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it's been dubbed stealth only crohn, and it appears to be even more transmissible. but should we be worried about the new strain of the latest cove at variant and a bridge collapses in pittsburgh hours before a visit by the u. s. president, to highlight his efforts to strengthen the countries infrastructure and in sport, rashana dahl has moved a step closer to make in tennis history as pioneer that has made it to the final bill straight in open. and he's on track record 24th at branson high with hello, welcome to the program. ukraine's president has urged the west not to stir panic over the likelihood of a russian invasion, which he said is damaging his country's economy. despite huge build up of russian

troops, new ukraine, ramirez lensky said he does not consider the situation now. any more tense than before. felicia starting over based and as if we're grateful to the united states for their ongoing support for our sovereignty. but i am the president of ukraine and i'm based here and i think i know the details more than any other. we do understand what the risks are. it's important that the president should know the situation from me, not the intermediaries. we do not see a bigger escalation. yes, the troop numbers have gone up, but i was talking about the same thing in 2021. when there were drills in the russian federation, there was a big build up. we were supported by the us europeans called on russia to pull back . i don't think the situation is more intense than that time in early 2021. there was no such coverage of ukraine at that time. earlier russian president vladimir putin told his french counterpart, he does not want the situation to escalate any further, but he also accused the united states and nato, of ignoring moscow's main security concerns like the alliances expansion. meanwhile,

nato sector, general young stoughton bug warn that russian aggression could take many different forms, such as a cyber attack, attempted coup or sabotage. we have actually decided that not to not an attack in cyberspace configured article 5, and therefore, we are ready to respond. but that can be in cyberspace, but can also be in an older domain algae era. charles stratford begins out coverage now from dawn. bass and east and ukraine, which is controlled by pro russia separatists. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media, both international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much that the ukrainian prison is trying to stamp his all 30 on this crisis mentioning that sir, ukraine would not accept any kind of agreement made solely between the us and russia. he blamed the media for blowing up the situation for inflaming the

situation. seemingly he said that the crisis was no worse than what had happened in 2014 and obviously a time where he was not president. but bear in mind that that was a time when ukraine lost crimea to russian control, indeed lost control of these areas in don barza in easton ukraine. and it seems as if certainly, as i say, the ukranian present very much try to stamp his authority on this crisis. and bear in mind that vladimir zalinski at the moment is suffering some of the worst popularity ratings since he became president more than 2 years ago. he is a man that promised in his election campaign to return control of crimea, and this area of don bass to the ukraine. something that he has thus far failed to do or caught in the middle and they kept fanatic. stand off, are the people living on the front lines as honda until her need reports now from

easton ukraine it's in the villages of eastern ukraine that the impact of the conflict is felt the most. victoria is worried about the long term effect. it could have on her children. girl house is just on the line of contact, hearing gunshots and loud banks has become part of daily life. a difficult situation for a parent, especially when she says this little sign of any help coming new those up. so no house without furniture all this time, the government hasn't provided anything and won't do anything right now. either any of nobody has told us anything goc on what will happen and what should we do for most people here shrugged off the idea of an imminent invasion. saying there have been living with the thread for more than 8 years now. a few 100 kilometer south in multiple life goes on. the port city has seen fierce battles between pro

russian separatist and de ukrainian army. the mural of little melana, who lost all of her family and her left arm in iraq. at that back. a reminder of the suffering this city has been through a few days ago, parliament passed the bill that allows civilians to carry weapons in case of invasion. but sales aren't going up yet. new finding here and happening, there is no panic in 20132014. we were selling a lot of automatic firearms right now, but at the moment there is no such demand. mama and there hasn't been an increased demand for ammunition. people here are resilient and many say they are ready to face any danger. the village is near the front line and now part of the military zone residents are allowed to return here because it's actually fairly safe at the

moment. but we've been driving around and we could barely find anyone. this woman is one of the few people we came across, switching between russian and ukrainian. she tells us life is good. they have water, electricity, and a shop. and she has made her own plans, in case of war, move out of my so be don't one. yep, of of, we built an underground shelter in our own backyard. we'll go there. we don't want to. this is all hedged, didn't a stu visit involved demo zalinski called on people to remain calm and he's blaming. foreign media was spreading panic. ukrainians have learned to rely on themselves carry on with their lives while skidding through the fog of information . where that bill honeyed elder 0 m, eastern ukraine. meanwhile, russia's foreign minister is saying his country does not want war, but it won't allow its interest to be ignored by the west either. sir glover is

