u. s. a calling for restraint o kazakhstan is facing its biggest political crisis since it split from the soviet union. what began his protests over the price of fuel has grown into a nation wide uprising against inequality and corruption. reports say dozens of protesters and police have been killed in violent clashes. the president is called for help from the collective security treaty organisation of 6 former soviet nations. moscow says the troops have been deployed on a peacekeeping mission to help the authorities regain control once seen as central asia most stable nation unrest in kazakhstan poses the challenge for their northern neighbors or short res ashmore. what happened in afghanistan with the somewhat irresponsible behavior of nato forces, and the sudden decision by the us to withdraw its forces from afghanistan is that is made the unstable situation in kazakhstan. a serious threat for russia motion ceo's new. russia shares a 7000 kilometer border with cassock storm of if you see that border is not especially protected here. yes, organizations, surely. president passim jermarta took h

u. s. a. calling for immediate release of the post president rock mark border. ah, yes. hundreds of people celebrated in the streets in the capital and tuesday to show support for the military soldiers say they took part because of the government's failure to contain attacks from groups. some met nick has more from the capital. there's been a lot of public support as of yesterday when they made the announcement. and then today there were several 100 potential up to a 1000 people gathering downtown in the square carrying, champing, supporting the military. so there's a lot of support right now for, for the military. and then people are aware that there's also potential sanctions coming from the regional block. and they, they say down with hacker watson, regional, but they're not going to care right now. they think that the military takeover is worth whatever that they might have to face down the line. there's a lot of questions about how and what is going to change now that the military is taken over and is the people that have spoken to who are part of the q say

u. s. a. calling for the immediate release of the post president rock cavalry. ah, but hundreds of people celebrated in the streets of the capital on tuesday to show support for the military. the soldiers say they took power because of a government failure to contain attacks from on the groups. some med nick has more from working in fossils capital, laga doable to look at the streets of water to you. it's hard to believe there was a military coup yesterday after days of unrest and gun battles and military bases near the president as well as the presidential palace. on monday evening, the military took the state television and said that they had to pay the presidents and that he was in a safe place, although they wouldn't say where he was. they said that they were angry at his inability to unite the country and pushed back armed groups that were taking over today. people took to the streets rally in support of the military thing that took a long overdue thing that they think that there needs to be military in charge of the country in order to succeed in order to

a quick recap of our top stories here at this hour. the u. s. is accused russia planning a so called false flag operation in east m ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for invasion, russia, those of the claims are unfounded. no bakovich is back in detention and could be deported. his appeal over his cupboard 19th vaccine status failed in court on sunday, australia cancel his visa for a 2nd time as far as growth as presents may foster anti axis symptoms. and you can media reports, a staff of the official residents of britain's prime minister, held regular friday. prince parties during locked downs bars. johnson has already apologized to the queen for a party, held it down the street on the eve of her husband, prince phillips funeral. and early in the week he said, sorry, in parliament for separate events and the downing street golf. now students in the us city of chicago, have walked out of classes, hoping to pressure officials to switch to remote learning. as cobit 19 cases, rise on the con infections of disrupted schools across the u. s. many students, parents and teachers hav

he was re elected in november and a vote that the u. s. and you call a sham several opposition? candidates were arrested during campaigning and independent election observers band or latin america editor of the seeing him. and he's joining us from santiago and surely. so let's see of the vast majority of regional governments, the e u and the u. s. have really all snob, daniel ortega is invitation to take part in the, in your ration, but not totally isolated. is he? no, he is not. in fact, interestingly enough, the and all the ration was supposed to have started about 30 minutes ago instead. but his whalers president nicole last, my voter showed up at the airport. he arrived so that ceremony has not started yet . and at the same time, president ortega at this hour, we understand his meeting with a high level chinese delegation, signing, economic, and technological accords. so he is, he does have the support of course, venezuela and cubans president who is also attending, as well as china, russia, iran, those countries. but as you will mentioned, it practically, no one else in the

ah, type a quick check on the top stories here on al jazeera, the u. s. accused rush of planning as so called false flag operation and eastern ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for invasion. russia, those as the claims are unfounded. as part of its plans, russia's laying the groundwork to had the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion. and we've seen this before, we saw this before leading up to 2014 just to know i including to sabotage activities. and in.

