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
The headlines the bbc sees evidence that staff at Nasser Hospital in gaza were mistreated by israeli forces. A ship loaded with 200 tonnes of humanitarian aid finally leaves cyprus for gaza where people are dying of starvation. Haitis Prime Minister resigns and calls for calm after Gang Violence plunged the country into chaos. Social Media Influencer andrew tate and his Brother Triston are arrested by Romanian Police over alleged sex offences committed in britain. And surf s up on the river severn,. We start this half hour in haiti where the Prime Minister, ariel henry, has agreed to resign and make way for a transitional authority. It comes as heavily armed gangs take control of the capital and dead bodies pile up on its streets. It has a complicated past. Since breaking free from French Colonial rule over two centuries ago, the caribbean state has weathered multiple foreign interventions. Well start in 1915, when the us invaded and occupied haiti following local unrest. It maintained
About an incident in gaza city. More than 100 palestinians have been killed while trying to get food aid in gaza city. These are images from the scene in the south west of the city. Joe biden described it as tragic and alarming as he spoke with the leaders of egypt and qatar. These are images from the scene in the southwest of gaza city. Eyewitnesses say a large number of people had approached the convoy of aid trucks as it passed a checkpoint, apparently trying to grab what they could. Since the war began, the amount of food getting into gaza has dropped dramatically, and aid agencies have warned of impending starvation. The Israeli Military released these aerial pictures. It says some soldiers on the checkpoint felt the crowd posed a threat and opened fire. In the chaos that followed, the trucks tried to move forward. Accounts differ, but one witness said that many of the deaths were caused by people being run over. The trucks were overwhelmed and the people driving the trucks, which
In ukraine began and two weeks before the elections . Well, Vladmir Putin spoke for two hours. We will look at what he said and didnt say. And its our weekly deep dive into the world of artificial intelligence, including how events organisers used al to generate images of a fantastical willy wonka world, but the reality was anything but sweet. We begin in texas, where both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are visiting the Us Mexico Border. The pair locked in a high stakes political duel on an issue which could ultimately decide this years president ial election. Joe biden is visiting a border city called brownsville. Its recently seen a drop in the number of people illegally crossing into the us. Donald trump meanwhile is in eagle pass, the Texas Border Town where republican Governor Greg Abbott has defied the Biden White House by using state National Guard soldiers to detain undocumented migrants and erect border barricades. Mr trump spoke there a short time ago.