at the mercy of its un predictable tropical with risking he told me, bleaker acura ah, anal to sierra ah, ah, russia warns of appropriate measures of the west doesn't respond to its request for security guarantees. ah, and i'm wrong about this, and this is all your life and doha, also coming up, partying while the public suffered every moment he stays, he's dragging over the agony for families who reminded or the sacrifice is the mean . standing his ground, the u. k. prime minister tells m p 's. he has no intention of stepping down despite

revelations of possible locked on violations. piling up the saudi coalition launches the cities of air strikes on yemen, off to who the rebels fired missiles into the united arab emirates, 11 months to get alec tricity from jordan through syria. and a deal seen as a breakthrough for the sanctions. had assad government. ah, russia says it's ready to take appropriate measures if it doesn't get a constructive answer from the west on its security demands. foreign minister suck a love. rob also said moscow doesn't want the e u or the organization for security and cooperation in europe involved and talks to ease tensions over ukraine. western powers of shoring up defenses against a possible russian invasion. if you, when you're does usually go through a few little if a constructive response does not arrive and the west continues its aggressive

course. moscow will, as president putin has said on more than one occasion, take the necessary retaliatory measures. there was to be a security of russia and its citizens as an unconditional priority, and it will be reliably ensured in all circumstances of the us who's working with gas export is to limit europe's dependence on russian gas. hotels, emir is going to visit the white house on monday. the crisis has prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe, a 3rd shipment of american weapons and ammunition arrived in kiev on tuesday. and russia is holding a week of military drills near the border with ukraine and in onyx crimea. but it says it has no plans to attack. and we understand that the us ambassador john sullivan has gone to the russian foreign ministry in moscow. and also we are expecting a statement fairly soon from us secretary of state on the blink and on the situation between ukraine, the u. s. nato and russia. in the meantime, dosage

a body has the latest from moscow. certainly not clear from the foreign minister. they haven't specified in their keeping of course, their cards very close to their chests. as you can imagine, they just said that they are prepared for any scenario. their russian foreign minister was briefing the members of parliament in the duma here on wednesday where he gave them an update of where things stand. he also spoke to journalist following that meeting, where he stressed that as the russians are awaiting a response from the americans, and that there is no reason to believe the americans will delay this response. and then they will decide how to proceed. that's the official line from here, and we've also heard from a number of m. p. 's in parliament today who for the 1st time said that it would be a good idea to arm the a to send weapons to a self proclaimed dumbass republic. the separatist movement there, that is something we haven't heard from been here before. and it's certainly that

if that were to be the case, there was change things very quickly and drastically in the equation that we have at the moments for their part, the russians have said that they will continue to carry out military drills and that they will wait for this response from the americans until then, nothing is expected to change, but the diplomatic efforts continue. we know that the russian foreign minister said that his british counterpart will visit moscow in the next 2 weeks, as well as the russian president vladimir putin will hold a phone called with a malcolm, a cron of france, the french president on friday to discuss and the current situation and trying to find a way to de escalate tensions. the guardian photo minister admit that the number of russian troops almost at the border is a direct threat. but for now it's been sufficient for a full scale attack. moreover, they also, they still lack some important military indicators and systems

to conduct such a large, full scale offensive. it doesn't mean that they want to be able to build up on this, sir. this force up to the sufficient level within certain period of time. while many in eastern ukraine have been living with conflict for years and estimated 14000 people have died and fighting between russia back separatists and ukrainian forces. and as the international standoff continues, prospects for peace in the region are looking even more for job huddle. abdul hamid the reports of the week for it in the winter. see the landscape at the frontline of this conflict seems frozen in time. the ukrainian army is entrenched just a few kilometers north have done yet this drunk hold of brushing back separatist. the enemy is not far away. and so indeed,

