al jazeera, select change makers. we understand the differences and similarities of culture across the world. so no matter how you take it will bring you the news and current affairs that matter. to you. presenting a united front, russia and china say they oppose further expansion of nato. as president vladimir putin visits beijing. ah, you're watching, i'll just do a life from headquarters and i'm getting obligated also a heads trying to fight. we report on the self defense camps for school children and separatist controlled eastern ukraine. prussia grows on the u. k. prime minister is 4 of his top aides resigned within hours of each other on thursday. and

the opening ceremony in beijing is just an hour away, as the chinese capital becomes the 1st effort to host both the winter and summer olympics ah hello russell, deteriorating relations with the west to taking center stage before the opening ceremony of the winter olympics president latimer, putin has met his counterpart, she jumping in beijing, i heard of the games, and a joint statement. they said they oppose the expansion of nato, and called on the lions to ditch what they called cold war approaches. in this machine, you're doing you through our bilateral relations. they are developing with the spirit of friendship and strategic partnership and have reached an unprecedented level there. an example of upstanding relations which are both sides, these develop and support each other at the same time. and that's as tensions

between kevin moscow, so no signs of falling. russia has mast more than 100000 troops, their ukraine's border. both countries i've been holding military drove. russia has also offered to beef up at the gas supplies to china. the u. s. sun, europe has threatened moscow with unprecedented sanctions if ukraine is attacked. so she would just station our old producers prepared a very good solution, hydrocarbon supplies to china for today's meeting. and we made another step forward in the gas sector or, i mean the new deal to supply china with 10000000000 cubic meters of natural gas from the far east. here's katrina, you and beijing with more on today's talks. what we were really looking for was any specific signal from china that it would support ukraine now from the joint statement, we haven't heard from day june yet, but what we're hearing from the kremlin is that china, rudy still on paper, wants to maintain its neutral stance but there are some statements within this

state, which implies strong support of russia when it comes to its policy in ukraine or its actions on the ukraine border. the joint statement said that each country supports each other's foreign policy, that no country should improve its security at the expense of others. and also the both countries of per unilateral actions towards specific countries. i think really this relationship it's, it's have to main dimensions. one is political, do use countries, definitely a lot in common in terms of the ideology and i think specifically what they're both very tired of and what they both oppose is a world order under which the u. s. is the dominant power. so i think during this meeting, what they're doing is showing how strong their partnership is and also showing the world, perhaps, of potential counterweight to the u. s. and other european powers. and of course, the other dimension of this relationship is very practical. it's based on the

economic and economics and trade. china is russia's biggest trading partner. they did about $12840000000000.00 and trade in 2021. that's an unprecedented volume of trade between the 2 countries, and that's only set to increase. well, france has announced that president minor micro will travel to moscow unclear next week to discuss the standoff between russia and ukraine. let's find out more and speak to natasha butler who's, who's joining us from paris. so what more do we know about mac crohn's visit to russia? yes, french president emanuel macro will be in moscow on monday. the lease a palace have confirmed that he will me to the russian president vladimir putin for talk. this comes off to the 2 leaders had a phone call, which last nearly an hour on thursday evening. and mike crawl,

we understand when he meets president putin will be looking for ways to try and de escalate the situation, defuse the crisis with russia, ukraine. now, the french president suddenly been stepping up diplomatic efforts over the past few weeks. it was, in fact, a 3rd, a telephone conversation he had with the russian president nearly say all very keen to point out that this is not a macro on a go it alone. mission, if you like, this is michael, very much with the backing of his european partners. frauds has rotating presidency of the european union. and macro is getting very much representing the european union. that said, this kinds of action is certainly very much in keeping with macro style. he is someone who feels that it is very important to have face to face contact. he's not fearful of speaking to even his most ardent opponents. he likes re frank discussions. we are told so this is very much in keeping with his kind of personal

