some of which are, are clearly unacceptable to both the u. s. and nato. but they wanted to not give russia an excuse that they had not responded in written form. so there were no surprises in these letters. as we heard from both secretary blanket and secretary general stilton burg, they are offering things like a possible reduction in exercises. if moscow does the same and it becomes more transparent with what it's doing with its troops, they offer talks about, you know, reduction of, of arms, arms control, things that russia truly is interested in. but of course, the prize for the kremlin would be nato offering not to expand, promising, not to expand. and that has remained a non starter from, from the very beginning. so while there is a slight glimmer of hope with the the normandy talks agreeing to go on in 2 weeks, there really isn't a lot of hope on this side that these letters are going to satisfy anything the kremlin wanted. emily no surprises, as terry says, no concessions to russia's main demands regarding ukraine and nato. how is this going down in

u. s. both how a 10000000 dollar bounce fee for information leading to the rest of the hacker group that was executed by the f s. b who found of course, millions of dollars as well in stolen money from foreign bank accounts. so this hacker group has been dismantled at what's been the general reaction so far? well, the reaction has been a little bit of a mix. one, the u. s. has said they are pleased about these actions of the f. s. b in from russian side, of course, they came after a request from the u. s. government. the white house is said that although they are pleased with russia's actions in the very next sentence, they go on to say and revert back to their old rhetoric as it were saying this is nothing to do with the situation in ukraine, of course, situation that they're referring to is the accusation that russia strengthening their forces on the border with ukraine and getting ready for an invasion into ukraine course or something that russia denies. there's also been some interesting com

but both canada and the u. s. closed that loophole in january both countries, band, unvaccinated drivers. that's left some truckers and their supporters. angry with trucking is one of the leading occupations in canada, especially for men. the canadian trucking alliance estimates that only about 15 percent of truckers are unvaccinated. so not all truckers or ordinary canadians are giving the green light to these protests. it's ridiculous. well, we need to be vaccinated. you want to bring it back and forth over the borders. yeah, you want to job get vaccinated. 2 thirds of trade between canada and the u. s. happened via trucking, according to a trade group, the eastern border transport coalition, supporters of the protests say that limiting any of these drivers could mean food shortages, but government officials call that fear mongering. equally alarming is this for the promotion by some elected officials that there is a risk of food shortage trying to spread the fear and panic among canadians. the canadian truckin

u. s. and nato expansion. both sides have played down hopes of a breakthrough or brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena is following those talks force in geneva, alexandra, the u. s. russia talking today about security and ukraine. what expectations do the 2 sides have going into these talks? well we just as so there russian delegation arrived here at the u. s. mission in geneva. you see the compound behind men, both sides have to whole day to day to discuss their security concerns. however, we really have to lower our expectations. the u, as secretary of a state lincoln said yesterday that he's not expecting any breakthroughs today. our in this week that this is just an opportunity to present the positions not to resolve them. and he also describe the list of her demands, said was put out by the russians as the list of absolutely non starter demands. and we heard also from the russian delegation to hats off to the legation rip. cough said that he was disappointed with regards to the signals coming out a hat of

u. s. capital. both president joe biden and his vice campbell harris have addressed the nation, pushing the importance and resilience of democracy with biden directly blaming his predecessor donald trump for the violence. former president, united states of america, has created and spread a web of lies about the 2020 election. he's done so because he values power over principle because he sees his own interest is more important than his country's interest and america's interest. and because his bruise, diego matters more to him than our democracy or our constitution, he can accept, he lost it was these events of january the 61 year ago, which shocked americans and people all over the world. hundreds storming the country seat of democracy. spurred on by donald trump false claims that he had in fact won the 2020 election. 5 people died including a police officer, hundreds have been arrested and charged. and while the physical damage has been repaired, that day remains so divisive for so many people. let's g

u. s. secretary of state entity blinking, and russian foreign minister said a lever of met for 90 minutes to discuss the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. when the talks were over. both the u. s. and russia said there was no change in positions, but a willingness to keep trying diplomacy, no common ground, but no battle grounds either lever of insisting that russia has no plans for an invasion. despite the presence of tens of thousands of russian troops near the ukrainian border at least their talking. but with relations between the us and russia. at an extreme low point, the 2 countries, top diplomats had radically different goals. the u. s. to avoid russian military action in ukraine, we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's border, that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and the united response from the united states and are partisan allies. russia has said it wants security guarantees from the west, including denying nato membership to ukraine. russian foreign minister sergey laval, said he hoped for a di escalation. we should not go to the su. i spoke frankly about this with tony lincoln's usage, and he agreed tha

