chamber and that collapsed parts of the roof. president joe biden has told ukrainian leader vladimir zelinski that the u. s. will respond decisively if russia moves further on to its territory. oscar has been massing tens of thousands of troops near the ukrainian border. diplomatic talks with deep would to deescalate tensions of planned for later this month. chinese property group, a giant, ever grand has suspended trading of its shares and hong kong stock market. the value plunged by more than 9 percent daughter. it failed to pay investors on thursday. it's missed several payments in the past months. every grand old more than $300000000000.00. that's more than any other property developer in the world. the well known canyon conservation as richard leaky has died, aged 77, leaky study of human fossils help prove humanity evolved in africa. he was central to the fight against the ivory trade and protection of africa's elephants. it was the headlines. the news is gonna continue here. on al jazeera, after listening posts, we'll see you then bye bye. americans are increasingly saying authoritaria

petro per shanker also said, i accuse the form the current president, his successor, alexander vladimir zelinski, rather by betraying his country. he said that we are now here to unite and defend ukraine, and this is a man who is still very much of the forefront of politics in the country. and he is maintaining his innocence and that these charges against him are politically motivated. the accusations against him date back to when he was in power in 201415. he's accused of funding groups that are according to the state now terrorist organizations and he lost power in 2019 but he's still a member of parliament. he's the leader of opposition, whose call it's your opinion solidarity. and he's one of the wealthiest men in ukraine he's estimated worth is at $1600000000.00. he's often referred to as a chocolate king because he owns a confectionary empire, as well as to tv stations in the country. so he's still very much influential man, and he's adamant that these charges against him are an attempt by the current government to try and rail attention from the economic problems facing ukraine. and he sa

with ukraine at me, blink, and began his talk in care of where he helps talks with president vladimir zelinski to reaffirm american sport. and meet with russian foreign minister. so guy lever of in geneva, on friday aid fights from australia and new zealand have landed in tonga is the 1st st saturdays will can of corruption and soon army. the island has been cut off from the world since the disaster. white hay has more from oakland, new zealand plane has landed and will now begin all floating it's a supplies has to be done. we have to remember it and contactless fashion, that is a, according to the tongue and government protocol because the tongue and authorities are very concerned about cov 19. i've only had one case since the pandemic began. that was an october last year. so of course they're going through so much at the moment. the last thing they want is to deal with an outbreak of cove at $900.00. so all aid deliveries must be done in a contactless fashion. from now on, india has recorded its highest staley number of corona virus infections in 8 months or than 317000. 7 new cases were rep

s. president has renewed his support for ukraine during a phone call with his leader vladimir zelinski. joe biden promised to defend ukraine of russia, moves further into its territory. moscow has been massing tens of thousands of troops near the ukrainian border. diplomatic talks aimed at deescalate, in the conflict will be held later this month than evolve. russia and nato. joe biden spoke on thursday to rushes. vladimir putin threatening him with sanctions. if moscow invades ukraine, john hendern has more from washington gen saki, the press secretary issued this statement, and she said, president biden made clear that the united states and its allies will respond decisively. if russia further invades ukraine, it goes on to say the leaders express support for diplomatic efforts, and there are a lot of diplomatic efforts going on in europe this week. there is a meeting between the 10th and the 13th rush will meet with the us. it will meet with representatives of nato and it will meet with representatives of european countries. all of that churning the diplomacy, trying to stop what se

ukraine's border. antony blinking began his tor in key f, where he's held talks with president vladimir zelinski to reaffirm american support . lincoln warned, russia could invade at very short notice. you'll meet with the russian foreign minister saga lever and geneva on friday. what abdel him eat has more from give. hello and i said, the message is the same, but this time is from the ukrainian capital. give that u. s. secretary of state anthony blanket, renewed calls for russia to choose the applause or pay a price in case of military escalation today. there are some 100000 russian soldiers near ukraine borders. and in that sense, the threat to ukraine is unprecedented. so the president asked me to underscore once again, our commitment to ukraine start or integrity to sovereignty towards independence. they can arrange visit comes as washington confirmed another $200000000.00 in military, a clear show of support for what do you as called ukraine fundamental right to sovereignty. that's angered moscow. it says that's a threat to its own security ukraine into us, hoping this military support may

