it is ins, kristen's true colors, pot one on al jazeera. we know what's happening in our region. we know how to get to places that others cannot. if i, as i said, i'm going the way that you tell the story isn't what can make a difference. ah, conflict is not inevitable. the pentagon says there's still room for diplomacy despite the russian troop build up on ukraine's border. ah, hello, i'm darn jordan. this is al jazeera la from dough are also coming up after a year of talks, argentina, the international monetary fund reach a landmark deal on restructuring around $44000000000.00 of debt. west africa main regional block suspends the membership of bikini fast. so often this week's

military coup but stopped short of imposing sanctions. and we looked at why police and london have moved to limit references to lockdown gatherings in downing street and inquiry report on the party gets count. ah, the pentagon says a full scale invasion of ukraine by russia would be a rift, but there still time to avoid war through diplomacy. the u. s. military's top 2 officials had been addressing weeks of rising tensions and eastern europe after russia deployed more than a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine. political, hey, report. with more than 100000 russian troops on ukraine's border, the pentagon says they expect tens of thousands more in the coming weeks. and barbara, at a press conference, the top u. s. military leadership said they didn't think the decision to invade has been made. but warned, it would be her effect if it happened,

given the type of forces that are arrayed, 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 design center, ukrainian president. valdemar zalinski is trying to reassure his people saying we've seen russian build up forces like this before. the warring from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. you're not like this, but this is different. i'm so we'll, we'll continue to monitor very, very closely. but yes, it does feel different. but the by demonstration is under pressure to have the military do more issue sanctions now, and then escalate sand, american and nato soldiers around russia to reinforce we're not giving an inch when it comes to native. the pentagon is ready to send a small contingent of troops to eastern europe. he can order his troops, roy,

he can choose dialogue and diplomacy. whatever he decides. united states will stand with our allies and partners. so fresh and troops move in. russia will pay an immediate economic price, even if that means ukrainians were pay a much heavier, $1.00 in the short term. and patty joins us live now from washington dc parties. our president biden says he'll be deploying a small number of us troops to eastern europe and nato countries in the near term. what more do we know? well we know that he was coming back from a visit to pennsylvania reporters talk to him and he was getting off air force one and they specifically asked, are you going to be sending us troops to the area? and he said, yes, we are going to be doing that in the near term. not very money, but we will be doing that to res. likely. referring to the 8500 us troops that have been put on high alert and they were told that they were likely going to be sent to

basically bolster up. what is nato's quick reaction force? so might be sent to some other countries. poland, or for example, that are worried, they're worried that this is just a 1st move by russia. obviously, ukraine, not part of nato, which is a lot of the reason why this is happening because russia ones guarantees it never will be. but again, the nato countries have a duty that they have to protect each other is attacked. so this is symbolic. it is a tiny, tiny fraction of the u. s. force, but it be sending to the region to send a message. the us president completely believes that he will stand behind nato if it is invoked yet. partly in the us defense secretary lloyd austin insisting that diplomacy is still possible was what was even saying well, what they're the methods they're trying to send is just how absolutely her rick, this could be an, it's been interesting. we've seen over the last couple of weeks, it's really the message from inside the pentagon. we talked to people is really

been shifting. at 1st, they looked at the numbers and they thought, well, that's not enough for proven to take over the entire country of ukraine. perhaps he just wants to go to the east, secure different sections, but it was much different tone way that we heard from both of us secretary of defense and the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. now they're saying as you just heard, that they think he has not only the people but the weaponry, the jets that he could be able to basically march across ukraine. and they're talking about just how difficult of a war that would be. obviously the crate military, much stronger than it was in 2014, but still if you talk to people inside the pentagon, they'll say they are absolutely no match for the russian military. they'll put up a fight though, and what merely was referring to there. we was talking about fighting inside cities . we all know just how incredibly horrible that is not just for civilians but for the military. and so they're talking about a tremendous amount of potential casualties for both sides, the ukrainians and the russians. and so they really in that press conference,

played out a really horrific scenario. and that's why i think you see them end on it by talking about diplomacy saying, look, we don't have to do this. all right, to practical have life or stay in washington dc party. thank you. well, just fight. international affairs. russia is foreign minister says his country does not one war. so a lot of the expected to meet his us counterpart, anthony blink. and again, in the coming weeks. yes, this is alyssa with the risk. 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 trampled on and ignored. she thought you were a girl, is the junior 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 equal ukrainians. living in the border with russia have told out his era they've been living with a threat of invasion for years. how the abdul hamid has been speaking to residents in east in the ukraine and sent off this report?