u. s. approved both treatments last month. 300000 mexicans have so far died following covert infections. protest as in ukraine or on the streets of the capital to denounce the russian and american security talks that are due to be held later on sunday. brushes. rule that making any concessions that talks with the us diplomats due to meet in geneva to discuss moscow's true build up on the border with ukraine. washington has threatened sanctions if russia invades the us secretary of state antony blinkin, says russia, we'll have to choose between dialogue and confrontation. we're going to listen to their concerns. they'll listen to our concerns and we'll see if there are grounds for progress, but to make actual progress. it's very hard to see that happening when there's an ongoing escalation. when russia has a gun to the head of ukraine, with a 100000 troops near its borders, the possibility of doubling that on very short order. so if we're seeing the escalation, if we're seeing a reduction tensions that is the kind of environment in which we could make real progress. and again, address con

u. s. conservation arm unesco. both claim a new development project in side. the komodo national park could damage the reptiles habitat. the park was declared a world heritage site 20 years ago to protect the species. now the indonesian government wants to expand tourism to the area with what it's marketing as a real life jurassic park experience with the komodo dragon, the largest lizard on earth and estimated 3000 leaving indonesia, komodo national park or unesco world heritage site. but the construction of a new tourist attraction, there has conservationists worried. we all know that to the tourism is a big motivation or is one of the benefits that comes with the world, edited sure, listing. but at the same time, it's also threats to many sides because of over tourism. every year, hundreds of thousands of tours come to see the mighty reptiles and pay big money for the privilege. now indonesia wants to expand facilities on wrinkle island where a 3rd of the pox dragons live satellite photo showed the project forging ahead with new paths and viewing platforms,

u. s. history by both democrats and republicans to defeat legislation that might have a majority of support in the u. s. senate. but there is opposition to it among the opposite party and it takes a large number of votes. it takes a pretty solid majority to change the senate rules in order to prevent this bill from passing. so with kirsten savanna stepping up and saying that she doesn't, she basically isn't willing to, to change the senate rules and prevent a republican filibuster. we now have joe biden, conceding defeat on the issue. this is joe biden. the honest to god answers, i don't know whether we can get this done as long as i'm in the white house wrong, as i'm engaged at all, i'm going to be 40 to change the way these legislatures have moved. now it's interesting to note that joe biden himself in the past, has spoken up a against removing the power to filibuster i, when democrats were the opposition party. at many times, democrats spoke up and insisted that the filibuster was an important shack on the balance. and of power of a majority in the u. s. senate. now, joe biden, i doubt n

u. s. and nato, after both rejected russia's key security demands. the kremlin insisted on legal guarantees, barring ukraine from joining nato and the withdrawal of nato forces from eastern europe. russia has mass more than a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine, fueling fears of a potential invasion. for these soldiers, the threat of war is a familiar one. the ukraine, an army has been fighting, rush him back separatists in the countries east for more than 7 years now. but their story in the face of the late as escalation to the foster mother. but still you should not be panic hot. but if you do, while a wounded person is crying and swearing, it would be a fiasco if you panic to go. i. so we need to stay calm, play them all other thought was cut on his voice via in the streets of the capital, key of some residence, struggle to keep their spirits up, his widows. i am hoping for a peaceful solution. i can't even talk about this without trying. i am for peaceful negotiations reward. on thursday, russia offered a glimmer of hope that come could stil

u. s. and the nato expansion on both sides have played down hopes of a break through 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 that 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 moun

u. s. and nato have each delivered formal responses to moscow. security demands, namely that nato pulled back it's for is from eastern europe, and that ukraine be barred from ever joining the alliance. now both the u. s. and nato refused to rule out future membership or ukraine. but you are secretary of state antony blinkin said the response is offered moscow a serious diplomatic path out of the crisis. russia has massed tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine. fueling fear is of a potential invasion, military exercises on the russian side of the border exercises that ukrainians fear might soon to lethal, should times roll across onto their territory. the u. s. and it's nato allies have sent weapons including anti tank missiles and bunker busting grenades. meant to help offset the huge russian advantage of troops and equipment. the aim is to make an invasion as costly as possible. there should be no doubt about our seriousness of purpose when it comes to diplomacy. and we're acting with equal focus and force to bolster eucharist offences and prepare a swift united response to for the russian aggression. more delivery is expected in the days to come. we provided more defensiv

