are due to meet on friday, once again in geneva. the talking, it seems, is not quite over. but the tremors of this crisis are being felt right across europe. on the baltic island of gotland, sweden is beefing up its presence, concerned about nearby russian activity and what it calls russia s direct threat to europe s security. paul adams, bbc news. president biden s warning on ukraine came as part of a press conference marking his first year in office. mr biden s approval ratings are hovering just above 40% as he faces rising inflation, a pandemic that isn t over, and narrow democratic majorities in congress. earlier, i spoke to the bbc s washington correspondent gary o donoghue to help us break down biden s powerful words towards russia. i think some the strongest rhetoric we ve heard from the president so far on russia, really talking about threatening serious
our patience, he said, is at an end. but here we are, four days on, and the process is actually shifting up a gear. mr lavrov and antony blinken are due to meet on friday, once again in geneva. the talking, it seems, is not quite over. but the tremors of this crisis are being felt right across europe. on the baltic island of gotland, sweden is beefing up its presence, concerned about nearby russian activity and what it calls russia s direct threat to europe s security. paul adams, bbc news. president biden s warning on ukraine came as part of a press conference marking his first year in office. mr biden s approval ratings are hovering just above forty per cent, as he faces rising inflation, a pandemic that isn t over, and narrow democratic majorities in congress. i m joined now by the bbc s gary o donoghue from the white house.
the talking, it seems, is not quite over. but the tremors of this crisis are being felt right across europe. on the baltic island of gotland, sweden is beefing up its presence, concerned about nearby russian activity and what it calls russia s direct threat to europe s security. paul adams, bbc news. president biden s warning on ukraine came as part of a press conference marking his first year in office. mr biden s approval ratings are hovering just above forty per cent, as he faces rising inflation, a pandemic that isn t over, and narrow democratic majorities in congress. earlier i spoke to the bbc s washington correspondent gary o donoghue to help us break down biden s powerful words towards russia. i think some the strongest rhetoric we ve heard from the president so far arisha, really talking about threatening
on president biden s warning. he gave a statement earlier today. he was actually giving a briefing on another issue but of course afghanistan is still an ongoing crisis here and he was asked about that strike that happened last night confirming the details of that, but he also said that the strike was not the last. he said, i will quote to you, we will continue to hunt down any person involved in that heinous attack and make them pay, and he said his commanders had informed him that an attack is highly likely in the next 2a to 36 hours. last week, on wednesday, there was this alert made about an imminent attack and we saw those horrific scenes on thursday, so they are taking this incredibly seriously. he did go on to say that they are continuing to get civilians out of the country, because of course it has made the mission even more dangerous because at the same time you have the us embassy telling us citizens not to go to the airport, but they are still very confident that they can ge
answer those questions. us presidentjoe biden has issued a fresh warning that another attack on kabul airport is highly likely in the next 24 36 hours. on thursday, the islamic state group in afghanistan killed as many as 170 people, including 13 us military personnel. on friday, us air strikes killed two high profile is members in a drone attack. the taliban has condemned the air strike, describing it as a clear attack on afghan territory. the bbc s nomia iqbal in washington gave more details on president biden s warning. he gave a statement earlier today. he was actually giving a briefing on another issue but of course afghanistan is still an ongoing crisis here and he was asked about that strike that happened last night confirming the details of that, but he also said that the strike was not the last. he said, i will quote to you, we will continue to hunt down any person involved in that