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applause hello. welcome to the mystetskyi arsenal cultural centre here in kyiv. let me tell you who is on my panel, who will be taking questions from our audience here. the deputy prime minister of ukraine is olha stefanishyna. she s been very much the international face of the ukrainian government during this current crisis. kristina kvien is the charge d affaires, that s the acting ambassador for washington, here in kyiv. carl bildt is a former swedish prime minister and one of europe s leading statesmen, and professor sergey radchenko is a russian born political scientist based in europe. that s our panel. welcome to you all. give them a round of applause. applause and remember, you too can join the conversation it s #bbcglobalquestions. now, we re going to take a couple of questions to kick off with. first, from olha. your question please. is the build up of russian troops on the ukrainian . borders, in your opinion, an attempt to get. the world s attention or is ....
the us has rejected russia s demand to bar ukraine from joining nato. it s amid warnings russia might invade its neighbour. the wait goes on for sue gray s report on lockdown parties in downing street the uk prime minister, borisjohnson, says he won t resign over the issue. it s holocaust memorial day marking 77 years since the liberation of auschwitz birkenau. seven holocaust survivors have had portraits painted, in a project commissioned by prince charles. portraits go to the heart of their individuality and their humanity. what better way of rejecting that kind of philosophy that led to the holocaust and honouring survivors? hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the duke of york has denied being a close friend of the convicted sex trafficker ghislaine maxwell, in a legal response to the woman who s suing him in the us for sexual assault. the 11 page document says the prince wants the claims brought by virginia giuffre to be heard by a jury ....
thank you for being here. we begin with the biggest and longest lasting decision made by any president. the chance to choose a supreme court justice. justice stephen breyer, the most senior liberal justice on the high court gave president biden the historic opportunity. he s meeting with the president today at the white house and then they ll appear together to formally announce his plan to retire at the end of this term. the focus immediately shifts to the president and who he will select. already vowing to make good on his promise to nominate the first black woman to the supreme court. senate democrats are pushing for a quick confirmation process and the way senate rules are currently set up. they can confirm a new justice with a simple majority, meaning, without needing support from any republican. but the road to confirmation for any nominee is never guaranteed. cnn s jessica schneider live in washington with the very latest. jessica, a big moment today when we see ....
and it includes history. listen. i have made no decision except one. the person i will nominate will be someone with extraordinary qualifications, character, experience and integrity. and that person will be the first black woman ever nominated to the united states supreme court. it s long overdue in my opinion. i made that commitment during the campaign for president, and i will keep that commitment. get to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins at the white house. the president said he didn t want to share much about what comes next but he shared an historic deal. it s also notable he put a timeline on here saying he will, his intention is to let everyone know who his nominee is by the end of february. so what that is going to kick off internally at the white house is a very extensive process of vetting. and the president has already he said he s been looking at the backgrounds of potential replacements. he s going to study this carefully. he ll l ....
big day out on the town. plus, we will attempt to, you know, cancel snow white? what? that can t be happening. seen and unseen has answers. but first, rubber-stamp justice, that s the focus of tonight angle. i want all of you out there to understand that there is no point in our wasting any time debating the philosophy of any of biden s potential supreme court picks. it really doesn t matter whom he chooses to replace just a stephen breyer because we already know how he ll vote in any important case. oh wait, did i say he? hoops. president biden: i committed that if i m elected president of have an opportunity to appoint so much of the courts, i will appoint first black woman to the courts, it s required that they have representation now. it s long overdue. laura: the democrats media proxy suffering through, let s face it, what s been a very rough year for biden, are giddily prattling on in anticipation for another first. it s going to be a black woman, joe bide ....