u. s. supreme court, both to block jo biden's cobra vaccine mandate for large businesses saying that it exceeds his powers that that hasn't stopped him from urging enterprises to implement the policy. anyway. his royal highness, no more. queen elizabeth, 2nd son, prince andrew, stripped of all military titles and band from using a char. rachel, midday. high profile, sexual abuse case and turning view was off american use. go get the cnn. some of the devastating drop in audience figures declining 90 percent comparing the 1st week of this year with those news on the way for you. great, have you company you are watching kobe mandates exceed the biden administration's authority. that is how the u. s. supreme court explained blocking the president's cobit vaccine mandate for large businesses would have required stafford companies with more than a 100 employees to get vaccinated or to undergo regular testing. although congress has indisputably given osha the power to regulate occupational dangers, it has not given that agency the power to regulate public health. more broadly requiring the vac

u. s. supreme called both the whole jo biden's koby box, the mandate for large businesses, but allows the monday for health care workers to go ahead. the queen of england, 2nd son, prince. andrew is stripped of his military title over high profile sexual abuse case with allied peacekeeping mission, cause i started coming to an end. the situation in the country stabilizes that despite much speculation in the west that the russian part of the contingent wouldn't leave. also in the program have the job will pick up the top kind of disconnect province is plain to punish the vaccinated with a special type local sellers, how they feel about the hugely controversial plan. i think it's unfair to just say.

u. s. supreme court both to hold jo biden's cobit vaccine mandate for large businesses, but allows the mandate for health care workers to go ahead. the queen of england, 2nd thought prince andrew is stripped of his military title over a high profile, sexual abuse case. i did a peacekeeping mission because i started coming to an end as the situation in the country stabilizes that despite much speculation in the west that the russian part of the contingent wouldn't leave. also in the program have the jobs will pick up the top kind of disconnect, province is plain to punish the and vaccinated with the special types local sellers, how they feel about the hugely controversial plan. i think it's unfair to just suggest it's the responsibility or the fall to those that are on vaccinated. we can force anybody to have with the ally from moscow. you're watching all the international. it's just going 3. i'm here in the russian capital. my name is peter scott, and it's great to help you with those. are the u. s. supreme court has blocked jo biden's, coven vaccine mandates for large businesses. it would hav

the 2 attacks show that i s as once again ready to pull off large scale attacks on both sides of the border u. s. secretary of state antony, blinking, and russian foreign minister said, guy love rav met in geneva for 90 minutes on friday to discuss the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. and when the talks were over, both the us and russia said there was no change in positions, but a willingness to keep talking. love rav insists. russia has no plans for an invasion. despite the presence of tens of thousands of russian troops near the ukrainian border. at least they're talking, but with relations between the u. s. and russia, at an extreme low point, the 2 countries top diplomats had radically different goals. the u. s. to avoid russian military action in ukraine. we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's border, that's a renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and a united response from the united states and our partners and allies. russia has said it wants security guarantees from the west, including denying nato membership to ukraine. russian fo

u. s but both the cdc and wh say it is not a variant of concern. this variant does have a large number of mutations. our understanding. it's not very well circulating. wh officials say they're monitoring the new variant, but so far it has not proven to be a threat in atlanta. jonathan serrie fox news. in los angeles . hundreds of police and firefighters are now off duty due to a surgeon coronavirus cases they're more than 800. police and firefighters are sidelined after testing positive for covid. their absence is leading to slightly longer paramedic and fire response times in los angeles city officials say measures are being taken to ensure the safety of the public. we will see some delay in routine calls. but as i bring to a close, i want to stress angelenos. that 911 services are up. our workforce on 911 operators are there at our two centers. we are by the support of the mayor's office staffing additional seats there on an overtime basis. officials say five out of six of the first responders in los angeles are vaccinated in line with the city's

