u. u. s. officials and the u. s. military mute, the war was a failure and we see leaks, documents in mind at all. so i show you guys how many officials, including from australia and the u. k, was saying privately that the war was a disaster. the public that they were continuing. and so i think the lesson for me out of all this and for i think anyone who's now since he and human being is always be skeptical of government claims of that war. and especially when there's an attempt to try to steal a country's results of which are not based the steel. i mean now the countries in a bind, afghanistan, even if they can extract those resources, can be down safely, can it be done securely? are they questions around extraction in terms of climate change research? there are an afghan friends of mine say i can stand doesn't have the luxury of not extracting those resources while at the same time it's incredibly unclean with showing the structure to do so. who would really benefit if there was an ability for to do that now? who

u. s. and u. k. embassies in campbell, australia, or else he had a much smaller role where it's much smaller country with there was a military presence in afghanistan, but obviously compared to the u. s. u k, much smaller, smaller economically. so exactly, yes. not. yes, exactly. basically what my so said to me and i've heard it in other examples too, is that often the embassies of u. s. and u. k particularly was strong arming the afghan government on a range of mining contracts because they wanted companies from the countries to benefit from mining extracts. and this colleague of mine, or source of mine, was saying that he was in a room where he saw us and british officials pressuring african officials, senior afghan officials to sign a contract. now ultimately, as i said, all these contracts fail, no mining in any kind of decent, reasonable way actually happened because of mass corruption. and the 2nd there was a was on. and what's so disappointing here is this may no real accountability at all.

ah, new sanctions targeting, targeting russia from the e u and the u. s. u s. president joe biden says russia will pay an even steeper price if aggression in ukraine continues. and germany holds the certification of nord stream to the completed gas pipeline was meant to double the flow of russian gas to germany. while the middle of curt warm this is dw business, i'm christy plots, and in berlin us president joe biden has an out sanctions on russia that will go far beyond those hughes when moscow and ex crimea in 2014. the move is in response to russia's military escalation against ukraine. the sanctions will target 2 large russian financial institutions and moscow access to western financing, as well as russian oligarch and their families. biden said the u. s. is prepared to go further. should russia expand its aggression against its neighbor? for more we go now to james sweeney in new york city. james. hello. what's the reaction we're seeing on wall street? well, it's interesting because at 22222122222. i was on the floor, the new york stock exchange, and t

u. s. and russian diplomats clashed over you crying at the un security council. b. u. s. accused russia destabilizing europe by massing troops near ukraine's bought up. russia said the u. s. was steering up hysteria, and insisted it had no plans to invade. that's it. from here, the news team from our next doc film goes to west africa to visit the grape 8 great apes. i'll close his relatives in the animal way. i suppose i'm the green. do you feel worried about the planet me to i'm kneel.

u. u. s. u k, announcing a raft of sanctions against russia following the deliberations between european leaders in brussels. i just a very short time ago, i crossed live to correspondent pool asleep. while they set the spelling out in some kind of spiral, they are growing with the u. k. imposing harsh sanctions on russia. they've now imposed an extra travel van in terms of not only russian aircraft not being allowed to land here, but also private chess. at the same time v t b bank, the 2nd largest state own bank and a number of other russian banks have also been sanctioned. the u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in that country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and beat bella was ambassador to london has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned. for supporting rushes, military moves, the opposition leader has said that more sanctions are necessary, as one of the members of parliament from his party

u. s. department of state and the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under a false flag against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known vial of calling poll. oh, yes, we, when man, by the u. s. is backed up by solid evidence pretext to invade to rock and the subsequent north of almost 200000 civilian lives. but do we also remember how and why the white house paid a p. r firm over $500000000.00? back in 2016. the work consist to the 3 types of products. the 1st was television commercials portraying al qaeda in a negative light. the 2nd was news items which were made to look as if they had been created by a big tv. the 3rd and most sensitive program was the production of fake al qaeda propaganda. films u. s. marines would take the cd on patrol and drop them in the chaos when they rated targets. yes, net price at the

