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a current mission deal on the last day of angle america, 16 years in power and ancient artifacts smuggle out of iraq and the last 30 years going display in baghdad in one of the world's oldest surviving works of literature . ah, the american president joe biden has told his russian counterpart to the us and its allies will respond with strong economic measures. if russia invades ukraine, a warning came during a 2 hour virtual meeting between the 2 leaders as concerns, grove, rushes activities on the ukrainian border of the city. again. the kremlin says their video cool was frank and professional, but insisted tensions over ukraine. we're not all vladimir putin is fault. the u. s . l. its allies are worried russia plans to invade its neighbor after massing tens

of thousands of troops near the border. russia denies any such plans and describes the accusations as hysteria creams as it supports biden's call for britain to return to the purple embassy and ensure a de escalation on the border. u. s. national security advisor jake sullivans, as president biden, was clear and direct with vladimir putin outlining the response washington that its allies, if russia attacks ukraine. he reiterated america's support for ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity. he told president putin directly that if russia further invades ukraine, the united states and our european allies would respond with strong economic measures. we would provide additional defensive material to the ukrainians above and beyond that, which we are already providing. and we would fortify our nato allies on the eastern flank with additional capabilities in response to such an escalation. he also told president putin, there is another option, de escalation and diplomacy. the united states and our european allies would engage

in a discussion that covers larger strategic issues, including our strategic concerns with russia and russia. strategic concerns. oh, white house correspondent can be how kit is falling developments in washington? well, to give you a sense of the tone and tenor, it was repeated several times by the national security advisor chic sullivan. that this was a conversation between 2 presidents, the u. s. and the russian leader, and that was a dialogue back and forth if you will, in fact, to jake sullivan, making a point of saying that there were no speeches. there was no finger wagging or lecturing by one side or the other. but instead of vladimir putin was very engaged now the conversation was direct in terms of the message that the u. s. president had to deliver and coordination with france and germany as well as the u. k. in italy, there have been discussions that it has been decided that should there be an invasion by russia into ukraine, that there would be strong and punitive financial sanctions that would be levied on

russia. now in terms of specify specificity, there wasn't a lot of detail about what that might look like. but there was also another path that was strongly encouraged by the u. s. president. that is the one of diplomacy essentially saying that there is the ability to have a conversation and to talk about larger strategic issues. and that this could be done through some mechanism such as nato. this could also be done in terms of furthering the minsk agreement. but what we do know from this conversation that is important here, is that as we have been reporting, there has been a bolstering of russian military along the shared border between russia and ukraine . there has not been a decision yet by the russian leader on whether to invade. this was something that report is off very directly of jake sullivan, the national security advisor. he believes that there has not been a decision, despite the fact that there has been intelligence saying that that invasion could potentially come early next year. the kremlin says, president putin told bob,

and it was wrong to put all responsibility on russia's shoulders for the current tensions. ben smith has more on what moscow are saying about the cool fleming putting told joe biden, the responsibility should not be shifted to russia because nato is making danged, attempts to take control of ukraine. pretty much everything that has been telegraphed about the meeting between joe biden. vladimir putin, what they were going to talk about. it's clear that they touched on these topics, not just you crane, but also cyber crime. both parties were told, agreed to discuss their readiness to continue practical cooperation on combating cyber crime. but it was ukraine, dominated the meeting by the mid putin also told joe biden that he wanted guarantees that offensive strike systems would not be deployed in countries close to russia. he says that nato is building up its military infrastructure near russia's borders. and vladimir putin says he express concerns about kids allegedly

provocative actions toward ukrainian regions controlled by russian backed separatists. the kremlin considers what's going on in ukraine as an internal problem. and he does not want nato to get involved, ultimately in what is happening in ukraine. and he doesn't want, he wants assurances, we don't know if he's got those yet from the bottom ministration that nato will not trespass will not encroach further east into europe. john stratford has been speaking to residence in mario pole in southeast, in ukraine. he says this frustration that president lensky hasn't done more to end the conflict for the facts, all that 14000 people have been killed in the 7 half years of this conflict. the u . n says that it expects up to 3000000 people on both sides of the front line to need humanitarian assistance next year. and there is a just