u. s. response to russian demands. but he also was very careful to try to create the space. so that tub both the russians and the u. s. and it's western allies can try to find a solution without losing face. this is of course, so the hard work of diplomacy trying to figure out how much to put pressure on your opposing party without causing a kind of rupture that could end up destroying the negotiations. whether those negotiations go from here now, particularly if being can made it explicit that that, that they will not agree to, to russia's main demand in terms of nato expansion. well, as far as the americans are concerned, that is not the beginning or the end of a areas where the u. s. and russia can try to resolve their differences, even though they won't make the statement that they gave to the russians public. the americans are saying that what they believe can be worked on include general areas of improved arms control agreements of trying to build on the new starter deal that was agreed to in the past year. something that is a critical, well given that both are nuclear states of the, of fact that the u. s. is

u. s. congress as well both in the house on the senate side. and we really worked in detail on the report which we gave us in the national parliamentarians. we have had a very, very fruitful exchange and, and my hope is that after some initial exchanges, that there is a general understanding that they really need to work to, to, to accept what has been done. for example, in georgia by secretary of state reference burger. in georgia, who did a great job in administrating these elections. so what we try to do is really to explain that these conspiracy theories regarding the elections are wrong, that they are invented and they are groundless. michael league from the free democrats, a member of the german parliament as well. mr. lee, we appreciate your time and you valuable in so extra like, thank you. thank you so much will finally tonight, joe biden delivered a speech to day, the likes of which no living american or living person anywhere has ever heard from a city u. s. president scathing words about his predecessor who incited violence to hold

critical with, with massive staff shortages due to infections, which we've heard reports of both from the u. s. and other european countries. it's going to be important to find the right balance between infection control and maintenance of staff in places like hospitals and critical infrastructure. so this is why i guess, yes, i agree. it's important to shorten quarantine time and to find a good compromise between those 2 things. can germany mean chance of shots his targets are vaccinating 30000000 more people by the end of this month? well, i'm very hopeful that that will reach the target and it's looking good. we did reach a previous target of facts of boosting our 30000000 individuals prior to the christmas break if you wish. and the measures and the campaign was continued over the holidays. so this is a very important goal and i'm optimistic that we can use the scene mandatory vaccinations being introduced around the world. the german politicians seem to be increasingly reluctant to move in that direction. was your take on this? well, this is understandable. obviously, the vaccine is the o

u. s. congress as well both in the house on the senate side. and we really worked in detail on the report which we gave us in the national parliamentarians. we have had a very, very fruitful exchange and, and my hope is that after some initial exchanges, that there is a general understanding that they really need to work to, to, to accept what has been done. for example, in georgia by secretary of state reference burger. in georgia, who did a great job in administrating these elections. so what we try to do is really to explain these conspiracy theories regarding the elections are wrong that they are invented and they are groundless. michael league from the free democrats, a member of the german parliament as well. mr. lee, we appreciate your time and your valuable interaction. i thank you. thank you so much are. let's take a look now at some of the other stories that are making headlines around the world . police and sudan if use tear gas against thousands of demonstrators demanding of transition to civilian rule. there are reports that at lea

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 surprised. i should say, if russia

after 90 minutes behind closed doors in switzerland to day, both the u. s. secretary of state and the russian foreign minister agreed to meet again soon. it was the culmination of 2 weeks of high level high state talks aimed at preventing a russian invasion of ukraine. there's no common ground, a report to night. no new battle grounds either from geneva to geneva with berlin, brussels key of and bought moscow in between. diplomacy has won the day even though the threat of war is still very real for tomorrow. i've gotten berlin. this is the day. ah, if russia wants to begin to convince the world that it has no aggressive intent toward ukraine, a very good place to start with the by d escalating with russia has never, no way, not a single time through its official representatives, threatened ukrainian people. we will continue to prepare resolutely to both pass that we've laid out for russia, the path of diplomacy and dialogue useful. i haven't heard any argument today that would justify the american physician or the path of renewed aggression, confrontation a

both sides. now, it has mainly been the u. s. and the u, presenting threats of everything from direct thinkin' to export controls against russia. if it invades ukraine, which it has repeatedly cited has no plans to do. while we don't know exactly what those measures would look like just yet. reports of describe them as aiming to worse and the sell off in russian markets increased the cost of the country, the borrowing, and hurt the value of russia currency. so joining us now discuss later, which is well, hosted the economic update and author of the sickness is the system. now, professor, what do you make of the latest threats from western countries? wouldn't the measures that they are considering also hurt them as well? especially when we're talking about countries in europe that rely heavily on russia for things like natural gas supplies. well, i think there are 2 things that are notable here. number one, the escalation of what is being threatened and spoken about. let's remember, ukraine is in europe, not in the western hemisph

