the bottom line on us politics policy and the impact on the world on al jazeera, me be the hero, the world needs right now. i was, i o, the u. s. as that russia is preparing sabotage operations in ukraine to create conditions for an invasion. moscow deny is the accusation. ah, although i'm a variance and again this is al jazeera life and so ha, also coming up after apologizing to queen elizabeth for staff party the night before her husband's funeral force, johnson faces more revelations of drinks, evenings during the you case. cove had lockdown. well, number 110, stall,

novak jock of inches to face a deportation court. hearing in australia after his visa is cancelled again. of a covert, 15 concerns and warnings over humanitarian crisis and northwestern. nigeria, after a decade of fighting leaves thousands without food or shelter. ah, the u. s. has accused russia of planning a so called false flag operation at east and ukraine. great, a pretext for an invasion. according to washington, there's evidence that washing agents might already be in the country to carry out acts of sabotage and blame ukraine. a kremlin spokesman dismissed the reports as unfounded out as there is my cana reports. after a week of negotiation in 3 european cities, there are no signs of any diplomatic breakthrough. and a warning from the white house at the ukraine crisis could escalate even further.

with a claim that russia is planning to create a pretext for an invasion. we've information that indicates rash has already pre positioned a group of oper, dance to conduct a false flag operation in eastern ukraine. the operatives are trained and urban warfare and in using explosives to care out acts of sabotage against russia's own proxy forces. everybody's delegation was echoed. ready by the u. s. defense department, we already have in addition, indications that russian influence actors are already starting to already starting to fabricate ukrainian provocations that in both state and social media to again try to justify in advance some sort of pretext for incursion. claims to that, russia was behind a cyber attack on ukrainian government websites that shut them down for a period of time. the words be afraid and fear the worst. we're also projected on

several official sites. but any scheduled annual news conference, the russian foreign minister dismissed the allegations and maintain that it was the us and its allies that was stalling the diplomatic process by not responding to russia's demand that nato membership for ukraine be taken off the table. as you say, we are waiting for the written reaction. we have reasons to believe that our partners have understood the necessity to react quickly precisely and on paper. and they have understood that we are not going to wait forever. but of course, there are plans to drag it on and on the u. s. senate is continuing to debate imposing sanctions on russia. and while there's bipartisan agreement on the need for strong action, there's disagreement about the details. the bill is not passed. democrats rejected that proposal by republican senator ted cruz to sanction

a gas pipeline from russia to germany. probably every single one of us in this chamber agrees that the united states must be strong and confronting putin and his, the stabilizing tactics in eastern europe and in ukraine. but my colleagues as my colleagues made clear this morning, senator cruz his bill in our opinion, is the wrong answer at this time to deter president putin's aggression. the white house insists that sanctions against russia should not impact on allies like germany. walking a tightrope as it attempts to define what form sanctions should take. mike hannah al jazeera washington. steven next is regional director for eurasia, the international republican institute. he joins us now live from washington. d. c . good to have you with us. so what do you make of these white house claims that russia is planning to create a pretext for invasion? well, the intelligence is very clear that summer tours have been sent to eastern ukraine

law to offer a pretext for an invasion. this is a textbook rush employee. it's been practiced over the years. and if the assessment is true, and i have no doubt to believe that it's not, then this means that russia is making concrete preparations for an invasion of ukraine. at russia says it's the u. s. and its allies throat fault here by refusing to take me to a membership for ukraine off the table. how realistic all rushes demands of the demands be made by mister lab rav are typical of his demands. a, he's a very practice person in disinformation and plays fast and loose with the truth. i don't put any credence or any credibility into these accusations on the russian side. how concerned then should the international community and the u. s. as nato allies b right now. well, i think you should be very concerned because these steps,

