u. s. has become the 1st country to report a 1000000 cases in its daily italy. well, those infections haven't translated into a large number of deaths, but it is causing major disruption. thousands of schools are pushing back plans to reopen us. president joe biden says the key to being the outbreak is for the unvaccinated to get bad jobs. so 35000000 people not vaccinated. and let me be absolutely clear. we have in hand all the vaccines we need to get every american fully vaccinated, including the booster shot. so there's no excuse, no excuse for anyone been on vaccinated. this continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated. so we got to make more progress. and it's also a similar story in europe. the u. k has reported a record 218000 new cases and says more than a 1000000 people in self isolation, france to has reported rec, hold number of cases. government officials that have vowed to enact a law to block unvaccinated people from hospitality venues. in the coming weeks, john henry begins all

u. s. has requested a public un security council meeting on monday to discuss what it calls rushes of threatening behavior and build up of troops. moscow has a master about a 100000 troops near its border with ukraine, but denies it is planning to invade. russian su, 35 fighter jets have also been seen landing belushi and airfield. nato has about 4000 troops backed by tanks and air defenses near russia and estonia and beth's ania, black via and in poland and more are on high alert, prepared deploy. russia's foreign ministry says the idea of a war with ukraine is unacceptable. but another official from the ministry wanted nuclear missile crisis with united states is inevitable of checks aren't in place to turn down tensions. tulsa jibari begins our coverage from oscar. the russian foreign minister said that the americans have not a given a positive response to their main it requires. and that is that nato not expand further, but that they have received positive responses grace under secondary re

u. s. government. the u. s. has had that for them, what the russians are demanding, or is a non starter, that they cannot guarantee that any new country will not join nato and russia cannot dictate to nato who can and cannot join the alliance. that washington has also said that they do have sanctions as a possibility if dialogue and diplomacy fail and for the russians that will be tantamount to them severing ties with this country. they said, any kind of sanctions imposed on russia by the us government will be seen as an attempt by them to sever ties. and before the time being, this is really seen as a pass that is a last ditch effort. the u. s. has said that they are going to offer the russian foreign minister an off ramp of sorts to get off this course of rhetoric that we're all in at the moment. i will only lead to further escalation. they are trying to save that from happening and trying to de escalate the situation. thank you for that door, said barry in moscow for us. in other news, the united nation says it's

u. s. has become the 1st country to report a 1000000 cases in its daily italy. these infections have been translated into a large number of deaths spot. it is causing major disruption. thousands of schools are pushing back plans to reopen us. president joe botton says the key to basing the outbreak is for the own vaccinated to get their jobs. and it's also a similar story in europe. the uke has reported a record 218000 new cases and says more than a 1000000 people on self isolation, france to has reported record number of cases. government officials have bound to enact a law to block unvaccinated people from hospitality. venues in the coming weeks. john henry begins coverage from washington, dc with the latest covariance soaring to record highs. president joe biden began with a warning and i'll give it to you straight because i promise to i always would. we're going to say as you all been hearing continued rise in cases. then in his address to the nation, he offered reassurance. if you're vacci

u. s. has recorded it's fastest economic growth and nearly 4 decades . last year, gross domestic product grew 5.7 percent. as the u. s. rebounded from the depth of the pandemic consumer spending and business inventories help buoy growth during the 4th quarter of last year. but that trend may not last much longer. the rapid spread of the over con variant could hurt economic activity while searching inflation. it's households this week the i m f slashed, it's 2022 u. s. economic growth forecast to 4 percent from 5.2 percent. jens corta our correspondent in new york joins as now. so yen 5.7 percent is really a rock star figure here. why has the u. s. economy bounce back to life so much faster than the economist had been expecting? chelsea is this a rock star number and actually if you just look at the 4th quarter, we saw the us economy growing by an even more stunning, 6.9 percent. also better than expected. i mean, clearly we have to put that into a certain perspective because we're comparing the 21 to the year 2020. that's when the pandemic actually cost t