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 chill. grim real 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 loses up so no household that furniture all this time. the government hasn't provided anything and won't do anything right now. either nobody has told us anything going on, what will happen, and what should we do for most people here shrugged off the idea of an imminent invasion, saying they have been living with the threat 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 the rocket. that, that a reminder of the suffering the city has been through a few days ago, parliament passed a bill that allows civilians to carry weapons in case of invasion. but sales aren't going up yet. the new finding q him up in there is no panic in 2013, and 2014. we were selling a lot of automatic pharmacy for the moment. there is no such demand. 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 frontline and now part of the military zone residents are allowed to return here because it's actually fairly safe at the moment, but would have 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, missouri. nice. oh, good, don't one. yep. of, of, we've built an underground shelter in our own backyard. we'll go there. we don't want to leave. this is our head, didn't a stu? this is in follow demo zalinski called on people to remain calm and he's blaming for it me. jeff was spreading panic. ukrainians have learned to rely on themselves carry on with their lives, while kidding, through the fog of information. but that will hamid ultra 0 in the eastern ukraine . no after year of talks, argentina has reached a deal with the international monetary fund to restructure $44.00 and a half $1000000000.00 of debt. it's a contentious issue with thousands of protesters calling on the government to

suspend re payments saying the country can afford it. monica do not care as mono from brenda's eyes for the government. it's basically a relief. it's it, give it, it gives it some space to breathe because some president, alberto fernandez, this whole debt issue has been something that has been looming over him ever since he took office. this was a debt that was on. it was alone that his predecessor took from the i m f. it was the greatest loan in the i m f, 's history and argentina, frankly, had no way of paying this back. and especially, it was not only was it facing were session, but our is months after president fit amended took off if the coven 19 pandemic started. so there was no way that he could negotiate a deal with the i m f or making any sort of plan. now having said that, will this deal change much?

um, not really because our, the i m f is not asking for major changes on like our privatizing state own companies or making major spending cuts as it might have in other times. now argentine on the other hand is still facing the same problems that it had it, it, it has very high inflation. and also it has, the debt will continue. i mean, all he did is delay the payment a group say nearly 40 percent of people in ethiopia. tig ry region are desperate for food. the u. n. 's world food program surveyed almost a 1000 families. it found 3 quarters of them are taking extreme measures to cope, including eating fewer meals per day. the organization says 8 convoys have been unable to access the region since mid december. due to the conflict with ethiopia, government crisis affected families in northern ethiopia. we're getting less than

30 percent of their caloric needs in the past months. pushing people deeper into crisis is expected that the, that constant humanitarian food assistance will be required at least throughout 2022 by partial breaker. now to sierra, when we come back, it's been done stealth on the chrome and it appears to be more transmissible. but should we be worried about the new strain of the latest cove? it varies. and the book bands in the us being fuel by fears about the teaching of race in schools. warren stay with us. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle airways. hello there. let's have a look at the weather across east asia and from the satellite image. you can see that dense cloud bringing a bit of a wintery and wet mixed to central areas of china as

a heavy snow for wu han. that's going to turn into rain as it pushes its way to the east and to southern areas over the weekend. that was, we had further east, we got snow flurries pulling into northern areas of japan. will see those effect keita and western areas of han shoe. but in the east, it remains rather clear with sunshine in tokyo and it's a similar story from much of the korean peninsula. it's rather clear here. the wet weather is a further south. it's going to edge into shanghai on saturday. but as that cold weather moves further south, we will see the temperature recover. if we look at the 3 day, it's going to be wet on saturday, but we'll settled by monday. we'll see the temperature pick up. but it's a different story of for hong kong. it's going to get west of by the time we get into next week with the temperature dipping down to around the mid teens. now as we move over to south asia, it's weather in the south. we've got some showers pulling into southern areas of india and northern areas of sri lanka. but the further north we go,

the more settled it does get and we will see the temperature pick up in new delhi by the time we get into sunday. oh, the weather, sponsored by katara always in a series of original documentaries, all 0 correspondence explore the stories which had marked their lives and careers. gabriella is on the cover. the tragic story of to reinforce activism, literally kills fighting the devastation brought about by loggers and ranchers. returning to the amazon, gabriel learns how to campaign for sustainable development brought them on a collision course. those sought to profit from the forest destruction. odyssey or correspondence. lou ah,

