ah ha, select on al jazeera. i've been covering all of latin america for most of my career, but mil country is alike and it's my job to shed light on how and why. ah akina fossils. army says it's ousted president rock. burridge dissolves the government, the national assembly and sees power. ah, hello barbara sarah, this is al jazeera, like from london, also coming up. we will always do what is necessary to protect on the, from the all our, our loss. nato says it's putting its forces on spanned by over ukraine and more. russia has branded an escalation of tensions. fears,

grow over the fate of hundreds of children, believed to be held by i. so fighter is inside a besieged prison. in ne, syria sudanese security forces fire alive, rouse and tear gas at the latest protests against military rule. healing 3 people. ah, akina fossils military says it seized control of the country in a broadcast on state tv. an army spokesman said it at overthrown president rock cowboy. it, it's still not clear where he is, although his party says he has survived an assassination attempt to earlier in the day. while the army also says it's dissolved the government, the national assembly and suspended the constitution. but it promised our return to

constitutional order within what it termed a reasonable time. and it announced its close the country's borders with a curfew in effect from 9 p. m till 5 am. the qu, follows growing frustration over the government's failure to stop attack. spite armed groups, nicholas hark reports from decker. after days of gunfire, anti government protesters cheer at the sight of what is left of the presidential murder, kate. patina. foster's special forces turned their weapons against the president, security detail. several people were wounded. what is going on here? at the moment, nothing is going well. we expected a lot from the president and he is only disappointed people. more with new appointments, always with a new government. he was the real problem. for the president's party, this was an attempted assassination on a democratically elected leader hoc macavoy survived,

but his time in office was up a band of soldiers calling themselves these patriotic movement for safeguarding and restoration led by this man. lieutenant colonel fellow. he that he be interested, it appeared on state television saying they had ousted cowboys, the government in her spending the constitution. good miss 0. good luck of the movement, which brings together all the component to the defense and security forces has thus decided to put an end to the power of mister rock, mark christian, cowboy. on 24th january 2022. a decision taken with the soul aim of enabling our country to get back on track and gather all its forces in order to fight for its territorial integrity, its recovery and its sovereignty. a friend boy faced growing discontent in his inability to deal with the rising attack about lead to al qaeda and millions have been displaced in thousands killed but appear to be due to the on sunday with

soldiers asking for more means to deal with the ongoing threats escalated into a military takeover on monday with special forces taking over both the national tv station and the presidential palace earlier in a tweed president mark. emily asked soldiers to lay down their arms in the interest of the nation, calling for dialogue. the west african buddy. echo else called on the soldiers to return to their barracks while the you urged the immediate release of the president, the you and expressed condemnation that a 3rd crew in west africa. i will say that was the regional organisation has been extremely responsive and, and strong in and unified in their responses to these schools after molly guinea, if you're going to now burkina faso soldiers are yet again toppling and unpopular, but democratically elected president in the name of the people promising to restore

peace in a region gripped by violence and uncertainty. nicholas hawk al jazeera, while henry wilkins gave us this update from we're going to go a little earlier. yeah, there's still a lot of information at the moment. we do know that the former president block boy is no longer president. the government has been to it's all for the president since this morning. that's been a very heavy military present from the on the street fight. the national board cost be today, treat you to me as had taken. the thing is still very a pay his to where you the president is a best estimate for the moment that he's been in the military camp camp. mom is all know which is where the need to me started. gates, survive an assassination attempt, according to a statement released by the former welding party. if there is a lot of fatigue,

we see security featuring situation in because it's been a war for 6 years now. we've great me to say, you know, this legacy, this doesn't just not be on the president. boy has been also marks the end of the only periods in between fast a history where it's actually not chrissy. at least 6 people have been killed in a stampede outside a football game. in cameroon, it happened in the pool. the stadium in a little bit about 60 kilometer is north of the capital. fans appears were rushed to the stadium before kick kick off, where cameroon was about to play camaros in the africa cup of nation. hello.

