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no, i'm fully back loyal. watching al jazeera life from doha, also coming up with guns daily life has become a frozen hell a di, you and assessment of the situation in afghanistan, a country way. key services have collapsed and lebanon is to get electricity from jordan through syria in a deal seen as a breakthrough for the sanctions hit syrian government. ah, thank you very much for joining as the united states and nato have delivered britain responses to moscow. security demands over ukraine in it, they rejected russia's call to permanently ban kia from joining the security alliance. the u. s. secretary of state says the letter lays out a clear diplomatic path for moscow. as concern in the west, grows of a possible russian invasion of ukraine or seen, jordan has a report from washington on wednesday night. the you are some bouncer to russia,
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john sullivan. hand delivered the american response to russia's demands were 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 wants to join nato and russia must abandon any plans to invade ukraine. moscow says it has no such plans. the document is with them and balls in their court. we'll see what we do, as i said repeatedly, 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 printed arms control, improved transparency on u. s. engagement in ukraine, and changes to
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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 on russia once again to immediately the escalate the situation. nato firmly believes the attentions on this agreements must be sold through dialogue 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 age to kill, including defensive weapons. unity among western nations though has not been complete. i in fact like germany, notably hasn't provided any military aid to keep sensibly because of its reliance
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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 co, together with us and other allies and partners in confronting renewed russian aggression against ukraine. meantime, the u. s. and russia are still walked in a spat over diplomatic thesis. 26 russian diplomats and their families left washington on wednesday because of what the russian ambassador called on going 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. rosalyn jordan al jazeera, the state department, while there's been no immediate response from moscow to the u. s. and nato, but earlier, russia's foreign minister, wanda swift,
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retaliation and less concessions are made. that goes through even though it's a constructive response, does not arrive and the west continues. it's aggressive course. moscow will, as president putin has said on more than one occasion, take the necessary retaliatory measures. so the just there was to be the security of russia and its citizens as an unconditional priority. and it will be reliably ensured in all circumstances. tens of thousands of crimean totters, have fled since russia annex the peninsula 8 years ago. and now many are afraid that conflicts between russia and ukraine will force them to move again. charles transferred re for some southern ukraine. volunteers load cole to give pensioners struggling to stay warm ukraine's brutal winter cold. the men of tartarus turkey ethnic group who have lived in climate the centuries. tens of thousands left when russian troops illegally annexed the peninsula and 2014,
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worried about increasing tension between ukraine and russia. rather than i think we especially worried about have women, children, and elderly. there is a war, because we have nowhere 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 soldiers 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 lands? how can you take over our land and torment us like these truck, the round 8 percent of this town have for us of you ebara shell. there is no open animosity between austin, but you can sense it. korea is just a few kilometers across the water behind me. now, since russia illegally annexed the peninsula in 2014, it's estimated that as many as 140000 ukrainians have left. many of them ethnic
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crimean tosses. who say they fled persecution in their ancestral land. in the market, no one will talk to us on camera about their support for russia. but this lady said she felt great affiliation in the country. it's language and culture. if people chose climbing it to be part of russia, you said 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 did not receive the speech when russia annex crime made between 10 to 40000 tortoise fled because of political and religious pressure on the lack of freedom of speech. and that they left behind their homes and property and i've had to start life again on the summer, not only taught us, but all ukrainians live in perpetual uncertainty. everyone is talking about
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potential war. as ema says she isn't strong enough to visit family who still live in crimea and she fears for both ukrainians and russians. if a solution to the crisis between the 2 countries isn't found. charles robert al jazeera novel, alexander, southern ukraine. in other words, new z u. n. secretary general is wanting life in afghanistan is becoming a froze in hell. antonio terry 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 and diplomatic edit, again, speeds reports on the united nations with more than half of the afghan population suffering from what the un calls extreme levels of hunger, the secretary general antonio gutierrez again, sounded the alarm. 6 months after that they covered by the taliban. afghanistan
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is hanging by a threads for afghans daily life has become a frozen hell. one of afghanistan's best known women's rights campaigners who still lives in cobbled came to new york to address the security council. after 20 years of tasting freedom. one kink studying playing sports, performing music. it has taken less than 6 months to completely dismantle the rights of the women and girls across the country. her account was backed by the un special representative inside afghanistan. deborah lawn said a number of women activists had recently been abducted and then it 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. i'm intimidation. andrew deterioration in respect for human rights. yes. suggest that the consolidation of government authority may be leading
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toward control of the population by fear rather than by understanding and responding to its needs. the meeting was presided over by norway's prime minister eunice gas stora. his government flew a 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. i've gone this on the going, it's going to sink fall in a tremendous humanitarian. the saucer, most of afghanistan's reserves remain frozen, but the un wants to change that without renewed liquidity in the afghan economy. as a risk, the die humanitarian situation becomes a country wide famine. or the other hand, some nation still worry about rewarding the taliban when the human rights situation