a vote. the u. s you call a sham or latin america editor alyssia newman has more on the sanctions from santiago. these are not the kind of sanctions that would paralyze any economy. they will, however, sting some members of the ortega, family, members of the high ranking members of the military of the communications department and of the electoral council who will no longer have reasons to go to the united states who will not be able to access bank accounts in the united states or in europe, for example, i did speak to an opposition leader who is an exile. and in the recall, she says that while it will not have a really strong political impact in terms of swain's, president ortega to change the way he is governing. they will at least send a message to the people that the world is watching and that it cares. mexico's president and resume lopez over door has tested positive for over 19. again, he says he only has light symptoms. mexico has been reporting a record number of new infections, tennis star novak joke

u. s. is accused washer of planning a so called false flag operation and east of ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. the u. s. official says that there's evidence that russian operatives may already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage and blame the ukrainian authorities. it echoes similar information released by key if a kremlin spokesman as dismissed. the report says unfounded. as part of its plans. russia's laying the groundwork to have the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion. and we've seen this before. we saw this before leading up to 2014, just to know, including their sabotage activities and information operations by using ukraine of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces and eastern ukraine. i and the russian military plans to begin these activities several weeks before a military invasion which could begin between mid january and mid february. again, we saw this place before including the wide spread effort to push out misinformation, not just in eastern europe, but around the global community was speaking before the united states,

after a call with the u. s. president of a lot of mess lensky says, western warnings of war are hurting his country. is calling for more diplomacy? met fears of a russian invasion. also coming up defiance and who doc for week spouses have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian rule after a military coup or get an update from the capital hartfield. ah. and lilac. thank you so much for joining us. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and it's asking allies to dial down talk of war. this, despite tens of thousands of russian troops, mass near the ukrainian border on our mister zalinski remarks come amid a new diplomatic push to ease tensions over ukraine. earlier french president emanuel michael held a phone call with vladimir putin to address the crisis. brittany told my call that nato and the west were ignoring russia. security concerns, but lift

hunter has to pose the government in suspended the constitution a day after demonstrations calling for the president to resign. and the u. s. puts 8500 troops on heightened alert or pulse mall deployment to eastern europe. the pentagon calls it a signal to russia, as the ukraine crisis escalates. ah . hello em, terry martin, thanks for joining us. at least 8 people have been killed and dozens injured in a crush at the africa cup of patients in cameron, the incident took place at the entrance to the old embers stadium in the capital, yonder, reports indicate crowds tried to force their way into the stadium to watch cameron's national team play commer of the game. what ahead on schedule with fans inside the stadium. unaware of the deadly seems out. so with this now, from where in cameroon is correspondent, blaze a young place. thanks for joining us. tell us more about what happened there. in yonder last night. oh, very sadly for carol, molly, i do say can we just be running this too because he was qualified for the next stage. a game against. busy homer and i thought we saw on the ground is that these people try to force you

humanitarian crisis and northwestern. nigeria, after a decade of fighting leaves thousands without food or shelter. ah, the u. s. has accused russia of planning a so called false flag operation at east and ukraine. great, a pretext for an invasion. according to washington, there's evidence that washing agents might already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage and blame ukraine. a kremlin spokesman dismissed the reports as unfounded out as there is my cana reports. after a week of negotiation in 3 european cities, there are no signs of any diplomatic breakthrough. and a warning from the white house at the ukraine crisis could escalate even further. with a claim that russia is planning to create a pretext for an invasion. we've information that indicates rash has already pre positioned a group of oper, dance to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained and urban warfare and in using explosives to care out acts of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. everybody's delegation was echoed. ready by the u. s. defense department, we already have in addition, indications that russian influence actors are already

a vote that the u. s. and the you called a sham several opposition candidates were arrested before the vote and independent election observers and journalists were banned ours before the inauguration, the u. s. and the european union announced new sanctions on 7 nicaraguan officials . 2 of them or take as children will our latin america to the senior joins us live now from santiago. so the u. s. and e, you called the whole vote. a sham, much of the international community thinks that the election was illegitimate, but he still has some powerful friends. so who showed up for the inauguration? well funny you should ask because of about if you just a few minutes ago, we learned that as well as president nichol asthma. laura landed in managua. he's at the airport right now. presumably on his way to the ceremonial site where that inauguration is going to take place earlier, the president of cuba. these are venezuela and but our of course, or take us closest regional allies. and i would say at this point practically his only regio

a summary of the news on al jazeera. the u. s. has accused russia of planning a so called false flag operation in eastern ukraine, in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. it says this evidence that russian operatives may already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage. russia says the claims are unfounded. as part of its plans, russia's laying the groundwork to had the option of fabricating a pretext for invasion. and we've seen this before, we saw this before leading up to 2014, just to know, including through sabotage activities and information operations by using ukraine of preparing an imminent attack against russian forces in eastern ukraine and the.

