ah, to short films show how a love and learning finds a way. ah ha select on al jazeera. ah, ah, ah ah. oh. as tensioned with russia grew over ukraine, the u. s. president says he will move troops to eastern europe. ah, good morning for joe harvey on on. come all santa maria. this is the world news from al jazeera west africa's regional block eco was, has suspended, picking a fossil, but chooses not to impose sanctions after this week's military coup. also news, a lifeline project. tina landmarked it with the international monetary fund which

will allow to restructure billions of dollars debt and a bridge collapse is in pittsburgh just hours before jo biden's visit to highlight his efforts to boost america's infrastructure. ah. aim for diplomacy, but prepare for conflict. that seems to be the approach the united states is taking right now. every ukraine president joe biden has announced a small number of american troops will be deployed to eastern europe soon, even as his top military officials called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. had calhane reports from washington . another sign of how serious the u. s. thinks the threat rush opposes to ukraine. the u. s. president announced he's moving us forces to the region. where have you decided how soon you would be moving you extra eastern europe? i'll will review us through for europe in the nato countries in the near term. not

a lot, he's likely talking about the 8500 troops that were put on stand by to deploy most headed to bolster nato's quick reaction force. but he's also said he has no intention of sending us troops to ukraine. and a new tone from the pentagon, with more than 100000 russian troops on your cranes border. the top military leader say russia has enough force to take over ukraine. given the type of forces arrayed the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces, all of it packaged together. if that was on leashed 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. design, ukrainian president vote. amir zalinski is trying to reassure his people said,

we've seen russian build up forces like this before. the warning from the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff this time is different, and the biden administration is under pressure by some to have the military do more issue sanctions and then escalate. what the 2nd allow, want to san, is we're not going to back all the more provocative your, the more result resolve will have her native, so sand, american and nato soldiers around russia to read for worse. we're not giving an inch when it comes to nato, but the administration wants to send the message. diplomacy can still work. there's no reason that the situation has to devolve into conflict. he can choose to deescalate, he can order his troops away, pick and choose dialogue and diplomacy. if not the u. s, as the result will be catastrophic, not just for ukraine,

but for russia as well. categor, haine, al jazeera washington. while the russian foreign minister says his country doesn't want war, but one is allowance interests to be ignored by the west west. so i guess from the expected to meet his us counterpart again in the coming weeks to try to deescalate detention dosage a barrier warner for moscow. russia 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 it? should you persuade new 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 islam 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 roosts 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 publication silly. will ivy in the my half of the people i know are ukrainian. 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, with numerous russian. i've 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 was suitable for them. president latter mere potent has spoken to his french counterpart emmanuel mac chrome about russia's deep unease with nato's eastward expansion. so the diplomatic window is still open to avert what could be a disastrous conflicts for all sides. dorset jabari al jazeera moscow on to other news and thousands of people have fled their homes in east, in democratic republic of congo. in fighting between the army and m. 23 rebels.

that march 23 movement is as non targeted, a conga, these army position north of goma on tuesday. a group took 2 villages in november after launching its latest largest defensive. i'm sorry, in years. the west african block eco was, has suspended, became false as membership following a coo on monday. but it has stopped short of imposing new sanctions. nicholas hawk, with our report from walking to group 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 grooves 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 taking over the capitol instead of protecting us along the bodice lamp gentle leader. but all 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 iso affiliated 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, jericho tens. 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 echo was heads of state suspended, burkina faso as a member state, the region is marked by military takeovers and facing growing insecurity in this a hell. proceed to my guy, member of parliament for the countries to hell. region piece will come up with more weapons, but through dialogue we know those that are taking us often it's or something or family members. there are local people influenced by outsiders, and we have to engage into dialogue and alleviating poverty is

a key factor here. for a new romance, the people of this i have been forgotten left to fight the shadow of war. they cannot win alone. nicholas hawk al jazeera walker. do rochefort, have blamed security for since the death of a number of people during unrest and eastern chad. a demonstration triggered by ethnic in fighting was held in the provincial capital of a bet. yale monday. security forces trying to break it up as many as 14 people were killed, some during violence at funerals, offer a year of talks. argentina has reached a deal with the international monetary fund to restructure more than $44000000000.00 worth of debt. the president said the deal will allow access to new funds, critics. they want the government to suspend re payments. so in the country just can't afford them, monica, you not have reports now from when a sars origin. tina's present alberto friedman, this presented the agreement with the i m f as a life saver in yellow from

a florida where we had a noose around our neck without the agreement, we had no horizon. no future fernandez had inherited from his predecessor mouldy, so mighty. a 44500000000 dollar debt with the i m f. one that argentina could not repay, especially while facing of recession, spiraling inflation and cove. at 19, argentines took to the streets during the pandemic to show they weren't willing to make more sacrifices to pay their creditors. ah, the government's only option was to negotiate a new agreement with the i m f. that would be politically acceptable in with us. he bowed and the body of maces. we have endured months of very harsh negotiations to undo the hom inflicted on argentina. economy minister marchin grossman explained that the agreement would buy argentina more time to pay the debt without forcing it to make drastic public spending cuts the government, he said,

