coming from the british mainland. and are they carrying a torch for free speech? what can and can t be said by 0lympic what can and can t be said by olympic athletes in beijing. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that president biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. this would be the first major movement of us forces in russia s military stand off with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany, and a i,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. a pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. 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 easter
a torch for free speech? what can and can t be said by olympic athletes in beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news it s newsday. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the ukraine crisis and the news that president biden has approved the deployment of 3,000 troops to bolster nato allies in the region. this would be the first major movement of us forces in russia s military stand off with ukraine. 2,000 will be sent to poland and germany and a 1,000 strong squadron will be redeployed from germany to romania. a pentagon spokesman said the deployments were a signal that america was ready to defend its allies, but he was keen to stress the troops were not going to fight in ukraine. 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 the united states will respond to the growing threat
translators interpret. as you can hear, there s quite a lot of hungarian being spoken at the moment, as we wait, let s listen in, the uk defence secretary responding. the very thing he fears, which is more nato closer to russia would be a consequence of a strategic error of invading a sovereign country such as ukraine. that is what happened in 2014. and that is why we have more forces in estonia, latvia, lithuania, as nato, that is why we see an increase in air policing around places like romania and bulgaria because that is the ultimate consequence, nato members would feel and fear and worry about what is next and i think that is why it is important to signal we are serious, that is why the united kingdom has offered to nato a range of capabilities including more air policing, more ground forces and more readiness as a way to act as a deterrent and we will obviously be in the hands of nato and the secretary general and the supreme allied commander of europe and how those wou
to weapons and military. this place that you are looking at right now, the presidential palace, this is the same location where president biden gave a speech last year, one month into russia s invasion into ukraine. he gave a speech talking about what he believed the broader implications were, not just for ukraine or russia, or for eastern europe, but really for the entire wrorld, but there wa a moment at the end of the speech, a comment he made that got everyone s attention. this was the moment. ukraine will never be a victory for russia. people refuse to live in a world of hopelessness and darkness. we will have a different future, a brighter future rooted in democracy and principle, hope and light, of decency and dignity, with freedom of possibilities. for god s sake, this man cannot remain in power. it was a moment that captured headlines worldwide. ambassador taylor, you watched that moment as well. you know as well as i do, the ambassador had to come out and say the
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