expected to meet as you, as count us again in the coming weeks to try and calm. rising tensions dosage of barry has worn out from the russian capital laska. russia's naval strength on full display in the black sea. part of regular drills it carries out throughout the year and in the country. southwest more troops and military hardware are taking part in live fire exercises. but russia has dismiss u. s. warnings. it is about to invade ukraine. use vehicles, alicia authorities, there won't be a war as far as it depends on the russian federation. we don't want to war, but we won't let our interest be rudely traveled on and ignored your thoughts. you're a girl, is kitchen you possibly knew the u. s. has rejected all the russian security proposals for the last 2 or 3 years. now they're putting the same things on the table. in other words, they're borrowing from recent russian initiatives. this is something, at least one of moscow strongest allies, and a neighbor to the north has reiterated its support for russia and says that the 2

countries are only interested in self defense. that would have 20000000 yet. so will there be a war? not yes, there will be, but only in 2 cases, if direct aggression is committed against bell root lowest. if a hot war is a least against our bellows, and the 2nd possibility of war to happen, and for bella is to take part in it is for our ally, the russian federation is directly attacked. if the same aggression is committed against the territory of the russian federation, russia and bell roost are due to begin 10 days of joint military exercises next month. the biggest ever health, but on the streets of moscow, people say it's russia that's been provoked. here the middle school, i mean, i believe america wants to provoke russia by any means. we live decently now in russia. i'm 70 years old and i can see we have never lived better than now. they feel threatened by this and are trying to destabilize us. it all smells or publications really pull ivy in the my half of the people i know are ukranian. i

can't believe there will be war. i can't believe it. it's the conflicts of politicians rather than ordinary people. ukrainians are our relatives of neu, humor for russia. no attack anyone, and it's never going to the only defense. it's the united states who has late in the whole situation because it's profitable for them. president vladimir putin has spoken to his friends counterpart emanuel, my crawl about rushes deep on ease with nato's eastward expansion. so the diplomatic window is still open to avert what could be a disastrous conflict for all sides door, such a bari al jazeera, moscow, or a pentagon is saying that rushes deployment is larger in scale and scope than anything since the cold war, but insist that diplomacy could still walk. conflict is not inevitable. there is still time and space for diplomacy. given the type of forces or raid,

the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if that was on least on ukraine, it would be significant, very significant and it would result in a significant amount of casualties. and you can imagine what that might look like in dense urban areas, along roads and so on and so forth. it would be horrified. it would be terrible and it's not necessary and we think a diplomatic outcome is the way to go here. or you, lia show jerry is director of the frontier europe initiative in the middle east and 600 and a former military adviser to nato. she joins us via skype from washington. so russia has the overwhelming military advantage of the ukraine. how might key of prepare for an assault there yet has been preparing for a while for an assault since 2014,

we've seen now major evolution in terms of their armed forces, their investments into military modernization, into defense and the par ends. but obviously that is not enough in case often new russian invasion. however, key and, and ukraine are not the same as, as 78 years ago. and the messages that we've been seeing over the last few weeks and months have been suggestive off the fact that they are getting ready for any possibility. though their armed forces are limited compared to those of russia. and they have to have the rely on their western partners for military aid to be able to face russian attack from the land, air and sea. precisely. so would they have the capability to deal with the deployment of rockets, ballistic missiles,

pump season ad powered by russia? they have personally there ever been a to, to do so. if you remember, 7 years ago, almost 8 years ago when the russian and page of ukraine and 2014 took place, it took the armed forces by surprise and much of particular dirty. the naval power is the ukranian fleet has been confiscated or affected through through conflict in the black sea ends ever since they have been trying to ramp up the military investments and modernization. but when we look at land forces, they're much more prepared than say, ukrainian air forces and naval forces. so the dependency on age of from partners and allies is even greater right now we've seen over the last few months particular during the united states and the united kingdom stepping up there

military support. we've seen some support over the last few weeks from the baltic countries, as well as from poland, ukraine neighbor, but a lot more is needed in for the ukrainian forces to be able to wear their multifaceted hybrid attack from russian horses. and when you speak about the possibility of a multi faceted attack, might the russians prefer to engage in cyber war warfare, or some form of sabotage pops to try and shift ukraine's political orientation and how might ukrainians handle that. cyber is that as a clear component off a russian hybrid attack and it's likely to be used as an instrument in future possible invasion. we've seen back with cyber attacks off by russian against ukrainian government institutions. over the last few months. we've seen it