help from the reminder of all top stories, the military can became a strict international condemnation with the u. s. u and echoes calling for the immediate release of present rock about a, a group of soldiers deposed cavalry on monday and his whereabouts are known. some ethnic has more from the capital. people took it as they were honking their horns. they were cheering, and the people that i spoke to said that some of them said this was overdue. they were really happy about this. they were hoping that this would change the time people have been dying civilians are displayed. the military has been struggling to fight insurgency. and the population just said they're fed up with the government and really, really hoping that haven't military and young military in charge of the country will change the situation. at least a football fans have been killed us in africa, cup of nations, game in cameroon. now they were crushed in a stem paid as they tried to enter the stadium outside the capital. one day, the whole nation was playing morris. police in london opened an investigation into the government events held during the crow

news life from berlin, cheap. com and carry on ukraine's present calls for carmen. made a stand off with russia after a call with the u. s. president of a lot of mary zalinski calls for more diplomacy and warns against panic about a potential russian invasion, even as russian troops continue maneuvers near the border. also coming up defiance in some don, 4 weeks, thousands have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian war after and military coup or get an update from the capital . hart plus the co leader of germany is far right. a deep quits the party, he says he a lost power, a power struggle with the deis extremist wing. and could he go on to make history rough, an adult, the spanish tennis star surge as in to the final of the australian open in style. his dream of men's record 21st grand slam title edges ever closer. ah, ah. on line mark, thank you very much for joining us. we starts with the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no fu

a deepening crisis. the united nations, the u. s. army a. you have all called for a peaceful solution. cassock stands position as a key transit country for goods and source of raw materials makes it a geopolitical flashpoint. dozens of people were reportedly showed when protesters attacked government buildings, but countries health ministry said more than a 1000 people have been injured in the unrest.

a vote that the u. s. and the you have called a sham. they announced that new sanctions on 7 nicaragua and officials hours before the inauguration and serbian tennis star nava jock of h says he still wants to compete in the australian open after being released from immigration detention. the 34 year old tweeted on monday that he was grateful on australian judge overturned his visa cancellation and said he wants to stay down under to play. but the government could again revoke his visa. well, witness is coming up next. following a young italian doctor thrown into a cobit 19, i see you ward my colleagues and i will have more news and half an hour after that . and i'll see you tomorrow. thanks for watching. new zealand, he's a bird watches paradigm, but this south pacific nation has one of the worst extinction records on earth. rats, and other interviews. predators have decimated the nike bird population. the decline is still ongoing. if we let it roll for another 50 years, they won't be much left to restore. now, you zealand is leading the

a sign of optimism earlier this week when russian of u. s. senior officials got together in geneva and while a u. s. representative called frank and forthright, both sides expressed little optimism. afterwards. we do not see any significant reason for optimism. the only thing that deserves positive assessment is the way the talks were conducted with openness, thoroughness, and directness. but this is not something that can bring satisfaction because what is important is the result, not the process. it was not what you would call a negotiation. we're not to a point where we're ready to set down texts and begin to go back and forth will, as you heard, that not a huge amount of optimism heading into these talks. even the nato secretary general saying that a good result would just simply for to be for an agreement for further talks and a head of these negotiations are also bob's exchange between the u. s. and russia. their accusations from the white house press secretary that russia could be ready to spread this information about the meetings we are preparing herself for the civility and likelihood. no one should be surprise