nato is putting its forces on standby and bringing in more ships and fighter jets to reinforce eastern europe in anticipation of a russian invasion of ukraine. nato secretary general. yes. salzburg said that given the build up of an estimated 100000 russian troops near ukraine's border, the alliance is prepared to take all necessary measures to protect and defend all allies, european foreign ministers meeting in brussels, demanded the russia, the fuse tensions or face would be described as massive consequences and severe costs by russia has remained defiant, continuing to deny it as plans to invade and accusing nato and the you of fueling hysteria and escalating tensions. a kremlin spokesman accused the west of releasing information that was laced with lies. natasha butler begins, are coverage as western powers step on diplomatic efforts to diffuse tensions with

moscow over ukraine. european union, foreign ministers, met in brussels, of the talks joined by the u. s. secretary of state by video. cool. the east top diplomat said that should to russia invade ukraine. the blog could impose sanctions, although he refused to give more detail. we had reaffirm our full and unquestionable support to ukraine, and that any military aggression against ukraine will have, should use consequences. a massive crush for their benefit radar. earlier the head of the commission announced an emergency financial package to help kiev. i am announcing a new financial assistance package to the country made both of emergency loans and grants. first of all, the commission proposes a new emergency macro financial assistance package of 1200000000 euros.

this package will help ukraine now to address it's financing needs due to the conflict. meanwhile, the head of nato said the alliance would reinforces deployments in eastern europe, with troops, ships, and fighter jets. a response said he install to bug to the deteriorating security situation. we are considering to further enhance or persons in eastern partners. this could include the appointment of additional natal battle groups. the move by nato has angered the kremlin. it denies accusations by western powers that it is planning an attack kremlin spokesperson. dmitri pet scoff, said me, the info, and we are seeing statements from the north atlantic alliance about more troops pushing forces, an assets on to the eastern flank. it is all causing tensions to rise. i'd like to point out, it is not because of what we rochelle are doing. it's all happening because of what

nato at the united states are doing. and the information they are spreading. in care of the u. s. and u. k began the withdrawal of some diplomats families and non essential workers from the city, although the embassies will remain open. the reduction of empathy staff. another sign though, without a diplomatic break through the threat of conflict looms large. natasha butler al jazeera and he was present and joe biden has discussed ukraine in a video call with the european that leaders for more on this list. so speak to mike hannah, who joins us from washington, d. c. as so, mike, what, what more do we know about what was actually said in the coal? well, we haven't been briefed on the content of that call yet. the white house is simply announced that the call is over, began shortly after 3 o'clock local time, and lasted for some one hour 20 minutes. president biden speaking to

a number of european leaders, including the prime ministers of the u. k. france and italy, along with 3rd nato leaders and leaders from the european co union. so obviously a wide range in call taking a lot of time as we understand, but the exact details we don't know, but no doubt to president biden brief, the leaders on his decision to put on stand by some 8 and a half 1000 us soldiers as they will be on stand by to join the nato reaction force should it be necessary. this was also announced by the spokesman for the secretary of defense. this is what the defense spokesman had to say. secretary, arson has placed a range of units in the united states on a heightened preparedness to deploy, which increases our readiness to provide forces. if nato should activate the n, r f. or if other situations develop, all told, the number of forces that the secretary has placed on hight miller,

comes up to about 8500 personnel. just to repeat the n r f is the nato reaction force and the spokesman made very clear that any you as soldiers deployed a would be placed with the reaction force. and he reiterated precedent biden's comments earlier, that under no circumstances, would you as soldiers be put on the ground within ukraine. so the defense us earth spokesman, also making clear that there are some u. s. soldiers in ukraine, but they are they in an advisory and training capacity. so now up to 8 and a half 1000 soldiers put on standby, it must be made clear too that no decision has been taken yet for them to deploy. or when i cannot with the laces from washington, like thank you that the saudi led coalition in yemen has launched their strikes and