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in particular, the treatment of women seems to be getting worse. not better. james bayes al jazeera of the united nations. kurdish forces in northern syria say they've regained control of a prison following a week long assault by i sell fighters around 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in iso attempt to free their comrades. a battle force 45000 people from their homes in the city of hatha, they charity, saved the children fair. some of those being detained in the prison were used as human shields. the when special envoy for syria get peterson says he's worried about the resurgence of i. so he says there needs to be international cooperation to have her voice disaster. if we continue to see that the political crisis is serious, not sorted out. if we continue to see a division of territory like we are saying, no with difference of or it is with the economy collapsing. with more than 14000000
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people in need of humanitarian assistance. and acosta, that are people living in the northeast living in northwest living and the government control. and we sort of win, no hope for the future. this, this is a recipe for continued dis austin, lebanon now in power shortages and electricity blackouts are all too common. they're 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 syrian government as in how to report from the root, the power supply 1st has to cross serious territories. 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 cleaned up. states that we are talking about you, that we would modest assessment has suffered over the last year,
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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 root 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 those relationships to policy. i think there are 2 main reasons. first is to to balance or to with the gate level on dependence on, on iraq, for energy,
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especially after has bowler importer and sure from your own last year. and 2nd is to maintain your us influence 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 the united is 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 or 40 of we the syrian government support all phases of arab normalization on cooperation . power outages are lasting, 22 hours a day in a country that's nearly bankrupt and can't buy fuel. and we're politicians refuse
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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. still ahead on al jazeera, i once booming industry faces troubled waters. demons, fishermen say the ongoing war makes it too dangerous to go to sea and cleaning up before the water returns. we meet some of these asian families with no option but to live in the path of persistent flights. ah ah, look forward to brighter skies. with sponsored boy cutaways, i went to clearly hasn't finished, but the temperatures in the southern go for come back up to where they should be slightly above normal in places, in fact,
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in sure as 6 degrees above normal. but given that winter is not far away, the band to come down again. winter proper is still with this cold wind running in through israel, for example. and jordan was temperatures low, single figures here. the cold wind wind picking up the dust or the sand in iraq and eventually that will change things for the south. as for the cold that's come across from turkey, it does go through iran and eventually through no last cast and the size of that. it remains pretty warm, for example, 8 above normal in the size of around southeast of iran. but we do set up with the code as has been the case, the last 2 or 3 ways. briefly, pretty strong wind down to the gulf, which means doe house 21 will feel a bit colder than that. not an extremely strong will not light last friday. i have to say, and i'm saturdays week anyway, but the sun's back out in, for example, be root. we should look for the south as you know, the remains of this tropical circulation anna a now over the ok of anger down too much. probably good news, huge amount rate of all here,
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but it's left behind flooding in malawi and to bar way. it has the right hasn't stopped that flooding, could be enhanced. i'm afraid. oh, with sponsored by cassandra, always chilling the debate. they erased her, of like people from the american and global story was very powerful on an online, at your voice. the comment section is right here. join our conversation, we had all protected when everyone is protected. it is more probably being nationalistic about this. you just look at it in a very different way. say that perspective men and mid meeting each other and they don't have any solution. let me put it clear for you this dream on al jazeera lou. ah,
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welcome back. you're watching al jazeera alive from doha. a reminder of our top stories. the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands about ukraine. they've rejected russia's call to permanently ban ukraine from joining the security lines. you want to secretary general says life in afghanistan has become a frozen hel. antonio terrace, warned c. humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by threads with education and other social services. on the brink of collapse and kurdish forces in northern syria say they've regained control of a prison after a week long assault by iso fighters around 200 inmates in 2007 kurdish fighters were killed in iso attempt to free their comrades a u. s. media report, se supreme court justice steven briars set to retired the end of the course current term, the $83.00 o 3 time it will give president joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate
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a new judge to the countries highest judicial body. hydro castro has more 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 republics is judges as politicians and robes, its confidence 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 or other bring. born in 1938 in san francisco, writer grew up in a middle class. jewish family. he said his upbringing helped develop the pragmatism that later shaped his legal views. i stephen drive, 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
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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 ry are questioned, the legality of the death penalty and drafted one of the rulings of holding
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obamacare. his retirement now sets up a political battle to name a replacement. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. the u. s. a. federal reserve says it will raise interest rates for the 1st time in 3 years. they were slashed to near 0 at the beginning of the pandemic. interest rates were widely expected to stop moving up in march in an attempt to fight rising inflation in the u. s. at all reserve change your own power 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 or 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. south korea's military says, north korea has fi to project ties believe to be ballistic. miss ives,
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it will launch from the coastal city of ham, hong in to the see if they are ballistic missiles, it'll be the 5th launch this year. the u. n. says young young is in violation of security council resolutions. the military co booking of fossil is due to be discussed at an emergency meeting of a class leaders on friday. the regional west african organization has already condemned mondays take over the un and us are demanding the immediate release of president roc caberry. nicholas hockey for some walker to lou. it's in this upscale neighborhood in walker. do that president hawk? monica boyes being held under house arrest? this near by the presidential palace just behind me. it's now in the hands of special for says 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, in walker. do go where earlier. the head of the military judah, lieutenant colonel,
