now this is a situation where sherman says, the u. s. is very steadfast, that it is opposed to an invasion of ukraine, although it was not specifically discussed at monday's meeting. she did say that the u. s. is trying to find a way to resurrect the intermediate of missile a treaty, that the u. s. and others say that the russians have broken by stationing of medium range missiles around its territory aimed at western europe. been. she also said that one thing is not going to change the idea that nato is not going to open its membership to countries that want to be members. she said that would be infringing on those countries right? to decide how to conduct their foreign policy. she did say there's a lot of work to do, but this is just the beginning and whether the russians are trying to basically create a situation to justify an invasion of ukraine. she said, well, we'll just have to see what they're actually doing. russian president vladimir putin has claim victory and defending neighboring kazakstan from what he called a foreign backe

they were of straight forward again, wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt, she said, for the us and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since the meeting last summer, between president slide amir potent and joe bite, and the president of the european parliament to david sicily has died at the age of 65. his spokesman says he'd been in hospital since december 26 after a serious complication related to his immune system. certainly had been the president of the parliament since 2019 steadfast and more from amsterdam. fall ill of a very severe case of pneumonia in september during a plan recession of the european parliament. he was out of office for 2 months. he wasn't there when there was a prominent state of the union address of the european parliament back in september . then he recovered, but then he went into hospital again in december for what his spokesman called and immune deficiency. there wasn't a serious problem with his immune system. and now he suddenly died in

now, this is a situation where sherman says, the u. s. is very steadfast, that it is opposed to an invasion of ukraine, although it was not specifically discussed at monday's meeting. she did say that the u. s. is trying to find a way to resurrect the intermediate term missile a treaty, that the u. s. and others say that the russians have a broken by stationing on min medium range missiles around its territory aimed at western europe. been. she also said that one thing is not going to change the idea that nato is not going to open its membership to countries that want to be members . she said that would be infringing on those countries right? to decide how to conduct their foreign policy. she did say there's a lot of work to do, but this is just the beginning and whether the russians are trying to basically create a situation to justify an invasion of ukraine. she said, well, we'll just have to see what they're actually doing yet just to focus on that more rosalind. i mean, as you said, no talk or other countries joining nato. of course,

wendy sherman's assessment was that to the meetings on monday about 8 hours worth of talks. with the survey rubric coffin, his delegation were useful. they were frank heard language, they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. sense of the meeting last summer between president slide amir potent and joe biden, or russia president has claim victory and defending neighboring kazakhstan from what he called a foreign backed uprising. more than a 160 people were killed during last week's anti government protests. the u. s. on european union have imposed new sanctions on nicaragua and officials after elections that have been described as rigged at times on the same day. president daniel ortega is set to be sworn in for a 4th term. china star novak joke of it says he's now focused on playing at the australian open after winning a court battle to stay in the country. he treated a picture of himself back on a tennis c

they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the us and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since are the meeting last summer between president vladimir putin and joe biden. the president of the european palm and david cecily has died at the age of $65.00. his spokesman said he'd been in hospital since december 26 after a series of complications related to his immune system. saucily had been the president of the parliament since 2019 said lawson has more from amsterdam. yes. fell ill of a very severe case of pneumonia in september. during a plenary session of the european parliament. he was out of the office for 2 months . he wasn't there when there was a prominent state of the union address, so of the european parliament back in september. then he recovered it. but then he went into hospital again in december for what his spokesman called an immune deficiency to was an a serious problem with his immune system. and now he sudde

they were of straight forward again, wendy sherman's language, but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. sense of the meeting last summer, between presidents windermere potent and joe biden. russia's president has claim victory and defending neighboring kazakhstan from what he called a foreign backed uprising. more than a 160 people were killed during last week's anti government protests. the us and european union have imposed new sanctions on nicaraguan officials after elections that have been described as rigged. it comes on the same day. president daniel ortega said to be sworn in for a 4th term. european union is under pressure to relax a rule that forces airlines to use or lose their airport landing slots of tons of says it will have to fly 18000 unnecessary flights this winter. it's, it's imply opponents of the policy say, the so called ghosts flights are a major generator of carbon emissions. the united nations held meetings in hart june to find a way to end violent pr