several times against ukraine against other countries in the seminars situation, such as georgia, 2008. the invasion off of georgia by russia was the 1st one in such a hybrid form to get there with, with cyber attacks along with military attack. so if we are looking at the likelihood off a russian attack against ukraine, military and non military cyber is very likely to be a component of that, as well as sabotage, as well as this information. and the entire package of what we know is called hybrid warfare. thank you very much. eula shower, joining us back from washington. thank you. you can use our live from london more still tell you about the program became far so is suspended by west africa

main regional blog following this week's military code. at least $88.00 people are dead and tens of thousands of people cut off after tropical storm. anna hits, madagascar, mozambique, and malawi, and in sports and painful moments for players aiming to reach this year's world cup in cattle while action from south american qualify a bit later. ah, aid groups are saying nearly 40 percent of people in if europe is tegra region, a suffering and extreme lack of food, the ones world food program surveyed almost a 1000 families in the region and found 3 quarters using extreme coping strategies . like cutting the number of meals they eat, it says no aid convoys been able to reach her grace since the middle of december fighting started 15 months ago between the ethiopian military and to grind forces

conflict as killed thousands of people and disgrace. millions across northern ethiopia, crisis affected families in northern ethiopia were getting less than 30 percent of their color. it means in the past months, pushing people deeper into crisis is expected that the but constant, humanitarian food assistance will be required at least throughout 2022. or thousands of people, the democratic republic of congo have been displaced by ongoing fighting there between a congolese army and am 23 rebels. this week, people from 6 villages in the east fled the violence with more than 2000 now, living in makeshift shelters on tuesday and 23 fighters targeted a congolese army position in the true killing. more than 20 soldiers, one of more than a $120.00 armed groups, which operate in the east of the country. we're also following developments in between

a fast. so countries been suspended by west african block eco us after the coo on monday, but it stopped short of new sanctions, at least until representatives whole talks with the new military gentle on saturday . nicholas hoc reports now from the capital work a do go on concerns that further unrest could follow. abdur rahman, not his real name, is getting ready to fight for king of fossils icily affiliate in the countries north. he's not a soldier, but a civilian is returned to the capital to gather weapons and equipment for the hundreds of volunteer fighters. he commands, he says muslims in the north are being butchered. burkina faso, security forces are too scared to deal with a threat, leaving it to volunteers, to fight and die on the front line. we are very frustrated with brokenness uneasily the armed groups, apathy equipped dennis to even attack us with rockets. but the amine never comes up to help us me while the military is busy by ticking over the capital instead of protecting us along the bodice lamp gentle leader. but oh eat amoeba is expanding

on a strategy devised by the president. he toppled on monday and that's equipping civilians to fight armed groups after 2 weeks of training provided by the army, villagers are supplied with basic weapons and ammunitions. that's because al qaeda in iceland, villiad groups have shifted their focus from attacks on security forces to villagers, and thus forcing millions to flee their homes, leaving large swath of land in the hands of arm groups on the outskirts of the capital neighborhoods. already crushed by poverty or taking those displaced by the fighting children have no access to schools or medical facility. they received no help from the government or aid agencies. both there was this placed and there was hosting them share this only well, but to access this water, they have to pay almost a dollar for a couple of these jerrick ins. there's a sense for many here that the state has abandoned them and hope that perhaps their

circumstances will change with this new leadership in charge of the country. in his 1st address to the nation, gentle leader beat the drum of war, appearing more like a commander in chief than head of state promising security and break from the past . he's also called on the support of the international community. but during an emergency meeting of the west african body echoes heads of state suspended, burkina faso. as a member state, the region is marked by military takeovers and facing growing insecurity, imbecile recited my guy, member of parliament for the country. so hell, region piece will come up with more weapons, but through dialogue, we know those that are taking us often is her sons or family members. there are local people influenced by outsiders. we have to engage into dialogue and alleviating poverty. is a key factor here. for abdur rahman, the people of this a hell have been forgotten left to fight the shout over war. they cannot win alone

