u. s. thomas lawyers saying, wait a 2nd, you're trying to get a deposition of the way man, but the 5th he may actually speak, it want to bypass the laws of the criminal investigation that's also on the way. and that's not very sneaky. and at the very least, we should have a stay on the civil investigation while the criminal investigations on underwear as well. but also one of his lawyer said, look, if trump were to invoke the 5th amendment, potentially hundreds of times as part of the civil law suit that everyone will know about it. it will be on the front page of every newspaper and that will make it very difficult for trying to get a fair trial if the criminal investigation reaches some sort of fruition every very difficult jury selection. so that is a complicated case here, and we wouldn't really know whether this even happens or anything until we see what the judge the appeals judge says. if and when trump trump does make an appeal, the dutch prime minister has apologized to indonesia for what

u. s. representative thomas greenfield, linda thomas greenfield. that is when even further. busy and actually mentioned the russian empire as a point of reference to the president, putin asserted that russia today has a rightful claim to all territories, all territories from the russian empire. the same russian empire from before, the soviet union from over a 100 years ago. that includes all of ukraine in essence to didn't want the world to travel back in time to time before the united nations to time when empowers. busy rule the world, a comments from the u. s. they're not coming completely out of the blue because russia has been long the kid long accused of having these expansion is tendencies. so how did they respond to that? well, yes, we just said that we say we heard linda thomas greenfield, they're having some actual trouble listing those countries. she says that russia has their intentions to kind of annex and rebuild the u. s. s. saw as it were, she also says that russia has the intentions on parts of poland and turkey. now they saw would be quite amusing if it were

u. s. representatives that emergency meeting much more of the same rhetoric, more russian aggression and the promise of sanctions. we just heard from the u. s. representative. linda thomas greenfield. debating the fact that these are at peacekeepers sent from russia into the regions said we know exactly what the yes, what she means by that. what we're seeing is more attention paid to this rhetoric than there is to attention paid to events unfolding that such as violence and the increasing shelling towards the dawn valley region. another point to pick up on in thomas greenfield, greenfield, rather, linda thomas greenfield. i should say it's not thomas greenfield. a is the fact that she mentioned this, this history repeating itself and the president putin began his address of the nation yesterday by giving a long history lesson. and she mentioned that that is going appointed, pointing back to, to, to the beginning of the soviet union. and the president, putin is pushing for more imperialism and return to what was due the u. s. s. when in fact, the or the other way around, if we just listen to his speech written here, president putin warning against the dangers of adequate

u. s. ambassador t, n lender, thomas greenfield, really wants to betray. and he said, of russian minet, traction against ukraine is not just being a threat to key have but to all member states. that's right, and that's the point that ties no, she has been repeating on behalf of the bind administration, but we have also heard that from the un secretary general, mr. go durish, who was twice now in the last 24 hours, has basically accused russia of carrying out actions that undermined the very premise of the un charter nation so existing side by side of respecting each other sovereignty not trying to change other countries. borders by force without consent of those who would be governed in a new was political entity. and we've heard that a tone picked up by a number of the speakers who have been appearing at the podium at the general assembly on wednesday. that time if this is allowed to happen to ukraine, it could potentially happen to other countries, perhaps in europe, if not elsewhere. and so there was this very robust call to uphold the of the un charter

u. s. ambassador to the un linda thomas greenfield. said that a resolution will be presented before the council on thursday to condemn the developments in the sy, eastern ukraine, and indeed across a much of ukraine. from what of reports are us adjusting. and that this is going to have to be a critical moment for the united nations to stand up. what we also saw, notably, was a very up her snug thing, if you can call it that, between the crania of ambassador to the un, as well as a, from the russian ambassador to the you in the, a, basically, the ukranian ambassador said that to those who have a watched the attack on his people aren't going to be in purgatory. they will go straight to hell. his words not mine. the russian ambassador for his part said that this is all about not going after the ukrainian people. it's about removing what he called the home to the political law entities in key that have been in charge. essentially the government of the resident, their volota, mir zalinski. so at this meeting, just wrapped up and there's cer

u. s. ambassador, linda thomas greenfield. who said that not only could this so lead to a grave, humanitarian crisis given of the precariousness of the situation. but it also calls into the very existence and purpose of the united nations itself. this is a body that was created in of the a wake of world war 2 to prevent future wars and catastrophes from happening. and she said, this is a moment where the u. n. community needs to stand up and to hold russia fully accountable for its aggressions. on eastern ukraine's residence ross nicely that rosalind jordan a lie for us at the united nations. now on the ground, ukraine is preparing to impose a nationwide state of emergency president water damage. the landscape is cold up reserve us age 18 to 60, and he's called on the world to impose what he calls swift and robust sanctions on russia, who, speaking during a joint declaration with leaders from lithuania and poland smokers. and we are unanimous in the assessment of this crime of the russian federation. this is yet another active

