and the u. s. and its allies have made more or less clear that they're not going to fight for ukraine. so they're fighting over something that the leave the object that they're trying to protect, they're putting, making it more vulnerable. don't think see that. go ahead. joe. biden has brought nato to the edge of a catastrophe, potential catastrophe in the case of a war, just forget the nukes for a 2nd. if a, if a conventional war would break out a russian. but probably when in about a few weeks, i mean they just have to come in from the north like a dagger and hit key and hit key. i mean, they could just launch missile missiles and the key of and take out didn't military and political infrastructure. you can, it can be done, maybe in a matter of days. so nato will lose in a conventional war. but 1st, let's try go back 2nd. why answer the question, why is all happening? and the reason is because joe biden, his administration, is an absolute catastrophe. absolute catastrophe on the foreign policy fr

if the u. s. i want to be proud of my country, and i want to see for my president, i wanted to see say, ok russian ukraine. what's a doubt in, let's solve this problem. we don't see that. we don't see it at all. we see america saying, let's make this conflict even worse. let's see how we can mpeg up, but see how we can make it more intense. let's create more threats, was create more tension. and this is why i'm really embarrassed about my government . that's because i'm really sad to say that, but it, that's, that's the reality we see that it's not the, it's not the old america where my father works for the federal government life. and i was a different generation where they least tried somewhat to resolve conflicts. they tried somewhat. no, i mean, you haven't even had the when the berlin wall went up, they the u. s. back down budapest, 56. 68 are in process. i mean, you know, there are things that you can accomplish and things you can't accomplish here. that is a very different mindset. now, let

the u. s. secretary of state and russian foreign minister arrived for crucial talks. ain't it diffusing tensions over ukraine? antony blinkin and sir gala for offset the tone early. both said, breakthrough was unlikely. we don't expect to resolve your late, but i do as far as whether it was over middleton is doing very well, because we are not expecting a breakthrough at this meeting either. we are expecting answers to our proposals after the meeting left for offset. moscow wanted a written response from the us to its demands, including a guarantee that nato will not grant membership to ukraine. something blinkin has repeatedly called a nonstarter, but he said the u. s. would respond to russia if moscow addressed it's concerns and respected ukrainian sovereignty. we've been clear if any russian military forces move across ukraine's order that's renewed invasion. it will be met with swift, severe, and a united response from the united states and are partisan allies. u. s. intelligence says russi

the u. s. since special forces on secret missions, including hunting down terrorists, partly with the help of private mercenaries, the iraq war was really the moment when the most powerful nation in the world, the united states put its stamp of legitimacy and approval on the notion that the nation state no longer has the sovereign control of organized use of force that it is acceptable for even veterans of the united states military to sell their us taxpayer funded knowledge and experience to the highest bidder. at the time military veteran shawn mc fate was studying at harvard university. i was running across campus late for us like a statistics and economics midterm study group. and i got a phone call and i literally went like this. you don't know who we are, but we know who you are. we have a job in africa that we think you can help us with. would you consider dropping out of harvard? i to do it. we'll pay a flight ticket down to texas. we're headquartered. we'll talk about it in the 19 nine

the u. s. entered into shifting alliances with other armed forces. like here in burgundy, sean rec fate was among those who carried out secret missions. with the help of the local military, he was tasked with preventing an assassination attempt being planned on bernardino president, according to ca, information it, but it did work. how i can't i he doesn't talk about his other missions. there are reasons for secrecy. when you, as soldiers get killed, there does have to be reported. they have military funerals. there. they come back in flag draped coffins when contractors die. nobody really cares for years. i used to track the number of contractor deaths and it was very, very difficult to, to do it. i mean, in some ways, i also knew that was being used for plaza deniability because i was doing very risky operations that they went poorly. the u. s. could disavow me, they said they never would, but we all knew that's easy for them rather than rescue me. they called kite operations where you can cu

