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

diplomacy aimed at the escalating tensions over ukraine begins to day with representatives from russia and the u. s. 2 to sit down together in geneva . tensions have risen over russia's massing of troops and tanks near its border with ukraine. the talks were expected to be quote, difficult, western countries fear the kremlin could be planning an invasion of ukraine. moscow says it feels threatened by u. s. and nato expansion. both sonnets have played down hopes of a breakthrough. us president joe biden on the phone with moscow in december, on a business like call that was meant to ratchet down tensions over ukraine. the u. s . has threatened severe economic sanctions if russia invades an advisor to russian president vladimir putin pushed back after the call. but i need such sanctions would be a colossal mistake. that would entail grave consequences. a lot of mistakes have been made over the past 30 years. and we had better avoid more such mistakes in this situation. after we need it. russia is already under sanctions for its 2014 annexation of the crimean peninsula. weeks afterwards, pro russian gr

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart to blink and allow for of making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy, as waived, the escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war. decades on her old rivalries have resurfaced. both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera, geneva, or build up a russian arms and troops his stroking fears of the people in ukraine. for many this is reminiscent of 2014 when the war in the countries east began under abdul. hamid is in kiev, where some a bracing for conflict. i know many of the she's come to pay her respects not to forget friends last since the war broke out in the east of the country in 2014 in their sarah. god sca was a

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart, blinkin and lap off making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera geneva despite their differences, us in russia say they're open to further dialogue. dorsey jabari has more from moscow. the russian foreign minister said that there is currently a lot of hysteria that russia is not interested in invading ukraine. and all this talk is a false narrative that's been created by the western powers to give them an excuse to put more nato troops alongside the border, a with

u. s. and russia. they said that was good also. i also the u. s signaling and wants to re enter the the raw nuclear deal and re enter the paris climate accord. of course, there's also the rapid development of the cobit 19 vaccine. but that goes right into all the negatives that happened this past year as well, more than 5000000 people dead globally from cov id and the did an inequitable distribution of that vaccine to poorer countries. and there was the glasgow summit that did not result in those commitments to keeping a global warming and under 2 degrees celsius. ah, and the disinformation, they cited the january 6th insurrection in the u. s. specifically as signaling how weak democracy may be. and so all of those things cancelling each other out, but the scientists did have a hopeful note as well. adrian saying that human kind certainly has the capability to work against these threats and delivering messages to the youth in particular, and saying that they can go on to the, to, to the website of the bulletin dot org to find ways to help move th

u. s. russia conflict is really less immediate than a russia ukraine conflict. now that could escalate out of control and eventually involve the u. s. but there, you know, a bunch of steps that would have, that would come in between fighting in eastern ukraine or in any part of ukraine and, and the u. s. marshal conflict. and if we were to see a full scale invasion of ukraine by russia, what kind of reaction would you expect from nato? well, i think they, the us and its allies in nato have been pretty explicit about that. first that there would be severe economic sanctions that the u. s. u t t up that there would be significant sort of political sanctions in terms of the treatment of russia going forward. and that there would be significant upping of nato military presence in the eastern plank allies. nato allies that are close to ukraine and feel the most direct sense of the threat from russia, and that the u. s. has said that it would increase its assistance, military assistance directly to ukraine in the event that such a conflict. so those are the sort of det

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border, and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s and russian positions are clearly far apart to blinkin and laugh off, making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy, as waived, the escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler al jazeera geneva to let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly how can now, it seems to be some hope still for diplomacy, but neither side, willing to, to compromise or to back down. what might the by the ministrations next, move be then well the bible ministration is preparing for all eventuality, including the possibility of conflict. the u. s. president. according to the white house press, secre

u. s. possibly of what russia do this at the us mexican border, or the u. s. canadian border, of course not. so again, this is an american created crisis, but one where russia actually does have to respond and actually make clear that this, in fact, is unacceptable. long term and short term for russia's national interest. you know, john went looking at the media drumbeat here and the gaff that we, well that was just mentioned by biden. i mean by just let the mass drop for a 2nd. each time you talked about one of the scenarios here. he got off script. this is what he does here, but one should expect that russia has its own scenario as well. but i mean the media, it seems to be the cheerleader as usual. you know, i always get worried when something's bipartisan in america because it's usually something bad like war. and this, the kind of illogical sequencing that the, this is the context of all you know, to protect ukraine. we have to send more weapons may be troops. but if you do that, then russia feels threatened and then you get this, you get this cascade e