a growing sense amongst the people that you speak to who live in that contact zone or close to it of complete hopelessness and increasing anger. bear in mind that the ukrainian president ugly won his campaign. one of the reasons why he won his presidential campaign in 2019 were promised that he was gonna end russia's annexation of crimea and end the war in don bass while he's failed on both those accounts and arguably, seems more unable to do that in a week, a position than he did at the start of, of his term. and the people that we've spoken to him. we spoke to somebody today who was, was angry, whose house had been described destroyed in the year in the fighting in 2015. and she didn't miss her words. she said that she wished, wished a similar fate on russian people. and another person, interestingly though, said that some russians and ukrainians slobs and that they should come together and,

and, and enjoying as one unified block if you like. and another man we spoke to said how important it was for the ukraine in government. now, to start talking to the separatists, something that the ukranian government has always refused to do because in their eyes, it would legitimize what they describe as a, a terror networks that are taking control of that area. ready but as i say, the underlying message that you get from people living in and around that area which isn't too far from here, is a sense of hopelessness. and an anger am specifically anger at a government hair that they say had, has not acted on the promises that he had made. ah, ah, 38 people are being killed in a fire at the main prison and burn these political capital. dozens more were injured in the early morning days and you take the reports,

the fall service didn't arrive on the scene until 2 hours after it started. interior ministry says the fire was cause fine electrical problem. the prison was home to more than 1500 inmates far above its capacity of 400. welcome webb has more from kenya's capital, nairobi. the run, the vice president has visited the scene. he said that dozens of died and many more were injured. these red cross came to the scene, some of the injured were treated there, others were taken to hospital room. these interior ministry said that the cause of the fire was an electrical short circuit. the interior ministry also said that there was a fire 4 months ago at the same prison also caused by an electrical short circuit, but on that occasion there were no casualties. overcrowding is common in burn these prisons despite a presidential pardon 6 months ago that resulted in 5000 prisoners being released. 6 people are dead after a police officer went on

a shooting rampage in the kenyan capital nairobi the killing spot. clashes between angry residence and police authority say the man shot his wife at home before going on a rampage. nature shot himself did with his police issued a 47 directorate of criminal investigations as described him as a rose officer. what we've done on the job pos, dismay in 3 others. we went on with our business, he parked his car for about 20 minutes and then got out. i was able to recognise him, mister ben, but he got out with his k 47 characters and started firing at us discriminant lay, at least 4 people have been killed by an explosion in the center of bizarre in the southern iraq. the blast happened near a hospital injuring several other people in rocky miniature believes it was caused by a motorbike rigged with explosives so far, no one has claimed responsibility would have done what had his more from doha. the

governor over as basra city has called it a tourist to attack, despite the fact that he has not given any more details about the causes as or who behind who is behind the attack a but he calls it a terrorist attack. now the bus or a girl province has just declared 3 days morning at for the victims of the attack. eye witnesses in the scene, say that or a man just pocket a motor bike or near to vehicles and left and then it exploded in the 2 vehicles after the man left did the scene and the smoke was coming out of the of the bike of the motor bike and there 2 vehicles as it has been circulated to honor at social media. now, the governor of a bustler at pledge is to identify their perpetrators and to know that the yield causes behind that tax and also to punish the perpetrators are those who are

behind it. the attack, it's interesting because bus are, are a lake other or southern provinces in iraq and has been quite for a long time and they're up to his dad. tax audrey would usually happen in the north, at, namely in the areas in the disputed are areas between could this tan region and the, the, the by the dad. there are territories. the saudi lead coalition in yemen, says it's launch several strikes against military targets in the capital santa. it comes off to saudi arabia's army reportedly intercepted and destroyed. missiles fired at the kingdom by whose rebels, who seized control much of northern yemen, shooting center, which they seized in 2014 saudi coalition rates against the iran back trophies of increased in recently felice and france, the arrested, the saudi men suspected of being involved in the killing of jonas, jamal hush, g u,

