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a change of date saying it marks the start of colonization. u. k. police investigate claims of parties in downing street during lockdown, including the prime minister's own birthday celebration. ah, said he is his work. he'll plans to reduce europe's dependence on russian gases tension builds over ukraine, washington and its european allies of scouring global markets, including kata for alternative, alternative energy sources in case russia, squeezes supplies and retaliation for possible sanction. it's part of the united front, the u. s. and europe are putting up in response to russia's military deployment on the ukranian border. and russia is holding a week of military drills in the region, as well as in crimea, which moscow annexed in 2014 in ukraine, a 3rd shipment of american weapons. and ammunition has arrived as part of a $200000000.00 package. it's aimed at shoring up ukrainian defenses against the

threats of russian invasion, which the u. s. president says, could be a world changing events. and our fisher begins our coverage now. despite a large build up of forces on the ukrainian border, russia says it is no plans to invade us. president joe biden isn't convinced. there will be an enormous consequences if he were to go in 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 we were to move in with all those forced to be the largest of asians as well. were to change the world weapons that are already being shipped to keep part of a $200000000.00 us aid package. and more marines are being sent to protect the embassy in the city. if ross decides to come into play, it will be

a disaster for russia. it $1500.00 us troops that are on hiking stand by ready to move at short. notice if you need to, allies need back up the won't be going to ukraine your bite and held a video conference with european allies to europe. support for diplomatic and economic responses. his actions, getting a surprise would have confidence from republicans on capitol hill. they're prepared to take steps for an encouragement afterwards. i've not been near the news this morning, so i'm not sure of what additionally may have occurred, but it appears to me administration moving in the right direction. but the not calls for stronger action against russia. now, seeing this acts as a warning to others, so sanction him now build up nato and not do not give into this bully. if we get ukraine right. it can reset the world. if we get it wrong,

god help taiwan. white house says it will continue to give classified briefings on the hill as the situation develops bite and determined to put on a united front in the 1st real big foreign policy test of his presidency. alan fisher, i'll dizzy the washington. are many in east ukraine. have been living with conflict for years and estimated 14000 people have died in fighting between russian back separatists and ukrainian forces. and as the international stand off continues prospects of peace in the region. a looky even more fragile hotter abdel hammered reports now from i've difficult in the winter see the landscape at the front line of this conflict seems frozen in time. the ukrainian army is entrenched just a few kilometers north of done yet the stronghold of russian back separatist. the enemy is not far away. and so,

and did all one phone with me. so they can they hear us too? ok. the army has moved in to what is left of the industrial area on the outskirts of at the fca. the conflict also seems to be frozen in time. neither side making gains since the war broke out in 2014. few soldiers believed that the large scale russian invasion is imminent, even if they remain on alert. i shop a aqua, so it's a door to use and i think this is all a move to the stabilize the situation inside the country was been going on for 8 years now, but we're trained, we have modern weapons and the hell from nato was arriving. what we feel to support and we are ready to fight and just an q gunshots from the other side. in clear violation of deceased by agreement,

which international monitors say is regularly breached by both sides. but even of the conflict has been at that stage made for several years now. life has never really fully recovered in the towns and villages along the contact line. people here feeling that their lives have also been put on hold. somehow the population of at v fca is a 3rd smaller than before. the war started alena yohina, and yet in the us they love sky among the very few who never left their hometown. diaries beneath the giggles in the tool of the conflict is apparent. their story is a reflection of the frontline in some way i am all in as ukrainian as good than the some of her close relative support to separate. just know him to stick out enough. those that are near and it turned their back on us you, they have their own vision about what's happening and they say really are not cease . what are some even call to me an enemy and the full meaning of the word?

and yelling i moved here from siberia. when the soviet union still existed, said no, my pleasure, my relatives are all over russia. and when the war started, they told me i had to return with soon, but i had my house and family here, many of them mine the military. so for them, i betrayed my leech and is to russia. people here have learned to live to the rhythm of the front line, but the devastating effect of this long sluggish war will impact their lives. many se, for several generations to come. with the hamid al jazeera at v fca in eastern ukraine . no, as prime minister has told out 0, he doesn't think russian president vladimir putin will go ahead with an invasion of ukraine. a eunice against her was speaking to our diplomatic editor james bay's at the un in new york. it's in his head and i cannot read this mine as i choose to say no. because i think the options,

