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Russia is recruiting syrians to fight in ukraine. according to the "wall street journal" moscow needs fighters skilled in urban combat as russia looks to push deeper into the cities of ukraine. here is more of what we learned yesterday during a background briefing from a senior defense official. moscow has moved nearly 100% of its combat power it placed around ukraines border now inside the border. russia has launched more than 625 missiles. the airspace is still contested but we are told ukrain...

Crater behind. yesterday another huge apartment complex. one person was killed there and it sparked a rescue effort from firefighters. senior u.s. defense official gave a background briefing from journalists where he said all the information that they have shows that the russian advance has stalled nearly everywhere in ukraine, so in kyiv particularly its still about 10 miles outside of the city when were talking about that northeastern front and that infamous military convoy that was coming dow...

Background briefing. press secretary jen psaki and officials from the national security council joined that call telling the influencers they can use their platforms to debunk misinformation and saying, quote, we recognize this is a critically important avenue in the way the american public is finding out about the latest. we wanted to make sure you had the latest information from us, from an authoritative source. so the president has arrived back at the white house. he went in without speaking ...

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Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about what they saw.

Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about what they saw.

Many healthcare workers are afraid of speaking to the media, but they are also desperate for the public to know what's been happening in our hospitals. As the Omicron wave peaked in Sydney last month, Background Briefing was following them. These are their stories — in their words — about what they saw.

10 as anyone. and its become much, much tighter, much more difficult and, in a funny sort of way, its almost left leading politicians looking smaller than their forbearers who used to be able to give amazing accounts, suddenly. youd stop them in the street, and youd say, "whats going on here?" and you would get an answer. now, it is much harder. they feel embattled. they think we are the enemy. its gotten to a very soft and sad space. are you the enemy? of course not! i want truth. i want to kno...

To know whats going on. i want to know more about — on behalf of the viewer and the listener, what is happening? what is your real purpose? what is the purpose of this law? what is the purpose of what you are doing? but it can be very difficult. of course you can get a background briefing, but there are no pictures. and nothing to prove that you spoke to anyone, because it is off—camera. your fellow big—name interviewers tend to have a kind of a particular approach. andrew neil would adopt...