all one phone with me. so they can there hear us to ok? the army has moved into what is left of the industrial area on the outskirts of the fca. the conflict also seems to be frozen in time, neither side making gain since the war broke out in 2014. few soldiers believed that the large scale russian invasion is imminent, even if they remain on the alert. shopper, york was so store to use and i think this was 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 disease 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 town than villages along the contact line. people here feeling that their lives have also been put on hold somehow. the population of ad viva 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. directly 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 them as i'm a close relative support to separatist im gonna stick. i thought another that on. yeah. and they turned their back on us you. they have their own vision about what's happening and they say we are not sees some even call to me an enemy and the full meaning of the word annually. and then moved here from siberia when the soviet

union still existed. saturn yeah, my pleasure. my relatives are all over russia, and when the war started, they told me i had to return soon. but i have 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 vive care in easton, ukraine, u. k. prime minister boris johnson resisted calls to resign in parliament on wednesday. he is refused to comment on an internal investigation and to whether his government held gatherings in breach of coven 19 wolves. police are also carrying out a separate investigation, letting baba reports from london. but if i could find it, if not, leaving downing street now the subject of a police investigation and hoping to persuade his party in parliament to move on

from the parties in number 10. in truth, many people have already decided whether they believe boris johnson over what's referred to as party gate. the latest twitched, including one loyal mp, claiming the prime minister had been ambushed with a birthday cake at a celebration in june 2020. in parliament, johnson was asked yet again about his assurance his last month, but that be no parties. and that no coven, 19 rules had been broken. the minister or code says the ministers who knowingly mislead parliament will be expected to offer their resignation. does the prime minister believe that applies to him by mister, mister speaker, of course. but let me tell the house either. i think he's inviting a question about an investigation which is, you know, mister speaker, i can't a comment. johnson brushed off calls to resign. you saying he had important work to do, but top of his inbox will be the government report overseen by civil servant. c gray, into a series of gatherings in downing street since the 1st locked down in 2020. so can

the prime minister confirmed that he will publish the full su gray report as he receives it? lisa, mister speaker, well, i can tell him is that we've got to leave the report to the independent investigators. he, of course, when i receive it on course, i will do exactly. i want, i said, as part of the report, police officers working here gave evidence that evidence led the metropolitan police to decide they would launch their own investigation into potential breaches of coven laws. any one found guilty could receive a fine, but the mere fact, the prime minister could be interviewed as a suspect, as a layer of embarrassment to widespread public resentment neetha the investigator and prove that he was her breaking the rule than yes, different he was making room visits nor people are dying that time below following it strictly was differently against the spirit of what we've all trying to do as a nation. and yet, if he's broken the law within my

a speculation mounted about how many conservative m p 's might soon be sending in letters to trigger a no confidence voted. johnson's leadership. the foreign secretary was wearily defending her boss on national television and a 100 percent supportive of the prime minister. he has done a great job. it whether it's delivering brack say, whether it's the response the pandemic. there's no doubt the shines. come off or is johnson's image is a man of the people, but it's his colleagues, not the public having to decide right now whether he can come back from this or whether he's become too much of a liability. the d baba al jazeera west africa regional block a was, it says it'll hold an emergency meeting on friday to discuss the military coup and burkina faso. the groups already condemned the crew along with the un and the u. s . and it's cold for the release of deposed president roscoe border. some bendix has more from the capital or good to go. this is known as a tranquil area,

but it's also known right now as the place or president caberry is allegedly being held since he was taken by the military food. on monday. this is also the place where there were gunshots and helicopters heard overhead over the presidential palace. and also you are in your boy's home and we haven't heard from the boys and she was taken, the military says that he's okay and then he's in the safe place, but they haven't had where he had life in what to do with returning to normal on the surface, but people have a lot of questions about the military. they're wondering who they're going to work with, what political parties, what civil society they're going to work with as well. and so far they haven't said anything since they went on state television on monday. some of the people involved in the can who i spoke with said that what they want to do 1st is by military equipment, better equipment such as night goggles, so they can fight in the dark something the base of the asked the regime for the previous regime but that they never, god still had an al jazeera traps in their tense by heavy snow. the latest on the struggle to deliver aid to refugees in syria. and we'll find out which state in

