u. s. dads buy the fundamental right of ukraine to it's sovereignty. now both the men entity blinking and his ukraine, a counterpart held a press conference o d u s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without a ukraine taking part of it, due to his ukrainian counterpart, actually reaffirming alter no decision about ukraine without you k being part of it . but behind that, i think that the under ukrainian side, you get a says that there is a sort of urgency. you craig would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. if you recall, at the end of last week, it seemed that any hope for us diplomatic solution was old, but dead in the water. and after that you so shoot russian juice, movement. stewards, ukraine's nowhere new order border with bella russo, the other side, russian saying that that's actually in preparation of joint exercises. that should happen very soon. well, the americans are saying, well, actually it shows that russia could be ready for an imminent military escalation at any time soon. but still the u. s. is sticking to the diplomatic route after a big and

u. s. stands by the fundamental right of ukraine to it's sovereignty. now both the men anthony blinking and his ukraine, or a counterpart held a press conference o d u. s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without ukraine taking part of it to do that. his ukranian counterpart actually reaffirming also no decision about ukraine without you came being part of it. but behind that i think that done, do you crean inside you get a says that the is as sort of urgency. you craig, would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. there was right. they would like to see actually quite tough sanctions against russia. at some point, there were rumors that may be of the u. s. was mulling expelling russia from the surf system, which is basically the global system to send and receive money, especially germany, a big against that. now ukraine saying that if you know, stop talking about that, but let's do it. so russia sees that this side is actually serious on the other hand, and to the big can going on about diplomacy, saying that that would be the best solution. if you recall, at the end

i think the message from this meeting was not a need that the u. s. the, your opinion and u. k. i united it, the message is also that there will be no solution. and that was put in the idea that a deal between russia and the u. s. could organize the security in europe. european security is strong participation by the europeans. and i think this message is clearly impressive. graft on to good preparation for the meeting of our company . bring can interrogate elaborate of tomorrow in geneva. you say it's clearly impressive to russia. what makes you say about what gives you any indication that russia has been even slightly moved by these words, which you would expect to hear? it's not words. russia is learning that violating the territorial integrity of ukraine will have massive consequences. not a one on 2 projects, but on the whole bunch. the whole bunch of political and economic relations between russia and especially europe. it's not the case that we have a single path of dependency. yes, there are dependencies, but those dependencies on both sides. the russian economic model, y

u s. message saying that there is no talk about ukraine without a ukraine taking part of it due to his ra, ukrainian counterpart, actually reaffirming alter no decision about ukraine without you came being part of it. but behind that, i think that done the ukrainian side. you get a says that there is a sort of urgency. you craig would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. if you recall, at the end of last week, it seemed that any hope for us diplomatic solution was old, but dead in the water. and after that, you so shoot, russia juice, moving stewards, ukraine's nowhere new order border with bella ruse or the other side russian saying that that's actually in preparation of joint exercises. that should happen very soon. well, the americans are saying, well, actually it shows that russia could be ready for an imminent military escalation at any time soon. but still the u. s. is sticking to the diplomatic route after a big and give a lincoln is going to berlin tomorrow. and then on friday, that key meeting who is rus

the message from both the u. s. and nato to moscow is that there is still a chance for diplomacy to get out of this. escalating military buildup that moscow continues along the border with ukraine. and you could see from this very coordinated effort to last night, both in the u. s. and nato, delivering their letters and coming out and holding these press conferences in the evening that they wanted to show to the kremlin that they were following moscow's request in, in issuing, written a written response to the demands of, of moscow. some of which are, are clearly unacceptable to both the u. s. and nato. but they wanted to not give russia an excuse that they had not responded in written form. so there were no surprises in these letters. as we heard from both secretary blanket and secretary general stilton burg, they are offering things like a possible reduction in exercises. if moscow does the same and it becomes more transparent with what it's doing with its troops, they offer talks about, you know, reduction of, of

u. s. secretary of state anthony blinking has been putting america's message to its partners directly before calling to switzerland. the u. s. foreign policy chief within lynn for full way talks with representatives of germany, france, and the united kingdom. russia is entitled to protect itself. the united states in europe are prepared to discuss russia, security concerns and how we can address them in a reciprocal way. while the secretary of state looked to protect one voice from the 4 nations that had taken part in the talks, as he gave those remarks alongside the german foreign minister, the french president, money will micron, told the european parliament earlier in the week that europe needs to come to its own arrangements with russia, parallel to those of nato and the united states. it's good that europeans and the united states are coordinating, but it's necessary for europeans to conduct their own dialogue. we should build as europeans, working with other europeans and nato. and then propose it for negotiation with russia before the trip to berlin, lincoln was in kiev with a message

