went to an employer, they will have to overcome many mountains, carving a path of hope and inspiration, where the light shine witness on al jazeera ah, has tensioned with russia row ukraine, the u. s. president says he will move troops to eastern europe. ah. and come all santa maria here and over with the world news from al jazeera west africa, regional block eco us is suspended bikini faso, to put pressure on the new military rulers ahead of talks. also a lifeline for argentina. a landmark deal with the international monetary fund will allow it to restructure billions of dollars a debt. and one of the biggest jewelry hosts of all time,

the trial opens in germany for a group accused of stealing a $126000000.00 worth of diamonds. ah, there, i mean for diplomacy, but preparing for conflict looks like the approach from the united states right now over ukraine. president joe biden has announced a small number of american troops will be deployed to eastern europe soon. even as has top military officials called for a diplomatic solution to the crisis in ukraine. hattie calhoun reports now 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 all will review us through. so you're 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 ukraine's 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 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. design. ukrainian president vladimir 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 on a sand is we're not going to back on 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 native. 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 de escalate. he can order is true so he can choose dialogue and diplomacy, if not the u. s. as the result will be catastrophic, not just for ukraine,

but for russia as well. technical haine, al jazeera washington, despite international fears, russian foreign minister says this country doesn't actually want all circular rugs expected to meet his us count about antony blink. and again, in the coming weeks used to be at the you should receive because 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 that your goal is to change us with 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 initiative. this is something at least more ukrainians, living near the border with russia have told out 0 they've been living with the threat of invasion for years. what up the how may it's been speaking to residents in easton, ukraine. this is a 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 love. so no household are 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 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 a 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 molina, who lost all of her family and her left arm in a rocket that, that

a reminder of the suffering. the 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 piney here. nothing. there is no panic in 20132014. we were selling a lot of automatic farm garcia, 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 did normal. yep. of of, we built an underground shelter in our own backyard. we'll go there. we don't want to leave. this is our hedge illness to president viola, 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 hamid elder 0 in eastern ukraine. let's move to other news. the west african block equals the suspended begin of fossil membership following a coup on monday. it did stop short though of imposing new sanctions. the group will meet the military rulers in the coming hours. nicholas hawk, with the support from want of you. 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, but can this immediately the armed groups are better equipped than us to even attack us with rockets. but the amine never comes up to help us me while the military is busy by dicking of a capital instead of protecting us along the bodice lamp gentle leader. but all he da amoeba is expanding on a strategy devised by the president. he toppled on monday and that's equipping civilians to fight arm groups after 2 weeks of training provided by the army, villagers are supplied with basic weapons and ammunitions. that's because al qaeda in isola 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 armed 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 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 this 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, june to leader beat the drum of war, appearing more like a commander in chief than head of state promising security and a 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 countries to hell. region piece will come out with more weapons of but through dialogue. we know those that are taking us often. it's her sons or family members in 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 thousands of people have said their homes in east and democratic republic of congo during fighting between the army and the m. 23 rebels. that is the march 23 movement which targeted a congolese army position north of goma on tuesday. a group took 2 villages in november after launching its largest offensive in years. after a year of talks,

argentina's reach to deal with the international monetary fund to restructure mold and $44000000000.00 of debt. the president said the deal will allow access to new funds, but critics actually want the government to suspend re payments altogether saying the country just can't afford it. monica, you not give with more from when osiris argentina's president alberto friedman. this presented the agreement with the i m f as a lifesaver, 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 modi. so maggie of $44500000000.00 debt with the i m f. one that argentina could not repay, especially while facing of recession, spiraling inflation and coven 19. ah! 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 on the body of mesas, we have endured months of very harsh negotiations to undo the hom inflicted on argentina economy minister markeen. 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 better future. 69 year old betty petty's watch the news, but 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 those his he is on re beedle. this agreement may represent a relief for the government, but it won't change a thing for argentines. prices of pain, and we'll continue going up. the gulf 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 seed not credited any will gamble. the agreement will lock produced 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, and i can also 0 when a cited in the news ahead a bridge, it collapses in pittsburgh just hours before a visit by the u. s. president. to highlight his efforts to strengthen infrastructure and in sri lanka, muslim lawyers fighting terrorism charges for electra, he allegedly gave it a school. ah,

ah, look forward to brighter skies. the weather sponsored my cattle at ways. hello. they will have a look at the weather across the middle east in a moment, but 1st to africa. and in the south, we've seen as dense cloud linger across many areas, bringing heavy rain to the likes of malawi as well as mozambique and zambia. we've seen flooding from those rains, they are likely to continue. they're going to affect places like southern angola as well as western areas of zambia. on saturday. we will be booked swanner and northern areas of south africa that see the heavy rain. by the time we get into sunday now for now, madagascar remains while the fine and dry, but it could turn wet and windy and next week we've got a cycling pulling in west, edging closer to maricia. these systems do tend to be unpredictable, but we will keep an eye on that and see where it head's as we go in to monday. now,

to the north of africa, we've got some windy weather pulling into the west. the hobbit and winds kicking up that sand blowing across into the atlantic. we've also got more wet and windy weather on course for libya as well as egypt. and that system will scott across by the time we get into next week. bringing some of that rain to parts of the levant, but the further south we go, the more sunshine we see. it will be cooler across the gulf that you whether oh the weather sponsored by casara, always talk to al, just a while to warm his skin for control. we listen, design is, are making serious efforts in order to him t and disrupt the channel because we beat with global use maintenance. talked about the stormy stung matter analysis, holding the powerful to account. as we examined the u. s. u z row in the world on

