u. e. it's, it's come to the u. s. borders to so believe i don't think it will lead to a quicker resolution, but i think it will move the waters a little bit. and i think we have seen that. no, well, you know, the international you and special envoy us special envoy are visiting the region and they are talking. i think there is a lot of discussions going on between the leaders in the region. so i think it is, it is, it has matched the conflict a little bit more to the forefront of international politics because it's been neglected for, for many reasons. and that is wrong because we are seeing people being killed and suffering. and then next to us, and there is a huge amount of having crisis is being said and the world at large, you can order this conflict, letting them just, you know, get on with it. so i think this is going to at least bring this to the forefront and there are some discussions, and i think the more attacks happens in the cities, even if they don't succeed, the fear of, of those attacks. and of course

u. s. e. u and regional blog echo was calling for the immediately. so president ross cavalry. a group of soldiers deposed the body on monday. it's not publicly known what he is but he's in london, have opened an investigation into government events held during the corona virus locked on. this is separate from an inquiry led by senior civil servant suit great . the most recent revelations accused the prime minister paula johnson of attending a birthday party organized by his wife during the 1st locked on. the global economy is expected to grow by 4.4 percent this year. that's half a percentage point less than previously. previously estimated, the international monetary fund says the recovery from the pandemic has lost momentum because of a resurgence in cases. inflation is also partly to blame for the i m, f's, latest downgrade prices, and the world's richest economies are at a 25 year high. other concerns include the growing crisis between ukraine and russia and china as a slowing economy. beijing has maintained a 0 tolerance approach to the pandemic. but experts, one, it's un

u. s. and e u. s. has improved that and dead air washington wants to increase its military assistance to ukraine. and as you can see, there is a strong support for ukraine in this crisis. i some of a mom of they're joining us from geneva. thank you like summer now the 1st deliveries of aid a supplies have arrived in tom r days after it was hit by a volcanic eruption and it's an army in the south pacific water was among the supplies delivered after toxic ash from volcano contaminated local drinking water communication equipment was also flown in after the islands were virtually cut off from the outside world. more aid is expected to arrive by air and see in the coming days. we cannot talk to dr. mark jacobs. he is the director of pacific technical support with the world health organization and his leading w. i chose tama volcano response and joins us from fiji. marco 1st, a deliveries have arrived in tara, so presumably that means 8 workers on the ground have been able to make a 1st assessment of the sit

u. s. e u. and echo off calling for the immediate release of presidents rocha, bori, a group of soldiers deposed on monday. his whereabouts are unknown sober can faso has had a series of military crews since gaining independence in 1900. 60 and other african country suffered violent transfer the power last year. in october to dawn's military, seize control and place, the prime minister under house arrest doesn't have been killed since then during mass protest against the power grub. last september, soldiers in guinea, overthrew presidents off a condo and dissolve the constitution. in may, molly's vice president arrested the president prime minister on defense minister in the 2nd 2 there in 9 months. also in may, a military unit in his air made a failed to 10 days before the inaugurate of fits president and an april charged president who had ruled for 3 decades was killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels and, and he was replaced by his son. let's talk about all of this with or annella moth

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u. s president readying for possible deployment, not just airship or warships, but also aircraft, and up to 8500 military personnel. the military coup, burkina faso has triggered international condemnation with the u. s. c. e. u. and regional block eco was calling for the immediate release of presidents roscoe body, a group of soldiers deposed caberry on monday. it's not publicly known, but he is that he's in london, have opened an investigation into government events held during the corona virus lockdown. this is separate from an inquiry led by senior civil servant, sued great. the most recent revelations accused the prime minister of barnes. johnson of attending a birthday party organized by his wife during the 1st lockdown. 2000000 people in beijing have been ordered to get tested for covert 19. the decision came after a series of our briggs ahead of the winter olympics next week. residence in beijing neighborhoods considered a high risk for infection, have been told not to leave the city. the head of the world health organization has a free run to a 2nd term after a secret ballot by the executive board tedra south. how long a place us is, the sole nominee fall the leadership vote in may. those are the

if we rotary court and shed it around the world, the e u. u. s. and os c e. have all said lucas. shank, as presidency is not legitimate more than a 1000000 voters registered on the go los platform and uploaded their ballots. the results officially announced could thus be compared with the votes actually cast lease, which had not been my left or right from the start. we understood that the internet gave us power at the city to it. it was, it provides protection for bella ruffian, society of austin, of lena, kentucky. and you can quickly and easily exchange information and connect with people the spook miss. for some amusing in, for bella, russian opponents like tatiana, quote about technology is an important tool in their fight for political change. protests are also moving online in other countries like iran, massey, elena, john uses the power of her 7000000 social media followers to fight for women's rights and iran. from her exile in new york. she posts, photos and videos of iranian women defying the countries compulsory had job law images. these women shar