style and he's also had a lot of contact with the russian president during his presidency model. my call has said that is always very important to keep dialogue open with moscow. he'll then travel on to ukraine. so what's the message? she'll be taken to leaders there. yes, my call will be in the day off his trip to moscow, he'll be meeting his ukrainian counterpart, the road to mitchell and sky. no, no doubt. he will be briefing lensky on his conversations with president putin, but also to many other conversations. he's been having over the past few weeks with president biden, for example, ahead of nato in stoughton. but, and he'll be bringing and reiterating the message of support from european powers that they are fully on board with ukraine's desire to protect consultancy. that's

no doubt and message the micro will be reaffirming with president putin as well. we've heard from ukraine, foreign minister, in fact to his welcome to support from the various for leaders because they have been many that have gone to the country over the past few days. of course, the british leader, the leader, and we saw on thursday the leader of turkey. we also know that to just off the macro, the german chancellor is expected in both moscow to meet putin and also ukraine to meet fluently. ok, thank you. natasha butler reporting from paris. russia back separatists and eastern ukraine. have set up training camps for the youth. instructor say students are taught about patriotism and self defense. cha, stratford reports from a ton of makia. he's teenagers, a, some of the 5000 members of a youth movement in the pro russia, separatists controlled region of east in ukraine. they are all still at school.

you know, me roughly translates to army of the use in structures. many of them form a separatist fighters say they teach patriotism and how to defend the self declared republic dimansky. job 8 years of conflict with ukraine remains unrecognized by any country in the world, even its main baca, russia, the students, the tools, a range of skills, including martial arts, 1st aid and assembling, and disassembling weapons, which we are not allowed to film. 14 year old christina joined 2 years ago after her cousin was killed during fighting between the russian bank separatists ukrainian army just over the ocean going with them. it's very painful for me when i remember she was like, my brother, i joined because of his death because i wanted to remember those last in the war,

especially. we don't want to make the same mistakes that we did. 20 soviet union was attacked in world war 2. murals in the school card will celebrate russian history and cultural figures like the novelist and poet alexander, pushkin. a map shows crimea painted in the colors, the russian flag, so i will come on the. today's class is about the victory of soviet forces over the nazis and the battle of stalingrad considered one of the bloodiest battles in history claiming around $2000000.00 lives. the manager of that i don't. unami feels my 2nd family, my 2nd home when you go through. so much together, you become very close to our bit of nash, but the develops are patriotism. we remember and a proud of our predecessors. and i want to eventually serve in the army outside students prepare for a mock battle. we split into 2 opposing sides and fired each other using laser

guns and stacks of tires as cover. but this isn't just again, this might look like fun, but of course it has serious implications. and it's important to recognize that there are similar use groups on ukrainian government control side also being trained like this. there they, it's whole, the danger is what the crane is described as russian expansionism with its roots in the soviet past. here is start to tell the children that the danger is an ideology that has huge resonance with both the young and the old. the new ok he know within their work for susan ukraine is not our enemy fascism. is that the enemy in 2014, when the conflict started, we were standing up against fascists. like our grandparents did. we can say we have enemies. our only enemy is fascism. we don't want to adjust to make fascism. our

friend, christina friends are too young to fully understand how history can be manipulated to serve military or political ends in any conflicts. if you could almost as away on the abandoned ruins of homes in places where children once played destroyed in 8 years of war with no peaceful solution in sight, a conflict into which the young on both sides of being drawn, shall stratford al jazeera. don't ask the u. s. as the leader of ice was killed when he set off a bomb during a special forces operation in northwestern, syria over him. and he asked me to quit a. she was one of at least 13 people, including 6 children who died during the rate and the ton of ultimate and rebel held it live province. it was the biggest us raid there since in attack in 2019 that killed the previous leader of ice or white house correspondent,

kimberly how kit has more. this horrible terrorist leader is no more in an address to the nation. the roosevelt room of the white house us president joe biden spoke about the operation. he ordered the killed the ice, a leader abu ibrahim l, how she me, l. karachi. and i directed the department of defense to take every precaution possible to minimize civilian casualties. knowing that this terrorist chosen surround himself was families including children. we made a choice to pursue a special forces raid at a much greater risk than our to our own people, rather than targeting him with an air strike. as us special forces moved in the ice, a leader reportedly detonated an explosive and a final act of desperate cowardice. he chose to blow himself up, taking several members of his family with him. the mission happened thursday in northwestern, syria in it live province. residence on the ground said at least 13 people,