if you look at the sequence of the, in your previous a broadcast, the hacking of government websites and ukraine, the deployment of savage tours to create a provocation on the border with russia. and then finally, lab roz really, really atrocious demands and terms of timing. these are all alarming steps. and i will say that if the goal of the negotiations that have taken place this week in geneva, then and out in brussels and then also in vienna. if the goal was to deescalate, then it seems that that goal hasn't been met because what we're seeing is not the escalation, but escalation on the russian side. how do you say this playing out? how will this crisis be resolved? can it be resolved? well, i think it can be resolved,

but it can only be resolved if the u. s. and its european allies have unity of strategy and unity of purpose and remain steadfast in their positions. hopefully, if there is unity ah unity of strength, there's an old russian and ukranian same which says this, it say states nice local my gala, which means not words, but deeds i think was the kremlin needs to hear and see. now, our deeds actions from the west and not just words. ok, many thanks. indeed for being with us, sir. steven. good talk to you as always. steven nicks live there in washington dc. thank you very much. russia as added to allies of kremlin critic alexi novelty to its list of what it terms terrorists and extremists landed volkoff and yvonne was done off work for the valise election campaign and anti corruption foundation at

a currently outside russia. 45 year old devali is serving 2 at a half. he is in prison for parole. violations charges that he says were trumped up to thought his political ambitions. in a rare example of co operation between the 2 countries, russia security services have arrested 14 ringleaders of a ransom where hacking group following a request from the united states. among those held, the person believe to be responsible for hacking the largest pipeline of the us. the shut down of the colonial pipeline led to fuel shortages across americas east coast last year out there. as john henry reports from chicago. the u. s. government was very concerned about this. put out a $10000000.00 reward for any information it lead, lead them to the leaders of this organization. but there was generally a belief in the us that people operated in russia as hackers, with the tacit approval of the russian government, as long as they were not in packing. the government itself are interfering in

russia. coincidentally, that happens at a time when russian systems government systems were being hacked or it is not clear that those are at all related. a multi nation operation, reportedly had disabled. these groups ability to operate, but the u. s. government was not confident that it was actually going to be able to get a hold of these people. but russian tv today showed russian agents the f. s. b intelligent service and police. going to 25 addresses, arresting 14 people and charging them with charges that could lead to up to 7 years in prison, never got russian. government says it will not deport russian citizens. but that raises the prospect that some of those in the operation who might not be russian might actually be extradited. we were still waiting to get more information on that, but those tv images were really profound. they showed cars being see large piles

of money over 400000000 roubles in fact. and it suggests that is hackers thought that they could operate with impunity in russia. there are some circumstances in which they are not safe. staff at the official residence of britons. prime minister held regular friday drinks during corona virus locked downs, according to a report by the daily mirror newspaper for us. johnson has already apologized to queen elizabeth for a party held a downing street on the eve of her husband, prince philip's funeral. and on wednesday, he asked the british public for forgiveness for attend it drinks events on the 20th of may, 2020, the opposition and summon johnson's own party. a calling on the prime minister to resign at johnston insists that he thought he was attending a work event. ah, public opinion appears to be turning against johnston,

but some people at least appear to be having fun with it. flash mob of partying. johnson lookalikes turned up at the gates of downing street on friday. i'll just seriously, barker has more and what this could mean for the future of forest, johnston's prime minister. i don't think we can underestimate the kind of political damage this might do to boys johnson in the long run. he's a man who's been able to dodge scandal in the past. but this just doesn't seem simply look as if it's going to go away. a short notice he's hunkering down one of his family members. we don't know which one has tested positive cove. it, which means that he has a pretty good reason to not be in front of cameras defending in his position. but the number of voice is clamoring for him to resign is growing not just from opposition. m p. 's, not just from his critics, but also from members of his own political party. and if 15 percent of those conservative m. p 's table letters of no confidence in boys johnson that he'll be

