What about this do you feel suggests the BBC has a view on the situation?

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> On Monday, President Macon did not rule out sending its war planes to Ukraine - but he stressed that it must neither further inflame the situation nor limit France's ability to defend itself.

> Poland - another key ally of Ukraine - has also not ruled out sending F-16s to Kyiv.

> Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk welcomed that announcement but asked allies for the creation of a "Fighter jet coalition" that would also provide Ukraine with Eurofighters, Tornados, French Rafales and Swedish Gripen jets.

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>So Putin leaves Ukraine - what would they talk about, and why wouldn't Zelensky just say no to everything?

What is there even to talk about? Russia doesn't have any right to Ukrainian land, you're making it seem like Russia had a reasonable justification for invading Ukraine.

>After the Iraq war, I don't think Putin wanted to take chances.

Take chances from what? The US wasn't going to attack Russia because of MAD.

>They could have done the opposite. Ramp up conventional warfare, then what exactly is Russia going to do? Nuke Crimea, at a great cost to itself? Nuke the US and actually trigger MAD?

Wait, you're talking about conventional warfare after Ukraine joined NATO? That would trigger MAD, no?

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> Mass strike action on Wednesday will cause "Significant disruption", Downing Street has said.

> Workers from seven unions will be on strike on 1 February.

> The prime minister's official spokesman said: "We know that there will be significant disruption, given the scale of the strike action that is taking place tomorrow, and that will be very difficult for the public trying to go about their daily lives."We are upfront that this will disrupt people's lives and that's why we think negotiations rather than picket lines are the right approach.

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> Ottawa - A Canadian province on Tuesday decriminalized the possession of small amounts of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and other hard drugs in a radical policy shift to address an opioid overdose crisis that has killed thousands.

> Kathryn Botchford, whose husband Jason died of a drug overdose in 2019, said she had no idea he'd even been using drugs.

> Canada has spent more than Can$800 million to try to stem the opioid crisis, including on addiction treatment, Naloxone supplies and opening 39 supervised drug consumption sites across Canada.

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Ho-leee shit! That's fucking CRAZY that any country would allow that on their soil. Do they not know about the CCP campaign to infiltrate the world's governments and steal information and gain influence‽

I mean... every country on the planet has some spies, but to be that brash and not get arrested or detained? That's a HUGE failure on the part of the state.

That really makes me question my previous assumption that Canada was a secure neighbor.

That's crazy...

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Right now, probably not. A year or 2? Probably.

How many goats? Asking for a friend.

If NATO attacks Russia without Russia attacking them first, I wouldn't expect any help from any country outside of NATO, but of course any country could join the war if they wanted.

If Finland ends up in a war with Russia for other reasons than self defense, any help from Sweden would depend on the circumstances, and the potential threat to Sweden. Yes, I agree that mutual defense pacts don't cover every eventuality, but I don't see a problem with that. Otherwise you are bound to blindly follow any stupid decisions from your allies.

Having said that, if Russia were to attack Turkey, that would be such a crazy move that no country in Europe would be safe, and it would probably be in Sweden's interest to intervene, at least to defend Finland, if not in a more active role.

I mean as an American I was unaware of the nuance. Like how they won't stamp your passport.

Why? Because when we went to Jordan the border crossing agents "won't accept a defaced passport with a stamp from a made-up control like Israel."

Literally what they told us at the border. My wife and I love getting stamps in our passports and they refused.

> American partisan media route.

The Australians invented partisan media hackery of this sort, and then spread it to the united states.

and I'm not about to let them forget it, or Mr. Murdoch

Thats the point. Its also what happens when you push people to their limit after years of austerity.

> But Zelensky's preconditions are reasonable, to respect the sovereignty of their country, while Russia's aren't.

They're not especially reasonable when that's the point of contention. Especially, like I said, there is a history of talks and agreements going nowhere. So Putin leaves Ukraine - what would they talk about, and why wouldn't Zelensky just say no to everything?

> Ukraine did want to join NATO, but their membership action plan was declined in 2008 in Bucharest. Joining NATO is a long process and is not guaranteed, look at Sweden and Finland.

After the Iraq war, I don't think Putin wanted to take chances. Especially as the US was getting increasingly hostile towards him. And Ukraine's action plan being declined doesn't necessarily constitute principled objections.

> Cuban missile crisis is not analogous, since Russia sent nukes to US borders. There were no plans to do this in Ukraine, if NATO wanted to put nukes at Russia's borders, they could do it already in the Baltic countries.

They could have done the opposite. Ramp up conventional warfare, then what exactly is Russia going to do? Nuke Crimea, at a great cost to itself? Nuke the US and actually trigger MAD?

I work in downtown Surrey, and ANYTHING to help welcome. We have so many deaths in that area.

When did BBC become so anti-Union?

PV Solar : literally turns sunlight directly to electricity

Wind: A blade rotates a generator

Coal: needs to be mined, transported, pulverized then burned in a 10 storey-high oven to filled with high pressure tubes reaching temperatures of 600°C containing expensive treated water to rotate a blade to rotate a generator.

Edit: I didn't even realise how bullshit the rest of this comment is. Nuclear Power plants take on average 10 years of construction before operating

most people in this comment section don’t realise this is already a thing in most western countries too

#FUCK THE IRANIAN THEOCRAZY!!!

Put this on your watchlist, fuckers.

Not bad enough for you? How about this...

Allah is a lie and Muhammad was His liar.

Alot of my female coworkers wore mask because they didn't want to do makeup lol

Originally it was "defensive ammunition"...

…what? You know two things can be bad at once and that not all news is about America right?

It's very simple to debunk your claims, because energy costs money in China too, so you wouldn't get your solar panels below the manufacturing costs..

Don’t they have robotic pipe welding machines. That radiation is hard on everything that’s exposed to it

F-35s definitely not going to Ukraine. And will the US really allow F-16s to be sent when they themselves said they won’t send them?