past, meanwhile, they destabilizing ukraine from within the economy come linger, spending hundreds of millions of dollars showing them up. at what point you stop playing rushes game and take cram, did action. now. so then, 1st of we're as you know, not, not standing still, and we can walk and chew gum at the same time. that's very much what we've been doing. so we've been clear to russia that there are 2 paths, a diplomatic one, but also a path of defense and, and deterrence. and if russia chooses aggression a path that will lead to massive consequences. and so even as we've been engaging the diplomacy, which is my job and responsibility, we have been very resolutely preparing for russia to take the other path, the path of aggression. and as i laid out the work that we've done over the past couple of months in bringing allies and partners together around massive consequences for russia, should it renew its aggression and the very detailed work that's been done on that . but that, be sure help that,

let me know for them. the reason from that you are the showing up in very significant ways of our support for ukraine, including the defensive military support, the drawdown. the present issued in december, which has now is now being delivered to ukraine. the additional steps to make sure that defensive military assistance was being made available to ukraine, including the authorizations that i signed a week ago to allow other countries that have us origin military equipment to, to share it with ukraine. the work we're doing to bolster ukraine's economy of the work we're doing to shore up europe on energy if there are disruptions as a result of conflict. and of course, the orders that the president gave secretary defense gave earlier this week to make sure that we are fully prepared off on a moment's notice to reinforce natives eastern flank in the event of renewed russian aggression. all of those things have been happening very deliberately and i

and effectively over the last many weeks. so these 2 paths and the approach that we've taken, these are mutually reinforcing. the work that we're doing on defense on the terrace, ah, bringing allison partners together. i think reinforces our diplomacy. ah, and at the same time, it's very important that we pursue the diplomacy. whether or not you may what we write, that russia is not serious about this at all. but we have an obligation to test that proposition to pursue the diplomatic path a to leave no diplomatic stone unturned, because for sure, it's far preferable to resolve of these differences peacefully. consistent with our principles are that it would be to to have renewed regression, renewed conflict, and everything will fall flat. but the point is, we're prepared either way to success. you'd be watching all does it or would be bringing your life pictures from the u. s . state department for the secretary of state antony blinkin has been speaking

about the tensions with russia over ukraine. this follows a visit by the u. s. ambassador to russia, john sullivan, who has handed the u. s. response to the russian foreign minister. the russia has been consider, put forward certain concerns about security concerns within, within europe. antony blinkin said that the response from the u. s. had included a serious diplomatic popoff had been put forward. he said it was the, there was a principal and pragmatic assessment of russia's concerns. he talked about a variety of things, suggestions, but arms control in europe, ways to increase transparency. but he summed out by saying, a drum means to up to russia, how to respond. we're ready, either way, we're going to go to dosage a body who's in moscow for us in a moment. first let's go to rosalind jordan at the us state department. rosalind, this really smacks of being a key moment in these events. well, antony lincoln had said after his meeting,

a sergey lover of last friday that the u. s. would issue what russia had been of requesting, which was a written response to russian demands about safeguarding. it's a security and it's a regional interest. that tom statement was hand delivered by the us ambassador to russia, john sullivan, in the past on 90 minutes or so. the statement, although it is not going to be made public, at least on the american side. we underscores what we have heard consistently from us and european officials in the past couple of weeks that there isn't going to be a change in nato's posture. there isn't going to be a change in nato's policies on admitting new countries, particularly those that used to be part of the soviet union. and that to the u. s. and its european allies had the right to figure out how to organize and protect, not just their, their allies,

but also protected countries with whom they are friendly above the statement, according to the secretary of state, antony blinkin also does. he says, address us some of russia's security concerns and offering our proposals on how best to address those concerns. of course, because the statement hasn't been made public, it's difficult to get independent analysis on whether those proposals would actually satisfy russian security concerns, or perhaps more specifically, the concerns of lighter mir, put in the russian president. i want to talk to rose about the question that was just us just before we came away from the, from the conference there, the entree blinked and was asked. i will point the u. s. would stop playing to rushes tune working to, to rushes agenda and may actually consider taking preemptive action and a f. i understand it down to the blinking was quite determined to be measured and balanced in that response, but wasn't willing out of that. actually, there may not be as big