joe biden has told the ukrainian leader vladimir zelinski that the u. s will responded decisively if russia moves further into its territory. moscow has been massing 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 oma con infections. rise across the country. several regions of introduced restrictions including a nighttime curfew in the capital, new daily schools and public places there. and in other states or close of the middle is in new delhi. with more on the vaccination program, this age group, which is between 15 to 18 is a population of about at least 70000000. so it's a huge, huge drive. in fact, a vaccinations also going on and schools and education centers. now children have had it very difficult in the pandemic. you know, up there were, the schools were the 1st to shock the last to open. in fact, in delhi schools was shot again because of the alarming rate at which covered 19 cases have been surging. and until now, archer

in cattle in just a few hours us present, joe biden is said to call his ukranian counterpart vladimir zelinski to discuss rushes military build up on ukraine's borders. thousands of russian troops have amassed at the border prompting fears of an invasion into ukraine. the foreign called comes just 3 days after biden and russia's prize invited me a port in talked by didn't phase the us could impose you sanctions against russia. if it takes military action against ukraine, lensky, and by then we'll also review plans for in person diplomatic talks in geneva, between russia and nato and ukraine. well, let's speak to richard faqua bottle this. he's a professor of russian and european politics at the university of kent and joins is now live. thank you very much for your time. so present biden speaking to the ukranian leader today, just a few days after speaking to putin on the phone and ahead of that all important meeting in geneva. how do you think moscow will be viewing this phone conversation between biden insulin ski 1st and what do you think the ukrainians are hoping to hear from the body admin

say they won't attack, no room for compromise yet after the revealing press conference with vladimir zelinskio no immediate indication of an incursion. those experts real concern about those russian troops. >> there are too many of them, any provocation and probable escalation may be triggered. accidental provocation or not accidental. >> reporter: he wasn't is knocking russia. he was knocking the united states as well to start an evacuation of the us embassy. he said it was not right. these are the captains of diplomacy. they are jumping ship. we are not the titanic. jackie: he showed preparations being made in bomb shelters. now we are talking about some ways being used as bomb shelters. thank you so much. reaction from defense priority senior fellow danny davis. good to see you. we heard the president of ukraine trying to manage expectations saying the threat wasn't imminent, looking at late february or what happened with your pics. so many factors with respect to timing. when you have ukraine saying we are preparing bomb shelters what military forces do they have on the ground to defend t

meanwhile, vladimir zelinski, the ukrainian president says nothing looks imminent, everyone be calm., has in leading people to believe anything could happen at any time and president clinton himself could find himself under personal sanctions, biden said yesterday, with bashar al-assad of syria and nicholas maduro of venezuela. putin's spokesperson said that would not be painful for putin at all. it would be politically disastrous and those who talk about sanctions don't understand what they are talking about. a russian party is asking prudent to send troops to the breakaway regions of ukraine which have been largely under russian control since 2014. that would be a significant move where it to happen. they were pressing for the russian government to recognize independent entities and if it happens could be extremely controversial. with russian troops already there everyone agreed from ukrainian side and the russian side that it is something of a trojan horse as long as there is a russian presence in ukraine, they can turn up the heat anytime they want. stuart: amy kellogg, thank you

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we saw secretary of state tony blinken speaking to secretary zelinsky before president biden's call with vladimira read out of what the two discussed and how they see things moving forward. one of the biggest debates within the administration, but also more broadly among the international community is just how serious is vladimir putin? just how willing is he potentially to move ahead with an invasion of ukraine. i want you to listen to what a top democrat, adam schiff, the airm chairman of the house intelligence committee said about this today. >> i think it will require enormous sanctions on russia to deter what appears to be a very likely russian invasion of ukraine again. and i think our allies need to be solidly on board with it. russia needs to understand we are united in this. i also think that a powerful deterrent is the understanding that if they do invade, it is going to bring nato closer to russia, not push it farther away. >> so you heard there schiff talking about what he considered a likely invasion of ukraine. this call today between president biden and president zelinsky is the be

