dangerous ambulances considered survive as the explosion inspired. i still don't feel like i actually know enough about what living under fascism was life unequalled broadcasting. some nelson have been on august night is born. happy al jazeera english proud recipient of the new york festivals broadcaster of the year reward for the 5th year running. ah, the united states and nato delivered their written responses to moscow. security demands as fits grow of a russian invasion of ukraine. ah . and on the clock, this is out 0 live from doha, also coming up a dog you and assessment to the situation in afghanistan. a country where ki

services have collapse. millions live in fear, fall from home and frozen to the core. heavy snow makes life even more miserable for millions of display series. a report such u. s. supreme court justice steven brought will retire, setting up a political showdown of who will replace him. ah, the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands of ukraine in it, they rejected russia's call to promptly ban care from joining the security alliance . the secretary of state says the letter laid out a clear diplomatic part from moscow. as concerning, the west grows over a possible russian invasion of ukraine. rosalind jordan reports now from washington, dc. on wednesday night, the u. s. ambassador to russia john solomon hand delivered the american response to ra,

is demands for increased security guarantees. amid it stand off with the west over ukraine, the letter several pages long repeats. the biden administration's position u. s. troops go where they're wanted. individual countries decide whether they want to join, nato and russia must abandon any plans to invade ukraine. moscow says it has no such plans. the documents with them and walls in their court. we'll see what we do, as i said futilely, whether they choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, whether they decide to renew aggression against ukraine, were prepared either way, good to see you again. but the u. s. also offered some proposals it thinks could reassure russian president vladimir potent and his government renette arms control, improved transparency on us engagement in ukraine, and changes to u. s. nato exercises and eastern europe. the russians received

a similar note from nato leadership in a bid to head off a possible conflict and ukraine. we call our osha once again to immediately the escalate the situation. nato firmly believes the attentions on this agreements must be sold through dialog on diplomacy. nato was offering to host negotiations between the us and russia to resolve the crisis but stolen bird told reporters 5000 nato rapid response. troops can be called up in just a few days if needed. but washington and its european allies have stepped up deliveries of military aid to keep including defensive weapons. unity among western nations though has not been complete. i'm for class germany, notably hasn't provided any military aid to keep sensibly because of its reliance on oil and gas deliveries from russia. the u. s. reportedly is trying to address those concerns. i'm absolutely confident in german solidarity in of being with ho

together with us and other allies and partners in confronting renewed russian aggression against ukraine. meantime, the u. s. and russia are still locked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats and their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called ongoing harassment by american authorities. u. s. official say it's now up to moscow to respond to what the americans consider reasonable proposals to and the crisis. but they saying they're still ready to impose the harshest sanctions possible. if moscow orders its troops to invade ukraine. rosalind jordan al jazeera, the state department, where there's been no immediate response from moscow to the u. s. in nato. a bit earlier. russia's foreign minister warned of swift retaliation and less concessions are made. a few when that use the coastal tupelo, 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. so just though of still visible security of russia and its citizens is an unconditional prior. and it will be reliably ensured in all circumstances, upstate, tens of thousands of crimea and tosses of fled since rush right next to peninsula 8 years ago. and now many are afraid that the conflict between russian, ukraine could force him to move again. it shall structure reports from novel access sca in southern ukraine volunteers load coal to give pensioners struggling to stay warm. ukraine's brutal winter cold. the men of harper's turkey ethnic group who have lived in climate the centuries. tens of thousands left when russian troops illegally annexed the peninsular in 2014 a worried about increasing tension between ukraine and russia. rather than

race, bessie worried about have women, children, and elderly. there is a war because we have no way to hate them. we try to provide for them and reassure them as much as we can and the men had delivered cold to 81 year old as ema. she, her family and an estimated a 190000 charters, were deported for crimea during stollins purges of his opponents in 1944. put in claims. i know. yeah. but i want to ask president, put in, why do you need to occupy this foreign land? how can you take over our land and tremendous like these shots put the round 8 percent of this town her, her rush of use shell. there is no open animosity between awesome, but you can sense it. korea is just a few kilometers across the water behind me. now, since russia illegally annexed the peninsular in 2014, it's estimated that as many as 140000 ukrainians have left. many of them ethnic crimean tosses. who say they fled persecution in their ancestral land. in

the market, no one would talk to his own camera about their support for russia. but this lady said she felt great affiliation in the country. language and culture. if people chose climbing to be part of russia, says you live, then let them be. the mosque was built in 2002 for the tartar community on side men gather for prayers. hussein talk lou says he will never accept a russian rule in crimea. what you see the c p c h. when russia antics crime in between 10 to 40000 tortoise fled because of political and religious pressure on the lack of freedom of speech and they left behind their homes and property. and i had to start life again on the, on that not only taught us, but all ukrainians live in perpetual uncertainty. everyone is talking about potential war. as ema says she isn't strong enough to visit family who still lived

