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killing more than 70 and perused president, re shuffles his cabinet. the 3rd in 6 months. he is under pressure as his popularity dips and critics say, his not qualified ah, the military standoff over ukraine is escalating with us. president joe biden deploying thousands of american troops to eastern europe. 2000 soldiers will head to poland and germany. and 1000 will be re positioned to romania, the u. s. and nato already have tens of thousands in europe of troops. that is, and the pentagon says the move fence, a strong signal to russia, which continues to deny its branding to invade ukraine. our white house correspondent kimberly hawk. it reports after ramping up the possibility for weeks of a rush, an evasion of ukraine. the white house on wednesday,

downgraded that threat from president vladimir putin saying an invasion is no longer imminent. i use that once, i think others have used that once, and then we stopped using it because i think it's sent in a message that we weren't intending to send, which was that we knew that president putin had made a decision. still, the united states is sending more troops to eastern europe, with some of the forces will be re positioned to romania. others will be coming from the united states to poland and germany. it's a response to president putin who has position tens of thousands of troops inside russia near ukraine's border. it's important that we send a strong signal to mister putin and frankly, to the world that nato matters to the united states. it made it matters to our allies and we have iron clad article 5 commitments an attack on one is an attack on, on all the roughly $3000.00 troops will bulls through the nato presence in europe

and are in addition to the $8500.00 us troops put on stand by last month, by you as president joe biden. the united states maintains diplomacy is the best path to resolving security disagreements. russia, what's assurances nato will halt expansion into former soviet republics like ukraine. but the west won't provide that guarantee. instead, biden's promised severe consequences if whom in vain. he has shown no signs of being interested or willing to deescalate the attentions. the u. s. forces will reinforce nato, the eastern flag, working with host countries, as nato has not yet activated its response force to counter what it refers to as russian aggression. i think there's an argument aspect to what they're doing, which is to put something on the table that can be taken away a chip if you will, in exchange for russian non aggression against you. great,

despite no no russian threat and no signs of an eminent invasion of ukraine, the pentagon says the movement of troops could begin soon, and there could be the possibility of even more true movements in the future. kimberly hell can al jazeera washington and al jazeera is dosage. barry's falling reaction from moscow. we've been hearing from the russian deputy foreign. i'm secretary, who said that this is a destructive step. alexandra goosgo has said that this is not really const conducive. and it's just illustrates that the americans are trying to escalate the attention rather than trying to de escalate. we've also been hearing from an m p who is the deputy head of the foreign affairs committee here in duma. and he's been saying that said, this is an absolutely destructive step and that it's an action that can be qualified as an attempt to derail the negotiations that are ongoing about russia,

security concerns. there is a sense that the united states is really trying to corner russia into giving in, on their demands that they've been making from the u. s. government and nato, about the expansion of nato, as well as a, going back to the 1997 level of membership. the russian president vladimir putin said that they want to see that level of members, really because the numbers keep increasing and that is very much a security concern. charles captain is a senior fellow at the council on foreign relations. he explains the u. s. decision to deploy troops. i'm not surprised this has been in the works now for a couple of weeks. i think there are 2 main goals from washington's perspective. one is to take a prudent step to reassure allies that the u. s. is going to defend them. if they faced an attack and keep in mind that both poland and romania have

a border with ukraine, poland has a long border with bell roost where the russians are building up force. and the other goal is to send a message to pollutant you want to play. hardball will play hardball, and you need to know that if you invade ukraine, you're going to find a lot more nato capability on the eastern flank along russia's western border. it's in addition to some forces that ended up in the baltic countries and in poland after the nato summit in 2016, a response to russian aggression in ukraine, the annexation of crimea, where it's a modest increase. and i think that's deliberate, because biden wants to send a signal of strength and reassurance, but he doesn't want to take a provocative move. so this is really a prudent move and intended to push back against russia. see if, if i can't convince them to go to the negotiating table, we're at a very critical stage right now in the international diplomacy. hey,

another world news. the united arab emirates says it's destroyed 3 hostile drones that entered its air space on wednesday. the armed whoop are we are to want our hoc says, it launched the drones targeting where it calls vital facilities. the goof says it will continue to attack the u. e. until it stops interfering in yemen and iraq. meanwhile, the u. s. is sending fighter jets and a war ship to the united arab emirates in response to several attacks in the past few weeks by, with the rebels in yemen. a 3rd missile attack was intercepted on monday, the emerged. so part of the saudi led coalition at war in yemen is carried out a series of deadly airstrikes in retaliation. my medulla top has more from yemen to capitals send off. so far we haven't heard from the host these here that they have carried out any attack and also they haven't spoken about this group or their involvement or any link to the to this group. so far,