u. u. s. has one for, for all of this for a long time, and the ukranian leadership, the ukranian yesterday, the gender. oh, who is in charge of this eastern front of the, or the of this part of ukraine where the fighting is happening. said that this is exactly what they are thinking is happening. the shelling from the other side is, is to provoke the ukrainians into a response which would then be used as the pretext for an incursion. this is what the general said. this is what the ukranian official ukrainian read out of the situation did have you corresponded mathias for reporting from eastern ukraine, but yes, thank you for your coverage. well, for the 1st time in decades, russia has snubbed a major international summit in southern germany. the u. k. u ukraine crisis is dominating the munich security conference, germany and the us have called for solidarity and the face of russian demands. moscow has sent no official delegation. it was last absent in 1991. this scheme, which of course is a lot a show of unity right from the start german foreign minister, and alina babble and her u. s. counterpart, antonio lincoln took to the states together, setting the tone for the 3 day conference to hide her does listen, is what i decided brought with a new war impending right in the middle of europe was then speaking with i'm russia issues and absolutely unacceptable. threat with their troops build up. i don't quite, you know, the ukraine about, but also via the all of us and our piece architecture in europe. these, the keys is as therefore this crisis is no ukraine crisis. we have to be very careful about our framing. it's a russia crisis or slang cheese. i think present hooton's been a little bit surprised at that solidarity at the way t

u. n . 222 roland, traction. i think what we actually really looking for though, you know, when, when the u. u. s. on boston says we want people, no, not to sit on the fence. i think what we were going to be looking for here. they are perhaps all countries like china, for example, who are, who are having a so delicate balance. and that should be rather interesting because bay, on the one hand, a bit of varies staunchly united with russia in the security council in the past. and they've spoken not very strongly against nato expansion. and the root cause is what got us to the situation. but at the same time, clearly issues of territorial integrity of solver, national sovereignty, very important. and there was a detection over the weekend at munich that, that china mentioned ukraine by ne, when it talked about the importance of, of sovereignty and territorial integrity. so that should be one that highlight what, what would imagine that they also they seem to be, seem to be trying to seem to react, trying to make, strike that balance. so that should be one interesting thing to watch out for the coming

u, u. s. and u. k. a announcing a raft of sanctions against russia, following deliberations between european leaders in brussels. we can learn more, crossing live to london on the policy are joining us. can you bring us up to date on the latest sanctions? how are they, how they spelling out polar? while they set the spelling out in some kind of spiral, as you correctly say, they are growing with the u. k. imposing harsh sanctions on russia. they've now imposed an extra travel ban in terms of not only russian aircraft not being allowed to land here, but also private chests. at the same time v t b bank, the 2nd largest state own bank and a number of other russian banks have also been sanctioned. the u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in their country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and the beller was ambassador to london has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned. for supporting russia's military moves, th

u. s. department of state on the u. s. department of defense on february, the 3rd about russia's alleged preparation of an operation under false flog against ukraine. this is typical of united states. the international community remembers the forgeries, the u. s. use for their military interventions around the world, including the well known file of colin powell. well, we now have us intelligence officials who are coming forward and saying that russia is planning to develop a propaganda video. now the state department spokesperson was pressed on this specific evidence supporting the video claims on ned price said that once the white house is sure this information is accurate, then they will disclose what evidence they have. now, there has been a barrage of headlines and accusations from western leaders against russia over the last several weeks. and russia has responded with com to many of these allegations . now at this point, we've got kremlin spokesperson dmitri past gob who has pointed out that there had just been so

