u. s. hopes, the china understands that there is nothing to win in that war and in that conflict . but there's a lot to lose. right now the very many of the old trump era sanctions against china are still in place. so what else would present biden be able to use to apply this pressure? the white house still has not be very open about those options. we know that national security advisor, jake sullivan, very recently enrolled, met his chinese counterpart, and quote, unquote event was very direct about consequences for chinese meddling in the war in ukraine. so the u. s. issued some warnings, they are potentially the us could target chinese semiconductor companies that are using u. s. software equipment. and there are certainly a lot of other vital areas that would hurt the chinese economy. we're, but they're both very intertwined and interconnected. thank you for that. all of a summit in washington. well, president putin has held to rally in moscow to mock 8 years since the annexation of crimea. it praise what he called his country's special operation in ukraine and pushed his narra

u. s. hopes that china understands that there is nothing to win in supporting vladimir putin and his war in ukraine. but in turn that china has a lot to lose. the and this is, this is a war which is costing her every one on whichever side. i wonder if, if the u. s. is battling russia economically arming ukraine and sending thousands of troops to eastern europe to beef up nato dumbbell. i could actually afford to open another front with china. well, the concern of course, is that there would be military support by china and or that china would help russia evaded sanctions. and the white house has not been very open on those options that they have the sanctions that they could impose against china and, and, but we do know that national security advisor, jake sullivan, and rome recently met his chinese counterpart. and they said there would be very direct about those consequences. so they have been wanting, issued a potential target, could be chinese semiconductor companies because they use u. s. all software and equipment. and there are a lot of other vital areas where they could heard the

u. s. hoping to achieve by preempting this and exposing china's intentions? yeah, and that's the governing term, isn't it preemption? that's always been the u. s. approach throughout this invasion of ukraine has tried to think ahead of the 1st the russian moves now potentially chinese moves. i think that's 2 things to keep in mind that the 1st is that provision of fresh military support and items by china, perhaps that could be headed off. but the china, russia relationship in economic terms is really deep. and it's, there's quite a bit his goals to grow that bilateral as volume of trade between 2 countries, substantially in the coming years. i don't think tries going to walk away from that . and i think you conclude from this that because china trades with russia, i believe it binds its crude oil. it by is it gas? it by applies will sorts of a things that is indirectly supporting, not russia. and i think it's, it's a flights of fancy to think that china would turn its back on his economic relationship with russia, even if it stepped back from selling it the s

u. s. hoping that biden would be able to push this through. when i felt then you had your opinion around focused on mints too. but i think last week, zelinski definitively shut that off and said, we're not going. why would he? i mean, the ukraine is run like the comedy series zelinski was in showing the ukraine to be an utterly corrupt all the god run. her whole country of conspiracy. and this is like the lens. he's comedy series. who is, can, why would you lensky do this to his own country? that what you mean? give up the dumbass? no. why would he not abide by the men's agreements? it's a horrible deal. i mean, you're asking kids to basically give up any control over one of the regions. i mean, it becomes autonomous. and then if there's a vote for night, so session membership, then dumbass effectively gets a veto. and quite clearly with, you know, the 700000 passports that rushes handed out, half the population of that region. russia isn't effectively in control of it. so you give up the ability to make these decisions like succession, which

u. s. hoping that biden would be able to push this through. when i felt then you had to european round focused on mints too. but i think last week, zelinski definitively shut that off and said, we're not going to. why would he? i mean, the ukraine is run like the comedy series zalinski was in showing the ukraine to be enough to leak or up on the go run, her whole country of conspiracy, and this is like zelinski comedy series. who is, can, why would you lensky do this to his own country? that what do you mean? give up the dumbass? no. why would you not abide by the men's agreements? and it's a horrible deal. i mean, you're asking, give to basically give up any control over one of the regions. i mean, it becomes autonomous. and then if there's a vote for night, so session membership, then dumbass effectively gets a veto. and quite clearly with, you know, the 700000 passports that russia handed out half the population of that region. russia isn't effectively in control of it. so you give up the ability to make these decisions by succession, which

