practice and that the events at the border would be investigated revealing eco friendly solutions to come back. threats to our planet on al jazeera, ah, the u. s. n. ne, to deliver their written responses to moscow as security demands, as he is role of a russian invasion of ukraine. and we report from southern ukraine way crimean, taught as leaving uncertainty years off to russia on extension. ah, this is al jazeera life from doha. i'm fully vegetable also coming up for guns daily. life has become the frozen hell a dire un assessment of the situation in afghanistan way vital services,

half collapse. and the british foreign minister says he has no intention of stepping down despite revelations of possible lockdown violations. ah, the united states and nato have delivery of written response to moscow security demands over ukraine. they rejected russia's call to permanently ban a ukraine from joining the military lines. the u. s. u. s. secretary of state says the letter lays out a clear diplomatic path for moscow. as concern in the west, grows away possible russian invasion of ukraine. crossing jordan reports from washington. on wednesday night, the u. s. ambassador to russia, john solomon hand delivered the american response to russia's demands were increased security guarantees. amid it stand off with the west for 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 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 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 kill, including defensive weapons. unity among western nations though has not been complete. i'm for glad 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 po, 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 of there's been no immediate response from moscow to the u. s . and natal. but earlier russia's foreign minister warned off switch retaliation and less confessions are made. if you, when you're good, 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 taught, has her fled since russia annexed the peninsula 8 years ago. but now many are afraid that a conflict between russia and ukraine would force them to move again. cha, stratford, re for some southern ukraine. volunteers load coal to give pension is struggling to stay warm and 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 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 take 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 190000 soldiers were deported for crimea during stallings purges of his opponents. and 944 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 or put them round 8 percent of this town have corrosion of use ever show. there is no open animosity between austin, but you can sense it. climbing is just a few kilometers across the water. behind me. now, 6, russia illegally annexed the peninsular in 2014. it's estimated that as many as 140000 ukrainians of left, many of them ethnic crimean salters 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, its language and culture. if people chose climbing to be part of russia, you said you live, then let them be. the mosque was built in 2002 for the tartar community all inside 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 antics crime made between 10 to 40000 tortoise fled because the political and religious prussia on the lack of freedom of speech and that they left behind their homes and property. and i had to start life again on the summer, not only taught us, but all ukrainians live in perpetual uncertainty. every one is talking about 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 is found. charles methodologies,

era novel, alex's sub ukraine. the un secretary general is wanting life in afghanistan is becoming a frozen hell. antonia the terrorist says, an ongoing humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by a thread. food is scarce and education in other social services are close to collapse. or diplomatic editor jane spades reports from the united nations. with more than half of the afghan population suffering from what the un calls extreme levels of hunger, the secretary general antonia could terrace again sounded the alarm. 6 months after that take over by the taliban. afghanistan 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 cobble 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 environments of intimidation. and deterioration in 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 all search, most of us got stones reserves remain frozen, but the un wants to change that without renewed liquidity. in the african economy, there's 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 kurdish forces in northern syria see the regain control of a prison following

a week long assault by iso fighters. about 200 inmates and 27 kurdish fighters were killed in eyesore attempt to free members. the battle force 45000 people from their homes in the city of africa. the charities save the children, say some of those hound in the prison were used as human shields. the un special envoy for syria peterson says he's concerned about the resurgence of i, so he says it needs to be international corporation to avoid disaster. if we continue to see that the political crisis has 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 people in neither humanitarian assistance and kosta 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 off them. us media report say supreme court justice

steven bryan is set to retire at the end of the course current term. the 83 year old retirement will give us 1st joe biden, his 1st chance to nominate a new judge to the country's highest judicial body. how usual, castro reports supreme court justice stephen briar had long bring. jack did, 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 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 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. 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 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 to 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 obamacare. his retirement now sets up a political battle to name a replacement. heidi joe castro al jazeera washington. still ahead on al jazeera you case brains. angel wants a jury trial in the sexual assault allegation, his writing in new york. and why seems like he's in fact we are set to become a thing uh ah, 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 fat. and shiraz, 6 degrees above noble,