u. k. and the u. s. of also decided to freeze their assets. however, the u. s. is going one step further than it has actually imposed a travel ban on president putin and said caleb roof falling a television, a telephone conversation a president biden held with a european commission president ursula underline and an alignment with the decision by our european allies, united states will join them in sanctioning president putin and foreign minister love rather than members of the russian national security team. now some e u countries are actually creating their own specific sanctions. poland bulgaria and the czech republic have said that they will band russian air crawford flying through their air space and from landing in their airports. and the czech republic has also said it will now not issue residency permits to russia, nationals, and this may not be the end of the sanctions. the e says it's already possibly mulling a 3rd round, which could include banning russia from accessing swift, which is an international payment system that something that the u. k is alre

u. s. and rushes of the president of u. s. and russia. but said that a sanctions package for russia has been finalized in the events of an invasion. the 27 you member states also set to discuss further support for key if you and your pal, you know, i and, and john now bi monthly to vba which wants us from bavaria. he's a conservative politician and germany and he's also the leader. all the conservative european people's party group in the european parliament, good to have you with us, of ukraine's foreign ministers, arching ukraine's. though foreign minister attending the foreign ministers meeting, it says that you has agreed to establish an advisory military mission in ukraine. what exactly is that, what does that entail? that shows solidarity bizarre green trends that also owns military sidey annex to them. and her and i looked at the biggest, the biggest thing, but we can do currently. and that is a positive signal today from brussels. is that we are clear on the sanctions that nobody can split up. the european union together is all ame

u. s. and the u. k. over the troops been sent into the recognize we recently recognize, reasons of done yet can do hands. and yet, amid this build up intentions, both sides continuing to say they just want a diplomatic solution. so that any thanks for coming in again finance, on and across the channel in the you, russia is also facing fresh sanctions. threats over its recognition of the don years in the guns republics. european leaders condemned it as a violation of international law. his aunt is paula sla, with more details from berlin. well, certainly, sanctions are on the table, many in not only the european community, but internationally slamming the russian president vladimir putin decision to recognize the provinces of lou ganske and de next, the u. s. the u. k. and the e, you have all now pledged to impose sanctions. there has been a joint statement that was issued by the european commission and the european council. the european council president has held a marathon of telephone calls from last n

u. s. and u. k. through their signals, intelligence agencies, the national security agency, and the g. c, h q of quite a bit, but the bigger question here is political will. historically, the u. s. u k, have been much slower to point the finger countries like russia for cyber attacks, most notably in 2016 when it took quite a while for the government to speak up as the cyber attacks around the election took place. it seems that this administration has taken those lessons the heart and they are deliberately moving much, much faster than the u. s. was ever done before. just how dangerous are these cyber attacks, or are they just a nuisance? well right now the, the question the answer is mixed. so as you said, denial of service attacks effectively bring down services. and they're, they're technically simple, but they're really about perception. they're about undermining confidence in the government and at a moment like this that's, that's pretty important. the wiper malware today that you mentioned, which destroys the data on the machine that it infects, were yet to see the full consequenc

u. s. response is 4 pages because the u. s. has more details with which to respond. it has missiles, which nato doesn't, and russia asked more of the united states. so the u. s. letter talks about what the u. s. is willing to do if russia reciprocates, including going back to arms control agreements that have fallen by the wayside. limiting and, and be more transparent about about troop movements, which russia does not do. i was also struck by sort of this scolding nature in the u. s. letter. in particular. it reminded russia that it invaded crimea and, and illegally annexed it, that it has troops in ukraine, in the eastern ukraine, which russia denies. and also that it has troops still in georgia and in will delva, which were not there at the invitation of those governments. and terry, tell us again how the russian side has responded to these letters. well, besides, what you heard from president putin that was reiterated again in a letter from foreign minister, sergey lever off, which was posted on the russian foreign ministry website. and it, it, it reiterates that

