the moment, well, the u. s. has been trying to find a contingency plan. as you mentioned, washington has tried to persuade europe in the past though to buy its gas, but its found few takers. why is that? well, i mean, i present true, talked about with freedom, gosh for your that was to the i mean the b, b, u. s. i n g producer australia because the way that the contracts are structured with the oxide because they're pretty much free to send their gas energy almost anywhere in the world. and they attended to follow the market. so when it was cold and i should, ation prices will holler, a lot of it went off and japan crates are warm, china and india. and you know, when, in the last few months last year and part of this year, a lot of records, massive compete. europe because the europe in price at the moment so much more. so i think both buyers and sellers like the flexibility, right, the ability to move on g round gives them. all right. and what about the north stream pipeline to which there's been a lot of attention on it would bring pipe gas from eastern

the u. s. has been working with all the countries on ways to supply fuel to western europe, nations. if that happens, dominic cane support from berlin. this is the ammo natural gas installation in central russia. one of many such plants is product is pipe to destinations in asia and europe, all of which generates an export revenue of more than $200000000.00 a day for the provide a gas problem. the greatest single market is germany, closely followed by other european countries. cumulatively 128000000000 cubic meters of gas flows to the e u. each year, representing around a 3rd of its annual impulse. but what would happen if the ukraine crisis became more war and all of this was suddenly switched off. it's got it, so i don't have, it could be an interruption of guess. whoever was government should weigh carefully whether they really want that was possible to put europe under pressure would eventually tend to liquid guess some of us talk if liquid gas or l n g is a solution. there are a few of the

has been pushing, but also what the u. s. has been doing is waving red flags in terms of russian intentions. we heard again today from state department claims that a false flag operation was being contemplated by russia. but when pressed on details of the state department said it couldn't release a full details because it could not reveal where the information came from. it was limited in terms of what it could say about that alleged operation. so all sorts of things happening within the u. s, but what one can take away what the german chancellor would have taken away? is that a dual way of moving forward as the u. s. puts it a deterrence and diplomacy? my cana with the latest from washington d. c. thankfully ah, emergency, rescuers are struggling to reach parts of madagascar ravaged by a cycling over the weekend cycle. and that's it. i made landfill on saturday, battering the eastern coastline until i moved away late on sunday. even many roads and bridges impassable, at least 20 people have died and tens of thousands have be

so that's something that has clearly changed. now the latest is that the u. s. is even evacuating it's diplomatic staff from the embassy yet another alarming sign. but i would also like to add that the e u ambassador to ukraine might be mossey, cos says it's fake news that he is leaving, and he's staying put in queue. though the signs are all there, we shawl, the nato secretary general. in our report there of course wellbeing, welcoming a u. s. troops to romania, nato is ratcheting up its military posture in allied countries that border ukraine . how much concern is there that any russian military action could spread beyond ukraine's borders? well, there's a lot of concern because nato is ratcheting up his forces in response to what russia is doing. russia has now sent more forces, not just into ukraine, but into beller roost. nato says it's the highest level of military assets deployed and beller is since the end of the cold war. and that again, borders, nato countries. so there is concern, not just that the kremlin may decide to come into nato territory. that'

the u. s. has now said it wants to pull out it. so a c, e monitors today. the o. s. c, e monitors and don bass have counted a 400 percent increase in the amount of shelling over the last 7 days. daily average 4 times increasing shelling. here's a scenario. the u. s. has apparently gotten the other countries several other countries to to have to share the panic and to pull their troops or their, their citizens out. if you pull the o s. c e mission, out of don bass, you can have a massive provocation on the part of care of. this is potentially dangerous development. u. s. a sounding increasingly desperate, because everything they throw on the wall doesn't stick. they don't really lose anything. do they? because of russia doesn't invade, and russia has said over and over again. it doesn't plan to invade that. what it does want is the united states and nato to give some security guarantees to russia about the use of nate of nato troops or advanced weapons in ukraine. in other words, prohibiting that in the future. but if a russia doesn't invade now the united states can