u. s. and e. u officials are taking place in norway. the former roman catholic for benedict has admitted giving a false statement to a child, sex abuse inquiry. he says he mistakenly told investigators in germany that he wasn't at a meeting in 1980. when he was archbishop of munich inquiry, found that benedict knew about peter filed priests would fail to report their crimes. those of the headlines. the news continues here on al jazeera, after inside story, we'll see in 25 minutes you by ah, what's behind the latest military to indicate a fast so the president is arrested, a soldier's mutiny against a government's failure to stop attacked by our groups. what's required to restore stability? this is inside stored. ah hello, welcome to the program. i'm in ron con. it's the african country where military coups happen all too often. in the latest attempt in bettina faso internet is down the main t v. stations under military control. and soldiers say they've detained president russia. campbell ah, tension escalated on saturday when security forces fall to protesters. who blame the government from? failing to stop attacks by on groups. on sunday, soldiers mutinied at military bases in the capital, wagon, dougie, and 2 of the citizens. the leaders of the revolt made 6 demands, including the replacement of military commanders and better equipment to fight on groups. some protesters showed their support in street demonstrations. the defense minister went on t v to deny a coup attempt, and the government imposed a curfew. nicholas hack is de monitoring developments for us from dock are in cynical. there are celebrations in the capital walker to go and across the country . many saying that president hawk macavoy had it coming. he was seen as weak and inefficient in the face of growing attacks from arm groups linked to iso and al qaeda. and the tipping point happened in november where security forces almost 50 of them died in the region of a nuts. and there was public outcry when it turns out that not only were they ill equipped, but they had gone weeks without receiving their food rations present, hawk hawk mccuber was seen as a president. that was not equipping the soldiers sent on the frontline without their food rations. and so there were protests across burkina. faso in those protests were clamped down and present rock. michaela made a series of measures dismissing his government several times. most recently dismissing several senior officers, some of them were arrested, allegedly plotting a coup against him. and so it seems now that they, the military are now in charge of burkina faso. this may be a step back for democracy in a region that has seen 3 who's one in guinea, the other in molly, and now in brooklyn, of fossa. but for many in the country, it's seen as a step forward for better security. more than 1500000 people have been displaced in over 2000 people have been killed in a country on the verge of chaos, despite the support of french forces that are on the ground. nicholas hawk al jazeera for inside story. we'll introduce our panel in just a moment, but 1st let's take a quick look at how we go ahead. now as nicholas hack mentioned, a taxing to ice lol tighter have killed thousands and displaced around one and a half 1000000 people. the military has been suffering losses since the violence began in 2016 last december. more than 50 security forces were killed in the north . the continued killing of civilians triggered demonstrations against the government. military leaders also complained about a lack of equipment and training. in october, president roche cavalry replaced the chiefs of the army, and the air force to quell discontent within the military. and earlier this month, a dozen soldiers were arrested on suspicious of conspiring against the government. ah, let's begin, i guess, in acro, the capital of governor manuel casey and inc, director research in the country. you know, international peacekeeping training center in osalla, in sweden. yes. will be allison, senior researcher at the north africa institute, and from casablanca in morocco, dom again, a journalist, and former director of information that i course, let's see. i can only community west african states. i welcome to you all. i'd like to begin in casablanca, in morocco with you, a dom again, president roche, campbell has seen the writing on the wall for a long time. in fact, he did arrest senior military leaders. but that seemingly not enough to stop a qu from happening. how much trouble is he in ice is the drama because this was, as you run the say, writings on the wall. people who have been with the civilian in the country a happy. and you remember last year, 1453, a one down. either down call it a mission and food for this. so the, there is a government for changes here. so you fence a but the 1st 2 little late and indeed there was really a race. dorothy, stop me a just the 2 weeks ago. it was attached to that one by a controller, by the military, as you was until yesterday. but people including a legal ease, decided to strike yesterday to a b. i think there is towards the president looking up a saw and the people are here to then, you know, not just a. yeah. and that's where the it, and later i do briefly a couple of nation lead to the steel or did he said that this was going to do for them to fish for a company was so how a neighbor under the 2nd, you're not really very strong a but respected him to come 3 of us if you could give them in 2015. well let's, let's make that point to manual. busy crazy and in the key to fast so has a unique perhaps more than any other african nation problem when it comes to fighting al qaeda and iceland deed a couple of years ago on iceland message boards there was told that they wanted to write between a fossil the capital of the new caliphate that never happened, but the fighting has been tough for the king of us or does the army in making a fuss? i have a point, they're not equipped to fight this fight, and this is why they've mounted this action. when i think that, i mean, that's a good point, but it's not just about a lack of appropriate and adequate logistics. it's also about the doctrine, it's about leadership. it's about the nature of the messaging and understanding of, of the enemy that they are trying to resist. and me sway best when there's clear products, cow, leadership with a message that no doubt drives the army, and that it is surely dead access. i will hear it. i think that bullet county dashing off leading of oversight of control of ensuring that a stretches themselves within the abbey franklin effectively to be able to take on this enemy as be weak leading to the app itself, creating atrocity supplemental atrocities that has led me to lose some of the support from the business, the phil at west publish acad effects for me is that temporary reverse out there? something all dental keena government? well let me take that, let me take that boy to our next. yes there, yes pur, jonathan ah! who is in of sala in sweden? or we are stage where the president is actually afraid of his own military. he was afraid that the will become too powerful, so he didn't give them what they needed to fight that fight. and now they're actually put him under house arrest is back for his truck is almost back fight because he was afraid of them in the 1st place. well, i think it is a very tricky sort of structure to maneuver for the president. and that will be true of and the president succeed in coverage. that is what we're seeing now. we have to distinguish, 1st of all, of course, between the troops, actually fighting the war against you. how does i'm in the north of the country? and then the central military leadership, and as mr. gay said, that has been some replacements now in the military leadership. but i still had soldiers protesting yesterday, calling for another change of the head of the army, not of the president. so i think 1st of all, we have to nuance or understanding of what the different factions of the army actually are asking for. and then we also have to distinguish between the military elite and, and sort of the, the troops themselves. i think the presidents challenge has been that he has, as far as i've understood, he is appointed new leadership within the armed forces. now that seem to be sort of a group formerly referred to as low boys who were loyal to the state during the attempted to of 2015. and he may have sort of marginalized other actors within the armed forces that are now reacting to not being as more central to power. so it's a very complicated structure. and a very complicated game the president has had to play their dom again. would you agree the factionalism within the army is a big driver of what we're saying there. is this army in the north that isn't very happy with the central army leadership as i guess just pointed out, would you say that that's true? yes. so, so d, c is compounded by the fact that there is literally a given to what we can consider that mexican or b we have been benefiting from on the resources of the state. whether the lower rank people would go up to you yesterday didn't benefit from. so this is the reality. but beyond that, i think the country was not when you manage before we think about it or was 27 years after the demise of the month of october 97 p by the people were surrounding a country for 37 years. somehow, with various forces by mr. our previous president, them on a little bit of an ice and a we were in a fossil from countries that affected by a and b. but now, what is happen a, by the way, we each form a really good. we go to review but much to change gear and become reinvented. there was a, b, a u, n 15000000 book. you know, the people want to leave this place before we leave the country. you have a funny in the country you economic difficulties and the military is given this brother, or do you think about the problem and maybe about from mr. look up. i know, personally going for many years. he's a young man, but he's not the type of leaders told me that the a policy that the me to you right. really take to make sure that anybody with immediately we're really when we know that most of it is, it will somehow and under the previous president, mr. echo us have just come out with some statements quite crucial statements. actually. they've describing it as an attempted coat. that they've also said that the army is responsible for the physical integrity of rush, cowboy, himself, an echo us of also said that they want to see rapid change in the situation. is anybody going to be listening to echo us emanuel questioning? well, i mean, this sounds very much like a repetition or the same

