investigates the beaten miles india on al jazeera, a diverse range of stories from across the gland, from the perspective of unmet once genesis on al jazeera, ah, europe, on the high alert, more u. s. security aid arrives in ukraine is fears of a russian invasion grove. ah, under clock this is al jazeera life window are also coming up support for the military and burkina faso off the mondays q the, you and an usa. the country's deposed president, america bought a must be released u. k. please investigate claims of parties in downing street during lockdown, including the prime minister's only birthday celebrations. and an outbreak of the

current of ours on an australian military vessel complicates a delivery to sue nami. hit tar. ah, so that in the united states, his work, your plans to reduce europe's dependence on russian gases. tensions, bill, dave, ukraine, washington and its european allies of scouring global markets, including kata for alternative energy sources in case russia squeezes supplies in retaliation for possible sanctions. it's all part of the united front, the united states in europe, putting up in response to russia's military deployment on ukrainian border. russia's holding a week of military drills in the region, as well as in crimea, which moscow next in 2014. and the kremlin is accusing the west to provoking tensions by putting its forces in europe on high alert at any crime self. a 3rd

shipment of american weapons and ammunition has arrived as part of a $200000000.00 a package. this is aimed at showing up ukraine. defense is against the threat of russian invasion, which the u. s. president says, could be a world changing event. all right, let's get more and all of this without an fisher, he's done by for us in washington, dc says, joe biden has been talking. what else is yet say? well, the american intelligence assessment is the 100000 russian troops on an around the ukrainian border. and so they think there is the potential for an invasion to biden has been in a boat in washington day. in fact, he went shopping on capitol hill. i'm speaking to reporters, he said it would be a major mistake if vladimir putin considered any sort of invasion, it would be bad for him. and but for his country there will be enormous consequences. if he were to go in and invade, as he could, the entire country or

a lot less than that as well. for russia not only in terms of economic consequences and political consequences be enormous consequences worldwide. this would be the largest if he were to move in with all those for some of the largest invasion since world war 2 would change the world of, of course, he's talking about the largest and agents as while war to job bike and seems to forget about the invasion of iraq, which he, of course voted in favor of. but you're right. he is talking to allies to show up the diplomatic response and also the economic response. if there is an invasion, and among the meetings he's going to have on monday he'll be meeting the tardy mia again to talk about continuity of fuel, the feud fuel supplies, to europe during the winter. if russia decides to make things very difficult for anyone to take sanctions against that, what kind of backing is biden go? how much congressional support does he have?

well we know that there have been briefings for senior members of both parties on capitol hill, jake sullivan, who's the national security advisor, and also tony lincoln, who is the secretary of state, has been talking to senior figures there. they'll be more briefings in the coming days, but certainly we've heard from the likes of mitch mcconnell, who of course, is the leading republican in the senate. he says that he is glad to see that the u . s. is moving troops to the region, not waiting for the invasion that they are providing lethal aid to ukraine. some of the $200000000.00 aid package has been arriving over the last couple of days. and he's glad to see that sanctions are in place. surprisingly mitch mcconnell says the administration seems to be getting things right ads for lindsey graham, who is one of the hawks in the senate. he is also a republican. he is issued a warning in the last couple of our say, he's glad to see joe biden is doing what he's doing. he insist that the u. s. has to get it right in ukraine because he believes if they don't,

then that could send the wrong signal to china and their ambitions towards taiwan. or alan, thanks to that unofficial. there in washington, d. c. well, ukraine's conflict with separatists has been concentrated in the east, but villages near the border with russian annex crimea, say they're worried about the threat of an attack. charles stratford is in chavonee, in southern ukraine, russia. alex crimea is a few kilometers in that direction. now, despite moscow saying that it has no intention of launching and offensive, we be speaking to people in villages like this one and they tell us they are increasingly afraid. darkness, manteca, we are scared. we lived through the hardships of 2014, when russia to crimea, and perhaps the threat is the same. now, we have small children in the family. we have already packed our emergency belongings, close and documents. so if we need to, we can hide somewhere in sellers for example,