she says people in sudan are getting mixed messages. the u. s. o, this is denise people, an explanation of why this is happening. you know, they're either not sending a clear message to the military that they're supporting this, then he's call democracy to 1000000000 as a claim or worse than that, there are on the general side and all the military fight against the civilians. they released the statement today saying that they're on the civilian side and they're working hard towards the civilian led the government. but on the same statement, they said the military showed the commitment to worse or the government based on consensus and what happens right away. so we're hon. you totally against that because the civilians cabinet that he claims he forms which is unconstitutional because he himself is unconstitutional. completely goes against the statement that was at least by the us. so the actions that need to be taken by the us really need to show that they're truly committed to what they're saying. they are, which is standing either the civilians,

i had a message with as part of the u. s. mediated abram accords, israel the u. e, establish diplomatic relations in september 2020 almost overnight, commerce and tourism between the 2 countries flourished. $400000.00 israeli tourists have already visited the emirates freight. true, the 2 countries has multiplied by a factor of 12 within a year. is already, technology is boosting the u e. economy and even arms deals are in the pipeline. is in a gates hudson biden linden if gelati the synergies between the 2 countries are immense to that and it will benefit from each other during the corona virus pandemic. when the undone men, lakeville and technology handle, it set of, built on mutual benefit, these ties are set to strengthen further. well, let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. north korea has confirmed it tested a ballistic missile on sunday. it's 7th launch. so fathers, here, information from japan and south korea suggest is the most powerful missile test by the north. since 2017 soul is wanting, that young young could soon

government has taken little action and respond which cannot but embolden and encourage the attackers message to the u. s. department question more. who, speaking of the last point mentioned in unclipped the us state department is accused russia major of portraying ukraine as a nazi state on the articles presented as evidence that that was written for our tea bipolar robins. the problem here is not that the government is fascist. john, so there is clearly an enormous exaggeration despite restrictions on the use of the russian language and the recent repression of some anti government medium personalities. ukraine remains arose, be free and open society. it's not remotely fascist. an article i wrote in which i actually say that the idea about ukrainian government is fascist, is an enormous exaggeration. and ukraine is not remotely fashion. specifically what i say in the article when yeah, article is linked to in this state department report as evidence r t is spreading the false narrative that ukraine is a fascist state. what was the article impact as the direct opposite? and then was more similar sort of

u. s. as germany is highly dependent of the russian gas. and we are getting mixed messages in, as you know, the e. u emphasized today the priority of diplomatic efforts. but nato says it's bolstering it's deterrence in eastern europe. so how does all of that fit together? that's right soon. the, well, at this point nobody really knows what russian or russian president vladimir putin plans to do, or maybe he already has decided to invade ukraine, secretary of state and in the blink and said yesterday in an interview with abc that united states is taking this step by step and is evaluating the situation every day new. so with the latest developments they mainly want to show that they would be ready to react to a possible invasion our washington bureau chief in his pole with the ladies there. thank you so much. we can get a round up of some other stories. now. germany's chancellor, olaf schwartz will visit washington in february. it will be his 1st trip to the u. s. capital since taking over from england. michael since taking office shawls has traveled to paris and brussels. a

message. and that de escalation that the u. s. you just said and is offering a serious diplomatic path out of the crisis. they're saying, but they don't want to make any concession. so what could that path look like? what real leverage does the west have at this point? and we're hearing a lot of optimism on the diplomatic stage right now, but behind closed doors, and especially if you listen to members of the intelligence community, there's a lot of skepticism that, that this kind of negotiation that is a kind of a diplomacy. in fact would lead anywhere. so what we are hearing is that the situation is considered pretty serious and that diplomacy can only be one part of a successful approach. the leverage you were asking for, of course, our weapon deliveries for the ukraine. and in addition to the threat of sanctions, and at the same time again, a to offer diplomacy to find a way out of these tensions here. so essentially, and we've heard that in the report earlier, nato is trying to put a high price tag on a potential invasion the

ah, stop provocations and engage in dialogue that message from the u. s. to north korea after it launched yet another mis solid 7th. this month, south korea's government condemned the intermediate range ballistic missile test. after president mon jay in person, he presided over a meeting of the national security council. this also appears to be the most powerful miss all 5 since us president joe biden took office a little over a year ago. this january has seemed the highest number of miss are launched by killing young in a single month, highlighting the nuclear states expanding also not the government claims to have launched hypersonic and long range cruise missiles, from rail cars and from airports. that crucially, north korea hasn't tested it's intercontinental ballistic missiles or nuclear weapons in 2017. however, leader kim jong and has indicated he may end the more than 4 year fries on those tests. analysis from robert kelly now professor of political science and diplomacy and national university. he says if young will continue to shelf its military