u. s. president company hoping to achieve on this european trick? l. their number of things, the u. s. president hopes to achieve when it comes to sanctions. the u. s. has been leading the way, but has been cor day is sanctioned effort as a wave, disabling the financial capabilities of lever hooton's to conduct his invasion of ukraine. and so what the us president hopes to do is really lean on european leaders to go further than they have already in terms of the sanctions they've put in place thus far. and the reason there's been some reticence is because the european nations, in many cases rely heavily on russian energy. and so as a result need to find alternatives. so in the short term, it may not be possible, but in the media and long term, that is certainly something that the u. s. president is hoping to secure and what other fine point that he is hoping to try to curious to ensure that these nations are calling on china collectively to make sure that it is not assisting russia a or even enabling it so that it can evade the sanctions that are in place. so what else is the u. s. p

u. s. lawmakers call for a ban on russian oil imports, a move that could send gas prices even higher. u s. senators hopeng in ukraine tomorrow, according to someone familiar with the ukrainian embassy. u. s senators have been invited to meet with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky via video conference tomorrow. president zelensky criticized nato countries today, calling their refusal to impose a no fly zone over ukraine a sign of weakness. but president biden is reportedly on board with that policy when it comes to a ban on importing russian oil. the white house says the tactic is not off the table. we are looking at options we could take right now to cut us consumption

u. s. lawmakers call for a ban on russian oil imports, a move that could send gas prices even higher. u s. senators hope to get a better understanding of what's happening in ukraine tomorrow, according to someone familiar with the ukrainian embassy. u. s senators have been invited to meet with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky via video conference tomorrow. president zelensky criticized nato countries today, calling their refusal to impose a no fly zone over ukraine a sign of weakness. but president biden is reportedly on board with that policy when it comes to a ban on importing russian oil. the white house says the tactic is not off the table. we are looking at options we could take right now to cut us consumption of russian energy, but we are very focused on minimizing the impact of families if you reduce supply in the global marketplace, you are going to rise. raise gas prices . you're going to write the raise the price of oil, and that is something the president is very mindful of and focused on. most energy analysts agree a ban on russian oil imports would mean even higher gas prices across th

u. s. leader hoping to achieve where this street i don't think the u. s. president was even alluding or suggesting as a person who covers a president bite and dan and day out the president. all that confirmed, he will be going to the border. that is, if the secret service still allows him, because typically you don't announce these type of movements in advance. that could be some security concerns that may not hose a bit of a problem. you heard the president talking, i'm not supposed to say this in advance, but it sounds as if he is intending to go to meet 1st hand those that are fleeing the conflict. as a result of latimer putin's invasion of ukraine, this is on route to a meeting saturday where he will be meeting with the leader of poland, president duda, that was on the schedule very quickly. some of the other headlines in that have made news from that press conference with the joe biden there. the u. s. pres, it was asked a couple of times, what will happen if vladimir putin chooses to use chemical weapons in ukraine? if you, as president did not spe

u. s. officials. we hope that the journalists will have our opportunity to ask these questions whether these facilities were just funded or run by the u. s. and again, it's all happening on the territory where there's military action right now. this is what makes the situation dangerous, and as you correctly say, we've been waiting for response from the u. s. a waiting for a couple of days. so let's just hope that that comes in soon in the train co. thank you very much for joining me here. in the studio well wasn't forced to say they've gained full control of noise up of a sky, a nuclear power plant and something ukraine. adding the fat field stuff continue to operate as normal autism or that gas death visit at the site and forecast this exclusive report. on the 4th of march, 4 days after russia announced the takeover of europe's largest nuclear power station. the world awoke to terrifying images, fires and fire fights in their go done this building or rather what happened to it is what caused so much fear, i

