opinion, mobilizing support in congress, mobilizing support in your own cabinet is a step by step process. am i to hear that you believe that although we re now hearing from this administration, it will be no u.s. troops there, that any of these offensive systems would be the beginning of world war iii that will become a point that there will be some nato military involvement, some u.s. involvement in ukraine? victor, i can not predict the future. i do believe that it s going to get worse before it gets better. as it gets worse, we will be drawn closer and closer to that line and the decisions to hold the line are going to get harder and harder, without a doubt. all right. former homeland security jeh johnson, thank you. now there s a new concern in ukraine. doctors worry that war will lead to a surge in infectious
they have been saying putin has been laying the groundwork to conduct a chemical weapons attack. it raises the question of not just how the united states would respond but how nato would respond. would they view it as something that crosses the line and makes them change their stance on military involvement in ukraine. that is something the president has said isn t going to happen. you re not going to see u.s. forces going into ukraine. whether or not that changes this calculus he didn t say. he said it would be in response according to the severity of that attack. one of the things leaders wrestled with is whether or not he does conduct a biological attack, radioactive attack and that affects a nato country nearby, obviously a lot of them share a border with ukraine, would they consider that an attack on a nato ally because the president has said they would defend every inch of nato territory. that is quite specific for the president of the united states to say that. and so i think th
tom bateman with the latest from those talks in istanbul, let s go tojenny hill now our correspondent in moscow. and jenny, as tom was saying, there really a change of tone, a slight change of tone from the russians in terms of their military strategy here in ukraine. yeah, i m not sure i d go as far as to say a change of tone, we ve just actually heard a little bit more from the leader of the russian delegation at those talks, and he s been saying that at some point the kremlin will give a kind of timetable for the de escalation of military involvement around kyiv and the other city. but he s also been very quick to emphasise that this is not a ceasefire. he has also said that the kremlin will be coming out with some kind of response to the ukrainian proposals, which are now on the table.
about vaccines, if you think about ppe, if you think about the drugs that have been used in relation to covid. so the first minister s been absolutely clear that he wants to take part in that four nation inquiry. for over a year now, - plaid cymru he has called for a wales only public inquiry. . your government, and you confirmed it now, | has opted to have a welsh chapter or chapters - in a uk wide inquiry. i think in all honesty, that opens you up to the charge of ducking scrutiny. if you take responsibility, you have to be ready- to be judged on your actions, good and bad~ i do think the inquiry needs to be sooner rather than later. i don t think it s ducking scrutiny. i m sure the spotlight will be very firmly on all four nations. leslie griffiths. the prime minister has signalled an end to the uk s military involvement in afghanistan, telling mps that most british troops have already left. in a statement, borisjohnson
iran s hard line incoming president issueing a strong warning to the u.s. raising more questions about iran s possible military involvement. let bring in fred pleitgen live in tehran for us. what more do you know? reporter: well, those negotiations for the nuclear deal, that is obviously something that is still ongoing between the iranians and the u.s. despite the fact that you now have this incoming very hard line administration here in tehran. those talks have been stalling a little bit and the u.s. has warned that they can t go on forever. but iranians for their part under ebrahim raisi, they say they are in no returning to get things done. let s listen to what he had to say. translator: we will definitely pursue the lifting of tehran sanctions but we ll definitely not allow people s