. nicholas hall, gallenger's iraq walker, do the number of people killed by a storm that struck 3 southern african countries. this week has risen to at least 88. so mana made landfall in madagascar and moved through mozambique and malawi, bringing torrential rain full merchants. he teams are racing now to pat damaged infrastructure and help thousands of displaced people as and now this storm had towards the continence east coast. stephanie decker reports. days of the heavy rains of drowned out these villages. the power of mother nature more clear from the air on the ground. tens of thousands of people here in malawi, have been affected. many now homeless that i cannot neither am i wait a moment. we've had floss previously, but they've never reached here. yes, monta river could overflow, but the people living near it were the only once effected but not asked, living in hilly places. it is only this year that waters have displaced us. oh,

some aid is getting through, but the flood waters mean it's still hard to reach remote areas. this flood, sa, unprecedented. that's what we're hearing from those that i've been in to wire for all. ah, no money, flat areas where the no money to chris. but this time with anna, oh, most professor, this to the district has been here. heavy rains of hit southern africa for around a week. now. it's not just malawi, mozambique has been hit hard to caught on camera by one of the rescue workers. this man had climbed up a tree to escape the fast rising waters and did madagascar flooding his course, electricity cuts across wide areas. thousands displaced here too. and on 5th thoughts on lay, a house is flooded with water. it was flooded twice. we were already flat at the

other time, but we stayed there. but this time we had to leave because all the mattresses awake and our baby got sick. authorities in our rushing to repair broken infrastructure and help the 10s of thousands of displaced across these 3 countries. with, while weather reports predict, there could be more heavy rains to come. stephanie decker, al jazeera, russia recorded almost a 1000000 excess deaths between the start of the current of ours pandemic, and the end of 2021 countries. official number of covered 19 deaths past 700001 friday. but some experts say calculating excess deaths is the best way to assess the true impact of pandemic coding. the moscow times usher has had around 995000 since march 2020 daily cove cases continue to hit new records with more than 98000 recorded on friday. well, australia or a self, its deadly stave the pandemic with 98 deaths reported on friday. but several large

states say they expect hospital admissions to decline as case numbers dropped from spreading on the con very did drive up infections of the past 2 months with around 2000000 cases recorded the double vaccination ration. australia is high and the government is expanded eligibility for boosted doses as well. what scientists and health experts have expressed concern over a new some type of covered 19 on the kron at be a point to which is being dumped stuff on the chrome has now been detected in 40 countries. cases of the new strain arising in the u. k. sweden, india, and the u. s. experts studies are ongoing, but it appears to be even more transmissible than the original original on the constrain. dr. richard lascelles is an infectious disease specialist at quite zulu natal research. he joins us live from durban, by skype,

being called the stealth variance. but would you, would you say that's an accurate description? know that it was always a misleading name that was given back in kind of december. and it's misleading because actually it was the by the p. c r testing that's done to diagnose this, this virus infection. and the fact that the be a dot one which is kind of the main, or mac kron that spread very much inside africa. that we could pick that up by the p c r testing by the signal that it didn't detect one of the genes. whereas the b a dot to detect all of the genes on that pcr test. so it's actually better detected. so stealth variant was all, was a very strange name for it. it doesn't go undetected. it's picked up by the, by all the normal tests that we used to diagnosis fires. so it can be detected.

but there are small variations that set it apart from the original on the con, on record strain. but from what i understand, not enough of the difference for it to be an entire entirely new lineage, as he puts it. well it, well it is a separate lineage, but it's all part. it's all the same all mccrendon vegas. so when, when we and our colleagues in botswana described on me, crohn back at the end of november, we already saw that there were these 3 kind of sr lineages. so they looked genetically similar, and they looked like they, they'd originated from the same virus some time ago. but as you said, there were some subtle differences in the genetic profile, so they weren't exactly the see. and what we're seeing now is just that over time, as this fire is spread around the world and,

and it's causing large number of infections in different countries. we're seeing that the kind of distribution of, of these 3 lineages has changed a bit. and it's really the b a dot one and to the be a dot 3 really hasn't taken off anywhere in particular. but as you say, you're seeing this be a dot to cause more infections in some countries, when it does seem that it, that it may have some fitness advantage over the top one. right? so how much of a threat is b a to and is there enough information to establish whether is much more contagious? i mean, i mean, in itself, this did that, the fundamentals haven't changed. so we have some good preliminary data from the u . k. this week that the protection from the vaccines is very similar against b dot one and b dot 2. and so the fundamentals of what we need to

