participation in the last remaining nuclear arms control pac with the u.s. insisting the u.s. is set on destroying russia. peter doocy reports from warsaw, poland. good evening, peter. peter: good evening, bret. here in warsaw, president biden did not publicly pressure china s president xi to stay out of ukraine. kept focus where it has been for most of the last year on vladimir putin. auto democrats only understand one word, no, no, no. peter: white house officials putting out the word it would not be good if china starts arming russia. obviously a burgeoning relationship countries while vladimir putin is brutal war in ukraine that would have bad ramifications. peter: have not deterred putin the war continues and now russia is suspends its participation in the new start nuclear arms control treaty. they can t be stupid people. they want to deliver us a strategic defeat while sneaking into our strategic nuclear objects. u.s. inspections of russian nuclear facil
safe passage for drugs. empty food shelves in the uk. why are some supermarkets having to limit sales of fruit and veg? live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we have a tale of two presidents for you this hour from the us and russia. we ll get to the american president joe biden in a moment but first russian leader vladimir putin. he s announced he s suspending russian participation in the last major nuclear arms control agreement with the us. in his two hour state of the nation address, mr putin accused the west of starting the war in ukraine and seeking to destroy russia in a global confrontation. our russia editor steve rosenberg reports. the world according to vladimir putin feels like a parallel universe. who started the war in ukraine? not russia, he says. translation: responsibility - for fuelling the ukrainian conflict, for its escalation, and for the growing number of victims lies fully with the west and, of
interest in seeing nuclear weapons used in this conflict or any conflict. there is another. i was just going to say on the negotiations though, it is troubling if the us russian arms control architecture completely unravels, thatis architecture completely unravels, that is going to make it all the harder to engage china in any kind of arms control negotiations going forward. . ~ of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ , ., of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ of arms control negotiations going forward. . ~ . of arms control negotiations going forward. ., ~ . . forward. thank you so much, vice resident forward. thank you so much, vice president at forward. thank you so much, vice president at the forward. thank you so much, vice president at the non-profit - president at the non profit organisation in washington, thank you so much forjoining us and i do apologise for the delay in the line between singapore and washington. to other stories now, at least six peop
with this agreement the united states and russia, the two largest nuclear powers in the world also send a clear signal that we intend to lead. with today s decision on new start, the whole arms control architecture has been dismantled. responsibility for fomenting the ukrainian conflict for escalation and for the increasing number of victims lies entirely with the western elites. craven lust for land and power will fail and ukrainian people s love for their country will prevail. bret: president biden over in poland with dueling speeches as russia says they are not going to take part in this arms control. the new start treaty they signed on to. the washington post biden in poland nato s unit against russia. biden s speech came just hours after russian president vladimir putin own fiery speech the west is plotting to destroy russia. dueling speeches sharp contrast in world views.