u. s. president hopes that he'll ease the pain of rising fuel prices. joe biden has ordered the release of oil from strategic reserves on 1000000 barrels a day will be put into domestic and international markets for up to 6 months. abide and hopes the increase in supply will bring down prices. my kind of reports now from the white house us consumers had been warned. they would pay the price for sanctions against russia. and so they are. the price of gas at the pumps is increased by nearly a dollar some 20 percent since the russian invasion of ukraine. it's risen 47 percent in the past year. and president biden has announced a series of measures to bring some relief to the u. s. consumer, including a release of 1000000 barrels a day from the strategic petroleum reserve. this is a war time bridge to increase or supplier to production wraps up later this year. and it is by far the largest release barnett national reserve in our history to provide historic amount of supply for historic amount of time, a 6 months bridge to the fall. more republicans dismisse

u. s. for failing to engage. ken john, she lonely, tall g u kegan, we were hoping that the u. s. would actively pursue dialogue and engagement in search of an effective solution to manage and settle the differences that alas, we did not see. regrettably days and months elapsed while irrelevant party failed to take tangible, practical actions in response to the dpr kays justified concerns other than speaking about, quote, unquote talks without preconditions offering sanctions relief. without substantive diplomatic progress would only final more reb revenue to the regime and accelerate the realization of his w, m. d, and ballistic weapons goals. it also sends the wrong message to other w deep proliferate ers, that the security council will roll. we ward them for repeatedly undermining the non proliferation regime. meanwhile, the sanctions regime has undeniably restricted the dpr, kays unlawful weapons advancements. so now is not the time to end our sanctions adding to concerns in addition to the mis a launch. the 13th in the last year, the united nations warned that north korea is

u. s. president hopes to convey. but certainly, given the fact that there have been such high losses of life in ukraine and the concern by the u. s. president, the western community about the russian invasion of ukraine. there is hope that turkey can play a unique role in potentially trying to mediate some sort of see fire in this conflict. and so we assume that that is going to be the focus of this conversation . but again, the relationship between these 2 nato allies and partners is a complicated one, given the fact that the united states and the other nato allies have been very upset at times with turkey, particularly for his decision to purchase a russian designed weapon system in the past. one that is not compatible with us based systems, and that certainly calls into question where turkeys alliances are at times, given the fact that nato partners are for the most part, pushing back against russian aggression. but in this particular scenario, this may make turkey uniquely positions for trying to deal with these 2

u. s. president hope to achieve by being in europe is way well, he's got a long list of things he helps to achieve. not only is he, as he meets currently with nato leaders hoping to bolster for not just the short term, but also the medium and long term, the sort of security and defense posture along that eastern flag facing russia. but he hopes to ensure that this is something that continues hopefully long beyond this conflict with ukraine. and so that is something that is being discussed. in addition, the u. s. president, also going to be meeting with g 7 in european leaders to discuss punitive penalties, in addition to the ones that the united states in coordination with allies has already put in place. so what could that look like? well, we already know that there is some concern that russia may be coordinating with china to try and evade some of the sanctions already in place. so we know the u. s . president is going to, in addition to announcing a new package of sanctions by the united states war with the other nations to ensure that russia is not able to evade the ones that are al

u. s. president hoping that he can leverage that economic relationship in terms of how the west would like to see this play out. in other words, the west is hoping that they can really encourage china to use its economic might over russia's influence to try and even bring about a ceasefire in this conflict. all right, thanks so much. kimberly how can on joining us now live from ty, pay is ross, find golden asia political risk analysts good to have you with us. so what do you think joe biden will have to ask? she it seems one of the priorities in this paul is on the military side and discouraged china from providing any type of military equipment or supplies to russia. almost equally important in the united states wants to discourage china from trading with russia and providing revenue that russia is currently not receiving from other trading partners by western europe or the united states. and whether that's for probably resources, but other products that russia exports as well, and the china would agree to those requests. well, that's the day. it's not really clear what leverage the unite