india is breaking records for covered infections. ah hello, thank you for joining in. we've got disturbed weather for the levant. here's the details. nice to see you. it's also going to bring in some cooler and fresh air here. so we've got warm and cool air fighting it out, and we'll eventually see evidence of this around the gulf that wind blowing down from iraq and northerly wind. so that's going to press down the temperature mom and 19 degrees react just 16 by the way, the darker the orange, the higher the temperature and these winds will be howling at time. so for doha, gusts of 55 kilometers per hour, that's going to swirl around that sand and dust settle conditions for pakistan. and here's more of those high temperatures through afghanistan, herat, set 17 degrees,

and sure as coming in at 18, the snow has mostly stopped. so cross turkey, low temperature is still though, is stumble, a high of 5 degrees. we have seen some flash flooding in uganda, so these are the scenes after it days of some pretty intense rain and flash flooding also caused by a tropical storm ana, this was the scene in malawi as so here's where on it is right now is zip in across zambia, pushing into angola, northern parts of botswana, meantime, still high heat for the northern cape, up into in a high of 39 degrees on thursday. thanks for joining in season. ah, let me tell you a story. up there in space. technology is quantity revolutionizing the way you live broadcasting every goal, in high definition, helping your children either. you can stream the world blockbusters,

however you want your connected with your office, wherever you happen to be. this is the story of sales and sales space to deliver your vision. lou. ah, you're watching or is it a reminder of our top stories? this are russia's foreign minister, says appropriate measures will be taken if the u. s. fails to respond to security demands. moscow ones guarantees that ukraine will not join nato, and that the military alliance will not expand further into former soviet republics . ukrainian foreign minister amidst the number of russian troops massed at the border is a direct threat, but says it's insufficient for

a full scale attack. brushes military has been holding military drills to ensure the army is combat ready. you k prime ministers continue to resist calls by m p 's to resign. or as johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether it's government held parties during locked on, the findings are expected to publish. assume the saudi coalition, fighting in yemen has launched air strikes and the capitals sunup, the targets included who t military sites, as well as a national tv and radio tower. that's after who the rebels who control the capitol fired more missiles towards abu dhabi in the united arab emirates. on monday, the u. e says it intercepted and destroyed them. mohammed alita has more fun santa the ad as how did it quotient? airstrikes have namely targeted a number of areas in santa, especially the, or the radio and tv tower,

which is situated in the north of the downtown of santa. this tower was head according to the ho thesis. soldiers, we have also went there, but the visit you saw a military side, we couldn't go there inside this area it's. it's used to be for the t, v and radio broadcast tower. that is, that was of bir, covering the local areas. but so far after the satellites have been launch has been launched. the, the, the have transfer this kind of broadcast to the satellite, cham channels. but now we are also the, it saudi lit quality. 0 strikes have continued or over the night of tuesday and continued until the early hours of wednesday. kurdish forces in northern city, i say they've regained control of a prison following a week long assault by isolate fighters. around 200 inmates and 47 kurdish fighters

were killed in iceland to attempt to free commerce. the battle forced 45000 people in the homes of the city of ha soccer. to save the children, charities said some of the 700 boys detained in the prison were used as human shields. meanwhile, city and refugees in the north west are trapped in their snow bound tents that appealing for urgent help before the freeze to death. a lauri's are struggling to reach nearly a quarter of a 1000000 internally displaced people because of the weather as had big reports. a city of tense. this is life for around 250000 syrians force from their homes by the civil war. and now after 10 years of continued conflict, snow and rain is their latest enemy result. so a lot of the very cold weather, the massive volume snow and the bad condition of the camp have led to the tents, damages everywhere. we also allah and we urge those who are willing to help do the