out. it will kick start a leadership a contest. but the majority of conservative and peace, all waiting for the results of a very, very important inquiry into misconduct by boys johnson and his staff. over the course of the pandemic, were expecting the results of that soon. and that may influence exactly what conservative m p. 's choose to do next, mo, hussein. as a former chief press officer at 10 downing street, he explains how an investigation into the gatherings might play out a drip drip of different revelations, different parties, so many parties. so many of the allegations and the prime minister's says to apologize past the apologize, i would say trying to line the under this just haven't worked because every day feels now you're getting more and more you have this really embarrassing situation

with number 10, that triple chose to buckingham palace as well. so in terms of where this is coming from, it feels to me that this happened a long time ago. people have known about this for a while and because we have this report as feasible said sue, great, coming out, expect next week or so. a few people, a probably bit worried about what that's going to say will perhaps the junior members of stuff get blamed for something. and therefore all the things now be exposed that actually highlight what really happened. so when it is initial ability to the commons, a few days ago, there was a look to, i'm sorry for the perception, or i'm sorry if people and the focus that way. but this was a work event. this was within the rules identity that we need washes, i don't think people really take the face value and it seems,

even though this report is not out yet, and it's meant to be independent. the lots of briefing around what the report is like a say we heard yesterday that it went find any allegations of criminality. weren't necessarily apportion blame. it will look into a bit of detail as to why things happen and maybe make some recommendations, but also the bowl a few raise that she's not really that of judgment on the prime minister. she's still a civil servant at the end of the day. so what happens off the report is by the unknown a weather report next here on al serra, then police and she is here use water cannons, a break up, a protest against the president of the 11th anniversary of the country's revolution . plus, we'll be in argentina to look for more on the worst heat wave. the country has seated decades. ah,

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whether to into southern parts of china further north, it is generally dry with crisp sunshine. meanwhile, it sunshine and showers the cross, sir. se asia, as it should be, heavier showers are going to be across more than parts of borneo, southern areas of the philippines on to lie. the heat of the day, shouts as usual into indonesia saying showers, clearing away from the northeast of india, pushing over towards me. and martha started to quiet down a few showers damped. was tamil nadu and cold once again. and foggy to the north. oh, the weather sponsored by katara always. if you have to choose between your site and feeding your family, what do you do? it happens because we don't keep ourselves healthy when your son can face death from a dog bio. what do you do? you have the customer index way. can you afford them? filmed without inspiring solutions to global. ha,

ha. select on al jazeera. ah ah. hello again. this is al jazeera, let's remind you of the main news. the south, the u. s. is accused washer of planning, a so called false flag operation at east and ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for an invasion. russia says the claims are unfounded. russia security, so this says it's shut down the ransom where crime group known as are evil. it arrested several members of the group are evil, was behind the hacking of the largest oil pipeline of the u. s. last year that been more reports of parties of the official residents of britain's prime minister

during corrode of irish luck towns de la boris johnson, apologized to queen elizabeth for a party held of downing street on the eve of a husband. as few novak joke of it is fighting attempts to deport him from australia, the tennis dies back in detention after australia's immigration minister cancelled his visa over his claim for a vaccine exemption. it's the 2nd time that his visa has been revoked. let's go live that a brisbin the al jazeera sarah clark is that so sarah, the saga continues. what's happening now? the saga definitely does continue. we've got the preliminary hearing in the federal court in melbourne, underway on saturday, and that was after the border force. officials interviewed a joke of it once again. and as you mentioned, he'll go back into hotel detention before the final hearing in the federal court on sunday. and to try and resolve the issue of deportation now, his lawyers are trying to stop him from being removed from australia ahead of the stray an open which starts on monday. and the government canceled his visa for

a 2nd time. now he was done on the grounds of public interest and that they considered a joke of it to be a health risk to other australians. now in the preliminary hearing in melbourne on saturday, we're hearing more of the government's case and they study he may fan or few anti back nation sentiment in australia. they're also saying that duties high profile a presence in australia a me might encourage others to not comply with the various health measures that are currently in place and studying that he potentially might undermine the federal government and the state governments. a pandemic response, of course jack witcher's lawyers are rejecting those claims. they are arguing their case to keep him astray. so we can play. dan, defend his title on monday, the australian open. and i should note the joke of it remains in the the draw for the australian. i've been, so the case is underway on saturday ahead of the final hearing on sunday, in the federal court to try and stop his deportation. go to public opinion in australia. seems very much to be on the side of the immigration minister of the