u. s. make their own choice, but we hope that whoever it's been elected next president. but before that we have the midterms. so we're looking way ahead now. but independent of who is president, we want a water proof relation where we as our side from the ocean that we're, we carry our responsibilities, the best investment in good relations with the u. s. is that we do our job. and then of course, only if we do our job, we can only clearly address the u. s. side. in case we don't like anything we hear from the white house. a good friendship is not about being quiet and one top on don't. it's about everybody doing his job and also to be open and frank when necessary. i mean, with your election, observe a background when you look at the situation in electoral politics in the united states, for instance, accusations that the republic parties in republican party is trying to hinder voting rights, especially for minorities. does this set of the election of alarm bells with you that the home of democracy is in big deck? democratic trouble? well, i had the privilege to serve fo

u. s and u. k announced new sanctions against russian oligarchs, with the hopes of upping the pressure on vladimir putin and his inner circle. will look at the names that stand out, confiscating those big ticket assets. especially yachts is not always smooth sailing. just ask law enforcement in germany and could sanctions get even tighter. some countries say it's time to target russia's oil and gas exports, but not all allies agree of welcome to the show. i'm seeing beardsley in berlin. the u. s. is announced sanctions on an array of wealthy russians with close ties to vladimir putin government. 8 individuals face full blocking sanctions. while an additional 19 are subject to these restrictions. u. s. has also created a new task force designed to identify and seize the assets of those and other russian elite sanctioned earlier. president joe biden said the u. s. would come after their quote, ill gotten gains, children, and here's how whitehouse spokeswoman jen. saki described washington's goal. we look at one of the big factors is of course, the proximity to president putin. we want him to feel th

hoping to achieve. that was to really pin down from u. s. standpoint. for the western standpoint, where exactly china stands with regard to its relationship with russia and other words, there has been grave concern about the in the words of the white house press secretary and soc, is the absence of denunciation by china with regard to the russian invasion of ukraine and according to her, she believes that speaks volumes around the world. and as a result, there's also been a lot of concern about the alignment between china and russia. specifically, reports that china has potentially been selling weapons to russia to assist in the ground fighting as well as in the air. and so this has been something that the u. s . president was hoping to try and secure in terms of where this relationship is moving forward. where the united states can count on china and whether or not the united states, the west can count on china to use as economic leverage with russia to potentially as secure as cease fire in this conflict. so this is the sort of essence of the call. we

u. s. president is there, and he certainly has a jam packed to wake. kimberly, what is he hoping to achieve? at will the u. s. president is expected here at the european council after he wraps up those meetings at nato and at the g 7. well initially the depaula matic meetings have been really sort of focused on military security deterrence, not just for this ukraine conflict, but also the future to deter russia moving forward. now things are sort of moving towards the financial aspect and sort of those punitive measures that the united states as partners and allies can take towards russia to not only disable the war machine and stop the conflict, but ensure that rushes incapable of any sort of invasion of any other country beyond who created the future. so that's what we are expecting from the u. s. present terms of what he was to achieve. we know that the u. s. president set to announce new sanctions against hundreds of parliamentarians in the lower house of the duma, as well as oligarchy, in addition to sanctions, already announced by the united states. and then we also expect

u. s. has been hope to talk that the fact that they're taking place in europe implies that europe might also be willing to put in place some, some punitive measures that might make doing business with china a little trickier for them to come out. i'm rainy talking to us from room adam. thank you very much indeed. well, lauren's car was a former assistant secretary of defense and also a senior fellow at the center for american progress. he's joining us live from washington dc. good to have you with us or on al jazeera, what kind of pressure and arguments do you think the jim sullivan is going to be using in these meetings with china? well, i think he can say that if they should provide military assistance to russia basically that they are going to be sanctioned just like russia has. and. busy ca, of trade with the european union, as well as with the united states and european union, as china, as largest trading partner. a lot of the things that china nice where it's economic well being, they get from the, from the united states. so i think jake is going to try and tell the china, you have 2 c

