A torch a few days before the official opening of the Winter Olympics as its going ahead despite 0lympics as its going ahead despite the four boycotts and strict covid i9 restrictions. We start with tensions on the ukraine border. Russia has been locked in a Military Standoff with ukraine, and weve now seen the first Major Movement of us forces in response. Some 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany, and 1000 troops already in germany will go to romania. Heres The Pentagon Spokesman making that announcement. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that United States will respond to the growing threat to europes security and stability. I want to be very clear about something. These are not permanent moves. They are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going
A torch a few days before the official opening of the Winter Olympics as its going ahead despite 0lympics as its going ahead despite the four boycotts and strict covid i9 restrictions. We start with tensions on the ukraine border. Russia has been locked in a Military Standoff with ukraine, and weve now seen the first Major Movement of us forces in response. Some 2000 troops will be sent to poland and germany, and 1000 troops already in germany will go to romania. Heres The Pentagon Spokesman making that announcement. The United States stands shoulder to shoulder with our nato allies. The Current Situation demands that we reinforce the deterrent and defensive posture on nato s eastern flank. President biden has been clear that United States will respond to the growing threat to europes security and stability. I want to be very clear about something. These are not permanent moves. They are moves designed to respond to the current security environment. Moreover, these forces are not going
they were not surprised by what happened here. the uk side, their view has always been and continues to be that israel has a right to self defence, but they have been urging israel throughout to act in way to de escalate the situation. what we have heard this morning is from a senior minister, cabinet minister here, mel stride, who is the work and pensions secretary, he has been saying this morning on the bbc that the situation in the region and he described it as a very problematic and febrile and added that it was very important that both iran and israel acted to de escalate. iran and israel acted to de-escalate. iran and israel acted to de-escalate. , ., ., . de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, de-escalate. on the diplomatic front. there de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had been - de-escalate. on the diplomatic front, there had been talks - de-escalate. on the diplomatic| front, there had been talks with de-escalate.
multiple prongs where. de-escalate there? i think you have multiple prongs where. on - de-escalate there? i think you have multiple prongs where. on the - de-escalate there? i think you have | multiple prongs where. on the issue of sanctions, that action was taken yesterday by the uk and the us, sanctioning both iran s defence minister and the head of its central military command, along with companies, organisations involved in the production of drones. that was designed, the uk government said yesterday, specifically to send a message to iran, to target those involved, both in the military and on the industrial side in the production of the weapons used to target israel the other day. and also to send a message to israel to say that the uk and the us would be part of a coordinated response to iran. that is of course separate from efforts to try to get some sort of negotiation, ceasefire to do with gaza. but a real sort of overriding
in the press conference last night with boris johnson in the press conference last night with borisjohnson that in the press conference last night with boris johnson that the in the press conference last night with borisjohnson that the norm format is one that ukraine actually supports and beliefs could have a possible role in de escalating this crisis because it brings together germany, france, ukraine, and russia and one of the only places where possibly they will talk to each other and we expect the normandy format to be meeting very soon to start playing its own role or trying to play a role and doing what everyone talks about but we are not seeing yet and that is to de escalate these tensions. seeing yet and that is to de-escalate these tensions. whenever ou come de-escalate these tensions. whenever you come on de-escalate these tensions. whenever you come on outside de-escalate these tensions. whenever you come on outside source de-escalate these tensions. whenever you come