some of the web pages displayed a message alleging public data had been leaked. the u. s. has condemned north korea as late as miss all launch saying it posed a threat to the international community. it happened just hours after washington called for a new sanctions. it's the 3rd launch this month, and the 6th since september young defended the test as a legitimate right to self defense and warned of a stronger reaction if more sanctions are imposed. those are the headlines on al jazeera risking. it all is up next. ah ah. ah ah not past the capital of bolivia in latin america. ah. it's the highest calf to city in the world. over 3500 meters above sea level. ah, it's a sprawling city and a 1000 meters of all to, to separate the poor neighborhoods in the armies. mountains where the air steam from the wealthy districts below it can take city for a whole day, duck kind of ties to the lack of oxygen in the mountains. but if you live there, you get used to it. like maria ramos. don't god loves generosity, ma'am. a bad one, father, my mom and dad, my dad's watches them. every 2 w

because the president seems to be sending the message that he doesn't think u. s. military needs to be involved. that is going to be something that would change prudence calculus. but the threat of a severe economic hit to his economy, their banking, that, that might in fact be enough. alright, to about to go, hey, live president of washington, d. c. thank you. well, the current president has warned against panic over a possible russian invasion. lot of me, as the lensky says, anxiety and the west is weighing heavily on the ukraine economy and sees no major change on the ground compared to last year was just not the waste. and as we're grateful to the united states for their ongoing support for our sovereignty, but i am the president of ukraine and i'm based here and i think i know the details more than any other. we do understand what the risks are. it's important that the president should know the situation from me, not the intermediaries. we do not see a bigger escalation. yes, the truth numbers have gone up, but i was talking about the same thing in 2021. when

u. s. a. nato have now delivered written responses to russia. security demands . what's their message? the message, terry, is what we've been hearing now for weeks. that it is very important for moscow to understand that the u. s. and nato want to continue the diplomatic dialogue, but that some of these demands are simply not acceptable. the large one being, of course, that nato would agree not to expand to other countries. notably ukraine at this point. so this is not coming as a surprise to moscow. what's in these letters, which i might point out, remain classified at this point, but which we heard about in press briefings last night. but at the same time, both the u. s. and nato are willing to talk about other issues that are important to moscow. nuclear policy arms control, possibly even a reduction in military exercises if moscow would agree to the same. so there are points that the u. s. and nato would like to see russia engage on, but they simply had to put this in writing as the kremlin requested to show that they were willing to continue the diplomatic path and very much hope

u. s. president joe biden has spoken directly to the russian leader in recent weeks. once again reiterating the message that has been delivered from various levels of government that the united states will respond in the strongest possible terms. if russia decides to invade ukraine, the 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 r

s as in guilt. and that is as a message, i don't think it will make him rethink what he's doing. let's get them other headlines now from around the world. u. s. supreme court justice steven briar will retire in june. brier is one of the liberal justices on the court. he now spent give president joe biden, an opportunity to nominate a replacement biden's predecessor donald trump secured the appointment of 3 supreme court justices. lawyers for britons, prince andrew, had asked for a jury trial for the sexual assault casey. as fighting in new york. the prince has once again denied accusations that he assaulted virginia ju fray when she was a teenager at the homes of geoffrey epstein. and he led maxwell kurdish lead. foresters say they have regained control of most of a prison in northern syria days after it was taken over by inmates. dozens of people were killed when detained members of the so called islamic state seized the site last week. the u. n. has expressed deep concern about hundreds of children being held at the facility. the battle outside these kurdish lead forces firing on i as fighters inside, hundreds of children were caught in

that is the message we've heard echoed across the u. s. administration. the west has warned moscow would pay a high price if it were to invade ukraine. and each commission president was our funder line, repeated that warning today saying europe would respond to a russian attack with quote, massive economic and financial sanctions and saying that europe is prepared. okay, we're keeping an eye on that press conference. let's bring in our chief international editor, richard walker, who's following all of this. so for us, i, richard, you know, we have seen this, this incredible flurry of diplomatic activity last week and this week as well, to try to diffuse the tensions, to try to rally the west through a common position. so can you remind us of what we've seen happen really of the last week and a half? yeah, it's been assume virtually every single day of the last week and a half or so that there's been a major diplomatic encounter of some kind. it began at the beginning of last week in geneva, where there were bilateral talks or talks just between the united

