[000:00:00;00] ah, knowledge is here, with every oh ah, the u. s. as a russian invasion of ukraine would be her roof vick, but all sides agree, diplomacy is still the best option. focusing on fund, we talk to people, they ukraine's border with russia about living with the threat of conflicts. ah, i'm think that elvis is out there alive from door also coming up thousands force from their homes and democratic republic of congo is the army struggles to contain

a rebel ruth and pulling dna from thin air. a breakthrough from scientists that could revolutionize the way animals attract and the wild a bred to battle will tell you why a raw has erupt in france about the price of a beget ah pursued diplomacy, but prepare for conflict. that seems to be the approach the united states is taking over ukraine. but if there was a conflict, how do the military capabilities of russia and ukraine stack up? russian air strikes have the potential to overwhelm ukraine's air defenses before troops even crossed the border. president vladimir putin is built up army units that could be used in a ground invasion, such as the eggs, gods that oversee pro russian separatists and east in ukraine. and then there is

the 1st guards tank. army which has been modernized, grain believes 127000 russian soldiers may be massed along the border. russia has sent fighter jets and said fence system to western better who's the combat readiness checks and military drills. but ukraine's military has doubled in size is 2014 and its troops have recent combat experience against pro russian separatists medical hand begins our coverage from washington. d. c. another sign of how serious the u. s. think the threat rush opposes to ukraine. the u. s. president announced he's moving us forces to the regional head to decide how soon you would be moving you at all we're moving, you, us or 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, given the type of forces arrayed the ground maneuver forces, the artillery, the ballistic missiles, the air forces are all of it packaged together. if that was unleashed 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, so forth. it would be horrified, it would be terrible. 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. 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. clerical haine, al jazeera,

washington and ukraine itself, the president dodging the us not to escalate pension with russia. below to marilyn ski says, talk of an imminent russian invasion may be exaggerated. we do not see a bigger escalation. yes, the truth 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, which also was watching that news conference from done yet, sc, which is under the control of russian backed rebels. ukraine's president vladimir zalinski has been speaking to the media about international and local journalists in kia. it seems very much the ukranian prison does trying to stamp is all 40 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, obviously a time where he was not president would 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. people in ukraine near the border with russia have told al jazeera that i've been living with the threat of invasion for years. hadn't hamid reports? 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 well,

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 remo hustled our 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? 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 fine. e q an up and there's no panicking in 20132014. we were selling a lot of automatic firearms, but at the moment there's no such demand. and it hasn't been an increase in demand for ammunition. buffering people here are resilient and many say they are ready to face any danger. the villagers near the frontline are 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 mass. oh, did domon? yep. 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 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 hamid al jazeera in eastern ukraine on the russian side of the border foreign minister. so guy lab, rob says his country does not want war. das jibari has more russia's naval strengths 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 us warnings. it is about to invade ukraine. use vehicles that he should put the receiver. there won't be

a war as far as it depends on the russian federation. we don't want a war, but we won't let our interest be rudely traveled on and ignored your thoughts. you're a girl, is that, 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 for you, so on the streets of moscow, people say it's russia that's been provoked here the models to, 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 our publication. silly. 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 conflict of politicians rather than ordinary people. ukrainians are our relatives of neu, newman folk, or russian,

over tuck anyone. and it's never going to the only defense. it's the united states who escalate in the whole situation because it was profitable for them. president vladimir putin has spoken to his french counterpart emmanuel, my crawl about rushes deep unease 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 in democratic republic of congo. thousands of people have been forced from their homes because of fighting between the army and the rebel group known as m. 23 . on tuesday, an army position was attacked in would sure north of the city of gama. and $23.00 is widely believed to be backed by wander and is one of more than $120.00 armed groups operating in eastern democratic republic of congo. brianca go to reports outside a church under the open sky villages in the eastern democratic republic of congo,

find the only shelter they hope will keep them safe from the bullets and the bloodshed. vianza near sissy. and we'll go got norm booth. the attack began and new cc gogo in columbia. we were in the field on wednesday, we had bullets over the hills, and we flayed abandoned everything. and now we are here in cuba. we spend the night in the church while others sleep outside. we have nothing to eat, no food with no water or medicine and i'm glad nisa, at least to a 1000 people, abandoned their homes this week. to escape fighting between the army and the m. 23 . an armed coup that rebelled against the government in 2012 very cool fire. and you know, i did put the ad, we saw several dead people. i lost my children and my husband and the chaos. and i've been left with nothing now messenger in the a c. c. one of the 6 villages caught in the crossfire farms, lions tended homes. they're empty and not