a perceived threat from russia as the world may have it that actually he may just be testing. well, this is a question that has been coming up several times in recent days to u. s. officials noting in particular that there are some in europe are notably in france, enough perhaps more visibly. and germany who are questioning whether the u. s. is blowing up as it were, be a threat from russia against ukraine, and by extension to other countries in eastern europe. the u. s. says at that time there is a widespread agreement between the u. s. and its european allies. that there is a very real threat to ukrainian sovereignty if the russian military is told to go ahead and cross into ukrainian territory. so why, what you see here is, are the usaa trying to raise the pressure step by step by trying to not

get rid of any possibility. officials here believe of resolving this without there being an actual military conflict of what time they want to make certain is that the u. s. in europe get, tell what they want, which is essentially a maintenance of the status quo with alto inadvertently offending some in the russian government and possibly precipitating a deeper crisis. rosen phone, i, thanks very much. thus rosalind jordan of the u. s. state department, let's go to dasa jabari, who's talking to us from moscow and russia's father, ministry has already said that appropriate measures, as we mentioned before, would be taken if the us fails to respond with security to secure, to demonstrate this is the response we have to wait, now, of course to see what russia does next. hey, yes, and the big question was um, before this surprise visits and by the us ambassador to the foreign ministry this

evening in moscow, was whether or not this document to be made public. the russian form mr. survey lover had said that it would be up to the americans to decide whether or not they would release the pipe. they their response publicly. and it seems that the u. s. secretary of state has confirmed that they will not because they want, as he said, to give diplomacy a chance. they wished to keep this document, privates, for the time being and to move forward in terms of the dialogue with the russians. they will now wait for their response back. the us ambassador to russia was in the foreign ministry this evening for about 30 minutes, where he hand delivered this response. and now we understand nato will also respond separately. it was, it was a question that was raised here, whether or not that the americans brought both responses from nato and their own government for the russians. but it appears that nato will respond separately. and the russians now certainly will be monica will be studying this document very

closely to see what the americans have come back with. and they said that in time they will respond accordingly. and that they also are prepared for all possibilities as the american secretary of state also said that they're prepared for any kind of a response from the russians. it now appears the president of this country, vladimir putin, will have some dishes decisions to make in the coming days. we know that he is due to hold a phone conversation with his french counterpart, emanuel micron on friday. and the russians for mystery has also said that the british foreign secretary will visit moscow in the next 2 weeks. so there is still a diplomatic push underway. this written response will certainly shed some light on things, how things will progress and whether or not these meetings will contin you. as for the time being, the russians have said that the narrows have coming from the american governments is false information. and it's very much creating this hysteria that the russians

have no desire to invade ukraine, but there are just what looking out for their own security interests. and this is the reason they demanding that nato not further expand eastwards as of 1997, the nato countries that have been added to that security to that alliance or have increased by 14 countries. and that is what is causing concern and alarm here. they want nato to go back to the 1997 membership and not to add. certainly any more countries to that list, they feel that it's a direct threat to their security. they're carrying out a number of military drills with the border with ukraine. and that is what they're saying is the reason for the military build up alongside the border in southwestern russia with ukraine, they're also sending on a daily basis, a lot of military equipment and personnel to bell roofs in the north of this country that also borders ukraine. and the russians have said that they were

holding joint military drills with that country from february 10th. and that is the reason for that. of course, all this is causing a lot of anxiety and questions by the west and european countries who say these are all just pretexts. as for the russians to move their troops around in a possibly and with the intention of carrying out some kind of a military strike on ukraine. but that is certainly something that the russian government is denying a very strongly and saying that they have very good reasons for what they're doing within their own borders door. so thank you very much. those doors as your body in moscow. what as we've just been talking about, the u. s. has delivered that written response to russia security, but demands over ukraine. let's just remind you what the u. s. secretary of state had to say just a short time ago. the document was delivered, includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principled and pragmatic evaluation of the

concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals for areas where we may be able to find common ground. we make clear that there are core principles that we are committed to uphold and defend including ukraine sovereignty and territorial integrity and the right of states to choose their own security arrangements and alliances. we've addressed the possibility of reciprocal transparency measures regarding forced posture in ukraine, as well as measures to increase confidence regarding military exercises and maneuvers in europe. so many people in eastern ukraine have been living with conflict for years. an estimated 14000 people have died and fighting between russia backed separatists and ukrainian forces. and is the international standoff continues. prospects for peace in the region are looking even more fragile or the are the ha, the reports from out of the if caught in the winter, see the landscape at the front line of this conflict seems frozen in time. the