the u. s. and the u. k. are sending military aid to ukraine with baltic nations set to follow the u. s. secretary of state and you foreign ministers, are meeting the a video link monday to discuss a unified response to russia or more on that meeting of joy now by our brussels beer chief alexander phenomena. alexander, what can we expect from this meeting of u foreign ministers and their u. s. counterpart today will, of course ukraine is front and center on the agenda and the foreign ministers are very eager to hear what you are. you as secretary blinking has to say, and what is his assessment of his meeting with the russian foreign minister lever off last week. and then they will talk about the situation about potential next step sir. they are expected to issue a statement at the aunt of to day a statement that is certainly aiming to stressor the use unity and also to send once again, a strong signal to moscow that to you is ready to impose massey 3rd sanctions. if a russia is going to use force against the

s. the u. k. in other western countries that a building military facilities and based on the see of as of there, this is also an acceptable to us with. this is another red line. now the folks over the past week have also said as a marker of the tensions between us and for us, of course, the u. s. are not bending on any of russia's demands. it seems as i also was lucky enough to ask a sec, i love rob about the words of the u. s. secretary of state, anthony lincoln, who said that all president putin has done in the past 2 years or so is a to facilitate what he wanted to present or prevents or rather, and those are kind of strong words from the u. s. i is, oliver said, that really isn't the case. said he was surprised at those words by blinking gossip . latasha anthony b. u. s. secretary of state blinking argues that what president putin has done over the past couple of years has only speeded up everything that wouldn't would like to prevent on which basis does blink and make such comments. do you th

if russia invades ukraine, the u. s. is in talks with energy producers, to temporarily diverge the suppliers dosage. a body has more from moscow. the russian foreign minister said that the americans have not a given a positive response to their main requests. and that is that nato not expand further, but that they have received positive responses grace under secondary requests and demands. and that is providing some optimism in room for talks in the future. we've also been hearing from the kremlin spokesperson, who said, there's really no reason to be optimistic at this stage. the spokesperson also said that the proposals now being studied by the russian president vladimir putin who will decide on the next steps and what they will be. i think it's important to point out that diplomacy is going to continue for how long it's not clear, but we do know that the norm in the format that is the 4 countries, including russia, ukraine, germany, france, will meet in berlin in 2 weeks time. they had a long session on wednesday in p

here are the u. s. and russia ambassadors, speaking today at the you, when the threats of aggression on the border of ukraine. yes, on it's bordered is provocative. our recognition at the facts on the ground is not provocative. the threats of action, if rushes, security de vans art net is provocative or encouraging diplomacy is not provocative that provocations from russia not from us or other members of this council. william, the opposite of you assure us that russia's military action against ukraine is coming in just a few weeks time. if not a few days time. there is no proof whatsoever to support this serious accusation. however, it is not preventing people from whipping up hysteria to such an extent that an actual economic impact is already being felt by a ukrainian neighbors. i. we're gonna get more now from our correspond oliver salad . he's in washington. he has been monitoring this meeting of the un security council to day. it's going to see oliver, the us, we know called this meeting of the un

people standing in line in the u. s. for 4 hours, just to get a job. and the u. s. state of virginia is it newly elected republican governor, dismantled previous democratic policies, banning critical race theory and lifting mass mandates in public schools. doing so, you sparks a wave of criticism with quite guessing live direct from our studios in moscow. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. are now at least new clamp down against the unvaccinated amounts to discrimination. that's what human rights group, amnesty international says, demanding that the government to rethink its tough anti cove policy. the recently approved reinforce green pass must be a time limited arrangement, and the government must continue to ensure that the entire population can enjoy their fundamental rights. amnesty international italia asked for alternative measures to allow the non vaccinated population to continue to carry out their work and to use means of transport without discrimination. the statement comes in the wake of thousands of people

and then the u. s. as well work by having done this. russia has no acted as an aggressor in ukraine. i mean, it's such an alice in wonderland. things you have to wonder, are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone? are they making this up because they're trying to do everyone, and they're also so stupid that they actually believe their own propaganda. and, well, i, me, you know, i think you remember there in with the, one of the trumpet impeachment of the testimonies is that, you know, for 14000 people have died in the dumbass during this conflict, but not one person, not one democrat, 11 republican pointer, who killed those people? always the give government. they killed their own people in the down. but no one even asked that question here. john, i see you nodding your head there in the corner. you agree with your thoughts? go ahead. yeah. what you just, what you just said right now, which is actually scandalous, horrible, that our media, our government cannot even recognize the fact