a number of who the positions around the capital santa. this came our is after emmy righty. and us forces intercept and ballistic missiles fired by the who the rebels at a base hosting the u. s. military in the u. e. they brief from the missiles fell over abu dhabi, but no one was injured. it was the 2nd attack in a week on the emerald capitol. last monday, 3 people were killed in a hoody drone strike. who the spokesman has warned of further attacks on the way all you go are dylan was alone in response to the belligerent escalation by saudi arabia and the u. e. and there are crimes against our beloved people. the missiles and drone units of our armed forces carried out to successful large military operations. job, you know, our armed forces, stress is full preparedness to widen the scope of its operation in the coming period of time. and to meet escalations with further escalations, our armed forces renewed warning to the foreign companies. investors within the u.

e to leave as the u. e is declared an unsafe country and the target of our future operations. so long as it's belligerents and siege against yemen is not halted. syrian kurdish fighters, backed by the united states military se they're close to re capturing the prison. taken by i saw forces on thursday that reportedly closing in on the last wing of the jail still under i so control after about 300 fight who has surrendered earlier in the day, dozens of kurdish fighters and i saw members have been killed since the attack on the prison 5 days ago, saved the children and the un have express concern and reports that i so fighters are holding hundreds of children as human shields inside the prison. the humanitarian conditions. and i mean, of course, in the prisons, but in our whole camps are all just horrendous and you have entire families and, and young children that are remaining there. and it's important that member states

do what they can to deal with. those people who hold citizenship for from, from their country still to come in this half hour. the end of the line for lebanon's, former prime minister sat had equals time on his political career. and british prime minister boris johnson faces allegations of yet another party during lockdown . is one even closer to home. and here they are. great to see here is your weather report for asia and australia. we're going to begin in japan, a slug of rain just soft to the coast here on tuesday. let's press play. see where it goes. by wednesday it may strike tokyo with some showers, but the bigger story is really that see effects. now we're flip the switch on. so

we do have some snow over the hills of honju snow. borders and skiers are loving this winter so far. okay. central eastern portions of china, a slug of rain and stow across the yangtze river valley northwind in shanghai as dragon down the temperature. and it's gonna stay that way for the next few days. a below average by day you should be 8 degrees and only high of 6 on friday. soaking rains across the philippines, rounds of rains here from sebu right into the bow and in fact, a vow. there is a severe, a flood warning in play for this region, se stage our usual plentiful storms here, but next stop or go into australia and really why it across much of the country toward the north. same goes for the east and we've got a south facing when. so perth, your temperature is now at $32.00. well after $37.00 days, the dry streak ends for auckland. we've got wet weather pulling in to the northland region. also, human conditions is wall showers for gives ben with a hive 26 degrees on tuesday, sir, later. ah,

with the on the comfort zone were assumption or challenge in travel to the ends of the earth. and further experience the unimaginable of the people who live it is a probably the most extreme situation i've been involved in. how quickly things contract award winning documentary that old for suction, witness on a, just the euro. lou ah, reminder now of the top stories on al jazeera or kena fast,

his army says it's seized power and the post president rock bore it, whose whereabouts are unknown. earlier his party said he had survived an assassination attempt. the military side of the countries deteriorating security situation. nato is putting his forces on standby and sending ship some tried her jets to bolster europe's eastern defences. over fears that russia will invade ukraine. russia has remained defiant, denying it plans to invade and accusing the west of fueling hysteria and escalating pensions. and the united arab emirates has launched the air strikes at who the targets in yemen. i was after intercept thing, ballistic missiles fired at a base hosting us forces in abu dhabi. they brief from the missiles fell over the erotic capital, but no one was injured. former lebanese prime minister side had, he says he is suspending his role in political life and will not run in the

