if i to the guy left last question, i think that's what i've 0 really does. he asked the question to people who should be accountable and also we get people to give bad views of what's going on. ah, i think he has to realize that it would be a gigantic mistake for him to move on ukraine. the u. s. president warns vladimir putin al, from meeting with the german chancellor, what was the day of intense diplomatic activity. and in moscow, the russian president says he is open to considering western proposals on ukraine. off for meeting with the french leader, a manual my call. ah,

hello and welcome. i'm peter, don't be you're watching al jazeera live from our headquarters here in dough. are also coming up. the israeli spying scandal deepens after allegations, the police use the pegasus software system to spy on its own. people including associates, of the former prime minister, haiti's prime minister rejects calls to step down after his term ends raising fears with more instability. ah, let's get going well leaders stepping up their efforts to defuse the crisis in ukraine in washington. the u. s. president joe biden host at the german chancellor, olaf schultz. mister brighton warned russia of strict economic measures, including blocking a gas pipeline project to germany. a white house correspondent, kimberly hallett now reports u. s. president joe biden and german chancellor. olive schultz sat down in the oval

office for their 1st white house meeting, attempting to put on a united front to state the obvious. germany is one of america's closest ally, working on a walk step further deter russian aggression. your biden statement follows weeks of criticism that germany has been vague and it's supportive nato allies. schultz is also fighting accusations. he's been soft on russia, as it's a mask. tens of thousands of troops along its border with ukraine. but the biggest concern might be the issue of nord stream to a contentious $11000000000.00 natural gas pipeline. being built between germany and russia. germany relies on russia for natural gas. and even though nordstrom too is not yet operational, if russia invades ukraine, the u. s. insist nordstrom to must stay dormant,

but germany has been noncommittal until monday. if russia invades that means tanks and troops crossing the on the border of you crazy. again, there are no. there will be we. there will be no longer a nor stream to we will bring it in. will you commit today to turning off and pulling the plug on north string to as i already said, we are acting together. we are absolutely united and we will not taking different steps that answer may not be enough for republicans and democrats in the u. s. congress who railed against shorts for failing to increase troops to nato, or send lethal weapons to ukraine. biden pushed back on the criticism of his german counterpart. there's no need to win back trust. he has a complete trust of the united states. germany is our one of the most important allies in the world. there is no doubt about germany's partnership with the united

states. none. the german counselor is expected to travel to ukraine and russia next week to build on white house discussions. it's diplomacy aimed at averting a russian invasion of ukraine. kimberly hell kit al jazeera, the white house. edward joseph is adjunct professor johns hopkins university, the school of advanced international studies. he explains now why bitin and schultz differ in the way they discussed the consequences of a possible russian invasion. let's remember that the reason for sholtes to come here was affirmatively to demonstrate that germany is a reliable ally. so that's the context he doesn't come here in a posture of disagreement with washington. he comes here in an effort to assure up the alliance and shaw american of faith and to push back against doubts expressed here in the u. s. and in europe as well, about germany's commitment and 2nd,

the way i read this press conference and nordstrom to the all important question, nordstrom to is that i see it that by the end and sholtes have agreed on a formula for dealing with towards dream 2 in which it is biden who emphatically, without any question, says this project will be terminated, it will be ended, not just suspended, but ended. if russia invades and shots, yes, dodges the answer because that's the agreed formula. sholtes doesn't say nothing. he says we're in full agreement with the united states for shots to come out and state that domestically in germany is highly problematic. he's just taken over in december in this unprecedented 3 party coalition. and there are formal agreements and formal constraints within that aren't as part of the coalition agreement about what germany can do to support ukraine. and obviously there is divisions within

germany in the business community. and let's remember the former german chess or care hud shredder is basically in the hands of the russians on this. he's just been appointed to the head of gas prom after representing rosena. well, the french president emanuel nicole has mintz vladimir putin in moscow. they agreed to avoid an escalation in ukraine dosage bari as that angle of the story from moscow 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 though i'd you free briefly, duleigh our talks with macro according to tradition, we're 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. the palm, yet i demoted innocently. 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. and that would be no one's interest because disorder and instability would be in the interest of neither europeans known to. russian spoke with continental president emanuel mac. rob will be traveling to care from moscow, where he will haul talks with ukraine. and officials, as international diplomacy continues, the russian military's preparing for war games with neighboring bella roost. the exercise is called allied resolved, and as the biggest russian military deployment to bel ruth. since the end of the cold war, the russian military buildup includes nuclear capable bomber patrols,

as well as s $400.00 error defense system. and across beller, uses western border in neighboring poland. there are now nearly $1700.00 us troops as part of the pentagons 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 roadblock remains. moscow still insisting on limiting nato's further expansion. a demand still being refused by the united states. dorsey jabari al jazeera moscow. israel's prime minister has promised to an inquiry and to report that the police hacked the phones of dozens of prominent figures and is really newspaper, says pegasus software was used to target the son of the former prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and his advisors, protested business leaders and cabinet ministers are also said to have been

targeted billionaire but shocked it pegasus. these cyber tools are intended to fight terror, intended to fight crime severe crime. there were knight attempted to be used against citizens. we will assure to check the matter in a thrust, barren, profound, and switch to way, because all of us, the citizens of the state of israel, as the ministers of the government, to all the system. we all deserve answers. while those reports in israel, also say spyware may have targeted benjamin netanyahu son to close aids, and a key witness in his corruption trial, williamson hall, and we've got the flu. this is a black day for the state of israel without referring to my issue, which of course has wide implications. i think this case concerns all citizens of the country. not right, not left. all citizens of the country without exception or something inconceivable has happened here. how can gideon levy is a columnist at the merits newspaper?

