government forces when conflict started in 2014, most of the people that used to live in this neighborhood are too afraid to return . because of the sporadic shirley and now increasing phase of a potential renewed conflict. o. a diplomatic blitz, the u. s. and germany nation, washington, and say thou ready? if craned is invaded. and in moscow roches president welcomes proposals presented by his french council. deescalate the crisis. ah, hello, i'm can vanelle. this is al jazeera live from dell ha. also coming up hong kong 0 cove. 19 strategy is in question, is the numbers of grown of ours cases hits and full time record and the mountain

glaciers don't contain as much ice as we thought. that's bad news for communities depend on them. the freshman ah well, leaders are stepping off efforts to defuse the stand off over ukraine in washington present. joe biden hosted german chancellor, all of shelter bite and warned russia of strict to economic measures including blocking a gas pipeline project to germany. germany, the united states, together the allies and partners are working closely together to pursue diplomatic resolutions of the situation. and diplomacy is the very best way forward for all sides. we both agreed including best. so for russia in our view, and we have made a very clear, we're ready to continue talks in good faith with russia. germany has also been

a leader in pushing de escalation of tensions and encouraging dialogue with through the normandy format. but if russia makes the choice to further invade ukraine, we are jointly ready, and all of nato is ready over in moscow. frances president emanuel con, how talks with van approved him before heading to ukraine on tuesday. person described the talks as constructive will have the license from moscow in a moment. the 1st speak to mike hannah, who is in washington, d. c. so mike, the u. s. president and the german chancellor appeared to be singing from the same song sheet as well. it was probably the principal point, the meeting is for them to demonstrate to the international community and the nato allies, that they all and exactly the same page when it comes to dealing with the ukraine crisis. however, that may be overstating things privately. there may have been differences nato allies, along with the u. s. saw disturb debt. germany is refusal to bolster troops on nice

toes eastern flank, u. s. and other nato allies have already put increased forces there. also, germany has continued to insist that it will send only non lethal equipment to pulses in ukraine. so there are differences in the nato alliance. and these differences that were being discussed in the course of the meeting between president biden and the german chancellor. but the german chancellor went out of his way to make clear that this was everybody talking from the same book. he spoke in english at one particular stage in which he said that germany would remain a staunch alive united states. very rare for a chancellor to be speaking in english and of hormone news conference like this, showing just how hot he wants to make very clear to the us and to the nato allies. that the germany and the u. s. altogether on ukraine crisis. mike, could you just explain to have you is what the old string to is and why it's so

important to germany into the u. s. well, number one, it's the crown jewel of president vladimir putin development projects. its a massive gas pipeline, a multi $1000000000.00 project that stretches from russia through the baltic sea to germany. now the key issue is it doesn't go through ukraine. so here is particularly and good at this fact saying that russia is attempting to squeeze it out of what would it be revenue from the pipeline coming across its territory. but it has been completed yet is still waiting for german regulate tree. go ahead, but the whole issue with it is that germany has kept quiet on whether the end to that project would be part of a sanctions project. should russia invade ukraine? the u. s. a said, yes, it will be, president biden went out of his way in the course of today's news conference to state this specifically, the german chancellor was off,

but he wouldn't be drawn on the subject. so here's another difference in the critical point about that pipeline, apart from the revenue stream to russia and to germany, of course is the fact that the u. s. is insistent on having real deterrence against russia, a closure, or an end to that pipeline project would be a massive deterrent. but if germany is not on the same page, it's going to be very difficult for us to get agreement among all allies. bottom line, germany needs that pipeline project in terms of its gas resources. russia needs that pipeline project in terms of the revenue it produces, but us still insistent that that will be in the sanctions project. should russia invade ukraine? my counter and washington d. c. thank you. ok more now on the meeting between the french president, emanuel conn and russia's leader of my prison in moscow. both ages said, talks were constructive doors, jabari reports, meeting as if old friends,

after 2 and a half years apart, reunited in moscow. russian president vladimir putin clearly happy to see his french counterpart, emanuel micron finally face to face. the 2 leaders spoke briefly in the kremlin before meeting behind closed doors were emerging after several hours. but that you feebly duleigh, when our talks with macro, according to tradition, were businesslike, useful, and substantive. we have good understanding that macro visited russia to speak about global and european security questions for which supporting our country's as permanent members of the united nations security council, especially responsible for the french president firmly positioning himself as the peacemaker in the middle of this crisis. upon the remoted in a city, the 1st element is the necessity to work pressed to avoid escalation, let growing tensions increase the risk of seeing a brutal deterioration of continents balance of power and stability in it would be