u. s. and russian diplomats clashed over ukraine at the un security council. b u. s . accused russia destabilizing europe, by massing troops near ukraine's. board of russia said the u. s. was staring up hysteria and insisted it had no plans to invade. that's it. from here, the news team from now up next close up. what if you can't afford to buy a home ah, [000:00:00;00] with your living without a home, oh, close to a 1000000 people in germany are homeless now even with the job or attention they can't afford a permanent place to stay in their bait. is the result of a housing market policy that was doomed to fail? why isn't more being done to help clues on ah, on d w they're more similar to us than lucy. great, 8. they're wild with fascinating. and they're empathetic researchers describe them as our closest animal kingdom, relatives in 45 minutes on d, w ah, in sh, please listen carefully. don't know how those 2 things you missed today. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah, thank. i don't think anybody in our so

u. s. and u. k. science rushes clear attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity is unprovoked. it is an attack on ukraine status as a you and member state rushes actions show, blatant contempt for international law. the united kingdom will be announcing new sanctions on russia in response to its breach of international law and attack on ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. so we kind of gotten used to these accusations and misinterpretation that russia is a threat, rushes, the aggressor, we've also, we've got usa, this rhetoric and we've also seen the west pays no attention to the increase shelling in the dawn bass region in recent days. and of course, no attention paid to the scenes of violence in the region. of course, it is worth mentioning, as well as president putin is address yesterday did start off with something of a history lecture. when he began that talk, it seems as though the west is something of the same. of course it will be, it is accused russia trying to rei

well, i mean, even if i can stay with you, i mean a part of my question is why is the u. s. u k spearheading this? i mean, everyone else is kind of taking their laying out their role here. but the, the u. s. u k. c. particularly interested even to the point of hoping for some kind of conflict or maybe i'm wrong. go ahead. how do you as to that? well, i don't think they hope hope for conflict. i think they're expecting one and i think they're pushing back on it. and that's, you know, that's leading, i mean, the us is the leader of the alliance, and people look to the united states united states, even back during the cold war. was more concerned with other areas than the countries involved. and i think, you know, the, the russian energy and cook is important in that the russians i have 40 percent export, 40 percent of the europe gas and 25 percent of the oil. so i think, you know, other countries have more mixed you of these things. britain and us are of course, geographically more separated from, from europe. and then rather they wouldn't, they wouldn't suffer any of the conseq

they say even security council meeting or indeed at the wider u. s. u. s. and international response. is it now to light? yeah, from the un security council you will hear a probably a lot of condemnation island, just spoke albania, opened the solver against russian aggression after the un secretary general, as we just heard, answer one, there will be. all of those countries seemingly will come out and condemn rushes action. they are those investors to you and will be briefed by their staff right now as we go in real time. that then operation is underway and that mr. putnam decided and announced a special military operation is to rescue the don bus as he said, but they will. the un security council doesn't yield any real power. this is to the member say, this is to france, germany, england, the united kingdom, the united states, and all the western world now to actually get serious with and escalate as russia escalades and s u. s. and others have said, as russia and prudent escalates, we will escalate. what are we escalating sanctions? nobody, no, nate or cou

u. n says it is yemen web, british u. s. army warplanes bomb this week, we investigate all of them all coming up about to have going on the ground for months. the u. s in the u. k. have warned, and russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russians submitted abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable to bangalore saxon powers of war. russia talks about security. join me every thursday on the alex simon, sure. i'll be speaking to guess of the world politics. sport. business. i'm show business. i'll see you then. mm. ah. ah, bring you the very latest every out the day. this is, i know everyone here with welcome back. i'm still here with the renown to most widely distributed independent journalists in the whole of africa. thomas, well, i've got to ask, since oxfam is reporting drought conditions affecting food security right across africa. and then the club will south, how is there a tray? i managed to retain food security amidst, amidst the drought, amidst the climate change conditions. well, reach you. the president reaches very far sighted guy quickly and he back in 2003, 2004 rich