i think russia and the u. s. could find an accommodation we did when i served george w bush's his under secretary of state for arms control. we signed the treaty of moscow in 2002, which reduced the operationally deployed strategic nuclear forces. both countries think that's possible again, but i think you cannot do that in the absence of having china participate. but do you think germany is your boy got no extreme to i do i make a mistake? sure. i think work. i think it's a mistake to become strategically dependent on any, on any particular source of energy. and this is something that ronald reagan warren to europe about in 1008. that's it for one of your favorite shows of the last season. we'll be back on wednesday, the 12th of january, but until then stay safe. and you can watch all our interviews by subscribing to our youtube channel and falling us on all our social media. ah. as we continue looking at the here and review in the year ahead, bringing in the all star guests from all over the world. we've got a

good to see you again, but the u. s. also offered some proposals it thinks could reassure russian president vladimir potent and his government printed arms control, improved transparency on u. s. engagement in ukraine, and changes to u. s. nato exercises and eastern europe. the russians received a similar note from nato leadership in a bid to head off a possible conflict and ukraine. we call on russia once again to immediately the escalate the situation. nato firmly believes the attentions on this agreements must be sold through dialogue on diplomacy. nato was offering to host negotiations between the us and russia to resolve the crisis but stolen bird told reporters 5000 nato rapid response. troops can be called up in just a few days if needed. but washington and its european allies have stepped up deliveries of military age to kill, including defensive weapons. unity among western nations though has not been complete. i in fact like germany, notably hasn't provided any military aid to keep sensibly because of its relia

but still, the u. s. is sticking to the diplomatic route after a big and give a lincoln is going to berlin tomorrow. and then on friday, that key meeting who with his russian car depart, sergei love rob and ask anyone here. and i will tell you that actually that is the most important of all meetings and, and her, the rights and, and just very briefly, if you may, it, what is the sense or the mood that you're getting on the ground from an ordinary ukrainians, or they fear and got a work could be imminent. well, we've been here just a few hours, but the few people i spoke to our quite black there about the idea that the military escalation would happen any time soon. this. they think that this is a, there's a lot of talk of the moment, a lot of fear mongering, but you don't get in and you don't get the idea that this sort of panic among people. certainly a bit of worry because there's a background to that. 14000 people have dices, 20141400000 ukranian with display. so a's base that backdrop, but you don't g

and so here's the, the u. s. and the u. k. and other nato countries egging on the ukraine government to start another conflict when we're there is a mechanism minsk agreements that i've mentioned here to resolve that this is something very maniacal. go ahead, right? yeah, it's, it's harder. and as you know, there's a balance when you're trying to think this through. is it like a maniacal design, or just maniacal maniacally stupid? i mean, you know, it's really a question in my mind when you think about the last 20 years of u. s. policy, the u. s. invaded afghanistan, and 2 months later the taliban agreed to surrender. in exchange for amnesty and the american said no, we don't negotiate with terrorists. and then 20 years later, the taliban, when the war in afghanistan, the invasion of iraq, you know, you can go through the entire history of the states and all of these endless wars. and they're marked by these catastrophically dumb decisions, really stupid decisions. so there's a maniacal stupidity that exists, but because the g

but the u. s. p, i said, as if that act of aggression that has already taken place a very carefully listened to her statement where your me or her, the great her, i mean a traction of russia against ukraine, that they're all assuring us is going to take place in just a few weeks time, if not a few days time. we have been there however, is no proof confirming such a serious accusation whatsoever being put forward. however, it is not in preventing people from whipping up his from dairy. it is such an extent that an actual economic impact is already being felt by our ukrainian neighbors on your it wasn't, colleagues are talking that the need for the escalation. however, 1st and foremost, they themselves are whipping are tensions and rhetoric and are provoking escalation or the discussions about a threaten of threat of war is provocative in and of itself. you are almost calling for this. you want it to happen, you're waiting for it to happen as if you want to make your words become a reality. whether t