u. s. has not detailed what that might look like, but has indicated that this would include punishing financial sanctions. so the highest levels of the russian government, but the u. s. senate this week going even further drafting legislation to not only put in place those punishing sanctions, but even to level them towards vladimir putin, the russian president, himself. thank you very much, can be how can the latest from washington. meanwhile, the russian far mississauga lover of says his country's prepared to respond. if western nations reject moscow's security proposals, he wants a detailed answer in writing to the demands that russia has made. a main one is a nato commitment that ukraine will never be allowed to join the defense alliance. nato argues that countries should be free to choose their own alliance, says russia wants a band or nato deploying weapons and forces in central and eastern european countries that join the alliance, often $997.00. these include a stony out poland and the

u. s. has made it clear that they won't defend ukraine militarily, in case of an invasion. and today we've been hearing media reports, at least that one of the biggest sanctions that the west had been kind of holding over are russia, which is that the country could be cut off from the swift banking a system that that could be off the table. the u. s. has denied that, but i think it, it looks like even the sanctions arsenault isn't too strong, at least from the russian point of view, which of course, the country has been become used to sanctions over the last few years as well. m o . sherman moscow there. thank you emily. tom, now to have look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world who see rebels and yemen have claimed responsibility for a drone strike in abu dhabi. the kill 3 people, united arab emirates vowed reprisals for the attack which targeted an oil refinery who these are at war with a military collision in yemen that is backed by the way, medics in sudan, se seve

. state department has refused to confirm media reports that it is ordered u. s embassy staff and give to leave ukraine. it comes as tens of thousands of russian troops gather at ukraine's borders. this comes as washington has sent its 1st shipment of a $200000000.00 military aid package for ukraine to bolster its defenses. a u. s. cargo plane landed at an airport in the ukrainian capital with 90 tons of military equipment, mostly small arms, ammunition. russia has repeatedly denied that it's planning a new attack against ukraine. well, for more i'm joined by our washington correspondent, catalina she moy. hi catalina, good to see you. now if it turns out that media reports are back to us ordering their embassy staff to at leave, the ukrainian capital are correct. what message are they sending? well, the tension is obviously already growing by law. you can see this also in the last statements from the white house and the state department, and in case the creation of u. s. implements based in kiev are officially confirmed. this could point to an even more tense sc

u. s. has become the 1st country to report a 1000000 corona virus cases in a single day, a combination of the delta and all that con variance a driving record infection numbers. u. s. president joe biden says the keys are beating the outbreak is for the unvaccinated to get bad jobs. al jazeera john hendrick begins, are coverage from washington dc with the latest coven variance, soaring to record highs. president joe biden began with a warning, and i'll give it to you straight as i promised you. i always would. we're going to say, as you all have been hearing continued rise in cases. then in his address to the nation, he offered reassurance. if you're vaccinated and boosted, you are highly protected. you know, be concerned about, i'm a crime, but don't be alarmed. the alma crohn variant is surging, setting a single day record with more than a 1000000 new infections over running test centers. leaving many more wondering if they 2 are contagious. the less lethal than previous variance, and the cro

u. s. has rejected russia's demand to bar ukraine from future membership in nato. instead, washington has offered a new diplomatic path to and the crisis. russia has said its views have been ignored, but will continue dialogue. he watching did every news live from berlin? dock felt is up next and i'll catch you tomorrow with.

m u s. has ordered the families of it's diplomats and ukraine to leave the country. non essential staff have also been asked to leave. the state department says the decision has been under consideration for some time. the main concerns about a possible brush, an invasion is, is that the news line from berlin up next, you got a documentary for you this time looking at one farmers fight for the climate. i'm terry martin from me and all of us here dw, thanks for watching. ah .

u. s. has made it clear that it would expect berlin to target the controversial node stream to pipeline which linked germany to russian guess. it's also worth noting that gas is not flowing through nordstrom to yet, which means that the pipeline is leverage for germany, the united states and our allies, not russia. for now though, there is another round of diplomacy coming up. antony blinkin will meet his russian counterpart in geneva on friday, saying as one of the last chances to find a way of avoiding war. every morning i'm joined by jessica berlin. she's a u. s. political analyst who's based here in berlin, a familiar face here to our viewers. it's good to see you again. jessica. let's talk about where we are in this diplomatic sprint by antony blinkin. he was in key of yesterday here in berlin to day. do you see a diplomatic way out of this crisis? at this point, the only way out of this crisis is there deterrence, anthony blinkin has already been pushing hard behind the scenes for germany

