and i'd like to point out to ever since 2014 russia is more or less sanction proof. ok, they birdie, they've already dealt with those issues almost completely across the board. here. a bullies don't like to be shown up in public. ok to be made, complete fools of you know, planning the invasion, the date, the hour. what are we supposed to do? get on the roof with our, with binoculars? i mean, they made complete buffoons out of themselves. they don't like to be shown up like that. go ahead, scott. i think we are in for a long haul and it's going to be very uncomfortable for all parties involved, especially the ukrainians are going to be stuck in the middle. as you pointed out, russia has prepar

u. k. his said they will act decisively as we've heard, parish johnson would say, said say he would act decisively against any russian movement. said the people on those you sanctions list quite prominent. there is the game show you the defense minister, the foreign ministry, spokesman marie, as a harvey, who was called those sanctions illegitimate. and last but not least, of course, marguerite simonian de editor in chief of r t. lawyers for marguerite 7 young has said that any sanctions should not legally have anything to do with ortiz rights broadcast. so that's what we've heard from you. the sanctions, much hard hitting in the u. s. new cable was still to see more sanctions to come from the e u, and of course, the west as well. here the, let's just focus on that. no string to pipeline. yesterday. we already knew that germany had pulled the plug. oh, that's a now more sanction being imposed on the company who built the russian gas pipeline . the united states was terminated waivers imposed more sanctions on the parent company on the top executives. and this was announced or wednesday nights. and

u. k. media today they were saying that i put maybe at least 400 or more russian soldiers have been killed so far in this conflict. i'm getting thing at gold rush, ministry of defense, i'm getting nothing here on that. well, perhaps it's a good idea for them to hold a briefing where we could have some, some questions, just like sort of lab will stating questions, both from the foreign media and the russian media about half an hour ago. so hopefully we can find that out. but at the same time, without any confirmation from the russian ministry of defense, we cannot say for sure that the losses are that bad. so better, double checked anyway, for some figures that were actually getting from the russian army, they're saying that 118 military elements and infrastructure were destroyed completely by the washing strikes. and 5 fighter jets have been taken down 5 drones that are actually armed. but there's something even more important that i want to draw your attention to last night. we found out that the russian army is now in control of the tra, noble nuclear power plant. and rory, you do rememb

they are expected to announce a common position on security concerns for senior aids to the u. k. prime minister her resign. they include boris johnson's chief of staff, private secretary, and director of communications. they've been indicated in the government's response to lockdown parties. b, m. o. 's. as did lead unsung suit. she is facing new charges in court including corruption. she's already been sentenced to 6 years in prison. india has now recorded more than half a 1000000 credit virus deaths, but some experts say the real figure is much higher. a study published in the journal science estimates around 3000000 people have died so far. the government has dismissed the claims. bali has reopened to all foreign travelers. the indonesian island depends heavily on tourism and is lifting all measures despite rise and have 19 cases. the 1st strike fly to nearly tears landed on thursday. those were the headlines monia in half an hour witnesses next here on our desert to stay with us in palestine was once a very different place from today. holiday time to the cities became connec

u. k, canada and japan. they have been working together to coordinate sanctions against moscow. speaking earlier u. s. president joe biden said russia has started to invade ukraine and he outlined the measures being taken by washington. who in the lord's name was prudent, st. gives them the right to declare new. so call countries on territory the belonged, whose neighbors were implementing full blocking sanctions on 2 large russian financial institutions. v e b and our military back we're implementing compress. sanks is on russians, sovereign debt. that means we've cut off rushes government from western finance. it can no longer raise money from the west and cannot trade in its new debt on our markets or european markets even starting to morrow and continued in the days ahead . will also impose sanctions on russia's deletes and their family members. they share in the corrupt gaze of the kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well. for more, let's bring in our washington bureau chief in as poll and as how forceful ease this response from the u. s. president. and indeed,