do have not changed. um, there may be some subtle differences and there may be something about this that, that makes it slightly better it, but infecting people and passing from person to person. but ultimately, we know what we need to do to protect people on to protect populations. thank you very much for joining us there from dub and dr. richard herself. thank you much. we'll still had for you on the news. allan will look at why london police want references to downing street locked down gatherings limited in the inquirer port on the posse gaze scandal. also this bitter attack to prevent people from learning the history. we looked at the great battle to banned books in the united states. and then in school we look ahead to the quarter finals of the africa

cup of nations, while the latest from cameron actually ah hello there, we've got some rather severe winter, whether that's going to affect parts of europe this weekend. in particular, northern areas you can see the area of low pressure that's moved away from iceland pulled across in a we can see in that's going to bring a wind to storm to scandinavia. if we take a closer look at that, we are going to see those conditions affect northern parts of island and britain with severe gales expected in scotland, snow on the highlands and rain. but for the south of this is looking a lot more settled. we will cease warms, come back into london on saturday, but as i said, it's going to be scandinavia that bears the brunt of at winter storm. we see. heavy snow is what is blizzard like conditions that went to wave is going to sweep across

the baltic states by the time we get into sunday with poland, seeing some heavy snow as well. but it's really gonna be finn and that sees the heaviest falls and it's going to knock the temperature right down in helsinki. we have a look by the time we get some monday, it is going to be rather bitterly cold. but now to the south of this, we are still seems more wet and windy weather sweep across adriatic towards greece and turkey. so snow here and quite a bit of rain, but to the west of that, it is looking a lot fine and dryer with lots of sunshine for spain and portugal. ah, counting the cost of rough style of the year after bull run is that our sentiment in stock market here to stay very price is our assets kenya high, where the cost of cooking become even more affordable. and nigeria is petroleum minister on reforming the nations oil sector counseling the cough on al jazeera,

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come back and look at the main stories. now. ukraine's president is the west not to panic of russian invasion. despite his build up of troops near the border, us defense secretary says, an incursion would be united in a tow against russia. meanwhile, russia's president thing, he doesn't want to escalate the situation further, but also accused the us and nato, of ignoring his concerns about the alliances eastwood expansion and patina. franco has been suspended by the west african block, co wise, after the coo on monday, but stopped short of new sanctions, at least, until talks take place with the new military gentle on saturday. now, the u. n. is urging needs national community depression the most military agenda over the campaign of violence against its own people. it says citizens of described the regime of torture, attacks, arbitrary arrest, sham trials,

and intimidation. there are also reports of so called clearance operations where the villages a targeted and the use of heavy weaponry populated areas, at least one and a half 1000 people or knows who have been killed in the past year. but the one says the wheel number is likely much higher for an urgent, renewed effort to restore human rights and democracy in mamma, and ensure the perpetrators of systemic human rights violations and abuses are held to account. as long as impunity prevails. stability in myanmar will be a fiction. accountability of the military remains crucial to any solution going forward. china resign you and human rights chief is welcome to visit in jan province, but only after the beijing olympics next month. rights groups accuse china white scale abuse of weak muslims in the region, including math, detention, torture, and 4th labor. china denies the allegations and says new and has been invited to visit the region for a long time. but it's requested that michelle ashley is office, does not publish

a report on its findings. a shrunken lawyer who's been detained for the past 21 months in a widely criticized case has been denied, baled a judge as below was arrested on claims of aiding and abetting. the 2019 east of bombings, but was charged 10 months later with fostering hate speech. he denies these charges from patel. m manella fernandez reports now. he jones his beula, arrived at the high court in the town of put them on friday hoping to be released on bail. the sheila can lawyer has been in detention since police arrested him in april 2020, vaguely. and then it was because he hit the easter sunday bombers who caused this carnage in 2019 killing 270 people. but almost a year later, his below was formerly charged with inciting, communal disharmony under the prevention of terrorism act. for a lecture he allegedly gave at this medusa oil la mc school. you don't even know

what you're fighting against and you don't even know what's going to happen tomorrow. so there was always uncertainty and everything. and i think that was the hardest part of it. and the last 21 months have been difficult. mom found out she was pregnant with their 1st child. after her husband was detained. to day she heard, he wasn't coming home despite local and international criticism of the case against the judge, his viola, and mounting pressure for his release. he's back in, raymond, the high court judge maintained she did not have the authority to give bail to tara suspect. his bull as legal team applied for bill based on government lawyers saying they wouldn't object, but in the be, dear, is it a lot? there are provisions to do bill village, a conference by the shoot guns when a trailer started. and in this situation