including children, were killed in the operation. the pentagon said there were no true casualties. with the credit or more might in his vice president and national security advisors over saw the mission from the situation room of the white house. it was the biggest us rated, syria says the 2019 operation that killed the ice. a leader abu bakar albert daddy . this operation was literally months in the planning the u. s. targeted the ice, a leader for threats he allegedly posed to us interests and crimes committed in iraq in 2014, including the enslavement of edi women. the raid comes a week after the defense secretary ordered the u. s. military to do more to protect civilians in combat operations often largely forgotten in the west proseries. it may be the only a silver lining of this is it has brought back media's attention to the conflict

and syria seems from their perspective that no one really cares or a one advantage in the sense is that this is now go to your back into, into the news, despite efforts to limit casualties, some members of congress are now calling for an investigation into the civilian deaths to ensure that every reasonable step was taken to protect innocent lives. kimberly hell get al jazeera, the white house still had on al jazeera back in business valley, reopened to all foreign visitors. after nearly 2 years of pandemic restrictions. ah, ah, look forward to brighter skies the winter sponsored my cattle. it weighs

note hasn't stopped snowing yet in japan and you can see why the code is still leaking across the water. those are snow showers, developing, and if anything the probably can be a bit bigger and more frequent on saturday, all the way up to the western coast of han shooting towards hawkeye. they don't. ferocious is just a steady and relentless full of snow. if you're not there, expect the sunshine dropped down a bit in temperatures. souls minus 3 is the maxim, beijing's fort doesn't often snow in beijing as you well know. and proper rosalyn, official snow is still to be found body for the south in china. and india, it's cold enough as though only in the foothills of the himalayas. and you see things of settled down again the temperature drops. but in new delhi in the forecast, which means air quality is also going to be dropping. so even if you have, for example, 90 to 21 degrees, air qualities, rubbish in the middle east once again, shamal is blowing down mr. for cross for saturday. it'll turn into a dusty, won't you buffering a little and then sudden saturday it's because of these frequent winter storms that

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ah, hello again. the top stories on al jazeera, this, our russian china over these, the joint statement, opposing the expansion of nato to choose the alliance of cold war approaches. president vladimir putin is in beijing for talks with his counterpart, change him thing ahead of the winter olympics, usaa the leader of high school has been killed in a special forces operation in northwestern. syria. are human. hashmi exploration was one for at least 13 people who died during that rate and rebel held it live province. the u. k prime minister boars johnson is facing pressure to shore up his premier shape as the so called party gates. scandal deepens, for senior age reside on thursday, including johnsons, chief of staff, private secretary, and director of communications. and the 4th aid, the had

a policy manero mirza said she quit because of a false accusation. johnson made against the leader of the opposition, shown a whole host more from london. the initial responses after those resignations on thursday, were pretty unkind towards the prime minister. one former foreign secretary said he'd become toxic within the party. another unnamed cabinet minister was reported to saying it feels like the end. it's all falling apart. well, those views, and that's a particular view that we have heard in recent weeks. another view, the opposite view comes from another unnamed cabinet minister, also reported on friday morning is saying he promised action on mondays. you mentioned that to clean up the downing street operation. the action has begun and maurice planned over the next 48 hours. the problem with that view is that while 3 of the 4. busy in fact, now 5 resignations, there's been a 5th on friday,

i'll talk more about that in a moment. while 3 of those resignations were connected in a variety of ways with the party gate scandal, including one of them, the private secretary mach reynolds, who wrote the infamous, bring your own booze, email, the 4th the resignation. you mentioned them when it is quite different. she, a person more loyal to the prime minister than most she's been at his side for 14 years, the head of the policy department in downing street hers. and indeed, the other person from her department this morning, the resignations of principal following that false accusation in the commons against kiss tom of the labor party leader johnson said as director of public prosecutions he had failed to prosecute the peter file. jimmy's hovel, well, money rumors wrote that was unacceptable. a partisan attack scurrilous. she said, not part of the normal cut and thrust of politics. he tossed him to apologize. he didn't. so she decided enough was him enough and she has gone. while in under an hour's time,