government. what about fellow australian politicians though of a united on the issue? well the, the issue of all the junk of it's his arrival in australia initially sparked outrage from many people, particularly in melbourne. a city which his face came is locked downs. some of the most the longest locked downs in the world poles, a head of the government's decision on friday to cancel his visa for a 2nd time suggested that 80 percent of australians wanted him out of the country. now the government canceled his isa in faring. that's a joke of it's was a health risk to other australians, but here in australia we're recording a record number of daily infections at the moment in the critics, in the likes of the former prime minister, kevin rod at there arguing that scott morrison is using this visa saga i as a distraction issue to try to avoid the main issues being the record number of cases, the lack of rapid agile contests available, the food shortages in sick markets, et cetera. so the question that many are asking is,

why was this visa allowed in the 1st type of place? why was it granted i was it canceled or when he arrived in australia and how is his unvaccinated tennis player at posing a health risk? but australia was recording a record number of infections on a daily basis basis. so this saga continues a here in australia. sarah clark reporting live from brisbin, sarah, but he thinks indeed sir b as president has given joke of which his full backing with. if you wanted to band novak jock a veteran winning his 10th australian open trophy in melbourne, why didn't you deport him immediately? why didn't you tell him that it was impossible for him to get a visa to your country? why do you harassing and not only harass him, but his family and a whole nation, libertarian and proud? is that necessary to win an election? is that necessary to make your citizens like you, president from a small country has appeared? who can say that to a great prime minister from a large country? listen, shanicea have used to gas and water cannon to disperse thousands of people marching

against president kaiser fired. he's been under pressure since july when he sat, the prime minister in suspended parliament policy of open reports from the capital tunis. ah, january 14th is usually a joyful celebration of 2011 revolution that brought an end to the authoritarian rule of president xen, aberdeen ban ali, beginning away for popular pricings across the region called the arab spring. early tenicia emerged as a functioning democracy with free elections in any constitution. i'm got all fed, but on july 25th last year, president chi side phrase the democratically elected parliament. and suspend to the constitution in what today's demonstrate is called a crew to talk. oh, but they see a political parties and opposition groups such as citizens against who hold on to nations to march against what they say is present. so it's increasingly authoritarian leadership. wow. protest is angry at what they call twice sides

own during could a talk in his failures to sol tindy's in serious economic and social problems. president, ty side, bond or demonstration, citing rapidly rising coffee cases. but his political appointments say he wanted to stop their voices, be heard a round, a 1000 protesters gathered in downtown tunis to risk clashes with police to voice their opposition to sides regime police blockaded streets. in attempt to stop the protests happening, they pushed back protest as trying to get on to avenue bookkeeper. the traditional locus of demonstrations ah tensions very rapidly and police and protested clashed. but police were not able to hold the people back. no more about that hope you wasn't gonna. we have the right to demonstrate today on january 14th the anniversary of the revolution for which honored martyrs died. today, my tears fell when i saw him in his, you're likely it is the height of humiliation. protesters were arrested including

the former head of the tunisian laws society protest to say that the beatings and police violence, or as bad as they endured under the rule of ben ali, the very man that they deposed 11 years ago. elizabeth on reporting from tunis agencies, a warning of a growing humanitarian crisis in northwestern nigeria, 10 years of fighting over resources left hundreds of thousands without food, shelter, or medicine. and as a result, address reports now from some far of state. ah said, yeah, luna has been in this queue for 2 hours waiting to receive few kilograms of grains and some 2nd hand baby clothes. the mother of 3 has been displeased twice in 3 years. and during that time, this is the only 3rd occasion she is managed to get any food aid. when this runs