has claimed the rush is going to invade, it seems to me that the u. s. with key the government and key of that is aligned with us is trying to now create a situation that may provoke some sort of response. so point blank, i guess who do you think is responsible for all this and where does it take us? i mean, i put the responsibility firmly on the west, on the united states, on the government and key of on nato. you know, we have to go back. well, we could go back to many places, but we have to go back to april where when the government and kiev said they wanted to retake of parts of, of ukraine including the dom bass. and that's when a lot of the escalation of the military forces of russia along the border. but within russia began and the, the west supported what they were saying that they were going to force li, retake these regions. right? um. 1 and now of course, the u. s. has seized upon troop movements in russia, which odyssey are not much more than they have been happening since april. but i did so i have to, to blame the west. i think they want to

the u. s. has accused him of manufacturing threats. fighting continues on the ground in ukraine. russian forces have attacked fuel depots and there are reports of explosions outside the capital. keith, the mer, says there are no russian troops in the city. battles are still going on around other population sounds more. let's bring in d. w correspondent, nick connelly, who is in vineyard, sky in western ukraine. nick, why has president zalinski agreed to talk with russia now? i think 3 important also for the you going to magic efforts, even if this doesn't reach any result, just to show that ukraine is open to negotiation is open to a deal. i think it's a question of what terms of those deals struck and also even what terms of those talks held. so the russian side today arrived in the better and prince go mo, which is just near the ukranian border. it's in the region from which attacks are still being launched on every day. and they were expecting ukraine cross the border into a country bellows,

s. position. that is very unlikely because the u. s. has warned time and time again that they believe an attack is imminent. they just changed their wording and they don't use that word imminent anymore. but of course, russia, they want that russia would create a reason to justify an attack. and such a video that they've been talking about would be just what the u. s. for saw. and under these circumstances, of course, the kremlin will have to think twice about this plan if it exists. of course, he'd be, of course, why oliver's outlet for us there. now let's get a round up of some of the other stories making world news at this hour. british prime minister boris johnson has lost 4 more tea aids as his popularity plummets over lockdown parties. johnson's chief of staff, private secretary and communications director, have all resigns and policy unit chief members. i quit over johnson's controversial comments on monday. attacking opposition, leave her leader here. stop to use the economic community of west african states. echo was, has asked

well, u. s. at president joe white and has announced that an overnight raid by us special forces in syria resulted in the death of the leader of the so called islamic states . the news comes and made it growing concerns that i asked may be trying to regroup in the region, a collapse to roof and a dead terrorist leader. the result of a us special forces raid in the pre dawn hours on thursday morning in assyrian village near the turkish border. avo abraham a shimmy al karachi reportedly blew himself up as about 2 dozen troops, back by air support moved in on a house. he was in karachi, was considered the head of so called islamic state. he took over the terrorist group when his predecessor died, much the same way in 2019 u. s. president joe biden told reporters after the raid that the group while smaller than a few years ago, is still dangerous. he referred to karachi by his other name hush abdulla. i says his director terrorist operation is targeting americans. our allies and our partners had coun

the u. s. has a highest number of current of ours tests in the world. and the u. s. job market has seen an unexpected up turn in january, despite a chronic, soft shortage. more than 700000 to more jobs were created in november and december . the white house is hailing the figure as a sign the economy has remained strong despite the pandemic. will go chopper just in the past 3 weeks, 2 days reached werner. a job reporting data was collected for cobra. crisis has been cut in half down and half in just 3 weeks. still too many cases. still we have to be amr on the alert, but to be clear, this is a dramatic decline aid groups as setting up emergency shelters in madagascar as a tropical cyclone approaches. their storm comes less than 2 weeks after another one that killed at least $58.00 people. psychos. but sir, i is expected to force around a 150000 people from their homes when it makes landfall on saturday. coastal areas have already been evacuated in schools were closed on friday. aid workers are raising to get emergency supplies to tonga as the country struggles off

