high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skins. the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail, it citizens britain's true colors. part one on al jazeera. ah . the situation we're facing in europe. it's urgent and dangerous. and the stakes for. busy ukraine, and for every you in member state could not be higher. the standoff between russia and ukraine take center stage out the ones most powerful body is diplomats try to deescalate the crisis. ah, my melinda aid, this is al jazeera life die halls are coming up. a step ahead in

u. s. casa relations. washington announces it will designate doha as a major non nato ally. i'm sorry for the things we simply didn't get right at all. so sorry for the way that this model has been hung. the british prime minister apologizes alt an official investigation into policies at his residence during lockdown, finds failures in leadership and judgment. campaigners cool for an end to a deal between the e. u in libya saying it's compounded the suffering of migrants and refugees. ah, we already know massa what happens. that is the warning from the u. s. president to russia as a 10 standoff continues on the ukranian border. joe biden was speaking on another day of intense diplomacy aimed at defusing. the crisis with the u. k urging moscow

to step back from the brink of invasion today, the united nations, we've laid out the full nature of russia's threat to ukraine sovereignty and the territorial integrity of ukraine, as well as the core tenants of a rural based international order. and we, we continue to urge diplomacy as the best way forward, but with russia is continuing this build up of its forces around ukraine. we are ready, no matter what happens. us has received a written response from russia on security demands regarding ukraine. patrick hall haine has more than that from austin dc. think we could have expected that the written reply would come this evening because tomorrow on tuesday, a secretary of state us secretary state entity blinking and his counterpart, russian foreign secretary, serbia love rob's, they are scheduled to have

a phone call. so basically, you can expect that this written response will serve as a kind of agenda for the meeting there just to the broader point of what's happening here is russia has said they want guarantees that ukraine will never join nato. the us responded last week in writing saying that's a nonstarter. they're not going to you rule that out. they haven't opened policy when it comes to nato. but the us did say there were other things that they could discuss. things like arms control agreements, weapons placement, things like that. as the times the russians responded to that with some pessimism saying it doesn't appear that our opinions were actually taken into account. so the big question we're going to be looking at is this meeting. once we start to know more about the responses, was there any sort of movement when it comes to nato? is there any wiggle room there? a very prominent us senator. here in the u. s. just over the weekend floated one possible solution. he said, of course, president joe biden can't box him bowed to russia's demands when it comes to nato and ukraine. but that the ukranian president could say,

agree that they will even attempt to join nato for the next 10 years. so diplomats continuing to talk, which they will tell you is always a good sign. we'll see if anything productive comes out of the meeting tomorrow. but we now know that the russians have responded, and we know that that will probably be the agenda for the very important phone call between secretary state and his foreign counterpart. well, members of the united nations security council have for the 1st time discuss the russian trip build up on ukraine's border. ukraine's ambassador said his government is still hoping for a peaceful resolution. we are well aware of russia's history of ploys and provocations. and we will do everything possible to prevent another minute type of occasion by russia. once again, i have clear instructions from my government to reader aid to de, the absence of any aggressive invention, as well as ukraine,

strong commitment to peace. there would be divisions during the meeting over who is to blame for the crisis with tensions between the u. s. and russia on full display on temperament to get us a james base has moved from new york. the security council heard to very different arguments about the situation in eastern europe. the u. s. which called this meeting, says the russian military build up around ukraine is the largest mobilization of troops in europe. in decades, rushes aggression to day, not only threaten ukraine. it also threatens europe. it threatens the international order, this body is charged with upholding. we continue to hope russia chooses the path of diplomacy over the path of conflict in ukraine. but we cannot just wait and see, but rushes ambassador vaseline the benzine says,

all his countries troops are on russian soil. they're not close to the ukrainian border. and there's absolutely no proof of a threat from them. and he says the us and nato will whipping up tensions as though they want to be a war. outside the council chamber. i pushed him further on this. are there any circumstances in which russian troops would cross the border into ukraine? can just be clear for it, i'm, i'm, we're not the person to decide whatever happens, but we never, i said it in my statement that no russian politician or even the public figure ever said that we are planning to take your great what a clear answer it seemed but then he added this with not exclude provocations from a, from ukraine inside them, but the separatist republics, they say they have information that such provocations may happen. russia had tried to prevent this meeting by calling a procedural vote at the start. 9 countries supported the u. s,