ukranian army is entrenched just a few kilometers north of done, yet the stronghold of russian back separatist. the enemy is not far away. 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. ne, decide 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 the alert. i shall play york with sir sir 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 with 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 don't 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 their state 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 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. beneath the giggles in the tool of the conflict is apparent and their story was the reflection of the frontline in some way i am all in as ukrainian and then as i'm a close relative support to separatist im gonna stick after another sonya 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. and yelling i moved here from siberia when the soviet union still existed. sarah, no, my pleasure, my relatives are all, were russia. and when the war started, they told me i had to return with you, but i have my house and family here. many of them mine the military. so for them, i betrayed my legions 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 say for several generations to come. with abdul hamid al jazeera at v fca in eastern ukraine fennimore had on the news are including many aussies celebrate others protest. we're going to hear what all these think of australia day. we will find out which state in india is breaking records for covert infections. and topsy

daniel method of fights back from 2 sets down to reach the semi finals of use any an open ah, your supreme court justices stephen breyer will retire at the end of his current term. blair is one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority court is 83 years old, is retirement, will give us president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate a new liberal judge to the country's highest judicial body. well, let's bring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hall. could kimberly, does this change anything? well, a, in terms of the ideological makeup of the court. if joe biden is planning to replace stephen briar, and, and of course he would, no, this won't change that ideological makeup because steven briar was appointed by

a democratic president bill clinton. but i, in terms of why this is happening now. well, that's really important because this is a, in order to the timing is really to preserve the ideological makeup of the court. and it has a lot to do with what happened under the previous president. donald trump, you'll remember that he made 3 supreme court nominations and what, what is significant about that is that many democrats are feeling a little bit stung by that. 3rd appointment when the death of ruth bader ginsburg a democratic nominee was made. and, and the concern of all of this is that there is this fear that this could happen again. if stephen briar does not step down now and is replaced. and so this is why we expect this is happening because there's this fear that if joe biden come in,

the next presidential election is replaced by a republican president. this could happen again. so what we're seeing play out is a, in essence, also a bit of a campaign promise by joe biden. what we know is that he's pledged to replace or make a supreme court nomination and fill the seat with an african american woman. so we'll be watching very carefully to see the names that he puts forward. but also we will watch very carefully to see sort of some of the cases that these dominique, that he's going to name what they have covered in the past. that will give us a sense, really of what is important to this as it in to and how he is keeping his promises to his voters. now in terms of how this could play out, we've already heard from the top democrat, the senate and of course is the senate that has to confirm these nominations. and. d is chuck schumer has not only praised the service of steven briar which has been

but a quarter of a century. but he is also said that this will be a nomination when it is made that is done quickly and with determination. given the fact that they want to see this happen before the mid term elections. why? because democrats have experienced their nominations blocked in the past. we saw this under barack obama, and they don't want that to happen again. so they time is of the essence for democrats. that's why they're doing this. now, they're fearful, they may not control the senate after november. and so they're going to move swiftly and try to get this before time runs out if you will. and in terms of the point, or rather, the term of steven briar. we know that he is likely to finish his term. the supreme court term ends in october. as for who may replace him, we're going to watch carefully as if a names come forward when the white house press secretary holds her briefing in the next hour or so as her what does corresponding kimberley hall?