u. s. and e u, imposed sanctions on members of his government who was targeted and how were they targeted? well that the, this has been a continuation of a policy of targeting officials of the government for, for human rights violations. as your set up report indicated that there are political prisoners and in nicaragua, substantial number for all the opposition candidates for november. elections are in jail and this is a highly repressive autocratic regime and so those. ready who have been responsible for those human rights violation senior officials and the government i have been sanction. so that is the policy to try to apply pressure by the united states and by the european european union against these officials. obviously there is a very, very serious human rights crisis in their garage where the likes of which latin america hasn't seen for many, many years. and so that has been the response. whether that changes the situation at all on the ground remains to be seen. but certainly there is, you know, there are those. ready who are responsible for this, for this terrible situation, and they've been sanction hiero, as michael was just mentioning, the international community has issued sanctions against or take us government in the past. were those sanctions in the past in any way effective? and do you think that these sanctions that were issued and just before the inauguration will be effected? well, i agree with a b, b, somebody who's b a c. and nobody puts in prison every single pony, and it can run against him in an an election because it can be call them. and that's precisely what he does. so now we'll say that they have different base base to lot of other out across the regions like a more economically because it was the economy. it has not gone back and to like, you know, make a standard that's actually good. and b, this has been a reduction in poverty. we can, the b is that it's 50 percent in the past in years now, but there happens to be a hole in developing an interesting into now networks, for example, he now close relationships with taiwan and china established embassy there that recently in was that came with lots of, of a and r and commercial trade with china now buying locally. and because troubles i've got, but still given them a release from us and you've been expansions and the other base of power that have to come to get this is that see some of the solution because i have never relinquish the power in the are remember that even with one of the lectures in $1090.00, a brother, k j, b are courses and that power all the time we start all over the on forces has continued to go in same way that a lot with a strong hole, which is why i don't think the sanctions are going to be got to pick. danny, are you her dumb hiero? they're talking about the alliances between present ortega and venezuela president and the cuban president. the venezuela president, the human president. they were both there at the inauguration show their support, china, russia, iran. they also sent delegations. there is a lot of talk right now about international isolation, but ortega still has support as well. correct greetings for mom and i will. we don't live in that same unipolar world of 1990 in 1991 with the collapse of the soviet union. nicaragua, as in depend on the u. s. i think you are sanctions at this point in the intensification of, of sanctions are not going to be as crew is they've been in the past against cuba against venezuela because we now have this cleary polar world. we have china as a camp, russia, as a diplomatic economic camp, the boulevard ian countries. we have thing shifting to the left across south america. and she lay in honduras in purdue. so i don't think that these blockades, one 4th of the world's people wake up every morning under us blockades. these blockades are not as effective as they were. for example, in 1091 in cuba with cuba was left with absolutely no other trading partners. michael, your secretary of st. anthony blinkin, has said that the u. s. and its partners will deploy diplomatic and economic tools to support the restoration of democracy and respect for human rights in nicaragua. so i want to ask you, i mean, what else? as far as by the us can be done at this point and what kind of pressure can be applied by

u. s. and e. u sanctions on nicaraguan officials in response to the polls. latin america editor lucia newman is in santiago, chile. she says, will take her use his speech to signal closer ties to china. he really went out of his way to a underscore that point during his inauguration speech, which began with a very, very long list of insults and criticisms against the united states and other european union. both of which he accused of still having colonial aspirations. but then i went, then you'd began to welcome the chinese delegation and he went out of his way as i say, to see it to lead nicaraguans. and anyone else who was listening know that now nicaragua has the support of china. he said that the county's delegation had come to nicaragua under quote, strict instructions from beijing to help nicaragua, that is economically and possibly also politically in exchange. nicaragua broke it to diplomatic types with taiwan in december. if the inauguration itself was delayed by at least an hour and a half

u. s. for increasing tensions, rushes begun more military drills near the ukrainian border and in crimea. the military coup in burkina faso has triggered international condemnation, u. s. b e. u and regional block eco was calling for the immediate release president wash cowboy, a group of soldiers to post colonial monday. it's not publicly known where he is, but he's in london, have opened an investigation into government events held june. the corona virus locked on, this is separate from an inquiry led by senior civil servant a suit gray. the most recent revelations accused the prime minister boris johnson of attending a birthday party organized by his wife during the 1st long term. the global economy is expected to grow by 4.4 percent this year. that's half a percentage point less than previously estimated international monetary funds says the recovery from the pandemic as lost momentum because of a resurgence in cases. inflation is also partly to blame for the i m f. 's latest down great prices and the world's richest economies are at a 25 you high. other concerns include the growing crisis between ukraine and russia, and china's slowing economy. beijing has maintained a 0

u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state and e u foreign ministers are meeting via video link monday to discuss a unified response to russia. from were on the store, i am joined now by d. w. brussels bureau chief, alexandra phenomena, alexandro and the foreign minister is meet to day. they'll be joined virtually by secretary of state from the united states. anthony blanket. ukraine is expected, of course, to be front and center. what are you expecting to hear today throughout this meeting? well i think that you foreign ministers are very eager to hear from you as secretary of state blink. and what is his assessment of for he's meeting with his the russian counterpart in geneva last friday. whether he thinks that there is still a chance for a diplomatic solution to the crisis. and as you know, some within the block of feel quite site lions aligned in the current crisis with russia focusing on talks with the you as and to need to to discuss their security concerns. so member states wants to make sure that they know exactly what it's

u. s. and e. u, presenting threats of everything from direct sanctions 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 market increased the cost of the countries borrowing and hurt the value of russia's currency. so joining us now to discuss later here which is well, host of 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 ukrainians in europe, not in the western hemisphere. russia is a neighbor, we are not. the rest of europe is very worried because the war, if i

u. s. and e, u diplomats are asking them to uphold basic freedoms. in return for humanitarian aid. tropical storm anna has killed at least 39 people in madagascar. the strong brought heavy rains, causing fretting and much slides in a capital antonin ariba. thousands have been evacuated and several districts remain under high alert, nor burnett burden. mad me has the d test. this is madagascar capital and none the repo. much of it submerged underwater after days of unrelenting rainfall. to storm sent water rushing through the streets. resident pier michelle shows the damage left in the wake law up on you, the power is cut in this area. we have to deal with that and the floods we're never at peace. every one is affected, not only my home, but all the houses in this neighborhood. neighbor vivian does her best to clear the water. her family, a thing for now. we allow fans and needs the water came in and we didn't know how to get it out of the house. so we put the kids on the bunk bed. my husband and i then sorted through our self to see the damage. local officials are asking people to leave their homes and join thousands of others at establish shelters, position of hulu and any which i will leave said of the 4 shelters to receive the victims and the municipality will take care of them. recall on all disaster victims for lead their horns and go to the shelters. this school to lazy is providing short to refuge. most of those who escaped, say their homes were swept away or destroyed in a implant in that part of our house has collapsed. we ask for help, we can't live at home because it's flooded. if we leave here, we have no way to go on and on. thought i lay out. house was flooded twice the 1st time we stayed there. but this time we had to live because the mattresses, iowa, and al their baby glitzy. it's not unusual to see heavy rain during the wet season, but this was exceptional. with more than a 100 millimeters of rainfall in just one day. 20 districts are now on high alert, and people living in impoverished areas with poor drainage a more vulnerable to flooding. let the rescue teams have now taken boats to navigate the high waters. others were organizing fresh water supplies, hiding packs, and food. as many a now for rebuttal, routable diseases from the sky, it's clear how much work needs to be done as thousands of homes remain submerged and the full cause shows more rain full. now on the horizon law, about among the al jazeera rescue crews in the turkish city of istanbul, have cleared roads in one ways after a winter storm dumped ice and heavy snow, the region is experiencing a prolonged and extreme cold snap snowfall has caused chaos on the rose in at the main airport where flights were cancelled on monday. the i mess wants el salvador to stop using bitcoin as legal, tender. i'm if director say that the use of the crypto can see poses risks to financial stability, integrity and consumer protection. as salvatore's president now uber, kelly supported the adoption of bitcoin as legal tender in september townhome and wait for some san salvador last september. and so the was the 1st country in the world to approve the use of bitcoin, the crypto currency as legal tender along with the currency that have been used for some time in the country, which is the us dollar. as you can see, one of the cash points behind the co, cheever, which you can change bit coins into dollars. but this tuesday, the international monetary fund has said, has recommended that the contract you stop doing that, that they stop using bitcoin as one of the legal currencies in the country. the reason for that, they say that it could impact the financial system and institutions that it could also carry a risk, the consumers in the country because bitcoin goes up. but it also goes down. this is a pretty volatile crypto currency. now that could be a problem for salvador, and that's because the country is quite in debt, and it's been looking for a loan from the, from the international monetary fund. one of the things that the international monetary fund has been worried about, given that load, has been the use of bitcoin in the country. so now it seems, there's 2 ways that president naive bu kelly can go. he can even stop using it unlikely, possibly get that help from the international monetary fund. or he can double down on big coit, which is actually planning to do at the moment. he's planning a big coin city in which bitcoin is mind. he's also planning so called volcano bones which are about a volcano that can be mine is an energy can be used to my big coin. and he's aiming to sell those, those a link to help with bitcoin as well. so a sort of decision point is approaching for this country salvatore, to really go, we're big corn, this potentially lucrative or bullet, but also volatile crit for currency, or perhaps to go with the help from the international monetary fund. ah, logan, i'm fully back to bow with the headlines on al jazeera, the u. s. is working on plans to reduce europe's dependence on russian gas has tension, builds over ukraine, washington and its european allies as carrying global markets for alternative sources. in case moscow squeezes supplies.