outspoken critic of the government was killed in saudi arabia, culture in assemble, in october 20 1800. i'd be a former saudi will guard, was taken into custody at nap or near paris, as he was about to board a flight to riyadh. he's one of $26.00 saudis wanted by turkey and is likely to face extradition there. so the officials say it's a case of mistaken identity as those convicted. a currently serving sentences in saudi arabia and the man should be released immediately. still to come this half hour, bringing the refugees suit. facebook saying it's algorithms encouraged uses to expressing streams, targeting and easy as president visits. village is blanketed by ashley massey, mary volcano, as number of deaths rises to provide you with

with here's your weather story for asia. hello, everyone. thank you for joining in the northeast monsoon, just cut and right across central areas of the philippines. down through that east coast, eastern islands that should say, and the potential to see some flooding here. now if i take it towards japan, a lot of activity for central air is upon chew, snow over higher ground, some big winds, and as a result, big waves around tokyo, tokyo itself. i think we'll see wind gusts of 75 kilometers per hour on wednesday after china. we're see a bit more cloud cover drift in here through the pearl river valley, the gang see, and also the yellow river valley. so where we have more clouds, for example, around gray land that's but no cap on temperatures just a high of 18 degrees. so that certainly lower them where it has been over the last few days. rain being chucked to central southern parts of vietnam as a result of the ne, monsoon and western areas of. so the way, see over the last little bit a picked up to 300 millimeters. that's about half

a month's worth of rain within a short span of time. range still come natur for that eastern side of australia. then we got those high temperatures, a warm wind for perth at $38.00, but temperatures come crashing down on friday to just $25.00. and will, and this weather report in new zealand, the north island still, some pesky showers for you on wednesday, sir. ah, with ambition, artistry adventure, short documentary spy african filmmakers from beneath kenya and algeria. billy allen, minium village throttle queens. this is when really good to let her hair done and the cane africa direct on al jazeera.

oh, a lot of stories for us president joe biden has used a video call with his russian counterpart toward strong economic measures. if there's an invasion of ukraine, that me approaching pressed for a guarantee that nato would expand eastwards and he's 38 people, have been killed in a fight at the main prison in this political capital. the reports, the font service didn't arrive until 2 hours after they started. and these 4 people have been killed by explosion in the center of fans or in the southern iraq happened. hospital refugees in the united states,

assuming facebook's parent company matter, accusing it of failing to act against hate speech targeting them. they want $150000000000.00 in damages ring. refugees say facebook's algorithm encourage uses to express extremist views or the 24000 ringo been killed in miramar since the government crackdown in 2017 hundreds of thousands said to neighboring bangladesh. rondon lee is visiting scholar. the international state crime initiative based at queen mary university of london explains what kind of defense facebook is likely to take. facebook was operating within me and mar and the, the inside for speech that lead people to a violent and genocidal deportation of the wrecking. get from me and married 2017 that these events occurred within me. emma. facebook's trying, i think to be a little bit sneaky about this, they're suggesting that they can operate in a country like me and mom. they can cause chaos in the country like me and mom. but

when it comes to a legal responsibility for their actions, they want to rely upon the notion that they are ultimately united states company, and that they should be, that they should be judged by the standards of the law in the united states. the victims now want justice and they're going to rely upon the fact that facebook was whether they want to admit it or not make a profit within me and my and it should be obliged to abide by the laws of the country. it operates it every more protests against the conviction of mere mass civilian leader. unsung sushi, who was aston during february's military coup this small but vocal demonstration was in the city of mandalay. on monday, a court sent us u g to 4 years in prison for incitement. and violating current of ours restrictions . this was later would use to 2 years of the country's military leader ordered a party in an easy because the joker we go to is pointing to increase evacuation efforts after devastating volcanic eruption. and he's 34 people have confirmed dead,