this week on d w a ah ah, this is d w. news live from berlin. the u. s. rejects calls for immediate sanctions on russia. ukrainian soldiers patrol day a border is more than 100000 russian troops mash on the other side, but u. s. secretary of state antony blink and says, diplomacy needs to be given a chance 1st to discourage russia from inviting. also coming up a few as imposed in bikini faso optim paypal, barricaded the streets with burning ties in support of soldiers. staging a mutiny, a demanding military prosper zine as anger rises over the inability to stop an islamist insurgency and make over for em and the hams, or at least they mascots the candies famous, but melting in your mouth, not in your hand. now i want to be known for something else, inclusiveness. ah, i'm anthony. how'd welcome military i deserve. i think in here from the u. s. pollen. britain and others as he crime faces the threat of a possible new invasion by russia. calls have been growing for economic sanctions on oscar as it builds up its forces along the border. but washington has said, diplomacy

a civil servant at the end of the day. so what happens off the report is by the unknown, the u. s. excuse russia, of planning a so called folk flag operation in eastern ukraine in an attempt to create an excuse for an invasion bend on, says as evidence russian agents might already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage and then blame ukraine for them. the kremlin spokesman is dismissed reporters unfolded my kind of report after a week of negotiation. busy in 3 european cities, there are no signs of any diplomatic breakthrough. and a warning from the white house that the ukraine crisis could escalate even further . with a claim that russia is planning to create a pretext for an invasion, we have information that indicates rush has already pre positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained in urban warfare and using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. really delegation was echoed. ready by the u. s. defense department, we already have in addition, indications that russian influence actors are already startin

back in the us when crimea crimea was a next you had voices in the u. s. calling for a more robust military support of ukraine, and it was the europeans who said no. so biden has taken a pragmatic view. that this is just not something that the europeans and the americans will sign up to. so they have to think of other things which are economic sanctions as hard as they possibly can be. that seems to maybe have had some impact on putins thinking. but this is the activity that michelle was talking about amid russians will put troops on the ground. they already have a western powers won't, but they'll do as much as they can to support crane and, and that's the tricky thing. i mean, that's what we, we want to avoid that in any case and this is what the diplomats are right now as we speak working on what can they give russia that isn't sacrificing a core principle in sacrificing ukrainians. why should be marcus? actually i'm my concern is that during the russian you have talk on monday, nobody wrote was rudimentary kaminsky agreements. so the, the actual we have diplom

a single month. the u. s. is calling for direct talks without preconditions. the british government says that prime minister boris johnson has received a report from the investigation into lockdown gatherings held at his residence. some of su grey's findings are withheld because of a separate police investigation into alleged rule breaches. johnson is also previously promised to release its findings and full. he's faced calls to resign over evidence of several lockdown gatherings at number 10 downing street during corona bar as lot dance. 37 new cases of the corona virus have been reported among those arriving in bay jing for the olympic went to games. athletes and staff are being kept apart from the public and will be tested daily. a cabinet minister in hong kong, a step down after attending a birthday party, despite a government call for people to avoid large gatherings. casper 3 was the home affairs minister. portugal is prime minister has won a 3rd consecutive tub and office antonio costa's ruling socialists secured a full majority in sunday, snap election,

u. s. senior officials met earlier this week in geneva. and while a u. s. representative called the talks, frank and forthright events been overshadowed by washington's usual ante russian rhetoric, including accusing moscow of conducting this information, campaign clear preparing yourself for the facility and likelihood. no one should be surprised. i should say, if russia spreads disinformation about commitments that have not been made, or if it goes even further and instigates something as a proof text for further destabilizing activity. and so we would continue to urge everyone not to fall for any attempts to pushed and disinformation out there. as for the numerous statements made by the white house press secretary legally, but it is sincerely regretable that the american leadership is represented by people who do not know the subject well enough, but it's telling them we advise you colleagues not to forget to use critical thinking and carefully double check with at least the most important story, so as not to show your incompetence to the whole world. what we do know from tho

u. s. is now being called a nightmare situation after airlines from the u. a to japan, canceled and restructured their scheduled flights in response to the plan roll out of the technology set for wednesday. now this occurred, despite the fact that $1890.00 and verizon announced on tuesday that they would delay their roll out of their technology in your certain airports after the ebay warned it could interfere with planes during take off and landing. it also comes after major u. s. airlines voice concerns over the chaos that could be created as a result of the restrictions put in place by aviation regulators. now, while the airlines that have been affected so far include japan, airlines, british airways, and air india. officials from dubai. amorous have been the most vocal about the situation while they are expected to bring back some back after and i would say they would cancel all flights to 9 us cities. the airlines president, sir tim clark, criticized by the administration for moving forward with the 5 g roll out despite concerns over the safety of the te

the military kid became a strict international condemnation with the u. s. u and echoes calling for the immediate release of present rock about a, a group of soldiers deposed the board. on monday and his whereabouts are known, some medic has more from the capital people took to the they were honking their horns, they were tearing, and the people that i spoke to said that some of them said this is.