edward: the talks continue, president biden planning to call ukraine's president zelinski after talking to vladimiry about his troops amassing on the ukraine border. moore from wilmington, delaware where the president is taking a holiday. >> reporter: senior administration officials closely watching what russia is doing, true position on the board with ukraine as president biden says he's willing to discuss vladimir putin's issues on one condition. edward: made it clear to president clinton that if he makes any more moves, goes into ukraine, we will have severe sanctions. >> reporter: phone call thursday with russian president vladimir putin, the white house is president biden warned unprecedented sanctions. written state media reports president putin threatening to sever diplomatic ties with western countries if they implement those sanctions. many republicans say the administration needs to be more aggressive providing weapons to ukraine. they also criticized the administration for waving congressionally mandated sanctions against russian natural gas pipeline called nora tostream 2 which would bo

vladimir putin decides to invade ukraine. and president biden promised ukraine president zelinsky the u.s. will respond.ions. there are military options on the table here. not to send troops to ukraine but to send troops to eastern european allies and other countries to show russia and putin the u.s. is still very serious about eastern russia and is watching all of this very carefully sending, for example, reconnaissance flights through ukraine over the last couple of days to monitor russian activity. all of this will be done in close coordination with nato allies. there is, of course, a balancing act here. a fine line between deterrence and provocation. that's what the u.s. and nato are trying to figure out here during this incredibly sensitive time between russia and ukraine. >> the democratic chairman of the house intelligence committee, adam schiff, raise someday eyebrows in an interview talking about the conflict. what did he say about the likelihood that russia will invade again ukraine? >> he was blunt here, not mincing any words. he called it very likely. listen to this. >> i fear that putin is

zelinski. he was supposed to have a conversation on the telephone with the russian president, boris a, sorry, a vladimir putin this afternoon. that had to be postponed, canceled effectively, they couldn't find a mutually agreeable time for it to happen. and that is kind of thrown off the carefully choreographed preamble to the, to the meeting and in care of. so it's certainly going to impact on international diplomacy. and on the chances of success, ah, but other world leaders are perhaps too diplomatic to tell you what they really think about boris johnson. the man. bear in mind. he's still in power. depo written . thank you very much, need now yet man's 7 year war has seen further escalation with who the rebels announcing they've attacked the united arab emirates with drones and missiles the u . e. z as it intercepted, one ballistic missile early on monday. and 30 minutes later destroyed a missile launcher in who she controlled jeff province. manila time report the target was clear, united arab emirates, striking back against host the missile bases. and the man is the latest retaliation officer debris

a western intelligence official tells us, as vladimir putin mobilizes more troops over the next two to three weeks for exercises in belarus president zelinsky has told his people there is no unusual risk and blamed the united states for stirring panic its left many ukrainians not knowing what to do there are no public orders for drilling no mass callups of reserves. no tests of emergency response systems. just life as normal. >> translator: it seems there will be no military invasion, says marina. i believe this i want to believe this. >> reporter: some ukrainians accuse president zelinsky of publicly urging calm to bolster his own support as he's challenged politically by ukraine's former president and exchampion boxer, now kyiv mayor vitali klitschko it is not an option to relax and stay calm. things could explode at any minute, but ignore it or not the threat u.s. and nato officials say is real and mounting the door to diplomacy is still not closed today the french president spoke with russia's vladimir putin and russia's foreign minister says it is still studying a written response that the united states and nato gave to russia still th

vladimir putin is to change the zell inski government. the white house just announced a few days ago and the british government have talked about co-vert attempts by russia to undermine the zelinsky government. it's left some ukrainians wondering if they're being lied to, if there's a coverup, if there is something go and why is it the world is talking about ukraine add the world themselves are not. you're seeing ukrainia since some of these difficult questions. we're not seeing the lines of traffic. they're behaving as normally but people are starting to ask the difficult questions. why are all these western journalists here? >> why is the world paugss pausing on this and being silent? >> thank you. be safe. general milley talked to the forces on tuesday. can you tell me more about the conversations between the pentagon and ukraine's military right now is this. >> so we're getting a number of read-outs about general milley speaking to his counterparts all through the baltic region and central europe. he said he's not going to discuss specifics of this. one of the things they talked about was the efforts taken to itsen the possible invasion of russia -- but russia, ukraine. i wan