kimberly thank you so much. u. k. prime minister bars johnson resisted cause to resign and parliament on wednesday, he's refused to comment on an internal investigation into whether his government held gatherings in breach of coven 19 rules. police are also carrying out a separate investigation that in baba reports from london. these 5 apartment is 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 m p, 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 that there'd be no parties, and that no coven 19 rules had been broken, the minister or code says that 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 is inviting you 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 lockdown in 2020. so can the prime minister confirmed that he will publish the full su gray report as he receives it? lisa, mister speaker, what i can tell him is that we've got to leave the report to the independent investigators. he knows, 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 the road 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 investigates and prove that he was her breaking the rule. then yes, definitely. he was making the rule because a lot of people are dying that time below following it strictly was definitely 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 and whether it's delivering practice, whether it's the response, the pandemic. there is no doubt the shines. come off. maurice 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 base or whether he's become too much of a liability. the dean barber al jazeera coded forces in northern city or say they've regained control of a prison following a week long as sold by isolate fighters around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in idols. attend to free comrade speed. the battle forced 45000 people from their homes in the city of ha saca save the children. charities had some of the 700 boys detained in the prison, were used as human shields. power shortages and electricity blackouts are 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 as to cross silliest territory. it's a deal that's supposed to help lebanon with its 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 clean the updates that we are talking about you that we would modest assessment has suffered over the last year and it is time really 3 been the work. this is the 1st time a member of syrian president, bashar assad government has come to bay loot 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 any of its sanctions.

that prohibit transactions with the assad government recently the by the association shifted policy. regular to main reason 1st is to to balance or to mitigate lever on dependence on want euro for energy, especially after has bowler importer and sure from your own last year. and 2nd is to maintain u. s. influence in the world. washington appears to have turned a blind eye as a 3rd, syria gradually returned to the arab fold. but it insists it won't support normalization with assad's 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 the united, is to go back to the object. 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 is nearly bankrupt and camped by fuel and where politicians refuse to reform a crumbling sector, riddled with corruption. instead, they are accused of focusing on short term fixes that appear to prioritize the politics behind the deal than other al jazeera beirut. the most common booking of faso is due to be discussed at an emergency meeting of echo was leaders on friday. the regional organizations already condemned monday's military take over the u. n, and the u. s. demanding the immediate release of deposed president's last couple. a qu, leaders say they seized power because of the government's failure to stop attacks by armed groups linked to all haida. and i sold on nicholas high cuz now joining us live from, why do nick? we're about. i was away,

i think from the curfew for today to what's the atmosphere like that? well, people, as you can see right behind me are rushing to get home before this curfew. that's going to take place in just 2 hours from now and there it's kind of, it's unusual, a recall in the city i've been here before. usually at this time of the hour, the streets will be bustling with activity. i want to show you right behind me, i'm just going to step away from there. shot further in the distance is actually the presidential palace no longer in the hands of the president and security guards, but now it's routine. so special forces that they've set up a checkpoint that we can't go any further. now that's no longer the center of power for this country. the decision making now is happening in downtown walker. do go in one of those camps where the new strong man of the country, the tenant colonel, but not a dummy back. earlier today met with members of hawk cowboy. the idea here is to try to put in place as quickly as possible before friday's meeting of the west

african, a heads of state, some sort of national unity government, or show that they have some sort of legitimacy here. since the coo, earlier this week, rob nick, thanks very much. indeed. nicholas had talking to us from what doesn't still had on al jazeera back to the border between bellows on poland and the we visit the perilous journey of refugees trying to get into the european union on faith as president sparks outrage with common, suggesting that a world cup every 2 years could stop african migrants dying at sea details coming up in this board. ah hello, thank you for joining an 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 cooler, fighting it out. and we'll eventually see evidence of this around the golf, that wind blowing down from iraq and northerly wind. so that's going to press down the temperature. mom and 19 degrees re i just 16 by the way, the darker the orange, the higher the temperature and these winds will be howling at time. so for doha, gus of 55 kilometers per hour that's going to swirl around that sand and dust settled conditions for pakistan. and here is more of those high temperatures through afghanistan, herat at 17 degrees, and sure as coming in at 18, that snow has mostly stops across turkey. low temperature still though it's 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 butts water meantime still high heat for the northern cape, upping to in a height of 39 degrees on thursday. thanks for joining in season. ah, for quite a few decades casa, has been dealing with political and economic turmoil. and its people struggle to access essential needs, like adequate quantities of potable water, a sufficient number of beds for pregnant mothers, and limited access to up to date information for students. and in the has the, the ground water is not sufficient to meet the daily needs of all of its residents . this led to the development of the new water treatment facility and hun, eunice slowing down further pollution. the extension of, as if, as medical facilities was accomplished to provide expectant mothers with a safe and reliable opportunity to get the care they needed. the kuwait library at

the university college of science and technology is not only a repository of knowledge but an access point to the world beyond. lou ah, what about is it a reminder? what top stories this so the u. s. is delivered its written answers to russia, security demands over ukraine. washington told moscow that can't be any compromise on ukraine's sovereignty. and it's right to choose its own alliances. you're a supreme court. justice stephen breyer will retire at the end of his current term