u. s. has requested an open un security council meeting on monday to discuss what it calls russia's threatening behavior and build up of troops. moscow has amassed about a 100000 troops near its border with ukraine, but denies it is planning to invade. i russian su, 35 fighter jets balls have been seen landing at beller ruffian. airfields. nature has about 4000 troops backed by tanks in air defenses. near rusher in estonia, lithuania, latvia, and in poland. a more on high alert, prepared to deploy. russia's foreign ministry, says the idea of a war with ukraine is unacceptable. but another official from the ministry warned a nuclear missile crisis with us is inevitable. have checks on him place to turn down tensions. are diplomatic added to james bass looks at whether there's still a chance to avoid military confrontation through diplomacy. hello, in recent weeks, have seen an unprecedented flurry of diplomacy. efforts have intensified as the threat of war grows. a war many believe could now be

u. s. has going to feel at sub legation on there. they always see next to the right to choose their lines. it was endorsed the highest level of this obligation not to strengthen any security at the expands of other countries social security. he promised me to explain how the us interprets these obligations . there's, like i said, that's not the end of our dialect. next week, we are going to receive the new b, which has anthony blink and said, we will get the written response process. and as for our principal stance, it's also non expansion, nato. a lot of people ask why, because this blog, it was established as a block against the soviet union, and now it's operating against the russian federation, and it's in their doctrines. so i will give you an example of when eastern europeans, 1st of all, on the poland bound country is one they really aspire to be a part of native we were in the west that they will be making a mistake. does that it's not going to strengthen the security of nato for the me

u. s. has told and families of embassy staff in care to leave ukraine citing fears of a russian invasion, the se, department data that non essential personnel can also depart. now i know other americans to leave to it also updated its travel advisory for russia in a tweet thing. the department continues to advise us citizens not to travel to russia due to ongoing tension along the border with ukraine. there is potential for harris met against us citizens and the embassy has limited ability to assist us citizens in russia, algeria, mike, hannah has moved from washington. state department has issued a level for travel. notice which means that those employees of the state department who wish to lose leave can voluntarily do so. but it's also ordered family members of embassy employees to leave ukraine. now in a briefing by 2 senior state department officials, that was made clear that this did not come a while to because of any new information that's being received in recent days. rather, it was se

u. s. has been bending about for months. now russia has denied this over and over saying it's not going to invade ukraine. and that the sanctions are just not helpful. it's also a kind of trying to track something and to get more out often, associations that is quite clear. i do not really think that this is bringing much to the discussion because her po sites actually do feel not very secure. now it takes time to, to find solution to search difficult problems, and i think they should take the time that it needs to, to, to bring back stability to europe. the important thing is that they really talk and try to find heart, the solutions that we need or europe's again, been in the grip of high rates of code infections in recent days and facing violent demonstrations against tighter restrictions and reaction to what's happening of measures in germany protest have been heating up. ah, [000:00:00;00] with this thousands in taking to the streets of german cities to vent their anger against the deed restrictions is it's now required

u. s. has ordered the families of diplomats to leave. ukraine was still in the capitol opinions very on just how big a threat russia poses will need. lucy will move forward. well, i am very worried when you pull things are not easy in our country at this moment. but i hope the diplomats can find an agreement and that there will be peace in ukraine. so you would agree, recruit young wisdom. i think nothing will happen is just the usual threat from the big bonding next door. but sure. bonita, losa cecilia middleton from the machine. there is nothing we can do. i have to work can feed my family. i don't have time to think about what i will do if something happens with your good nickelodeon. when, if something does happen, the u. s. has vowed to support key f ukraine is pushing for sanctions against russia. but washington says, now is not the time russian nations in ukraine, but as to the sanctions are the most important thing we can do is to use them as a deterrent as a means of dissuading russia

u. s. was in some way involved, but the fact that the u. s. has now brought its 1st prosecution in connection with the case a very important detail indeed f b i. agents have been assisting the haitian police for a large period of time. now in the inquiry into the destination, but this particular arrest, this particular case may cost more light on all the events that happened back in july last year. the un security council is calling on sedans, generals and protests leaders. to sit down and talk a stomach situations continue against military rule under chappelle report, thousands ignore a ban on protests and choose to hit the streets anyway. it's been 2 days since the prime minister stepped down from the resignation of humboldt will not affect our position. what is built on falsehoods will remain wrong, and the case from the very beginning was wrong. the demands of the protest movement is still united, and we are holding the flag of the resistance committee in different locations, sects, and cultures. there's been protest like this since october's