no one's interest because disorder and instability would be in the interest of neither europeans nor the russian spoke to continental president emanuel mac rob will be traveling to care from moscow, where he will haul talks with ukrainian officials. as international diplomacy continues, the russian military's preparing for war games with neighboring bell roofs. the exercise is called allied resolved, and is the biggest russian military deployment to bela bruce. since the end of the cold war, the russian military build up includes nuclear capable bama patrols as well as s $400.00 arrow defense system. and across, beller uses western border in neighboring poland. there are now nearly $1700.00 us troops as part of the pentagon's efforts to bolster nato forces. ukraine's army is also getting ready for any eventualities. they have been carrying out drills of their own. while the military preparations continue,

a diplomatic road block remains. moscow still insisting on limiting nato's further expansion. a demand still being refused by the united states door such a bari, al jazeera moscow hong kong strict 0 cove. 19 strategy is facing its biggest challenge. yes. is the territory deals with the record infections? the city has been following mainland china is approach of trying to eliminate outbreaks as soon as they emerge. but planet has well thousands of hong kong residents queuing out the testing centers across the city. on the day the territory records its highest number over 19 cases. since the pandemic began record 614 infections were reported on monday, nearly doubled, the number announced the day before. many of the cases are untraceable. 30 is called the sharp surge, an unprecedented challenge and urged people to stay at home for people in hong kong

who lived for months without any local transmission last year. this is uncharted territory, really worries not only for myself, but mostly for my family and the other. people are only basically, yeah, it's been crazy once the year started, you know, and no one expected this go home or you for the government should be more scientific. you have a strategy and roadmap to let the public understand the purpose of the advertisement measures. the government does not have a new role. my strategy now i only read them plans. hong kong authorities have given no sign they're willing to via, from the 0 coated 19 strategy adopted by mainland china. especially when vaccination ratings among hong kong elderly remains sluggish tricks. pandemic controls are still in place including flight bands and quarantine facilities for those who test positive. hong kong is bracing for social distancing restrictions to be extended even further. and officials warned that cases he could rise in the

coming days as the effects of last week's luna, new year gatherings take hold request. i'll just sarah hong kong. there are signs that part of the united states are emerging from the worst of the only con, very, to call the 19 all that of cases continue to fall as to hospitalized ations. but as gabriel amazon the reports, it's been hit harder than most of the developed nations. almost 2 years into the pandemic and easing of covet restrictions in one of the states hardest hit. new jersey governor phil murphy announced he would lift the statewide mask mandate in schools. we're not going to manage cove it to 0. we have to learn how to live with covered as we move from append demik to the endemic phase of this virus in neighboring new york. these were the scenes just a month ago when it was an epicenter, adama cranberry, and spread people waiting hours for a test. today that is no longer the case. here in new york,

exactly one month ago. 90000 people a day were testing positive for coven. today that number has dropped to lesson 8000 a day. and the positivity rate. a key cobit indicator was a sky high 21 percent. now that is dropped to less than 5 percent. nationwide coven cases down over 60 percent hospitalizations down over 40 percent health experts say the decline of cases of the highly infectious army chron. barion have little to do with vaccines. a much greater proportion of the population becomes attracted over shorter time period. and when that happens, it more quickly can run out of people to in fact, the death toll is going in the opposite direction. on average, 2500 people a day in the us are dying from cove. it much higher than most other developed

countries compared to our european partners or even to canada in the u. k. we ever extraordinarily low vaccination rates and even lower rates of boosters. and that's a really important explanation for the increased death rates in the united states. in a country quickly recovering from the army con variant, but not the lives, it is still taking a number that now stands at more than 900000. gabriel's hondo ouch is eda new york, a canadian court. his band truck is from sounding their horns and central ottawa is part of a crackdown on an 11 day long anti government protest by trunk is ah, the so called freedom and convoy began as a protest against a coven. 19 vaccine mandate who cross border drive is since evolved into

a why to protest against prime minister just introduce pandemic measures. also was madge. a monson declared a state of emergency on sunday saying the demonstrate, is there a threat to resident safety with reports of racially challenged attacks as hard as we have work and as much as our people are on the breaking point. the community has worked as hard or harder and are closer to their breaking point. the stories coming to me a breaking my heart. i had my own officers who live in and around those areas and they and their children have not been able to sleep. they and their children have not been able to go to school. this is crushing for those residents and their businesses. it has to stop and we are doing everything we can possibly do to stop it. still ahead on al jazeera, let's go stand off in haiti where one crisis after another has left that nation cripples with uncertainty. and presidential election campaigns kick off the philippines with the son of a former president and a retired boxing champion and the running