u. s. and the nato responses it? well, the u. s. response is, is double the size of, of nato's 4 pages versus 2. and there are reasons for that because of course, nato doesn't have its own missiles, for example, like the u. s. does, and that's something that russia wanted addressed specifically. so in the u. s. letter, it does talk about u. s. willingness to discuss arms control to discuss, going back to a version of the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty, which russia violated and was, was then dissolved things that russia also has an interest in. but both both letters make clear that without a de escalation, without the kremlin addressing these issues and getting its forces out of a way from the border with ukraine as well as pulling them out of, of ukraine, georgia and moldova, where they were not invited to be that you know that the onus is definitely on the kremlin at this point. and tell us again, terry, how the russian side has responded to these letters. we see a letter on the russian foreign ministry website from a

u. s. president joe biden warned vladimir putin of swift and severe costs. if russia does invade, hooton's team accused the u. s. of unprecedented hysteria. the u. s. is tough. diplomat anthony blinking also spoke with his russian counterpart on our call for minister lover off said that ugh, russians are working on a response to the paper that we sent to moscow. more than 2 weeks ago, proposing concrete areas for discussion. it remains to be seen itself all through on that, but if they do, we'll be ready to engage on sunday contingency plans turned real us staff at the organization for security and cooperation in europe faced in the rebel held city of dun asked for packing up and heading home, they're just the latest group to decide that the risk of all out war is now 2 great . we can as fee to d. w, correspond to nick connelly, who joins us from the ukranian capital, can hello to you neck. so we've heard biden's national security advisor, jake sullivan say that russia could invade ukraine any day. now, how are people in ukraine dealing with this kind of dire warning? well, i think some of those are more ext

u. k. and its allies, and as syria successfully intercept u. k. u. s. a. you nation armed israeli air strikes on one of the oldest cities in the world this week, damascus. why is, is really spyware? apparently targeting human rights watch. we speak to the h r w human rights investigator allegedly attacked by pegasus. all of them all coming up in today's going underground. but 1st, while circled mainstream media here focuses on a mysterious imminent russian invasion of ukraine and the n. devoris johnson. in recent days, the u. k. government pledged an extra 97000000 pounds in aid to one of the world's worst humanitarian crises. afghanistan with over 22000000. threatened with starvation and reports of children and organs being sold in exchange for food. what now for the country that defeated britain, the usa, it's such a high cost. joining me now from afghanistan's capital cobble is the spokesperson for you and hcr afghanistan. peter kessler. thank you so much, peter, for coming on. i mean, the foreign secretary here says the u. k continues to provide vital h

u. s. in the u. k. have warned that russia may invade ukraine, and yet there has been no invasion for their part. the russians have made it abundantly clear. europe's current security arrangement is untenable. the anglo saxon powers talk of war. russia talks about security. ah, discuss these issues and more. i'm joined by my guess, ivan ellen in washington. he's a senior fellow at the independent institute in kingston. we have nichol, i petro, he is a professor of political science at the university of rhode island. and here in moscow, we have maxine scoff. he is director of the center for advanced american studies at moscow state institute of international relations. are a gentleman, cross that rules and effect, that means you can jump anytime you want. and i always appreciated, sir, i would look like it. it's really interesting to me watching this on a month long, eminent invasion, a messaging from the u. k and the u. s. everybody is talking about a russian invasion of ukraine, except for ukraine and

u. s. and the u. k. a and in between helene, the, the center of all of this at least the western narrative is ukraine. and again, presidents zalinski has come out and asked even his western backers for evidence of their claims of an imminent invasion. i mean, this is beyond bizarre, it's kafka ask, what is the state of play, george? go ahead. that's a very good question. imagine what it is that the americans and the british in particular are asserted. they are claiming that russia will attack without any kind of publications without issuing a list of demands without an ultimatum, without a list of grievances. just simply an attack out of the blue eye. and you know, which country in the recent past has done just that, of course, nazi germany with barbarossa, which was quite unprecedented in that he was preceded by no demands, no ultimatums, no list of grievances or something. that ross are just going to do this out of the blue. they're going to launch this on provoked attack. and a j sullivan pointed out