best for us. we don't have firewood and there is no heating. we burned some shoes and clothes just to offer some heat to the children and father, traveling to the area, was already difficult. the snow has made it impossible. agencies are struggling to get access. 10 have collapsed than the weight of the snow. the few that do have shovels do what they can. the rest are left to move snow with their hands in freezing temperature. on the whole camp does not have bread, we call upon the humanitarian organisation and all the authorities concerned to urgently help the camp in its residence. the un says more needs to be done, but for the people here, they need help. now multiply that with the whole camp is in real danger, and we don't know what to do. we have spent the last 7 to 8 years intents and displays caps. they can't find us a flat. the camp, inadequate. at the best of times,

the snow is only adding to the misery he's people face. i said big. i was just, there are shortages and electricity blackouts, all too common in lebanon. but the signing of a power supply deal with jordan isn't expected to solve the shortage. instead it's being seen as a breakthrough for the isolated government in syria, as in a hot reports, the power supply 1st has to cross city is territory. it's a deal that's supposed to help lebanon with acute energy crisis, but officials acknowledge this was about much more jordan will be supplying electricity that will transit through syria in another step toward ending that countries. isolation is really the corporation in the other states that we are talking about you that we would modest assessment has suffered over the last year, and it is time really to rebuild the work. this is the 1st time a member of syrian president, bashar assad. government has come to be rude in an official capacity. in more than

a decade, syria has been shunned by much of the world for its harsh crack down on peaceful protesters. lebanon, never cut ties with syria, but relations with president, i said, are a divisive issue here. so successive governments avoided engaging with the syrians until now, but serious permission was not enough for the deal to be agreed. lebanon's, president and prime minister have said the u. s. has assured it, it will not impose any sanctions as a result of the deal. but in washington, the state department told al jazeera that it has not waived to any of its sanctions that prohibit transactions with the assad government recently the by the us ration shifted policy. regular 2 main reasons. first is to to balance or to with the gate liberal dependence on, on iraq, for in achieve, especially after hello importer and sure from your own last year. and 2nd is to maintain your assistance in washington appears to have turned

a blind eye as a sad syria gradually returned to the arab fold, but it insists it won't support normalization with assad government without a political solution to the conflict in the country. but those exemptions are not sufficient enough, i think in order to say that syria is a qualified or is accepted by the international community, especially thing that it's got to go back to the up league. but those objections haven't stood in the way of a deal that won't provide more than 2 additional hours of electricity a day. for foody we, the syrian government supports all phases of arab normalization and cooperation. power outages are lasting, 22 hours a day in a country that's nearly bankrupt and can't buy fuel. and where politicians refuse to reform a crumbling sector, riddled with corruption. instead, they are accused of focusing on short term fixes that appeared to prioritize the politics behind the deal. santa hood, their al, jazeera, beirut, of cassandra,

as hanging by a threat with millions, suffering from extreme hunger. that's the warning from the un secretary general as the security council meets to discuss the humanitarian situation in afghanistan, it follows 3 days of talks between western diplomats and the afghan taliban and norway, the u. n. who's working on a plan to provide aid and suspend sanctions? woman's rights are also known the agenda, the special representative for afghanistan. deborah lyons said the situation on the ground is worrying here is compelling evidence of an emerging environment. i'm intimidation and judge deterioration in respect for human rights. this suggests that the consolidation of government authority may be leading toward control of the population by fear rather than by understanding and responding to its needs. afghans now live less different,

but no less real fear send those to face during decades of war. india has gotten more than 285000 corona virus infections in the last 24 hours. cases in many regions have declined and some states are easing restrictions. but in the southern states of carola, new cases are breaking records of the mit, up as more she jazz m. f has had a busy few weeks. he's had hundreds of cupboard 19 patients, full 3 in the southern city. of course she, since the pandemic began demand for his services has increased since cases started rising a few weeks ago. and in about 1130 now and erica. not many covered visions and their families called me when they need any help, like digging them to hospital vaccination, getting food, et cetera. there are others who want you to help me do this up with in many locals have been didn't to help me with the expenses. the southern state of carola has