a child has started and then does lack of legal operations. your bill when the trial started, the trial based on testimony of a former student at the dresser began on friday. the now 18 year old senior and the orange shirt told the court that his bullet had told him about muslims in palestine being attacked. his belie and his family have denied the charges, saying the case is abrogated. it was a clear, very, very clear message to to anyone who wants to defend minority rain or defend muslim rights. that this is how you're going to be treated, that this is what we can do to you. but it's not silence tis we'll learn. and let's keep fighting till he does come home. he's daughter, we'll have to settle for his picture on a foreign menendez just 0 hoodlum. french far. i

present joyful marine la pens, campaign has suffered a blow off her own me said her rival is a better candidate. mario marshall told french media that our exam moore has been found guilty of hate speech has a better strategy. he currently lives for an opinion polls behind the pen and 2nd, or 3rd and most pulse of right and far right. candidates to e. lawmakers from the penn national rally policy of already switch sides to bags in the or whoever secures the tops off is likely to face present and manual mark on an april ballot. it looks for a 2nd time in office. british police say they've been sent a copy of the top civil servants report into alleged locked down parties at the official home of prime minister boris johnson. detectives of face criticism for causing the report to be delayed with johnson facing mounting attacks from both in, within and outside. his party. being reported that britain's prime minister might receive a redacted copy of the reports in the coming hours or days live now to worry challenges

outside number 10, downing street. any information about when to graze reports is likely to be published. we are already being told that it is likely to be shortly. now, whether that means coming hours or coming days, we don't know. but i think boris johnson's many critics and political enemies, the only outcome that would have satisfied them is for su, gray to essentially have ignored the police completely and swiftly publish in full her report and be damned. but that was never going to happen. she, the seasons and senior civil servants, so she had 2 options ready. she could either wait until the police had finished their investigation and then publish or do exactly as they have requested and publish a redacted edited version. and that is what's going to happen,

as i said shortly, coming hours coming days, we don't know yet. now they're all going to be many people within the opposition parties who are unhappy with this. they are, some of them have been muttering darkly that even if this isn't a stitch up between downing street and the metropolitan police, it sure smells like one. they want to see the full report as quickly as possible. will this be enough to stave off to dissuade boris johnson's angry, disgruntled, m. p. 's, circling around him with sharp and daggers? metaphorically. of course. well, we don't know yet. we're going to have to see when this redacted version comes out, who is satisfied, and how much every saga needs a good cliffhanger. and the system. this is certainly one of those. and the police have been trying to clear up some of the confusion they've caused. yes,

because this is a very unusual step. so they took the weight into this having had a position not so long ago where they would say that there wasn't enough evidence. and they wouldn't, he wouldn't bother with looking into infringement. so suppose it infringements of coven regulations retroactively? well, they've changed that position. they are investigating. and they caused considerable confusion early on in the day the language that they used in the method in which they intervenes in to, to graze report and the publication of it the language they used to particular words prejudiced. they didn't want to graze reports to be prejudicing the investigation that raised eyebrows because it suggested perhaps the some that they might have evidence of things that were more serious than, than the kind of the civil infringements really of going against code regulations.

that's pretty minor stuff, whether they have evidence of perhaps the, the covering up of a crime. well, they've suggested they don't, that that's not what they look into. they are just looking into the infringements or otherwise of the coven regulations. but this is not really about the severity or not of the, of the kinds of regulations in the parties or whatever the contravention of those codes. this is always been about trust and whether or not the politicians who set the rules are abiding by those rules. whether or not they do what we do as a population, whether they make the sacrifices that we make as well. and that is a question that's still hanging flooring. thanks very much. us president is in the city of pittsburgh setting his plans to spend a trillion dollars on infrastructure. the scale of this challenge was made clear

just hours before he arrived, when several people were injured off for a snow covered bridge in this says he collapse joe biden. says other aging bridges and highways across the country, the massive investment. gabriel alexander has more a snow covered bridge buckles in collapses on friday morning and pittsburgh, several cars and buses were on the bridge at the time when people suffered minor injuries in an ironic twist. just hours later, president joe biden comes to see it 1st hand. he's on his way to deliver a speech nearby. remarkably about america's crumbling infrastructure. i've been saying for years, we have to do something about this. i've talked about it every time i've come to pittsburgh. and we finally got it done, a bi partisan infrastructure law, including a large investment and our nation is bridges sense the it says the eyes in our put together the interstate highway system. eye witnesses say the bridge collapse could