al jazeera, with ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories u. s. 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 standby after russia deployed more than a $100000.00 troops on its border with ukraine. the west african block eco was suspended between a fossil membership following the crew. on monday, the group has stopped short of imposing new sanctions ahead of tools within your military zone. so they will happen on saturday. and argentina's reach to deal with

the i am asked to restructure nearly $45000000000.00 debt in top. so more than a year on how to repay a loan taken up by the previous governance to the u. k. where police want details to be withheld from an inquiry into alleged government parties during locked um, the metropolitan police site full publication could compromise its own investigation. if back of this report from 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 have been clamoring for a full publication of the internal inquiry into potential breaches of the rules compile by senior civil servant su gray. the dis, 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. 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 boys, johnson's planning, his next move, all of this means that lie the hands of the newly renovated but not yet working. famous clog, politics, and westminster is at a standstill. forrest 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 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 night owl, and potential star witness need the su gray, nor the police can question the bach her out to 0, westminster. corona virus. news and south korea's reporting another record breaking day of new cases. more than 17000 confirmed a figure that is more than doubled in the past week. the health ministry says its medical system is stable, are also asking people not to visit family during the luna new year holiday, which starts on february 1st truck drivers in canada, protesting and the capital osler against a vaccine mandate. convoys converged around parliament on saturday. the protest against an order that went into force a week ago, requiring all truck as across the border into the u. s. to be vaccinated in the us of bridges collapsed and pittsburgh just alas,

before president joe biden de schedule to deliver a speech they on repairing americans aging infrastructure. gabriel alexander 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 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 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 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's hondo al jazeera new york, the year and human rights office is calling for increased pressure against me and mars military. as the 1st anniversary of the crew approaches, it's described widespread violence against civilians including torture and so called clearance operations targeting villages. these $1500.00 people are known to have been killed in the past year, but the us is the actual numbers likely to be much higher time 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. rallies have been held across iran in support of the people. if yemen, silence have been killed. millions displaced in that war, or 80 rebels backed by iran, the fighting government forces supported by sorry, coalition, wrestle sada, was that demonstration and tara, under most pneumonia, marcella. most the largest mosque in terra. now. a thousands of people are now starting to protest. a man just before da da da da friday pre or we can hope you have a good that was happening in yemen is a human tragedy. how's baby is rarely saudi arabian coalition and he's called body mannion then runyan. runyan was them to be in solidarity luther hemmings, and we can see that those were beautiful, no tension against israel,

against a man. it's caused by dis, forces so, so german crisis is in his 7th year and so far it causes town thousands of the lives. dick and i was a senior man has been one of the major issue between the run. and so the area in last september, these 2 companies initiated a process to normalize relations, but softball no break through yet. and dashboard here says dad, you know, a solution to the war in yemen. it's going to be quite difficult to see the normalization of relations between iran and saudi arabia. that the, the protests are not on the happening into iran, but in pans of cities across you run a permanent lawyer in sri lanka,

who's been detained in 82 years, has been denied bail since the case has been criticized by human rights groups had jobs. his below was 1st arrested on claims of basing the 2019 easter bombings, but he was charged a year later for different defense min fernandez reports in the law. his home town put alarm in the north west of shaneka. he jones, his villa, 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 beula was formerly charged with inciting communist. this how many under the prevention of terrorism act for a lecture he allegedly gave at this medusa or islamic 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. today, she heard he was coming home. this fight local and international criticism of the case against the jobs, his viola, and mounting treasure for his release. he's back in demand. the high court judge maintained she did not have the authority to give bill to tara suspect. his bull as legal team applied for bill based on government lawyers saying they wouldn't object, but in the p d. yes. there are provisions to give bill. if the consent buddy should gone when a trailer started. and in this situation a trial has started. and then the lack of legal operations are getting better in

the trial. it 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 buller had told him about muslims in palestine being attacked. his belie and his family have denied the charges, saying the case is fabricated. it was a clear, very, very clear message to to anyone who wants to defend minorities hearing or ah, defend muslim rates. that this is how you're going to be cheated. that this is what we can do to you. but it's not silenced his viola and let's keep fighting. 2 till he does come home, his daughter will have to settle for his picture on a foreign minner fernandez oh, j 0. put them. now trials began the in germany over the 2019 jewel heis to the

museum housing, one of europe's greatest collections of ours. if convicted, the defendants face up to 10 years in prison. gillian wolf, asthma, the 6 men, aged between 22 and 27, appeared in court on friday, accused of the daring diamond robbery inside the greenville museum of dresden royal palace. the suspects are said to have taken just 8 minutes to steal 21 pieces of 18th century jewellery encrusted with more than 4300 diamonds. their worth is estimated to be more than a $126000000.00. but experts say their value is priceless as a deal, i get lucky going to thought the defendant, alicia li prepared the crime meticulously. according to the prosecution, the defenders checked out the crime scene beforehand or it is also a light touch of parts of the window was cut out before the crime was committed in order to get into the building as quickly as possible during the execution of the crime from one of the museums, best known treasures, the 41,

kara green diamond was away on loan to new york city's metropolitan museum of art. at the time of the heist, the stolen treasures had survived allied bombing raids in world war 2, only to be carted off as war booty by the soviet union. they were returned to the german city in 1958. the trial is expected to run until october, and while there still no trace of the stolen jewels, experts say the chances of recovering them are slim in what has become known as germany's biggest art heist in modern history. gillian wolf, al jazeera. oh, so and how possibly are these on the top stories you as president joe biden says he will be moving a small number of troops to eastern europe, the pentagons put around 8 and a half 1000 military personnel on stand by.