a soul to be seen. back at the church and cucumber. people from other villages tell how they too were caught, and the violence made inquiry when barton i was at home when i saw soldiers shooting bullets in the hills. another bullets coming from the other side. i'm with him. since november m 22 fighters have been accused of several attacks on the army . the latest on tuesday, un peacekeepers are on the ground. but for these families, it may be too soon to return crap up their answers here. the u. n says nearly 40 percent of people in ethiopia is to grow regina facing an extreme lack of food. the welfare program says, aid convoys haven't had access for weeks because of the conflict between rebels and government forces. 9000000 people into grind neighboring regents need food supplies . 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 2022. still ahead on al deserve a treacherous terrain or in the mountains of pakistan from where all group so daunting attacks. and making a destructive point, bridge collapses, just all before us president thrives, talk about aging infrastructure ah hello there, let start in southeast asia and indo china has been enjoying a lot of fine and dry weather of late. it's going to remain rather settled on saturday. but we will see some of those showers pulling into places like vietnam

come monday. now much of the wet weather has been concentrated to the north east and to the south. was still seen some heavier showers and cross northern areas of the philippines. and for indonesia, we are going to see those rains pick up for the less asunder islands. now that wet weather feeds into northern areas over straight, we've had slow moving storms, cause flash flooding in the north territory and northern areas of queensland. we got a warning for severe wet weather in kimberly, in the days to come from western australia, but it remains hot and dry input. the temperature dipping down slightly wouldn't be the return of some wild weather to more central and southern areas in this, in the form of storms. and sydney is going to see a lot of sunshine to the next 2 days, but there is wet weather. that's not far away, that's going to swell further inland. by the time we get into choose say. now as we had to cross the tasman see to new zealand, it's largely fine. and why with high pressure in charge?

christ church coming in at $25.00 degrees celsius that you ever, ah, counting the cost of rough knowledge of the year of the bull run is that our sentiment in stock market here to stay. very price is on assets and yet high, where the cost of cooking become even more affordable. and nigeria, petroleum minister on reforming the nations oil sector counseling the cough on al jazeera, informed opinions that initial focused on national resource by is not large enough to get there adequate to meet people. in depth analysis of the days global headlines inside story on al jazeera, ah,

ah, they want to al jazeera reminder about top stories this all. yes, president joe biden says he will send troops to eastern europe in the near term to bolster nato forces. this tension continues of any crane. top defense officials are urging russia to deescalate the pentagon says russia now has enough troops and equipment neg crane to cause her with a casualties in the event of invasion. the rush is foreign minister and this is country does not want war. thousands of people have fled their homes and east and democratic republic of congo, from fighting between the army and rentals. at least 2000 people caught up in the crossfire a living and makeshift shelters, churches and schools. the west african vogue echo was, has suspended bikini fosters membership after a military coup, but had stopped short of imposing new sanctions. nicholas hawk reports from a walk,

a ducal 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 uneasily, 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 ticking 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 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 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 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 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. and this a hell for say to my guy, member of parliament for the country. so 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. there are local people influenced by outsiders. we have to engage into dialogue and alleviating poverty is a key factor here. 11 for abdur rahman, the people of this i how have been forgotten left to fight the shadow of war. they cannot win alone. nicholas hawk al jazeera walker, do truck drivers and canada have been protesting in the capital ottawa against vaccine mandate convoys converged around parliament on saturday. new rules went in force a week ago, requiring all truckers to cross the border into the u. s. to be vaccinated.

thousands of truck drivers from argentine aristocracy border with chile because of a coven 19 testing order. some have been chatted for more than 2 weeks. waiting for negative results to enter chilly. dr. is transporting refrigerated cargo, having to keep their engines running. a bridge has collapsed in the u. s. city of pits, the just hours before president joe biden was scheduled to deliver a speech there about america's aging infrastructure. the biden administration plans to spend more than one trillion dollars on repairs and maintenance across the country. gabriel, amazon, the whole 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 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 it's 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 and is using the bridge claps to champion the urgency of his hard fought 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 efficient. on friday, the problems with bridges abundantly clear for everyone to see gabriel's hondo al jazeera new york. at least 4 people have been killed in a bomb attack and pakistan's troubled spinal san problems. security official say a vehicle was targeted using a remotely controlled explosive on a road and there a book the district has come out. a 10 soldiers were killed in an earlier attack.