would continue to invest in them for structure, science, and technology, paving the way for a better future. 69 year old bed the bed is watch. the news bill was unimpressed. as long as she can remember, argentina has been moving from one economic crisis to another, struggling with high inflation and debt in the city, a song re beat all this agreement may represent a relief for the government, but it won't change a thing for argentines. prices have been and will continue going up the govern, will raise taxes to pay its costs, and inflation will continue to impoverish us. it's a vicious cycle that doesn't end. the markets reacted positively to the agreement, mainly because the lack of one would have led to a default aquarella see not clearly that he will gamble. the agreement will not produce major changes. it basically gives argentina some space to breathe. our problems will not be solved, but if we had no agreement,

they would be significantly greater with the agreement. it's only the 1st step in yet another long process. it still has to be approved by the i m f board. and by argentina's congress, monica not give all jazeera when a scientist will check the world, whether for you next and then the u. n says almost 40 percent of to grinds a suffering and extreme lack of food off the 15 months of conflict and ethiopia, my british police want details to be withheld from an inquiry into alleged government parties steering lockdown. ah hello there. let's have a look at the weather in north america. and the weather story this weekend is certainly about that north easter that is developing across the eastern coast of

the u. s. is expected to move rather quickly up north towards eastern areas of canada. by the time we get into sunday. now ahead of that, we've had a cold front that's blown through the southeast states knocking temperatures down. but by the time we get to sunday, that won't, we'll be coming back into places like atlanta, but it does remain bitterly cold for the north west. we've got a winter storm that's moved into western parts of canada, ringing snow and rain to british columbia, edging down into northern areas of washington state. but as i said, the significant winter weather is going to be affecting the east coast of the us. we got heavy snow on course for new york as well as the boston we could see up to 30 centimeters of snow, possibly more as well as the really damaging winds we are expecting disruption. here. we can also see some coastal flooding as that system works. its way further north bringing heavy snow to main and parts of new england. and by the time we get in to sunday, it will be eastern areas of canada that sees those conditions. so it's very wet and

wintery weather to come. that sure weather update. ah, one of the fastest growing nations and move on it and development international to become a middle eastern trade and skillfully myself free of filling up from the world one a cost cutters, gateway to world trade. lou aah!

on al jazeera, these are the top stories this our u. s. president joe biden says he will be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe. the pentagon has put about 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on stand by after russia deployed more than a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine. the west african block eco was suspended. burkina faso membership following the crew on monday, but stopped short of imposing new sanctions for talks have been unit region to on saturday. and argentina reached a deal with the i m f to restructure nearly $45000000000.00 worth of debt and, and talk to more than a year on how to repay a loan. taken by the previous gap, the united nation says nearly 40 percent of people in ethiopia. tegra region are suffering from an extreme lack of food. the old food program says, aid convoys haven't had access for weeks because of the conflict with government forces. 9000000 people into gray and neighboring regions,

neat food. 8 crisis affected families in northern ethiopia were 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 2020 to pakistan's military confirmed at least 10 soldiers killed at a security checkpoint in the southwest province of baluchistan. this was on tuesday night, the 2nd attack of it's kind of a month come on hire with one often talk um on the pakistan afghanistan build bug is gone. has seen a spike of our dag across the country. the responsibility of god's being taken by the islamic state, hoarder san ad reland, the day to get dollar bon buckets on. and balloon and surgery who have been carrying out every day that crushed up august on of one on border after

a load last year for several months. it appeared that the hindu kush mounted may once again. he was a cloud where the thread from the de dollar bon buckets on to continue dead or dag inside bug. it's done. and i've got the senior threat from the atlantic state horace on after the $1.00 bon wrapped into power in august. they offered to mediate between the budgets on your daughter days and a $30.00 on august on who had started refuge inside of our integrity escaping from successive budgets on the military operation. where the fire now gone, the number of our culture increased and up august on the military, also determined to continue the fight again to day to get dollar bon budget on to the results were loaded moodily. they have some internal differences. also, there is no see spot, we are fighting, we are taking them on. we can go patients every day and will continue doing so.