andrew has settled a sexual assault case brought against him in the u. s. vision, as you fray accused the prince of abusing her when she was 17 years old. prince andrew has repeatedly denied the allegations on vaccinated workers above the age of 50 in italy won't have access to their workplace from tuesday. employees in the private and public sectors will have to show proof of vaccination against cope with 19 and the police chief in canada's capital has resigned a day after the prime minister invoked emergency powers to stop anti vaccination protests. peter slowly has been accused of not doing enough to break up a truck driver rally. it's block roads and ottawa for 2 weeks. so those are the headlines. the news continues here in al jazeera. after the listening post stage, we've been sorting bye for now. in iran, the head of a mental health hospital experiments with a bold new treatment the therapeutic power of love, the prescription re man against all odds, his patient embraced the matrimonial remedy. but can wedlock lead to better well being on his board? t

the u. s. has designated cattle as a major non nato ally. it follows a meeting between president joe biden and katara amir shake to me, but i am adel tawny, a washington dc. well, at that meeting in the white house, president biden also spoke about the war in yemen. he condemned who the rebels for launching missiles at the united arab emirates. there would be 3 attacks in recent weeks safety up a new front to the cold linked particle hate explains. it is meeting with the amir of cutter us president joe biden began by talking about russia and then the united arab emirates, a sign of his country's concern. i also want to note that the us, he defeated a ballistic missile attack launched by the separate issue from yemen yesterday. and we've been a daily contact you a to address those threats. the timing of the launch was important. it came as the israeli president was visiting another step toward normalizing relations between the countries. the missile fragments came down in a remote area. the u. e responded to the missile with a strike of its o

now the u. s. has crossed another one of those thresholds and back the u. s. national that has exceeded 30 trillion dollars for the 1st time ever. then that's co host an investigative journalist benson is looking into this story and has the latest for us guys in 2020 right. before the pandemic hit, the u. s. national debt sat around $23.00 trillion dollars, which means that in just the past 2 years, the u. s. has added 7 trillion dollars to its national debt. when we talk about the u. s. national debt, we're talking about debt held by the public as well as intra governmental debt. those numbers together comprised the total debt and that number outstanding is $30.00 trillion dollars as of january 31st. so how do we get here? what's probably not surprising that the speed with which the u. s. raised to 30 trillion dollars. surround fiscal and economic policy from the corona virus pandemic. 5 trillion dollars for instance, funded, expanded job was benefits, financial support for small businesses and stimulus payments. and all of it was financed with borrowed mo

the u. s. has talked diplomat cancels a high level meeting with his washing counterpart over the escalating crisis in ukraine. ah, hello, i'm adrian. and again, this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up the u. s. response. president biden outlines a string of tuft you sanctions on russia saying vladimir putin is building his case to invade ukraine. president putin gets the go ahead from parliament troops on all the rise for deployment outside of russia into separate is controlled areas of ukraine and divisions along the border. the threat of a russian invasion is creating a split amongst residents, living near the frontline ah, the u. s is imposed new sanctions on russia, cutting off 2 key financial institutions from western financing. the move comes off to president. vladimir putin recognized the independence of 2 separatist held areas of eastern ukraine. but it was only one move on a day that so dramatic action from all sides. al jazeera, alan fisher begins, are coverage from the wh

the u. s. which called this meeting, says the russian military build up around ukraine is the largest mobilization of troops in europe. in decades, rushes aggression to day, not only threaten ukraine. it also threatens europe. it threatens the international order, this body is charged with upholding. we continue to hope russia chooses the path of diplomacy over the path of conflict in ukraine. but we cannot just wait and see, but rushes ambassador vaseline the benzine says, all his countries troops are on russian soil. they're not close to the ukrainian border. and there's absolutely no proof of a threat from them. and he says the us and nato will whipping up tensions as though they want to be a war. outside the council chamber. i pushed him further on this. are there any circumstances in which russian troops would cross the border into ukraine? can just be clear for it, i'm, i'm, we're not the person to decide whatever happens, but we never, i said it in my statement that no russian politician

he said the u. s. has not verified. russia's claims that some of its troops i was drawing from near the ukrainian border. my kind of begins are coverage now from washington d. c. and they have to pull of a partial withdrawal of russian troops. the u. s. president made a previously unscheduled address at the white house. good afternoon, repeated warning with massive sanctions. should the invasion go ahead? he also noted the stated, rushing, willingness to continue talks. i agree we should get the diplomacy every chance to succeed. and i believe there a real way to address our respective security concerns. sharing, choppy after the white house press. secretary was asked how the us would define diplomatic success. it would be an, a de escalation, a proven de escalation at the border of ukraine, where the russians are pulling back their troops, where they are making clear to all to the global community to the media, to the public. that they are not invading crane and backing that up with actions. us ambass