but many more remained missing. after mount semi route erupted on saturday. alixia bryan because this muddy wasteland of broken homes and ash covered crops lies in the shadow of indonesia, mount samira volcano. it funded to life on saturday, shooting clouds of ash into the sky, swallowing homes and blanketing entire villages and gray survivors say there was no warning and that many people were killed when i get though, after the adoption, my house was damaged to the ceiling, destroyed. i opened the door, it was so hot, so i closed the door, went into the house. but then i decided to many and now sheltering and evacuation centers where they given hot meals and a temporary roof over they have but indonesia presidencies. a more long term plan is necessary, junko with dodo visited the disaster zone. on tuesday, his government will now look into moving homes away from the volcano because of the

threat of more options. that up the we hope that once everything has subsided, that everything can start fixing infrastructure or even relocating those from places we predict or too dangerous to return to just now i received a report saying that around 2000 families need to be relocated immediately. mount scenario is the tallest mountain on the island of java, and one of nearly $150.00 active volcanoes in indonesia. people are being told not to travel with an 5 kilometers of the crater, because the nearby is highly polluted. evacuees complain about coughs brought home by the dust and smoke, while many in hospital is suffering from burns from the searing hot lava. i had a when i came down from my truck, i stepped in the loft. i ran and climbed onto the roof of someone's house. the volcanic cache and smoke was choking. i felt like i couldn't breathe for 10 or 15

minutes. i don't know, but thank god i was given a chance to live. others weren't so lackey, the body of a 13 year old boy was retrieved on monday. the rescue is a battling dangerous conditions. rain has turned debris into thick mud and the lava is hardening. so now once bustling villages remain empty and silent. people say they're too scared to go home. a case of volcano rose to life once more. alex o'brien al jazeera they are mine. islands remain on alert for catastrophic flooding, landslides and strong winds from an intense storm system. roads are flooded in power lines have been brought down in some areas. the storm 1st is on monday and is expected to linger for another 2 days. their warnings that strong winds and lightning strikes could trigger widespread power failures along the way should bill legalizing same sex marriage has been approved by chiles congress. it also allows

the same sex couples to adopt children. country has permitted civil union since 2015. the legalizing of same sex marriage stalled off to former president should have let 1st suggested it more than a decade ago. a top civil servant, you came for an office, his admission. he was on holiday for nearly all of the case evacuation efforts from afghanistan. so philip barton's admission came in a parliamentary hearing after whistleblower and the department described the evacuation as dysfunctional and chaotic fail. marshall said a $150000.00 afghans who were at risk because of their links to british forces applied to be evacuated. and he said less than 5 percent perceived assistance, and some who would have behind were killed soon after, where we trans reports on the hearing. he says, effectively apologizing that, you know, he's reflected on there several times and if he could have his time again that he would have come back from holiday much sooner. he repeated this so often this

testimony that i think he got that the members of because the committee got fatty fed up with it. and tom, to not say it's the chair of the committee said yeah, you're saying the 70 times that it's starting to sounds a bit scripted and not very effective anymore. but yeah there's, there's been a statement released by the, the chair of the, of the committee in the aftermath of it's finishing. and he says that today's session left the committee concerned about the foreign office, his role in the evacuation effort, the evidence we've had today, points to a lack of leadership edge and see an adequate resorting. and it's deeply painful how badly we have. let africa stand down that's coming from the head of the foreign affairs select committee. videos emerged showing a senior member of the british prime minister staff, joking about holding a christmas party at downing street last year that broke correct virus restrictions in footage. linked to i t v. news stop can be heard laughing about the event,

which for us. johnson's spokesperson describes having no social distancing from minister's office is accused of holding the party in december, while the capital was under career of ours restrictions, banding, or socializing indoors, or johnson denies any restrictions on the 3 political parties such a rule, germany has signed a coalition agreement and leaders, the social democratic, green and free democratic parties, attended the signing ceremony in berlin. marks an end to the conservative government led by chancellor anglo michael. she'll be replaced on wednesday by social democrat, or love shows that cain in berlin looks back at her time in office. 4 times angle america led her party into a general election 4 times. she won that election and using a leadership style based firmly in the political center. when the berlin wall fell, chancellor helmut kohl brought her into government where she thrived, and when