u. s. and e. u. officials of taking place in norway earlier on sunday. the taliban met civil society groups diplomats are asking them to uphold basic freedoms. in return for humanitarian aid. di one says china flu, 39 warplanes near its air space and what's being described as the largest operation for 3 months. a taiwan air force issued radio warnings and activated air defense missiles. systems has been no immediate comment from china, which considers the island break away province. a former roman catholic, pope benedict has admitted giving a false statement to a child, sex abuse inquiry. he says he mistakenly told investigators in germany that he wasn't at a meeting in 1980. when he was archbishop of munich inquiry, found the benedict knew about peter file priest, but failed to report their crimes on a canes in berlin. and he explains the allegations against the former pope the central fact that emerges from pages and pages and pages of evidence given by the former pope. just less than 6 weeks ago to this inquiry is he says repeatedly that if he can't remember a meeting take taking place and it didn't take place well to day through a spokesman. he said, actually what he did was mislead the inquiry, not through bad faith, but by bad editing of this particular document. but what essentially happened here is the inquiry was investigating historical accusations of clerical sex abuse of children in the late 19 seventy's and 19 eighties. it had a remit for the last 75 years, but specifically that period late seventies, early eighties, and specifically in the archbishop rick of munich advising. that's where the former pope was archbishop, and he has now admitted that on one particular occasion, he was present when the case of a specific priest who would go on to be convicted of child sex abuse. he was present at the time. and the allegation is that he did not do enough to act against this specific priest. man. the former pope has said in his, in the, in the, in regional evidence. he said, well, if i didn't remember it, i wasn't there because i wasn't there. i couldn't have known what happened. well, now these specific investigators have said you were there. it follows therefore, that it is likely that you knew what happened. judges in britain have given the go ahead for julian a sorry to challenge his extradition to the united states. supporters of that we could expound it, were outside the all courts of justice in london as permission was granted to take his case to britain supreme court. the u. s. was assigned to stan trial and 18 charges, including espionage for publishing military secrets about the wars in afghanistan and iraq. that in barbara has more from london. was julian a sons, his fiance, stella morris, told his supporters outside the high court the while she welcome this decision. he continued to suffer. she reminded people he'd been inside bel much prison for nearly 3 years. similarly, a representative for reporters without borders said the group had serious concerns for his physical and mental well being. and it was his mental state. there was at the heart of the decision around a year ago by a lower court to refuse extradition to the u. s. saying that if he was sent there, he'd be a credible suicide risk. now last year, lawyers for the u. s. government gave assurances to the high court that he wouldn't be held in a high security prison. he wouldn't be in solitary confinement, but now the high court has said that assange can seek permission to appeal to the supr

u. s. and e u diplomats are asking them to uphold basic freedoms in return for humanitarian aid. civil society groups have also been involved in the discussions. andreas on brant is the head of the european union delegation to afghanistan. he outlines what's being discussed in these talks. it's been a useful meeting. we have raised all of the very important points that we have raised also on previous occasions where the taliban. but i think the most important thing is that they had their own intra african dialogue with civil society with other non taliban africans. and we, of course, we have made clear that women rights and also the inclusion, the participation of women in the african society is very important. it's important for the rights of women, but also it's important for productivity. and it's important for the legitimacy of the defacto government, because only through internal legitimacy can you aspire to achieve at certain point . external legitimacy recognition is not on the agenda. there

u. s. e to leave as the u. e is declared an unsafe country and the target of our future operations, so long as it's belligerents and siege against him and is not halted less bring in that tool beyond sold vet, sees of principle analyst for the middle east and north africa at the political risk consultancy verisk, maple croft. he joins us from the scottish capital, edinburgh, so that is this a change of tactic? well, i think we're, we'll have to wait and see. i think it's certainly what we're witnesses. it's probably a pretty significant change in the and the threat landscape. and we've seen the hutus mccarthy's toaster traction on the, on a regular basis on saturday. i'm that with a mixture odds, christmas aisles, ballistic missiles than and john attacks. and then with the recent threats that were made against your year when article of seeing that on the ground in the year a year with the attacks last week. and this week with the u. e. as a default setting, if you will, want to moderate its response. i'm assumin

u. s. and the e u. i mean, is there a belief that the sanctions will have an impact at all when certainly it's too soon, but 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 to go to the united states 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 was an exile in, in re gusty says that while it will not have a really strong political impact in terms of swaying president ortega to change the way he is governing. they will at least send a message to the nicaragua, people that the world is watching and that it cares. thank you so much. lucy newman reporting from chilling still had on al jazeera, the dutch government is sworn and after almost 10 months of coalition taught me more as elsa liter uncensored, she is

u. s. e to leave as the u. e is declared an unsafe country and the target of our future operations, so long as it's belligerents and siege against him and is not halted. also attempted to appears to be underway in the keenan, faster reports from the capital. one could do go say the president has been detained, that the military base soldiers are taking control of the main television station. european foreign minister say they're ready to impose never before seen sanctions. if russia attacks ukraine, that meeting in brussels for the latest round of christ talks, western nations are concerned by the build up of russian forces. while moscow is worried about native expansion, taiwan says china flew 39 war plains near it's as space and what's been described as the largest operation for 3 months. the time when i force issued radio warnings and activates defense massage systems. as you know, immediate coming from china, which considers the island a breakaway province. lebanon's prime minister is meeting his cabinets fo

