now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. a few days ago, the ukrainian government was pleading for international help to confront the threat of a russian military offensive from the east. that feared assault never came. russia declared its military exercise was over and began to redeploy its forces. my guest is ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. what did ukraine and the outside world learn from this rattling of russian sabres? foreign minister dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s great to be with you. let s start with the situation on the ground. it s just a few days since the russians announced that they were redeploying their forces away from that border area close to eastern ukraine. can you confirm that has happened? it is happening. this redeployment is taking place. however, we have to remain vigilant because, first, we do not know whether all units which were deployed to the border of ukraine will be actually re
now on bbc news, it s time to joined stephen sackur for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. a few days ago, the ukrainian government was pleading for international help to confront the threat of a russian military offensive from the east. that feared assault never came. russia declared its military exercise was over and began to redeploy its forces. my guest is ukraine s foreign minister, dmytro kuleba. what did ukraine and the outside world learn from this rattling of russian sabres? foreign minister dmytro kuleba in kyiv, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. it s great to be with you. let s start with the situation on the ground. it s just a few days since the russians announced that they were redeploying their forces away from that border area close to eastern ukraine. can you confirm that has happened? it is happening. this redeployment is taking place. however, we have to remain vigilant because, first, we do not know whether all units which were deployed to th
he has called for an fbi investigation for polygraph test, and a matter of fact, in 2013, there were similar charges against and assemblymen. he demanded his resignation immediately. he said there was no tolerance for sexual harassment in new york state, and so the governor now has a lot of answers that he needs to give new yorkers. john: the new york post with its typical subtlety out with this headline on its front page today cuomo s of pig. sandra: inside that paper, a book with the is a new piece on the harassment piece. but brian yunus is with us today, bill de blasio now speaking out on this. what is he saying? that s right, mayor bill de blasio calling these allegations made by former aide lindsay boylan disturbing. he says that if true, it is unacceptable. when a woman comes forward with this kind of very specific allegation, we have to take them seriously. we need a full and independent investigation. meanwhile, five new new york state republican se
the prime minister and he ll be giving evidence to the official inquiry. two major us telecoms providers delay the roll out of new five g networks near airports after warnings it could cause chaos in the aviation industry. and betting big on gaming microsoft is buying the company that makes call of duty and candy crush for more than $70 billion. it s seven in the morning in singapore, and 1am in kyiv, where the american secretary of state antony blinken is due to arrive for urgent talks, amid warnings that russia could carry out an invasion of ukraine at any moment . mr blinken also plans to meet russian foreign minister sergey lavrov on friday, with the white house describing the situation as extremely dangerous . russia has amassed 100,000 troops on the border and over the weekend moved forces to belarus forjoint military drills but it denies planning an invasion. here s our diplomatic editorjames landale. russian forces training near the border with ukraine, just som
tsunami waves across the southwestern pacific. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk s prime minister is being urged to lead or step aside, following the controversy downing street gatherings while covid restrictions were in place. the call comes from senior conservative mp and former minister, tobias ellwood. a number of tory backbenchers say they ve been inundated with messages from angry constituents, about the growing list of parties, dating back to the spring of 2020. the opposition labour party says it s now in the national interest for mrjohnson to be removed from office. our political correspondent, iain watson, reports. borisjohnson has come under renewed pressure following number 10 s apology to buckingham palace over a leaving do held last year on the eve of the duke of edinburgh s funeral. so today the labour leader urged conservative mps to force him out. of course there s a party advantage in him going, but actually it s now