u. s. has rejected even any attempt to try and limit of forward motion of, of nato toward the federation of that could be laid aside temporarily because of what i just stated about the, the a plot possibility of ukraine in georgia actually being admitted. it just, it just cannot happen as long as you have those frozen conflicts. but what they can do is go move on and create the buffer zones. they could create the they could talk about the limitation on any arm ship or, or creating of areas of free fly zones, for example. now, if nato and us reject that, then you can see moscow really becoming much more adamant because of red lines because they then know that there's nothing further to negotiate that that will have expanded all of the issues that they wanted to, to talk about. and what i envision is that masika could become much more assertive at that point and actually begin to do a number of, of transactions that will actually put them in, b, put, make them b or controlling the events rather t

u. s. has branded washington's old tricks. such rhetoric confirms there is an ongoing information campaign being waged against russia. we see the same scenario being repeated again and again. first, some sensational story is dropped and makes the headlines, and then it becomes a key talking point. such, both claims i coming from the u. s. there and the only intelligence on offer are these elusive source is the allegations were fetch reported by cnn and swiftly echoed by ukrainian and u. s. officials. we have information that indicates rush has already pre positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained and urban warfare and in using explosives to carry out acts of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. and the russian military plans to begin these activities several weeks before military invasion, which could begin between mid january and mid february. so not the time frame mentioned that between mid january and mid february

has arrived. according to the u. s. embassy, this is part of a package worth $200000000.00 us dollars promised to kiev last week, by u. s. secretary of state antony blinkin. the initial delivery includes ammunition for ukraine's front lines as the country amps up its preparedness for a possible invasion by russia. moscow has deploy tens of thousands of troops near its border with ukraine, but insists it has no plans to launch an attack. the russian military flexing its muscles in the worn at region bordering ukraine. moscow denies its planning and invasion, but with this slick video released by its defense ministry and at least wants to send the message that it's ready to fight. there is real concern in the region about russia's motives. russian troops are now positioned in bella, rues, all along russia's border to ukraine, and our maston, eastern ukraine, where fighting has been ongoing for years. further to the north, the baltic states of estonia, latvia and lithuania, are promising to support ukraine with shipments

u. s. has families gathered for the christmas holiday season, cancelling understaffed flights in setting off a wave of vaccine and re masking mandates across the us where positive coven tests have surged from 5 percent to 20 percent since november. many schools returned from the winter break online only, but here in washington ending new york where positive tests have grown from 3 percent to 33 percent. schools are open for business. new york's mayor insists that school is the safest place for children. if you look last year 2020, you witness that the transmission rate was less than one percent inside of school. and how so it was over 15 percent back in washington, president biden ended with a plea for the 35000000 eligible americans who remain unvaccinated. please take advantage of what's available, please. in an asian where one's view of vaccination can depend on one's political affiliation. it seems certain that that's a plea, that at least for some will fall on deaf ears. john henderson al

u. s. has sent a military aid package and has delivered military equipment as you just mentioned. but they of course, want to show that they are willing to support and to help you crane on a military ground. but the important question here, pablo is, what happens if russia as actions are not purely military? what if russia acts in a so called gray zone, meaning as paste between war and peace, like, for example, election meddling or cyber attacks in ukraine? would this be enough to, to make the united states and its allies impose the severe sanctions? president biden has been talking about rash. i can definitely also shape the fate of a nation with these kind of strategies. we have already seen that in history and without the cost of a war. washington correspondent, quarterly. not you more. thanks for your time. the so called islamic state has launched its largest scale attack in syria since it was defeated there in 2019 a prison holding jihadists in the northeast of syria was to target the kurdish lad, syrian democratic forces say they recaptured most of the inmates that escaped b

u. s. has delivered that written response to russia security, but demands over ukraine. let's just remind you what the u. s. secretary of state had to say just a short time ago. the document was delivered, includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principled and pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals for areas where we may be able to find common ground. we make clear that there are core principles that we are committed to uphold and defend including ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity and the right of states to choose their own security arrangements and alliances. we've addressed the possibility of reciprocal transparency measures regarding forced posture in ukraine, as well as measures to increase confidence regarding military exercises and maneuvers in europe. so many people in eastern ukraine have been living with conflict for years. an estimated 14000 people have d