or stay somewhere safe. few people are traveling in or out of crimea or in recent weeks, but we met some one who had just returned and thought of a story, little also a screen. i have just arrived to day from sebastopol. the atmosphere is calm, people are out with their children playing in the snow. oh, the mood is relaxed in comparison to 2014 to 2015. when people discuss the conflicts and what to do, some people aren't really talking about war now chris. so accounts like that saying that the situation remains calm in crimea, but that comes on a day. when the russian defense ministry has announced that it has started new tank drills, military exercises on the peninsula, which means hundreds of thousands of people in this region can only hope that the intense diplomatic efforts don't fail. char stratford, al jazeera, cheer, vonner, some new grain will as get more in the situation on the ground in easton ukraine. hodder, abraham, it is near the frontline of the conflict. is he in eastern ukraine that people are

concerned the most of a possible escalation in that conflict? this part of the country has seen fears of battles back in 2014 and 15. this is what's left of the industrial area. we're on the edge of ad ve fca, one of the towns that was badly hit dead ur during the battles that centered around the airport in done yet, which is only 5 to 7 kilometers away from here. now the front line is just a few 100 meters down this way we went there at the last position of the ukrainian forces, distance only a 100 meters from the last position of the pro russian forces and the 2 side stare at each other are all day and all night long now, the situation is very calm. we just heard a few punctures. the ukrainian soldiers told us that that happens a lot. ah, they say that they refrain from

a retaliated is simply because they don't want the situation to inflame. now we did ask them how they felt about may be air russian invasion in the coming weeks. ah, well they said that they didn't know if it was going to happen. but that this time round they felt that the army was stronger. they have received training, they have received military equipment, it keeps on pouring in. so they do say that the situation would be much different on the ground. the u. s. coast guard is searching for survivors off to report sort of boat capsized man was unclean to vote. about 70 columbus isreal fraud, fort pierce inlet in florida. it all rescues at $39.00. others were on the boat when it left the bahamas on saturday night. no one was wearing black jackets when it hit bad weather. the coast guard says they're treating it as a suspect. the case of human smuggling has been international condemnation of the military coup in between. vassar, united nations with u. s. a. calling for immediate release of the post president

rock mark border. ah, yes. hundreds of people celebrated in the streets in the capital and tuesday to show support for the military soldiers say they took part because of the government's failure to contain attacks from groups. some met nick has more from the capital. there's been a lot of public support as of yesterday when they made the announcement. and then today there were several 100 potential up to a 1000 people gathering downtown in the square carrying, champing, supporting the military. so there's a lot of support right now for, for the military. and then people are aware that there's also potential sanctions coming from the regional block. and they, they say down with hacker watson, regional, but they're not going to care right now. they think that the military takeover is worth whatever that they might have to face down the line. there's a lot of questions about how and what is going to change now that the military is taken over and is the people that have spoken to who are part of the q say that there's going to be more of

a focus on the military on getting them equipment on training on putting younger people at the head who know what it's like out there in the field to have been there. his colleagues have died there, very frustrated there. the government handling of the situation so far and say that they think that they can put together a better military strategy according to military yesterday there. a was running the country and that there was a man who signed and signed the communique name is henry and he is in charge. a right now he's a young man, he's about in his forty's, he was recently i given a promotion, ironically by president cowboy. and so, and people who know him say that he's always. a been there like him, so he seems to be at the head of this military taken over as of yesterday evening. but they're not from nicholas. i could take a look at what's behind this coo and others in the region. he sense of unease and uncertainty in burkina faso capital was due at the market. taylor city man compel

ray is worried for us, so has a checkered past with a series of military coups since independence in 1900. 60 the fears the latest military take over me so disunity level. but the problem is we don't have peace in brooklyn a fast. so i hope the military didn't just come to take power. they need to bring back civilians so they can go back to their work and defend the country. the army has suffered several defeats against arm groups linked to al qaeda nice. so they appeared to be gaining ground, forcing millions to flee towards the capital. soldiers seized power on monday by attacking the president's motorcade. the troops blamed president hock mac, eh, boy, and his civilian government for military defeats and increasing insecurity. the president announced his resignation in a hand written note. it's not known where he is though french president emmanuel, my con, told reporters tuesday that he's been informed. cavalry is in good health. the us and west african regional organization echo us are urging the president's immediate