well, the deputy secretary of state wendy sherman, was not going to say that this meeting this 8 hour long meeting with us sergey rubicon, and his delegation was a success. she did say that the conversations were frank were blunt, aware, quite forthright. and that both sides o spelled out their concerns. now the question, according to deputy secretary sherman, is whether the russians will take up the americans offer to try to talk more to try to continue these discussions. what did not come up was the question of what to do about ukraine, except for the russian a vowel that it wasn't going to invade that country. she essentially said that we'll have to see what happens. and as far as all these big issues are concerned, it is the realization that we think rose on the part of both sides. that if they break down the big issues in some senses, it might be easier to deal with individual issues one at a time. well i think that the u. s. certainly recognizes that all of these issues are distinct issues, even though they are all gonna conflated and certainly they are being conflated in the yo

now we have the problem of ukraine tend to, they're extremely high and it's clear according to wendy sherman and her press conference yesterday, that nato is not willing to shut the door. they're going to maintain their open door policy. and it's up to countries that they really want to apply to nato, that they're leaving the door open. and this is something that president putin has been clear that he was a treaty outlining that neither ukraine nor ga could ever join nato. so this is something i don't know how they're going to get around. so this is kind of an intractable point right now. and many analysts have wondered, did put, make these maps melissa request to see how much he would get in return. so this is a rose and clear about what put in his doing. he has it. we have fallen if, if his demands include all you other countries that join nato was 1987 would have to leave. and so in many respects what he is doing by surrounding you came with a 100000 soldiers. some haven't seen that as black mel trying to get negotiations, but others in russia feel that finally were being heard. so it rem

they were off straight forward again, wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation, this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. since are the meeting last summer between president slide amir potent and joe biden. nicaragua, as president daniel tiger has been sworn in for full term, will take it was re elected in november in a vote. the u. s. and the you described is a sham. they impose new sanctions on officials in nicaragua, written response to the disputed election moscow's president andre manuel lopez abra though has tested positive for cove 19 for a 2nd time. he says he only has light symptoms, but it comes as mexico reports a record number of new cases. but abra door claims hospital admissions and deaths. aunt increasing the same rate and the number of coven 19 patients in america has hit an all time high. the u. s has reported 1100000 new coin a virus cases in the past day, a global record, the 7 day average of new daily cases is tripled in the u. s. in

wendy sherman's assessment was that to the meetings on monday about 8 hours worth of talks. with the survey rubric coffin, his delegation were useful. they were frank heard language, they were of straightforward again wendy sherman's language. but she said this wasn't a negotiation. this was really the attempt. she said for the u. s. and for russia to take the measure of each other's concerns. sense of the meeting last summer, between president slide amir potent and joe biden. russia's president was claimed victorian defending neighboring kazakhstan from what he called a foreign backed uprising. more than a 160 people were killed during last week's antique government. protests, monica, when president daniel ortega has been sworn in for a 4th through his inaugurated comes in the u. s. on the you impose new sanctions on nicaraguan officials in response to novembers disputed election. the united nations held meetings and cartoon to find a way to end the political deadlock.

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oh, interesting with zoom in our briefing with wendy sherman. it was all so what do you mean by d escalating on the border with ukraine? m. how? because after all these russian troops are in russia, is a russian troops in russia. how on earth can the west say, move your troops around when this is but it's, we're rushes to the us over the country. and when the showman, when pressed, was quite interesting, actually, because she said when she, when i talked about the escalation, she means returned the troops to barracks. and this is new, or tell us what exercises are on going and what their purposes russia. keep saying, these are just military exercises that are going on at the border that seem to be a bit a bit new from wendy sherman, that it's not necessarily a get the troops back to barracks or else, but actually be more transparent about what exactly those troops are up to share frequency with the latest from washington d. c. she had thank you. or meanwhile, russia's president has claimed victory in defending neighbor kazakhstan from what he ca