. whereas one of 3 remaining liberal justices who served him majority court is 83 years old. his retirement gives president jo bye to his 1st chance to nominator judge to the countries highest judicial body. u. k. prime minister has continued to resist calls by any means to resign policy. johnson refused to comment on an investigation into whether his government held parties during locked up. the findings are expected to be published soon. ok, let's go back to our top story. the u. s. has delivered written responses to russia, security demands over ukraine, fears over a potential russian invasion of ukraine, that prompted one of the biggest mobilizations of western forces in europe. dos as your body has more on the days events from moscow. more military drills for the russian army near the border with ukraine and wargames too, in crimea, which was annexed by the kremlin 8 years ago. in paris. diplomatic efforts

continued with negotiators from france, russia, ukraine, and germany discussing ways to reduce tensions. but back in moscow, foreign minister survey lab rav rejected any effort to broaden the current negotiations to include either the you or a broader regional body. the conference on security and cooperation in europe, russia, he says, we'll do whatever is best for its own security. but when you my goal, we did not attack anyone, we have always been attacked ourselves. and those who did it all was got what they deserved till i can only control one small clarity to defend in the most secure way the interests of our country. it's safety and the safety of our citizens. but members of russia's parliament and senators are calling for the kremlin to san weapons to the self claims that dumbass republic hewlett a move that was certainly further increase tensions dramatically. the head of that break away region towards al jazeera, any scenario could unfold, including war,

to renew. well, the morning was warmer, it is possible, but unfortunately, this possibility on the part of ukraine is in relation to nato. you see the west, the western countries and shiv are shouting about russian aggression, but more than a 120000 ukranian troops are concentrated and don bus. the u. s. government is working to prevent the disruption to gas supplies to europe, which gets nearly half of its gas from russia. if the russians really make good on their threat of sending even less gas, dad will send prices soaring. you know, europe gets gas a through l. m g gets it from them from the mediterranean. you'd also get it from norway. bar dum. russia is very important. and if berries in these there is more tension. and that means prices are going to go off. russian foreign minister survey lover of announced that his british power apart this trust will visit moscow in the next 2 weeks. and president vladimir putin will phone his french counterpart

emmanuel. my crop on friday as diplomatic efforts intensify. there's a small window of opportunity for all sites to make decisions which could ultimately change the course of history door. such a worry al jazeera moscow kind of times hanging by a thread with 1000000 suffering from extreme hunger. that's the warning from the un secretary general as the security council met to discuss the humanitarian situation in afghanistan, that follows 3 days and talks between western diplomats and the african and taliban in norway. the un is working on a plan to provide aid and suspend sanctions. women's rights are also on the agenda . the special representative from canon stan, deborah lyons said the situation on the ground is worrying. there is compelling evidence of an emerging environment, of intimidation, and deterioration. and 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 with different, but no less real fears than those they say during decades of war or diplomatic attitude, james base has more from the un. i think the security council is trying to get the world to take notice of where the situation is right now. this meeting called by the current president of the security council, norway, it's prime minister, the owners, gus dora, is here in new york for the meeting, sharing the meeting. he told me that the world needed to pay more attention, perhaps, currently distracted by the news from russia. and ukraine, because there is the real fear of a looming humanitarian crisis. the un secretary general says the countries hanging by a thread, he said daily life has become a frozen hell. he says over half of all afghans facing extreme levels of hunger,

they say it's more than the humanitarian problem. the whole economy of afghanistan is collapsing. they need to get liquidity into the economy. and this pressure, i think, behind the scenes on the americans to try and freeze some of those funds. the taliban were recently or delegation of a ton of more recent recently. and also where they had discussions with the international community. also with civil society representatives of the un special representative in cobbled deborah lun said that was good news. but she said there was some very worrying news as well. let me quote her, she says on the ground as compelling evidence of an emerging environment of intimidation and a deterioration of human rights. she says that the taliban may be thinking that they can control the population by fear rather than understanding and responding to its needs. she also said there are increased reports of killings and enforced detention and disappearances. and she said who?