the 24th winter olympics will officially begin in beijing. the opening ceremony is set to take place at the birds nest stadium, which is built for the summer games back in 2008. basing is the 1st city ever to host both the summer and winter olympics, but the build up has been dominated by code 1900 restrictions and diplomatic boycotts associated press. correspondence. stephen wade is in beijing and explains just how strict covered the 1900 protocols are. this is an isolated bubble. there's no contact, no contact with any beijing. i can't walk on the street and get a cup of coffee. i cannot leave the hotel so it's a very, very isolated feeling here. and when the games are over, we're going to be put on a bus, taken a plane and taken away. so the difference between tokyo is stark. after tokyo, people came in, journalist could wander around the city, go out neat, none of that will take place here. we are separated completely from the city of beijing and the 20000000 people liver. they certainly got a lot,

a lot of been that bad publicity leading up to it. that's been the story coming in . the gains not about who's favored to win the ski jump. the story has been the weaker the internment camp. the diplomatic boycott led by the united states, the absence of most western countries here in a diplomatic farm. to day when the opening ceremonies take place. you'll see general secretary sheeting ping, you'll have vladimir putin, the president of russia, and thomas bock that will be about it. there are some dignitaries from small central asian countries, but not many other people. and what's interesting is the dominating winter sports countries almost have no representation here. the countries who do almost nothing have representation because they do business with china and feel obliged to be here . so that's, that makes these games also very, very different than 2008. when there were hundreds of heads of state and heads of government who showed up to see the, the grand opening for china. this is so so different while we've not had the

opening ceremony yet. but the action has been underway for a couple of days and some events. the us women's ice, hockey team won their opening game again, finland, 5 goals, the to the americans are the defending champion. is also seen the 1st action out on the slopes of the qualification rounds. and earlier we spoke to for time winter olympian. shimmy alcott, who says, despite the heavy cove in 1900 restrictions, the athletes will just be happy to get the chance to continue. at the end of the day, everyone just wants to to compete. and they understand that there's a close out there. i mean, the pictures i seen a kind of crazy when i, when the food whole it was all about socializing and it was really promoted to talk to other olympians. and now you've got your plastic, almost one meter by one meter next to you to just make sure that everyone is safe as possible. and you know, these are big sacrifices to make in terms of your experience and you're getting from the game. but the,

the end of the day we are getting an lympics and i think that's the most important thing. there's always a chance that your dreams ripped apart at the last minute from injury. this is, this is not tough of an injury because you aren't putting yourself out. let's take the risk. it's just, the risk is everywhere around us. and i really feel for those athletes, i can't, i can't even imagine how it must be to be 4 years of work. and then at the last minute to have that taken away by something that's out of your control. and there's no natural snow in the mountain region. it official snow to press about this. but actually over the last decade, sky races have used artificial snow on numerous occasions, more often than not in races. so it is something that can be used to skiing on. it's very cold yesterday with minus 21 in the mountain region. so the snow is super, super aggressive. it's really, really compress colds. now it's not the melt freeze overnight. they may look at

getting it later on the games we had with chemicals to make it kind of more ice light and less griffey. it's very feeling base this olympics, falcons gig is not about force or aggression. it's all about the feel that the no test the bad. none of the athletes have skied it before. it's a level playing field for everyone. we were slightly nervous about the downhill. it's some say blue ribbon event. and we want to say exciting was the challenge. the athlete in every but down what times the technical and gliding. and there was a bit of worry about how this track would be. but we've had 2 training on say, fall on the men's and all the bees are really positive, like the best students is there. well, the thing this downhill is, were the dealer and we didn't have the pool years ago in korea because of the nature of the rain. so it's really, really positive. i mean, i'm going to do something about it. i'm so excited to see this unfold. it's, it's historic and so many ways. well,