recorded its highest single day increase since march 2020. every 2nd person testing for the virus in its capital is positive. the government has imposed new restrictions. most cool classes are being held online. cinemas and jims have closed and public events have been banned. hospital admissions have gone up across the state, and its debt dole is one of the highest in india. to madison. yeah. who raj niche is mourning the loss of his father, who recently died from coven 19 despite being fully vaccinated. we had a lot on we managed during the 1st wave, but the 2nd wave was difficult for poor people like us. now during the 3rd wave, we have lost our father on my we don't know what to do. my mother is really upset because of covered protocols. we barely got a glimpse of him. he took his body for cremation. other states as the new infections steadily decline in western india, my roster has reopened scores 2 weeks earlier than planned,

new cases in its capital. mum, bye, have dropped to the lowest levels in weeks. great thing is that the metropolis has already seen the beak and we are seeing a downward steady downward trend in most of the big cities. but what is still there is the be class cities and the villages the cases have been really reported to be less. so what i am expecting is that the might be india, as a country might peak in the next one or 2 weeks. new delhi has impose the highest number of restrictions but is expected to ease some soon. and later this week, authorities will decide whether to extend a ban on political rallies and public meetings as voters in several states. head for the polls. have nathan ultra 0 new deli corona virus cases are going up in pakistan and that's prompted officials in the north western city for shower, to oppose a so called smart lockdown. people and neighborhoods are selectively restricted, depending on test results. last week,

the country reported its highest number of daily infections since the pandemic begun. medical workers in sierra leone say they are better equipped and more prepared for a repeat of an a paula outbreak. the blood clotting virus killed 4000 there 8 years ago as well as many others in neighboring countries. as ahmed interest reports from the city of waterloo, a bullet survivors, and doctors. i've learned lessons from the disaster. mom administer. i can't remember the last time the association for paula survivors of which he secretary carried out a campaign to educate the public about the virus. funding has dried up and just looking after themselves and their families is quite a struggle. but this is not the only problem survivors like mm hm. at phase sigma, the only evil as of a off. i'm really or some of them via be living with them because of the support. you know, a baby raise money bomb. well, you know, the worst of play. bernardez no,

so play, so they look at them. new cut indifferently. more than 26000 people were infected by a border after the 1st case was reported in west africa in 2014. and more than 11000 people died in 3 west african countries. many of the 4000 people who died of borlin saroyan are buried here. it is on the virus remains of right. but because of past experiences in dealing with the disease, experts say medics are better equipped and prepared for any outbreak. at a military facility in freetown, a set of loans for staple a response center. hundreds of people were treated here. but in the absence of new cases, the center now handles other infectious diseases including copied 19 colonel stevens, the valley commander of the country's army. medical corps was part of the a bowler, his pulse team eighty's ago. we know now what those and i'll talk in if we don't

know what walks and then i think we're in a mix acquisition done before. however, i don't think we're out of the woods during pandemic. big investments were made in facilities and equipment to fight the virus. but if he shall say most can't be used now. so all those in floss, loc johnny saw, sees the equipment detail he did, and then where naughty was, will plug into all those facilities during the covey tonight in pandemic. despite that, he says the experience gained during a bullet potomac has helped with the coffee 19 response by said vulnerable group. but mohammed remains concerned. many saldonya's still wouldn't know how to protect themselves from bola, that he fears and outbreak now could cause as much damage as in 2014 or even more. ahmed edris al jazeera waterloo steadily on

u. s. medias reporting that supreme court justice stephen braille will retire at the end of his current term, but it was one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority court is 83 years old as retirement, or give us president joe biden. his 1st chance to nominate a new liberal judge to the country's highest judicial body, we are faced pressure to retire while democrats control both houses of congress. the court will continue to have a $63.00 conservative majority, even if another liberal replaces brow. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories. russia's foreign minister says, appropriate measures will be taken. if the u. s. fails to respond to security demands. moscow wants guarantees that ukraine will not join nato and that the military alliance will not expand further into former soviet republics. the crate.