release, their calling on the soldiers who mich near to return. to their barracks, my appeal is for the armies of these countries to assume their professional role of armies to protect their countries and re establish the democratic institutions. just in the past year, they have been coups in chad, sudan, molly, and guinea let's. this is the latest co in a region marked by military takeover as well. this is a said back to democracy. some see the military as able to succeed, where civilians have failed in bringing back security in a region marked by violence. despite the 14000 un peacekeepers and neighboring molly as well as 5000 you and french soldiers in the region, that's a hell is facing unprecedented attacks and losses. pickiness as it was spared until 2015, when 8 popular uprising ended the 27 year rule, a former soldier bless,

compelling, that was seen as the beginning of unrest, while some now celebrate the cou. others fear a return to the past. this is an abrupt end to the democracy so many here had fought for nicholas hawk al jazeera de carr, the international committee of the red cross, as it is deeply concerned about intense fighting around a prison seized by ice will fight as in north eastern syria about 45000 people have been displaced by the violence in africa city. the icy r c is calling for immediate humanitarian access. i saw members attacked the jail on thursday and a bit to free thousands of fellow fighters kurdish forces trying to re take control of the facility, telecom hearing officer microns, it pre perused children hard, making many sick and keep them out of school. now as a campaign to vaccinate and australia, by the copyright to an aboriginal flag ending commercial to speech and make it easier for people to use the image.

ah, it's been very wet recently and very many parts australia and it still is in drop gloucester, satellite picture reveals most but if you come further south it's banded shasta, new south wales and see t, victoria and even tasmania. the next band is actually developing through adelaide and melbourne to wet couple of days viewing the former showers. but further west, the ocean breeze means is getting hotter in perth. it's not reco break you this time. read a string of 40 degree days, but up to 30 northern, dipping to 37 as to weekend approaches that season lee. but unfortunately the philippines sitting in the way this string of developing showers could bring some flooding to lose all over paces. further south of that might develop into a circulation in the next couple of days,

but not immediately. it's fairly quiet. further west, i have to say most the southeast asia, most of india, she's no more than one or 2 lateesha. they're back in time moderns, for lanka, for the north or the problem is you can't see the sun, the loss of foggins low cloud in north indian plain, extending into northern pakistan. but is lam about is warmer than average by a little bit and getting warmer still before the next cold wave comes in that's coming in from further west. but it's a few days away yet. ah, the jenny, a jenny, a baby. and one of necessity in 3 different missions than all facing the challenge. and driving on nick iraqi was unpaid rent at the mercy of unpredictable tropical with risky. he told me

liquor acura on al jazeera, ah ah, the me again, what you out 0. remind about top stories the saw us is working on plans to reduce europe dependence on russian gases tension builds of ukraine, washington and it's european allies of scarring, global markets, alternative sources in case mustard squeezes supplies, in retaliation for possible sanctions. and russia is holding a week in military drills in the region, and in next crimea, ukraine, a 3rd shipment of america, weapons and ammunition has arrived. it's aimed at showing up ukrainian defense

against the threat of russian invasion has been international condemnation of the military q and the kena facet. hundreds have been celebrating the capital on tuesday in support of the army. soldiers say they took part because of the government's failure to contain the tax from groups. police in london have opened an investigation into parties held at government offices that allegedly violated cobra. 1900 lockdown was prime minister bars. johnson is under growing pressure to step down after a series of allegations about rule breaking gatherings. he's made recently been accused of attending a birthday party, organized by his wife during the 1st lockdown in june 2020 letting baba hi, debbie, do 2020 in school pupils, which the visiting prime minister, a happy birthday day the same day. his wife carry dozens of his colleagues and even their interior designer attended a birthday celebration with cake inside 10 downing street. now finally,

for his johnson's the subject of a police investigation. weeks after reports emerged of parties in or near downing street during lockdown. i can confirm that the match is now investigating a number of events that took place at downing street in whitehall in the last 2 years in relation to potential breaches of covet 19 regulations. the move comes after officers working in downing street gave evidence to an existing internal government inquiry headed by civil servant su gray. that process was quite properly involved, sharing information continuously where the metropolitan police. so i welcome the met decision to conduct its own investigation because i believe this will help to give the public, the clarity it needs and help to draw a line under matters. the opposition labor parties repeated calls for boris johnson to resign, suggesting he'd like to parliament just weeks ago. mister speaker,