india has refused to send its top diplomats to the opening ceremony of the beijing winter olympics. india accuses the chinese of politicizing the ceremony by having a soldier wounded and fighting with indian troops carry the olympic torch. please 20 indian soldiers and 4 chinese were killed in border classes in 2020. other countries including the u. s. in canada, have also joined the provider boycott because of human rights concerns. bali has reopened to all foreign travelers. the engineers in island depends heavily on tourism and is open. i'm opening up the border despite a rise and curve and 19 cases. the 1st direct flight in nearly 2 years landed on thursday from tokyo. visitors will have the quarantine for between $5.00 and $7.00 days, depending on their vaccination status. jessica washington has more from bali it's day one of the reopening, and i don't think there's any expectation of an overnight recovery full of volleys economy. this is expected to be a gradual process. as you mentioned overnight,

the 1st direct international flight landed in bali and even though there were only 12 passengers on board that flight from japan, they were greeted with quite a lot of fanfare and even applause. because there is a sense that this recovery is now underway, that balis tourism is slowly on the process of going back to normal. now they do have to undergo mandatory quarantine of 5 days, but that is now being marketed as a warm up vacation that these these travellers won't be confined to their rooms. they will still be able to enjoy a host health facilities. this reopening coincides with a rise in coven 19 cases here in indonesia, yesterday on thursday, more than 27000 cases were reported. and as a result, president joe co giotto has asked the relevant ministers to reassess the current restrictions and whether they are sufficient. but he also stressed that indonesia

is in a very different position to what happened last year. as the delta variant swept through the country, you may remember people couldn't get into hospitals, cemeteries were overwhelmed. people couldn't access basics, likes like oxygen. the president has stressed that the country is in a much better stage of preparedness. and a situation like that is very unlikely. people in california are now required by law to separate their food waste from other rubbish for composite thing. it's part of a plan to reduce organic waste sent to landfill sites by 75 percent. rob reynolds reports are in los angeles. just taken the arms of composting food. waste is a simple daily chore. kristin delaney and her daughters kitty and dakota. los angeles mom put scraps into a been where worms break them down into rich soil, which she then uses in her garden, like as diverted, may be almost

a 1000 pounds of food, just like our family of 4. like that's a lot, a lot of snack starting this year. most of california's $40000000.00 residents will be required to separate food ways for composting in an effort to reduce greenhouse gases that cause global warming when dumped in landfills and left to rod. food waste emits methane, but methane lives, and when it comes from the breakdown of our food waste of our organic waste is $84.00 times more potent than carbon dioxide on the front lines of the compost battle. teresa english works for a community composting company called composed double l. a. she is part of a team collecting organic waste from 800 house olds. when people find out that the pseudo espanol info is actually creating more greenhouse gas am, i think that i, it can be upsetting 20 percent of california has nothing. missions comes from

our landfill. when composted this garbage doesn't emit methane, and it's like black gold for farmers and home gardeners. monique figure eto is composed of all lilies founder. what we do is we take their scraps, we bring it to one of 11 partner farms, they turn it into soil and then either the partner farm gets to keep it. it's distributed throughout the community by volunteers, or it goes back to our members to use in their garden beds. if every one in california gets on board with composting, it will take a bite of global warming. california authorities say once they reach their goal of composting, 75 percent of the state's food waste, it will be the equivalent of taking $1000000.00 cars off the road for an entire year. last year we diverted almost $200000.00 pounds of food scraps, and that's just individual households coming together to make a difference. so it's really impressive what collective action can do when

everybody does a little bit, it really does add up for the delaney girls. it adds up to an important lesson. they, i want them to know where things come from and where things go. teaching a new generation to cope with a warming world. rob reynolds al jazeera los angeles. ah, hello again. the headlines and algae 0. russia and china have released a joint statements opposing the expansion of nato on accused the alliance of cold war approaches. president vladimir putin is in beijing for talks with his counterpart. she jumping ahead of the winter olympics. katrina, you has more from beijing, china really still on paper wants to maintain its neutral stance, but there are some statements within this state. they which implies.