parliamentary elections this made. he's also urging his political party not to participate either. then a holder has more now from the capital the route. he's been in politics since 2005 when his late father, former prime minister cutty was assassinated. sad. how did he has since been lebanon's leading muslim sunday politician. but the 3 time prime minister is withdrawing from political life moment by the hamlin monsieur lee. i have done. there is no room for any positive opportunities for lebanon due to the iranian influence indecisiveness with the international community, internal divisions and sectarianism. i am suspending work in political life and so is the future movement. and i am not running in the election nor with a future movement. though in the future movement is the largest sunday lead party in parliament, but the balance of power is against them. he is that i mean,

against a very strong see it and see it in an alliance and my country. and therefore, given not, it seems that the saudis and the gulf states in general are not willing to pay much of an investment. how do they like his father was one, saudi arabia's man in lebanon, but in recent years that's changed. so has how do these policy towards has bala, backed by the predominantly sheer iran, once confrontational, his critics see him as to compromising? had it is an exit is a turning point and lebanese politics. the how do you, these have dominated the sunny leadership since the end of the civil war in 1090? but for many, his decision isn't the surprise had it is political position weakened in recent years, the former prime minister himself acknowledged making what he called mistakes,

by engaging with foes at the expense of allies. this in the sectors of the percent of the population. and this is, this poses grave, are consequences. there is no obvious leader to replace him, but it appears there are efforts to form an anti has bella alliance. what comes next is that we should have launch lines. awesome, because the law has him on the politics. on everything you know, even had it is allies have criticized the former prime minister for sharing power with has bella, which along with its allies one the last election, their opponents are hoping to change that in the upcoming vote. in may, some may argue heidi may have been standing in the way. it's in a hood, they're also cedar beirut. at least 3 people have been killed in the latest protests against military rule in sudan. the central committee of sudanese doctor says they were shot dead by security forces who fired live rounds and peer gas. the

group says more protest, hers were injured in the capital cartoon when the neighboring city of under man, more than 70 civilians have died and thousands have been injured in demonstrations since the military takeover in october. cuba morgan followed the protests in cartoon. it's been 3 months since the military took over power in sudan, dissolving a 2 year transitional government and sent them. the protest against that take over has been ongoing. people have been taken to the streets, nearly daily to boys their anger, against the military takeover and against the army being in control and being involved in to dance politics. they have been demanding that the military handled power to civilian government and return to their barracks. now since that take over, so dance milan politics has been in disarray. political parties are divided, some have shown support for the takeover saying that it was necessary while others

have condemned that saying that the military has a stage, a coup and disrupted a democracy democratic front. the ship that was underway now protested are making their way once again to the presidential palace. the last time they tried that was a week ago and security forces used tear gas and live ammunition to stop them from reaching their destination. at least 7 protesters were killed in the previous protest to the presidential palace. but that has not deter it, protested. we'll continue to take to the street. at least 72 people have been killed. and such pro asked them to take over 3 months ago. more than 2000 have been injured. but despite the use of force by security forces, which though you, when says has been excessive and brutal, people continue to voice their anger against the takeover. they say that they will not stop until the military handle the power to complete civilian government and

return to the barracks the un has been trying to mediate and bridge the gap between the political parties and protesters anthem military throne initiative that it says it's hopeful and so dance political crisis, but until then protested state, they will continue to take to the street to void their anger against the military and continued demanding a complete civilian room. an 18 year old gunmen has opened fire during a university lecturing germany killing one person fully say another 3 people were wounded in the shooting at heidelberg university, south of frankfort. the gunman then killed himself. britton's prime minister boris johnson has denied a report that he attended yet another social gathering and breach of coven locked on rules. it's claimed that johnson's wife threw him on surprise birthday party during the 1st look down in june 2020. the prime minister's office says it was a brief gathering that lasted less than 10 minutes. it's also claimed family and