u. s. representative of linda, thomas greenfield went even further and use the russian empire as a reference would need is probably q, and a potent asserted that russia today has a rightful claim to all territories. all territories from the russian empire, the same russian empire from before, the soviet union. from over a 100 years ago. that includes all of ukraine. it includes finland. it includes bella, ruesch, and georgia and mel dover. this is something that russians have become quite accustomed to, isn't it? these accusations of expansion is the tendency of dreams. how did they respond? of course, something else that they've been accustomed to. you're absolutely right in saying that they've been accustomed to this rhetoric. they've also got used to the idea that the west completely ignores russia. security demands, as we just heard linda thomas greenfield saying that having some trouble in actually listing some of the countries that were part of the u. s. s. i says that russia has designs on annexing the, in the complete list of countries that were parts of the soviet union as well as p

and we heard there from ambassador linda thomas greenfield, the u. s. ambassador to the united nations, again reiterating that the blame for all of this sits firmly as far as the u. s. is concerned with vladimir putin. we have heard some very strong words that she said earlier that she criticized b. what had been said by the united, by the, the, the russian ambassador and to the united nations, calling it atrocious lies and propaganda. we heard searcy and kill it, said cia, it's use me the, i'm returning ambassador to that. i did, nation's calling what the russian ambassador had said, a letter of application for an upscale seat in hell. no. given the point that you were making earlier, she had that these are essentially words that the, that actions are very different. nevertheless, the tone is definitely suggesting that as far as diplomacy is concerned, has grown to a halt. we're now just effectively we're in a war situation and talking isn't really going to get us out of it. whether the ukrainians did say that they were so committed to negotiations. a

u. s. sam baset are in contrast. thomas greenfield said russia wants to fabricate a, provide text for an attack, recognition the evidence at all. so it really was a controversial debate, a fight for the public opinion, really. and that was the plan of the united states to put that topic. ukraine on the world stage rayleigh and ukraine isn't a member of the security council, but it did take part in the meeting. what are the chances that we could see direct diplomacy between russia and ukraine? well today we, we saw in particular high attentions and sharp attacks rather than diplomacy. but of course, on the other hand, all conflict parties are in or were involved in that meeting. and it's the 1st time also that the security council got together on the topic of russian true built up at the ukranian border. and so the plan of the u. s. was to put that topic on the world stage. and it was also clear from the start that there were no hopes, really of any formal action resulting out of that meeting. of course, russia has veto ride

u. s. sam baset or linda thomas greenfield, called moscow's argument indefensible. and this is president putin's war of choice . if he chooses to escalate further, russia and russia alone will bear full responsibility for what is to come. the challenge for the diplomat, how to resolve this crisis. this suggestion from the ukrainian foreign minister. my message is simple that do not wait too long. you have to act now. literally, every day, decisions have to be adopted. more sanctions have to be imposed. more weapons have to be supplied. more diplomatic efforts have to be undertaken calling on countries to use their powers to try to prevent a full blown war. rosalyn, jordan, elders, era at the united nations. the ear opinion has agreed to impose further sanctions on russia. they're expected to target defense minister. so again, chicago and top military commanders, as well as banks on that finance the armed forces. the block will also impose sanctions on hundreds of members of russia's parliament, which voted to recognize ukraine's break await regions. will president v

u. s. a ambassador to the united nations today linda thomas greenfield, talked of unprovoked violations of the international law. and so oliver's salad in washington dc. many thanks, oliver. let's take a closer look now at the fighting in eastern ukraine which has intensified over recent days. d. w correspondent mathias bellinger filed this report from the village close to the line between ukrainian and separatist held territory. it is quiet at the moment a good time to leave for days now the people in the village of rubica have been under fire. the villages in ukrainian government control territory and is being shared by separatists from the other side, much cl additional deliberately and then up the whole night. some people are still in a cellar too scared to come out. dicky, the kids spent the whole day yesterday downstairs, but at night we went upstairs, is pregnant because it was just too cold. downstairs a seller is the seller, put lowest half of the village has already left. the others are terrified shows have come down right in the center of the village. one shall have the schoolya