in crimea. and she fears for both ukrainians and russians. if a solution to the crisis between the 2 countries is found. charleston down to 0 novel alixia, sullivan ukraine. the inspector general is wanting life in afghanistan is becoming a frozen hell. and tony could tear. it says an ongoing humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by a thread with education, food availability and other social services on the brink of collapse or diplomatic editor james base reports. now from the us. with more than half of the afghan population suffering from all the un calls extreme levels of hunger, the secretary general antonio terrace again sounded the alarm. 6 months after that they covered by the taliban. afghanistan is hanging by a threads. for guns daily life has become a frozen hell. one of us can astonish best known women's rights. campaigners who

still lives in cobble came to new york to address the security council. after 20 years of tasting freedom working, studying, playing sports, performing music, it has taken less than 6 months to completely dismantled the rights of the women and girls across the country. her account was backed by the un special representative inside afghanistan. deborah lyons said, a number of women activists had recently been adopted and then had disappeared. she said this was part of a wider, deeply worrying pattern. and here on the ground, there is compelling evidence of an emerging environment of intimidation. and deterioration. and respect for human rights 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. the meeting was presented

by norway's prime minister jonas ga stora, his government fluid taliban delegation for talks in oslo with international diplomats in afghan civil society. in recent days. in an interview for talk to al jazeera, he told me this was not meant to give the group legitimacy or recognition. to me, it looks like this. if we don't sit down with them, present the expectation, the demands and what they have to deliver. afghanistan and going, it's going to sink down in that tremendous humanitarian. this altered, most of us got stones reserves remain frozen, but the un wants to change that without renewed liquidity and the african economy. as a risk, the da humanitarian situation becomes a country wide famine. on the other hand, some nations still worry about rewarding the taliban when the human rights situation in particular, the treatment of women seems to be getting worse. not better. james bayes al

jazeera of the united nations cottage forces in northern syria say they have regained control of a prison following a week, long assault by ice will faces around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in ice will attempt to free their comrades the battle forced 45000 people from the homes in the city of hasa car. the jersey saved the children says some of those being detained to the prison were used as human shields. the un special envoy for syria. again, patterson says he's worried about the resurgence of isaac, he says there needs to be international cooperation to avoid disaster. if we continue to see that the political crisis here is not sorted out. if we continue to see a division of territory like we'll say, no difference how far it is with the economy collapsing with more than 14000000 people in need of humanitarian assistance and kosta that are people living in the

northeast living in northwest living and the government control and we sort of in no hope for the future this, this is a recipe for continued dis austin, syrian refugees in the countries northwest are appealing for urgent help because the region is hit by freezing weather. around a quarter of a 1000000 refugees have been effected by snow heavy rain and low temperatures, his acid bag. a city of tents. this is life for around 250000 syrians forced 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 burn some shoes and

clothes just to offer some heat to the children and traveling to the area was already difficult. the snow has made it near impossible. aid agencies are struggling to get access. tents have collapsed under 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 temperatures. ah, but on alcoholism of 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 a lot of other things. yeah, i would think the whole camp is in real danger and we don't know what to do. we have spent the last 7 to 8 years and tense and displays caps. they can't find us a flat. the camps are inadequate. at the best of times, the snow is only adding to the misery. these people face as that bag. i'll just

there. silla, head here in al jazeera, an assassination attempt, and a military takeover. west african leaders called an emergency meeting of the killer fast as late as coo. and why interest rates in the united states is set to rise for the 1st time in 3 years. ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle airways by the wind so strong, so weighs on his high, but there still snow shells around just eastern side of a tree and pinched on home shoe and hawkeye dough generated really by the cold air of the relatively warm sea temperature was about where we should be this rain that spreading through china will bring more snow with it in house that's now with i could see something like how for me to fold this general area to little bit late in the season will hands forecast is typically one or 2 degrees, the average being 8,

and it's like just know continuously through friday and saturday be a bit of a shock. i suspect cause a few problems. and in the philippines, well, both north and south, you've got the risk of some flash rolling from these in house showers, and the orange would suggest this potential circulations drifting north was to the south. jealousy may be on its way to tie one, not necessarily on its way to vietnam, which looks quite fine at the moment. for the west, mostly the story would be fine weather for in a moment, just to scattering a shout in the south. cold wave conditions and it was temperature blow where they should be from barnowski up to new delhi and the whole with morning fall, sometimes persistent for i have to say noodle is forecast, has it for the next 3 days, the cold wave eventually warms. i'll time you get to sunday, but the air quality still remains pretty poor. out the weather sponsored by cats, are always coming of age story in the community, fighting to preserve the parity in an ever changing well. i think on in ancient