the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart, blinkin and la proff making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war. decades on old rivalries have resurfaced. both sides accused each other. regression and relations are dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera geneva still ahead on al jazeera, thousands of displays, syrian struggle to stay warm and find shelter after a snow storm raged through their tense. ah, thank you for joining him. we had extreme flooding in montevideo earlier in the week, and i think there is more in the forecast for you on saturday, with these rocket storms around the river plate region. the darker the color, the more intense the rain is falling so severe thunderstorms to be expected for the top end

we begin the day on this 1st anniversary of a dark day in u. s. history. you probably know where you were exactly one year ago when you heard that writers had attacked the u. s. capital. and you probably know the attack was an attempt to stop the peaceful transfer of power from when president donald trump, to the next jo, by those are facts. and that is the truth. but one year on both trump and his republican supporters inside and outside of congress continue to push the big lie that the election was stolen. and the january 6th was nothing more than a group of patriots who were caught misbehaving. tonight, america is as polarized as ever to narratives competing in a split screen reality. president biden says, this is a fight for the soul of the country. and today he placed this struggle in a wider global battle of democracy versus autocracy. and he warned that on this solomon adversary, it remains unclear who will win the future. certain dates echo throughout history. including dates that instantly are mine all who have lived through them, where they were

the u. s. has sent 90 tons of military aid including ammunition to ukraine. the $200000000.00 security support package arrives in russia continues to deny that its planning and military offensive. a prominent black 2nd journalist who was found shot dead outside his home in the city of tijuana, has been laid to rest. margarita martinez has been working as a photo journalist for more than a decade, covering gang related violence and had received several death threats. japan's recording more the $50000.00 daily corona virus cases for the 1st time. the government has ordered all bars and restaurants to close early, including the capital tokyo cases there have more than doubled in a week. a top, if you appear military official, says government troops are making plans to enter to rise regional capital. michaela for an operation to oust rebel forces to top us diplomats flew to add up about this week to push for a cease fire. more news at the top of the hour on al jazeera, but up next it's inside story

even as the u. s. influence wayne's? yeah, i think by agreeing to this trade a deal, i think it's a mess. those outside the tent, namely the u. s. that east asia and south east asia are willing to move on trade with or without the support of the u. s. and i think it's very important for you to reflect upon itself and figure out what the policy is going for on economics and on trade. more generally speaking, jan, how is this our step deal different from the trans pacific partnership deal or t p. p. as it's knowing which involved the u. s. in which they tried to get off the ground, but then they pulled out of right. so i think that's a good starting point. the t p p is no longer what it was. it's now the c p t, v p, which is a significantly watered down version of what the u. s. had initially proposed now after it pulled out. and so, but still even in this watered down form, it is a much more ambitious agreement than that. we have with us the, the membership of asset is so diverse. you have very rich countries like singapo

w is on thin ice in the u. s. and further, if i say what i know, they'll be red face is all round but as i fuck met was now obvious that the people also in the u. s. had no idea what to do any more and were at a complete loss. tried to show it was free, it was an awful atmosphere. gosh, should i, we realized that they were sweating the fan were at their wits end, missouri from isn't eventually v w faced an ultimatum from the u. s. so sorties, either you provide an explanation or we won't certify your new cause. with disaster looming, vw held one crisis meeting off to the next vin to con himself faced deming. testimony from his confidant band got vice vendor columbus jungle food, when vinegar called me i told him that we'd been cheating. thus that the cars had a device that could differentiate between test bench and road. brassel decided ventercore would lay to challenge that accounts. while confirming the cool had taken place, he denied he'd been given such a warning. not long after that phone call a 3rd and cruci

the u. s. says the case is politically motivated. the u. k. prime minister has denied claims by a former adviser that he lied to parliament about a party during the 2020 locked down for his johnston says he hadn't been warned. the gathering could breach corn of ice walls is now facing the greatest crisis of his political career with more than a dozen locked and gatherings held by politicians and their staff under investigation. nobody told me that what we were doing was you say, against the rules that the event in question was something that we were going to do something that wasn't a work event. and you know, as i said in the house of commons, when i went out into that god, i thought that i was attending a work event. i think it's very important that we see what su gracie, what the inquiry has to say. now the philippines has the highest number of covered 19 cases in south east asia. the only con variant is driving up infections in the capital, manila and surrounding provinces. the government has imposed new restrictions, especially on unva