u. s. and russia are still walked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats in their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called on going harassment by american authorities. u. s. official say it's now up to moscow to respond to what the americans consider reasonable proposals to and the crisis. but they saying they're still ready to impose the harshest sanctions possible. if moscow orders its troops to invade ukraine. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the state department. now this be no immediate response from moscow to the u. s. and nato demands, but to elia, russia's foreign minister warned of swift retaliation unless concessions are made. if you, when you're good, usually constructively, with a constructive response does not arrive and the west continues its aggressive course. moscow will, as president putin has said on more than one occasion, take the necessary retaliatory measures. so just though still busy for security of russia and its citizens is an unconditional priority, and it will be reliably ensured in all circumstances by max ber

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border, and is moving weapons into allied belo, bruce, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart, blinkin and la proff making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war. decades on old rivalries have resurfaced. both sides accused each other. regression and relations are dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera geneva still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of displays, syrian struggle to stay warm and find shelter after a snow storm raged through their tense. ah, thank you for joining him. we had extreme flooding in montevideo earlier in the week, and i think there is more in the forecast for you on saturday, with these rocket storms around the river plate region. the darker the color, the more intense the ra

the stand off between russia and the west over ukraine arrived at the united nations. today the u. s. called an emergency meeting of the security council. the only objection came from moscow and b g. what we saw was a public diplomatic brawl. the u. s. accusing russia of acting like a bully, preparing to strike.

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart to blinkin and life of making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced. both sides accuse each other. regression and relations are dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming week is turbulent. natasha butler, just sarah geneva. the build up of russian troops on the border has raised fears of conflict for many ukrainians. and the 1st shipment of additional u. s. military aide. $200000000.00 worth of equipment has arrived in the capital cave, but hundreds of people have rallied in the city calling for the escalation. ah, for more on this, i am joined by our guests in washington, dc. curt walker distinguish fellow of th

u. s. and russia have suck. in fact, it hasn't been this bad since the cold war ended some 30 years ago, and called right in the middle europe and ukraine. here is ukraine's un ambassador . ukraine strongly rejects any attempt to use the threat of force as an instrument of pressure to make a crane and our partners except illegitimate demands. there is no room for compromise. on principle is use the most principal position of for ukraine that we have inherent, sobering right? to choose our own security arrangements, including treaties of alliance, which cannot be questioned by russia. more although, these ride is enshrined in many international legal instruments. the thrush itself, a body to my 1st gets to 9, says this crisis over ukraine is about more than the threat of a russian invasion. it is about the trans atlantic security order, as we know it, and rushes determination to change it. in her latest book putin's world russia against the west and with the rest, professor angela stent analyzes what is motivated

u. s. president joe biden, as he will best nato's presence in eastern europe to deter russia from invading ukraine. u. s. defense officials have warned that russia has deployed enough forces to invade all of the country, calling moscow's trip build up something not seen since the cold war. yes, president biden. i will review for future europe in the little country in the near term. not long while those there are conflicting messages coming from washington and kia about the threat of a russian invasion of ukraine. president lansky has cautioned the west against stoking fears of russia military action. he said, war was not necessarily eminent near the border with russia, ukrainian soldiers prepare for the worst. but behind the scenes, a flurry of diplomatic activity races to de escalate tensions. russia insisted it is not seeking war in a press conference on friday. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski, also called for com, saying that panic was causing damage to the economy. paul's, what we need to establish the economy of our country because of those signals which say that to morrow there

russia. that's taking center stage at the u. n's, most powerful body, top diplomats from russia and the u. s. and their allies been facing each other at the security council member states. we're meeting there to discuss the situation. russia has a mass, tens of thousands of troops on its border with ukraine. moscow says it is not planning to invade his what washington's ambassador told the council.