the u. s. says that it has evidence of russian plans to stage a fake attack on its own territory as a pretext for invading ukraine. tension between russia and the west escalated that their russia began. massing troops along its border with ukraine, sparking fears of it in these in the u. s. and some date of allies of sit equipment to ukraine and troops, eastern europe in response. now, officials did not provide a detailed information backing up the claim. here's what pentagon spokesperson, john kirby said about russia's alleged faults, flag plan. you know, we've discussed this idea false flagged by the russians before we made no secret of that. and, and we do have information that it is that, that, that the russians are likely to want to fabricate a pretext for foreign invasion, which again, is right out of their playbook. one option is the russian government we, we think is planning to stage a fake attack by ukrainian military or intelligence forces against russian sovereign territory. artless

and the u. s. has been clear in warning, russia against war, saying that it would only result in widespread human suffering if the window for diplomacy, the heidi is still well and truly open. it's difficult to imagine, i guess what the diplomats, what people like boris johnson, that european conversation is going across on between washington and all the european capitals. what they might come up with. because in the dim and distant past of this rumbling conflict, it's kind of diplomatic slash political standoff. you and i were having conversations at this time of day about the us secretary of state antony, blinking, sending written ideas to serve a lab for off addressing moscow's security concerns. and that aspect of the diplomacy it would seem, has gone no place. right. in fact, the u. s. continues to wait for an official response from russia. we know that russia has been demanding that ukraine not be allowed to become part of nato, and for nato forces to be rolled back away from the eastern euro

s. has bombed, do you think there's a difference in the way that the u. s. and russia is treated, especially when it comes to armed conflicts? well, if you look at the world now, especially on the western world, they universally condemn the russia for the special military operation in your grain. while at the same time, as the chinese embassy in moscow correctly pointed out, the united states was the culprit for more than 80 percent of all the armed conflicts since the end of the 2nd world war. and the united states seemed to be at one timely initiating, launching one war after another. in so many different parts of the world. and the western media tend to be very sided or very selective in reporting about such was initiated by the united states over the past 7 decades since the end of the 2nd world war wire. whereas at the same time, they focus on the ukranian situation as if there is only one party guilty for the outbreak of the war. whereas as a matter of fact, the united states and the provocation of the united states in recruiting ukraine into nato is v

and my concern is the u. s. has a key role here. if that is going to increase interest rate, this will, of course, increase the capital cost globally on the market. and that will increase costs also for emerging economies like argentina, developing countries like in africa when it comes to refinancing. next, sir lank as economy has been in crisis for most of the pandemic with prices spiraling every day. items are getting more expensive, but now a new rule about fertilizes in the country is making even locally made. staples are to come by preamp there. roger pox have from sri lanka has been a rice farmer for 25 years. the whole time he relied on artificial fertilizers, but many people have gotten ill recently, and the government suspects a connection to the chemicals being used in agriculture. 6 months ago the fertilizers were banned something roger pox. i can't understand. i've got a bargain. i farm about 20000 square meters. i did the other night. we used to harvest 35 bags of rice from that other had. now it's just 4 bags all beca

the u. s. has now said it wants to pull out it so as the monitors today, the o. s. the monitors and don bassett counted a 400 percent increase in the amount of shelling over the last 7 days. daily average 4 times increase in showing. here's the scenario. the u. s. has apparently gotten the other countries several other countries to to have to share the panic and to pull their troops or their, their citizens out. if you pull the o s e mission out of don bass, you can have a massive provocation on the part of, of a russian reaction. there's nobody there to monitor it. there's nobody there to say . who did it or who didn't do it. this has been done before this has been done in cost of own elsewhere, the using of the o. s. the monitors to facilitate rather than prevent war. and i think this is a potentially dangerous development. u. s. a sounding increasingly desperate because everything they throw on the wall doesn't stick. so i think i'm actually more concerned than i was a week ago. now for another story we're across today, kind of does central ontario province is th