you crazy. president warns against panic made a stand off with russia after a call with the u. s. president vladimir zalinski says western warnings of war are hurting his country. he's calling for more diplomacy, amid fears of a russian invasion. also coming up defiance in sudan for weeks, thousands have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian rule after a military coup or get an update from the capital hart and the coal leader of germany's far right. a f. d, quits the party, he says he lost a power struggle with the a u. d. 's extremist weight. ah, i'm glad i thank you so much for your company. we begin this broadcast with the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe barton, he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and his asking allies to dial down talk of war earlier russian, president of russian president putin's whose country has mast tens of thousands of troops near ukraine's border accused

u. s. counterpart down by stating that it's all still ambiguous. it seemed and that the 2 leaders would very much at all a call between u. s. president joe biden and ukrainian president followed him or zalinski on thursday, did not go well. the senior ukrainian official told cnn i met disagreements over the risk levels of a russian attack. zelinski urged his american counterpart to calm down the messaging warning of economic impact of panic. according to the official, he also said ukrainian intelligence seized the threat differently. so quickly such later, that on top of all the other disagreements within the you and nato. now, even washington and key f, who off quite literally brothers in arms on to, on the same page. but then something, but hewlett happened less than an hour and a half off to the scene. an article broke. it just disappeared. there was no trace any more, a bite and whipping up hysteria about him in a wool and zelinski, telling him to calm down on in its pace. what a pit? well, a snoo of tweets from cnn people on from her field about how the white house disputes, how the coal wasn't a success.

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a former u. s. diplomat calls the political upheaval inevitable but this has been festering for a long. busy time the stupendous corruption of the nation. my family and those of i have grown as has caused a lot of concern in context on where despite tremendous oil wealth, income inequality is really quite substantial. and a lot of people are living really close to the subsistence margin public up or over the cost of living. now challenging the powers that be in catholics. don rosalyn jordan al jazeera washington rather than forest walker is monitoring developments for us from tbilisi in georgia. i know it's kind of difficult robin right now and communication lines down, but what do we know? what are you hearing about the situation right now in the streets about mattie? we understand that there is what the authorities, a cooling and anti terrorist operation. and that engine evolving military units, 2 units of police and security services, using all the personnel carriers and other equipment to clear protesters away from the center of to be for the government to effectively re take contro

a single month. it's got the u. s. concert, which called the launch part of a series of escalating provocations. while the while song 12 missile is a nuclear capable weapon and according to south korea and japan, sundays test travel around 800 kilometers, are put sole and parts of china and japan in striking distance. but its maximum range is much further than the mass have 4 and a half 1000 kilometers. that's enough to reach the u. s. territory of guam open to having diplomatic discussions with offered this over and over and to add to the dpr k. and they've not accepted it, but we're absolutely open to a diplomatic engagement without pre conditions. our goal is to, to are in the ad threatening actions that the dpr k is taking against the ad their neighbors. and it's big now to john grove, arts in bangkok he's the head of asia pacific news with james defense intelligence . thank you very much for your time. i should have thought of getting your reaction on seeing these images taken from this class on 12 or will the 1st thing to say that we can't, we haven't verify the old friends who city of the

a day for the past week. but hospital admissions and deaths are lower than in previous place. the u. s. of accused russia planning a so called full flag operation in easton ukraine, in an attempt to create an excuse for an invasion. moscow says the claims are unfounded. it's. so now the waves of hit the shores of the south pacific nation of tongue are after an underwater volcanic eruption. it follows a series of eruptions from the hunger tongue, lahoma ha, pi volcano, which started on friday. and advisory has been issued for large parts of the region . and an iceberg is melting in australia. sydney harbor, a stumped turn. performance organized by a local theatre company, which is there to spunk, some conversations about climate change. but the headlines, new dot, coming up in 25 minutes al jazeera select health is next. oh, my son is here, is he mother my? well going out of what up with. oh, my gosh, how much a i was a yearly butcher malik enough anon. and ran a good denny lou. ah, ah ah ah, ah ah home with all nest a gun yet. gonna g ninfa yet? he dark hubbard, the look wolf shit up will not buy from without a carbon at yon