the host is this moment, i believe just still waiting for the united arab emirates to make it move to answer to their terms in order to stop their tags on the united m routes. as so far, the calling on the united states to stop its war involved probably involvement in the solid quality war in yemen and also to withdraw its forces and also to stop its financing or supporting any any were well the way the describe. any minister men on the ground in yemen so far the, this new newly imagined group which has declared themselves or ignite themselves as we are allowed to do so far. the deed is no relation or link to the hoses may be from iraq. was responded to some low v as, as the,

to the some desires. and we, in recent days, especially a few days ago, big demonstration was held in iraq in support of, of the whole these and also via me. and he's under the control of the these. so far, the newly emerging group has proven, was the observer say that now the, the council, which is in yemen, has started to still over to effect or to impact other countries in the region. the law is the editor of our digest. he says, the recent tax on abu dhabi are a worrying escalation. the escalation is working, i think very work for you. because this is a country that prides itself in a neighbor that's very volatile of being a sea of stability with lots and lots of tourists that has foreign businesses are flourishing there. some of these kinds of attacks are incredibly disturbing for

them, or are these, this group, this militia group that has claimed credit? i mean, they're tied very closely to his blog, which of course is like very close to ron. so this ups the ante because the monday attacker who these took credit for and in the previous attacks going back a couple of weeks, the ones in which there were a victim in that attack to be killed and several wounded duties took. again, we're prepared to stand up on not on those attacks. now this attack, that would be 7 claim. i would think that from the m a radi perspective, it must be feeling a bit of a cancer because there who says that they'll hit them. now this group has an attempted to hit them and of course i think that there is a link to, to the chase the peer way because talks are going on right now in vienna. and this

will be a very unsettling one of the big issues for the gulf states in particular. the saudis and morality is the ballistic missile capabilities that the iranians have. they want that to be in the way that's hammered out that joe biden is really quite anxious to get back into. it looks like they're not going to get it. the current of i spend any now and you zealand is easing strict border controls imposed nearly 2 years ago in response to the pandemic. under a face reopening vaccinated new zealand is in australia. will be allowed home without warranty. from the end of this month, citizens returning from the rest of the world can return from mid march. all travel restrictions will end in october. it's time to move again. and so today in 5 steps, we move forward with our plan to reconnect new zealand to the world. beginning with step one. today i am announcing that the fully vaccinated k ways and other

currently eligible travelers from australia will be able to travel to new zealand from 11 59 pm, sunday, 27 february. and instead of going into my queue, will be able to self isolate al jazeera is wayne, he has more from tauranga. from february the 28th, we will see vaccination due zealanders who are in australia able to return to this country. and while they won't do the quarantine in a hotel room, which situation at the moment, they will still have to isolate at home at the moment that is 10 days self installation, it will come down pretty quickly to 7. and i think most people are expecting it to continue to drop away after that in the not too distant future. 93 percent of the population fully vaccinated and that is a population or vaccination of people are age 12 and over. so it's

a large chunk of the population that is now fully vaccinated. the whole point of the elimination strategy from the government's point of view was to try to prevent people dying to save lives and also protect the health system. and since the pandemic began with only had $53.00 deaths and new zealand. so i think most people would agree that from that standpoint, the elimination strategy has been a success. but it had to come to an end at some stage, and while on the cron did see the border reopening delayed slightly. it also came with an acknowledgment from the government that because all micron is so contagious that they could not keep it out forever and sure enough we've got community cases of, of, of the, on the crop there and in new zealand now. and soon that's going to be potentially hitting up into thousands of cases the day. so then you would have the situation of people going into quarantine hotels healthy, fully vaccinated while there are people in the community who are affected. and corona virus is killing americans at

a far higher rate than people in other wealthy nations. that's according to an analysis by the new york times. a daily number of coverage related deaths in the u . s. is at its highest level in almost a year. data from johns hopkins university shows a 39 percent increase in the past 2 weeks to a daily average of more than 2400 fatalities. still had on al jazeera accounting down to the window lympics in b gene. we look at the measures. china has implemented to deal with a nationwide covered 19 outbreak. we are and washington american football team has a new name after years of controversy. ah, ah, look forward to brighter sky's the weather. sponsored my cattle airways. i