so the u. s. had for example, with north korea or iran also both sanction did not really quite work. so yeah, that is a beauty one of the pick, chris, since if it really what change so much history a gives us a lesson actually those sanctions have not really worked that greatly and quarter in new york. thanks so much. no argentina has struck a deal to restructure $44500000000.00 and added over to the international monetary funds. the new york caps a week, a frantic negotiation ahead of a 700000000 dollar payment due to the i m f. on friday. the countries president said the debt was quote, on payable and left the country without a present and future argentina's deal with the i. m f came just hours before a huge debt payment was due. people on the streets of when affairs had been demanding the government not pay as one a 1000 gala. he'd be my dad is an illegitimate and hateful scammer and we cannot pay it. we're saying that old payments should be suspended about and that those billions would that pa

the u. s. singer meatloaf has died at the age of 74. he was best known for his hits, bad out of hell, and i do anything for love. the cause of his death has not been disclosed. a grammy winner was born marvin lea a day. his career spanned at 6 decades, and he sold more than a 100000000 record. he also started in over $65.00 movies, including the rocky horror picture show. and here's his head. i do anything for life from 1993 i . but i oh. and scott rock, spur from dw culture is covering this story for us. hi scott. he really was a huge presence in the entertainment industry. tell us more about me. love sign. yeah, i mean, he was a completely larger than life, a character i'm in his, in his music on, on state, in many films of that that he did a, i mean meatloaf really broke all. busy the rules, he wasn't, any one's idea of what a pop star should look like um or what a pop star should sound like. his music really defied all the pop music or categories. it was almost operatic in its scope. and, and, and also he made these incredibly long

i'm still here with the full, the u. s embassy of u. n. and the 27th us national security advisor, john bolton, quite a lot of us subsidy to the you and i know that under trump, you got out of unesco. biding took you back in. did you advise of national security adviser that some of that us subsidy, g u. n. g, we reduced, i've long shall. based on my tenure and in york is un ambassador and other positions. i've held that the u. s. money is, is wasted in many respects. miss spent in many respects and my, my overall reform proposal for the un is to abolish what are called assess contributions, which are essentially mandatory. the u. s. stays around 2022 percent of the budgets and most agencies, i make all contributions from national members of the you and i'd make all. busy contribution nibble labrador, i mean, there must be little over the world. you believe that would agree with all this. why did you get nowhere with all of this? the notion to make contributions, voluntary, unfortunately didn't have agreement all around the world. but i thi

the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart to blink and allow for of making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy, as waived, the escalating a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war. decades on her old rivalries have resurfaced. both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated. the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler, al jazeera, geneva, or build up a russian arms and troops his stroking fears of the people in ukraine. for many this is reminiscent of 2014 when the war in the countries east began under abdul. hamid is in kiev, where some a bracing for conflict. i know many of the she's come to pay her respects not to forget friends last since the war broke out in the east of the country in 2014 in their sarah. god sca was a volunteer back then providing support to the soldiers on the fro

now the helicopters that the u. s. a is providing these helicopters are actually already in ukraine for maintenance. they're from the now defunct afghan army, and apparently the united states is going ahead and providing these military helicopters to ukraine. now it's also important to be aware of the fact that 3 baltic states is donia, latvia and lithuania. have announced that they will be supplying lethal weapons to ukraine. this includes javelin anti tank guided missiles. they're going to be providing those to the ukraine. they'll be providing them with us support us approval. sonya nazi and the few ania and the allies working together expeditiously to handle the security assistance to ukraine. this aid will further enhance ukraine's capability to defend its territory and population in case of possible russian aggression. but there is quite a rare among the united states and its allies. here we have germany, a long time important nato ally of the united states saying that they will not be allowing permits for the tr