u. s. administration. the u. s. for it's bought has made a big effort to try to include ukraine's this format even here, anti blinking. you a secretive state saying nothing about ukraine without ukraine at the table. so i found out that ukraine's feeling relatively calm, that they all being kept in the lute economy for, as they are now, get around above some other stories. making world news at this hour, denmark has become the 1st european union countries lift all of its pandemic restrictions. that includes face masks, vaccination passes, and limited opening hours for bars and restaurants. the move comes despite record numbers of cove at 19 infections. the government says it's now relying on denmark's high vaccination rate to cope with the omicron variance in the u. s. pharmaceutical company biotech, pfizer is seeking emergency authorization for a vaccine developed for children under the age of 5. if approved this weaker version of the vaccine would be the 1st to be made available in the u. s. t. children above the a

the u. s. u. k and japan are among several countries which have told their nationals to leave immediately. patty calhane has more from washington dc. good afternoon, the u. s. national security advisor took to the white house podium friday with an urgent sounding warning. any american in ukraine should leave as soon as possible. and in any event in the next 24 to 48 hours, we obviously cannot predict the future. we don't know exactly what is going to happen, but the risk is now high enough. and the threat is now immediate enough. that this is what prudence demands. he warned that these russian military exercises could quickly turn into an attack on ukraine, possibly with bombings and missile strikes. and eventually a ground invasion. russia has repeatedly denied its intending to attack its neighbour, but with the current build up of forces and equipment along the russia, ukraine border, the u. s. believe it could. and in another sign of urgency, a virtual meeting friday morning, between the us pres

u. s. france, japan, and the u. k. that china has called on the u. s. to show more flexibility if it wants to break through with north korea or from out diplomatic editor james base. she needed, and judy of she almost killed all this propaganda video has been ad in recent days on north korean t b kim john on is showing off his question skills riding at speed on a white horse, but it is the speed of progress his country's making with its nuclear weapons and miss all programs, it's warring diplomats. there were 9 miss, i'll launches in january a record in a month. and the most recent launch was an advanced intermediate range ballistic missile. ambassadors came to a closed door meeting the 3rd this year. before it even started though, the chinese ambassador made it clear he felt there was a vicious circle and the u. s. needed to do more invoking the summits that president trump had held with the korean leader in 20182019. they should come up with more attractive and more practical, more flexible approaches, policies and actions. we have all seen where have

u. s. military attache alleging a u. s. submarine violated territorial waters in the far east. meanwhile, ukraine's president has urged citizens not to panic as warning school with potential russian invasion. something moscow denies. the u. s. is evacuating non emergency american stat from his embassy in p. f. and canadian police have begun to move in on protesters who are blocking a vital breach, connecting canada to the u. s. on friday, a judge gave police the power to end the demonstrations against corona vice pandemic restrictions. and to police in france have broken up a convoy of vehicles in paris that try to block traffic in protests against pandemic restrictions. thousands of demonstrators from across the country had made their way to the city, inspired by the truck drivers that shut down canada, x capital, need bach? i reports a quick call for me. of car horns has demonstrates his opposing cobit 19 restrictions. burge, on the most famous street in paris. oh, no, soon spied by all blaring freedom convoy demonstrat

u. k, the czech republic, poland, and both nations. moscow has responded with what it likes to call tit for tat measures, or the u. u. s. and you can all agree to further tightened the sanctions pressure on moscow after talks in brussels or let's get the latest on his artist policy. while they set the spelling out in some kind of spiral, they are growing with the u. k. imposing hot sanctions on russia, they've now imposed an extra travel ban in terms of not only russian aircraft not being allowed to land here, but also private chests. at the same time v to be bank. the 2nd largest state own bank and a number of other russian banks have also been sanctioned. the u. k is no longer accepting visa applications from ukrainians who are stuck in that country unless they have close family. here in the u. k. and beat bella was ambassador to london has been summoned and told that new members of the ruling elite also to be sanctioned for supporting russia's military moves. the opposition eda has said that more sanctions anisa. sorry. as one of the members of parliament from his party has started receiving death threats for search