u. s. in russia agreed to talk some more. and what the cia has discovered about the havana syndrome will be right back with ah ah, with oh oh, a the show next tackle the issue is shaping the continents of d. w, and use africa with where gone with what's making the headlights and what's behind with the way on the streets to give you enough reports on the insights all the trends. my talk to you in 60 minutes on d w ah, in how many pollution? so now in the world right now, the climate change. if any, off the story, this is life less the way from just one week. how much left can really get we still have time to go. i'm doing all with flex. if it's subscribe, like with closely listen, carefully, don't know how those 2 things you missed today. go ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. with after 90 minutes behind closed doors in switzerland today, both the u. s. secretary of state and the russian foreign minister agreed to meet again soon.

u. s. territory of guam within striking distance. ah, in less than an hour from now the u. s. in russia will face each other across the table of the un security council over ukraine. met the states will meet for the 1st time to discuss the crisis. as russia continues to amass troops along ukraine's board up and deployed fighter jets in the region. let's go live now to the united nations in new york, on diplomatic editor, james bass. is the james, the u. s. cold, the spacing. why now? well yes, there's been lots of discussion about why not have a meeting before now, and i think the reason for that is the u. s. and it's western allies have been trying to prepare the ground to work with not just other members of the security council, but other members of the united nations across the wider membership, a 193 countries trying to persuade countries that this is a significant issue of international peace and security and not just a regional european issue. the reason to have it right now to day rather than to morrow is i think, clear when you look at who's going to be the president of the un s

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border, and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart to blinkin and laughter of making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of d, escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war. decades on her old rivalries, have resurfaced. both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler al jazeera geneva, as we had there in natasha's report, russia wants her written response to it. security demands from the west. 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 alliances. but russia wants a ban on nato deploying weapons and forces in central and eastern european countries that join th

if russia invades ukraine and accusation, but the u. s. is labeled against it, russia has denied that consistently. so what, so the sanctions are we talking about? the u. s. says they severe, it says that there will be sanctions on energy goods on consumer products and also on the baton on exports of advanced electronic components as well as software. and that coming out from the u. s. is led to huge disappointment already from the russian side. russia will not bow to you as pressure and will not accept any concessions. the unilateral approach proposed by the u. s. a. nato can't be used as the basis for discussing security guarantees. one of the big meeting issues that they will be discussing is the former soviet union country of ukraine, particularly the issues in the crisis. it's been ongoing now for many years in the east of ukraine. now the u. s. and need to accuse rush over the last few months of building up its troops on the board of ukraine. it says that an invasion of ukraine by russia is imminent. as soon as the snow melts, that is

u. s. in russia, the 2 largest nuclear powers may be on the verge of conflict. no, it's because biting happened to say that there might not be a major u. s. war against russia. in the event that there was a quote minor incursion into ukraine. so a bind is in a corner right now if he wanted to step back. and he said, look, let's, let's calm things down. let's not like play chicken, right, right there in ukraine. i don't think he has any political rome. i mean, the closed ranks within the u. s. ruling establishment echoed by the media, whether it's m s n b c or fox news. it's the same chorus and, and the question is why, what, as, what has actually happened? russia has a mass troops, allegedly inside of russia. russia has said in writing, look, this is a red line, couldn't set at the end of the year. press conference, this is a red line. we will not let you crane. we will not let our border area be a staging ground for advanced weapons with missiles whose flight time might be 2 or 3 minutes to their targets in russia, or to allow ukraine to be permanently in nato.

the russia, u. s. stocks in geneva were highly anticipated, but expectations of a positive outcome were low, very low rushes. chief negotiator says americans, under estimate the gravity of the situation, these are ominous words. what will be the cost of this failure? elicit emotions, medieval institutions, montana, godlike technology. and the combination of these 3 very you could say historically distinct seeks fixes within our psycho physical makeup have rendered us pretty dangerous to ourselves and to the planet. now we have e cigarettes, i just heard that it was a healthy alternative to cigarettes, and do we trust tobacco companies with their message that these new products are actually going to reduce? are these sugars are making the tobacco up and down torch? ah, welcome back. as the nato russia council meets today in brussels, to discuss the growing tensions of ukraine that learn kazakstan and joined from chevy chase in maryland. by for messina, u. s. government advisor, edward not vac author of