till the time we get it up dismiss the avalon taliban of god had assured that all neighboring country would be safe. there will not be use against any other country by any group. however, the problem now is that thousands of their t t p fighters are still inside of our data duty. according to intelligence report that in disarray, there are also splinter groups emerging amongst them. and the big problem is that some of the leadership at now on the run after our targeted killings of some of the key senior leaders, including the spokesman of the day, a good dollar on budget. don bye. have a weird message from the budgets on your daughter, dave david in order to head to day to cross the border in order to neutralize this read the most important thing to see now the next few weeks and months and red under t d, b, and elements of dies,

also known as the law mixture of hornets on we'll be able to once again started tagging targets inside budgets on that good lead to a serious security situation. south korea reporting another record breaking day of new corona virus cases. wilson, 17000 of them, confirmed a figure that is more than doubled in the past week to help ministries assuring the public though its medical system is stable. there also asking people not to visit family on the lunar new year holiday on february. first, we will, scientists and health experts are concerned about a new sub variant of cove at 19. this is ami cron b a point to being called stealth alma cron because it's hard to detect using p. c . r. tests been confirmed in 40 countries, and experts have a sub berry depends to be even more trans, a small than the original army constrain. he's dr. richard levels and infectious diseases specialist wasn't in the town research. it says the so varied 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 g 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 factoring people and passing from person to person. but ultimately we know what we need to do to protect people and to protect populations. now canadian truckers protesting of vaccine mandate rallying and the capital also, le convoys converged around parliament on saturday. people worried about traffic and safety issues. the protest as against a mandate that went into 4th a week ago, requiring old truck as you cross the border into the us to be vaccinated. sunday

lebanese businessmen baja hurry is entering politics in lebanon. he made the announcement days after his brother and former prime minister saw the re re said he'd be stepping away from political life. baja vowed to follow in the footsteps of his late father, rough eagle. henry is estimated in 2005 british police, one details to be withheld from an inquiry into alleged government parties during locked down metropolitan police. a full publication could compromise its own investigation. this report from the banker in london 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 of being clamoring for a full publication of the internal inquiry into potential breaches of the rules compile by senior civil servant suit gray that this government can be trusted to

deliver the results of which if harmful enough could lead to the collapse of boys johnston's leadership, but with anticipation at its peak now london's metropolitan police, who stepped him 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 here. this leading lawyer who previously defended wikileaks founded 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. he didn't prevent crimes and did not report crimes. 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 believed that 17 gatherings ranging from cheese and wine events to posey leaving deuce happened between may 2020 and april 2021 across white hole with 2 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 this means that lie the hands of the newly renovated but not yet working. famous, tenuous, 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 is 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 the, the su gray nor the police can question the bach her out to 0, westminster and origin. refugee council says western sanctions against afghanistan . afghanistan are endangering the lives of millions of people. the u. s. and international institutions of frozen billions of dollars to pressure the taliban government. more than half the population faces extreme levels of hunger. early respect to janevalyn, who is the sector general off and we didn't refer to cancel. the main reason that we are as an international community today, losing the battle of the race against the clock. a rig race against the winter race against death in afghanistan is not the taliban authorities, nor the war which is lottery over it is the international sanctions. so what trying

now with this rip port to tell the western world that when 14 nato, a k, when all of these nato countries left the country, they switched off the lights when they left out the door. and let us behind with a civilian population with less funding, with no functioning banking system without an economy that is functioning at all. and where loosing lives, the cost of it now bridges collapsed in pittsburgh just hours before president joe biden was scheduled to, to deliver a speech there on repairing america's aging infrastructure. every elizondo has the details. a snow covered bridge buckles and collapses on friday morning and pittsburgh, several cars and buses were on the bridge at the time. 10 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. eye witnesses say the bridge collapse? could have been a lot worse if this had happened 15 to 20 minutes later, you would have had spoken with 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 is using the bridge claps to champion the urgency of his hard thought infrastructure efforts across the country, there are 45000 bridges in poor condition. it's just simply unacceptable. you have to do something about this. i've talked about it every time i've come to pittsburgh and we finally got it done. 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 is hondo al jazeera new york, 6 man accused of a multi $1000000.00 jewel high, stood

a museum in dressed and of appeared in court. the defendant's age between 20 to 27 a facing fest and often charges the suspected of breaking into the green vault museum back in 2019 and stealing 21 pieces of jewelry with a 126 $1000000.00. the whereabouts of all of that? still unknown astronomy, as in australia, have discovered a celeste feel objects they describe as spooky. i don't like anything that the thing before is a mysterious phenomenon which releases a huge burst of energy like clockwork, every 18 minutes and 18 seconds. research and say there have been similar discoveries made in the past, but nothing of this frequency. and in cosmic terms, i say it's quite close. just the 4000 light years away. this one is now funerals been held in vietnam for then buddhist monk and poet is attributed with spreading mindfulness around the world's service held

in the city of who a where to not one died a year. sorry. a week ago it was 95 years old. he gained prominence as a peace activists for his opposition to the war in vietnam and the 1960 s. his promotion of mindfulness is the pillar of the 5 trillion dollar global wellness industry. ah. right. look at the headlines for you. now. you, as president joe biden says he will be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe. the pentagon is put around 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on stand by after russia deployed more than a 100000 troops on its border with ukraine. conflict is not inevitable there is still.