s. president vladimir zalinski says western warnings of war are hurting his country. he's calling for more diplomacy, amid fears of a russian invasion. also coming up defiance in sudan for weeks, thousands have been breathing bullets and tear gas to demand a return to civilian rule after a military coup or get an update from the capital hart and the coal leader of germany's far right. a f. d, quits the party, he says he lost a power struggle with the a u. d. 's extremist weight. ah, i'm glad i thank you so much for your company. we begin this broadcast with the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe barton, he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and his asking allies to dial down talk of war earlier russian, president of russian president putin's whose country has mast tens of thousands of troops near ukraine's border accused nato and the u. s. of ignoring russia's security concerns. nato says it's prepared

messages coming from washington and key ev, about a threat of a russian invasion. president vladimir zalinski has cautioned the west against stoking fears of russian military action. he says, war isn't eminent near the border with russia. ukrainian soldiers prepare for the worst. but behind the scenes, a flurry of diplomatic activity races to deescalate 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. pause with, we need to establish the economy of our country because of those signals which say that to morrow there will be war. because this signals were sent by even respected to leaders of the respected countries of sometimes they are not even using diplomatic language. they sing to morrow is the war. this means panic on the market planning kinda financial sector. his comments come hours after a phone call between french president emanuel mac, ron and russian president vladimir putin, in which bruton insisted that western responses had not addressed

so he's been holding talks in kiev, would the ukrainian president vladimir zalinski? lincoln said ukraine faces an unprecedented threat from the 10s of thousands of russian troops. amassed along its border and recent months the prison button asked me to come here underscore our steadfast committee. do you crate sovereignty and territorial integrity? and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceeds with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukraine o moscow. ascending more troops to neighboring belarus for joint exercises raising fears of an even greater russian presence on ukraine's border. russia again accusing the u. s. i. ne tosto contentions demanding they stop supplying ukraine with weapons. the biden administration has pledged $20000

p, he cited as moscow's potential candidates to replace the current president vladimir zalinski, except more i of his on russia sanctions list on top of that his party failed to even past the last parliamentary elections. 5 percent threshold. this guy's not exactly poised to take the country by storm and seizing his property. sure was an interesting way of appointing him head of the future occupation. you have made my evening. the british foreign office seems confused. i've been under russian sanctions since 2018 due to a conflict with victrum advert shook. my family's assets are frozen there. how the united kingdom, secret services and foreign office can square that with russia supposedly wanting to make me the head of an occupation government. that's the question for mr. bean. london's not just spreading questionable stories about modern ukraine though the day before this story broke and added to the hysteria of russian invasion fantasies . the u. k. foreign secretary lives trust gave a speech, praising ukraine for its resilience against invasions of the past. we urge president painte

or cha, stratford has moved from dynette can eastern ukraine, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media, both international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much that the ukrainian prisoner is trying to stamp his all 30 on this crisis mentioning that sir, ukraine would not accept any kind of agreement made solely between the us and russia. he blamed the media for blowing up the situation for inflaming the situation. seemingly he said that the crisis was no worse than what had happened in 2014 and obviously a time where he was not president. but bear in mind that that was a time when ukraine lost crimea to russian control, indeed lost control of these areas in don barza in eastern ukraine. and it seems as if certainly, as i say, the ukranian president, very much try to stamp his authority on this crisis. and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea, and this area of

in ukraine itself, the president is urging the us not to escalate tension with russia. vladimir zalinski says talk of an imminent rush. an invasion may be exaggerated, to who have a shy, we do not see a bigger escalation. yes, the truth numbers have gone up, but i was talking about the same thing in 2021. when there were drills in the russian federation, there was a big build up. we were supported by the u. s. europeans called on russia to pull back. i don't think the situation is more intense than that time in early 2021. there was no such coverage of ukraine at that time. tarzan's head was watching that news conference and danielle sketches under the control of russian back rebels. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media, both international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much that the ukrainian prison is trying to stamp is authority on this crisis mentioning that sir, ukraine would not accept any kind of agreement made solely between the us and russia. he blamed the media for blowing up the situation for inflaming the situation. seemingly he sa

