this is bbc news, the headlines: prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case accusing him of sexual assault. the duke s formally denied all allegations against him in an ii page document submitted to a new york court. he also cast doubt on the authenticity of a photograph showing him with accuser virginia giuffre. the us has formally rejected russia s draft security pacts with the west, published last month. a ban on ukrainejoining nato was among moscow s demands. secretary of state antony blinken said washington had made no concessions but insisted the document offered a serious diplomatic path forward. the white house says president biden will honour his commitment to make an african american woman his first nomination to the supreme court. she would replace the liberal justice, stephen breyer, who has announced his plans to retire at the end ofjune.
prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case accusing him of sexual assault. the duke s formally denied all allegations against him in an ii page document submitted to a new york court. he also cast doubt on the authenticity of a photograph showing him with accuser virginia giuffre. the us has formally rejected russia s draft security pacts with the west published last month. a ban on ukrainejoining nato was among moscow s demands. secretary of state, antony blinken, said washington had made no concessions, but insisted the document offered a serious diplomatic path forward. the white house says president biden will honour his commitment to make an african american woman his first nomination to the supreme court. she would replace the liberaljustice stephen breyer who has announced his plans to retire at the end ofjune. now on bbc news,
which western countries fear are preparing to invade. the us has promised to provide a written response to russia s security demands, which include a ban on ukrainejoining nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more. more russian forces on the move. surface to air missiles in the country s far east due to join what moscow says are military exercises near ukraine part of the growing build up of troops and equipment revealed by images of strategic locations close to the border what western powers fear may be preparation for war. but for now, the diplomacy continues too. america s and russia s top diplomats met in geneva and at first couldn t even agree how to greet one another, with one question on everyone s lips. reporter: is - an invasion likely, as president biden suggested? speaks russian mr lavrov seemed to suggest it was up to the united states and later dismissed talk
of all time. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the us and russia have held what they called frank talks in an effort to reduce the risk of a conflict in ukraine. us secretary of state antony blinken and russian foreign minister sergei lavrov spoke for 90 minutes at a meeting in switzerland. afterwards, both said further talks are possible. us president biden has travelled to the presidential retreat at camp david, where he will be joined by secretary blinken and his national security team to discuss tensions with russia over ukraine. the us wants russia to pull its forces back from the ukrainian border, which western countries fear are preparing to invade. the us has promised to provide a written response to russia s security demands, which include a ban on ukrainejoining nato. our diplomatic correspondent james landale has more.
this is bbc news, the headlines: prince andrew is demanding a trial byjury in a civil case accusing him of sexual assault. the duke s formally denied all allegations against him in an 11 page document submitted to a new york court. he also cast doubt on the authenticity of a photograph showing him with accuser virginia giuffre. the us has formally rejected russia s draft security pacts with the west, published last month. a ban on ukrainejoining nato was among moscow s demands. secretary of state antony blinken said washington had made no concessions but insisted the document offered a serious diplomatic path forward. the white house says president biden will honour his commitment to make an african american woman his first nomination to the supreme court. she would replace the liberal justice, stephen breyer, who has announced his plans to retire at the end ofjune.