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a group of great people accused of stealing more than $100000000.00 worth of jewels ah pursued diplomacy, but prepare for conflicts that seem to be the approach the united states is taking over ukraine. president joe biden says you'll soon be moving a small number of american soldiers to nato members in eastern europe, around a 1500 troops on standby for a possible deployment. according to the pentagon, biden's ukrainian count of our t is urging the u. s. and other allies to take a breath president valid old amir zalinski says they've seen russian build ups before. diplomatic talks must continue. and so many people living in easton, ukraine, the uncertainty over will vale? what they invade says part of daily life. observes panic. i'm begins are coverage.

another sign of how serious the u. s. think the threat rush opposes to ukraine. you as president announced he's moving us forces to the region where have you decided how soon you would be moving? you? eastern europe. all we're moving you 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 truth 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, 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 and 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, oil, 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. technical haine, al jazeera, washington and ukraine itself, the president of urging the us not to escalate tension with russia flawed him. as an in sky 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 and early 2021. there was no such coverage of ukraine at that time. people in ukraine near the border with russia had told the elders there the above the living with the threat of invasion for years. so that's go live to hold on. don't need, who is in kiev, how to do the people you've been speaking to then agree with the president assessment. what certainly, i mean there is a when you arrive in east in ukraine and you speak to people, they seem quite black that they are going on with their daily lives. yes. if they're live in proximity of the front line. and so they know more than anywhere else in the country. what has been the cause of this sort of long, sluggish war over to pass a tear off, but they're certainly not as alarm as some of the world leaders are. and i think that was reflected in what president zalinski had to say yesterday. he sort of

blamed the foreign media for exaggerating the situation for causing panic. he also wasn't very happy about the fact that several, several western embassies have either shut down or reduce their level of their current staff. he said that all this really is causing, having an economic impact on the car. andries at the $12500000000.00 have already left the company since the beginning of this crisis. and that ukraine really can't sustain that without any help. so we drove, oh, a good portion of that 420 kilometer contact lines. am i v f, go to the south to the port of my view, paul. and we came across several people and this is what they told us. 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

grants. well, house is just under line of conduct. hearing gunshots and loud banks has become part of daily life. a difficult situation for a parent, especially when she says this little sign of any help coming new those up. so didn't know how to better 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 bro russian separatist and de ukrainian army the mural of little melana,

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 finally here and happening, there's no panic 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 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, move out of my so good, dorman. yep, we're the mom. we built an underground shelter in our own backyard. we'll go there . we don't want to leave. this is our home, didn't a stu says it involves demons. 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 . out of the russian ministry of defense as regularly posting videos of their military equipment on the border, is that making on to ukrainian t. v and and media. it is making it to you agreeing in t v. they do keep the audiences aware of what's going on, but they're not really beating the drum of war. they're not being alarm as i think

that took the tone has to would have gone down also over the past week or so. maybe probably in time them with the tone or with the new messaging coming out of the only resident zalinski. mendoza, for example, than that the head of the national security council who also said that at the moment there is no real reason to panic. yes, there is a to build up, but that is not enough for an invasion. see as ukrainian media is keeping people informed about what's going on about the level of truth about a if there's any movement on the other side of the board or whether it is in rush. oh, actually also the northern border in bella. rosemary, some are russian kids have moved in but is not being overly alarm is not telling them that this is something different than for example, what happened back in 2021 or back in 2014. are there is no, it's not saying that i have an invasion, is it when it or that the suits are ready for that at this stage in time?

and then a lot of people who speak to also italian, look at the weather, look at the snow. it is very difficult to have any kind of war under these weather conditions. so that's what they think that's how they see it. and probably that's what they tell themselves to put more from part their self is at a certain point, yet they shrug it off. but the idea of a war has been here back since 2014 and never really leaves anyone in the grade. when you asked them, they say it's coming at some point, but we don't know when and how them made their life are some care. thank you for the russian side of the border. foreign minister. so galen, 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 u. s. warnings. it is about to invade ukraine. use vehicles that he should, but the receipts 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 possibly 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 usa, on the streets of moscow. people say it's russia that's been provoked here, the middle school. i mean, i believe america wants to provoke russia by any means. we live decently now in russia. i'm 70 years old and i can see we have never lived better than now. they feel threatened by this and are trying to destabilize us. it all smells or publications really pull ivy in the my half of the people i know are 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, humor for russian of attack. anyone and it's never going to the only defense. it's the united states who escalate him. the whole situation because it was profitable for them, president vladimir putin has spoken to his french counterpart emanuel, 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 avari al jazeera moscow still had on al jazeera, treacherous terrain when the mountains of pakistan from well armed groups launching attacks and thousands falls from the homes and democratic republic. congo, the army struggles to contain a revel. ah,