s, russia, ukraine, and eastern europe department. and now we're joined by thomas vaughn. he's a member of the conservative c s u, a position group in germany is parliament and to their spokesman. transatlantic relation, mrs. obama, this visit has been seen as some last ditch diplomacy. but president putin has made it quite clear that he wants to hear from joe biden. is that going to limit what all of shows can achieve today? i left the, in a lot of bilateral talks of tires politic level in the last days. and now it's the last minute attempt, indeed of chancellor charles in order to avoid war, it's up to put in our $0.02 in the us for de escalation. so what do you make then of the signals of the escalation that my colleague just mentioned, the to withdraw, which is still unconfirmed. and also what lover of yesterday said about diplomacy? still a way to go about russia did everything. what is needed for invading the ukraine? more than 140000 troops at the borders of ukraine. any equipment which is needed. so russia is in a position rear, in any nation is it could be a matter of hours or more than bees. in this si

u. s. about was about to speak. i'm not sure what you're seeing as yet. yeah. she had, let me just interrupt you that because the u. s. embassy to the you and linda thomas green field just about to speak. let's just, let's just listen to what she has to say to him. late in the evening, this urgent emergency meeting of the security council is our 3rd meeting over the past few weeks on russia. russia's threat to ukraine, and it is the 3rd time you've heard from the rest of the security council, a unified message that russia should not start war, that russia should lean toward diplomacy, that it should not continue its unprovoked attacks on ukraine, on ukraine, sovereignty, and on their territorial integrity that it should not defy the foundational principles of the un charter. and you also heard the secretary general make that statement as well to day. to day president putin gave a speech that clearly sets up a pretext for invasion. in doing so, he toured the minks agreements to shred, and as the secretary general said, earlier to day, he violated the un charter. just now my russian count apart, made assertions without evidence that demonstrate their effo

so we just heard there from a linda thomas, sir greenfield, the u. s. ambassador to the you and very much a echoing the, the line that we've heard from the u. s. government on this, the russia is, is, is the only one to blame here. ah, but does this put some, the u. s. administration in something of a quandary and they said the crit, their critics will say, as they have already, eddie said in, in washington that, um, they will, they will go to biden and say, this happened on your watch. you let this happen. and they will be looking for, for tangible results are short of military action. so what does, what does biden have left to do them? well, actually, my dad has been at the forefront of this or, you know, a number of days, no number of weeks. in fact, he's the one who's warranty, europeans and he's the one would try to exploit the crisis in order to bring it all back and center, bringing it back from the debt, bringing the brain that natural back into life. so if anything goes why didn't, has been quite proactive, and i think he's probably going to u

u. s. ambassador to the united nations today linda thomas greenfield. talked of unprovoked violations of the international law. it's a oliver's salad in washington, d. c. many things over the leaders of poland and lithuania, se ukraine should be granted. european union candidate status because of the security challenges it faces from russia. the 3 leaders issued a joint declaration following talks and kia, they also called on the international community to impose robust sanctions against russia, including measures targeting the north stream to gas pipeline between russia and germany, which germany has now committed to whole ukrainian president vladimir zalinski warn that russia's actions in easton, ukraine will impact the whole of europe. dedira he lay request. we had substantial discussions on wishes, actions regarding security. and we are confident that the future of european security is being decided now. he, in ukraine unless we have coordinated our efforts on how to count to rach russia and how to deescalate the situation was living with them with switching and the russian military

u. s. and the u. k. to stage a diplomatic boycott, china responded by having a weaker athlete light. the olympic flay. sticking to the script. international olympic committee president, thomas bah, cited his know, politics, pledge, the ear, her position, or for the the i, you see her must be given via political or neutrality of it. we are not her commenting on her political, her issues. however, organizers did comment on this display from ukraine. instead of calling it political, the i o. c. described it as a call for peace on the sporting front. russia's 15 year old figure skater, camilla valley ava dominated headlines due to testing positive for a band substance. but due to being a minor, while the eva was allowed to continue competing, which didn't end well for the teenager. away from the politics and controversy. china hauled in a record 9 gold medals. 2 went to freestyle skier, eileen, go. francesco free day and germany's bobsled team had an unforgettable showing in beijing. but when it comes to the best of the best, out doing all nations was norway. the norwegians top the metals table with a record 16 golds for more than the successful germans. despite the hiccups her

