u.s. supreme court could, should tell you about the direction america is heading. thanks for being here, everybody. we begin with the growing threat of war in eastern europe. heightened alert for possible deployment as there is real fear a russian invasion in ukraine could be imminent. the pentagon said the u.s. troop that would be sent would be in support of nato s response force. the pentagon spokesperson is our guest this hour. for russia s part, they re now launching new military drills and the kremlin now blaming washington for increasing tensions. the greatest threat in the region since the cold war. let s begin with cnn s barbara starr live at the pentagon for us this hour. what more do you learn about these troops on heightened alert? reporter: good morning, kate. right now, the pentagon very clear that these troops are not on dpleployment orders yet. heightened alert, more ready than you ve been in case you get deployment orders. how would they go and who would t
now on bbc news. it s time for the media show. hello. can a savvy media strategy save borisjohnson? headline grabbing policies are being rolled out this week in what s been dubbed operation red meat. but is there really such an operation? we re also looking at the apparently cosy relationship between those in government who set policy and the media, which is supposed to hold them to account. and we re asking what the new bbc licence fee deal means for the industry at large. let me introduce you to my guests. first, joeyjones was spokesman for theresa may when she was home secretary. before that, he was a deputy political editor at sky news. helen lewis writes for the atlantic. laura hughes is political correspondent for the financial times. and phil riley is the chief executive of boom radio and has had a long career in commercial radio, including running chrysalis and overseeing its sale to global. and, phil, we ll be talking a lot in the programme about the revolving door b
are possible. 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. 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 and 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
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. more russian forces on the move. surface to air missiles in the country s far east due to join what moscow says are m
global questions. hello, welcome to global questions with me, zeinab badawi, from kyiv, the capital of ukraine. the buildup of russian troops near the border with ukraine has raised fears of oscar wants to extend its influence in former soviet states such as ukraine. moscow. we ask what is putin s game in his backyard? applause . hello and welcome. let me tell you who is on my panel and taking questions from our audience. deputy prime minister of ukraine is olha stefanishyna. she has been the international face of the ukrainian government during this covenant government. she is the acting ambassador for washington, kristina kvien. carl bildt and sergey radchenko. that is our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. and remember you canjoin the round of applause. and remember you can join the conversation. we re going to a couple of questions to kick off with. russian troops under the border, russian troops under the border, is russian troops under the