thank you so much for joining us. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski is calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment. and it's asking allies to dial down talk of war. this, despite tens of thousands of russian troops, mass near the ukrainian border on our mister zalinski remarks come amid a new diplomatic push to ease tensions over ukraine. earlier french president emanuel michael held a phone call with vladimir putin to address the crisis. brittany told my call that nato and the west were ignoring russia. security concerns, but lift the door open to further talks. russian foreign minister sergey la ralph, signaled moscow is open to further diplomacy. he told russian radio his country did not want war. let's talk to our correspond mathias, a billing her she is in a key of ukraine for you. mathias, the ukranian president of alarm is lensky. address the media a short while ago. what. what? what did he have to say? well, his main message was that he wanted to choke down talks of an imm

so he's been holding talks in kiev with the ukranian president vladimir zalinski. lincoln said ukraine faces an unprecedented threat from the 10s of thousands of russian troops. amassed right now, along its border and recent months, a prisoner by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment. do you crate sovereignty and territorial integrity? and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continue to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out and, and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion, or d, stabilization of ukraine. well, moscow ascending more troops to neighboring bella roost for joint exercises racing fears. if an even greater russian presence on ukraine's border. and russia is again excusing the u. s. i nato of stoking tensions, demanding they stop supplying ukraine with weapons. the biden administration has

and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea, and this area of don bass to the ukraine. something that he has thus far failed to do. king, a hassle has been suspended by the west african block eco ass. after monday's coo but it stopped short have new sanctions, at least until representatives all talked with the new military gentle on saturday and take her has been condemned by regionally does a fair father destabilization in the country. oh, let's do this at a local deal. i liked his speech about the fight against armed groups. we hope that he succeeds in stopping violence, and that everyone can return to their villages. because when we say widows and orphans on the streets, begging it is so sad. given the new lady's words, that's all we want for people to go back to their hearts. tell you that i go with the fact that he spoke about returning, displaced people to their homes, to please me. if we manage

in a call with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, you as president joe biden said the united states and its allies will quote, respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. biden is also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve the stand off. talks between us and russian. officials are scheduled in geneva later this month. nearly 100 migraines have been flown back to iraq from lithuania. authorities say they leave voluntarily. with laney has seen an influx as neighboring. bella roost allowed migrants to cross the border in retaliation for you. sanctions. to reopen the canyon, pelayo or anthropologist richard leaky has died at the age of $77.00. if he was a world renown conservationists and fossil hunter is work helped underpin the theory that human evolution began and africa leaky was also celebrated for his work to save wildlife from poachers, for leading campaigns to destroy tons of elephant ivory. israel's prime minister natalie bennett, says a 4th cove at 19 vaccine. dot's is now proved for people over 60 and health care workers. authorities are battling search and omicron

and prevent a conflict secretary of state antony blanket is in here for talks with president vladimir zalinski. we'll also meet his russian counterpart sag a lover of later in the week, and he will speak with german, french, and british foreign ministers. russia has deployed more than a $100000.00 troops on the border with ukraine, but denies it is planning an invasion more. this developing story i'm now joined by a corresponded mit as billing or in the ukrainian capital, a key as much as a blink and isn't key of the old talks. what are the ukrainians expecting to gain from this visit? well, there has been a flurry of activities and diplomatic visits this week. the past few days, 2 days ago, the german foreign minister was here yesterday, there was a delegation from congress and today blinking all that points to the fact that they have assess that a trade, an attack by russia might be imminent. and of course, as long as diplomats are here in the capitol, the likelihood of star that russia will start such an attack is lower than when nobody is here. there is of course, a lot of activity engagin

. 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 will be war. because this signals were sent by even respected to leaders of the respected countries of sometimes they're not even using diplomatic language. they're saying to morrow is the war. this means panic on the market plan. i can do financial sector. his comments come hours after a phone call between french president emmanuel mac, ron and russian president vladimir putin, in which bruton insisted that western responses had not addressed moscow's principal concerns. yet the cold did lead to some progress. the 2 leaders re committed to ease intentions through the normandy format. for way diplomatic talks between germany, russia, ukraine, and france. let's keep our reasons the ukrainian president, welcome to the idea as a step towards calming tensions, the but he also called on russia to prov