friends had on the evening get together at the downing street residence. johnson is under pressure after a series of revelations about lockdown breeches will soon after that birthday party claim was made a letter boris johnson sent to a 7 year old called josephine in march 2020 was re tweeted in it. he said he was glad that she was staying at home and was sorry to hear that she'd have to cancel her party. he told the girl that she was setting a greater example. well, if barker has more now on the latest allegations of lockdown party, him at the prime minister, his residence, 10 down the street apparently 2 parties are alleged to have taken place on june. the 19th 2020, when the country was under strict lockdown. the 1st relating to an apparent surprise party, organized by carry johnson his wife at 2 pm on the afternoon of the 19th

of june. number 10 has come back saying that that was a very brief event on the tail end of a meeting. that prime minister johnson only attended for 10 minutes or so. the 2nd is a relating to an alleged party that took place in the number 10 of flat. well, on that point, a number 10 has said that that didn't happen. so as denied these allegations and said instead, there was a small gathering of family members in the garden of number 10 that may not have been in breach of those covert rules. the father, the prime minister, is once again a having to defend himself in the face of these allegations only put more more pressure on johnson. and what has been an extraordinary couple of weeks now and in politics. we are of course, waiting for the all important conclusion of su gray that senior civil servants report into wrongdoing across white hole. a number of parties now have come to light. the leaders of italy's 3 main political parties have met in rome,

trying to break the deadlock after lawmakers failed to elect the countries next president in their 1st ballot. current prime minister, many other id is the most likely contender, but there are concerns that his departure, his prime minister could bring down the fragile governing coalition at him. reiney has more from rome. in the 1st round of italy's presidential election, the overwhelming majority of ballots cast. we're left blank in quest of them and nor make it june going on. this moment we don't have a candidate who can get close to without. if we were to come back now, we would burn they chances of winning parts by voting and blank wife. everyone can entertain a certain neutrality and wait until the parties conferred on one candidate when he got the presidential election. almost always last several round. his voters, members of parliament and regional representatives, float names of various candidates until they decide on one. just 2 days before the

vote, former prime minister, silvio berlusconi, withdrew from the re, making the current prime minister mighty draggy. the front runner. but the largest block of voters are right when coalition is opposed to drag his candidacy. the concern for many voters, if dragging him to the presidency, is the government will collapse, putting the pandemic recovery at risk. also putting many current members of parliament out of work as the political tide has shifted to the last election and the search for stability voters, or even considering the current present. sergio martha rella, although he says he is not interested in continuing the presidency, is a largely ceremony, a role in italy. but his head of state, the president weighs in to resolve political crises at times even naming a new prime minister with parliamentary support. there's little surprised that no candidate was able to win enough votes here on monday in rome,

because according to at least constitution during the 1st 3 rounds of voting, a 2 thirds majority is required to win and subsequent rounds. that's reduced to a simple majority. all signs point to this election carried on for many more days as political parties try to find a consensus candidate who can win enough votes. adam rainy, i'll just euro rome. the biggest face telescope in history has reached its destination ready to give scientists an unprecedented glimpse of the beginnings of the universe. the james web space telescope has arrived that it's gravitational parking spot in orbit around the sun, about one and a half 1000000 kilometers from earth. and the $10000000000.00 project is a collaboration between nasa and the european and canadian space agencies. it's vast, the mirror, the size of a tennis court, means that can effectively look backwards in time. a telescope is really a time machine because light travels at

a finite speed through the universe. we see the universe as it existed when that light was emitted, its travel through time and space and we detected later on. so for instance, if you want to have it in comparison, ah, look at the moon, it takes light about one second to travel from the moon to us. so we see the moon, as it was one second ago, ah. top stories now on al jazeera burkina faso, his army says it's seized control of the country. a group of soldiers has appeared on state tv saying that they've ousted the president, dissolved the government, the national assembly suspended the constitution and closed the boarders president rock cowboys. whereabouts are unknown, his party earlier said he had survived an assassination attempt. henry wilkins has this update on the situation and.