u. s and russia in their talks about ukraine. yeah, i mean this really is the, the great concern that the ukrainians have, of course, that they are stuck in the middle. and that you just have the great powers debating across them. and that's even the fear for the europeans themselves. and we've heard it from, from some of the m e u leaders in recent weeks voicing that very concerned that we're kind of reaching a moment in this kind of struggle between the great powers on the global stage where it really is a matter of a great power to sit down with each other and nobody else really matters very much . but it's only what we saw last week with those diplomatic talks that did take place. although they began with just bilateral talks between the u. s. and russia, they did then open up to talks with nato. and the o. s. c, e, this, a european security organization. and officials that we've been talking to here in berlin have been at pains to stress how close are the consultation, has been going on or on a trans atlantic level. but what

russia's coal to ban kiev from nato. wilson. jordan has more for washington, dc. on wednesday night, the u. s. ambassador to russia john solomon hand delivered the american response to russia's demands for increased security guarantees. amid it's scanned off with the west over ukraine, the letter several pages, long pizza, the biden administration's position u. s. troops go where they're wanted. individual countries decide whether they want to join, nato and russia must abandon any plans to invade ukraine. moscow says it has no such plants. the document is with them and walls in their court. we'll see what we do, as i said repeatedly, whether they choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, whether they decide to renew aggression against ukraine were prepared either way, good to see you again. but the u. s. also offered some proposals it thinks could reassure russian president vladimir potent and his government printed arms control, improved transparency on u. s. engagement in ukraine, and changes to u. s. nato exercises and eastern europe. the russians received a similar note from nato leader

expand eastwards and will instead, rollback deployments in eastern europe. discussions between russia and the u. s. began in geneva without a handshake or other formalities, irreconcilable positions, divide the 2 countries. russia wants bullet proof guarantees that ukraine will never become a nato member, a promise. the u. s. categorically rejects the u. s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said the talks couldn't be considered negotiations under current terms and that russia must deescalate. now, if moscow wants to keep talking, russia has been massing soldiers near the ukranian border for weeks, causing concern for russia. denies any intention to attack russia's deputy foreign minister called the talks professional. but he says moscow remains firm on a central point to we on the score that for us is absolutely mandatory to make sure that the ukraine never, never, ever, becomes a member of nato. and the answer to that from brussels. the door to nato remains open for ukraine due to memorial renew. it is for ukraine on the 3rd to nato allies, to decide when ukraine is ready for membership. n

u. s. and russia are still walked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats and their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called ongoing harassment by american authorities. u. s. official say it's now up to moscow to respond to what the americans consider reasonable proposals to and the crisis. but they saying they're still ready to impose the harshest sanctions possible. if moscow orders its troops to invade ukraine. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the state department here as president joe biden is set to get his 1st chance to nominate and new supreme court judge me to report a liberal justice stephen briar is set to retire at the end of the courts. current term, another energy firm has announced its withdrawing from me and mar because of human rights concerns. the australian company would side follows energy giant chevron and total and pulling out from the armies biggest source of foreign income whole and has started building a 180 kilometer long wall on its border with bella. ruth, it's in response to a stand off with others. you accuses

u. s. refuses to accept. russia's leader also says the u. s. shouldn't be concerned about joint military exercises with belo russian forces due to start next month. western countries have accused the kremlin of preparing a pretext for an assault on ukraine. but some analysts say there's still room for a diplomatic solution to this crisis myself. i find it unlikely that russia would attack ukraine in risk manner, but people expect with huge landed force that would inevitably result in many casualties. i do not think much russian society and russian political system could take that psychological blow easily. lincoln is due to whole talks with russia's foreign minister, sergey leverage in geneva on friday as world powers try to diffuse the crisis, but the u. s. and it's on, i say they all ready to respond with severe consequences if russia attacks ukraine, victoria gate and be al jazeera let's, i get an update from what other hemmings was joining us from k f. so whether, what was the take away message from that press conference and the meeting t