u. s. has weighed on this latest development. that's right to the announcement by vladimir putin, the russian president came while the u. s. ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, was making the rounds of the sunday public affairs shows here in the united states . she said that as she was learning about the announcement in real time, but she also said that it did not surprise her. a defense official who was speaking to reporters on sunday also said that todd, this was a not unexpected development, but that ty, this is an escalation, and that child certainly raises the risk of a potential law conflict between russia and the west. especially if somebody were to miscalculate and somebody else misinterpreted that action. and so it's been a sense of we have to be prepared to respond to this according to u. s. officials. but they are saying that this is purely an escal atory tactic being put forward by vladimir putin. all right, thank you so much. rosalind jordan reporting from washington d. c. well, have a fighting continues in several ukrainian cities after russian troops stepped up their military advance. but this was a scene in boucher an area just ou

diplomatic editor has spoken to the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, asking her whether the u. s. can verify rushes claims that some of its troops are pulling back. you've not been able to confirm that their troops are, are pulling back. we've heard these reports just as you had. but what we know is that russia still has more than 100000 troops on the ukrainian borders. so the threat is still there. we will keep leaning in on a diplomatic way forward. as long as the russians are willing to, to continue to the discussions at the diplomatic table. the crimes government for its part says it will believe in de escalation when it sees it. the foreign minister wants moscow to pull back all remaining forces from the shed border. natasha butler, now with some reaction from yes, we have heard from ukraine's of foreign minister to metro. calais vall, let me just read you what he has said. he has said that we and our allies of manage to prevent russia from any further escalation. it is already the middle of february and you can see that diplomacy is continuing to work. so he's obviously see

we spoke to thomas debra han of the c s. u a little bit earlier who said yes, it is now time to talk about sending weapons to ukraine. is that debate actually going to move the needle? we see the german government shift its policy entirely on the that debate is back. it is faring out, but i don't think it will sift the naval simply because also the big question is whether germany is bonus. very armed forces actually have that terribly much to offer that we could, it could, they could simply handover. there's deep frustration also in the bonus for leadership. one, the, the head of the armed forces actually taking to linked in this morning and basically stating that if the german armed forces don't really have very much. in fact, the german outlook on russia is looking very pale this morning and the party, the social democrats party of german chance at all. our shots is holding an emergency virtual meeting this afternoon to debate the next steps. afterwards, the social democrat party that had been if anything, holding their chan

i'm joined now by thomas and he is a member of the german parliament for the conservative c s u party, which sits in the opposition and the vice chair of the foreign affairs committee. mister and the, the german government has long argued that it won't send weapons to conflict zones because of a historic responsibility as the word has been used. is that responsibility over now? no, the responsibility is, is not the or no. but i think what we derive from our history is basically there's possibility to protect the democratic. and so we're in state against aggression. and in the beginning, it was always said, we need to keep up the diplomatic channels and therefore we do not deliver weapon. but i think that is definitely over now. and so we need to do everything to support the creating people and they are in the military and are it's a good decision and get that the government took that decision today to deliver weapons? well, many can argue that aggression against the sovereign state is one of the reasons why most conflicts happen. so what is different this case? well, i think it's in f

thomas takes the top award. ah i'm really mohammed, welcome to the program. german chancellor, olaf sholtes and u. s. president joe biden have called on russia to take real steps towards de escalation on ukraine's border. after a phone call to discuss the crisis on europe's eastern flank, russia announced that it's pulling back some of its forces from the border that the us and nato say there are no signs of any russian troop withdrawal yet. and while fears of a russian invasion of ukraine did not materialize, the united states and its allies maintain that the threat remains high. on the japanese washington bureau chief in as paul is following all the latest developments. now the u. s. president spoke to german chancellor oliver sholtes a short while ago. what more do we know about that conversation? well, june chance lola schwartz and you as president biden see little progress in the border area, rahile with ukraine. both politicians agreed that the risk of further military aggression by russia is actually still wary. high both said that the highest reject vigilance is required and that a significa

u. s. transgender swimmer has $14.00 times at the women's ivy league university swimming championships. near thomas has been at the center of a debate around the inclusion of transgender people. in the event with the governing body decided in the athletes favor. the subcommittee decided implementing additional changes at this time could have unfair and potentially detrimental impacts on schools and student athletes intending to compete in 2022 national collegiate athletic association women swimming championships. we express our support for lia thomas and all transgender college athletes who deserve to be able to participate in safe and welcoming athletic environments. another transgender swimmer, isaac hennick, also one of the championships, but has never been subject to the test. the testosterone rule changes having not undergone any hormone treatments for time, lia thomas meanwhile has taken one year of to so, so suppression therapy that won't allow her to compete with biological female swimmers. once the new regulation comes into force. now to discuss this rather divisive issue, we are joined by

