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the winter olympics amid some of the world s toughest covid restrictions? it s 9:00am in singapore and eight in the evening in washington where president biden has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as russia continues to mass soldiers near its border with ukraine. the pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. mr biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders sounding the alarm in ever starker tones. ....
covid restrictions? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. washington has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert, as part of its readiness to respond if russia should carry out any assault on ukraine. a pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. president biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade but it has amassed more than a 100,000 troops close to the ukrainian border. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukranian capital kyiv. bell rings this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. facing them are ukrainian soldiers who hear western leaders soundi ....
global questions. hello. i m zeinab badawi. welcome to global questions from kyiv, the capital of ukraine. the build up of russian troops near its border with ukraine has raised fears that moscow wants to extend its influence in former soviet states such as ukraine. in this second edition of global questions from kyiv, we ask what is putin s game in his backyard? applause hello and 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 0lha 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 ....
now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. it seems there is no room for political opposition or dissent in today s hong kong. legislative elections at the end of last year saw pro beijing candidates sweep the board. pro democracy activists have either been arrested, forced into exile, or cowed into silence. my guest is dominic lee, a legislatorfrom the pro beijing new people s party. has hong kong s governing principle of one country, two systems already morphed into one country, one system? dominic lee in hong kong, welcome to hardtalk. hi, thanks for having me. it s a pleasure to have you. now, mr lee, you were recently elected to hong kong s legislative council. what word would you choose to describe hong kong s political system? it s a revamped system, and i think it s an enhancement to the previous system, which was characterised by filibustering, excessive ones, and violence was incited in the legislative council chamber. and right now, w ....
the winter olympics amid some of the world s toughest covid restrictions? welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. washington has placed more than 8,000 us based troops on a heightened state of alert as part of its readiness to respond if russia should carry out any assault on ukraine. a pentagon spokesman said that if deployed, the troops would be sent to bolster nato s presence in eastern europe. president biden has been holding talks with key european allies over a common strategy towards russia over ukraine. moscow denies planning to invade, but it has amassed more than a hundred thousand troops close to the ukrainian border. 0ur correspondent gabriel gatehouse sent this report from the ukrainian capital, kyiv. bell tolls this is a country in limbo, waiting for an invasion that looks more likely with every passing day, but may yet never come. to the east, 100,000 russian troops are massed, but the kremlin says talk of an invasion is hysteria. f ....