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Lockdown parties in downing street. the leader of the opposition says the prime minister has lost his moral authority, and has to go. we are witnessing every day the broken spectacle of a prime minister mired in deceit and deception and unable to lead. novak djokovic has been detained in australia for a second time, ahead of a court hearing to decide whether the unvaccinated tennis star can stay in the country for the australian open. tsunami waves have hit the island nation of tonga — after a...

Because sippin on unsweetened lipton can help support a healthy heart. lipton. stop chuggin. start sippin. u.s. intelligence says it has information showing russia has positioned a group of operatives to conduct a false flag operation inside eastern ukraine and officials saying it is likely russia is trying to create pretext to justify a russian invasion. it comes as ukraine blames russia for a cyber attack that targeted dozens of government websites. sam kylie is in ukraine for us. help us un...

Second time in 1999 there were several terrorist attacks inside russia. many people believed those were planted by the fsb, by the successor group of the kgb. i cant confirm or deny that, but i know in the intelligence world that was debated and most certainly that was the pretext for that massive military intervention in 1999. >> absolutely incredible. i know nbc news has confirmed that the biden administration is considering arming ukrainian insurgents who would in essence fight a guerrilla wa...

Doing that. >> lets turn to russia and the russian foreign minister has rejected the suggestion from u.s. intel that russia is preparing for this false flag operation to use as a pretext to invade. what do we know from the 2014 invasion, and from georgia before then about the likelihood that that could be the way that they will try to get in or give the explanation to the rest of the world of why theyre going into, if they choose to, into ukraine. >> in a way, you know, president biden has put h...

It has a ways to go. but the real question is for president putin, and if president biden can get this out of him over the coming weeks, that would be a real positive for the united states. is he really, really determined to go to the wall on this issue of nato as his view expansion is towards russia, is he ready to go to war on that right now? >> susan, what are your thoughts on that, and what do you think has changed in the last 23 days since the leaders last spoke? >> thats the whole thing, b...

Welcome to bbc news. im tim willcox. our top stories: novak djokovic�*s legal team once again try to stop his deportation from australia after his visa is cancelled for a second time. one of borisjohnson�*s ministers calls his behaviour unacceptable after downing street apologised to the queen for number ten staff lockdown parties on the eve of prince philips funeral. the us accuses russia of planning to create a pretext to justify invading ukraine. i will let you say "green light." green li...

Deputy secretary sherman doesnt know and why this meeting that starts tonight and will go into tomorrow, is so critical because i think there will be some indication on the russian side headed by their deputy foreign minister, somebody i used to deal with on a fairly regular basis when i was ambassador, whether or not they really want to negotiate or whether this is all just a pretext for some other kind of military -- and by the way, when i say military action, it could be all kinds of things, ...

But they did say that the u.s. military forces in ukraine are off the table. whether that gives putin some kind of leverage remains to be seen. he has kind of backed himself into a corner, putin has, because hes making very specific demands and on a short time line. if he doesnt get what he wants, it remains to be seen if he uses that as a pretext as an attack. >> and putin told biden that new sanctions against russia would be a quote, colossal mistake? obviously, if he carries out an incursion ...

>> russia is already working actively to create a pdip pretext for a potential invasion . we have information that they pre- positioned a group of operatives to conduct what we call a false flag operation. >> run different influence offers are ukrainian provocations in state and socia media to justify a russian intervention. >> its always a step behind when it comes to national security. >> u.s. officials accusing russia of trying to revoke a wa by using russian agents inside ukraine. the latest...

Crimea. >> ukraine has been the focus of russia and the soviet union for so many reasons and decades. one week from today they face in geneva for talks. will that make any difference? >> i certainly hope so. the russians remind everyone, published their own draft treaties. they wrote them themselves. they didnt negotiate them with anybody. they wrote them themselves and said president biden signed this treaty, and nato, sign this treaty. thats not usually the way negotiations work. most certainl...