but given the winters, not far away, the band to come down again when to proper is still with his cold wind running in through israel, for example. and jordan was temperatures low, single figures here. the cold wind wind picking up the dust, well, the sand in iraq, and eventually that will change things for the same as the cold that's come across from turkey. it does go through iran and eventually through northern afghanistan, both sides 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 cold as has been the case the last 2 or 3 ways. briefly pretty strong wind down from the gulf, which means dough house 21 will feel a bit colder than that. not an extremely strong will not light. last friday i have to say. and on saturday speaking anyway, but the sun's back out in, for example, be route. 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 match rate for

yet, but it's left behind flooding in malawi and to barbie. and as the right hasn't stopped that flooding could be enhanced. i'm afraid. aah! from the al jazeera london protocol center to special guest incumbent nation. when you say a lie, a 1000000 times, it becomes you then can create whatever narrowed if you want on from fed, uninterrupted. i realized i was working for something that was evil, you know, being a part of actually creating that. maria red meat christopher wiley. the death of journalism is only the 1st signal for the death of democracy studio. be unscripted on al jazeera lou.

ah, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera, the united states, and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands by ukraine. they have rejected russia's call to permanently ban kia from joining the military alliance. the un secretary general says life in afghanistan has become our frozen hel. antonio terrace, warned. the humanitarian crisis has left the country hanging by a thread with education and other social services close to collapse. and kurdish forces in northern syria as he live, regained control of a prison following a week long assault by iso fighters. about $200.00 inmates and $27.00 kurdish fighters were killed in iceland attempt to freedom memberships. and a military coup in brooklyn or fossil is due to be discussed, any emergency meeting of echo as leaders on friday. the regional west african

organization has already condemned mondays, military take over the u. n. n. us are demanding the immediate release of deposed president rock cavalry. nicholas hock is falling developments from one category. it's in this upscale neighborhood in wonder do that president hawk monica boyes being held under house arrest his 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 walker do go where earlier the head of the military june, lieutenant colonel. oh, he met with the former government of hawking category, essentially trying to create some sort of government of national unity to gain some sort of legitimacy. the fear is sanctioned 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 i still and while earlier, during the week, thousands of people took to the streets. it was less of a celebration for the end of february 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 set 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 abroad is in 2015 thousands of people storm this road behind me, leading to the presidential palace and that mark the return of democracy 60 years ago. people now hope that with this new 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 i feel that they'll have russians, no goggles and weapons, so that they can protect this country from further attacks. molly's transitional government is being urged to allow danish troops to remain in the country after insisting their leave. denmark says its special forces were sent to molly as part of a french lead counterterrorism task force, which is there by invitation. molly's government says it hasn't approved copenhagen's request to deploy troops, norway, portugal and hungary are also waiting for the green lights. edition president abdel font, our c c is meeting leaders in the united ab emery's. it's being seen as a show of support from egypt after last week's attack on abu dhabi by yemen who the rebels, the drone and miss alice strikes, killed 3 civilians. the meetings with the crown prince and immorality military

chief sir, also aimed at shoring a bilateral ties. in the u. s. the federal reserve says it will raise interest rates for the 1st time in 3 years. they were reduced to near 0 at the side of the pandemic. interest rates were widely expected to stop moving up in march to fight rising inflation in the u. s. federal reserve chair jerome pow says getting high inflation under control is vital for 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 it inflation has persistent longer than we on than we thought. and of course, we're prepared to use our tools to assure that higher inflation does not become entrenched britton's friends. andrew seeking a jury trial to clear his name in a sexual assault case is fighting in new york is facing civil. a civil case brought by virginia go free. who says she was sexually assaulted by him 20 years ago. at

the age of 17. he denies the allegations capital elizondo has the latest from the all potentially could go to trial. when would that be? it's anybody's guess at this point, but probably later in the year, not necessarily immediately. would prince andrew have to be present at this trial in new york? not necessarily again because it's just a civil and not criminal case. he would not necessarily physically need to be present, although this is all still details to be worked out in the future. could this is her chances does not go to trial. the answer to that is yes as well. it's not guaranteed at this point. there's certainly still a chance that this could be settled out of court. so that is also another possibility. moving forward in the 11 page filing by prince andrew's lawyers, he does admit that he did 1st meet prince did 1st meet jeffrey epstein in 1999. that's about a year before the allegations of sexual abuse against prince andrew came

r r. r of between 2002002. but beyond that, he denies being a co conspirator to a jeffrey epstein. and he denies all the allegations of any sort of sexual abuse against virginia go free virginia free claims. she was sexually abused by prince andrew on 3 separate occasions once in london, once on jeffrey epstein, private island in the caribbean. and once here in new york, he denies all 3 of those. but clearly, prince andrew's options are dwindling. you can't prime minister boys. johnson has resisted cause to resign in parliament. he refused to comment on an internal investigation into whether his government house gatherings in breach of covered 19 balls laneesa carrying out a separate investigation. nadine baba report from lenders can you provide to us up