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operation between arab islamic and wild coaches. blue with a here watching al jazeera, her reminder on top stories. this all in moscow, russian president vladimir putin has met with his french counterpart minimal. com, who said he hoped that war could be avoided. us. president obama has vowed to shut down a crucial russian gas piping to germany if moscow invades ukraine. his comments came as germans answer, allah shalt visited washington. and hong kong nursing records for one of our cases, calling into question is strict 0 covered strategy. issues remain in place and can

be live bands targeted mcdonalds and business restrictions. israel's police chief is asked for an independent inquiry after reports that his offices use the controversial pegasus spyware to target citizens. and softer in his waving newspaper reported to police tracked several prominent figures and crew using rather the hacking software. the pegasus program has been used to spy on human rights activists, journalists, and politicians around the world. election campaigning has officially begun in the philippines, which will pick a successor to present with regard to tirty in may, was vying for the presidency include the son of a former president, as well as a retired boxing champion. jimmy maitland, ogen reports from manila on the 2022 presidential campaign, is one of the most contentious in recent philippine history. opinion polls suggest bone bone marcus junior,

the son of former president for den marcus is the head. his father was overthrown by a popular revolt in the 1980s. for years his family has been using social media to rewrite history. he's facing disqualification cases before the commission gun on election vessel gun vice president. lenny roberto is leading to fight for the opposition. before joining politics, roberto was a human rights lawyer and a development worker whose campaign theme radical love has garnered widespread support. but her biggest challenge is how to counter the large scale disinformation attacks against her sen, pine for relax on, has the longest experience in government, out of all the presidential candidate father. he was the chief of police and is served more than 10 years in the senate. but many question is human rights record and his push for a controversial anti terror law, manila mayor is calmer and his story is quintessentially filipino as

a boy scavenged for food before becoming an actor. his position as manila mayor has made him a formidable candidate, but many think he may not be ready for the presidency. just like renowned boxer mine, he buckled, the witness says, well, like in his boxing career, it will be god once again. who will help him be the way to become the next president? this year's election will be in no different patronage politics remain rooted in the country. his electoral system. mo, scan, are using their popularity, family connections and money to get elected. but to fight for the highest post in the land is also seen as a test for the kind of values the voters would seem important. democracy benefits and right from this kind of paper sheet. and that kind of the legacy genre will be reflected in the way the presidential campaigns through their messages. the online

world is the obvious fear and that online world is easily manipulated. election day is on mainline and although it is just a few months away, presidential elections here have historically been quite difficult to predict. but whoever wins will have a huge jump ahead of them. issues including the pandemic, unemployment, regional relations and drug violence will all lead their undivided attention to my lean dog and al jazeera manila, costa rica said for a presidential run off in april after no candidate secured the 40 percent needed to win sundays election. former president jose maria forget is came 1st, but the surprise runner up was the former. well, bank official over rigo chavez, townhome and reports i the winner of the 1st round of custody cause elections was expected. ex president jose maria forget is the runner up,

was no lose. rodrigo chavez and internationally recognized economist, nevertheless, seen in costa rica as a political up star. after 6 months, his finance minister in which he classed with the outgoing president. now the 2 men who had to run off this april for chavez, who polled in full place, that's already in achievement bar manzona for one got wrong. we are going to a 2nd round the new body and we're the youngest body of this campaign is going to the 2nd round. but we are leaving behind the conflict, the confrontation, some struggle to make peace with a man whom several women accused of sexual harassment during his more than 20 years with woe bank. he dismissed the claims his gossip and lies. the man who now facing the run of drags the weight of his own scandal behind him, costa rica media accused jose maria forget is of receiving bribes from a french telecommunication company back in 2000 and pool. he denies that the case never went to cool and presents himself an ex president running with one of the

countries oldest parties as a safe pair of hands. 10 points clearer. chavez, he's feeling confident, or he got off to die. costa rica, one up on them yet. what was not even the pandemic could stop the civic spirit of our people, then west a way of courage and love for our homeland, our responsibility to take a country full of congratulations, costa rica. today we return to shine in the world, the lovely, but that's painting a very rosy picture of an election which saw about 40 percent of the electorate declined to vote. that's the highest abstention for a 1st round in 70 years. only say that's not just you to the pandemic, but a general lack of enthusiasm for the political options, even as living costs rise, and unemployment stands at 14 percent as well. now, seniority is forget is, and chavez. we'll see who gets the chance to tackle that. as they run again in april, john homan al jazeera concerns,