he says it's important because it would send a message to the wild that the u. s. is going to stand up to billy's. his warning is that if they don't make a stand over ukraine, then there would be great concern for taiwan island. thanks about a, an official there in washington d. c. i. let's take this on further. we can speak to simon henderson who jones live, also from washington. he is the baker fellow and director of the gulf and energy policy program at the washington institute. simon, welcome. so 1st up, russia as control of the gas t hat, the supplies 40 percent of europe's air gas intake. what would it mean to the millions and millions of people who rely on that supply? if putin does start to strangle it as they get cold, where january still february is still going to be cold, probably at least the 1st off as march as well. if putin plays with the gas supply . and there might be cuts in electricity and heating and cooking for a chunk of pop, the population of europe could be impacted so. so very severe privations it is there any precedent i what, what, what c

he at the latest mixed message and quite a mysterious one comes from 2 t claire south washington and keith. now on thursday, the u. s. on ukrainian president had a phone conversation, and the media reported the biden with warning the well, the brink of wild all 3. newton's waiting for the ground to freeze over in february . and that he'll give the signal for an invasion as a landscape for his pot was trying the party to calm his us counterpart down by stating that it's all still ambiguous. it seemed then that the 2 leaders would very much at all a call between us president joe biden and ukrainian president followed him or zalinski on thursday, did not go well. the senior ukrainian official told cnn amid disagreements over the risk levels of a russian attack. zalinski urged his american counterpart to calm down the messaging warning of economic impact of panic. according to the official, he also said ukrainian intelligence sees the threat differently so quickly such later that on top of all the other disagreements within the e, u and nato. now even washington and kia, who off, quite literally brothers in arms on to,

but the message has been consistent. that is the u. s. believe that the only way to resolve security differences with respect to concerns about russia invading ukraine is through diplomacy. and should russia choose an alternate path? there will be severe financial consequences. now, the reason that the united states is so gravely concerned is because there is u. s . intelligence that has been in place for months that russia is preparing for some sort of imminent attack. not only because there are tens of thousands of troops, russia has a mass along the border near ukraine, but also because there has been an uptick and activity on social media that seems to indicate that an attack may be in it. our views. this is an extremely dangerous situation. we're now at a stage where russia could, at any point, watch an attack and ukraine. and what secretary blinking is going to go do is highlight very clearly. there is a diplomatic pass forward. it is the choice of president putin and the russians to make whether they are going to suffer severe econ

switch of pack though, because if you look at the way this message was put across in the last 2 months, well, was put across very differently. u. s. intelligence officials say russia could invade ukraine as soon as january, and as because of russian troops that are massed on ukraine's borders are now to see to russia could at any point, want an attack in ukraine. russia is the aggressor here. we will not accept the campaign, russia is waging to subvert its democratic neighbors against oldenburg. also spoken awful. lot about the beefing up of nato forces in the east of the alliance. either committing troops towards deployment in the east or troops been ready to deploy to the east. now also on friday was confirmed by the slovakian foreign. yes sir, that his country is in discussion with ne, so for the stationing of troops in slovakia, slovakia does border ukraine, but what was confirmed by yen salton berg on friday also is that there's no plans to send nato troops into ukraine. it's correct that we are not planning to deploy, nate to combat troops to ukraine, and nevada, great yen salt and berg was also at pains to say that nato wa

u. s. secretary of state has bain in kia, reaffirming washington's commitment to ukraine, hota abdel hum, it has the latest out of keith. and i suppose the message is the same, but this time is from the ukrainian capital. give that u. s. secretary of state, anthony blink and renewed calls for russia to choose diplomacy, or per year price, in case of military escalation. today, there are some 100000 russian soldiers near ukraine's borders. and in that sense, the threat to your friends is unprecedented. so the president asked me to underscore once again, our commitment to ukraine, search for integrity, to sovereignty towards independence. these clear range visit comes as washington confirms another $200000000.00 in military aid for give a clear show of support for what do you as called ukraine's fundament, the right to sovereignty. that's a good moscow. it says that's a threat to its own security. ukraine into us, hoping this military support may change president vladimir putin calculations, even though more russian troops on the move this time to was ukraine's northern border. russia says is the head of plan military exercises with bella roost. a