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no one is hiring me because they think i'm a troublemaker, you sherman? no palestinians have seen the president's power, expand at the expense of the just letter and judiciary. the, the look, the east we have a weak rule of law. the president's office has been getting more authority. this has led to more decisions that benefits certain officials and powerful circles around the president. even when some corruption allegations are investigated, perpetrators are rarely held accountable. critics say that without the political will to fight corruption efforts to combat the problem will remain limited in deb him al jazeera, the occupied westbank reg. heavy snow fall has blanketed parts of jerusalem. it shut down roads and schools and grounded flights in the region. but somewhere out make most of the winter flurry or force it has more. a winter snowfall isn't unknown in jerusalem by any means. but on this scale it is very rare. there hasn't been anything like this for the last 10 years. in 2012, it was about 60 centimeters that fell overnight, wednesday to thurs

beginning in geneva, with us. russia talks that deputy secretary of state and foreign minister level wendy sherman against a counterpart. so gay re up call from their enormous teams there. so the starting point will be to russian draft treaty is handed over to the u. s. and nato containing a whole slew of demands that effect quite substantially. the security infrastructure in europe. not surprisingly, the top demands have been completely ruled out, namely, legal guarantees that the russians want. the ukraine will never become a member of nato, nor will countries like georgia and demands limiting the numbers of us troops deployed on european soil. now there may be other areas where they can find forms of agreement to miss out deployment, military exercises within proximity to one another and so on. but that frankly is small for president putin in terms of his main goal, which is ensuring that ukraine remains firmly part of russia's exclusive sphere of influence. now, there are not many people who are expecting anything like an agreement to come out of these talks today. it is being seen as a startl

s. deputy secretary of state wendy sherman. so it's important for this meeting to take place. it is led by the russian deputy foreign minister alexander roscoe. and it is going to be significant because we're going to see what will come of it for the russians, for their part. they don't believe that anything significance will be achieved, but it's important to continue having a dialogue and discussion. and as long as that is happening, there is hope that the situation will not escalate dose if they happen various attempts to deescalate the situation over the last 6 months or so. i just, yesterday we had talks and dig between the us and russia without a breakthrough. do we expect any progress and nato today? well, we don't expect anything major to happen, but what it, it will be important is that they're talking. i think this is significant because as long as there's dialogue, there is hope that the situation can deescalate the russians for their part have said that their troop movements along the border with ukraine is well within their sovereign right. they can move their for

wouldn't talk to the european allies, but european security, wendy sherman has had over 100 debriefings before the nato meeting after the meeting with the russians about security in europe. so the europeans are happy. other nato members are happy. and so if you haven't had to make up for the deficit, for lack of trust in the trump administration. so i think that people almost feel over breach, but i think that they had to do this in order to reassure them. and, you know, i think there's a dictators dilemma going on here because we put, and we know, it least even in the soviet union, you had to pull up your, you had other people making decisions. but we see that the negotiators must go back physically to moscow to get new instructions there. they don't have the ability to negotiate at all. so they're just given, you know, the red lines i put in and then they have to try to give the speaking points. so i think that this really hampers the russian position. and it also creates a lot of concern for countries in eastern europe because their demand they're asking now is, as you pointed out, j

he said the whole question would be in doubt, wendy sherman speaking almost simultaneously. the u. s deputy deputy secretary of state said she'd often to meet russia again. she said the 2 governments would talk at the end of this week of talks after meetings with nato. and the o. s. c e, she reiterated again the absolute red line that the u. s. a nato would never close the door on nato expansion. and she said, if russia discuss walk away from this task at this point, then it will be clear that they would never serious about diplomacy. so as i said, as far apart as ever, they were at the beginning of this week, but there is more talking to be done. john, many, thanks to whoa correspondent, they're tracking those discussions. taking place in geneva. nato is set to hold its own talks with russia on wednesday earlier, the secretary general young stilton berg repeated its warning to moscow about that . true build up. russia submitted to build up continuous and with tens of thousands of combat, read the troops armed with had the capabilities on friday natal for him in this is cold again,