have been a lot worse if this had happened 15 to 20 minutes later. you are the fat spoken parts of the workers. so the timing of this in terms of happening when it was very fortuitous. the bridge was built nearly a half century ago, like dozens across the city of pittsburgh. the federal government rated it in poor condition back in 2011. and more than 3 years ago this twitter user highlighted its corroded steel beams. it's unclear if it had ever been fixed, but it's not just in pittsburgh all over america. infrastructure is in disrepair, and that's why last year congress passed and president joe biden signed in the war . a $1.00 trillion dollar infrastructure plan to rebuild everything, including railroad lines, airports, tunnels, roads, and yes, bridges by his using the bridge claps to champion the urgency of his hard thought

infrastructure efforts. according to the american society of civil engineers in the u. s. there are 617000 bridges. 42 percent are over 50 years old, and 46000 bridges in the us are structurally deficient on friday. the problems with bridges abundantly clear for everyone to see gabriel sancho al jazeera, new york that's at the hands of police and mass protest, the focus minds about the role of race in today's united states. but schools and libraries say they're facing unprecedented, unprecedented campaigns to ban books. parents are objecting to titles, they claim so division, and then juice, distress, and white students shabbos hands. he explains now for washington. a battle is waging at school boards across the united states. i'm sure we've got hundreds of

people out there that would like to see those books before we burnham books deemed to be sewing division in the classroom by republican control boards. a being reviewed by authorities sama being removed from the shelves. i don't know that any advocate has been working on ah, tracking or paying attention to the freedom to read. can recall the time when the same book was removed or targeted with such vitriol and haste. in so many places all over the country at once. and then the involvement of politicians, state legislators, governors. this is categorically differently. this is next level. we're gonna embrace our parents, not ignore them. the issue was key to the republicans re taking of the governorship of virginia for the 1st time in 11 years, even after donald trump's popularity had slumped their last november. this was one of the adverts used by the victorious campaign, and my son showed me his reading assignment,

my heart song. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. and that is referring to beloved by the nobel prize winning with attorney morrison. and the count of american slavery that does contain some explicit scenes. her son would have been 17 or 18 of the time of his assignment. it's all part of a wider cultural war against c, r t or critical race theory, and academic discipline, using law class and gender, to analyze racism in america, country to the claims of right wing politicians though it is not taught at school, but at universities, we're trying but some argue that discussing race at all, either in the school classroom or anywhere else is itself a form of racism. nobody wants this crap. okay, this is an elite driven phenomenon. abram eggs can these book stamps was the 2nd most targeted book for bouncing in the u. s. in 2020 a. co to the american library association of traces,

the current mood of censorship to a backlash against the black lives matter protests of 2020 more people, particularly more, more white americans seeking to understand the history and the, and really the presence of you know, racism, the history of all the different groups that have formulated this country, then you had this bitter attack to prevent people from learning their history from understanding the history from seeking to understand how it was that george floyd was, was murdered in such a good way. but the range of books being talked had go way beyond those analyzing race in u. s. society. the selection suggests hostility to any consideration of gender sexual identity, reproductive rank. so in this case, just a simple acknowledgement that 3 african american women were crucial to nasa in the sixty's. in fact, many of the list circulating objectional books have not originated locally from concerned parents, but have been compiled by groups funded by national republican party donors. it's

pretty clear that one side of the political spectrum believes is a winning political issue and issue the republicans will mobilize the suburban white electric ahead of the upcoming mid term elections. she ever chancey al jazeera washington. now sick man, accused of a multi $1000000.00 jewel heist at a museum in dresden, have appeared in court. defendant's age between 22 and 27. have been charged with aggravated gang fast and serious, austin. they are suspected of breaking into the green vault museum in 2019 and ceiling $21.00 pieces of jewelry was $126000000.00. the whereabouts the treasury still unknown to have for you on the program. australian astronomers discover what they've described as a spooky phenomenon in space. and i'm . 7 with the world number 2 loses as cool,

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a whole ah ah, astronomers in australia discovered a celestial objects they describe as it's spooky. and unlike anything they've seen before. mysterious phenomenon releases a huge burst of energy like clockwork, every 18 minutes and 18 seconds are such as say that they have been similar to discoveries made in the past, but nothing of this frequency. and in space times they say it's quite close. just