at this time. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski has urged western nations to remain united and calm amid height intentions with russia. after meeting with his national security advisors on monday, president the lensky address the ukrainian public in a televised speech. he said that his office was working for a peaceful, de escalation of the situation with russia. the stressful situation was under control and called for the nation, not to panic. that sentiment was echoed by a separate statement by crane's head of security council alexi daniel off. when the boss from le soonish, the intellect as we can see, no reason to day to stage a large scale offensive on our country enough, it's impossible to do even physically fuselage yet. but us one is there are movements of russian federation armed forces in its territory. it takes place when the we detected loom with it. but there's nothing that can surprised that zillow was perhaps it surprised our foreign colleagues. they finally saw russian armed forces move across the territory. if that i says one or more, i'm joined by d. w. correspond

set to discuss the escalating tensions on the russian ukraine border with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. ukraine says one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with russian backed forces on saturday. on thursday, president biden spoke with russia's lead of vladimir putin about the growing numbers of russian troops along the border. cray, southridge military say an unidentified person has crossed the border into north korea. the army detected the person in the demilitarized zone, but soldiers could not find them. surveillance equipment showed that the person had crossed into the north. the border between the 2 countries is heavily protected and patrol. great. a bird flew outbreak in northern israel has killed more than 5000 trains. the environmental protection minister says it caused the most serious damage to wildlife. in israel's history. as authorities try to contain the spread of the disease, farmers in israel had been forced to slaughter hundreds of thousands of chickens, hula lake reserve. and israel, it's a stop over for most birds migrating from europe to africa with the changin

has deployed enough forces on ukraine's border to invade the entire country. grants president vladimir zalinski is urging the west to remain firm in its talks with the kremlin, but to avoid creating a panic. while. meanwhile, here in germany, the country's industry association says the german economy is not dependent on the north stream to pipeline once opened, it will send gas from russia directly to germany. the project is seen as a potential target for sanctions undress. rats is the next bird on russian security and defense policy at the german council on foreign relations. he explains how important the nord stream to pipeline will be when it comes to negotiating with russia. so far defeat of north into, i mean, vendor it finally get commission. so can officially be put in use has been one of the blocking factors. one of the problematic issues in a dresser, county coherence regarding russia and from the rational side northley to has been one of the kind of states or hopes that russia has been relying on hoping to divide the chrysler county community as well as you know, if the german positio

her, in a call with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, u. s. president joe biden has said the united states and its allies will respond decisively. if russia further evades ukraine, president biden's also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve the stand off talks between us and russian officials are scheduled in geneva for this month. the german crew ship are spent days stuck in the port of lisbon following a cove at 19 outbreak. at least 64 of more than 4000 passengers and crew of tested positive passengers with negative test results of being allowed to leave the ship and will be flown brazil's at president a j a ball sanara was taken the hospital overnight and may need to undergo surgery for an intestinal blockage the far right leader has suffered repeated abdominal issues since surviving a knife attack in 2080 at 3 a. m. in south harlow j. a. balsa narrow. arrived at the villa nova style hospital after the president experienced pain in his abdomen. he later revealed on twitter that he was fitted with the nassau gastric tube and may require

south of the russian castle. moscow us president joe biden will speak to ukrainian president vladimir zalinski about escalating tensions on the russia ukraine border . ukraine says one of its soldiers was killed in fighting with russian backed forces on saturday. on thursday the president biden discussed the growing numbers of russian troops along the border with russian president vladimir putin crane residence hit by freak weather. in the u. s. states, colorado have received the nation portable heater's. heavy snowfall followed wildfires which destroyed maybe 1000 home, 3 people missing and fed dead. president joe biden is declared disaster those and now as we head into the new year, let's take a look. what am on this striking stories of 2021 lebanon's economy has been in free full for much of the year. a collapsing, currency, and soaring inflation destroyed the value of wages, leaving millions facing financial ruin. even those charged with defending the country. he w rebecca written, witnessed 1st hand what some and the armed forces were doing to make ends meet captain hussein's through and

and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea. and this area of don bass to the ukraine, something that he has thus far failed to do. the west african block echoes are suspended. bettina fast as membership falling the crew on monday. the group has stopped short of imposing new sanctions ahead of talks with the new military genta on saturday. the one says nearly 40 percent of people in ethiopia to gray region are suffering from an extreme lack of food. the well through program says 8 convoys have met, access for weeks because of the conflict with government forces and other people killed by a storm that struck 3 southern african countries has risen to at least 88 storm. anna may landfall in madagascar and move through mozambique and malawi, bringing torrential rainfall. hodgen teen has reached a deal with a i am asked to restructure the $14000000000.00 of debt. they've been in talk to more than a year and