but russia was joined by china and objecting to the session and 3 other security council members, gabon, kenya, and india, abstained. the meeting went ahead, bought the procedural vote. and the comments of many of the non western members of the council should be noted. the u. s. is aim here, was to galvanize international opinion against what it says is the russian threat. but to achieve a broad international consensus, it still has more work to do. james bay's al jazeera, the united nations. the u. s. has designated cat r as a major non nato ally and followed meeting between president joe biden. and cassandra mir shake to mean been handed out honey in washington d. c. they discussed a range of issues including iran. gas applies to europe and the situation in afghanistan. allan fisher reports a warm welcome and bitterly called washington day for the 1st gulf leader to visit the white house. since joe biden took over, qatar has become

a key partner on several issues impacting the u. s. this past year, a partnership with cut her was her, has been the central to many or most vital interest. oh, it was a clear during the u. s. withdrawal from afghanistan still has communications with the taliban and whose thousands of refugees who still have to be processed before they move to america. with additional assistance on iran, yemen, the palestinians. the president has decided to give cattle special status, and i am notifying congress that i will designate color as a major non nato ally to reflect the importance importance of our relationship. cattle becomes the 18th country to be given the ally status. it provides imported benefits in areas of treat defense and security cooperation. the ambulance is katara was and is happy to help a country that has been an ally with for 50 years. we're very proud that we manage to evacuate tens of thousands of people of an,

of an understand of course we have other issues as well that we're going to talk about the equal rights of honesty, people and other issues in the region. so you know, we're very happy and proud of this great relationship. rushes build up on the ukrainian border continues to be the most urgent issue for the white house. if moscow decides to invade sanctions will follow. there's a what a russia will respond by shutting off gas supplies to key european allies cut out could help develop supplies of its own liquid natural gas to ease the pressure a near by the guitar. the purchase of $34.00 new boeing free jets was signed with an option for 50 more passenger liners from the american company. cut i was through night in the early days of the trump presidency. but category officials insist it has been a steady and reliable partner for the united states in an unsteady part of the world and with its links and connections. it could help solve some problem issues

for the united states and its president. alan fisher al jazeera at the white house . david darius jones, his life and the taste that in maryland, he is non resident senior fellow, the golf international for him. he's also former nato operations director in the office of the u. s. secretary of defense. thank you for your time today. only 18 all the countries have been granted the status. what does that tell us about how the u. s. fees, katha 17 other countries it's, it's a very important symbolic and political thing. i mean, you know, within the last 5 years we had an american president who was going with the idea of supporting regime change. and so to see cutter, you know that she what is a pretty rare distinction is, is significant politically. and what about kathy, how does it benefit from this little status? well, primarily by prestige and all that. there are some of the benefits that

come to countries designated as major non nato allies. things like expedited review periods for weapons sales. the possibility of collaborative research and development possibility of basing of u. s. war stocks of expandable items like ammunition on their soil that could be used by this country. and also priority in receiving excess u. s. defense articles used u. s. military equipment. oh, so things won't apply to cut or either because they prefer to buy things new or, or just there are forces are so small, they can't really take advantage of us. so the primary benefits are political and prestige. so then the u. s. is seeking help from catherine to base natural gas applies to europe if a war does take place between ukraine and russia is casso in a position to divert gas supplies to help you. and if it comes to that, that's

a good question. i think they can do it, but i think it would come in significant cost. you know, gas is generally not done on the spot market like, well, is there long term contracts? so, if credit were to divert, they would, in effect, be breaking a contract, and they might have to pay for that. you know, they probably have to pull some sweetener. the gas would have to go from somebody who has contracted ford to europe. so it's a significant ask of cut or if in fact that was the ask. interesting to talk to you and david to rush a non resident senior fellow at the golf international for him. thank you. thank you. the u. k. inquiry into government events during lockdown has found serious failures and leadership and judgment. instead, some of the gatherings should not have been allowed to happen. but it has left questions, announced it including where the prime minister boris johnson misled parliament. a