u. s. has condemned it as an act of terror. mohammed al our tub has more from yeoman's capital santa cut into the statements of the spokesperson, the area he says that the, the carried out this attack against the united bremerton order and retaliation. 2 of the he described its participation and the solid quality and the war. he said that the visitor, the problem is that we have, we have made and that they have fil failed. so such a promise. we have used, according to his statement, 5, weighing the missiles that have attacked according to the oil refinery number 4, and also the international thoughts of dubai. and bobby, he has mentioned also the have a target of the 2 parts of lobby and do a. so the situation is a father escalating that the he, he also warned that there is no so far foreign companies in order to, to avoid becoming a close to, to vital facilities according to his words. so this is not to be target, especially if he said that if the united decide to continue, it's what he descri

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 situat

u. s. has requested a public un security council meeting on monday to discuss what it calls, rushes, threatening behavior. rushes for ministry meanwhile says the idea of a war with ukraine is unacceptable. but another official from the ministry warned a nuclear missile crisis, where the u. s. is inevitable if checks aren't in place to turn tensions down, ought to promote together to james base is more from the un. some experts believe that president putin may not have decided yet whether he's going to invade ukraine . the 1st meeting of the un security council on the current crisis is expected on monday, and russia were looking for the support of china. and that's why some diplomats believe the russians may wait to launch minute reaction until the event that china has so much about the beijing winter olympics is over in mid february. because if i says, new military leader says the country will return to constitutional order when conditions are right. the tenant colonel pull on read the amoeba a

u. s. has come forward with these penalties it's also there is talk that we're talking here about the toughest, the sanctions. so against russia in a decade, some and, and general disruptions in the global financial markets are never a really good news. so before a wall streets or us so financial institutions, i mean one big question a clear is or will it even be necessary to em start those some sanctions? so wall street seems to be a bit to him hesitant. soft power, at least the whole a conflict has not really shown in the stock prices, at least him in the u. s. a. markets at that. if you look at the ties between a walt street, russian bang, so russian companies of those ties are not that great. so i'm not really a certain even if we see those sanctions, if that will be a big a blow to a wall street and us financial institutions. williams, this is not the 1st time if that the u. s. would have imposed sanctions on russia. there seems to be a mixed history here of the effectiveness. if this does

u. s. has promised a written response to moscow's security demands. they include no further eastward expansion of nato or missiles positions near russian territory. with more on what's been said so far. here's our to show davinsky. well, the talks may have been described as being business like an frying. when the russian us delegation mated children in geneva, however, it does seem that now information has been laid back to washington. a slightly different view seems to be taking place with the white house spokesperson suggesting that russia could be getting ready at any moment to spread this information about what was said in those meetings in war may have been agreed in terms of potential way forwards to angry reaction from the russian foreign ministry with the spokesperson saying that the u. s. authorities was simply out of touch. we are preparing yourself for the civility in likelihood. no one should be surprised. i should say, if russia spreads disinformation about commitments that have no

u. s. has requested a un security council meeting on monday to discuss what it called russia's threatening behavior, mo, from a diplomatic eta to james, based on whether there is still a chance to avoid a military confrontation. recent weeks of scene, an unprecedented flurry of diplomacy efforts have intensified as the threat of war grows. a war many believe could now be imminent and very dangerous. meanwhile, troops, tanks and weapons continue to mess in eastern europe. russian forces surround ukraine, nato is reinforcing its members the board of russia while some members of the alliance, but notably not germany ascending anti tank and anti aircraft missiles to ukraine. so is there now a way to stop this march to war? span juergen, son is a stone, is ambassador to the united nations. his country is a neighbor to russia and until the end of last year served on the security council, there's always room for comp compromise. but the question is, does russia want to compromise? because if you look