and fisher has more story. the main bridge, lincoln, canada to the u. s. is open again, police enforcing a court order ended the 60 blockade by protest. there's demanding an end to quoted restrictions. they made several arrests and set up barricades to stop with happening again. the protest hit supply chains on both sides of the border. but outside canadas, parliament and ottawa, protesters are refusing to leave even as the local government eases covered restrictions. prime minister just intruder has had enough invoking special emergency measures to confront the protectors. this is not a peaceful protest at the borders. busy in different parts of the country, the blockades are harming our economy and endangering public safety. 980 emergencies act along the federal government to ensure security during national emergencies. this has never been used. a similar move was last employed in 1970, the prime minister then to those father pierre. the scope of these measures will be time limited, geographically targeted as well as reasonable and proportioned. the so c

s. position. that is very unlikely because u. s. has warned time and time again that they believe an attack is imminent. they just changed their wording and they don't use that word imminent anymore. but of course, russia, they want that russia would create a reason to justify an attack. and such a video that they've been talking about would be just what the u. s. for saw. and under these circumstances, of course, the kremlin will have to think twice about this plan if it exists, of course. and meanwhile, president joe biden has announced that an overnight raid by us special forces in syria resulted in the death of the leader of the so called islamic states. it is, comes, i made it growing concerns that i asked maybe trying to regroup in the region. a collapsed roof and a dead terrorist leader. the result of us special forces raid in the pre dawn, hours on thursday morning in assyrian village, near the turkish border. avo abraham, a shimmy r karachi reportedly blew himself up as about 2 dozen troops back by air support. moved in on

it comes as the u. s. has ordered 3000 more troops to poland over warnings of a potential russian invasion of ukraine. moscow accusing the west.

so to speak from the u. s. as we're hearing from you as well, with more details on this more strong round of us sanctions to be expected in the hours to come in date. and it is spent about 2 30 in the morning there in washington, dc. and we appreciate you talking to us in the, in the small hours the day there in washington. so obviously, millions of americans still to wake up to, to much of what happened in ukraine. but up to now, because this, this news broke by late at night in the us, the reaction from president biden, from, from his, from people on both sides of the all there in washington. as well as been launch leave. there's been some unity there, which is not what you normally get in washington these days. right. there has been pretty strong bipartisan support for biden's condemnation and his sanctions thus far against russia. although the republicans have said that these sanctions should have been levied sooner as more of a deterrent against russia. however, i, i, it's doubtful that anyone, realistical

now the u. s. has cross another one of those thresholds and back the u. s. national debt has exceeded 30 trillion dollars 1st time ever than laska hust. an investigative journalist benson is looking into this story and has the latest for us guys in 2020 right. before the pandemic hit, the u. s. national debt sat around $23.00 trillion dollars, which means that in just the past 2 years, the u. s. has at had 7 trillion dollars to its national debt. when we talk about the u. s. national debt, we're talking about debt held by the public as well as intra governmental debt. those numbers together comprise the total debt. and that number outstanding is $30.00 trillion dollars as of january 31st. so how do we get here? what's probably not surprising that the speed with which the u. s. raised to 30 trillion dollars. surround fiscal and economic policy from the corona virus pandemic. 5 trillion dollars for instance, funded, expanded job was benefits, financial support for small businesses and stimulus payments. and all of it was financed with borrowed money. meanwh

the u. s. is evacuating its diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com the truth that we have different information. and now, the best friend for an image that hispanic in our country, and all this information details only for bernie doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another war. latasha butler al jazeera keith lewis of ora is the erasure program fellow, the foreign policy research institute. he previously served as a chief of staff for president by during his presidential campaign join me now from washington dc. good. have you ever missed an of our on the program. the kremlin has called the discussion between the 2 presidents, businesslike and balanced, but criticize the war hysteria. the word that we've been reporting for most of the evening without seeing the intelligence. no one really know