bunker has a story. a failure of leadership behind the famous black door, sue grey's crunch findings more biting than expected. the report talks of high standards not being met by those setting, the rules of excessive alcohol consumption in the workplace and gatherings without clear authorization or oversight. some behavior, she said, was difficult to justify, against the backdrop of the pandemic. ah, were nothing overly critical of johnson himself. it's perhaps not the big take down . his rivals hopeful, a contrite prime minister, appearing in front of parliament, promising to overhaul downing street and clean up government. but no talk of stepping down. i'm sorry for the things we simply didn't get right. and also sorry for the way that this matter has been handled. i get it and i will fix it to the people of this country. i know what the issue is. yes,

it is. government can be trusted to deliver. i say this is because, yes, we can be thought to grey had been planning to release a full report until london's metropolitan police stepped in calling for her to pare down her findings while they carry out their own criminal investigation into 12 gatherings, including an alleged party and jumps into flat for johnson's opponents. it isn't just about what's in the su gray report, but what's not in it for his fears, his critics, they will have to wait for the results of the police investigation to find out more about the most serious offences that could cause the most harm to johnson's political career, the results of that investigation could be many, many months away. even now, he is hiding behind a police investigation into criminality into his home. but his office, the british public on fools. they never believed a word of it. they think the promise to should do the decent thing on resign yet.

the pro is not just the opposition that's been ramping up. pressure on johnson, some of his own. m. p. 's have been quietly plotting against him. thank you. other familiar faces had determined to hold his actions to account what the grey report does show is that number 10 downing street was not himself and the regulations they had imposed on members of the public. so either my watch on boyfriend did not read the rules or didn't understand what they meant and others around him. but they didn't think the rules apply to number 10, which was it monday. so a flurry of announcements by number 10 on the economy breaks it and ukraine. this is a government, eager to steer attention away from recent scandals. but when it comes to party gate, there were still more truths to uncover heads, including the prime ministers may yet roll. if enough members of his own party decide it's time for him to go. the bach her out to sierra westminster still ahead

on al jazeera jeroen, often millishape k, topple the civilian leadership in myanmar. we look at what lies ahead of the country. little sign a celebration china plays down lena new year festivities as a fight cave at 19 ah look forward to burly to sky's the winter sponsored play cuts on airways. here's our forecast for the 1st february across asia. hello, everyone. good to see you. temperatures have popped up in the northwest of india, new delhi at 23 degrees. but by and large, we've got a cellar stretch of weather here, the ne, upon to not active. so what that means is dry spells right across the southeast of india through shrill longer and the mall deeds as well. i think the really only

spot we may see some activity is toward the far northeast of india on that border with bungler dash southeast asia concentrated bands of rain over sumatra, some cascading rain for java. and now i'll take you to the philippines. this is where the ne bond soon is more active, so top to bottom across the islands. here we will see some weather in that times we'll see pulses of heavy rain. now the ne monsoon also ringing out some moisture over high now giving a showers for coastal vietnam look at its temperature spread here. noise. 16 degrees, coachman city, 35 on tuesday. driving rain for the southeast corner of china. that's putting a cap on temperatures in hong kong to just 15 degrees and more snow on the way for western areas of japan. so we'll see this spread over the hills of honju. meantime, tokyo 10 degrees for you. wall to wall sunshine on south enjoy. thanks for tuning in caea. ah, the weather sponsored by katara always. oh

ah, welcome back here watching out a 0 mind if i top stories this l. u. s. president joe biden says, washington is ready to respond to russian aggression in ukraine. no matter what. members of the un security council mass on monday for the 1st time to discuss the trip build up on ukraine's border. the u. s. has received a written response from russia on a security demands regarding ukraine. state department is not releasing the response, saying that public negotiation would be unproductive. on the u. s. as designated council is a major non nato ally follows a meeting between president joe biden. and cas has a mere shake to me and hand that off honey. we animals,