u. s. has also withdrawn personnel from its embassy and key f, mainly family members and children. the while the u. s. readies itself are the worst ukraine's president has called for come and unity among western nations. tut broth. everything's under control, but there is no reason to panic them. ukraine, secretary of the national security and defense council, downplayed the likelihood of russian invasion the impetus one as soon as we're an associate garam movements of russian federation armed forces in its territory. lee, it takes place. oh said we detected with law said, but there's nothing that can surprise us. suffolk, mozilla, perhaps it surprised our foreign colleagues for but they finally still, the russian known fools is moving wise. but in this post, russia continues to demand a promise that nato will never allow ukraine to join the alliance. a negotiation nonstarter for nato. yes, as long as the diplomatic deadlock remains, so to do fears of an invasion, go straight to moscow where dw corresponded. emily sherwin is standing by for us. emily, can you talk to us a little bit

u. s. has charge for bell russian officials with aircraft piracy of a loss. mays force diversion of ryan air flies plus i'm to see a newman vibe. the magellan, straight on the very tip of south america, where no climate and reserve it for is being launched. and it will help to resolve mysteries such as why these whales had been reaching more and more along the coast . ah, we begin in washington where us president joe biden has said russia will pay a heavy price if it invades ukraine. warning came was new satellite images show the scale of the military build up along the border. ukraine says russia has now deployed more than a $127000.00 troops. a white house correspondent, kimberly hall kit reports from washington. but there is no doubt, let me no doubt at all that approach makes this choice. russia will pay a heavy price. speaking for prepared no. on the anniversary of his 1st year in office, president joe biden sought to clarify the u. s. position on a russian invasion into ukraine. i've been

u. s. has seen an average of 480000 daily infections over the past week. the u. k. has recorded more than 200000 and sailing right of our cases. the 1st time. prime minister boris johnson says there'll be no new restrictions for now. the warned, challenging, weeks ahead. you, jo, it's become the 2nd chinese city to be put into total lockdown off the report of new current of ours cases. restrictions a similar to those imposed for the past 2 weeks in the industrial hump of a court in canada has ordered iran to pay $84000000.00 to the families of those killed in the downing of the plane in 2020, around the ministry shot down a ukrainian passenger plane, killing all 176 people on board. many of those on board were canadian citizens, or had presidency in canada. rome's and defenses have been on high alert. days off to the u. s. assassinated aroma top general. busy cut some sort of money. mark arnold is a lawyer representing 6 families whose relatives were killed. he says the ruling evoked mixed emotions. iraq is under canadian law, designated as a state sponsor of terrori

u. s. has rejected russia's demand to bar ukraine from future future membership in nato and sat washington as offered a new diplomatic pastor and the crisis. russia that it's used have been ignored, but we'll continue dialogue. the u. s. economy is roaring back to life and a strong post pandemic recovery. chelsea delaney, of warranty that business stated to the dark side.

u. s. has repeatedly answer those questions now in terms of what antony lincoln was trying to do during his a press. a briefing on wednesday was to underscore that there are areas where the u . s. and other western countries are willing to engage with russia, where they believe that russia does have valid security concerns. and that by talking they can address those issues in a way that satisfies everyone sitting at the table. now, the secretary of state also said, now that of the several pages of a response to russia's demands have been delivered. that it's really now up to moscow to come back and to say what the americans, hope lust keep caitlin. keep talking. let's keep engaging and try to turn down the attention that has grown. ideally the u. s. would like to among other things. see the some 100000 us troops who have been moved to the border with ukraine on its eastern flank, returned to barracks. but clearly that is something that won't be happening right away. thanks very much holding jor

u. s. has come forward with these penalties itself is there is talk that we are talking here about the toughest, the sanctions against russia in a decade. and in general, disruptions in the global financial markets are never a really good news for wall street or us financial institutions. i mean, one big question is, will it be necessary to start those? some sections of wall street seems to be a bit hesitant of power. at least the whole a conflict has not really shown in the stock price, at least in the us market. that if you look at the ties between a wall street russian bang, so russian companies, those types are not that great. so i'm not really certain, even if we see those sanctions, if that will be a big blow to a wall street and us financial institutions. we and this is not the 1st time if that the u. s. would have imposed sanctions on russia. there seems to be a mix history here of the effectiveness. if this does come to pass, what will the impacts be? will they be effective? well, i me