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ah, welcome back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera, the u. s. is deploying thousands of extra troops to eastern europe, 2000 soldiers will have to poland in germany, and $1000.00 will be re positioned to romania. the pentagon says the move sent a strong signal to russia, which is massing troops at ukraine's order. the united arab emirates, as if intercepted 3 hostile drones that entered its air space. early on wednesday, the armed group called out we at y. m. hock has claimed responsibility for the launch, which targeted it says vital facilities. new zealand is easing tricks. water controls imposed nearly 2 years ago. busy in response to the corona virus pandemic vaccinate vaccinated. lucy lenders in australia will be the 1st allowed home without

quarantine. later this month. now the news in democratic republic of congo militia group armed with guns and machetes, has attacked account for internally displaced people. at least 72 people were killed. the attack happened in the eastern province of a tory. many of the casualties are said to be women and children. fighters from the corporate, if for the development of the congo known as co deco are suspected of being responsible for the killings beyond group has killed hundreds of people in the region enforced thousands from their homes over the past 5 years. un peacekeepers exchange fire with the sealants. shortly after arriving on the scene and conducted joint operations with the congolese army into the early morning, pushing the sailors out of the area and securing the idp site to prevent further attacks. humana partners are providing medical supplies. peruse, president federal castillo has re shuffled his cabinet after some of his closest

allies resigned. the political crises has frustrated peruvians with many se the president is not fit for the job. mariana sanchez reports from lima. when she was rescued in august the you're wearing a new cabinet, the 3rd in only 6 months. the latest shakeup comes after the interior in prime ministers resigned this week. you could exclaimed theo, only price an inner circle of advisors operating behind the scenes. they're not appointed ministers. this political crisis shows corruption. former prime minister to vasquez made theories, accusations that the government is not fighting corruption. we have all our president questioned and it's generating an enormous mistrust towards the authorities. most of it was former presidents are under investigation for corruption. the last presidential term was marked by a series of political crises that let the health american nation look for

precedence in only 5 years. the, the attorney general denounced your free shipping insulin, peddling the farmer and you new leader denies. amy allegation instead, he said he hasn't been trained to be precedence a critic say that is unlike sceptical you can get this group. he should be prepared, and especially in such a dramatic situation with the health economic and labor crisis. peruse has regressed several points in the policy rights. and this is an element that is not for experiments. we need clear answers from our rulers. opinion call say more than 60 percent of the and discipline government. many peruvian, see that gusty has a credibility problem that he's not qualified for the job. and the country is a drift. former prime minister voskus says that you would begin solving crucial leashes by surrounding himself with competent people. the growing discontent

appears to be overshadowing the chief man like the fight against the coven, 1900. at least 80 percent of the target population has been vaccinated. at least once i get it, we should change your mind immediately because he's ruining everything economically . there are no jobs, no sales dental made it. he really does not deserve to be there. he's totally incapable. we prove that day by day. it's a shame. this person is the head of peruse. lawmakers have to decide whether they will approve the new cabinet. but for now, many opponents say they are focusing instead in paving the way to what kate, him, mariana center had just he, the military leaders in booking, a fossil have listed a nationwide curfew. it's been in place since they see spar just over a week ago. who leader paul on a sunday go? san san diego demi bi has been appointed interim head of state. i'll sit president

drunk, caberry remind under remains under house arrest or west africa. the regional block suspended, working at foster when the co happened and leaders from echo us will meet in ghana later to decide whether to impose sanctions on the military. already traced reports or mca, the cross semi was initially called to address the unfolding situation in booking possible, but 2 days before it started, we all saw what happened in getting to be sol. now, a lot of people here believe that we may not have seen or heard the last of such attempts in west africa region that was notorious for coups in the past. now the question on everybody's lives, if, what, when west african leaders do to stop these attempts from recurring in the region? a lot of people say too little, because already these region is already fighting so many pies at the same time. and there is little appetite on the part of what stuff we can make to send the improves to try to rest power from soldiers who i'm constitutionally took away power from

democratic electra civilians. and because this is because many of these countries are also battling to put out their own pies, the biggest contributor to any regional military build up nigeria is having to deal with its own problems. and you said, you'll see in the north, east of the country, a succession is movement in the south. it's of the country, banditry, i, kidnappings. and all these vices are happening all over would be military currently engaged in at least $32.00 of us $36.00 states. now the last time we've seen such move was, like we said in the gambia, when yeah, general was forced to retreat and handle the power to democrats, elected government. while these meeting this particular meeting, holding in across a lot of people will be watching closely to see what was african reed lead us, we'll do how far reaching oh, how far are they willing to go to take measures other than imposing sanctions? schools in board is catching up. you cannot make a 2 countries why,