so committee deputies after state wendy sherman saying the door remains open. yeah. that for our meeting, where the us secretary of state, or rather the deputy us secretary state along with representatives from 30 other countries, meeting with russian officials really didn't result in any major breakthrough. but according to the secretary of state, rather deputy secretary of state. what she said was, in fact, that there is still this invitation from the west to continue diplomacy to continue negotiations. and that door remains open. essentially what she said was, that is the sort of team of countries has issued a bit of an invitation to russian to do 3 things. number one, de escalate detention, something that they have been asking for for quite a bit of time. choosing diplomacy. again, something that has the west has been pleading for and also to bring about solutions for security for all parties involved. know the feeling of the united states isn't all of this. if russia is to walk away from this invitation, then it was never serious about negotiations in the 1st pl

wendy sherman's assessment was that the meetings on monday.

any new members from washington. rosalind jordan has more on how american negotiators reacted wendy sherman's assessment was there to the meetings on monday about 8 hours worth of talks with the survey.

now of course, they have been meeting of face to face the deputy secretary, a, wendy sherman for the americans, sergey rubicon, the deputy foreign minister for the russians in geneva on monday are those meetings are still under way out, should be wrapping up. we think in the next couple of hours, but the real concern is trying to one figure out where they can actually try to deal with, with each other's demands. the u. s. does not want to see an invasion of ukraine, but it also does not want russia to continue other destabilizing activities, including its deployment of medium range missiles along its borders of facing western europe. as you noted, the russians want to the u. s. and nato to bassett, basically back away from la thereof, from the russian borders, and not at mit, any more countries, particularly those countries that used to be a part of the soviet union. staying with us story, little earlier, i spoke to pet true book of skill. he's a senior fellow at the democratic initiatives foundation in key if he explained to me what russia wants to achieve with these talks. i see yo

people in the world are very concerned about these conversations, like the one with mr. re up in ms. sherman last week. and the ones today is there can be some sort of progress that is being made today. you mentioned the written report, written response, united states, next week. could you characterize that for us please? is that a step in the right direction? do you see that is a concession from the united states? and in how long as russia are going to be willing to wait for satisfactory answers . so almost goes that, well, do i have to tell you everything up with up with go? what should as well, you know, this, i'm out just attempt to resume good to go into each and every detail. well, i do not saying it's useful right now. i have told you everything i needed to about out today's constructive abuse, whole discussion. i cannot say whether we on the right path or not. we will understand that once we get the american response in writing to all the points that we've been numerators, a good afternoon, no cancellation, correctional cur. i says that tv channel, the state duma is discussing the in

the administration's most experienced negotiator, wendy sherman, led those discussions in geneva last week with another round with the us secretary of state and russian foreign minister expected on friday. u. s. allies acknowledge a distinct change from the trump presidency. the biden administration is trying to communicate and cooperate more, but they say the response to major events has been slow and stilted. sometimes that had been missteps. one western politician told me we were hoping for return to the obama error. instead, we seem to have got the obama b team. james bays al jazeera at the united nations. ok, let's analyze ia number one of the by and ministration with mall. i'm shara, he's out to 0 senior political analyst. he's joining us from the mo, i'm hi there. welcome back to the news. i mean rejoining the paris climate deal going back into various un organisations. that's fine and dandy, but the seems to be more inertia than the men to me when it comes to actually delivering on the big endless questions of foreign policy. absolutely, no. i think it was easy on the 1st day

the administration's most experienced negotiate of wendy sherman, led those discussions in geneva last week with another round with the us secretary of state and russian foreign minister expected on friday. u. s. allies acknowledge a distinct change from the trump presidency. the biden administration is trying to communicate and cooperate more, but they say the response to major events has been slow and stilted. sometimes that had been missteps. one western politician told me we were hoping for return to the obama error. instead, we seem to have got the obama b team, james bays al jazeera at the united nations. or for more on this, let's speak to brian class and associate professor of global politics that university college london who joins us now live over skype. so thank you so much for joining us here on al jazeera, pretty strong words, i guess at the end of our report, there are people accusing by the end of being the sort of obama b team. what have you made of his 1st year when it comes to foreign policy as he managed to turn back the clock after trump? well, i think the most impo