u. s. has, has decreed that this should happen that day to, to use burner phones. burner laptops as well. are they being overly cautious or is there more to it? is there an international diplomacy aspect to all this and i think they are quite exaggerating the situation, i think. and i think the years is suspicious of filling the funder of the merits of the chinese government. now that the preparation of the owner picks is in such good progress, and how much the chinese citizen i sacrificing so cooperative in containing the pandemic in welcoming to world, to come to beijing to see how much beijing hasn't changed, how much a lives or people have been improved since 2008 summer games, i think, you know, as i said, you know, if it's a nation, be the one to spy on people. so many nations, you know, well by now i able to do it without you physically in the countries. so why are you exaggerating the exposure disposable funds at this point? why they want to stick to funders of the good preparation of a

u. s. has gone into these discussions saying that that was a question. that was pretty much off the table. this is what the russian deputy minister had to say for us is absolutely mandatory or to make sure that do you agree never, never, ever, becomes member of natal. we are shut up with lose dog. half promises, misinterpretation of what happened, that different forms of negotiations behind closed doors. we do not trust the other side. so to see we need iron clad waterproof bulletproof legally binding guarantees not assurances, not safeguards guarantees. can you get more confirmation than that? iron clad waterproof bullet proof. this is what russia says it's looking for in terms of those guarantees of that expansion of the nato alliance in to ukraine and georgia. no form of the us port. we have heard time and time again from washington that they are in a fixed position in this and that they say nobody will be able to dictate who joins nato and who doesn't. this is what of the us under secretary

u. s. has caused a significant labor shortages. a survey of hourly paid workers found that 65 percent of them reported being sick in the last month said that they went to work anyway. peter not again believes that it's because people just cannot afford to take the time off. if you have something below a fever, you still might feel sick. you know, i still not feel well, but you still can come to work after 5 days, you don't get paid anymore. you don't pay more paid pay for that because of that. a lot of people are going to say, even if they do have a fever or something like that, they're going to say that they, that they feel fine because they can't afford to or not, they're not going to pay. so they're still going to come to work sick with the virus and be contagious and spread it to everybody else. it's very fair to say i was miss step. in fact, it was complete negligence on their part. they should not have done that. they should have, are, you know, in thinking a rush, but the factors think of their profits. and right after wal m

u. s. has said publicly that they're, they're not prepared to enter into and they didn't want to put them down on paper because that would cause problems for future diplomacy. it would seem that, and one of the things that said a lot for of did say, is that the u. s. has understood that russia's concerns go beyond ukraine itself and all to do with security across europe. and that there needs to be some form of new you repeat insecurity framework put in place to waiting to see of course what that response from the united states is said. the alarm for did say whether that response would be published would depend on what the response walls and after he'd spoken to secretary of state blink. and following the reply from the u. s. when it came to potentially, what we could see happening well, and he did say that there was no intentions to invade ukraine. these questions were put to the foreign minister, and there was no direct threat posed to ukraine from russia. he also said when it came to was aske

u. s. has condemned it as an act of terror. security forces in sudan had killed at least 7 protest is in the capital cut soon. t gas and bullets were 5 demonstrators marching towards the presidential palace. the un has condemned the violence and hold for talks to end the crisis. and a 50 year old with british women that living in ta night is the 1st norm victim of the synonymy that struck the pacific island nation on saturday. astronomy and new zealand air force cruise have been sent to assess the damage. martin luther king day in the united states has been marked with a march and the capital to demand more protection for voting rights. president joe biden has vowed to pass a new protection law, but he lacks support in the senate democrats saying new legislation is needed to protect the rights of ethnic minorities and low income workers from republican efforts to disenfranchise them. last week the president said, he's tired of being quiet about voting rights. well, we're tired of being picked up since january 6th, 2021. when th

u. s. has all as stopped during a pandemic. and as manual rapid reports in the border, city of towanna, things could be about to get even worse. it's suppertime at a migrant shelter in tijuana, mexico, and both space and food for every one is limited. the shelters director says there's been a significant increase in the number of families arriving, and she's been forced to turn many away. oh, home, it's very painful to see women with children arriving at our doors and asking for shelter. large influx is of migrants stretching the limits of the services shelters, can provide is not a new phenomenon here. but the coven 19 pandemic, has made things more complicated. for more than a year, the u. n. international organization for migration has been using a hotel in downtown tiquana as temporary housing, and a quarantine new arrivals. but it wants the us and mexico to do more to help those shelters that are able to receive families are over a crowd. and right now, they're over 100 percent in capacity. a lot of them have 3 or 4 spaces