the u. s. de la visits reply to moscow security demand saying it offers a new diplomatic path to diffuse tensions between russia and ukraine. ah, well, i'm so rahman, your geologist, there alive, my headquarters here in the hall, also coming up please. the more humanitarian aid for afghanistan, the un warns the country is hanging by a thread. a millions of people are living in frozen hel. also reports that the u. s . supreme court justice stephen breyer plans to retire paving the way for president joe biden to nominate his 1st replacement to the top court. and honduras gets ready to swear in his 1st female president. but that's been overshadowed by a leadership battle in congress. ah, welcome to the program, the united states and nato say they're offering russia a diplomatic path out of the ukraine crisis in a written response to moscow security demands. the pair said that prepared to discuss arms control but rejected russia's call to ban care from nato muslin. jord reports not for washington d

a trip to the u. s. by oliver schmidt allowed f b. i. agents to intercept him saturday at miami airport. haps love miss so to let her soft. he kept the lockers off, i made it to the restroom or don't i was able to pull my pants up if the i bought i'm and then 5 f b i. agents and 3 airport police storm the toilet when in vessel had was i was put in a cell because given prison clothing on when his wives, oh, it would have been all i was booked at exactly 2 o'clock when the news was on the fans. the story was my arrest progress while i had mine of her big welcome to the cell block. as a hint, isn't it isn't st huckabee hot water. oliver schmidt pleaded guilty and spent 3 years in a prison in the u. s. in 2020, he was transferred to a prison in germany. this is the 1st time he's talked on camera about his involvement in the emissions scandal. he had good connections with us environmental alsera teeth being economical with the truce, cost him everything. line ashley to scans. i thought, and if my crime was flying to the u. s. and talking t

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the u. s. u. s. a demanding the immediate release of deposed president walker boring now u. s. supreme court justice stephen breyer will retire at the end of his car. and tom bryan is one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority court . he is 83 years old, is retirement look of president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate a new liberal judge to the country's highest judicial body. join now by a white house correspondent, kimberly alcott from washington. and i suppose are all eyes now and who the u. s. president nominate to replace him. how significant is the timing of his retirement is very significant because this is something that the biden administration is keen on doing because they want to ensure that they can continue the ideological makeup of the supreme court. that as you point out right now, currently tilts republican are conservative and they don't want to see that go any further. and so to ensure that with the mid term elections in november and the prospect that potentially they could lose control of the u. s. senate which confirms such appo

the u. s. and russian positions are clearly far apart, blinkin and lap off making very little real progress. but the 2 men did agree to continue to pursue diplomacy as a way of the escalating, a crisis which could lead to war. it was on the shores of lake geneva, the talks between the u. s. and russia led to the end of the cold war, decades on how old rivalries have resurfaced, both sides accused each other regression and relations of dangerously deteriorated . the outlook for the coming weeks is turbulent. natasha butler al jazeera geneva. so let's take a closer look at moscow's demands it once nato troops out of romania and bulgaria and seeks guarantees, the alons won't add any new members, namely ukraine and georgia. russia also wants assurances. the u. s. won't build any new military bases in former soviet states. and i told her so far reject these demands and says it's up to sovereign states to determine their own security arrangements or to find their differences the years in russia say t

the u. s. categorically rejects the u. s. deputy secretary of state, wendy sherman said the talks couldn't be considered negotiations under current terms and that russia must deescalate. now, if moscow wants to keep talking, russia has been massing soldiers near the ukranian border for weeks, causing concern for russia denies any intention to attack russia's deputy foreign minister called the talks professional. but he says moscow remains firm on a central point to we on the score that for us is absolutely mandatory to make sure that the ukraine never, never, never becomes a member of nato. and the answer to that from brussels. the door to nato remains open for ukraine due to memorial renew. it is for ukraine, on the 3rd to nato allies, to decide when ukraine is ready for membership, no one else hasa. there are 2 same thing, multiple expert suspect that her rushes, president putin. the uncompromising wrangling in geneva is about more than ukraine . if staggered us was a think in the end. what he can get is a process which