ritual to future generation award winning documentary to say well as a group of young men on their right to pass the calendar in the morning ivory they quickly unnoticed. error lou ah, or get your watch he out 0 reminder about top stories this hour and the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine. in it said they rejected russia's call to permanently banned care from

joining the security alliance. via infect, you general says life in afghanistan has become a frozen hell attorney to terrors. born, the humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by a thread, education and other social services. on the brink of collapse, kurdish forces in northern syria say they've regained control of prison following a week long assault by iso fighters, around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in isis, attempt to free the com rates. so the military coup in became of raso is due to be discussed at an emergency meeting of a course leaders that's on friday. the regional organization has already condemned mondays, military take over the u. n. and the u. s. a demanding immediate release of the deposed president rocker border. i q leaders say they seize power because of the government's failure to stop attacks by on groups linked to al qaeda. and i so because high is falling developments in walker doodle, and since this report it's in this upscale neighborhood in walker. do that

president a hot market boy is being held under house arrest this nearby, the presidential palace just behind me. it's now in the hands of special forces. we can go any further. they've set up checkpoints. it's no longer the center of decision making in this country. that's now in a military count in downtown. why do go where earlier the head of the military june, the tenant turtle. oh, he met with the former government of hawking mach category. essentially trying to create some sort of government of national unity to gain some sort of legitimacy. the fear is sanction from the west. african body echo off the heads of states. a west africa are going to meet in ivory coast on friday, but also sanctions perhaps from the un or the something that this country cannot afford. there are still attacks happening in the north, in the east, from arm groups linked to al qaeda and ice still and well, earlier during the week,

thousands of people took to the streets. it was less of a celebration for the end of february as regime. it was a celebration for hopes that this new leadership may be able to bring curity to this country. we met with one of the organizers of this march, and this is what he had to say. what is the new regime need to facebook in a sort of what got to go? people ask yet we need a stability. we have more than 2000000 people displeased the need to be able to go to 1000, have been killed. we need to regain control of our country and brought this in 2015000 people storm. this road behind me leading to the presidential palace and that mark the return of democracy 6 years ago. people now hope that with this you regime, those democratic achievements will not be quashed for the military though many soldiers of the front line hope that they will be better equipped to deal with the threats of arm groups linked to al qaeda and iso. they'll have rations,

night goggles and weapons, so that they can protect this country from further attacks. the u. s. federal reserve says it will raise interest rates for the 1st time in 3 years. they were slashed to near 0. at the beginning, the pandemic interest rates were widely expected to stop moving up in march in an attempt to fight rising inflation in the u. s. federal reserve chad jerome pal says, getting high inflation under control is vital to a strong job market. so there are multiple forces which should be working over the course of the year for inflation to come down. we do realize that the timing and pace of that are, are highly uncertain and that inflation has persistent longer than we and than we thought. and of course, we're prepared to use our tools to assure that higher inflation does not become entrenched. let's beat not to william black. he joins us live from minneapolis, minnesota. he's a former federal regulator and professor of economics and law at the university of

missouri, kansas city, william black, welcome. it tells us more about why it's appropriate to raise rates in march. well, 1st rates have been exceptionally low for decades from the great financial crisis. and then some disruptions in the money market to cause them to throw money at the problem. and there's no reason for that to continue because the u. s. unemployment has is now lower than before the pandemic began. so a, there's no need to keep the low and be inflation, because the supply chain disruption has gone up in the united states to around 7 percent. so it's a good time to bubb b, trying to make sure there's no extra heat in the, on the monetary side says, to put it simply increasing interest rates, puts

a check on that higher bar. and costs helps to keep prices from rising. how far you think they could go? it is unlikely that it needs to go particularly high, and it's unlikely that it needs to persist very long. this is still a relatively short term problem. what we expect to much lower inflation next year, even if they didn't take these actions. so they'll probably have at least 2 near term up takes in the interest rate. and then they'll see whether they need a 3rd other, any risks inherent in this? i could you end up holding back economic activity more than intended. yes. but the, the big wrists are actually in the last 3 or 4 stories that you've handled because

all of those are supply chain disruptions. we just don't think of them in those terms. and if russia invades the ukraine and shuts off natural gas in the winter, too much of europe. when you can know that nations aren't going to let them know people die in their home. so divert natural gas completely away from factories. and that will, you know, cause major recession, but it will also reverberate throughout the world by causing much more severe supply chain disruptions. and as you explained, it isn't just cause inflation. it means that people in syria during the snow have, don't even have shovels to be able to deal with terrible snow. yep. there's a lot of variables have appreciate that william black could join his live there from minneapolis, minnesota. thanks