a growing over political standoff and haiti. it's been 7 months since the assassination of haitian president, given alice on monday marks the official end of noises. 10 is rising tension of whether or not an intern government will continue to govern my europa reports. security forces are on high alert. in puerto prince criticisms are growing over prime minister arielle henri, who has led haiti since the assassination of president of nell marie's last year. for overstaying his mandate as interim leader, b r e, all on re has no legitimacy to organize elections and no legitimacy to govern the haitian people cannot cope any more with this current situation, though, on re counts on broad political support from the international community, he's sparked controversy for saying he has no plans to step down until the country holds new elections with, according to a political agreement signed or september 11th last year. by the most important

political forces of the country. prime minister arielle henry has the leverage to stay on power. the opposition group survived for a shot at filling the power vacuum left after the more use assassination. one group known as the montana accord have elected their own interim president and say the current ruling government should be rendered unconstitutional. i think that the montana agreement is the best that, that people have developed can have in their hands today. because after prison moiz that we did not have any way to have a constitutional way to succeed. mister mal is adding to the crisis, created by movies is death. last july, haitians are still reeling from a devastating 7 point to magnitude earthquake in august. and most recently, heavy rains that have left thousands of homes underwater, while an investigation into who ordered the killing of haiti's late president

remains unresolved crimes like kidnapping and extortion. linked to worsening gang violence in the country's capital have only grown north to offer except we are in an exceptional situation. institutionalized violence, criminal to his, emerged in the country that could nothing cases. that also means there are setbacks in regards to human rights in 2021. that is what we have verified in one of the examples that we can put forward. the case of the assassination of president shawn elmore. the analysts warned the insecurity and crippling economic conditions that have plagued the caribbean nation for years are likely to only worsen as this latest chapter in haiti's political crisis drags on manuel rap, hello al jazeera, a new atlas developed by researches in france and the u. s. is giving a clara, but mixed picture of the world's mountain places. there are around $250000.00 of

them across the globe. the findings by the institute of environmental geosciences and dartmouth college. so that overall they hold less ice and fresh water than expected. and it's good for the fight against rising sea levels. but the research has gloomy implications for drinking water, agriculture and power generation and places that depend on places. as about a quarter less galle sale, ice and drinking water than previously thought in south america is tropical andes. mountains, which run through parts of bolivia, columbia, ecuador, peru, and venezuela. but it's the opposite in ages. himalayan mountains started shows that the region has about 37 percent more ice than scientists had anticipated. gillian wolf has the story. these mountain glaciers contained less fresh water than originally thought. and that doesn't just mean a loss of natural beauty. it puts the fresh water supply for millions of people at

risk. it's easy to just focus on the impacts. oh, i love song torrison because those are was in the west will basic russia systems as a leisure activity. but actually people who live around them and actually downstream from the more important it depend upon them as a buffer. the amounts also enters the river systems from which they irrigate that crops and drink high resolution satellite images have allowed scientists to more accurately calculate how fast the glacier is moving. the foster and moves the thinner it is and the less water it contains. that might mean the world sea levels might not rise by quite as much as originally thought. what you have to keep in mind is that our student does not include the greenland and the undocked guys, shit. who in the long term will be the major drivers of silver, rice and just looking at the total volume of the eye, she compared to the glaciers. if all and dotted with males,

it has the potential to increase the seat of rice by more than 50 meters, which is way more than the 25 centimeters from the glaciers. countries around the world are struggling with disappearing glaciers. peru is investing in desalination to make up for the loss of fresh water and chile hopes to create artificial glaciers in the andes. but that won't be enough. we don't want all the classiest belt we want to last as long as possible. and the fact that there's 20 percent less i stole demantzy glasses if nothing else changes means, but they'll disappear 20 percent sooner. we don't want to be in a situation where there's no ice left on it. we want to preserve the ice on that. now, overnight becomes a more difficult challenge, a challenge those most affected hope, the world will accept gillian wolf out as you said,

a gold football is have received a heroine. welcome after returning home as africa, couple of nations champions. and for the 1st time, it's the biggest triumph in the country, sporting history, synagogue beat, it tipped on penalties. and the final of the tournament on sunday. and the celebrations have not stopped with monday to fade a public holiday in the country. i'll be there, as i said, bake has more from the celebrations in the capital. dakar. oh, online just visit with center goal are the best? no, just in africa, but everywhere we have the best players in the world. news, i'm gonna be really happy because this is the 1st time we won the africa cup of

nations. we really, really happy. oh, good morning, america. ah, this is al jazeera, these are the top stories u. s. president joe biden has threatened to shut down a crucial russian gas pipeline to germany. moscow invade ukraine. comments came as german chancellor of schultz visited washington. if russian rage, that means tanks or troops crossing the border of ukraine's again, or there will be we, there will be no longer a nor stream to we, we will bring an end with it. but how will you, how will you do that.