rob has accused the u. s. of waging a propaganda campaign during a phone call a few hours ago with the u. s. secretary of state antony blanket. we'll have more on that phone call when we speak to dorsey jabari in moscow in just a few minutes. but 1st we go to our white house correspondent, kimberly hawkins in washington. kimberly, so an important phone call today between president biden and the russian leader. what can we expect? yeah, that's set to take place at any moment. what we know from the call that already took place between the foreign ministers, both antony blank and an survey. lab rav, is that what was communicated and will be communicated. when the 2 presidents take to the telephone is that the diplomatic path remains open. this is something that the united states has been repeatedly saying that is a taking a dual track deterrence and diplomacy. so the diplomatic path remains open, but that moscow needs to de escalate in the eyes of the united states needs to engage in good faith discussions. if th

the u. s. is evacuating its diplomats, a difficult situation for ukraine's president who called for com. the truth. did we have different information? and now the best friend for enemies that hispanic in our country, and all this information details only for fanny doesn't help us with so much conflicting information. most people here don't know what to believe. some say they've heard it all before. others anxious, but no one wants another generation growing up with another wool. latasha buckler, al jazeera key of anti vaccine protest, hers are slowly moving. they're trucks of a key, u. s. canadian border bridge. they've been blocking since monday. many of dismantled attempts were packed up their vehicles, but others remained at the protest on foot. they say they're still angry, they must be vaccinated to drive across the buddha. and he protest as our congregating an ottawa where demonstrations of power lies the canadian capital for 3rd weekend. how does your castro has more from washington? the

the u. s. government has said that since 2017. their mission in moscow at the embassy, u. s. embassy has gone from having $1200.00 employees down to about $120.00, which is why they are no longer as of this year issuing any non diplomatic visa. so this just another example of the deteriorating relations between the 2 countries and of course was the foreign ministry here, says it's not at the doing of the russians. this is what the american government wants, and it's really not looking out for russia's best interest. in ela, development, nato is accused rusher of misleading the world over its crimes, at some troops of withdrawn from ukraine's borders. the alliance as the russian military is actually adding more forces to the region, need. bach reports from nature headquarters in brussels. nato is on edge defense ministers from the alliances. 30 member states have been 2nd guessing. russia's next move for weeks, rejecting moscow's claims. it was cutting truit numbers around ukraine. nato intelligence suggest the opposite. we see them flying more combat and support aircraft.

and the u. s. has the discretion to approve them so that if they are refugees, for example, um they don't really have a viable pathway because of how back logged and slow and eroded the refugee process is that they could ask for parole and get to the united states. and then ask for asylum once they're here, like an emergency, it's like an emergency measures. like i might, i don't have a visa, i really need to get out of afghanistan or the 3rd country that i've gone to in order to get to the u. s. this is an emergency measure that is incredibly slow right now. plus, you need money. i had city, can you mentioning the money when this is a family that money adds up? hello may help us understand how much money do you need to even just put in application? well, it's 500 $75.00 per person per application. and so let's say you have a family of 10 that immediately adds up, you know, the $575.00 per person for those 10 people. and so i had actually sponsored my family and again it's, and it's actually my unc

i mean, the u. s. has tried to drum up the crisis atmosphere. it's been going on for a long time. russia has not made a move to invade, obviously. so the u. s. is bluff is being cold and i think that the, i think that the, the tension is beginning to be reduced. i can't be sure the proven wrong, but that is my immediate sense that the worst of the crisis is passed us up. so tunnel is our political, endless, jealous north from new york city night. thanks so much for coming on. give us your thoughts. all right, let's sir truck sales and what's been happening throughout the weekend, including into the 1st few days of this week in canada, canadian truck, as of now block part of the us border in the province of alberta as part of the role going rally again, the coven vaccine mandates for drivers. the prime minister reportedly fled the capitalist thousands of truck. isn't the supporters descended on the city as no port fuel on the fire to didn't the just he branded them a mob of races to steal food? he said, from the homeless. i want to be very clear.

