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Five divisions of force. whats going against ukraine on the russian side is larger than that right now, and those five divisions, we dont have them in europe. we dont have a single division in europe right now. we have one brigade of about 100 tanks there. thats it. and so theres no way we would ever be able to, in this scenario, do anything. but vladimir putin knows it, and thats why all the rhetoric about the nato threat. its just -- its just a pretext to do something to ukraine or more. >> ju...

Welcome to bbc news. im nuala mcgovern. our top stories: president biden gives details of how the head of the islamic state group was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he chose to blow himself up — notjust with a vest, but to blow up that third floor rather than face justice for the crimes hes committed, taking several members of his family with him. let the games begin — the opening ceremony for beijings winter olympics takes place on friday, amid excitement and controvers...

This is bbc news. our top stories: president biden gives details of how the head of the islamic state group was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he chose to blow himself up — notjust with a vest, but to blow up that third floor rather than face justice for the crimes hes committed, taking several members of his family with him. let the games begin! the opening ceremony for beijings winter olympics takes place on friday amid excitement and controversy. america says the kremli...

Crisis? what is clear now is that the united _ crisis? what is clear now is that the united states _ crisis? what is clear now is that the united states believes - crisis? what is clear now is that the united states believes that| crisis? what is clear now is that. the united states believes that if russia is going to invade the ukraine, it is likely to happen in the next couple of days, they say that not because they know vladimir putin has made a decision and they say they dont know that, but ...

Sanctions up front. pre-invasion sanctions and its our reporting that it sounds like there would be some of those, but there would be a national security waiver for president biden to opt out. youre comfortable with that? >> if thats where we come down, absolutely. i dont like to call them pre-invasion sanctions because it suggests that it is pre. they are sanctions on things that russia and other actors have already taken. if theres a waiver for the president, thats fine. i think he will want t...

Within hours of each other. dan rosenfield quit as chief of staff, martin reynolds as principal private secretary, jack doyle as head of communications and munira mirza as head of policy. president biden has given details of how the leader of the islamic state group, abu ibrahim al-qurayshi, was killed during a raid by us special forces in syria. he said he detonated a bomb at the start of the operation. the us says the kremlin could be planning to broadcast fake images of the ukrainian army sho...

Back unharmed to execute this mission. and second, at the beginning of the operation, the terrorist on the third floor of the building, knowing full well his own family was present in the room he was living and other families were present on the first and second floor, including one unknowing who he was, chose to detonate an explosion that levelled it and responsible for a number of civilian casualties. >> i want to talk about reporting within the hur and we have not had time to work on this ind...

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From the white house saying they dont know that putin has actually decided yet. and so i think the other major thing missing is a pretext for russia to go. and without that pretext, i dont think theyre going to start, you know, hitting the buttons. >> general kimmet, you see this disconnect and the ukrainians dont want to have a financial panic. they dont want their own citizens fleeing the country so theyre trying to play down the imminence where the united states says this could happen any day...

Added to the payroll. and unemployment ticked up just a hair to 6% and we are seeing massive revisions and it means employment is doing even better than we thought. good news for americans and the biden administration as well. well take you to the white house live once the president starts speaking about that. our eyes are on, of course, eastern europe. we have a look from fort bragg, north carolina, showing u.s. troops deploying to the region. and u.s. intelligence says russia could fabricate a...