military is arrested dozens of people in a move aimed at stopping protests on the one year anniversary of last year's coat. opponents. a calling for a nationwide strike in the years since the elected government was ousted life. and most people has become much harder as tony chang reports to draw jeramia ma sit his everyday life. might look like it's normal, but look a little closer. roads closed with barriers, barricaded, military positions, and uniformed soldiers on the streets. montoya, i saw the amie this tried to protest after that. i was very afraid this why i'm scared to go out again. but there will more put taste beside my house. so i joy if a few safe. i would joy to protest. mamma has been ravaged by coven 19 in the past 12 months. the situation intensified after the military target had medical workers for their involvement and protests and

a civil disobedience movement. many were arrested. others fled into hiding today even basic health care services as guess. as alan, and i think i won't forget that day, dead hair walkers were arrested and she dare very badly by the army. they even kate, a medicare student, thus why i won't touch the hosp beecher in the sit, his food remains plentiful. the prices have risen sharply elsewhere, supplies and production have run dangerously low. the world food program estimates it needs to provide food for 4000000 people across myanmar in 2020 to 4 times the number before the qu, the economy has gone into free, full banks, limit withdrawals and foreign investment is pulling out fast. and when he bow ah loosed jobs, an it is embedding duty of the liberal market. and also

a many people are jobless. but of the many job seekers ah, can do the job, but be a bit less than normal. even basic services like trains and buses of failing the nation wide rail network has ground to hold. after work has joined the civil disobedience movement and bus prices of tripled as operators abandoned standardized rules. funny lawyer old, in my opinion, if we get rid of army rule transpose services would go back to normal. we've properly working buses, a normal ticket prices only. historically, the people of ma'am are used to military rule. but after a decade of progress and development, the last 12 months is leaving many feeling as if they are returning to the past. or tony chang shao joins us live now. he is in ne, sought on thailand's border with me and mom. so as we have been hearing that

security for was his happened, arresting people ahead of today's anniversary who exactly is being targeted and why we understand that they been going around young, gone targeting, people who posted on facebook that they were going to take part in this silent strike, it's a tactic air that has been used twice before. very successfully where we've seen miramar sit is really just grind to a complete hole with virtually nobody out on the streets. and i think it shows how sensitive the military are about this anniversary of the qu. we've also seen senior general men on lie give a nationwide address or just now. he said that sir, he wants to extend his best wishes to the people of men mar. he said that a ceasefire, which he had promised cambodian prime minister hon sin would be enforced, is going to continue through till the end of 2022. he said the army was only using

very minimal force at the moment in trying to control the country. and he promised that sir vaccination programs would be widespread. now, all of those claims, frankly, i think, would be very severely questioned by many people. and many of them don't stand up that mean, particularly the seats far we've seen fighting, where we are right across the border in the last month than that certainly continues to this day. i think it just shows how keen the military is to try and control the situation, but also how keenly it feels that the country so getting out of its control as the year has drank, gone, he touched on antennae, but where you are right now has taken on quite a significance in the last year, explain to us why it has indeed, where you could probably see behind me boats are going across between thailand, mia ma. this is a busy, busy trading port,

and this is being continuing it much the same way as it has for decades. but a little further down the river here. we arrived a month ago to find a raging battle going on. over the last 2 weeks, we've been traveling all the way down this sir. time man, man, border bin harry, every stop reports of fighting ship fighters, civilians being targeted by attack, helicopters, battles raging, both on the border itself and deeper inside myanmar. now i think this is a real problem. there has always been fighting in these areas. and certainly at this time of year it's fighting season. it's dry season. we would expect that. but what we haven't seen before, and what we've been hearing from people inside mamma, is that this is the worst. it's been for many, many years. and i think this is a problem. people inside mamma and not prepared to accept the coo and they're starting to fight back. thanks for that, tony ching there for us on talents border with me and more less bring in as eam