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. it is on the liver. it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. lucas did not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. going among the kremlin says it's defending itself. and at once guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around a shoe. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever search. of course, there are plans to drug it on and on, which is 2 things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea. in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists in houston, ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seem futile. the some, i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressive country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this needed positive all at them. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign. a compromise can be reached. earlier dw spoke to undress rod se senior fellow at the german council on foreign relations. he told us more about russia's fears of nato's eastward expansion. from trying to discuss or understand the russian perspective. one needs to remember that ever since 2008 need to has a valid promise taking in georgia and ukraine on board. i mean, they made a clean and committed once georgia and ukraine would be member of that lives. there is no deadline, but that's the debt, but the promise is still there and the promises that it and russia keeps considering me to as crime or a military threat. and it was so sore potential danger for territory and for the safety of the rational the ration from russia perspective and future accession, are you going to need to indeed, or the other question. however, the alliance does not taking any concrete. we had an on going to, we're going to do moment ukraine has to look at maybe the crimea ok by the, by russia, as well as eastern your brain right now, it doesn't seem to be nice to get all the way to make it to be alliance any time, so still rush even the possibility of that. so we can turn our attention now to some of the other stories making headlines at this hour. a u. s. judge has ordered jail, drug firm executive, martin shelly, known as the farmer, bro, to return over $64000000.00 in profits, from raising the price of a life saving drug by some 4000 per cent. in 2017, he was convicted of lying to investors and is now serving a 7 year sentence. united nations says at least 108 civilians have been killed this month in a series of government air strikes and ethiopia as war torn t gr i region un is calling on ethiopian authorities to better protect civilians saying failure to do so. could amount to war crimes the office of british prime minister boris johnson has apologized to the royal family after revelations of more staff parties. while the country was under lockdown, johnson is facing growing pressure to resign over the events. it is emerged that 2 gatherings took place last april on the night before the funeral of the queen's husband, prince philip and dutch prime minister mach rutisse, as the netherlands bill relax. some of the toughest coven

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. cities, oliver, it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it does not take a diplomacy genius to realize that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. mongolia, the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it wants guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever. first. of course, there are plans to drug it on and on, which is 2 things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists increased in ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seem futile. the, some, i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressive country with those people who fight against us now, i can't see anything positive in this. needed positive all at them. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign. a compromise can be reached. at earlier d, w spoke to under russia rod, a senior fellow in the german council on foreign relations security and defense program. and we asked him whether russia really sees the potential of eastward expansion of nato as a threat to its national security. from trying to discuss or understand the russian perspective, what needs to remember that ever since 2008 need to have the promise of taking in georgia and you bring on board. the board has made some clean, committed, once georgia, and you will be member of deadlines. there is no deadline to death, but the promise is still there, and the promises that it and russia keeps considering nito as primary military threat and also the source potential danger for the safety of the rational the ration from russia perspective and future accession of ukraine to need to indeed for the it's another question. however, the alliance does not taking any concrete hands on going to, we're going to do moment ukraine has to look at maybe the crimea ok by the, even by russia as well as eastern your brain. and right now, it doesn't seem to be at least to get all the way to make it to be alliance any time. so feel rushed up even the very possibility that. so to turn our attention now to some of the other stories making news around the world . the office of british prime minister wars johnson has apologized to the royal family. after revelations of more staff parties. the country was under locked down . johnson is facing growing pressure to resign over the events. its emerged to gatherings took place last april on the night before the funeral of the queen's husband. prince philip a u. s. judge has ordered a jail to drug firm executive martin directly to return over $64000000.00 in profits. i intend to follow the advice greatly is notorious for hiking the price of a life saving aids drug, some 4000 present and defrauding investors. the judge also barred him from the pharmaceutical industry for life. around 30 migrants have been rescued from the english channel after their boat capsized in icy waters. one man has died from hypothermia. a growing number of migrants are attempting the treacherous journey. last year, more than 28000 people crossed from france to britain in small boats with go to northern india now where tens of thousands of hindu pilgrims have gathered for a holy festival. that includes bathing in the ganges river. that is, despite a huge jump in cove at 19 infections in india. our next report looks at how pilgrims and the authorities are dealing with the oma kron variant which is driving the search. ah, tens of thousands of people come together to tak

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. cities, oliver, it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. going among the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it wants guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever foot. of course, there are plans to drug it on and on. switches to things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea. in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists in houston, ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seem futile. so, so listen, i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressive country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this. when you needed a positive all it. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign, a compromise can be reached. let's say get you more analysis now. did your chief international affairs editor richard walker joins us now? richard, were these talks doomed from the get go? what layla and i don't think so. i mean, we've had a really intense weak of diplomacy, but it was never really to be expected that you would have some kind of massive breakthrough after these initial meetings. we, if we pull back and have a look at what we have here, as we saw in the report earlier, we've had russia massing troops alongside the border with ukraine. then kind of pinning the presence of those troops on the border to a set of demands making that it's making to the west, which would really kind of re architect the entire security setup of europe. trying to make demands, such as that nato not expand any further to the east or to rule out forever, ukraine joining nato. now this is an incredibly difficult thing for nato to consider. essentially, it crosses a red line because one of the principles of nato, as an alliance of democracies, is that every sovereign state has the right to choose its own alliances. so these are the kind of positions that went into this week of diplomacy across the table for each other. it from each other in all of these different settings. you have the us and russia bilaterally meeting and geneva, you had nato and russia. and also this, this grouping, the organization for security and cooperation, your of the o. s. e and russia, as well during the course of the week. so essentially what we have in the end of the week is both sides sort of having set out their stores. the russians making these very, very major demands the west by large, staying very united, in rejecting those both sides now essentially going back home with some thinking to do with some thinking to do in the mean time, richard, germany is foreign minister will travel to moscow. i understand for talks on you create, what could she possibly hope to achieve? yeah, that's right. so anna, lena bear, bog, germany's new foreign minister will be not just going to moscow, but also going to key of to ukraine itself. partly to present herself as the formulas. so, but of course, this crisis is going to be absolutely top of the agenda. now there's one thing that the germans really want to achieve, and that is to get to revive one of the diplomatic for formats which had essentially almost died towards the end of last year, which is called the normandy format. and that is having the french, the germans, the russians, and the ukrainians all around the table as a means of trying to, to find solutions to the conflict over ukraine. now, the germs of the french are very keen to get this back up and running again. but we've also just heard from the ukrainians today that they want to start up talks between the ukrainians, the russians, and the americans. so we could have a certain matter of confusion about what is really the forum to try and make progress in this, in the weeks and months ahead. in a few words, if you can. i mean, is it with the rhetoric being so amped up at times and, you know, talk about ultimatums and non starters. how difficult will it be to walk back from these respective positions in the weeks to come and avoid a possible military conflict? we're, it's, it's definitely going to be tough layla. when we look at these, these demands that the russians have made for vladimir putin in particular to make these demands public. and then to walk back from them without losing face is going to be difficult. but that's going to be the us with diplomacy in the weeks ahead for the west to try to persuade him to do exactly that. i did every chief international affairs editor, richard walker. thank you very much. richard. germany saw a record number of new cove in 19 cases on friday with more than 92000 infections is joined. the list of countries reporting armor chron as the dominant corona virus variant. now, accounting for over 70 percent of all new cases. with so many new infections demand has jumped for p. c r testing. by getting a test and be a long wait. these people are waiting to access one of berlin's 11 senate funded test centers. the only place is in the german capital where people can get a free p, c r test, under certain conditions. the high risk of infection warning on their so called corona up a positive for api test. or if they've been formerly identified as a contact person of someone infected indies, q, most people i infected, but most of them are so vaccinated and show little to no symptoms. the i can, i had a robot only on my cobit app and my girlfriend tested positive i'm vaccinated and got the booster. but of course i'm worried. i think the berlin city government is not prepared for the current, steep rise in infections and they could of course, open more tests centers on the kinetic method sent in the afternoon. we had lunch, we got a quick test from the pharmacy that was positive to switch both vaccinated by the but i wasn't due for my 2nd job and in next week and your trouble, gus and i had a positive test yesterday there. wait, your is way too long. it should go much quicker. nowadays, everything should go away quicker in this entire queue where people say for 12 hours, i'm really not happy about a service from this new swisher. the center alone is doing over 800 tests a day that are other ways to get tested in private facilities here. dar neither accuse no waiting time. if you're willing to pay for it. he la bought it from the cover to take the, the laboratories only have a certain capacity of do our best to work with them. if it is arguable men the moment it's quiet, could you wiggle him? yes, of course it's january, but there will certainly be spikes. again, in february, he'll be during the winter break or during the easter holidays worth of hearing or through those sam will surely be difficult again, heard really ruin. despite the situation, the government is confident that it's handling dekaiser swell and better than other countries. info glass. so field and compared to many other european countries, the p c r testing capacity in germany is rather high, in my opinion, we have no shortages here in that regard. of course, we're now in a situation where we're approaching the systems full capacity will be on the far lust, the sustain son braden with infections to you to the army crown, a very hands on the rise. germany is bracing again for challenging weeks ahead. let's get you up to speed now with some of the other stories in the headlines right now. the office of british prime minister boys johnson has apologized to the royal family after revelations of more staff parties, while the country was under lockdown. mister johnson is facing growing pressure to resign over the events which are under investigation is emerged to gatherings took place last april on the night before the funeral. the queen's husband, prince philip, north korea says it has fire to short range ballistic missiles into the sea is the country's 3rd missile test this month, john yang said it was exercising legitimate self defense. after the u. s. announced it was imposing new sanctions. north korea's neighbors, including japan, have condemned the latest missiles. protests against denisia as president. i said to have been met with water cannon and arrests by the police. demonstrated the demonstrations rather took place in defiance of the government's cove 19 restrictions. protesters are angry over the president, suspension of parliament and attempts to rewrite the constitution, which they say amounts to a coup. they are sailing. guzman has canceled novak jack of the chest visa for a 2nd time. the tennis world number one is due to be taken into the custody of immigration officials in a matter of hours. his pursuits of a record breaking 20 for his grand slam title. now hang on a last ditch court appeal. just days before he's a striding open title defense was due to begin novick, jock of it's trained on center court, still waiting for the australian government's decision. it came late in the day in australia and landed with se