u. s, the u. s. as no intention of sending an army to the ukraine, to stop any russia and, sorry, there are any national forces or our special forces from the united states and from britain in new great, special forces. useful in sierra leone. they're very useless base like this, but you don't confront the russian army with special forces, quote and quote. now people will need pads and some, you know, when 15 of them are plenty of them can go in the back of some of the london. and he's guide in there. that is great stuff came. when you go, he goes to russia army and you tried to pull stance. i guess you'll get killed fast . ok if you wish, compose russia militarily and some but mr. put in. it is a ride. true doctrine, he will not invade you crate when you crank it and then that could small force which will only prove up the ukrainians who wish to resist to resist. and it might even promote the entry of some, you know, for your p. m forces conceivably and other people. when you invade the country with insufficient forces, you start to war, you down end of war and put in being a competent fellow when he s

u. s. nuclear weapons from europe. as you said, this u. s. russia relation is what it's all about in the end. so what objective could put in actually still be pursuing here? and if deterrence doesn't work, what economic sanctions would convince him to stand out? well, 1st of all, where is he up to? and i think it's not just ukraine, but it is. it is more to say about the security arrangements in europe since 30 years. it is precisely about, and you mentioned the, the question of the withdrawal of american nuclear weapons from europe. i mean, there are not that many nuclear weapons left there, just a few bombs in germany in been alex, holland, italy, and turkey. so that is very few and in fact, what putin is intending by demanding the withdrawal of these weapons is much more. he talks about control in europe, it's about had gemini, as he sees it in american hegemony, which he would like to inherit. and so this is the big picture. the other big picture is we see lots of maneuvers, military exercises by russia undertaken at this point in time all over

u. s. steps up its warnings to russia over ukraine. the u. s. and his allies tell moscow a strategic gas pipeline would be sanctioned if russia and bates, ukraine, and president biden borne's, key of to prepare for a possible russian offensive as early as next month. also coming up desperation in afghanistan, months after the taliban take over, people are running out of money. many can't feed their families and their children are close to starving. we find out what's hindering aid efforts. plus, it's often called the world's largest annual human migration. but this year again, travel in china ahead of the lunar new year is impacted by coven restrictions. we'll have an update from beijing. ah. hello him, terry martin, thanks for joining us. stern warnings from the us have a rushes military build up on ukraine's borders on a phone call. thursday president biden urged his ukrainian counterparts law mister lansky to prepare for a possible russian invasion. washington is also pushed ahead on the diplomatic front requesting a un security council meetin

if russia invades ukraine, the u. s. has requested a public un security council meeting on monday to discuss what it calls russia's threatening behavior. rushes for our ministry meanwhile says the idea of a war with ukraine is unacceptable. but another official from the ministry wanted nuclear missile crisis with the u. s. is inevitable if checks onto place to turn tensions, akina passes. new military leaders as the country will return to constitutional order when the conditions are right. tenant colonel pulled on, read them you, but as address donation for the 1st time since seizing power in a qu on monday. the automation says this month with all my certainly see the highest number of civilian casualties of the 7 year war in yemen . saudi led coalition has launched air raids, yemen, it follow drone and miss all attacks by who the rebels on the erotic capital. nearly 100 people were among the casualties of a saudi strike on and gemini prison in response to the host. the attacks on the u. e. the u. s. is a g americans to r

u. s. president products russia will invade you crime. he's warmed his counter thought about him, a putin. they'll be costly, sanctions and heavy human losses for his actions. of a joe biden went on to say, he believed the russian leader is not a full blown boy. your effective state is in the ukraine to reaffirm american support. anthony blinked and warmed russia could invaded for a short notice elite russian funds minister. so the, a lot problem to meet on fighter on the 1st day flight to tell us and south today's volcanic eruption on some army has landed, the civic on a nation has been cut off from the world since the disaster. the flight from new zealand is being followed by another from australia. yes, president jo biden's been rebuilding relationships with european allies and nato off a ties were left strained and donald trump, his top foreign policy remains the threat posed by russia on the ukrainian border as dominant came reports from berlin. this is the front line in the as yet undeclared war between ukraine and russia. few forei