4000 light years away. suns him out with the sport. thank you very much. marian wahl cameron's sports minister says that the fatal crash outside the stadium at the africa couple of nations was caused by a reckless decision to open a permit to a gate. 8 people died the at the end, the stadium on monday, ahead of cumberland game against morris. the minister said stadium more because had been overwhelmed by search of people outside the venue. stadium is due to host a semi final and the final of the torment. post nation cameron are now preparing for their call to final, i guess at a time and a gambia and delilah got yet knocked out guinea to advance. also on saturday, burkina faso take on tennis. yeah. and then on sunday, 7 time champions, egypt face morocco and synagogue are up against equatorial guinea. would been

speaking to football. jen this to asha co mokesha. she believes there's plenty of potential for shock results in the last 8. it's been so many surprises. that's why at this point in its own home and we don't have my, i'll do what the defending champion gotten, been exciting like that's the gumby or the lowest run. this is going to make 150, but do not, you know, doubt them. they can do anything, they have nothing to lose in this one. they've been promised each player $20000.00 if they can defeat cameron. that's a good motivation. so them full camera, obviously to have been sent a bowl because he's the current leading or at the one i met with 6 goes and also took it can be with another 3. so that's enough quiet power to sort of, you know, get the job done, looking good, if not last, at home in about 34 years. that's a good record. if you look at it that way, however, the books are not, you know,

hope that the african since 1972. so it should be interesting, you know, for camera to go all the way more looking, also very solid, but they have the test to beat the 7 time champions, egypt, and that we can be. but then ago, you know, grinding the results in their side, your mind that is a doubtful that here on the lions. but they should also be one of the type of database. at this point. the in south america woke up called fire brazil already booked a spot and cut our held to a drawl by ecuador undertaken early brazil, or juice of 10 men midway through the 1st half and a giving a red card. after that challenge ecuador finally wore brazil down with felix toys getting the equalizer in the 2nd half. 11 draw means ecuador sit. 3rd in the 10

team group, canada looking good to reach the walk up for the 1st time since 1986, they beat honduras, turn out to say top of the qualifying group for north and central america. the top 3 qualifying qualify automatically for cutter. canada has a full game against the united states. coming up on sunday in tennessee, i found the dies now just one way away from a history making 21st grand slam title is into the finals of the australian open. a spaniard that will be taken on down in medford ever and sundays final and to richardson reports, i found the dell is a step closer to the grand slam title that will not jim ahead on the all time list . the 35 year old had a relatively easy time of it in his australian open, semi final against mateo martini of italy. ned are winning this match in 4 sets to

move in inside of a record breaking 21st grand slam title. this victory come in just a few months after a foot injury came close to ending his career. ah yet of them it's asians with, with the day and with the family about of her what can happen or what going to happen if the things container like this and thinking that maybe in the chance to, to say good bye ah, he'll be taking on world number 2, danielman, the dev in sundays final. the russian was far from happy during his semi, against a font cit surpassing a med that have claiming his greek opponents was receiving encore coaching which is against the rules.

i was hoping to call a method of eventually going on to win the match in $0.04 a small cat. why? why that repre? yeah. well, when i was the i see, i mean you guys are laughing so i think we can say it was funny, but i was definitely out of or out of my mind african say like this, like i was, i was not controlling myself anymore. about ancient and that's actually why i'm really happy to win because many matches like this. i would go on just to, in all, to, to do mistake. his emotions and the patience of the empire could well be stretched to the limit. again, in that title decided against no doubt. and he richardson algae, 0 fought i made a champion way. mcroy is in content and it to when did to buy desert classic around

of $66.00 and $5.00. they moved mcelroy to within that 4 shots of the lead victory and to buy a 4 pine my how i would see him replace that. don't ram as well. the number one or the american is 8 shots of the pace. and that's how you spell from your hand. you back to mary, i'm in london. all right, santa, thank you very much. now she's one of the story to bring you. the biden family is welcome to new addition to the white house, 2 year old willow. the cat is making herself comfortable in the halls of the president's home. her 1st encounter with the biden's was when she jumped on stage while chill biden was campaigning in pennsylvania. during the 2020 presidential elections, willow joins commander a german shepherd poppy the biden's got in december. that's the news, al. but i'll be back in a couple of minutes with another full burleson for you. round up the days top stories coming up very shortly. we'll see you in a bit ah

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