out, have family who are rely on what they usually eat. when i turn the south and now come to the home and if we can't find food, we will live on wild plants and corn husks. although it should be harder now because the rains have stopped. but private individuals, a local groups are trying to ease the suffering, volunteers at csm for a cycle work the phones and computers sourcing full funds online. we have that in this program. the, the flow of money actually reduce, in fact it, it stopped. so this is the only one you we have to make a difference and am going forward. the challenge is still there, the people are still there and their needs are still valid. so we feel the if need for continuity. i like i only see the government can do it alone. it's, i've been doing, it's better. but the void, the group wants to fil, is too big. about 700000 people have been forced from their home since the conflict between farmers and heard is escalated. now semi urban areas are bursting at the

seams. attacks on grew so i rare, but there is a steady rise in the number of people arriving in the city, looking for help, threatening to overstretched, available resources, and facilities. they live in extremely high conditions, and for 10 years their plight was largely ovando. they was the victims of nigeria, most forgotten humanitarian crisis. men here feel abundant and can't understand why they've been neglected for so long. there are few camps for the displeased with many living on the streets. the state government says the camps can only provide temporary relief anyway, and the people will be better going home. will most do every impossible to make sure that we protect most people to deploy much of qualities to go along with them . don't go on men with those communities. in case of any attack is better for us to

spend whatever amount for that process. dental chroma, have some id please. indeed, said capitol. oh, look at me headquarters. but with images of the latest massacre by an armed gang, still fresh fuel choose to go back to their villages. despite bliss attempts to reassure them. the incident, a book whom an uncut will not happen again, is a coincidence. this will run out of the state and will continue to do our best. would massive deployment in areas where we feel there are some traits with all the technical things. men here say they would rather live on the streets and relative safety than be killed by bandits who show no mercy. how many degrees al jazeera is on for nigeria, parts of south america are enduring. one of the worst heat waves and decades in argentina,

the temperature has sword above 40 degrees celsius. the extreme weather has spot fires and a stretching power grid capacity not 0 to raise a bow reports from one us hours. ah, 30 minutes outside the capital when a fight, if these fire men are struggling to extinguish one of many fires that have taken hold across argentina in recent days. the conditions are extreme. this country is going through a heat wave with highs approaching 44 degrees celsius in the interior of the country. it's open and then this will give us shianna on to home in the area. he says he's never seen anything like it, nor middle thanks in the fireman. thought they put out all the fires and today they are started again. we are told we have to plow the area around the house to prevent it from spreading. it is the 1st time they are so many fire fires are also burning in the far south in battaglia and other provinces. the government has declared

a fire emergency throughout the territory for a period of one year. lack of rain, the heat and the wind i causing fires like this one to spread rapidly across the country in this area there is already several fires on going in the province of when are cited. it's a major concern because it not only has an impact on the environment, but also on the economy. ex, per say. the situation in argentina is driven by the linea weather pattern that causes warm dry weather analyst estimate that the lending year could cost the country $8000000.00 tons in crop this year. in the cities, millions are struggling to cope with the heat. a rising energy consumption has generated substantial power cuts the name. okay, said move if we elses it all. here we have to be careful these days to 1st of all see hydrated. big, much water. avoid heavy clothing. wear light, clothing in bright colors. so we have the award physical activity of during the day,

ah, liquor and heat wave has also raised the issue of climate change and the possibilities of more extreme weather in the country. now it is, once the situation is over, science will have to decide whether, what is happening is related to climate change, but it is within the parameters of what we hear could happen more drought on higher temperatures, heat waves are the stronger and last for a longer period, government planning and investment are now being seen as key to adapting to the changing weather patterns and helping argentina prepare for their difficulties. that could lie ahead. but he said, well, i'll just see that when a site is ah, it's good to have you with us. hello, adrian. so they can hear it. so how the headlines and al jazeera, the u. s. has accused washer of planning a so called false flag operation in eastern ukraine in an attempt to create a pretext for.