welcome back. a quick reminder about top stories here. this r u. s. president joe biden says he'll be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe and what he's calling the near term. the pentagon has put around 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on standby, after russian deployed more than a 100000 troops on his border with ukraine. and cranes, president has warned against panic of a possible russian invasion. vladimir lensky says undesired in the west is weighing heavily on the ukrainian economy says, and sees no major change on the ground compared to last year. and after you have talked argentina, has reached a deal with the international monetary fund to restructure $44000000000.00 in debt . president didn't provide any detail, but said the deal would allow access to new funds. now the west african block echoes has a suspended bikini fast as membership falling a coup on monday, but it stopped short of imposing new sanctions. nicholas hawk reports from walker

to abdur rahman, not his real name is getting ready to fight burkina faso is 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 book in this uneasily. the armed groups are better equipped than us. they even attack us with rockets. but the amine never comes up to help us me while the military is busy by ticking over to capital instead of protecting us along the bodies lamp gentle leader. but only demi bow is expanding on a strategy devised by the president. he toppled on monday and that 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 iso affiliate groups have shifted their focus from attacks on security forces to villagers. and that's 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 facilities. they receive no help from the government or aid agencies, both those this place 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. oh, 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 is 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. this a hell for say to my guy, member of parliament for the country. so hell, region piece will come down with more weapons of but through dialogue. we know those that are taking us often. it's 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. levy for abdur rahman, the people of this a how have been forgotten left to fight the shadow of war. they cannot win alone. nicholas hawk al jazeera walker. do rights groups have blamed security forces for the deaths of a number of people during a protest and eastern chad. the demonstration triggered by ethnic fighting, was held in the provincial capital of a betcha on monday. security forces tried to break it up as many as 14 people were

killed, some during violence of funeral. now death at the hands of police and last protests of focus minds about the role of race in the united states. but while some people tried to learn more schools and libraries say that facing unprecedented campaigns to banned books, parents or object into title, they claim, so division and cause distress for white students. chaper times the reform 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. some are being removed from the shelves. i don't know that any advocate who has been working on 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 one. yeah,

and then the involvement of politicians, the state legislature is governors. this is categorically different to this is next level. we're going to embrace our parents not ignore them. the issue is key to the republicans re taking the governorship of virginia for the 1st time in 11 years, even after donald trump. popularity had slumped down last november. this was one of the advert 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. he's referring to beloved by the nobel prize winning with attorney morrison and the count of american slavery. that does contain some explicit scenes. a son would have been 17 or 18 at the time of his assignments. it's all part of a wider cultural war against c. r t or critical race theory, and academic discipline using law class from gender, to analyze racism in america,

country to the claims of right wing politicians though it is not taught at school, but at universities. but somehow, do the discussing race at all either in the school classroom or anywhere else is itself a form of racism. nobody wants this crap. ok, this is an elite driven phenomenon. ex kennedy's book stamped was the 2nd most targeted book for bombing in the u. s. in 2020, according 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, that have formulated this country. then you had this bitter attack to prevent people from learning their history from understanding their history from seeking to understand how it was that george floyd was, was murdered in such

a brutal way. but the range of books being taught should go way beyond those analyzing race in u. s. society. the selection suggests hostility to any consideration of gender sexual identity, reproductive rights, or, in this case, just a simple acknowledgement. the 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 concert 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, an issue the republicans will mobilize the suburban white electric ahead of the upcoming mid term elections. she ever chancey al jazeera washington. so let's bring in jane bogart. she's associate professor of education at fordham university and join us live from new york jane. good to have you with us. so how significant is this apparent censorship against critical race theory and was really being talked

about now? well, i think like dr. kennedy said, the reason that we're talking about it now is because there has been a backlash in large part because of the series of events since 2020. and i think it is quite serious. you know, there's, there's hundreds of school districts that have had some kind of legislation saying that they can't talk about race and racism in the classroom. and, and that's, there's even people getting harassed for even trying to have these conversations with students in classrooms. james or books that have been to so racial divisions in the classroom are being reviewed or even banned in some cases. to think there's a political dimension to this as it appears to be mostly happening in conservative areas in states. well, i think we need to think about even the question. right. so what do we mean by sewing racial division? we've long taught books that ah,