ah, look forward to brighter scully's, the weather sponsored boy cuts on her ways. hello there. let's have a look at the weather across east asia, and we've had a bit of a wintery mixed creep across central parts of china. you can see the cloud now. it shifted further south and to the east and turned into rain. it's lingering along the south coast so it's going to be wet in hong kong through much of the week with the temperature dipping down by the time we get into next weekend. now for shanghai, it remains dry. we'll see the temperature pick up here as it dries up. and this isn't the story for beijing that which we mix is set to blow across towards the korean peninsula. ahead of that. things are looking a lot, settled and fine here, but it's more wet weather to come for those southern areas. as i say, we'll have rain in hong kong for much of the week. now we look to japan, we but wintery flurries pulling in to the north, stretching all the way down from her kind of to han shoe. but it is looking more

settled in the south, tokyo, enjoying some sunshine coming in at 10 degrees celsius. now, with a move to south asia, the wet weather can be found in the south of india, touching into northern parts of shanker as well as showers. the places like hamel now do, but it dries up a little by the time we get in some monday, it's looking largely settled. the temperature is picking up in new delhi now and there's a lot of warmth that can be found on the west coast of india. lou with sponsored by cassandra ways, there is no channel that covers world use like we do, we revisit places, mistake don't deserve really invests in that. and that's a privilege. as a journalist, americans are increasingly saying authoritarianism might not be so bad. there were several steps along the way where the chain of command it's you like target covered or what your take on why they've gotten so raw that to be as political well for the bottom line on us politics and policies and the impact on the world. on al jazeera,

[000:00:00;00] ah ah, you're watching out, is there a reminder of our top stories? this r. u. s. president joe biden says he will send troops to eastern europe in the near term to bolster nature forces my attention of you quite pop defense officials are urging russia to deescalate. the pentagon says russia now has enough troops and equipment main crane to cause her riff casualties. the event of an invasion with russia's foreign minister insists his country does not want war to west african blog. echo was, has suspended, became her father's membership after

a military coup, but had stopped short of imposing new sanctions. nicholas hark reports from war google abdur rahman, not his real name, is getting ready to fight for king of fossils, icily affiliate in the countries north. he's not a soldier, but a civilian is returned to the capital to gather weapons and equipment for the hundreds of volunteer fighters. he commands, he says muslims in the north are being butchered. burkina faso, security forces are too scared to deal with a threat, leaving it to volunteers, to fight and die on the front line. we are very frustrated with brokenness uneasily the armed groups a 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 of a capital instead of protecting us along the bodice lamp gentle leader. but oh eat amoeba is expanding on a strategy devised by the president. he toppled on monday and that's equipping civilians to fight armed groups after 2 weeks of training provided by the army,

villagers are supplied with basic weapons and ammunitions. that's because al qaeda in isolate philly, it 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 displaced and those 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's also called on the support of the international community. but during an emergency meeting of the west african body echoes heads of state suspended, burkina faso as a member state, the region is marked by military takeovers and facing growing insecurity in this a hell for say to my got a member of parliament for the country. so hell, region piece will come up with more weapons is 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, and we have to engage into dialogue and alleviating poverty. is a key factor here. for abdur rahman, the people of this a hell have been forgotten left to fight in the shadow of war. they cannot win alone. nicholas hawk alex's iraq walker, do go. sam med nick has more from one to 2. people are saying the suspension is

largely symbolic and they're waiting to see if sanctions are going to be put in place, which we'll see more of in the coming days. the sanctions can range from economic to travel. people within the west african regional walk told me that they pretty much depend on what the military, when to says going forward. how open it is to restoring constitutional with the coming days. today there's allegation from the west african regional block that has come in and the rest of the block is supposed to come in on monday. this speech done to me by games on, on thursday evening went over really well. people said it really resonated his message of securing the country from arm groups i and from uniting everyone, it really positive that some people who have met with him has been a little bit more skeptical, saying that they're not sure who really understands what is needed to govern, and that a lot of military from doesn't come to power in burkina faso. and so there's sort of waiting to see if, you know, the absent lined up with the word. so there's optimism, but it's mixed with some skepticism right now. moving forward in democratic republic of congo,

thousands of people have been forced from the homes because of fighting between the army and the rebel group known as m. 23 on tuesday and army position was attacked and were true north of the city of gama. and $23.00 were widely believed to be backed by rwanda. during previous conflicts, they are one of more than 120 armed groups operating am eastern day are congo prog . 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 known both the attack began, and near cc gogo in columbia, we were in the field on wednesday, we heard 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, 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 filing demari put the out. we saw several dead people. i lost my children and my husband and the chaos. and i've been left with nothing. now messages 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 they require when button i was at home, when i saw soldiers shooting bullets in the hills. another bullets coming from the other side. i'm read 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,