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing citizen deliver. it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. calling among the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it once guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around a shoe. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever suits. of course, there are plans to drag it on and on the shoes, which is 2 things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea. in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists increased in ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seemed futile. the summer this summer, i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressive country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this needed to put a table with them. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign. a compromise can be reached. in earlier dw spoke to undress ross, a senior fellow at the german council on foreign relations, and he told us more about russia's fears of nato's eastward expansion. from time to discuss or understand the rational perspective, one needs to remember that ever since 2008 need to has a valid promise taking in georgia and ukraine on board. the board is clearly committed once georgia and you will be member of that lives. there is no deadline to death, but the promise is still down and the promises that it and russia keeps considering me to as crime, very military threat and also sore potential. danger for the, for the safety of the rational, the ration from russia perspective and future accession ukraine today to indeed for the it's another question. however, the alliance does not take in any country, because an on going to, we're going to do moment ukraine has to look at maybe the crimea combined. the eagle, you make by russia, as well as he's doing your brand right now, it doesn't seem to be to get all the way to make it to be alliance any time. so still russia even the possibility that so now let's bring you up to speed with some of the other stories that are making headlines around the worlds. a u. s. and judge has ordered a jail to drug firm executive martin, frankly known as pharma bro, to return over $64000000.00 in profits, from raising the price of a life saving drug by some 4000 percent in 2017. he was convicted of lying to investors and serving a 7 year sentence. the united nations says at least $108.00 civilians have been killed this month. and a series of government airstrikes in ethiopia is war torn. t gr i region. the un is calling on ethiopian authorities to better protect civilians. st. failure to do so, could amount to war crimes around 30 migrants have been rescued from the english channel after their boat capsized an icy waters. but one man died from hypothermia . every number of migrants are attempting the dangerous journey. last year, more than 28000 people crossed from france to britain, in small boats. protest against to me as president chi east side. i've been met with water cannons and arrests by the police. the demonstrations took place in defiance of the

by the e u, the u. s. and several other western nations. be interesting to see what a reactionary is to that in the light of the current problems that are bosco's facing with the e u and the u. s. over ukraine will bring you more on that as we get it. now, the world bank says the lebanese government's revenue fell by nearly half last year . the financial institute says g. d p declined by more than 10 percent protest, as have been keeping up the pressure on the government. the local currency has lost 90 percent of its value since 2019 let spring in, hey covey men, he's a project director fort lebanon. the international crisis group joins me now via skype from bay route. good. have you ever, sir, on the program? it's one of the most severe crises that economic collapse is since the 18 fifty's, according to the world bank, is a damning indictment of the economic paralysis and political intransigence. how do you solve this problem out and what reforms to the politicians actually have to do in reality to really get lebanon back on its feet again?

u. e. the u. s. is a g americans to reconsider traveling the they'd be warned of the threat of further missile or drone attacks. roseman jordan has more from washington dc. well, this is a revision of a warning that already had been in existence for the united arab emirates. it's a tribal law level for don't travel. and that's because of the ongoing coven pandemic. the of release was updated on thursday because of the recent, a missile attacks launched on from who the territory in yemen, against targets in the way e. this is a not unexpected. the u. s. issues are the sorts of travel warnings to its citizens for countries all around the world all the time because it feels that it has a primordial duty to keep americans out of harm's way. it shouldn't have any real impact on the relationship between the 2 countries. earlier in the week after a both of these a who the attacks on to us on targets inside the u. e. the u. s. was a very quick to say that it was a continuing its strong defense relationship w

u. e. the u. s. was a very quick to say that it was a continuing, it's strong defense relationship with the emerald t. a military providing training and material to help them intercept any possible attacks from who the territory. but of course, the bigger thing that the u. s. government is concerned about is the fact that the civil war in yemen has not been resolved. and it is trying to push for a quick resolution of that war while also are reminding its allies own notably the saudis, who have been leading the push back as it were, to refrain from doing anything that would harm yamini civilians still in the earth . and president job idence concerned he will nominate the 1st black woman to the supreme court, but didn't say who is nobody would be but pledged to announce a decision before the end of february. and he praised the outgoing justice, steven briar for 27 years on america's highest judicial body. more from kimberly, how could now in washington i'm here today to express the nation's gratitude.