he says the revelations of caused a political earthquake. nobody should take you. there is a surprise when a country that is way sells those systems, those devices to the worst regimes in the world. when a country like israel holds 5000000 people in the west bank and gaza, either very, very straight and targeting, so it cannot stay there. we always say look, ever is that he's doing. so there could be sure we'll get back into israel and we'll slowly but surely damage this so called these when democracy. and this what we are witnessing now, they took a former high senior officer from the secret services from the shower. they nominated him, is the chief of the police. and now everyone is surprised that he tried to

import from his people and devices and methods and way of thinking from the seeking services who are fighting terror into our domestic life. and this what's happened and day. busy yes, it is surprising a by, by deals identity of the people, you know, the prime minister, the son, or the general manager of the, just this ministry. we are, i mean, those things you hear from the most doc regimes, not from the country, you claims to be a democracy, concerns a growing over a political stand off in haiti. it's been 7 months since the assassination of the haitian president of an elmo east, monday would among the end of his term in office. there's no disputes about when elections should take place. his manuel republic security forces are on high alert . in puerto prince criticisms are growing over prime minister ariellas re who has

led haiti since the assassination of president of nel. molly's last year for over staying his mandate. as interim leader, w r e r henri 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 a 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 groups are vying for a shot at filling the power vacuum left after the more use assassination. institutional, i think that the montana agreement is the best that the people, haitian people can have in their hands today. because after prison moiz death,

we did not have any way to have a constitutional way to succeed. mr. moore 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 under water. 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, not get 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 to case of the

assassination of president shawn elmore. the walk with 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 dropped below al jazeera still to come here on this program . the presidential election campaign kicks off in the philippines with the son of a former president and a retired boxing champion in the running and cook with 900 cases and hospitalization, or on the decline in the u. s. however, the daily death does remain. i will tell you why i choose to walk and see your weather report for the america. hello, everyone. beginning in south america,

we've got storms through pedro bolivia, western areas of the amazon out toward the south atlantic. if we go into ward the southeast corner of brazil, that rain still coming out, your weather alerts in play. looking to add about another 100 millimeters. it's going to be breezy 4 portrait, light grey, with the high of $27.00 degrees. now, as we go to the caribbean, look at this around the bay of competitive, intense rain or drying in some colder air. so that's likely to power up some thunderstorms from the yucatan right into southern mexico and guatemala. now as we check in on the gulf states of the us, that rain is draped back over florida. so tampa can expect some downpours at times . now watch this through the atlantic. we've got this storm racing up. it's going to produce a heavy swath of snow for new brunswick, we could see about 10 to 15 centimeters. and for halifax, i think about $75.00 millimeters of rain on tap was found. we go a warm search of air rate across the canadian prairies in northern plains billions

at 12 degrees. that is, while above average land this weather reports in the west coast of the us. the stellar's stretch of weather for los angeles continues, and we'll get you up to 32 degrees by thursday, enjoy season. ah, the corona virus has been indiscriminate in selecting its victims. it's devastating effects of plague, every corner of the globe, transcending class creed and color. but in britain, a disproportionately high percentage of the fallen have been black or brown skinned . the big picture traces the economic disparities and institutional racism that is seen united kingdom fail, it citizens britain's true colors. hop to on al jazeera lou .

awe rapidly approaching 317 gmc, a reminder of your top story so far. today the u. s. president joe biden has threatened to shut down a russian gas pipeline to germany. if moscow in the crate is comments came as the german chancellor la schultz was in washington, the russian president vladimir putin met his french counterpart emanuel michael. they described the meeting as constructive and said they were confident. a conflict with ukraine could be avoided the haitian prime minister is rejecting calls to stepped on and is promising elections. opponents renewed demands on monday, 7 months since the then president human always was fascinated election. campaigning has officially begun in the philippines which will pick a successor to president rodrigo,

to 30 in may. those buying for the presidency include the son of a former president, as well as a retired boxing champion jamila elling doggone reports now from manila. on the 2022 presidential campaign is what is the most contentious in recent philippine history? opinion polls suggest bobo marcus, junior, the son of former president for denmark was, 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 got on election, vice president lenny roberto is leaving the fight for the opposition. before joining politics, roberto was the human rights lawyer and a development worker whose camp the theme radical love has garnered widespread support. but her biggest challenge is how to counter the large scale disinformation