who have taken place. so us to stop this from continuing in a region that was notorious for cause in the past. how major winter storm is sweeping across central parts of the us, bringing freezing rain, sleet and snow. parts of illinois and indiana are expected to get the most. no people have been urged to stay off the roads and some schools are close. extreme weather has force airlines to cancel thousands of flights. a chinese president cheating being says his country will do its best to deliver a streamlined safe and splendid winter olympics. international and empty committee has been meeting in beijing ahead of the games opening on friday. committee president thomas box says everything is in place for what he called a safe and out standing went to games. but officials are facing mounting grown of eyes cases inside and outside the olympic bubble. and different medic boycotts and concerns that we're trying to human rights records persist. katrina,

you report from b. j. ah theme song welcoming the world to watch the 2022 winter games while the olympic torch makes its way through bay jake. china has promised to deliver a safe and splendid global event which our but achieving this. is it going to be easily mo, from a nation wide outbreak of curve at 19 record cases abroad, a testing it's 0 tolerance. pandemic strategy. participants are greeted with help. is it has map suits and must undergo a rigorous testing rating before and during the event for it's found to be positive, are immediately quarantined and could miss out on competing. there's been a lot of athletes that are testing positive right now. and it's scary because you put in for years since the last games you know, johnny put in 20 or years to get years and for all of that to go to waste in the last week last couple days it would be

a tragedy. and so that's always kind of on your mind and it is stressful tickets won't be sold to the chinese public. instead, spectators will be hand picked by authorities. this will be the 2nd olympics to take place during the grown of iris pandemic. but ms is here a much stricter than during the tokyo games. participants are sealed off in a closed loop system. the road lane just below me is restricted and gains vehicles only, and local residents have been warned to stay away, even in the event of a crash break down. heavy handed measures have led to an olympic atmosphere unlike any other, but for beijing that message is clear. there's not going to be the great crap crouch, you're not going to have the tourism boast. ah, that would have accompanied something like this. and so for beijing, what they want to show the world is that they're able to carry on regardless of how difficult situations become. difficulties also include crit,

ism of china's human rights record, and diplomatic boycotts by the united states, canada, britain, and australia. chinese officials have dismissed this as political grandstanding, but analysts say china's president is eager to avoid further embarrassment during the event. if he does not get the game happening as expected, and it will be quite a bit of a slap in the face is not ah, a fatal punch in any sentence. but he will be very embarrassing for she. jim pre chinese rights activists living in the capitol say they've been visited by authorities and want to stay silent during the olympics. within the bubble, the i oversee says athletes are free to express their views outside of formal events or ceremonies. but organizers say, doors who break chinese laws with behavior or speech that is against the olympic

spirit, will face certain punishment. katrina, you al jazeera, they ging now after more than a decade, the nfl team, the washington redskins has officially switched its name to the commanders for years. the team has been criticized for using a name that seen as derogatory towards, native americans alan fish, a report on what the change means. we are there a new name, a fresh start for the american football team in washington. when the new season starts in august, the washington commanders will take the field in the traditional burgundy in gold. i think it's important to, you know, understand of the old man was retired for particular reason. you know, i don't want to go into a name debate with people, but i am happy that it's been retired and we're moving forward. it can represent so many different things, right? for the military, it's a very patriotic type of name, nothing faith, but pediatric name and then for other people, you know, it's a positive word. it's been 18 months since a team dropped a name,

which was demeaning for native americans and regarded as racist. offensive and outdated. the t mono resisted coals from mirrors, senators, even presidents to change. he finally stepped on to the right side of history. when so the team's biggest financial backers said they were, i'm happy unless the money's talking, they're just not gonna care. so that's really where you have to hit on. i think that's a huge reason behind the change the campaign to change their name stretched over years with protests, boy courts and lobbying, but many still see racist names and other cities and other sports and hope for change there too. i think it's helpful. again, i just, again, really be one of the greatest demonstrations yet that these name changes can be successful, right? they can be done on the and so really it then turns the, the gays to your teams like the kansas city chiefs and the atlanta braves. and, and you know, the still many schools across the country that still have races,

sports mascots to say, why night, why not, you are why not what you know, you need to be next the and is now, i think a lot of it has to do with how far technology has ground, you know, even in the past 5 years, the big thing about technology and things like social media is that it's given more of a platform can't waste is our historically silenced. the washington organization has been played with problems off the field involving racism and massaging. i don't the field that hasn't won the biggest prize, the super bowl in 30 years. the funds, not too yup. merchandise here will be hoping. the new name brings a change of fortune both on and off the field. allah fisher al jazeera, at the home of the washington commanders. ah, there again, i am fully back to bo with the headlines on al jazeera, the u. s.