other than military interventions should be available to modern europe. we have a toolbox in europe that should be able to deal with these kind of issues, provide security to countries next to other countries without using the military option, which i believe is not an answer to the challenge. as you know, there is so much speculation. now will there be a full invasion? will he just take the dumbass? is he going to use as own profile cortez? is there going to be a puppet political figure? are they going to be renewed cyber attacks? how does nato calibrate it's response to so many different possibilities at this stage? well, i, you know, i think nate, those voice has to be clear, our, our kind of collective defense, reassurances concerns nato natal members. but we cannot be indifferent if there is military force being used to cross borders against states in the, in europe, in 2022. that is unacceptable. so i am also very clear, you know, that if,

if military means on the massive scale or military means that all is used to cross border and pressure all the countries, we should be really clear about that. it's not acceptable, it will have consequences. and that should be state to kelly, and i have experience now that united states talking to russia has been very inclusive with european partners. it's very united natal now very united your atlantic voice on these key principles. but on that basis, i still believe that the political track provides us with opportunities to find solution reassurances. and that's also up to the present and put into demonstrate that he can be at the table seeking solutions that can be constructive. not only for him, but also for his neighbors. you can watch the full entry within origin prime minister on top of the 0 to a full 30 g m t. that's on saturday, january the 29th. the u. s. coast guard is searching for survivors.

after a boat capsized near florida, a man was from clinging to the small vessel about 70 kilometers from fort pierce, and that he told rescue is 39. others were on the boat when it left the bahamas on saturday night. no one was wearing life jackets when it hit bad weather because god says they are treating it as a suspected case of human smuggling. there's been international condemnation of the military coup and became fast. so the un of us a calling for the immediate release of to pay the president rockmart bought a ha it's hundreds of people celebrated in the streets of the capital on tuesday to show support for the military. the soldiers say they took part because of the government failure to contain the tax from groups. some met nick has more from the capital. what do to look at the streets of august to you? it's hard to believe there was a military to yesterday after days of unrest and gun battles and military bases near the president's house, as well as the presidential palace on monday evening,

the military who took the state television and said that they had to attain the president and that he was in the same place, although they wouldn't say where he was. they said that they were angry at his inability to unite the country and pushed back arms groups that were taking over uppercase fos out. today, people took to the streets rally in support of the military saying that this is long overdue thing that they think that there needs to be military in charge of the country in order to succeed in order to move forward. however, it's unclear what will change what the military will be able to do that the previous review wasn't a lot of people are asking those questions as well. people within the q told me that they're speaking to the previous regime that they're speaking to religious and community leaders. our next steps. so a lot of people are waiting to see what's gonna happen in the coming days. well, many australians is celebrating that national day with friends and family crowds gathering to protest against what they call invasion day january the 26th march to landing the 1st fleet from britain. and what's now sydney in 1788,

and the establishment of a penal colony, a growing number of australian se colonization led to oppression abuse and genocide of the indigenous people and should not be celebrated somewhat that they changed. sara clark is more from brisbin and australia. these rallies, they take place every year around the country. that's happening once again in 2022 d. c. we have some of those relatives have to be cancelled simply due to the, the social distances regulation and the, the co outbreaks. but the ones that have gone online, but we do a lot of them together. we think i'm already in sydney. some in brisbin and other capital cities and the rally that it's not just addressing the concerns about the date of the study and public holiday. but they're also addressing the concerns about the indigenous australians and that the indigenous australians were. the 1st arrivals, not the brit, not the 11 ship a fleet of 11 convict ships derived in 1788. and this year the rallies got other issues which they, including in these protests around the country and pushing for issues like

indigenous rights. at the end of a black this in custody and child removal. i should also note that among the 50th anniversary of the original set up of the aboriginal and embassy and camera, people have visited camber will know that that tenant has been taught old thomas now to 50 years. but only 17. when the 11 compet arrive and the critic site also marked the the 1st day of the genocide against aboriginal people and toss right on as i should say, the mid the rallies. we've got to see the mental is building with more more people support this. and this year, expecting more people together, those protests around the country to live here. now we report mon calling with thousands of people who were expecting to be freed for make her end of our lot done . we don't want to just stay in their homes. and why the international monetary fund has been forced to cottage great for cost to the global economy. ah,