that political consensus is why he's resigning. president joe biden's told the ukrainian leader vladimir zalinski that the u. s. will respond decisively of russia. moves further into its territory. moscow has been massy tens of thousands of troops near the ukrainian border. diplomatic talks to deescalate tensions are planned for later this month. india has started vaccinating teenagers as omicron infections rise across the country. several regions have introduced restrictions including a nighttime curfew in the capitol, new delhi, on cause newly elected politicians have been sworn in almost all seats, were won by pro beijing and pro establishment candidates and a controversial general election 2 weeks ago. chinese property giant ever grant has suspended trading of its shares in hong kong stock market. the volume plunged by more than 9 percent after it failed to pay investors on thursday. it's missed several payments in the past months. the bar known kenyon cons conservationist. richard lee, he has died age 77, a study of human fossils helped prove humanity evolved in africa. it was central to the

and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea, and this area of don bass to the ukraine. something that he has thus far failed to do or caught in the middle and they kept fanatic. stand off, are the people living on the front lines as honda until her need reports now from easton ukraine it's in the villages of eastern ukraine that the impact of the conflict is felt the most. victoria is worried about the long term effect. it could have on her children. girl house is just on the line of contact, hearing gunshots and loud banks has become part of daily life. a difficult situation for a parent, especially when she says this little sign of any help coming new those up. so no house without furniture all this time, the government hasn't provided anything and won't do anything right now. either any of nobody has told us anything goc on what will happen and what should we do for most people here shrugged off the

anthony blink and how talks with the ukranian president vladimir zalinski and kiev, and his urge russia to choose diplomacy over confrontation about that? how me it has the latest from kia? i think that done, do ukrainian side, you get a says that the is as sort of urgency. you craig, would like to see those sanctions that the u. s. and the you have been warning about to happen sooner rather than later. there was right there would like to see actually quite tough sanctions against russia. at some point, there were rumors that may be the u. s. was mulling expelling russia from the swift system, which is basically the global system to send and receive money, especially germany. be against that. where you are secretary state also setting here that unity within ukraine was important for maintaining its strand. this comes as former president, petra per shank of faces treason charges. on wednesday, a judge rejected a request by prosecutors to arrest him for shank. oh has been accused of dozens of crimes including helping pro russia separately. sell millions of dollars worth of coal. the billi

in a call with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, us president joe biden. and the united states and its allies will respond decisively if russia the invades ukraine. president vibe is also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve stand talk between the united states and russian officials are scheduled in geneva. this is defense secretary lloyd austin has tested positive coded 19. he's planning to isolate at home for 5 days as a set out to the official guidelines. he said he last met the president of more than a week before he began to feel, well, he's vaccinated for war and ensure no, no, hong kong media outlets at closing down in the face of growing pressure from the chinese government citizen, you said it no longer felt safe to publish after journalist from a competitor would charge with the addition the decision by one of the terrorist, a few remaining independent news providers. i came on the same day that a new legislative council loyal to beijing was sworn it for hong kong. this is the start of a new era. these, the 1st law makers to take office and a ne

in a call with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski us president joe biden said the united states and its allies will quote, respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine biden is also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve the standoff talks between us and russian officials. a scheduled in geneva, later this month. you as defense secretary lloyd austin has tested positive for cove at 19. he's planning to isolate at home for 5 days, set out an official guide lights and austin says he last met president biden more than a week before he began to feel unwell. austin is a fully vaccinated charity. israel's prime minister natalie bennett, says a 4th cove at 19 vaccine. those is now approved for people over 60 and for health care workers, thirties are battling a search and all mcclellan variant infections nationwide. daily cases i expected to start his hitting, fresh balance is again broken out during protests against corona, virus restrictions in the netherlands. thousands turned out in amsterdam to demonstrate against the national lockdown imposed a week before christmas. some foot,