abraham is direct of the new lies is the chief strategy and policy joins us from washington dc. thank you for your time. so more sanctions announced today on additional military officials on the anniversary of the cave from western countries . sanctions have been announced in the last year often and but i failed to detach the men as she will. these be any difference? we certainly hope so. it's been one year since the queue and things have been tough, not gone bill at all for the military. this is the military that's been in power for over 50 years and me on mark, out of 60 years of independence. so, and so this is a normal state of things, the military to be in power, but at this time, during the cuban disastrous long, and we have sanctions are peach of sanctions. but the sanctions this change or no targeting the oil and gas companies, which account for over 50 percent off the beyond mars military's and come so if much more targeted and you certainly expected to have much more of an effect on the

military one year on people continue to resist the seizure of power by the military . do you think the military expected resistance to be as strong as it has been or not at all? this has been a huge miscalculation by the military myanmar is no stranger to the guard who's in the past. the military comes to power and usually things set to back don't. but destine road has been very different. there's been significant uprising people are simply not willing to accept their morality as their rulers. cortes are continuing the economy is the brain got complete collapse over 1500 people have been killed. many of them shot in the head and on dating orders of the military, over east, in 700. have you noticed it to the, the seems to be new into the steeple? just do not seem to accept that the military as the rulers, off me on mar. so at the top my door and the army chieftain are very difficult

position. what do you think the next year will bring for me on mine? it's people. well i think sanctions certainly have to be, i think indeed no country like ascii on the you have to take up much more get this done over 400000 people have laid me on my most of them and 2 other young countries and cambodia. and so young really has to come much longer than i think the best who may be on my hide is going to be a to, to i know that a section of the military that they did not of this from gentlemen only army chief, but his cohorts simply get rid of them. i think that's probably the best case scenario. we can look at her and think to hear your thoughts as im. abraham directed the new lines institute. mr. ashley and policies being to a staff from washington. the garage of ours pandemic is dampening chinese lunar new year's celebrations once again. the year of

a tiger holiday, also known as the spring festival, began on february the 1st. but the government is wanting that the highly contagious armico variant has increased the risk of infection as hundreds of 1000000 people travel to celebrate with loved ones for cherokee reports televised musical performances, bright red decorations, and big meals to put relatives. these are common lou to new year, traditions in china, but this year teaching is missing out on her annual family gathering in the northeast visit. the hotel restaurant manager has been forced to stay put in beijing, where she works because of corona virus restrictions shows azure fish. i assume if i go daddy and i feel sad that i can't go home this year and meet my family, but i need to follow the government's instructions because we're in a pandemic. okay, but i don't want to cause trouble for my country, my employer. all my family. chinese authorities are battling to contain an outbreak of the on the con and dealt a variance of the virus which has spread to 20 provinces and 50 cities,

including the capital to control infections, many of the millions of migrant workers who usually return home for the holiday has been warned against travel restrictions very per region. testing is compulsory. in some areas, a period of quarantine or isolation is required. this video of a communist party official warning. anyone who didn't comply with rules would be detained, went viral last week. the controls have sparked complaints on social media with many uses saying migrant workers deserve to be for united with family at least once a year. analysts say they're especially impacted by corbett regulations. a lot of workers, oh actually they have missed the chance to earn or your life with their families. oh, already 2 years now and a lot of them turn oh, league to mac test or using the phones and it has not. oh,

we don't waive other parents and they can only rely on the truth for quite a long time. authorities are under pressure to keep infections to 0. ahead of the winter olympics, which opens on friday in beijing decorations are up, but celebrations are muted and large gatherings band. before the pandemic, hundreds of thousands of people would flock here to dis hancock. to celebrate the lunar new year. there would be dragon dallas as market stalls and to live music with for the 3rd year in a row. the iconic festival has been cancelled. teaching will work over the holidays and plans to celebrate quietly with colleagues. but despite her disappointment at not going home, she says it's better than spending the festival under quarantine. katrina, you al jazeera meeting. ah.