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against the threat of russian invasion i. rallies are underway in australia to protest against what they call invasion day. it's taking place as many of the celebrate national day. growing number of people want the date changed to recognize negative impacts of colonization on the indigenous population. 7000 residents at the center recovered 19 cluster in hong kong have been ordered to stay at home after cases spread through a 3rd building. at least 200 people in the area of the quite true of quite young have now tested positive more than 2 and a half 1000 residents were supposed to be freed from a fight. they looked down on wednesday, but is nobody's been extended till friday that speak to britt clement, who joins us from hong kong brit. so why we're the residents. and so i those housing books not released today, so spread to them. and just how they coping who'll make around 3000 residents in this housing estate were meant to be released today. but

authorities detected a handful more cases and said that it's just too early to release them. and that the deadline needed to be extended until friday. not chief executive carry lansing that they just had no choice in the matter. she said that she understands that they would feel sad and anxious about the decision, but that he, thanks them for their cooperation. but nick, this would be a challenging task. many of these people would be missing work shifts as you can see, they're lining up for mandatory testing behind me. they are allowed outside of their homes once a day for testing, but they've complained of long waits. they've complained that in some cases the testing areas have been quite crowded. they've also said that communication channels can be quite confusing that sometimes it takes too long to reach the hotline number. they get 3 meals delivered each day. they complain that the quality of the food is sub par and there are also hygiene issues. we've seen piles of rubbish built up around the buildings here. so indeed,

it is quite challenging for these people and also their skepticism about whether that friday deadline will be extended even more. and we do know that chinese, new year is just around the holiday. so this would be quite a quite a challenge for these guys in this building. and what is the, the general situation, the overall cov, 19 situation in hong kong? no. ah. so cases are hovering around a 120 a day and that might seem quite low compared to other major cities in the world that for hong kong, that's the largest daily outbreak for since june 2020. so officials are indeed quite alarmed. there are currently 2 classes. ok, so we've got this one here at quite young a state that's an ami kron cluster. we've also got a 2nd delta cluster which authorities believe began through imported hamsters, which prompted a haps to cow and a couple of other other pets. as well, so suddenly officials alarms carry lab say that she says a tsunami,

like outright could be looming and that she probably will extend the loot a new year restrictions. certainly, authorities are hoping that that this will boost vaccination rates hovering around 70 percent in hong kong, but much more widely around 20 percent among the elderly population. terry lab has said that that opening up the border with mainland china is her utmost priority before opening up the international borders. but that's also looking like a very hard goal to reach next, jen. jen. authorities have tightened up quarantine restrictions with hong kong. so certainly a lot of skepticism about how long these restrictions will last. in one recent survey, respondents 65 percent of them said that they would brother live with the virus, but there are no sides that hong kong is ready to abandon. it's a 0 private policy and that they'd rather stick with the mainland policy of no tolerance, 0 coven, or a brit thinks about the brooklyn in hong kong. thank you. police in london have

opened an investigation into parties held at government offices that belatedly violated cove 19 looked on rules. the prime minister pros, johnson is under grown pressure to step down. he's most recently been accused of attending a birthday party organized by his wife during the 1st lot done in june 2020. that he barbara has this. ha ha. june 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 kc 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 mat is now investigating

a number of events that took place at downing street and whitehall in the last 2 years in relation to potential breaches of cove at 19 regulations. the move comes after officers working in downing street gave evidence to an existing internal government inquiring headed by civil servant to gray. that process is quite properly involved, sharing information continuously with the metropolitan police. so i welcome the mit decision to conduct his own investigation because i believe this will help to give the public, the clarity it needs and helped to draw 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 that pay master jim will 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 renew reports of alleged rule breaking. when you survey suggest 62 percent of the population think he should step down. yeah, i'll be on his. i'll vote for laurie's her is got a go pro roseville. go a 2nd so long has been 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'll wait until see grace 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 cabinet office. be glad i see gray, who is a senior, why whole civil servant will probably now be delayed because these criminal proceedings are underway. the criminal investigation is underway. and so in our sense, boss jones nasty has some breathing space, breathing space perhaps. but with every day that passes, he knows that could be more damaging revelations. and now there's the possibility

of police action to nadine baba al jazeera in hunter, as the country's 1st female president. is he a modern, castro said to be sworn in on thursday, but a split in the president elect party has spot chaos in the national congress. concerns in our growing as to where the castro can implement political reform once she takes office and will repel her reports from the congress grounds. in the honduran capital. hunters continues to experience the start of a political crisis. now we are actually inside the honduran congress. this is the floor of the main legislative chamber. now, just days ago, chaos broke out when a group of congressmen and women within the president elect humana castro's own party broke rank to support a different candidate for president of congress than the one that castro had endorsed. now since then, 2 separate presidents of congress have been sworn in, leaving just about everyone in the country, confused as to who legally is actually in control of the national congress. now as