she was particularly concerned about recent disappearances of female activists. and she urged the taliban to take action. india is recorded 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 set of corolla, new cases of breaking records, abby metal has more. she j m f has had a busy few weeks. he's had hundreds of corbin 19 patients for free 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 available italy. no, no, no, no, many corporate visions and their families call me when they need any help, like digging them to hospital vaccination, getting food, et cetera. there are others who wanted to help me do this. work in many locals have been didn't to help me with the expenses. the southern state of carola has recorded

its highest single day increased 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 gems have closed and public events have been banned. hospital admissions have gone up across the state and its debt door is one of the highest in india. to my dear raj nick is mourning the loss of his father, who recently died from covered 19 despite being fully vaccinated, we had a latin. 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. we don't know what to do. my mother is really upset because of covert protocols. we barely got a glimpse of him. he took his body from cremation. other states are seeing new

infections steadily decline in western india. my roster has reopened scores 2 weeks earlier than planned. new cases in its capital mom by have dropped to the lowest levels in weeks. right. 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 water still, there's the beak, la 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 imposed 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 pause of nathan al jazeera, new delhi. the 1st female president of honduras, similar castro is to be sworn in on thursday. but a split and her party is spot chaos and the national congress, my

a rattle or reports from inside, the congress. 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, tales 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 endorse. 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 went on during president elect seal, my castle ordered police to remove restrictions into the building. this whole area

has just been overrun. take a look under her name was our latest. what get the natal? you have thought the 30th 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 that cares about the people, and we will support the president elect until the end it up. we are a mazda, now, both sides of this disagreement continue to firmly hold their ground, meaning that there is 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. for many as trillions has been a celebration of what they call the lucky country. but australia day was a different story from many indigenous ozzy's bed renamed the occasion invasion de because they say it marks the start of british colonization and oppression. 234

years ago, sarah clark has more from brisbin. i. celebrations began at 1st light with his trillion flag raised alongside indigenous dances at a traditional smoking ceremony. january 26 is the country's official national di marking the arrival of the 1st fleet of ships from britain in sidney cove, in 1788. effectively founding australia, despite all we have endured in the challenges that are still ahead. i'm just thankful to be an astride him and to live in australia with my family. this land we call home. but while some celebrated others chose to protest, demonstrations were held in most major cities. the protest is cold january 26 invasion day. they said marks the start of colonization and the genocide of aboriginal australians and people from the toast, right? audience. and they want events to focus on what they say are injustices faced by

the nation's 1st people i represent today. morning i believe when i think that it was celebrated, january more recorded. i'm responsible for the one with the following australia. i wasn't fully celebrated on january 26 until it became official in 1994. but many want this day changed or scrapped entirely to make. why for commemoration, the recognizes indigenous australians and a history of disposition indigenous laid it site. it's important to address the inequality faced by the aboriginal communities. for centuries, we do have to change attitudes about how 1st nations april i traded in structuring . we have to reduce the i and pass ration rights. and 1st nations paper. there are white you many black get seen custody in our country. a inequality in the poverty

and disadvantage is still quite large. between aboriginal and non aboriginal strengths and cinema. kathy says, australia, i should be an event that allows the country to reunite a view that supported by an increasing number of people in australia. sir clark out his ear prison. i said you want to take you to the freezing forests of poland and bellows. now and the return to story reported in november we met a young kurdish man, one of thousands of migrants arrived at the you border looking for a better life. instead, they were met with a tough response. when polish soldiers are correspondent, john hall has been back to see what's happening now. lose you away in these woods and you could be wandering for days. yet even deep winter doesn't discourage them. border guard video is said to show some of the dozens of attempts still being made each day to cross from belarus into poland and the european union. for the few that

make it an unpleasant welcome awaits indefinite detention in crowded, militarized barracks with barred windows and limited access to the outside world. less asylum seekers than prisoners. and the breach of international law can be a camp, is like a prison and does not represent europe. most of the people here came from their countries because of the pain. they shouldn't be abused a 2nd time. it's like torture. that was the voice of alarmed ahmed, hama, a kurdish refugee who had hoped to reach his mother living in the u. k. we 1st met holland in a polish hospital in december, in obvious distress, having been rescued in the forest a both. mm. he was taken away shortly afterwards by the border gods, despite please by human rights activists. monica told cosca that he be given mental