the u. s. says russia poses, and it was clear that there were some council members, 5 council members, russia and china, and 3 others. gap on a kenya and india who were doubtful whether this should be a security council meeting showing that the whole aim of this meeting to convince the entire international community beyond the security council, the whole 193 member states of the united states of the united nations, the u. s. may have a bigger task there. ahead of it. all right, let's thank james bayes for that update on what was happening. i think that security council resolution school council meetings over now what we can go over the hood, abdul hamid joins us now live from the ukrainian capital kia. and just to put this into perspective, a lot of you know, hot speech is going on at the un security council, but yet the diplomacy continues. take us through what we expect. well, the diplomacy definitely continues in this week. there's actually a flurry of a foreign leaders coming here to care.

has the u. s. and its allies, russell with rushes, demands of frosty atmosphere spreads along ukraine's border. let's go to d. w. terry schultz in brussels. the u. s. and nato have delivered written responses to russia, security demands, and terry. it wasn't what russia wanted to hear. it wasn't what russia wanted to hear, but it's certainly what russia expected to hear. no one in the us or in nato has ever pretended they were going to even consider limiting expansion of nato. not just not to ukraine, but to, to other countries who may want to join the alliance in the future. that was a nonstarter and that was made clear from the very beginning, but from what we understand while the letters are still classified. they also contained exactly what has been said to moscow and even said to us openly, that the u. s. a. nato are willing to hold much more dialogue with moscow that they want to much more dialogue, that they're willing to discuss. things that are very interesting for the colon, including per

number of new cases in the u. s. is come all santa maria with a look at some of the numbers behind that headline. a 1000000 coven tases in one days of the a huge issue for the united states. but there is a little more nuance and even some slightly good news when you go behind the numbers. so let's start with this, the 1st chart we've got from our world and data. this is looking at cumulative cases of covered 90, not daily tases. this is, everything has been over the pandemic up the top. there we are now looking at $55000000.00 plus cases of covert throughout the pandemic. so if you're getting 1000000 of those cases in one day, in a pandemic, that's the last 2 years. that is clearly a huge issue. the good news, though, if i can use that phrase, is the death, right? it's not going up. certainly not the highs that we saw there. this was a year ago when there were around 3 and a half 1000 deaths a day. at this point, we're now down to about 1200 a day, which is still a lot. but as you can see from the trend, there it is

the u. s. is acting like an irrational state actor nato is just taken on a completely different take their become an ideological organization. now, you know, they're no longer a defense, they're much more than just a defense alliance. it's an ideological, let's spread freedom and democracy. this is the new mission of nato. so this is a total break. so it's understandable why russia can't negotiate it with these, these parties because it's very difficult to know where they're coming from, especially the united states. but we can go into that in a bit. or in mentoring, we'll talk about bad telephone calls. it looks like the president of ukraine zalinski kind of dropped the ball. he's not playing his role in the script here. and as i pointed out of my introduction, you know, you have, you know, western countries, you know, like united states like the u. k. pulling out their dependence, you know, remember the seeds and all that. and then he actually told the truth, at least for as a short time, he

all the u. s. is skeptical of russia's insistence that it's not planning and invasion of ukraine as our diplomatic editor james base, heard from the american ambassador to the un ambassador, the deputy foreign minister of russia says they have no plans to invade ukraine. you are the u. s. official. probably has more contact with the russians than any other you deal with them and almost daily basis. do you believe him? i wish to believe him. i wish that it is true that they have no plans, but everything we've seen so far indicate that they are making motions in that direction. and if they have decided not to move forward because of our engagement with them over the course of the past few weeks with president biden speaking to president putin twice. and then that's a good thing. but we will continue to prepare and to plan for responding. should they take any actions against ukraine? kimberly martin is a professor political science and bernard college. she says it's good. the 2 sides are talking, but