the security checkpoint and catch region on tuesday. come on how to report bugs gone, has seen a spike of our tags across the country, the responsibility of gods being taken by the islamic stage. hoarder san ad rella 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 with a thread from the de dollar bon budget on to continue it or tag inside bug it's on . and of course, the tread from the atlantic state horace on after the $1.00 bon wrapped in to power in august, they offered to mediate between the budgets on your daughter days and a day to get dollars on budgets on who had started refuge inside of our integrity

escaping from successive buckets on the military operation, where the fire now gone, the number of our tag. gotcha. in creation and up august on the military, also determined to continue the fight against a dollar bond budget on to the results will order. morally, they have some internal differences also, there's no cease, but we are fighting, we're taking them on. we can then 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 choice will not be used against any other country by any group. however, the problem now is that talent of the ttp 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

their senior leaders, including the spokesman of the day, a good dollar on budget on bye, have a message from the budgets on your daughter, dave david, in order to head, to across the board, in order to neutralize the most important thing to see now the next few weeks and months and read other t t p. and elements of diet, also known as the la mixture of hornets on. we'll be able to, once again, started tagging targets, insight budgets on that good lead to a serious security situation. italy says to replace 80 year old president says your mother ela is and its 5th day. lawmakers have just finished. the 7th round of voting ballots are currently being counted. dorothy of 505 vote is needed to in scientists say they've been able to extract animal dna from the air for the very 1st time. the method could be

a powerful new tool doubt. track can to conserve wildlife lexia, brian reports, armed with a tiny vacuum and a filter scientist christine bowman is gathering data at the copenhagen. so she's trying to find out which animals are kept. they're not my wandering, the enclosures, but from the air. what we found was that we can not only detect the animals that are kept here at the so we could also detect even species that i used to feed the animals here and assume they're using what's called environmental dna. it's been used before to work out the kinds of fish or plants living in water. but these scientists and denmark in the u. k. have worked out how to capture e dna from thin air. they filters catching microscopic pieces of fer saliva and faces while life is difficult to monitor. but if you look for giraffe, an open savannah, that's fairly easy. but if you look for something like a tape here, like this, not in a, in a pin like this, but in dens, rainforest,

it's immensely difficult. if this works in a greater scale, it'll revolutionize the way we look at reinforce animals. the teams worked in zoos because it made it easier to confirm the source of the dna and how far it had traveled. they identified dozens of species including mere cats living, 245 meters away. the researchers think it will be useful in the field to help track and conserve wildlife. there are 2. it's a small one until now scientists have had to rely on the signs animals leave behind travelling to remote areas using camera traps to snap pictures of hard to find creatures. that wonderful thing about environmental dna is almost every other bio monitoring method we have requires that the animal be present when you're assessing them. so if you're using a camera trap, they have to walk in front of the camera. if they walk behind it, you'll never see them. the great thing about environmental dna is it's more like

a footprint. they leave it behind. it's early days for the researchers who don't know why some animal dna wasn't detected, even though they were in the zoo. and it's unclear won't impact the way that could have on collecting the data. but the scientists hope the answers to some of the toughest questions and conservation could just be hanging in the air. alexia bron out. his era row was broken out in france of the price of the bay get unusually caused around $1.00 in a bakery. but a french supermarket chains decision to sell the bread for a fraction of the prices. some said bakers. natasha butler reports from paris for french bakers. a baguette isn't just a loaf of bread. it's a work of art or both growth. hipaa i you to drop by lubano aluminum guinasso people think or bread is the same, but it needs a lot of care. the dough is a life you have to feel whether it's good or not. ya,

$35.00, your traditional bakery so packets for around $1.00. so a decision by a major french supermarket chain to slash its by get price to $0.30, a scandalized or tis, nor bakers, like john felipe, your 3rd to reply. but they are disrupting prices, and a compromising on the flower and quality like young is about passion. it's not just about money in business. more with faulty retail in the cloud says the cut price by get aims to shield customers at a time of inflation and rising prices. but the move has caused something of an uproar in france, some fear, and erosion of french values, others, the demise of quality. the debate has even made its way into the french presidential campaign. let me get that on of santia. i lacuna plead left out in $0.30 for began to flour is $0.10, so prices are being destroyed. savage, a cane destruction venue. the bagget price war has so and he stood emotions. but

there's also the question of taste. every year in france, the prize is awarded for the best bagget in paris. the jury is made up of top bakers, but also members of the public because nearly everyone in france has an opinion about what makes a good bye get. so let's see if people can pick a 30 cent by get from a traditional one. she says like, hello, hello, yes, yes, version to le? yes. that bobby switzer tradition. you know, when you go abroad, you can try hard to find a french baggage, but it doesn't exist same time, so we get profit. but going all good cookies. it has to be all crusty and very fluffy inside. the supermarket is called the bagget ro, ridiculous. it says the promotion poses little long term threat to bakers, as it will end in a few months. but the debate reveals that few things in sight. passions in france quite like this. natasha butler,

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