health support, alarmed was detained. it's melinda professionally, is taking me sunday the noodles and he's very upset to be in a place like that. and he doesn't fully understand it. he knows that he crossed the border legally, but he doesn't understand why he finds himself and conditions like that on up to 1800 detained asylum seekers. in 8 camps have launched hunger strikes and sometimes violent protests over conditions. the polish government says, this is why they are locked up in the 1st place, aid agencies call it a deliberate policy of deterrence. my name is run out and i want them to come in and maybe he to ended up in detention. this isn't worse than them because you know, even, and then you know, when you get out, you can make sure you're in the, you can, you know, if you have access to a,

to a position that can come in here. and there's, nobody can come here. and you don't know when you can will, and that's the borderline over there. through that gap in the forest, on the other side, bellow roots where several 100 people remain of the few 1000. that last year, belarus actively encouraged to break, came to poland and the european union. it touched off a geo, political, and humanitarian crisis. that's no longer making headlines around the world, but is no less of an old deal for those still involved. they will surely now know that the promise both of easy entry into the e u, and that it would accept them. where lies jonah hall al jazeera, near the poland. belarus border. slaton al jazeera egypt, an ivory coast are locked in an epic africa cup of nations battled peter is going to be here with that. and the rest of the day sport ah,

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cool o. a of the sport and his peter. thank you. rob. egypt and ivory coast remain inseparable in the africa cup of nations. last fix the match. both sides have their chances during normal and extra time, but either the crossbow, all the opposition go keeper, got in the way, time and time again of the 120 scoreless minutes. they are now involved in the penalty. shoot out as we speak. questions are being asked about why cynical allow they cancel saudi amman, a to play on for 10 minutes of being knocked out on the pitch. collide with the k

booed goalkeeper school, the opening goal, but later complained of a headache and dizziness and was substituted. thankfully he shaded this picture on his instagram of him in the hospital, alongside the k, bookkeeper, va, xenia, both of them in good spirits. it's still not clear though if money will be fit to play the court a final against either molly or equitorial, guinea. those to play later on wednesday. that's our top story. we have a result for you and it came down to mohammed fella, egypt, catherine school. the winning penalty to put them through to the core to final 5 full sala has never won an africa cup of nations title before, but no country is when the african more times and the junctions. the pharaohs have 7 titles, fee for president johnny and santino has told european politicians that his plans are a woke up every 2 years. could stop african migrants from dying at sea in an address to the council of europe, inventing those remarks,

to outrage from anti racism group it out. we call them completely unacceptable. here's what in something i said, because football is about what they were saying at the very beginning about opportunities, about hope, about national teams, about the country, about the heart, about the joy, about the emotion. and we cannot say to the rest of the world. give us your money if you have or happened to have a good player by coincidence, give us the player as well. but watch us on tv. we need to include them. we need to find ways to include the entire world to get hope to african so that they don't need to cross the terrain in, in order to find maybe a better life, but more probably death in the see in 15 or later said his comments were misrepresented and taken out of context in a tweet on fif is media accounts. he said, my more general message was that everyone in a decision making position has

a responsibility to help improve the situation of people around the world. this was a general comment, which was not directly related to the possibility of playing a fee for woke up every 2 years. australia getting ready to take on vietnam and must win will come qualify in asia, the sucker room, the currently 3rd in the qualifying group. that's up to teams in each group qualify automatically for kathy 2022. and even though the australians are only one point behind japan in 2nd place, they are running out of matches to make sure of the place at the world cup. we got to go from our own strengths, we know where, where the law we want to be on the from foot. we want to be aggressive. we want to play forward or crating as many chances as we can ask as many questions at their defense. you can and obviously want to go go when the game is obviously the most important thing. focus on the performance and then a result will come elsewhere. iran can make sure of the place in touch with a win over a rock, the iranians, the top of a qualifying group,