the u. s. has failed the people of afghanistan due to its rash decision to withdraw troops from that country, leaving it under the rule of the taliban. let the u. s. a. accept refugees to enter the united states. you say want to that comment? the deca. i am sorry. i missed it, could you repeat? what was the exact and i'm going to say it was late alaina. did you hear that? i come back to speak of another thought because it was a very long question. layla. go ahead. let let you know. let refugees come to the us, just let them come. yeah. so, you know, even in that statement from usa, i guess we hear from the government how they couldn't they, they didn't expect this number of applications, right? all of these things are direct consequences of decades of u. s. foreign policy towards atkins. they knew that there were going to be african refugees. it's been years, but immigration advocates have been putting out recommendations to the government on how to address the issues with the refugee process.

u. s. security force that they're trying to clear, the ambassador bridge where truckers are blocking traffic on the ontario side, the province has the curtis state of emergency with the authorities, claiming the freedom colon boy is out of control. the prime minister is wanting of severe consequences, while many others say it's a crisis of his own making. if you join the protests because you're tired of the co, vin, you now need to understand your breaking laws. the consequences are becoming more and more severe. the deliberate politicization of the pandemic is undermined to trust in our public health institutions and as damage to national unity. a prime minister's opportunism has created 2 classes of canadians, canadians now watch as the rest of the world moves forward, ending mandates and removing restrictions. while our government has no clear plan to do the same, the prime minister has intentionally stigmatized and divided canadians for political gain. the prime minister has stopped bas

that the u. s. has been threatening and says it has been putting together in recent weeks, the administration official wouldn't be drawn on it. and he'd said that the have been russian troops within these areas for a period of time. it does not necessarily trigger a, a russian invasion which would provoke this full sanctions package. however, the administration official did say that further sanctions will be introduced in coming days. so the question now that everybody be watching is, at what stage will the u. s. trigger the sanctions package that it says it has been drawing up. and no doubt this was a central part of the conversation between the president of ukraine and the u. s. president. in the course of the afternoon, i was there as mike hannah reporting live there from washington. many thanks, mike. her abdul, hamid is in the construction of her in the don't ask region of easton ukraine. she says that there's real fear among people that things could escalate quickly. both sides are denying tha

just because the u. s. has been able to or has claimed to have targeted and been able to kill this particular individual. that doesn't necessarily mean that there's going to be a knock on effect or a ripple effect across isolate self doesn't well, you are absolutely right. it's a, it's a fragmented organization that has many tentacles, so even if the head is taken out, there are many commanders underneath that will still be able to not only carry out the logistics, but also the ideology. and so the united states may feel that it is one, some sort of tactical victory, but the ideological victory in many ways may be harder to fight. as a result, in many ways, sometimes the, this only intensifies of fighters determination to press on even more. and so this is often something that the west doesn't understand, and this is certainly going to complicate matters further for the united states. we should point out for a united states military, that is a battle weary has been through a generation of war in afghanistan

the u. s. has delivered weapons in the past. there have been calls from ukraine for more deliveries there have been promises made the big question. of course we have some ill intel reports that key of could fall within the next 24 hours. so the question is, how helpful are those weapon deliveries at this point? there will be no boots on the ground, as you mentioned, because there could trigger a larger conflict, of course. so in addition to that, ukraine does not only need weapons also they need financial aid, trinitarian aid. but the question to be asked, once all this was over, is, has been too little done and especially has, did the help come to late. now, couldn't seemingly more interested in the territorial gains than he is worried about the financial, excuse me, pressure being put on russia. could the us have done anything differently in the laid out to prevent this war? do you think that's certainly a valid question. if you think back to ukraine, contacted, ne, till the 1st time in 2008 asking for nato membership. and the

either in the u. s. has a very flexible job market. it's very different from here in germany or in europe. for example, so people have always left and come back to jobs very easily. yeah. we're seeing something that is very different than normal. you know, what we saw was a lot of people who left, they had work at home, they maybe left precarious jobs jobs. they didn't like coven shook things up and now they're not coming back. we have to remember there is still a virus in the u. s. so there are some people who don't want to come back, maybe afraid of coming back. but they're obviously has been re evaluation by others . there are plenty who maybe on the margins they found that they could afford to not have to work. maybe they were close to retirement. maybe they weren't the breadwinner in their family and they found that they didn't actually have to be at work or, or maybe there are others who want to try something different. they found that cove, it gave them a chance to reset and they weren't scared to maybe go in a different path. s