u. s. is still pushing for an open meeting of the security council where people could, i mean, it's interesting. we look, look at a linda thomas greenville statement, the us ambassador you and one of the last thing she says is that can be no fence sitters in this crisis. and you wonder whether the u. s. is taking a slightly different approach. surely i'll try to see a trying to get everyone on the record as to where they stand, but this is still they hashed out. we think having said that though, it appears at least for now that a meeting will take place in 2 hours time. and i'm just being handed and then as we speak, that's the meeting is not open. so we have just confirmed that there will now be an open meeting, not as the russians eventually wanted. it will be an open meeting. that format is now confirmed al jazeera chaper tansy reporting live there from the u. n. in new york. let's go to washington. mike hanner is there for us. mike, president zalinski of ukraine and president biden spoke by phone earlier. what do we know of that call? for the call hath and that exactly the same time that president putin was speaking had la

thomas sparrow, many, many thanks as always. and now with sir, get the u. s. reaction from oliver's salad in washington dc. oliver, what are you hearing from that end of present been called his national security team to come together. jake sullivan, the national security advisor of the president, issued a stark warning on an attack earlier today. he said it would be a war on the ukrainian people. and then the russian president, vladimir putin would crush them, quote unquote, and harmed them. and that it could be extremely violent this war, and that is basically the concern here in washington present biden will then be able to say, look, this is exactly what i predicted. we've heard warnings coming out of the wide holes for days and weeks. that of lighting, or putin has been looking for a reasoning to create a pretext for war. and that by doing this, and by the speech that we just heard, created a framework for a subsequent invasion. another concern, of course, you're washington, is that it's not only about a, an invasion on ukrainian soil, which of course is

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national security council ambassador linda thomas greenfield, called this all a pretext for a further invasion. and we had heard more alarming voices like the former u. s. general and leader of the u. s. troops in europe. been hodges pointing out also that the situation in bella ross is alarming that they might enter the russian federation at least in the midterm. we also heard a former director of the national intelligence speaking that there might even be a tax on nato countries, of course, were very far away from such a terrible scenario. but washington is definitely alarmed. all right, thank you for that oliver. sanity washington. well, our president putin has nav side friendship tree says where the low hands can to netscape regents of their easton ukraine. day after recognizable as independent states. he plans to build military bases and established a joint defense mechanism. russian law makers voted to allow their troops to be stationed in the break republics. if one said, the military presence would maintain stability and independence. the criminal also says its recognition of the 2 regions extensive territory currently held by ukrainian forces.

u. s. and its allies and the russians on the other side with the chinese and the indians. rather broadly trying to stay on the fence between them on the american side, linda thomas greenfield. rubbish. this notion that russia is currently said to peacekeepers into this region, saying that that was simply nonsense. the russian ambassador for he's saying that russia remains committed to diplomacy, denying the suggestion that kaminsky agreements of these agreements that were signed 8 years ago to 70 years ago. in fact, to try to resolve there's conflict that these are not, that russia remained commit you to try to pursue that. but that is certainly huge as pretty much nonsense in the west. this is being seen as a clear breach of those minutes agreement. so an angry session of the un security council, but i think this is going to be the 1st of a great many to come came for the administration of us president joe biden. of course, putting russian boots on the ground in ukraine was a red line, as it is for many others as well. but the u. s. has been very outspoken about that . we seem to have russian troops crossing in to eastern ukraine. now they're saying they're pea

thomas barrow are political corresponded thanks for now. and let's gets more reaction to russia's attack on ukraine by this is joe biden. the u. s. president had tweeting a short time ago that russia alone is responsible for the death and destruction that this attack will bring. and he says the united states and its allies and partners will respond in a united and decisive way. the world will hold russia accountable. he says, the european union's commission, president ursula on the line says we strongly condemned russia's unjustified attack on ukraine in these dark hours. our thoughts are with ukraine and the innocent women, men and children as they faced this unprovoked attack and fear for their lives. she says, we will hold the kremlin accountable. and this from british prime minister, boars, johnson, i am appalled by the heretic events in ukraine and i have spoken to present lensky to discuss next steps. president putin has chosen the path of bloodshed and destruction by launching this unprovoked attack on ukraine, u. k. and our allies will respond decisively. our brussels bureau chief alexandra phenomena is monitoring all th