and when will ensure they take the place after world cup the rockies have to win all of their remaining games and hope that the seems above and slip up if they want to quantify, and south korea could clinch their plates of the woke up with the wind, lebanon. they would need other results to also go their way though. meanwhile, the lebanese are still in, with an outside chance of reaching the woke up for the 1st time in their history on to the australian open no way russian 2nd. see then neil midway. dave has secure to place in the semi final. but it wasn't easy for the us open champion as these canadian opponent, felix. so she earlier theme took a to say lead bed with a rallied saving net point, and eventually teaching a 5 said when of to 4 hours and 42 minutes. the russian remains on coast to become the 1st man in the open era to win back to back majors off to winning a maiden slam. i was not playing my best and felix was playing on the label. boat serving unbelievable. he was, you know,

he was all over me to be honest all over the place. i didn't really know what to do . so i was like, actually yeah, i don't know if people are gonna like it, but i told myself ha, what noah could do. oh no and you know what came to my mind was that because he's one of the greatest champions or rough or roger to be honest, they weren't so many matches like this. and i just thought, okay, i'm gonna make you more medford ever will now meet stefan of 1500 to raced into the semi finals earlier in the day. the great beat italian janik center in faith to reach the law school in melbourne for the 3rd time. you'll be helping asserts, i'm lucky as he chases the 1st grand slam title. in the women's door, american danielle collins has made it into the same for the 2nd time. the 27 seed beat elisa, co, ne, in stay fit 7561. in so much,

even for color surgery last year have been diagnosed with in the trio which caused the severe abdominal and back pain. feels incredible. i mean, i think especially after some of the health challenges that i've, i've had and to be able to get back to this level and be able to compete like the way i have been and being able to be as physical as i have been. and, and so rewarding. up next, the collins is the form of friendship. and when a ego fiance, the polish 7 feed for from a set and a break down to be to sonia's car, can there be the max off the modem? 3 hours back she on tech is the same thing. the bottle of the french open as a teenager in 20, just 9 days before the beijing winter olympics. and coven 19 as the noise team. it's a chaos. that's a delay. their departure by 4 days off the 2 members of the school and tested positive including cross country skier, heidi wing a bronze med list from 2014. it's not clear if she now missed the games. but paging

rules state that athletes must record their health status for these 14 days before traveling to beijing and provide it to negative tastes with a 96 hours of arriving in china. david all tease is being elected to the baseball hall of fame. that same time also played for 20 seasons, mostly with the boston red sox. he won 3 will theories with the team big puppy, as he is known, his 541 home run. and it's just the 4th player born in the dominican republic to be inducted. and just to remind you about top story, egypt have beaten ivory coast to reach the codified of the africa cup of nations. up to the finish go this up to 100. 20 minutes the does egypt captain. mamma sala. the school. the winning penalty to put egypt through 5 full. he's hoping to when he 1st african side to as soon as he can marines, and we'll have more action coming up in laces for split for you. that's what we will think. i'll be later with more, rob peter, thanks very much. indeed. no, mario, no. mazda is going to be here in

a couple of minutes with more on all these stories. so, but a sunroof mattress and thanks for being with me. goodbye. ah, ah, ah, ah, ah, a chilling the debates. they a ratio of like people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online ad. your voice. the comment section is right here. join our conversation. we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is not by being nationalistic about us. you just look at it in a very different way, said that perspective, men and men meeting each other and they don't have any pollution. let me get it

clear for you. this screen on al jazeera, ah, europe's grand capitals are littered with monuments loading their imperial power and their museums filled with artifact, spoils of war and occupation uprooted from their places of origin. people in power explores the heated debate or on right from ownership admits activists taking matters into their own, out of africa on a, just a, you know, lever that, drying out greasing land is shrinking in some roots long used by wildlife migration have been blocked by human settlements to deal with all this, kenya needs more money for conservation. and with the koran of ours, pandemic keeping many visitors awake revenue from towards him. isn't enough. here at the outset national park on your ceremony has been launched the hall pressure

than individuals pay $5000.00 to name an elephant. the aim this year is to raise $1000000.00, much of it for conservation initiatives. ah, responding to russia, security demands of the ukraine. u. s. a. nato deliver their proposals to moscow. ah, hello, i'm sorry, i'm noisy in london, you're watching al jazeera, also coming up on the program, a di, or you an assessment of the situation in afghanistan. a country where key services are collapsing, millions of control by fear. massage nation attempt and a military takeover, west african leaders corner emergency meeting of

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