u. s. is cindy more weapons to the ukrainian military, a bitter sweet message delivered after talks and kiya with ukraine's president and foreign minister. we have given more security assistance to ukraine in the last year than at any points to 2014. and they say we're doing that on the same basis. the deliveries are ongoing. again, as recently as bless you east and more scheduled with companies. should russia carry through with any aggressive intense and renew its aggression and invade ukraine will provide additional material. beyond that, it is already in the pipeline, and that will further aid in the infant evening. when to morrow blinkin will be here in berlin for talks with the quad group, which includes germany, france and the u. k. on friday, blinkin will be in geneva for one on one talks with russian foreign minister sag elaborate. lincoln is hoping these will be the final stops for a diplomatic train headed for de escalation to de rushes. deputy foreign minister said there will be no russian invasion of ukraine if he's wrong, for the blinking diplomatic express. this week could be t

it gives out conflicting messages, or the problem is also with the u. s. health care system. on the one hand, we have a lot of it is regulated at the local level. so you might have mask mandates in one city and then the next city over doesn't have mask mandates. and that's, you know, incredibly confusing for people. and i think last and really importantly, is that so much of the u. s. health care system is outside of the federal government. it is privatized, it is for profit. so having the government coordinate everything is, is quite difficult given that so much of our health care is not meant to be coordinated at this level. so the buying an administration has to overcome a lot like deploying the military, even just to get doctors and nurses, the support that they need at this is where should they approach b? because the trump administration was, came that states sorta and do themselves go head to head and, and deploy their own advice. the barked administrations clearly trying to take some kind of federal response here. where does the solution lie? because it seems neither

u. s. base platform, youtube, russian channels like to spread that message alongside images of protest from the west. i think there used to be a misguided belief that in open information market truth will to ultimately succeed . and that is simply no longer true because that is not what generates the most activity. this totally unregulated and really unprecedentedly experimental, incredibly toxic brand new information ecosystem that is global, that we have built, arose and a matter of a handful of years. and we are suddenly trapped in it. above all, authoritarian rulers benefit from the situation. and it's consequences reach as far as australia. many chinese live here becoming a target for propaganda from the c. c. p. in sydney, chung e, fong, as tracked their efforts during the pandemic. this is a typical case of missing information by the senate commissioner party. they didn't all our war to eliminate the real information and keep those information away from the public. they center the doctors and delete any information link to this outbreak. by covering up the outbreak, beijing put the w

u. s. force, but it be sending to the region to send a message. the us president completely believes that he will stand behind nato if it is invoked yet. partly in the us defense secretary lloyd austin insisting that diplomacy is still possible was what was even saying well, what they're the methods they're trying to send is just how absolutely her rick, this could be an, it's been interesting. we've seen over the last couple of weeks, it's really the message from inside the pentagon. we talked to people is really been shifting. at 1st, they looked at the numbers and they thought, well, that's not enough for proven to take over the entire country of ukraine. perhaps he just wants to go to the east, secure different sections, but it was much different tone way that we heard from both of us secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. now they're saying as you just heard, that they think he has not only the people but the weaponry, the jets that he could be able to basically march across ukraine. and they're talking about just

u. s. has so far as the 1st message, i didn't have that wrong re, inflation under control is the demand of the people. so we're taking measures to address that. and based on statistics, inflation rates are on a downward trend. it's a good beginning. they could lead to drop in high prices, but those measures are in having an impact in the neighborhood stores yet. and for most iranians, the struggle to put bread on the table continues. chris will say that ultra 0 to harass in watching the news ally from london most delightfully on the program. keeping the wolf from the door countries pan a mass killing program last year in union steps in ange. oh, it's the end of an era for indian cricket. we'll have the details later on in the program. ah. and away we go with your weather update for europe and africa. hello everyone. good to see you. high pressure really in charge across much of the continent. so things fairly settled, but there is some turbulent weather to pick out. we've got some showers dancing in to the low countries. we'll see the winds pick up that pivots into germany, and same goes f

u. s. secretary of state anti blinking, that you use time to pull out as the block is sending a strong message of unity against russian aggression or collective diplomatic efforts to convince russia to take the best of dialogue will continue. even though the russian rhetoric does inspire a lot of confidence, but should the promise you fail, we are very well advance in the preparation of responses to a potential russian aggregate aggression. and certainly he will be a quick and determined action with a strong unity. not only we seen did a via union, but also internationally. your top diplomat, they're speaking a, let's bring in. jack parodied up his brussels correspondent, a jack, the e u is still pursuing very much a diplomatic dialogue as a means to a resolution to this ongoing crisis. what exactly are their options? this is the big question. the sort of diplomatic efforts have been extremely difficult and strained, mainly led by the united states. as we saw with those geneva talks, for instance, between so gay lover of the russian foreign minister and the secretary of state of the us. anthon