the prime minister told this house there was no party. how does the pay master general explain now? i know across the country, people know we know they have made up their minds about the prime minister. so when will his party capture? the prime minister's popularity and credibility writings have tanked with every new report of alleged rule breaking. one you survey suggests 62 percent of the population think he should step down. yeah, i'll be on his always vote for he's got a go pro charlesville got a 2nd so long as mean so many controversy so far and hasn't kicked him out of officer smith several um pm at the moment, but many conservative m. p 's have insisted they wait until su grey's report is finished before deciding whether to trigger a leadership contest. so the latest twist could be a lifeline for the prime minister. because the irony is that the inquiry being conducted by the captain office being led by sir grey, who is a senior weitel. civil servant will probably now be delayed because these criminal

proceedings are on the way the criminal investigation is underway. so nonsense boys, johnson actually have some breathing space, breathing space perhaps. but with every day that passes, he knows that could be more damaging revelation. and now there's the possibility of police action to nadine baba al jazeera too carried $990.00. but he drugs no longer available to doctors in the united states than softer specialists concluded the ineffective against the oracle invariant. the us food and drug administration revoked emergency authorization for the medication made by for general. and eli lilly, a 1000000 americans visa drugs for treatments, but space drug makers had already warned they were unlikely to work against on the call or in sir liz, an assistant professor of microbiology and immunology at georgetown university. and she says, vaccinations will always be the 1st line of defense against 19 i think was important to remember is that treatment are not a substitute for vaccination. medication should not be taken as an alternative to

vexation based on exposure based on infection. they are in short supply and should really be given to those individuals who are at high risk who, who require the treatment, vaccinations have been proved, shown to be safe and effective, and lower the rescue developing code 19 and serious disease progression. so unfortunately, it's going to have to be another concerted effort to think about socialization and of the safety and efficacy and availability. we are very luck in the us to have vaccines available and to be able to use those as our treatment protocols versus the very short supply antiviral that we have in our arsenal. you know, with the f d, a. removing that emergency authorization, it is no longer possible for a physician or a hospital to be able to then distribute that medication. so i think it was the right move from the perspective. and unfortunately, anyone who feels differently,

kennedy can still voice that opinion. and that may prove to be challenging in terms of getting the message out there that these are ineffective, but physicians will no longer be able to, to distribute those medications to patients because of the game of with the world's highest mortality. right? peruvians have suffered more than most in the pandemic, and with former chron causing sharp increasing infections, children are being hit hard, but not millions of children as young as 5 years older, eligible to get vaccinated. marianna sanchez reports from the capital, lima. 05 year old william particular doesn't like getting vaccinated, but his mother elizabeth couldn't be happier. he suffers from a rare decease. she says he sometimes runs from the house, putting his life in danger, but now he is protected. there left the i get the money thought and now i'll be relaxed with the vaccine and know that he will be protected because at some point to get infected. i won't be afraid that he could die. but yeah,

another beatles government has launched a vaccination campaign for 5 to 11 year olds. the aim is to vaccinate 4300000 nationwide. the on the chrome variant has health workers worried, especially here at the national institute of children's health doctors here tweet rare or grave medical conditions all meant that elaborate made our law. the covered cases have increased in 2 years. we've treated 5000 children with respiratory conditions and 350 were covered this year alone. we already have 800 patients diagnosed and it's because of our micron. the health ministry says nearly $850.00 children have died after contracting corano virus. since the pandemic began, in fact, the children occupy 2 thirds of all intensive care beds. the health minister says the number of children who test positive for coven 19 is likely to rise. this as health authorities warned their close to issuing a red alert. as there are only