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

gray, into a series of gatherings in downing street since the 1st locked down in 2020. so can the prime minister confirmed that he will publish the full su cray report as he receives it? lisa, mister speaker, well, i can tell him is that we've got to leave the report to the independent investigator as he knows. and of course, when i receive it on course, i will do exactly. i want, i said, as part of the report, police officers working here gave evidence that evidence led the metropolitan police to decide they would launch their own investigation into potential breaches of coven laws. any one found guilty could receive a fine, but the mere fact, the prime minister could be interviewed as a suspect, as a layer of embarrassment to widespread public resentment. neetha investigates and proved that he was her breaking the rule than yes, different he was making little visits. dorothy were dying that time below.

following it strictly was differently against the spirits of what we're all trying to do as a nation. yes is broken, the lord and by a speculation mounted about how many conservative impedes might soon be sending in letters to trigger a no confidence voted. johnson's leadership, the foreign secretary was warily defending her boss. on national television. i'm a 100 percent supportive of the prime minister. he has done a great job, whether it's delivering breaks out, whether it's the response the pandemic. there's no doubt the shines. come off or is johnson's image is a man of the people, but it's his colleagues, not the public having to decide right now whether he can come back from this or whether he's become too much of a liability. the dean baba al jazeera, germany is reporting a record, 865000 new cove in 19 infections in the past 24 hours around one and a half 1000000 germans have the virus, the highest total. since the pandemic sorted of experts say new infections driven

by army chron are likely to further increase over the next few weeks. in the netherlands, restaurant theaters, museums, and cinemas are reopening despite a surgeon infections linked to the army con variant. prime minister ma quarter says his responded to what he called great tensions caused by the 6 week locked down. and the protests which follows south koreans are being urged not to be alarmed by another record rise in covey. 19 infections. the health ministry recorded 13000 new cases compared to about 8000 on tuesday. dr. say they expect are the more transmissible only con variant will lead to more cases. but they also say how system is repaired with high vaccination rates and rapid testing. and south korea has announced plans to end bear farming. hundreds of so called moon bears are kept in cages around the country because they are bile and other body parts are used in traditional medicine. but the government says that will become a crime within the next 4 years. alexia ryan has the story gifted tiny

roasting cages, these bears have only ever known captivity. there any sciatic black bears, known as moon, bears for their crescent shaped markings. the bile is used in traditional medicine, merely believe it can cure a range of ailments from hangers to cancer. but under a new plan agreed between being farmers, animal welfare groups and the south korean government keeping caged bears is to become a crime or condemned. it runs on me. the home today is a very precious day declaring an end to bear farming. every one here has a part to play. we'll have to work together to make sure that from january the 1st 2026, the term breeding bear will vanish. commercial be about farming began and south korea in the mounting a seas as a way for poor farmers to increase income welfare advocates. his thought the

practice sang, the bears live in misery. farmers to have pushed the change out. his ear visited came, clung, so in 2013 he said the home grown bare bile market had collapsed with south koreans buying it for less from china or vietnam. he says, well, the plan is a good start. he's not sure it goes far enough. omen federal law and we'll have, we have 4 more years until they'll take over the bears for years. as a long time, the government should provide some support and feeding the bears and maintaining facilities to make sure they're taken care of. about $360.00 days are in captivity and south korea. will we bought using civic funds and put in to care? the environment ministers apologized for not acting suna her single jennifer pogo. he is having, gentlemen, i would like to ask everybody for their cooperation. so that the bears will no longer leave their cages to have their bol extracted, but instead,

to move to sanctuaries, and live out the remainder of their days in a free and safe environment. the 1st of 2 centuries is set to open and 2024. so these bear still have many long days and nights, and cages before the 1st sense of freedom. alex here brian al jazeera ah logan, i'm fully battle with the headlines on al jazeera, the united states and nato have delivered written responses to moscow. security demands over ukraine. they're rejected russia's call to permanently ban ukraine from joining the military allies. the document was 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 for areas.