denigrate african americans and other groups. and we've never seen that a sewing racial division. so i, i think that the new piece of it is that there are white people who are saying that they're worried about their children feeling guilty or feeling bad. so, so what impact is all of this, having been on students, black all white to want to debate and read and understand racism in america. surely they have a right to know how laws in the legal system have shaped racism in the country. they absolutely do. and if we want to prepare our children to be able to live in the world and lead and thrive in this pluralistic community that we want to grow up in and we want them to grow up. and then we need to teach them best history. and we need to teach them about how we make this world a more beautiful and better place. just just throwing forward jane. i mean, as the, as the u. s. gives up the election cycle. all we like or do think to see

a much wider culture war against critical race theory and can anything be done to stop the censorship? well, i think one of the things is just making sure that everyone's clear about what critical race theory actually is or isn't critical research. he is not trying to make anyone feel guilty. critical race theory asks us to look at racism as a system. the systemic ways that some people are marginalized and other people are allowed to have advantages. so if we, if we could try to let people know that that's what this theory is arguing, and it's not about anyone being a bad person. then i think we're going to get somewhere. i think this is not new. we had culture worse in the eighty's. we had anti multiculturalism in the ninety's . we've been down this road before. jen bogart's really good to get your thoughts. thank you very much. and dba talking to our 0. thank you. thank you. not british police of asshole critical details to be withheld when an investigation into

lockdown parties of the prime minister's official home was released with public. it's raised concerns the move could prevent the full details of the so called potty get scandal from merging. the bog reports from them rarely have events at number 10 face this much scrutiny. the countries watching, waiting, speculating on the consequences of alleged rule breaking by those in power. yes and piece have been clamoring for a full publication of the internal inquiry into potential breaches of the rules compile by senior civil servant su gray. that this government can be trusted to deliver the results of which, if harmful enough, could lead to the collapse of boys johnson's leadership. but with anticipation at its peak now, london's metropolitan police who stepped in to carry out their own criminal investigation of put the brakes on calling for the report to make minimal reference to the events they are examining. to avoid prejudicing the case. the demand means

the much awaited su gray report will be limited, excluding details of the most serious breaches, including possible errors by the police guarding downing street. i think the met please have got something to answer for hear. this leading lawyer who previously defended wikileaks found a julian a sound. she believes the met police isn't capable of a fair investigation. i think that real question marks around the credibility of the met please investigating their own offices. you didn't prevent crimes and did not report crimes. ah, and i think they have a duty now to bring in an independent place bowls out to look and review what it was that the mat didn't do. so what did happen at number 10? during the pandemic. it's believe that 17 gatherings ranging from cheese and wine events to boozy leaving deuce happened between may 2020 and april 2021 across white hole would see gray looking into many of them. meanwhile,

london's metropolitan police have launched a separate criminal investigation into 8 of the most serious breaches of cove had lockdown rolls. behind the door of the country's most famous address, boris johnson's planning, his next move. all of this means that lie the hands of the newly renovated but not yet working. famous clogged politics in westminster is at a standstill, boris johnson in a perpetual state of high noon. his opponents in a continuous midnight still in the dark about exactly what went on behind the doors of number 10. it also means that any momentum opponents of bars johnson may have gained in recent weeks subsides, giving johnson room to maneuver. it's unclear when the police will conclude their criminal investigation. the results of that could be serious for johnson, but might be months away. in the meantime, speculation over parties at number 10 continues, but there is of course, one downing street, ny towel, and potential star witness need the su gray nor the police can question. the fall

cow to 0, westminster. russia recorded almost a 1000000 next deaths between the start of the pandemic. and the end of 2021. the countries official number of coven 19 deaths passed the 700000 mark on friday. according to the moscow times, russia has had 995000 excess deaths since march 2020 scientists and health experts are concerned about a new sub variant of cobit 19 on the kron be a point to which is being dub stealth on. the kron has now been detected in 40 countries. expert said, studies are ongoing, but the new sub variant appears to be even more transmissible than the original on the chron strain, or rich of the cells is from co soon natal research. he says the some parent is not a major cause for concern. 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, a dot one and b a dot 2. and so the fundamentals of what we need to do have not changed. there may be some subtle differences and there may be something about this that, that makes it slightly better. it didn't infecting people and passing from person to person. but ultimately, we know what we need to do to protect people and to protect populations. ah, type of check of the top stories. this why you as president joe biden says he'll be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe, and what you call in the, near the pentagon, this but around 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on standby after russia deployed more than 100000 troops, and border with ukraine conflict is not in.