a few ice you bit left that children around the country, her doctors and parents hope the vaccination campaign go swiftly, especially because schools are expected to reopen in march. 2 years, most children have remained at home. lonely lobbyist says his 7 year old boys, neuropathy, illness, worsened, recommended silly stories in the need to walk and walk the stress of not going out . seeing friends, or the countryside being in open space. israel has been very hard for them. oh, experts say the lockdown has had a devastating psychological effect on kids. but loony says his son can make up for some of the last time and get some relief with a certainty though, that he is protected against the virus. medina, santas, i just see that lima bid and outbreak of coven 19 as the latest threat to facing tanya. dozens of australian sailors of tested positive wall shipping aid to the

islands. devastated by the volcanic eruption of course and soon army. 11 days ago. when hay has more now from new zealand, the h. m. a s. adelaide left australia on friday carrying much needed aid supplies to tong up. but as the ship near its destination, the australian government confirmed there had been a coven 19 outbreak on board. or can report to the to 23 personnel on hi to myers allied to which to potter brisbin a matter of days ago have been, have tested positive for with private non sign. there are those people obviously, and others on board who are in isolation of the moment. tongue that desperately needs outside assistance after the volcanic eruption and to nami, more than a week ago. but doesn't want to risk an outbreak of cove at 19 brought by 8 workers . it's insisting that all supplies must be delivered contactless. at this stage, the adelaide will complete its mission. as some communication is restored and toner,

more images are coming out showing how devastating the disaster was. these are from the island of new cup one of the closest to the volcano, and one of the most effective. the red cross estimates waves as high as 15 meters smashed into num, luca and nearby islands. really, nobody knew that there was a wave coming. i'm so we had all in every household that was on the road, like we just shouted out soon, army soon, army, you know, get to higher ground. most people here have been moved to the main island of tongue, a top oo there, a long, clean up as underway and power has been restored. but livelihoods in this tiny island nation will take a long time to rebuild my other bakery. but i called eva opens now because of the ash in the bakery. my whole tongue is economy was already in trouble before the disaster. now, the outlook is even more grim and basic supplies may become hard to get when we're talking about crops. and it was severely

damage due to the dust covering the arms. a yan, aetna, ross, you managed to survive. you with our, our shoot. what a fool we're talking about. t, coin east at 2. in the short term assistance will continue to arrive for the tomlins will need long term help to rebuild and recover. wayne hey, al jazeera, towed on new zealand. flash floods in madagascar of killed at least 34 people. heavy rain caused landslide to which destroyed homes in the capital antenna river. around 55000 island has been made homeless in the past week. a rescue cruise in the turkey should the vista both have cleared roads and runways after winter storm dumped ice and heavy snow. the region is for experiencing a prolonged and extreme cold snap snowfall has caused chaos on the roads and at the

main airport, where flights were cancelled on monday. australia government has paid $14000000.00 for the copyright of the aboriginal flag. the design was created in 1971 and has become the official flag of australia's indigenous communities. the artist who created its least the rights and would charge for its use. some organizations used to flag but refuse to pay for it. the government says the flag now belongs to every one. tony known as williams is an aboriginal community organizer. and she says, while it's a positive development, she is uncomfortable with the government owning the right to an indigenous flag. my 1st reaction was, oh, i'm excited, right? but then my 2nd reaction was that i don't want to try and government find that represent that community. that flag was created protests, an out of fighting against this institution is balance intrusion that of the part

of that land. and now they own it. and i think, you know, i know the people thought the campaign i but the phone call when they had to face the problem when we're lazy the copyright from how comments and you know, i said, you know, we should be able to use a flag how one to i think it is fair that you know, the government can apply that actually represent they all have the strength, like and love with them. yeah. strategy and represent i really think that our community should i know the rock to it but anybody should be able to use it. and i think that, you know, it's really i'm really glad that he got money. but that because he's an average audience. and i just think that each being, it should have been in the community and not gotten that because someone mentioned

on twitter today. imagine in israel house on why like writers and you know, it would be so infuriating. and i think that we need to be, you know, remember the strategy is the colony and on ac, the violence of african people every day and they don't have the right to have a flag that represents ah, this is are, these are the top stories in the u. s. is working on plans to reduce europe's it dependence on russian gases tension builds of ukraine. washington and its european allies of scouring global markets will tentative sources in case moscow squeezes supplies and retaliation. the possible sanctions and at russia is holding a week of military drills in the region and in our next crimea in ukraine, a 3rd shipment of american weapons.