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Yesterday, russia said that it was moving troops back to their bases as planned once they were no longer needed for these exercises. nato defence ministers are meeting in brussels this morning to discuss their response to the build—up of russian troops. speaking to the bbc ahead of the meeting, the secretary of state for defence, ben wallace said that an invasion was still possible. ive never talked about one date or another, because fundamentally, as ive also always consistently said, as actu...

Sahalee says no topics are off—limits but teachers must approach them with political impartiality and not promote contested theories as fact. —— zahawi. lets return to the crisis on the ukraine border. moscow maintains there are no plans to invade, but large scale military drills are still taking place. the us claims that at least 150,000 russian troops are now postioned close to ukraines borders, and they say more have been arriving — even as moscow claims its completed military exercis...

To move in the black sea region in the past few months. its not going to have that sort of impact. also in the treaty there is a clause that allows those countries, even though theyre banned, at times of war to move through the straits to head back to their bases. but what this really does, michael, it puts turkey in this really difficult position. it has been a very tough balancing act for president erred juan an erdogan the past few weeks. they have not been happy with turkey supplying ukraine...

Way for turkey to implement the montro treaty. we have been speaking to analysts about this, and basically its not expected to change much on the ground. this is hugely symbolic for several reasons, but, of course, a very significant change in the turkish position. whatever russia needed to move, whatever navel vessels it wanted to move between the mediterranean to the black sea, it already has done so and they are already in position. and theres a key applause in the pact that says even though ...

Good morning to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. it is tuesday, february 15th. im john berman with brianna keilar and breaking news overnight, in the russia ukraine crisis, that is engulfing europe and the world, a russia crisis, will it invade ukraine further. russia says some of its forces surrounding ukraine are now returning to their bases, that is a claim from them. and maybe a possible sign theyre moving it de-escalate the situation. ukraine, though, rightly ...

Russian sovereignty and safety and security. ben, what is that base? why do we need that base there? >> well, the reality is that the united states has a significant presence in poland because of nato. and what is really antagonized vladimir putin is two things. one is any missile defense system that has any hardware in eastern europe or frankly that could in any way compromise russias capacity to have essentially a deterrent against the united states. they want parity in terms of not having a m...

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Joining me now from moscow is our correspondent carrie davies. we are getting mixed signals, we are expecting to hear from the nato secretary general in a press conference soon. what is the latest you are hearing from moscow about any plans to pull back? in you are hearing from moscow about any plans to pull back?— any plans to pull back? in terms of what we have _ any plans to pull back? in terms of what we have heard _ any plans to pull back? in terms of what we have heard from - any plans t...

This is bbc news, im annita mcveigh. the headlines at 11... the russian defence ministry says some of its units are returning to their bases after exercises in crimea — but nato defence ministers meeting in brussels warn that russia still poses a threat to ukraine. that is not normal military exercising, you dont surround a county with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of a country with 100 plus, 16% of the whole of russias land forces on its borders if you are just going for an exercise. so far we h...

They say more are arriving near ukraines borders. a bbc investigation reveals how a culture complicity in denial reveals the true scale of clerical six abuse in italy. apple investors are urged to reject a bumper pay award for its boss input. we look at the disparity in pay of the top ceos and their employees. lets get more on our top story. moscow maintains there are no plans to invade ukraine, but large scale military drills are still taking place. the us claims that at least 150,000 russian t...