welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. the presidents of the us and russia have held a two hour video summit, dominated by heightened tensions over ukraine. the white house says president biden made clear what it called deep concerns of the us and its european allies over russia s military drills and escalation of forces near ukraine. mr putin, on the other hand, said russia wanted guarantees that nato wouldn t expand further east. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. ina in a secure video connection for a high stakes meeting. joe biden face to face with the russian president for the first time sincejune when they met in person. joe biden seated in the situation room at the white house with his senior advisers, the two leaders shared pleasantries before getting pleasa ntries before getting down pleasantries before getting down to business. it s good to see you again. behind closed doors they spoke for two hours with ukraine at the top
House with his senior advisers, the two leaders shared pleasantries before getting pleasa ntries before getting down pleasantries before getting down to business. it s good to see you again. behind closed doors they spoke for two hours with ukraine at the top of the agenda. forweeks with ukraine at the top of the agenda. for weeks there s been growing concern in the west at the build up of more than 90,000 russian troops near ukraine s borders could herald an invasion by russia. the white house said president biden voiced the deep concerns of the united states and its european allies about russia s escalation of forces surrounding ukraine. vladimir putin demanded guarantees are in law to rule out the eastward expansion of nato. the call according to the white house was a conversation with give and take but no finger wagging. president biden was direct and straightforward with president vladimir putin as he always is. he reiterated america s support for you ukraine s sovereignty and ter
This is bbc news, the headlines: the kremlin has described a virtual summit between the us and russian leaders as frank and businesslike. president biden warned of severe economic consequences in the event of a russian invasion of ukraine. president putin blamed provocative actions by ukraine and nato for the heightened tensions. a video has emerged showing senior downing street staffjoking about holding a christmas party in number 10 a year ago a party they continue to publicly deny ever happened. the video shows a mock downing street news conference, hosted by the prime minister s then press secretary allegra stratton. a saudi man suspected of involvement in the murder of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi has been arrested at a paris airport. he faces extradition to turkey. mr khashog ji, was a prominent critic of the saudi regime and wrote for the washington post.
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Ukraine united states our allies would rip on respond with strong economic measures. the white house said the teams are both presidents would follow up with the meeting. figs follow up with the meeting. as we follow up with the meeting. sis we pursue follow up with the meeting. is we pursue diplomatic channels, we pursue diplomatic channels, we will also prepare for all contingencies just we will also prepare for all contingenciesjust as we we will also prepare for all contingencies just as we have been doing for weeks now including through the preparation of specific responses to russian escalation should they be required. is, should they be required. a statement released by the kremlin said that you put in had stressed russia should not be held responsible for tensions because nato was making dangerous attempts to take over ukrainian territory and increasing its military potential on russia s borders. ukraine has been celebrating the 30th anniversary of its armed forces. an adviser