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. cities all deliver, it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it does not take a diplomacy genius to realize that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. among the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it wants guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper on bay harbor understood that we are not going to wait forever. but of course there are plans to drug it on and on. switches through things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea. in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin set protests in east in ukraine for those ukrainians. living close to the russian border talks seem futile, sir. listen sure. i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressive country wi

u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state, and e u foreign ministers are meeting dia, video link, monday to discuss a unified response to russia. or joining me now is the w brussels bureau chief, alexander, fun, nomine. oh chandra, you for ministers are meeting today. they're in brussels, their u. s. counterpart entering, blinking, we'll join them by video link. what can we expect from that gathering regarding the crisis in ukraine while this crisis is of course, front and center on the agenda here. and i, i think that we can assume that the foreign minister is very eager to listen to secretary blinking, and to get more information about his meeting with the russian foreign minister. love, rough day. we'll talk about the crisis. what steps had to be have to be take next and they will be a statement at the end of the day, a statement that is an aiming to 50 you unity. and of course, to, to send a strong warning towards russia. and there will be, i think, 2 things that we should watch out for. one of them, whether they ministers will

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. cities, oliver, it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realize that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. calling mongol to go. the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it wants guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever. but of course there are plans to drug it on and on. so she has 2 things have already been tracking on since rushes annexation of crimea in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists in eastern ukraine for those ukrainians living close to the russian border talks seem futile. so listen, so i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressor country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this company needed a positive article. as the russian build up of tramps continues, it still looks like there's no real sign. a compromise can be reached over lorna, i'm joined by mr. under us raj. he is a senior fellow at the german council on foreign relations security and defense program. mr. rodge, it's good to have you on the program. you know, we, we saw back in 2014, in the run up to the annexation of crimea. we saw this pretext, this false flag operation coming from russia. the u. s. says russia is planning to do it again. what's your take on that? when i myself do not have access to classified information as russia specialist, i can say loud and clear that using force flag operations as a tool, as an, as a pretext warfare would indeed not be alien from russia. practices of waging war is seen forestland operations in 2014 and also since 2014 commented, for example, against the polish minority ukraine against the hungarian minority and ukraine. and also several cases in other regions of ukraine as well as a whole in all. absolutely cannot exclude the possibility of russia preparing for wars flag operations. and it comes at the end of a week of high level talks between russia and the west that produced no progress. i mean, do you think there's any room left for any negotiations by the ukraine has initiated the new around the trilateral talks be ukraine, russian, the united states. i don't see it from the rational side to get engaged in any further negotiations.

u. s. and e u diplomats are asking them to uphold basic freedoms. in return for humanitarian aid, civil society groups have also been involved in the discussions and the restaurant brant is the head of the european union delegation to afghanistan. he outlines what's being discussed and these tools. it's been a useful meeting. we have raised all of the very important points that we have raised also on previous occasions where the taliban. but i think the most important thing is that they had their own intra african dialogue with civil society, with other non taliban africans. and we, of course, we have made clear that women rights and also the inclusion, the participation of women in the african society is very important. it's important for the rights of women, but also it's important for productivity. and it's important for the legitimacy of the defacto government, because only through internal legitimacy can you as fire to achieve at certain point, external legitimacy recognition is not on the agenda. there is a broad consensus that we will not rec

u. s. and e u government's a previously accused iran of intentionally growing things out to iran, wants guarantees that you are sanctions will be lifted on its oil sales, marvell carrot that, a massey, 8th round of the vienna negotiations, put them back on the right track, and a good agreement can be reached if the western parties possess the real will. an intention lifting sanctions means lifting all forms of sanction stipulated in the nuclear agreement on the sanctions that trump re imposed on. and that contradict or terms of the agreement. and the latter is in disputed negotiations. we demand guarantees that include not imposing any new sanctions and not re imposing sanctions after lifting them under any pretext. we see that the simplest practical model for this would be when it comes to us exporting oil and obtaining revenues through our banking system. there's an informal and indirect exchange of messages with the americans in vienna, one, we have good words from their delegation. but what is

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u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing to be longer liver. it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it does not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. mongol to younger the kremlin says it's defending itself and at once guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper. on bay harbor understood that we are not going to wait forever, but of course there are plans to drag it on and on the shoes, which is 2 things have already been dragging on since rushes annexation of crimea. in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists in eastern new crane for those ukrainians, living close to the russian border talks seemed futile. sir, listen, shall i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressor country, with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this. we needed a positive article. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign, a compromise can be reached. well, i mean, time e foreign ministers have been meeting in the french city of breast to come up with a unified response to russia's military build up on the ukrainian border. here's how the blocks top diplomat, joseph burwell, described europe's position. we are in a watershed mommy, a critical moment that will be of proof for europe to be able to act as a political actor. did european union certainly have ready to respond directly to any aggression but our preference and natural pass according was our natur. is that the author dialogue and negotiations? there was a use a topper diplomat just for us beating moments ago. did you say so? is in breast france, lisa, mr. morale, describing this as a critical moment. a watershed moment on europe is firmly in the side lies. well, absolutely. people here have been talking to each other. they have been trying to find a common position, but it's been very difficult for you to be taken seriously on an international level at the press conference. right now, we heard that you were standing in solidarity with ukraine, that they were reaffirming european principles of security. that they were actively working on further economic sanctions and they want to be taken seriously and get into the negation, negotiating room. that's been very difficult this week as if at all they got a back seat during these negotiations which have mostly taken place between russia and the u. s. directly introducing possibly more sanctions or that is of course what you've been reporting and now. but i mean in terms of the pallet of what the you can do that is really, really narrowing. now. absolutely, and the e is so banking on dialogue as we just heard at the german foreign minister is going to go to kia to ukraine and russia over the coming days. enjoy the, the, the french foreign minister has also just confirmed that france and germany would go jointly to ukraine over the coming few days. so they're really trying to multiply contact with the different side. but it looks like that's pretty much everything they can do. they're really banking on appeasing the situation, coming things down so that things can go back to normal and they don't have to take any further measures. lisa, we are reporting from breast or france, so thank you very much for that update. let's get you more analysis. now, did you, chief international affairs editor, richard walker joins is now, richard

e, the u. s. and the e u countries and even perhaps ukraine do. if the key question today despite was gone and geneva is still and should be still, will russia invade ukraine? mean, let's talk about more financial sanctions that relies on, in effect, trying to cripple the russian economy or take a dent it out to the russian economy using the swift system on this channel. we were having a conversation yesterday, not you and i, but on this channel, we had a conversation yesterday where one of our contributors was saying, look, going off to the swift system is all well and good. but the russians operate a similar system that's worth 20 percent of the swift system anyway, so they are insulated, they are safe behind their own financial system. so going off to them with sanctions would achieve virtually 0. and if you offset that against the reality of mr. put in the kremlin, by the time he might leave the kremlin in 2036, he will have be that been president or prime minister for 37 years. you can sanction literally all financially mr. puts in all you wan

