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And i want to read you this line as well, that it remains unclear whether russia is interested in pursuing its goals diplomatically. so no fundamental change in the dynamic and thats basically the pretext that were operating under. and we know we have the warning from secretary of state antony blinken that an invasion could come before the olympics. but, remember, that is just seven days away. so critical moments. and of course the u.s. is responding with urgency. the state department ordered al...

And russian leader vladimir putin and chinese leader xi jinping, side by side, policywise, figuratively, right next to each other. with 100,000 troops on the ukrainian border, putin wants support for what actions might follow. and he sure seemed to get it. >> so a joint statement just released by russia and china says this. the chinese side is sympathetic to and supports the proposals put forward by the russian federation to create long-term legally binding security guarantees in europe. right n...

To the 130,000 -- just -- just under, in fact, according to late intelligence sources -- that the russians have already deployed near to the ukrainian border, you know, in -- in other areas as it were poised if the order is given from the kremlin to go in. all this, coming as a senior-u.s. official tells cnn that russia is sort of planning to fabricate a pretext to stage an invasion into ukraine. falsely, blaming the ukrainian military of carrying out an attack against russian-backed rebels or p...

As a triggerfor blamed on ukrainians and then used as a trigger for military action. new details about what the us calls a false flag operation were discussed in an emergency meeting in the white house situation room two nights ago. they say it could involve russian operatives with explosives caring out attacks on russian forces that would then be used as a pretext for an invasion of ukraine. so tonight, the us says it has not ruled out the possibility of further talks, has not ruled out the pos...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are kate maltby, columnist for the i and chair of the theatre critics circle, and jonathan walker, political editor at the birmingham mail. welcome to both of you. lets just have a quick run through those front pages. the sunday express says brexit�*s big wins are coming soon — thats according to new brexit opportunities ministerjacob rees mogg, whos been speaking to the paper. the sunday telegraph c...

Between chancellor scholz and joe biden. nic robertson in moscow. putin has now assembled 70% of the manpower and weapons that he will need on ukraines borders for a full scale invasion of the country. some assessments show that russia could even take the ukrainian capital where you are right now, within 48 hours of an invasion. what are you hearing from ukrainian government officials about this? >> reporter: yeah, where im standing here in the ukrainian capital is about a two-hour drive to the ...

Strategy. they want to show strength at the same time they are trying to get putin to he is deescalate. grasping at straws. >> russian politics here. comments from putin today that he said that he was being, quote: screwed over by nato, that the united states is trying to draw russia into a war. how do you read that? is that a pretext to invasion or is that him looking for a possible off ramp by saying hey, its not my fault, its them and maybe trying to find a way out? >> right. well, john, i th...

For example, it used to be in the past. at the same time... really? you dont feel its more imminent today? because that is definitely not the message coming from washington and, indeed, london and other capitals. we remember some times in our recent history, a couple of years ago, a year ago, when there was a similar amassment of troops and there were similar risks of further invasion, but we know what to do. in order not to be further invaded, we have to be strong so that we dont look easily in...

We will bring you more details on the situation in canada and protests elsewhere later tonight. with that, lets bring in our lead off guests, peter baker chief white house correspondent for the new york times, who previously served as the bureau chief for the washington post. courtney super mania, white house correspondent for usa today, and jeremy bash, former chief of staff at the cia and the pentagon. thanks to all of you for being here tonight. peter, would you hearing from the white house t...

So we went undercover to investigate how online trafficking still carries on under the radar, particularly on social media. we followed one of these ads, which took us to bangladesh — one of the major hubs in south—east asia for the trafficking of african greys. we set up a meeting with faiz ahmed, a trader whose social media led us to investigate possible illegal activity alongside his legitimate business. we operated under the pretext of wanting to start a breeding farm. the conversation s...