u. s. might do if russia doesn't need a try to invade ukraine? well, she has said o and she gave a little more clarity on the u. s. his position that there would be deep economic sanctions that took a possibly included targeting of the way that russia accesses international law. money markets. she all suggested that this would involve some, perhaps a export to limits that countries of that are allied with the u. s. with buying themselves, not able to sell certain equipment of technology in particular to russia or to russian persons. but says she did not say whether or not military action was steadfastly off the table. now, it's been suggested in the past couple of days that to the idea of nato, moving its troops from current locations in the eastern part of europe. that's not going to happen, but certainly she did suggest that one thing that could be pursued would be whether the, if the exercises that nato members and non affiliated countries carry out, perhaps those might be changed in a way to what, give moscow some sort of security assurance, b

u. s. intelligence says russia has already amassed at least a 100000 troops on its western border and is moving weapons into allied belarus, north of ukraine. the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart, blinkin and lap off making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler al jazeera geneva. so let's take a closer look at moscow's demands it once nato troops out of romania and bulgaria and seeks guarantees, the alons won't add any new members, namely ukraine and georgia. russia also wants assurances. the u. s. won't build any new military bases in former soviet states. and i told her so far reject these demands and says it's up to sovereign states to determine their own security arr

u. s. and pastor to russia. john sullivan has just left the foreign ministry building here in the russian capital. according to reports, he delivered washington's response to moscow, demands for security at gar, and see something that's been asked for for quite a while by moscow. mister sullivan declined. however, to answer reporter's questions, and i'd side the building so we don't really have a sense of what was in at the white house house until now. as i mentioned, dismiss rushes key, requests those key requests 1st and foremost, assurances that ukraine will not at join nato. an essentially increase in circle meant at a round russia, in terms of nato members, and also a pullback of forces near russia's borders. well, let's get the bigger picture here from our europe, corresponding, peter oliver in berlin. peter, you can price is a must a security concern for, for europe, from both sides or across the continent really, can you give us the latest in terms of international develop? and so on the various threats

and about a 1000000 bait. russian troops are actually in russia. ah, u. s. miss isles, surround, ah, russia and british troops on the borders of russia, nato troops, or on the borders of russia. nato troops surround russia from slovenia all away down. so the, the aggression, the potential aggression appears to be almost certainly on one side. but it's, it's never a quarter that way rid in san polio. the day, one of the most popular peak of the world today is barry obama. there was barack obama, who affectively ah, overthrew the elected government in ukraine in 2014 and allowed it to be replaced with her and anti russian aggressive regime that came as a result of an old a bomb as people that has brought nate, her u s b u k. right up to the border of russia. imagine the reverse. imagine the russians. ah, rather a russian presence ride on to the canadian border with the united states or the mexican border. is that it's there. her, it's the refusal to understand, to reverse such to put our souls in the position of a country that last i had her, i think it was 200

at issue us demands to respect the sovereignty of ukraine versus russia's demand that the u. s. show it more respect. today u. s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman, and her russian counterpart sat down together in geneva to diffuse. what has all the hallmarks of a cold worst and all russia has been massing troops and tanks near its border with ukraine, stroking fears of a plan invasion. no russia denies that it has any plans to invade ukraine. it is promising, however, to protect its interests, and those interests include keeping ukraine out of native today in language. echoing back to the 19 sixty's cuban missile crisis, moscow accused the u. s. a following an aggressive policy of military expansion. the kremlin, if standing by its demand that washington issued a legally binding promise that kiev will never become a member of native years. russia's negotiator, after today's talks for us, it's absolutely mandatory for to make sure that you agree never, never, never becomes a member of nato. we need iron clad. what the proof bullet proof, the legally binding guarantees not

u. s. and russia are still walked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats in their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called ongoing harassment by american authorities. u. s. official say it's now up to moscow to respond to what the americans consider reasonable proposals to and the crisis. but they saying they're still ready to impose the harshest sanctions possible. if moscow orders its troops to invade ukraine. rosalind jordan al jazeera, the state department. the inspector general says life in afghanistan has become a frozen hel. antennae could tear is wound, the humanitarian crisis. has left the country honey by a thread with education and of a social services on the brink of collapse. kurdish forces in northern syria say they've regained control of a prison following a weeklong sold by ice will fight us around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed, initials, attempt to free their comrades to military q and bikini faso will be discussed at an emergency meeting echo osteen is on friday. the regional organization has alre