attacks against her sen, pine to 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 money 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. most candidates are using their popularity, family connections and money to get elected. but the 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 thrived from this side of diversity. and that kind of polarity dijon will be reflected in the way the presidential can bench to their messages. the online world is the public sphere, and that online world is easily manipulated. election day is on may 9. 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 undivided attention. jamila dog and al jazeera manila, these 10 people had been injured by sit in the security forces. they fired tear gas

that demonstrates is marching towards the presidential palace and cartoon, thousands of staged weekly rallies since the military takeover in october. i say 79 people have been killed by security forces since then, hippa, morgan has more from caught him despite a band on gatherings in the central part of the down scaffold by the states if you were to call me processes again, military room on monday, once against the street making their way to the presidential palace to voice the anger against the military rule, which is now and it's 4 months. processes are demanding that the military returned to the barrack. but they also having other demands which includes accountability for the processes who have been killed since a military overpower in late october last year, he's solving government. they're also demanding their release with ample as the detainees who have been arrested by the military because of their opposition to the military rules. security important have repeatedly dispersed similar protest.

nearly 80 processes have been killed. one and 2500 has been injured since the military take over last year. on monday, security forces. once again, you got this 1st test from the vicinity of the presidential palace where they tried to make their way to let the military know that they want power behind it to a civilian government. now saddam sovereignty council headed by general, absent but the time who led to take over says that it will not handle the power unless one elected government or a government that comes to power through a political consensus. and that is the issue here. political consensus has been very hard to reach since that take over many political parties have refused to actually sit down with the military and negotiate a deal to nominate the additional government to me until i left her head my 2023 african allowed them for 1000 what hon. the un mission answered on has been trying

to and the political deadlock, but for the time being processed has continued to take to the 3, demanding the military, hanover power to civilian government, saying that is the reason why the south of the revolution in 2018 and they will continue to protest until a civilian government is in place with there are signs today that parts of the united states are emerging from the worst of the army. kron variance of co, 19 positive cases continue to fall as to hospitalizations bought as gay. but his under reports, it has been hit harder than most other developed nations. almost 2 years into the pandemic and easing of coping restrictions in one of the states hardest hit. new jersey governor fuel murphy announced he would lift the statewide mask mandate in schools. we're not going to manage covered to 0. we have to learn how to live with covered as we move from a pandemic to the endemic phase of this virus in neighboring new york. these were

the scenes just a month ago when it was an epicenter of drama, 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 cove. it. today that number has dropped to lesson 8000 a day. and the positivity rate a key coven 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 kron barian. have little to do with vaccines, are 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 al jazeera new york. a canadian court has been truckers from sounding their horns in central ottawa as part of a crackdown on an 11 day long antique government protest by local truck was

the the so called freedom convoy began as a protest against the cooper $900.00 vaccine mandates across the board drivers, it since evolved into a wider protest against prime minister just intruders. pandemic measures also as magine watson declared, a state of emergency on sunday, saying that demonstrates is our threat to resident safety with reports of racially charged attacks. brazil is suffering, one of his worst routes in decades is most intense in the southern areas. large numbers of fish of died as lakes dry up fishermen into virus say up to 20 tons of fish. have been killed recently. a new atlas developed by researches in france in the us as mounting. lacy is a holding less ice and fresh water than was expected. now, while that is good for the fight against sea levels, for communities dependent on the places it's bad is julian wolf. these mountain

glaciers contain 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 tourism because those of us in the west and we'll visit glasses systems as a later activity. but actually people who live around them and actually downstream from the more important they depend upon them as a buffer the amounts all to the 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 study does not include the greenland and the undocked to guys shit. in the long term will be the major drivers of sea level rise. and just

looking at the total volume of the ice sheet, compare 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 $25.00 centimeters for 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 chilly hopes to create artificial glaciers in the andes. but that won't be enough. we don't want all the classiest about. we want to last as long as possible. and the fact that there's 20 percent less i store the matching glasses. if nothing else changes means that 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 earth. and now overnight becomes a more difficult challenge,

a challenge those most affected hope, the world will accept. join wolf out as you sending else footballers have received a hero's welcome after returning home as africa cup of nations, champions for the 1st time. it's the biggest triumph in the country, sporting history synagogue, albert egypt, on penalties. and the final of the tournament on sunday. the celebrations have not stopped with monday declared a public holiday alger serious i said, bake is in deco ah, align with ma'am, ma'am, ma'am, in senegal on the best. no. justin africa. but everywhere we have the best players

in the world isn't gonna be really happy because this the 1st time we won the africa cup of nations, we really, really happy. oh, good morning. ah ah, this is al jazeera, these are your top stories, the u. s. president joe biden has threatened to shut down a russian gas pipeline to germany if moscow invades ukraine. his comments came as the german chancellor, olaf sholtes was in washington. if russian rage at medes tanks, troops crossing the.