u s. homeland security act is supposed to be the precisely to blog people coming in to the u. s. on these grounds. so it's not just my fault, i think, although i do think we have a problem one in the ship holding his mission. that guessing, shave, holding the people they have to investigate. but for the u. s. also to have allowed him in not have caught out the u. k. and said, this man's got convictions all over the place. we can't let him in sending bag. noticing that when you read into it, that he was able just to get a gun out of lethal weapon without being on any authority watch list at all. that just shows an absolute failure on every front face. the intelligence agencies in the u. k. the border security usa, the policing security in the usa as well. and i think, you know, it's great now that we can pinpoint what happened, what went wrong in this case. but that's not how our intelligence agencies based in the usa and the case working. they all there to preemptively gather intelligence, to preemptively stop the sort of terrorist hogs, not just having information that can be us

and it's 20 years since the 1st detainees arrived at the notorious u. s. one ton of obey detention center. we speak with former inmates about the horrors they face low is a black hole, needle black hole. so they're all sorts of shocking things that were taking place. one can only just one on the biggest human right with 21st century. broadcasting live direct from studios and monica. this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now one year and one week after the capitol hill writes the u. s. department of justice has established a new domestic terrorism unit to combat threats that they claim have doubled in the past 2 years. i decided to establish that domestic terrorism unit to augment our existing approach. this group of dedicated attorneys will focus on the domestic terrorism threat, hoping to ensure that these cases are properly effectively coordinated across the department of justice and across the country. that was testimony we heard from mark olson, who is a deputy attorney general with the national security divisio

the u. s. will now provide m 17 military helicopters to give the announcement came just hours after top level security talks with russia, where the u. s. secretary of state claimed he wanted to de escalate tensions of ukraine. i would note that the united states has delivered more security assistance to ukraine in the last year than any point in history. these deliveries are ongoing, including today there's more deliveries coming. we recently notified congress of our intent to deliver and 17 helicopters, just hours after this high level meeting. and already we have the united states increasing military aid to ukraine. and let's remember that if this meeting, we heard russia basically be urged by the united states to withdraw troops from its own soil. quite a situation. now the helicopters that the u. s. a is providing these helicopters are actually already in ukraine for maintenance. they're from the now defunct afghan army, and apparently the united states is going ahead and providing these mi

s. the u. k. in other western countries that a building military facilities and based on the see of as of there, this is also an acceptable to asterisk, this is another red line. how close a 10 situations surrounding ukraine has been at the center of these press conference. a center of the talks have gone on in geneva, and brussels. this week, of course, is forms part of a bradshaw to those tensions between the russia and that the u. s. and the antony blink in the u. s. 70 estate. as said that all the blood, amir putin, the russian president, has done in the past couple of years, is basically facilitating everything he wished to prevent. i was lucky enough to ask her a question to set up a lover of about what he thinks about ab lincoln's words. and we can hear what he had to say he was through wasn't too impressed and very hurt. as a matter of fact, the way as well as some people in the west think certainly blinkin, as he said, lincoln was a man who is honest than a man of his word. and he thinks

the u. s. reportedly is trying to address those concerns. i'm absolutely confident in german solidarity in of being with co, together with us and other allies and partners in confronting renewed russian aggression against ukraine. meantime, the u. s. and russia are still walked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats and their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called on going harassment by american authorities. u. s. official say it's now up to moscow to respond to what the americans consider reasonable proposals to and the crisis. but they saying they're still ready to impose the harshest sanctions possible if moscow orders its troops to invade ukraine. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the state department ellipse enough, max bergmann, who served as a top adviser in the state department during the a bomb administration work young ukrainian security assistance efforts. he says moscow security demands unmasking other intentions. i think no one

just last week, china france, the u. k. and the u. s. and rush assigned a joint statement reaffirming their commitment to preventing nuclear war, saying we affirm that nuclear weapons should serve only for defensive purposes and to prevent war. a mishap that is reassuring, but the timing of this statement that they signed this statement last week. that leaves me somewhat nervous. what about you? well, i think the timing of it is mostly linked to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty review conference that was scheduled for the early part of this year. i wouldn't read too much into that. that formulation was also used in the us russia presidential joint statement after presidents by an important met in geneva that happens in june. that is a nuclear war. kathy, one must not be fought. but, you know, frankly, i think the, in this situation in the crisis around ukraine, right now, the risk of a u. s. russia conflict is really less immediate than a russia ukraine conflict. now that could escalate out of control and eventually involve the u. s.