u. s. and the e. you both called a sham, several opposition candidates were arrested during the campaigning and independent election observers were banned. you sanctions target to take as children who serve as his advisors, as well as the police force and the electro body latch in america, editor, lucy, and human. as mono from santiago in chile, the european union does not recognize the results of november's elections. neither does the united states, canada. it's a long, long list. i think. the really interesting question is, who is actually going to attend the inauguration? that is a representative of china, russia, iran, and venezuela, cuba and bolivia, as well as argentina. interestingly enough, just a short while ago mexico decided to pull out mexico usually does not get involved in these disputes. and since representatives turn observations of all countries in the region, regardless of whether the elections are considered legitimate or not. but what happened was that none of the competitive candidates wer

u. s. dollars, stock sudan has depth of more than $70000000000.00 u. s. dollars, so the pressures up both on the streets as well. it's financially for the current regime deities admin, chris reporting from cattle. thank you. now to the ongoing geopolitical crisis here in europe, nato has put forces on stand by a mid tensions between russia and western nations. over a possible invasion of ukraine, the alliance of sending more ships and fighter jets to bolster defenses in eastern europe. russia has mast an estimated 100000 troops near ukraine's border. meanwhile, the european union says it will continue to pursue a diplomatic solution to the crisis. foreign ministers have been meeting in brussels and holding talks via video with the u. s. secretary of state that use top diplomat says the block is sending a strong message of unity against russian aggression. hello, collect the diplomatic efforts to convince russia to take the best of dialogue will continue. even though the russian rhetoric does inspire a lot of confidence. but should diplomacy fail? we have very will advance in the preparati

u. s. government position. so again, it's projection. the u. s. is projecting onto our t, which its own us media, both mainstream and government media possess. so any year where the us government is falling behind the national polls and it pull out of afghanistan, has been heavily criticized by media worldwide. is it surprising that it has decided to criticize channels it deems negative in its coverage? well, that's why i find a very anti american, this whole idea that americans are only allowed to, to consume. one perspective in the media is deeply, deeply anti american. it's deeply anti pluralist and it just reflects the kind of circular thinking within the state department. they have no clue that the vast majority of americans can't stand american foreign policy. and so what is their, what is their, what is their conclusion? well, should we change our policy? no, let's don't let them watch things. the challenge, their perspective, the challenge, their narratives. and that's a real problem and it really is the state department behaving like something you'd expect from a totalitarian state in the fif

both the european union and the u. s. had threatened to impose further har sanctions. if russia goes ahead with an invasion. for years, ukraine has called on germany to deliver arms to help boost its abilities to defend itself. columbus, as russia doesn't share ukraine's cooperative attitude towards defusing, detentions money as a mild glucose look to muscle, plenty of positive. we've a very constructive stance on this matter. but unfortunately, my, our constructive nurse isn't mutual on russia's part of shoe was vulgar. she, even from kiev burbock goes to moscow on tuesday, where she'll meet russian foreign minister serge oliver of. she's keen to revive for way peace talks in the normandy format, which includes germany, france, ukraine, and russia. well, germany has pledged support to ukraine, but berlin opposes major arms ship to the country and has been pursuing the north stream to gas pipeline with russia. we asked raphael loss of the european council on foreign relations. how much credibility, foreign minister bareback now has, and he f, your online there, discuss

if it's in reference to a public servant who was elected by the people, as both u. s. political parties and this modern era, try to figure out how to gain or stay in power. just like with everything else, it seems. those who can garner the most attention actually get to control the narrative. but in this an accurate reflection of their voters, or this more about what those who seek attention are hoping their party evolves into. politicians are infamous for saying something on the campaign trail and doing a 180 or even nothing at all once they're in office. but gone are those days when a long hours of searching through transcripts and newspaper articles to bind those promise is to hold a politician's b to fire. now, all journalists have to do is take a quick word search on the internet, but that is only half those. the media actually want to hold them accountable. so this is a lesson the new mayor of new york is actually learning as he has been called out for his 180 on handling crime in the city. now the new district attorney of manhattan says he will not prosecute ce

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both the u. s. and nato refused to rule that out. russia has mass tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine fueling fears of a potential new invasion.