we did see during the flurry of diplomacy this, we can berlin with nato's secretary general against dalton, back here. all of sholtes after their meeting confirmed it least implicitly that he would consider putting a stop to that gas pipeline. or if russia did take military action, so that was seems a major step of what i think one thing i'll be looking for in this press conference coming up now. is it how explicitly do tony blinking? and, and alina burbock refer to that, do, does bear book or come out really clearly and say, yes, we've got our own old stream to that would be an interesting step. and that would be something that the americans would certainly welcome. yeah, certainly an issue that caused a lot of headaches over in washington, also in the european union. i want to ask you where europe stands and all of this, we had a vice president of the european parliament, catalina barley on the program yesterday. and she talked about the fact that perhaps one of the weaknesses of the european position is that there are 27 member states trying to find one position. and they are perhaps no

mr dalton. thank you and that's it. but there's the update, please don't, is again in 30 minutes the, all the latest. ah, [000:00:00;00] with i'm option returns in, i'm back in the studio after having had corona virus here in london for the 2nd time. this is going on the ground coming up in the show, while bar a strong to new fights for its political life. this weekend may have opposed charging those involved. the world is but hours away from commemorating a 10 minute massacre. bloody sunday, we investigate. and after the vatican last week, beatified as priests slaughtered by alleged so called us back to death squads in el salvador. what should we expect from the country supreme court? opening up a new investigation into the murders of jesuits clerics that inspired st. oscar romero himself mounted 45 years ago. we speak to an expert witness in the case dollars more coming up in today's going underground. but 1st, we are on the eve of the 50th anniversary of bloody sunday, which sparked global outrage against the british

the situation on the ukrainian border at this time during talks with nato secretary general against dalton burg here in bed. then the chancellor said, rushing aggression towards ukraine would treat a strong reaction that would come at a high political and economic court. and he urged moscow to de escalate by reducing truitt numbers on the ukraine border. later chief invited russia to join nato allies for you to talks and emphasize the importance of dialogue when tensions are high in the wrong ukraine. or the w said chief international edison richard walker can tell us more a welcome richard. so we have another invitation to more talks of, from nato, to a russia. we're going round and round in circles. here it appears when stells and bug, as we just heard in what you referred to. they're saying that it's important to keep talking in a situation that is as tense as this is at the moment. and yes, so he says that he has today invited the russians and the nato allies to another round of talks in this body called the nato, russia. russia council, which one of the bodies that had talked last wee

with salts was nato secretary general against dalton, back treading a fine line between the willingness for dialogue and the determination to act like toys. a read them on the ne dollars already to engage a listen to concerns rashaw may have, but we will not compromise on court principles. the stakes are rising and the dio political game that is challenging, the stability and power balance in europe. things are moving fast. next up, us, secretary of state antony blinkin, will be in key f and berlin this week, before his own one on one with sag a love rav and geneva on friday. and over more tonight, i'd like to welcome jeremy shapiro. he's the research director of the european council on foreign relations. he's a former advisor at the us state department germ. it's good to have you on the program. let me start by getting your read on this latest news that john, secretary of state lincoln and russian foreign minister laboratory will meet this coming friday in geneva. what do you think? what it means that the diplomatic track is still good news, but as a report made very clear there's it's

and dalton burg here in berlin. chantelle said that russian aggression towards ukraine would trigger strong reactions that would come at a high political and economic costs. and he urged moscow to de escalate the situation by reducing fruit numbers on ukraine with nato chief invited russia to join nato allies. you ran to talk and emphasize the importance of dialogue, intention to high on the implications for you or the w sir, chief international editor richard walker. can that tell us more? welcome, richard. so we have another invitation to more talks of, from nato, to a russia. we're going round and round in circles here it appears. well, yes, tells him, but as we just heard in what you referred to, they're saying that it's important to keep talking in a situation that is as tense as this is at the moment. and yes, so he says that he has today invited the russians and the nato allies to another round of talks in this body called the nato, russia, russia, counselors, one of the bodies that had talked last week. and this will flurry of diplomacy that we've been seeing. now somebody's

but earlier, we heard pretty much confirmation of this from the nato secretary general against dalton beg, natal will not compromise on court principles. we stand for the right of each nation to choose his own alliances. and naples door remains open. nathan will not compromise on core principles. we stand for the right of each nation to choose his own alliances. and naples door remains open. while those navy war games continue in the mediterranean involving the at yet, the american aircraft carrier, the u. s. s. harry truman, we've also heard on monday from france, denmark, the netherlands, and spain who've all either committed or said they're considering committing moving military hardware or troops to eastern europe. now dmitri pest golf, who's the the kremlin spokesperson, said that moscow as paying very close attention to these movements. a dog reduced to another, such nato actions and increase nato activity. now, borders cannot be ignored by a military her responsible for the security of our country. there is a constant process of drills, maneuvers and military build up, which ha

this sort of speech that was given by yonce dalton berg, the director of nato, which they posted on line, is a highly politicized ideological and is sort of approach. and this is the opposite of what you'd expect from nato. but it seems like it was nato taking the ideological lead and the sort of battle to spread freedom and democracy around the world. or is this normally the purview of countries like the united states? it's funny when you're reading the on the objections at the united states representatives are putting forward, they're demanding that russia deescalate, their aggressive behavior stops. inflammatory rhetoric is almost like a, a bullet point list of what the united states themselves are either doing or not doing. next, human rights watch says some of them watching them. the global body claims. the notorious is rarely developed spyware, known as pegasus was used to target the director of its office in lebanon. lemme fact he shared with us how she 1st became aware that she was being snoop tom. only learned about the high when i received a notification from apple and number.

you can see it in the rhetoric is becoming more political, more ideology. yonce dalton burgess is, is becoming sort of more of a political, a figure than sorta director general of any military alliance of nato's desperate for relevance in the world. and this is one of the reasons why this crisis is being ramped up. i believe there's also an economic piece on the back end of that. of course, that's the arm sales. it's the military, industrial market. ok. but beyond that, they're also very scared. you know, they're very close. they know that they're losing or have lost the don bass. okay. creamy has gone, everybody knows that john mearsheimer said that in 2014, nobody got the a and memo in washington for sure. but the dumbass is gone. so this is a very difficult and they want revenge for crimea. okay, they're going to keep sanctions on. they're gonna sabotaged the normandy format and tried to make sure the minks accordingly are never realised. this is also a major objective of the west. so they're really in a difficult situation. and again, it's a, it's a situation that they're making n