u . k. government. i think we can hope for more pressure from the u. s. on the u. s. is clearly taking a very strong line on this. there is oligarch owned property in the us. um, new york is very popular with oligarchs, and it will be interesting to see what what they do there. but yes, i think the white house is likely to be making some, some stern phone calls to downing street and i hope it leads to, to greater results. but i mean, the issue is that london for, for a long time, for decades, has made a living out of offering, you know, what i called buffering services to the world's oligarchs. and it's very difficult to get it out of the habit of doing that. and that it will require a real change in mentality which is going to take more than a week. i fear to secure an fascination topic. oliver vala, investigative journalist and also thank you so much for talking to us about. thank you very much. and still to come in this half hour. the battle over misinformation, journalists in russia come under immense pressure to follow the kremlin line on the ukraine, plus the un

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u. s. for causing the crisis. he bought it, we hope all parties will work together with china to de escalate tensions instead of adding fuel to the fire and promote a diplomatic solution. and china will continue to play a constructive role in seeking and realizing piece arbiter, yahoo union. she is a long time admirer of putin and the 2 autocratic leaders have formed a strong bond, chanted denies that it knew about the invasion in advance, and had asked russia to wait until the olympics were over before attacking ukraine . while professing neutrality facing stance is geared more towards moscow, china abstained on both of the united nations on sanctioning russia and demanding the withdrawal of russian troops. the chinese refused to acknowledge that russia has invaded ukraine, admitted to me. china is clearly watching the west reaction to the invasion, especially when it comes to its own efforts to take control of self rule taiwan. at the national people's congress, china's annual rubber stamp parliament beijing hike. this year's defense

u. s. for causing the crisis. he bought it, we hope all parties will work together with china to deescalate tensions, instead of adding fuel to the fire and promoted diplomatic solution. china will continue to play a constructive role in seeking and realizing piece our busher yahoo or union. she is a long time admirer of putin and the 2 autocratic leaders have formed a strong bond, chanted denies that it knew about the invasion in advance, and had asked russia to wait until the olympics were over before attacking ukraine . while professing neutrality facing stance is geared more towards moscow, china abstained on both of the united nations on sanctioning russia and demanding the withdrawal of russian troops. the chinese refuse to acknowledge that russia has invaded ukraine admission to me. china is clearly watching the west reaction to the invasion, especially when it comes to its own efforts to take control of self rule taiwan. at the national people's congress, china's annual rubber stamp parliament beijing hike. this year's defense

u. s. president who was hoping to discourage in his telephone call. and again we were watching for that read out which we hope will happen imminently. all right, and we'll cross back to you when it does. thank you for that update. kimberly how could live for us outside the white house. now to break this down for us, let's bring in to raise a felon. she's the director of center for russia, europe, asia studies and joined us on skype from brussels. thanks for being on this news out, teresa. so 1st of all, what is china playing in? on one hand, where hearing moscow is requesting beijing provide military assistance and then on the other, we're hearing that china is told the u. s. conflict is in no one's interest. so is it playing both sides? well, it looks like that doesn't. it bank went to backtracked as a couple weeks ago to february 4th when she met before the lympics and signed this agreement that unfortunately we had just lost our connection there with theresa fallon, we'll try and cross back to her a little later in the program. let's head to new yo

that say they've been living in unofficial conflicts over the years now with next to no hope of getting into the u . s. we found this family of 17 watching as the ukrainians went in ahead of them. their green passports carry little white, the ground that told me they fled south with mexico after he was kidnapped and be out of the way the rest of the family friend. that was 2 months ago. you feel bad because you can see that they give priority to another country. how am i going to feel that? but what can we do? that's going to be a constant question for the desperate in countries neighboring the united states. as a white and others go 1st, i think you cream but at least exhausted ukrainians like gotcha. and better a finding a safe haven. they called us from her gulf of his house in los angeles. was the wind in this moment for a long time. we were interested in it's like john holman al jazeera tiquana are 2 british iraq. all of these now 2 british iranians have arrived back in the u. k. after spending years in detention in iran lesson is a harley radcliffe, and anesha surely were convicted of plotting t