a scandal engulfed him, she engineered his departure with a ruthlessness which saw her 1st become party leader. and then chancellor in 2005. she was on the estimated by her rivals, though others talked about the way and the means they would come to power. but merkel followed the logic of the politics. get power, keep power and get your opponents and live of the way the into and you debt crisis propelled her onto the international stage where her star rose as she helped broke a bailout for europe's ailing economy and cemented her position as a german leader. the world's presidents and prime ministers wanted to be seen with, but it was her handling of another crisis which would shake people's faith in her. when refugees from serious civil war began arriving on europe's doorstep, she opened germany's borders. more than

a 1000000 came increasing numbers of senior colleagues in her own party, openly disagreed with her policy. her poll rating suffered and the far right populist anti immigrant alternative for germany party thrived many wondered if medical was becoming a lame duck. but then came the corona virus and as infection and mortality rates rose across europe. so did miracles resolve? one of you was pending me. europe's economy is badly shaken with fundamental human rights have had to be temporarily, massively restricted to an extent unprecedented for our democracies. these are decisions that are among the most difficult and my term as chancellor. her pragmatism this time ment, agreeing vast grants to ailing european economies. she was brilliant and managing through all the crisis on. but again, not in a very visionary way. there's hardly a project i could link to angela magazine. okay. this is where she actually

implemented whatever topic were discussing, actually a great idea. so it's much more that she managed to to get to all these crisis but cove, it was the crisis, she couldn't manage your way through alone. in her last days, as chancellor, the numbers of daily cases had record highs. now she had to give way to the incoming government leaders who vetoed her proposed locked her. and as the new parliament deliberates, she is just a spectator looking on as the man who replaces her, does so having styled himself as a male miracle dominant came al jazeera berlin. after 30 years, one of the world's oldest surviving works of literature has gone back on display in iraq. a small clay artifact known as the gig mesh dream tablet was stolen during the 1st gulf war. iraq is a welcome to the u. s. initiative to return it and say it doesn't make up for the countries past invasions which they blame for decimating their ancient heritage

advocates. oh, it's known as the good guy amish dream tablets, an artifact made of play with an engraved fragment of the epic of gilgamesh. one of the world's oldest, no religious texts. it was stolen from an iraqi museum in 1991 and sent to the united states. now it's back along with the world's attention. in a rail ceremony, u. s embassy officials in baghdad handled the precious ready to iraqi authorities. lot gilgamesh tablet is a clear tablet, dating back more than 3500 years ago. it has so marian engravings on it for our embassy in washington, received it from the holy bible museum. the text on this tablet is 1000 years older than homer's poems and tells the story of a legendary hero named gilgamesh who is said to have ruled mesopotamia some 2000 years before the christian era. he was elevated in sub sequence. so marian mythology as a god in 1991 during the 1st gulf war,

9 of iraq's regional museums were looted up to 4000 items were stolen or destroyed, including some not were thousands of years old. like the gamut tablet. it was bought by a us based christian arts and crafts retailer in 2014 for display in his museum of biblical artifacts. it was later seized by the u. s. department of justice. according to the u. s. cultural agency unit score, it entered the u. s. in 2007. your actual authorities say they're happy to have it back now. i've been low. this template is laden with deep symbolism and 2 respects its own intrinsic value and then, and what it means to retrieve it. with all the efforts that have been deployed by the government in this regard, it's a message to all those who smuggled our artifacts and oxen them. they should know that will end up retrieving what they had stolen. the rockies may appreciate the u . s. initiative to help return their last artifacts. but they also say america's

invasion of iraq in 19912003, led to the biggest disasters for their nations ancient editor and estimated 15000 artifacts were looted from the baghdad museum and smuggled out of the country. iraqis save the u. s. bears full responsibility for what happened and needs to do more to help them retrieve what they lost. mohammed van r dizzier. ah, the top stories around his era american president joe biden has told his russian counterpart, the u. s. and its allies will respond with strong economic measures. if russia invades ukraine, the warning came during a 2 hour virtual meeting between the 2 leaders as concerns, grove, rushes activities on the ukrainian border. the kremlin says they are video cool, was frank and professional that insisted tensions of

a over ukraine will not all vladimir putin is fault.