you can see, it's absolutely full of people. there is no security folks are free to come and go as they please. it's really a surreal side because this would normally be an area completely closed off to the public. but since the weekend, when hunter and president elect to mad castle, ordered police to remove restrictions into the building, this whole area has just been over run. take a look. under her name was our latest. what get the natal? you have to understanding it. and he said to they, we feel happy because we have the freedom to be in this space. i thought never in my life have i been inside here until now because it used to be fenced off so people would not come in that. and so we feel proud to have a government the cares about the people and we will support the president elect until the end it up or yeah, most of that. now both sides of this disagreement continue to firmly hold their ground. meaning that there's no clear solution in sight. in the meantime, at least here inside of the honduran congress. chaos and confusion seem to be the

order of the day. now the global economy is expected to grow by 4.4 percent this year, but it's half a percentage point less than previously estimated. the international monetary fund says the recovery from the pandemic has lost momentum because of a resurgence in cases. inflation is also partly to blame for the i m. s. latest downgrade prices in the world's richest economies are at a 25 year high. other concerns include the growing crisis between ukraine and russia. and china is slowing economy. a beijing has maintained a 0 tolerance approach to the pandemic, but experts, a warning that it is unsustainable. man, as the head of the international monetary funds, well, economic studies research division and he thinks higher inflation is set to last for longer than previously thought. and will hit developing economies harder. there's been a difference in the amount of policy support that economies have been able to provide based on the amount of policy space that they have going into. this is the

spend and we've seen advice economy and able to deliver much larger fiscal support on average than the emerging market and developing economies that's, that's helped with the rebound. also, economies on average of also been able to, to vaccinate their population at the base and much market in developing countries. and that's allowed a resumption activity. so we are seeing faster assumption of activity in advance economies as a result. on average. this divergence is expected to persist going forward. ready and it's, it's also a concern for us now with the prospects of advance economy in central banks, shifting their monetary policy stance. and as that happens, there's a risk that interest rates increase and borrowing costs go up. and this puts pressure on vulnerable emerging market in developing economies in particular at the risk intensified if, for instance, inflation went to surprise even more on the upside, which would require

a faster response from the economy. central banks, for example, the federal reserve in the united states. then what the current events. so into our forecast that would happen. that would also, and addition pressure to situation for hon, emerging market and developing economies that are on each other. borrowing a v i m f one is el salvador to stop using bitcoin as legal, tender i'm f direct to say the use of the critique. currency pays its risks to financial stability, integrity and consumer protection. el salvador president night weekly and supported the adoption of bitcoin. as legal tend to in september, john home and reports from south san salvador la september, and so with the was a 1st country in the world to approve the use of bitcoin, the crypto currency as legal tender along with the currency that have been used to some time in the country, which is the us dollar. as you can see, one of the cash points behind me could chiva,

which you can change bit coins into dollars. but this tuesday, the international monetary fund has said, has recommended that the contract you stop doing that. they stopped using bitcoin as one of the legal currencies in the country. the reason for that, they say that it could impact the financial system and institutions that it could also carry a risk, the consumers in the country because big coin goes up. but it also goes down, this is a pretty volatile crypto currency. now that could be a problem for salvador. and that's because the country is quite in debt. and it's been looking for a loan from the, from the international monetary fund to one of the things that the international monetary fund has been worried about, given that load has been the use of bitcoin in the country. so now it seems, there's 2 ways that president naive bu kelly can go. he can even stop using it unlikely, possibly get that help from the international monetary fund. or he can double down on big coit, which is actually planning to do at the moment. he's planning

a big coin city in which bitcoin is mind. he's also planning so called volcano bones, which are about a volcano that can be mind. he's the energy can be used to my bitcoin. and he's aiming to sell those, those a link to help with bitcoin as well. so a sort of decision point is approaching for this country or salvador to really go with big coin these potentially lucrative or bullet. but also volatile crypto currency, or perhaps to go with the help from the international monetary fund. ah, services out there, these are the top stories in the united states is working on plans to reduce europe's dependence on russian gas. as tension builds, i have ukraine, washington and its european allies as scarring, global markets for alternative sources. in case moscow squeezes supplies and retaliation for possible sanctions and russia.