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all he, po amoeba, met with the former government of hawk mac camper. it essentially is trying to create some sort of government of national unity to gain some sort of legitimacy. the fears, sanction from the west african body echo off the heads of states of west africa are going to meet in ivory coast on friday, but also sanctions brown from the u. n. or the something that this country cannot afford. there are still a tax happening in the north, in the east, from arm groups linked to al qaeda and iso. and while earlier, during the week, thousands of people took to the streets. it was less of a celebration for the end of cupboards regime. it was a celebration for hopes that this new leadership may be able to bring purity to this country. we met with one of the organizers of this march, and this is what he had to say. what is you, what i'm pulling up, the new regime needs to save bull kinda upset of what good to group people ask yet when stability we have more than 2000000 people. displeased did need to be able to
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go home for 2000 have been killed. i'm would need to regain control of our country and brought us in 2015000 people storm. this road behind me leading to the presidential powers and not marked the return of democracy 6 years ago. people now hope that with this new regime, there was democratic achievements will not be quash for the military though many soldiers of the front line a hope that they will be better equipped to deal with the threats of arm groups link to al qaeda in iso, they will have food rations, night goggles and weapons so that they can protect this country from further attacks. tropical storm anna has killed at least 12 people in cars. widespread flooding in malawi and mozambique power is out across large parts of both countries and crops have been decimated. search and rescue operation turned away with dozens of people reported missing and many fear traps. by rising water levels,
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residence in northern indonesia trying to rebuild after flooding earlier this month destroyed their homes. more than 30000 people were displaced after heavy rain. pummeled the region. jessica washington re for some ha, the lot. the and her family have lived in this house in long village in northern a chain for 12 years. it used to belong to her grandmother, but floods have destroyed most of their possessions, including their wedding photos. they are trying to clean up what they can give me when you come up. yeah. what, when the flood stops, sometimes we have to leave at night counting our children bit as like their my lap war than 30000 people across the northern r j were affected by floods in early january. this was new was his home just a few weeks ago. almost completely submerged and not for the 1st time communities in north until experienced flooding every few months. the rain has finally stopped
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and flood waters have receded now as many tried to repair the damaged homes and salvage their possessions. there are also looking for answers. the persistent floods have ruined people's livelihoods. more than half of the rice grown here was spoiled. got it, we're going to get my not onion and be, what can we do? we can leave. this is a home environmental group, say, deforestation has made north of a vulnerable to flooding. as logging on higher ground means water runs downhill and into rivets much faster. millions of heck turns have been cleared to make way for palmer plantations. and many trees have also been lost to illegal logging value that he left. we still see plantations popping up using loopholes to acquire new land and hugging. authorities are not to say the situation will improve when a new reservoir is complete. get that money back down to the roof. we asked the
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government for a reservoir to contain the water. we can't stop people from cutting trees in the forest because that's how they own a living. life for here say the government wants to more to stop logging and help say vulnerable communities. when, when the bike, we don't want the government to come, hey, drink floods and give us instant noodles and rice. we need them to think of solution. we're going to see some say they have lost hope, have nothing man says water took everything from living. that exhausted and overwhelmed these people? no, it's only a matter of time before their homes are flooded. once again, jessica washington to 0. archie, our fishing used to be a booming industry in yemen so much so that it used to be one of the country's main exports. but years of conflict have damage industry. and many fishermen say it's too dangerous and expensive to continue. going to see catherine lopez who diane has
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a story from above, the view appears to show a city unaffected by human civil war. but aiden's coastline tells a different story. one, a fisherman struggling to make ends meet mohammed yoga is one of them. he remembers when thousands of fishing boats have ventured on to the red sea coming back with tuna sardines lobster. now there are fewer fishermen and fewer prospects of divine laura de la la. they are at the price of thought and fisher materials have gone up to fighting an insecure. it is really affecting us economically and american life in general is more difficult about them. i think we talked before the war started, seafood was among humans. topics bulls bought with years of fighting it's ports and processing sites have been destroyed. fishermen had been killed and thousands more
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displaced. will let us be here. yeah. i mean, i know, you know, has that i am, i'll days unpredictability. it all depends on supply and demand. sometimes we buy a good catch from the local fishermen and we make a profit. other days we lose money another. most of humans, 30000000 people need something of humanitarian aid. buying fish has become a luxury. many can't afford. prices have doubled in some areas. so more fishermen are sensing their catch abroad for higher profits. about 500000 people worked in the fishing industry before the war. now it employs less than half with limited fuel. many can't afford higher petrol prices for their boats, and others can't get out of debt. about an mathematician. let's say i didn't, i'm got low math reports of fishermen who are killed at sea aren't made public by of me, but we know some of them got shot because they go into restricted waters and guys
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zones where fishing is off limits because of a conflict with the flea i did but fisherman's see the industry though damaged, is still a vital part of the community and their livelihoods. they hope in time, things would improve for them. and their country concealing physically an al jazeera ah her again, you're watching al jazeera, i remind her of our top stories is sour. the united states and nato have delivered written responses to russia. security demands involving ukraine and have rejected moscow's call to permanently ban ukraine from joining the military alliance. the document was delivered includes concerns of the united states and our allies and partners about russia's actions that undermine security. a principle and pragmatic evaluation of concerns that russia has raised and our own proposals for areas where
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