cramp up their answers here. rods groups have named security forces for the deaths of a number of people during arrest and eastern chat. the demonstration triggered by ethnic in fighting was held in the parental capital of a bet. your monday security forces trying to break it up. 14 people were killed. some during the violence of funerals. at least 4 people have been killed in a ball, metallic and pakistan's troubled bloodstone province. security official say a vehicle with target of using a remote controlled explosive on a road and data book to district has come out of 10 soldiers were killed in an earlier attack. and a security checkpoint and catch ration on tuesday come on. how to report bug is gone, has seen a spike of our dag across the country. the responsibility of god's being taken by the islamic stage, harder on ad rella the day to get dollar bon buckets on. and balloon and surgery

who have been carrying out data 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 a serious threat from the atlantic state. horace on after the $1.00 bond ripped into power in august, they offered to mediate between the buckets on your started 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 focused on the military, also determined to continue to fight against that day to get on budget on it. it was also a lot of morally they have some internal differences. also, there's no cease fire fighting,

we're taking them on conducting operations every day and will continue doing so. till the time we get rid of dismiss the avalon taliban of god had assured that all neighboring country would be safe and troy will not be used against any other country by any group. however, the problem now is that town and of their t t p fighters are still inside of our data duty, according to intelligence report that and 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 key senior leaders, including the spokesman of the $10.00 bon buckets. don, bye, have a message from the budgets on your daughter, dave david in order to head to day to cross the border in order to neutralize the most important thing to see now in the next few weeks and months and read other t d, b, and elements of dies also known as the law,

mixture of what it's on. we'll be able to once again started tagging targets, insight budgets on that good lead to a syria security situation. the norwegian refugee council says western sanctions against afghanistan are endangering the lives of millions of people. the us. any international institutions are frozen billions of dollars to pressure the taliban government, all than half the population and are facing extreme levels of hunger. 10 people suspected of people smuggling have been arrested during raids in guatemala, i believe to be part of again responsible for the massacre of 16 guatemala migrant mexico. a year ago, investigators believe mexican police officers were involved. thousands of truck drive is stranded on the border between chevy and argentina, as they wait to be tested for covered, maintain some of the waiting for weeks putting

a strain on the goods they're carrying on on themselves. bahati reports going nowhere fast. thousands of trucks are stranded in argentina as the driver's weight to be tested for coven, 19 to inter chile. and the weight is taking its toll. yes, it will say my leg it go. you'll. i've been here for 2 weeks and when i've got a refrigeration unit, but not enough guests to run the fridge. many of these trucks are carrying refrigerated goods, with the engine having to stay running to keep the products from spoiling us, got killed, gum diesel is running out. they have equipment that cannot handle being on for a long time. the engines running all day and night and they starting to fail and fix the cargo. when we get to chile, we'll have to come back because of this. it's all stopped going in and going out there with, with no where to go. the drivers rely on sharing food to eat and use makeshift toilets and showers again, cuz i know that and we go into the city by a few things and split them among ourselves for the people nearby. give us

a little bit of food, whatever they can do to help. and even if it's a little though, right now we have a bathroom and a shower that they sent for us, but we have to pay for it. a similar problem has been affecting drivers on the northern border of chile, where they also face long queues have it under jonathan. this is becoming a real problem. the authorities with the presidents have to take care of this row after row. these truck drivers are forced to wait in close quarters during a pandemic for a test they need to finish their job. leah harding al jazeera and truck drivers in canada have been protesting in the capital. although up against the vaccine mandate, convoys have converged on parliament, new rules and into forth a week ago, requiring old truckers across the border into the us to be vaccinated. around 5000 flights have been cancelled in the us as the east coast hung down before huge snow

storm. bad weather is projected move through the northeast this weekend with new york and boston expected to be hit hard. the governors of maryland, massachusetts, new jersey and new york have declared states of emergency warning of power. our drivers have been asked to stay off the road at least 30 to replace ac rolled president. sergio martha rella is it 6th day. politicians have taken part of the 7th round of voting balance have encountered a majority of 505 votes is needed to win. the trial of the man accused of a museum dual highest in germany has become highly valuable. treasures were taken 2019 from one of europe's greatest collections of off. if convicted, they face up to 10 years in prison, to didn't wolf has more. the 6 men age 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 taught the defendants. alicia li prepared the crime meticulously . according to the prosecution, the defenders checked out the crime scene beforehand, or it is also a lawyer. talked of part of the window was cut out before the crime was committed in order to get into the building as quickly as possible during the exclusion 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 treasurers 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, this is al jazeera. these are the top stories, u. s. president joe biden says he will send troops to eastern europe in the near term to bolster nature forces as tension continues over ukraine. top defense officials are urging russia to deescalate the pentagon says russia has enough troops and equipment near ukraine to cause her riff casualties in the event of an invasion. when russia's foreign minister insists as country does not want war. in ukraine, the president is urging the us not to escalate tension with russia. the lord