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Here in the uk or around the world. the uk defence secretary ben wallace says russian military forces are continuing to build up on the border with ukraine, despite claims from moscow that troops are leaving the region. speaking at nato headquarters in brussels, mr wallace said up to 7,000 more russian troops have arrived in the last 48 hours, and a bridge is being built in belarus close to the border with ukraine. moscow continues to deny it plans to invade. tim allman reports. this doesnt look...

Sanctions meh, not far enough. congressional ukraine caucus co-chair patrick served as fbi agent in ukraine. he joins us right now along with a retired army brigadier and new hampshire senate senate candidate. >> good morning, steve. >> a lot of republicans saying that we are glad there are sanctions why not the big sanctions he is going baby steps. sock him first seahawk and awe essentially with sanctions instead? >> because he is weak, steve. pains me to say that but we have a weak president. ...

And the nato members in the area around there in eastern europe and indeed, it is this transatlantic alliance that the biden administration is pointing to as a major success as far as the response to this build—up of russian aggression is concerned. it hasnt been enough, though, ultimately, and of course the russians have been paving the way to a diplomatic solution to this conflict whilst at the same time amassing 150,000 or so forces around ukraine, circling ukraine there, and there is a fee...

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Him in hopes that a diplomatic solution can be reached. i think hes enjoying the attention, because it used to be during the obama administration for instance, when russia was called nothing more than a regional power, and it was seen as a weak player on the world stage, and that was precisely the situation that he didnt want. he wanted attention, he wanted russia to be viewed as a great power, and here he has almost got his way because he has almost got his way because he has all the leaders qu...

Capability to eastern europe to counter the build—up of russian troops they have been saying they would not actually be fighting a —— in ukraine itself. 1000 british troops on standby to help in a humanitarian capacity as there were to be a movement of people triggered by any sort of russian aggression towards ukraine. russia says it is not planning any aggression at all. thank you very much. police investigating lockdown parties in downing street and whitehall are to begin contacting peop...

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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...

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In april a rise in energy bills and a £6 billion tax hike on wages will push prices even higher. increasing the cost of the governments inflation linked debt repayments. we estimate that in this year this will add 11 billion to the entrance to the interest spending next year. rising oil, gas and electricity prices are affecting countries around the world. that doesnt make them any less painful or easier to fix. inflation will be setting new records and tightening its squeeze on household budget...