no one is hiring me because they think i'm a troublemaker, you sherman? no palestinians have seen the president's power, expand at the expense of the just letter and judiciary. the, the look, the east we have a weak rule of law. the president's office has been getting more authority. this has led to more decisions that benefits certain officials and powerful circles around the president. even when some corruption allegations are investigated. perfect, it is a rarity held accountable critic see that without the political will to fight corruption efforts to combat the problem will remain limited need every him al jazeera, the occupied, westbank egyptian, the president of dell such a c. c has been meeting leaders in the united arab emirates, the talks with the crown prince and emerald. he military chiefs are aimed at showing up bilateral ties between the countries is also being seen as a show support from cairo alto. last week's attack on i would debate by humans whose he rebels, a drone and miss r strikes, killed. 3 civilians. in my way is facing a shortage

the administration's most experienced negotiator, wendy sherman, led those discussions in geneva last week with another round with the u. s. secretary of state and russian foreign minister expected on friday. u. s. allies acknowledge a distinct change from the trump presidency. the biden administration is trying to communicate and cooperate more, but they say the response to major events has been slow and stilted. sometimes there had been missteps. one western politician told me we were hoping for return to the obama era. instead, we seem to have got the obama beating james bay's al jazeera at the united nations . that's towards the current volker. he was a us ambassador to nato and is a distinguished fellow at the center for european policy analysis. he joins us now live from washington. good to have you with us again. so with that remark about the obama b team, still ringing in our ears, are the president's critics being overly harsh. failing to acknowledge that he took office during a pandemic, and after the previous administration had alienated many allison, withdrawn from many ag

the administration's most experienced negotiate a wendy sherman led those discussions in geneva last week with another round with the us secretary of state and russian foreign minister expected on friday. u. s. allies acknowledge a distinct change from the trump presidency. the biden administration is trying to communicate and cooperate more, but they say the response to major events has been slow and stilted. sometimes there have been missteps. one western politician told me we were hoping for return to the obama era. instead, we seem to have got the obama b team. james bays al jazeera, the united nations. let's talk to my one, be shara, he's our senior political analyst. he joins us from the mom and welcome back to the news. so the fingerprint on foreign policy was supposed to be touchy feely fighting the little guy, respecting human rights. has this administration done that in these 1st 12 months? well, the record shows that it has not, and most issues are the by then and ministration has over promised than under delivered it. it didn't or sort of talk the talk that we've heard fr

s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman's, that that's what the russians are proposing is certainly in a non starter for the americans. that they cannot have a country dictating who can and cannot join nato. the russians have said that they have to look out for their own best interests. and that this is something that is certainly not going to go away. but for the time being all parties involved. so have said that they are, they agree that i log is the most important path forward in trying to de escalate tensions dosage. a bar is in moscow more with door. so later on we'll just check in with the tasha butler in paris as well. the last meeting natasha between russia and the u. s. fail to bring any results. is this meeting between russia and nato? any different really? well exactly. the last meeting between russia and the u. s. on monday or ending without any breakthrough, and if you listen to most or unless sand watches, it seems as if this meeting between nato members and russian senior negotiators will probably end with the same result. they're all very low hopes for any major brea

now of course, they have been meeting of face to face the deputy secretary, a, wendy sherman for the americans, sergey rubicon, the deputy foreign minister for the russians in geneva on monday are those meetings are still under way, should be wrapping up. we think in the next couple of hours, but the real concern is trying to one figure out where they can actually try to deal with, with each other's demands. the u. s. does not want to see an invasion of ukraine, but it also does not want russia to continue other destabilizing activities, including its deployment of medium range missiles along its borders, are facing western europe. as you noted, the russians want to the u. s. and nato to bassett, basically back away from madera, from the russian borders, and not at mit, any more countries, particularly those countries that used to be a part of the soviet union. now, while these talks are not supposed to focus specifically on ukraine, certainly it is hanging over those discussions. but there are going to be more meetings on wednesday and thursday where the us, where members of nato, w