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing citizen deliver. it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. among the kremlin says it's defending itself, and it once guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around you. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever, but of course there are plans to drug it on and on. so she has 2 things have already been tracking on since rushes annexation of crimea in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin separatists in eastern ukraine for those ukrainians living close to the russian border talks seem futile. so listen, i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressor country, with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this. we needed a positive all it. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign, a compromise can be reached. let's get more on this story. we have our correspondence on the ground. emily, sherwin is in moscow, and marina shrubs is in breast. that's where you foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the crisis in ukraine. it's good to see you both. emily, i'd like to start with you. we heard a clip of survey love rob speaking there are pretty combat of tone. he was taking. tell us more about what the foreign minister had to say while yes, absolutely. sergei a love of took a combat of tone. and that's the tone that we've heard all week from russian officials at these various talks that took place in brussels and geneva sergey la grove. took this press conference today to repeat the fact that he blames the west thrush blames the west for these rising tensions between russia and ukraine. between russia and the west. he said that the west for the last 30 years essentially has been artificially trying to expand nato towards the east, essentially to provoke russia. and it also seemed today and in the last few days at russia is not budging on its main demands to the u. s. and its main demands towards nato, which had already issued in written form back in december, they've been demanding that there be no more eastern expansion of nato. and they want that written down as a written guarantee. they also don't want any missiles to be stationed near russia . and today, lover was very clear that he sees the us as being the deciding party and all of this, even if the u. s. repeats that it has to talk to its data allies and to european countries. russia very much sees us as the deciding force here, and they want a written response from the us as soon as possible. so russia is not backing down despite this flurry of diplomatic activity. marina, how worried is the european union? and what did they want to do about it? and elena bab booked a german foreign minister, arrived here at this venue this morning and told us, you know, it is not really a surprise that there are no concrete result after just one week of talks because we won't solve this problem in one

u. s. nato and the e u. each tries to avert a war. but so far it appears to have come to nothing. city longer liver, it was obvious from the beginning that the position of russia was unacceptable. it is not take a diplomacy genius to realised that russia's proposals were difficult to accept for the western world. mongolia, the kremlin, says it's defending itself. and it once guarantees that nato won't expand its military alliance eastwards. but it's also warned, it won't hang around. we have reasons to believe that our partners of understood the necessity to react quickly. precisely and on paper on bay harbor understood that we are not going to wait forever search. of course, there are plans to drug it on and on, which is 2 things have already been dragging on since rush is annexation of crimea in 2014 keith's army has been fighting pro kremlin set parties in east in ukraine for those ukrainians living close to the russian border talks seem futile, sir. listen sure. i see no reason to negotiate with russia, the aggressor country with those people who fight against us. now, i can't see anything positive in this book. we needed a positive article. as the russian build up of troops continues, it still looks like there's no real sign, a compromise can be reached. but stock did it. of your correspondence, emily, sherwin and moscow and our correspond with lisa we in breast of france, that's where you foreign ministers are meeting to discuss the stand off on ukraine . good day to you both. lisa, want to go to you 1st because we're expecting the use use top diplomat to brief the press momentarily. as we wait for that to get under way, are we expecting anything concrete to be announced where you are? well, this meeting is not a meeting where decisions are being taken, but it is a meeting. it is an occasion for, for you foreign ministers to come together to find a common stance. and that's what the foreign ministers here have been working on over the past 2 days that have been underlining that this is really unacceptable. it would be unacceptable if moscow invited invaded ukraine indeed. and they have reiterated that thread to impose fresh sanctions on moscow if that were to happen. we also have heard that the, a german foreign minister and alina barbara, is set to travel to care to ukraine and to moscow, to continue talk next week, next week. and she said this morning that you know, yes, the hasn't been a breakthrough yet, but a talks are still ongoing. and that is a good thing. on emily in moscow rhetoric from the russian foreign ministry has not changed at all. that doesn't bode well. yeah, that's right. we've heard the same harsh tones and the same demands from moscow all week. they've been demanding, as you were saying, a written guarantees from the west, particularly that there be no more eastern expansion of nato, which the west has repeatedly called a non starter. and st. t, i think they're being strategic here in some ways, by keeping the pressure of militarily as, as well. and by not taking that threat off the table, we've heard words about, you know, some catastrophic consequences. should the west fail to compromise with russia? i don't think there are any plans for attack as it were coming out from this harsh rhetoric. and we've heard the russian side say that repeatedly this week as well. but they certainly want to keep the heat up. in order to essentially blackmail the west. i think to keep talking to them on emily as, as, or rather lisa, as a emily at his reporting, there seems to be no flexibility from russia at this stage at least. what are the use options? well the you knows very well that it's options are limited, they are being sidelined doing these talks that have very much happened at primarily between the us and russia directly. and the u has not been that much included in the talks, but they keep on pushing. they want to be part of the negotiations. they're saying we want to stay united. we want to talk to each other besides, as a matter of appeasement, really, they want to come things down in order to prevent an invasion. although obviously they don't have as much leverage porpoise possibly, and h o u. s. and that's what russia has been saying as well. emily, after a week of high level multi lateral talks, all involved remain locked into their respective position. what's next? i think it's really hard to know of what the kremlin actually wants. at this point . many experts said that they went into these talks on with these demands that were very harsh out, no eastern expansion. and that they must have known going into the talks that was essentially a non starter for the west, which is what we've seen this week. and so i think that they were perhaps just trying to bargain high bargain hard and see what they can get al

u. s. mediated abram accords, israel the u. e, establish diplomatic relations in september 2021. almost overnight, commerce and tourism between the 2 countries flourished. $400000.00 israeli tourists have already visited the emirates freight through the 2 countries has multiplied by a factor of 12 within a year. israeli technology is boosting the u e. economy and even alms deals are in the pipeline. is in a gates within biden linden give either the, the synergies between the 2 countries are immense. so god and that isn't benefited from each other. during the corona virus pandemic, when dawned on me and like thought taking a little de 100, it said over, built on mutual benefit, these ties are set to strengthen further. let's get around of now some of the other stories making world news to day. sudanese security forces have shot and killed at 27 year old anti coo protester in the capital cartoon medic say, the man died from a chest room. his death brings the number of those kill demonstrating for civilian rule to 79. since the military took over an october, britain is preparing to offer nato, a major deployment of troops, war ships, and jets to eastern europe. u. s. presidential biden also plans to send american troops to boost nato's presence in the region. u. s. defense officials or warning that russia has deployed enough forces

why are we seeing sort of this divide and commitment between europe, the e u and the u. s, which seems more willing here, history is repeating itself in 2014. the u. s. was again in the drive in c, because it has less financial, less economic ties to russia. so naturally, it's easier for the us to come with sweet. be in the heart, tate in sanctions. you is much more dependent closer the type was russia historically, economically. so here self harm backfiring effect will take place and you countries some, you know, germany, other countries a less reluctant to bear this burden from sanctions. so here, because we're running out of light sanctions options the, the sanctions that lie ahead of us heartache and sanctions and they will inevitably come with burden sharing, whether you it is ready to align with washington. that's a big question. as maria shanna of the finish institute of international affairs, thanks so much for joining us. now in los angeles, cargo trains carrying packages from retailers like amazon are being looted on and process that in its scale. last year alone