the latest efforts to diffuse growing tensions between russia and ukraine, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski, calling for com. after speaking with you as president joe biden. he said there has been no further escalation with russia at the moment, and is asking allies to dial down talk of war. earlier french president, a menu when michael spoke with russia's, vladimir putin, whose country has mast tens of thousands of troops on ukraine's border. mister prudent told mister mccoy, that nato and the u. s. were ignoring russia. security demands, but kept the door open to further diplomacy. meanwhile, nato secretary general yes, told birts that the alliance is prepared to put more troops in eastern europe after washington warned ukraine to be on alert for an invasion. scanning the landscape on this ukrainian border city troops try to gauge moscow's next move. one soldier believes an attack here in lou haskell is unlikely silhouette. natural switzerland anavia is not strong enough to withstand heavy attack. a coastline could be easily captured. but as an affiliate though with that's my opinion. eve

he's tried to impress that upon his ukrainian counterpart. vladimir zalinski has this prompted ukraine to increased his preparations for a possible invasion while the ukrainian government has been remarkably calm about all this or, or this situation, a president has said several times that the he will still should stay carmen. let them or an invasion is not imminent. however, they have also been conflicting messages from the ukrainian authors will say that other moments he has discussed extensively possible scenarios of an incursion. om, what has been going on in the past few days, or was that many allies, notably the us and britain have sent weapons to urge a to, to ukraine and notably weapons that can be deployed quickly. and that would inflict a major harm on an intruding army. so um they have of course, been preparations and jerk the goal of these preparations is to deter russia by a signalling that any invasion would have a high cost on the invading army. it would have devastating effects, of course, on the country that would be invaded and her there is some kind of an idea that y

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prevent a conflict. us secretary of state antony lincoln, is in kia for talks with president vladimir zalinski. ill also meet with russian counterpart, sergey lover off later in the week and speak with a german, french, and british foreign ministers. russia has deployed more than 100000 troops on the board with ukraine, but denies it is planning an invasion but are now joined by our key of bureau chief mathias bellinger in the ukrainian capital. there mathias a blanket is in key if a whole talk that talks with ukrainian president what can the ukrainians expect from this visit? well, that's hard to say. i mean, we've seen the flurry of activity a lot of diplomatic activity in the last few days. the german foreign minister was here on monday, yesterday. there was a commission from congress. and today it's the secretary of state, from the u. s. m. all this is of course, to prevent a russian attack on did to get diplomacy going, as long as it can seems that the us and for in a secret services have decided that a russian attack or an escalation is imminent. and this activity is of course, to preven

citizen uses the 3rd hong kong media organization to close in a call with ukraine's president vladimir zalinski. u. s. a president joe biden said the united states and its allies will quote, respond decisively if russia further invades ukraine. biden is also backing diplomatic efforts to resolve the stand off talks between us and russian. officials are scheduled in geneva later this month. you as defense secretary lloyd austin has tested positive for cove at 92. he's planning to isolate at home for 5 days is set out in official guidelines. austin says he last met president biden more than a week before he began to feel unwell. austin is fully of asher nation security. israel's prime minister, enough to li bennett, says a 4th cove it 19 vaccine dose is now proof for people over 60 and health care workers authorities are battling a surgeon on the front varian defections nationwide. the cases are expected to start hitting fresh hi. violence has again broken all during protests against corona virus restrictions in the netherlands. thousands turned out in amsterdam for demonstrate against the nation

it in care for talks with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. he also accused moscow of systematically trying to weaken ukraine's democratic institutions and dividing ukrainian society mister blake and said, washington was committed to protecting ukraine and preventing any escalation with moscow. he shed your 2 whole talks with russia's foreign minister on friday. at his meeting with president savanski, mister lincoln warned russia it would pay a heavy price for any aggression in ukraine. that's why present by nashville to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and is why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself. and make clear the course of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceed with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukrai

called relentless russian aggression during a visit, a key f for talks with ukrainian president vladimir zalinski. lincoln also accused moscow of trying to undermine ukraine's democracy and society. he says that washington is committed to protecting ukraine by de escalating tensions with moscow . lincoln will be here in berlin tomorrow for talks with his german, british, and french counterpart of setting. although the ultimate goal is peace, not war blank, and warned russia again today that any aggression in ukraine will come at a high cost. that's why present by asked me to come here to underscore our steadfast commitment to ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. and it's why we will continue our relentless diplomatic efforts to prevent renewed aggression and to promote dialogue and peace. at the same time, we continued to bolster ukraine's ability to defend itself and make clear the costs of the united states and europe will impose on moscow if it rejects the diplomatic path that we've laid out. and proceeds with an unwarranted unprovoked, unacceptable invasion or destabilization of ukr