u. s. president joe biden on the phone with moscow in december, on a business like call that was meant to ratchet down tensions over ukraine. the u. s . has threatened severe economic sanctions if russia invades an adviser to russian president vladimir putin pushed back after the call. such sanctions would be a colossal mistake. there would entail grave consequences. a lot of mistakes have been made over the past 30 years, and we had better avoid more such mistakes in this situation. russia is already under sanctions for its 2014 annexation of the crimean peninsula . weeks afterwards, pro russian groups seized parts of the dentist and no hans regions on ukraine's eastern frontier. near the russian border. the government launched a military operation and the long war began in earnest. meanwhile, thousands died in shelling and fire fights between separatists and government troops. russia has been widely suspected of financing and equipping the separatists in early 2015, as the casualties mounted, the parties agreed to a cease fire in talk sponsored by germany and france, the war slipped fro

a consensus lesson. he did you call middleton. but after the u. s. and nato rejected moscow's main demands, including bearing ukraine from ever joining nato. everyone is waiting to see how president vladimir putin will respond. so far, the kremlin has offered a glimmer of hope that a d escalation may be possible by keeping the door open for further talks. shook aside seducer concerning the document replying to russia's demands, concluded was, there is a response that allows us to consider the beginning of a serious conversation the bill. but on secondary issues loanable, there is no positive reaction on the main issue in this document, easily new. another chance for diplomacy will come next month when russian french ukrainian and german delegates will meet in berlin for talks. with our solution to the crisis inside the west is becoming clear on what costs russia would incur if it invades ukraine. here's you us under secretary of state for political affairs, victoria new lunch. we continue to have a very strong and clear conversations with our german

a u. s. supreme called votes to hold. jo biden's coby vaccine, monday to a large businesses, but allows a monday for health care workers to go add the queen of england. second son. philip is stripped of his military title over high profile sexual abuse case with allied peacekeeping mission and contacts done comes to an end as the situation in the country stabilizes. and that despite much speculation in the west, the russian part of the contingent wouldn't leave. also in the program of the job or pick up the top candidates quebec province is planning to punish the on dr. nathan with a special tax locals tell us how they feel about the hugely controversial plan.

a ballistic missile capable of hitting us territory in the pacific ocean. washington calls for direct talks with pyongyang, also call and coming up the u. s. calls and emergency meeting of ukraine crisis. united nations security council is to meet within hours to deliberate on the threat of a russian invasion. meanwhile, washington prepares what it calls that the mother of all sanctions on moscow. and digging out after a massive blizzard on the west, east coast major disruptions after some places get up to 80 centimeters of cell. ah, i'm see me so much going to it's good to have you with us. we will get to our top stories in a moment, but we want to start with some breaking news. a manhunt is underway in southwest germany. after 2 police officers were killed during a traffic stop. the 2 officers had star the vehicle near the city of kaiser's law turn when shots were fired. when back up arrive, the 24 year old female officer and a male colleague, age 29, were found dead. the suspects fled the scene and we are monitoring the latest details on that story. we'll bring you an update in the next show. now to our top story, it's being called north

a progressive. yeah. and on another times in the u. s. has requested a you and security council meeting on monday to discuss what it calls, rushes threatening behavior was likely to achieve a lot of stagecraft. that's usually the facility where you know, the diplomats like to make grand it down smith and, and really tried to paint the other side in a dire light. unlikely accomplished anything since russia has the veto power. i think what the u. s. is going to be looking at the statements from china, obviously, to ally of russia. they're going to want to try and get a sense of child support for russia, especially when it comes to the issue of territorial integrity. so i think it's usually it is a lot of theater, but again, it could just be another way of sending the message to vladimir putin that he is in fact isolated or a party live there. now, thanks very much. probably go ahead in washington d. c. well, germany tracy dilemma over the west policy towards russia that's in part due to its dependence on moscow for gas. dominic kane has more from berlin. problems of the german government, as it has been full successive german governments stre

u. s. president is set to have a telephone call with the ukranian leaders, the landscape.