a lot. thank you. you asked me to report say supreme court justice stephen bra and said to retire at the end of the quotes. current term for is one of 3 remaining liberal justices in the conservative majority code. 83 year olds. retirements will give us president joe biden. his 1st chance to nominate a new judge to the countries hot judicial body. i need your custer has us supreme court justice. steven briar had long rejected viewing the high court through a political lens at 1st, dismissing calls from democrats to step down so that a president of their own party may name a replacement if the public sees judges as politicians and robes. it's competence in the courts and in the rule of law itself can only diminish, diminishing the court's power, including its power to act as a check on other branch. born in 1938 in san francisco right, grew up in a middle class jewish family. he said his upbringing helped develop the pragmatism

that later shaped his legal views. hi stephen, right. you solemnly swear. he was a federal appeals court judge for 14 years before president bill clinton nominated him to the supreme court in 1994. every judge's particular obligation is to deal fairly and thoroughly with the legal problems of the individual parties before the court, whether they are poor or rich or helpless or powerful minority or majority. ryan joined the court's liberal wing consistently ruling in favor of abortion rights, environmental protection, and voting rights. he opposed the strict textural interpretation of the u. s. constitution as endorsed by conservatives. but he believed in compromise and was a famous optimist. justice brier, i think, is a true technocrat in the best sense of the word he believes in a good ideas,

thoughtful compromises and intelligence and expertise running the world. ah, and he has really tried to do that quite consistently in his time on the court. in his later years, on the court riah question, the legality of the death penalty and drafted one of the rulings of holding obamacare. his retirement now sets up a political battle to name a replacement. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington at britain. this printer, andrew, is seeking a jury trial to clear his name and the sexual assault complaints. he's fighting in new york. he's facing a civil case brought by virginia defray, who says she was sexually assaulted by prince andrew 20 years ago when she was 17. he denies the allegations spanish coast guard has rescued more than 300 people of the canary islands, migrants and refugees were picked up from 7 boats. one had capsized in the passengers were found clinging to it. already say about

a 120 people had crammed into a single dingey. the mostly north and central african migrants were trying to reach europe. they've been taken to a nearby health facilities. tropical storm manner has killed at least 12 people and cause widespread flooding in malawi in those and beat power is out across large parts of both countries and crops have been decimated. search and rescue operations are underway with dozens of people reported missing, and many feel trapped by rising water levels. and inauguration ceremony for hundreds is the 1st female president will be held in the coming as the milestone has been marred by a rebellion with within g m. r. castro's and party sparking calles in the national congress and make it almost impossible for her to govern and repel reports from the capital. the 100 is about to swear in the countries boost woman president. jo, monica was historic victory in the november elections into the highly polarized election

season, more by violence and fears of social unrest. pharma. we are going to form a government of reconciliation in our country, a government of peace and the government of justice. whose presidency morrison in to the 12 year ruled by the conservative national party led by controversial president when you landed in atlanta. but a power struggle in the 100 national congress threatened to derail the new president's political agenda. and analysts say the discord could plunge the country into a full blown crisis. i can point to, i believe we have to find abundance in order to avoid these fire from spreading. but i right now it's manageable if we don't seek out a solution. and instead, as to this fire level, we're going to get burn. yeah, tomonica is the wife of former hunter and president manuel who was ousted during a coup in 2009 as a presidential candidate,

got through promise to restore democratic institutions and root out corrupt government officials. even before the start of the latest political crisis in honduras addressing the many problems facing the country like violence, poverty, systemic corruption. and, and he konami crisis exacerbated by the pandemic, was a tall order for the new president. now with a really ripped and 100 legislature, the international community is calling for a dialog. but average citizens see what they want is for the government to simply do its job. juggling, especially as a young person, i'm looking for that to be jobs for all young people, all adults, and be out late. that there are laws in favor of women and for men to for children, for animals. the incoming administration of humana castile is seen by many as an opportunity to turn the page on more than a decade of scandal and political turmoil. but if the current conflict is not

resolved, it's an opportunity that could be squandered before castro's presidency even begins . manuel did happen al jazeera, the greasy guys. authorities improve are assessing a new oil slick off the coast of lima. the government says crude spilled into the sea during work on a pipeline at the la palm pier refinery rep sold. the company that owns a facility denies, there's been a leak cruise is still cleaning up after the tone. tsunami caught another major spill at the same refinery. ah, this is our desert. these are the top stories, the united states and nature have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine. it, it, they rejected russia's call to permanently ban care from joining the security alliance. the document we've delivered includes concerns of united states and our

allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principle and pragmatic evaluation of the concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals.